Tri-Weekly Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1861 Page: 2 of 4
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The Alamo Express
J. P. SEUXUHB, Editor
Ti?7STr, march, iSSf?
WAT ABOUT TÍÍAT VETO.
The Truel Delta of the ItUb i nut ask*
THE
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OF FOE ra j t o j$q£jth Carolina coii 1 • i very w e 11
IJMTER, J be alEordt^l t>y a great government
The following telegraphic Cor- j would satisfy the country goner-
respendenee of the Cincinati En-j ally of the pacific pulicgr of tl*e
——- in connection with the ¡ admins itraiidn, aud enable it, with-
from tfce Washington ; oat the aptferanee ef coercion, to
Iiitcíligencer ! advising the eva-
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tuition of Forts So niter and Pie
l<í* kens, is inore'significant tbah any-
be more stringent in the en tor ce-
ment of the rave ane laws,
I am sta?slied that the order
thing we hare yet seem published I for the evaluation of Fort Sumter
on the subject. Mr. Sea ton . baa not yet beio given, but seve-
the proprietor ot the Intelligencer [ra! repubi can senators are quoted j fndtkiéud<Hi¡c
N I
PHI
T
the above tie it ion in relation to the vijtH
of PretldeM Ü vís of the ordinance inhib-
iting the ^¡frican Slave traded" The iMta
«peakes ad^*jdljr: . having just been,appoint* d post- to night in support of the policy.
repeat, w« "^e° ' !na8t°' j" . Washington. it i They have repeatod'y sUtedto day j and T.
Darin, and although we kave received no argued that ho wou id not ha\ e | that such will be^ tie: course oí the
official anouncemeot of il«* fact nor *et-n ^ published the article from which ; president. Several leading1 de mo-
an* authorised version of the precise char-1 extract referred to is taken, j erats from the south have dis-
aster 01 the veto iUelf, we l^e uo doubt ] j^||jloa^ having first been assured j cussed the report to night, and do
* ' meet j; the view off >t hesitate.to sty thai if it is
ioual president. Confirmatory of thi \ jthe " powers that be.? j doné it will- be a master-strike o!
!1'w« w . Ma¡c!; u~ü,;oat!P0,i^'a,íJ*"1 n!"* lZvlH
lo.tonMwcury. 11 ¿rreapondentwiite -? excitement prevails here to-day. ¡ peace to the común , pac4y tne
to that circúiuípect journal thus: j caused by the* report that the! border slave statearl4 rem
IiO]RH0&# OF CIVIL WAR.
Thv New York Journal of Com-*
merco says with i rath and justice
that it! were well if the people of
this country crejld better under-
what, civil war is, without
\ir it bv their own liter ex*
O . * «
ce. They would stand ap-
before doing one act which
be learned by tuining to the
Stand
¡ear nil
pe.rien
pal l ed
mi 2 ht
J history, of the American War of
Whiff
by
acts
of sur
Of i
on the
whatever that the ordinance itself was . ,,
rejected by the official act of the previa < *nat it would
i
I am notable to send you the vetoof the j adminstration had determined ! the impression in tile' cotton and ; ¡
Vresident on the act passed by Congress . nntm
to suppress the African slave trade; nor j J 1
ma 1 aware of the vote hi Cong rets opon í Sumter,
the veto. For tome incomprehensible
reason, although the injunction of secrecy
jñ of the act itself, and it is
the evacuation of Fort I other slave states that the repu
li-
li
It is Said that a, letter was
cans intend to be overbearing
and aggressive than, any thing
received from Major Anderson 011 else that ca^i be ddno.
d
wa« taken o
published té the world, the veil of aecresy
n? kept over the v to. That Congress has
acted on it, as the constitution requires, I
suppose there can be no doubt. Will the dispatches were receive*
jiubjicati'm of tha Teto be iujuriou to the j cal)iuet coufacil
nnbhe interests 1 We mast suppose so. , . .
1 Will not tell p u what I hear of this ¡ which continued m session until!
veto, because it may be erroneoas. and I a late hour in the evening. The
inay thus uniatentially injure the president j understauding this mornincr is
Saturday stating thai his provis- j It will be'remembered that in
ons would uot last over eighteen j the ^course of a few remarks in
days. Immediately | after the 1 rejoinder to Mr. Wigiall, Mr.
