Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 29, 1850 Page: 3 of 8
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The Sooth Western American5 our Indian Agent and Our-
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In tlio lust number of the South Western American wo have
another article on the subject of our present Indian ogont in
which wo are charged with injustice towards thut paper and
Judge Rollins in the remarks wo thought it our duty to make in
our issue of iho 8th instant. It is intimated also that wo wore
more disposed to make a personal attack on Judge Rollins than
upon " his supposed dereliction of ditty; " and tho statement is
again repeated that it "does not think tho Indian agent over wroto
what the letter writer in the Gnzetto asserts that ho did" accom-
panied by a distinct disavowal of any attempt to defend Judge
Rollins which it says wo imputed to it.
Now as wo are not willing that our motives or the facts con-
nected with tho case in hand should bo mistaken or misconstru-
ed wo shall uso the privilege with entire respect to ourcotempo-
rary of correcting a few errors into which he has fallen.
In the first place wo deny that it was our intention to do or
that we did in fact do injustice either to tho South Western Am-
erican or to our Indian agent in tho comment we made upon the
statement furnished us by that journal in itshumberof the 1st in-
stant. Wo looked upon that statement as made upon competent
authority and as entitled to full credence. It was printed at tho
head of our remarks and formed tho text upon which wo pro-
ceeded. Tito information wo found in our neighbors columns
was of such an extraordinary character and as we conceived of
so much importance to our frontier people we did not feel at lib-
erty to overlook it. We accordingly spread it before our rcadets
and appended a few comments which we then thought and still
ihinK entirely legitimate and such as were naturally and inevita-
bly suggested by the facts presented. Wo at the same time said
that wo took notice of the matter under our convictions of duty
and disclaimed any disposition to attach blame where it did not
properly belong. If therefore injustice has been done to Judge
Rollins our neighbor has no body else than himself to charge
with the blame : for we said nothing which was not predicated
wholly upon the data which he himself laid before us.
As to a personal attack upon Judge Rollins tho intimation of
our neighbor is simply gratuitous. We had no motivo to make
such" an attack and we saw no object to be gained by it. We al-
luded to him only in his character as an officer of the General
Government and made no personal reflections upon him unless
indeed the remark that wo understood that he was au amiable
gentleman can be properly so construed.
In a short extract from a letter written by a respectable gentle-
man in Washington to a friend in this city in reference to the un-
friendly feeling manifested by the Government towaids ourSlate
nnKViblished " "i" paper f the 25th ultimo the following sen-
tence occurs : " Our present Indian agent. I learn is very
much opposed to volunteer service." Now from whom this cor-
respondent got his information thatourlndian agent was opposed
to volunteer service for purposes of fiontier protection we do
not know. But believing that ho had been so informed from
somo reliable quarter we did not hesitate to give publicity to the
statement. Wo did so however without one word of remark ;
and the matter would have passed but for the following very sin-
gular denial from our neighbor which we could hardly believe
was made in any other spirit than that of the bitterest irony. He
said :
" The State Gazette on good authority stales that our present Indian agent is
opposed to ' volunteer service ' for frontier protection. We think there must be
some mistake about this : for this gentleman lias had no experience whatever in
the dunes of hit. olliec. It is now fully twelve nionths.binee he received hib np-
poinimant ; and upon good authority we Mate that he has not received a sjngle line
of instructions. So far his office has been n complete .sinecure and he has not
done a single act ot duty ; and we hardly think fiom the high position Judge Hoi-
lins holds that he would pretend to write ol'wh.u he must be entirely nuinloimed."
Upon this statement of the South Western American we found-
ed tho remarks to which exceptions have been taken as unjust
and personal. We leave it with our readers to judge whether
our neighbor is not the party properly chargeable with the per-
sonalities at least which may have crept into this discussion.
But out neighbor says ho attempted no defence of Judge Rol-
lins. Indeed we hope he did not: for from all such defences we
rather think his friends would ask to be delivered.
He goes on however to repeat that he does " not think that the
Indian agent ever wrote what the letter writer in the Gazette as-
serts that ho did." Now we beg to remark that the letter writer
in the Gazette did not assert that tho Indian agent ever " wrote "
anything but simply that ho had learned that he tho Indian
agent was opposed to volunteer service. Wo think this perver-
sion of the language of the correspodent alluded to to say the
leas' is not altogether fair.
