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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-03-05

STATE SENATE, Feb. N.-.Senator Cox called
attention to the fact that an appropriation Of
$500 annually to the State Agricultural Socie-
", for the purpose Of encouraging tree plant
ing, was due for eight years, and
moved an appropriation Of O., ,400. This was
lost Bills Ia4roducsd: Repeating law requir-
ing Uniform text books in public schools Tax
ing unorgant1ed counties. Requiring railroad
receivers to pay debts from first moneys re-
ceived: Removing the county seat of Wilkin
county from breckenridge to Macaoleyville
Tar Law: Remainder of the session was
spent in committee Of the whole, and chiefly
devoted to considering amendments to the tax
law of 1874.
Housr, Feb. M.--Lend Graat: A bill was re-
ported forfeiting the land grant Of the Mime
apolis and st. Cloud road and giving it to
other roads, the Sank Rapids and Taylor's
Falls getting ten sections and the st. Cloud
road the same Frontier Rtli<f: The bill ap-
propriating ~, ,000 for seed wheat for sufferers
by grasshoppers, passed. Hastis8s 4 Dakota
Hsslroaa. a memorial against extending the
time for the compilation OF the Hastings & d..
kota Railrod was lost. Capitol Removal :
The request Of the Senate 80 return the
bill removing the Capitol TO Kandiyohl
lcouhty and naming the town. Donnelly, was re-
fused: Bi4s iat,o9scel !: Authorizing Chalk
scheo district 70 pu1ehessF esrtain lands
Amendin4 the tax laW ls1ative 70 eaea1nent
lseanlenng 1sRxsl ~ Elk.
lsease iHeoa lyaz!lns yaal4lla Legali1inl
3 noaoe 'laa Int Iovsd WAsn executed
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WRDNEspAY, March 3.-The balance Of tho
Kiowa Indians have surrendered to Gen. Au-
ger.... Eight Conservative Senators took their
seats yesterday At the State House in New Or
leans .... Mayor Wyckham, Of New York, has
appointed Gen. Fitz John Porter commissions
er Of public works, vice, Geo. N. Van Mort, re.
signed ....A London telegram says John
Mitchell is utterly prostzated and has frequent
fainting fits. 1t is thought he will be COM
pelled to withdraw from the election contest in
Tpperary 90. Hassett, the Chicago man &C.
cused by his son of committing murder several
years ago, has been examined and held for
trial with ut bail, the evidence against him be-
ing strong 30. The President has approved the
act making the appropriation for the payment
of invalid and other pensions Of the United
States for the year ending June soth, 1876.
Also the act fixing the number Of caymasters in
the army to and authorize the promu]ga-
ton Of general regulations for
the government of the army
go. The Qninby Potter railroad bill, modified
by IN advance in rates OF freights of certain
classes, has passed the Wisconsin, Senate, and
il expected to pass the House. No change in
passenger rates is provided ior.... The House
Congressional committee, having the Northern
Pacific railroad bill in charge, reported it back
without amendment, and it was placed on the
alc 1dar, which is the end Of it, so far a the
43d Congress is concerned 49,. The late Ad-
jutant General L. Thomas died At Washington
yesterday, in tho I'D year of Ills age.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-03-05
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE.

STATE SRNATE, Feb. 24.-House Bills Passed:
Extending to Nov. lst the time for paying taxee
in Martin, jackson, Mobiles, Rock, Murray,
Cottonwood, Watonwan, Renville, Lyon and
Lincoln counties and parts Of Blue Earth, Fxri-
bault aud Brown counties. Authorizing
school district No. 7 in karibault county to fix
the salaries Of district o1ioers. Amending the
act for special tax in Inver Grove. Author
lzing the Stearns county treasurer to pay Ger
tain funds TO- the town treasurer of Bursdale
Vacating portion 0tthe village plat of Albert
Lea. Memorial for increased nail service be.
tween Glenwood and Benson. Senate B;lls
Passed: incorporating the borough Of Hen
coin county from Redwood and attaching it to
Lyon county Appropriat;ng 800 Tor the sur
vey Of canal route between Lakes Minneton-
h and Waconia. Amending village charter
OF Spring Valley; statutes relzting to
records Of mortgage foreclosure sales.
