Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-01-28
Our Texas Correspondence.
MARSHALL. TEXAS. Dec.


your midsummer in the Valley. This, howev
er, has been an unusually warm season for this
| portion of the State. The rainy season usually
sets in before this time, attended by numerous
and fierce northers.
Christmas passed of quietly, attended by the
usual festivities-as balls, storm parties socia-
bles, &c. A grand ball was given at the Hay
wood House-an elegant new hotel In Jeffer-
| son, which was very largely attended. Not on
| ly the young ladies Of Jefferson, but Marshall
and the surrounding counties were present
And for beauty, intelligence and taste in dress,
could not be surpassed in any country. The
guests enjoyed themselves finely and from
clark till early morn they chased the hours
on light fantastic toe-whe
Soft eyes looked love to eyes that spoke again,
And all went merry as the marriage bell.''
| All seeming, for the time, to forget the sorrows
| of the past, and the gloom of the future-amid
the charming mazes of the dance.
The people are sorely pressed here now by
| hard times, on account of failure in the cot
| ton crop-which was brought about by the idle
ness of the freedmen, in which they were in
many instances encouraged by the bureau a.
gents. Hundreds Of planters invested all their
means last year to furnish supplies to the ne
groes and have lost it all-while others got
merchants to furnish supplies, for which they
became responsible, and did not make cotton
| enough to pay the bill Hundreds of ragged.
filthy and starving negroes are now crowdine
around the towns, begging for employment at
| 81 to So per month, while at this time last year
they were making contracts at $40 to 25 per
| mouth IN specie. But few farmers are able to
hire and nearly all have determined not to EN-
ploy them again.
Many merchants too must fail, as goods are
being run in here to every little town and city
IN the State troal falling houses in n. o. and
elsewhere, to be sold at auction which must
work ruin to those who have large stocks on
hand, and many OF them not paid for-several
large houses have already been closed in JEFF
terson by Northern creditors, and more must
follow
Many young men have been thrown out Of
employment, and the number is being daily in
creased by arrivals from the old States, who
find it impossible to get situations
Corn and beef, however, are plenty and emf
grants coming into the State will find no trouble
| in getting PROVISIONS, especially In northern
Texas, where negroes are scarce.
| The Yanks occasionally get themselves into
trouble with some wild 'Bouger. In the ia
nous county of Bowie, there is freebooter by
the name OF Baker, who has made himself
terror to the Understanding had several des-
| perate fights with them, and always has been
victorious. On one occasion he whipped Is Of
them in fair fght-killlng two and wounding
several more-on another occasion he attacked
a comnissary wagon, killed the driver, dis
persed the guard and drove off the wagon
More recently, all efforts On the part OF the
Fed to capture him having failed, Gov. Pease
offered 81 900 reward for his head. Baker re-
torted by offering $1,000 for the Governors
head. We can t say who will be most success
full
A beaureau agent in Fustone county, lone
To- G,i
ragged the people for several months, attacked
an old citizen in his own house, and without
provocation fired on him, inhicting a severe
wound In the shoulder; but the old man seized
his gun and returned the fire, killing both Cul
yer and his Orderly. The Federal officer com
mandlng at Waco, came down and investigated
the matter, and decided that it was a case of
self defence, and therefore justifable. and there
we suppose the affair will end
An election has been ordered to begin On the
10th and continue to the 18th OF Feb
The registration lists to be revised for ten
| days previous SO as to put on few more ne
groes, and strike oil enough white voters to
give the RAIDS majority.
| A lot OF thieves, scoundrels and cut threats
belonging to the school Of Stephens Hunni
cutt BrOwnlow and the Devil, who are melting
| the negroes to all kinds OF violence and out
rage-adylslng them to vote If they have to
wade to the polls through blood up to their
knees, with their tickets In the muzzes of their
muSkets
One Judge Caldwell, who now disqraces the
Supreme Bench of this State, came here few
days since to speak to the negroes He ar
rived at night and put up at the Irving House ;
but Was ordered to leave the next morning as
soon as the landlord found out who he was
He then went to the Capitol where he was re-
fused Abundance, so he had to go to camp for
lodging and protection.
The Sheriff refused his Honor admittance to
the Court Room, SO he had to speak In the
| basement. After his address a negro got Nd
| and began to sing radical song, when some
one hred pistol Into the ceiling overhead, at
which the 'nlgs scattered in every direction,
and the judge got out OF the house as rapidly
as possible, assisted by seUerol heacy boots uiq-
or0usly applied al the rear
| His Judgeship next applied to the bureau
Tor redress-but as no mig" was involved In
the case, bureau told him that it was custo
mary IN this country to make personal affairs of
| such cases, and as one OF the men concerned in
the matter had challenged him, he could get
redress. But his honor not fancying that
mode OF settling affairs, applied to the military
and had three men arrested and carried to
camp. But writ of hdbeas corpus was sued
out, and they were turned over to the civil au-
| thontles, who bound them over to appear at
| Court to answer the charge of disturbing the
| peace.
The Radicals are moving heaven and earth
| to place these States under the rule of the most
k'nhey- headed, skunk scented guerilas Of the
| South, In which they were aided by the black
hearted white tories Of the country. To this
kind OF Government the people will never sub,
nit, and II 1t Is forced upon them, they will
make an appeal to all friends Of civil liberty at
the North Tor assistance and throw it off by
| revolution
Society here is all in commoton, and we
are standing over volcano which may break
| forth at any moment, and rend this government
from one end to the other
| Ii the Radicals persist in their course a war
OF races is inevitable, in which the negro race
will be exterminated
Every true Southern man would rather die
than be dragged down into the pestiferous pits
| OF political degradation which the Radicals are
preparing for them.
Fortunately for this State, Gen. Hancock has
declared himself ON the side of civil liberty and
has restored many of the old officers who had
been removed by King Phil He has also
abolished the negro jury, which was forced on
Texas by one of Pills satraps, Grifiin-who
has since been called before Court not of Fed
eral making.
1t is also reported that many of the bureau
agents will be removed soon, and the acts of
others lnvestgated-so mote 1t BE-
The General has given much general salts
faction to the people; but he don't please the
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