The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-08-14

Jaek Asailtcss oSkerr-. and IL.
other refuses the s25 900 asked foi
to saahis The Governor to ossss sui,
able rewards for the arrest and ap
prehsnsion of desperadoes, and /,
enpIoy detectives TO ferret ou, ,hcil
hiding places. will give the rca
soss for refusing tine last apy,vpsi4
ton.
lst He, Gen. Buchanan, is un.
able 10 hnd in the rcconssrue.ion ac,
Of Cosgrcss, uadcr which the Con.
vssnea assembled, anything which
authorized il to appropriate The
mosey Of the State for the purpcss
specified in said declaration.
I'd. This is properly a .sEec, 70,
legislation, And should be lcft to the
consideration Of said legislature.
81 The declaration sppropriates
~, 900 10 Be- used - above stated
With . proviso sish reference to I
military commission, which im au.
thor dcubtless intended ~ a gratai.
tous issult 70 the Commanding Gen.
ssal Of The Fifth Military District,
By ssspling il with conditions in.
tssded 70 reject dis~rcditably upon
his administration Of It's civil affairs.
With the display of such n spiri,
on the part OF the Convention, the
approval Of the Commanding Gener.
q Of IN sst which equally violates
ths reconstruction act under which
II was convened, and the object for
which il was assembled, can hardly
b expected.
| am sir,
Very respectfully,
Your ob't serv't.,
b. b. KELLER,
See. Civil Affairs.
j. X. Williams gets his face slap
ped BY a Federal officer. The PIANO.
lians will read the following with
pain and r!essure--pain that such a
low Aspg scamp should ever have
been q citizen Of their county, and
pleasure that he has got a portion Of
his deserts
There 10 one J. X. Williams here
with the Convention. He is the As
sistant Sergeant at Arms, and was ut
one time Captain'-1 am informed
lin Terrills Confederate regiment
Tho other evening he was in sa.
loon. Sergeant Byrne of the Sixth
United States Cavalry, was also pres
Ont. During the conversation VIII
liams remarked that negro women
were ~ good AS the white ladies Of
Austin. Immediately and con amoro,
the gallsn. Sergeant slapped the face
Of the slandercr till corna,ion SO
bright that it shone brilliantly above
the rum color lighted above the phys.
iognony Of Williams. The occur.
renee WAS too good TO be kept quiet,
and the Sergeant now owns a nice
silver goblet with this inscription /.
"To George Byrne, Sixth United
States Cavalry, from tho Democratic
Ladies OF Austin
The following il taken from the
same paper;
Austin, July 81, ls6s.-The Con.
vsntion passed resolution request
Jog Gen. Reynolds to approve the
appropriations which Gen. Buchanan
bad refused to approve, to.wi.: the
$4,000 one, to pay Gov. Hamilton 3
officers, aud the t25, 900 one, to be
placed at the control of Gov, Pease
to. employ detectives, &c. L. d.
Evans asked IL Gov. Pease requested
il. No one answered. Bryant, Of
Grayson, said that ten. Reynolds
would approve Il. On this state.
msnt, after striking GU. the words to
fsrrit out offenders, and make it read
TO arrest offenders, the resolution
passed.
Much feeling seems to exist among
the radicals. A caucus was held last
night, which is said to have been very
inharmonious. Hamilton and Davis
lead the opposing factions.
The sight has becn resumed on the
qualification Of State officers, the car
pet baggsrs still struggling .s.iuss
thirty years Of age and three years
In the State, but they are in the mi
nority. Their opponents say that
the csrpst baggers would open .hc
ofAces to young rebels, If the amend
msnt prevailed,
Austin, Aug. 5.--Davis offered a
resolution that the Convention take
. recess from the Goth of August,
until the Sd Of December, subject to
be called together In the meantime,
if necessary. The Convention re,
fused to suspend the rules for its i'm.
mediate consideration.
Ths Executive Article was adopted
entire, a. ]. came from III coa.Hi..ec
" .. ~ ThT', without rnsaasiul amend.
mont. The salaries OF cxeoaN,s
officers, except Governor, were fixed
st - 900 per snnum.
The report on General Provisions
was taken up, and the preamble and
second section adopted, without
amendment
Last evening Ruby, oolored dele
gate from Galveston, gave his white
worshipper and colleague, Dr.. r. X
Smith, the DID liz. Smith struck
At him. The Sergeant at Arms in
terfcred and prevented n fight.
Austin, Aug. 6.-Mullins from
the Committee on Lawlessness made
minosity report. 1t Is a lengthy
and able refutation of the majority
report.
Dr.. Smith moved It's rejection.
Somc time was consumed in discus.
sing this motion. Finally il was
withdraw, and the report went on
The journal.
Tho Convention adjourned---pend-
log Dsvis's resolution to take = re.
esss until Decsmbss--afser adopting
rssolstios making my dslee ate
Who 10 absent from his seat for TWEEN
y minutes during = call, forfeit hi,
Pss disn for ttat day.
VI copy the following from TIL
New Of u 9Th:
70 ApJouRH.-By : gentleman
lust from Austin the San Antonio
Herald hsan that the Convention
will csrtainly adjourn to the LIST o
OseeAes, % soou a. Caldwell ant