The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-12-07


settle the slavery question IN the present Congress-
Wouldn't that be dong as you would be done by
with vengeance The idea appears be- tn II
# The thing should be settled by the democrats
The South will come back to the democratic stan
dard.
HARTFORD, Dec. 4, 1S4s
Murder Suicide Deadly Fight -Burgiary-Rape, &c.
Yesterday morning about o'clock burglary and
attempt at murder committed in Sunisld, town
lying eighteen miles north of this city The dwelling
bou,e entered was that of Luther Adams The two
robbers whe entered the house frightened by thar
threats the two men who in the lover part Of the
house asleep, that they gave up $50 In money. But .
woman in the second story of the hearing the
Iumpus down stairs, lighted candle and came down
when the robbers told her blow the light or they
would shoot her She sad she wouldn't blow it out for
them One of these brave villains then fired his pis
ol at defenceless woman, and two men lying In bed
as witnesses The ball entered near her elbow, and
shattered to splihter all the lower part Of of her
armc then this brave villain fell to beating her with
his pistol leaving her in most critical situation
They also broke into aud stole some $50 from her
house From thirty to fifty inhabitants Of that tow
immediately started of in pursuit. aud traced them to
this city Constable Ripley, on their dsscrp tou and
assistance, arrested one, James Murphy at Dilon's
Hotel, and the other, VIM. Nelson, slowed away in
back yard amongst bogsheads, in State street.
Yesterday Archibald Pebbles ma q 90 years of age
hung himself in the lower part Of East Hartford about
three miles southeast from thi. city. He had been
turned out OF the house of Of his by his
and having no home, has thus gone to his eternal
home
parts for deeds Of violence 1t Is only two weeks yes
terday that the revolving rape Sarah Bradley
committed. for which Chaplin, State prison bird, is
now in confinement
On Thanksgiving day, last Thursday at Long Mea-
dow Mars about % miles northeast of this city
was " bull and turkey shooting match" by"J e.
Bates & Coz At this mat ch there was also q pg
match under the inlu Of spirits in which Charley
Williams OF this city, who is known as "Widow HIPS
man, whpper-in so mauled aud bruised a brick.
maker by The name of Coombs who lives in the edge
# Spring field that be has since died Of his wounds.
This is little different kind of sport to what
fathers had on thanksgiving days
As to the murder of the young man in Springfield,
by the name of Edward Clark, on last Friday night no
clue has Yet been got that will enable the authorities
to trace out the murderer The Ia offered
the highest reward that the laws allow them $780, and
the cze have added $500 thereto, making q ward
now offered of 500 for the perpstrstor Of this midnight
deed.
As this letter contains such catalogue Of horrid
crimes have disposition to add, at the present
tme another murderous subject viz political deoap-
tations that are threatene hereabouts.
TEXAS AFFARs.-Our accounts from Galveston
10 the 2:'d ult. The following items of lntelll-
gence gather from the News of the 2lst:-
We have received the Star State Patriot of the %
iptapt dressed in ming for the death of its able
accomplished and much estes med editor DR. Henry d.
Kelsey. He died the 27th ut aged City years Ho
was native OF New York, and emisrsted to Texas in
1885 He was minister OF the goeps attached to the
Methodist Epircopal Church, and Ia represented as
most useful and exemplary divine.
We learn. from Mr.. Waller, the district attorney,
that the late frost is supposed 20 have very ttls
be some few exceptions, bat in many If NOT most
this light frost has been of decided advantage
enabling he planters TO make more THAI before.
The cotton has generally been gathered, and is of
Superior qra,ity.
The bark Louis Capt Andredaus. consigned to E.
Kaufman, arrived OH the bar on SUNDAY last, sixty
two days FROM Autyerp with hundred p4ssen
mot of whom came on account OF the German Emt
grafton Colony, and will probably settle the Pier
denal.s Lano, anc San SABA
The Nacogdoches Times, in specializing on the result
Of tie Presio. utal election makes the lost sensible
IL We hard
the official returns before Christmas, with present
terrspin lin. OF mails, and therefore says We have
one consolation Beepny-thst whoever does get in
Cave job osop will get out.
We add some items from the Ne,os of the 18th ult
Wheat Our accounts of the wheat crop in Northern
and Eastern Texas, duriog the present and former
years TO establish the reputation Of that region
Of the best wheat growing untrie in nerica
We believe there has never yet been failure Of this
crop ince our farmers have turned their attention to
it. Within the past few months We have consulted
on the tutjtct with more than twenty persons from
Northern Texas, and they uniformly testify that the
average crop Of wheat is from twenty fl ye to thirty
bushels per and the average weight from sixty
five to seventy pound per bushe Coal-A gen tie mau
from the Upper Trinii has presented US with spec
men OF coal procured near Cincinnati on the banks
from he bottom of the Trinity. rhi sample not
Of the best quality; it, however burns very freely but
is attended with too strong smell of btumen to be
agreeable There sempies we're however, taken from
the surface exposed 10 The water the weather Much
better coal understand. has been obtained by dig
giDg IL is there said to be in for various
purposes. THIS mineral coal extends for many miles
the vicinity liz the banks of the river and
at various distances from the river has been niformy
found in digging wells so
There Is also post Of coal underlay ug bluff on
the sulphur F-rk Of Red River, about twenty. i've
miles from ClsIksville and nearly direct line
from that town to Daugerfed This coal kindl.s
EARLY and burns freely In common fire place, emit
ting but little SMOKE and leaving moderate residium
OF white ashes. lt appears perfectly pure aud
mixed with any foreign substance. The bed OF this
coal is very extensive; its full extent however yet
unknown. The same species of coal is found at ne
Cherokee Crossing on the Sabine we'll at other
points on the sulphur Fork. and also the Upper
Trinity indicating clearly that the formation beneath
the surface is of mme extent, and Of ncacuable
value. The strata forms angle with the esrth's
surface of from seventy to eighty degrees It's color
is nearly jet black it Is much harder than the Pitts
burg that t can be hsndied without soi the
hand and may be wrought into boxes This descrip-
ton opple especially TO the csa the Sulphur Fork,
where 1t has been more carefully examined There Ia,
however, every appearance that tbs coal in all the |
places above referred TO ia Of like quality and belong
ing to the same geological formation Taken in con-
nee tion with the vast beds of iron found in the |
co'.nies Of Cass Titus Upshur, Rusk, Smith, Chero
kee and Houston the great value Of this mineral coal
becomes more apparent and developers u new nd at
trsctive feature that interesting portion Of our
State.
RIOT IN BALTIMoRE.-The Baltimore Ciipper
stats that most dlsgraceiul riot occurred in
Il .k..A IInr.