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The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1861-07-03
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.-The

Y Comm of III ehwsys of the nshp Of L.
sing VIII receive sea.ei proposals for building bridg-
across Cedar River the road passing Harrison IN
said town, the Agricultural farm up Saturday
the 18th day Of July 1861 O'Clock NJ which time
the Commiss oners sill meet al the Common oounc Room
the city Of Lansing the contract The plans
and specifications may be the house of Harri-
The pyopo-als be eft with either of the Csr
ms~ioners, With the C,e f the city Of Lansing The
terms Ut payment will be $275 the tax be raised
the present year. and the balance the tax to be
raised bext yeac
The Comm ssoners retain the tight reject any or all
OF the proposals. ABNE.R BROWN
CHACNCEY MURPHY,
d. D. HALL,
Commissioners Of Highways Of the n.np of Lansing
Dated Lansin. J. me p, 1861 8. so
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TO CONTRACTORS. In pursuance

l. of act Of the L-S stature Michigan to provide
for the drainage OF swamp Lands by Of State
Roads and Ditchss, approved Fec IL, 1859, and aes
amencatory thereto, q underisnei, Commissioner On
the 81 Mary RIVER and MaekinAw Road will pro-
coed to let the work said road the
Die bidder at Sart ste Marie, the COuny Of CHIP eva
on Monday the 18th day Of July next 10 O'Clock
forenoon al his Office Sadroad commences the east
quarter post CT section Is, T. north range % one
vest, from whence TO ste Maries River there road
.ready constructed) and end at Point ST. lsnace
~ north, range sest and is (55) ffry Eve miles in
length Contracts will be made for tie vnole ny par,
oil said road payable Swamp Lands provided bs aid
aet And the acts amends thereto The rad be
cat ous and cleared four rods vide, and S-uboed less
snan ) twenty feet in width, with ditch bitches suf
ne'ent 70 dram the and I'm good and sufficient
road BED Of not less thao (2e) twenty feet width
tseen ctehes Bridges TO be 6l sixteen feet sid.
sefs ana eauseways vii be required Of substantial
,u'e not ess than coy twenty feet in width. BIDS viii
oe reee we'd payAbe in swamp Lands only. which be
seeeed anc secured Immediately after the approval Of
me contract Bidders will be r-qcied be here the
Gay OF e'uns and must give good security for the per-
Torrance Of their work
wN p SPALDING, Commissioner
ssus Ste Marie. Jane r. 1851 5.see
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FOR SALE.

A IMPROVED FARM of 24O Acres; $50
"A acres under good cultivation, good buildings,
&C.; about ten miles from Lansing. This Farm
q described as follows: The southeast quarter,
and the east half of the southwest quarter Of sec
ton one. in town four north OF range one west
and has been commonly known As the "Alver,
son Farm" Terms reasonable.
Apply to JNO. W. LONGYEAR,
36S-u Lansing, Mich.
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DROBATE NOTICE.-State of Mich.

