The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 26, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 28, 1852 Page: 2 of 4
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ihey were accustomed but they strove by ascend to the top but determined after hav-
their hilarity to make up for this deficiency ing seen hid men in undisputed possession to
A "ood dish of boiled mountain mutton was 'leave half his little force in a suitable position
flanked by sturgeon-rocs and that excellent to guaid the eminence and return with the
cheese which can be found only in the Cau-. remainder.
"How is Colonel Godinski tliN evening: ".her Ince anil the General would have been
i-nquircd one at tha lower end of the table.- unable to direct their inarch had he not been
"Ha your 1 i-rhnes heard " ' familiar with the way. Ten minutes enabled
"I returncdVoin his quarters at dark "nil! ihcm to reach the base o! tho rock; the Gen
swered the "oner.il. "He is somewhat uet -
tcr although still in considerable dangor."
"Gen. Borofi"" said Capt. Troilz whose
fnrn " iill r.rtvnred with banduci's though
his wmnd was doing well "you arc aware
that this is mv tirs-t appearance al me tanic. ;
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1 have therefore missed all opportunity m iu-(
ceivhi" any accuiate information concerning
this accident of Col. Godinski nothing hasj
reached me but a few reports which have
served onlv to increase my
curiosity. .Mav 1 !
ask how this wound was received :
"That my dear captain is as great a mys
tery to us as to yon.
The second morning
after our battle hero Col. OoiimsUi rasjrocn ercn mure ucreciy in.ui inim uiuiicigu
found by his servant. lying upon the floor of boring summits nnd swaying now on this
his npaitmcnt weltenii-r in his blood On side now on that as the breeze bore it to and
-xamiuation ho was found to have received ajlro
severe stan in me hcii;iiiii.iiiu " .
which our surgeon has pronounced highly
dingcrons. though with due earn he thinks it
will not prove fatal. The colonel has been
in cither a state of uneasiness or delirium
ever since this disasler so that we have been
able to learn nothing from him respecting its
origin. Were this all we might suppose ei
ther that some assassin had been in the camp
or that our friend had attempted to terminate
hisowne.istcnce; hut as to the first supposi-
tion the murderer would in all probability
have rilled the colonel's body of its valuables
whereas Ins watch and purse were found un-
touched" and as to the second no one who
knew our friends happy disposition would for
a moment entertain the idea of his suicide.
There is another fact that affords n more like
ly key to the mystery. A heauti ful Circas-
sian whom I have since learned was the
daughter of a Lcsghmi chief and affianced to
the renegade Alexander who leads the enc
my wasat Colonel Godinski's request as-
signed him by me as his share of the booty.
The colonel had her removed to his quarters
and her disappearance on the following morn
ing leaves no doubt thai she committed the
act."'
"Your highness omits to mention another
fact" said an officer who sat immediately on
his left. "A dagger was found planted erect
in the floor by the side of the body as if it
had been cast there with considerable force."
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"And this dagcer." continued Gen. UorofTi
"was of Caucasian manufacture nnd the
exact counterpart of one which Alexander
himself the Lesghini chief threw down in Ihe
same manner in this very room."
"Alexandcr.the renegade? here.your high-
ness?" "Yes" said the General "he camo fo
treat for the release of the fair maid his bride
that was to be; and .hen I declined intima-
ting that she had already been disposed of.he
drew his dagger and instead ofaiming at me
ns I supposed he intended the stupid fellow
expressed his dissatisfaction by throwing it
into the floor."
"By the saints gentlemen there is more
in this than you suppose" exclaimed Troitz.
earnestly. "I have served longer thhn any
of you in the Caucassus and 1 know the hau
its of this tribe well. The hurling of a dag-
ger in this way is an expression of deadly de-
fiance; 1 have known them to follow up the
object of their revenge when threatened thus
for years until at last an opportunity offered
of consummating it in the most terrible man-
ner. Nay if there seemed lo be no other
way of affecting it they would accomplish it
even i! their own death were the inevitable
result. A Circassian considers himself cur-
sed forever if he forgets this vow of venge.
nnr.e "
"Nay Troitz" interrupted the General
"I'll wager you make more of this than the
result will warrant."
'I Irust I do General." answered the Cap
tain: "1 have iived long in the Caucassus
and never have I seen this vow forgotten."
Scarce had he spoken when the door open
ed and a sentinel entered. "Pardon your
highness." exclaimed he hastily ''but every
height ns fur noithward as the eye can reach
is ruddy with a watch-fire and every moment
as we look we spc new flames springing up
and sending their crimson glow to the very
8ky."
