The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-03-06
TEXAS ITEMS

A private letter from Mckinney. Collin county.
says that Booth end bis accomplices confessed in
open court, 30 the murder If The Missouri traveller
While they ere beng tried az sherman Col. Ir-
win wss Killed, was also man uaaed Stock.
well, while ~ supper AS Judge Hart was about
To pronounce sentence upon Booth aud his accom-.
piices, the news came thai the judges son had
been killed by the sheriff of Hunt county a.
GTeenyiile.-lGalye News. March 50.
&r. A. \. EartiHiere. one of The passengers of
the Early I'd, arrived by saiiboat last night. He
represents three boats waiting for hIgh water TO
come dow n the Trinity. The Early Bird has ga
baes Of cotton, the Ida Rees 66l, and the Fleta
! ebou $50 ibld.
Information reaches Us Of a new line of steam.
ers between Galveston and New Orleans TO 20
inc operation immediately, and of which the old
and well known house of VIM. HeDdley Il Co..
ae 10 be agents here. The Mary ". Roberts will
probably be the 6rst boat of the opposition line
ard her advent under the management of Messrs.
Hendiey 4 Co. vii be aDxiously expected There
is ample employment for two or three lines of
vessels between these two great cotton and sup.
ply ports OF the country, ard we hope proper
encouragement will be given the undertaking.
Ibid.
We were informed last night that the Morgan
steamers had made very material concession %
shippers, having reduced their freight tariff so
per cent. between this city and New Orleans.
Dry barrels were yesterday delivered az 80 cents.
Nleiher the movement wag voluntary on the
part OF NJ. Morgan. or is cone il anticipation OF
opposition. the reEnt % shippers and cOnsgnees
Will be he same aud We note the fact with pleas.
ure. FTeg hts have been eXOrbitaDtly high and
passage beyond ali reason. We suppose a cor.
responding reelection will be made in trsnaDOrta.
tiCn OF passengers by me Morgan line.-CIbid.
Houston hiss been The scene of another editorial
frsca5. Mr.. Quick, Of the Houston Uuion while
the Capital HOtel, recently. at the dinner
table, had difficulty with DR.. Hill. Angry words
passed about the ability of negroes to make public
spet ches, tum0leTs flew around, pistols were
dawn, but no random shots made. Nobody hurt
The 81. Mary NsqnerO says hat parties from
San Antonio have bought an interest in COpsns
and intend building wharf and making other
improvements. ny which means they expect TO lay
lie foundation OF city.
The same paper has a correspondent at Rock
port who says tue English steamers 10 ran be-
tween that pisce and Hav ana in the stock trade
ale expected 10 about twenty days. From the
seine authority we learn that Morgan will soon
put another steamer built expressly for the trade
between Ruckport and New Orleans.
The LuVaoe Commercial OF the 2lth ult an
nCunces the death Of Il. 4. Fulton, an Old and
highly esteemed citizen of that place. He settled
IN LaVsca in lS4A, 8Hd vas, a. the time of his
death, the largest stakeholder and vice president
OF the railroad, and president of the Lavaca
Navigation Company. Three days preceding his
cemse be leit his bed and walked to a sain ed
sisters grave, aud there gave directions TO an old
faithful servant Tor the preparation Of his last
resting place.
The same paper says their dredging machine
has penetrated the wreck OF vessel IN a depth OF
clay, several feet below the reef. II is more than
likely that this wrocA was one Of the vessels OF La
Sale the fret discOyerer Of the bay.