The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1854-10-14
Tim Jackson MISSY Mercury announces

fever The presence Of the pes.ilence has
caused great CONSERVATION.
The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer learns
,hst on the night Of the 2lsi ult, the town |
q, Jack sonport on White river, was almost
en,ire, DESTROYED by fire. Every building |
between Tunstalrs livery stable aud the |
Planters House, including the once OF ,he
Arkansian, Tell prey TO the flanes. Inc
loss must have been considerable
The Mississippi papers received lately |
complain OF the gfea, damage donc''o u''
cotton crops by the recent heavy rams "no
wind.
The Montreal Herald gives tue following
as the total production OF a farm comprising
sixty three acres OF land In the the town OF
Bomauyiile. Canada West: Wheat, GOO
bushels peas, 200 bushels oats, 2oo
bushels barley, 300 bushels turn'ps, 2ooo
bushels Total. 6.l50 bushels. Spring
whea, yielding forty bushels per acre.
Mr.J. V. peekbam, the Geographic OPP.
orator at Shreveport, was the patty alluded
to AS having killed rhos. Ward. in that
place. on the evening of the Bird inst. Az
ter patient hearing, before John " Jones,
1 ESQ, Mr. peckham was nonorahly "c'
quilted.
YrtIow Fr,nR.-A regular case OF
+ black yomit was announced in Shreveport.
on SUNDAY evening last. by some OF the
medical mea of that place. The case was
the daughter OF Mr. john VI. Collins, who
resides near the river. The announcement
of course created great alarm and many
left the town on Sunday and a much larger
number on Monday. The excitement has
since measurably subsidized No new eases
have occurred, and II is to be hoped that
this will be tie last.
Quite an excitement has been created il
Barbour county, Ala, recently, In couse
auence of the commencement OF suits
AGAINST those PLANTERS who have sent their
cotton to market without complying with
section $50 II the code, which imposes
that "all owners Of cotton gins must mark
unop each bale of cotton ginned in such
.,ips the iaiiinls of their names, and the
county IN which such gins are situated, "
the failure to do which subjects to fine Of
five dollars on each bale, 10 lac recovered
by any person suing TO- the ssme.
STEAMBOAT Lawn ,he United States
District Court for the State OF Maryland,
the following decision was rendered by
Judge Giles;
The case Of the United States vs. James
Nyere, to recover a penalty OF $1,000 Tor
violating the steamboat law. in acting AS 4
pilot when not legally authorized TO DO go,
was tried Yesterday aud verdict found for
the plaintiff for @1O0 The case of the |
, Sletes - ,he Maryland and Virginia steam
packet compan}, Tor a violation of the
) steamboat law, 10 employing pilot not
, legally nulnollzcd TO act a. such, was also
tried, and verdict rendered Gar the defend
ant.
An attempt Was made by three Ger,
t mans. female aud tWo males. to levy
Y black mail on Young man whose father Is
, rich. recently in New York The plau
wa. for .he GIL 70 hire herself aa a domes
s tic in the family and then 20 pick mp the
g odds aud ends of circumstances to hrirg .
1 charge against the Young r'"" Coz rt'erpi'
my 10 commit an outrage on her. 1t dll
not succeed, however and they were ar
eslcd
! The Bath Maine Mirror, Of tie 20th
states That there has been some excitement
in that city relative Ia fugitive slave on
board the bark Franklin Mt that port, from
jacksonville. The T. put into Holmes
Hole on the 10Th. aud notified the custom,
house that she had fugitive slave on board
The authorities nj Jacksonville were notified
by telegraph, aud the authorities at Wash
ington also. Whereupon the revenue cut,
ter Caleb Gushing appeared a, Bath harboi
aud remained there until iuesda, morning
She disappeared soon afterwards. when tho
Franklin passed mp the river. The crew
of the Franklin state that the slave escaped
while the vessel was lying at anchor q,
liolmes' Hole. When tao Franklin ar.
rived at the rorl OF Bath, twelve citi2eus,
including n member Of the Boston vigilance
committee, boarded her, determined to have
the slave at all hazards, but be was not to
be found.
4 circular has been issued hy some OF
the most prominent democrats in Michigan
counseling their co parlisaus to strenuous.
" avoid making the Nebraska bin a marty
test They say We respectfully submit
that every consideration, both in princine
+ aud policy, appeals to Us to stand frmly
against the Nebraska Kansas bill M a part,
test It IS measure which il strongly
disapproved Of by large portion OF the
democracy OF the nation. inwiselv intro.
duced 1t has alrend. dana iuhuiia n,tscLiar