The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 23, 1859 Page: 2 of 4
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tender our sincere thanks to
F. M. Dougherty, of Cook Co,
subscribers.
utteution to the tow
Long A Simpson, at
Col Long has had a sue
Sessional career in Florida,
ia a young gentleman
who has already obtained a prominent
i fa Ids profession.
Lsrr.—Among tito unfortu-
of those who perished on board
she sunk beneath
i of the Mississippi below Bat-
was the Gallant Major
who was a member of Qen<
it's company in 1886- Now,
1 of ttwt noble band of vol
unteers left on earth, is our esteemed
in F. T. DulTau. Titus
■ the heroes of thirty-six,-—
to their honored ashes f
—We were in error as to
the bond of Messrs. Paschals. Judge
Vontress bound Judge Goo. W, Pas-
chal in the sum of ten thousand dollars,
oonditionod that ho and his son, Goorge
Walter Paschal, should kocp the peace
i months towards John Mar
IJ M. Sieinor, "and the rest
I." Henry W. Subletf, 8. W,
, Joho Hancock and several ¿til-
ths securitiu*.
Steiucr, and Major John
> put in bonds of $6,000
i pacific, by order of Judge
Pe invite the attention of our
to the fact that our junior pro.
prietor and general traveling agont,Mr.
John 8. Perry, will leave this city on
i a canvassing and col-
tear for this paper. Onr Mends
" to ■*, recollect
is nooeasary to have money to
i A newspaper enterprise*} and
w bope they will be prepared to meet
their indebtedness. As the csnvass
will soon bs open, and a subscription
ÓfW will cover the next session of the
Legislatura; parties who are not a!-
' readers of our paper will find
¡ interest to becomo so. Mr. P
the Southern and Soatbucrt-
¡SÉBS
In tlté preliminary examination
> Vontress, upon the arrest
of the two Psaehal'a, those giants of
" the colossal Hamilton'
Hancock, ware pit-
other. The former,
, confined hhn
the the ori-
account of tho difficulty between
Reagan and Bryan, which appears else-
where in oar paper to-day, lias little in-
terest so far aa the mere personal con-
troversy is concerned. That "else-
where," to which the redoubtable mem-
ber from the Western District pointed,
is of no moment compared with the fsct
that Brysn denounced the " Union plat-
form of national Democracy npoit which
Reagan stands." Because of thos* sen.
timonts Mr. Reagan has discovered the
which bs might hare fore-
to sacrifice him. His fato ii only
the fate of every national Democrat in
Texas. Mr Bryan, in his denunciation,
no doubt felt himaolf sustained by " tkt
organisation and the Hot-Spurs of Texas.'
He has magnified their numbers as
greatly as lie has the defenders of judi.
cial corruption. Bnt possibly he hsi
counted without reckoning with his host.
They lovo his sentiments, snd secrctly
work to further them ; but they wi'l
hesitate to make turn tlieir candidate.—
Bryan has beon imprndout. As the
Representative of tbat organization,
speaking through its diques and organs,
ho has spoken out his wishes and thoir
wishes. He has acted with the little,
activo working faction, who, like Judge
Campbell, wiali no iasuo so much ns
disunion and (its kindred mensuren.—
Bnt (iky—his supporters—will not dsro
to speak out, and to accept the issues
which Judge Reagan makes.
Judge Roagsn openly avows himsell
a Union man " upon the Houston theo-
ry." That is, wo suppose, the Judge
sees no necessity fur disunion, which
did not exist before Texas went into
the confederacy. Therefore he is for
the Constitution and the Union "without
an if." These aro our sentiments.--
We are as muoh opposed to tho con*
stunt showing oi teeth, threatening,
blustering, par fxetlltnu prating about
"Southern rights," ro-opening of tho Af-
rican Slave trndo, Ac, Ac., ond making
those impossibilities and silly assump-
tions the basis of indoctrinating tho sen-
timent of disunion, as wo aro to tho
downright "higher lawism" as a- condi-
tion of fraternity
Neither the South nor the North, as
such, hnte separate or special rights.—
Bach and overy State has absolute sep
arate sovereignty, except so far as re-
stricted by the express grants of the
Federal Constitution. Bnt these reser-
vations of rights are not in favor of
sections, bnt aro held by tho States in-
dividually and respectively. This is
popular sovereignty. The sectionalist
for tho sake of Motions, is as dangerous
South as North.
The people of Texna love the Uuion.
