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OUV4trbanr('i in (fcrwag*i.(tl i Hu (y» n * i.... i •. - * j im\ f#* ID*'lt;«* Vo I*.I#* jHjMu I.MlIU lt;*♦•110 f«Hith* /VJifowicg for piiMtritjon. tbrovrh ^bt*medium of your paperDeinr a pjtiren of Orange rountv. and h»v iug # cood opportunity ul ot'verring the i on-duel .of itn i aha bit* n i- geBrraUv I have, foT «oin»» ujiif p««t entertain »«i a very fsvorshlvOptUtOii *m a Jtimjoril \ »«i *?*• Uiik bjl#B t fc, m 1though !b«i* lot# U-i-h r\i.in\ Antntjg u® ^hiuegr#sf aralntioii Uavwm wen i*. «ii*itif4* the pee*'#* ami harmony i s».»*-# v.u « wto id i« and good or,]***fin or«nctpa; tt». itufi- . j ^ . «.t. ii.* ■* •’W t»rt.* it * * * f 1 ob * i- re pro# ohl n lt;^otn»- « ** r»* engaged *11 maut#'tuiiug spuiioii* u,«»u** i.ndland tr-rti float** Some, it, civ»atr tin* ar*. 1%riff, thus munJa- ture-d ; . in ulawou. whileotliorv «erlt;« known to t*,it« m i .irui ^11 tnwbee^o* ind t#t or.if~ than reaiij 1*.-longed tlt; them, and .dbcr*. Aglt;*iu. *»*!*• .it gap'd lt;11 hum?-He* tin#. None vd them were t-v*-vkm*uti» labor. ai- boo#**) men do l- a liviiic.yet a I way* maaap*»d *o as ir*h»w- •* full iharcot the good things of fhi« liflt;!The honrs-t farmer aiivr nawii;- labored hard 10 raiw hi® crop ot « orn. very seldom had the *ati#fattion of gathering it ah into his crib, a great part haring boon stolen out of the field The stock-keepers were never certain of collecting half the cat lb* they branded, nor had the merchant® any assurance that they would find all the good® in their storehouse..® in the morning.that they bad left there the preceding evening A bad state of affair# indeed■Choir depredation® upon the Mock oj one oi our honest industrious citizen*. (Mr fcam-nel Deputy.) had been ?o frequent that he couldendure it no longer Having caught a free mulatto, named Clark Ashworth, in the very act of butchering «niue of his hog*. he brought suit against him in Justice Readings court, who. upon bearing the testimony, bound defendant over to the District Court, Sam Ashworth having entered his name as security in the bond.After which, but on the same day. the suid Sam Ashworth appeared in the skirt* of Madison. armed with a double barreled gun. be-♦longing to one ffta. Blake, and. surrounded by a number of his friends, in a high toned voice, nsed very abusive language towards Deputy and others, and challenged him, { Deputy.) to combat: but, Mr. Deputy being a law-abiding man did not choose to accept the challenge, particularly as it emanated from a free negro or mulatto, but called on Justice Beading for a warrant, and bad the said Sam Ashworth arreated, and tried under the statute, providing against abusive language from negroes The- case being heard on both sides, the sentence of the law, (thirty lashes ou the hare back.) was pronounced by the court, and the prisoner committed to the charge of the Sheriff, with orders that he (the Sheriff) should execute the penalty. But the Sheriff, as was bis usual custom, managed iu such a manner as to let the prisoner escape, and no doubts remain on the mind of the public that his escape was preconcerted by the Sheriff'and Ashworth* other friendsthe citizen? ?etjf rally The Itcing done, ivHaving made his escape, bo hastened to the bouso oi Henderson Ashworth, 'near Hie mouth of •* Cow Bayou, • who* a* we have since learned, farnisbedinni with a akiff two double barrel* shot guns, one of Colt's eight inch revolvers, and .