Colorado Tribune. (Matagorda, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1, Monday, July 21, 1851 Page: 2 of 4
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THE TRIBUNE
MONDAY MORNING JULY 21 1851. "
DVe are authorized to"nnounce Col. P.
HANSBROUGH BELL as a candidate for re-elec-tion
to the office of Governor at the ensuing gen-
eral election in August
ItV We are authorized to announce Hon V. M.
PEASE as a candidate for the office of Governor
otthe State of Texas.
(JWe are authorized to announce Lieuten-
ant Governor J. A. GREER as a candidate for
Oovemor at the election in August next.
ttWo are requested to announce Col. V. E.
HOWARD as a candidate for re-election to re-
present the Second Congressional District of this
State in the Congress of the United States.
ItWc are authorized to announce H. N. POT-
TER Esq of Galveston as a candidate to repre-
sent the Western Congressional District of this
State in Congress.
ttWe are authorized to announce A. J. HAM-
ILTON Esq former Attorney Gcneeral of this
State as a candidate to represent the Western
Dir.nct of Texas in Congress.
r5We are authorized to announce Gen. HUGH
McLEOD as a candidate at the next August elec-
tion to represent the Western District of Texas in
the Coneress of the United States.
rWe are authorized to announce Cant. G.
K. LEWIS as a candidate for Congress to repre-
sent the Western Congressional District in the
House of Representatives. Election in August
next Capt Lewis is too well known in the wes
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tern portion ot the State and particularly in the
Rio Grande Valley to require a recommendation
and his numerous friends will evince their esteem
for him at the approaching August election.
rrtTaiM qtit)iiniultn .nnnn... T.ni ctt?
PHEN CROSBY the present Chief Clerk as a
"cTneraTland Office Commis$I0ner of tbe
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I We are authorized to announce Col. THOS.
SjftStf::
jrust election.
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!tCWe are authorized to announce GUY M.
BRYAN Esq as a candidate to represent the
county of Brazoria in the next Legislature of this
state.
rtWe are authorized to announce J. W. AL
LEN Esq of Victoria county as a candidate to
represent the 19th Senatorial District composed
oiinecoi
Jackson
Jack CaUnaudVicSria. Uh """lornro old residents of Western Texas. The fol
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IV" '.-"' o ftrrt villi nriaA trt nnnnilnnfl tn fTrtn
A.c.A.iriu.uBasacanaiuaieiorre-cieciionasi G John Bie Leucnant Governor.
US. aWnW S PrCmE C0UrtSamuel Purdy : Juda of the Supreme Court So-
at the ensuing election. mon HeydenreMt; SlatJt TreaJrer Richard Rc
T?Wp are authorized to announce the Hon.
U -7 ti tm. ouuiuiittu u iiiiuui(c nil; linn.
JAMES WEBB as a candidate for election as one
of the Associate Judges of the Supreme Court at
me ensuing election.
rCrWe are authorized to announce HENRY
THORP. Esq of Mataconla county as a candi
date to represent the District composed of Mat...
gorda Wharton and Jacksoit counties in the low
er orancn ot the state Legislature.
ttWe are authorized to announce JAMES
C. WILSON. Eso as a candidate to represent the
Senatorial District composed of the counties ofi
Matacorda " harton Colorado rictuim Jaukson
and Calhoun in the next lecislature.
The Victoria Advocate and the Lavara
Commercial will please copy and forward bills to
this omce.
(5Yv"p' are authorized to announce FRANCIS
M. WHITE Esq of Jackson county as a candi-
date to represent the District composed of Mata-
gorda Wharton and Jackson counties in the low-
er branch of the State Legislature at the ensuing
election.
i-ftp"The suggestions of our Brazoria correspon
dent B are under consideration. A severe III-
nessnnder which we have been laboring durin
the past week has prevented us from attending
the editorial department of the Tribune beyond
giving a passing notice of the most urgent events
with a free exercise of the scissors.
lHpE. H. Epperson Esq Whig candidate for
Governor will address the citizens of Matagorda
this evening (Monday.) at the Lafayette Aca
demy.
ANOTHER JMcrder. A JNlr. Ball was killed a
few days since in Montcomcry by a man named
Stephen Edwards without the slightest apparent
provocation. The murderer has escaped and a
thousand dollars is offered for his apprehension.
It cannot be denied that crime is alarmingly on
the increase not in Texas alone (perhaps less so
here than anywhere else) but throughout the
whole Union. Scarcely a paper reaches us week
after week that is not literally filled with out
rageous murders tragedies and crimes which
would disgrace the reputation of the most uncivil.
ized nation. To what point we are verging it seems
impossible to tell beyond the certainty that while
our emulation in the arts sciences literature and
ennobling qualities which render a nation great
and prosperous our advancement in the scale of
morals is certainly on the retrograde. Why and
wherefore this is the case seems no very difficult
question to determine. It is undoubtedly the
want of stringent laws the power to execute them
together with the force of a well regulated public
sentiment to frown down the assassin and brava
do. however elevated he may stamf.n the conven
tional circles of wealth who would draw his knife
and take the life of his fellow man for the most
trivial offence and then boast of bis chivalry.