They made many sacrifico* to obtain it.
They spoke a uation into existence, and
conquered an umpire republic. They
found it inconvenient, impossible and
undesirable to maintain a separate na-
tional existence. They loved the stars
and stripes, which they still felt wore
their own. they loved the sunny clime,
tho rich soil, the healthful hills and
valos, tho vast prairie* and magnificent
proportions of Texas. They could not
loave these. Thoy had fought too hurd
to maintain thorn. But they could car-
ry them into tha confederacy which
they had left. With almost one voice
they accomplished this. Undor tho stars
and «tripos thoy have prospered, and
quadrupled their numbers and woaltb in
twelve years. During that timo thore
it
TO
ut Attorney, hays como among them a few ambitious,
to state
•• . ■ ■
aspiring, money loving politicians, who
preach doctrines at war with tho lore
of Uuion. They—-those men—have no
common sympathies with the " old set'
tier sentiment," the sound Democracy of
Texaa.
Let us then make (lie issuo at onco
Is there a Union loving sentiment ¡in
Texas or not t There is. The masses
of tho Democracy—the great majority
of the people—despise the new ext eme
doctrines. We call .upon them to be no
longer deceived. Lot tliem rise in their
might and proclaim Texas a consorn
tive State. Let otliers do like Rengan:
forward and rales tho
Union " aa their
prate about what
a ill "declaro" at Houston. Wo
have nu confidence In their declarations
Thoir acta, thoir proscription, thoir open
and secret circu-
to ill Union loving
national Demo-
their truculent War for spoils,
tbat the ~
trust the " comnooters " as lead
of
In reading the accounts of various
political meetings, for' the purpose of
sending delegates to the Houston Con-
vention, and iu perusing certsin editori-
als, which encourage tho true and faith-
ful to "circulate the documents," one
who is not thoroughly posted in the
wiro-working schemes of crafty office-
seekers, is naturally led to the enquiry:
what is the motive of all this commotion
in tho political soa, and who are the ag-
itators of tho hitherto calm waters ?
To some extent, a key is found to the
solution of the last interrogatory by re-
ference to the Gonzales correspondent
of the Galveston News, who oxposes
friend Oldham's efforts to procure his
own nomination before the convention,
as an efficient and safe man to broak
lances with Wilcox and Hamilton.—
Tirso "efficient and safe men" are un
willing to commit their fortunes directly
into the hands of the ii dependent voters
of the country, heneo thoy recommend
with "fervency and zeftl" a resort to a
log rolling Stato Convention, whet o they
hopo, for imagined past serriccs, to be
properly endorsed and sent out before
tho soToreigns, labeled "right side up
with care."
But the prestige of such authcntica
tion of political qualification has happi-
ly passed away. The party sachems
vontured a stop too far when thoy iu
dulged the wild dream of placing upon
the bench of the Supreme Court a man
utterly repudiated for that office by
many good men of hit own party. Evcu
the intelligent masses of tho German
popnlation, who were so artistically
tickled during former contesta, now
turn with loathing and disgust from the
low chicanery of their old associates,
and assert tho truo principios of Repub-
lican institutions. Some of the ablest
articles we have read upon the science
of political economy have appeared in
the editorial columns of tho Sun Antonio
Zoitung, a paper published in the Gor
man langnogc, and which will compare
favorably with any other journal in the
broad Stato. Tho independent conduc-
tor of this valuablo exchange, ever on
the alert himsell, exhibits to his German
readers, with a power and skill that few
possess, the true acicuco of government,
aud the various phases of party distinc-
tions. As a token of his success, num-
bers of his enlightened countrymen have
already publicly anuonncod their deter-
mination no longer to be driven like
beasts of burdon, wherever an irrespon-
sible "organization" may direct. They
will no longer rest under the stigma of
being incapable of voting well and wise-
ly, without iustrnctions from somo grand
sanhedrim, which claims for itself the
combined wisdom of the land. They
souglit !!>o inviting shores of America iu
<«i' i'mn • «• ililliftita anrl tlin A 1
The lew Fntmaitcr fiewrtl.
Ths appointment of Joseph Holt, the
present commissionor of puteuts to the
Postmaster Generalship is exceedingly
creditable to our discerning President.
