Smyrna times., 1855-04-04
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INTERESTING FROM TExAs.-We clip the
following items Of news from Galveston papers
of the 18th uitimo:
\ large fire occurred, few days sircc, in
the Cedar Forests, near Austin, Texas, hY
which large amount Of properly was destroy
ed. The flames in many places, rose three
hundred feet above the earth. Fences, out
houses, Wuols and rails. valncd at thousands II
dollars. were consumed, and number Of horses
and cows rshed in the flames.
/ The winter proved to be very cold one in
! Texus--so intense that it caused the death of
large number Of cattle; bat, witH March, came
IA great change in The wcathcr-it is now clear,
warm and delightful, and better time for
planting, it is said, could rot be desired.
Some Of the farmers IN Gonzales county are
trying the experiment Of growing wheat, and
are wei pleased with the prospects Of good
cruTS. -
1t IS 'rurnqred, says Texan paper, that Gen.
Sam Houston intends to issue a.cirCulur on the
4th OF March next, announcing himself AS aD
independent candidate for the Presidency.
TEE SpRIIG TRApE.-Bcknclrs Reporter
says that the spring trade is somewhat more
active baIt IT lsstlh p,ebekward FinmanS
Of its fratureS il is "A month later ilan usual
! The Western rivers are. however, nearly all
= gone forward. The sidewalks OF our princi
pal commercial thoroughtares, are pretty well
occupied with bales and boxes. and some Of
!. houses, ind It necessary to keep at work, all
=, night. Bat repeat that as a whole thus tar, the
=, trade is considerably behind Onr neighborS
~ OF PittSburr however speak cheertully. The
- CarOniGtc OF that cly says:- ...r r.5 &
~ 1t Is eXhillratng TO see the activity upon
= cur streets and wharvcs. Large cargoes of our
II - .
~ heavy shipments Of produce from the West are
= constantly coming in for the supply ofthe home
and eastern markets. The canal is in opera
=; ton and the railroads all busy in transporting
$, goods and produce East and West. lndicu
tions are good for a large trade, notwiihstand-
30 ing the pressure. Our coal men have gone Ia
- Nest aud South with large quantities Of coal
~ aud will bring back considerable money" ...,,
=, AtFRAY.-Wc learn from tie Maryland SC0
~, fiMci that an afray occurred at the White llal
= hotel, IN CentreviIle, on Monday evening otilast
mr. week, between MIR. Lynch, the propriet or, ant
IN John DIllep, which resulted in the former being
los cut dangerously in several places with knife
: The wounded man is being attended by Drs
- Goldsborough & Holton. Dllen has been nr.
Lo rested aud is now IN jail. .Hs -2k s
se 6FA Recruiting station has been for som,
ny days in "successtul experiment" IN Philadel
phia, raising men for the British army Or
-. "Wednesday last Marshall Wynkoop, made
-, descent upon them and made prlsioneFs of som,
a thirteen OF the recruits, and, 1t is supposed, al
=, English officer. They were taken from tn
IN steamboat on its way, and whennearly oppcsit
70 the Navy Yard. .s4lsr< g..
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,av sISpAN w ar BREwING,--The ST., Louis Rc
pen publican OF the l1th says that the Indians i
=" the heighborhood Of Fort Laramie appear To
B determined TO give the whites big .fght IN
US spring. They have been unusually impuder
Il. in their stock stealing operations, aud the R
sed publican learns from private correspondent
our that they are certainly preparing for q ferC
per conflict with the force which our GovernlneI
de- may send to chastse them for their thefts al
|. is murders. has ,i9eiistH e.3 eHueraf. ~
. ;yhHaags baa .3a11uslf +. oa8g ofE. n,ss
'"s Sc a STRAEGE DELusIoN,--=lt is said that tl
nty, wires of the National Telegraph line have bee
lem cut away in North Alabama, on suspicion Til
- lthey are the occasion Of the existing droagh
i. l.Mr. W.aD. Reed the treasurer of the eompai
len. has set out from New Orleans to dispel I
eh deluson and reconstruct the line.