The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-04-16
From Texas,

We have received by an arrival at New
Q Oreaas, dates from Galveston to the gil
,nst. We make the following extracts
from the New Orleans papers:
The Austin S.ate Gazette, of .he goth
nlt, has Abe following article about the In
Lians on the feserye 80 : :"
The able and efficient agent, Mai.
Neighbors, paid US q visit the past week,
and We learn rom him that the Indians
on the Deserve are making important and
yalusble Improvements. Some one hun
bred aud fifty houses are being erected,
and the Indians are putting in about eigh,
hundred acres Of corn. If they have a
lair crop, there will be AN abundance
made to supply the wants of the Reserve.
for the FIRST time the Indians of Texas are
taking hold OF farming with determine.
ton to depend entirely upon i, for their
support. They are putting their hands to
the plough handles themselves, and tiougi,
1t requires two to perform the operation
one to lead the horses and the other to
plHugh-still they have made begin
ming and will soon become expert at it.
Even the Southern Camanches have taken
hold OF the hoe and are welding it pa
iicl:ly. The excellent moral effects of
this move are Witnessed in the absence OF
lhe!: and pillage on the par: of the In
dians. The settlers make no complants
Of the loss of horses or cattle, and some
time ago, when Skilman was Killed BY
the Northern Camanches, the Indians on
tho Reserve, to the number of hundred,
Immediately volunteered their services TO
purse tie mdrIerers anu arrest them.
Some dozen were accepted, and they over
took the hostile Indians. \ battle en-
'sped, and the result was that they utterly
routed the enemy and brought back eight
scalps.
There are some twelve or fifteen hun
dred la3ians en- the Reserve, and many
tribes in o,he. States Would willingly iein
them i they had the privilege, hut Il is
mot our policy TO Increase the Indians of
Texas. We do nuch IN agorling those
v'ilh US a ho,:se and giving them support.
MAJOR Neighbors deserves great credit
for his labors, and we should like to see
his services retained. Wetlink it impor,
,ant to the security Of the State.
The San Antonio Texan, of the 9th
Mt, give the particulars Of II foul murder
co's,Iiltad at sort Clark 10y Mexicans.
Mr.. Skinner, the name OF the murdered
man, and a friend, had left San Antonio
N company with some Mexican teamstcrs
who were hauling their goods. When
they encamped for the night. Skinner and
his friend fell asleep, the Mexicans crept
upon them and murdered chem, breaking
then: skS.l with axes. The Mexicans lied,
and had not been arrested. Mr.. Skinner
was highly respected citizen, and WAS
connected in business with gentleman
in San Antonio.
a letter to the Texan, dated Castro.
VILE, March 23, says:
: his morning news arrived that two Of
our citizens, living on tie east side of the
Medina, and some seven miles above Cas-
lroville, had been killed by the Indians.
The names OF The persons were Turne.
aEd kosia,an, both respectable and indus.
,rious citizens. a short time after, part
OF the sorrow occasioned BY this news was
expelled by learning that Turner lad cs-
capped the Indians and was still alive. 1t
seems that the savageS attacked these
two men three days Dctore, and succeeded
in kiHsJg Iu!kri&n"in his own house, aud
that Turner, after La$ins Witnessed the
inhnman death Of bis friend made Ills es-
cape from the savages in almost n mrac
ulous manner, and had kept himself Sc
creted for three days and nights; and
daring which time his stealthy and blood
thirsty pursu.rs passed in his immediate
vicinity searching for him.
The same paper has the following para
graph:
Sptin9 is now in our midst, and is fast
donnh g ite', robe of green. Our farmers
are busiy Engaged in planting their crops,
and, in truth they are nearly one month
later this season than usual, owing TO the
great rains we'have had during the la.t
t"o moRt!.s. 'TLe people i, op: city and
country around enjoy their usual good
health.
The Corpus Christi Advertiser Of the
29;h ut, chronicles the fact that 10 in
dictments were found by the Grand Jury
II. the tenn Of the District Court ju,t
Closed. lie Advertiser remarks:
Twelve months since our society was
in a terrible condition-was very Justly
subject Of remark throughout the'Iength
and breadth Of the and; but the surnma-
ry manner in which ruitians and ro%des
were handled at the fall term, has con-
WINGED that class that, for them, Corpus
Christi is no longer keaiiAy abiding
place.
the Galveston Prices Current Of the
Sd says:
The Trinity is still in good condition
for navigation, and the reports from above
nse highly favorable for continuance cf
high water. "' The total receipts Of cotton
from Trinity river, from u,e' opening of
navigation this spiing up to the sd of
April, has been 1887 bales.
UNFoRTuHATE OcCURRENcE.--Danie