Joseph Holt, we believe, was never in
office, never sought office, never figured
in a political Convention or caucus.nevcr
resorted to any of the small ucts of the
Deinagogno and wire worker, until he
was called to preside over the patent
office. He was a stu lent, a scholar, u
lawyer and a gentleman from his youth
upward. Ho is a nstive of Kentucky,
and his first wife was tho daughter of
Dr. Harrison, a brilliant and scutimcn
tal woman. His present wife is the
daughter of ths Hon 'I.C. A. Wickliffe,
tho Postmaster General under President
Tyler. Holt run one of the most bril-
liant and rapid professional careers in
Mississippi, ever known in the South.—
Ho was the acknowledged rival of Pren
tiss in eloquence, snd argument. lie
was tho equsl of Benjamin us a btisi
ness man. He is naturally taciturn, si
lout and retiring; but whenever his
mouth opens it pours forth eloquent
phrases. His pen never touches paper
but to be eloquent. He is ut oncc a
man of great mind and great worth.—
He stsiids forth an honored evidence,
that, in our ccuutry there is a real
respect for the mind-tlieir-own-busi
noss, improvo-their minds-and take care
of thoir morals class.
Holt had no claims for " political ser-
vices" other than an open well defined
position ss a Democrat and a lover
of his coun'ry gavo him. In tho terrible
Know Nothing warfare of 1855,he poured
forth eloquent arguments against that
proscriptivo dangerous organization.
Tho President could not have done
better, we sro glad that he has display
ed such love of morit as to do so well.
Holt has many frio nils aud connec-
tions in Texas, and as an aspiring man,
cannot overlook our rapidly growing and
much neglected Stato.
quest of free Institutions, and tbat equal-
ity of citizenship no wbero else so com
pletoly to be found. 'flit* intend to ex-
etciso, uiitrnmmclcd by dictation, those
inestimable rights aud privileges, the
attainment of which iuduced them to
leuve their fatherland, and to take, shel-
ter under that liberal system of laws
which allows to the immigrant from a
foreign clime tira same immunities that
pertain to the native boru citizeu.-
Tl.eir couscionce is not shut up in the
casket of au irresponsible convention
to bo opened only ut the bidding of de
signing deinsgoguos. But in their own
houust bosoms beuts tho ouly monitor
they will permit to control thorn in the
slightest degree, touching tho matter of
slightest
suffrage.
rmh
" P"|' 1 'A j* ft
• • • •
of merry England
htdy, do-
Tlie truth is, there is at this particu
lar juncture no more necessity for a
State Convention than for a lighted
chandelier iu the centre of the blazing
meridianjun. It the rabid politicians
who so keenly recoinineud such au or-
ganization, supposed for a moment that
thuy stood a better diuuce for the spoils
without such an endorsement of their
transceiidant merits, they would no more
advocate it than they would tho direst
pcrsoual calamity that over befell the
human race. No patty arrays itself in
acknowledged organized opposition to
the national Democracy in this State.
No distinctions pi evail in the political
creed of Texians, unless as to tho mode
and measnro of redress nguinsf North
cm aggression and fanaticism. The dif-
ference on this point is between the
champions of disunion, a Southern Con-
federacy, the re-opuning of the slave
trade, and secessiou, ou the ono hand,
and the advocates of union snd national
Democracy on tho other
The first class designated above, con-
sists, as a general thing, of clamorous,
fire-eating, lilood and thunder, whang-
doodle conventiouists. As a proof of
this position, a leading piirtisau, a few
weeks ago, declined iu advance a nomi-
nation before the Houston Convention,
boca usé forsooth public ocntimcut was
not yd ripe for all tira hor.-ora of revolu
tion. Olí no I 'lira pl;\y«rs are not yet
ready to lift the curtain for the opening
of tho horrible drama to be exhibited
beforo tlio eyes of the assembled World,
litis thing of popular suffrage must first
"bo curtailed iu its unrestricted exercise.
Ths people must bo taught submission
to the behests of brawling demagogies.
<Conventions must become to completely
*|" J ~ of the day, is that when a
is once made, ft must stand
to tlie ultimate election of
party. When this crisis
ereign, bnt tho pliant tools of their as
™a«*r«. beoome thus hood wink
ed aid M by the ooilar then we may
That Boqnet and iu Attendant Reflections
Ignorant of the fair hand that witli
exquisite taste arranged for us a beau
tiful boquot of early spring flowers, we
can only givo expression to our ac
knowlcdgincnts through the friendly
columns of tho Intelligencer. Since
" our way of life" has commenced np
proximating towards " tho here and
yellow leaf," such flattering tributes
are of rare occurrence. It is but sel-
dom uow-a days that our puthway is
strewed with rosy favors. Younger
and gayer admirers, who. as time flies
on with rapid wing, have stopped in to
the field, now bear away all such pleas-
ing badges of lovely woman's kind re-
gard.
