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TEXAS STATE 'GAZETTE.
fggjH Wo learn of tho deatli of Major Jas. II. Moslcy of
"Winston county. Major M. was the competitor of Major Jos.
Ivoer for a seat in the Senate at tho last election. ' -
rSgH The Southern Journal brings us tho melancholy tidings
of tho death of Mr. Charles Gouveneaux late editor ofhat
journal. Mr. G. had been suffering from dropsy in thojkest
for the past year. fj
2 Our friend J.McDowcll Esq. of "Rankin county whose
health has been much impaired by rheumatic aftbctioJwas re-
.pnMv visited tho Hot Springs of Arkansas and is uoMM-catlv
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recuperated.--'"' "e union.
XJf' Capt. ! H. R. Taylor has been elected Major Genital of
the bill iivision oi Mississippi .wii una. ova uauasonie majfruy.
Tennessee.
Tub Statu IIousb. Tho Tennessee Capitol at Nashvil
certainly without a compeer m ilus Union and when we loo
our own and think of the lur'uo amount of money expended wi
out producing a building correct in scarcely a single point
architectural proportion we le.el tint some citort should
made ny pumic sptrtieu citizens 10 remedy us delects liefo
last stone shall be laid. Tho Hie of the Tennessee
upon an elevated hill near the Cumberland river. A
rises above its rool and the building facing the river
with a large number ol limed columns embellished with cupi-
lals wrought out of solid stone. The onlv rnfieishi the hnildhnr
LiKiJtrft'fh()fc of the roof and ihey are of solid iron. Every 11 n r is
P' held up by arches of masonry. Wheh yen entdr iho House ol
Kepr.'seuiatives yon see before you the speaker's chair. It stands
np'oi a semi-circuiar piauorm wireo leei in lenjjin. JCts'tig up
from bi'hiud is an alcove of -afiegated Tennessee Marble and
surmounting it we see prominently an Fagle resting upon a
shield of cast iron bronzed 'and guilt. Around it are sixteen
fluted marble columns. The House of Representatives is one
ihundrud fe.ot by seventy and forty feet high. The Senate cham-
ber is equally beautiful in its ornaments. The Secretary's and
Presidflni of the Senate's desks are of marble. The Library
Committee mollis rooms for the Governor Supreme court Sec-
retary o( State Federal court &c are all munificently arranged
tmd executed with great archilectuial taste. 10 very thing in the
Capitol was made in Tennessee and mostly out of material found
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about six miles from this place between Norman Williams and
a Mr. w Heeler in winch tho latter was shot dead. Mr. Wib
Hums came in and gave himself up. We have not yot heard
the particulars of the difficulty but learn that thov wore both
under the influence of unoBatesvHle Standard.
B5gT" Col. Izard of Arkansas has received tho appointment
of Marshal for the Territory of Nebraska. At tho time of hit-
appointment ho was the Democratic nominee for State Senator.
Wo learn from tho Witsburg Messenger of tho 22d inst.that he
has withdrawn from tho canvass for tho Legislature. James
Stutts lOsq. of Poinsett county takes his placo on tho Legisla
tivo ticket.
&5ir" Hon. Thomas Fletcher of Arkansas county has con-
sented to become a candidate for State Senator in that district.
Judge Fletcher is a gentleman of line talents and excellent bu-
siness qualifications. His District and tho State will bo gainers
if the J udgo should bo elected as we believe and hope he will.
Judge Fletcher was formerly Judge of Probates in Adams
county Miss. and afterwards U. S. Marshal ft.r tho Southern
District of that State. We know him to be. n. emirinrmn (r.nfi.
i fin an. well qualified for tho station and expect that ho will be
"elected by a handsome majority. Let us seo if wo nro pro-
pnets. lins. (jaz.
IBSP.A Convention was lately held at. Pino Bluff Ark.
which very earnestly endorsed tho project of building a railroad
from Little Hock to Napoleon and recommended it to tho East
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orn Branch of the Cairo and Fulton road.
