The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-02-15

The editor Of the Nssionsl Police
Gazette vill b svrrrissl 10 lsaen that
the esaa,ssss, vAon - puhlhAed,
viii psrtraIA = Lsss1sr Brown,
allies Cssash Brswa. H. Tezss Muir.
dsrsr, 10 SOW holding 20 len than
three rssponsisls oMcss Ia The county
Of Travis and city Of Austia, viz,
County Treasurer. Mayor or Austin,
and Chief Of the Board Of Registrars,
showing ths high sssia.s;ss 10 vaisA
he Is held by the pre.r~, nx,Aori,;ss
Of Texas.--!Ssafe Gassste. ~
MYsTERIous DEArH.--Janss Per.
lyman, Of this eoanty, leiA sAsrmsa
Tuesday evening last, with = two
horse Ssgon, to go to his hume about
five miles from town. Sometime A.
ter dark the horses came home with.
out the drivcr--thc night vas intense
ly cold, with strong wind from the
north--incfiectual search was made
during the night, the next morning
search was continued, and the miss.
ing man found dead within a hall
mile Of home. No visible marks Of
violence acre found upon the body,
and AZ he left town sober II il hardly
supposablc that he was frozen to
death altogether tie affair il rather
mysterious. These are the fscts in
the case rs we have received them.
Investigation may develope the cause
Of death, no inquest has been held
Sherman Courier,
The Paris Vindicstor states, that
we are half right in sarmising tina,
the Indebtedness Of Lamar county,
has been to great extent produced
by "jai! BIRDS but says they have
been mostly Of the "ptom PERSIA
sion, meaning rkih. All of them,
he says, we're Demo rats. Being a
" one horse, poncy lawyer, he had
something To do with the gentry, and
was curious to find ont their politics.
Upon inquiry, he ascertaincd they
always wanted democratic papers for
perusal This, to our mind, shows
that they had some deceney left, or
wanted to pu, on a show of honesty
Occasionally he found mopgrel,
who asked for the Vindicator or the
New Testament. We infer from this
that IL he called for oac he had nc
use for the other he was preparing
to sink deeper in infamy or repent
Or it may be, he thought that the
Vindica,or, man, although a zone
horse, poney lawyer, was powerful
a, headquarters, where the greater
the rascal, the more certain Of safety
CLOSE or REoIsTRArioN-Yes
,erdny evening the registration o.
voters in this county was brought I,
, a close. During tho lsst sitting o
the board the registration footed ~
as follows;
Whites, IS colcred, SO. Total
III Rejected, 80.
, The total registration in this coun
ty now stands as follows
Whites, 705; colored, $50, Total
1885.
We have no doubt that at, less
!. 1900 Of the above will vote for Con
, vention.-Ansn Republican.
n We don't believe it,
5 A Mrs. f. G. Kent is lccturing il
o North eastern Texas, on the right 0
women to vote, hold Office, &c TIL
Paris Vindicator says she will rid,
= her hobby all over the State, nn'
represents her to bc n lady of decide,
sbility.
The News sums up :hc losses b,
the fire at Galveston on the 3rd
The losers are Mcssrs. Prince !
; Barnum, about u 800, insured fo
5000 II. Reybsud, barber shop
so,oaa, 49, - --.---~- yss.. l.'"
bach, boot and shoe store, loss 81, 900
I, insured 81, 900; ?. II. Hennessy
Co. loss in goods and damage to hi
buildings aad business estimated a
/. s35, 900, insured sor SEQ 900; Messrs
j. X. Moore 4 Co., druggists, los
by water and breakagc about 81, 900
insured for $1,000.
Messrs. Prince 4 Barnum save,
the most valuable portion Of .hei
0 goods.
, The Transcript says those VIII
. hear, the late speech Of Judge Bell
1t Houston, are more than eve
convinced that the success of radical
ism means a consolidated despotism,
vested in Congress alone.
The Bastrop Advertiser says Ii,
= Jail there was en,.. ed on tho eyenin,
9 Of the 23d ult.. while the sheriff va
{ at supper, one Of the cells openet
a and James Pollock, sent from Sal
Saba county on charge Of murde
and robbery, was turned out Scip
Ncighbors, freedman, employees
e about the jnil, is arrested, charged
/, with opening tho cell and assistin,
4, the prisoner to escape.
l The State Gazette says lnrg,
a number Of citizens paid their 70,
poets, at the Governors mansion, o,
the evening of the oath, to Gen
Hancock, who, by his liberal AM
statcsmanlike conduct, while IN com
mand Of this military district, ha
secured the confidence and gratitud,
4 Of the people Of Texas All cam,
!. away pleased. The General ia per
son and manners is in keeping will
his intellectual powers, and the i'm
' preston he made upon all was of tn,
most agreeable character"
The Quitman Clipper soe. into 40
= stacies over the radical meeting hold
in Marshall on the eth ult., ia
which Caldwell, Norton, Flanagan
and Whitmore figured. If she bad
: been here herself and had seen how
mean they looked, she would have
imagined she was sitting for her own
photograph. In other words, she
would have ssen herself ~ others 400
her. If the photographs Of these
men had been taken, As they ap.
psafed that lay, and xont North,