H No. 2412. ■ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION'. HE DOLLAR PER AYUTI, IN ADVANCE. For six months, 75 cents, n NEW subscriptions must be paid in It' the paper is continued, and net HUM the first month, §1,25 will be charg \t o!; p tid in three months, §1,50; if not gag-six mouths, §1,75; arid if not paid in nSfcths. §2,00. addressed to persons out of the be discontinued at the expiration of Hud fir, unless special r< quest is made or payment guaranteed by some onsible person here. ADVERTISING. ■He. of minion, or their equivalent, con ito a [square. Tt ree insertions §l, and 25 & for fearh subsequent insertion. ■est Branch Insurance Co. [ or LOCK HAVKY, PA., Detached Buildings, Stores. Mer . Farm Property, and other I'uild- coiittiiis, at moderate rates. DIRECTORS. |Sn J. Pearce, Hon. G. C. Harvey, ■all, T. T. Abrams, rles V Mayer, D K Jackman, V> • VA t.ite, f Dickinson, ■' bos. Kitchen. V Hon. GC. HARVEY, Pres. T. T. ABRAMS, Vice Pres. kS$, pTilchta. cee'y. REFERENCES. mei 11, Lloyd, Thos. Bowman, I). I). W m. \ aiidcrbelt, k,iior oi'd Jolnn'J To- ■irportatn I continental INSURANCE COMPANY. WpVutt'il by I 'ih "ini'' oj IV misyl ea rn, it ■utlliivizml Capital, SLOOO,OOO. :te Ho. Gl Walnut Si. abotc Srrond, Pliila. HXI - ire on B O'I.ID , c , Fi."o Uue Mer- Ae.. ;:ene "v. A' • me lu-u-pout- Cait' i- :nu ' : - to ;• I oa.is Oi Die ■ In'ann I -.' ante on Gooes. &e.. by C - arid l.ami C 11 iages to paili oi .no t.. •• i ilie mosi 'avoiable lis, loii'i- tit v.'. - i... ily. iirß \V. Co"ai v, Wißiam Dowei s, tt t\ Coleman Joseph Oat, Hi Macluite. Howard Hinciiman, GitORGE \V. COLLADAY, I > i esiueut. B.V 11.- 'V S'- Clary. r it ir Mirtiiu county, Wm. P. EL- K. Esq. feb 19— 1 y RdQi.N.IV against loss bv fire. Bikini I-ire Insurance Compa ■ mof Philadelphia. ||jjf ii e 1( 3.. Cbesinut street, near Fifth. Anient of i-ets, §1,527,155 §0 January Ist, 1-57. Hhcd agreeably to an act of Assembly, bc ing, Horfoages, ainpiv Mo ure.!, §1,519,052 73 Bl OCl) cost, ' §9,114 18 H, i present value, -.sb --1 12 , 71,232 97 H&r., 64.121 50 -1.827,185 80 He'ixd cr L-uiiUd 1.e.-, made on eveiy Hption of ptoj.ei Iy. in Town and Country. ■ as low as ate 'on of tvventy- Byears, thev ve paid ove r Three Millions BI'JIlo - iv . e 'he.eby afToioiiig cv ■eofbciiv . '..-O' In-iuante, as well Be ab'li . ami di-poi.ion to r.ieet with ■pines- aM ' i j, j,... Losses by Fire. Bs paid during the year DSG, §301,638 64 DIRERTORS. I'Y Bancker, j Moidecai I). Lewis, ■as Wagner, I David S. Brown, (el G rant, I Isaac Lea, B> B. Smith, Edward C. Dale, ■W. Richaids. t George Fates. ■CHARLES N. BANCKER, President, ■X- (}. BA.VCKEF. Sec'y. R|^ Agent for Mitllin county, H. J. VVAL- K=q., Lewi-town. mar! 9 L ITS. CAPS & STRAW GOODS For the People, ll' THE PEOPLE'S CHILDREN. is II ID i 3 J I i , IST Market street, Lewistown, opposite the frost Office, has just re turn el horn the city I a large and elegant stock oi Fashionable LTS,CAPS, STRAW GOODS, I suitable for spring and summer wear, ph. notwithstanding the advance of almost httiing else, he will dispose of at low pri i His store has been fitted up with large p, with glass fronts, so that the stock can ptarriined at a glance. rile will manufacture to order any descrip |of hats, (having the best of workmen in his lloy and an abundant supply of material,) P'd his extensive, stock fail to furnish asuit- I article. Barents arc especially invited to huid examine his variety of Children's Hats I Caps, comprising a first rate stock, from ph they can make choice to please them fcs. f 'mi-ti friends will find they are not for pn, and they may re-t assured of finding an P'e (o their taste, or can have one made at ft notice. jnanktul for the patronage heretofore so lib- P) extended to tiim, he solicits his friends to p-tliose indebted to square up and begin r— and any number of visitors from this or [Neighboring countiito take a look at him [or evening. N. J. RUDISILL. L"'l Window Shades, as low in priee us t tir common muslin liailes, :in;■ r a'll. rids of CAST t.NGS. AM orders -eol ous v. i't ue filled with eaie pud despatch, and 011 a terms as at any oltier cstabl'-iio o, 5 liieSiutc. We hope, ft i :ios. you wi l > " and examine our I stork before boy by; rny ••c-c cl-e. A'ouwill | undoubted!. save nionev !v doing so. DA N "EL i. i.AF.LEf &. SONS. Lewistown .Ma,id 26, '557.