The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 9, 1875 Page: 2 of 4
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THE BASTROP ABVEiilSEK
THOMAS C. CAIN,
nt«r, Publisher and Proprietor.
i',a<.frop, Orlobrr 0.
V M ''iijin *tnmt> aprtker baldly uu*
ue*d the «th< r .lay that 'Hlie couu-
. IriftiiR 1 *riie%."
\\ lift* in reeiept "I the monthly re
ri ol I be 1>, p.irtmei.t of Agt ioiiltur«-
r Atiguat and S ptr u ber,
tW llj tlit* kindness of Mr. J. W.
Hell, edit r if the Oiildiug* 7V/,'.ii/tn, wt
have been I ivon 1 with the following |
I iter ib adatanee of it« publioatiou in that J
j 'timid, fruu li. M. I'aaitlur., the mtir
derer of l.'ba*. Kirn, nt MeP de. Evuu
admitting Citl (Virjr word oontaiued in
thtsl-ttr w k Ktriotly trim,it doe# not jus-
tify I'amUi rV act iu ruing up to hirk'*
1 -or. an 1 with u (hot pun shoot bim to
rl, itli hi t c midst ol In* fit in i ly. without
a moment- waning Neither did meb
au act hrug biui Lis money, though it
'1 hero uu uo legal way of obtaining a turiviug village, several two story r >o
dollar, aa b<\ had but about live or aiz |,uiKliuK . a bioc hotel, three .lore* and
hnnilro'l dollim worth i f fc«K>il in tlie. n ^ i*«.i*t
house. 111.4 wan. 1 ualtfMlood. soiling fln* r** A^nb-niy. Oo every hand
them at li ill pri •o. ! thrift nud enterpri*e *<* n|>|>«r«*ut. From
N >w li t the public place theroaalva* thin pl*e>* to II ir .-reek >m a pretty,rolling
whore 1 stood -the earning* of a life *to | country, tin • irraas and sumo good Imnl.
lea from mo by Mr. Kirk—me laboring
Hear err, k, Mi b1h> au.1 North tlabilal i*
for luy daily bread, *n l be living end eh - .
joying hfe with my own money —then a beautiful eoentry. good water ancl
usk th-tii*«lvt - what they wonM hava | ■hnndanoo of it, g ><mI graan anil flue val
, , . , . ,. | ler laud. There i* bnt little improved
My pa*! rtx <*>r 1 is known in WuAhinR- , . , , • . . , _ .*
ton comity, where I n. rai ed. '■M"1 ,or Un(1 }■ w%r,h
And now, Mr. F.lltor, from the ahive from 81 50 to g;i per acre. Timber i*
onuses 1 am penniless, and e*unnt |"«t noaree plenty, however, for Are wood.
Wfi
eric
for which
iu lebted to CommisHioncr Fredn j tb.
Watt*,
ha* tuk n from a dipcudent family it*|yon for pnbliahin« thia Uieraent; but Monotoin cedar e n !«• had at •.'•peraorc
N « il 'V '• tiu< iieu which it i* pro
,, i«r:l bend to the Oenieniai aa an e*
ampl of Amariaau indoatry in the poul
trv liui K'ie diatiiiBuiabed beraeif by
IM\ ini! r.*< " i° om> ''*?•
Wl
tiyan,
indebted to
head nupport and protector, and iua it
pcrjialrator a miserable murderer
and a fugitive from justice. We can*
uot but Hi-oi that Curuthcr'n letter, if auy-
thing, luaket the matter w-.rtto for him.
Without it, the impresHjon might nud did
attain, iu the minds of m.iny pernonN.
dial some other motive than Kirk's fail-
ure to pay the money, prompted the
doe,!. H« cannot give any explanation,
a«k a* a favor and in jubilee to mv friond* a ri.
vou to publiRh it, and let both *i,le bo "" ral'', " ''
inn lor raU tn llrA uu till 111* cort wa< Kith-
erud. Tbe preuiker nu.-jje*!."! the appro|irU<
tied of Iti* il"(C. cil and tobaeco Money t >
Kmm| bonk* paper*, etc. Hut lie did n t " if
ive'l. Thof maul li«ve n .o< II tlo«y akk poor,
aiid If they naver l,nn goo>l book ar piper.
Tlie *tom il inuk{<'<l nearly frcryliody aeuia,
however, not *<> inurb. Corn i« plenty ami
> iiellt geaarally for ft" com* per bu*liol. Th <
' preaent low price of o ilton will injure farmera
i0"re than the (torin
l,aud In atill cboap enn'igii, and Improve
innlil« f 'ing uu. Itn n 141 unu are coniitiK In,
a iine at nearly every place. One clever nld
larkey ju t now naiil tn uie, "None nf u« c >t
lUUUULEN r NEUUOES IN MISSIS
SlPI'l.
lIvi.l'NA. AHK , OA 4—lO.IMI A M —
Many white ludica, including Senator
Sam iioi sion moki mcvi
la callod to tlie |i >4tp m r.i
roliimn, owing 1.1 tlie |. |.If, .
