The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-10-04
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saws One nIan is, that the Shareholders, west OF
tie Colorado. meet in convention and organize
a mutual insurance company, each one paying
per cent upon each he may own, for the purpose
of raising a fund. That the company, through
their authorized agent, offer a standing reward
for,each fugitive slave caught OF a sufficient
amount to induce men to incur the fatigue and
risk attending the pursuit Of fugitives. 1t such
a plan is adopted, the number OF escapes Will
certainly decrease. The reward that IS gene
rally offered over and above what is allowed by
law, IS but a poor inducement for men to ride
several days and nights in pursuit OF fugltlves,
riskino their lives and running their horses. But
if there is a certainty Of recovering one-half
the price of each negro caught, the lnducement
would be sufficient to insure the arrest OF fugl-
tives, ifwithin the limits Of possibility. And If
NEGROES are once assured hat their chance of
escape is almost hopeless, and5hat they will be
pursued to the vervlimits of the state, and even
beyond, if such a thing can be done, they will
be less apt to attempt escaping. And IN case
f%ueitives are killed in attempting resistance the
reward should be the same. This plan, If adop-
ted, will do much towards preventing the es-
cape of fugitive slaves.
One thin2g is certain, unless something be
done to arrest the escape of slaves, this class
Of property will become valueless IN western
Texas. As yet but few oo those escaping have
been caught. This encourages others. 1t a
few of them can be caught, at any price, and
sent off to the cotton and sugar plantations Of
Mississippi and Louisiana, attempts at escape
will be few and far between. Speedy action is
loudly called for.
On]ast Thursday night, two Of final. Dashielrs
negroes got into a dispute, when one seized a
large cedar club, with which he killed the other
instantly. He then left. The next night he
returned, took one of the majors best horses
and started for Mexico. At Dunn's rancho, a
Mexican attempting to arrest the fugitive, when
he drew a knife and made at theoMexican, who
shot him. This is the third negro major Da-
shell has lost in a short time-one running
away and two killed. Q.
Pursuing our way Grough the crowded tho
roughfares, we soon found ourselvesin the cold
burying ground,' among the tombs of the 81
lent dead. Thoughtfully and sadly we passed
along reading the inscriptions on the marble
slabs and more stately monuments intended as
an evidence of the value set upon the deceased
by those who erected them, but in vain did we
search for any memento of the illustrious Gaines
whose grave was the object Of our search, no
obelisk with appropriate inscriptions, was there
to point out the spot where We might Shed our
patriotic tears, and we retraced our footsteps
musing sorrowfully upon the transient nature
of human glory.
Since that time we have met with others who
have made a similar pilgrimage for a like pur-
pose who met with the same sad disappoint-
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said to our shame that the illustrious defender
of oErie-which was said by Jefferson, to be the
most brilliant affair Of the war of 1813-shall
it be said that the brave old man who spent
nearly halfa century in the service Of his coun-
try, and ever ready to risk his life in its defence,
he who has been correctly styled the cheyalier
Bayard of bis age, shall it be any longer said
that the gratitude of his country has not yet
placed a single stone to mark the spot halloWed
by his remains?
a If Massachusetts, and South Carolina can
erect monuments to their illustrious sons, Web
ster and Calhoun, Shall we not erect one to COM
memorate the virtues of our Gaines? Shall the
civilian be remembered, and he who was ever
ready, when "war's shrill clarion was blown"
to throw himselfint the thickest of the fight, be
forgotten. Methipks the ready, hearty response
throughout the south and west, where the brave
Gaines spent most of his life, will be no!
The writer of this article would ask some of
the numerous admirers of the lamented Gaines,
to propose some plan by which this thing can be
We would say let a monument be
erected by the ~free-will offering of the entire
south and west, but if this fails, then let the city
of Mobile take it into her own hands and erect
a monument worthy of her proud destiny, and
the public and private virtues of the lamented
veteran, gen. Gaines.
When the Mobile and Ohio railroad is com
pleted, and the illimitable northwest pours into I
her lap the exhaustless treasures of her broad
acres, and she shall be thronged by the citizens
of those now distant regions, then will the en-
quiry be often heard, ''where is the grave of
general Gaines9?" and, we think, it should re-
ceive its appropriate answer in the monument
%hich we propose. Mobile Tribune.
q GovERNoR.-In an other column the we'll
known name of dr.. H. G. Doyle, planter of
the parish of Iberville, is presented as a candi-
date for governor of the State of Louisiana, at
the election in November, 1856, on independent
principles. The worthy doctor is determined
to take time by the forelock in thus early COM
INC "dlAPoiSA having dlreduy broken
ground with the soyereigns in his canvass.
In the present confused and disorganized
state of parties, with medlocrity, ignorance and
self-suficiency in high places, and a general
disgust prevailing society, we may expect a very
great variety of tickets at our next state cleo
ton, on which occasion we doubtnot the banner
of the doctor will be born onward by this reso-
Lutte son Of old Kentucky, with as much vigor
as that of any of his opponents. In the mean
time the doctor will pay his respects IN person
to the electors of the state. TRUE Delta. !
The United States Economist is inclined to
think that there is a disposition to greatly ex-
aggerate the loss by the failure of the crops,
and to promote an unnecessary and hurtful !
alarm. The damage done, it says, may cause +
a dlmlnution of the quantity that can be ex- !
ported, and may sustain prices for the year far
above the level they usually range, after a year
OF high prices like the last, but that is the
worst consequences to be expected. 1t is very
evident from the great general interest excited.