-y New Arrangements. VFTEtt return tig our s'mceie thanks to our numerous ft lends and eu- otnei® ; 'o, thtdr ( i.i,linnet, patronage. I vvou'u in'oiin t.icm that I am sii'l to he found at -7 M-C V>. '. f-v Cr y\ :t I l V\, ha de<-" efo in *ng my businc s nearly to ' CAistf r cr the i' o> An> '•( oor codil ternis v."" oe Tut. > Days r-io a. < ouii ' not to exceed . F v Do":* =. VVe hope si" o t Oiiouci our iKisi.iC c o ti. i we -iit'ti eujov , e good will O : " t>. ■> t ,',T oi"> CII'.OMC'S. POO ,I?l tiie nutii ' ber in -V be .'ea-'t intte?sed. ma 12 " F. J. HOFFMAN. HIGHLY I.WPORTAAT TO FARMERS. M. M. FAXON'S At' aehrniat of I of cau'tz* d India II abhor i Joi'hfj to the. Tidies oj drain Drills. rpti£*T I B vI ■ J •ni arrange me I,T f r F ;,E ELIHEI,,.'"',! of "1 Gt,,l SUII'IJ; lo IHE Tillies ai,l I I gt. -OfG A a I)I it's is .ii,|i| vto inf> nn Farmers • O all ~.ii i i.TC ,i ia tin* growing ' f W heat and j<> lie,- £,!,'?, II: l I>e '■* ji e FI. red lo furni-li GRAIN DIMI.I.s, wo'l I IE?TIOVEP • >'E aiiachetl, nt tiie shortest no ice- I in-" F",,V >,?.'<■ V -\I i\vn, Pa. SE iters have h- .on e PN EU, osl i OI - >E-I- '.'E article to Ihe farmer, :aN rod iro IA e ransed by lite breakiiu; of wooden |>iits !i- • " E'v r.ic ; on. inn-, ei oe.niiical in performance, j ami )- ■■■! a l'ie most dn.alile ever offered lothe aeri i p.it ni. I po.i'ic The feed so arranged thai i will sow I. I I; I". ami 2ON .K>IS per acre. Persons desiring ! O •• for THE road IT .-P(DIIG are requested lo send M their j sas E.-ilv AS'• - ole. Direct to MtVeylown. Mif- I ot Sha'.lies or Bereges, call at Ihe Old Corner. If you want Brilliantes or Lawns, call at Ihe Old Corner. I If you want La Villa Cloibs, call at the Old Comer. If you want Silk Craveltas, call at the Old Corner. If you Want Mourning Goods, ca'L at Ihe Old Corner. If you want striped SKIRLING Mnsliii. go to Ihe Old Corner. IT you want patent Crinoline Lining, go to the Old Comer. If >ou want Collars, I'ndersleeves, Edgings, ln-I rlings, Moiincicgs, or any Embroideries, go to the Old Curlier. If you want Corded Skills, .Sonlag Skirls, or Hoops, call | at the fild Corner. IF you want Cloths call at the Old Corner. If you want C.isuiiiieres, call at the Old Corner. If you want Saiiuetts, call at ih" Old Corner, i IF YOU U S.vj- JMfYTHJJY(i IJY THE DRY GOODS f.I.YF., GO TO THE UJ.D CoH.YFH. If you want to make choice from over 130 styles of Wall Papers, go lo the Old Corner. If you want a Carpet of any kind, go m the Old Corner, j If you want Groceries, Queetisw are, or Cutlery, call al the ( Md Corner. If you want Clothing, Boots or Shoes, Hats or Caps, call at the Old Corner. If you have Country Produce to exchange for Goods, call al the Old < orner. If V on want Bargains in anything, call at Ihe Old Corner. COCotmtry Dealers supplied with Goods by wholesale at a verv small advance above citv wholesale prices. , ap23 GEORGE HLYMYER. f I O to Hoffman's for Tubs j YJ Go to liotTinan's for Churns Go to llolfman's for Buckets Go to Hodman's for Brooms Go to llotrinaii's for Baskets decll HANI) and horse power Corn JShellers, . Lancaster county premium Grain Fans, constantly I on hand and for sale by F. G. FRANCFOCL'S. EXTRAVAGANCE AND WANT. Ihe Reading Journal truly remarks that too many people will not work if they possibly can avoid it. In their hurry to grow rich, the cultivation of the soil is neglected. The young men of the day, who constitute by far the largest class in the new iStatesand Territories, cannot con tent themselves with the slow, but at the same time sure plan of securing a compe tence, by steady, persevering labor and frugal living. They must have their fine clothes, their fast horses, and a thousand el ceteras of which their fathers never dreamed. They regard labor as degrading and a turn for "speculation" as lite true I philosopher's stone discovered by Y'ankce enterprise. They tire of the isolation and monotony of agricultural life, and pant tor something more stirring and exciting, something, too, that will promise quicker and more splendid returns. They forsake the ploughed field for the crowded mart, become consumers instead of producers— and the country, so far from being bene fited by their exertions is actually impov erished. It is on this account that we hear such gloomy accounts from the west —the fertile west, that scarcely needs a ploughshare lo bting forth the most abun dant returns. *i Nor is the prospect in the east much better. Let any of our readers, here al home, look around him, and he will not fail to observe that