Sum U'"iMt<iii M'ltu.ii -nt ,
Tciaa. The lowt aufliircd by
truuti 11 of Ito.ik* and pap
Aleoru'a daughter, are heiu from Friara "7", "• ' r '
Point for aatly. Tlo. Negmea. three 'J' ' ■
l,iiM,len,l ulriki.it <a>• .. iu il I, .7 „i...'.i .1... I • *ten«t ti <• time : .n,;,.r ,
hundred Mining, ciluc witli a aliort di
tauee of Fnai'a Point. Ouueral Clbalm-
1 r-i, «h ' o uiinauds tbo wbitt* Moved
out. uud gave thou teu tinunt- h to dia-^
perae. Tlie negroes reorgumcvd thit-e
m 1 lea out. when tiny ng,iu «li*peraed ou
the uppiottnli of th> ••bllii J* la aiip-
luiHi'd the uegvo.'-, ure waiting for rem-
fore rnentm ('o!onel II irk and othera
liave gone down fr >ui bore. Every ef
Imim I
u ccd 1(1
per hundred at the ,,(, m r nuplaiu 'dl yair." I a We«l
Mr. Tom O. ,
f.,r acomplimenUrj to tbo Sixth ; m«a uf otur^d or otherwise, t. eonvinee
- - - • tiiii* people tbat he wna justified or ex-
disable in tbe boirible killing of
Mr. Kirk. Eveu bad he been treated ill
the manner he attempt* to iinprcav upon
tbe uiiuiIn of the publiu, it i« no juatifl-
cation or excuaa. for tlio borri I crime
<Jrai, 1 1 Hr of the Agricultural,8tockruiB
itig .unl InJuatna! A v. iciatiou of Te*as,
to In In hi ill S ill Autonio on tbo 13th,
l i'b, lot', an ' 10th of October, ili^t.
Tln-v any Umt the ladiea now propose
♦ •I inlrodne • n at vie of drew* aprinkled
pvofni iy with lions, tipera, panther*,
griPin". ai « it' ra and c'lim'-r ia dire. No
natter Tin y cau l frighten the men
nwiiy with such irifl"« « theao.
heard.
Yonra Ilespe<Mfnllv.
ii. m. Cabotiibih.
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I [OOMMfSll'ATEti. 1
Eihtor AnvKUTisi:n
What ia more pleasant than a jaunt,
and a camp bunt for a few wnrka. e pe«
eially when the weather la fine and yon i10 " 'I
have a few liiwn companions ?
li iviug a desire to sec the prairie ooun
try in North-Western Teiw, live of na
left the Southern portion of iiastrup
county on the 8th day of Augiitt, for a
tramp of a few weeka.
Tbe eoiiulry to Waluut Creek, a ilia-
brake. It <ek being so abundant, i* the it the *tnriu del nnttnirt him. il'< «ai<l
beat bnilding and fencing material, It
iloea not coat more than one half as much
aa timber fe ce* or buildings. 1 was told
' by a geutleman who seemed to be potted,
who hud built a gri at many of those rook
fence*. Dial when the rook could bo had
art'-r of a mile,. 1 lie cost was $'i
per rod; «berc the rock had to be hauled
onii-hiilf a mile Ibe cost was t2 W) per
rod, where the bauliug bad to be done
one mile Ibe cust wis ?.'! per rod, Ac. \
Tne North Gabriel particularly, i a
beautiful conulry, high and rolling, with
film valleys A large number of new
lilui
Not
• Mt ' sn I be tb*n eip'alnsd'hat b hiii'rlvi
ami picks,! np the collon bluw 11 out hail
Kiuiieil ami baloil. ami bad tlie luonry lui it.
full price
lb'' College, near Bryan, staml' In all it«
uisgniticeuoe and the adililinual bniliiiug; is
apprii.ii<liiii({ I'oinpktnin It i also a spleinl
id structure.
M ike h isle and bavs lliat N'arrnw tSau^e
running rubt by rour i ltl e. so I ran come
to see vou. Huspectfnlly.
TRAVKLKH
Sept So. "TS
there there will br .n,., 1,
iliis kit d Tin re is 1 '
friends of I lie di ad ti> 10 m.
st ives, lillt Ilia* 11 hltl l« .(>!'• '
sp, edily reali/I, sn I tl, i(
luoi.nmeut settle I at onoo.
It l« suggi.-l I in I'rai^se tliai briti
stone fcLoul 1 be curried ou board <•' ■«
cry '.tip for u-e in oaae of fir I"
hii I uud' f illllll'' " w'-
cunt to .1 - 11 •'
li<tin mure 11
tbii* rendering 11
buition.
We have had h iiuuii'er « t • q-, 1
for a oataloffi'e °f premiow* for tlie Ans
tin Pair, fro j partus dnslring to patro
nine tbe samo. if the Heoreta y would
fr.rward n« forty or fifty cataiogne* we
think wo eonld di*teitint« them in this
IWUNn-MVIII HAY.
tance ol 1*2 mile*, was anything but iu- places are lioiiiu improved ou the Middle | AOTTII Oct. f , lN,fi
wa* hot, anil North Oabriel. Several atylisb \ Convention met; roll callcd; quorum
the road dusty and the crops wo saw buildings have luen recently erected, present. Pr*yer by Kev. Wii Prust, L>.
were dry aud very sorry. We nooued it One of the most substautial reeideuces 1). Journal of yesterday read and *p
at Waluut Creek, Uuar P. ti. SlateuV j belongs to Murtin Mohch, a proininent proved.
