The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-08-07
TEXAS NEWS.


Gel. q. w. Carter and Judge Peter
| W. Gray recently had an unpleasant
alteration in a public meeting al
Houston, in which ~ latter used
jcnuneiasory language Of the former
A correspondence followed, and Col.
Carter finally challenged Judge Gray.
The Judge declined, but notified Col.
Carter he would nc. on the defensive.
Subsequently the difficulty was settled
by Masonic friends.
Several leading Union men of
Gicrvs &c county pah!ish card, over
their owa signatures, in the Kusk
Observer, ia which they condemn,
and state that they do not desire the
protection of an organized militia or
other military force. They also con
demn loyal leagues" and all other
secret political organizations. Good
order and uniform respect for thu
laws have prevailed in Cherokee coun,
ty. Other counties, they say, may
not be SO fortunate as ours in this re-
gard, aud the cause may be that VIC
have been heretofore left to ourselves,
without the presence Of n military
force, or Freedmen Bureau"
I lWhat commentary upon military
government, coming from such a
source D Grimes arc not more preva-
lcnt here than before the war, and
the freedmen arc, in the main, quiet,
aud are doing we'll. Some violence
towards theu, but not attributable to
politics tina, we Know Of. The Wits
people do not recognize their equal
ity with Them, and never viii, and
their votes they will try to control,
a right that both parties have
A Brass Band has been organized
and is praclicing at Dallas.
There are two sprieh,ly well print
ed sheets, in Denton county, TINT
would reflect credit upon any por,
ton of the State the Vedctto, pub
lished a, Pilot Point, and the Mont
tos, at Denton. A protraetsd meet
! Jog at Pilot Point, which closed ou
the night Of the nth, resulted in
twenty conversions.
The Austin Republican is very
much irFi!ated at Judge Evans for
exposing the disgraccful trickery,
lying and rascalily, connected with
the report of the committee on law
lossness and crime. From every
portion of the State contradictions,
''laAt aud thick" Of the falschoods of
Caidwol''s report are pouring in. In
some cases, ths murdered, who have
only lost their lives on paper, and
very dirty paper at that speak for
themselves or through friends
DR.. J. II. Hcrndon, while labering
under mental arrangement committed
suicide at San Antonio, on the night
Of the 18th inst, by stabbing him
-elf TO the heart with n small sealpel
or knife.
W. II. Crisp, Esq, has become the
editor Of that excellent paper, the
San Antonio Herald.
The dead body Of an Irishmpn
was found in the Trinity bottom, near
Dallas, on the Goth ult.
Mr. Aisainins uuinhan has ha-
come associate editor Of the Dallas
Herald
j. w. Throckmorton aad u. II.
Epperson addressed the people of
Dallas On the 18th.
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