"A chain of signal fires your highness"
interrupted Troit. "which these mountain
cera resort to when engaged in some great
enterprise which renders communication nec-
essary between different parts of the country
It is even so" continued he approaching the
door; "already I can count thirty nnd scp
another flares up on yonder crag not three
miles fiom the camp. I am no false prophet
your highness; the hour of their meditated
vengeance is at hand."
"To arms. then gentlemen" cried Borofi"
hurrying to the door. " They shall find us
propared Troitz I see there is no blazing
-signal behind us. We must try to sever this
burning chain lest we be surrounded on all
sides and it fare badiv with the garrison we
have left. Dn ynu marshal the soldiers and
have them icady for action at the shortest no
tice Scarcely a quarter of a mile ofT.I have
notir.pd a slrnnue looking rock so situated
and of such elevation that a fire upon its top
would be visible for miles. They will not be
likely to overlook such a beacon; while if
we pofsc.-s it we will be able to cut ofT the
communication nnd pi event any action on
the part of those in our rear. I will forward
gentlemen. to occupy this all-important point "
'Nay General it will be a work of some
neril. il thesi: sava-'es are in earnest." said
a iey-hoaded Major; "let me go and do
.you remain to see that all is right in the
camp "
"BorofF will never send his soldiers where
he will not go himelf" wns the brave reply
as tho General hastened to place himself al
the head of a small detachment to e fleet the
desired movement. The rest of the army
was soon called from their quarters and under
nuns; they knew not the reason of these 6ud
den orders nnd could answer each other's
questions only by pointing lo the beacon-fires
which still fiercely sent up their ominous light
to the heavens.
Too iioneral had in person rcconnoitercd
the "round in the neighborhood of iho camp
and s well acquainted with the situation of I
the crag lo which he had alluded It might
bo termed the summit of the hilly range on
'which the village of Tcherzi was situated. It
ut. be .-eacned "by a rough up-hill road
..which a.-ised a few feet from i'.s.baac. The
rock itself was ofa pyramidal shape and dis
tinguished notsomucir byits height as by
its insulated -and distinct position which en
abled it to be Eeen as'separated" from the sur
iouudin; mountains at a considerable dis
' tauce. A stony path led up the side; but the
General though! it would not be neceeiary to
1 he night was dark lor the moon had hid
.crni paiiicil tor a moment mil once more or-
j dered them to advance and clamber up the
rugged sido to a spot which ho remembered
to have seen a few days before and which
he thought would enable them to act wiihia
grcaicr cneci snuuiu uiu euumy iuil-ihiu m
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noiso ns possihlo they reached tho place
'We arc safe." exclaimed the General.ns
he gave the word to halt.
tits worus were iosi in a iouo snout irum
tlio soldiers and turning in (he direction in
which he saw them gazing he beheld a sheet
of flame shooting up from ihe vortex of the
At the same moment. he snw enkindled fir
and near to the southward (he ominous sig-
nals of destruction.
"St Nicholas protect us!"cried General Bo
rod" as he looked with consternation on the
scene. "Wo are too lute! But hold! Ivnn
your carbine; there is one who shall rue this
signal lighting!"
Ho seized the soldier's fire lock; they look-
ed in the direction of his aim and saw the
figure in clear relief against the flame almost
perpendicularly above them engnged appa-
rently in heaping fuel on the furious fire.
A flash a shrill shriek and the figure fell.
"So perish the ememies of Russia !" cried
General BorofT as he handed the soldier his
musket. "In line men! face about! for-
ward!" "So perish the tyrant!" cried a fierce voice
as a figure hounded lo the General's side;
and before n word could be spoken or an arm
intercept him his untitled sword smote the
doomod Russian and his corpse fell heavily
to the ground.
"On. Lesghini! Revenge! Liberty!" fierce-
ly shouted tho Circassian as his arm dealt
dealhstrokes with each word. And from the
lernbushcs and stunted trees that lined the
hill-side poured a host of the wild mountJi- j
neers as madly and irresistibly as tho sivol
l. . . T I .1 . -.
ii-o lurrciu. ao wonuer uini even Kussmn
veterans could not stand before them. Con
founded by the sudden appearance awe-struck'
by the fall of their General ignorant of tho
localities and in n position where their skill
and experience availed them nothing they
fell with fearful rapidity before their infuria -ted
foes.
"Remember your wives and daughters!
