The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-05-17
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ssnt back To the Rio Grandr. Tor to the
.st Of April, all BY the last mail or two we
bsvc. of late. too much neglected the news
OF our own State, and promise our readers
10 make amends In this particular. we
will take up our Texas exchanges ~ they
.rcsen, themselves before us, and e"deavor
NJ much A. possible. to blow of the ehsh.
and give our readers the good grain
On the top OF the aie. we find the Hunts
vile Item Of the 81 ins,snt--la,e enough
from Huntsville. We are fond OF nems,
-" short and sweet" This ono suits a.
very we'll in the frat respect but in the lat
ter il 10 rather wanting IN this nu'nosr--"se
.tways tho case, however We imasi
the editor is swe-, morssl bae -
can I lind him Tie s an item wie m
" I.em,' we suppose, and 20 49, minute
.hs. he i. no, perc.p,ihls sqDGGHis16on eyes,
for W. couo, our. pr.slvs Sd. snd we have
looked til. COLES the item over and
over. Til sss - es'' wearicd, i" search
l - given up the job in despair
(4Nsi{ some body furnish us with micro.
.copel The Item, however, sometimes
breaches interesting subjects 1t has Ia
vored its readers with several chapters on
"hoys." Ia this number we learn that 1.-The
weather has been very disagrecable all this
spring; and that " at the rccen. session OF
the Distric. Court OF BexM county, IN
the case of the State rs Mcdonnell, Tor
lxrcepv. the latter has been found guilty,
ard sen, to the penitentiary for four years.
What think YOU, Mr. Item. would have been
The pup,shmeu, inflicted II the former had
been found goiily'
The Lone Star and Southern Watch
tower Of MAY 3, comes next IN order. II
is an excellent paper. We take from 1t the
following paragraph of Indian news
We learn from Mr Moses Evans. Esq, who
Ia. lust arrived from the upper Bgazcs ON e
surveying expedition. that the tc,nanciie ir-
diau,. Numbering about ,00o mad come to Ear
D
uar1. trading house, and were laying ia sup
ply of ammunition An old Indian chief, who
hts heretofore manifested friendship 10 Mr..
BARNARD, aud on whom Mr. b. places confidence,
warned him to remove has mules ana u'her
stock down the country, ~ the Indians INTENDED
in A short tune 10 make descent upon the
whites, that they were making preparations 10
faat a, possible and the trip 10 the trading house
was to obtain what ammunition ih.y eouid ana
to examine the situation of the country, so as
to be more Successful In their anticipated eNFc-
di,ion. We also learn thai three men were
drowned IN Elm Creek, In Milan county. One
by the name Of Daily, s~sen'y-ii,e years OF age
4 citizen of that county One, q Traveller from
Virginia. who had in h. sad,llr.bags letter
Of introduction to gentleman IN Austin. The
other, nolhng has been found 10 give informa-
iion n, whom he is. The horses We're found IN
The prairie grazing with saddles. -aid'~-bags
and bride, on which led to the search and dis
coyery Of the p.rsons The country is fast SET
ting up
The Lone Star seems to be puzzled to
understand tho result OF bar fight .
which occurred on the Trinity a lew weeks
back, AS announced by The Cherokee Sen
tipel. The Sentinel stated that =" John aud
Villa N, Pnrke, citizens OF Cherokee com.
IT," while on visit to the Trinity river
killed bear weighing near five hundred
pounds, without katie or gun" The Star
n.ks how they did il, il it WAS "by hug.
giuu"l We think the quicker. il not the
safer, mode for the editor to acquire in.
formation in regard to the efficacy Of hug
cing a bear to death. as he resides in the
immediate neighborhood OF the bear coun.
try, would BE- to Try The experiment.
From the Galveston Journal, Of April
Is, we take the following
THE Pass AND Tnr APPROACHING ELEc-
riox--The newspapers Of our stale, amld the
multiplicity Of candidates, are evidently at
fault whom 10 choose, and though icw have
already manifested TER preferences. the many
ARE distributing their cheap compliments with
apparently little or 10 prejudice. II 10 ev'den.
thai u number Of our editorial contemporaries,
like a vessel At sea in a calm. are lying BY TO
catch the frs, au- pcious breeze while the can
dida,es fully eognizani OF the power OF The
press ART whistling, each in his own behalf and
rnxnoeuverng TO e., this one or tina, 10 shake
reef out OF his top sails on soine particular
tack. II is an interesting spectacle, and anu
sing 10 observe the keen and sharp look out
which editorial sailors keep on every cloud
tina, gathers and every star that loom. above
the horizon. Who docs net remark the caution
that bids them wait ,or favorable start, aud
the enqu,rns glance cast after some one OF the
craft. as with all sail set 1t bounds sway under
the flag of prominent candidate Nut IN
few weeks al will have hoisted their color~, or
taken ncurtal positions, Ms the breath Of popu-
lar opinion or their own incna,ions suggests.
II 10 not at all strange that the Journal,
located a. j, is in, probably, the most prom
iment little city in the State, and that sur.
rounded by the sa!f should be among tho
first TO catch ~ " arspicious breeze" We
would advise the J, urnxl to be careful, lest
Il, like certain other Journal not hun.
bred miles from this place." should hurt
itself nv too anxious " desire to enlist
under the flag Of promi"eni candidate :
The Joarnsl says:
The Excavstor fof cutting The Brszos canal,
which we alluded TO heretofore, is now COM
plete, and ready TO commence operations A.
soon ~ VIZ have an ordinary tide TO take the
boat of the fats, where she il ut present
aground. Mr.. Bradbury has displayed = dc.
gree ofenergy in completing this machine that
augurs wcil for his success in the undertaking
he has in hand.
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