So long as such outrages are permitted to go tin
punished we need look for nothing better ; and
just so long as those circles of society whose aim
should be to make a high moral tone the prime
standard of their excellence countenance the
perpetrators of such deeds there is but litte safe'
ty for the unwary and but little hope for the peace
able- andwell disposed.
HC?"Mr. J. M. Gibson has retired from the edi
torial chair of the Galveston Journal and dispos-
ed of his interest in that paper to Mr. Cherry his
partner in the publishing department who as
sumes temporarily the combined labors of both.
Mr. Gibson if not a profound and elaborate wri-
ter succeeded in conducting his sheet with a
good deal of spnghtliness. We freely forgive
him all his sins of omission and commission
gainst us while at the same time we much re-
fret that we have no longer mch a volatile friend
. to tilt with.
" fj- The weither continues exceedingly
Wirt with prevalence of westerly winds.
Late from California. Dates from Califor
nia to the 3d of Slay have been received at New
Orleans by the Chagres steamer. In the gener-
al details wo find nothing of very urgent impor-
tance by this arrival. The prospects of the gold
regions from all the lato accounts look more en
couraging at the present time than they have
since the first discovery oftho golden treasures
on the Pacific shore. Business and capital ap
pear to nave assumed a stability and permanent
basis affording security and protection to all par
ties hitherto unknown there while the labors of
the miner continue to be crowned with the high
est rewards. It has been said by many in the
Atlantic States that the rumors ol gold were al'
ideal and exaggerated accounts conceived and
thrown out as gilded bait for the unwary. But
such delusions could not last long and the experi
ence of reliable persons have been too full and
substantial to leave a doubt any longer on this
head between the ideal aud the actual. There
may have been those who have gone thither
perhaps many thousands of sich u ith minds
inflated with golden vision and who have re
turned onlywith the realization of an empty
purse a sad disappointment and a firm convic-
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'ancytnaun most instances such are mostly from
among the "doomed" who neithcir spin sow
nor reap dig nor delve and on whom dame for-
tune seldom showers her favors. In all animal
creation these unfortunates are to be found and
indeed it would be difficult to select a paradise
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and fancies.
As an instance of the indomitable enterprise
of theCaliforniansand'the brilliants prospects
of the country we have ample proof in tho ex -
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'of which has bpen nearlv lii.l in -islies fnr tlm
fourth time within a year the other nearly des-'the State at present but probably will sccrer-
llroyedby a conflagration scarcely a month prior n'mself forfurtheroperalions. Thepcopleof tli
to its resuscitation are acain rebuilt in a st le of town however he would not have made much
splendor and magnificence surpassing many of! out of as they have had some slight acquaintance
pur proudest cities on the Atlantic board.
What
could accomplish such extraordinary efforts but
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meweaiin ann resources 01 me coumryi
it uiuli iu iuiu mui jjuuiiuai trAL:iLt;iiii;iu I3di
present running at a pretty high pitch in Cali
fornia. The Alta California gives the Whig and
the Democratic nominations for Congress and
States 0ff;eer jn which w
1 we recognize the names
lowing are the tickets ot the two parties :
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
man i Comptroller. W mslow S. Pierce ; Attorney
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General Samuel C. Hastings : Surveyor General
m. jm. r-siitv ; Members oj uongress joscpn v
McCorkle Edward C. Marshall.
WHIG STATE TICKET.
Governor Pierson B. Reading; Lieutenant Go-
vernor. Drury P. Baldwin ; Justice of the Supreme
Court lod Kobinson: Attorney Ueneral Wm. U.
Fair; State Comptroller Alex. G. Abell : State
Treasurer J. M. Burt ; Sin veyor General. Walk
er Heron ; Congress t. J. C. Kewen. B. F. -Moore.
The accounts from the mines are flattering and
the industrious and persevering are rapidly ac
cumulating nanasome ionune. iiiir cion.
are tnrninc their attention to agriculture which
affords a handsome return and constant means of
employment. The Indian Commissioners are said
to have met with excellent success in their ef-
forts to pacify the Indians. A party recently left
Los Angelos for the purpose it is supposed of
effecting a revolution in the province of Sonnra.
Our neighboring Republic is in a pitiful condi.
tion from her proximity to tho Anglo-Saxon race
We doubt if twenty-five years hence will have
left a " grease spot" of invincible Mexico and
her Quixotic glory.
