Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 2, 1835 Page: 3 of 8
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s l' thousands. Jn order for Texas to succeed in what she
' - has undertaken, it is necessary that every citizen should
jbftjrnpressed with a due sense of his obligations to his
i-tscounty, and that lie should be willing to contribute to
.yihat cause whatever his means will allow. Union is the
grand object, and in order to secure this union, every
( one must be willing to make concessions of his private
v prejudices, and consult the good of the community.
ijc. A sense of common danger, and a desire of $elf-prc-
Jp " servation should bind us in union ; and the impossibility
. of maintaining our rights without co-operation, should
1 perpetuate this union. In the administration of the go-
J!- vernment, the question should net be. will a measure serv e
-"" the particular purposes of one or any party, but does the
good of the country require it7 Purely disinterested pa.
triotism probably nowhere exists; but self-interest at a
time like the present, would make a man patriotic, and
prompt him to render himself serviceable to the country.
By studying the policy pursued by our forefathers, in
their noble struggle for their natural rights, much of their
experience might be converted to our use many maxims
might be drawn from their history, which would apply
as well to our own affairs. We shall, therefore, without
a further apology, occasionally make such extracts, as
" we conslder-jipjilicable to the present situation of the
Jfr- country. " - "
We are requested to state that a town, called Houston
has lately been laid out on the east side of the Trinity ri-
.ver, forty miles' north of the San Antonio road. It con
tains between three and four hundred building lots and a
large quantity of out-land. The situation is said to be
handsome, salubrious, and well watered; surrounded by
ferule, well timbered land, and is about six miles from a
good steamboat landing, on the Trinity. The town is in
tended tojjqon the roads leading from Nacogdoches and
Pecan Point, to the falls of the Brazos. Within a few
miles of it there are two large and good salines.
i - " ,
' Through inadvertency we omitted to state, at the time
of the election which was held by the Consultation, tha
Sam.. Houston was elected, with but one dissenting voice,
major-general of the regular army of Texas.
straint upon them, and to inflict the proper punishment
upon such as may be guilty of improper conduct towards
the citizens. Measures should also be adopted, to prevent
an unnecessary waste of property. Soldiers on their
way to the army must be fed, and the necessary steps
have been taken to supply them : but troops without or-
ganization are apt to consider all property as public, and
to help themselves'as their wants or their caprices may
dictate. .These,remarks have been elicited by complaints
which have already been made on this subject, and by
the fact thai such tilings are at all times liable to happen
under similar circumstances.
The district of Tenehaw, in the department of Nacog.
doches, has been formed into a separate municipality, to
be called Tenehaw. The seat of justice is established at
the town of Nashville.
Farmers in the vicinity of this town, who have corn,
potatoes, &c, for sale, would do well to bring them in
soon, as they would meet with a ready sale, and com-
mand a good price,
General S. F. Austin arrived in this town, on the 29th
ult, to undertake the duties of his appointment as com-
missioner to the United States. Having been officially
notified of "his appointment, and requested to repair to
this place, he left the army in charge of colonel Edward
Burleson, who had been elected to the command. We
are happy to say that his health, which has for some time
been very bad, i3 considerably improved.
( Cosventiox Hall, Sax Felipe
I de Austin, Nov. 13, 1833.
. - General S. F. Austin,
Sir, By a resolution of the Consulta-
tion of the chosen Delegates of all Texas,
in General Convention assembled, it was
made the duty of its president to inform
you that you are elected by that body, a
commissioner to the United States of the
North, to act under the advice and instruc-
tion of the Provisional Government; and
that you be requested, as speedily as is con-
sistent with your health, to report your ac-
ceptance to the Governor and Council, that
your commission and the proper instructions
-be given to you, Your obedient servant,
B. T. ARCHER,
President.
P. B. Dexter, Sec'ry.
We are of opinion that the provisional government
hould turn its attention to one subject which hitherto ap-
pears not to have been taken into consideration. We.ul
lude to some plan to restrain the licentiousness of "the
troops, while not engaged in actual service. During the
present disorganized state of affairs, much injury might
be done the citizens, by volunteers on their waycf the
camp, vunless some method be devised to impose a re-
We have received the official account of the battle of
Lepantitlan, near San Patricio, but have not room to in-
sert it in full. A detachment of thirty men was sent out
by captain P. Dimitt, under command of adjutant West-
over. The' company was augmented by volunteers, to
the number of fifty. They proceeded to San Patricio,
and there, learning that a part of the forces were out iu
pursuit of them, they pushed by forced marches, and
entered the place, on the evening of the 3d ult., and the
garrison surrendered the same night, on condition of being
set at liberty, on parole not lo take up arms against the
colonists, during tlio war. The number of men in the fort
was twenty-one. There were also two cannons, a four
and a two pounder, which had been taken by force from
the citizens of San Patrioio. i They kept peaceable pos-
session oPthe town, until the next evening, when they
made preparations to recross the river. Before crossing,
they discovered a small partyjof Jhe enemy, watching
their movements. About half of the men immediately
crossed, when information was brought that the enemy,
to the number of seventy-three, were approaching. An
action immediately ensued, which lasted thirty-two mi-
nutes; and the enemy retreated, leaving the volunteers
in possession of the ground, from which they brought off
eight of the enemy's horses, and one of their wounded,
viz, the alcalde ot Ban JPatrjcio. The loss of the enemy
in killed, wounded, and missing, was twenty-eight.
