The Texas Monument. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 1850 Page: 2 of 4
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defined by the Congress of Texas,
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the designs of Northern agitators on this
subject,
move
f we submit
r territory,
must
Mr. French felt a slight
was
The Weather.
was
that the
ges of
s^nd tliat
let of. country
the Pacific
they would not
years, and
e ourselves
we
to exert a
came
the town of LaG range
a heavy rain about fifteen
on the 24th inst..
The District of Columbia.
Petitions to abolish - Slavery in
the United States will do her justice. .
The proposition to come within twen-
ty miles of El Paso and then in a
line to the point where the lOOth de
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mt state of things
rhich now excite
poi
the
as
Those who have
H
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din of battle,
jlory.’ They
Bant Worth,
so
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The picket-guard
______merican army.
will
vast
without the affectations of cities, but free
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We arc
F
e up and at
ave had a
pie of * United States protection ol
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w ar of extermination may bd thte conse-
affaijrs will pre-
us ten or
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itaiiroau must pass, or
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have come so low down the Rio Grande*
Texas should not permit hjer northern
boundary to come belcw’ the northern
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near Buckner's creek.
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a-
short dis-
same <
The lightning struck
W’hich^he horse was standing
as they
however, disposed to
a proposition to the
stars to glisten in its glorious con-'
ation.
how many are still living.
on this subject is destine
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The iron was
on the ground,
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cf General
we hopd.
Santa Fe and the lOOll
; 1 , as Indian territory, to prevent fur-S
ther agitation of the slavery question.—gsclves
ate good naturallyou have fallen since
and if Texas does not
the bill beco
other,jOur proposition is t
which!unjte j States all the territory of the Stategi
three, .
injured and one
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rise up in judgment agai ist us*
If, on the contrary^ w|e
ter as
upon the United States
Indians into I
River,the prosperity of our State will gofcaped the fatal flash without injury,
on
pacity may 'induce them tocUim., .
offer to buy of Texas which does
contain a full acknowledgement of her
right to all her territory within the limits
prescribed by the Congress of the Re-
public, #is a direct insult to the good
sense of the people.
the question of boundary as one that is
settled. r "
United States Congress to place her be-
as a State which had set
jT an« urijusi clpim for speculation to in-
removal should be mad 3
ble condition of the tranjsfi
tory.
territory without settling
sufficiently high on
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run a
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the
District of Columbia, and attempts to pro-
hibit the slave-trade there, have kept up an
excitement in the South for the last fifteen1
or twenty yekrs. If>Congress clearly had
the |ight to legislate upon the matter, no
man in the South could justly complain if
a majority should prohibit th
or abolish slavery in f TV -
our seat of government is located,
question now stands, the attempt has
Jf.
af Texas.
west longitude, on Red River, and
— up the mairf stream
allel of north latitude ; 0
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Indian Intelligence.
The mail rider from Laredo
us the follow ing intelligenae relative to
the movements and depredations of the
Indians in the country below. A party
of Indians estimated to consist-of about
one hundred and eight warrior^, had at-
tacked the camp of Captain (Ford at a
and retard the settlement’ of the State
more than all other cau >esi ci
It is useless to look to tie iU
for protection i
in such a humiliating
would be told that we
many millions for,
belon g to\
nish a di
If Texas shoulc
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th|e Indian ques-
tion, the Indiaqs will do |her
4 t
combined.—
nited States
President, is filled -by Millard' Filtynore.
What'effect will the presi
have upon the questions i
the United States Congress? We believe
the prospect of an amicable settlement of
thq difficulties ^vill be as
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fifteen millione foraWilliams wffio lives
once, say we,8about fourteen miles South-West of L
; are not mer-lGrange, had a horse killed a
this matter. ^The other inter-stance from his honse on the
r_ are abote all pecuniaryllightninor.
Our honor as a Statclnear
'and. the lives and property of our citizenslthe’same flash killed the horse.
