Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-11-18
TEXAS ITEMS.


lost leg in the service, and wo
hope to see the effort successful,
VIM. W. Morris, well known rs
the Superintendent of the N. o. &
Texas Railroad, died very suddenly
of Apoplexy, in Houston, on the 9th.
Col, G., II. Sweet, of the San An
tonic Herald was in Houston on
the Sth,
"A lttlo propeller steamer
called the "Katc" steamed up TO our
wharvos yesterday morning. She
has lately been engaged in lighter
ing at tho mouth of the Rio Grandc,
She comes here TO try IN expert
mcnt, and if successful she will re-
main in the trade between this city
and Galveston, and will send for
II couple Of bargcs, She is very
fast, and has powerful engines. Her
Captain says she can carry 200
bales of cotton,-T Telegraph.
A full board of Corporation OH
GERS were elected at Paris, on tho
3rd inst,
The people Of Lamar County,
were treated to n Snow storm on tic
10th ult. So says the Press
Col. Chillcy Mcintosh, Of the
Creek Nation makes an appeal,
through the Paris Press, for the peo-
pie Of that nation left destitute by
the war. Hc says his own family
is now destitute, The Press urges
the people to respond promptly and
generously by contributions.
District Court has been in session
at Paris, and disposed of a number
of criminal cascs. The result was
that three freedmen and two whites
were "scnt on" to represent the
County at Huntsville.
We clip the following items from
the Press Of the 21st ult.
ANOTHER FIENDIsH OUrRAGE,-A
party Of four men, said to have
been clothed in Federal uniform,
stopped, on Saturday evening last,
at the house of Mr.. Boyce, living
on Red River, in this county, at
what is known as the Scott place,
and requested lodging. Mr.. Boyce
being sick in bed, told them he could
not conveniently lodge them.-Thcy
then asked for supper, which they
were told they could have but they
replied they did not want his sup
per, but were after his money.
Boyce replied he had but little /;
when they tied him, dragged him
from the bed to the hearth, and
poured hot Goals upon his back I'M
til he was severely burned. Under
torture, he ordered his keys to be
given them, when they proceeded
to search the house, from which
they took about eight dollars in
money, and valuable gold watch.
After getting his money and watch,
they enquircd whether Mr.. Robert
w. Mebane was at home, and if he
was alone. Mr.. Boyce told them he
did not know. They went to Mr..
Mebane's, and one Of them rode
alone to the gate, and desired to re-
main all night. Mr.. Mebanc inquir-
ed who he was, and the answer was,
that his name was johnson, and
that he lived in Red River county.
Mr.. Mebane told him to get down
and come in He got down and
went in, accompanied by one Of his
comrades, who had not before been
observed by Mr.. Mebane. They
were invited to walk into room
where some friends of Mr.. Mebane
were sitting, when, finding he had
company, they evidently concluded
that it was best to dccamp. They
went out and joined their comrades
and left the place.
Who are the fends who ere PROV
ling through the country?
The Press also says that an Tx
press line has been established from
New Orleans 10 Jefferson, and the
company propose to continue the
line to Bonham, via Paris, provid-
ed the people show willingness to
patronize the line.
HokRIBLE.--We have learned
from our friend Mr.. Paul, of Liber-
ty, the particulars of shocking
murder and house-burning, perpe-
tratod by an unknown fend, on the
plantation of Mr.. Jerome DeBlanc,
three miles east of Liberty. The
facts are: some one, supposed to be
n negro, fired into the cabin with
the view of killing another negro
man, in bed; the man, however,
was absent, and only his wife and
two small children were in the
room. The woman, aroused and
affrighted at the report of the gun,
ran to the house Of Mr.. DeBlanc
for assistance, and only returned in
time TO find her cabin in ashes and
her childred burned to death.-Tel-
| graph I'd inst.
! The Texas Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
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