New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-09-29
NUMBER II 40.
Texas Intelligence.


lle stamping ground Of Laftte and h|s pirates.
When We first saw the place there wat not half
dozen houses in it the deer fed Upon what
are now p0pulons portions of that city; and the /
island seemed almost solitary as Crudoe's, while
Houston numbered her houses by hun1reds and
her people by thousands-tBe or three at least.
This city and the disgust Of our Houston neigh
Dofs for 1t TOOK their rise about thesame time.
ECfy5san-
ISDrANs.--The Austin Intelligence earns that
two large parties Of Indians are depreiating in
San Saba and adjoining counties. Hhying sue
ceeded heretofore in driving Of most Of the horses.
they are now engaged in collecting thd cattle aud
taking them off Ia large .droFes. These two par
| ties are said to number about seventI.fve eaSh
and are spreading terror in every direction. They
are TOO numerous for the settlers to lesist them
4 successfully. squad of nineteen Ihdians was Il
4 overtaken recently by "a party of whites, near q
small place in EFath county called DnElin. fight
ensaed, in which one Indian was killed, hut the |
1 Stggh lney were driving off was not recovered.
The San Antonio Ledger states thai Col. Holli.
day. superintendent of the El Passe stt ne line has
Just returned from anup country trip He reports
grass and water abundant, and indians also They /
made an attack upon his party Mt the Escondido |
but soon drew of, not liking appea1ances. The
Indians were some fifty in number lhe body ofa II
Capt. Davis, killed by Indians some time since
was found near the place Of the late fight badly
mangled There seems to be plenty OF ed.skins
up the country still, bnt we hear nothing of "bIue
Jackets. .n-[Ibia.
A correspondent of the Galveston News writes
, as follows, regarding the cotton croI:
The writer returned yesterday from visit to
Fort Bend county, and was on severAl plantations.
The prospect is about as follows, from actual OBJ
servations and from the most reliable information
! could obtain: The best worked plantations will
\ yield one bale Of five hundred pounds to four
acres, if the next forty days provP at all pro-
ipitious. Plantations poorly worked will not do
} better than half Of this. The top crop and
every green thing on the branch and stalks are
gone that the cotton crop yielded a little before
the worm came and the rain set in sd heavily. The
: remaining bolls that the worm could not affect
rotted from their nearness to the gtound, leaving
only the advanced middle bolls to realize what
crop may be made. An average Through the conn-
ties tributary to Houston and Galveston may be
: put down at one bale to five or six acres, which
d result is contingent upon average. good weather
| from now until the first of November. tAl the
cotton will be open in ten or fifteen days, and
picked out by the last of October. The estimate
of 10 900 bales to 60 forward from here and Gal
! weston this season is fair one; and very tayora-
E BILE weather from now on for six weeks might run
it up higher.
LEG1sLATIvE-Se CHAMBER, Sept. Il, 1866
g Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Prayer by
the chaplain. Roll called-quorum present. Jour
IS nal of7yesterday read and adopted.
The. following message was received from his
excelleney the governor, and upon motion of Sen
: ator McDade, was taken up and fead
STATE OF TEXAS, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Austin, SEPT. ls, 1856.
/ Iregret to inform you that on the night of the
l, 7th inst. the town of Brenham Was set on fire,
which resulted in the destruction of large
amount of property. From INFORMATION received
through gentlemen OF the highest respectabilty
! based upon the sworn statements of citizens Of
1 unquestioned veracity, there is nb doubt Of the
fact that the fire was the work eli United Statei
soldiers stationed in the vicinity Of the town. Al
soon as Ireceived Information bf the burning
Ii, knowing that Gen. Wright had left Galveston,
i teiegraphedt to Mai. Lathrop, at Houston, that
as wished him to go AZ once to Brennan and inyest
G gate the whole affair, and also requested him T
10 Communicate my dispatch to the Commanding oil
Ger at Galveston. was promptly answered b
of Maj Lathfop and Lieut.. Col. MGsbn Of Galveston
ia. The latter was expected to go to BRENNAN o
Z Mondays train, but learn there was no cenneG
ton, and he failed to reach there. Idoubt no
he however, that he is there befoTe5his time.
