The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-02-05
TEXAS ITEMS.

Government freight is all shipped. under late
orders, via Brennan to Austin. General Porter
chief quartermaster, has appointed Capt. Jules A.
Randall, receiver at Brenham. Mr.. John A. WAL
len is general transportation agent.
The Indisnols Bulletin of the 3sth Gays the
railroad now building from that point is being
pushed forward with great dispatch. That paper
thinks, that " with the completion Of this road,
property in Western Texas will become immense
~ valuable, and city property in lndianola will be
In demand at fabulous prices.n
In Seguin, q. +. Woodward was killed by his
sonin.aw, l.. p. Spain. He was unarmed and
shot five times with six shooter and killed in.
stsntly. The Journal says 1t was family affair.
The farmers on the Guadaloupe are highly
elated with the prospect for good crops. The
journal says they never fail to make abundant
crops after wet season like the present. Sew.
ersl fsmilies from Virginia and other States have
recently arrived and intend making Guadalupe
their future homes.
The Navasots Ranger Of the 2Sth ult., gives the
following account OF an assault with intent to kill
Psrson Lancaster: " Last Saturday, while on the
etc, we we're ruffisnly and cowsrdy attacked
by man mot citizen of this county, who, with
pistol in hand, threatened to put hOle through
Us, and bad 1t not been for some friends standing
near by, he would perhaps have executed his
nurderous threat. Notwithstanding we might
have been justified in shooting him down, we did
not modest him in word or deed. II is true we
were armed, not through choice, but in selfde-
Tense. as we had received an anonymous letter
The best crop of cotton raised in Collin last
year, so far as we have heard, is that raised by
James Naylor, Farmersville. II we have
been correctly informed, be gathered eight 500
lbs. bales, after being tolled for ginning, from
seven acres. The next best is that of l.. w,
Oglehby at Plano, who gathered Is bales from q
s.-tMcKinney Messenger, Jan. %.
james Alexander, well known cattle dealer,
has left Troy, New York, for Corpus Christi, Texas,
where he is to engage extensively in the slaughter
OF cattle. Mr.. A. brings with him the apparatus
for packing 200 head per day. He has already
purchased 26 600 head in Texas at the price of 81
per head. which he will kill for their hides and
Islow.-[ Houston Telegraph, Jan. 20.
We are informed by Sheriff Plat that one Nix.
on. desperate thief and assassin, arrested
last Sunday night, by a special deputy and two
attendants on a charge Of COW stealing. While
on their way to Austin, crowd of men, duly
BACKED and disguised, took the prisoner from the
deputy, and yesterday morning he was found dead,
suspended from a limb. Toe sheriff also has an
indefinite account of the killing Of Charles High,
eolored desperate who recently broke Jail. By
free display of weapons he blnffed one party sent
TO arrest him {; but on the second attempt he did
not succeed quite 80 we'll the arresting party be-
ing compelled to shoot him. Austin Republican,
Jan. 26.
The Gonzales Inquirer, of the 23d ult., says that
Henry Law, freedman, entered the dwelling house
of Col. Turner. sometime during the afternoon
when the family were all absent, and took from
the iron safe s672, of which amount $40 was in
twenty dollar gold pieces, and the balance in
Mexican silver dollars.