There is some good post oak country be- i eit 17'u ami Mason. Prom the Oabriel' A. T. McKinney, delegate elect to till
tweeu Walnut uud Cedar creeks, but like to LampD-aa* springs, tbo oountiy i* a the vacancy occasioned by the rtsigna
many other portious of Texas, there is , high, rolling prairie, good grass and a lion of Mr. (Joddin, oume forward, pre-
no water. Prom Cedar ore>ik to the big 1 world of r, ck. Iu aome place* the land sented his credential*, look the pro-
prairie, m di-t inev of about It) miles, is is good, bl.uk prairie land. Tbe aceuery soibed oath and bis t at in thu I'uuven
aouimitted. Had he exhibited the roan .. ., , ,,,.11
. . . . tcresting or beautifol; the day
lines* to have given Mr. Kirk a ehanoe!,,
for his life, and then killed him, while it
would have lice 1 no justifi cation, be might
have made a im show of a palliating ex
i I'Use ,'or ihe horrible dee l. JJilt *a Ca-
;ri( 'i-n thir<> nre two aides to
O ihia*i Ie be ndnitta to
•\ s tiecatmi he did Dot
1 1 he cither side, we arei . , , . 1
rooky, smdy soil, greatly overgrown | m and around the apriogs is highly ro- : tiou
iliai Curutherw had uot 1 . , _. - u
nod* lie told to'Wl thorny baahes. Theprnrie set* in mantio. Iho Lampaasan Sprit
nouse from whom the ' ^v" n,"M s'd<! of Oniou creek wonderful phenomena, boiliu|
! aud exUinU to Amtin. There ia rnany
'go d Ideations for a a stock rancher ou
| Maher"' er.^'k and Ihe land iu om <
tecs Is a rioll blaek lo lui a:id Would
eonnty to the advantage of tbe nBsoola- | to pay a single dollar on theso no es to
tlon. Oarnthers. Yet, we are also informed,
A pri7ati'~huT'frow Mr. Creed F j that he did pay him fifty five dollars,
Tavlor iuformB ns that Sehulenberg had 1 rv,*ry dollar he had on hand, the very
ehippe.! by the ll Ar S. A. It. R , five d«y L<? Wtts mnrdewd. C.rubers promi*-
hlliidred lia'eK i l cottcn, up to th mid
,. .ois w,-re originally Imtight, had gar--
los'n ed Kirk f ir the iimoutit due from
tiini lo Oarnther*. This inforrniti -n
oomes frum au ageut of the honse refer I' ' , „
red to, and also the parties who served ',c ' J1 C >u.,try a t* r cross-
tbe ,rarniah^ papers. Then, this l eing ! ,U« °Mau cTwk U> An""a " nCh IU
true, Kirk would have bad no authority , " 1 * ■"*"«> ,n F«" Pu> "
. . •_(,__ ,, _ . t Texas aliow to belter advantage lb
Spri gs is a
boiling up a
stream lir;rf> enongh to turn nil the ma-
chinery of Lowi is, 1 f pur, - ulpbitr water.
Within *en yards is a large lre u water
spring P.- mark able curative powor'i are
claimed by the people for tbia water, and
one > a ni 't doubt it alio ha* sUcked hib
tbirat of its pure gusbing waters f^r a
It'Anan. ohairi.ian of Judiciary Coin
mittee, reported brek 11 reaolutiim de-
claring defaullei* l«Jons, and s*k«d that
it be ref-rred to tbe Committee on
Crime* and Punishments, Referred as
a.ik"d.
Also, reported back a mem irinl of the
citir 01s of Wilson county and a> ki 1 that
It I • T< It : I' d to the S'lleCt t miniltei, on
Ivantage tban few itiivs. or who has plunged beneath it* Apportionment, li fers I ai askotl.
the Oniou creek cmntrv The creek af j in*ig-ratiug waters, rhere are no hotels ( Mr. Scott submitted a memorisl fr >sn
fords Uue ii''V„r failing water, the land is t the springs, as the property cannot I,e tbe her and citizens of tbe counties i i
dlo of September. Ho states that the
«:orm did couaiderablo damugo in and
iround Sehulenberg, blo« iug down
I / 'ivoe f*T> etc?.
-• — —
Chicago'* lady lawyer,
■ accompanied a lady cli-
ih reoently, and tbat tbe
Misa Ilulet went to the
1 aud asked for a little
npoti tbe nnlighteuoJ bsr-
"Madame, yoa must be
rs of the Constitutional
... mioB have made tip u purse and
sn! M'ribed for n< ar five hundred copies
of tin Austin Daily State G xiHte, during
ing to protect bim iiRainst the garni.'bee
creditors.
We have no desire to do Carathers nn
injustice, and do not know the man. We
have published his jotter in order to give
bim n hearing, and at tbesimo time pub
lish Ibis statement, first, bee 1 use wo be-
lieve it to be our duty ao a public j >ur- claim to tbs title of u City
ualist, and second, becvusi we cons dercd . plaees n/ I ex is eau boast of
g >0 1 and t in grass excellent, timber, l
th.•ugii s irer. i'i found iu sufficient
ipiuntiti. 1 f 1 fire wood; the fencing is
made of cedar rails and plank
We arrived at th" river Colorado at 12
u , nn 1 fonud tbe water aa roil as the
name of tho rircr denote*. We took
dinner in the nubburbs
"City of the Hills.'
of Austin —tlie
Shortly after the killing of Mr
the sitting of the Convention, for the 1 Chan. Kirk, of ■cDade, by_me, you pub
Ixnight or hasted Earg", spreading pe
can irets offer their oool, proteeting
shade to the traveler. Aheantiful valley
of si'Veral hundred acrea afTor Is n fine
place for camping The towu of Eim-
psnsas ib 1 remarkable thriving plaoc. It
ban several large, " inrnoiiitrr, two slory
storis, two good hotels, Ac. H"sl >state
Austin can justly is high. Capt. llurnes bought oil" hitn-
and few dred aeree of land adjoining the t wn
the same tract at #1(K) |vr acre. Laud situat.-d in
it due to the memory of tbe decear.rd, enterpr;* • s-.d vim. She has large com the luni^ssas valley, within on m<e of
whom we over recognized as an honest, m ,A. ho «lr. elegant livery, stable*, the town, 1. Belling for llW per acre.
eonsciec lions, high loneil and honorable ,lu" banking houses), large wholesale and Tbe subject of irrigation is receiving a
citizen ami chrisliuu gentleman. The . retail st< r-s ; her City Hall and Theatre, good deal of attent ti ; one geutleman
following is the letter from CarutherH : ' her City railway, bye the way a* well Ju*t below the town put in a dam across prcei.leil
TO THE PEOPLE OF WASHINGTON,!"' 1 10 Ith' rirer U"™1 ,tbe 1 '/Si,.boated'
From a village of 40 >0 or OinX) since tbe * ter up by means of a pump, aud has , UUi« r a. j lUicaini
war sbc has grown to tbe woudutful pop-
Ei>itoji TwiiI'xe :— nlutiou of 15'MK), and n*.ill they come.
