Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-02-24
TEXAS ItemA

UIn lu accordance with an order
nm arll, Gustav, arrested our
Nnsuan, Col G. W Chiffon, with
'rlr'lAs 10 take him 10 Austin,
ttihe INC OF his urr,st hc WIS On,
Ung .u attending tp his duties ~ IN
attorney IN the District Court at this
'Hy.. lie is not informed ut the
charges against him, but suppose il
Is pw"aing that trausy,vcd while
d.. wa- ia the Confederate service,
$50 rugrrt the occurrence, and hope
ir m"y ave speedy trial, and cs-
.oblish lis innocence should there
nr any Charges alleged against him
We know nothing OF Col Chiffon 5
conduct Willis in the service. while
o. home he never in any way conn
i'nauent ga committed outragoS.-
since tile termination OF tho war,
hu has quietly and attcntively rur.
tuci his profession, having an rX.
'cl',nt practice, and in every res
Nyet acting the part of . good and
twtHy e'tizcm- iy!,r Jowwm Esd
E.
The AHs'.n correspondent, or the Calves.
'- Sews under lalc OF tue ioih inst,
s3
COL C. W. Chiffon, Of Tyler,
Smith county, arrived here last
rcu.Ag under arrest by order II
''yN Brown, under instructions of
',W. Gen CuStEr, OmuStcrcd out
.ow) sni Maj. Gen. G. having left
taa r';y. reported tn Brig. Gen.
Hamp-pn, who declined tn take
ctiun in the case, rcmarking thnt
q know nothing Of the cause Of the
rrest, none having been reported
1 him, sad adding that he did not
-llgsc iH military arrests, ut this
.lu anyhow. Col. Chiffon WAS
'-ra Ken before Mai. Starr. Pro
..st tarshrl General OF the regu-
'ar army who stated that he knew
.".aiug - the circumstances con-
'ee'ri with the arrest, or OF any
A.ts bearing upon the case, and
tbs he would take no action in the
a.'tcr lie then stated to Capt.
irhormict (thc officer in charge Of
a.. O. that he had complied with
AH orders and that he saw nothing
a~'.or !os aim TO do than to release
81 ta,.t1n from arrest, which WAC
ecr ingly done,
The black people, we are glad to
lesrn, are doing much better than
"as anticipated at tho beginning of
'hc year. The most OF them have
gone TO work and although they
arc not rs industrious rs they We're
formerly, they are getting along,
under the circumstances, very well.
-llayshaN Republican.
Tie Jinplccuie thinks that jefferson is
bcul to grow, aud in lgss than five years,
Il wiji Lave @ population Of ten thousand
We were assured by Col. Eppor-
son that the charter for National
Bank in Jefferson, with an unlim-
tied capital, had been granted
S4ch being the case, the merchants
sad mouicd mon Of this section,
should at once take hold of this
matter, form a large capital and
open the bank. The advantage and
profit returning to and realized by
lis community would be great in
deed Once established, it would
wealthy become, by its convenient
location, the point and place of
paying of the annuity of the Indi-
ans. paying the drafts of the Post
Oillce and Treasury Departments
besides, tho Indians coming to JEFF
feracn to gct their annuity, would
bring q large and profitable trade
10 this city 1t would prove a great
aid in building factories, machine
shops, mills and railroads. Let our
business men think properly Of this,
ami act promptly in the matter
Napiecrie
Dr Daily, special agent OF the
Post Office Department, for the
State OF Louisiana and Texas, is
nov in New Orleans, seeking pro-
poaals for carrying the mails on the
r9ct from New Orleans to Calves
ton. There has been no actual con-
tract on this line since the war, al
though some one put in ridieu-
louslv low bid, and thus kept res
ponsib!c parties from contracting
"r.i,1r.
Mr.. Ell Bibb has informed us
that Q difficulty occurred at Sui
phur Springs few days since, in
which two men got shot. A man
named Webb, shot White through
she breast, and a Mr.. Reeves shot
Webb IN the thigh. No informa-
ton as 10 tho origin OF the Difficult
t.. The wounds are not consider
Cd mortal. Mr.. Bib also informs
rs that Dr. Kyle's and Mr.. Farer's
residences, We're burnt down n few
days ago Both sustained consider
able loss. No information as to
low the fire occurrcd.-Qaitman
@lpcr.
The san Antonio Herald Of the
21,r contains the two following
paragraphs:
There have recently been estab- |
l.shed on the frontier two military
,posts. ono being located on the Nj
Gees River, and the other at Camp
Verde. from which point scouts are
continually departing, securing the /
conntsy for Indians. None have |
beon seen lately, as we understand,
ard no dcpredations have been com
mitted ia those sections. 1t is