Requiring land gra,,t railroad companies to
rec ,rd lists Of lands in each county where the
same are situ ted. l~deesitely postponed ::
senste 4s blu repe.ling the & exemption from debt
HousE. -Ftonsisr relief: In committee Of
the whole the bill approprtating money for
supplying seed grain and clothing tor the
needy in the grasshopper regions being under
confederation, communications were presented
from Gov. Davis and Gen. sipley, urging that
immediate relief II Necessary. Gen. Sibley
estimates the number of destitute at 5000 and
those @ Who win need some help It about 4, COY.
the appropriation for clothing Was struck out,
leaving the bin apWopriating VI, ,00O for seed:
The only objection made ii debate to any ol
the relief measures was that i'm the present
condition Of the State. Treasury, the general
innd . being exhausted, It would Be din
S9n 70 Asst ne appropriations. Railrosds:
lAW.-AYinN NsDnA - Is. .l>.k
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ord oi Debates and such public documents al
r1ady printed or ordered TO be printed for the
use OF either. House Of Congrt ss, until the
first OF December, 1875. The resolutions
e q g .sspsass pessed upon Simon Cameron in
tor from Pennsy lvsllia, for, irregular proceed
il gs,in the purchase OF army supplies, were
expunged fro = the records by q unanimous
vote. At the evening session, the majority re-,
port in relation to affairs in Arkansas. re6om-
lnending that the existing government in that
State shall not be illterfered with, either by
or % Ct the general
The deficiency bill, approrria:ing s., as, ,666,
was then taken up, hut without making much
progress, laid aside and adjourned.
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The Black Hills Geld D;xx,ux,,
(Sioux City Telegram, Feb. 27.l

~~sJ A~A09A~AAe WV ~''1
The Sioux City Journal special from
Yankton says E. Witcher, we'll known
citizen Of Sioux City, and member of
the recent expedition to the Black Hills,
arrived in Yankton to-day. He reports
having left his companions at the stock
ade of the expedition, within two miles Of
Harney's Peak, on Box Elder Greek, on
the Sd inst. Witcher says the expedi-
ton was composed Of q men, one lady.
and her son. There were six wagons,
well armed. some mounted, and supplied
with provisions and mining tools.
The expedition left here October Och,
struck the Niobrara about l30 miles
above its mouth, followed the stream
some distance, and there struck across
the country to point east of
the Black Hills, on the Cheyenne
river. There they met 4 party Of
200 mounted Indians. and held a peace.
able parley with them. After reaching
an apparently passable pass at the foot Of
the hills, they struck into the mountains,
and after picking their way they reached
point within two miles of Harney's
Peak. In fifteen days from the date Of
their entry into the hills they erected a
stockade 80 feet long, and built log cabins
from the abundant supply Of timber.
They found that the cold weather
greatly impeded their prospecting. They
sunk 25 prospective holes and struck gold
in every instance from the grass to the bed
rock. They found numerous gold and
silver bearing quartz lodes, and the speci.
mems Mr.. Witcher has brought back are
pronounced very rich. The party never
saw an Indian while in the hills.
Mr.. Witcher describes the part Of the
hills they saw as having magnificent val.
|4cys. seemingly limitless forests Of pine.
and an abundance Of elk, deer and other
game.
The greater portion Of the return trip
was made through snow drifts, over =
trackless country, in the most stormy
and severe weather. They discovered in
coming out of the hills what has been
named Witcher's Pass, good natural
wagon road. This shortens the way out
of the hills by thirteen days. Their an
imals lived on grass they found beneath
the snow. Witcher says he can take
loaded OK teams into the hills from Sioux
City in thirty days. The members left
in the hills are in good health and spirits.
Witcher returned for reinforcements.