VJROB A i r. NOllCE--State Vi ulcn'
igsn, County Of lngham, s. AT a session of the
Probate for the UNITY Of lngham, holden az the
Office in Mason. Monday the 10 cay of June,
in the year thousand eight hundred and sixty
one: Present VIM II. Pinckney, Judge Of fr bate In
thu matter II estate of Ehhus kwooi decea Ell -
On ding ana nlirg he petition. duly verirei OF
S.oded p-ayry that IN trumen viii ng purPortrg
the VII and testament OF sad deceased may be
admitted probate and that letters testauentar' may
granted upon said estate TO Scofeld, William he
uoad and George Conan executors III said will named
The II is Ordered that Monday, the 18th Gay
July next, at II o'clock in the forenoon, re assign
ed for the of said petition that the heirs al
law II said deceased, and all other Interested ~
said estate requ'r-d TO appear az se-sn Of SAID
Court then be holden at the Probate Office ia the
vill.ge OF Mas shOs cause, II any there De- Why
he prayer the pettore. should not be gesnei 2ai
further Ordered that said petitioner notice IL
the persons interested sa estate Of The pentenci
said petition and the hearing tneceof bs causing copy
Of this der De publ -hei in the Lansing republican
spapAr printed and rcu'sting sa!d yo' Ing
ham successive weeks previous said day Il bearing
(Arue copy WV h f1NCkNtI,
"a j lTve ell PROBATE
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Turing Ills MONTH. Trains viii leave Ovosso con
i meet ng % Mt of Lansing R.il DAD, AS follows:
GOING EAST
Ats A. NJ II DOM and 24oP H., for Detroit.
GOING WEST
At IL As A. NJ, FIR Milwaukee
AT IL Is 2. Nj. for Grand Rspics
At IL 81 A NJ for Milwaukee
Rsfreshmen'. Ietrot, Owosso and Grand Haven Rnc
upon Com ferry Windsor Detroit River
Hotel in Depot at Grand Haven
Trains leave termini daily, Sundays excepted.
The TELEGRAPH LINES open for PUBIIC BCsNEss
SLEEFiNG CARS all Night Trains.
CONNECTIONS.
AT DErROIT-G'eat Western Railway for all point.
East-Achgan Central, Michigan southern. and Crane
Trunk Railroads,
AT MI WAUkEE-Wi'h the Mississippi. Lacrosse Chi
caeo WATERFOWL AND Horizon Railroads for ali points
West aud Northwest.
Passengers 'or Great Western Railway 90 the Raj
z ao Ferry steamer at u. s NJ Il Deck leaving Dock Al
Is A NJ, and 8 20 7 NJ
The Company Time Tables be had nj any Of the
Stations
" X. MUIR, Gep'lsnp't.
GHices
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YP-HANTI, Mich Jan IA, 1861.
Nix rPALDIS0, FIR Not long since cent to you for a
box Of C-pnaic Pill for the Of Nervous Headache
md Co-tvsnes-, and received the and they had
good an effect Wds induced 10 send far more
Please send BY return mail Direct
A. r WHEELER,
Ypsilant, Mich
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GUARDIAN SALE. BY virtue O.

~ an order u me ant,G by Vim H nckoey Juoge
Of Probate. the LIST day of April, 1851 -hal eel al
public auction, the premises to the highest bidder
saturday the 10th Cay Of Augu at clock Z.
the following piece parcel OF land, viz: Is acres
and commen-ing at the corner IF section nine town
too north d range two west, thence south so rods
thence wet &c rods thence tn SO od heocs east Sc
rods 20 Beginning. county 4 Inghzr and Of Mca,
gan. Terms made kno~n on day OF sale.
JANE DEARING,
6r3c2 Guardian Of Davis WEBB and o-hs, r,ru T.
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RESNoIDssrRG re-, FRANKLIN Co ONO
January 9, 1861.
HENRY SPAiDNG, No IS Cedar ST \ DEAR SIR,
Ia c-ed find twenty-five cents as for wh ch send
lxot "CephaIic Fills " SEN: TO address Of Rev Vim
G Fill er, R-yno dsburg, Franklin Co Ohio
Your is cork like a ckarm-cure Headache almos. in
Stdnfer Truly ours,
WM G. FILLER
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CTATE OF MICHIGAN-Fourth Ju.