Dt'EL The unfortunate duel between Mr. J.
W. Frost editor of the New OrleansCmnf and
Dr. T. Hunt (an account of which will be found
in our columns.) appears to have had its oriein
in some pretty severe insinuations made by tho
former reeardinc the purity of the lattcrs oncin.
It was doubtless a tender point if rumor be cor
rect; nevertheless if men will permit themselves
to run frantic in political excitements and cive
way to abusive epithets they have little cause
to complain of retorts however cutting. Those
who live in class houses should bo cautious never
to throw stones. The death of Mr. Frost is much
lamented; he was a gentleman possessed of fine
abilities as a lawyer and was one of the ablest
writers in the Crescent Ciy.
n"A California paper thus announces the pro-
cress of iournalism in the Polynesian islands:
The Savoan RrroRTrn. Where will not the
English language spread? where will not the
press find a voice 1 Scattered throughout the Pa
cific its voice is heard from the different islands
in the same tones as have been familiar in the old
lands for centuries Where none but savages
dwelt a short time ago here and there now and
then a new paper springs tip imbued with tho
same spirit which hasmade it o powerful at home
which will make it so powerful abroad which
will make a home and an empire wherever the
Saxon race and the English tongue and a free
press get a foothold a hearing a start
Here is the Samoan Reporter published on one
of the Navigator's islands which until the year
1768 when discovered by Bourgauville were un
known to the civilized world. The paper is of
respectable size is got up in good style is well
filled with reading matter and will bear compar
ison mechanically with a majority of those pub
lished in England and the United States.
In these islands schools and academies have
been established and tho work of civilizing and
christianizing the fierce native is zealously per.
severed in. But apparently with little success.
War is the delight of the people and the Repor
ter gives various accounts of their fighting.
rr A shocking murder took place in the town
of Palestine on the 24t ultimo. A young man by
the name of Stcelman discharged a loaded pis-
tol In the face of Mr. Jesse Tate. He was arras-
tod and held to bail in the stun of 815000. The
wound of Mr. Tate was pronounced mortal near-
lv im hundred shot havinc lodged in bis face
patting both eyes out La Grange Monument.
rr Pa-tie Interested in Texas liabilities are
reminded that the first day of September ensuing
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m .a .1 A .1 S -. -1?4 ?! LihaaJ vattlf
ding8. Tlaw aU claimsT Tnenwihin that
period art forever barred. '
THE COLORADO TRIBUNE
Anothcr Smart Financier.
Tho San Antonio correspondent of the Wash-
ington Lone Star under date of 3d inst gives an
account of the figuring of another smart financier
who has lately made his appearance in that vi-
cinity! 'The day after ray arrival here while in a
hotel called tho Washington House making some
inquiries concerning a man I wished to see on
some business who should pass into the room but
our old particular friend Leavitt tho California
Financier a very unlocked for discovery indeed
to me as I had given up all thoughts of the man
for a longtime supposing ho would not dare make
his appearance in any part of Texas again. At
the first sight of him being so much surprised I
hardly knew what to do but concluded I would
keep quiet as my appearance is somewhat dif
ferent from what it was when I saw him last ho'
ping he would pass out and not recognize me.
My motive for so doing was in case ho did not
cam time to send information to Houston of hii
whereabouts and also to keep a strict watch of all
his movements. But after he went out fearing!
the failure of my plan 1 immediately sougit le-
gal advice as to whether he could be arrested on
my simple affidavit of his beingan impostor witt
out further evidence and I was informed he could
not. Therefore mv only hope was that he had
not recoznized me but alas that was dissipated.
tor n ing to the house m the cvenini.
they told me he came back after I left in great
hurrv and much agitated saying two mer were
after him and he was bound to leave sneaked i-
round privately got his mule said he was poire:
to New Braunfels but of course went in some oth
crilirection. bo you see the game was up. Hail
Iknown would have turned out so I wouldhave
IhliilTednn to thn man. lot the oonsenuoncos le
I what the3-would. I do not think ho will Icavs
with his sort before. Had I means sufficient I
would pursue the fellow at any rate. As it i '
thought I would send you this informat'un con-
cerning him supposing you might see proper to
publish him knowing him to be an impostor of
the deepest dye. I would have had it done a long
time ago hail I the least idea he would risk him-
self in this State again for I would not give agroat
for his life if some persons meet him. If he was
not a perfect compound of lies I would like to
have mado somo inquiries concerning him. had
I made myself known to him but it wotld have
been impossible to tell when he did speak the truth.
