The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 14, 1850 Page: 2 of 4
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them in some way.
diery
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Sir
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of the Governor.
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almost every section
settle the questions
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We are satisfied that
We pre:end not
feel sure that the
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Wc arc not so wedded to
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the follow-
fmv vnnrc a ♦ j • „ »u- .1 n 4nk i I ,ng anecdote in explanation of the word
few j cars out do.ng anythwg a,.. all. 1 he people . T*mbi .. ..Man‘, ■ bcfore the sct.
or will then he aware of the danger aud see tlement of “territorial Alabama” by the
do
- do
do
do
do
the last three years ?
Peel.
supposed to have
upon 1
I *11 i | * ? r
into it by persecution.) He is too sensi-
ble of our strength, and knows that he
i a course.—
doubt, by a proper course, L seems from our exchanges that lar.
condition of man
States should put;
a sure j
defenceless p
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frontiers to the Congress of the U.
iving. While the
are clad in the ha-
for the President,
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are mourning for
and mothers,• bro-
everi generbus, wc, will
aS) they
_tfld be
the people be-
struct our Senators in
duce a
W
of tiot> upon .the trpops who
family, and three in Texas, if they were
inroads upon the
> J No doubl
Providence has removed them to1 advance will a!*d leave his back bare
a right to a lofty
into the water, draw-
his father after him, and maintaining
e mean no ]
are stationed It is difficult to decid
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i a
an operation, and encourage
rant- stock-raisers aifthe same time, and give the necessity of actirg. 1
to our tician is destined to fall for his conduct in 1
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j our
Stales to protect the 1
members of’ Congress
biliments of mourning
our frontier citizens,
their murdered fathers
tiiers and sisters, and sons and daughters.
Legislators of the nation!
wranglings fdr awhile, an
the bold pioneers wile
lives to advance the pr<
of out common count
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Sir Robert
i
Robert Pe^l is
f the river
(■tended
Managed
Iscase the
think they have acquired
nich in the temple of fame,'/will meet
with a Hartford Convention irhmortalfty,
which will be very inconvenient to them
at some future time.
Some entertain fears to prophecy, but
We are.
that the flaps
, and he
I is then turnsd loose, we Lave been told
Old riiat ^1€ result will be the same. He will
1 run the other rats away and follow them.,
rts or leris- rat fantastical^’ dressed, or painted with
evidently entering different colors, or with a few jingles tied
Let about his neck, will also have the same
; effect. Strychnine, properly and,cau-
tiously used, is sure to destroy them. If
any further information is needed, we
would refer the editor of the Texian to
the editor of the Telegraph, at Houston,
who appears to have paid more attention
to the--ralalogica I department of natural
history* than any editor in our State.
upon Him whose
uardian care is never withdrawn from the
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has nothing to gain by such
He might, no doubt, by a pi
be made useful in putting down the bands numbers of.rats have appeared about Safi
of renegadoes who are now stealin
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killing in the West.
should be induced from any
But as cal and unprincipled
I on our frontier/; Seward. There seems to be many sel-[
to for the last two years, Texas has derived fish and ambitious
1- no
:,a inz
interest that occurred on the
we did, but for the want ol
munication, and the dela^vj
we reached home as so ora
our letters from different pli
co, which we shall defers
The following letter was^is
wc returned, and-we give 3
Mier, Junoft JSl 1850.
Through the politeness of Capt. Cas-
tineras, of the Mexican cavalry, we were
permitted to accompany his command
from Guerrero to this place, a cfistauce of
about thirty miles. We were
pleased with this officer. He is an intel-
ligent gentleman, and would command
respect in
no
tory within the limits prescribed by the
statute of 19th December, 1836, if neces-
sary. There is some difference of opinion
as to the time when it is necessary to take
up arms ; but no difference df opinion
on the^subject when they are convinced
. that peaceable measures have failed#—
There has been but one solitary meeting
of apoplexy.^: He is
good rider, and when he fell, his horse did
not appear to make
would have thrown a good horseman.—
Death is making sad
j distinguished men of the agej.
