The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-08-17


timed lectsrs o the J,srnsl and The
Telegraph 4 Hsss,on, upon The
cheerful sssepsaee Of the sst.ation:
IT, Sod dces 90, ek~zf.t1D
accept tn situation nor dos sAe az
esps Il At Ill This the editon 4
skose papers know, .s we'll - thsy
know that ran falls from clouds, or
that oaks grow FROM seosns. To &C.
e,pt Of anything implies a choice, .
right 70 rsjss. 80 sxersiss Of csc .
voli,ion. l. it pretended that in
this matter Of reconstruction, the
Soaik has hsi any chcies that she
b., had aay right Of rejection that
she has bssu T<r@iss<4 To szsre;ze
ssy frsevill ! Certaisiy not TAss
Why talk Of ,ar aovps,.5 the sisua.
ton We d, 20, .ecept j. any more
than the Asl,less ehild sccepta the
nsussn~s Dos dat is thrust dosa
it, throat. We ~ more accept il
than DO tAs citizens Of Houston &C.
o,yx Of . visitation from yellow fsver,
ekolers, o. snail poe. This Radi-
cal prnssuti'n and prescription,
mis- called eeopssssction. conss
upon Us . political seosrye--soue
thing ffoo which We would gladly
escsps il ~ could, but from which
escape Is infossible, sad to which
NC thsssfsse hnni in s@b~,ss'os, With
such fortitss- Is We rosssss. Let a.
have no mere m.ipcere tvsddie about
acceptisS the situation bat lss the
truth h. written, and when written,
the record vii show thsi wc ssbnis.
ted 10 violssee ~rosg and oppres-
sior s,nPly hssa.e - .sr- Ehy-i.
eslly incss~hls Of helping ourselves .
ky,er, o. Il 11seszas st.,, has
bad his wagon tire stolen from an
/ old broken dosn wagon, ssd is very
angry thereat He has been badly
treated. ". are under the imprcs-
sion he oagh, TO have good, strong,
new wagon, and a, least sixteen oxen.
Mr.. ". A. Wherry, Of Marshall.
is making an effort to extend the
Telegraph line from Marshall to
Tyler We hope he may succeed
We have a sincere friendship for
Judge Gray Of the Houston Josrnal,
but his coure since he has taken
chnrk- n that paper has hlicd US
with surprise aud modification 50
different from shat VIC Anticipated,
that We 40 unable 10 account fos IT,
Il it from desire to coart opposi-
ton Every conservative paper in
Texas deaounees the Journal. and
all the radical papers praise il This
is significant, aud we think explicit.
The editor Of the MiIliean News
Letter has been visited by q crazy
man. There are plenty of that sort
ali over the country, and what 10
strange, many Of them have the rep.
utstion Of having brains.
The tariff rates for passage and
freigh's, have been changed to cur.
rcney on the Texas Central railroad.
The same paper says:
We learn ,ha, quite . numb Of
hands left the works on the road be-
tween herr and Bryan. . few days
since, because they cosld not get
good water to drink Sickness vas
increasing rapidly in their ca.ps,
and ii vas though, to 10 wholly ~
account Of the bad water. The work
on the rood u still progressing rap
idly. The track vas down over
twelve miles from this plsce on Tues.
day last.
A committee Of physicians sent to
Galveston from Houston, with the
view Of asesraaiuing the facts in rsf.
erence to he prevalence Of yellow
Fever in Galveston, report:
That froa the bes, information wc
could obtain, there had been I'D TO
the 6rst instant, frem 1875 To 1850 ca.
ses Of the disease IN the city, out OF
which nunber from 20 To Is have
died, and that at the date mentioned,
there were then on hand abcu, 100
cases, including thase in hospitals
n we'll as in private prs.tice
That the mslsdy FIRST made its ap-
pcarancc among the destitute classes
Of Inhabitants, but has since found
its way to and Is spreading through
the better circlns Of Society. fts
march though SLOW has bscn stsady,
and NC have 20 hesitation in saying
that the disease is at this time spi.
demie. While We do not regard the
type as very mild one, yet the ca
SEES generally yield very readily to
7mpt treatment, but We are frss TO
Mess that We have reasons 10 ap.
7vehend that il nay assume a aore
virslen. forn As it progresses,
That A. 70 The local origin Of the
Galveston fever, We do not find the
facts colIsted sufficiently systematic
or satisfactory to enable US to arrive
at a positive conclusion, but it was
the prevalent opinion with the mem
hers Of the faculty with whom We
conferred, that the disease was not
introduced, and that it germinated
in that city.
The Galveston News Of the 9th
says:
One Of our most active ply sirians
assured ~ on Saturday tina, while
the yellow fsver was epidemic hero,
il was far from being actively so, but
was developing very slowly. l, pre-
walls principally among those Who
arc considerably exposed at night,
and TO classes which are proverbially
careless Of health.
On the morning Of the 5ih, the
tower Of the Presbyterian church At
Galveston vss shattered BY lightning.
Bat for the prompt arrival Of assis-
tasce he bsilding would have bees
destroyed BY IRE.
We copy The following items fpsa
the Nevs Of The 7th
MrRpsA.-Alfted Morrill,, sRsa
about twssty, aud his yosneer brcsA.
a., about fourteen yesrs d age, vsrs
murdered by two Mericans =, Rsni-
rama Ran1ko. acme forty miles ftom