He had the same old talcs here about California
and drawing on Philadelphia for unl'mitcd a-
mounts with a great many variations tc suit the
occasion"
The editor of the Star adds:
'The man of whom he speaks (Lcaritt as he
calls himself but whose proper name is Leavitt
Neill.) came to Houston last winter ard passed
himself for a rich Californian. He insinuated
himself into the favor of two houses there from
xi horn he obtained several hundred dollars ad.
vanced upon larce drafts drawn by him (Leavitt)
on houses in nulacieipnta nnrrTsewTotK.'N.hUi
were returned with the following endorsement
not known here. At or near Montgomery he
came near forming a matrimonial alliance with a
respectable family but something having caused
suspicion on the part of the friends of the Vidy.
he decamped. He was next heard of at Shreve-
port La and now at San Antonio. The gent'e-
man who writes as above is well acquainted with
Neill. having been a clerk in one of thp houses at
the time Neill practiced the fraud. He (Neill)
has a wife and three or four children in one of the
Western States as we recollect now in Missmri.
The people of the West would do well to ketp a
look out as he is a "most notorious villain."
Neill is a heavy set man about 5 feet 8 inches
higli dark hair light colored eyes (we believe.)
very quick spoken and of quick motions ruddy
round face and with all a very good looking fel
low about 38 years old. He will bear watching."
Mocnted Rifles We were pleased h see
on the streets yesterday quite a number of Col.
Lorintr's gallant band of Mounted Riflemen who
had jus-t relumed to this city after a sojourn of two
years in Oregon. Bronzed and hardened in their
constitutions by the climate of that distant mem
ber of our republican sisterhood the Riflet di
played a port and bearing which would be irre
sistible whether in the camp of warorthesiloon
of beauty. Their appearance speaks well foi
the climate of Oregon. We never saw healthier
and hardier looking men. They may well have
felt reluctance as some of them intimate at lea
ving so pleasant a country just as they hadmade
themselves comfortable by building new and
pleasant barracks at Van Couver's Island. The
officers of the Rifles retun we understand with
their orderlies to recruit their regiment for another
service perhaps on the Texas frontier; where their
commander Gen. Persifor F. Smith will soon as-
sume the command. The men now in California
and Oregon will be attached to other commands.
N. O. Delta Uth inst.
& The flnnd in the upper Misusippi ap
pears to have hegun to subside after causing
eteat destruction to property. Besides the
injury ilnne In towns it is stated that frr linn-
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ureiis ni mnen ainng mr uiii-biopioui nipamoi.
and their tributaries the bottom linos have
been submerged for weeks ; the growing crop
nn these lands has been entirely destroyed and
that. Inn. so late in the season s to preclude
the possibility of re-planling.
The St. Louis Intelligence! of the 2d inst.
says
At present the river is several miles wide
opposite St. Loins; snn llhnnistnwn which
used to he nn the opposite side of the river i
now something less than midwsy of the " in
land sea"and wears a mo I detnlale look.wiih
the waier in Ihe serond stories nf some nfthe
houses snd up In the esves in others while a
few are anchored in the current and hnhhine
tin and down like a fishrrmnn's cork. Take il
all in a'l this has been the most disastrous
flood which has occurred within ihe memory
of that respertub'e person the "o'desi inhabi-
tant" It is e'sn great'? tn he feared that its
disasters will not terminate with the loss nf
property ; bat Ihst when the water suhaiites.
and. leaves such an immense surface nf wet snd
npv land exposed tea midsummer's snn
.h.ll .oftr severely from the dintse in-
Cint to the season.
Telegraphed to the N. 0. Picayune.
Arrival of Uu steamer Canada Decline In
Cotton.
Wamiioto.v Monday July 7.
The platform of Jones' Hotel fifty feet high.
ich UMiay and the foundation building severely
injuring si workmen.
The court-martial is ordered by the Adjutant
General tu await further orders after deciding the
case oi lien Talcott.
Tlie Saranac from Pensacola arrived at Phila.
del phia to-day.
Tlie Grorcla ami Empire CIlj-.
New York. Mondav. Julu 7.
I The steamers Georgia and Empire City arrived
ta-day with six hundred passengers and two mil
lions in gold dust. Nothing new from Havana
and Jamaica.
The steamer Europa takes out a million cold on
account of the Mexican indemnity.
Arrival of the Canada.
Baltimore Tuesday July 8.
The Canada arrived at Halifax yesterday and
the news was received hero last night
Cotton declined U to U. Middling Orleans
5. Sales of the week 3-1000 bales. closing dull.
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advance of 2 to 3 francs in consequence of false
reporu irom Liverpool.
Flour declined Gd. ; yellow corn 20s. Gil. to
30s. : white 31 to 32s. Tobacco unchanged.
Sugar advanced Cd. Lard declined Is. Provis-
ions generally very dull.
Manchester maiket good ; business prices sus-
tained. American securities firm. U. S Loan of 18G8.
1I0) to 113j;. Consols 97JC to 93. Money easy.