-ome old cloth#® to disguise himselfThus equipped, iu company with another mulatto, named Jack Bunch, he proceeded Immediately to meet Mr Deputy, while oil his way home- Being thus disguised, lit, uusu*,-poctcd, approached within twenty-five yardsof Deputy, and then commenced shooting, and cotititrned his fire until hi had discharged both double barrel gnus, ami tbre** load-, from hts revolver, tbe other three misrint tire, and Mr Deputy, Ixjin*; yet alive, and oi.uging to his boat, the brutal murderer struck him on the head with the breech of hi® gnn, which put a finish to the dastardly act A. C MerrU man, clerk of the Court of Orange County, wa* ii: the skiff with Mr Deputy, hut had no means of lt;1#fence Thus died one of our honest, industrious law-abiding citizen*, tearing an amiable and universally respected wife and five children and numerous friends to deplore his untimely death Thu« was he murdewvl in the most dastardly manner by a free rmHtwAo, for no other cause, than, that he was a law-abiding man, and claimed that protection, for hira.sulf and property, which the law guarantees when administered by honest and judicious officers He had prosecuted one mulatto fur stealing and butchering his hogs, and another for using abusive language again®! him and sereral other good citizens Having carried into effect his atrocious and premeditated iteaiga on the person of Deputy, the aasaasin immediately retreated to the bouse of Henderson Ashworth, where he had been provided with the outfit for the commital of the awful and murderous deed ; uud »ii»*re'•this friends immediately rallied for the purpose of protecting him agaiust any party that might attempt his arrest. It was lUeu.suid by oite ot the murderer# white friend®.- and associate# in iniquity, that now, if Sam could but get a pop at Heading, he would !ea*b him that he should not again pronounce the m:ui-tence of the law (30 lashes) against him By others it was said that old Bilty Smith had, better look out, for haring Mated *#» oath, when called upon by the court, that he considered the said Sam Ash worth to be of mixtd blood or, a mulatto; and sonic of the party said that Bam ban killed Deputy an-1 that he would never quit the country until In had killed Measrs. Nathan Bossier, Willi* Bonner and John Mtrric, who are all highly respect-abk, honest, industrious, law-abiding Ihaving ever looked after their own interest and that of rite tamest part of the community generally, from wsoe; tbe rogue® of OrangeCounty had met much oppadHogThns it appears evidently that the said 5.^ Ashworth and his usaociates in crime, had dt termined to put a stop to the o[ieratien# of thv law. The Jruiice of the Peace must not dare to condemn and pro*ounce the sentence prescribed by the laws of our country, nor should the witness when called upon, presume to testify truthfully under the penalty of death Kent morning after the murder of Deputy, a warrant was issued by Justice Beading sgainst Hsm Ashworth and Jack Buaah, and placed iu the hands of E. C- til over, thenSheriff of Orange County, who after much qaihbUng and delay, left Madison with a post/ U eight men (mostly of his own «ort, ipedai friends and assorietm of the murder) tar the purpose, as he said, of exocuUug the warrant; betas plainly appealed from theletiena sf the ShmU his object wm to «s’ad«the putnsns he was ordered to arrest, ami |fvn th«m SMfde time to «*ny their threat#laii innnUM mmA luki itnod their escsee.* »% T*I \ IUN C HmI Jllf U♦ -,i-- .)tv.-inpanysamp apartment They were boih made pri®1 +itV'*T 1nrnth»* shrriff hi the «rr»':i .i tUi* murderers *~ B’.it kno^inr 1 and iv*A» y. todi'trriutncd a it 1 r**«olnt** men declined ur-«■lt; rup;tn s ing ii*lt; t-( »« oiu.®*' b« well knew thattbt'v W'Jhbl !;. 1 i-ritv lt;b» thf-H dulv, hot make» » #him do hi® lt;\w\s Wb- '^upon the SheriffMnwiiiitit* {**:-'; .l't ’*• ■ .*• v tmpany h posse of Kaj; i r« ®o!Hte ni» n Mr JoshtizHainmrj in® ilt;*puty. w}jlt;». w»Jh -lt; company of mt'n s. lt;)-: j»»• l vriit ■.tanlo-.i diligently manyalifi-n -«nlt;1 ) bv tuea*Tided toi that purpose In one of the other cabin* '.ms found J C Moore, who raised his rifle to #hoot at the par-ty by wbirh be was surrounded, but upon reflect Ion lowered his gun Ho was made a prisoner. but not vet confined, when one of thecommittee hau1elt;l * large chest |from underbis bod. ami Asked him lor the key, stating that from the* peculiarity of its external tip Pennine#* !ilt; had » desire to examine its internal parts lt;nd routent^ This request was re-1tId;n- :tmi night® hot to n«» effect becauae K I -u®ed but tin young mar. being determined to. . * . . • 1 t t 1 1*1 1 A.