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:je(is Hanger.
THE TEIAS RANGER.
y. LANfAUTKK, EDITO*,—J- UABNAY, ASSISTANT.
lünsljington:
WEDNESDAY, 0CTGBEB 8, 1851.
'BJ11'. l'l,j J'i'L11 1
•#*Mercha ts, nnd other business men of
<?alv««ton; New York, New Orleme , timl else-
where, won Id find it lo their advantage to nd-
veriisein the Hanger. The bnsliiess men of
■onr onw section are well nwnre of the exteu/
aiv* circulation of this paper, which has in-
duced them to extend to us & liberal patrou-
sg- . / ;, '
The Late Candidates
Are requeued to pay up their hills due to this
establishment for inserting their Announce-
ments and Circulare. Our part of the contract
being accomplished, w« request that both the
successful and unsuccessful Candidates for the
lay. [SiouiTi IVéstenWl7/iTrican.1""
So say we, also.
(CP" And us too.
[Monument.
[Ranger.
fly The Ranger Office is removed from th4e
old stand, to the ufw building, adjoining
Maj. Cartmell's Saddle manufactory, on Fer-
ry Street.
Calvestoe*
We are pleased to learn that the city of
Galveston ha agaitUrésamed quite a business i
appearance. Its merchauts*are daily reviv-
ing large stocks of inerchandizo, aud they
anticipate a heavy biiiincss this fall anjl winter.
The Juurnal remarks that " if the Triuityand
Brazo* rivers will take an early ri^e*this year,
we may soon look for lively times in our
city." ,
Wc wonhl snggé.n to the merchants and-
bttsiucss men of Galveston, the importance
of sending us their fall and winter advertise-
ments, as we would like them to appear in our
enlarged ami hauusome pheet, which will be
issued the week after next.
Dietl,
At Coopersfown, N. V., on the morning of
the 11th ult., Mr. J 1-KNJMOKE COOPER,
tho great Americau Novelist, ajjed, about
sixty-two years. He leaves a wife and five
children, one son and four daughters—one
daughter is married, the others remain single.
Mr. Cooper was a communicant of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church. By his death a great
man has fallen. He had indeed his faults and
foibles, and who has not ? lie possessed
strong prejudices—was a warm friend and a
tty"' We hope onr patrons will excuse any
deficiency that may appear in this week's
paper, as our time has been njanily occupied
iu the removal of the office.
(£/"• The Baptist Association commenced
its meeting at, this placo on Thursday Inst,
and adjourned on Tuesday. The Rev. R. C.
Burleson, preached an able and effective ser-
mon on Sunday moruing to an immense con-
gregation, which carried conviction to the
souls of many, and had it not been for the rain
in* the evening, which rendered the camp
ground damp and disagreeable, much religious
enthusiasm would have been manifested that
night.
The Reverend gentlemen who participated
in the exercise of the meeting were Messrs,
Burleson, J. B. Stiteler, G. W. ¿nines, II.
Garrett, B. B. Baxter, James Stribling, David
Lewis, D, Fisher, J. M. Mnxey, F. B. Chand-
ler, R. Ellis, Ros and other .
Among our frleuds from o distance wo were
pleased to see Uon. J, G. Thomas, J. W.
Thomas, Esqr. and Cnpt. Wm. Hill, of Burle-
•on county; also Tho*. Harrison, K qr;, of
Uotwtuu. I- * -
- y^gr ".tÜO'C IH. uovJXKV," will please au
oept our acknowledgement# for a bound vol.
unto of the ° Congressional Globe and Appon-
<N*iu containing shctche* of the debates auil
proceed i ngs 'of (he ••ootid session of the thirty-
ftftt COH|NH,
tE?" Tho Ootober number of Godey**
Udy1# Hook I* on our table. It* embellish-
ment* ami reading matter are richer than
ever,
rpool, arrived
having made
She rc-
ities of cot-
the sales
porters
0,^|0 bales,
iddling
wts rather large, being fully s]xnrft^fGauii
well proportioned. Iu his general deportment
ho was dignified, gentlemanly aud courteous.