.H
that spirit of reform wlich isiyet destined
to ameliorate the
almost always oppose [any new im-;
provements in the sciences,.
lation. We are now
erate|u
in this r.ountyj on the -5th . the Mexica
ious policy recommended to be just and
<3 trim nnen zl tlint I TAP Pt tVltil <
rr and i Antonio, and are
—t— a
If,-however, he fields and gardens,
j cause to join I
our enemies, the contest pyill be more
deadly than any we
We should be prep 1 red for any emer-
gency, and the United
the protection of her fi ^wttfirs upon
basis. The blood cf
benefit from the army, unless the sell- would glory in destroying
o of the products consumed by them carry out their own private vi
that country, has has been a benefit. 7
Jus much better protection if the United
iers landPfclaim^, to slander our States had employed ;
every effort to deprive Tex- era arid cow drivers, and established
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St. Louis, Mo.,
adlay all excitement
A
cease your son
do justice to
i have risked their
ispdrity and glory
ry!
The last resort
: as sure as
majority of Congress is ,de-
of our territory;
and i^so, the sooner the better. ' But if a
majority of Congress are not determined
to plunder ji)s; tfe have nothing to fear
from the .United'States in an attempt now
to enforce our laws in the county of Sa'nta
We are satisfied that more than
th nee-fourths, of the people of Fayette
coi^nty are for active pleasures, and that
nothing less will satisfy them. - It does
seem to us that the settlement of the
Texas question would do more to restore
fraternal feelings between the North and
now before Cbn-
if the proper kind of troops are not em-
ployed to 'fight the Indians. It is said
that Wild Cat has crossed the Rio Grande
and declared that he was so disgusted
with the Mexicans, that be would not!
live with them. Some entertain fears Ito proptjecy, but we
that be will join our enemies. We are.of present crisis will be safely p-assed, and
in the book of
the Americans, unless he is-forced eternal truth that die Union will be pre-
served. 'I'-..
employing the United States troops to
assiA the rebels in Sahta Fe. If a ma-,
jority will vote for employing the military
for^e of the United States to rob Texas
of ber territory, they; will never vote for
rfny proposition which Texas could ac-
cept without di«gracel
must be arms, and must come
destiny, if a i
termmed to deprive us
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in Illinois, and thus
made ip the in regard io slavery ir the District of Co-
. Let Texas show her devotion
the %ni
ic
her army in Texas, and remove her troops difference between the North and South,
fond our holders, hnd we
ors and miserable office-seekers1 protect ourselves jvhh the money which! miniscences that cling around that
. It might be best to is now squandered, while she can carry
pefcify that every one engaged in putting
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;?,If the United States docs not succeed
better hereafter tlrnn she has done here- have no doubt if eac
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lofore,-it will be much cheaper to disband now the cause of
her army and feed the Indians, and edu- was
expense of the govern • of the United States
ment, than to fight them. We hope our settled justly and will
til I I • r ' ** I *
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Public Meeting,
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The citizens of the county who met on,
the 13thi inst., approved the resolutions
passed lit the meeting in La Grange on
the 5th inst.; and also passed resolutions
in favor of removing the seat of govern-
ment of the United Slates from Washing-
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toirCity to the falls of the Ohio, in In*
diana, or to a point in Illinois near Sr,
Louis, Missouri, in order to deprive the
abolitionists of all indans of raising an ex-
citement about slavery in the District of
Columbia. 1 1 •
THE
c-'i-.-T.-• '*=M
Wednesday, August 1^, 1850.
, It is
, arp mingled within o
I she is liable to be injur
; cessary in this crisis
friends of the Union
: “Many years before the set-
whites, therfi lived alone in the Choctaw-
nation, near the source of the Tombigbee
' river, a white man, a mechanic, who was
i constantly employed by the Indians to
ma" make boxes,) i.. J
t and’South. We bones of their dead. J Perhaps for want
1 question which is of another name, the Indians* called^Jnm
sc much excitement “‘oom-beck-hec,” or box maker—(toom)
, f , , , box (beck-bee) maker; hence the nvfir
separately propped to the people. c'allcj frmn t) is ,nau .. -poom-beck-
that all would be bee,” or “ Tombigbce,” which suits the
out difficulty by a
man applying for a land-certifi-
cate should be required .to swear that
he has not aided or assisted our enemies
after the day specified in the law and
proclamation. . The law securing land
in the State, we believe, which has passed t0 the people of that country sliould be
so
op-
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atithirtim *. Wc are confident that our
Legislature will do their duty manfully,
but nothing is lost by subexpression of catathem at ll
our opinio is
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folded and fights with the ineffectual l^cy rt0
thunders of her threats. This i
I “ tho last resort,” was bounded in our
ears io 1847-48 and ’49, and It L______
sounding in 1850.
this difference: whleni^ve urged the policy
of bringing the malter to a close, in the
|. winter of 1847-48, we were ^old in thun-
der tones to wait till the time arrived, and
in ° the last resort” we will take up arms;
| but now the sound has.become
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The Legislature.
