Georgetown Watchman (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 12, 1869 Page: 1 of 4
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TEXAS ITEMS.
G.rcen corn is selling in San
Antonio.
The Waco Register has news of
the killing of Bob Lee, said to be
one of the Bickerstaff gang, if not
the leader. The killing took
place on Monday the 25th ult.,
near Lee's residence at Pilot Grove,
by Capt. Charles Campbell and
a squad of men, 6th cavalry, who
were attempting to arrcct him.
The Weatfycrford Times gives
an account of a fight on the 16th
inst., between 50 Indians and 12
white men, stock hunters, near
Fort Belknap. They fought 2 p. m.
until dark. The Indians were the
attacking party, 3 white men kill-
ed, 3 supposed to be mortally wound-
ed, one slightly. None of the In-
dians reported killed. They were
armed with guns, the stock hunters
only with six-shooters.
Cumberland Presbyterian Uni.
VERsrtr.—Of the Rev. T.B.Wil-
son of Marshall, elected President
of this proposed University the
Harrison Flay of the 20th says:
We are not authorized to speak
for hint, but have no hesitancy in
saying he appreciates the com-
pliment which hat been paid him,
lafr cfoeanstaneM by which he is
at prefent surrounded,will prevent
his acceptance of the responsible
and honorable position to which
be has been assigned.
The Texas Fever which has been
represented as so fatal to cattle on
the other side of the Mississippi
river, has broken out with great
violence among the men, women
and children, in Tennessee, Ala-
bama and Georgia ; they all want
to come here, to buy our rich lands
at low prices.
A gentleman from Central Ala-
bama, who has resided in this
county lor the last eighteen months,
assured us the other day, that he
wtmU be. followed to Texas the
coming fall, by more than iorty
families. Let our land owners
make at note of this—let every
man who desires an increase in our
population, by bringing substantial
farmm and mechanics to this
courtly, omit no opportunitv to
keep the advantages of Texas be*
fin* |he people in the older 8tates.
We hsre a better country than
BfcaslI, Honduras or California,
tmi with proper exertions, we can
aooii have U ftttei «p with an en-
terprMag population. The Press
of tb* State is doing its duty in
tUi regard—let all the people
give a helping hand.—Busk Ob
FOSTER,
MAKEISOi\
Editors and Proprietors.
VOLUME
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1861).
NUMBER 15.
We copy the following from the
Register:
A remarkable case of sudden and
unexpected death occurred last
week in Bosqne county. A man
whose name was reported to be
Frank Irwin, said to reside 15 or
20 miles above here on the Bosque,
had started to Kansas with a drove
of cattle. Report went out that
his drove increased very fast, as
he went alon&r, and in a manner
not at all satisfactory or rcmu-
neratiye to the stock raisers of the
country through which he passed.
The herd was presently followed
by a company of stock raisers and
brought to a halt near the mouth
of Steel's creek, and the cattle
therein found unbought and unpaid
for were ordered to be cut out.—
Irwin proceeded to execute the
order but while doing so, was
thrown from his horse, the horse
falling on him. He was so badly
injured that he never spoke at'te:
ward and died in a day or two.
The Frontier.—The Weathe
ford Times of the 29th says the
Indians continued to pass through
Parker county in small bands last
week but no more murders were
reported.
The latest accounts from the
wounded at the Salt Creek fight
are that young Kutch and McLain
of Kechi are improving. It was
at first thought that McLain was
mortally wounded and that the
spike of the arrow was lodged in
his back, but on examination the
spike is not found in the wound
and he is improving rapidly.—
George Lemley had been moved
liome from the Salt Works ; the
spike had been extracted from his
shoulder, and Dr. Gctzwcller
thought if he could extract the
spike from his cheek bone there
would be a fair probability of his
recovery. Mr. Scgress, supposed
to be mortally wounded, was still
at the Salt Works. Mr. Gray, who
was severely wounded in the side,
thigh and leg, is recovering.
The Times says that news of the
week previous that William Crow
was instantly killcdi and John
Lemley and Cap Carter died of
their wounds on Monday and Tues-
day following, is confirmed.
The disastrous conflict took place
on Sunday, 16th inst., about fifteen
miles from Belknap, near the old
Preston Road, two or three miles
from Cottonwood Springs.
Man Killed.—By a special
dispatch to the News, we have the
following:
Brenham, May 31 1869.—The
Commander of the Post reports
that W. C. Joyncs, a merchant of
Brenham, shot a man named Hark-
ins ia now reported dead, and
Joynes is at large. The military
and civil authorities are united in
the effort to effect his capture.
