New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-02-23
Fiends Let LoOse-Outrage i'm Texas.

According to the following report,
which we find in the Calvert Tribune, OF an
outrage in that vicinity, some portions must
be altogether lovely:
On last Friday evening, Thomas Jackson
was returning TO town with load OF rails
on his wagon When about two miles east
OF the city, on the Owensville road, he met
two wagons, the first being driven by half
grown boy: in the other wagon were four
men. jackson states that he gave the whole
road, as his animals were wild. The boy
tried to head him off by turning out on the
same side Of the road, and forcing the end
of the wagon pole against one of his mules,
which caused the animal to pitch and bound
and become almost unmanagable. jackson
asked the boy, why he did so! The boy
responded: "Do you know who you are
talking :" At this juncture the second
wagon was driven up, and one OF the four
men asked jackson what he was saying to
the boy, and received the reply that he was
talking to him about the road.
jackson was told to stop, but his wild
mules were so much frightened that he
could not do so. At this disobedience the
white man became raving mad, and went
for his shooting irons. then followed a
rough and tumble scramble in the wagon,
some of the other men apparently trying to
prevent him from carrying out his bloody
intent, when all three rolled out on the
ground together, discharging pistol in
their tussle. BY this time jackson had
made q considerable distance, and his hear
ing the pistol shot gave him cause to believe
they were in earnest, which was too true.
He, laying the whip on the back of his
animals, soon brought them to run. Two
of the tends started alter him on foot at
the top Of their speed, shooting at him till
they had emptied the contents of two six
shooters, and, seeing the hopelessness of
foot race, gave it up and returned to their
wagon.
jackson not having been hit, and seeing
his pursuers return, tbought,all danger was
over, and stopped his team to arrange some
of the rails which had fallen OFT at the
front end of his wagon and were blowing
into the earth, and to repair a singietree
that had become disarranged. The danger
was not vet over, for they had returned
and taken the horses from the wagon, and.
jumping on them bareback, started after
their victim, who. hearing the clatter Of
horses feet looked back and saw them
coming at full speed. waving their six
shooters over their heads and yeiplng like
wild Indians. On passing jackson as he
was standing crouched, to avoid the pistol
that was aimed at his head. they dealt him
q terrible blow. A long frightful cash on
his forehead tells how deadly was their IN
tent.
On checking their horses and riding
around in front Of his mules, caused them
to Turn and cramp the wagon in such a
manner as to completely tasten one of jack
sons feet under the fore wheel, and in that
condition they pounded the poor man with
their six shooters till his scalp was com
pletely cut into shreds. jackson had a
double barreled shot gun in his wagon.
which they took out and fired one barrel
II "A 4 81,
with it, breaking his arm just below the ell
bow. His animals, in pitching about, loos-
ened the front wheel from its cramp and
ran off jackson was then forced to run in
front of their horses back to their wagon,
and being weak from loss OF blood could not
go very fast. They would run on to him
with their horses and punch him in the back
with his own gun.
The animals frequently stepped on his
heels, and, throwing him down, tramped on
him, breaking two of his ribs from the
spinal column. The would-be murderers
then tried TO make their almost liieless vic
tim dance, but he was too weak from loss
of blood. One Of them then remarked, Il
will learn YOU how to dance: lool. at me-
and. stepping in front Of him, gave Il leap
int the air, and, in coming down, gave the
poor wretch such a blow on the head with
lis revolver as set med to crush in his skuil
with human gore, they hulrituiy drove
away, leaving the poor man to die. But
death was swindlcd out of a victim by
the timely arrival OF two men, who were
passing in buggy. One of them being a
doctor, bound up his wounds us best he
could. and gave him some whisky 10 drink,
and sent him to DR.. Moran for further treat
ment.
Another colored man on the same night
II.
and shot at by three men, several balls
passing through his clothes.
Now, we will ask and answer, not intend
ing it as threat, what will he the legl-
innate and tina! result of such desperate
isn't Answer-The State will be declared
in state of anarchy, where neither prop
erty nor life are safe; where the civil au-
thOrities are not given the moral support of
the solid men of the country in the enforce
ment of law, without which the written
statute as well might be filed with Egyp-
tian hieroglyphics as the resolves of a lesis-
lative body for all the obedience that will
be give it. There are men in the State who
are very anxious that such Outrages should
go on, that fair preteXt can he given to
supplant the civil by the federal military
power, and the only way to prevent it is to
rebuke all such barbarous acts as the one
above detailed, with the prosecution and
against all who break it in our great COM
The Lynn (Massachusetts) Reporter sub
mits the following: Zone day last week, a
dog belonging to a gentleman of this city
was observed by his master to be approach
ing him with something in his mouth,
which. he laid upon the ground and endea-
yored to attract attention to the same. The
gentleman, thinking it to be bit of leather
,r some article which the dog was playing
With, took no notice Of it, and passed on.
The animal repeated his movements. and
again laid the parcel at the feet of his mas
er, who was induced to pick it up, when to
lis establishment he found it to be his own
which he had dropped without
,erceiving the loss. The sagacious dog had
ound and safely restored his owners
money"
General Gustav authorizes General Sheri-
Ian to contradict the statement that he
Custar) held the first buffalo, killed in the
ate hunt, by the tail while tho Grand
luke dispatched it. Alexis confirms the !
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areDts. Jenkins, who saw the billet, dis |
nctly recalls the naSaape wherein the |