The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-06-02
Texas Items.

to plant over Their prospects exceedingly gloomy
fGmer Sentinel, May %.
/ MORE RoBBERY.-0n the 26th day of April, Matthew
Cartwright lad about sixteen years OLD, returning
from Marshall to his home in Shelby county, when
about fifteen miles this side of Marshall was halted by
four iii federal uniform and robbed OF what money
he possessed Such outrages in days lang sine would
i have shocked the of the country. Now they
frequent that they scarcely attract public at
tenon. The war closed four years ago, and TODAY
without the protection of the law either for lite
or property. San Augustine Beacon
/ A young man calling himself John Williams, but
whose real name is said to be John Meyer, was killed
bya party under the sheriff of Red river county, near
GAINESVILLE who in pursuit of him, with war
rant of arrest charging him with stealing horses. He
fought bitterly until the end. So we learn from the
| GAINESVILLE Standard of 24th April.
CENTRAL RA1LRoAD.-Trains run to Hearns
station, twenty miles beyond Bryan The road will
be finished to Calvert the present summer.
The Galveston News represents the crops i'll West
err Texas as promising good yield.
"spring is sitting in the lap of winter this season
until the situation is becoming embarrassing. not to
say vulgar Fires and heavy clothing are yet COM
| Portable Crops and garden vegetables none the
better by this long dildallying of the seasons.
This item has been almost spoiled by the weather
becoming suddenly warm We are glad of it.
I Tyler Reporter, May 90
| Our cotemporarys item is somewhat marred, too,
by his reversing the usual positions of spring and win
| ter in his quotation.
The Radical convention, called by the editors the
San Antonio Express and the Houston Union, is to
convene at Houston on Monday week.
THE ELEcT1oN-We are informed by Col Haynes
that Gen. Reynolds stated to him Saturday, before
be left Austin that the registrars for all the counties
in the State had been selected and that all the appoint
ments would be made in two days after the reception
of order from the President for election, the on
y delay being the time necessary prevent the work
Houston Union, May 10.
Hamilton IN Eastern. zegas.--The few papers in
this State which support A. j. Hamilton for Governor
persist that his announcement is everywhere received
with accamation and the press is almost unanimous
in bis support. This is grand mistake and it is time
the people are undeceived. There are some twenty
weekly political papers published east of the Trinity
river, of which nineteen Democratic, and one Re
publican Of the former, one only, has voluntarily
hoisted the name of Hamilton for Governor-four
press preference for him should no better candidate
be brought out-leaving thirteen which oppose him
The one Republican paper, the Tyler Index, is
promising in its hostility to Hamilton. Let US hear
no more of his popularity availability in this sec
ton. [Texas Observer
Registration.-Gen. Reynolds has repubshed the
order governing the Board Of Registrars "appointed
conduct the revision of the registration lists prior
to the election ordered by Special Orders No 40,
rent SERIES in which he makes it impossible for any
one who had held any Office Federal State from
the presiding officer of election up and afterwards
engaged in the rebellion either by word act thought
1t DISTINGUISHES at least half of the citizens of the
State, among whom find of our best and most
intelligent. Cufy is unrammeled We regret that We
have not room for the whole order. The Boards are
instructed to inquire of applicants neighbors in
gard to his sentiments, if they the Regsrars) have
any doubt to bis loyalty during the rebellion Go
it, ye conquerors! Crush the viper till he and
smte you. Gmer Sentinel
The GAINESVILLE Standard, of 22d May, says:
Saturday night last brought rain with it, and Sun
day had it gently hereabout all day. However |
work was resumed in the fields INN ediately adjacent
to town on Monday morning; but there are localities
three four miles away, where it raned too heavily
Tor this. The temperature has remained cool, and
corn and cotton have not grown off freely but
theless we are in good condition, and the warmth
comes will advance rapidly. Our farmers are hopeful
and working, and the crops are generally in good
order
On Wednesday, the Pioneer, taking freight from
Rowland and some points above, went down stream
with promise to return, butwe doubt her ability to
comply. We think navigation up here will soon close.
The same paper mentions some important land sales
made in Clarksvle
Yesterday and day before the lands returned in the
schedule of Jas G. Moore bankrupt were sold at our
Court house door, and the sale drew number of un-
usual visitors but the lands brought small proper
tonal amount of their Value Their first cost in specie
was near ten times the price obtained, and those who
have bad the foresight to buy, have, in opinion
ensured large profits The average of the sale was
probably about thirty cents and comprised tracts in
Bowie, Davis, Hunt, Montague, Grayson, Fannin
Hopkins, and Wichita counties.
The purchases which comprise locations on the
Memphis and Ell Paso railroad reservation in the coun
Lies of Davis and Bowie, assured by purchaser
who represents Others will be furnished individuals
Or bodies of coonists desiring to settle and improve
hem, at one dollar per acre. So here is chance for
mini grants the line of a road which will be coz
'tructed {
The Sherman Courier dscourses of the coming cleo
ion thusy:
As set back taking but little interest in the COM
ng election and calmly watching the tide of political
lte we are pot unfrequenty amused the unexpected
position in which the Radical party finds itself That S
oarty evidently anticipated fearful contest with the
Democracy over the constitution they evidently ex-
,ected the Democratic party to contest every office
'e filled in the approaching election they had fully
prepared for terrible struggle Il
But, instead, they find the main body of the Demo
ratio party ready and willing to cooperate with them
the ratification of the constitution and even ex-
ress themselves willing to vote for good real simon .
ure Republicans for office. This is turn of events
lot anticipated and clearly knocks their "pins from l.
nder them; it overtuns their best calculations and
caves them evidently surprised and nonplussed
AS''St
ervat!ve element of the State is grand coup ID etat
nd leaves them entire masters of the situation All
hat is necessary now to insure complete victory for
be friends of peace good order and civil law, is to
ersevere IN the course marked out throw overheard
IL dssffected spirits place the helm in the hands of
ompetent and honest pilot and glide quietly into the :,
aven of peace and repose
The great want of Collin county is railroad The =
)eta of the Nile is not richer than our land which y
ieds in abundance all the small grains and our cot
On crops are not exceed in any of the Gulf States
live railroad, and money will become as plenty "
ere as it was in Confederate days. r.
So says the Mckinney Inquirer, whereupon the V
Waco Register comments thus
Collin county needs railroad and if her people
'ere Yankees one would have been built long ago.
is useless to be in hurry about getting one until
our people determine to build one for themselves
Give us railroad is the cry all over the South +,
hese not "giying times" Whenever it will paw Il
orthern people to build roads for us they will do
:, but not till then. Whenever it will pay them to r
ud our roads il will pay the landhoders good deal
lore to build them for themselves ~
The season so far has not been good for cotton
fany planters have been compelled to plant second G
me. There is time enough yet, however, to make
God crop, if the weather continues as it is now
here are fears entertained by many of our farmers
lat the wet weather of the past few weeks would
amage the ggro~iHses farms the rust al
as been very prevalent, though have heard of