He says there is no evidence of other par.
ties being in the hills. Gordon, who
came with him part of the way, was de-.
layed by his horse giving out. Nothing
was seen or heard Of the two disastrous
army expeditions sent out to intercept
them. -
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United States Bonds Called In.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Secretary
ef the Treasury to-day issued call for
redemption Of one million Of coupon bonds
of the issue Of 1862, upon which interest
will cease June 1st, 1875. The bonds are
embraced within the numbers following !:
Fifty dollar bonds from No. SO, $40 to
100, 900; one hundred dollar: bonds from
No. 23,101 to q, 800: Eve hundred dollar
bonds from No. i. l0l to $1,000 and one
thousand bonds from No. 80, ,70l# to
$1,000. ,.z~,
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= ~AASSS~A - wa IA S0
his name:
| ARKANSAS.
1877 Powell Clayton
1879 3. w. Dorsey
CONNECTICUT.
1879 Orris s. Ferry.
1881 Wns. ". Eaton.
FLORIDA.
1879 S. B. Conover.
1881 Charles w. Jones.
| ILLINOIS.
1877 John A. Logan.
1879 R.. J. Oglesby.
IOWA.
1877 Geo. q. Wright.
1879 VIM. B. Allison.
KENTUCKY.
1877 J. W. Stevenson.
1879 +. G. McCreerv.
MAINE.
1877 Lot NJ. Morrill,.
1881 Hannibal Halnlin
! MASSACHUSETTS.
1877 Geo. S. Boutwell, .
1881 Henry L. Dawes.
MINNESOTA.
1877 VIM. Window.
1881 S. J. R. Mcmillan.
MISSOURI.
1879 Letois Y. Bogy.
1881 F. NJ. Cockren.
NEVADA.
1879 John +. Jones.
1881 William Sharon.
NEW JERSEY.
1877 F. r. Freling-
huysen.
1881 T.. F. Randolph.
NORTH CAROLINA,
1877 NJ. W. Ransom.
1879 Aug. s. Merrin,an
OREGON.
1877 James X. Kelly.
1879 John H. Mitchell.
RHODE ISLAND.
1877 H. B. Anthony.
1881 A. E. Burnside.
TENNESSEE.
1877 Henry Cooper
1881 Andre.r Johnson.
VERMONT.
1879 Justin s. Morrill,.
1881 Geo. F. Edmunds,
| WEST VIRGINIA.
1877 Henry G.Davis.
1881 a. T. CaPerton.
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ALABAMA.
1877 Geo. GOfdthaUaite
1879 Geo. K. Spencer.
CALIFORNIA.
1879 Aaron A. Sargent
1881 NEWTON BoorH.
DELAWARE.
1877 Eli Saulsbury.
1881 Thos. F. Bayard
GEORGIA.
1877 r. NJ. Norwood.
1879 John B. Gordon.
IEDlANA.
1879 Oliver +. Morton
1881 J. E. Mcdonald.
KANSAS.
1877 James NJ. Harvey
1879 John J. Ingalls,.
LOUISIANA.
1877 J. Rodman West
1879 Vacancy }
MARYLAND.
1879 Geo. Il. Dennis
1881 Nm. P. Whyte.
MICHIGAN.
1877 Thos w. Ferry.
1881 l. P. CHRlsr1ANCY
MISSISSIPPI.
1877 James L. Alcorn.
1881 Branch K. Bruce
- NEBRASKA.
1877 P. w. Hitchcock
1881 A. s. PADDOCK.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
1877 Aaron Il. Cragin
1879 B. Wadleigh.
NEW YORK.
1879 Roscoe Conkling
1881. Francis .Kernan
OHIO.
1879 John Sherman.
1881 Allen G.. Thurman
PENNSYLVANIA.
1879 Simon Cameron.
1881 W1,. A. Wallace.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
1877 T. J. Robertson.
1879 John J. Patterson
TEXAS.
1877 NJ. G. HAMILTON.
1881 Samuel B. Macy
VIRGINIA.
1877 John ". Johnsto,
1881 Robt. Il. Withers
WISCONSIN,.