Weather fine : crops promising. Political news
very uninteresting.
Fatal Duel. A challenge passed on Tuesday
last from J. W. KnM. Esq editor of the Crescent
to Dr. Thomas Hunt It was accepted the par-
ties met on Wednesday on the Mctairie Ridge
near the Half-way limine. The weapons chosen
were double-barreled shot-guns each barrel loail-
ed with a ball di-t.ince. forty paces. Before ear
ning their design into cvecution. in that instance
they w ere arretted by police officers ho arrived
on the ground whilst the seconds were measu-
ring off the distance. They were brought before
Recorder Caldwell and gave bail for their ap-
pearance in his court the following day. Yester
day morning they appeared and signed the re
quired bonds to keep the peace. The result shows
that it was not their intention to suffer the matter
to drop there for they soon after accompanied by
seconds phy.-icians. and one friend each proceed
ed down to the ground immediately in the rear
of the U. S. Barracks to carry out their original
purpose.
Their apneamace in the Recorder's office in
morning lulled all suspicion and the general opin-
ion was that the affair for the present had termi-
nated. What was the astonishment of our citizens
as the news flew through the city at two o'clock
with almost telegraphic raniditri that the parties
had fought at the place alreaiiv indicated. nnl
that at the second fire Mr. Frost had fallen mor-
tally wounded ! As we walked out about that
hour we found citizens every where collected in
crowds. The fatal event was every where the
subject of theirdisriissinn. For some time it was
thought the intelligence might be premature but
its authenticity was soon established beyond a
doubt. Without reference to the eaiisn "nf the
melancholy affair all seemed to regret deeply the
fatal termination of it
It !Snnnecessarriu .tJt at any lenom on me
suiyecu e win siaie. However a lew n the
incidents that marked the close of the tragic scene.
Both parties fired in the first ir'tince. without
effect No proposition for an amieiblo arrange-
ment came from the friends nr Mr Fm-t : nnne.
nf cour-e ccnld come from the frii Is of Dr. Hunt
as he was the challenge I party Tho bnrrls int
h-charged were ri'-loadi-d. anil at th scc-n I fire.
Dr. Hunt's shrt t ik effect ; his ln!I entire 1 at the
right arm-pit of Mr. Frn.-. pissed through the lnugs
and lodged un ler the sra pilar of the left s'mul-
Icr. He fell nnrtally wounded an I m mc ten
minutes expire 1 1 The l!y w as carried off and
placed in a room of tho barracks.
Mr. Frost leaves an nmiabh orpnan daughter
some fourteen years of age. to mourn a parent's
premature death. X. O. Delta Uth inst.
Horrid Murder Some time last week as an
overseer of Dr. I'eeples7 in ashington county
was in the act of whipping.! servant girl a negro
man who was present at the time attacked him.
and stabbed him twice to the heart Dr. Peeples
who was also present struck the negro with a loa-
iled whip. The servant then turned upon his own
master and had it not been for the timelv inter-
ference of other negroes ''ie Doctor would him-
self have been killed. A jury composed of citi-
zens of the neighborhood gave the negro a fair
trial and sentenced him tn bo hung. This sen
liinci n parnPil in n Pinrt nn Alnnil.ivmnrnino'
the 7th inst Monument.
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Awful Tfaceily.
Never has il fallen In nur Ini as pnhtie jnu-n-
nllsls. In recnril in heart-ienuring a Iragpiiv
h occurred a mile from lhiciiy nn yesienlav
ihe 11 ill inslnnl. which resulted in the instant
death nf Airs. .Matilda Raket and ihe mnrtallv
wntinding nf her husband William Bsfcer.
The circumstances are these : a negro rode
up In Mr. Baker's about "iutrie anil inqnirei
Ihe way inaneighhnr'Ahniise. and was invited
by Mr. B. tn slighl until the family were
done breakfast in which ihey were ahnni in
set down and the negro did so. Ahnui this
time ol. E. S. O. RnberMnn rode up and
upnn examination found the negrn was a run
away anil he ann fir. HaKer lien ami piaceu
hun in Ihe house. Col. K then lell ; soon alter
which Mr. Baker met the nesrn nt the door
he having cut himsnlf loose wi h a latge bulcli-
er knife which he held in his hand. On Mi.
Baker's atlemntine tn re-tie the negrn. the 1st
ler grappeled wilh and cnmmencd stabbing
him. Mrs. Baker seeing her husband in this
perilous situation rati In his relief when ihe
negrn stabbed her. the knife entering jusl
abnve the left nipple severing the arteries nf
the exillar producing heimnrrhage and almost
instant death ; and after stabbing Mr. Baker
fnur times tluice in the back near the spine
snd nnce in the side ihe negrn got nn his
horse and fled. Nn nne was present during
ihe lir.rri-l tragedy except five little children.
whose screams soon assembled snmp nf the
neighbors. Sledical aid was immediately sum-
moned tn Mr. Bakei : hut there is nnt ihe
mnsl ilislsnl hope nf his recovery. A large
number nf nut cimens immediately armed
thetnoelves and went in pursuit of ihe murder
er but m nur last account fmm Ihe scene nf
ihe murder he bad nm been arrested.