Why is it, unknown lady, that man
should be «till doomed to walk the
gloomy labyrinths of mortal existence,
after time has set his signet upon the
stooping form, and tho florid tints of
youth havo disappeared from tho fur-
rowed cheek, and unpropitious stars
have robbed him of all the joys that
made life dear f Why should on un-
pitied child of the first transgressors,
under all these hope-depress'f.'ig circum-
stances, be still permitted to linger
amid the flowers of the green earth as [
a monument of the vain follies of the
past? Amid the armory of bright
Heaven, sleep tho bolts of forked light*
ning that attend the storm king in his
elemental wrath. Over the fair fields
of the lower, world the destrying angel
may fly with pestilenco and disease and
death upon his dark piuions. Why ere
not somo of these agents commissioned
to divest spirits bereft of hopo and hap-
piness of their cumbersome tabernacles
of clay ? This is a mystery, dear lady,
we may not peuctrate. Tho key to its
solution will only be furnished iu God
own good time, when " tho place that
knows us now, shall know ns no more
forever "
But thank you kindly, mysterious
fair one, for your pretty floral offering.
The bloom ond frngrnnee of the roses
will oft, uhtil they wither and fade, re-
mind the grateful recipient of tho iuno-
conco and boauty of the generous donor.
May favoring Fortuno scatter along
your path showers ol such lovely cm-
Roll.
Tho left baud column below is a reso-
lution of the Democracy of Burleson
County, passed ot a meeting held at
Caldwell on tho 28th of last February
which recommends Judge W. S. Old-
ham for Congressional honors, upon the
score of services rendered. Tho right
hand column, in juxtaposition to the
left, contains an effusion from a writer
in tho Houston Telegraph, who signs
himself " Pluribus," and who advocates
the claims of Governor Runnels to a
second term. Pluribus shows the ulti-
mate utility of Oldham's services, as
ono of the followers of old Sam. The
lower extract, forming a sort of base
for the support of the irpper ones, or a
key-stone to two parallel arches, is de-
signed to indicate the efficiency of Judge
W. 8. Oldham, according to his own
modest showing, as B. avers, in his
" flood of letter*."
" IWiilor, Mr. Editor,
we might ns well profit
>y pint cxpeiii'ticc oil
lili* subject, for it ii not
worth « hilo to diaguixu
tkt fact - that if General
llowtlon had liad no.fol
lowers on the HTl'MP in
the tint canean, tíover-
lorlttimieU would hurt'
rrCekcd n much larger
majority than lie dioT—
\« It wui, io it will be."
" KBNOi.ven.That wr
hereby cxprin* our prer
erencr for the Hon. W.
8. Oldham of Auxtin ci-
ty to repri'tent this Dlf
trict In tho Conxres* oi
the United gwlo , be
llerlug tlmt lie bin doll
ni nr.tcli for the Demu-
emtio cuii-o in ihitStnl'
nu any other nisu. and
in ti inttn of talent nn<:
eO'Tgy. of character
inch an will do credit t>
the State ho muy repre
fcnt. Though we will.
mpport any other trn<
Democrat whom said
Convention may uom
unte.'1
THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OK THE CAUCUS
SYSTEM.
Belmont, 6onzat.es County, )
March 7th. 1850 }
Et>*. NSW !—Whilst we arc all busy attend
ing to our pUntinu Interest , a Hood of letters
lian been poured out on the people around In
tlio West, by Oldham of Auntiii, prewiing his
claim* for Congrcw, and necking to have the
county convention «end men up to Houston to
m ciire tlio nomination 'or him; at l 'ant he lias
written to Scgtiin, Gonzalo* a id this place to
that edict. Ho al>o my that Col. Wiloox i«
out lor the office, and tbat Jack Hamilton will
bo, and in order to get an ofRci'-nt and nfe man
again"! th' in. to defeat them, it would be be-t
to ►eciiro the thing by giving liitn the nomina-
tion. This in the purport of all hi letter*, and
n* they have cmne here, it is likely they have
been sent eWewliero. If this bo the honorable
course taken by all the candidates in the field at
pre ent to get the nomination, it ia a new way
of working tlio machinery of which I had no no-
tice heretofore, or 1 could have presented other
names who would have been more acceptable
than his. But the 1 auty of the thing is, the
letter received here i« in bin own hand wrltini
and I have heard the others are also. Such e
furls will not aid hi course here. 1 assure you
but it •liowD.the man and his calibre.
t
stems.