*i i.h-w-T. ThiidiHn® Dai* Di Mitirs, B.i2il Sspji .*tt.l .* 5* * oth* r® * ! om drpraved citi-r**D-lt; were tlt; 11 nlt;. a- -fti* * flt;? the purlie#siMieht and *?ivjn 1* * 1 ejii, with regard to the movement® *•lt; lVpu»v Sheriff' Hnrtnnn and hi* m-'u'the fnond- lt;.1 law . and onlei. nrPing ’.he impossibility *.f arresting the mtninula under «iinii • ire irnstau ,‘e?. held u mee*inr, in Madison tor the puipo«e at devising some means of securing their arrest, and after mature delib-* ration, mnu* to the t ioo-!u*ion that their ohje* t i-ould be effected only by purging the county of all who had harbored, or in any way aided the said criminals in their escape from the ha nil ® of justice And for this purpose about sixty good citizens formed themselves into » committee called the “committeeof aafety. ^nd resolved that all the free persons of color should leave the county, fifty miles distant from iu Ikjud-dary. The Committee also resolved, that all white peraons who were accessory to the murder of Mr. Deputy, or to the concealment or escape of the criminals, should also leave.Of tbe white associates of Ashworth, the first who received their orders to leave, were B C. Glover and Thaddius Pate, two as notorious reprobates as ever disgraced any countryThey both left Madison in twenty-four hours, and Pate prosecuted his journey northward to Sabine Town, as 1 have been informed. But Glover only went about six miles from town, where he spent several days endeavoring to raise a company to chastise our committee of safety He was aided by the notorious Sabine Counterfeiter, his reputed Uncle, and aome of his gangj such as Bill Blake, Joel D. Blandon, Basil Sapp, and others. -Moore swore that he had the influence, the money and the power to raise a band of two hundred and fifty men, and that he would lay the town of Madison in ashen and draw the heart*-blood of its inhabitants.On Friday eveuiug, the 14th of Juue. his Satanic Majesty, Bazil Sapp, informed a stranger who was then in Madison, that if be would remain in town until next day. he would see our Sheriff with u company of 40 armed men, marching through the streets of Madison, and that the ‘‘safety committee*’ should repent the day that they had ordered Glover and Pate to leave Orange county ; and that he would esteem it u. pleasure to intro duee him in Die leading men uf Glover ® partyBut being jwturally a coward, upon seeing a strong force of glt;wd and honorable citizen#, make jiveparation* to ^jve their expected assailants a warm reception 3$lt;1 fearing that he might be detected in his causality, Bazit did noi risrrtf iti iff town long ■ewGugh-4* give the, stranger, the.proposed introduction to the leading rncu“»r.GiovetV party, but tied on Bftturdftyinormag, the lJtiv in company with, his father, under the preten#e of making a visit at the hous«* of one of hi* friends, about four miles below Madison—The Wicked fleeth when no one jmrsueth. but the righteous are ab bold as a Lion.’* But before leaving, the saiu Bfti.il went to the hous# of Smith and Kerri man, and, iu the presence of the latter aa ! oVhmr* denouuced Glover as owe ol the mom noioiiouhyiljains. that ever set foot 00 Green «? Bluff, aud, ;*t t ** same time, assured .Mr Merrinun timt thcie wgg no danger of Glover ami hf» party assailing the town. Thie was no doubt it his to put ’th* citizens off their guard. Put, knowing the said Bazil to be not only a vilUUG but a liar—the citizens were nut less vigilant iu their preparations. At about l*i o'clock they assembled at the point where tbe enemy were expected to make the attack, armed and equipped