R Wo notice in tho Little Rock Gazette a list of aim int-
ments for railroad speeches by Gen. W. T. .Haskell and Col 0n
John Dockery in behalf of the Mississippi'Ouchita and Red i nnr
Lti ver ltauroau
B3gT Twonty-six firms' worn burned out by tho great firo in
Now Oilcans. Insurance' companies in that' city and elsewhere
havobeen heavy sufforore by this calamity. Our "list qhows
that they havo met with a loss of ovor three million of dollars
The names are as follows: Convcrso &Co. cornor of Lafavotto
and Tchoupitoulas streets ; "W. II. Cook N. 12. corner of La-
fay otto and Tehoupitoula-streets R. W. Milbank & Co. S. E..
corner of Lafayetto and Tohoupitoula-atrcets ; A. Thompson
same storo aa It. W. Milbank & Co.; J. M. Savago & Co. S.
W. corner of Lafayetto and Tchoupitoulas streets; J. W. Ross
& Co. N. E. corner of Lafayetto and Fonchier streets ; J. W.
Stanton & Co. corner of Lafayette and Magazine streots; N.
Overton & Co. corner of .Lafayetto and Oommoreo'Streots.
Talioupitoulas-stivet Frank & Daniel W. S. Wright & Co.
E. J. TIart ifc Co. ; Keop Bard & Co. ; Gordon & Foster ; John
riurley ec Co. ; E. M. Daley & Co. ; llainos fc Co.; Charles
Manna.
Magazine stred Shullz Madden & Laiting; Graham &
Buckingham; Parmalo and Bro. ; John C. Woodruff fc Co.;
Martin' Owen & Cobb; A. W. Walker; Webster & Co.;.
Formaiij Latting & Co. Stanton & Co. (ico-houso) 31 Cora
inerce-str'eet ; lvorr & Potacy 11 Lafayetto-street.
$5&" The Caddo Gazette says that the boll worm-has com-
menced its ravages in various parte of that parish.
Indian Kalian.
Ball Vlk at Doakbvii.i.k. The players on both sides used
all their exertions in wrestling ami butting unlilthe game closed.
On the evening previous to the play the conjurors live in tiiun-
reported favorable to the lied Hiver players in their dreams
j which caused the betting to be quite sphitcd. There was quite
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f North Mississippi and West Tennessee
liplev Miss. frmH tbp loth to the 17Ui
nrjRache.rs anuiiTders. were in attendance.
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icJc-ou airdLayrane boih in Tennessee and finally nftpr
Tnuch discds&ion. the Inner was selected by a aro majority.
'TliHfioopre in that vicinityhad.pjged themselves to' raise for
scholarsHip and fm.ds'$;37500. Tlievnodvoted to add $100-
uuufas a perinauMin uiiuowiiiuiu oiuie ciinega
ttjp We. understand that a diflicnlty lcc'uVr.wl in the noighbor-
'bood of PeyK'nsyille in this county pn Tuesday last between
llarvey Viiz and a man named Garner .in- yvlucji Fitz cut Gar-
npr with bis knife letting out bis entrails andteteyeriug one ol
the bowels. the brother ol Garner followed' I'jizas we leariv.
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und beat him sevexjy. alter the allrav. The;cindition of Oar
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an excitement on the day of the play ho lflih nil. when the two
parlies nierio rally around their poles in consequence ol the
Ued River party iroiiis; too far over the limits. This caused great
excitement among the conjurors in the way of spitting roots
i i each others faces which was kept up for some time until they
settled the difficulty with sticks. The Red River conjurois came
out victorious hoilt in fighting and in dreams. This was one
of the lamest ball plays that has been in tho nation and made a
greatexcitmieni as regards bet ling. About two-thousand dollars
and sixty ponies changed hands. The hunting shirts lost and
won could not be enumerated.
Self Defknci-:. It appears that on Fridaylhe 2Sth ult.. two-'
hirknsaws. Piihntubbeo and Gypsum went to the farm of Mr.