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Ou Nfcnday, tb^ 12th inst., the Legis-
lature mep according to the proclamation
the contrary the mighty voice of the peo-
' pie has proclaimed in every section of our
State, that they will no longer submit to
the wrongs which have been done them,
.butthat they are noiv ready to take up
arms and battle in the cattse of their State.
If Congress is determined to do us jus-
tice, what have? we to’ fear? They will
never fight to sustain a position which
they would not vote for. Them every
member who will vote against depriving
TeX'as of her territory, will vote against
or
O
sist the rebels i
a i
We would refer our Mill
the advertisement of Messrs. Wilson &Kame lime tfla‘ wU4a" uPoi’ them 10
Fulton, of the Houston House, which
will be found in our advertising col-
umns.
ikfin Robertson
an Antonio, Bexar
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J. B. Robertson, Independence, Washington'
W. T. Austin, Washington, Washington Ci
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The Compromise.
The telegraphic L despatches say that
I ias ibeetf lost. If
If the United States ; it was not amended wi h regard to Texas
------7 7_-------‘— j is perhaps foitunat3 for the country
Tecas has nothing to
able, we hope our Legislature will take fear when standing alone upon her own
only ‘when her interests
.her questions that
ed. But it is ne*
of affairs' for the
to be awake and
take the proper steps to prevent disunioh.
\Ve hope that ollr Legislature will in-
Congress to inlro-
he Seat of Govern-
City to the Falls
mentt 1
* Jafik Hay? and A. Reynolds, California.
Janies P. Longley, Plaquemine, La, -
W. C. Cox, Franklin, Tennessee.
Charles F. M. Dancy1, Decatur, Alabama.
Bimon B. Sykes, Aberdeen,'Mississippi.
Alexander Thompson, Senr. Caldwell, Texas.
J. S. Roberta, Houston, Texas. •
ThorrtBS Green, Austin, Texas.
James B. Shaw, “ “ .
—--- Wilson, Wharton county, Texas. L
W. D. Thompson, Nashville, Texas. ’ '
tX. tf Erath. Cameron. - ••
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G. E. Quinan, Wharton, Wharton Co., Texas,
f~ ~ — ... — ..
C. G. Keenan, “ *♦
8. G. Bogart, Bonham, Fannin
David Gage, -Henderson,, Rusk-
G. W Smyth,Columbus, Colorado
John Thomas, Dallas,; Dallas
i W. McMastci, Brazoria, Brazoria
J. W. Brooks, Columbia, “
r W. N. Peacoc|c, Paris, Lamar
H. Oweij. Fr^n
John Twobig, Si
‘ . A^ Coleman,
County, Texas.-
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Texas.
J. C. Wheeler, Victoria, Victoria
B. Peck,' Gonsales, Gonzales
—■— Stribling, Rocky Mills, Lavaca “
—— Dowling, Petersburg, “
C. L. Owen, Tejana, Jackson
J. W.Shaw, Shokokan, Illinois.
Jefferson Davis, Washington City, D. C.
G. W, Miller, Jefferson City Mo. , •
I J. B. Bates, $t. Louis, Mo.
Col. Doniphan, Libelty, Mo.
’ N. Burford, Independence, Mo. ,
% J. C. Rrchardso t, Boonville, Mo
C. M. Matthews, New Castle, Henry Co., Ky.
• W. J. Heady, Louisville, Ky.
Jas. T. Leath, Raleigh, Tenn.
. , J. Shackleford, Courtland, Ala.
(*. Di vidsori, Shelbyville, Tfiuv
W. ^tewar.r, Louisville, Ky^
Sam Houston, Washington.City, D. V.
T. J. Rusk,
I>. 8. Kaufman,
V. E. Howard,
the time has not arrived for action. This lbat; the speculators could
, was the meeting at the upper Cummins1.