with double barreled guns and, a general assortment of *‘Coita Jewelry,’ from 4 inch 5 shooter# up to 8 inch ti shooters At 12 o’clock the mail arrived from Gouiaiaiift, and the carrier, a young man named Pattillo, of undoubted veracity, gave information that at the distance of 5 mile# be saw Glover with a Urge number of men and horses making preparation to start, and that Glover said he would be in Maditwn at 3 o’clock.About one o'clock a .quarrel ensued between two men named Cross and Alexander in which the latter received a bullet in the neck which brought him to tb# ground, but be is now con valescent and will probably be able W leave Orauge County, should he not remain I20 long In about one hour afterwards Dr. Malra, another of the enemy * party, by hi# own impudence and threats, *0enraged Oog# that he shot him dead in the street Hearing of the ill fate of hi® two irirtid*(Alexander $Qd Mairs) and very wisely eom-iug to the candtkttOA thp? it would be unsafe for him to visit Madioua, Glover immediately disbanded his troops, and retreated u tee protection o! his dear Uncle Jonny C.at the residence of one Joel D. Bran-don oitutuuftd iu h remote part of tbt* County, ^ on Hftbinc River ««**;* tu ffilt;* Newton County lineBari I Sapp* who. uu Satunb j uioimu^ corapuuicd ki- ilt»er d.iwii the Kivet. «+nt word hack to town hiet.iher h !».nigout to SuMuc k.'» ‘U. t» , lt;4» mUfit Vp.*.rial burincss. wher.* h • v pec fed l* remainI’or *J or 8 i)* hui itislead of goiug to the pan*. Iu* secretly travpllrd in the night to the bouse os' 1 he said Jot* D Brandon to the said K. C. tiiovtr and his unde Jonny in forming plans for the dc^trco^cr* of Msdtfouand its inhabitants.Daylngrthe next week our vigilant com-mittee learned from various sources, thatiiea-v rH lhc depraved vilains of our Countyand *0me 41041 jasper, C.wtou and Tyler, were coneenirotiag ihc^x Joroe#, and that thirty three armed men had already Resembled at the house of one Hollis, about %b miles distant from Madison and on the Newton road, and that they would he dowu on us {in a -fry days, like a thunder stormThe cqmraiUea $*jny satisfied that the above information was true in part, deter-Mined to put them to filght before tjbey couldhave timte do any damage—and, for thispurpose, assembled, and M men—good andtrue—well aimad and nested, undertookthe mission on Saturday the 22d, of ftpe, at 3o'clock 4- u., they left Madison, hut had nottravelled fartwheu they were iulomed that the leader# of the outlaws, via Moors, Gloverand with several others were at the®ali«fy hi# ruriosity, gave it# lid # kick with the ])♦*#! of hi® boot, which displaced its covering and ex poped to the view lt;*f the committee the implement? *.f tbe fsr-lamcd Babiuc Bogus Mint—conwhiing of die® for making 2?— .1—10 and $20 pieces and doubloons—together with a large assortment id crucible and bogus metal, and five or six huudred dollars in ooun-terteit 6 and $10 piece#—n- w and bright a# a a* w pinMoore, by this time, became frantic—-his mint was discovered to the honest eye—he could endure it no longer He refused to be tried and springing to a revolver, grasped and cocked it in an instant, and leveled it at the breast of one of the committee; but before he had time to shoot, his band wa# lowered by a young man of the party, a nd the bullet struck the ground between the feet of the person at whom it was aimed. He cocked and raised the revolver again to sln.ot the person whohad lowered his hand, hut the young man whs* *too expert and threw Moore from him, at which instant,he received several shots, and in attempting to escape over the fence, the fatal and well aimed load was lodged in the back qf his head, which brought him to the ground. He expired with a cocked revolver clinched in his hand. Had he not, with a deadly weapon in his hand, attempted the death of one of the committee, he might yet have been a living monument to the