Somewhat aristocratic in his personal beariug,
yet he was always free, sociable and affible.
Such were some of his social qualities. As
> ,
a writer, he had few if any superiors. lie
commenced his literary career in 18:21, and
continued writing as a profession fill the last.
His writings are more voluminous than any
other American author—having Written and
published about forty different works, or ncar-
ly eighty volumns. Many of tho productions
of his prolific pen aro highly meritorious. As
an author he ranks among the first—with an
Irving and a PreScott.
The following is a list of Mr. Cooper's
Works—they were written and published in
the order in which they stand below—Pre-
caution, published in 1821; Spy, Pioneers,
Pilot, Lionel Lincoln, The Last of tho Mohi-
cans, The Prairie, Tho Red Rover, The
Wept of Wish-ton*Wish, The Water Witch,
Notions of Americans, The Bravo, The Iloi-
den Mtfncr, Tho Headsman of Berne, A Let-
ter to his Countrymon, The Manikins, Glenn-
lugs iu Europe, in six volume ; Tho Ameri-
can Democrat, Tho History of the U. S. Navy,
Lives of Distinguished American Naval Offi-
cers, Homeward Bound, Homo as Found,
The Pathfinder, Meroedes of Castile, The
Deerslayer, Tho two Admirals, Wing-and
Wing, Wyandotte or Hutted Kholl, Auto-Bi-
Advance in
The steamer Africa, from Li
at New York ou the 2ith nltlm
the passage Ut ten and a
ports an advance in the tówer
ion of | penny. During jtfie
amounted to 50,000 bales, of v
took 8,000 bales and speculato
Fair Unpland 5|d; Orleans
5¿d. Breadstuff unchanged. ■¡Sincf the de-
parture of the Washington pioiris bns have
been dull and lard declining. * iVcL'fus quiet.
Consuls 96J.
From South America.
Letters from Buenos Ayres state that Brazil
and the State of Garrientes have filtered into
a league to attack Montevideo. Jl bloody
war is anticipated.
Secession!
The Standard says : "A horse, tip property
of Colonel Carew, took fright froutlSbvie un-
hnoicn cause yesterday evening, cut breaking
away from the buggy to which lo was at-
tached, came down King street nS a furious
pace, running against a dray whickwas pass-
ing at the time, ho came in conta<* with the
shaft, which penetrated his sido almost
immediately killed him." Not a' iatf moral
>t!P
merchante ore beginning to receive
their toll ami winter goods. Wo oro informe*!
that our tovht wlllV better furnished this Ml
with merchandise of every description than
evet pome, gentlemen, hand lo your adver*
tktement«aud let tho good people, tor and
i near, know when you receive your good#, and
what ikey Onn*l t of, *Ve,
QC? The State Right* party of MtaMppt
havo now determined to run Col, JeltVreou
«Davle Kmf iioVe*tw, Iu the pl«oeof «eu, t)uli-
matu withdrawn, Col, WaVU haa eo«#ent^a
to oottr the oáuva«ti, which U ^«o ecttted with
tUe utiuoat cntHu«ia«m, -
KT- The Captain lieu, hae deettwd to le
••ifo Coa , IVier, who ha# been eut by o«r
Government te> Investigate certain watM* In
Havana, a^d refenetl him to the authorltW* at
(uaurni>
oiAmboy, at
'■St-'
Ueu;
Jack Tier or Florida Reef, The Sea Lion , or
the Lost Sealers, The Ways of tho Hours,
Mr. Cooper was born in Burlington, N. %T.,
In 1789, in 17SO his, father (Judge William
Cooper) removed to and permanently settled
on the site where Cooperstown now stands—
situated on the south end of Otsego Lake, aud
at the head of tho Snsqueh^unah river, in the
interior of N, Y,
Mr, Cooper, the Author, was raised at that
plaee, aud hasepeot most of his life there,—
lie reclvvd his collegiate edueailou at Vale
College, In Now Haven, After leaving col-
lege, he served sis years a MUUhljunan In the
H, Navy, In l^ll he was married to Mi *
De Laoocy, slsier of HI*hop Do Lauoey, of
the Western Diooese of N, Y, He lu\s resid-
ed about ten years In Ku?ope, mostly In Paris,
from IH*i7 to 1?ÍI7* flnce which lime he