No quarter to the spoilers!" thundered Alex
ander for it was he
But he knew his men nnd tarried not to !
sec his older executed. His quick eve had
also caught the figure on the summit he had
heard the shriek and seen the body fall and
well he knew who needed there his help.
To scale the height was for his active form
but the work ofa moment.
"Zairah! Ziirah!" ho cried as ho folded
the body in his arms. "Awake my own it
is Alexander!"
The body was hoavy the muscles were
motionless the cold eye glared deathly on'L i i. . . i "i
. . ' "-" ul"""v u" be cheapness. It is true economy lo have good ma
"Ziirah! cried he again in an intense erhl3- wel1 Pul tugn"- at fair price; rather than
slower tone as if his very heart and not his ' Ponr materials put up in an unworkmanlike matter
tongue were speaking "Zairah tnv beloi I neither elegant in appearance nor durable. Wo
veil speak to your Alexander!" I have wailed lon for a Court-house; are amply able
There was a movement in the arm a mus- to build one now ; and should have a good one.
cular animation quivered over the whole frame ' lJUIidhg Commissioners should be appointed to
life returned to the line eve the corpse- ... r .. i .i .
. ' . .uir i watci the nrosre33 of the wo:k and see thai it js
like look departed a sweet expression per-1 .. .
vaded the lacc-and a low voice murmured: ?"od- WIh pwer l0 l'revent te piymelt rin3tal
"Thank Heaven! mv Alexander!" ments. and refuse the work wheaavcr unstable ma-
There was a pauses "the chief saw too sure- terials urban workmanship are imposeJ upon the
ly that life had almost ebbed; ho could not' county. If this is not done indifferent work is fre-
distress her even to ai tempt to hind up her'quently received from the pressure uf necessity.
wound. The moments of hfo that were left The building being completed and leally needed
were too precious. f(jr USGi u u fle(luem)y t10U?llt be3t t() roceive ;
'1 heard on my return to-day. beloved i--r-t.t.--v-
t i c . r i- . . J .' rather than have a difficulty aboul it. JNow we
a force able lo avenge you that you had es- '
caped I sought you Oh! it is sad to find
you here thus!" . j
"Weep not Alexander! it is belter thus!" .
murmured the maiden. "Thouah innocent.
lindefiled I could never havo been thy wife
she who lies in a chief's bosom must be a-
hove the suspicion of dishonor!"
"Znirah! my own! one question. The Rus
sian . " i
"Died by my dagger" almost acrealnoj
the dvins uirl. "when he atte-int-.ri nv dis.'
iirace!"
... ' ' i
The effort exhausted her; she sank hack.
Alexander larcwell our God will join
ns in i araoise.
-.ig.iiu uii: uiu-tBiua coniracteu uio eye
;lared tho corpsn irew heavier as it leaned
upon his bosom Zairah was dead!
One moment the chief indulged his agony.
Then he arose; the flame had somowhat sub-
sided but its light enabled him to see a few
feet ofF a little thicket. Thither he bore the
body; a bed of moss supported it. One last
embrace he severed a tress with his dagger
uippuu ii ir. uiooa raised it to her lips
nnd then to Heaven--cast over the uncon-
scious clay his soldier's cloak and then boun
ded down the hill sido.
"To the camp! to iho camp!" and like li
ons infuriated with the taste of blood tho
mountaineers rushed onward lo the devoted
camp. Hundreds joined them on their way;
every thicket seemed to lend a hand. Harsh-
ly did their shrill.war cries echo from the
mountains around and sound a knell for the
.loomed Kussians
It boots not to toll of Iho carnntm of ihnl
night. Sutlice it to say that or three thous-
and Russians who lay encamped in Tihcrzi.
hardly a handful escaped to describe tho ter-
rors of that fatal onslaught. Suffice it to say.
that oue war-cry was the fiercest one sabre
the most fatal one arm the most untiring
the passion Revenge swayed the aoul of Alex-
ander. That was a fearful night for tho invndintr
host; besides the number cut to pieces in the
field the attack had been general throughout
the mountain country; the signals had been
religiously observed; and four Russian gar-
risons fell simultaneously before the vengeful
Circassians. The reverses of the Autocrat
in this campaign are matters of record; the
causes that led to them arc not so well known.
Two years of subsequent wartare hardly- suf
ficed to reduce the Caucassus even to nomi-
nal submission.
