The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-04
DAILY DISPATCH.
TuEsDAY MORNING.

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SCHOOL Ta1ouIR Cur TO rIEcxs Is TExAs--A
'e''i'i' AFFAIR took place about eight miles east Of
"feenVilie, Texas, on the 3d ult between a scLoo,
''a'o"r ny the name Of Moore and man by tho
name OF Howard aud his four SONG. A letter .av.
Moore undertook to chastise Howard. so,
about u years old for writing indecent Ian ma.
,h young lsdys copy book. lie had struck tha
hoy Dut four or five blows with a switch whnn
uie boy brothers came into the schooI.bopsc
Win CUBS. and one Of them struck the te.rh.r
WIN " h"aFy club on the forehead and felled him,
10 TIE noor. The other struck the teacher snya
tdi tlines While down. but the teacher racny.red
MH''ei and got out his pocket knife and drove
them Uut of the house.
But at this junctsre the old man ,,.o o.,
sons ahd two sonsin law arrived, and the old mar
tushsd INTO the house with large dirk pncket
huie. Moore begged Howard to spare his life
'eiil'S HI'h ne was then nearly dead. At this
''ne hoVre had severe confusion on the forehead
anu MAS covered with blood. But Howard di.ra
a@fding his entreaties, rushed upon him and
liuHgrd his long knfe into him twice on his right
s;uo' oH''' pi winch wounds entered the cavity
MOOT" broke from him, when Howard cut him on
tn right shoulder, making frightfnl rash f,ur
ia mes long and to the bone. With all his yound,
m'oio broke from the house and ran twenty rods
or two of which hit him
Moore was young man Of slight make and
poor health. who had lately come TO this place
II" was man of nneIceptiouable character and
su,eosTinI s.,, teacher. lie will probably die OF his
wounds victim of revenge 20 low and despicaLlo
That humanity bluaiiss at the recital"
CHiNEsR Monz oP FIsHISG-On our way down t1,a
river that right, VIC came upon some people 6shIuy
IN a manner curious that ! must end.avor IN J.e
scribe it, Thr boats used for this plrpo,c were Ion
and narrow. Each had broad strip of white can
vasS stretched along the right side and ,lippip1 to-
wards the water at an angle Of from thirty To ,rtv
degrees. On the other side of the boat a NAT ,g
responding in size with the white cloth was
stretched along above the bulwarks man sa+in
the stern OF each boat, and brought his weight to
pear on the starboard side, which had the e,rt of
pressing the white canvass into the water and raj
sing the not on the opposite side. small paddIe
was used for propellnX the boat through the water
As "eapproached these strange fishermen drsired
hiy boatien to take in our sail and as nv boat Law
still on the smooth surface of the water watched
their proceedings with much interest 1t was a
hhe clear night and CUuld distinctly tho white
canvass SHINING through the water although
several inches below its surface
tn" fishermen sat m0tionles4 and siIant md
scarcely noticed us when We joined them 40 infant
were they upon their work. We had not remained
ahoFe minute in the position we had taken up
when heard splash in the water and distinctiv
saw a fish jump the boat and get caught Lv tho
not on ITS opposite side. The object in construct
ing the hosts in the manner have described vas
no" apparent 1t seemed that the white CANVAS
Nhlch dlppeh Ike Il painted board in the wafer
had the effect Of attracting and decOying tho fish
III some peculiar manner, and caused them To lean
over II. But, ID the boats were low and narrow il
WAS necessary to have net stretched Oh tho oppo-
hlt" oide To prevent the fish from Ieaping over
theln altogether, and escaping again in the stream
harh hsi. rs 1t took the fatal leap generally .truck
against the net and fell backward into the boet-4
R>S"'e"e> amo7g the rhinr>'. BY Robert Ft7,tpne.
RAPID SETTLEMENT or TExAs.-The following from
the Dallas Herald of the 10Th Of June. will rive
our readers some idea of tho rapid settlement of
tn" frontier counties of Texas:
We have recently visited the frontier counties
west OF this place, as far the Bra1os psssinlr
through 1arrant Parker Palo Pinto. and Youpg
COUNTIES no far as Brazos Agency on the lower IN
dian Reserve. We passed over the same routa
some TWO and half years ago. and were now
aEree"hly astonlshed at the rapid strides which the
country had made in that short time in settlement
AMI Improvement. Then from TWENTY-FIVE miles
beyond Fort orth it an uninhabitad wilder
ness to Fort Belknap. Now the whole r0uts in
settled by an Industrious, hardy and patriotic non
ulaton, from the head OF ths Clear Fork of Tri,Ii
~ to nifty miles beyond Belknap. The frontier sat
Elements arc extending at the ratio of fifty miles
year where ten years ago was q wilderu-.a
iarms are being opened, houses built. aud settle
hehts extending The railroad enterprisas that
are now pointing towards this desirable region will
give powerful impetus to the tide of emigration
ana Improvement west and north of Belkuap and
copper, ana two years more will see the mountain,
and valleys OF the Wichita dotted over with the cot
taEes OF the hardy pioneers Of American civliza-
ton"