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Lancaster, Grant County, Wisconsin
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Latest reports from Texas confirm President Houston's arrival at Eastern Texas disorders, where he mobilized militia from Sabine and St. Augustine Counties, captured the regulators' ringleader for trial on treason and murder charges, and a factional battle killed 60-80 people amid frontier lawlessness.
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Eastern Texas
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ring-leader of regulators captured and put on trial for treason and murder; pitched battle between factions with about sixty or eighty persons killed.
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President Houston arrived at the scene of recent disorders in Eastern Texas, called out militia from Sabine and St. Augustine Counties, captured the ring-leader of the regulators who was immediately tried on indictments for treason and murder; a pitched battle occurred between the two factions; state of society on the frontier disorganized due to turbulence and violence of lawless gangs.