The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-11-20
NUMBER H..
Laterfron Texas.

Later1rom Texas.
The steamship LOUISIANA, Capt. w. II. Talbot,
from Indianola and Galveston, arrived at New
Orleans on the 31st ult:
The San Antonio Herald, Of the 2sd, furnish.
Is the following intelligence: - =
We. learn with pleasure from letter received
from Austin last evening that Gov. Pease, has
come ont, nuequiSecaiIy i'll favor of Captain
CallaAan's coqrse.and of,tie. contemplated. ex.
pedition against the Iidiaps on the part Of the,
people, and has refused to issue proclamation
against it at the request of Gen. Smith, on ths
ground that the General GogespmaHs failed.
to protect the people on Tie frontier, atsa T ;.
the. present movements Pontaaeess exfsss
sion Of popular ~ill-baseduloa the right of self
defence, -
Capt. Toms company OF Rangers from
Seguin. numbering about sixty men, len this
city on Saturday last for the frontier. This
companyis well mounted and armed, and should
they come across the Indians or'any other ROB.
bers, they will give agood account ofthemselyes
"A fe%.more such COMPANIES would soonsgiSes
peace to our frontier. -: -
1she Herald, referfing'to q suggestioh tl,atan
EefhEt viii bemadeto prevent the Rangers from
following the Indians into Mexico, remarks ttat
if the Rangers determined to erossthe RIO Gfande
it viii take more force to stop them, than IL
would TO %hip. the Indians. ~ -
The same paper. in an article. on aGeneral
Smith and iiie Fron,ier" says: :. : -. 70
Many eeusure Gen. Smith for.the unprotected
condition of our frontier, and arey disposed TO
hold him morally responsible for, the many muir
1lcrs snd robberes committed by the Indians,
We do notiptend to offer any apology for Gen..
Smith or tliesoficers of his command; but this
much we viii say, they have not the. force to
.protect.the frontier, ifthey had the WILL The
troops are not here andif they were, they yarenos
The right kindfOr frontier defence.
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I A MURDER CuRIoUsLY DIscoyERED.-From
the "RQmand Of the Forum" q new. book juss
published in England, the following singular al.
fair IS extracted. tt is said to have been an
actual occurrence which took place in ITO: A
woman who lived at ST. Meets, in Huntingdon!
shire. on returning thither frolnE Ellsworth, where
she had been to receive legacy ofseSenteen
pounds that was left: her, tied the sHm mp in hes
hair for fear of being robbed. Asshe wasgoing
home she overlook her next door sneighbor,
butcher by trade, who also kept an inn, and who
lived in good repute. TIE woman was glad to-
see him, and told him what she had been about.
He asked her where she had concealed her mo-
ney? Shetold him in her hair The butcher
Efnding;a convenient opportunity, took her from
her horse, cut eff her head, put it in his spack,
and rode off. 4 gentleman and his servant
coming directly BY, found, 70 their horror, the
| headtess body still warm on the ground. The
gentleman, perceiving the crime to have been
| Ejustcemmitted, odered the servant to ride at
full speed forward aud the first man he overlook
to follow him wherever he went. The servant
came up with the. butcher nos'a, mile of the
place., and asked him what town that was before
them! The butcher told st. Neots. my
mastesasays the servant, is Just behind, and
sent me forward to inquire for a good inn for q
kgeHtlenfah and his domestic" The murderer
| made ahswer that he kept a good inn, where
! they should beweIl used: Fhe gentleman oser.
>took't them, and went 10 watkthem and dismount-
ed: He then<bm his servant jattendto the horse,
whilst he !sYould>take.a walk in the town and be
back. presently Once out -she inn, he has.
tened.to a, constable, and told Fin the whole
affair. The constable said that the butcher was
avery honest man. and had lived. there s;gsest
many years in. good reputation yet Aeyielded
to the gcntiemanss urgency and went back:
they searched the pack, and -the" constable. TO
his great surprise, found it was the head Of h;s
his own wife The murderer Sassent to Hass.
ingdon JAIL and shortly after tried and e1ecuted.
GsoRGn.-The position Of this State Is IN
the highest degree interesting. BY general
consent; she is made the standard bearer Of the
South, We'trusted in her Strength, ,her position,
and our confidence in the fidelity of her people
The last elections have confirmed our hopes
There were some who thought that the popular
manifestations Of Georgia were not tobe taken
as tile deliberate determinations of her opinion,
and they accordingly looked for other evidences
| Of pubic sentiment. 1t seems to us-that they
now have them. The men who have been sus.
tanned BY the recent election have declared their
understanding of the meaning Of its results
The Message Of the Governor, all of which re-
latiug to Federal Affairs we copy, is strong and
clear on this subject, and tue proceedings of,a
meeting at the Capitol, in which all the first men
Of the State took part, are equally significant.
We must take them as ngood faith, ,or we must