Creek precinct, i
inst. The^utious
by our fellow-citizens who composed that meet with no-difficulty
meeting, resulted from their warifi Attach- are concerned. If the
ment to the Vqion, and their full confi- proper^ circulated amoi
dence tlrat the United,States Congress f°re 1
will do’ us justice. They express the that didst of tile Mexicans would joi
fear that if Texas attempts {to enforce standard “** 1
obedience to her laws'by a resort to arms, special
it will increase t ____
the North and the South, and render it
more difficult to settle the questions '
which now divide the two sections of the 1
Union. Although we highly appreciate
the motives which actuated them, and
regard disunion as the greatest calamity
y . which could befal the human race, We ;
would respectfully suggest that delay is
—--- Wilson, Wharton county, Texas. L
G. ff.,Eratb, Cameron.
J. FI. Gillespie, Bastiop,
W. Chalk, Georgetown,
M. C. Rodgers, Huntsville, Walker “
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will agree to-' Let us rather give up lall the hallowed re-
con-
v: secrated spot, than endanger the Union. . r 1 • i • i-n c .i_
* lUiriA. 1 ° ; native louulains among the hills oi the
11 ' • T .it
j Pedernales, the'Llqno, the San Saba and
the Concha.
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The effective military force of Russia
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I and that of France 400,000.
1 • /n 4 I ’ II * - ] (P i ' *
men in Congress who i _[I , J iL, 7 .
fi rr’• 1 I he expresses who .have just returned
ic Lmon to> |rorn t|)e di||*er’ent an(j remote portions of
views, regard- the State, report great enthusiasm among
It would have given le$s of the good of thq whole country. the people for prompt and vigorous
* • ' t» • .• / a • i ; measures to protect our Santa Fe terri-
- ----- - It is time for the people to arousei ■ .
, ri . i i . , k , ,* . . . tory against the usurpations! the r ederal
a company of butch- d.emselves and drive ich men to merited | ^0¥ernmenr Tbe£ are unanimous in
ose who are willing sustaining tn 3 call of the Legislature, and
that they may lo- immense slaughter-house above our fron- jq d0 justice to all, and fervently desire the proceedings of Gov. Bell on this
inheritance to pos- [ y^tion. ^tate
still full of buoyant hope
those who have been appointed by the
Committee Asents to obtain- Subscribers
o •' i < X l>
for the Paper, and Donations for |he Moxlu-
depredating upon the
The editor of the
iu ! Weslcrp Texian expresses the wish that
I some one would inform him how to get
j . - I , ’ . [ y ’ °
h{ve hid heretofore, rid of them. If they can be used as fuel,
according to the Houston Telegraph, and
! are fat rats, as wood is rather a scarce
article in the vicinity of San Antonio, it
our defenceless'|i'vould be weU Ca,ctl ll,e"T a?d n,?kei
citizens cries aloud from every part of,fire"°rnl ot them. But as the use-of
; rats for boiling tea has not been tried ex-
tensively yet, and may not pay for the
trouble of ^ateljing and preparing
I for fuel, we would recommend a
which $e have been told is sure to drive
them away. Prepare a box trap, the
construction of which almost every per-
understands, and when you catch a
rat, cut off his ears and tail, and turn him
loose. He will immediately attempt to
join his comrades. When they see him
in Iris maimed condition, they become
alarmed, and fly to prevent his joining
them. He runs with all his speed to
overtake them, and thus the race is kept
fallen from his horse on [account of a stroke up> they fleeing and he pursuing, until
said’to have been a ^lcy disappear entirely from their former
haunts. We have not yet ascertained
whether they run themselves to death or
not. If a rat is caught, the skin is split
down die back, and stripped about half ia(e]y made a foray i
way down each side, so that the flaps
Cotton. *
The Cutton market still remains firm
! at previous prices, witii an advance of |
_r-------------------l and Mississippi.
brings us accounts of murders and depre-
dations committed by the Indians. While
tire army in Texas is going through-the
cpremonies of mourning for a deceased
President, the Indians are murdering our
defenceless citizens on the frontier in die
vicinity of the military posts. If it had
been predicted in 1848, that Gen. Tay-
lor, when elected, woujd have permitted
our frontiers to; have remained defence-
less for twelve months after his inaugura-
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ticn, his friends would have pronounced,
rt false, and we would have heard the
thunders of their indignation from the St.
