The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1859-02-11

received the iatai wound. inc Wui-
dercr ran off Immediately after commit
mo the net, and was found the next day
in secluded spot, dead, after having
shot himself through the body Both
the parties bclong 10 respectable fami-
lies
I, appears from the following state
mcut that one Of the imn~alia.. provo
cations 10 the nc, was the thouphtless-
ness Of his friends commenting on the
GROUND of the rcicction--.tl. disparity
Of agc-of Wales by the girls parents
About u fortnight since, says the Bos'
tom Traveller ut meeting oi the South
Franklin hyccuip, several young men,
who hal heard ~ the circumstance of
she rejection q Wales by Susan willing
- sacrifice bis feeling TO their love for
sport, arranged to have II discussion of
the subject -" Resoirfd that "a married
man should be ten year older than lis
wiic"--and to complete their plan for
amusement at his expense, managed to
have him speak on the Affirmative. The
school house was crowded and. as was
intended, the discussion soon assumed
personal character. and his affairs was
alluded e. with such freedom a. to cXas-
peratc him greatly After this he was
frequently ioked on the subject, and it IL
thought that this disregard for his finest
feelings caused the deliberate commits
sion of the double crime We have the
name of those who originated the plan
Il discussion. but refrain from publish
ing them if the persons have human
feelings they will suffer enough without
this publicity. Two tlmb-,tvn.s will
soon he erected. whirh viii bc lasting
monument. To their careless and uuicel
ing conduct
prL,wARg SLAVE TRADE \ Mr. ia
cahs, in the Delaware Legislature, pro-
poses to repeal the law prohibiting thr
traffic IN slaves between Delaware and
othcr States The Washington Eepub.
lican dcnouncc- the proposed measure
and saws tile repeal If TIE law would
double or quddruplr tn value # the
slaves. and heDcr many of the more sell
fish and Inscriptions would engage in
breeding them, t. supply the southern
planters anl others with lsh1rtiS.
JuuN DriltN tngNl ~usr lhr Nrw
York Evening Post SAYS
lord Elgin. the British Minister ~
China. has projected an expedition up
the NaugtSr river which promises u..,u1
interesting results With = squadron
of steam rorvottcs aud .uulouNs. ,ix la
number. and with the consent # the
Chinese authorities. he H. going as fan
IS Hanrchow. the principal commercial
emporium on the river. five hundred
milc, from its mouth asa plrr than
fhrcc hqadrcd miles ah8vr NmLju. hih-
r.'n ."' ". .'.3' '''',t Ill., w. y,,',,lll
Nv .';''r ,'.,... t.., 49, .l,,irs
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,,..,'t'.i,, ,r 49,, ,ie,..
...'t. Wv ,,',t AN ill.,. N,s.,s.i,,ui
pEtp lsrfne o. ~. E. lac dead lcttoI
branch uf the p,N pli 'o hu. lo-t closed
nu,thrr quarter, work. Th' following
"il give some idea 10. tho valuable mat
Tea which SIS gathered iutn 10:
purnr thr three months which icfmi-
"1,cd on TIA" 3nth ult, 'aerc were ionud
'N' thousand seven hu"dr"d aud twenty
,n,.,n..t.r..i, II, ,,..,~r,,.,,, t.sf2 qaI.s2
F,r Tia. ,u,rtor which closed or, tie. SDth
Of Juo.. al tbere wrrr received finr
,h,p.,ul five lup.lr.l AMI font, MING ict.
ter. and AL 10, 81 IN MONEY For Ma,
uu,rtcr euIng Son March two thousand
f,rr hundred and se,enty-tno letters and
SI9it- il in money Ouart.r closed
sl.i December ty,., fh,r.auA thr.. h,n
.lr.d and 6lty.t,yo l,tiai- and >l3a6l o..
inc1~h T5,lin line wear. twelve ih,ns.
ami nn. hundred and three letters. and
s6I .3o - in mooney
hin has been Introduced IA the Mis-
e'uri Legislature which provided chat $50
slave shall hereafter Wee omantWatrd IN
that '~tatr, unlvss tho master shall pro
,idr ilr Isis transportation from the
state: that any free negro over twenty
"nc wears eft age who may hr in the
state on the lirrl day Of January, 1860
shall bee transported thcrcir1m AZ the cN.
prusc OF the county whore he may be
II his own la pay for the -amc and for
tire cunG>ration # the property pi free
negroes.
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