The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 21, 1846 Page: 1 of 4
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
isfe??
fS-Srr?- -
.sVfe'
T-3?
'.w. -
Yiorni
SJ
1iikv,ljfeK
,-.'":-.,t
-,. :
iiii' . ..-. -C&S5jlii&&--'! -'
i-s-sr-5
..Ti M9'Vrl
-
. '
tEiltSiie$ -eyepy WtdWesaiBytr S. JPSrcl &;M-. CVohican, &t$Eoiir Dollars per aniiiim, lit :tf&vaiicc, or Six olIars,at tKelc
"S "
:-3?
$$
4i
.---&; 3-"H&?- " Joxl&riTiL :J$JPTSaz&" a-SSSSP5S3S3T SE3JE5a
ffl.- "t-i-- it. S' ' . jr. is -k- --T-cra-prs.1.- ---s-'- 'Vr- r ; , -j-is.
.v42f afHKSs5 pjygljSgTr--" - Sest? yy-..af. -? -js,- i,-.' 'yf- - 'pr'" - 2r,t ... "
r.i-WHBiam ssmiSmt i.. , ' -.--2s '-v J - -
,- geaiBVSv: --33SR?as'4fe3!- v--'-rt
H
I"
ti'tfesslHHE ' jlSmTSTTz
1 JaiiBSHr WWF?.
4bHK vawcei5.T
- wssm. Adim
lK d?r 6jgjftfn
JIB A
HBr. the Bm
r -TimirTi 1 1. - iiiifca
" 'Hff?cJMi'lroi
L- 'KiM
5MHE?y
''wBuBi
r"'3iSrei
T
Kii!i i 1 1 far c .
fej, -gi n .-: .
3s-
".-t;---e'-
Wi:
f AUSTIN, TEXifef WJBDNESBY, JANiJAUY bl, 18te.
.i'.; NUMBER lE Bl
-,: ..&& c - ..-r .. .: :;? -v; :mm ;VOHi
iiuv : TrtiT; - . j. l.. -ta. j. w?' it , -.3 a-wtTr : 'hh
nhscMs&:.at -4 JI$U o'ptipts 'feew: :BX-. -B
nnJ V fo SlirkKrtST.? ; VV, fv S.Vr...V ...'. i-'f -?T? 2V, J-lBTdii 5-'4 1 . W
iiiuiicjr cuitij ui ; ywu "j'gjw"" .- iv. '5-,&,M'iJ3 5 vft' ?yi.v;iM-&j-" v,iijtiiiuco ,4, "?Ji3,trgaffc.oi-I JsgpigaavT T V ?
' to' render the kbesuifeojjtuiee.hu $&lR?ms,vs&hl$&iivatt ' il
3 solemn and IeVegglbrejny EIrcVjtnm
.vv'duld admit, i harhTOmjnefeiheJjirllSa 'saii?ar hletjletfieIhinst, Wfimtf tim'WSmM
on Cvhe!nsfais ;
!ant ihev'h"ayadu2UD everhili.bvihisnme.vfcbatflfte. :
IH colieejlf hemgn that5 fSiplgllSIP t
adctiofieer,'Kd;&eilsfre(J?,,:icyanc.1 tirsmefnoHn1i ' ,
a vi. , mi., uwui iui t2( "Lrrr.fij;."5irir'nin
1
saL$-' ;M0EiT;y :
K '- . .' jfct- ' -. .J a .,'
:rmS:4 ; .
frFoupaoiIars pzrsnhim payable in
Kfc -- - - ' " -.'
fiFoT eacli square of ten Ifties ibr un-
jrtion, one dollar. .Jeoreacn subsequent
y cents.
ectioh of fifty per cent, will be made upon
fciiK'tlsenients, with the. privilege of renewing
Mjgartejiy.. " 1 ' . .
tment of candidates ionomce nvedoJlars.
jCnd"PHuarirc0Jmi?""tna"kLee;
jteiUjfharged;lhesaniedYectisements. -
mscjeut advertisementslBlXisllbe paid lor-
wwincejorten' per- cent.upon all sums.be-e'S.vfive-aodJifiLy:
dollars, and of twenty
"BerseticQnlalL-Bums .tfver fifty idollais vill be
'wwpcCK.?2rs 4l Cpk-JfeS?-' -'?3-.