- =
~ cici-lC cult 10 Chaneery- Suit pending L The Cir
cut Cosv .Jr tie county OF Inghain Chancery
eDt-H rsti' ?rat, Circuit Court Commissioner,
18th day OF June 1861 at the village Of Mason in
said coun'y. edrick " Cowl.s, mpla,aut RS Alex
apder Cornman AID Dennis F. Edgar, defendants
satisfactorily appearing - this Court by s;;.vt
that the dr'e dant \ -xani-r CIrnmsn noG.es
dent Of Ihs state apd he des in the State at
Ohio, motion # ID Wiley, Solicitor fer the
ant 1t is ordered that the said deeu mt, Alexander
Cornman his pear to be -otered in his
within three nhs from tn. dat of this order .ha
N sc OF h 5 appearance, he cause his the
comp ansns b 10 be hed and copy there ftG be
ed IN the solicitor within twenty
vice of copy Cf lid bi sn notice of order and
default thereof that said bill Of complaint be taken
confessed by the said defendant, Alexander Csnman
and like motion IT is further orcertd that with TWEEN
~ days from date hereof the complainant
Of this order TO be- published in the Lansing state p
hc1n, public newspaper nted and published ia the
city of Lansing in the of lngham afoe an!
that said publication be continued once m each
week for weeks succession that he copy
Of this ORDER to be sonsly served said Alexander
Cofsmau tefndan leas, twelve da before the time
above specified for az appearance
HORATIO PRATT.
GrcutC MT CoEmiss oner flr lnshsnl G., Mich.
ID. Z. WILEY, Solr for Comp anant
true copy OF ,ecerd.-L REED. Register. 6<322
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To the Editor Of The Am,rican Agriewlturist:
In former number noticed an article headed
''Can't raise Turnips." Ii seems surprising to
me that ih're sn0sli be the least difficulty in
raising a l. /. crop Of turnips every year; but il
Is nevertheless true that more than half OF
those who make the trial fail. l think there is
scarcely anything done on the farm that is 80
simple and easy to accomplish, as to raise three,
four, five hundred bushels to the acre, Of nice,
smooth, sweet turniPs, and with less labor, per-
haps. than any other crops. | have never failed
but one year, and that year killed the germ OF
the seed by letting il remain in dampened, un
leachsd ashes. twenty four hours previous to
sowing. Nine tenths of the seed did not sprou,
and nearly lost my crop.
Ny plan is, alter taking of a crop Of hay
where intend to put corn the next season,
turn over the sward smoothly, about the irst OF
July. then pass over the burrows lengthwise with
. roller to close the seams nicely. then put a
light coat of almost any kind of manure over the
rolled land, harrow it over lengthwise three OF
four times with good sharp harrow. give j,
another narrowing once or twice a week up to
the twelfth Of August, which entirely prevents
the grass and weeds from growing, and forms a
nice loose mould, several inches deep above the
andisturbed sward
~ Suo utoc u SOWtnSs sut Win the Soe1
three or four times its bulk of leached wood ash
-. AID mix well together. harrow the ground
over before beginning to SOW, starting the har-
row On one side OF the land and follow the har.
row every round, casting the seed high and vide.
In this way get the land pretty evenly sown.
By using about piat Of seed to the acre. This
. the last that do to them until pulling time
Let the season be vet or dry. hot or cold, have
not failed tn 0et from three IN "a hundrod hue n.
eli 70 the acre, and have my ground in fine con.
dition for corn in the spring.
When pulling time arrives, give the eighth
o. tenth bushel for pulling and topping. In tina,
way many families who have no land, and some
Who have. supply themselves with turnips for
winter. In feeding, my man gives each mich
COW about half bushel daily. with few quarts
Of corn, ground in the cob, and little shorts-
This gives the milk and butter, and the pork fol
lows from the milk and buttermilk.
SUBSCRIBER
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BEVERLY Mass Dec. IL, ls6c.
SPALDNG. Esq Il wish for some circulars or
show b. i 70 brins your Cspba!ic Pills par tic
uisrly before my customers II have thing cf he
kn !. please send Ia
one Of my customers who is subject Sick
Headache, CASUALLY lasting two days) Uds ed Of
.it,o. me hour Lv your Pals, which ssnl her.
Respectfully yours,
" b Wilkes
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From the Dem0crdt st Cloud, Atnn
Ii you are, have heen troubled vita the headache
send for box, (CephAlc plEs) you may have then
Case OF attack
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Fran The Examiner Norfolk Ia
C-pha Pills -ccsmp sh the object for which they
we're made, viz: Cure of headache in all its FORMS
Fran tn, Er1miner. Norfolk Va
They have been tested than thousand eases.
with entire success
Prom the Democrat ST Cloud Mum
Ii YOU are, have oied vita the headache
.end for box, (Cephaic pls,) you may have the
N case OF an ATTACK
From IL. Advertiser, Providence, RI
The Ceptalic Pills said To be q remarkably efsc-
for that very frequent compa Mt which has been
discovered.
From the Western Il X G,aette Chicago, Ill
We hereby endorse Mr.. Spsldng and HE unrivalled
CephsI PiHs
from The Kanaeha Valley Star. Kanpaha, Ia
We that per suffering with the headache
~ho try them will stick to them
From the Southern Poh Finder, " La
Try them you that are afflicted asd that
your testimony be added the already numerous
t that has received benefits that other medcipe
produce.
Prom the St. Louis Democrat.
The immense demand for the article Cephsle Pills. s
rapidly increasing
From the CARTE, Davenport. Iosoa
Mr. Spsldng ~ouid come 4 hs ua with al article
he did not kno'c TO possess zeal me il
Pom the Advertiser. Proridence. X
The testmcn IN their favor Is strong, from the
respectable quarters
From the Daily N,ts, Dl,enport R
Cephal,c Pills are tax ng the place Of all kinds
Firm h' Commercial Bulletin, Boston, Mass
Said to BE- very eficscious TOR the headache
Fran the Commercial, Cincinnati, Chts
Suffer ng hum nifty Il Los be relieved
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Fran The Examiner, Norfolk, Ia.
C-phal Pills -ccemp sh the object for which they
we're made, viz: Cure of headache iu all its FORMS
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HUNNEWELL'S
UNIVERSAL
Cough Remedy.

