The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-11-27
TEXAS NEWS.
oleanings from all the 1ezas Papers

g0Ods 10 Tue kuUNht W WV
hundred dollars carried of.
A correspondent of the Country
man gives the subioincd account ola
radical torehlight procession at Aus
tin, on the night Of the 9TH inst
nIn accordance with previous
notice the radicals assembled on Pc
can street. at Buaas Hall, a little after
sia o'clock yesterday evening. Long
before the time set the freedmen be-
gan to pour in in large squads 10 see
the elephant, aud as many OF them as
wished 10 have a hand IN Che Goa
Germ joined the procession, Jed by the
military band. "a baud o. excellent
pertormers) With torches lighted
Tie party, cavalry in advance a pc
turc of Gen. Grant next. nnl The 40
auiry in the rear, commcuceiuarch'
ing up Pecan street and thc Avenue
up TO The Capitol The procession
numbered about sixty og seventy
freedmen al told there was ono
white man among them Ncrmlu
who looked frighiiuly out Of
place and must have been lost poor
follow. Judge Gray addressed them
az tie Capitol fof few minutes, snd
was followed by a negro preacher OF
this place. After be seated himself
the assembly. which had increased
hy thls time, commenced hurraiug
aud shouting some calling for Gov
Hamilton, some for Peasct some Tor
Morgan Hamilton aud others, until it
confused the whole party and broke
It up la disgrace. The band tried
very hard to pacily them with their
sweet music, but the crowd was in
flexible, aud kept up such clatier
ing that no other speaker could have
said a word. The procession, led by
tho band. then marched up to the
Governor house, and after yaiuly
calling for him for about ten minutes,
proceeded down the avenue and u lit
tie up Pecan street, whore it broke
up-a disgrace to the city Of Austin.
but moro especially to those who had
o hand Ia it,
Since G. W. Smith was killed, the
Austin Republican speaks Of him
very al'cciionaiely as Judge Caldwell 5
colleague, Before Smith death a
sense Of doceney compelled Judge
Caldwell to decline speaking from the
same stand with him. The chance OF
making li,ile political capital covert
a multitude Of siGs and puts indie
coucy at promium'-GaL Mars
INpiANs.-Thc Waco Register
learns that the Indians carried Of
fifty horses from the codnty Of Ham
ilton last week, nine Of which they
took out of the town of Hamilton
As they passed out Of the county
they had brisk engagement with
the " cowboys, which resulted il
favor Of the boys, who killed one
Indian without any loss on their own
side.
The cotton factory Of b. II. Ham
brick & Co., Of this place, will be it
motion very soon. 4 call for women
girls and boys, to operate it, will b,
found elsewhere in This paper. TIL
progress Of this enterprise speak
well for the gentlemen concerned
We hope that the increase of capita
in our county will lead to the invest
ment Of several thousand dollar
more in this establishment Il vii
certainly pay well.-7yiv R'Por'sr
The Diotrict Court was in session
at Huntsville on the nth. Tn,
Times says
Tho criminal docket is large
owing to the fact that this is the first
Court held here in about two years.
4 dispatch dated Bryan, Nov
9th, TO the Houston Telegraph, says
construction train broke through
into d culycrt about ono aud halt
Aailes north Of Bryan, killing Con
ductor Conn, Engineer mud Fireman
aud wounding six or cight~hauds
The Countryman says Iioms,ead
eau boast Of one of the greatest Gu.
riositie. In the State, in the charac.
ter Of young negro preacher, six
years old, three feet, five inchss high,
who breaches as good sermon a.
many old men, His name is Charles
Nelson. His gesiiculalions and do
livery, says the Countryman, are
wonderful in one so young, and he
can preach on any subject, and Will
continue speaking fluently until told
to stop.
The Countryman al.o says that
two gentlemen, Mr., John Grimm and
Mr.. Wheeler, while driving a wagon
a short time since across Fields
Prairie, about ten miles from Hemp.
stead, were oyertaken by storm aud
took shelter under n lone Tree by the
way side Two horsemen passing on
tho same road scouple Of hours after
tho storm, found them laying dead
strnek by lightning, and tho tree
.riyen from top to bottom. The for.
mcr leaves wife and several
children
The Waco Examiner says c. $.
Morriman, who murdered Sir. Clos.
son in that place last summer. was
killed by the sheriff. Morris, ia5
miles from Waco, on the frontier a
short time since, The sheriff, after
long and arduous cruise, had cap.
tured Merriman, who declared he
would never 10 back to Waco aliyo
He was attempting TO escape when
he was killed.
About two weeks since party of
gentlemen, eight or ten in number.
from this county, went on camp
hunt across the Trinity in Leon
county, They we're absent tea DAYS
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