Johns to the Rio Grande. * Wc would
have been told that the hero of Palo
Alto, Resaca de la Palma, and Buena
Vista, was a man of the people, well ac-j
quainted with all the dangers and trials of
a frontier life, and that it Vvoulfi give him
peculiar pleasure to throw the protecting
mantle of the United States over the!
boldest and -bravest «of her enterprising
pioneers. It is, however, with feelings
of regret thak we record the fact, that the
sun of the hero of Buena Vista went
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down upon a frontier bathed in the blood
of our cit'ifcejis, who had in vain relied
upon their rcountry for protection.—
Scarcely a gun is fired at <1 military post
in Texas to iell tfrat tire President is*no
more, which is not Ircard by the relative
of some one who has fallen a victim to the
ferocity of the savages. A nation mourns
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a President w{io has, when full ofyoars
and honors and surrounded by a blaze
of military gliory been summoned by the
Omnipotent to. the^rorld erf spirits, and
the Legislature of that nation unfeelingly
permits the merciless Indians to carry
d)eath and desolation over our country
for hundreds of miles. long wijl
Texas suffer her citizens to be deluded
i: i 1 r . • i-i nicn
by the syren song cri protection which
has beeii sung by the United States for ; .
Hl - rl J - ___ .. lation. We are
f ’ . _ , , : upon a wonderful sociail revolution.
leaceorwar. AY e are satisfied that; '
- , T , ; ; us have a firm reliance
i many of the Indians are disposed to peace.
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Let us then compel them to take part i ?
i , . 4 , , , just and good,
against the thieves and murderers whom °
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they carmot control, and show their sin-
cerity by assisting in putting them down.
The* present state of affairs only gives the ;
any country. He exhibited
thing of that sell-important character
that too frequently shows itself among
many of our own officers. He has been
eleven years in the service, and informed
us that he had never received,.during the
whole tiiue, more than one-fifih of his
salary anaually, consequently the Mexi-
can Government owes him a large
amount, which’ he never expects to re-
ceive. He condemns the^ystem of treat-
ment carried on by the Governrrient to-
wards the military, and Is disgusted with
the service.
Ths people on this side -of the Rio
Grande have suffered so mnch’ from, the
usurpations and tyranny of the military
that they' determided- to get rid of
4hem In some way. To give you an ex-,
ample of the contempt with which they
are held by the citizens, I saw in Guer-
rero the boys throwing Stones at the sol-
diery as they pissed along the streets,
much to the gratification of the by-sland-
ers, who seemed to encourage the sport.
Mier is situated on the south side of
the Rio del Alamo de M^er, one league
west from the Rio Grande. It -is an old
Mexican town, not varying from other
towns in Northern Mexico, and present-
ing nothing worthy of interest. It con-
tains a population of upwards of three
thousand. There are several companies
of troops stationed here, but from their
appearance I should not anticipate much
benfit to be derived fr^m their presence
in the way of protection. The Indians
in this vicinity, and
killed one or two citizens in sight of -town.
They complain .very much at this place
about the neglect of the United States
Government, who have promised them
protection under the treaty between Urr-
cl^’Sam and the Mexican Government.
This town will ever remain conspicu-
ous in the mempry of Texans, and par-
ticularly the friends of those who fought
so bravely here in ’42, arid who suffered
afterwards in the dungeons of Mexico.—
I have viewed the battle ground, and re-
gret to learn that life remains of those
gallant men are still unbtiried. ‘ I have
been shown the bones, of a portion of j
them, of Alvin £. White, formerly of *
Live Oak Point, now to be seeirin a doc-
tor’s shop in this place.' Is it not aston-
ishing that during the war, the Texans, '
when herejdid not think of interring the
remains of those who fell in the action of
Mier?. Something still should bte done
in this matter by Texans ; those worth}’
and unfortunate heroes are deserving of
that last sad respect—a decent burial.—
The remains should be gathered up and
buried upon Texan soil. Why not give
them a resting place alongside of their
comrades at LaGrange ? The idea
would be worthy of consideration by the
members of the Monumental Association
of Fayette county.
There is nothing doing here, notwith-
standing we notice many wagons about
the.streets, exhibiting business like ap-
pearance. Several wagons arrived to-day
from Monterey, bound below for goods.
The Mexicans have learned since, or
during the war, that transportation can be
done cheaper by wagons than by mules,
and are doing away, to a considerable ex-
tent, with the use df pack nKiles. T
You see and hear of nothing to excite
your attention on this side of the river,
except the moving of Customhouse offi-
cers. Smuggling appears to engage the
interests of all, and in fact it is of more
importance to the people residing on this
side of the river than it is to the merchant
who runs the risk.—faeces Valley.