Tha Lesghini still inhabit tho wild moun-
tain country and with hardly less bravery and
fierceness than marked them at the period to
which our istory refers. Few traveler dare
ponetrnte this picturesque and for the . Rus-
sian at Teflis tells him v "Beware of the
Lesghini!" Nevertheless those who have
made the ren.ure.te.l us Hut this tribe isnild
nnd hosnitnhlo lo men of all lands Bavo one;
but whenever a Russian is named they give
way to an uncontrollable phrenzy. Uncon-
nuercd nnd unconquerable they hate their
invaders with an intensity of passion rarely
equalled.
Alexander still lives and his name is still
a terror to his foes. He has never spared a
Russian and the fame of his achievmenls has
spread from sea to sea. At the Russian set-
tlement of Tlodi far up in the mnuntnins.ncar
tho chief haunts of tho Lcsghmi. 1 have seen
n whole company suddenly grow silent and
look nrouud in terror at thu mention o( his
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Our Conn House.
The County court will soon decide upon the Pro
iils fur litis huilifinrr. nnd determine unun its
'character. In this determination price should
Inn! 1m llin nntr rnnsidmtmn- I.nvr nrinn rmv nnt
hoPeour C"nly C0Urt wi" preTent lbo occnrrece
of any such dilemma by contrasiin only with per
sous competent lo superintend the construction of
tho woik in all its details and have it well done.
To contract with an incomneteat builder because
be can gitn good security is throwing away time.
The security may prevent los bat it does not se-
cure good work and the object annul I bn to bavo
the work wdl done as soun as practicable. The
object of a coatract is not meroly to prevent Ioss.but
lo effect somelhinj:. We should have a buildinj
creditable to the county in appearance and in work
manship and of the greatest pusiibla durability
There is an immense difference between good brick
Uvalls aa J pooroaes. Indifferent brick or indifferent
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will consider these points and determine with re-
gard unly lo the highest interest of their constitu
ents. We havo means enough to havo a good
Court house and should ba satisfied with nothing
less; aad a good Court House can only be put up
by first rale workmen
Mail Maticr
The Post Master at Boston writes lo us that the
sending back to this place the mail fur Arkansas
was not carelessness or intentional misconduct.
Intentional misconduct wa did not suppose it to bo
for we could sea no motive for that. Ho says tha1
he has frequently more mail mailer to dispose of
than be caa overlook and that consequently he
calls in assistance and from lhatcauso mistakes
will sometimes ocenr. Still we do not soo why
mail matter from this place which bad been at B03
ton more than 24 bouts should bo sent back again.
The rider Ieave3 hero Saturday and Wednesday
mornings getu'ng there at night of the same days.
He does not start back until Monday and Friday
mornings consequently is there about 31 hours al.
lmvinrr sufficient time to empty the bags. The re.
turn manor gets there in iho evening of the day
befora il starts up here. There is therefore it
would seem to us plenty of time in which to pro
vent all mistakes.
Ho nays in canclusion "Thoro is aomo three
bushels and a half of mail maltcr which is for tho
west and which will bo left here this morning ; and
I cannot gel il carried for any price without advan-
cing the cash and I havo not gut it lo advance."
This cannot bo generally the case. The receipts
of postage except immediately after the payment
of a draft should be amply sufficient to engago
conveyance and we trust that no three and a half
bashols will be saffered lo remain hereafter until
it becomes old and valueless
The rider on this route tells us that one horse is
not sufficient" to bring this Mail. Why does not
the contractor put sufficient conveyance .upon the
route acoordiaj (e caatuetT "
i i i" Pic i i iiii
Tho Xi-ituee-urii-a. nml lbo npi.ni.Un.. I
California ihn land of gold which has realized
all that Eastern fables ever depicted in relation to
the plentifulness of the most valuable and useful
of the metals which exist in any abundance has
presented from the first a dark side of its magic
minor ; which however unwilling the many might
be to look into has reflected lo the few who earn-
estly prized seeking the rrhole truth ead pictmes
of crime and suffering of mania and untimely
death and general corruption of morals suffi-
cient to deter most of the reflcclio from seeking
the trial of its gilded misery. We know- all know
how many bae sought the shores of that fur land
and with unfaltering good fortune have enriched
themselves and returned ; but nunc knoio how ma-
ny hate gone down to suffering and death per-
haps a miserable and lonely death in solitary sick-
ness or beneath the assassin's knife or bludgeon.
None know bow many souls bare been wrecked
an.l ruined how many have sunk beneath the
wave of corruption and given no sign. How ma-
ny honorable young men have been utterly and fi-
nally lost how many fathers have left families
never to sec them more none know. A leelinr
has possessed us in relation to California as tor
the last three years we have read the details of its
bufferings and ciiines such as we have never felt
since manhood in relation to any other land.
