The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-05-15
the required time, and when completed vii
be superb building.

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Another TEXAS CoLlncr.--The new
college IN course of erection at this place.
is nearly completed and in month or two
will be ready Tor use. Col. Barrett deserves
much praise for the magnificent manner in
which he has performed his contract The
building will compare favorabIv with any
of the same size in the United States
HaLisrMe Hem.
Tm.rr John Wesley Smathers, for.
merly u.si! rider, aud suspected OF dep.
redaing upon the mail, between this place
and Mount Pleasant during several months
of last summer, was arrested on Thursday
for stealing purse with $500 in gold the
property OF j. +. Harris. Smathers had
been purchasing some jewelry and dry
goods, with part of his i'll gotten plumber,
bu, was all the time under surveillance.
and the purse described by Harris. was seen
in his possession. Harris procured war
ran, for him, and Sheriff Bivins arrested
him before he LETT town lie confessed the
/ theft the money was all recovered aud the
( Young gentleman was committed with the
privilege of $1,000 bail il be can find it.
/ Northern tCiuhsrlieJ Standard.
Goliad has been selected by the Western
Presbytrry for the location of college.
/ The town Of Goliad gives to the Preshytery
the building OF the old Aranama Mission,
including twept, acres OF land on which 1t
stands, aud one League of the unsod land
of the town tract; 10000 acres were also
subscribed by various citizens OF the county.
Gdiuesioa Ners.
I SAN ANTONIO e are glad to learn that
the ancient city OF Bexar continues to grow
in wealth aud population. The ;. W.
American states that n large number oi
| business houses aud beautiful dwellings
/ have been erected within the last twelve
/ months Property in the town and neigh
I horhood has risen IN value. enhanced, no
doubt to some extent, by the fair prospect
of the construction OF the san Antonio aud
/ Gulf Railroad -Gdi. NeWs.
/ We perceive that the following is going
the rounds in the papers, but we have not
seen any credit given, or by what authorl
Is the statement is made. II Is evidently
from some infde source, intended to dts
credit the Bible account Of tho creation OF
of this globe, which makes II only about
six thousand years old. while this tree
story would make 1t st least nine thousand.
The oldest trees IN the world are IN
/ Central Alrica-ihe Boahabs, which are
SO feet ia circumference, and contain the
T. Il al at ln
trees in the number OF 5000, fixing their
age at that length of years.
The above is taken from the Texas Kan.
ger. We would inform the editor that the
best informed christian geologists have long
since conceded that the world is older than
siS thousand years John Mason Goodc
IN lecture an this subject proceeds to
prove that this is not incompatible with the
Bible. The six days mentioned as the
time in which God made the world, he
thinks must be construed iiguratyeIy.
Wurrr M,N KILLED ny \rGRo.-On
Friday the 26th ult. Mr. Walters, young
man who was acting AS oyerseer on Mrs
Noore's plantation. in the neIghborhood OF
Rock Island about five miles from Wash
ington, was killed by a negro boy named
Fisher, belonging to the estate OF the late
DR.. Moore. 1t appears that Mr. Walters
ordered the boy to tie another boy. lie
refused to do so. upon which Mr. '" CON
mcnccd beating him with the butt OF a
wbip. The bo, struck Walters five or six
times on his head with his fist. when he fell.
after which the boy kicked him in his side
He rose aud walked about fifty yards aud
then fell-he lived bat a short time after
this The boy was arrested on Saturday,
and tried before e. ". Emmons, Esqr., aud
committed TO the county jail to await hi'
rial before the next district court. The
boy is large likely fellow. about thirty
wears Houston Beacon.
Edward Gibson, the convict, who lately
escaped from the Peni,eu,iary at Huntsville,
has been fecaptured,
Gen. Memucan Hunt. has been appoint.
ed by the President, one of the visitors 10
the Military Academy, for l>5a.
F,rAl NccIprSr.-.A Young man named
Gordon VI Griffin. w,slmmedlaiely Killed on
the Montgomery road, on Monday last. lie
was riding on the lore part oi his. wagon
when the tore wheels suddenly fell into adeep
hole IN the road. aud he was thrown direct
is under one of the wheels. which passed
entirely over his body. He fingered until
Tuesday morning and died. HIS afflicted
father was with him in his last moments,
aud is seemingly lneonsolable for his loss.
Ledger.
The foregoing are a few extracts we have
made from The Texas press. Many OF Them
date back further than we could wish.
Mos, of the papers that contained them
were DELAYED in reaching rs, and could not
have sppeared car,ler We hope they viii
repay pcrussl. while they may furnish our
contemporaries an incentive to write articles
WORTH copying.
An advertisement appeared IN Western
paper. which reads as follows
Ran arrays hired mnn. named John :
has nose furaed up fire FEET e'eh inches
hieh. and had on pai' OF corduf, pants
: much worn.
Some nose that
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