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feeling to the different sections of the Union.
and Jlis violent prejudices
sons i
characters are subject, caused him to com:
•: mit a great error with regard to the rights
j of Texas. But it is just such ah error as
many great and honest mfcp. will commit
wlien they lo<>k more at abstract principles
of right and justice, than at; conventional
and constitutional .rights. Let him nest in
|>eace; the history of bis country will do
* himijustice.p Tcxians will now think of
- as the comma ider in many
glorious battles, in which tliey fought
win laurels ‘to weave into t garland of
glory to surround the warr or’s brow.—‘
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Resaca de 14 Palma, and fought amidst the
dust and smoke, and rpar an
on the two first fields of his
led the charge under the g
and stormed the heights of Mcjhterfcy ; and
after a succession of the inbst brilliant
achievements recorded on the pages of his-
tory, they planted the standard of victory
, in the face" of the enemy, in the center of
tlie blood-stained city of Monterey. And
filially, whenjwe come to the last great bat-
the glorious field
indebted to
the boundaries of which would comeB
short distance of the city of ■
No longer trust to others to do!
! case in!1
ihq difficulties ^vill be
rore- ■ ’ -ul IM
We believe diat Gen. Tayl
^riety t_ .2* „
the North and the South,
grant too much to
W. Miev. thaM
age when he can
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the large' live-oak and the
^pare, and was under
Texas to furnish a place
Indians. This is a [
every one understands ajnd every settler
upon the frontier ought
work at this important crisis. We have
the power in our hands,']and let us
part with it'till the matter is arranged to
our full satisfaction. Vre
samj ’
our frontier for the last
let us nowr take steps to
for the future.. Tie course which
take
wonderful influence upoT our prosperity
)me in immediate contact with that
ody of the American people who,
! as
their own native hills and plains are sub-
lime and beautiful, will convince ajl who
become acquainted with them, that as occa-
sion may Require, they are bold and resist-
less as |heir own mountain torrents, or calm
and qdiet as the same streams, flowing
gently through tbeir beautiful valleys.
nificent scenery of America leaves uponj^uc't*on settled to the Rio
the mini
manner which shows so clearly that theyWec Texas make
feel that they are sovereigns among equals!United States which we think would be
and eqt^als among sovereigns. The effectlbeneficial to both parlies, and which, ;we
of locating the seat of government in thelbelieve, would be accepted bv a large ma-
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. The
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struck the upper point of the
i, and passed down the bar into
We are informed that a mule
was killdkl at Mr. Henkel’s, near Mr.
Stephen Townsend’s, on the same day,
or the day after, by lightning. We are
also informed that twoxif Mr. Farqulrar’s
sheep w’ere ffrlled by lightning on the op-
posite side of the river from La Grange,
on Tpurfcday, the 2-5lik ' ' ' ( ;
This is the most extraordinary chapter
----------—j.wje have ever known in
lor, in his
to settle the controversy between
, was disposed to
o ^Northern prejudices.—
Jfillard Fillmore, at an
a he can renn his lofty position,
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climate she would mee
in her onward progress,
her roads would throw nearly Jail the Cal-
ifornia land travel through her territory.
It is believed that the United States Con-
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gress wish to secure that po tion of the
State of Texas over w|iich
Railroad must pass,
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JV e would be will-!peopTe of the county of Santa Fe to refuse
: to
Jake a State out of thejteiritory of Tex-|of accidents tha^
ithe history of thunder and lightning.
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The first and second numbers of
'the “Afonwmcnf’ will be sent as sample
numbers of the paper, to many persons
who are not subscribers. All who wish
to take‘ the paper are requested to seyd
the subscription price, with tilie names of
their post offices, as soon as possible, as
the succeeding numbers will be forwarded
to agents and subscribers only.
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1 Indians Again.
The Indian news t orn the San Antonio
Ledger, in our columns to-day, will be
interesting to the citizens of Texas.
Isive ravages below on their return to the
[mountains. A party has been sent in
!, ano we presume, it will be attend-
led utith the usual si/ocrw.—* L, ’
The Mier Band. •
die
versary of the release of the Mier prisoners;
and wc are requested to state in this num-
ber of the piper, that, as thbre is to be a!
meeting of t ie survivors of the Mier band,
in La Grange, on that day, according to|
their agreement on the I6th of'September,
1848, those of the number who ar£ still liv-j
ing, and cannot attend, are requested to
write to those who do attend, and l^t them
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know where the survivors now arc, and
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whether any of the band have died since]
th<4 last meeting.
sent to all the survivors known to the Monu-
mental Committee. It would, perhaps,!
be best to direct the letters td the Monu-BPar^’ ®
mental Committee. The survivors offl
Captain Dawson’s compaiiy arc also re-
quested to attend, or.write, and let us know
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•caiusc.
tie, ruihors 1
Santi Anna was advancing with a power-
* ful army to attack him in front, and had
sent a division to cut oft’ his communica-
tion with Sal p 111 ol In that painful state of
anxiety wliicji doubt and uncertaintyq>ro-
djuces in times of imminent danger, he
Waited in hisjexposed situation for certain
information. This was furnished by Maj.