Sir: - Shortly after tho killing of Mr. 1 Thrift l appaicnl on every side ; llue
LEE AND 13 A STROP COUNTIES
Uarr.son. (lregf-, Css.s, IJov is and Wood,
relativs So tbe necessity of taking action
in referretn-e to certain railroads in this
S'ate. Ref.'-rreil to t omnuttoe on Rai s
r s.d Corp 'ration., .
Mr. WneJder, for the Committee on
Iunnigration, submitted n minority re
port and Article.
Tbo Committee on Slate AfTsirs, re
ported a section reipiiring the L gisla
ture to make provisions by law t 1 have
all elaims and demands justly nr.il law
fully due by Ibe 1 listing !"itate g
eminent or by si.y of iu prtxleews-ors,
prior to lMt'il, 01 slibseipieut to 1 Mm, if
within one year from a dab
aud uot then after,
or audited, all ^la'!"*
irrig .! >1, the present year, iiiueti*en acres aud demands uot so preseutc l, sball be
of land. II" inforniid our party that he and lorevcr to remain, barred.
won I 1 mak- S1 <XM1 P"r acre, ou four acres
benefit of their coi etitaenti. This mark ! H«bed « version of th- affair.
on
tban de*
complimentary tr> Col. Elliott,
serving.
I judge whether I had a 1
In thj spring of 1K71
Now iu
. , . . ; jaetice to mvsalf and friends, I ask you
of confidence and appreciation ir no lef-s j ^ ))ub,lgli thj(( ny „UUttneuti „„<] li)0I1
came or not.
4. I aold to Messrs
E ,T. Miiinock and Clias. Kirk, about
$:t.2H^t worth of ineroharidiae, taking thrir
notes for the amount, payable Jan. 1st,
lBTfi; with tell per cunt nit rest, per uu.
num. Sometime *oon after, I mule an
exchange with them of one of their note*
of *400 for another made payable .Tin
A California paper says that at Ihe
banquet of tb veteran* of the Mexican
wui. iu S>u Francisco, one of the speak-
<in s&id that Gun. lay lor did not say, "A
little li ire grape, Capt. Uragg,' but,
"Capt. lii"f g. it is bailer to lose a hat-
let} than a t attlu." 'i'liit w,i 111 reply
wU'u Geu. Bragg daahod hurriedly up,
miiot d the General, aud reported: Geu
era! 1 shall have to full back ttith uiy
battery or lose it.
buihliugs *rn beiug eroctid on evoy
street, and there seem* to b" no, part ol
the cty but improvement* se< ra to be
spr tiging up. When the Que irou bridge
spans *,h" Colorado, whieh will be b«g in
soon , tho 31dO,WO Court house which
Is under oontia-t be completed; the City
lighted with gi«, and a sup ly of pure,
fresh water furnished the citv, then, aud
not till th"n. will slie In-iit of the pret
For the y<ir sndtng September 1st the
I'idt of rc-n ' "is for homes iu Texas was
mormon* At point* under tho juris
diction ' f t'.< I'
* f.
h
agent ut Dsnnia-in,
1 other States and
11with th' :n casti
•ty lo the ate-nut of
The Stnte Sop> rius
! f lilt* t r.neh says that not les«
, '"TO in.riiij;^nlii have settled in
Inn. t: 'hi '' ' 1 J'ear just ended.
1st, 1M75, deducting the iutereut from the tu-st city ir. 1 t is. L -ohiri" at the
former note. wundorful growth of this city, tho ques-
Not yery long after Mr. Jfiunock jjor, n%turally aris ■>, what has giv,-u le r
and Mr. Kirk had a falling out, from * .,
what oa a.- I am not able to say. Hut I '• inapilu-i ? Ihe query i- easily aolv- !
unl r.-tand Mr. Mr nock said that Mr. el rnlro,d cumeetion with the htlanci
.'••J arnv
from Lur' ; "
111.'] portable prop
uca-ly
ler
T
K;rk Inteuded lo swindle me otit of tlie
above amount, anil thought be could
w rk it le-tter by himself. That was Mr.
Mmnoek's opinion.
Mr Miniiock came to my father's farm,
(in Washingt in oounty,; to see m-. Iu
a f« w days I received a letter from Mr.
Kirk wanting me to comu up and assist
I 111 a dissolution of the firm, and let one
I of the firm assume full control, indebted
1 nesi Are , which I did. Mr. Mi-mock Only the lack of railroad f iciliti
minted to io:sumo the s«me. But Mr,
of tli'j w rl 1 li f >re t'l" railroil was 1
completed Austin was a dull, dreary
place, but now the scene has changed,
an I she stands forth an mie / llf oities of;
Texas, ltiglit here would It not be well I
for us to pause for a 111 uncut, and n<ik
the q leslion wh it h eail ie 1 It istrop !
become tbe dull, hum drum place she 1 •''
; w.iul i
of Elpassu onion* His corn will yield
silly bushe's to the *er«, A company
bus been organized and have i ought five
hiinlri'd acrisin tbe San Hiba valley,
aud intend to faim ou a largo scale, by
means of irrigation. If irrigation is a
tlfiv-ss—and no doubt it will be that
w II !*• the most productive section in
Texas. The I.ililpi-sis and San Sib 1
valhys ar" rich and productive, an 1 by
thia means Can be made to blossom as
the ro«c,
Mv letter is alread too long. I will,
in another, rive you more items of the
irr< at North West, the coming Country.
amigo.
