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VOL. VII
DALLAS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 12,1682,
NO. 140.
fORTON'S UNION INTEL
LIGENCER.
"The old Reliable" Union paper and
the stalwart advocate ot
NATION AX. REPUBLICANISM.
Commends itself to all, who are rtevot
Id to the principles ot the grand party .•
]I'ogre 88 and Freedom*
It has now entered upon a new volum
ad asks at the hand of those, who profese
apublicanism that to which it i8 justly em
tftd a liberal and generous support.
The Intelligences was the last Uaion
ipei published ia the states that attempt
to secede from the Federal Union—and
suldn't.
I The Intelligences ia the oldest repub
peon paper tn the south,
"ihe Intellioenckb was for many Tears
i« tmly republican journal in the south.
Tne editor and proprietor of the Intel
kuKhCKB han continuously kept the old
"lag Arias' under th» most trviag cir-
cumstances—hat stood faithful among the
faithless"—lias passed through "the fiery
rnace"ol prtscription intoleranoo and
|deadly hate" and
UNAIIlED AND ALOW* '
striven to uphold the cause of the
CONSTITUTION AND THE UJflON
Texan.
Uaviag demonstrated that a republican
|paper can be published in the old demo-
nic stronold under the most adverse
Itreum stances, and having made the In -
|f KUUOENCKR a
permanent institution
leaving spent his time aud talents and
I money, when friends were "few and far be
Itireen" having borne the brunt and bur-
Uienol the tight; he behoves that in tne
dawn of a better day ne has the right to
those who "claim to be republicans'
o help extend its circulation.
WB SHALL OONTINUB
[to advocate what we believe the right and
I Id advance tlic be»i
INTEUE8T OE TSXAfl.
In our columns will be touud mtxch use
|<jl information for the business man, the
larmer and mechanic and all clashes of
loommuuity. We shall continne our en
Ideavors lor
AND ORDER AND GOOD GOVRHtftf t it I
The Intelligencer continuos to advo
|«»te i'uoiic f ree (Schools, morality tem«
ier&nce and 'virtue—endeavoring "to
I cheer the taste r.nd cultivate the mind,
po "build up the waste plaoes" and to ben
| cht uiankiuu.
lo our old reo.dere. it is not nec«N>ary to
gay more—they understand us, 'Co the
n«c, in our midst we say try us, or not as
you please! We haveenUsred upon the IS
volum* ol the weekly and are in the 6tis
volume or our dail*. We nave made as
good publications as our means would per
rnit—unpretentious and uuamiugusu
though our paper may have been, we are
Norton's Intelligencer.
Fcblihhed dails and weekly
*A.B. J^O^TOH 8f£o.
The
WEEKLY INTELLIGENCE!*
has the best circulation of auy
paper published in North-
ern Texas.
Terns of Subscrtouo*.
DAH.r.-Oae yoar, #8 00; ai» months, f3 OC
M>e monkk, 10 «oqm; per Week, 20 oenis.
WEEKLY.—One year, In advanoe, $3 60; i».te
bffM mouth*, #8 00; after six months, $3 60.
JlDVJBBTI8I*0~W»*XI,T :
9teatltw«rUon, 91 6( per Square otmgbt line* or
l*«. Each «ob«e^xeot Insertion. T5 oenw. All trav
M«t •d'vertl»emaaM mnat be puid tn air mice. ALL
An.JBarieaMBKTs DUi on WBbt iwhjketioh. Eoae-
0Mbl* delation mad« to jrearli.advartUoMenu
THE LAW OF NSWafAFflRa.
1. Subscribes* who do not give eipresa notice to
h« oontray ate coueiderod m wishing to continue
belr subscription®.
3. If subscribers ordo* "th* d-.ooontlaaiir»3,» ol
their periodicals the puoliaher may continue to
tend them until all resrr'aagej iuve beau paid.
|.if subscriber, neglect, or refuse to take their
raetod, they we held responstblountll they have
MtUed thctJi bill and or lured a discoutinuauuo.
4. If snbscrlbors move to another place without
Informing She pabliahor, Rid thj papers are sua.
to the lorrnoi dhootorj Uiey we held responalblee
8. The courts hare dAuided that refusing to take
periodcals l'rom,tie «Llc<i, oruow and^leaving
u>em uncalled for is priji.i fa'ole aviiiaace ol fraud
•. Any persoa whoever receive* aao *»pape and
make use of it, Mheth^r he otde*ed It or nut is
al a to be a subscriber.