has resided iu Cooperstown, And it is during
this letter period we had the pleasure of a
personal aud rather Intimate acquaintance
with our distinguished author, He la now
gone to his final re*t- he fleep* with hit
lathers, tint hi* uame will long survive aud
shiue brilliantly on the page# of UUtory, w,
Nnw York, stl^rite cot too
market U without activity, hut prices «re firm,
Hale* bales, Fair Orleans Ujo,} ITplandit
l)}e, Flour is sttatly aud active, with sales
uf 10,000 bbls,, at 9 73 to $1 00 for State
brands. Corn iu tolr request, ami ¿O Ortn
Ln b«kW^Kvo «k ooo, per bu*hel, for mixed
we*tetn,
OI,?- Thvre has heen ootwiderahlu excito
tira^n coooty, Va,' A Mr, John
the abolitionist,
iytfic Vlgilaoce
i demanded that
abolUionism,
l to do to, He Wa* arretted
inched,—whcoljo con*
w , «f
4
K7 Bayard Taylor, one of tho most ele-
vated of our young literary men, and an ad-
venturous traveller, has left for Af^ca, for the
purpose of tracing tho source ofpthe river
Niger. j
rjjp* Mr. Allen F. Owen, Amei'hjim~~Consul
at Havana, writes to the Washington Repub-
lic, under date of tho 16th inst., jtxplaining
his course regarding the Lopez priónors.
Mr. Owen states that he residesifeur miles
from Havana ; and that being unitell on the
morning of tho lGth August, he diti not reach
tho city until 10 o'clock, A. M. He then, for
the first time, heard of the capture of Col. Crit-
don's company : that tho prisoners were found
guilty aud ordered to be executed, aud were
then being* removed to the place of^xecution.
Soon after an American, resident is Havana,
mentioned tho matter to him. Hfe told the
American it was too late ; he could df nothing;
ho had not time to get permission |p seo the
prisonors. Of which fact the highest\uthority
ou tho Island informed him since thrrs the oxe-
ontiou could not be postponed. Wlpn ho sent
to the palace of the Cuptoiu Gcoe^J he was
informed that tho prisoners bad been xeouted.
Mr. Owen conoludes by saying "lis solemn-
ly declares beforo God, that under tlW oircutn-
stances, it was not in his power to
an interview with tho prisonors, oj
dono anything for them."
" Oilober
qui the
ítato vs.
if John
District
IIuutsvltTe rrcstsyxeruin'oi i >
On Tuesday lust the oaae of t
A, W. O'CouneU for tho murdori
Eoren came ou to bo heard in oil
Court now in session In thl« plaoe,
Tho first day was taken up in dieting the
jury, aud in tho examination of tho «alimony,
On the following day at 0 o'clock iie argu-
ment of counsel commenced, whloWwas not
closed beftire one, A, M,-Branch the X^ls-
trlct Attorney, prosecution aud W, A Leigh,
and N> \t> Potter K«qs, (br the defemte, The
jnry about 1 o'clock brought Into etart their
verdict which was guilty of mtmler hi the sec-
ond degree and that he •hould b cwaued to
hard labor in the IVuitentiary for foul years,
The wl^ of the Hon, O, W.Httelly, who
died a few week slnoe, was a mentor of the
Preihyterlatt, aud not of the Baptht tltureh as
was stated In our last Issue,
The Eastern stage Whilst oomhfe in on
Wednesday evening last, about a tile from
lluutsvllle was run away with by ¡the hor-
ses, causing it to be npüet, aud •evtoly iu-
ittring a í\ils MeClenoy, a passenjer fiwu
Uottttou eouuty,
A convict named H, S, Terry, Bto was
seutcuced to the Penitentiary, Imtsvllle,
Texa*, fór tett years, was shot eu lava him th
evening the íKlth ttlt, hy a guardlhlle at
tetttptlttg to wrench a gun front thflnand* of
another guard! he died iu a tow how, Tho
vacancy was filled ou the sameeveulct by one
Mr, Bennett from shelby co„ who \tas put
ltt for murder in the aeooud degtee ibfllve term
oftfett years, We learn that oiaht touvleta
are looked fbr dally from roW
mwmmmm
Since the
ture and exeent
of Interest !• mai
hi# Ueruh, Garrote
thus defined in au
ally { v^ttattgle,
to
tiea
of
i
Great Riot in Pennsylvania.
