The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-06-19

I
n the ssssusts wh1sh reach ~ art
correct, unless thsss hss been fall
Of rain by this time, the CROP an
ruissd.
The Csun.rynsn Il drumming up
for tournament.
On the 7th, train Of 500 emf
grants passed through Hampstead
The Countryman speaks of an i'm.
mense tide Of emigration setting in
towards our shores.
Cherokee county appointed fifty
delegates to tho Bryan State Con.
vention.
We copy the following from the
Trinity Advocate;
Some fous or Eve weeks since, q
vhits mat living near Maqolia in
this county, BY the name Of John
Milan, and Who had lot a ley while
fighting for the South ia the late
war, wss working 10 his field when
be was approached by n negro man
named Levi johnson, who, sfter
some controversy with Milan, at
tackled him with katie and wound
ed him 70 severely that for several
days his life was dsspairsd or For
this cowardly attack and murdsrous
intent, no effort was made, NC be-
lievc, by the loyalty 10 arrest tho
negro. A few days after the assault
upon Milan, two young white men,
named Dick Horne and John Edsns,
went to the nsgro's house lin Hons.
ton county for the purpose Of ar
resting him for the Milan affair. 1t
was after night when they reached
the nsgros house aud they called
out to him to raise \ light and open
the door but instead Of doing so,
the desperate villain opened win
dow aud fred on young Edens with
. pistol and inflicted wound 10 the
left shoulder from the effects Of
which he only escaped with life.
Tho negro came up to Palestine the
next day, voluntarily acknowledged
tho shooting of Edsns, before the
county officials, and--what does the
reader suppose was done with him ?
lie was turned loose upon the COM
munity without any trial or without
giving bond for his appearance here
after 7! The above is a short but
true statement Of the matter an far
~ We know Of we await further de-
velopments."
The Dallas Herald contains an ac.
count Of the assassination Of Major
Robert Il. Blackwell, Of Parker eoun-
ty. On the morning Of the 2sth
ult., the Major started above from
Weathcrford on = trip to Stockton in
Hood county, and about IL O'Clock
his remains were found in the road
three quarters Of a mile from town
with seven balls 10 tho left side, back
and neck. The Major was armed
with two six shooters neither Of which
was drawn. Suspicion rests upon a
citizen Of Parker county with whom
there had been personal difficulty a
short time before and who had been
missing since the murder.
The Standard dcnominatcs Clarks-
ville town, and the Henderson
Times says, that Henderson is only
a villagel
I Webster Flanagan a delegate to
the Austin Convention, is keeping
friend Dodson, of the Henderson
Times, posted as to what is going on
At the capitol. lie says;
ont. posted r. VIII you we ssl sr s:.s
you would have a good time. Very
gay is the city-plsnty Of ice. <
sharp sprinkling Of talent in the
Convention, but mostly young men,
bcrs"
Lieut.. Barrett, Of the Freedmen =
Bureau Is taking some high handed
measures at Tyler. A white man by
the name Of Crum, charged with rape
upon negro woman, was tried be-
fore Judge Earle, q radical and
after an impartial hearing was ac-
quilted by the jury. "The negro
woman who made The complaint was
examined as a witness, aad contra.
dicted herself in materiA, fact stated
on former trial before the commit.
ting court. Against her solitary
and uncorroborsted testimony was
the testimony Of +. white man and a
lad some twelve years old. The de.
PENDANT went to trial without the tes-
timony Of an absent white man wit
ness who was sworn on the commit
ting trial few days before, and also
contradicted the negroes witness in
question. The character and testi.
mony Of these witnesses were unim.
peached." No sooner was the
defendant turned loose than he vas
resrrested by 1t. Barrett, and held n
prisoner until the next day, when he
was released on II bond OF $500 to
appear when called on. Why do the
people of Tyler submit to such out.
RACES?
A party of movers from the east
ern portion Of Collin county, on their
way to Arksnsas, campsd near
Mckinney, on the GreenvilIe road
With the party was a Mrs. Resor,
who picked up gun in the corner
Of the tent, with the intention of
placing il in tho wagon. In pulling
Il after her, tho hammer caught and
discharged the load In her thigh,
below the hip, entirely shivcrins the
limb, aud causing her death.
The Enquirer says the marrying
fever has broken out afacsh in Collin
county.
A new jail is in course Of erection