J. II. Willis on Red River some twenty-live miles from this
place and become engaged in an altercation with one of the
; negroes of Mr. W. who'advanced to rescue' his slave from the
danger which threatened him when Pisahotuhbce rode towards
him whiih a drawn knife. This circumstance alarming n son
of Mr. Willis ho snatched a plowbeam and struck Pisahotubbeo'
a blow on the back of the head of the elfect of which ho died the-
succeeding day. k
Pahdoks. At the Caddo vilage near Fort Whialn there is a
breed offiowls of which the Chickasaw Iuteligeiicer says:
There fi female specimen a description of which has been-
laid upotwnr desk. She neglects not to make Iter duly ovation
death Mr. Reeso was engaged in seeding oats and towards .to nostefltv. but roioices in a nair of eletrant yet formidiable
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ovoniug was starlu d by .ruvxiice apparently a.t bis elbow saying! spurs reccnlly developed and mdnlie.s in daily freaks ol crowing
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Just Diismt'is. On tho 28th ult. James Parti n was hung at
Searcy on White River for tho murder of a man named Lin-
derson. On the same day an affray occurred in Independence county
between two men named Richard Wall and G. Mathews in
which the latter stabbed the former with a knife killing him
almost instantly.
On the 20th' ult. in Jackson county Jcsso Coo killed a
man named John Plollingshod by striking him with an axe.
North of Batesvillo the crops arc represented as beiii"- very
on&iary but South of that point their appearance is more eu-
cmBiginsr. jon. Judok Bokland. We see it stated that this gentle-
man has returned to Arkansas for the purpose of raising a com-
pany of settlers to be established on the lands of tho American
Land Mining Company in Central America.
Tim Chops. Wo learn from a gentleman who has just re-
turned from Arkansas' that the crops along White River and
in the counties ol White Jackson itec; are bettor than an ave-
rage. Corn is excellent and cotton fair.
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' "Singular Occuuuenck. The following is from IheCentorville
(Ga.Y'I j lies: Under the ojj'tuasy luad in today's paper will
be .found the death of Mr. Jicob Reese. On ilm day of bis
.He looUed around and
hcr"we ar infdrmeHT quire d
of'thecausool die dilliuuliy-'or who was in fault.
Jievibio.' ' . '
" tCj3 A hostile meeting occurred between Col. M. W. Ljnd.say
and A. II. Davidson Fvq. on the Arkapsas shore opposite
Wemhis. 13-uh gentlemen are lawers of that city a.ndv'vcre
fofiuerly partners. They fouaht at fifteen paces with pistols.
After exchanging shots without damage to either party the
difference was arranged by the interposition of mutual .friends.
'-?!dr .Memphis is rapidly improving and we think is destined
io')Cj;u-'aijy. They now have" a railroad completed ' fifty.
jniiqsrii'.B-virs icavti every morning ai i o'clock. The road is
paying-. 'il'he 'oad from Memphis to Louisville has all-beftn ta-
.ken and will soon be.bnilu- Plank roads are leading in many
directions affording "real facilities to the public.
t The' moral improvement of the place from appearances has
dcepi pace '.. nb others". iWimy of the denominations have two
churches. The C. P. Church of which Dr. II. S. Poitcr is
pastor iseqyal to any in the cit.y. A Second C. P. Church
has been organized in South Memphis under the Care of Dr.
'J.C Matthews ihat promises well.
Dn. J. B. Soriptouk an estimahle citizen of Lagrnqgo was
killed on Tuesday night 10th inst. by the premature discharge
of a small cannon while Mr. Thomas Bas had at the same
time the thumb of his loft hand lorn off. Dr. S. was a meinher
of the Masonic order and was buried with the usual honors of
die fraternity.
. Dkatii ok Mas. Tiugg. Very many of our readers will
be deeply pained to learn the demise of Mrs. Elihabkiii P.
Trjgo. consort of Mr. Jou Tkigg of that vicinity. The de-
ceased was a native of Williamson county.
trjR Mnj. W. II. Polk of this State according to the Wash-
ington City Star was married on the 15th instant to Miss Lucy
Williamson of Noitb Carolina.