Our neighbor corrects himself by saying that he finds " Judge
Rollins' commission bears date the llth of October only ; and
therefore instoud of being in office twelve he had hardly had the
office six months." To this we reply that under tho United
States Government an officer is not necessarily commissioned be-
fore ho is authorized to proceed in the discharge of his duties
and it is notorious that Judge Rollins was appointed Indian agent
in tho month of August 1849 while Major Neighbors was mm-
lf nt Washington. But wo have now tho further correction
from our neighbor that instead of not "a single line of instruc-
tions" ho has " received no further instructions than the general
ones 'transmitted to all Indian agents." At this rate we shall pro-
bably get at the truth after a while. But wo confess that wo
have some curiosity to know what aro the general instructions
transmitted lo all Indian agents in order that wo might ascertain
whether they justify our ngont in not performing " a single act of
duty" and whether they make his office "a complete sinecure."
If they do our people .would probably petition for. ff different set
of instructions to bo sont'him.. ' "
Ojir neighbor further says that upon invesligotion ho finds
' That thc.Indlnn appropriation made for 1810 $3000. wao expended by the
ormertonfcnl ; hnd ns there (ins bcoii Do further appropriation made by Congress
.would be.uselcss if not impolitic for (he hgent id meet these Indians Without
the accu toniary presents. Judpe Itoljins hnst"lic Is " Informed by good authority
done nil the diillcH that he posblv can do in vhe ntoiircur the knowledge oi the
in? J.?.s . a kovefnnu'nt relative to these Indians; their proper boundary
nni iMMipplled. with the muni presents n u ell n.s the f.ict that onf Indians pre-
sent an anomalous position the home depigment being nimbi toejetend ' thflam
Zuu. dlan crs 0Ver lle M)" of Texns-neitlier can ho send presents
without an appropriation from Gongres? for the purchase."
So wo havo it that our Indian agent has done all ho possibly
can do ond therefore all he will do until ho is informed of tho
intentions of the Government relative to tho Indians ; tho estab-
lishment of their proper boundary": the removal of existing ob
stacles to tho extension of the laws relative to Indian traders over
the soil of Texas ; and tho passago of an act by Congress making
an appropriation for tho purchase of presents ! This we sup-
pose defines his position ; and therefore wo may make up our
minds lo wait until the above enumerated preliminaries are fully
arranged before we should expect any intercourse between our
agent and the border tribes under his supervision. Sin:e we havo
been so much enlightened upon this interesting subject we are
filled with wonder how Major Neighbors could have escaped with
his scalp since he was almost continually in tho very homes of
the stwnccs without presents and surrounded with all the pres-
ent difficulties. Strange that lie should havo gone and come 113
he did and yet be a living man !
But finally our recommendation that the State should appoint
an agent to look after our Indian affairs our unighbor consid-
ers would be "a wanton waste of money." We think it would
be a most judicious and salutary measure ; and in this opinion
we have not the shadow of a doubt nine-tenths of those who
havereod the articles of the South Western American upon tho
subject of our Indian agency will heartily concur.
EG Wo give in another column a letter from Mnj. Benjamin
J. White of Texana. dfiscrinfivn nf rim vninn fir. A.:n . .i..
- .. ...u UVSIIJ XlllOllli III lUill
place together with the field-notes of the survey. From these
papers it appears that we are distant from tide-water by this
route only 109$ miles by actual measurement. This is an iute
resting fact to tho people of the upper Colorado and one which
may be turned to some advantage. By the late trip of tho steam-
er Emory it was conclusively proved that navigation to Texana
was fully attainable for every purpose of interior commerce.
I he position of that town then assures to its inhabitants if
they display tho proper enterprise at least a fair division of the
western tiade enough to make it a busy and a thriving place.
3 The following ore the officers elect of Metropolitan Di-
vision No. 29 Sons of Temperance of this City for the quarter
commencing July 1 1850 :
Ofltt;
Robert M. Elgin W. P.
John O. Raymond W. A.
David J. Miller R. S.
Finis E. Foster A. 11. S.
Abner II. Conk F. S.
James M. Long
Hugh II. Haynie T.
Truman B. Beck C.
Joseph J. Bott A. C.