,Bea. McCulloch, Captain of a company of
4b Texas scouts. With a romantic daring
"• that would have done credit to tbc'age of
chivalry, he took ^iis position ui the moun-i
tains near the Mpxicau army, remained
“” view of tneir camp
leave his position until
determined m^
tance to 1
they reach their place of destination. ' Tin !1
^instruct their, members 1
called .session of our Leig
Jare willing to abide by tl d decisi<
could easily belpeople of Texas, wbetl dr it is i
dance with our ' wishes or not.
are indignant at the idea <
to accept a compromise, ft
States. It i
3 Pacific Kailroad will leave that river]
its march to California. These mat-ldead in the
ters should be duly weighed by the pco-lunder such -circumstahces Ulat the people
f of Rutersville consider the evidence suffi-
ce
Jan
W.C,
-»• Simon
f. S. Wertajllouston, Tci’na.
Janie8 B
—«.— qVilson, Wharton epnnty, Texas.
G. B. Enth, ChfTV'rotr.
.J. IL Gil espies Baatiop,
'v W. Chalk .Georgetown,
Wednesday, Julj 31, 18.50.
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Death oFthe President.
Gen. Taylor, President of the United
lijed on the'9 th inst., iuWasliingtou
9(1 has been treated with that rc-
hlch is dde tqjdm as chief magis-
J He
lies, regn^teUrby his friends, dnd respected
bv his enornjes, without being surrounded
il| call forth from bis
ght eulogi.ii ms, and
« from his enemies.
ghlTcxians regarded Gen. 1 ay-
*■ 1 - ] in the
he slave-trade, lor their o.w n private interest,
the District, in which
As the
some-
thing of the appearance of an insult to the
Desirous of seeing all exciting questionsgone. flcgirdle
disposed of, which are calculated to alien-!ment contained
ate .1
from those of another partofit, we wouldr^ depaUent, of the Unite<| States
... ,, _ ,, .U1(U ^|Government of our right to our bounda-
upon a plan which would eitectually defeat . , _ ,. ] . X
• 1 ' ties as defined by the Congress of Texas,
December J.9, 1836, the committee pro-
pose to bu r the claim of Texas to all
the territory lying above a Certain line,
accept the offer
mes a slander of her title an?!
contains a clause reserving all the rights
of the United States Government to said
territory, and as much more ps their ra-
Any
i not
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during the nig|rt in fall vi
res, and did noil I
iavlig’ht, whin he saw die Mexicans
iring to maith. The picket-guard
.. _ between hirrt and the American army.
The character of.'Ms'dress imd the boldness
*¥• I - l " d?l : ' J ;
full view of
eket-guard, lulled Suspicion,
cansefl them to Suppose that
can. . The lamented Alston,
was with him.
day by
a tree
g> and1
Two
ig near, but were not
Mr. Norton told us that the light;
iron in a log-house near
e & Norton’s storehouse
m the same day, without doine\
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lamage to ffie house.,
tanding with one end
cd. ’ We entertain rio doubt of find the othef end passed ^>ut at one of
y of St he peaceful and satisfactory adjustmentSihe openings between the log's.
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whirlwind and direct the storin’’ aiight!ahd tlie machinations <
The advantages to be derived^the United States
unpleasant and dangerous excitement,!
so great, that we hope the different news-j
■papers of the United States! will give the
Lubjcct such ndtic^uis they think it merits.
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■ It will be seen from
__ I . i jsome
an article publisheuf United States.
on this side of fled River with
line fot
change
be had for several hundred miles.
i|i is said that this is done for a comprom-
ise. Texas has nothing to compromise.