Drivixq Stock to Kansas.—
We see in several of our exchanges
a letter from Ellsworth. Kansas,
signed James Miller, in which he
calls attention to the prohibitory
laws aganiest the introduction of
Texas cattle into Missouri and other
Northern States. Mr. Miller says:
Our law, as it stand at present,
fixes the first guide meridian west
of the sixth principal meridian,
and which is a short distance *est
ot our place, as the line fartherest
east in which Texas cattle can be
driven into our State. With the
present alarm in regard to disease,
the law will be riaridly enforced.—
Its pains and penalties are severe.
In spite of these warnings a con-
stant stream of cattle is leaving
our State in that direction. The
Waco papers speak of tens of thous-
ands crossing the Brazos at that
point. , ...
The Gronzalcs Inquirer of May
29th says:
Our friend, Doc Burnett, started
for Kansas last Monday with prob-
ably the largest drove of beeves
that ever left Western Texas—at
least the largest we have heard of
—numbering no less than 1800
head. Another drove of 1000
head passed through town last
Saturday, also destined for Kansas.,
The exodus of beef cattle from
Western Texas this spring has
certainly been unprecedented, ancf
yet. as a friend remarked to us the
other day, they are not missed on
our vast prairies. We are cur-
ious to see something approximat-
ing a correct estimate of the num-
ber of beef cattle driven out of
Western Texas this spring. This
estimate we shall probably give to
pur readers in a very short time.
We fear our friends in the West
are taking their cattle to a poor
market. But we hope for the best.
—H. Tdegraph.
A Cattle Drover Killed.—
We learn lrom the Waco Exami-
ner that James Lathan, a driver
in the cattle drove of Messrs, Day
& Driscoll, was killed by Orlando
J. Driscoll, a son of the elder
Driscoll partner in the herd.—
Driscoll is from Brazos county.—
Young Driscoll and Lathan had a
quarrel on Wednesday evening,
immediately after the herd crossed
Brazos, in which Lathan sought a
fight with six-shooters and Driscoll
who had charge of the rear of the
herd, acted with great dignity and
self-control in avoiding a difficulty.
The quarrel arose from a reproof
which Mr. Day had given Lathan
for misconduct about the horses.
Some of the drivers interfered in
the quarrel and sent Lathan back
towards Waco. When the herd
had got to Mr. O. P. Burton's
place, six or seven miles from
town, Lathan overtook the rear
again and pushed another quarrel
on Driscoll, who rode off from him
and told him lie wanted no difficul-
Lathan dismounted and ad-
vanced on him cursing him and
threatening to make him fight then
and there with six-shooters at ten
paces. Driscoll tried to reason
with and pacify him. Lathan still
advanced, would hear no reason,
cursed Driscoll and tried to draw
his six-shooter. Driscoll, who was
still sitting on his horse, which
was chaffing and fretting suddenly
drew his six-shooter, with an oath,
and fired. The ball entered Latlian's
right templeand ranged downward,
he fell dead at the crack of the
pistol. Young Driscoll disappear-
ed and the witnesses could give no
account of his wherc-abouts.
New Route for Beeves.—-The
Waco Register says Mjor A. J.
Byrd and others propose to bring
Texas beeves from the upper part
of the State, for the New Orleans
market, to Galveston, shipping by
railroad at Bryan and by steamer
at this place. The present long
route from Waco to New Orleans,
says the Register is subject to many
disadvantages. It is expensive
and " the cattle look like anything
but beeves when they arrive in
market." This will afford railroad
and steamship men an opportunity
of making a heap of money by
moderate charges. If the right
arrangements are made—as they
certainly can be—the enterprise
will prove successful to all con-
cerned. The Register says:
Maj. Byrd will shortly visit
Bryan to see what arrangements
can lie made. Several gentlemen
we believe stand ready to aid in
the matter. We understand that
the staunch house of J. D. Bell &
Co., commission merchants for the
sale ot Live Stock, Stock Land-
ing, New Orleans, are ready to
assist in the way of steamers, <fcc.