the same spirit of spec ulation and extravagance is abroad in our midst. How often is the property accu mulated by long years of industry and frugality, wasted by habits of idleness and dissipation, induced by those who for the sake of gain, and to live without toil, use the very staff of life to spread abroad the seeds of moral and physical degradation ! How eager the desire to enter upon any pursuit, no matter how disreputable, if labor forms no part of its requirements ! How inveterate the rapacity lor office and place that affords an easy competence at the expense of the masses! How careful, in the selection of a calling, to choose one in which manual exertion forms no part ! How deep-seated the prejudice against la bor, and laboring men! How decided the disinclination to follow the plow, to ply the shuttle, to wield the hammer, or to en gage actively in any mechanical or agri cultural employment that involves a coin pliance with the penalty to sweat and toil, provided less onerous means exist to get a livelihood; and how immediate the transi tion from labor to ease as soon as the means will warrant its indulgence! Even the very boys, scarce out of leading strinas, exhibit a precocious sense of easy inde pendence and aversion to every sort of toil; —and as for parental government, one woultl suppose—to judge by the samples of 'Young America' infesting our streets and crowding our •corners' —that it never existed. Restraint is no longer brooked by these young rapscallions. They claim it as an "inalienable right" to do as they please, and so thoroughly is this feeling engrafted in their natures, and submitted to by their elders, that it may well be said there is "none to molest or make them afraid." The good old apprentice system, under which our fathers acquired their i habits of industry and means of thrift, has long since died out. In a word, we speak of course in a general sense, whether as boy or man, nothing but the direst neces sity will insure a compliance with the de sign of Providence, that bread is to be made, or earned, by the sweat of the brow —by steady, persevering, well directed, and actual work. And how is it with the o f her sex? Let their hoops, and their furbelows and gew gaws answer, for they are more eloquent than any words of ours. The race of wo men is fast becoming extinct—and with it those glorious, good old mothers, that made it an especial pride and care to bring up their children in 'the way they should go.' The daughters of the year of grace '57 are all 'ladies ,' who think it a disgrace to soil their pretty hands with so old-fashioned and piebian an occupation as work. They emulate the iiiies of the field, and'toil not, neither do they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory, was not arrayed like one of these.' No wonder negro slavery is growing popular in these latter days, and that Presidents are made by standing up THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1857. for the 'peculiar institution.' Somebody must labor, to make up for their idleness, and 'help' is getting scarce. God help the country where such ideas prevail. No wonder we hear of famine and bankrupt cies every day in the week. The proba bility is that we shall continue to hear of them—that the 'wolP will thrust his nose into our very doors, unless labor is honor ed as it should be, and respected as the only true and legitimate basis of wealth. THE EXPENSES OF ROYALTY. : (From the Liverpool Times.) When the paesent sovereign ascended the throne the allowance which should be made for her maintenance was fixed by a committee ot the House of Commons, on i the basis of the actual expenditure during the last year of the previous reign. The sum finally agreed upon was £385.000, j out of which £OO,OOO is set apart for the ! privy purse, and the rest is expended in keeping up the royal establishments, in ! which is included ever}' imaginable species of expenditure which can be deemed nec essary to the comfort of the Sovereign, j and a great deal more, so that the £60,000 allotted to the privy purse is abs dulely in the Queen 's hands, free from all apparent claims, for any purpose whatever. If to this wc add some £40,000 a year enjoyed by Prince Albert, £38,000 a year for the " revenues ol the Duchv of Cornwall, and £12,000 ditto for the Duchy of Lancaster, we have a total of £150,000, which ac crues yearly to the royal family, over and above the £325,000 of the civil