New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-01-27

Brown and Mccoy asseRtng and Judge Warner dissent
lature shows the amount OF State bonds placed TO ne
State credit In New York City. and also states that $4,000
OF NewYork City on the State credit by Gov Bullock
for which no account had been rendered resolution
introduced in the House to-day. memoralZng Coh-
gress remove the disabilities imposed the state by
the XVIII Amendment Tho resolution was indefinitely
MISSOURI LEGIsLATURE-THE MILITARY BONDS
TENURE oF-oFFICE ACT.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 26.-ln the State Senate yes
terday 1t was stated that more Union Military bonds
have been redeemed than originally issued Ajoint
committee appointed to investigate the matter.
our Senators aud requesins our in
gross their influence to effect the repeal OF the
REPORT UPON THE CHARGES AGAINST GOV. REED
OF FLoRIDA-THE ALABAMA TRANSFER PRO-
JECT.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Jan. 26.-The commit
Reed reported to-day The majority report, which is
signed by five members submits the evidence taken but
offers advice opinion Tho evidence SUD-
mitted shows some Irregularities which tho friends
"a thf dGpS fss ne GfR report Winch Is
signed by twg embeIs states that the evidence
to-day, satApF lsn the Governor appoint three Com
MONTGOMERY to negotiate for the transfer
River TO Alabama; also resolution ordering election
in that portion Of the state on the question The Ala
TExAs-THE STATE OF SOCIETY THERE-MUR-
DERERs AND ASsAssINS UNPUNIsHED-THE
REBELLION NOT CONQUERED. .l .rol
GFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENTS %
JEFFERSON, Jan. 5.-The town of Jefferson is
situated IN tho northeast corner Of Texas CONNER
cally the town depends principally on cotton, with
small trade In beef and hides and 1t may be considered
at the head Of the Red River navigation Politically tho
people are Of the unreconsructed kind Socially, the
condition Of the country is horrible remember that
years ago, when 1t first settled never heard any
good Of IT, II said TO be the haven Of refuge for all
the murderers cutthroas and outlaws In the land or
years have not heard much Of hisi true we
all remember tho terrible OF Union people
during the war. yet prepared to find these matters
much mendcd. However much ohivalry South
Carolina may have succeeded IN extracting from
penal ancestry. tho Texans have not yet
found it expedient to brag Of their progenitors.
The principal topic of interest hereiat present what Is
Itself creates any excitement would be an exaggeraton.
Murders in this state are not even "a nine days Won
kee negro, or WHOLE family q aIher Would DO far
exceeded m tho Case Of fayGrlte dog 1t T. not The
smtp murder then, that creates the excitement, eut
IL The Consequences that are beginning to develop them
selves The military authorities have taken the matter
arrested and as almost every body here to
tent connected with tho affair, no one eau tel
SMITH, the murdered man, was an , e%.ohieer
the Federal service che l2Sd NeW-f Or Vol Lnfant5y
Who, after the war; cast has lot among THIS people; hhte
here he did business Of various kinds apparently with
but success Ho apparently sold out ms business -
him considerable sums OF money which ms debtors 70
fused 10 pay taking ne ground t as ne 20 Ss
speet The fact that he was enterprsng, dauntless
spse s he had eSpossed, offered additional reasons
why be should DO both hated and feared. He did not
HIM Of Tie personal danger that he incurred by remaiu
ing thu, exposed g The mercy Of such S%tg against
him having reached enlminating point several or the
defending himself shot two OF them, and, knowing full
well what mercy he might expect from the local anthori
Toned here The military commander, probably not
nndng camp secure enongh Eanserred his prisoner
With guard there TO protect hm against the mob
Whether this officer was coward Or allowed himself 20
rial The upshot OF the matter was that the mob went
Into the jail took Lieut. smith aud several negroes VINO
appear to have been oonned on charges manufactured
for purpose In order that they might be On hand for
the occasion, aud killed Them while tho soldiers stood BY
without firing single shot. :.
large portion OF the community vas implicated IN this
murder aud the remainder intmidaed by the un-
terrified that there not single Tongue 70 condemn tho
act. military mayor has since been appointed, ana
general with his brigade has taken pOs here The muir
der undergoing the strctest Investigation aud the es
tmOny which Is believed 10 be OF the very strongest
Kind Is said point directly and positively TO many OF
the most prominent men OF this section Inc ral - er
pceted of soon and lhave no doubt Justice Is
wholesale hanging though with all tho rpscas thieves
murdeTers aud unhung felons with which THIS country
deporabe that of them get their deserts This
would DO surprising the civil authorities alone
military commissioners the Villains have always escaped
The ind the prsoners guilty and sentence
the entire Judgment and allows them 20 depart free.
saw late general order by the United States Com
individual had been tried by military commission.
found guilty aud sentenced 10 be hanged the command
APPROVES the sentence prisoner liberty
II Is to hear that small force OF
stockade and there beseged The people here were
far removed from the seat Of the ato war; that they felt
very little OF It's effects. They claim that they did not
surrender that they not conquered and some clear
thinkers OF the Impression that tue must yet be-
,,.,lt lara rnpfya ron Of of
things here, need only refer 70 Baker aud Bekerstan
the outlaws They leaders OF small parties OF despera
does anu the country committing every kiud
OF depreciation from the moanest 10 the most horrible
and indiscrmlnate OF murder. The latter ls however SO
share Of the public attention. Baker, who man
about 81 years OF age below tue medium SIZE with sandy
his about fourteen years ago. when he was about
Bailey aud without any known proyeoaton Informed him
that no had como 10 shoot him The old man. alarmed d
shoot him. he did not desire kill him, and ordered him
10 come forth from behind the stump he would be
forced shoot him In the head The old man came for
ward and Was further ordered to hold out his right leg
which order being Oboyed Baker shot him. and IN about
two days the old died FROM the effects OF the wound
They say here that the why Baker hanged
at this early period, that Bailey was but poor man,
while Baker belonged 10 the socaled upper class From
that day to this he has committed nnumeraDe murders,
some them brutal and shocking almost without par
mans bureau Capt Kirknan Shortly after he went to
Dir; salmon; whom nTtn,D 10 man q%he had hunted
him. Salmon refused and was lied TO
bed. Baker Twisted MS
him by the neck and shot him. lie visited house occ
pied by q Mr.. Smith not the same smith previously
tpoken on shot negro woman and two children, one at
her breast and another her knee lie next killed Mr..
Smith, and with knives cut and stabbed MS Two daug'
ters i'm most shocking manneri then setting fire To tho
house no went to old who lived In the neghbor.
hood and told him with grim hnmor that he had better
90 down 10 smiths that lao would there Ind family IN
such fix as ho never saw family IN before The two
daughter survived The military authorities are making
every effort TO capture this man, but OWING TO the Tact
that large portion Of the community Is IN sympathy
with the Villain and tho other pVruon Is ~ ortu rear
OF him. the information necessary 70 eject ms capture