The particulars of the late terrible riots in
Pennsylvania, and everything couuecled with
them, continue to be deeply interesting, but
we have not room this week for all that we
find. The Baltimore Sun says that Joshua
Corsuch and Dr. Pierce were beaten and
bruised, but received uo gun-shot wounds,
and have returned home.
The funeral of Mr. Edward Gorsuch took
placo on the 12th, and was largely attended,
as few gentlemen in tho county were more
universally esteemed and respected.
The spccial commissioner from Washington,
sent to the scene of the riot, is named Joues.
He is instructed to make a strict otBcial inves-
tigation into the circumstances connccted with
tho bloody affair, all who participated in the
riot being regarded as iu the attitude of levy-
ing war against the United States.
A despatch of tho 13th, from Lancaster, to
the N. Y. Herald, says:
Iu addition to tho particulars you may have
already received relativo to* the murders and
riot near Christiana, ou the line of the Penn-
sylvania Railroad—many of which are very
inaccurate—I send you the following in an
authentic form :
Yesterday, Attorney General John E.
Thompson, J. Franklin Reigart and Joseph
Powell, with Constable Wm. Pioudfoet, re-
TT"Yl\Gr uWM'V "niuT.YiuT,-
II. II. Ivline, of Philadelphia, made his affida-
vit of the occurrcnces, aud warrants were
immediately issued for the arrest of the miscre-
ants.
Some two or three hundred citizens were
ready to assist the Constable, who took with
him about fifty picked men, and by 10 o'clock
last evening he Wrought in two white persons
—one a miller and the other a storo keeper,
named Castner Ilanaway and Elijah Lewis,
charged with being aiders and abetters.—
They also captured nine of the negroes who
were brought to Lancaster city this morning,
and committed by Alderman Reigart to jail.
When tho prisoners were brought to Chris-
tiana, tho excitement was tremendous. A
certain Mr. Burleight, an abolition lecturer,
made his appearauce, but soon wisely left.
The affidavit of Marshal lvliuc. is, in sub-
stance, that ho, MrrEdward Gorsuch, Dickin-
son Gor.-uch and D. R. Pierce, with two oth-
ers, wout ou Thursday morning about daylight
to the house of Mr. Levi Pownoll, where Mr
Gorsuch expected to find his slaves. Tho
house seemed occupied by a crowd of negroes.
Mr. Gorsuch immediately requested his boys,
(the slaves) who looked out from tho windows,
to come down ; but they refused, and threw
an axo at him. About tho samo timo two
white men appeared on horsobaok; and sim
ultaneously, gangs of negroes surrounded tho
deputy marshal and his companions. Tho
officer handed his papors to tho white men,
and requested them to road tho said papers
and assist him in sustaining tho laws. Tho
men refused to assist, and defied the marshal's
authority. The blacks then fired and killed
Mr. Edward Gorsuch, and mortally wounded
his son Dickinson, aud slightly wounded Dr.
im,« „«r«hiU aud tho others then es-
•wu\t,d. —
Dickinson Gorsuch still survives.
