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1835, he had introduced into Texas more than 600 diplomatic agents, 5Morelos sent young Almonte
families of settlers. He was a member of the. con- with them to be educated at an American college.
vention of 1836, and was one of the signers The dealih of his father soon afterwards deprived
of the IDeclaration of Independeendene. -e corn- Alimonite of the means of prosecuting his studies,
manded a comlpatny in tle spring of 1836, and and lie became a clerk in a hardware store in New
participated in the battle of San Jacinto. HI-e was Orleans. After the triumph of the Republicans in
a member of the Senate of the Republic of Texas. Mexico, in 1812, Almonte left Nacogdoches with
Colonel Robertson died, at Ihis home in Robert- B I1ernardo Gutierres, who had been appointed Govson
county, Texas, on the 4th of March, 1842. ernor of Tamaulipas. Leaving Bernardo on the
Rio Grande, Ahnonte went on to the city of Mex..--......-
ico to push his fortunes. He attached himself to
itaftn. Anna.. whnsI stnr wnas tho in ifhin ns,r-,nan{,AYR,S:I
, ,JOSEP-I DRlA,.PER, was born in
\L}~' Gtirenada, Mississippi, September 23, 1842,
and moved to Texas when nine years of
age, locating at Bastrop, Bastrop county,
in 1851, where lie received such an education as
was to )be obtained in that place. Entered the
Confederate army at the conmminencement of the
war, in 1861, and served during the entire war,
partly with General Tomu Green's celebrated cavalry
brigalde in Arizona and Louisiana and then
with (r4General R,ichard Taylor, east of thle Mississipppi.
After the close of the war, Major Sayers
studied laa', was admitted to the bar, and conmnmenced
practice in 1866O. Was elected a senator
of tlihe Thirteenth Legislature, and thougli a young
inemlber and a still younger legislator, at once assuniled
a prominent place, being appointed Chairman
of tihe Conmniittee on Federal Relations, on
Public Lalnds, and on Engrossed Bills; and was
also a menlmber of tlhe Judiciary Committed No. 2,
of Education, alnd of Finance. Major Sayers, was
noninated for Lieutenant Governor b my acclamation
by the I)emnocratic State Convention in July last,
and elected in Novemlber, receiving 1.57,107 votes,
against 49,045 vote for Gene ral John S. Raines,
Greenback nominee, and 23,001 votes for Richard
Allen, Republican nominee.
TLMON( TE, D)ON JTAN N., a natural son of
thel patriot priest, Morelos. Foote gives
,-kN.); the origin of the name as follows:
S 'rt "Morelos was at the head of his troops
one day, when an infant, (wlhose birth was thus
unceremoniously made known to him,) was brought
into his siglit by the mother. ' Almonte! Ahnonte,
-to the mountain with the brat !' and Almonte was
thenceforth his name." When the Republicans
sent HIerrera and Bean to the United States asI L-J,-r * .lLA(Vj VY 11%JOV,- VILlyICA IL VVttD t lilUl1l ILI tlltZUI Uot XI\-LUu..I U.
In 1834 hiis chief sent him to Texas, where he
spent several months making observations on the
country and its inhabitants. Most of the time he
was with Colonel Bean, the old friend of his father.
When he returned to Mexico he made a report
which furnishes us the best data we have as to
the population and resources of Texas at that time.
In 1836, AlmonLe was Santa Anna's private secretary
and confidential adviser.. After the re-establishment
of Mexican authority, Almonte was to run
the boundary betw6en Texas and the United States
and then lie was to be the Governor. General
Rusk Gives this account of Altmonte's surrender at
San Jacinto: "At the close of the fight, and just
after sundown, Colonel Ahlonte came out of the
woods with about two hundred and fifty men.
There were at that place not exceeding ten or fifteen
Americans; and none of them could speak the
M.exican language well. The prisoners were asked
if ,they could speak English? Almonte answered
in Spanish that they could not. They were -then
told in Spanish to form two and two deep antd
march withl us to camp. They formed and commencedi
marching accordingly. Our few men were
distributed around them as a guard. Most of us
were very much fatigued, and such was the condition
of the Mexicans, also. As we proceeded in
tlhis way, one of our men, who was so tired he
could hardly walk, being incommoded by a Mexican
who had dropped out of the line, cursed and
threatened him in a very rough manner in English.
This threat was immediately repeated to the Mexican
in Spanish. I concluded that lie, at least,
must understand English very well, and that it
was probably Almonte whom I saw before me. I
therefore observed so him, 'you must be Colonel
Almonte;' he replied in English, 'You speak well.'
I then rode up to hinm and gave him my hand, saying
to him, 'it affords me great pleasure to see
you Colonel.' With great presence of mind and
his customary politeness hlie responded, 'the pleasure
is reciprocated.' " .In the estimation of Almonte,
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