Mr. Baker since he has been among us. has
shown himself an inilnt inus wnrlhv rilizen
snd Mrs. B. wa highly esteemed as an intel-
ligent exemplaiv wife and ninther; snd this
tragic event makes nrphans of six children the
eldest of whom is scarcely grown.
Stale Gazette.
Another Dreadful Tragedy la Iirnchbarft Va.
The Lynchburg Virginian of the 3d inst con-
tains the following account of another tragedy
even more dreadful tuan the one in which its la-
mented editor lost iiis life which occurred in that
vicinity the other day
V'e are called upon this morning to record
another mini painful iragedv occurring be-
iweeti gentlemen who may alnirist be consid
rii-il citizen nf iln plnrr. The circumstan
ces iiliirh raurd ii Imurrver being nfthe
most ilrlimte nature wc shall allude to litem
onlv in 5ii far as ill be necessSrtr to make
intelligible llie sail termination nfthe affair.
On biinday evening last about dark Doctor
Lorenzo 1). Willmns son of John M. Wil
hams residing just actnsa the river on the
Amhetsi side eloped with the eldest daugerer.
aged abmit nineteen of Captain Richaid
G. Morris who also lives immediately over
the river with the purpose of marrying her.
I'lie cnuplearrompanied by one of Williams's
brothers and a .Mr. Edmund Hill took the
Charlottesville mule for Washington City.
The family of ihe young ladv getting wind
of the elupemeni. accidentally in a short time
alter it ocruieil. Ua plain Morris and his eon
uiru -.n nam mums nu nis son
- l G PTV7" mediately for . pu.it
Tliey over hauled ihe runaways in Charlottes
ville ihey having been disappointed in meeting
n icntly consrywiici n-i-iir- .t. I .rri
itaiichter wa rnncealed in the hotel but the
faiher and hroilier got possession of her and
then had U'lllidfns.nnd his party bound over
in the sum n! a thousand dollars each. Both
parties left fn Imiiie and on Tuesday evening
they put up aeridently at the same lintel in
L'lvinnsmn. rMrn county. When Williams
party am! young Richard Morris were seated
at i lie sapper ihle opposite each other some
imligiiiiv wa nfTcred onng Moiris by the
oilier p-ittv. wlieu he threw his plate into the
tare nt Wjllmin. Morns Williams and Hill
then commenced a general sliooline which
resulted after some eight or ten rounds in the
immediate death of young Morns and the
mortally wounding nf Hill and it is said of
Williams alsn. Young 31. was shot in the
head and in a vital pari nfthe body by Wil-
Iiams it is supposed. Hill was shnt by him
in ihe side oi hark When this occurrence look
pldce the faihei and daugh'er were in their
room up stairs. A message was forthwith
dispatched tn the families of the parties and
arrived here at an early hour on yesterday
morning. The news nf so dreadful a tiagedv
of course created the greatest excitement snd
regret in this community. As to the feelings
of the unhappy families involved whose cup
nf giief has been peihaps forever embittered
we shall not attempt a description. Language
would be inadequate to the task.
As we have gathered these facts allngeihei
from rumor there may he snd doubtless are.
mnnv inaccmacies in them. But there is no
doubt about ihe s d termination of the aflaii.
When ne teceive the authentic ind detailed
particular we hal give ihem.
P. S. The report has since reached here
Dial Hill has MihiI nt his wound.
More .luihrnlic Mr. Morris was shot but
mice and ihii through the body. He was not
killed in ihe general melee hut was shnt hy
Williams' brother Ruben after he (Mortis)
hid shnt down hnih nfliis antaennistsfH.anc!
Dr. W ) and was retiring fmm the dining .'
..mm n. IV '-T..!f .. .l..J-l...'-Klhl
i. --'. .... ---- . n rAfiu-lftl wiiril l!C
n shot hy M. Hill and W. both shot altet
iliev neie wounded bill without effect. Mor-
is lived hut five minutes dying in his fslhet's
ams who ineel him at the head of the steps.
Ituhetl Williams has been arrested.
