The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-09-04
Texas Items.


registration district to ascertain if any mpedlments
had been thrown in the way Of registration So far
the Enquirer says, the Leutenant's tour mas oeeh
pleasant one, disturbance OF any hlhu iiau com
to his notice.
The same paper notices with much pleasure anu ~
little pride great improvement II the business
Mckinney The streets crowded with wagons 'ui
f nroauce from the country which is quickly SOLD L
tho MERCHANTS for hard cash and merchandise. Every
thing looks brisk That's the way We like to near ou
country exchanges talk. The standing price iof hoa
appears to be s. per hundred, wheat 81 % per ousei
Oats 334c, corn SOC. per bushe, twill be as low a
Csc at gathering time butter Zoe. per ID, eggs loc
per doz, bacon and lard l5c, beef from to DC. pei
h. and chickens 81 so per doz all in specie here
good chance for emigrants.
Tn sneakinc eff the Indian raids, the Enquirer says
IT, is reported here that large bodies of Kansas In
laws ora No ~ collecting along the northwest bordero
this State: and unless troops are semitic protect
he frontier it is seriously feared that that section u
the State will be entirely overrun by the saVages lls
fall and winter. Squads of federal soldlerv are p
grmising all through the INTERIOR for the purpose II
p said Of protecting negroes from enemies who have
roalv no existence outside of perverted imaginaons
whilst at the return of every light moon, our borders
are crossed by hordes Of savages, armed with the
scaping knife and the torch the country Is robbed,
houses burned men, women and children are robbed,
murdered or carried into captivity and so far, their
cries for help and the blood Of the murdered ones,
and desoated homes have been responded to with 1T
tie sympathy aid by our natural protectors IL can
not be that Sheridan fully understands the condition
of the frontier, else he would not leave these people
80 entirely unprotected. We trust that our New Or
leans exchanges will call the attention of the General
commanding to the sad condition OF our borders.
DALLAS CouNrY-The Dallas Herald of the 18th ult.
reports the killing of an Englishman by the name OF
W R. A Vivon, in the northern part of that county
by squad of United States soldiers who were sent by
the freednens bureau to arrest him. The Herald
gives the following particulars from correspondent:
On the morning of the 18th August, 1867, about e
o'clock, four purporting to be U. S. soldiers,
dressed in uniform, came to my house in Collin coun-
ty and inquired if one w. r. A. Vivion was in the
house. answered in the affirmative and at the same
time my wife called him into the room then occupied
by the u. S. soldiers. Nivion then stepped into the
room with his sixshooter belted on him. One of the
men asked him if his name Vivion; he said it
was. They then told him he could consider himself
under arrest, and demanded his six-shooer He told
them he couldn't give it up until he knew what he
arrested for They then demanded it again. and told
him they were U. S. soldiers gent to arrest him and
take him to Dallas He told them to take their seats
and be easy, not to be i'll hurry. tone of the men
then standing at his back said they in hurry
and must have his six-shooter. Nivon then said his
pistol was not loaded and showed it to the and
said be would give it upto me, and raised up and
started towards the bed where / was lying; at the
Same time Of the men, supposed to be the officer
of the squad shot him III the back just below the left
blade bone, the ball passing through the body and
coming out about the rightnpple. He staggered, and
before he fell one of the struck him with the butt
of his gun He fell close to my bed and died in about
two and half minutes. The soldiers then rode off
towards Daus.
FANS5S CoUNTr.-The Bonham News of the 2Ath has
the annexed
.Founa.-On the morning Of the 22d August, on the
Bonham and Paris road aboutt miles from Bon
ham, one boy baby, apparently about ten days old.
the child in box chest with the lid off, with
three dresses and other clothing suitable fora child Of
that age; also homemade worsted balmoral skirt.
The parents said child can get it on proper applicl
ton without paying any COST 1t is now at Mr. JIG.
stephens house.
GRAYsoS CoUNTY.-The Sherman Courier of the
Eth publishes letter rom,C Cherokee county Kansas
stating that man named Thomas Taylor muir
dered in the above county the night ofJuy 3Oth.
One of the supposed murderers, James Matthew is
der arrest. 1t is supposed that Mr. Taylor was from
the northern part Of Texas.
MARION CoUSTr.-The Jefferson Jimpleeute of the
9th learns that dreadful tragedy occurred in Davis
county few days since Two families named re-
spectively Brown and Clemens, had a difficulty in
which three members of the Brown family were killed
The Jmpleeute unable to learn any of the partie
ulars.
The Jimplecute Of the 30th ut has the following
in addition to the above:
Since our last we have met with Mr. Meeks, sheriff
q We learn hat o1v
happened about two miles the line, in Arkansas
near Bright Star. -Four brothers, YIN. W. Brown, !
Wiley w Brown, JAS. T. Brown and Rufus Brown |
riding together when they fired on from the
woods and the three first instantly killed. No arrests
had been made at our last cunts
The same journal has the following account Of dis
turbance in the neighborhood of Monterey, near the
Louisiana line:
disturbance occurred during the past week among I
the negroes in the Harrison neighborhood below Mon
terey. We learn that white named David Reed |
had opened registration Office his own hook,
where he induced the negroes to every Saturday
and pay him fee of fifty cents each, and be drilled
by him. They had at last threatened to clean out all
the white people i'll the community The matter was
laid before Lieut.. Allanson, commanding this post
who ordered the citizens all who had partici
paed i'll the affair and bring them to headquarters
They succeeded IN arresting fifteen of the ring
leaders who found with large number of Others
all armed and drilling. These fifteen arrived here
yesterday evening ncharge of squad of citizens of
that locality and have been turned over to the militia
ry authorities. Reed, understand, made his es
cape and has probably gone to Shreveport.
One white man, gentleman named HILL was shot
and killed by the negroes on Saturday morning in his
horse lot, the negroes firing him from the bushes
MI. Giles was also seriously wounded at the same
time. One negro was killed on the Thursday previous.
The investigation will bring out the facts in the case,
when we hope to lay them before readers.
The-Jinplecute Of theaOth, liz recurring to the above
says the matter has been investigated by Lieut. Allan
son, commander at that post and no doubts exist but
he intention of the negroes of the most diabolical
Kind The lieutenant has reported the case, to head
quarters and heds three Of the ringeaders in CUSTODY
waiting orders.
THE 'jmplecute notices the removal of Judge II. P.
abry, of thesth district by Gen. Griffin, and the ap
continent of Winston Banks
HARRISON COUNTY Last Tuesday morning the cit
zens of Marshall were horror stricken at the an
ouncelnent that Mrs. Bonfoey had been assassinaed
Il her bed during the night by some person unknown.
The Republican says many and vague rumors were
float but nothing had developed itself to clear up
he mystery of this most foul murder At the time of