1877 Timothy o. Howe
1881 ANGUS CAMERON
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Enforcing payment Of taxes delinquent prior
TO 1873. Authorizing towns to aid the Sauk
? med: House bills --repealing Houston inl,or
poration. locating inehsiats asylum at Roch-
ester; repeating De Graz * Co. lien Law
against 81. p: :S:R E1salAi0n Hines: authofizin
r1ilroad companies TO determine the width 4oi
grades and repealiag the general railroad law:
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i }
l. srArE SsnArR. Feb: 26.--Hosss B;us Pessed
Fixing salary Of Dodge county treasurer n
q 200. Detaching territory. from Austin
school district. Extending-corpOrate limits
of AankAto and authofizing vacation of Ger.
tain streets therein time Of Cannon River lm-
Iprovement Company. Authorizing .MinDeapo-
lte TO issue bonds for new suspension bridge
Clarke, Faribault county, to issue q, 200 bonds;
Minneapolis aud St. Louis railroad company to
extend = branch line from Buffalo to New
London. Amending the statutes relating to-
county surveyors and deputies logs and lum-
Der, ~ to marks and Transfers; manufacturing
corporations, allowing vote by proxy. Legal
izing conveyances detective by reason ct not
sppec'ty!ns .pe ,!s fne separate encouragement Of
districts q and l3 in Isanti county.
Requiring druggists to keepe record Of persons
purchasing pois0ns. Sexafe bills passed: Ex-
lending st. Cloud and Lake Superior State
road from sauk Rapids to Duluth; Terry char
ters, of M. c. Malone At Greenfield, and MI.
Richards, near Reads. Authorizing widening
Of roads between Minneapolis aud St. Paul !;
ihe city Of Minneapolis 10 aid in building a
bridge for the N. & st. L. railroad. Legalizing
certain assessments in the joint school distric
80 in Waseca county, and 81 in LIE Sueur coun.
ty. Amending in.orporations ot st. Paul,
Houston and Wabasllaw. Granting terry priv.
leges to Shakopee and Lake City. Amending
the statutes relating to execution. OF deeds by
sity funds. Authorizing condemnation of lands
tor mill races. VacA&iDg town site of Merriam.
For locating State road from Rush City to
CambsidYe Fixing Meeker county seat ct
Litchfeld. Encouraging the propagation OF
fsh. Enabling owners Of land taken for rail-
road purposes to obtain compensation or re-
cover possession. The general deficiency ap-
preparation bill. For locating tha State Capt.
tol and laying out the city Of Donnelly on the
public lands in Kandiyohi county.
HoUsE.-Senate bills passed. Amending aot
incorporating Window; House bills passed
Authorizing towns in Wahashaw county
to aid in construction of railroads; amen-
ding act incorporating Cannon river I'M
provements company; authorizing this
company to build brunch OF Minnesota
Central Railroad; incorporating Lyle, Now
sE t;..,s. county: IN re requiring vote on liquor
minors from ESQ e26; Mr.. Berry's woman
suffrage amendment to the constitution; re-
storing the death penalty for murder; regulat-
ing salaries OF county auditors; exempting
Deer6eld and other towns in Steele county from
restraining cattle law; reimbursing Edward
Drury tor contested election expenses; restrain
n;gv ing domestic ,.sas .ntmals from uan: run:
sonsty n making t,mss sii for confirming es4'sin sGsSa
goods expire May LIST; 1875, instead Of March,
1876. Incorporating school district in Dodge
county. Exempting towns in Gocdhue coun-
ty from restraining cattle law Changing the
name Of Halver Knutson, Nellie jackson, John
Nelson and Edward Olson. The Firemen's
Blu was lost.
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STATE S.uAoE, Feb. 26-House Bus Passed
For levy of . State tax Of 4460, 600; Authoriz-
ing the lowering Of lakes for draining lands in
Anoka and lsanti counties; lsanti county to
Iund its floating debt; Minnesota Central
company CON to 81 build Gid, a, branch r9ad from
cepting Medford, Deeraeld and Aurora, Steele
county, from the cattle res.raining law.
Amending the statutes as to county and town
liquor licenses. incorporating school dis
triot in Dodge county Changing names-Ed-
ward Olson to 4. .. Forsyth; Nelly Viola
Jackson and John Nelson to N. V. and J. o.
Westman; Halver Knutson to H. K. Wolsted.
Senate Bills Passsd: .Authorizing---Le Sueur
borough to keep = free ferry the +. and n.
association; commissioners Of grasshoppe1
counties to abate oil but State taxes Red
Wing to subscribe CSC, 900 to stock Of Red
Wing Il Trenton Transit 60. Amending school
statutes. Making tax deeds issued prior to
May lst, 1874, pTiuss tacis evidence Of title.