From beginning to
ho cbníiicttí of th
>ries j. were m irke
massing atrocity.
he scige oif Fo.it Ptanwjx
M h Lwk lliver, in the year,
it is I' c nchd iliat Uen.
ner raided tl.e military of
•ighbors t \ n Hi ve the Fort,
! into an ami.M^cade of Tor*
i Indian^ and
í i
J V,^«l
iicount.er w,;j exce dingly
ate; quarter was neither
i or asked. ''There were
instance^," says the historian
I "when all was over, when the
death grasp still held the knife
plunged into a ne^bor's heart.
| the :
j but ft
j íes a¿
)i'i n«i
he i
I despei
j given
there
called
Dorií
Sumter is
a!ks,
that he
IÍ ediies
day,
stated
lit
see
on
had been assured, by
military authority equal to any
in the country, that the works
in South Carolina for the prospec-
tive reduction of Fort Sumter
have rendered its reniforcement
with less, " than a force of ten
thousand m n on the land^and all
the navy of the lljwted states
The truth ttu,t «00D appear, ftt it tato-. lhat ,fa eracuatioa 0f
possible that so high an official act can be j . .
concealed or suppTesséd. > i the first movement in the peace
Although the cl.u.e prohiWUng tbe! Policy of Mr. Seward, and is
African .lave trade appear. part of the ^ ^ce of any demand
^ fK.« I on the administration as peace-
i he opening of the .Ure trade ¡.the prime | oITctwS to the excited south, and operating in the IwrUor of Ohar
«■tjeet of the Mces.ion m>Teu>ent and that i m acknowledgment ot the Lniun , leston m aid of; the eu.crpr,/,, a
thU clause mn,t be .tricken out or South j sentiment of the border states. military impossibility.
Carolina is ruined; unltss the chivalry can j The mode of evacuation is j If t^ne true, Uie gmernrmnt
get labor cheap, say one hundred, or one! said to be confided to Major j Cdfmt J
hundred aodfifty dollars,instead of fifteen ! Anderson, who is to notify the) a8 has ncu ei iq I ,
or eighteen hundred dollars per hand, their | military authorities of S(5uth j ® men rer^ll5re^; aa. . ie:l %
population will continue to decrease until Carolina, that on a certain dayij''^h® navy of the Luiled states .j at
there will not be eufiicienti left to sustain
the semblance of a state government.-—
This will be another secession bone to fight
over and split ujpon. Texas has vetoed
the Afrscan>lavetrade once, and if oppor-1 remain with
tunity occurs will do so a^aio.
fixed, he shall with raw from
Sumter, Idaving it in possession
of a corporal^ guard, merely for, , „ . . .. .
the protection of the property. It | P^oparUor.s for undei taking ^ the
the
present command for the service,
nor has it the pecuniary means at
command with which to make
THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
There has been hada report
in part from the committee on
Federal affairs. Besides the
majority report there are three
minority reports. In the pre-
amble of the majority report, she
demands that all parties shall
Carolinians j ffove™en\ at
as to whether jthey will leave itj^ '4 ^
thus tacitly in the possession of: SOÜ s
c!i wcfT
AN EDITOR 8 DREAM.
The editor of the Xenia
ATews gjves an account of a iHe-
trip to Cinciuati, from whi
tract the followtngr
But "it is impassible to
every body on trie train,
give it up ar¡d settle
a doze and
neighbors
deadly conflict."
ins an if the ügh,t liad been
ed over by demons."
t instance showing the
intense animosity which actuated
men in Ui .so tr\ing liuies, occur-
red at the capture of Fort Gris
ar New London, Conoíect-
ter an obstinate rTsist-
Americans laid down
s and surrendered to the
wórld
M>V«
and j
niVHrlf . ^
a dream; * * *
mild, sweet face of the dear /•
four seats foward turns jnl5
sun. The sun was just. ns;
over Fort Sumter. V-on!1,h,:
was a few rods to tiie ri^ht J "
Washington Oity stood n*
the brow of a little hill, jn fr J
The steamer iiro k'yn was
up the hill, and General
with James Buchanan on
was coming d>wn.
seemed afraid that
going to fire Buchanan
and I dodg& d
on the flnff
ns back
OQH'how j
Scott YCte
off at mo
M'hinu the I'alrnntto
, . ^ - f ^>'ith Carolina*
andjusithen a calliope on h a-¡
the Star of the IVrst struck '
"Dixie's Land," and I waked
a start at the steam whistle
find, that I had been dreamin y
editorials for to morrow's issiu-,
and that we wore plunging' into
the gas starred darkness of Cincin-
nati.