All this is brought freshly lo our mind by pick-
ing up again from our table a detail of murders
which we cut out of an exchange some weeks
since and which we will now re-iub!iah ; believing
that few of our readers have seen it. Our impres-
sion is that one of the last named victims Dixon of
Louisiana was formerly a citizen of Bowie Co. &
one of whose letters we published some two years
since. In that he wrote to his wife that as soon
as he could get together $5000 f and he thought
his chance was good to do so in a year) ho would
abandon California forever. He depicted in that
letter all the suffering be had gone through in
making bis way there by land : and said that soon-
er than come back by the land route he would go
around Capo Horn in a skiff. So if we are not
mibtaken in the man he went through trial anil
wretchedness to get there and has at last been
slain like a dog leaving his family far worse nil
than if he had staid at home and been content with
the pioftts of honorable toil not uncomfortable.
"Contentment is better than riches" said one who
has been renowned for wisdom; aad every day's
develop ments proves this lo be truth.
The San Francisco Herald condenses
from the iMary.iville Herald accounts of
a series of the most shocking murders on
record which have been committed near
that place. Seven murders were commit
ted within three days in a region ofcouti
try not more than twelve miles in extent.
The Marysville Herald says:
"Mr. Purtitt informs us that on his way
to lloncut Creek on Tuesday he learned
at the Honcul Rancho Unit a man had heen
murdered. A person stopping there said
he hud met two men who told him they
had soen four Mexicans dragging a man
olKthc road by a lariat but they did not
think it prudent to interfere. Mr. Parfitt
upon hearing this started out in the direc
tion described bythe men and after a lit-
tle search found the body ofa man whom
lie recognised as George Mather a team-
ster who had been engaged in carrying
goods to the mines. He was from Boston
or vicinity. lie had slept the night be-
fore at Miller's house between lloncut.
Rancho and Natchez.and about two miles
from where he was murdered. On that
mrrfir lif rlirl not sli'iMl ill tlw IwiMin lint-!
camn'cdout.inhiswairon. Aboutaniiour
after supper four Mexicans rode up fo the
house and going immediately into the
kitchen asked for sunncr.one oftl.cm was '
seen to walk twice over to the wagon in
which Mather was lying.
'The two men before mentioned had al-
so told the same story at Natchez when
they stopped.that they bad previously told
the man who related it at the Honeut
Rancho. Four mounted men therefore
left Natchez in search and after procee
ding a short distance they met a party of
six men from Bidwcllswho were m search
of the four Mexicans and with them went
in search of the murdered man.but to their
astonishment thev found two insteud of
one and returned to Natchez with the in-
formation. They arrived there about two
hours after nightfall. In the meantime
Mr. Parfitt had arrived there with the in-
telligence of having found Mather and
his and their stories being at variance a
party of fifteen or twenty men on foot and
hor3ebackleft with ahorse and cart which
was taken to carrying in the bodies. Af-
ter searching some time with lights the
two men were found about one hundred
yards from Mather's body. These two
were recognized as two who had left Hon
cut Rancho on foot that morning. They
were going to Natchez.
"It is probable that they had met the
four Mexicans who were murdering Math
or and had interfered. They were lying
when found near together. One of them
whose name is supposed to be Jenkinson
from the papers found on his person had
seventeen stabs seven of which were in
the breast and almost any of which would
prove mortal. He was dressed in browu
pants with green stripes and a red shirt;
his huir was light and he was quite a
young man. The other whose name tip-
pears to be Gardiner had his throat cut
as il at two cuts there being a space be-
tween the gashes. lie was also a young
man. Tlte pockets of both were rilled.
"Mather had his throat cut horribly. was
stabbed in the right arm and his forehead
was terribly bruised. All three of the
murdered men had marks of a lariat up-
on their neck having been dragged out
of the road by that means. Just as the
party were putting the bodies iuto the cart
a bay horse came up to them; he had the
mark of the saddle upon him where he
had sweated nnd he had. evidently been
ridden hard that day. This horse the par
ty took with them to Miller's; he corres-
ponded to the description of a horse one
of tho Mexicans rode when tie sioppea
there. The bodies of these three men
were taken to Natchez washed and laid
out at a late hour on Tuesday evening.