More arrests will bo made to-day. Tluv
oitiaena of Lancaster eouuty in considerable
numbers, are assisting the officers,
Tho excitement here aud iu Philadelphia Is
intense, Troops, I understand, have left
Philadelphia fur tho seat of the disturbance,
aud also a body of marshal's police,
A despatch of the 11th, from Philadelphia,
say* i
The officers havo ju&t returned from Lan-
caster county, having in custody ten of the
party arrested, seven of whom were committed
to prison ou a charge of treason, Three are
detained witnesses They are all colored
except ,lo*eph Scarlet, A great crowd of
negroes was at the depot when they arrived,
but no disturbance took plaoe, Tim prisoners
were marched otf to prison, guarded hy the
U, S, marines,
The Philadelphia Bulletin, of the tflth lust,;
says that ou Sunday morning, the iilth, the
U, S, marshal, district attorney, and other
officer*, accompanied by a force of (Wty-five
marine# and a civil of about fifty men
from the city, reached Christiana, and, niter
scouring the neighborhood, arrested twenty
four persons, suspected of taking part in the
outrage of Thursday, The excitement in the
neighborhood is hítense,
LETTER FROM GOV, JOHNSTON,
The Philadelphia North American contains
the plantation of Gov, Johnston, offering
$1000 reward " for the arrest and conviction
of the persons guilty of the murder aud viola-
tion of the pnbllo peace,H That paper also
publishes the following correspondence ¡
5t\> (lit timyrmr vf JPettHfyhwHM:
the undesigned, cltlmens of Pennsylvania,
rcspectfull" 1 —^
~4l\
nnovations have
construction of tl
of trlminal* ex<
pa rat us now us<
a barber'# chair
form. When a
and logs are
on
tsidcred
iver,
ito the
tracter
ap-
like
plat-
it hU
tat he
ttiug
!u
>«
>a
the public peace is fui ¡'appreciated, -and I
Jiave great pleasure in Lnítping ycÉ tbat,*nore
than twenty-four hour Ifore the receipt of
your letter, tho parties iplrcated bad been,
through the vigilauce au<|iecision of the local
authorities, arrested, andfcre now iu prison,
awaiting an iuquiry iutoiieir imputed guilt.
The district attoiney andlieriff of Iiancastei
county, acting iu concertwitb the Attorney
General of the State, destve especial thanks
for their prompt and enertic conduct. JThb
was all doue early on ¡nnday morning, and
duly reported to t^e by th local officers.
The testimony taken 1: the TJnitcd State*
commissioner, who arrive,at a later period on
tho ground, a printed cop of which has ac
cidetitally reached me tlii afternoon, confirms
mo in the belief that the iiate authorities had
vindicated the law, aud u a large cxtciu ar-
rested the perpetrators of he crimes.
The cruel murder of a ¿tizón of a neighbor-
ing Stale, accompanied ly a gross outrage on
tho laws of the United States, in tko resistance
of its process, had been committed: and you
may be assured tbu so soon as the guilty
agents are ascertained they will bo punished
in its severest penahv by the law of Pennsyl-
vania. I am very proud that the. first steps to
detect and arrest these offenders havo been
taken by Pennsylvania oilicers.
Permit me, gentlemen, having thus removed
all just cause of anxiety from your minds, re-
spectfully to suggest that the idea of rebellion,
or "insurrectionary movement," in tho county
of Lancaster, or anywhere else in this Com-
monwealth, has no real foundation,
feTlow-cltizcnsr There is no insurrectionary
movement in Lancaster county, and there
would bo no occasion to march a military force
there, as you seem to desire, and inflame the
public mind by any such strange exaggeration
I do not wish otir brethren of tho Union to
think that in any part of this State resistance
to the law goes undetected or unpunished, or
that there exists such a sentiment as treason to
the Union and the constitution.
Tho alleged murderers of Mr. Gorsuch
whose crime is deep enough without exagger-
ating it, have been arrested and will be tried
and they and their abettors be made to answer
for what they have done in contravention of
the law. But in the meantime, let me invito
your co-operation, as citizens of Pennsylvania
uot only to see that the law is enforced, but
to add to the confidence which we all feel
in tho judicial tribunals of tho land, by ab
staining from undue violence of language, and
letting tho law tako its course. Depend upon
it, gentlemen, there is in Lancaster county a
scn*o of duty to the laws of the land, manifes
ted in the easy aud prompt arrest of these
offenders, which will on all occasions show
itself in practical obedience.
