The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-03-28
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A .o,ven,ion will be held on the 18th
d.y Of NAV next, At Bs,o" Rouge. BY the
d.moe,s,ic PARTY Of Louisians. 10 nominate
State officers for the eleesio" IN No's"oe''
A duel was Tough, near Mobile on the
7.h instant, by Mr. Nixon. OF the New
/ Orleans Crescent, and Mr.. bfecksn'"ge'
of tn. New Oflsans Courier. Al the ss'
cond fire Mr.. Breckenridge WAS struck high
M in the thigh The ball fractured one
/ lev and p ss.d through the heshy part oil
the other. It Is considered a dangerous
wound. The weapons were pistols at ten
PAGES. Mr. Nixon was no, touched.
A lady is Petersburg, Va. recently gave
birth to . child with two tongues.
JAMES SIMMONS, who murdered two
members of his father's family. and who
was tried and convicted ten years ago, but
never sentenced on account Of some iuiof>
msl,y, was sentenced to be hung by the
Supreme Court Of Ohio. n short time since
An explosion took place on the goth ul...
in tho Egypt Coal Mine. on Deep River,
North Carolina, by which five men, out OF
,ix who were 10 the nine n, tbs time, were
killed,
The steamer Alice ". Glaze. on her
way from Washington, Louissns, was to'
tally consumed by fire, together with
her cargo on the 81 instant nine miles
above Bayou Sara. She Ind cupboard a01
bale. of cotton, 263 hogshssd OF sugar,
100 barrels Of molssscs and sundt'es. The
passengers and crew escaped without injury
The boat WAS insured for $4,000
The treaty with Mexico negotiated by
Mr. FORSYTH is regarded ~ the work OF
spectators. Pesijen, Pierce sad his C-b.
Inc, oppose IT,
An act has been introduced into the
Louisiana Legislature to incorporate HE
New Orleans. Shreveport, and Kansas
Railroad.
/ The Louisiana Legislature has Appro'
I pristed $500 towards the removal Of the
. falls 1T Alexandria
/ 4 man by the name Of John Ilsmes. a
revolutionary veteran residing on the waters
OF Holly Creek. Mara, county. Ca, is
said to have attained the extraordinary age
Of la years.
The Dallas Herald states that the "a
INST. WAS an exciting and busy day at the
Land office within the Pacific Kailfo sd
reservation. The law repeating that reser
walton went into .tiec, on that day. \,
Dallas several files were made after ~
O'Clock at night
Hor AND RAcE--A race OF novel
character came Off a, Bridgeport. Conn.
the other day. Mr.. Banks laid wager
that Col y. B Hall could not run one
hundred yards while he WAS hopping
seventy five yards Upwards Of tbous.
and persons coogrcga,ed to witness the
race. The Colonel won.
The Republican candidate has been
elected Governor Of New Hampshire by
5000 majority, and Me"ts rsppsn, ttsgin
aud Pike. Gall Republicans have been re
elected to Congress from hat State.
There are NOW over sN hundred mile. OF
railroad in Tennessee. upon which daily
trains are running. What difference be>
tween the present means OF transportation
and those OF twenty years ago,
The entire cost of the new Courthouse
in Cincinnati, will be $3.50 900 1t Will
be finished IN July.
John L. Lewis. Henry VI. Bfy and Dr.
Joseph " lder, have been oppoiu;ed by
the Governor OF Louisiana. Director. on
the part OF the State at the \icAsbufg
Shreveport and Texas railroad
The proposition greatly TO eplar.e the
grounds surrounding the cspiro, has been
agreed to 10y both House. OF Congress
The Capitol grounds vii cover seventy
three acres, instead OF twenty three q. nj
present.
At the Chicago elections. on the ltb
instant, Wentworth and the whole Kepuhl
can ticket was elected. Tier, was cons
siderable fighting. and one man WAS killed.
Another was thrown over the bridge and
drowned.
Nsw YORK. March i6 Gov Gesry. OF
Kansas, Ia. resigned.
Gen Scott q 4 in Washington on
the lth lust 1t IS understood he IS about
10 rake 40 his r..idenr. ~ that city.