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Wc copy the following intelli
gencc, eonccrning the propccts of crop ,
from the San Antonio Ifcruld. The
ÜTcruId also contains a beautiful tribute
to tho worth, patriotism aud exalted
talents of General Sam Houston, whose
stock, to us* a cant phrase seems to be
raising everywhere.
Prospect* on thr Rio Gsanm:.—We hare
seen s letter written by a genth uian of Rio
Sraode City, datrrl 6tli Inst., from whioli wc
learn that times are flourishing there, many
stock-buyers Iw lnjr ia that locslTty, money In
sbuadasee, with plenty of lino rains, &c. One
gentleman In the neighborhood Im4planted 200
scr-s In eetiaa and com, which were looking
tiurly—the first bad from four to «ix h avis ou
*"4 the latter was knee high.
9B- The Editor of the Contreville
Herald has seen what he supposes to
har* been • throe logged chickcn—tiw
third log projecting rather behiad the
other too. Ia all probability that
the editor regarded as sn extra
.It
Tht Princess.
Tlio following article from the Cin
cinnati Commercial was written some
time prior to the disaster which resulted
in the loss of so many valuablo lives,
and caused so many bereaved hoarts
to thrill with emotions of sorrow that
would not be comforted Few who bo
held the fine proportions and graceful
symmetry of that beautiful but illfated
steamer, dreamed of the snd destiny in
store for her and her unfortunate living
freight. The Princess was represented
as a model of river crafts, with ull her
machinery in most perfect order. The
cause of her disaster will perhaps re-
main a mystery until the most secret
events of earth are made manifest and
clear, by tho withdrawal of the curtain
conccaling their Origin, in a world
whore nothing is hidden or disguised.
Perhaps the accident «vas one against
which no human foresight cottld pro-
vide ; perhaps it was tho result of a
criminal carelessness, reckless of consc
Quencos nud heedless of tlio destruction
of human lives. At ull events this and
other frequent calamities, rendering the
father of waters so lamentably memor-
able, should suggest to tuPso tyho are
wafted upon its ever rolling waves, a
caution and prudeuco never hitherto ob-
served. The laws of the country should
be belter adapted to the protection of
its citizens. Many thousands of immortal
spirits, through what aro generally
termed steam boat accidents, have, year
after year, gone down K-ncath the silent
billows of tho Mississippi to rise no
more; and yot within our recollection,
none concorned in the navigation of- tho
river have been made an example to en-
force o greater degree of prudcnco, and
to avert in future such heart-rending
calamities. We believe that fbr every
such "accident," there should be some
measure of punishment. The inn keep
er is reuponsiblo for tho safe peeping of
tho traveler's goods. Why should not
the steamer Captain and owners bo, for
the lives and property of those entrust
ed to their care 7
'• Captain Dan. Morton, the famous builder ol
the proud champions, Naiobes, PrisofM and
Strnder, ia progreaalng finely with the new ollp-
pcrJ ,!£" Vicksbui g and New Orleans ma I
trade. The dimensions of this elegant craft will
be ss follow* : 9£6 feet long, 40 feet beam, and
The machinery will con.
a meter, sad 32
depth of buhl 9 lest.
slst of six bollera, 40 ilíones in diameu.,
feet in length ; two cylinders, 30 inches In diam-
etfr. 9 f.et stroke, with wrought Iron snsfts.
pitnMiiH, i'to. Wilh capacity tor 800 ton , she
wll haro a fine model, Wing so keen snd sharp
that only one person can look at her at one
time. Captains Holme* and Leather have al-
ways corred tho ••boriis-' for speed along the
southern rtc« truck, andflnre now determined to
bring out another steamer that win eclipse all
others in point rf speed and magulficinoc
CapUla Dsn. Morton Is unlimited la the con-
tract and will do it sure, having the personal
of catire Job. *bo champion
Mk and bo
That Story -John Taylor ud i. W. Arriigtoa.
