Niles' Weekly Register. (Baltimore, Md.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 23, 1836 Page: 6 of 16
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550 NILES’ REGISTER—JULY 23, 1836—TEXAS.
per measures may be taken to procure their attendance. If the
services of lieut. Claik, the assistant quartermaster at Fort
Drane, can be dispensed with, the commanding officer,---
----, will order him to Black Creek to take charge of the pub-
lic property at that place.
(Signed) R. K. CALL,
commanding the troops in Florida.
The last Charleston Courier contains the following addition-
al particulars.
"St. Augustine, July 8. We have heard but little of the In-
dians since their attack on Micanopy. An express arrived
here on Wednesday last, from Fort Drane, which brings us the
intelligence up to the 5th instant. An officer of the army
writes to a friend here, that colonel Warren with 50 mounted
men, surprised six Indians at captain Priest’s house, about 9
miles from Micanopy, and killed 5 of them, the sixth made his
escape. The Indians were comfortably ensconced in a luxu-
riant manner under mosquito nets. Among the killed was an
Indian of bad character, named Billy John, a chief of some in-
fluence. He begged for quarter very humbly, but it was re-
fused, and lie was instantly put to death.
“A letter from Suwannee, Qld Town, dated 25th June,
states that the plantation of Alex Watson, esq. was destroyed
by the Indians on the 13th at midday. A party of men the day
previous had a skirmish near there, with the enemy—they lost
1 killed, and reported 4 or 5 Indians killed. The latter kept
the field. They are augmenting their numbers daily; but
whether they are the Creeks or Seminoles is a matter of con-
jecture. . Mr. Watson’s loss is between 30 and 40,000. dollars.
The Indians obtained about 2,500 pounds of lead at Watson's,
the others plantations in the vicinity will be abandoned.
—e © O4ec-
TEXAS.
The following letters are from the Texian commisioners who
were ordered to Matamoras to receive some prisoners as stipu-
lated by a treaty made with gen. Filasola, by whom they were
furnished with passports. According to a letter in the New
Orleans Bee, immediately on their arrival at Matamoras they
Were arrested and imprisoned, and their passports taken from
them and destroyed. We learn from the same source that
gen. Urrea had joined Filasola with 4,000 soldiers, which, with
3,000 under the command of the latter, makes 7,000 men in all
flow on their march to Texas. The Texiansare making vigorous
efforts for a determined resistance, and it is stated that about
9,000 Americans will take the field.
A late New Orleans Bee also contains a letter dated Mata-
moras, May 11th, which announces the release of the Texian
prisoners who were confined there under sentence of death.
The respite granted them at the earnest solicitations of the na-
tives and foreigners resident at Matamoras, was on the eve of
its expiration, when the news of the capture of Santa Ana ar-
rived, and under bis decree of amnesty, they were immediate-
ly set at liberty. '
Matamoras, Tamaulipas, June 9th, 1836.
MY dear FRIEND: I ain sorry to inform you of our situation.
We are detained here for nothing but to keep you ignorant of
tile enemy’s intention; they will soon be down on you in great
numbers. Four thousand will leave here in four of eight days
for La Bahia, it is supposed via Nueces or San Patricio, and as
many more by water, in 15 or 20 days froth Vera Cruz, to land
at Copano, or Brasos, it is not yet ascertained at which place,
they will make a war of extermination and show no quarters.
My dear friend, you see what treating with a prisoner is, but
you must make the best of it; you can fall back to the Colora-
do, and call all the men to the field, for if you do not, Texas is
gone. They have heard that the president is at Velasco with
a very small guard, and they say they will have him in less
than two weeks. I think you ought to send all the prisoners
through to San Augustine for safe keeping. You will have
from 7 to 10,000 troops to contend with, many of them cavalry,
well mounted, to murder women and children. Now, soldiers,
you must not spare any pains for the sake of saving us; we are
willing to be lost to save Texas. We are not in prison yet, but
to-morrow we shall have quarters in the calaboose. We have
good friends, which prudence at present forbids me to mention
for fear of detection. Urrea is commander-in-chief of the Mex-
ican army, and says he will not stop short of the Sabine river.
You must now work head work as well as fighting. Blow
up Goliad and Bexar: you have a sufficient force in the field at
once, and will whip them again—be united—let the people of
the United States know what kind of a war they make of it
and they will certainly come to our assistance. I do not con-
sider our lives in danger, if in close quarters. To give you as
much information as possible, my letter is in this small hand.
I bid you adieu in haste. Our cause forever, your friend,
r A. TEAL.
I concur with all that has been stated above and foregoing.
Your ob’t serv’t H. M. RAMES. °
Matamoras, June 9.