Tho peoplo of that county aro men of peace
and good order, aud not easily led a^ido from
tho path of duty which tho constitution pre
scribes. They and every Pennsylvania!! love
tho constitution and tho Union. They will
detect, as* they havo dono in this case, and ar
rest and punish all who violato the laws of
tho land. There is no warrant, depend upon
it, for representing thamen of Lancaster oounty
as traitors and participants in au "insurrec
tionary movement." Youdo them,uninten
tionnlly, I have no doubt, great injustice
I am deeply indebted to you for allbrdin
mo this opportunity of (^pressing mv views,
xmr*ior y,nu pcwrnuá,¿ í, u \ t .
havo been able to do You, aud my fellow
oltixous at largo, may bo assured of my firm
determination, at all hazards aud under all
citonmstitnoea, to maintain tho supremacy of
the constitution, and enforce obediuuoe to the
laws allko of tho United Staes aud of this
Commonwealth.
In order that I may be sure that my answer
may reach its distluatlon, \ havo requested
Mr, White to put it in the hands of Mr, John
Cadwalader, whoso signature, I observe, is
first. \ am, ¿vlth grout respect your obedient
servant, Wm, F, Johnston,
|V7- the following is from the Sau Antonio
Ledger. The thieve* spoken of arc supposed
to be the ones "Who stole the horse from Mr.
Lott:
Negro Thieves Arrested*
On Suuday evening last, two
^ town, ou the charge
aud the
men were
fly twptfceteuv, jp
WUens dlt a neighboring State have
been oru«lly awassluatad by, a baud of armed
outlaws, at a place not more than three hours'
J Jouruey distant from the scat of government and
i'jirom the commercial metropolis of the State,
That this Insurrectionary movement in one
of the most populous parts of the State, has
been so far i?uocessfnl a# to overawe tho local
ministers of Justice antl paralyse the powers
oft lió law, ,
That your memorialists are not aware that
" any military torce" has been seut to the eat
of the insurrection, or that the civil authority
has boon strengthened by the adoption of any
measures suited to the momentous o,rbls.
They, therefore, respectfully request the
chief executive magistrate of Pennsylvania
to tako into consideration the necessity of vin-
dicating tho dutraged laws, and •attaining
tho dignity of the Commonwealth, on this
important and nielaUcholy occasion.
John Ca waí40isr, A L, RovmVort,
E, Simeon, W, Psai,,
Swift, ' Jbu¡i W, Fornrt,
yuat MuGrath, Isaac Lkbcu, Ja,,
í, Carnahan,
Hays,
Martin,
C, iN9«asoi.t4,
JamwPAOI
harrt
MUS,
W
AnRtTntA, Sf/V, 14, t$4L
i 4 others ,<
' letter, without date, waa
hands by one of tho
c anxiety which you
twaoithc land and
New Orleans Markot,
Saturday Kveulng Sept, 5Í?, iSüi
Corroíí—Thc largo receipts induced buyers
to demand a concession In the prices, which
not helms freely met by the holders, the «sales
of the first two days of the week were con-
fined to 11,100 bales at a decline of }c, ou Mid-
dling and (|e, ou the better qualities, This
decline brought out buyers aud on Wednesday
and Thursday the sales reached HflOO bales,
Yesterday the demand f^U otf owing to the
stiffening iu the rates of freight and the diffi-
culty of making exchange negotiations aud
tho sales were oattlined to ¿1000 bales, To-
day there Is still less animation in the market
and the sales barely reach 1000 bales, making
a total for the week of I A,000 bales, The
advices by the Africa, the packet of the ifith
lustv, were received ou Wednesday la*t, and
though they announced au advance of ,\d,, had
no perceptible Intlueuoe on our market, ft
has been ascertained that the advance of au
\d, had been lost before the sailing of the
steamer, The market close heavily at our
quotations ¡
Inferior none1
Ordinary "Mrtcf
Middling H rtS f
Good Middling H liiSi
rmt o *tv#T
Fair O^ttOj
Scoar—Fair SJttOc, cholee Oicttlje,—de-
mand active,
Molamrs,—Reiiollcd, 23n.30c,
Floür,—St, Louis aud Illinois, $11 Oáttff)
921 Ohio $3 30; Extra s t ¿0 to $1 73,
CóKN,~Veilo\V aud White, 45«30e.