A correspondent of tho Rambler cor-
rects the statement credited by that
paper, that Arrlngton'a Taylor fiction
was a sure enough reality. The pioce
had sovcal times gono the rounds of
the press; but as wo supposed that every
body know that neither Chester Ash-
loy, Albert Pike, nor S. S. Prentiss ever
attended a court in Texas, wo hud not
felt called upon to contradict it- Tho
correspondent of the Rambler, howovcr,
falls into some real errors as to Arling-
ton's position, calling and career, be-
fore coming to Texas, which we fuel it
duo to tlio truth of history to stato.—
Arrington is emphatically a self-educa
ted man, and by no means a varied
scholar. He commenced his youthful
career as a Methodist preacher, and for
a time had great reputation us a suc-
cessful deelaimer. But if the spirit willed
to do we'', tho flesh was weak; and Ar-
rington possessed none of tho virtues of
that marvellously lucky character who
was sold by his brethren into Kgypt.—
So ho fell from—works.
He next settled in Fayettevillc, Ar-
kansas; tmight school, read luw, com
tnenced practice in 1838, Wc heard
his very first effort; it at oncc gave hitu
position as a powerful orator. Getting
into some difficulties with some village
politicians, ho wroto tho Fayetteviliad,
the vulgarest heroic in the English lan-
guage, and for a time retired from the
bar. He soon returned from his school
teaching however, and made such strides,
that in 1842 ho wus elected to the Leg-
islature, not us a Democrat, but us a
Whig. He won a high reputation ns a
debater. It was in 1843 that he mude
his celebrated Stand Watie speech,
which was published in pamphlet by the
writer, and was republished among the
Congressional documents. /
Iti 1844 he was placed upon the Clnv,
not the "Democratic Polk ticket;" but
beforo thn election he withdrew from
tho ticket, voted for Polk, quit Arkan-
sas, and cunte to Texas. Of his career
here we will not speak, further than to
say that he was District Judge of the
Rio Grande District, and the author of
all tho articles attributed to Itiin, and
many more fictions quite as bold.
When we last heard from Arrington
he had commenced tho practico of the
law at Chicago, Illinois, aud was said
to be a great student.
He is a man of superior talents, with
out any balance wheel, so to speak.
' Dreadful Affair!
Tho following is an account of a ho-
mocide, which occonred in Crocket.—
The narrative of the unfortunate trage
dy, is related with evidence of a strong
bias against Hull ; yet the facts may
be strictly correct.
' Axothicr lIoKRin Minors.—We have again
the painful task imposed upon us of chronicling
another of the horrid events too common, alas,
sr our town of late. Tlio circumstances, ns
briefly a.« we can relate tlwrn, ore flint on yester-
day week. (March Hih) a difficulty occurred be-
tween Jantes M. Hall, owner ol the ••Argus"'
and Isaac l'oacock, architect, at or near llall's
Hotel, the boarding place of both. The causes
which led to the difficul'y need not lie made a
public matter, hut events had occurred, not,
however, sufficient to endanger the life of a
peaceable, quiet citizen, yet it ennsed * bad feel-
ing with Jim Hull against stveral persons, Pea-
cock ntnong the number. Some words passed
when the two met, Jitn Hall struck at Peacock,
who acted on the defensivo sol. ly, retreating the
while, when Hall stabbed Irtn in the side, somo
say once, others that twostnbs were made. The
affi 'atit made assert" that Peacock acted solely
on the defensive. Competís as tu class this ns the
most cold blooded Murdt r, with not even the
palliation ol intoSie.ition or passion, tlmt ever
occurred in our lown. . Jim Hall immedaitely
fled, although efforts were mudo to arrest him.
Iitf eluded pur nit and escnpid. Parties liare
i.pen in rooalant pursuit of him and oncc twice
he narrowly •i.C.'MH-'d.
Jim Hall Is the put.'.'sher and controller of the
Argus newspaper, was oncO head of the Mason-
ic Order in the state, an Odd Fflle (suspen-
ded); h> ld the office of d'strlct e'erk until last
election, when he only received a few votis.—
James M. llsll is a short thick set mau, gray
hair, red beard and florid complexion. We
learn a reward will be offered by both societies
of which he is ataember, and another from the
citiiens, for bis arrest— Curtket Printer.