The Trial op the Jefferson
(Texas) Prisoners, by a Millitary
Commission, now in progress, will
furnish one of the most singular
incidents in American history.—
The prisoners aie private citizens,
and, if they have violated the laws,
aire amenable to the civil tribunals
"alone, under one of the most sacred
gurantees of the Federal Constitu-
tion. They are charged with
" Conspiracy " and Murder. The
first being a charge of conspiring
to oppose the authority of the
United States, and to prevent the
execution of the act of Congress to
provide for the more officicnt
government of the rebel States
passed March 2,1867. and the acts
supplementary thereto, commonly
called the Reconstruction Laws ;
and feloniously and of malice afore-
thought to kill and murder citizens,
and feloniously and forcibly to
resist the United States military
engaged in the execution of said
laws. The specification to this
charge alleges that they did kill
and murder citizens in revenge for
the expression of their opinions,
favorable to the policy of those
laws ; and did further conspire to
feloniously and forcibly resist the
military of the United States, en-
gaged in the execution of said
laws; and in furthercncc of the
conspiracy, did associate under the
name of ; The Knights of the Ris-
ing Sun," an i by means of said
organization, did assemble togeth-
er, armed with guns and pistols,
loaded with powder and ball; and
assault, seize, overpower, and
disarm a military guard of the
United States, which guard was
engaged in the protection of Geor-
ge W. Smith, Richard Stewart,
freedmen ; Lewis Grant, frcedman;
Anderson Wright, frcedman, and
Carnclius Turner, freedman, who
were then and there confined at
the city jail in said Jefferson ; and
kill and murder said Smith, Stew-
art and Grant; and then proceed-
ed to tho neighborhood of the
plantation and residence of—Cald-
well, Judge ot the Supreme Court
of the State of Texas, which plan-
tation is about two miles from said
Jefferson, with intent feloniously
and malicc aforesaid, to seize, kill
and murder him, the said Caldwell.
The following are the names of
the prisoners on trial under these
charges:
I.ud wig P. Alfon?, Richard P. Crum,p Wm.
H Magill, Mark H. Joplin, Silas II. Nance,
Charles L. Pitcher, John A. Richardson,
Matthew D. Taylor, John C. Murphy, jr,.
Henry A Stanley, Walter L Mrrsliall, John
M Vines, William A Hightower, David K
Carpenter, Richard Batte, William D Han-
nagan, George Gray, Oscar Gray, Henry M
Wood small, Nathaniel MeDoy, freedman;
Richard Davis, freedman ; Marion T Slaugh-
ter, Wm B Saufley, Wm Smith. Harrison
Thurman, A A Spencc, George O'Niel, Jus
Alley, Charles Hotchkiss. John Brim, Wil-
liam Alley, William Rose, James Knox, Ja-
JcobBates, David Catlehury, Richaid Sed-
berry, Jacob Geer, John Ilopperty, Wil-
liam Ochiltree, " Bud " Connor. " Clem "
Galloway, Stephen Sullivan, William Nich-
ols, James Cotton, Tlteedore Lewis, John
Lewis, Bub Jones, John Brooks, freedman;
Haggerty, Witherspon, Cotton, Thomas,
Gorman, Monan, Campbe 1, John Penman'
Piuk Barnes, Kirkland, Pratt, Theodore
Scott, John Muse, Wm. L. Crawford, John
Chambers, Wallace. John Brightwell, Dob-
bins, McCarthy.—Civilian.
Clenliness— A neat,clean,lresh-
aircd, sweet, cheerful, well-arrang-
ed house, exerts a moral physi-
cal influence over the inmates, and
makes the members ot a family
peaceable and considerate of each
others feelings and happiness.—
n
The connection is obvious between
the state of mind thus produced,
and habits of respect for others,
and for those higher duties and
obligations which no laws can
enforce. On the contrary a
filthy, squalid, noxious dwelling,
in which none of the decencies of
life can be observed, contributes
to make its inhabitants selfish,
sensual, and regardless of the feel-
ings of others. And the constant
indulgence of such passions rendeis
them reckless and brutal; and the
transition is natural to propensities
and habits, incompatible with a
respect for the property of others,
or for the laws^y
THINGS WISE AND OTHERWISE.
1
Youngster, spare that girl!
Kiss not those lips so meek!
Unruffled let the trim locks curl
Upon the maiden's cheek 1
Believe her quite a saint;
Her looks are all divine,
Her rosy hue is paint!
Her form is crinoline.
A little boy, disputing with his
sister recently, exclaimed : " It's
true, for ma says so ; and if ma
says so, it is so, if it ain't so."
