The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-04-25

Il Ia stssed that ss.0svsswss Redaaa
n. Price. Of New Jersey. will probably
ssesyests Mr.. Forsyth - minister 10 Meg
leo.
~ t1se. N. Ksnchss. tsras'ly oen>
bsr u Csngssss from North Csso'sea. hss
bsss associated Governor Of New nsxleo.
Il b islisvsd that The iloa. Fsyeue NJ
Mslisn. Of Virginia. will ssPs'ssde D''9-
ban Young In tie Govssnotship q Usss.
II 10 understood that Governor lard. Of
Nebraska, and Govssaos Brigham Young.
u Utah, will b removed.
VIM. b. Reed. Of Philadslphia. II 10 b,
lievsd, will accept the mission to China.
A dssadfal sxplosioa bad oessrred On
board The stssmboat J. NJ. SCOTT. on tas
San Juan river. SIXTY livss. II 10 reported,
were lost.
The steamship Tennessee had = number
Of Col. I.ockridss's command o" board,
including fifty sick aud wounded men.
WAsmiNsroN, April o. .hs Hon. x.
J. Walker will not 60 tc Aosas. Nj,
Territory becomes = State.
MoaE FlLusrsrERA-Si Louis, April
Alt 10 reported here that one hundred
and fifty rscssiss will soon leave this city
TO Join an sxpsditisn which il 10 reported
will shortly sail from New Orleans, for The
purpose Of invading Costa Ries tees d.
recting the attention Of Walkers enemies
by ca using them to attend to homo a6sirs
Il ia said tha, the expedition 10 possessed
Of abundap. means
Geo. ". Russell severely wounded Il
Mexican in San Antonio named Msrlinas
Carbea aud killed his wife. The murderer
10 yet at large. 4 reward Of $3.50 ID
offered by the sheriff for bis apprehension.
A saddler named W, II. Wyatt lately
committed suicide II, Gonzales.
There were eight weddings in Lamar
county from she tn to the s,h ult. Pref
" good evidence that Lamar connty 10 go.
ing ahead.
FIRE IN V,cksnrRe. - Vieksburg, April
10 A very destructive fire occurred her,
At 1 o'clock this morning.
The Court House, the Negro Methodist
Church and row Of brick dwsllings were
totally destroyed.
Nearly all the books and papers wsr,
saved from the Court House.
The Are 10 supposed to have been ths
work Of an incsndis'y. a. it originated IN
the church.
The horse thieves in San Antonio are be-
coming rather bad.humorcd, On the goth ult.
two Of them attempted to steal horses each
from some Germans, and finding the latter
were not willing to give them up promptly
shot one German IN the head and badly cut
another with knife.
ARrEstAS " ELL.-We see that the Ar,eslan
Well Company are progressing finely with
their we'll in this city Mr.. Cooper has already
bored 34o feet, and Is progressing at the rate
Of a foot per day.--State Ga:siie Of the An
The contract for cleaning out the Guadalupe
river below Victoria, 1as been awarded to
Capt. q. i. Dycus.
IT 10 said that some ten miles Of the Calves
ton and Houston Railroad are completed, and
that locomotive II running upon it.
MrB. Love. Of Washington county, lately
commi tied suicide in Houston.
SANTA ASxA--1he Cincinnati. Enquirer
gives US curiou. fact about this remarkable
man.
In the lately published correspondence be-
tween General Scott and Colonel Davis, Sec
rotary of war Ter President Pierce, the
General furnishes detailed statement Of his
private expense account, which contains some
very curious items. 1t appears that the Gene
raj declined writing out the particulars OF this
account, but gave them to the secretary SER
bally, and they were satisfactory. Among
other items OF n similar character, appears this
one To Mexican officer of rank SO.
0o0.' The history of this item reveals one of
those incidents in our la.s Mexican war which
il is not plcasan, TO dwcM on, but which the
truth Of history requires should not be "
nored or forgotten. The Mexican officer who
received this $4,000 was no other than Gene
raj Antonio Lopez do Santa Anna, the same
individual who had been returned to Mexico
At the expense Of our government
During tho month of March thirteen muir
ders were committed in the city OF New
York
Wagonseler, the defaulting cashier Of the
PENN Bank has been permitted 70 retire un-
moles,.d 10 his home, the money. (to0,OOO.)
having been recovered. The Bank declined
10 prosecute.
The COMING Fulos-The factions, repre-
syyania, says the Pittsburgh Union, viii meet
at Harrisburg on the 25th instant in two sep
crate State conventions, and attempt to coal.
ecse in the support Of one State ticket in OPP
position to that put in the field BY the democ.
facy One convention will consider itself the
pure republican, being brought together by
the call Of Mr.. Charles Gibbons, chairman Of
the Simon Pure republican Nlste Central
Committee, and will bc rampant abolition
The other will BE- comprehensive opposition
convention, called BY tho anti.dsnocsst mem.
bers Of the Legislature, and will allow ita
members TO have any opinions, OF no OPINIONS
At all. NO that they agree 10 wage war under
some flag 10 b. got Up fsr the occasion. It
will be- doubtlssa an interesting spectacle 10
witness how these discosdsnt elements will
coniriye to effect fusion on the simple basis
of hatred to the old Interchangeable party of the
nation, and -poils ~ the reward Of sue
cess lancaster Pa hieli,geacer.
INTERESTING FROM CHiSA.--lt Is rumorsd
that the Emperor of China has issued orders
TO the Governor of Canton 10 concliate the
English.
A CURIOUS CAsE--Ths hast case Of moral
insanity" is that Of d. Darling. who went
into store in New York, and In pay msot for
dressing gown, offered forged ol00 bill
on the Bank Of the Republic. He WAS s,rest-
ed, and when taken before magistrate stated
tina, he had got the bill photographed just BY
the way OF experiment, 10 see how well covN.