LLriEit i uoni Trwel u
Kn \lr Kitrtat.lt Vnur ptpsi still resell, •
toe,and I *111 as inu li interiwled in It %• for
lOerlv. iftr-'pt I ion tired ntld sii'k of lepofW
if murder.. r''bnerios, la -, p if 1 •" ote \ uu
may lie e uro t in pii'ilislnu; sn, li thmgi
I !!•■ p opir ds-lrr I'i Ku 1 wli il is guing nil -
1 v„n to tie- in-ill 1 ant -malic*! matter.
flue 1 the proVI'IOUS of ttie new cou
itntion pr' ' e,« 1 for North Ciroliua i*
the followiug. No port, n win shall deny
t' ebeleg of God, or th truth of Hi-
Chtiatian religion, or tho dinne auli < li
tv >.t the (' 1 or N< w IV ,t*m t. or
hold Ml g It
w;tb It • 11 1
shall II cu ll'
place of U
paitmelit With
W' ara etc
|irir ciph
.11. ■■ 1 he w iu Id pay iu 1
i'* days 1 cdl ul OU
du
Col.
it of
•I >ni a
•I'
<K '> | " e .1
(hi 11 lilt u death fr> ui 1 1 m rr
Wrath'r'ord on Te sday last,
(• A. •' "in* tie ! run r . omm "
the T<-> a* Military Ina.ltuU-. t- l
eoiimiaiidi d 11 Virginia ng meut ut Ap
I, iio.tr * III tbe a t battle that w ■
\ , hi f r B .1,(belli iii'l pel der.e and
I 1 |'won •( | r< ud stir.etion throughout
rv ■ • s |"0 aft< r the War h« be
.v.tii'shlU . t.-l with t e dl*. IHI. of wiiii'h
I, sod " >gl ' refuge iu M 1 <• 1 for
I W. r I 1 v'hte' ii months 111 the hop" of
b i !■ iTient rr-t- rst ori We published
n 1 umber of vcrv let- re ting letu rs from
bim o , Il visit i Mexico, mid on his re
tun* hp UiU« b impravr-l iu
«. I .1 1 pes of b- ju-rmanent
Kirk w * not willintr. S ffl's It to ki^-.
It Wl agreed (but Mr Kirk minted all
liubilities uud control of the tore:
I w is advise I tiy one of the moat re-
spectabie no reliant • of MeDade to try
and buy Mr. Kirk out, but not being
prepared. 111.1 oomprehi e-linff no dai.por
did n'it d 1 il
AI 'ut tin first of September, Hst, f
-.in ■ • r.e I of some money; while
[• t'd ^fr. K rV came drwn tr'my
v.- notes troin Giddings, tnih
1
1
•it He *111 1 he could
• y I <1:1 r: t think
• a few days I wrote
, .1 'siid'ng in ranch need
in a,-v I « ui 1 (five bim one of Ins
b .sitliO ".I'll ill" interert, for f.'ltlO
' out I; p- r ien m the dollar.
j , I b e I I 1 I 1 -e the mo!j V I
*' II did ii"t a (spie hi trni of swiudliuir
I II.ell int to M I lade and offere I
111 lit Ibe ubov • 1 on lot 4 I H" refn-
t do tha', I tliei d I w ill t 1 e t
«1 I'i III goo I" il • said In n ill I of I •
*e|. etion, Meh w old ilr • ; I .
wh cli I could not take then I of!' red to
take 9V) mid oi< dit the note w,t n He
refused I then offered to tal<" li.oi- of
leotlon bu had just bought. Me nfi|s< 1
to let ni" have tInt.
I then tried to buy a sack of Texas
llonr on the note lie refus' il rue tout.
I then offered liiui nil of ItH note* fur
which he refus d tie li I agree I
t ' take ^o>U iu aceoiinls on his cn-tom-
not u little enterprise ou the part of y ur | |lllt you . enc ,urv... u„. |,op. '|'|lBr,.
citizens bring Ihe engine lio-r to y ur ' *;,) t,„ „r, ,u.,, „f hops, aud drain' and rcr-
ihairi,? Would it le t |>o businrsv f ir your ,.|in« , ■ i < witbu it uny rn nuru-eiiirnt.
ciliz'lis lo pay a handsome silhsidv !o I w ■ tenri v-r, u it 11 *dvi e, lnji to note
induce a railroad lo come to your city? wlntlln • -,-(In i«v gmu/s At I' VI
Wotll 1 not Ihe increase of your city Mi' i >> ■ I'i'y I I mn I li'ie > llonU i/u'id
pio|>erlv in 1*2 uruiths pay the su'i tv!'
1 think I". Rusk, in Cherokee entity,
hn built i Tra uway to Jseks invllb .iiighl)
and it has pal 1 her well lo do it
<)'.! I{.str >p is one of Ihe nice, good "1.1
fasliif ii 1 towns of Ti xas, but iinh" h
your citizius do something lo obtain rail 1
tie,III. r-
| fwtiiiy l
had *ftiy-
an I t
Dr. K"n |r sk
''log t!,"r • *tid
iMy if i ,d rnp
I i b • ea'n;i -n
, - r sd li'e'u* lti old ue'^hburi
i I- ir ,ui It-'1 an I W i iinM,n 'untie#
ri-ad connection, your detn as n liusi-
in sn towu, is only a matter of time, lint
I am degri'ssing from what I startel to
v rite you, sia,| ly a sketch of my trav. N.
1 riil from Auat.u to Latupaasi
le ids along Ihe foot of Ihe luor. ii lains
Fine farms enclo* d with risk and < n lar
f ii" far aa I lie eye can look, lay on
o ir i gut for ten miles, where the ro 1
leaves the valley and crosses I tu iu
lni:i at Mt. Jul.. I post flics. These linn
(anus eaniiot be ti mgh
bt.
I wai inform
«d. f r l"<s th in £ I'I to .?7" per acre.
From Mi Juliet to JiillyvilIn, a dis-
ta' of fivi mil's, Is a rough, barren,
roeky country. Farther on we found
some nice f irms and floe r ater at run-
ning Brushy. The ;ie t place of
auy
r . 'f he would open his hooka nud let note i« liagda l, 25 miles frmn Au >tin,
me S lect theto- his he refu «s| flita i, „ ui,-.-. thriving little village, three
stores, postofh 'e, hotel, hK'.iksiuith shop,
I then ]' ft liiui with the d«termiuntion
of si ttliug with bun in a ditf r ut way.
r*
health
reatora
ttoii lint hi* hcHlth f*lbng, he pur
, t„.ni'H f."in near Weatherfor.l where
he w«* residing *t tha time of his death.
tloi. Jamis « is our Cioiae for Superin,
teaid-'i ;i "f 1 iiio j i On reflection I went back anil toll huu Ac. \\ hat I liked b Iter than nil
r,n, ,'iu nominating Omiven' i to pay ni' r 'l and he told me he di 1 not largo two story buildiug, er cted
|irt «,IH ii otiivalric, high toned, I have the money I tnhl him to give me ,ni«j Hull and Coll ge. The
.. t>oi, u!i' m there an order for the bale of eottou, lie had ,.
