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VOL. I.
Sam Felipe de Austin, Saturday, December 12, 1885.
NO. 9.
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To Correspondents. Notwithstanding what wc have
said to correspondents in a previous number, respecting
the spirit in which communications must be written to
ensure admittance into our columns; we find it necessary
to remipd them again of the same subject. A number of
communications have been received, which are too per-
sonal to be interesting to our readers in general; and
which, consequently, cannot be admitted.
Our volunteers still keep possession of Goliad, and are
determined not to relinquish it into the hands of the
enemy.
We consider h necessary that this post should be main-
tained; as in the hands of the enemy, it might materially
assist them in their operations. The force still remain
jng there, is about eighty men.
We learn that about one hundred and tcmvty men from
Alabama and Tennessee, well armed and equipped, and
ready for fight, have just arrived at Nacogdoches, and
are only waiting for supplies to enable them to proceed
to Bejar, to incorporate themselves with' the volunteer
arm', now besieging that place.
To eur Patrons. The delay in the publication of this
and the previous number of our paper, is owing to a
press .of public printing. We have had a number of
blank forms, circulars, &c. to print for the Provisional
Government, which have unavoidably interfered with the
regular publication of thcpapcr.
We are daily expecting" an addition to our stock of
printing materials, which will enable us to employ a lar-
ger number of workmen, and consequently, to execute
promptly all the printing which may be required, without
"ileiayTiig mir jiuer. " " " " """
We regret to be under the necessity of apologising so
soon after the commencement of publication, for the di-
minutive size of the present number. Since our press
commenced its operation, the quantity of paper used, has
been much greater than was anticipated; the conse"
quencc of which is, that we have been obliged to reduce
this sheet to its present size.
Wc have been expecting for the last two or three
weeks, to receive a new nupply, which, when it arrives,
will enable us to resume the.origiual form and size. Until
then, our readers must content themselves with such as
we find it in our power to give them.
Article 2. The legislatures shall im-
mediately cease to exercise their legisla-
tive functions: but before dissolving, (and
those which may be in recess meeting for
the purpose,) they shall appoint a depart-
ment council, composed for the present, of
five individuals, chosen either within or
without their own body, to act as a council
to the governor j and in case of a vacancy
in that office, they shall propose to the su-
preme general government, three persons,
possessing the qualifications hitherto re-
quired: and until an appointment be made,
the gubernatorial powers shall be exercised
by the first on the list, who is not an eccle-
siastic. Article 3. In those states where the
legislature cannot be assembled within eight-
days, the Ayuntamiento of the capital shall
act in its place, only for the purpose of
electing the five individuals of the depart-
ment council.
Article 4. All the judges and tribu-
nals of the states, and the administration
of justice, shall continue as hitherto, until
the organic law relative to this branch be
formed. The responsibilities of the func-
tionaries which could only be investigated
before congress, shall be referred to, and
concluded before, the supreme court of the
nation.
We learn that general Mexia's expedition against Tam-
pico has failed, in consequence of the vessel in which he
sailed having been wrecked near that place. His force-
consisted of about otie hundred and fifty men. With this
small body he invested the city, and gained considerable
advantages, when he was forced to retreat for want of
ammunition, having saved from the wreck but eight
routids. He then re-embarked on board a merchant ves-
sel, and came to the mouth of the Brazos, where he still
remains.
We publish to-day the translation of a decree passed in
3fexico, on the 3d of October last, which will give our
readers an idea of the present form of the government of
Mexico. The decree is accompanied by regulations to
be observed in the administration of the revenues, which,
for want of room, wc defer publishing till a future period.
TRANSLATION
Office of the Secketart or the
Treasurv. First Sectiox.
The following has been communicated
to me by the secretary of relations.
Office of the first secretary of state,
-interior department. His excellency the
president pro tern, of the Mexican United
States, to the inhabitants of the republic;
KNOW YE, that the General Congress
has decreed the following.
Article 1. The present governors of
the states shall continue, notwithstanding
the time fixed by the constitutions may have
expired; but shall be dependent for their
continuance in the exercise of their attri- j
butes, upon the supreme government of the j
.nation. - . . .