"P. S. Since writing tho above we
learn that six other men have been' found
murdcred.ncar the-sam& place. The men
appear to have been" killed by the same
means and instrumenls.astho other men
We have been called upon to chronicle
etctEZ5QKsaz:
trin inilr!nti sC pnr.n . 1 1
.o...uub. u. ocicniceiiicuow UeingS til '
tho course of n low m T ni . i. .... 1
J-" ."1.1. h-j uu up 1
uiu 11. ui Ki iul us proceed witll cau-
tion but finding them upon whom the
crimes can be proven make of them a
terrible warning to all evil doers! A mcc
ting of the Vigilance Gommittec is to be
held this morning at 10 o'clock. Wc
hope all will attend and that some prompt
action will be had immediately
"Po5T5crii't. One o'clock a" m. Shcr-
ifl" U. B. Buchanan and his posse went out
to the Sonorian Camp hearing that three
of the men suspected of the recent mur-
ders were there and while he was goin"
through the bars of a fence he was shot
in the back near the spine the ball pass-
ing out in front near the hip and it is fear-
ed mortally wounded. There is great ex-
citement in the city and parties are leav-
ing for the Camp."
The Sacramento Union gives the follow
ni ui.jiun. ui .1 iiou.iuiL- iniiruer antl
summary execution.
A most brutal assault was committed
on Saturday last at a place called Mud
Springs four miles this side of PlaccrviHc
on the person of an old man name un -
known by a young man named Dixon
from Wisconsin about If) years of a"e.
I Ic entered the cabin of Ws'victim at ni-ht
and attacked him with a hatchet wound-
ing him in so dreadful a manner that al -
though not killed instantly he cannot sur-
vive After robbing him of about -J00
he left him believing that he was dead
and repairing to his own tent secretly bu -
ried tho money near it where it was af -
forwards found. The murder being dis-
covered a search was immediately made
..- nnAmt- fit n ol.n.I.. I II
Tortile perpetrator and the culprit was'ruarv. h's jear. The same will not occur again
traced to Ins own tent In the prints of his1 U1U" 1C"-"- . .
footsteps on tlte damp earth. 1 le was im-1 Our fellow townsman L. M. Xutr E
mediately arrested and next day tried by is just returned from Washingon. He
a jury of the people-convicted and sen-brings the pleasing intelligence" from tV
fenced to be hung which was carried into Hon. John Moore that the probability ai-
efl'cct at noon on Sunday lie protestintr! most amounts to a certainty th CJl'"
his innocence to the last. Dixon is said ' worth of land will be gran'ed f . - v
to be an old olTendcr having been arres- j Itailrond from Shrevcport fo Vicabnr;f
ted some lime since in this city for steal- jand $100001) for the removal of the Haf'
intr. but escaped through the intervention 'in Red Rivcr.fCW;o Gazelle. Fb. -2si
of fricnus.
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The same paper says that
Two men. named Magee (from Louisi-
ana) and Dixon were out prospecting
omi! lour or live ilavs ago. 111 the neurit
borhood of Bean's creek which emptied
mto the iUnltile rorfc of Feather river. Mrniiy was occreiary ot iegauon of ttie
Thev were at a point about IS miles above ignited States Commissioners when the
Biilwell's bar. Thev sent an Indian tojtrcaty of Ghent was concluded.
Bean's store on some matters of business.
Shorllv nfrcr f Iir Indian enmo in Alncroi
i-rawlcd tn thotnnt nnd cnnl.l nr.K- :-.-!
something about "Indians" but gave no '
coherent account of what had happened' "u""3' "'' ' ";" ' "'" r-v a9 al '"J9'
.... . 11 . . 'moment: never ha it nnne.irpil en much ;n
before he
died from the clTcct of his
wounds.
mi it i- .. . '
I tie nodv 01 iJixon was lounci
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.v.. j...... ...... ........ uuv ... .0..... '! many inumpiia.
supp'osed from the confused remark made t -
by Magee before he died that be and his 1 Neyond the operntion of tariffs and finan-
companions were murdered by ho-.tilc In-' cial disputes Mr. Walker casts a prophetic
(Hans. I eye at tho great conflict between military nh-
Thc bodies of two men were found the; solutism and constitutional government whfch
other dav. near the Miners Banc h this! every day nssumes a moro serious aspect
side of Bidwell's Bar Feather river. One ' 'vnicI' cvcry da.v Jr:"'V3 nearer to this island
r !.. l.i;.- -.. rr;..i o. Ar (nnd which will one day divide the whole world
Gallagher. His throat had been cut and
1. . 1 . ...
tie nau also seven or etgtit wounds aoout
his body. The other body was that ofa
black man whose name we did not learn.