WntskKV,—Ucetlfied 2tk\
Bacon,—Sides- aud Shoulders 13 and Oe.
Lard.—*12o.
roi tn?K.~Ulo, 8c,
ÉxeuANOK.—Now York, COdcys por
ót, discount. Sight, lot) per ceiit. premium.
Tito Barter** Palo,
There is reason, oven iu the twistifioation of
tho barber's pole, Some of our reader* may
íbei ourious to know it* origi^i. Many years
ago tho barber united a variety of pursuits in
one—shaving, leeching and bleeding; the last
of which was the most prumi nena and profita-
ble of all. Tho barber o sign, was, therefore,
a wooden arm wound about with red bandages,
to represent the perparation« for blood letting.
When medicine and surgery came to the dig-
nity of a separate profession, the barber lost
tito greater part of hie patronage in that line,
«ltd \va« at list driven to confine hit genios to
tho (aaot «ad sheer . Succeeding generations
of harbors banished tho wooden arm, because
it had lost it* significance, but retained the red
bandages, or strip#*, for tito sake of ornament
and as*ooiation, and because in shaving, a
barber twists the nose oo unmercifully, nod in
dressing tho head enrls the hair Ukc a pig's
tail heneo our Resent barber's pole
arrested, in this town, ou the cbarge ^f negro
stealing'. one named Mosier and the Oth f,.
Everett. The circumstances ot
near as we could ascertain, are s f°l|
It appears that Mosier and Lvt
encamped, some months ago, near]
deuce of Ge . Gordon, Who resides
tou county. During the evening
upon which they had encamped,
negro boys cátne down to the
water; tiiev were followed by
Kverett, who gave theiu biscuit, aui
that they should have something
bv going to the camp. They previ
the^ hoys to accompany them T ml
ately they got then! to thoir camp,
dlod up, mounted, aud compelled till
ft on behind, threatening to kill the
made tho slightest noise. Thov Hunt
aud rode seventy miles without st
When they reached llobertsou county,
sold tho boys to a Mr. Henry, for $000.
The y | then made their way to Columbus,
Colorado county, where they remained tor some
time, at the house of a Mr. A. lteason, a
worthy and respectable citizen, in whose
company they had traveled from l'J Puso some
time last spring.
It has been *id that, the negro boys were
jftffo a i.ir. iieury. m IvobeuMJu eouuty.
Durrng^ the term oí court for that county,"some
handbills had lieen carried into that viciuitv,
giving the particulars of the abduction, de-
scribing the perpetrators and negroes minutely,
aud offering a reward of SI00 for the delivery
of the negroes aud apprehension of the thieves.
Some of the neighbors of Mr. Henry, who
had read the handbills, recoguixed tho boys
recently purchased by him, from the minuto
description therein given, as being identical
with those abducted trout tveu. Gordon. They
accordingly advised aud prevailed upon him to
carry ihctn to the Guucral, aud thus indemnify
himself i it some measure i'or his loss by sjuiu-
iug tho reward ofiercd. lie accordingly done
so.
Upon his return he was accompanied by
Mr. lJoll, sou-in-law of Gen. Gordon, it hap-
pened in the course of casual conversation, iu
Columbus, that the above circmnstaucos wero
mentioned by Mr. licll. Mr. Smith, sheriff
of Colorado county, who was then present,
asked of Mr. Beii a discription of the men.
Mr. Boll described them; whereupon Mr.