memory of the many sins he had committed.Thus, died Old Jack Moore—the second Mur-re!, who, with his accomplices have infested our Sabine swamps for many years. Had it not beeu for him and hie clan, Eastern Texasmighl have been more prosperous and* in better repute.His cabiu being bvarcLed there were louud Home land titles and spur ions certificates in favor of himself and hie partner, Bazil Happ, BzH'k saddlebags were found, and in them, a sufficiency of his writing to condemn him to a similar fate. But he and his father had got up a little earlier than the rest, and seeing or hearing the committee approach, without ceremony, jumped into a skiff—crossed the narrow# of the Sabine and took tbe swamp, and, as f have beeu credibly informed, arrived safely at their home in Tyler county.Glover and Brandon having been taken prisoners, accompanied our committee about three utile# to the prairie, whcif Brandon agreed to leave Orange in five day* and not gtop untiil he bad gone one hundred and fifty mile# b*£ yond it# limits, and never returnf Hover then concluded that he would utither come to Madison u prisoner, nor leave the county aa previously advised—ao the committee, all of one mind. tHMiaryrd.tbftir duty and came home.Mcj! oi thieve#, VubN*i *u'd C oil titer fCitefA |i have left ua djaguM, being satisfied that the. good citizen* of Orange. Vewtwa, Jasper and Jefferson are detcrmiueu to aviErbero for riant-era Texas, that, which jda* never had the plesiiurr Heretofore *f cloying, r\t A good name.P. 4?—Witter writing ttt* above I have just learned that by the promptness and vigilanceof Sheriff Bwan of Jasper, Wan. Blake, MartStewart and Henderson .tubworth have hevn arrested and arc now ■ onfiued iu •* Jurptr (JauiUy Jail.'A company with propi*. authority will leave (Q-rnorrov, for the purp**Hc of bringing the prisoner:- 4o (jrange county, to stand their trial Voui y cade{/ »Vrely upon the foregoing -being a true gtatemeut oi the disturbance and tbe cause* whienjed toiheia.VManiaoN, July Hth 183(1.(IItIIDeath raoif Dkcthknkbs.—We learn from the Houston TUegrapk that a man named Preston was found on the 10th Inst., in the streets of that city, in a dying condition. He was removed, but died soon after.The Coroner’# jury rt-frrned a verdict of death from excessive drunknesf and inflammation »i the brainiXT** J. S. Thorn waa arrested in Houston on the 8th Inst., and taken to Austin, to as*war charge# of perjury and forgery. • He ie said to have been an extensive dealer in bogus landclaim**W* J + -(XP- The locomoU ye fPa u 1 Breipojad ’ for tbs Galveston and Red River railroad, ha# arrived st Houstonifi1hhuKm i or a.n/. Wa #T*i yftjt SjCAn+ovA ~ We have received a note from Mr. hasp) A. Dock ridge, wlm arrived in Mew Orleans last week, from Nicaragua, stating that h# will visit Texas by tbe next steamship, for the pur-pose of raising men for Nicaragua. He in-ituot u make a journey through the Western part nf the fetal*J03^ The Central Texas, of Anderson, dated the Uth inst., «ay* the drought still continues, and that many of the crops are ruined, fu many parts of Grimes county, the corn sWIk/ aj«? dead, and the crop is almost a “to-tsl failure. Cot*.or ie small, and also suflhrs for want of 1 |fi». prenfiatq Unqpirrr, ofthe Utb, says it l» ten week# siuce they hare bad more than rain enough to lay the dust. Iu Washington and Austin counties the corn crop is reported to 1* almost a “total failure/«* Hundreds of acres will not produce ovsr fivebushels to the acre, and soma sot that.” Tbe | cotton is being injured by shedding square*, the Dolls# Eerald, of the ftth inst., saysrain!« much needed At 5 p. Jf. that day the Thermometer etood at fib In the shade.llt;100Uxnthin*keeu)j.HTn* Iomkik Assapxt- _Jan 21—The grand jury te-day m #r. Brooks far Os assault aadkitfiyw*-■itHA o»flij*tor SusBir mm mb Hm Mri *■**? 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