Mexico to communicate eviijy tiring of
tnite, which
Jirect com-
the mails,
^s' several of
Ik in Mexi-
■Oishing.—
Aype when
ffl&ertiou:
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Thrilling Incident.
On Saturday last, n middle aged man
living on Navy Island, started^in a small
canoe, with his son, a lad of yne twelve
years old, for Chippew a. IT/e distance
is short—less than a mile, pve shohld .
say, and although the currentjo
is quite rapid, the trip is n<M
\rith any hazard, if the boat is
with ordinary skill. But in
man was very drunk,'and
rassed the boy, so the boat drifted below
the mouth of the creek before the lad could
approach the shore. Seeing the impos-
sibility of reaching the Canada shore, the
boy turned her toward the head of Great
Island, paddling with surprising strength
and dexterity, his father barely steering,
without rendering him any efficient aid.
' The boat was sw’ept down w ith fright-
ful velocity, but the boy struggled most
perseveringly, and when she was drawn
into the rapids, he had propelled her so
far'acrosp the Canada channel fcs to di- '
rect her course between the middle and
inside Sister, the little islands lying out-
side of Great Island, near the upper end.
There is a fall of some fifteen or twenty
feet just above the little islets, extending
nearly across the Canada ortmain channel
of the river. Mortal aid could not have
in which they deposited the availed the poor boy and his father, if the
boat had pitched over the fall. They
must certainly have gone over the great
fall, which man has never passed alive.
Aware of the imminent peril, as the
boat was on the verge of a small preci-
pice, the lad sprang
ingl- '-‘W
never fight to su'sttiff-
willing to adopt any plan which will main-
tain-the honor and integrity of Texas,
and transmit to those who come after ug,
the untarnished fame of our gallant State-
The 'Western Frontier.
Almost every paper from the West
r. I '.’J . . . I ‘ t •
opinion that \\ ild Cat will not make'war; that it is already recorded i
We are !
The L’.‘ although Congress sl ould adjourn with-i. Alabama Argus gives tl
i • .j • „ u rru i 1 lnS anecdote in explanation of
out doing anything ai all. 1 he people rP° , • , , 1 . . e
I ° J ° 1 1 j lombigbee: “Manv years befoi
Many a politi- ■
\ 'he feelings of the
people have been miaunderstood by
ny, both in the Nort
i II*
abolitionist, desir0s ; it is just what tlieio^g0^ "fill be found i
-’— — ’-J, —------j
majority in the Senate at tins ^States so|di_
ill not (sanction the robherv of title and use
Territory, so
effectual protection
1 also save the effusion oi (|jq present crisis.
thereby enrich themselves,
by, Texas, all their golden
use against' us will be turned; by such
' .4; - / S', it
to the friendly inhabitants of inuch more <
, 4 ' » F frontiers, and
_ Indian blood,
tionsf because wre believe it the duty of
every editor to speak his sentiments fredly
iph they are entitled under the laws of
Stnfn. . ‘
Every
he h
) • The Ferry.
We are informed by Mr. Chew’ that he
charges the present rates to raise money
to pay. for bis new cedar boat, which he
expects to have afloat in a short time.—
He says that after the 1st of September
he will charge -5 cents for a man and horse,
. and reduce the ,other charges in propor-
nion by taking the lead in this i .• r f
J •[ ° tion, for the citizens ol r ayette county.—
attempt to remove all causes of z . [ , . . . ,
1 r ii 1 he river is now’ lower than it has been
for ten months,, and the clearness of, its
waters induces us to believe that it is
nearly as pure as when it gushes from its
the troops to points at» which they may AVe now see disuniopists openly proclaim
reflec- their feelings in the. North and South.—
Ifr which is most de-
suited to frontier testable, the rant of a Rhett or the fanati-
4 I • | | . ■ *.. I
extravagance of a is 500,000 men, that oMsngland 130,0.00,
should pass a law* authorizing each citizen
who is a i
resided in
vtfio lives within the limits of what
Nle
The most important
I amount of land to which he may be
We are ^7 la'v> to be located north of the
134th parallel of north latitude.’ The!
! commander of the expedition should be.
required to make proclamation that all.
who are found after a certain day resisting
the authorities of Texas, or aiding those
who do resist, shall forfeit all rights to
whil
the State.
to him. He has been in Houston I
several years and we believe he Iras giverf
as general satisfaction
in the State.