Establishing by weight the standard OF lime
measure. Fixing compensation Of judges Of
probate according to county population and
probate lees according to the value Of estates
questing tho House to return the Kandiyohi
capital bill.
RousB, Feb 26-Tho Becker county seat
bill Wis ordered to 4 second reading Indef.
nitely postponed, Bill relating to limited part.
nerships to the partition Of estates of minors;
to recording sherifk' certificates and relating to
appeals from Justices courts. Fres Schools. Mr.
keegsn Offering resolution requesting judici-
ary committee providing for distributing the
school funds to all free schools, includin those
supported by religious denominations, which
went over under notice OF debate
Bills INTRODUCED: Legalizing abate.
ment Of tax in Wilkin county; au.
thorizing Glencoe to issue bonds for town hall
re luiriag banking associations, authorized un.
der laws Of State to makequarterly returns to
State Auditor; repeating law creating
State, q Board - Of HEALTH. Ca1;tol
Remosel Bill = came up on frs
reading; and: Mr.. zGaskill moved, ~ it Va.
. purely local measure, to suspend rules and
pass the bill, but, after discussion, it Was voted
to recommit to committee OF whole by ons
majority. Dridges: Large number Of bridge
bills. including that for an appropriation for Z
bridge across the Red River at Fargo, were in.
definitely postponed. Passed: Authorizing
Glencoe to Issue bonds to erect atown hall and
legalizing abatement Of tax in Wilkin county
Railroad Law: Mr.. Mores's bill amending
railroad law=was recommended to pass without
= dissenting voice. TOWN lasxraaee: The towr
insurance bill was reeommitted for amend.
ment.S
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No. 1905 80. Three bundyed miners are On
strike in the Lehigh (Pa) mines and rougl
times are anticipated. ! Several men hav'
alrtady been badly beaten by t},'
rioters, furnaces forced to suspea'
operations, and other outrages committed ~.
Among condimations BY the U. D. senate Feb
c6th, were the following: James N. Tyner 9
Indiana to be Second Assistant Postmaster
General N. Fiiield to be Register and J. r
Mason to be Receiver Of the Land Ofire at St
Croix Fails; John Barch, Indian Agent a
Grand River, Dakota; Thomas 8. Tree, Sacs
and: Foxes, Iowa; H.. T. Livingsto me
Upper Missouri agency, Dakota
J.C. Bridgman, Green Bay, Wisconsin -.
The following postmasters were confirmed by
the Senate Feb. 26th: e. 8. Lord. Shakopee,
hinn.; T. w. Atherton, Usage, Iowa; J. c.
Barrett, Keokuk, Iowa; Elliott Schultz, Mar
shalltown, Iowa; J. ". Rich, Vinton, Iowa;
VIM. Wetherbce, Wabashaw. Mimi; v.
O'Brien, Atlanta, iowa 80. Gen. Pope tele-
graphs that Stone Calf has surrendered him
self and band Of about l, 500 persons, including
the two German girls whose young sisters
were recovered last hill. The Indians are to
give up their arms and ponies and 90 into
camp near tho Arapahoe Agency.
TUESDAY, March 2.--The public debt was de-
creased during February $6,68o, 1888 80. The
President has signed the civil rights bill ....
VIM: Dewey Hutton, pr 'prletor OF the Boston
Transcript is dead go. Delos Champlin, a mem
Der Of the Chicago Board Of Trade, holds 10, ,075,
tie number which, drew the second prize,
338, 5000, in the Louisville lottery 90. Johnston,
who robbed Brady the express messenger a,
Memphis some four weeks since, was arrested
Saturday at Cape Girardeau, No., by
detective VIM. A. Pinkerton. John
ston robbed the United States
express company in s.. Louis some twelve
years ago, and for which he served six years in
the Missouri penitentiary, after which he b.