Onrglara nnil Thlerca at ITa.ea
Our city which is not often disturbed by any
thing except the 1 utle of trade has had its quiet
uiv.uicit repeatedly o! late hy horse-thieves bur
glars and scoundrels of various kinds. Within
the last week various robberies and attempts at
robberies have taken place which for hardihood
and adroitness in escaping detection can scarcely
w suijias-vu u iiiu iciciaii miu umcuceu crimi-
nals of our larger cities. On last Saturday night
the house of Mrs. West was entered and several
trunks taken from the bed-rooms and opened.
i ne uepreuaiurs naving maac some noise in their
operations sonic of the family were aroused and
the villains made their escape. They owing to
to the fact of their being disturbed did not suc
ceed in carrying off any thing with them. On
the same night they entered the dwelling of Mrs.
Stanton and bore off several trunks 'n one of
ituitu wc. uuuiiuuu uiiiv5eKii or eigni Qouars.
Several saddles we learn have been taken from
different stables in town which would seem to
dicate that they do not intend to confine their
operations to the plundering of houses but are al-
!.. iia.iniu fn lint.i c-nmA-B taiAIi tins an I l.m f
.1 . ... m ... - -P..
norse iilmi lor iraveiumr. inc iact ot our nti-
zens suffering their horses when not in service
to graze in the prairie around the town offers
them peculiar facilities for the execution of such
designs. It cannot be doubted that there is a clan
of horse-thieres and house-breakers somewhere
in this vicinity and it behooves the citizens of this
place to exercise the utmost vigilance to detect
them and put a stop to their future depredations.
No clue has been obtained as far as we can learn
to any of the villains concerned in these outrages.
On the night of the fifth an unfortunate occur-
rence took place in this city which had almost
terminated lat.il ly. and the issue of which is still
dubious and uncertain. An individual who was
arrested in this place some two weeks since for
the crime of horse-stealing but who effected his
escape rciumevi to Uio placo ana hirea mniwn
as a hand to ur. McPherson. who runs a boat on
this bay. He had made one or twd'trips Mc-
ruEisou Having no Knowledge oi nis real char-
acter. On the night above mentioned McPher
son was sleeping in his boat at the wharf. This
individual came on board accompanied by a
Mexican. They attempted to put up the sails.
but falling began to examine his pockets. -This
awoke mm and he demanded their business on
board. Receiving no satisfactory reply he per-
emtorially ordered the Mexican to leave the boat
This order was not obeyed and he struck the Mex-
ican with his fist and as he still manifested no
disposition to depart he seized the tiller and srmok
him severely on the head fracturing the skull.
i uu American on seeing me Mexican attacked
and so roughly treated sprang overboard and re-
ceiveu a mow irom tucrnerson wnue in the water.
McPherson bore the Mexican to the wharf and
went to obtain medical assistance. The case was
thought to be hopeless. He however still survives.
ana there is bare possibility that ha may recover.
The American mado his escape for the nisht
but was found in the outskirts of the town next
morning and is now in custody for his first offence
ot horso stealing. Lavaca LommtrciaL
No Sugar from Taxis. A writer in the
State Gazelle in speaking nf ihe prospects oft
ugr ciop in the lower part nf the State says :
"Since the first of January last I have isi
ted all ihe sugar plantations in the low ennnlry
and ynu will be surprised In learn thai planters
with 300 acies nf cane in many instances will
not make seeo" for another crop."
Dutractlon by Uu Ufa Maraa on the Oanli.
tonp.
The late storm appears to have extended it
havoc far into the interior of the valley of the
Guadalupe destroying crops proslratmg houses i
forests fences; 4c- as will be seen from die fol
lowing extract from the Victoria Adcvrete :
Some darrtage has been done to dwellings and
farm houses in the country: not only n the valley
of the Guadalupe but in the Cofeto settlement.
Thu injury done to corn in all this fegion will be
considerable. Some fiel ds have been hid en-
tirely level with the earth and placed beyond the
possibility of yielding more than one-third of a
crop.
Quite an amount of timljei along the Guadalupe
and San Antonio rivers betwee-. this and t!-a
Espiritu Santo Bay has been blown dawn -iJ
destroyed.
At Carious Ranche we hear quite a number of
buildings are prostrated. The damage done to
the property there is considerable and will be
severely felt as it falls upon those who are poorly
able to sustain such losses.
At the Mission m Refugio county the progress
and force of the storm were manifested in the in
jury done to buildings tences and trees. In one
instance it is reported one of the residents of
the plac'e a female at that while attempting
to return to her house on foot across an open place
was blown quite a distance on to the prairie and
by the time she could retrace her steps against
the wind and reach the village she was almost
n5U?J?ollaTes'e''- hfTctothing.
we understand in the demolition ofj-'veral build-
ings and other injuries done to property. It b
somewhat remarkable that in all the accounts
we have thus far received no other injury ap-
pears to have accrued to human life than that
occasioned by exposure to the rain nt an uniea-
sonable hour of the night. It is rxjible. howev-
er when we come to receive the history of the
storm more in details this happy etemption from
death and suffering will be dashed by incidents
of a painful and heart-rending character.
omce me aDove was in type we icarn ironj
Esniritu Santo Bay. that the hou 3 of Messrs
Cuykendall Burns Hays Tucker and Judge
Duke in that vicinity were all demclishe I or se-
riously injured by the gale. One r two persons
are said to haveoeen more or less injured either
by falling timbers or by exposure to the storm.