list, which is spent in maintaining the royal establish ments. With these facts before us nobody can justly complain of the parsimony of the British nation. But what becomes of the immense sum last mentioned, £325,- 000 over which the Queen has no imme- j diate control, but which is spent in main taining her vast household.' Salaries play an important part here. The figures are terrific; but we will venture upon a brief summary. First there is the Lord Steward with £2.000 a year. Under him are the Trea surer, salary £004; the Comptroller of the Household, 904; the Master of the House hold, 1,158; the Clerk of the Kitchen, TOO; the Gentlemen of the Wine and Beer Cellars, 500; and the lianger of Windsor Home Park (Prinee Albert), 500. Be sides these sums, the Lord Steward's de partment absorbs some £25,000 in subor dinate salaries and allowances. Stepping into another department, we encounter the Lord Chamberlain with £2,000 a year; the Vice Chamberlin, 924; the Keeper of the Privy Purse, whose business is chiefly to sign cheques, 2,000; the Mistress of the Robes, 500; Groom of the Robes, 800; eight Ladies of the Bedchamber, 500 each; eight Maids of Honor, 300 each; eight Bedchamber Women, 300 each; eight Lords in Waiting, 752 each; eight Grooms in Wailing, 335 each; four Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber, 200 each; four Gentlemen Ushers, daily waiters, 150 each; four Grooms of the Privy Chamber, 83 each; eight Quarterly Waiters, 100 each; ten Grooms of the Great Chamber, 40 each; Master of the Ceremonies, 300; five Pages of the Back Stairs, 100 each; six Pages of the Presence, 180 each; eight Sergeants-at-Arms, 100 each. Then fol lows the Ecclesiastical Sufi' of the House hold, £1236; the Sanitary Establishment, 2700; the State Band of Music, 1916; the Examiner of Plays, 400; Bargemaster and Waterman, 400; the Hon. Corps of Gen llemen-at-Arms, 5129; the Captain and Gold Slick, 1000; Lieutenant and Silver Slick, 500; Standard Bearer and Silver Stick, 380; the Body Guard of Yeomen, 7100; the Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle, 1100. In the Depart ment of the Master of the Horse we find the Master himself, £2500; Chief Equer ry, 800; Master of the Buckhounds, 1700; and Hereditary Grand Falconer, 1200. j The portentous list does not exhaust all the details of expenditure in the depart j ment of salaries, and excluding the cost of | what is in the homely phrase, called "liv | ing.'' Most of the offices above enuiner -1 ated are filled by members of the aristoc racy; and the duties attached to them are, to a great extent, merely nominal. said an old farmer one day to his mower, "do you know how many horns there are to a dilemma?" "Well, no, not 'zactly," replied Jake, "but I know how many there are in quart of good Monongahela.'' THE WOODS. There is no restorative of the frame or sweet diversion to the mind like a day in the woods. The effect of roaming a tree less plain or riding over a cultivated region : is entirely different. There is a certain tranquility and balm in the forest that heals and calms the fevered spirit and quickens the languid pulses of the weary and dis heartened with the breath of hope. Its influence on the animal spirit is remarka ble; and the senses, released from the din 1 and monotonous limits of streets and hous es, luxuriate in the breadth of vision and the rich variety of form, hue, and odor which only scenes like these afford. As we walk in the shadow of lofty trees the repose and awe of heart that breathes from a sacred temple gradually lulls the tide of care and exalts despondency into worship. t As the eye tracks the flickering light glan- j cing upon herbage it brightens to recognize , the wild flowers that are associated with the innocent enjoyments of childhood; to , note the delicate blossom of the wild bya- I cinth, see the purple asters wave in the breeze, and the scarlet berries of the win- ; ter-green glow among" the dead leaves or mark the circling flight of the startled crow and the sudden leap of the squirrel. We pause unconsciously to feel the sprin gy velvet of the wood clump, pluck up the bulb of lite broad-leaved sanguiooria, or j examine the star-like flower of the liver- : wort; and then lifting our gaze to the can opy beneath which we lovingly stroll, greet, as old endeared acquaintances, the I noble trees in their autumn splendor—the ! crimson dog-wood, yellow hickory, or scar let maple, whose briliant hues