She intends to stand upon her rights.—
it as a question
Compromise, but as one which should
stand upon its own merits. The sla-very
boundary of Mexico* bi t should placq itlkilled i
t|ie
Railroad Irotn Inrccast tbroughjsanic rain.
h r'iJ ' ' I- I - J kt
tie ^rhich he fought,’ on
oti Buena Vista, he was more in<
Texas daring and Texiun chivalry,’for the
victory which he won, than to any other
For a few days preceding the bat-
had reached Gen. Taylor that
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the ship of state will pqssjsafely through
the political tornado, with the stiir-spaii^jb«
banner still flying, with its fol^S untorn,!
and abun^Jolit spaqe still left for many ad-fci
ditip
si
was [
of the act he rode along in
lite Mexican m
and no doubt’
• ’ he was a Mexi
wc believe, _
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Having passqd the picket-guard, and in
ssion of information which might save
merican army, he rushed with head-
ier, and gave him
the first information which he received from
an American who could speak from his
own knowledge. The order was imme-
diately given to fall back to the strong po-
the army occupied when the
lajde. The battle was fought
ry Won. Texas -will ever
io weri
Thunder and Lightning.
On Thursday afternoon, the 25th inst..
about 4 o’clock, a dark cloud
more injury, iyeeping over
from (he N.-W., ^accompanied with the
most magnificent display of thunder and
lightning that has been known in this pan
of Texas for many years. The last two
tfeeks of dry, hot and calm weather, had
filled the air with a superabundance of
electricity and it now rushed to its mother
earth with terrific discharges of- serial
Several persons were sitting
under] the shed in front of Mr. G. W.
Sinks’ store amusing themselves at the
actions of a horse tied to a dead live-oak
Appointed by the
to obtain'Subscribers
Donations for the Monu-
•4 deer. 45 min.
o
o be better than
Stbe point we propose.. TJiese suggestionslwitbin
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are i
that they may reflect up< n the matter andsyou justice, but boldly take the
OW’ to act at tbclyour own hands and speak out iff terms
Wegihat cannot be misunderstood. We
of tbesknow that the people of Texas are equal
to any emergency. Money cannot bribe
and equals among sovereigns.
of locating the seat of government in thelbelieve, woukl be accepted bv a lar^e
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in the country Which he governs, will feeigpeople better acquainted with
the minds of those |who|of Texas which lies noHb of the followin
: Beginning at the 100th degree ofgple of Texas.
What should we do if Congress shouldlcient to induct them to be ieve that -the
to the 35th par-lpass the Compromise Bill, as it is, andldeath was caused by lightning.’
, if rhe source ofloffer to give i
Western people would meet with so tfnany|the rivbr should be bblbw said parallel,gthe country ?
good specimens of the population ofbothsec!fr°m ifs /source due north to said 35thgand sho.w the world that we
in
ests involved a
for the next twenty year s.1
to injustice in parting with oiji
and thereby make it the interest of the
majority of the ’ United
to quarter the Indians tpon
be harassed by the different tribes until
a
quence. The state of
vent the hardy andSndus trious emigrants
from settling upon our f
would do if security was giveh to life and
property.* And we would lose that
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character for generosiiy abd chivalry
which w e have won at th; expense of
much of the best blood
rhen they find that tion to tho arbitrament of heaven, 4ind very spirits of our martyred heroes would
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direct
jgree
i t || y
of longitude touches Red River is objec-
tionable under all circumstances. This
line would leave a narrow strip of country
. i a prairie
a boundary, when by a slight
a good natural boundary might
But
would disappear at the ap-Bat 34 deg. 30
; rangers,]
Texas has only to send a strong force of
ten to Santa Fe, dnd all resis-i
her jurisdiction will vanish before
t . ■ ‘ 1’ n T w ’ ■' I
native population would be in a much bet-
ter situation under the government of Texas
than they- wlould under a separate State ,or-|
ganization. The Mexicans could easily I
made sehsiple of this fact, and TdXas
would have! no opposition', but from those
Americans who would be willing to sacri-
fice the constitution and laws of their coun-
thejof this controversy. FAfter we
his side of saidjjbcted the offer of the United States, thengning struck the i
, or into^let us submit a proposition to them whichlLongcop
to tbeSw£ think just and equitable, and it will
no, doubt be treated with respect and|
accepted, or our rights will be fiillyr ac-
g.
legislature,
decision*
ip accor-Ki
But utegthem to dishonor; danger cannot ^daunt
of being forcedgthem. Whenever TexianS shall be
om the Unitedgaroused by a sense of wrong and injus-
is of the greatest importane<egtice, if jhe subsequent pages of their his-
to Texias to have the Indians removedgtory shall be written in letters of blood,
above the line if she sell * any of her ter-git will be" to record the glorious deeds of
rilory t6fthe United States, and theirgour fallen: heroes.