. iiSiaLfr'?3:!t?-irs
w - J? -, , FTomilitiGidiliaiu
SrfBelievirrg'lhatf should be.jfleHnjjuent
inHuty tb:dthdrS as well as to mjjse.lf, if I were
longer to remnin silent, touclffng, the facts
connected with 'the MierPrisdners, subsequent
to,theif .capitulation, I will now express my-
self. Although I have but seldom read the
.frrafuitousv misrepresentations, 'which have
been reiterated upon this subject, I neverthe-
less have seen and kno sufficient of them,
'to suppose, that many h'oViext readers may be
inclined 10 oeiieyeuiat lucre rnsawineiuuiiua-
t-onlfor. ttie charges made, bhosej. who re-
Vard:nbrpriety more, than honetme, I will
ut now stonp to a 'jnndica'uonfof mV course,
DUt win sune lacis. , . ia-.--
Oh aceount of the' relations Vndfrif ndsof
.58-,
)iece;
)usmes
M-bavefcrnfe'deToi'-iryinffi
. r xr,-r-- '. " -:-
. . i. . ,tf i. . . . .
nearly cost him his life. None o.f thisTaction to Keep alive an inveterate spirit ot niivjtn
iai required tiy the act 'of Gpniress;!yetXsd. 'abdcpnteiript lor our ignoble" foes. 'agr.fcu'Un'ral experimeht '-.- . " ;' '"'
great wjis "the anxiety of theGovernment tb f"9n the day above mentioned, we're- 2jngk&tr: 'u VJ'fiy, jvhat-.XVaVth.e mat-
rclieive the wants of Siejprispners, 'that the mained in prison until the 'hour arrived fler?"' : vV f'"" "' ' i
executive a'ssumed lh"e:fesponsib ility ot act-,for 0;n-. ,n ,1P r-nnSTnHrljini,a fHfi-- !?&?& ''MarVf?-! thn fTfsi -iffihw-rl.
ing in the case, wherethehw as noffi- Tv jjilher we repaired In 'a "body, being at- .'saw, BeTore reacblV the eld, .aste
cient .for the emergencies which arose TVere nfed anJ gjy jia no U-:g&0 fe $$&, Jlzfe
!.":- . .i W " .., . 5!s, , - . ,, .-.Kri v wi . sw..' r - j-1
lant oi me oasiie. ;ft ovenji, ;i jr.a weresVuiy uojjsy, anii
v.f.1' :.io vi j.,. ni'u,Asv-nrr
it no i iitHi persoiis wuo nave uecu incnuij hi . . , .,
Texas and the prisoners, would .Be exposed r?b l,mui f nra
and endangered m their lives. a;nd sumeciea. -::V -v.o..iiVj vnu a
to the confiscation o?'their estntes. I cb.uldt.ifenttants," was pre
those noble (eliows. who tell tty"aecimaiian,,u
- visv wfoDurahnWUeir . acts, should he yinateaied,
;r:..v. i-.-j -,.v . vajvwxa jM.vifwr'-.-?---n -' - J i. b-
ws?j-iasMJij.i ocvftTwaotnnV. hv"tw.iHi nwn conaucKthat l lev
most MdrirH6silav"GRoyiwN3prndua f isKiW yiXJ vmsx "-.rgfese -?. ,-: '.- . - r
rSASSsSI? '" ' &S&--M! - pRB8ficd?lJot!tha Vioftot hewyon rvyhom" punish-
r . Ar . 4;-'h '," 'Bh'- "" '" JH-: . jpenfrmigut Jiaye. deservedly fallen... , -jy
jlI -mmr .,rr:..:.!T.Ji.t.. --"Ls- - . . " t
"-'- f - affr rSSS
.8 ". Tf . iJ'AlSsvirtK' .-
1 cRBSiedM
Uiav- ete.''".--?, -TV4'a"i.
jTHff PEiiOCRAt
r?r:riSC!J-iiu-U. Ouli'r. O-V-
.-l.tipiiciuj, .ic.ujr a ii u
, James. Nicholson
iddle, Sail AritpiiicC;
rfr.
' --- ---
-
H'J
mr -? jJ
Soon - after the- General jn', cdmnandg
I - : . .-. y -1- -t, , -.i ,-.VCk'
', ordered the-army flack. trom' Uuererq, I
.jan Aiiinnion.iver, u w.-is repric .umjj
in'ctbn, ilmt apportion ;hf the, troops, hacRds
ibeyerl theorder ,andelected a IeadeK 'PJ
. tr-5 J-'
feo Mfc W iBvAHvarrant, Boston. f?