John K. Warren T. S.
William A Hadley O. S.
P. W. P.
53 Middling cotton was quoted in New Orleans on the 14th
inst. at lh to llif and good middling at 12 to 12Jr cents.
uCr Our southern exchanges generally express the opinio'n
that the cotton crop of the present will be less than that of last
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' We"porceive that'sinco the' failure ofUhov' Cuban expedition
some of our Now Orleans exch'atigea'ro filled with denuncia-
tions of Gen. Lopez. They do not Hesitate to cli'aracterizef liinj
as a treacherous and imbecile braggart worihy only of (he tibetf
'est execration. Had his attomplto hborato Cuba been successful
the tone ot tneso presses would pronaoiyimvo been very different
and he who is now only an outcast. " with nono sopoor as to dd
him reverence" would then havo been a glorious hor'6 a' noble-
(patriot; for "ZTYT
" Ills succpss that colors all in life. vm
All the proud virtue or.thls vaunting World ' .mTT
Pawns on success and power hnwe'er acquired." ( Jt
Gen. Lopez is a native of Yenozqula in South Americans
When yet very young he served in the Spanish iarmy against'
the patriots. Cuba became his country by adopttoii and marrl'
age. He was for some time a member of tho Cortes and sliicii-
ed closely the colonial policy of tho Kingdom. The subsequent
repulse of the Cuban deputies oxcited his indignation -against
the royal govermnent and made him resolve to dovote bis lifeto7
the liberation of his islund homo. He resorted to various meth
ods to maco himself known and to gain personal popularity
with the country people for the purpose of preparing them;fqrc
rising in favor of independence. One method was that of. arvol1
unteer dispensor of medicines and medical advice to the country1
people. In this way ho made the acquaintance of hundreds joi"
families who knew him as the bravest of miliiary men. AidecL
by tho respect due to his rank his generosity humanity andv
good nature ho acquired such an inlluonce as induced him near-'
ly two years ago to raiso the standard of independence; but being
foiled he barely escaped with his life to tho United States''
where ho undertook the organization of the late un fortunate. oxr!
peuuion. uen. ijoppz is m ine prunooi me auu may yet oe-s
hold his " over faithful " Cuba a brilliant slur in the Americah.
cancellation. .'. .m
Cheap Postage. - ?Vi
The cheap postage propositions introduced into the Senate 'by
Gen. Rusk chairman of the Poslofficc'co'mnritlee havo been re-"
ceived'with favor throughout the country lpand the prospect-is-
thought to be good for their adoption at the present session. I""he
cheap postage reform in England has been attended with tho .
best results. The official report made to Parliament for 1849J'-'
shows that tho gross receipts for that 'year were $10962590; '
gn.ss expenditures .$0934205 ; net revenue or profit after j3e-'
ducting charges other than management $3702145. TjioVc-
tual delivery of the year was 337500000 let'ers. The delivery
ior a single weeir in January nuaif uo onu lor a single weeic in..
February 6849 196. Besides this vast bnsinesss the British
Post-Oflice issued within the year 4203727 ?noncij orders 'or.
receipts for money paid ot one office ond to be repaid at another
covering an amount of $40756475 thus transmitted at a very"
small increase on the regular rate of letter postage-' for tilq peo-f'
pic froih one point of the country to another. So much for the'
blessings of cheap postage in Britain ; arid equally much for our
Own country when Congress shall have the patriotism to estpti-
lish a low uniform rale of postage giving a proper premiunV'fgr
nrnnnumeiU. Tho irmri nrtlnv svutpm is ono we shonlrl nlso
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tCj A lump of gold weighing forty-six pounds avoirdupois
has been received in New Orleans from California.
SO3 Wo find the following in a letter from Washington dated
the 25th ult. The writer is a friend of the President and iuci-
dentaljy(refers to a conversation wherein that august functiona-
ry openly took part against Texas. The writer says :
" The Cuba news by telegraph was read at the President'. reception last night
and created a .sensan'on. The President had been giving his views AGAINST
THE BOUNDARY CLAIMED BY TEXAS but' immediately changed the
topic to Cuba and appeared to be taken by suipri&c wilh the news.''
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Foreign.
