The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-02-10
Texas Items.
JCpGE CALDWELL ON A DRuSK.-The following

JUICE CALDWELL ON A DRUNK.-Ihe following Is
from the Houston Times Of the Gosh
Judge Caldwell arrived in this city evening before
last. and, to the best of our knowledge, went on a
drunk He went to the house OF one OF the hrst fam
lilies of the place. where tea party had been gwen
entered the front door and raped at the door to the
DINING room, where a pleasant party OF ladies and
gentlemen slipping their tea, and chatting the
time gaiv away Upon the lady OF the house answer
ing the rapping at the door, Judge Caldwell demanded
t, know where the girls were. gentleman OF the
house ovehearing the remark Of Judge Caldwell, APP
preached and asked what he wanted. Ihe Judge re-
piled that he wanted girl and bed lie vas I'M
tremendously elected from the house.
Not content with this experiment, the Judge man
aged to get into whisky MILL and openly offered in
suit upon insult to gentlemen whom he never knew III
his life going far to call gentleman sneaking
assassin and robber. The natural result OF all which
was that Associate Justice Cadwe-the distinguished
member of mob convention, a man who would not
allow himself to be contaminated by the polluted touch
of the wretch Snith-got pretty roughly handled and
came out of the bar room row little worse for his
drunken, lying, slandering impudence.
LAMAR CoUNrY.-We clip as follows from the Paris
Press, of the Esd ult
We learn that the post mistress at Mt. Pleasant has
closed The office at that place and departed without
leaving any i'll charge The mails from Jefferson
have consequently been carried back to that place,
and this may account for not having received a
mail until recently.
Capt Hudson Q. S. A. commanding, troops at
Clarksvlle visited city this week for the purpose
of organising city government. He seemed dispos.
ed to recommend for appointment to the different
municipal Offices such men as were recommended to
him possessing the best qualifications without refer
to their political status.
Important Opiaion-Judge Latmer, one of the
judges of the Supreme Court of the State expresses
the opinion that the President of the United States
had no loyal right to free the slaves of the South by
proclamation, that Lincoln's proclamation had no le-
gay whatever and that the freedom Of the negro
was not lawfully effected until the adoption of the
thirteenth amendment to the constitution, by three
foulths Of the States.
COLLINS CouNrY.-The Mckinney Enquirer of the
23l ult, contains the following items:
More Military 41rests.-We informed that on
the 18th INST three citizens of this county living
Farmersvie, named James Howard, Rike and Biggs,
were arrested by troops from Sulphur Springs and
carried off The Of their arrest is not positively
known.
larger number of hogs than usual have been packed
in this county the present season. Corn album
dant and cheap, and no paving market offering for it,
the surplus wisely devoted the fttenng Of hogs
and beef cattle.
Our famers are occupying their time in preparing
for the spring crops larger amount of land will be
cultivated i'll Collin this year tan at any time since the
close of the war.
We happy, contened set Of folks in Collin.
Politically there is not ripple on the surface All is
quiet, in fact and we have had dstui bance here Of
any sort tor months The surplus of the county has
given reer circulation to money; business is better,
and people more hopeful. We have plenty of wheat
corn aid meat to feed us for twelve months and
enough 10 feed large immigration besides All are
in earnest about the crop, and, should it be
cess the coming fall will see people independent
of every want.