* sustained by
I
an obscurity, and elect ll
1 1 ’* '■
i on beet t0 transmit our ri'ch
If with the money paid to the troops which terity.
vis- have been stationed in Texas.
for her, when she sits with her arms ions van^h, and the argument which States'could savemillions in
-* '-lli 1 • X I a -.!*•* a l 4 ». « A _ _ L. _ • _ : I 111 -■ I I • •
now’ i
pry of tenfeId force against them, by
. ing land I
is ^till Santa Fe county.
There is, however,
Fl I '’’ ’* • ' ■ * *
i It will be seen from our adver-
tisements, that Dr. .Roberts is still in
Houston, ready to attend to any bust- ' „ .
.....J J • come to (be rescue, and our State will be
IL..
__I__A___L
• F A. ’ 1
South, than any. other
. gress. It is the only real and substantial
[ obstacle-in the way of compromise.
j practical question ever will arise on .the
subject of slavery west of the Rio Grande.
Then if Texas takes her stand boldh' for
her rights, the patriots North and South
who look upon our glorious confederacy
of States as. the greatest blessing kind
heaven has yet bestowed on man, ’will
„ t . ------ cu.’vi vut kjiait win ut
ness in his line, wmen may be entrusted , . . . I- A . .
... . . __ l ([sustained by a triumphant majority in
ispite of all the iteligious fanatics of the
or politicaijfanatics of the South.
any merchant what cour5^|lou|d
Texas pursue |
towards the people of Santa Fe ? We
readers to are *n ^av0T l^iem justice at the
. i .. 1 or.
B — j P . • 4***
ganize under our laws. The Legislature |lave
- Jt — — 1 1 _ T < _ .».
, I ~ ~ 1
resident of our State, and who1
it previous to a time to be
g^-eed upon and specified in the bill, and
_ !.L!_ *1_ _ 1- t
:w Mexico, on the east side of the Rio
Grande, to receive a certificate for the
en-
subject which will be submitted to them,
wiU be the Santa Fe question.
glad to see that thd people have expres-
sed their opinions i
Of the State, and have, without exception,
declared that they will resort to arms to
. sustain the right of Texas to all the terri-
n market still remains fii
vicious a better opportunity to perpetrate I of a CC[)t ^ouisiana
their outrages. Wp should prohibit the
Indians from passing a line - prescribed,
and tell them plainly that all who come
below It come as enemies, and will be the Compromise Bill
treated as such.
will not employ a mounted force sufficient' it
to compel the savages to remain peace- that it has failed.
steps to earn the war into the Indian merits,
country, and force them to abstain from !-----*
their depredations. We learn that Gen.
Brook has recommended that the war J
should be carried into the Indian coun-
try, and prosecuted until* they shall be
satisfied to remain at peace. *’ When they
are convinced*that the only alternative is;
peace or annihilation, we. will have* no dpce a bill to remove
further difficulty with them. We fondly ment from Washington
hope that mouiftcd rangers may be called ( of the Ohio On the I ndiana side of the
out and kept in the service until the.In-' river, or to a point near St. Louis, Mo.,
dians meet with- the castigation which
they merit. If no chan^Rs
mode of operations, we hope that ihepumbia.
United States tvill pay Texas the amount1 to t
of money which is now expended upon | patriot:
' a resolution declaring the opinion—that circulated in English and Spanish
! no longer
Upon the native population. When
exicans see that we are disposed
as fair
news co did be
among
the- troops arrive, we feel assured
- i w0’11 our
rd at once, and run the greedy | beyi
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the excitement between ■ out of the country.
.» - . ■ .J p-i’iktL-. ____
I - W I . < o oi ■ ,4 I
down resistance to our laws should be be rendered useful,
entitled to six hundred and forty acres
land if the head of a
hundred and tvVenty acres if a single man. service and prfoperly managed.
This would induce many to join us who they have been managed
are induced to believe that we wish
deprive them of the land which ’they al-
just what the northern fanatic, the avowed! ready, own. The idea that rich.deposits
abolitionist, desires ; it is just what the; of gold will be found in i
southern fanatic, Hhq disunionist, desires, induced many, wh© have purchased U.
There is a i
time who. will not sanction the robbery of Mo —
Texas, if she determines to enforce heras*of her
laws within her limits, and put down all. cate the country as United States.do- tiers and fed the wild Indians
who take up arms against her. They j main, am
Will never attempt to put down rebellion ■ is be‘d
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