FRANK JAMES.
Right terribly, Governor Crit-
tenden, have the offense.* against
society which have been charged
against tbe James family been re»*
venged. God knows, enough blood
nae been spilled, enough hearts
broken, enough lives blighted.
God knows that if it is tbe purpose
of the law to prevent crime by
making its punishment awful to
contemplate, that
PURPOSU HA3 BEEN SERY-L'D
in a large degree in those leu years
of terror and tragedy. Is its de-
mand for vengerance insatiable?
Is "Justice tempered with meroy"
than already mentioned which has
weighed beayily in tavov o* my ta*
king my present step. For five
months I have been in constant
dread that some rash iriend ol
mine or Jesse's, or some silly per*
son seeking notoriety, might carry
out the threats of assassination
which have been, according to
published reports, poured in upon
yon. Suppose for one moment
that that had occurred, is there a
man living who would not have
held me responsible for it? And
yet not only were the threats not
mine, as you will discover by com-
paring them with my writing, .but
the thought of revenge was never
one moment entertained by me.
I have now sta'ed niy case, and
have, I trust, Avoided auy savor of
mawkishuesa. I ask if you cannot
consistently with your duty give
me some hope for amaesty under
the condition I have specified. It
may strike you that modesty is not
the most prominent characteristic
of this request, but it sbould be
remembered that it comes from a
man that h still at large and the
uncertainty of whose whereabouts
is, although it need not be, the
cause of a deal of apprehension. I
d) not appeal as a man who, hav-
ing followed the wrong course un**
til his
HEAD 13 WHITENING
and he is tottering on the verge of
the grave, is taught repentance by
his incapacity for further iniquity,
but cja one who is yet young and
vigorous, and has reasonable
grouud to believe that there are
more y^ars yet left him tor active
service within the pale of society
than those which he has spent out*
side of it. I submit that it is not
an improper question for your coun
sideration, whether it would not
be better to have Frank James a
C onstitution of this State I can not
grant a pardon, even if inclined to,
cured the last ounce of flesh? Or,
, ,, . ' laying all considerations of mercy
eatished thai, in our humble capacity we ', ~ „ . T t'l
t^ve done some good, to others it thej a81(le» cannot your state 1 would
liaTe not to ub
Thuue who wish a fair, caudid out«po>
ken journal that i^ndeia not to a vitiated
aate and bows not the knee to Baal are
uvited to enroll themselves upon our
ist and receive the wkjskly at the rate ot
$2.60 a year, and the daily at $ti,Q0 pei
year. We* have never had agents in the
field to canvass lor ub, nor ha.ve we
collectors out to liarrass and annoy, sent
the contiary, we have ourselves On
pressed for our bills as many can testify.
To those in this locality we would respect
ully say that in oaviue subscription
luey can rest assured that, a paper publish
in .Dallas when there were only thirteen
(13) white republicans, voting the ticket
Ln the entire county, can not fail when
there are thirteen hundred, auu
SHALL NOT
till there are more than thirteen thousand
(13,000). Here we planted our Ebeueaer
years ago and here iNoitToy's Union In-
elligknceq will situu to uo squaro worn
Look up at the>ilag aad behold it it
a mere poetical nothing? Must] . . . .
tbe grot state ot Missouri indulge b"Dt" of fugitive, than a fugum?
D . , . u whftJnon H ♦■onli' .16mod humhlail
a spirit ol reveugo until it has se
BURNET'S COCUAIXE.
Renowned as a Pure and Effective
Heir Dressing iu all Parts of the
World.
For thirty years it has been a favorite
with people and a leader with the trade,
the name "Cocoaine" has become a val-
uable property. Burnett A Co. have es-
tablished kole right to use it io severa[
suits at law thus protecting the public
and themselves frtm imposition.
«The superiority of Burnett's Flavoring
[tracts consist iu tbeir perfect purity
and great stren^th-
The Intelligencek is steadily increa
icg its circulation. It is bei £ anxiously
inquired aileron all sides> The Daily ia
ouly 50 cents per nx> ih; Weekly i
$U. 60 per v^ar. 6eod ir your n«Bie< with
th. *
he cuh.