Inclosed i lsend you . memorial Of the either
- who were the sufferers by the Are And in n
sponse to their request ! would recommen nd tn
your honorable body appoint a joint committt
ad whose duty it shall be to proceed at once toBre
of ham, with authority 10 take testimony as to u
left origin Of the fire, the amount of property q
= stroyed and the value OF the same, in order th
tts' the whole subject may be laid before the autho
ties of the general government. As soon as
was informed of the occurrence, knowing the 9
= citement likely to be aroused, and fearing impt
tE. dence on the part OF thonghtless persons,
rected that the sheriff should summons suffcie
number of discreet persons to- aid the civil O
thorities in preserving order. / am much gratih
yS that the citizens of Brennan have acted with pr
dencesand propriety. Such a course of condu
will insure a speedy investigation and redre:
as far as it is possible, of wrongs committed .
have every confidence that the commands
officers of this district and in this military depa
ment will see that Justice is done our people, a
that those under their command who violate I
,;o1 laws shall not go unpnnished. will request
- - removal of this company from Brenham, and 9
eat that such of the parties charged with the burni
as can be inentihed, shall ba delivered to
ons proper authorities for trial.
=. j. W. FHRoCKMoRToN,
esL- Governor of Texa
The following memorial is signed by about fol
in leading citizens, and is followed by statement
losses, which we give:
To his excelsncyJ W. Throekmortdn Governor of Tex
To- The memorial of the undersigned, citizens
SO p; the town of Brennan, in the county of Washil
lSc ton, and State of Texas, respectfully shows:
II, That on the night of the 7th inst, ai
ooii amount of property situated in Brennan, owl
ces by them, the description and value of which Y
be found in the annexed statement, was fred .
am utterly destroyed by o party Of federal soldi
stationed here.
Your memorialists show this act of incendiari
ad- was done not by irresponsible privates alone,
to with the full knowledge, and DIS your memorial
the believe, by the express orders of the fede
officer commanding the troops and the post;
that since its commission he has justified the
900 in retaliation, as he alleges FOR an assault III
eek some of his men by other citizens Of Brenha
les and your memorialists show that this officer
. taken no steps for the arrest Or punishment of
or| offenders.
Your memorialists show that they are law al
at ing citizens, deeply interested in the stability
aro- the government, ,and in the peace and quiet of
: g community in which they live; that they were
> ol nowse concerned in the alleged assaulu u
dull the federal soldiers and thai they had uttered
sady word and done no act to provoke this Wanton
woo struction of property.
Wherefore, your memoriallsts request your
eelency to lay the matter before the honorf
and legislature now in session, with the view to
iuiet tanning an investigation of the facts connet
with the destruction of their property, that t
may be presented in the authentic and author
and tive form to his eXcellency, the President of
500 United States, in order that they may obtain
To- dress for the destruction df their property,
- 80 the community for The Outrage which it has
lG AZ tanned.
Is. j. A. Randle, Emil Netmann, J. 7. No
sions Norris & McNease, Compton Bros, J. B. Ca
norl- bell n, Hellman, d. Gotlidb, j. p. Presley
potN t"I B. Rolf, Morris Cans, Mira Crumper, San
zU4c. Cans Sam Levinson, J. L.. Watkins g. Co, L
so. Heman, McGary & Rolf, p. L. McGary, Fra
ed to d. Allen, " Little, of South Carolina, per G
Breedlove, agent; J. NJ, O1Lins, Ghas. Steven
Henry Ludlow John Stevenson, Il. P. Allen
ana B. Wilkins, A. Boyle
Dest STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, CHARACTER.
Corn VALUE OF PROPERTY DESTROYED BY FRI
521o BRENNAN on THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER TTH.
-, Compton Brothers, general stock of mere
oAeat disc witha book of accounts and notes estsa
Lard at S25 GOO; Il. Hellman general stock Of
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