i an indispensa-g
er of her terri-R
part with her
ings of hostility vanished when liodied.—
IIis virtues were of a high order;, his
Weaknesses were the weaknesses of hu-
Wttiutv. We doubt not that he was honest
in his views with regard to Texas'; but his
Ji. desire to restore harmony and fraternal
;ions of the U nion,
!, to which all per-
of ardent temperaments and gtern
Northern men w’ould have imputed to Gen J
Taylor.
rious doings of Him who disposes all things
right, that a Northern man is now Presi*
dent of the United States, i
The death of Mr. Callidini an
Taylor has calmed the rising tempest of
feeling; and if Mr. Fillmore,.as
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long speed to Gem Tayl
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^Gc^. Taylor
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The Indians carried off all tbc liorscs and
mules from the camp excepting
none of the troops were i
Indian was reported to be killed-
Indians next attacked a party of incn with ’
train of pack mules loaded with salt,
near Davis’ Rancho. " The men escaped
by getting into the cbappairal, but the
mules and their packs fell into tile hands
of the Indians. From this point; the sav-
severe- ages proceeded to the Salt Lake.! • News
had been received ,al Davis’ Rancho,
that the whole party at the Salt Ixakc had
been destroyed, <with 4lhe exception of
Jone German, who was fortunately for
shivered place upon the dead live-oakgbimself absent in search of water. \ From
[this place they went to the corrals near
Lomo Blanco. Here a party of twenty-
five men were engaged in hunting mus-
tangs. Seven of these were killed and
nine wounded, who have been found and
pthers have not as yet been heard from.
I Various depredations are reported to
Riave been committed in the vjcinity’of
fcorpus Christi and on the San Antonio
river. ' The mail rider states tbht hr
is
F rom these reports it ap-
pears that the whole lower country k
fewarming with Indians and one continued
fecene of outrage and murder. How long
will such a state of things continue ?
[ San Antonio Ledger.
More Indian Depredations.
s M e learn that the Cotnanches are again
in our vicinity, and committing their usual *
outrages. They have taken a large mini-
taer of horses from the Cibolo w the
road to Seguin. Messrs. Aubry ami Mc-
Clellan, we understand^ are the principal
sufferers by this inroad. It may be pos-
Jsible that this is a portion of the band
and we are lohl that a horse was alsog"’^^c^ ^as been committing- such exten-
in the prairie at Rutersrille, as the
Rio j Grande togeitizens suppose-!>y lightning, during tb<MpWrStt^
Tbc horse was apparently inB
There
miles above LaGrange
and on the 25th there was a very abun-
dant rain at LaGrange ami in the neigh-
borhood of the town, and for about onr
hour the town was Hhuninated by the
most vivid blazes oflightmrrg, rind aroused
by the loudest and longest rattling,crat k-
ling peals of thunder drat wfe have wit-
nessed for many year?. On Friday, the
26th, it rained moderately a good part of-
the day. and on Saturday in,appeared to
Ge raining all around ’ * *’*
about LaGrange., The prospect seeirp
now good for . showery weather. If we
should not have too much rain, the cot-
ton crop promisej to make a fair yield,
and if we should not be visited, by the
caterpillars a good many planters wrff no
doubt make more linn an average crop.
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that-thesilly prejudices againstYAN-Sparallel of north latitude; thence alongfcenary i
and believe he will, should “ride upon ihe?KEEs and Slave-holders would die away!said line to the Rio Gr«^r de, for a consid
of abqluionists bejcratioR to be agreed upci by Texas andlconsiderations.
[defeated. The advantages to be derived«t|ie United States,
from the removal, aside from its allayin
an uuinuasaiu auu uunjivruus uxciiejiicm,!* i i i i .it JL.
I. 1 *• ■■ ° . ■should remove at her d vn expense
is so erreat, that wc hope the different news-s. .. ... .
Indians which are on . :L._ _____
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line into the territory flbovc it,
other . territory belonging
It wou|l perhaps be bet-
i^.&nthis number of the Monument; that the! ter to feet apart all that |e|r.ritory lying be-
36 deg. 30
n the vicinity
degree of longi-Jof this matter if Texas is true tolierself.Blightnin
Freemen of -Texas ! Arouse your-gbar of iron
from iliat state, of apathy into w* hie hit he earth.
