The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-08-26
Texas items.

/ During the week there has been considerable ex
element, both in town and country, In Apprehension
of difficulty between certain parties and the agen
of the Freedmen's Bureau. These parties are the
fred upon BY the bureau agent OH the Ith men
toned in our last They to have been in search
of freedman for whom they had warrant, and were
/ under The impression thatsthe negro was being pro
tee.ed By the agent here and with this impression
which seems to have been false they gathered acrowo
i numbering some twenty and moved to a point rear
this place. the jamestown road Oh the day al tel
/ they were fred upon. .zz- z
+ Thus, in this threatening attitude, affairs stood
most of the day, i,t late in the evening two citizens
the sheriff and the county clerk, rode out and net the
party and either with without authority, assured
them that the negro was not being protected from ar
v rest by the bureau and that the agent was willing &c
aid in the apprehension Of the offender, whereupor
the party retired tother homes, afterwards sending
warrant to the bureau agent which we learn Is nov
III tie hands of the deputy sheriff. We might have
supposed that this would have ended the excitement
i bu not So During tlenext day number Of persons
were on tie starlrle road and it vas reported thai
I thew too ,a crow to pica,i. the bureau, but VIC
did not learn tie cause ui their complaint. realty
fear Tor the peace of this community i the General
\ Commanding does not send officer here TO examine
into the true cause Of these starbances and do JUS
! tice to all parties concerned.
The same paper speaks follows ofsthe crops: The
cotton are still at work in some OF the cotton
hot and dry during the past week which has tended to
retarl their operations. we hope the injury will be
1 light. In places the cotton is suffering for rain.
I LtaAR CousTY.-We clip the following from the
4 Paris Press of the 10th:
4 Killed By Liqhtniag-Mr Washington Verder, q
citizen Of Jackson county, Arkansas, was killed by
lightning on the Sth inst six miles east of this place
Oh the Paris road. Tic lightning first struck him on
the head nctng considerable cash. burnt his shirt
1jp inf
cash on bottom Of heel Deceased was driving four
I mule team, and had with him son and hired man
\ driving horses who were abont 100 yards i'll advance
of the wagon when the accident occurred aud was on
his way from Waco, Texas, to Arkansas. The two
lead mules killed, but the ones at the wheel were
! only knocked down.
4 4ccideat-On last week Mrs. Alexander's horses,
through tile carelessness Of the driver away with
her carriage seriously damaging the same Mr.. Wells,
thinking there were ladies i'll the carriage ran out to
hstop the horses when he fell and his right leg beeom-
ing entangled in the wheel he only succeeded in
! Treating it afterit was broken. A. - .-
FANNrS CouNTr.-The Bonham News of the 9Th
says:
Crops look fne-never so good before. Corn will
be bought at Is and 20 cents per bushel and we viii
send of at least Il, 900 bales cetten from Fannin
county. z-=- -s.. z-~s e. - .@->. .-
! CHEROKEE CoUNTY,--We clip the following items
! from the Rusk Observer of the 18th That beet is
hard to beat: S.. ... .- LIZ d. -' ~
Capt. J. J. Mallard has laid beet on our table, of
his own productions which twenty inches
in circumference, and weighs ten pounds less two
ounces nr+ -,.-5l ~ vz.- =
We have the cotton caterpillar in many places in
this county, butnot thought by the planters to be DO
ing very material damage the crop yet, except in
the extreme lower end of the county, We have heard
of one field of fifty which has been literally de-
sroyed The boil worm is reported in some planta-
! tons as doing more damage than the leaf worm.
The health of Indianola continues to be excellent.
The Bulletin of the 18th says all fears of tue yellow
| fever have subsidized.
The Indianola Bulletin of the 18th thinks the cotton
crop 10 Texas will be the largest ever made IN that
State.
RED Rivera oUSTY.-Ne clip the following from
the Clarksrille Standard of the 18th; 49, .s.-. 49,.
| We learn from our old friend Thomas z. Bryarly,
who was at our barbecue Wednesday, and who lives
near Mount Vernon, Titus eouaty that the Bickersta
gang have despoled another train of eommissay wag-
ons near Sulphur Springs How long the government
of the United States, its military representatives IN
Texas will bear with this sort of levgsng tribute we
are somewhat curious see. In this instance, as III
the former Bickerstf is said have recepted TO the
wagoners for their loading, paid them OIL and hauled
away the cemmls1aEes. -7- ~
HOPKINS GoUsrY.-We clip the following account
Of another fatal affray between citizens and soldiers
at Sulphur Springs, from the Jimpeeute of the 18th
We learn that on Friday evening last difficulty
took place at Sulphur Springs, between some soldiers
and another party, in which Sergeant Creary and
private named Miller killed. Two horses were
killed and several others wounded We have not been
able to ascertain anything as to the origin OF the fight
Or by whom the killing done -.s5. .=y
A letter dated Danriile, Texas, August A. 1868,
SAYS III reneonter town to-day, between B.
D. sessums and Levi Green both were killed instantly.
Scssums shot Green two deadly shots, and Green cut
scssums six times with bowie-knfe, two Of which
we're mortal.g9 Both friendly terms few mo-
ments before; They were some little under the nfla-
ence of liquor, and there was some misunderstanding
between Mr.. Green and another gentleman.
HARRISON CoUNTr.-The following items are from
the Harrison Flag of the Doth:
Reconstruetioae-Mar in this place, on Tuesday
evening August s 1868, Capt T. M. K. Smith, Com
mandant of the Pest Of Marshalt, Texas, and Mrs
Mamie Randall, relic of Gen. Horace Randall late of
the G. S. A. -z.-.-- -....-
The safe of Messrs Cumming, Morrison & Co., of
Shreveport was recently robbed of some nineteen
hundred dollars in gold and gold watch. On Mon
day Col. Cumming arrived in this place and had a
freedman who was formerly employed by him as a.
porter arrested upon whom strong suspicion rested
peculiarly marked bill which was among the stolen
funds having been traced to him. When the Colonel
first approached him. unexpectedly, and asked Where
is my watchs he put his hand in his pocket and drew
it forth Hehas been lodged in Jail. This freedman
has been colegeing with that miserable Radical con
Germ opposite the Irvine House, Kobatz, we believe,
is his nancy, and had there opened out a stock OF
goods, doubtless bought with the stolen money. We
trust that the matter will be thoroughly stted and the
guilty punished to the full extent of the law. i
.Slat-A low flung fellow by the name Of Kobatz, !
who we are told had to leave Jefferson, on account
ofhaving married negro woman, was slightly wounded
in the thigh in negro house in this place Monday
night The commander of the post arrested Messrs. /
McGranaaau and Snediter aud held examination
the next evening releasing Mr. Snedker, and holding
Mr.. McGranagan until bond of $500 can be made, |
binding him to keepthe peace and be subject to Or
ders for the next six months The bond is made re-
tnrnable we are told to the commander of the post
We learn that orders for the arrest of other parties
are out No legal investigation has taken place, the
military refusing to surrender the parties to warrant
for their arreat from justice of the peace. Not be-
ing present at the military Investigation, not
prepared to comment the occurrence but are dis
posed to say that the matter properly comes before
the courts of the country and that the commander of
the post should not consider, is rather extraord
nary, if not high-handed and unauthorized
A LEFT-HANDED LIcK--Had not the Pcayune of
the 18th contained an obituary notice of Tiiad. Ste
vens we should have thought that the following which
appeared n its columns of the I4th had special refer
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