.siU' st. J g. uU. flight this 111. refus, d. I then «* l.uill principally
" fbarwi I I H„ked Inn the priw of e hat, lie gave no 'rock. This is a flue farming country,
m ...... snswer I placed the hat on my hei l. For s< v-ral niile« lunuing North uud
J, t^'niorrha*"' left "fo"Weathe"r expeMing htm to s v something that u,„i West, u.s flue farms, iu
eii WIHI licit,nrrnjijn, would lend to a settb ui'-nt, then and , . . .,
•-* IS II, ... I.I ;•' 1.1" .... , , „
lion* ut it. and I left him, weiring th provi 1, is worth «• H to vlt per urn
hat
1'lie above are Ihe reason* that fnfla ,
eucml tur dad, In tho HjuIIi tiabiitl, i another
nr*ro in (i"W friui. nn I tli«*v !m l ^
,4 • -Mift i ('• ll«*<f*; i-Hill fl'juriiMtlff,
itj l ih« r i H "till Ii .'l n/ il< nfn Ilt l-
Tub i* liiokiiin 'i( (Japt iC II. |{ Urj f. thnt
| j l n. i ' rii i|i4. ih^ in >•' ji tp'iUr li«rifT In
J tb<* Iu ' lil< > «•«' f11«*vi l« i«Mr
onl? tint I * in iy l -irn <' l if tlr-irrH, .^ii
! ( •• ii til. Im" '*lwiyi I' i a i • in Arkftijlj' • bfr
'ii «t). i inly iu i t.i , . .I i I. >1 11 i% n
• Ir-tui i- 14M.'"I'l'ii- -•! ui^'T ni« !o i'V«r tii«njy.
I('i . I il-* Y w I r u: to i i 1 ( . UmII.
' ', || 11 * mi I-' inn 'rf till ut sfv'i «li lu/
.A i I li" lit I / • i^r |||y (I In
'•! r • ' .-j/>i '4 v,*v I' ') , i< fti'l WKk
rIim l ui r Sri |g'* j i-t #h *vonl, i« i wr# fk
Iffirum iffi 'iv *. it "till, Iii* n I• ♦ 1 '• tnknn.
n... (iffii r. i.i .I'l l M i li4iiri (ra 1- I i
J« vvt« i 4*i I p'M'it* « n lnU*rri' tion«l
I hii l'ii I- Ulltflit Ii v« l#«*r'i Itr/ 'ly In
lirjrt'i if f f >fr>r "•••;>« Ii i I ln .-'n. Thu
|n*'i| .M if li'y m r.* furv h iiMifii? n l*ri«!k#*
tcroiM tri«* S kV4*ot( lit>lo* Him loii^ lifhl^a
ttlnrli lli«7 «*|>h.-i vlll j<ir•• ill«*iii in irt pr .fi|.
N«*«r to \\ , hi lif.i/ m o m«iy h h t«)i
of ko jj r<mii ii'mpi". finally ri'titum ui1
poor, to« poor i'i "* i boiii«i ii livuin book a
ixipi
tfi|ni«N U*0 ll'l ImI ntf*
M.o 111 sleeps, but will ever live in the
„„.m:.r of tb"s who knew himjH^t. as
on* off
mrthv *"0« of the Suflth.-—
w o" a (l)) |or |> (■ r- o- Hat tl.*y iu|.p irt tei,(e
for u pip,- -, at. i 'l v ii'«l eat' l ir^sly ^i nns
town |il*'.e I saw thren cik ta< bii< <i->|{ and a
lreaS' d i bull e* i-jil uu was nf II," fi fliiil" sp ,eaufi j
tbre • '.r l i ir little tu'« Ji,t' e , iinjut rs (ulrs
llii- l*teni"nt, iciwm "t thai iftet were si
veivp'ior; |i«rb*|is nad never bai a full
letlrl uu .-'101'- in at liat th- jr arer 'in han't an<l reailji
lo fl/kt ,. er every b in • tbat *a« tliruwu out
I'tie <t' "ist li nss b-'l t b rk si lb" < •*
lather iy III I. seven miles N'.lth of Hag Itl(| ruii li(T t|M> j( lh„7 m„ri. ,w# ^
run bu'tle <>ts tbe f*;l if tb«re w** n.iths
$400 ItcAvnnl
Hy
l*KOt la % tl % I IO N
llir (iorrriiur of
Wliilr *rI* I <• \ ;t
$200
TH uii t'/i
WnKHI.as
rn tl..,
I *a 7
IV* a . 11
.Mr. Moor « offered a rtsoiultoii refer
r,ng to the disposal of aiueti Iriiuieuls,
wliieh was laid over under the rule.
'• b' '' invention lb"ii proce*s|ed to c >'i
sid< r the LleoulMi Article, pending th.
discussion on aiueu luiuel, the hour «r
nvidlui the spei-ial order, viz liie Ar
tide on K Iu 'atloo, wbl' li on iu 'tion,
« a- po-tpi U«-d to Friday, 1<I o'clock,
and tlie I o'.ventiou proen b d aitli the
pi t.d.t.g sin J, et.
Mr. Ktig uo' prop ol to substitule the
ameiidmeut ol .Mr Clayton by the f'1
low ii tr
hec. 7. A Id after tbe word "inv*-
si in' line It l ie w r.is "aliitt.'ier t.y
itmnai r hall i- "f li«i ss luen, -snli'L
Wl.S lost.