No clue to the murderer has been discov-
ered. The Los-Anselos Star states that forty-
'Vur homidtles hrivc bcc" c.ommittctl .'"
tul1t ount-v. vithm tlc ':ist ll;c11. nonl S
and that with a very few exceptions the
Perpetrators 01 ttie murders remain uniiu-
covered.
But one person has been tried !
for murder since the Count- was organ-
zed and he was acquitted.
Count Comniiilrri.
The late Democratic State Coavenlion. named
County committers to attend to the oiganizaiion
of the party ia several of the counties of tho State;
why not in all wo are unablo to say. From tho
list before us wc copy for all the counties in this
district that we find stated and also for Wood and
Van Zandt. No committees are pnblished.for Bow
le Lamar Fannin Hunt Grayson Collin Denton
or Cooke.
Keo River. Charles De Morse A. H. Latimer
L. D. Henderson George Cordon G. W. Parker.
Titus. W. C. Bait Alexander Brown.E. Rid-
dle E. J. Rogers B. W. Willis James Cowan
Wood. A Fitzgerald G. Varboroush. P. P-
Wondberry P. M. Gunsheam W. C. Green.
Vis Zandt.--A. J. Hunter J. King J. R. C.
Henderson Isaac Anderson James Burton.
lET We aro indebted to Senator Burks for sun-
diy documents.
Shade Tree.
Our citizens should nnt neglect to plant out tress
now. It is a good time lo ensure growth if taken
up with a large root and carefully set out. They
should not be placed in a little hole just big enough
to receive tho root; but the hole should be Urser
than the root in circumference and dug out al least
eighteen inches deep then filled with pulverized
earth below the root; or better still will a mixture
of compost and earth.
It. M. T. Hunter has been re-elected U. S Sen
ator from Virginia.
The Captions ot the acts passed by the legiila-
ture except soma which arc not of general interest
will bo found upon our first page.
KT By Col. Bulks our Senator who atrived
here from Austin on yesterday we learn that the
Intemallmprovement Bill the provisions of which
are set forth in tho article from the. State Gazette
did not become a law.
Tho Apportionment bill increasing the represen
tation did pass but had not been approved by the
Governor whea the membars left Austin. We
hopo be will refuso his assent to it
They were paying out tho appropriation for the
2nd class claims of the public debt when the mem
hers left.
Uj- iiiu -laihsviuo oianuaru wouiu cooler a
Streat favor on us down this way. if it would fur-
nish weekly reports of the condition of tho river.
Wo bear so many and coalradictory repoti that
w-o ato at a loss lo know what to believe.
Caddo Gazette.
The river will report itself by tho time our paper
gets down. Full enough for all useful purposes ;
ind although at a stand a day or two since we
judge from tho rain which bas ro-commcnccd that
it will Ttold its ownor moro. fc&. 27M.
Judge L.'D. Evans resigns his judgeship lo
take effect in time to allow his successor lo be
elected at iho Angunt rleetionj.
. VhIf Slale Cr.rmioft.
t i- .-.... . .
iieierring ;n ineeintjj (ii tae 1 r
r r Rio
Grande City approving i!ib course of ir F"i ! ji
and suggesting a Whig Si-i.c C nva i.t S' -
Slate Patriot says
"We clip the above fronTthe CTalveatoif Journal
to ad.l our most cheerful and hearty Amep to the
suggestion of a Whig State Convention L-t the
Convention be held we say and as time is precion j
and may be lost in fixing on a phce. wo say TY-
LER and the sitting of the rmirli ai l In t'-ne.
More Whigs can he repreaenieJ .'. -ltht'e.
than at any other time nr place. An e ' - i'a 3
almost unpractical. One much Ufr. v.... ha
late to )ive the delegates timi ti. -'cast J ui " :c
eee what is to he d.me anil hoia it 13 : t -.cr
plished :ere they set out for the N.m-M " ctl.
lion. Wc are the more aiixio.. srfe w Ivarnl
that Mr. rilbnoro will consent fir his par.ie to rr
before the Convention ; and that Mr Vehsier -via"
not resign as was supposed 01 account of this de-
ciinn. So I mm the banks of the Sabine tho ex-
treme hast we echo back the voice from the
'""'"'" me nun and tile H10 Urande. "Let there
be 3 Convention."
irmr Aonih Wmcra Fntr.
Dr. A. L. Plough is trying i Ket up a great ex-
j liibiiion of Industry and Agriculture to beheld m
- Orleans in May ISJX He and bis pNn are
j commended to the Governor and Slate Air'i rftUj
'of Alabama Mississippi and Tens hr t g
' ernor and other functionaries of LouUiaa-..