You can have the W bekly In
ttluqenceb for |2 &0 per ye«r|
to God X could eay my state—bet
ter afford, now that it has vindica-
ed its laws as no state ever did be*
fore, to say to its supplicants: l-Yes,
come io. We will convert your
very notoriety info a powerful in-
strument of good aud order. We
will,purely, as an unsentimental in-
vestment,restore you to citizonship
and give you an opportunity to
prove youi contrition and furtbur
purposes, We will call upon you
to use your experience and knowl-
edge of wrong-doing in the eu«
forcement of the laws which you
have in tbe past been violating,
and when by years of correct de-
portment and honest industry you
have won the confidence of all ol
those who now condemn you, we
will point to it as a proof of our
wisdom."
It I were certain that I would
not be made a scape-goat, I would
never have troubl-id you with this
petition, but would have long ago
faced your oourts aud met your
charges, but once in toils, I would
have had to accept all chances, aud
while none would have been inter-
ested in proving my innocence of
whatever might be alleged, many
might find it
TO THEIB ADVANTAGE
to assist in convicting mea Pat
yourself in mf place for one mo-
ment; and then judgeof my course
in Keeping oat of tbe taws clutches.
Th*re 11 one considwtion other
whether Frank James, humbled,
repentant and reformed before all
tbe world, will not be an example
more fraught with good to the ris-
ing generation, thau Frank James
a mysterious wanderer, or the oo-
cupant ol a felon's coll or grave ?
This appeal, though auonymous
and possibly without a complete
precedent, is not the result of a
sudden whim, bat is boru of a de-
termination which has been form-
ing for years, aud which has
already stood tho test of four years
of sober, industrious farm life, as I
will have no difficulty iu satisfying
you. I am prouder of tbe nerve
which has enabled me to take this
step iu behalf of my better nature
than auy courageous ac& of all my
past life. I write this letter from
St. Louis, and leave it here to be
mailed. An answer addressed iu
care of my wife at Independence,
Mo., will reach me, and L need not
say how fervently I pray that it
will not be the answer of a Neme-
sis.
Yours coutritely and hopefully,
Fbask James.
After writing the above letter
Fi«nk James went to Jackson
county and remained in or near
Independence until the receipt of
the following :
gov. cbittjbsden's beply.
before conviction of coma crime.
Whether you can be coavicJed ot
any violation of the law it is not
for me to say.' That, the court3 of
the State will determine in the
proper way when you are before
them. I think it wise in you to
abandon the lite you are charged
with leading, and in surrendering
to the legal authorities of the State
or the county iu which you are Ion
cated. If innocent of those char-
ges, then you will haye an oppor-
tunity to prove it to the world,
li guilty, the law dictate-* the pun-;
ishmemt. If you surrender, you,
as any other man charged with
oriine, shall and will have a fair
and impartial trial. The iutelli-
geuoe and character of the courts
of this State are ample guarantees
of such a trial without any aasufn
auce fram me, one not based upon
nor goyerued by the prejudice or'
the sympathy of the people, but
under the judicial forms of just
and well-established law-;. De-
termined as I am lo see the laws
enforced against all grades ci
crime, I am none tho le-=s convin-
ced of the importance to society of
having every man within the grasp
of the law protected in hit rights,
however lawless he may have beeu,
when he yields voluutarily and
submissively to that lsw, and ap-
peals to it and to me for justice
and meroy. ^lou may be innoosiit
or you may be guilty oi all the
various crimes charged to you
That, the courts will determine, as
before said, and alter the voice of
the court is beard, then, if it be-
comes necessary, 1 will decide what
my action nha! 1 be. Yours truly,
Thomas T. Cbittejnden.
This letter fiom the Governor,
although holding out no hope in
direct words, yet gaye the celebra-
ted outlaw some assurance that the
Governor would not act the part
of a Nemesis, but might possibly in
the future soften the harshnes* of
the law by the exercise of clemen*
cy, aud, perhaps, unconditional
pardon. He would take bis chan-
ces, and he put his nerve and his
courage to the test cf setting out
last night for Jefferson City alone
to deliver himself to t*io Executive
of the State. When he reached
Sedalia be was joined by Major
John J&. Edwards, aud tho two
arrived in this city about 3 orclocic
(his morning and put up at the
McCarty House. He remained
there during tha day, appearing in
tbe dining-room wiih the guests of
the house aud Mr. MoCarty's fam-
ily, all of whom were entirely un*
conscious ot hii identity and char-
acter.
south wail of the office were clofe-
■por, the hour of 5 when theex»-
pectant ears if itiose present bear I-
the sound oi foo ^tep- entering tho
rotunda oi the building. A m.>
ment later tu« vewti.known form T
Maj. John W. Edwards appeal- t
in the open tli>:nway. A-i he a.i
vanced into the room he wu? h»'-
lowed by a m.in nearly six feet in
height; of 6leuder, neat aud tri.a
tyuild, w'jo walked erect, and wi h
a quiet, easy and oeM'-pOssessed
gait, to the middle of the roo u.