Smith informed him that two men, answering
that description, had been stopping at Mr.
lieason's for some timo pu^st. Mr. Bell reques-
ted the sheriff to. accompany him. Mr. Smith
very politely assented, aud thoy forthwith pro-
ceeded together.
Upon reaching Bijason's thoy ascertained
that the men of whom they were iu quest, had
started for Mouclova, via Sau Antonio, two
days previously. Ilithor they tracked tlicm,
and arrived in hot basto but a few hours after
tho persons of whom they were in pursuit.
Late and Important from the Rio Grande*
We learn from a member of Capt. Ford'e
Company, who arrived yesterday, that a lai¡
iusurí-füut force, uuuiherfnu ubou«., ñ*_
tired men, composed of Americana
Mexicans, attaeked and took tho towu of
margo, and got possession of the custom-house,
and with it a, large amount of property.
There was a severe tight on the oooasi^uj
hetween them and tho Government troops,
stationed there, iu which a man named
ley, who formerly lived ou Brushy, had his
shot off, Our informant learned these
from a Mexican ju*t arrived from Laredo, who
further stated that there was a strong feeliug
iu favor of the movement through the country
between the lUo Grande and the heart a made,
aud that the insurgent force was daily increas-
ing, Tt was understood that tho troops at
Matamora* and other poiuu ou the river had
been sent for, to assist iu quelling the outbreak,
aud that a large force was moving on Camar-
go from the ioterlor, aud It was supposed that
au attack would be made ou the 1
about the V',*ud of la*t mouth,
Kurd's cutupany were mustered out "of the
service of the United Slates on the 'iltb, and
about fifty men of his command left with the
Oaptalu to take a hand iu the game, Men
were being ral*ed and organised to join the
revolutionists throughout the valley of the
lUo Grande, and there seem* to h*> no rea*on
to doubt that th re will *oou b. a Mwa of
Americans there iu arms, sufficient at least to
be troublesome,
Canales and tiabajal arc said to he the
leaders, they aw both shrewd and capable
men, but in onr opinion, utterly void of princi
pic or patriotism \ am\ let the present atthli
remit as It may, they will reap the benefit,
Tt \as Ueefi
It is now some time since the bo iueM of
sending livestock, in the shapeofbeeves, from
Texa* t«i this city ha<t become an iteut of ink*
ÍÜ 'S« íhltwurtiA &íír,
steamer bring it* cargo of the article and wa
are glad to gee the trade steadily increasing,
Tho cattle in Totea have as many oWOnti to
our patronage as thos* of the At take pas. They
a * ralsod iu the same maimer, living in a half
savage state ou broad plains and wide prariop,
and attaining to great «ino and strength whilst
aOqitmng atioh ^asutitle«of that liue-){raitt*d,
tender flesh that feasts the eye of the amateur
and enable us to di pen e with stall aud ta|l-
fed animals. We have oftcu Mieu, iu the
depth of winter, ou the beautiful prario* of
WaaLaro Xo&as, drove of beeves, caulu ofi*-
tonishtng-Mae and splendid p^'ortious, iu as
fiue condition ami with as glo *y hides as^sny
that ever asked the Northern farmer's «new*
saut oaro. Yet the only itourishinettt our
Texas live sbiok had before them lor months
at a time was tue short dry stein! and diminu-
tive «cod* of the wiutcr-blastfcd mu-qnit grass.
Rt|treirntatUe (Tow «rUn^s ft.
Among tho most important cm** tried at
the reoent se sioa of tit* district oonrt tor
Grimes county, was the trial of a «tan named
Jessy Kirby, ou an Indhjtmeitt for a brutal
assault ou his wlte. There *as no ro^wlnj
the feeling aroused against him 1 '
convicted and sentenced to three
oument iu the penitentiary, The«
much interest tu the oawmnnlty, and ©very
one seemed glad that the scamp had been
sent to a safe plaoe «*C keeping,
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Lancaster, J. Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 8, 1851, newspaper, October 8, 1851; Washington, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180451/m1/2/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.