Amongthe wounded, were the above named alcalde, the
judge and sheriff of San Patricio, and lieutenant Marce-
lino Garcia, the last named of whom died the second day
after the action. One of adjutant Westovcr's company,
(sergeant Bracken) was wounded in the hand.
The official report concludes as follows :
n
I had previously sent to San Patricio for
a team to move the artillery (the four pound-
er was put across the river previous to the
action) but in consequence of a heavy show-
er of rain, and cold wind from the north,
the men were very much chilled, and night
approaching, and no team coming, I toge-
ther with captain Kerr, John J. Linn and
James Power, who rendered me signal ser-
vice, advised the propriety of throwing the
artillery in the river, and it was according-
ly done.
The men all fought bravely, and those on
the opposite bank of the river were enabled
to operate on the flanks of the enemy, above
and below the crossing, which thev did with
fine effect. IRA WESTOVER,
Adjutant.
ment, between a detachment of three hundred of our
t
troops, and about the same number of centralists : and
notwithstanding the latter had a decided advantage in
their position, being sheltered by .timber, they were com-
pelled to retreat to the fort, with considerable loss. The
colonial troops pursued them, until they were fired upon
from the fort, when they were ordered"to retreat. A
gentleman who says he was in the engagement, states
that he saw, ten dead bodies, remaining upon the ground
after the battle. On our side, no loss.
In the minutes of the Council, which we publish in
our columns to day, is a report of a speech attributed to
Mr. Wharton. Mr. Wharton, aware that we had it in
hand, called on us just before ourpaper went to press,
and stated that his object in the speech hadbeen mistak-
en. That his objections to Mr. Payker's report were
these :
He objected to creating a special committed to perform
the duties of the committee of which he was chairman.
He objected to the appointing of a contractor, inasmuch
as there was a contractor already appointed by the former
Council, who was then discharging hi3 duties, aud nq
new contractor could be appointed over his head, with-
out doing injustice to him : that he did not oppose any
action of the Council relative to the army now before
Bejar; but is now, and always has been, a warm advo-
cate for supplying that army with everything that they
required; and has, in his individual capacity, contributed
to their comfort and sustentation; and. has never voted -against
any measure that has been adopted for, their
relief.
We publish this .in justice to Mr. Wharton, and that
the public may have an opportunity.of judging upon the
matter.
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The following persons were elected as delegates to the
Convention, from the department of Bejar ,
Municipality of Guadalupe Victoria, jjj
John J. Linn, . m
Silvester de Leon, A t f
. , Juan Antonio de T& .jp. . -
MunicipalityJof Goliad ("15;
Thomas G. Westover,"!
ara. western,
Peter A. Grayson,
Dr. Grant,
B. F. Smith.
Mision de Refugio.
James Powers,
John Malone,
Hugh Frasier.
Municipality of San Patricio.
John McMullin,
Lewis Ayers
John W. Bower,
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Some persons who have just returned from the army,
bring report that, on the 26th ult., there was an engage- I
We are indebted to the politeness of a friend, for the
following letter, which was written by a gentleman from
the interior, and whose opportunities for acquiring cor
rect informa,;on upon the subject must have been consi
dcrble. As it may throw some light upon the present
situation of the Mexican nation, we present it to our
readers, without comment.
Goliad, November 13, 1835.
Dear Sir, In compliance with your re-
quest, I give you a few hints on the present
state of the interior.
Alrarez, instead of fnrveeing, as was re-
ported, to an armisreeT' has commenced
operations in the South, with redoubled vi-
gor, and tahen the strong fort of Acapulco.
The importance of tins point is hightened
by the revenue of the port, which the go-
vernment can ill spare, and which will, as-
sist materially im supporting the troops of,
Alvarez.
Guzman and Montenegro have an army
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Baker & Bordens. Telegraph and Texas Register (San Felipe de Austin [i.e. San Felipe], Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 2, 1835, newspaper, December 2, 1835; San Felipe de Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47896/m1/3/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.