Stopping in front oi the Governor,,
Major Edwards said :
"Governor and gentlemen, this
is Frank James. H? is here t<>
give himself up." This brio I in -
troduction brought face to tace tlu?
Executive of Missouri and the mi-
ted outlaw, whose name has been a
terror iu this State and is familiar
throughout our land, if nov tu >
whole world. It waa a sceue
without a precedent iu the aunai*
of the State, and to all present wh
intensely interesting and dram if it- .
To all appearances Frank Juuj -<
was the coolest ahd least rnov -1
man iu the room. While M ■']•».'
Edwards was introducing him n^
countenance was as quiet and caii i
iu its expre-isiou as it the busiue i
iu hand were no concern of hi .
He advanced a step toward i!
Governor, and by a dexterou i
movement unbuokied a belt from
around his lithe body and, holding
it towaid the Governor, said :
1 Governor, I am Frank Jame-.
I surreuder n?y arni3 to you. i
have removed the loada from them,
they ara not loaded, i Thoy h-iv,.
not been out of my possession eiu •
1364. No other man has evfcr n t i
them since then, I now give th»- i
tJ you personally. I deliver iu •
self to you and toe law."
The unpleasant appearance of erer. ti o-
most amiable and intelligent fac-.; wn
covered with burface, irritation* as tr i
tetter, pimples, or eczema can be dissol ;.
naturally by Dr Benson's Skin Cure,
excellent toilet dressing. It cures dandi
of the scalp.
A Varied Perform luce.
Many wondei how Parker's Ginger 1
ic <jan perform such cures, thinking ii
sence of ginger, when in fact it is u. :•!-
from many valuable medicines which
beneficially on every diseased organ.
The Badauil Worthies*
are never imitated oi counterfeited. 11
is especially true ot a family medi-
an d it is positive proof that the run
imitated u of the highest value. A
a< it hiwl been tested and • proved !>
whole wor d that Hop Bitters v»»
purest, bast and moat valuable tm.
medicine on earth, many imitations Sjx
up and began toBteal the notices in vo
the yres* and people of tbe country
expreftse l the merits of H. B and in
way trying to induce suffering inva i;!
us1? their stuff instead, expecting to lii
muney on the credit and good nan.
H. B* Mauv other.i started nostrum
up in similar styfe to H. B. with^va f-
ly devised names in which tQ -
Vti
tames in
l'Hoi»" or "Moph" were used in
induce people to believe they were
same at Hop I'itters, All sucu.prttti.
rouaei'i«yor cures, no matter what i
THE SURRENDER.
It having been made known
throughout the capitol building
shortly before 5 o'ebek that Frank
James would at tnat hour put »n
• 4*w uo waiter wuui i
an appearance aud surrender b:m- style or name is, and especially those *
6elf, the heads ol tbe departments) wt'fd "Hop" or- Hops" in their n
and their clerks, with others who
were in and about the building,
assembled iu the Executive -'ofiice
to await the arrival ot the noted
outlaw. Among those present be-
sides the Governor nere Judge
Stare of Missouri, Executive De- Henry, of the 9upreme Unurt ;
partment, City of Jeffer&on, Octo-
ber 5,1882.—Frank James: Sir—
Your letter, dated Si. Louis, Ooto-
ber 1, 1882, has been received in
which you apply to me for an am-
nesty or a pardon. Uoder the
or iu anyw-iv connected with them or i
name, are imitations or counterfeits,
ware of thein. Touch none of them, i
nothing hut genuine Hop Bitter*, wi
bun«:h or o!unt<>r of green Hops oi.
white label. Tiurt nothing el»e. L
gists ami dealers arc warned against u
in„' iu imitations or counterfeit*.
— - "
Fail E. Gbappell, State Treasurer;
John Walker, State ^uditof; Adr
jutant General Waddell^Major T.^ ^SXi3S^S7i
0-. Towle* and others,-besides the
representatives of the prese.
Tbe haBds. of the clock on the
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Norton, A. B. Norton's Daily Union Intelligencer. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1882, newspaper, October 12, 1882; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth444127/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.