!j Josh Billings divides the hu-
man race into three classes;
" Those who think it is so, those
who think it isn't so and those who
don't care whether it is so or not
When the heart is pure an
straightforward, there is hardly
any thing which can mislead the
understanding in matters of im-
mediate concernment; but the
clearest understanding can do
little in purifying an impure heart,
or the strongest in straightening a
crooked one. /r
/ Pleasure—Pleasureis to woman
what the sun is to a flower. If
moderately enjoyed, it beautifies,
it refreshes, and it improves; if
immoderately, it withers, desolates
and destroys. But the duties of
domestic life, exercised as they
must be in retirement, and calling
forth all the sensibilities of the
female, arc, perhaps, as necessary
to the full development of her
beautiful charms as the shade
and the shower are to tlip rose,
confirming its beauty any increas-
ing its fragrance.
Reason is the flower of the spirit,
and its fragrance is the sweetest'
incense of liberty and knowledge.^1
A correspondent says there aref
no daily papers published in his j
town, but there is a ladies' sewing
meeting, which answers the very
same purpose.''
A
A Hint.—Girls, remember that
the man who bows, smiles and says
many soft things to yon, has na
genuine feeling; while he who
loves most sincerely struggles to
hide the weakness of hialwfM^and
frequently appears dcofdedty awk-
ward.
It is a glory to think in tiie
right direction ; it is a greater
glory to speak out a new tkonght
for the first time, ff
A Young America the other day
says to a man. ** Mister, give me
an apple, my brother goes with
your sister.
JVE W
SPRING and SUMMER GOODS,
J. C. S. MORROW,
r. t* raicF,
MORROW * PRICE,
WHOLESALE aod RETAIL
DEALERS
IN
DRY GOODS
CLOTHING, NOTIONS,
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES,
QUEENSWARE, HARDWARE,
FARMING IMPLKMKSTS,
WOODEN WARE,
TIN WARE,
SADDLERY,
CASTINGS,
TOBACCO
FA1H1LY GROCERIES.
WANTED
Wool,
Bacon,
Lard,
Flour,
Country Produce generally, for which the
highest market prices will be paid.
MORROW * PRIOR.
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READ
THIS
The celebrated " Cmhtuc fhrttir Dir "
has just been received by Moatowk Pkice,
Western editor, in response; in quantities to suit purchasers*
, | It is the best, quickest, most effectual and
to a subscriber, who grumbles that J cheapest remedy lor the Scab extant.
his paper was intolerably damp,) „^^T,n{
paper was
says, " that is because there is so
much dpe on it"
Insulted*.—A lady with the
44 Grecian Bend " considered herself
insulted when she was told a few
days ago, that rhcumatic liniment
would restore her shape.
A Shrewd old gentleman once
said to his daughter, " Be sure, my
dear, vou never marry a poor man;
but rcmembc^thc poorest man in
the world is one that has money
and nothing else." J/
W hy is a clock a modest piece of
furniture ? Because it covers its
face with its hands, and runs down
its own works.
UIf a man was conscious of all
that is said of him in his absence,
he would probably become a very
modest man indeed. //
jf You Won't be Missed.—It is
vain to sttck your finger in the
water, and pulling it out, look for
a hole; and equally vain to sup-
pose that,- however large a space
you occupy, the world will miES
you when you die.
'I
the Pnopxa Diasccioxs for its use, to
sure a speedy and safe cure can be seen up-
on application to them. To be brief, they
refer to H. J. Chamberlain of Bell oounty,
and James Elliott of this oounty.
M. it P. are the sole agent* in this county
for the sale of the Valuable "Cresyltc ,
Compounds," and liave received in addiUon '
to tho •* Sheep Dip," the following:
Cresylie Screw Worm Oiatment-a dtmd *hot.
" Laundry Soap—the bent /or etothr*.
" Toilet Soaps-—(perfumed) the bett for
the hummn aim.
" Salt Rheum Quay tita i—< for torn.
"Carbolic Disinfecting Soap"—the bett
remedy for tore* on mnimml*
They guarantee the above Cmupouads to
do all that they are recommended far, and
can refer the incredulous, to reliable ■ tn
who have Med them.
iikunuir.
MRS. MARTHA NICHOLS,
[south side or kcax steekt, ]
Austin, Texas,
I am bow just ia receipt of, and will con-
tinue to receive large orders of everything
pertaining to the
FASHIONABLE MILLINER'S LIVE.
Everv Variety of Boxvkts, Trimmed ac-
cording to the late* Fashion, and to order.
Bridal Costumes, Wreaths, Insertinc*. teces,
Ribbons, SHks, Ac., cheaper tbaa ever of-
fered ia the otty.
My present stock eeusisf if tho largest
and i£ wt carefully selected variety ever of-
fered to the public, and I wily ask as exam-
■nation to ensure sale.
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