The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-01-29

:, . mil, and hall. with several diss,
...bl. .hrs.tsninys Of being upset III ~
a ,ss body Of the vehicle rolled eo".
h...Iv to one si.ls, and. o" examination,
discovered that the siags was in '"'r
:. to 90 to piece. and could not possibly
M together much longer Our stage
;.., who was an amateur. and not the
.vlss one. (being no let" parsonage
~ friend Kemp Of the Je'%rso" HOTEL
Im.diat.ly drove the carriage to On" '''e
,bs road. aud started back to Marshal
another, leaving the passengers >" TIE
N 10 amuss themselves 49, they might
lok bsst After waiting = eon''ders9ls
:. 10 enes more made his appearance
"A 10 soon found 1ersslvss under gay.
!. road 10 none Of the best; some parts
Il indeed, sadly need working. We
e.,,ly aops that our Legislature will set
.u..fyss 10 work TO reform our road
~; for certainly no country in the world
cursed with worse roads than Texas
W. arrived a Jefferson b.,wssn two and
-. o o'clock, and set down to M elegant
amer Il the Jefferson Hotel, kept by Mrs.
.k.on aud Mr. }. ". Kemp. 1hi. house
ysry well managed, aud is well patronised.
/. we're surprised at the large amount Of
.,,lins custom ~hich hotel gets in TIL,
.es. The house has been = perfect jan
ace We have b~rn here.
Jefferson ia improving. A number of
Igaa: buildings are going W. and bu.i
y il lively. The Lake AT present il quite
not being more than enough water for
small boat. Tho merchants. however.
dcipa,e a peedy rise, which !. much
sied. No . largo amour. Of cotton on tue
Ike hes not yet been shipped, snd many
the merchants expect large stocks ol
sds shortly.
". had the pleasure Of calling on the
N proprietor Of tho Herald. ". 4.
or.hsm. Eco. aud on the Editor, II. l..
dostcd, E,q. Mr.. W. is well known in
pnhsll, and has many friends. Mr.. &. 10
snlleman Of talent, and mn, no regard.
a. quite Az accession 10 tho Texas corps
Miiors. The Herald 10 doing . pros
vus business.
Oa Sunday evening ! visited the church,
bad the pleasure Of hearing Rev Mr. I
s,kom preach a very Interesting seraon.
|ewsd by al -Sorta,ion hy Rev. J. NJ.
Is. Tho cfurch VA. filed To overs /
.iag. There were few ladies in the
s~. This was net owing. however, to
want Of iu,cicst or devotion op tAs
+, of the fair, bat from the fact that JET
con cznuo, heas, of hasing lag nun
Of ,he..y. Indeed, Ann told tina, there
only one or .wo young IL iiss in tn.
lc. As might be Supposed, I-sts are
RETAINED tina, cohwebs will grow. oy-7
norton Of tn. moral vineysfd' Moth. /
better tends 10 improve the condition a
pag men ,hsn the soc'cty of lad'es. And
n our abundance any can he shared .
Ach can scarcely sdmitI ! know oi }
tscs where they are more wanted OF /
be better snter,ained.
Gsmhln. /, carried on hero pretty ex'
|asely, ~ il il al over re1as. notwi,h .
niiag tho striugenc, Of oar laws The
|ns Of "Rondo" is IN fell blast, aud com. .
hos . large share OF atlsniion. This IS
pane which ia played on billiard table, I
h small bAls Two corner packets arc
peted, and the balls rolled Alternately
~ one to tina other. II IN even number
main outside the pockets .as " Rondo
wins. Ii an odd number. thea the
|asy /. all shipped from che "Rond,'
\, which has lost A. tbs ta,le takss =
cent out Of each bet that - INSIDE on
table that wins. its receipts are very
hdsome. II 10, In = word, ike ps.'og
owners Of the table 30 much for tho
Ni~gs Of betting on IT, The profits Of
able may b. judsel from tho fsct that
npany in Shreveport were willing 10 pay
lax or license Of $1,000 annually for
snv to carry on the game. And yet.
game 10 allowed in Texas. notwiih,
nding our lswgivers underworld to mske
Nv prohibiting every species Of gs'nb-
Our Supreme Ccur, decided that u"-
game WAS specially mentioned in the
'u'., il could no, bc prohibited. Hence.
Ioodo." horse racing, or any new game
may DO invented can he played with
snty. Some Of our District Judges
ruled differently. previous to the de-
-, (smong them Judge Eva"s.) and
instructed the Grand Ju,iss to report
easss in which money WAS won nr lnst
hitting. Such instruction IVES certainly
eonsonanes wi,is( 10 spiri: Of tho law
he Legislature evidently intended :"
down every srseiss Of gambling Leg
Mon. however, efnnot do much towards
smina.ins thn vice. 50 long A. It 10
a.snsnesd by public opinion l'ea"
~ thing, q least. and .hst h I" presX't