'■The Qukkn to Visit Canada, insnAra.—
We soe it slated in the Cnnnda papers that the
Onren will be petitioned by the Provincial Par-
liament to cross the ocean, and open the first
GREAT KKcmMCNT ON TI rKOKTIu,
Tim following item of Iodiun Ncwi i
taken from en i uteres ling letter ofr'i*
E. S. 0. Roborteon, of Bell count* ,'
Menus. Hancock & West, of this c'itv
dated Salado, March 18th :
" Ou Wedoesdsy last, about II o'clock A u
the Indians made their appearance on ti. LV
ers of Cow House aud Noland's Creeks il '"
miles abuva Uelton. They killed a Mr
aud wife, and captured his two children- t"'
Mr. Pierce, and drove off between Ihrs. ^
four hundred head of horses. About't o i
the same day, a party of thirteen men staruj®.
pursuit. The nest morning fourteen m, i Í
Uelton to assist In the pursuit. This evenin.
runner came in from the last party bs.rt *
d spatch Irom two of the coinuanV-l .!.?'L
ttinbsee and Bradford—with the fnf
found the Indian
teu mile'a from Bellou, between
1(1 tkal éliuu ... .
•Ucb
unlets'
tbat they had found the Indians to dav
ten milea from Bellou, between the I.í¡ V.
and Noland's Creek, and that they were
fna*él.lit Oliuas tsidi-A laiiul.l. 1. -- « • *llvll
force tlmt they were unable to whin thrm Tl
would bo compelled to fill back unleiá ►
inforced immediately. This informntinn
- - -jaa_, a
Parliament in Ottowa, the place selected by
herself as the future capital of Canada."- -A*. 0.
Picayune.
Her Gracious Majesty will hardly
cross the ocean without visiting the
Chief Magistrate of Texas.. If the Eng-
lish gentlewoman should be guilty of
such discourtesy, wc hope her young
progeny will allow the royal mamma no
sleep until two m^ons shall wax and
wane, after she returns to her double
log cabin,
j «cross Ike Mississippi at Sock
island has been the cause of iajnry and Ims to
our steamboats, to as extreme amount."
®-Montalambcrt has had two silver
statuette* toado, representing Denies-
and Cicero, intending to present
to the two ooansef who conducted
W* |n tho latí triol.^ ' T
A Singula* Disturbancis.- The Phila-
delphia correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun relates the following incident:
"Since the Sickles afluir at Washing-
ton it is dangerous to look at a woman.
A ease in point occurred in this city
last evening at a fashlouable boarding
house. It Appears that while the board-
ers were at tea, it female from the Wert
took offense because ono of the males,
sitting on the onposite side of the table,
hap|tened to look at her, and indignant-
ly threw a tuniblet of water into his
face. The astonished male followed
suit, and tbre a tumbler of water into
her face ; whereupon, her son ran tip
stairs, obtained a pistol, and biased
away at the man, withont, however,
the load taking effect, lite young man
then ran from tho house and made his
escape."
brought to uio by a runner from Belton ,£!
sun-down. I have sent for my neislih ., .
come wi ll their families to my house and it.
to night. In the morning we may besbletotM
upon tho proper course to be pursued t J,
have seven well armed men, and four «ln.7!*.
arms, aud should the Indians come to.iii ht«
will give them the best we Imve. T ier ire
ported to beou tho niovudown the country .«*!
I thought it prudent to protect our familfc ¿Í
night, instead offing we kuow not whitber
hvory thing is excitement in town and ouuntr.
aud my house i < full of people to overfluwh
" 1 lius you have a rough estimate ..four
turn of country. The point whe;o the Indiani
were Inst seen is about eight or len miles fr, „
my house.' ln
The above statement is corroborated
by tho mail rider, who passed near thn
placo where tho depredations wore com-
mitted.
1.ATKR.
News hud readied Georgetown on
Saturday, that a family of livo persona
had boon killed upon Cow Uouse creek,
sixteen miles from Belton ; also tlmt
five horses had been killed ton miles
from Lampasas Springs, on Main Lam-
pasas. The citizens of the country were
Hocking together.
STlI.t. LATKIt—HKCOVKRKD.
The little girl and boy—children of
Mr. Biggs—who were mentioned in Col.
Robertson's letter as having been cap-
tured by tlio Indians, were the next duy
recovered. A party in pursuit of tho
savages, on the evening succeeding the
capture, canto upon the little sister and
brother, some fourteen miles above lyltcru
they were taken, and found them con-
cealed iu the chimney of an outhouse.
They had been dropped by their cap-
tors iu tho hurry of flight, and as nlioro
described, fell into tho hands of tlieir
friends. The little girl, nbont twelve
years eld, says the Indians spoko Eng.
lisli.