Afli r various substitute motion*, Mr
Kuig oll"rei| the loh'iw nn a* a sutmtilutc
lor Mr H ii^toii s imiu,.lti,,:ii, .S o l nn,
Itvnk.oit tie w j. I in I an I a Id
ihe following ■ r |« "An I rr >t< •• t'r-
frontier from h -ti >■ 13 uir i"i;s tv Iu
dlalis ut other predatory batula," Ac-
cepted bj Mr h alt ill and a |opt''d b)
the C"i,veut|on.
More suti..titute motion* Wi rc jiiad>
M. it loet, atnl pending a n. tion of Mr
rtcott, to reconsider the vote taken on
yesterday extend.ug the torni of offi e f
ibe "Ooveruor' to tour jn-ari, tho Con
vciitifh edjourued.
TWRNTV HltVKNrU |.*r
ArsTiff, Oct. fi, 187")
Tbe Convention met pursuant 1. at
j itirstueiil. I'rsyer liy liev Mr Willeu
berg.
Frhsrd presented a miri inty report
fcrtu the Committrai on Immigration a r
V"eating a eonlliiuai.ee of the Uureaii.
Kusaell, of Wood, ofl- ritl the following
ordinance.
"lie il ordair.ed by the people nf Texas
111 Convention assembled, that no debt
contracted two years after the ratitlea
tion ol ibis Co'ialltutlon shall tie coll. et-
! e 1 by law.
I'ufinlshed busit.iss was resumed, be
mg ttie passage of the Klirutivo article
to eugrommeilt. I'liBU e,awful III! lupte
were made to mis' t ht salary of the h"C
leliiry of Blab', and lo allow th" Ijcgisla-
ture provide for a Hupeririteiolent .if
I'llbliC f iistruction. The article was or
.1. led t" be erigroxaed.
I'nc ma/ irity repurt on sufTrage was
Ink' n up A iii'ilion wae made lo ntrike
out the lines r. ipiirnig psyin. ut of poll
lax before votiuir It Wict urged that
the people w-re lir.-d of earr^iug 11 p iss
to the ballot box, an . 'hat it w is con-
trarv lo th" Fourteenth Auiolidineut to
III" Constilulion of the Unilrid Htates
Others contended that other Htates had
made such restrictions ou suffrage, thai
III Fifteenth Amendment superc-eded
the Fourteenth, a ul no llifringiuunl was
I lil'tdi) on the Coustitil tion of tie L'nilcd
Htates by this clause; it was purely a
'Iuestion of i'ii ed'cucy; and whether ttie
measure would conduce to tne bust in.
I ti ri als of the State,
Fending the discussion theConvnulioli
{ adjourned.
KVBNINO HltKMIiil*.
The whole aeasoni tnis afternoon was
, .'ousuUI'hI 111 llii) tiUeiisstun of the poll
: lax questiou, the luotioU being lo strike
out the restriction
Hpetadies in favor of Ihe restriction '
w«r« Disds by Its'wgau, Htoekdale, Craws
ford, Nugnul, Lynch, and othera.
Againvt it by Floiirnov, I'ieknlt, llrown,
Martin of lluul, and Mirii. lt.
A'lj'iurtind iih>il l) o'clock to-morrow
morning.
1 lie uiilui'i of such 11
exlrenie near icy iu
orda
Tbi* org 1 u•itiou has gone
withoul bombast or puffery. ,
way t > Ihe hiMirla of the p, ,,
been run ou eeonomiiMl prr
as III.nigh the 111 all age me ut w
the people's iiionev
fori is makiug to oigautitj a lorce to g<> | . * " "i'i! ' S"' '
down to night. K , ol dmwing, and the p „p|
Mi\irii;i tli't. fi -Tbe following to
III ' A 1*1' I l'i"«s is j isl I'C'lved,
"Fn ir's I'oint, Mi, Oct. ft, viall' h ua,
0. t, ti —The ahuiilf ol Coahuma count)
csiisi 1 our t"Wii lo b. invaded this morn
iug by Hit armed moll ol tn groc*. We
drove them back. Wo ure fully organs j r:/f'iph.
1/. >d for dclenae, with Senator Alcorn
and (leu. t'lmliuera in command. I be
shenir has fl<-d ib" cunlrt. Scud u.s
aid immediately. Signed li. 1*. Hold,
lit'.. K Alcorn."
Mlsii its, Oct fi The imprestion
prevails that theri Will be n > blood shed
at Friar's Point Mo Steps have been
taken to forward uu n or aims from here
No organi/."d tiody of meu will go fr.uu
Helens. Alcorn baa seventy 'n .alrymei: j
aud f> rty infantry, with wuich he had ,
driven tl two hundred negroes uud. r 1
Ilrowu. The steamer Maud arnv, d all
Helena. *ml reports uo tighling 1
Mmi'iim, Oct. fi —The folio*ing pe
cial w*s rd'eivtal at the Aiyiil i-lil te,
dated Friar's Point, Miss., Oct fi . 'Jtlsl
arrived per st- amer Juiia. At II o'clock
Ihie morning tbe citiXens were ail uuil. r
arms, nud autimpaUtl au ovcrwhclmn *
attack fr> m negroes, unless three huu-
Irid men can come here >( leb r Mi ne
groes from further violence. ibi*irie«s Hhiis K
■suspended , Citir.eu* IU dreadful state of I rullieis
alarm. The ri.'groen, fair strung, attack- Ir uu j .