. iXF The President of tho Memphis and Charleston llailroad
has succeeded in raising the $1011000 on the bonds of the
.company. Theriad will now bo made.
JO3 The corn crop of Tennessee is suffering severely from
the drought prevalent in all sections of.tho Slate.
Atkatisas.
seeing no one continued ids. word oj seeding attributing it as
he alier.wards stated to his imagination. At every step however
the warning was repealed and ill last unable to bear it he prof
cfeded home to his wife w"as persuaded by her that it was ima-
gination and 'finding that he had no fever and did not complain
bf.auy unusual indisposition she induced him to return lo the
field. There however the same solemn warning voice attended
him at every step " You may sow but on shall not reap! " and
in a state of extreme agitation he again ceased work and went
homo. He took an early supper was shortly after attacked with
a swelling of the throat and before next morning was a corpse.
The editor of the Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer speaks of a rea(
natural curiosity in Decatur county : We .nrejplc that it Von-'
sists of what is called (ho Blowing Cave at thcmonth of which
a suspended handkerchief will be blown straight outwards during
portions of the day and as forcibly inwards during the remain-
ing portions of the 24 hours. These alternating breezes aio
supposed by some to be connected with the tides of the ocean
on account of'their blowing one way or the oilier as the tide ebbs
and flows.
Munificent Donation. We learn from the Augusta (Ga.)
Constitutionalist that Dr. Terrell of Hancock county has made
a donation of twenly-thonsaiid dollars to Franklin College for
the establishment of a Professorship of Agricultural Chemistry.
The Constitutionalist justly remaiks : "'Wis is an enlightened
and noble munificence for which all hoimr is due Dr. Terrell.
It is a just compliment he thus pays lo thq ennobling pursuit)
Agriculture of which the liberal donor issohinjugan ornament.
Tattnal. Charles B. Hall & CV. liaw'rHC'nlly remidcd in
Tattual county ceitain grants procuu-d form lhStale of Georgia
in 1705 and which covers nearly all the land in the county. A
meeting of the citizens was held on the 3d of July last in which
they resolved thatlhev will resist to die last extremity the setting
up and establishing tho claims which they pronounce stale and
fiaiidultiet.
tQ Tie Sandersville Georgian states that cholera has np-
pea red in Buike county Georgia and out of 75 cases -jt) died
12 of one family. This news' com"s by way of Baltimore and
we hope it is not true.
3Sf'Tho farmers of Baker and Dougherty counties' having
sufffied from tin deniedation of In ius upon their coin fields. im-
Bocl: is i duilnuk lo hunt them out and have been successful in killing six
ty. says j of the " Varmints" one of them weighing over o00 lbs. and
one of two ' mi'a.Miiiiig nine leet Horn lou lo nose.
VlivVILTC0Ai. Tho Railroad from Memphis to Little
untlGr contract. A fanner living in St. Kruncis conn
that when the railroad crosses the St. Prancis river on
things will happen the poor worn-out fields of'Ienuee.-e will j .lack Byd convicted in Muscogee of tho murder of .Deputy
be deserted or ours will become so valuable that 'the folks of j Sheriff Robinson . has been recommeiidid lo meity
Tennessee will not be able to buy. To tell the truth the only j
fear 1 have for Memphis is' that when you.get a railroad your I oha Carolina. .
folks will leave and all come over bore. MiUq tho calcttlition j Tho Legislature will inotlikoly bodemoerntie; from present
youj'rielf -$-'0 to 8-10 per acio lbr land on Your oide ami inst return it would appear that Whigs have been elected in
as near ymi on this sale at $1 o;j to $3. Just aagood land l.o ' smuo deinoeratio counties
and Wide counties aUo have elect.
nsover'ii( laid up to your lace can bo taken with ewanip ' eu democrats. Uioiuns bragg lu without doubt olecteU go-
um btnji iir .in aim (?) ci'ins per acre ami no taxes for ten veruor.