clip
auce,
their á
as sai la
Led on
J ersy
wheS
qni
A Cl'Ttixg Rejoijíijer —We
the following from the Tuscumbii
North Alabamian:
Oar neighbor ot the Constitu-
tion rather pettishly suggests
ss; massacre C 'ntinued,; that if tbe editor of the Alaba-
p jdajur Bromfteld, a New mian is not satisfied with the
ry. As the story goes, J government of the new Con fed e r-
entered the fort he in- ; racy he had better leave it, If a!!
who Commanded. Col j were to leave who are dissatisfied
1, saying: \t ¡ we fear the balance would soon
ra came f v.
i[r, but y<rd d now
ime dól i verii: .
e tp0h, Broníi :ld p
at 111e
breas
of OA
comm
tered
stiunieiit
Sixtv of
stock
up his sword
nudged
Again,
the LTnited States, or demand a
surrender frotii the guard, take
down the iAmeriican flag, and run
up the Palmetto, or rather the
seven stars and stripes. The
rumor gives much dissatisfaction
to the extremists of the north, as
also to the secessionists. It will
probably be followed by a refusal j
future time
that Miijor
of provisions j
could only last thirty one days j
longer. Assuming these facts tomijn vv?a>
be correct it follows indisputably ¡ariny "n¿dcr u'asSiin
i have to leave or do worse, for
'they would have few left on whom
they could safely rely for self
protection. It is a remarkable fact,
and why it is so we known not,
¿cut whom he had lately j that the substantial physical force
were at once slaught-joi the couritry the hard-fisted, hard
into
the
Led yard's
veotnanrv
UIuuO.
Susquehanna, the
loriéis teok |$Évuntage of the
adsempe of near! the able bod-
en in the
and led
i that Major Anderson ^ c mand en a party of 1,100 ivfai
} i. t at. .1 ^ I ... .■i i ^ s * •*
must be withdrawn from Chat lesion :
harbor in the course of the next
month, as, even though Congress
were called together to grant the
supplies requis te to justify the
attempt to leinforee, the necessary
refrain from hostili tes during the; to treat with the southern com- ¡ - *, . ,
towards missioners, or to receive them in ! preparation could by ^ mean be
■ ' made intime to relieve the iort
before starvation overtook' its
garrison.
I have reason to believe
was
working men everywhere, w!i >
are expected to do \\\ the figbt-
in g
when their counUy ca!/s-
The whole
pending of her efforts
an amicable adjustment. Virginia °t-her capacity than private
. % . , . .v, citizens (it their respective states.
does not despair of the possible ^ 1T . e 1 ,
,r K j To Lnion men from the border
reconstruction of the Lnion and |¡gtatesit gives general satisfaction r - f }
proposes to wait a reasonable: The secessionists intimate that the policy o t ie
for [the answer of all ¡the ¡ it is ari act of cowardice, and] wlU tmac e *n
time íor tüe answer
states to her proposition.
In the interim, she asks a con
4
vention of commissioners to meet
iu Frankfort Ky. on the $^th day
of May next, from the eight ad-
hering Southern States.
S ikcciUr Independence.—The
Federal government still con-
tinues to carry the rnaU^j to all
parts of the south. In T¿xas, the
it is ari act of cowardice, and
the northern extremists hold the
proposition as humbling to the
government. The
telligencer, an adminitration
paper, credits the rumor, and
attributes the concession to a
desire to conciliate the loyal
Union men of the border, and to
prevent the effusion of blood.
Mr. Seward*s policy is that secess-
ion will die out if left to itself,
and all irritating non essentials
avoided by the government
that
administration j
no wn en Ir re tin
four hours, lr,
s a v ages.
desolated, and the tew w<
children who escaped to
tains ¡after ward a perished
i no red i ble su fife ring.
On another occasion, when t]
British were iu possession of Long
Islandj, Washington being anxious
tole am the designs of the enemy,
Nathen Hálela graduate of Yule
I College, who hud previously
;contemplated studying for the
were from the beginning opposed
t o the ordinance of secession and
are becoming daily more aud
more dissatified with it. For a
while they were disposed to acqui-
esciVbut as they watch the father
devolepments of that measure,
the muttering thunders of their
indignation cannot be longer
pressed.
.ninistlry,) undertook the perilous
r Hours. J:,re/y ¡ j ^ ()j' procurinir Jthe desired infor-
one here bdievts that the wvhdrait d L.arjuM. IJ'h;^ roturning from
National in- the ,rfKl'P' ^vUl ■ be ^ *!{i' \ this duty, he 4*wt\> recognized by
towards an amicable sc'lHkmc iL i he | a Tory ie!aií ve," tadten to IIow's
straight-out republicans are
bitterly opposed to the movement.
Don't like the term backing down.
gave it opinion that he
could not be succored without
both a land and\navy fórce.