Mrs Burns is said to have died the next morning
after the occurrence of the storm having be;n
sick for some time previous.
Strono Sestimexts. The South Carclimaru
were thrown into a blaze of indignation by a
churlish and foolish refusal of the commander of
Fort Moultrie to allow them the use of the fort
and property given by South Carolina to the Uni-
ted States Government for the celebration of tho
anniversary of the defence of the fort (2Sth June
1776.) The celebration was held out side of thu
fort and appearts to have been a very spirited af-
fair. Messrs Rhett Carew Cunningham. Hayae
Martin and others made warm speeches denoun-
cing the course of the Federal Government aaJ
recommending immediate secession. The fuilou.
ing are a few of the toasts drank on the occasion
By T. P Lochcood Jr. One nf ihe Com
mittee of Arrangements : The day when Hie
dictators of public sentiments in South Caro-
lina be nf her own choice " native anil to the
manner born" We will welcome il uh
swelling heatls though the wai nf hostile ar-
tillery should be ils " matin bll."
Bu H n. Mazyek one nf Ihe Committee
The glorious Union of Yankee blood an I Csi-
Bu F. J Shaffer one of the Committee :
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The Palmetto Regiment The ugh more than
half their number found foreign graves in w n-
nini? for the Union the freesnl terntoiy of
California there are enough still Irfi tn illus
trate nther battle fields than those nf Mexico.
Gen. Martin concluded by riffenn the tnl-
Inwtne sentiment :
John Jl. Qnitman The first President nl
the Sniithern Republic: In alt the lltui'trintis
line In follow him. there never will be found
a cleare' head nr a braver heart
By Col Cunningham The Union .- Us
Past its Present and its Future. Its Past we
emember with a mingled sense of pride nr
wrnng and nf warning; iis Present is full of
shame and ruin ; and ils Future God help us
and it shall hare none.
The fnllnwing were regular toasn
Fort Moultrie Surrendered fnr nur de-
fence; nur defence rrquires thai H should be
surrendered back again. Let ihe Siiie oid.-r
and it shall he done.
Separate State Secession The only ves-
n'Weroad In Southern Independence.
By a Uuest : May the Caioiina hlnnd shej
upon the snil of Mexico to gain gold fnt the
Notth be ledeemed gallon for gill tn enrich
the seclinn impoverished by taxation.
ay ir. j. Unoieden nne nf the Commit
tee : This Meeting May it rrnve in be ihe
stepping slnne In Snnth Carnlina Ind'pendenre.
By J. A. Boone nne nf the Committee
Southern Eloquence Miy its next and mighti-
est effort be upon the battle field ; and its mne
those of the deep mouthed ticnon and the
cutting tongue of the swoid.
A New Plarfok Cssrnux. Amf3u-. Thn
New York Tribune. nfMnnday ir.nming h In
subjoined speri-l Hispitrh whi- is novel cer
tainly: Washington Suniirt cr.e 15
Mr Webster is abnut disposing nf the enm-
plicaledLCentral American qiieimrt hv nfier-
ing a enmprehensive Jntni .Tmrrmiir it.
England and France nf all the Central Amer-
ran slates gnatanteeing peace i ml independ-
ence. The same prnposiiinn i made wilh re-
ference tn Harii.thns settling the diiHcuIiies be-.
tween the Dominicans and liayitanr. eeurinr;
In each their right without reaoit to wai.
More anon.
sS a m ft i k 1...I M.. .FT... vr&7.
s.w a-. nai uiv niiuir . - .- -
Ally rising is a fact not only known to the
oldest inhabilsnt bnt appaienl lo thnrr of
modern introduction. Il appeal" however
that nor enast is nnt singular in this respect.
Lient Wm. D. Pnrler nr the Nar ha an.
inteiesting eommnniealinn in the Natinnal In-
telligencer in whieh he undertakes in show
that all ihe phenomena nf change in the ncean
line nf sea coast and appearance nf the mclis
ahnve Ihe water whieh have been nbserved
and commented nn from time tn time ars
caused by a constant diminnlinn nf the waters
nfthe ocean ; and that a process is al all limes
going nn by whieh the substances he'd in sol-
ulinn in the ocean waters at convertsd into
solid.
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The loumdns. in coming down the Mississip.
pi broke some portion of her machinery and put
back. She-will not be able to resume her trips
until the damage is repaired and that can only b
done by sending to New York.
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