Slate good naturallyou have fallen since Annexation !—
boundaries; and on the north from RedgWbile tlie voters of Texas have been
River to the Rio Gram e the line would?sln^nber-ing over their rights, under a firm
rough a barren region, which willlreliance upon the justice of the United
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be fpund to existgrob her of her territory, and induce the
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IThe IGtn September next, is
If the South will propose to re-
move the scat of government from Wash-
ington City tp a point in Indiana, near
Louisville, Kentucky, and below the Falls
of the Ohio, or to some other central point
in the Mississippi valley, in a free State,
the agitation would bc'silenced^as soon as
the proposition should be carried in Con-
gress. We •wpHild. prefer Memphis, Ten-
nessee, or St. Louis, Missouri, but for the
agitation of the «same question so long-as
the scat of government remains in a slave
State.. Tlie removed would not only settle
the question whichSexcites the North and
Souith, but it woulB improve the country
generally, more than any one net which
Congress could pass. By the time the
necessary arrangements could be made for
the meeting of Congress at the new seat of
government, New | ork, Norfolk, Charles-
ton, Mobile and Naw Orleans, would have
their lines of rail-road, if not completed,
rapidly advancing towards that point. The
communications with the Atlantic; and
Gulf coasts would be so rapid and certain,
new city would, have the advanta-
ge washed by the waves of the
ocean, and all die conveniences of an inte-
rior town. The effect it would have on
foreign nations would also be of the great-
est benefit to us. In our cities upon the
Atlantic sea-board, the feigner too often
sees a contemptible apishness of foreign
manners; totally at war with the spijrtt of
ou,r institutions and the character -of our
citizpns. The ministers of the di^erent
nations of the old world would be compel-
led to travel over a considerable portion of
our territory before they arrived at the seat
of government; and w
they Gave crossed over a strip of country
sufficient in extent to make half a dozen
European kingdoms, without going half
the distance to tlie center of our territory,
they will be impressed with much higher
ideas of our [
greatness. When they ascend the Alle-
i I ■" 4 • ■-
gany^ and passing its blue summits descend
oua passea ov
run thr
land suppressed the riot. Now, i-f the few almost- entirely unsettled,’ unless tbeJStates, active agents have been at work to
; men, j
[peculators and political asj)irants met witfiltbere ip abundance
of^States in the American Confederacy .Band shuddered with terror at the approach
I andlof his enemy. Whether heaven vouchj
wit i no checklsafes to inferior animals those presentiJ
Security uponlments, which many believe-are kindly
given to man, we pretend hot to decide,
bat leave the question for future psj chol-
igical investigations. We only record
the facts as. they occurred, and were witH
nessed by several persons from different
points of the town. )
f *m I * I* *
The lighining <rpck several trees in
the vicinity of the town on the same day J
* 1
to
■1^
Tcxians Were with him at I’alo Alto and
■ i f I-, 11 ,t ' • k
ylrj-of her chivalrous sons. • '|v 7
The vacancy caused by the deadij>f the
What'effect will the p
8
settle the mat-
we ought and make it obligatory
i to remove our
the territory nor^h bf Red
with lightning speec, and in a
anm-
party who arc so hostile to Texas in.
Fe, are i
induce the world to believe them.
I eapl
narrow piUjudice
in 8
ifwie should place ourselves
umiliating condition. We
had received so
rz a territory thab did not
i ve ought to fur-
r for our own
Indians, as the United S ates had none to
no obligations to
: for settling her
practidal matter that stumP under the large live-oak in front of
sitioii which
oxufek was —
and the vi ‘
regiid those lowering mountains w^ich jnto the vast valley c4‘ the Mississippi, they
rise so apjestically above the glorious bat-
tle-field, as moitiumenta to the daring deeds
T
• $.
r- ■4!i f-
The Compromise Bill.
rr ' . *'■' »
1 he proposition contained .in the bill
reported by the committee treats the
question of ]the boundary as an unsettled
ss of the solemn agree-
f in the annexation Reso-
the peoplh ofone section of Our countryl|utjon3 an(1 |be subsequerit recognition of
be glad to sec the Southern people
The North and the South
Western States, which constitute the balan-g10®
government; and thelu'”'
• I • - *
She sbquld; never . suffer the
fore the world
« i- . ’ H ■
Ul . . ,
duce tlije United States to^buy it. Il
Texas is not entitled to the country, let
her give it up manfully, and refuse every
thing to which she is not jtfstly entitled.