This valuable preparation, freed of all the common
components, sucn OPP s.es, Expectorants, which
not only down the stem, but destroy all chsncs
will be found on trial % possess the following prop
critics, xn9to hich the abe testiInona may
re found in the pamp6e
For shopping Cough, and Soothing syrup, it meets
every SAINT, asi by early eli largest pro-
Hhoop'ng Cough
In ordlosry Coughs and Bronchial mpain;s, the f,e
runners Of Consumption, its splendid tonic Propert
make Il not only the at perfect enemy To disease, but
builds up and sustain, the system against
of the Complaint No nursery should be without IT. nor
shouts parents fail 10 get pamphlet, to be found with all
dealers As the only way 70 do justice TO its value.
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P,'om the Democrat N

From til, Er1m,ner. Norfolk. Va.
They have been tested than a thousand case.
with entire success
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L gan. G unity of In CHAM. AT a n Of TIE
Probate Count for the County Of lnsuan holep at he
Probate O!fce, thu village IT Mason Monday, the
18th das June, n the year Thousand eight han
dred and SIXTY Present Win IL PEckneY Judge Of
Probate In the natter If the estate # 10 Gi
lit, deceaSe On reading and Ming the Of Al
Olson Hamiltoo duly verified pray rg i,i oder
may De entered BY thi- court auth )uzng and di
DANIEL ID Gstt, admin stra the estate &C saic John
X. lett deceased, execute good and ic deed
# Conveyance OF the fol.ospg piece parcel land,
comm. cling AZ point Is rods n.rth f the pa
where he nth lire of lot NJ % 4 he "A Of L..
town IS f " inter ecj> crosses The de
# Hanchet TO called The v,'lag q. t'dw
thence north the side If SAID Han;eti stree:
extended, rods, thence west A line pa ale. III III
south n- OF sand !o No 50, Is rods thence south
line parallel with the side If said H. nch+tt
extenGec rods, thence in- direct he place
Of beg nn'D, c'nianing 30 quar- e anr. exc-pt
ing and wing foin the b side of ~ - st'Ip
of land l. feet e aad ID rods accordance i'
;h1 conditi certain contract executed by .cba
X Glett {" yuth l. Wes,f,ll, ana by her reguia y
a-slgn ID u SAID pet To
Thereup 4; is deIei. that Monday, the 80 tsv If
August nest. al Il O'Clock reno be a-siGn-
ed for the hearing If al peton, ami that the hens at
law Of sand deceased and all ctner person i.ge ested
said Estate. required 20 appear al saii
Court, then To be .o"eG AZ the Z ob.'e flee he VI
lage of Mason and how carzs ifan ther he. wEy ':r
prayer of ths petitioner should NOT be Aui il
- further ofi~Tei. that's pe;Itioue give Ire TIE
per inter ;ed 10 sad estate u, the ot said
petition, and the hearing there b. NJ py of
this order To be- publ sled the Lansing Republ can,
ue~spsper printed and circulating n unity q; Ing
ing "a tru- COPY WI PlNCKNEN.
SWI ,..lt.a If -rnh
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Pom the Adrertiser, Proridence. X.
hetestmcny IN tneIr favor Is strong, from the
res pc eta bic quarters
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SALE-Ry virtue of one