came pirate on the Mississippi, committing
many daring burglaries go. Advice from Chat
tanoogs, Tenn, says the gr1atest flood that
ever visited that region since Noah's, is sweep
ing down the Tennessee valley. A large part
Vt Chattanooga. ~ also the country for miles
around, is submerged, and an immense amount
of damage has been done 90. A Washington
dispatch says it is proposed to incorporate into
the sundry civil appropriation bill small
amount for an Arctic expedition, contingent
on private subscriptions to the amount
Of $4,000 0.... Gen. Tracy, of counsel tor
Beecher, closed his opening speech in the pre-.
sentation of the case tor the defense last even
ing, its delivery having occupied four days,
and the examination OF witnesses will now
commence go. Two members Of the party
Which LETT Sioux City Lost Gall for the Black
Hills country have arrived at Sioux City on
their return. when they met with grand ova-
ton. They report their party comfortably To-
GATED ON Box Elder Creek in the Hills, and
that from >15 to 3s5 per man per day can be
easily made in gathering gold.
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The New Senate Complete.

The following is 4 list of the Senate of
the Forty. Fourth Congress, as rendered
complete by the election in Minnesota.
There, are Of straight Republicans lin
Roman) 4O;of independent Republicans
lin SMALL .cAPs) 5; of Democrats lin
italacs) %; vacancy. l; total II. The
year in which each Senator's term ex.
pires is set opposite his name:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-02-20
LETTER FROM VIRGINIA.

CovINGToN, Va, Feb. Is, 1875.
EDITOR CECIL WING Having decided
to settle in huntington, West Virginia,
and open my gallery March LIST, l thought
| would spend a portion of this month in
the Allegheny Mountains, making stereo-
scopic views of some of the fine scenery.
Having recently made visit to Port
Deposit, to ship my goods and buy small
stock, left Baltimore on the ) A. NJ. train
last Tuesday morning via the Baltimore &
Ohio to Washington, then taking the Poto-
mac Railroad to Charlottesville. | took the
Chesapeake & Ohio Road and landed safely
at Covington, 205 miles west of Richmond
at 1:3O p. NJ, stopping at the McCurdy
House, kept by McCurdy Sisters, and man.
aged by Mr.. G. P. Persnger, whose genial
face and untiring hand is ever ready to
accommodate the guests.
The first scenery that attracted my atten-
ton, was that at Greenwood Tunnel, IS
miles west of Charlottesville. This tunnel,
although Short runs under very rugged
mountain, and the frozen icicles hanging
from each end certainly present very fine
view. The country from this point to Cow
ington, crossing the Blue Ridge and por-
ton of the Allegheny mountains is very
rugged and broken, the mountains being
covered with snow and icicles hanging from
every stream and many hill sides
Covington is the comfy seat of ALE
gheny county, and is situated 1, pa feet
above mean tide. Since the completion of
the c. & o. Railroad to this point pike
road has been surveyed and graded north
east via Failing Springs, thence to the
Healing Springs which are fifteen miles
from here, then to the Hot and Warm
Springs; from this point the pike bears
southeast via the Bath Alum Springs to
Milboro Station on the c. & O. Railroad.
During the Summer daily stage is run
from Milboro to the Hot Springs via Bath
Aim and Warm Springs. There is also a
stage line running from Covington to the
Hot Springs via the Failing and Healing
Springs. These springs are all noted Sum-
mer resorts and each have hotel accommo-
dations for from three to five hundred visi-
tors. As l have not visited any but the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-02-20

sy@ On the first page we publish
two interesting letters from the South
west. The one describing Denison,
Texas, is life picture Of frontier
railroad town with its dance houses
gambling and drinking bells, and the
ruffianlv class that drift between the
borders of civilization and the Indian
country The Indian policy of our
government fosters, to a great extent,
this abnormal condition of society
The letter from Mississippiis the first
of a series which has been furnished
for publication in THE WIG by young
man formerly of this town. The de-
scription of that State, its resources
fine climate in the interior, &c, are
doubtless in the main strictly true, but
we fear the pictures are slightly rose
colored. We fail to recognize the sand
hitler" in any of the letters, and with
him left out the picture Of rural pine
woods life in the Cotton States is in
complete The letters discussing Mis-
sissippi will afford agreeable reading
and contain much information about
that naturally fine country.