If she is entitled, to it, as we believe, and
I I ♦
as almost all Tcxians believe, she is, let
us battle for it manfully to the last, and if
we must fall in a just cause, bidding de-
fiance to oppression and tyranny, let
die with arms in our hands, with oureyes
turned in the last moments ofj existence
upon the star which rose above the polit-
ical horizon in 183G; still shining with
undimmed lustre and glory upon the
last battlefield of Texas. Conscious that
she is right, let Texas submit the ques-
that he can do justice to the South without?and destroy that
being charged .with the selfishness that nd ways exists
■never get out of sight of the smoko pftheir!]|ne
It is probably one of the myste-lown chimneys.
would meet upoji the margin of the North-!”.
Bn i
cing power of our
open the following!;
condition^, to wit: Thai the Uniled Statesgare all involved in tlie correct settlementjothers were standin
b
3 raper,
Hays and A. Reynold^ California,
s P. Longley. Plaquemine, La.
. Cox, Franklin, Tenrtewe. ‘
lea F. Mi Dancy, Decatur, Alabama.
a B Sykes, Aberdeen, Mississippi-.
indqr Thompson, Senr. Caldwell, Texas.
• .- rea
Thomae (£reeh, Aostio, Todas.
H Shaw, ; “ •
Wit). T|i "npann, Na«hvill \ Texas.
thq store. Another horse was tied to
the frame which surrounds the live-oak
tree, and within a few feet of the one
which seemed to be so much alarmed.
With head erect and eyes glistening, his
whole frame‘shuddered at each success-
ive flash of lightning and thunder pea!
the cloud came on.
sfeen tire peculiar expression of the eye of
t ie horse when under the excitement of
intense fright can form a very correct con-
ception of the appearance of the* one
which was. the source of amusement to time, when but ten men were in |lfe camp,
the indifferent spectators. As the cloud
passed over, a dazzling blaze of lightning
passed near
shuddering ho^se sank to the earth. The
boltlhad struck, the vital principle had
left and the lifeless body of the horse fell
to Ithe earth,1 and he never moved a
cle-afterwards.
shoqk, and Mr. G. W. Sinks
ly shocked, but the effect passed off in
tho course ofhalf an hour. No trace of
I' !*• * 1*1 ’■J j - • j r I
the ligbtning could be discovered except
■
stump tprwhich the horse was fastened al
the time. The current, of electricity
must have passed at an angle under the
branches of the large live-oak to hate
reached the horse, and within two or three
il -L I I i ■* J ’J • ■ a* ]L1
feet of the other horse which, though
standing so near the line of danger, es?
. The
fewipoor lightning stricken horse had acted|crosse^ numerous Indian trails on h>
years Texas will rank with the first classias if he had a presentiment of coming evil,lroilte uPw®r^-
With almost every variety 'if soil
wit i no
Santa! tween Red River find
not quite as invincible as they would! and the settled country i
• ^c;ic_____
cording to their oyx;n statement, Maj. .Pillaii,!^
Ja Texiari, with fi few tedmsterg and others,]
Edefeated the objects of their meeting on twoLrr,. . • , , - ,
’0 • 1 L , j / T „ Binis would give the
^occasions; pad hrially, when* tlteir forcesF
[were all collected in the public Plaza of
Santa Ro, they met with such opposition,!
that Maj. Munroe called out the military,]
This number will be|w^c^e<^ an^ desperate men, headed byjpracious metals should
- - « •■speculators and political aspirants met witfigthere in abundance.} J
[such opposi^ion’at the head-quarters of theirjing that the line should leave Red Riverlobedience to her laws, and attempt
J would disappear^ at the ap-Bat 34 Lg. 30 min. or
proa'ch of a few well-armed Toxas rangers.|norti, of jt shou]J prove
mental Committee.
are made for the people cf Texas, in orderlAustin.
'-*■ 8 • ji-
States, d
' j 7 City, ’ an
fipect wi
^tAte of a great aud^powerful nation.
by the fantastic munimeries of the old
Hite death xyi
friends many high-wro
ntany unjust infeinuatia
But althougl
1<M-as the worst enemyJ they’ had
world, because his position gave him the
power to Ho they lhe most harm, all §?cl-
His firartucs were of
We will not then treat i
vthich ought to be introduced into the
Id
may be that the impression whichohe mag-w
, gives to her people that peculiar!?^ra<1de.
to ’sell to thelth
|in
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