The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-03-23

very poorly blessed, er deeply Cursed
With - imbseils 81 Of COUNTY OF
kcsrs, judging from ths ssll"dns
dilapida.ed picture u thsa, TAKEN
from the Register.
The county 10 No poor, 80 tho fClioc
Commissioners ssy, to p~y sh' printer
Thsss honorable ga Issasn ass lnprcs
sivs embodimsnU Of the pathetic eAein.
mstica Of Deacon Bedott We are all
poor sres,urcs They lcok decidedly
poverty stricken, which /. attributable
to the aet, We suppose that they are
the financial representatives OF ~"
county. ". Arc ashamed 10 sehnowl-
edge It, but 1t is scysrthelcsa Tact e'"s
a worthless jail, dilaP'daed 'eur'
House and unpaid printers bills mo"
remain pi'eous monuments OF county,
poverty.
W. l.. Herring, in fit Of drum
lenness, committed ssicide by cut
ting his throat with = pen knife, III
MiIlicsn, on the llth inst
Tho Nav..on Time%, Of the l2th,
says
Quite number Of convict lAbcrers
made their Appearance upon our st'se's
during the past week They were Sc
curely ironel and veil guarded Ono
gang, under the charge OF WIN l..
Smith, Esq ws~ consigned " me care
OF NJ. Camp. ~ aid IN the construction
Of the projected railroad Which branch
es out from tbs point
MAJOR v II. furdom has disposed
Of his interest IN the Houston Journ.
al aud i, succeeded by Col Il. W.
jones.
The San Antonio Herald, sf,sr ro-
failing some very plain and feeling
talk on the .ubjec! Of the new ora
inaugura,ed in hi, laud by the
Sherman bill, aud speaking Of the
h.roism and manly dignity display.
ed by the Southern people IN cndu
ring the impositions and ISLANDERS
heapcd upon them by the radical
press, North and South thus con
tnucs
IL 10 duty duo TO their manhood, To
their pqsteriiy, that they should Meth
rr be bulliej valOlod, ur he'd int mean
Ut pusiusnimous conduct, VI What would
Disgrace the memory Of their glorious
dead We may DO .de to -uiler but
wc cannot be dishonored, except by our
own weakness But practically, what
shall we dor If We be predeslincd to
political su-snlagc free suffrage. equal
suffrage, or any suffrage at all, Is simply
farce. Let all who may be permitted
to vote, select the welltried worthy col.
ored men Tor city, county and state of
fees and for candidates for tongtrs.
We know that they were, and are sull
trucr 10 the south, than our domestic
radicals, or those who have swarm.d
down upon W. since the war
We copy the following paragraphs
from the Herald
lSpAss From a letter ~ friend IN
this city dated the 2t,h February. at
Fredericksburg, We learn that - party ui
abou, twenty Indians had been commit
ting serious depredstious in the Llauu
country, having stolen twenty three
horses from one party
The III paso Mail resach ed thi, place
yesterday afternoon, bringing late ii
raso and santa Re dats. The Indian,
are very troublesome, NOT only along the
route, but throughout the richest see
lions Of that country All Of the party
accompany the stage recently at,
tackled are safe the stage and mails
ver. burnt-anmals taken away
We publish to-day such comments al
the press upon the Military bill rs We
have been able 10 make room for We
notice that the Austin hsu~te. (thc cdi
tor Ot which paper We have no duub,
uit.rs the prevailing understanding Of
the effect uf the liill ut Ar seat of our
STATE guvcrnment.) thinks that thcr,
will bee no change in affairs in this state
in myt think. that the bill wa- col,
passed To s,aye uh rcconstruc ton anti
after the next Presidential election - )
Il Hcraid
TnE MILITARY GpyyESurSr AcT -
We would adyi,e cur people to calmly
consider hcir present situation, viii
the view to accommodate Themselves {,
the compulsory measures OF the FREEDOM
inant fadical party Thu time To-
thought and action has riycd, by fore,
Of the mad policy of the Federal Cor
grsss We PROPOSE tomorrow to gN'
our views upon the measure, regardin.
j, only in the leght Of power on the on'
side. and compulsory obedience on tn,
other Hon,fo,' Journal
INDIANS. We published la,
week condensed statement, taken
from the State Gazette, of Indiar
deprodations IN the counties of Clay
Webb, Montague kcer, aud Gillss
pie, and We cntrau, this week, from
the same source, reports from 'hre'
additional counties. In the las
eighteen months there have been, il
ths counties o! Hamilton, Lampasas
aud Medina, persons killed, 3 cap
turcd and wounded aud property Il
the value Of SOS $50 taken or de,
stroyed We trust that under tho
new system Of government the poor
fruntiersmen will not be forgotten
While We have military govern
ment iudus,riously engaged in pro.
teeting the negroes FROM the suppos
ed violence of tn. whites, that tn,
real rohbings aud murder Of tn,
whites by the Indians will not b,
overlooked or neglected
Geo W pasehal has written .
long letter to the people Of Texas, il
which he tells them in effect tia
the radical Congress is determine,
on their complete humiliation an'
degradation, and that they vii
sickle ~ at nothing necessary Il
the accomplishment Of tina, end, bu
advises the people to accept the sit
uation with thankful and grateful
hearts, counscing editors and othc
leaders, in the meantime, TO cease L
deal in genernliIies, but to stat
. fairly the premises To which tina