The steamer Canada arrived at Halifax on the llth instant
bringing dates from Liverpool to the 1st. Another advance in
cotton of one-eighth penny is leported. The apprehension of
another short American crop Jiad caused considerable excitement
in the market. The accounts from tho manufacturing districts
were favorable. Tho Russian Minister had received orders to
quit London. The French ambassador who had gone to Paris
it was supposed would return. Serious fears were entertained in
some quarters of a rupture between France and England. The
withdiawal of the Russian minister was occasioned by difficul-
ties growing out of the Greek question Kossuth's children
have been allowed to join him in Turkey.
Jd3 As some evidence of the shameful treatment we have to
submit to at the hands of the General Postoffice Department it is
only necessary to mention that under the lute lettings we are to
have a mail triweekly between Austin and Woshington on the
Brazos and only twice a week thence to Houston ! Could it have
been possible to dovise an arrangement more annoying to our
peopleor more disgraceful to the author ofit-the Postmaster Gen-
eral 1 Theeffcct is to embarrass our communication wilh Houston
and Galveston to a serious extent ond to inflict upon the whole
Interior a grievous injury As tho Department saw ht to cut us
off from all but a weekly mail to New Orleans it was as little as
could havo been expected that it would gi.vo us an opportunity
of communicating with Houston and Galveston three times a
week. And we hope that the people of both those places will
protest against an arrangement that is so manifestly unwise un-
just and inconvenient. We really cannot see any other reason for
itbut a settled determination on tho part of tio Administration.in
all its branches to do this Stoto all tho damage in their power.
All their actstowards us bear this impress too plainly to.be
questioned. ' ' "
11. Sj.it
The Kentucky Commonwealth states that Mr.' Clay will.
probably resign his seat in the Senate on tho settlement of-the
slavery question. "
P33 A committee of the Nashville convention has reported
unanimously in favor of extending. the Missouri compromise .
lino of 36 30 to the Pari fie. - i
JljF The Jackson Mississipjiiau of tho 7th inst. says'4that"iP
has never known the prospect of the cotton 'crop so gloomy.
There will not be 250000' bales made when the number shoulcl
be 700.000 at least. - iV:
D33 The Governor of South Carolina has appointed" the HTon??
Robert W. Barnwell United States Senator in place of Franlr-
Im H. Jiilmore deceased ivip. uarnweii was lormeriy memoorj
of Congress and Presidentrof South Carolina College. lft'i
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ECr" A bloody and fatal street fight occurred at Memphfeon
the 8th inst. growing out of the prosocutiontof tho parties con-i
nectcd with the Farmer's Bank affair. 'M
jCjp The Secretary of Slate of ihe United Slates on the 3d inst?
transmitted by telegraph lo ajobile ond thence to be dispatched
by the most speedy conveyance to Cuba on official letter to ithe;
Spanish authorities of that Island informing- them that the"
authorities of Spain havo no right to anticipate a criminal'-
or illegal intent on the part of any American citizens found'
upon any island in the neighborhood of Yucatan and thatho
seizure of any such persons uuder such circumstances will not.
be recognized or permitted by ihis Government ' lUu
n3 Gen. Lopez has surrendered himself to tho United'States-
marshal at New Orleans and at the last dates his trial was pro-
ceeding before the proper tribunal. Ill's counsel aro Messrs. Hen x
dcrsonl Prentiss and Sigur. The officers who accompanied InmV
in his expedition hove published a card extolling his conduct in
every particular. '
5r3 Tho speech of Senator Snulti.on the now compromise-
scheme is universally spoken of as n most "eloquent and- logical
otfort. He takes broad ground in favor of the extension of .the-
Missouri compromise line to the Pacific. In this positiotvthe-
South wilt be witn.nim.
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n3" Letters from Santa Fo as late as tho 14th April ton days-
before the departure of Maj. Neighbors have beer? received at StV
Louis in which the presence of tho Texas Commissioner'is ant'
uounced with the remark that he was welcomed by many warn(
friends but coolly by the authorities. '
D33 .The Pennsylvania Logjsaturo has recently; chartered
College for the medical education of females bo Jqcatedm
Philadelphia Elizabeth Blockwell no studetin
Eariswjlljfil! tjie qhair of; Surgery; u CriUi K.. j yim& .
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Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 29, 1850, newspaper, June 29, 1850; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth80935/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.