mingle and glow in the sunshine, like the stained win- • dows of an old Gothic Cathedral; and we feel that it is as true to fact as to poetry that "the groves were God's first temples." Every fern at our feet is as daintily carved as the frieze of a Grecian column; every ! vista down which we look wears more than Egyptian solemnity; the withered leaves rustle like the sighs of penitence, and the lofty tree-tops send forth a voice like prayer. Fresh vines encumber with ered trunks, solitary Isaves quiver slowly to the earth, a light hue chastens the bright- j tioss of noon, and all around is the charm ! of a mysterious quiet and seclusion thai in- i duces a dreamy and reverential mood; while health seems wafted from the balsa- J mic pine, and the elastic turf, and over all i broods the serene blue firmament.— ll. T. Tuckerman. Grieving for Lost Pearls. —lt would be hard to tell whether most joy or sorrow j has been caused at Notch Bron';, J m j by the discovery of the pearls. Dozens are bemoaning fortunes that, in days past, 1 they carelessly llung away. One matron unavaiiingly sighs over some "little white [ tilings'' that she once gave her boys for marbles. A schoolmaster lugubriously remembers that he had chopped up tight or ten thousand dollars worth, with his penknife, "to see what was inside." An- i other genius rammed a pearl bullet down his ritle and shot away his fortune. An old lady who chuckled six months over her "good bargain with the pedlar," now discovers that she paid him in pearls about seven thousand dollars for a calico dress. It is needless to say she hasn't laughed since. The unfortunate man who had the $"25,000 one -jooked for his breakfast, lias taken to bed in niter despair, and refuses to be comforted. — Exchange paper. : V&W bet was made recently between two farmers in France, about the speed of horses and oxen, with the same load the same distance; the distance traveled was twenty-three kilometers, (about twelve miles;) a four horse team was put to a wagon loaded with about 10,000 pounds of beet reot pulp. The oxen were two yoke with the same load. The horses beat them only seven minutes, and would themselves have been beaten had they not been the best in the country. CTT"I am astonished at your honor's decision!" said a young lawyer lo a judge who had decreed against him. "This re mark cannot be permitted, 1 ' said the judge, "and an apology will be necessary on your part." "Permit me," said the senior counsel, "to offer an excuse for my young friend? he is new in these matters, and when he has practised as long before your [ honor as I have, he will be astonished al j nothing?" New Series—Vol. 11, No. 32. L.IFE IN TIIE SOUTH. [ Ihe following articles, taken from papers furnished by a single mail, afford specimens of almost daily occurrence in the South.] (From the Cincinnati Commercial of June Bth ) DREADFUL AFFAIR IN KENTUCKY. As the Lexington and Covington train was passing a couple of miles this side of Win chester, Kentucky, on Saturday, the body of a man was discovered lying near the road, and still a little further ou another body ly ing in a similar condition was seen. The par ties were Col. James Price, of Clark county, Ky., an old and esteemed citizen, and bis sun, a line and promising young man. Roth were . found weltering iu their blood, the father having received the contents of a double bar rel gun, loaded with buckshot, in the abdo men and lower part of his body, while the son had been shot through the body by a bul let from a revolver. Roth were breathing when found, and it is yet hoped that the old gentleman may survive, although no hope is entertained of the recovery uf the son. The particulars of this sanguinary affair, as wo have been able to learn them, are as follows: The lady of Col. Price, under the name of " Molly Rrooui," is a contributor to the Ohio Farmer, and in a recent communication to that journal, she gave a description of a fam . ily, residing in her neighborhood, from the mismanagement of whose head much domes tic affliction and disastrous consequences had arisen. Uufortunately a neighbor, named Gay, took the matter as intended for himself, j and a few days since meeting Col. Price, lie j demanded if he considered himself responsi ble fur what his wife wrote. The Colonel, who was tincenscious of what he alluded to, replied in a rather jocular manner that lie was not, and the parties separated upon ap ! parentiy friendly