STILt. LATER
SVe have received letters from C. A.
Wooldridgc and Murk Bean confirming
the foregoing reports, and giving addi-
tional particulars of horses having been
stolen ten miles from Lampasas. Mr.
Wooldridge adds:
" Judge Purrymnn, n gentleman residing
nbove here some twenty miles, left horns sn
Tuesday morning last fur Galesvllle—discovvnd
a person travelling tlio snmi road about three
quarteri of a m le from him. supposing hint to
be a white person lie lurried on that lie might
have ccmpany, but when he had arrived Willis
eighty or one hundred yards of the one thnthr
had seen, he found that it wnt an Indian, ami
therefore fled, the Indian turned In pursnlt tin
race was close for a mile or two, both being
well mounlid. Mr. P. at length abandoned his
horse and resoitcd toa thicket, thlrking itfsfrr
ihnn to remain on hoiseback. He stutes that
the Indian was well drcsxtd, wearing a blnck
cost and pant*."
MORE DEPREDATIONS.
We ure put in possossion of the fol-
lowing additional Indian news, by a let-
ter from Mr. Wm, Thaxton, dated San
Suhn, March 16th :
'-Small bands of Indians are almost constantly
prowling through onr country, stealing aud kill-
ing horses. About two wei'ki since, they «tole
1'irge number of horses from Cherokee cresk,
in ili a county, and inado good their escape with
them. On the 8th lust, they killed throe head
of horses on WiiIIhcc crook, and stole nine head
more, mid were quietly wood ng their way to-
wards the North, when they were discovered by
Mes-rs Joseph Campbell and David Litton, wbo
were out cow hunting, about six miles South of
old Camp Colorado. The Indians, I wo In num-
ber, wore driving their stolon horses as leisurely
and w ith as much unconcern, in open day, as
any stock-raiser 'n the country would do. The
two white men, although they were but poorly
ari^ftd. d'.terinined to attack tliem, wneti *
sharp lift ¿it ensued; the Indians resisting man-
fully, shower^ volleys of arrows upon their as-
sailants, but fortiJ'istely without effect. Hi*
white men continued tlio fight until thoy emp-
tied their pi-tols. mid wounded one of tho In-
diana badly, if not mortally, and then turned to
take charge of the horada, and drove t «eni in-—
They had all been itoleH from Wallace oreek
and vicinity."
Btogait and Bryan.
The following oxtract from the letter
of the New Orleans Delta's correspon-
dent at Washington, hi relation to tlio
Reagan mid B.yan difficulty, will bo
read with interest :
" We Imd quite an exciting scene In I he Hon**
of Representativos this morning.betweeii Messrs
Reagan and Bryanof Texas. An Issue bad been,
lugged iu some days ago by Mr. Brysn. whiefc
wns re-ponded to at thetlme by Judge Beagwt.
and all supposed the dispute ut an end. Not so,
however. Letters bad been received here (rem
Western Texas, stating that a combination
being formed for the purpose of breaking down'
Reagan In the Knstern section. Bengali knew
this und was ready for the issue. Thl< mepi'
ing Mr. Bryan again opened tho sure, and in eon-
clad ng his remarks bo denounced the Unioo.
principles snd national platform of his eolleaft'O1
Reagan retorted In terms quite as sninwteo.
and complained of the combination alindad to.--
By this time m<«t of the meml>ers were oat""'
fret, aud crowding round. Mr. Bryan f* *•
hoped If his enUksano had any oomplaintfc
make be woald seek another field, and-net drag
MT There are at present eighteen
peroons confined in the Toombs, New
York, ohnrgrd with murder.
them before a legislative body. This
brought Judge Reagan «gals to his foot, who
nouueed his readineasto uieet responsibility
where aud in any way. but claimed the right w
denouuee fanaticism—wild, reoklees. fife «"¡¡I
ihaat icism —whether at the North or Bosth. ssa
quite as hilarious in the one etc tion as the ott-
er. The Judge then planting himself oa the
Uafcm platform of Uen. Hownwm spoke
greet eloquence for a few momenta and pre-
sented the issue distinctly •' for or against s
Const tutlnn," and upon this Issue be said he
would go before his constituents and edroea£
i he Constitution he had sworn to support,
suite of combinations aid twsf>l dhs to areas
hu>i «awn. When he had closed, a na®1*'^
members crowded around and congratulated ®
upon his speech and sound union •eotiBie"*
TUT
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