Under this state of "facts, it is
said that Gen. Scott seconded
Federal trsops have been expelled Therq are also rumors that Maj.
the public property seized, and j Anderson ^required immediate
money taken by forco, but Uncle succor in provisions and fuel, and
Sam still brings us our letters and
papers, i Auá ye mighty conven-
tion will be careful to steer dear
of the postal question altogether,
it being teo delicate and costly
a branch of Uncle Sam's deptrt
ments to disturb. We are glad
it is so, but must say it is con-
temptible independence,
Texas still occupies the
rediculons position of belonging
to two governments at once,
having Congressmen in jthe U. S.
Senate and Southern Confederacy.
The former hare been elected
♦hrongh the proper channels, the
latter are self appointed
a dinner
WEAK 8(7PPOBf"EES.—At
party in Washington on the 7th,
senator Wig-fall fell under a heavy
shot from Mr. Breckinridge. A
dispatcii says:
At a large dinner parly given
last night, Wigfall essayed to
make a speech, and alluded to Mr.
Breckinridge's defeat for president
in a rather unparlimehtary manner
His only excuse was his condition
and Mr. Breckinridge wittily re-
plied that his defeat was no spe-
head quarters, and uncermoniously
órderd to be executed the next
morning.
the policy of-Mr. Se ward, and the j cja| wonder when he came to
president and cabinet consented j |00k his supporters. Wigfall
to the order being given. The collapsed, and has not been seen
following is the language of the gince.
National Intelligencer: ¡ — .
Late last evening we learned Speech of TFji, C. Rivf.s, of Vir-
that in a cabinet meeting on ! gina,—Richmond^ Fa., March 8,
i4odr years later, in 1T90, the
battle of King's Mountain took
place in North Carolina. Col.
Ferguson, who commanded one
of Cornwallis's divisions, vas at-
tacked and surrounded by a for-
midable body of backwoodsmen,
many of them from Kentuckey
au l Tennessee, and after a severe
struggle th&y were utterly defeat-
ed, after three hundred had been
slain] Ten oí the Tories, HÜed
for their cruelty to their country
men,/'were hanged upon the spot."
Mc.ny other soul harrowing
tales, characters tees of those
"days which tried men's souls,"
might be collated; but they would
faintly depict the horrors of a
fratricidal war taking place at
this more advanced stage of our
Jackson Uhceu the Y r v; to
thEagle.—When Prest-
kson visited Concord S.
3&, he saw the legisla-
in secession, and was
d to the multitude. Two
ere presented to him
sven years old, nam . !
w Hill, [son of Gov.
Jackson i^y-
ero took each
e
m
finé
each
Isaac
Hill,] «
raonds,
of them kindly
drew from hit
dollars, saying:
^ My sons, 1 am
and I make you
that I make to
sec you,
legacy
^hildreu.
the
tiave
Saturday it was determine
evacuate Fort Sumter. If
news is authentic which we
no reason to doubt, this measure
has been taken as one of concilia-
tion to the border states. The
fort has no stragetic importance,
and it may have l>eeii sup
1 to ¡ f861.—Wm. C. Rives addressed ' ¡'¡story, with a population ten
that the yeilding a point of htgsiasm.
a large meeting to night on the
subject of the peace conference
propositions. His remarks looked
to the conciliation of the border
states and the eventual recon-
struction of the union. He denoun-
secession. There was much
times more numerous, and actirg
under the iníiucnoe of passions en-
gendered by protracted sections
controversy.
«¡if Tiie number of prisoners
taken by the Sardinians at Gaeta
was 11,000, together with 700 or
£00 cannon and 60,000 mnskets.
all
Here [presenting eaclbririth a
coin,] is the eagle of your coutttry,
which during my life I have 4n-
deavored to honor and defend.
Keep it in remembrance of me?
and it should ever be assailed
by a foreign or domestic foe,
rally under its pinions, and defend
i, to the last.
Imported Arabian Staluon.—Mr.
A. S. Colyar, of Winchester,
Franklin county, Tenn., has now
on his-plantation, in that county
two splendid Arabian stallion*
just landed. They were imported
at considers ble expense and risk
from Syria. One of them was
purchased in Persia, and the other
was brought by Mr. A. R. Wigg*.
[Hal.] from the ancient city
Damascus. They are said to lx*
the finest specimens of the hoice
kind ever seen in this countrv,
being thorough-bred Arabian
Nashville Patrie'
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Newcomb, J. P. Tri-Weekly Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1861, newspaper, March 22, 1861; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181832/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.