The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-12-15
TEXAS ITEMS.

A correspondent of the Houston Times says:
The whole tier Of Red River counties will plant
cotton next year. They have no market for any
thing else produced, as the Indians have stopped
Immigration. Their country is paradise almost;
| rich IN soil and all productions. The people all
the way to Red River are in furore for an exten'
sion of the Central Railroad Already they have
ceased TO trade Of Jefferson, and are coming to
Bryan, although 1t Is go miles from Gainesville,
and takes wagon and horse eleven days TO get
there. Let Billy" Baker know thar there Is
world OF trade now reaching out its hands for the
coming of the central"
Joseph Weaver. young man residing in Hop.
kins county. was arrested here on wednesday oy
the military authorities. We learn that he Is
charged with being an secomplice OF Bicker.
staff Jimplecute, 4th.
The Countryman reports that business 10 Hemp
stead 10 lively. Mr.. Beman retires from the edIto-
rial chair and leaves Mr.. Elliot in charge OF that
paper.
The Enquirer, at Gonzales, reports crops in that
section in good condition and adds that those far
mers who planted different did much better than
those who planted largely Of cotton Several frosts
have occurred In that section.
The Georgetown Waterman says that one OF its
citizens realized 500 in coin for the rent OF four
acres Of land. being one-thrd of its product.
Twice that amount has been realized In this To-
cslity, and nothing thought or said about it.
A correspondent Of the Houston Times, writing
from Bryan, 18th inst, says: Cotton still pours
into Bryan in q steady stream. To-day the streets
will be thronged with cotton wagons, cold as II is
But unless yeu send rs some better news. the mar
ket is likely to remain fat. The confidence of
sellers, however, in the speedy stiffening Of the
market, is unabated, and believe with them. Pc
cans are here from the Wichita in large quantities.
and sell at SO bushel. Mr.. Whaey, who was one
of Gen. Wheelers special scouts during the war.
and who was captured by his own side while they
were trying to make their way into Texas, at the
break up,' has just arrived here from Gaines
vile, Cook county. He informs that the ruin Of
the frontier by Indian depredstons Is far greater
than the press has ever made known. He left his
farm and moved 70 the neigborhood of Gainesville,
and in few days after the whole of his neghbor-
hood was cleaned up by the Indians. short
time since, six white men had a desperate and
bloody battle with thirty or forty Indians. The
whites were led by two young men named Hobbs.
who we're desperate on account Of their losses.
The Indians lost about seven killed, and great
number we're wounded. The whites had one young
man killed and three wounded. Both the Hobbs
had their horses shot uuder them. Gen. Hazleton
has now taken command of the frontier and pro-
misses to kill the last Indians If they rob and murder
any more. He asserts that he will make an ex-
ample of the first Indian agent or sutler who is
caught trading with the Indians. as they know
that the Indians trade what is robbed from the
whites, and buying from them actually encourages
these robberies."