The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-08-14
TEXAS NEWS.
0leanings from al the TEXAS Papers,

that quite a number Of the friends Of
Maj. Gen. Reynolds complinen'cd
him with a serenade, Wednesday
night, on his accession TO the cons
mand Of the 9Th Military District,
A Mr. Dun.cn, Formerly citizen
Of Austin, but recently of Burleson
county, fell dead At the race course
near Austin on the Both ult. The
editor Of the Gazette does not know
the cause of his death, but supposes
II was sun stroke.
The Gazette complains Of the Gal
weston News for no. hois,iag the
names Of the Democratic nominees.
The Rsltcn Journal denies en-
phatically the story, published BY
the radical papers, of a negro being
asked on the square Of Bolton, ." II
he had ever seen a ku klax, and
answering no, was Immediately dis
embowsled.' No negro has been
killed in Bolton, under any circum.
stances, says HE Journal. The rad
zeal papers arc full Of these lies, aud
the reports Of the committee on Law.
lessness and Crime, arc made up Of
such stuff Is this. Shame, shame !
The Houston vcdestc gives an
account Of the death Of . negro child
four years of age from fright, occa-
stoned by heavy clap Of thunder.
CorroS WoRA.-A private letter
from Columbus, Texas, dated August
Sd, says leading planter Of Whsr-
ton county had just Informed the
writer that the cotton worms were at
work in his fields, and had destroyed
the crops in several fields near his
place. The worm had no, made its
appearance in Colorado county,
Gaie. Ncics.
TEXAS BurTGR-Our people are
improving. One evidence Of il is
the announcement in the Bryan
News Letter that the house of A. NJ.
Perry 4 Co., Of that pace, has re-
eeived five thousand pounds of Texas
butter, put up "a kegs and cans to
suit purchasers. The same paper
says ,.1 article is as good as any
Goshen butter, and sells at 10 ceats
per pcund.-Ibid.
The Layaea Commercial of the
9th ult., says the machinery Of the
Beef Packing Establishment Of
Messrs. Kingsbury & Nash, Of that
place, is in beautiful working order,
manufacturing ice equal to Northern
ice. They expected to commence
the next week the work Of killing
and curing becf-IJa,
A card appears in the Jimplecu,e,
signed by 81 freedmen, stating that
having listened to speech from Mr.,
Knox they are convinced that their
true interests, and that Of their chill
dren after them, require that they
should stick to their old-time friends,
the white people of the South. They
therefore intend, if they vote at all,
to vote the Democratic ticket, and
recommend all freedmen to initiate
their example.
We notice that Judge B. W. Gray
had arrived at homo from Austin.
Judge Gray resides At Jefferson.
Lumber plentiful, passing through
town daily, and selling at " SO per
hundred - Corsicaaa Obsrrer.
The Observer announces that there
will be a Democratic Barbecue in
Navarro soon.
The dead body Of an Irishman
was found in the Trinity river bottom
opposite this place, on Mos1ay last
Name unknown. Ben Long. Esq,
held an inquest, and eiici.ed The fac,s
that, wandering, destitute, and sick,
he laid down by the roadside and
persisted Of fever.-Dai2as Herald.
We copy the following items from
the Waco Register.
We learn that on Saturday evening
laet, there was considerable excite
ment in this county on the upper
Braxos. 1t grew out Of horse steal
ing on the part of a negro formerly
belonging to one Of the Kellums.
The negro stole young Mr.. Greens
horse. The thief was pursued and
oyerhuled by party Of three Of the
Green family. The negro resisted
capture, by firing into the party,
severely woundins young Green in
the arm. The fire was returned, and
the negro shot in the bowels, from
which wound he has since died At
ssght, after the return home Of Dr.
',4."assrr. who had been il attend
ancc on the wounded mo., IL 'r~'ar
dropped his pistol accidentally, shoot
ing himsei: in the lower abdomen,
and it is reported that he will die.
1t is also believed that young Mr.
Green cannot survive the wound be
received in the arm near the shoulder
There has been no legal investigation
Of the affair that has come to our
knowledge up to the hour Of going
to press. We win try and give an
accurate account Of the whole affair
in our next issue.
ANOTHER OuTRA0E.--On Satur.
day last. about O'Clock p. ~, a
party Of meu under the leadership OF
Smith Kellum, n resident Of this
county, and aforesime a Brasos
planter, arrived IN this city, and pro-
cceding to the Court House, entered
the room of the Bureau Agsst, Capt.
Vaughan, began an attack upon him
and doubtless IL the Agent had not
hastily sbsented himself he would
have Jared badly At their hands. He
escaped however, witha whole carcass,
but be is in wise indebted therefor TO
tho Kellum party. The attacking
party consisted Of eight men, aud
were armed - the law docs not
direct, aud evidently sosght gu.