1
I T. . . .T "." s".""'" '"
" ""I1 faied a-a'" " M"nd "
' -TcstJV. v? much " surprise it ;i
'" As " M not brinS ninc'' lolv"cr. ivo aPPi.;
1 ''cn'' !iat lIie m"s of mater Prescnte ' i be h
ing at Daineer('eld. bas not been started from there
1' WI" !e "laeless when it comes. Why bueannr
ilno -- npW a conveyance as be is authon
i zeJ !o " '
There will hrtire SabhT7hToTihnii r t.i.
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' "
Coi.. Favm: Todd died in Washington
last week at the age of about seventy-two.
lie was the son 01" the late Mrs. Madison
and was for sometime the private Secre-
tari" o President Madison and subse-
Froi Ihe London Times.
At nn time for the last three centuries nnd
n half has America worn bo voulhful and
tho light of n friend in need a land of refm-e
.1 .-. 1 . :.. it
niiiu iir uuiiniuu iiui.ucr 111 iiiuuv tauors ana
nere arc " tw' SmC3 m hf u1"le ?"rd. h
Innrt npv-pr linre tlPpn n liminrl In ....annit.
and never havo been so bound to one anoth
er so mutually beneficial nn-i cable tv
work together ns the British empire and the
United States Al present il seems impossible
but lhal Ihe ichole of the continent oj Enronr
should full tnlo Ihe hands of military desnols;
it seems rquauy impossible mat we with our
American brethren should lose our institu
tions or our enthusiasm for liberty. Here
then nrc tho two parties in the great cause
that threatens to divide nnd convuUo tho
"hole world
What will bo required of u-j? What at
tempts will be made on us? What crusades
ought wo spontaneously to undertake? What
assistance in any case are we to expect from "
America? For our islands we have no fear.
Despotism is great on land but impotent and
craven on tho aea. Wherever our ships can
go there we have no compeer. As on Ihe
former accasion referred to by Mr- Walker
we protect tho nqiVorld tTjotu nfiTryrtnnieir"
of the Old. What then remains to be done?
Are we expected to land on the continent of
Europe and fight single handed with four
huge military monarchies mustering ttvo or
three millions of armed men? What degree
of assistance arc wo to expect from Ameri-
ca in marching into the centre of Europe?
None wc should think
However there are many things fo he con
eidcred. A hundred years ago what was
Russia? A hundred years hence what will
be the United States? An empire with not
far shott of two hundred million souls.
Should any thing happen to us should we
over be exposed to unmerited indignity nnd
oppression and our services to Europe be
forgotten we havo only lo pray Exoriare
aliquis nostris ex ossibus nllorr and. that the
prayer will ono day bring across on occa-
sion the messengers of a State that can ap-
ply lo its purposes the resources of a conti-
nent and two ocean3.
Found Dcad. .V Mrs. Donohue. who resided
on Green street immediately belo.v the lot on
which the new Masonic Hall is bejs erected was
found dead tn her house yesterday morning. She
was seated on a cbair with her head reclining on
one side nearly to the floor. Mrs. D.had.becn liv
ing unhappily with her husband who was in the
habit of abusing her and he had been sent to the
work-houie. She had two or three; children who
were taken care of elsewhere. She was provided
with eatables by a lady in the neighborhood aad
was nol in want of anything. It seems that she
grieved at tho confinement of her husband and 'was
sabject to occasional aberrations of mind. The
coroner summoned a jury and held an inquest over
ihe body. The verdict was that Bhe died from cord
and suffocation by smoke from tha lire. Sho was
seen on Saturday evening apparently as well as
usual. Lovisritle Journal.
"The Whigs here in Washington are prct
ty well satisfied with the nominations Bua'de by
the Whig caucus of the Legislature' of the
State of Maine. The ticket ts Gen. Scott
for President and Gov. Jones ofTmwessce
for Vice Presidents It is positively affirmed
hat the General' will come out with a com-
promise letter though that has been denied
by'the'Tribune and other Free Soil papers.
From letters received here by yesterday's
and to-day's mails it is pretly certain that
the States iif Georgia Alabama and Missis-
sippi will send two sets of delegates to the
Baltimore Convention . Tho Cass ujon claim
!JU Hunker delegates-from the Stale ot .Sew
York in spite of all that haa.bej&asaid on the
roni. If Gcn.'Cass. has a majority of theN".
York SelegateSjho'wiil be the nominee of tho
Baltimore Convention. Should he fail in that
Judge Douglass of Illinois will havo the best
chance." Corropomftnc .V O; Pic'aymt.
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