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Hartiement la Onto. Free che Hewtee Mente Fee we) We got the particulare from Col. eT Wattle, of Lewheriile, of one of the nicet levagrme atoll dembelcal erie ever commitield in the town ty of Denton on Banday morning tent, the bath wit, Mere Sarah Nowland, a highly teeped alle lely, meeiding on the upper end of Holford Prairie was retorting home from a Viell to one of her hbore when a negro man by the pane of George Crawford suddenly before her, on thereeback. The lady, apprehend ing danger, —-+ to excape, but was solved by the negro, violated and left in a senseless condition. Recovering, she proceeded to her home and related what had happen ed, throwing that waually quiet neighborhood in a state of great ex citeent. A number of citizens immediately mpaired to the spot where the unfortunate lady said the crime had been committed and soon find the track of a horse which they followed and were direcly to the cabin of the freedman George Crawford. Measuring the hoofa of the negro's horse it was fiand that they fitted exactly the tracks which they had followed. The negro, who showed anmistakably signe of guilt, was immediately arrested and taken before the outraged lady. She rec ognized him as the feud that com mitted the hellish deed, and he would have been hang immediately had not citizens interfered who thought the military would avenge the nexro’s death by further op pressing our people.Hence he was taken before Esquire John McComba, who heard all the evidence in the case, and instranted the constable to deliver him to the Sherif of the county to be sent to jail at McKin ney. On the night of the 16th he was now under a strong guard but the next mornng, proceeding to the residence of Mr. Lauderdale for break his properaioey to start in for this place, he suddenly rustled from the guard amid a shower of balls from six-shooters, and made good kin escape. He was pursued to Elm Bottoms, and active search in still being made, with little prob ability of success. From tun Nowonwrer—A letter to the News from Fred, Stwolv, Wyomitg Territory dated Pobraary Tal, says the Indians have been se verely punished out there of Inte, and that the inhabitatants are still bent on conquering lasting peace, even if they have to wage war of extermination. We are all informed that the end of the Pacific Railroad was then within thirty miles of Salt Lake City; that the passenger trains were running $88 miles nest of Omaha; that 580 miles of track were constructed in 1808, over the highest ground in the world that ling a railroad upon it. ‘The cars will be running from New York to San Francisco in May of this year. Our correspondent says Wyom ing ian live country,” and proves it by stating that nobwly out there waits for servants or others to do for him what he can do for himself. There were about three feet of snow on the ground when he wrote, and the thermometer was marking, about that time, eight to twenty-six degrees below zero. But the air be ing dry the ould was not at all un pleasant. Fort Fred Steele is 696 miles west of Omaha, on the North Platte river, where the Pacific Railroad crosses. This time one year ago the track was 170 miles west of that point and no grading done, A Kantucky Trackey.—After a school exhibition at Sharpsburg, Ky., on Christiag ove, a number of the young men repaired to a drink ing saloon, where two of them, Joshua Sharp and Dick Taylor, quarrelled and went into the street with pistols to set to the matter, Sharp took position on one side of the street, and Taylor on the other, about one hundred feet apart. Sharp said, “Are you ready? Tay lor replied, “I am.’ They then be gan to fire. Sharp's pistol m’ssed fire the first time, giving ‘Taylor the fist shot, which was harmless. They then’ fired about the same time, and were both instantly killed, ‘Sharp was shot through the head nnds Taylor through the heart, rm on had previously been friends, ‘d have continued so, but van shop, battle of Chickamangs, brigade relieved Hood's as brigade, under a very fire. Before advancing, it came necessary to make a change of front, so as to flank the ex treme right of the enemy. As the left of the brigade swung around and through a yard in which shells were barating plentifully,an old ne gro ran out of one of the houses frightened almost out of his life, and raising both hands cried ont ‘de blessed Lord, white folks, why dont you Rae shootin and argufy with one another?” Judge Parker, of Winchester, Vir gina, is reported to be looking for engtor Sumner. The latter, the other day, on the strength of a cat potregaor's memorial, denounced the jadze as “most atrocious.” It said that the Senator will have a chance to justify or retract his charge against a very worthy genteman, orly name a friend. “Who's there’, said Robinson one told winter night, disturbed in his ye Meme one knocking at the aireot deer. “A ae was paw answer, wwe a want?” ‘Want to us here all night. cor taxte of yours aint it?— But stay there by all means.” was benevolent rejoinder. The white of an eye in sweeter ol saver is _Preneh enre for croup, eaid to be eure. Ts be given in re peated dores so long necessary. ‘toabisede the United States, on athe Gret To in December, the United States Courts Peraur i to have nations bores fair in Jane.
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Dallas, Texas, US
Sat, Mar 06, 1869
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