The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-01-13

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II q, sugar HilI. in Pamela county, o"
s.od., evening. the 2!'h Dec. in which
a.. ..r,ous wore killed, aud fourth WA,
I..oer.t~iy, il not MORALLY wounded. The
.,,iculsrs Of the affair, xs detsiisd TO w.
- .bou, ~ follows:
/, .pp.srs tha, some sia or eight person,
Ia me, Al u pubic house. in which a store
.,A grocery were kept. and had got to
a,,oLiag. 4 difficulty sprung up between
n.o named Cram and John Glass GIas.
l,.x his pistol. = six shooter. on the Tor
n., in the house. The persons present
,,,s,po.ed, and Glass wen: out of the
,,,r. In few minutes afterwards, Grain
,opesred Vt the door, with pistol in each
land. Al this junc,ure OF sfairs. an old
man sixty years Of age, by the name OF
ys,,y. interiered and called upo" the par
ne, TO desist. Gl.sa immediately shot him
d..d. and ~ he tell. his sou, young >es'y,
,o.hed Ut and stopped over him. While he
x,. in this position, Simeon Glass, "a bro.
tho, Of John, stabbed him in the back with
| bowie knife. Young Weary then rose,
and os,bsps unaware that he was wound
cd rushed apon the murderer Of his father.
/ A semitic ersu-d for the pistol IN the bands
If lain Glass, which continued until five
barrels were discharged, and he bad drawn
another and fired two shots, none Of which
took effect. While this was going on, 81
neon Glass. who had stabbed young Weary
.nd had been in.erIered with by the crowd.
Gu, alta Mr. Haywood with his knife, n.
called to one Of his negroes to bring him
| hi. double barrel gun, aud receiving it, fred
both loads Vt Glsss. Other shots were al :.
40 fired at him. and the result, was, he fell
dead To return 10 the other contestants.
Young Weary succeeded at last, in the
.cufiie. in getting the pistol out Of the
handle Of John Glass. Glass then reiterated
through Hsywood's house. Weary in close
pa,sui, with . bowie knife. The parties
pa.sed through the house, and Glass reach.
ed the back fence. over which he fell dead
Weary, in few minutes afterwards, tainted
from loss OF blood.
Thus it appears ,hst John and Simeon
Gla. aud old man Ieary were killed, and
Young Yeary WAS desperately, il not mor>
tally wounded. Our informant states that
al the parties were drinking, except old
man Weary and IL couple OF strangers who
happened to be present.
or The Meridian OF the 9th contains n
number Of elaborate articles to prove the
advantage Of ra,co.d-, We presume the
public are already very well satisfied on
this subject, and feel not ont, their inpor>
lance but their necessity. Does the editor
OF thu, sheet expect, by this means, to get
the people to favor scheme, the design oi
ahlch Is to zurich n number OF sp-ru's
to1st lie will miss the mark. MIR MAJ
at Montgomery, AID sIo'ies over Tie res
salt; vet he says;
Why. IL the u,ms 81 c"mmiu ',use
are We - rap't l.. nave oih.is shr thr
Gch spuis attn u I Wins uot ,skr hold
sd go the WORK ou' - Ives, ard tak. a.,
profit ani glory tnn
This i. stage paia. I.n'r ,"'
prop'c displa,ed az, such 'al'to,ss' or
es the edlio, OF thu N,rditb 'ou,id q
the party he represents MS q" the pcnpl -
he p. ople cnnnot 20 To- wu,k without "a
charter. unless the, sle d,spo'cd +" woih
Tor others
01-Fires seen OF late to be both 'r,'
quent ard disastrous among the public
buildings OF New Orleans. Bat few
weeks since we noticed the total dcs'tuc
ton Of :'r. SCOTS beautiful church, situated
on Lafayette Square. Soon Afterwards ~"
received accounts Of the less, by iirr, oi
plscide. Theatre, the VARIETIES, aud again
we lcaru, by this weeks papers, tia, the
new aud handsome ed,fce known ~ the
Mechanics Institute, has fallen beneath the
all dcvouring element This beautiful
building was but recent, erected by the
Mechanics Society of New Orleans, at IA
COZ. Of e7O,O 900. aud was but partially in>
sured. With /, are destroyed the scc'e'y's
books and papers, MS also their archives Of
the last for,y.6ve years We regret to
notice thst the extensive library known MS
the Fisk Library, presented TO the society
by the city. and valued n, $4,000, is also
totally destroyed. Many others, who had
offices in thu building. suffered severely by
the fire, which is believed to have been the
result Of accident.
Tmr klvru.-The South Western Of
Wednesday says:
The river continues To rise. and II the
'sns extended throughout the country, we
may expect in = few days uninterrupted
navigation TO n. OtIeaas. The little An>
quota has retired from the trade. and the
Trader 10 waiting for an opportunity to get
above the raft. The 6ne steamer Opelou.
sas takes the placs Of the Trader, as pack
Ct between this port and the falls. The