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All the .subaltern
of the state shall also continue for the pre-
sent, (the places which are vacant, or which
may be vacated, not to be filled,) but they,
as well as the offices, revenues and branches
under their charge, remain subject to, and
at the disposal of, the supreme government
of the nation, by mean? of the respective
governor.
Jose Manuel Moreno, FrcsH
Jose It. Malo, Sec.
Atenogenes Castillero, Sec.
Therefore, I order it to be printed, pub-
lished, and circulated; and that due com-
pliance be given to it. Palace of the fe-
deral government, in Mexico, Oct. 3d, 1835.
Miguel Barragan,
A. D. Manuel Diez de Bonilla
I communicate it to you for your infor-
mation and consequent purposes. God and
Liberty, October 3d, 1835.
BONILLA.
To his Excellency the Secretary of Des-
patch of Hacienda.
them entirely, as it is reported to us. The
issue is doubtful of course. Ugartechea is
on the way with considerable reinforce-
ments ; how near, has not. yet exactly been
ascertained ; but certainly he is not more
than from fifty to sixty miles off. This ex-
press has been despatched for an immediate
supply of ammunition, as much powder arid
lead as can possibly be sent instantly. Of
the first mentioned article, there is nonebe-
yond the cannon cartridges, already mcdjl
up. I hope that good mules, or horsel
will be procured to send on these articles,
with the greatest possible speed, travelling
night and day, for there is not a moment to
be lost; reinforcements of men are perhaps
indispensable to our salvation ; I hope every
exertion will be made to force them out to
our relief immediately.
B. R. MILAM,
EDWARD BURLESON.
December 6, 1835.
CAMP BEFORE BEJAR.
to the president of the provisional
government.
Yesterday morning at day-light, or ra-
ther, some twenty minutes before, colonel
Milam, with a party of about three hun-
dred volunteers, made an assault upon the
town of Bejar, his party he divided into
two divisions, which, on entering into town,
took possession of two buildings near each
other, near the place where they have been
ever since, battling with the enemy : they
have so far had a fierce contest, the enemy
offering a strong and obstinate resistance.
It is difficult to determine what injury has
been done him ; many killed, certainly, but
how many, cannot be told. On our side,
ten or twelve wounded, two killed. The
houses occupied by us, command some of
the cannon in the plla.ee, or have silenced
To the People of Texas,
We, the undersigned, having been ap-i
pointed by the General Council of Texas,
a committee for the purpose of drafting an
address to you, and preparing resolutions
on the subject of our gallant army, now
before Bejar, approach this subject with,
great diffidence,, and under a full view of
'thedeeii'j'esnnnsibiHtywhir!li rests jinon us,
in the discharge of this important duty.
It is not necessary for us to go back, and
trace the courses which have led us in the
defence of our constitutional rights, into the
present war with the minions of a tyrant.
It is sufficient that we are now in the war,
and that a noble and heroic band, compos-
ed of our fellow-citizens and disinterested
patriots from the United States, are now
in an exposed and critical situation, before
the walls of a strong fortress of the enemy,
and have, as you will see by the accompa-
nying letter made an appeal to you, through
your Council, for ammunition and rein-
forcements. They are contending without
the necessary munitions of war, and with-
out the usual comforts extended to armies,
against a force more than equal in number
to them, and who are well 'supplied with
ammunitions, and strcngly fortified.'
And from information of a positive cha-
racter, in our possession, the enemy will
be, if they have not been already, re-in-forced
by large numbers. If pour army is
not immediately re-inforced, they will be
forced to retreat, or be slaughtered. Will ,
you abandon this army, who have marched
to the field of danger, at the first tocsin of
alarm? Will you give the enemies of the
constitution and the hireling slaves of a tyrant,
the first victory? Will you destroy the last
hopes of the " liberals " of the Mexican re-
public? Will you disappdintthe expectations
of your friends ? Will you compromise your
own honor ? Will you expose the defenceless
women and children of your frontier to the
ravages of an enemy, whose only check to
their" conduct is the extent of their power ?
No, you will not! Rise up, then, with one
accord, and shoulder your rifles : march to
the field of battle, and teach the hirelings
of a tyrant that they cannot battle success-,
fully with citizen freemen.
Contractors have been dispatched -in d'n
ferent directions, and supplies and arnmu-
nitions are on their way to the army.
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