OF ""V
~ writ of Exec 1iion issued OF and uu e! the sea
Of the Circuit Court for the county If Ingban 80
rected and delivered, have levied upon al the right
title ard interest of John Darling and tie
lowing real estate lot ten 40, block one hun
dred and sev-ntytpo l1.) in he city at Lansing.
ty of ngham, and State Gf Michigan, watch i shall TX
We for sal. vendue- al the Court House. the
village of Mason, the 81 day of AugGs A j 1861
at Clock IT, the Afternoon.
Dated Lansing, June II 1851.
RUMAN SPENCER. Sheriff
6wS22 u, Ii Ii. UCNK>. Irpu-y
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BIZ II VERNON, Ohio. Jan Is, 1867
HhsRy { SPsLpNt., ksQ -l' ase find enclosed tw en.y
five cents fr which 81 nd an1e- box of phal
ic Fills Thy truly the best pills / ,uer tried
Direct. a. SLOWER, +. NJ
Belle Vernon, W ,aniotl Co OHIO.
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From the Gdsette, Davenport, Ioc1.
Mr. SpsldIng soud not connect bis with article
he did not kn0'c TO possess zeal me il
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From III. Adrerttser, PTortdence, X. l.
The Cepbac Pills said 10 be q remarkably efis
tive remedy for the headache, and Of the very be-
for that very frequent compla Mt which has bee
discovered
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Pran h' CONNIE rci1l Bulletin, Boston, Mass
Said to be very effcacious TOR the headache
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From the Daily N,tcs, Dd,enport r
Cephahc Pills are tax ng the place of all kinds
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Fron The Commercial, Cfncinna'i, Chis
fer ng hum4 nifty c>n Los be relieved
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From the Southern Path Finder, ". O., La
Try them you that afflicted. asd are sure that
your testimony can be ADDED TO the already numerous
list that has received beneet that other medcpe
produce
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ls's'A lAs h'sil.a fimss-L4ll. bs,l, ~
Another VTc.OrT.

An ewpras.
the in,eIilrcnco W .ou "H h''s hsl hlsh', "i'h
a detarlmsnt or 4, Gu ar shsagemsnt between
nnI men nnisr cN,,ssS 'SSes, Iua oheers
ro,nro,e,l oT ror,i"ps1,S 90 c.1fIcsou, oe'.g
snv ror,nsnr o., wau'ap'' up'' .9obNo"l
paIv ofiLo al Is,,. W"nr,sa "pt piol - eo,-
m.n, ~ - ','ue Nes'-
arm n"ar ,h. liz liz ~ 'vsg.',s ~ we
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ohnve ,bis 49, o., iI,"I "IVSs ~ u','s,
Nav ',is,idn, V,,nn,eors 49, s'Ii"s y,
M ,lis viI,"s h';n, 'VI' I'a pIss, 49, - a'Suvnvu
ON ,bi, eo,nn S Wv .,, ns","' 'S"S.' y. cau,
Coonwoo,i r",anand - Sha" " "a - ~ NJ, NJ.
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TEL EGR AP HICl
lComrilsd nan ID. L.lIle Rask rlhs ptmeelal

