The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-05-06
Texas Items.

Judging from our Texas exchanges the Democratic
party is preparing for vigorous campaign Meet
ings being held in many of the counties and State
convention is the tapis Radicalism will find hard
road to travel on in Texas.
MARION CoUNTY.-On Monday night week Jefferson
came very near having another confagration. About
o'clock at night bright light was discovered in the
store house occupied by II. G. Hynson Co. The
house was broken open and found to be on fire in
three different places. 1t was easily extingushed
Loss trliug. Evidently the work of an inccndlary.
The Jefferson Ultra kuklux of the Both ult has the
following in relation to the crops:
Parties from the country report sowing as being
and fine stands OF cotton and corn, and the crops
although little backward in fine condition, well
plowed and free from grass and weeds Freedmen,
removed from the towns and bureaus are working bet
ter than those them The greater breadth OF land
is in cultivation and hopeful spirit among farmers.
Corn and cotton compared they report the proportion
of corn is greater and cotton less, in breadth, than
was sown last year. Very little cotton would have
been sown but for the rise in price recently. The
dread of grasshoppers has passed, they having now
disappeared without doing any damage. The report
of the Texas wheat crop is discouaging locusts and
deterioration of seed has defeated the husbandman for
several harvests.
inst. says the Methodist protracted meeting at that
place is in its third week and continues with uudimn
ished interest.
We clip the following from the same paper:
In the case of the State vs. Dr. T. j. Warren charged
with the killing of Mr. James Bates the Supreme Court
now sitting at Tyler, ito which an appeal was taken
from the decision of the lower court holding him to
bail i'll the of $50 O0O has acquitted the prisoner
Tl,o Puck offh no Oh
inst has the following in relation to the crops in Ma
varro county:
We regret to learn from gentleman direct from
the neighborhood of VAUDEVILLE in Navarro county,
that the grasshoppers have destroyed many fields of
growing wheat and corn in that section. The farmers
were blowing up their wheat where had been eaten,
and planting the land in and cotton. This disas
ter falls heavily on the people, alone from the to-
tai loss OF the wheat crop which must ensue, but the
season is now far advanced as to render good
yield of corn uncertain.
DALLAS COUNTY. - The Dallas Herald thinks the
wheat prospect good. The grusshoppers have done
no serious harm as yet.
UrsHUR CoUNTY.-The Gilmcr Sentinel of the 18th
ut. says that the millions of grasshoppcrs Matched out
in that locality during the early spring. have done no
damage to the crops as yet
HARRISON CoUSTY-We take the following from
the Marshall Republican Of the I'd inst
Robinson, one of the murderers of COL Ward and
Major Ely, was brought to this place Tuesday and
placed in Jail, where he remained two days. A guard
started with him for Henderson on Thursday. He |
made to several persons what protested be full
narration OF the murder, admitting unrescrvedly his
guilty connection with it. lie also nplicates in this
the other parties who have recently been
arrested. As the matter will undergo judicial nvcs
lgation we forbcar further comment upon his state
nGnt
The Republican says the wheat crop in northern
Texas has been greatly injured in many places, if not
destroyed, by the grasshoppers.
GraS&hoppcrs. Mount Pleasant Press says that
hat the fears entertained few weeks since that the
'rasshoPpers would destroy the crops, somewhat
ubsldlng. There are yet myriad5 of these insects
Keeping around, but hear of no serious damage
rom them.
We have not received mail from beyond Jefferson
Il a month of Sundays, consequently we don't know
That is going on in the regions above Sulphur fork
Fonder what is the matter?