terms. On Saturday morn ing, Col. Price was riding oh horseback at : the spot above designated, his son. similarly mounted, being some distance behind, when he was intercepted by Gay, who carried a double barreled gun, which ho discharged full ! at the Colonel, who fell from his horse, to all | appearance dead. The son at this moment j hastening to the spot, Gay drew a revolver ; and again bred, with such fatal effect that the son also fell. After thus disposing ef his - victims, who were to all appearance dead, Gay made off, and at the present writing we I are not advised whether he has yet been ar rested. The foregoing was gleaned from the Colonel himself, who rallied sufficiently tore late the particulars of the murderous attack, as well as its probable cause. (From the New Orleans Bee, June 2d.) ' DULL EXTRAORDINARY. A duel was fought near this city yesterday morning, which, for the singularity of its de nouement, is perhaps unparalleled in the an nals of single combat. A well known gen tleman in tl.is community, whom we shall call Mr. A., feeling himself aggrieved by tho conduct of another gentleman, whom we shall designate as Mr. 8., sent him a challenge, which was accepted —weapons, pistols; dis tance, twelve paces ; time, six o'clock in tho j morning. The usual preliminaries were set i tied; at the word "tire" both pistols exploded. ' At the same instant R. was seen to stagger. The seconds rushed up, when it was found that the ball had struck the outer case of his I hunting watch, from which it had glanced at nearly a right angle, passing through the lap pel of his coat. The watch was worn in the vest pocket, and was almost directly on the j heart. The case was found to be considora -1 bly battered, but otherwise the watch had j sustained no injury, although it had gained ; about three hours in as many minutes. The ' hands, which a moment before had star..! •* "0 minutes past six, now marked half past j pine, Rut perhaps the most curious part of our story is to come. On looking round to see j what had become of A., the seconds discqvi : 4!red him leaning over in the act of picking up something from the ground, and, sa ap ! preaching nearer, discovered to their astou j ishment, that one of his whiskers, which ho. j wore unusually large and heavy, had been i shorn, completely from his face, and that with ] as much precision as though it had been ae -1 complished bv the most skillful barber. It was thought that soma peculiarity in the bore of A.'s pistol had communicated to the ball i a rotary motion, which combined with its j great velocity could necessarily produce an i effect similar to that caused by some sharp cutting instrument. The result of the duel, j so far, had been so utterly singular, that it precluded all thoughts of pushing it to a fur , ther, and perhaps more disastrous issue. The seconds interposed and reconciled their principals, and in a couple of hours thereaf ter the whole party were toasting each oilier, in a certain fashionable restaurant below j Canal street. ! EXCITEMENT IN SAX ANTOXIA, TEX AS. i Desperate Fight with, Robbers. —The San i Antosia (Texas) papers of the 30th ult., are tilled with the most exciting accounts of a recent dreadful encounter with a band of rui tians in that city, during which live persons i were killed and one wounded. As our read i ers well know, there has been, for a long time ! past, a desperate gang of thieves, robbers and I house breakers hanging about San Antonia, whose repeated villaiuies we have almost weekly recorded. On tho night of the 29th, it seems, a horrible murder was committed but a few miles beluw the town. The wife of one Mr. Garza was killed in her own house by some seven or eight assassins, and the house then robbed of money and Valuables. A reward of SSOO was offered next morning i for the apprehension of the murderers, and Sheriff lienry, with a posse, hastened to the place of the bloody scene. The Texan adds: About 12 o'clock a gang of some dozen desperadoes had collected in the oity on th 6 west side of the river, aiauy of thein in a darkened room, as a sort of resort for the moment. Ilero the shooting commenced be tween the desperadoes and some three or four citizens. Fieldstrap killed one ot the radoes, and was shot through the head by • another. At this juncture, Jim Taylor, thim whom a braver nuiu never lived, gave orders k to some three ef his comrades tS lollop him, and at the samo moment he broke through a