oshlitl H"tn shs lsslle AlsA l4iir uruitciAI'
RioarosD, Oct. l3, via New Orleans
There is reporl here on The authority ofN
genllemah just from Baltimore that Lord
Lyons and Secretary Seward had rupture
In this relation, aud Lyons had len WASH
iHglon,
The total amount OF eontr buttons 10 the
soldiers fund, 10 the ID OF October, as re-
ported Al the passport Office, il one hundred
and ninety-two thousand, one hundred and
eishly-nine dollars,
SA,nvmLr, Oct, l4.--Passengers by to-
dhy's lrain rePor, large additions TO the
Lineoln forces IN Kentucky. The Louisville
Courier, Issued at Bowling Green, To-day
anys Rnsspan with 800 men aud eight pieces
o, gs'lfry c'c"pied Nelms bridge eighteen
miles from AilU.urls,ill, un the tenth.
Tie Courier learns that ,orgg force Isl
cpn'hau.duK Tt Lexington El.h no Wow
D. a speedy sitracf on Xl.llcuNrs liyi-
sion. Sou She 0Nu Is ib auiyj,Ic actively
creh, ] in pGshiae toward lhr tlrea
ghhro Mach lntbp.lusr exists lu ne
Nut'i tgsrO io hru'ctg and o deWf
niHgIua tumnkC her ,hO ba.ile rgOWul.
amt Sfrrm'n su'rnn isreinioroci By Ore
or two regiments from the Nor,h daily,
Especial dispatch 10 tho Appeal Of 10Th,
RlCHNCSn, oe,. l5.-fhere was heavy
cNnonading on the Confederate batteries AZ
Evansport on the Potomac, this morning,
ten Ynnkoe steamers opened fire ut eleven
o'clock, 4. NJ, aud continued until two p. ~.
when they withdrew, having done us no
injury. The damnge done the enemy Is
unknown, but il is supposed TO be considera-
bic. Signed DIXIE.
RIcnMoyp, Oct l5.-Twclve Yankee pri-
'oners reached here to-day who were taken
by tho scouts of a party of Cobbs legion
near Newport News. They belonged to the
10Th New York regiment. All the indca-
tons here point TO string events at an
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From Montague County.
MoNTAGUE, Texas Oct. 1o, 1861.


EDITOR SHERMAN JOURNALS:
Dear Sir-Presuming that q few lines
from this section would prove of interest to
your readers, | have concluded to write
you n few lines to inform you and through
your paper the people of Texas, the situa-
tion in which we are left on the northwest
ern frontier, Maj Burleson, with his men,
have left camp Jackson on the Wichita,
and gone into winter quarters at Fort Belk-
nap. We are, therefore. left without any
protection, and know not when the north
ern Kansas Indians, headed by black re-
publicans worse than themselves, will at
tack us, and kill our women and and chill
dren, and destroy our property. If they
should come and find us as weak rs we are
unable to give them anything like fight
they will overrun us and subject us to all
kinds of torture.
understand the people of Clay county
will shortly leave their homes if there is
not something done in the way of protec-
ting their lives and property; and am very
fearful if they leave it will cause this coun-
ty to break UP, and if this county gives
way, there is no telling where the frontier
will be-. The Indians are now in Wise and
Jack counties, and in the southwest part
of this county, and if there is not some pro-
lection granted us, to pu On the northwest,
or near Dead River know not what will
become of us.
write this, hoping that the authorities
may take it in hand and do something for
our defence,-ss frontier. | do hope they
will lend US helping hand in this critical
hour. The people of this county, with .
little protection on the northwest, would
stick TO their homes and help fight; but in
our present situation, VIC can do nothing
The enemy can come down upon us before
we are aware of it, there being no one to
give us the news of their approach.
Now i'll conclusion, 10 hope that these
who can help uR, will not be deaf to our de-
mands, as do believe there is great need
Of Texas rangers on tie Wichita, on OF
near Dead River, for the protection Of this
county.
Yours respectfully,
j. II. cox
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1861-10-30

no. A correspondent of tho Houston
Tcgraph writes that the field officers of the
4tland 5th Texas Infantry, now in Virgin
ia i've been appointed. The officers of the
4th re, Col. Hood, of Kentucky; Lieut.-Col
job Marshall, Of Texas; Major, A. T.
Raiey, of Texas. Those of the 9Th, are
Col.Archer, of Maryland; Lieut.-Colonel
Fran Schaller, of Louisiana; Major, Quad
dle'ob, of South Carolina. The cores
pondet says that the appointments do not
give slsfacton to the men, for the reason
that Oily two of the six are Texans. 1t
was tho,ht that these two reg; ments would
be sent Western Virginia, or Kentucky.