id F.aiar's Point yeeicrday, but were rn ' ^c•«
pulseii by the whlti a under O. u Ch*l i wrier ' I
iue.s They threatened to huro Ibe town j thoritv •
a'd moid r the white wmen and chit and i ol
droll. I Iu* flghiln^ r iminei.ceil within war l -fla
three mil." of Friar's I' un , where tin the srr.-st
negroes made a stand. F.KhtiiiR was Cartlliiers t I'i
ki pi up to ( larksdale. As j..| Itiere is 1 ty, inMde Ibe j
no reliable statement as to l-oi, i, Pick Iu le*limot.>
, is ) i-t in r> port Hi:lilit,,r in tin v''initj
of Oik ItidgI', . t l Kighl negroes ne
r- ported wounded in j.strliy's rtubl,
and one white tuati Sheriff llrown is
Il a at . oticstoWli • fourteen Uii" i f
here, reorganizing Ins party lor the sup
posed purpose of ,4 other attack ou Fn
ar s Point. Tbe negroes are sai 1 to be
ri nd'zv ui mg 11 larue nund' is S" lar
aa I call use, rial this is 111 party move-
ment, both Ileuiocrals nn I llepublieai. •
I eluf united to resist nn meet bary ef
furl ou tb< part of S'icrifT Ilr n. who
bus t.en makll I' tl itu in at r f speech's
to tUc iii'niii' , and oik tiii/.ing theui into
arm..I la.d.es upon the idea that Ihe
wlrt- s intend.' I lo kill Ihem, when th.
fact is the wtnti • had not utter. <! any
a icli liitauti 'i . 11 r lo Id any ra 1 • • ' 11.k•
for s.|o> pnrpo-,-. w r di I ttr y hoi.I me, .
trik** of at y kliol. I atn a««ure.| f 11 1'
by S u ib.r Ai "-rn, .1 udu llarrU -e. 11
1. Heed so 1 other ) r 'miil'til e t ,'"1 ,
wh ' I e||( v•• that tlie ) r< set f at I
would pr. vent a fatal coli. 01 I : *e n
the whites and blacks T I,• (,.rtu, r f- s I
such an irf-currenc" si I a ill <u,ly t in
b-f "r ' I their live, and | r | • .
"l'his ia my las! telegram I Wli. I".,i.
hen to day, aud it is b rwarded by >p
lal courier to llrlena. Tbe Coulter tl
wut there to kn ,w what a.-ln 1. b ■« t..
had or may Iwt taken by the eit:. 1,- I
Mee plus (|. 11 Cl:*lmer* Rlol 111 ■ a
alr> have Dot yet returned to lowr. "
1 io ta is very lilt >■ • xcili niei t in (hi
•ity 11 s-gard t " apprelo n b I trmil
al 1 rial's Poiul, al.it as yet u< no n haw
gone tin 1..
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of II,
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ft'lrtfl I- I 1*1) ir-tl Ii km. 1 I 1.
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A '.il ri-i %'<l wi | ! #• p i I f«*r I
* 'j l i ti.r nt my i*t M 11 • rrtrt
* *qh i i rnuillo'i wit
i.i MP>
( 'irri ifif
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IliffWi' M.if. Nf >11 •, •• )r«rt oil %9 «ti(
It uri'l iit%inlM uu tip «li j 11*
nn I nn ill ,mI ih'^ * h *«il*li l>rmi<l.
A|■}-mI - i i*etilj il'iiAf-
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oil Mils
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i'liurs lay.
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I will be *t ti.r follow 1 x n*'U
on tue d tys stated, I • t'o
Coll. ' 1 tig 1 lie
STATU OUltNrr ASH
IAXHS
f r 1 v e T' *' I a;;.. ./, I , .
nt.pai I (or pi vi ills years,
v it.
Hmithvti s, M 1 ti Isv nnd I .•
1 l'h. aud 12th
(ir a 1 aril's, Wadnes.lay and
(1 1. Idlli ami I I'll,
lbs I Hock, Friday and H*tnfda
1.'.'h and Pi'ti,
fledsr ('nek, M inday, 1 I'-tob r l*'h,
I a dwell'ii Mill. Tuesday, ll-tot.er PI h, I
Mrs rorehar.d s, Weilntanlav, t) i.ilisr, :
20th
Ivgin, Thursday, Friday and S'itnrd*y 1
«I"I 31. '22, il
Mo I lade, Monday and Tuesday, ftMoher
2.rith and 2'i'h
Paige, Weilnesilay, '* loin r 27th
(Irusnntlorf's Mill, Thursday, 1 letolu r 1
2ltb.
(luiiniiighaiu's Kridiiy, (Mober 2'"di
Alum Creek, Monday and Tuesday, Nov
I si mid Jicl
Snake I'lairin, Wedneaday, November, j
Haslrop. frotn the present Hate till Nuv 1 )lir| "("wsn' l' I I' b
Mi 1M"'. torr*I Mar*, hand*
Tax p ay. r 1 urn re nested fo meet in. rem*..hi braii'lcl I en I'I
/ •< m/iih/ at th" iliffereut apputiitmenls ■ ik-lit Inp ,t,,,t 1 , 1,^1
and I'l l Ihetr ree.upls lis tisls mil I I'I a .1 one I: '. II"■"
I-. 111 riVKi.y be plineil 111 Ihe hands of I ' ve.ir, ,,|,| tost • I '• t
I 1 I'I I li s Willi foKTIVl' INsntri't'l.lNH to \ slue | ,. f n
HSl/.l! AMI al 1,1, I'll*Il'lillI V OK Ill.I.IS
■ /i kni"., -rftrr Novmni 11 r.'ti, I"7fi
JtillN KtillliRH,
S n Km rr "K llAani.il' (Jor MTV
Ity Wit M Hill).III. / h'fmJij
litfilrop, 1. 1 ih, A'l^iint .'lint, lw7fi.
It
It to
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h ■ iii
4th
ertts s
I mails
1 Stli A" '
full AH "i t
|ifi. 11 | t Mini m •• I 11 *
71 >1 H t;*' ".' I I
I r .fi« ui l.nwul v* ,u#li-
, I lltlt l«P!l 1 f| 'I |. %1 >1 Ii If
j -tli Will rmbr LiI.im
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 47, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 9, 1875, newspaper, October 9, 1875; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth204649/m1/2/?q=%22civ-war%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.