years ami i am mm mat soup is not saleable at more than Jialf The Haleigh foramiarU snys : We learn that the prospeet ol
that price. Now all I want is to see lliu luctuuutivo yvm the a fine crop w excellent. The prices of broalluiT4 havujilreiuh
St. Jj'rmiek NYliou Unit hapjjeue suah n liuui8d0i was jiovwiileclinyd. lut our farming Ummk may ijy ufom it tfhit tlioy
Bgcsu bufwre. ' " wjji bo wgll paitl for thoir labor. w V
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Ciiikf ok (."hiokasA'wS. Mr. Jackson Krazior has been elected
Chief ol the Chickasaw Districi ; imd that between Messrs.'
Aaron V. Brown and Maxwell Frazier candidates for the Speaker-
ship the vole will be close. (i
Pacific Ratmioaii. A Southern road to Iho Pacific built
upon slavo soil and by slave labor would bo tho groat creative
agent in rapidly germinating the-elements of a series of slave-
State.8 on territory contiguous to the stupendous work. Under
the Gadsden treaty just ratified Northern Mexico is now pur-
own booth vjatilornia un which woum he tho tei minus ot tho
Pacific road) is already agitating the adoption ot the slavery
'(institution. In our own State under tho articles of annexation.
lour new States can bo tunned let us construct the Southern'
Pacific roud and we at once have the mateiials for tho speedy
formation of six or eight new slavo States forming a congres-
sional representation of sixteen now Squalors and a proportion-
ate number fur the lower house. Tho freesoil politicians of the
North and tho abolition organs in their pay have long since
discerned this. AVith them it is less a question of commercial
advantage than of political power and hence their bitter hosti-'
lity to any company or any enterprise having for their design
the construction of the Southern route through our own State.
As for the Atlantic and Pacific Company commonly known as
tho New York Company they stand' vindicated before the
world. The large subscriptions taken by President Walker and
others were lor distribution among liima jide stockholders and
it has been and is being bo disponed of. On the 2i)th of March
last are solution was passed by tho company declaring all stock
forfeited ipw facto upon which an assessment already levied
was not paid when duo. It iff -consequently manifest that there
is no moon-.liincstoek as all .former subscriptions are absolutely
forfeited upon which a cabh assessment has not been paid.-"
Tijlci' Telegraph.
Tribute of RcKpcrt.
Whhkeas the Au.stiu Lodge No. 12 i.f Free and accepted
Masons has In aid with piofound icgret of the death of Bio.
II. G. Ca'ilhtt a M. M. in gor-d and rcnlarMandiiig which
sad event occiured in this city this morning Satiiiday lUih
1JS54 At 0 o'clock: iheiofore
ttesalomli Thai we will attend in procession the funeral of our-
deceased Bio. t'atlelt at nine o'clock to moiiow morning.
lie&uLml. Thai we wear Hie iMiai badge of mourning and that
the Lodyn room and jewels be clmln-d in mourning for iho
space of (tuny days us a icMinioiii.il of our respect for the
memory ol our deceased brother.
lie&nlued Thai we sender in the family of the deceased on r sin-
cere .sympathy in this aflltclii'o ?ispeualiou of piovid'uCi
and ih.it a copy of these resolutions be fiirni&hed to ihein bj?
the S''-reiirA' and that they be spread upon ilm mimiUiis
of the Lodgirand published in the cjiy papmy
. U. (. l Si'ATisru.s .Numb'r ol Suite Grand fndgrQ 41;;
number ifi SiilipHiiuiii Loiln yU41 jevi4ouo if SiioitliutiiL
Ii-iltfi'i .liteU;auuui p..id lor win lofBi-niheixjagJ
437 t; 'Muoffoi p.n.l lor the educniinu uf orpl.in.N $1 1 n ig ;
nuitjiiiii Ju for bniyiug ilm driid $"0IV3 15; aiuouui paid
( ilia rtJiicTof widowed families fS53I4 00: total tiunuuu "'
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