The messenger who carries this, is strongly recommended by
all the friends of this place—the news he carries is of the
greatest importance to Texas. In God’s name be governed by
it. I expected to have carried the news to Texas myself, but
to have been made prisoner was not what 1 expected: I was to
have left this evening, through the assistance of the friends to
our cause; at 12 o’clock this day, I was called up by general
------and obliged to give security that I would appear at any
time I was called upon, or that 1 would not leave the city, or
else be imprisoned in the Cartel. Captains Teal and Carnes
are prisoners also. I hope if their bad faith at the mission at
Goliad and elsewhere, will not fully open your eyes to the per-
fidiousness of these unprincipled wretches, in the detention of
our commissioners in this place, as well as myself and four of
my men, all with passports from general Filasola, you will
hereafter act on principles of retaliation, regardless of conse-
quences to us. If you had shot the officers already taken, I
have no doubt the second attack would not have been made.
The information is so full in the other documents and let-
ters that it is unnecessary for me to go into detail; the advice
in them pay all attention to, and for heaven’s sake pay strict
attention and profit thereby. To Galveston and Matagorda,
and your prisoners look well. Our situation is bad, but death
can ease our troubles. I am your enemy’s prisoner,
Maj. W. P. MILLER, legion cavalry.
I certify the foregoing to be true copies of the communica-
tions sent by general T. S. Rusk, to this department.
A. SOMERVILLE, secretary of war.
War department, Telasco, June 20, 1836.
Copy of a letter addressed to gen. Dunlap, handed by capt.
Mather, steamboat Privateer, dated,
Near Sabine, July 2, 1836.
To gen. Dunlap: sir: Your favor of the 1st of June, reach-
ed me last evening, I regret so much delay will necessarily re-
sult before you, can reach us, we will need your aid, and that
speedily, the enemy in large numbers are reported to be in
Texas, their force is estimated at from 8 to 12,000. It is im-
possible to ascertain, but 1 think it somewhat exaggerated. We
can meet and beat them with one-third the number. The army
with which they first entered Texas is broken up, and dispersed
by desertion and other causes. If they get another army of the
extent proposed, it must be composed of new recruits, and men
pressed into service. They will not possess the mechanical
efficiency of discipline which gives the Mexican troops the only
advantage they have, they will be easily routed by a very infe-
rior force,for a portion of that force, we shall be obliged to look
to the U. States. It cannot reach us too soon, there is but one
feeling in Texas, in my opinion, and that is to establish the in-
dependence of Texas, and to be attached to the United States.
The war has assumed a most deplorable aspect. Priest craft
and fanaticism have been united against all liberal principles,
to establish and maintain this, it is necessary that despotism
should be created. The God of liberty will crush it, liberal prin-
ciples will triumph, and Texas must be free.
March as speedily as possible with all the aid you can bring,
and I doubt not but you will be gratified with your reception,
and situation. Come the most expeditious route, and do not
encumber yourself with baggage. Bring with you arms, and
forward such aid to Texas as you can. The troops who were
driven from Texas, I understand, refused to return under any
circumstances. They returned home miserable, naked and dis-
heartened. For minute particulars of our situation and much
important information, I refer you to the rev. S. Bacon, the
bearer of this, who has been actively engaged in the cause of
Texas. The path of honor and wealth in Texas, is open to the
patriotic and chivalrous. I am, your ob’t serv’t and friend.
(Signed,) SAM. HOUSTON.
Gen. R. G. Dunlap, Nashville, Tenn.
The president of Texas, David G. Burnet, has issued his pro-
clamation, in which he exhorts the people of Texas to be uni-
ted in their movements towards the enemy. The following are
the orders issued to the people of Texas:
“I, David Q. Burnet, president of the republic of Texas, by
and with the advice and consent of the cabinet, have ordered
and decreed, and do hereby order and decree, that every able-
bodied man in Texas, being over the age of sixteen and under
that of fifty years do forth with report himself to the proper mus-
ter-officer of his respective municipality, and enrol himself for
military duty; and that so soon as a company of 56 men shall
be enrolled in any municipality, they shall proceed to the elec-
tion of their several officers, and shall forthwith march to head
quarters, first reporting their organization, and a complete com-
pany, to the muster office of the municipality.
And it is further ordered and decreed, that the muster officer
in each municipality, shall make out a full list of the names
and ages of every male citizen in his municipality, whether ab-
sent or present, a certified copy of which list shall be transmit-
ted to the war department. And he shall also keep a list of
every man within his municipality, who enrols himself for mi-
litary duty, a copy of which record shall bo forwarded to the
department ol war, at the end of every month, from the pro-
mulgation of this decree. He shall also send to the same de-
partment copies of the several companies returned to him.
It is further ordered and decreed, that all officers, non-com-
missioned officers and privates, belonging to the Texian army,
who may be absent on furlough or otherwise, do immediately
repair to their respective posts, and report themselves for duty,
on pain of forfeiting their commissions, if commissioned offi-
cers, and their pay and bounty, if non-commissioned or pri-
vates.
Done at Velasco, the 20th day of June, 1836.
D. G. BURNET,president.
A. SOMERVILLE, secretary of war.
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