1 ras&-ftes; Btirke,; Brazona
fAttUWidoodUoIumbiaj, -
??f.SDSvs T1 " Uc"JOi'Pr!on. Kiionvi e. T t,nn on.M- P it,
3tHoavu,T35r-a?-- v . sA' ''v" -7jii wi !
aT Cd2Barll, Columbus ; Wf. -Vafd their destructio
lufceEuVpl!1rt,,il YOri nsis known tliat they 'had cmsse'd the Rid,
Hnttt, JBonnam. --.HfraHde. to invade Mexico, without oraers
And'nlthouSh others seeiried to dispair of thetj
Rescue. as n man, and- an ExecutTyje, I did
not. ;instrueiions were immeuiuiui wm i
pareid
present many) Tnjgfsjwhich. wpi dd t con virtc ' wiejitlotryotdiberatigt i'a:
any inan of theifficuTtie's 'under Jwliicli tnijvBj)nin'g;as?circumsta"nc.e
execilitive lab'orefM a.J A biBle hiid onpnnnhAf
TheactTotlmCohgress ;requwed that V? vvas'rivTt,and!a canllle'dimlv 'Tazed
drafts, brer one thrtusand dollars should ;noch gjHr$th tie ''ciornrrja
vpj "B,gg'7 u"; '""' v-w -snd officers in 'atiendarife, sio'od ;rouhd
sight. - On the 19th dav of October, lo4JAr . ,, .... 'n'. .!. ,f
one as drawn for S3.740. and informatioP"3 ta.bIe while, an order Avasead for
given.,wiilWhg draft, that the money wns rmji ? release, upon certaA conditions, ot j
cessaj VfolOthe coHHlift and needs of the prTtR prisoners iskcir by -' AtJia 13-l2rr-
sonerswhp weressufFeririg of want On'tlm
; - o.'.-W - i. V
;n "5" . 'Sh rPnJ'0 of the collector, I -directed him.
tMk tbpnjthedraftfortHwith, and toldhirri, that
tonhe:.iqr ms indemnity; Twoitld ptedgediv, ir
II ."jllitJIf i IlilU 1UUCII I a UIHIL till IIIC. IIMUIIl.
"'. its ..ts- T3f -ssr:.-..'! ?M
5(3 ? - ..Xj UPanmjtKr.u, "mi.
iv :-?", ?' JPcefCa.-gFudPvvLa Urange.3
5RiaSSji...ii3k.-,5n"iiusv - . . ;- ?r lfef-?
- I ilSB?"!--alfewliV""" Cronicnn
'. ..ri? -"ilfe-. Vsita- ;.s;rrriSC!-n a..o-
1-e. . ttrsiufi &Blec?x,. n mi w mil in i iiuuswih .Tn nuiv viiniqrr ar v niiiiiuiiin u lv, ai uii
-4-i;&4i "Gofl,g,rockett.psjin and" rrfnce, di-
1 ;?&'5 ymrck-, BMuVm Kavalla.- - rectilu? thRnvn'Ice nrgeMrpqesr of thfise
'; rAs 4 'MfkWMEk Jfc ' SfGmJytmVtom$K kinf offices in
i'f -X--J ASB .A3S&SE-HUwiilf..- f gfin tBm. immediate resthratiqnttheif friends,
fe :"?SlBBf5l eoufigghe :de5pma from- he
jiiS " : "fiiOpl'IrffB-80 Staj.asUierstnmi,!
,utC- , fv?pfefrfftfc0.k. Sterne, Nacogdoches, of'tlle disaf:tei0f.ief. Tlie"rb'was;.surely'hV
-V.S V fe ?HHSWEdV?.H6lrart, Clartaville? -.yi FtrSvi-sufllrVr?," DJhS'tirne-
fJ SHEfpt-'f5'sHend'on 'i appficat.ion in 'their bchnlfltifrgingsucli rea
Bte" '-iik JTpMiafea P'rlau' .. sons'stcould be suffirMre.dftVcwVthe im-
B:9-Sp3,?lG Broocks, San mPdmiftahtion of all thet-endlysiin
B Hr" . '!Sy Aff ttsttife " favor bMlieir safety nndWlaase. 'Tfe
'-?a-rS?Hi V- J;- - . Nrt satisfied while itsepflied fq,rne.Jfttany
met as, --i' iVMiw,. Y-o:-iS .tWiHi;!niininirni!iii.Li uiiuiin. ... - .5.. i -...,- t- iil"n:"'jv'. i
miii" mure rni!rmJM;i;iic,. 1 hiiiii. coney, ..- ici-
tFfouseiTor. my salary, and the contingent
ifundbfihe Ex2Utive, hich was $2,500.
SSttfesVas the course -"which whs --pursued by
toie; and this pre.'tents the facts which r are
mputed to me, as: evincing my 'hostility to
he sufferers at Mier. Tt has been sheer
ca'me in'otiickysuccessioiii die news rifaKejfeup
renderai.Jier. Our, Congress 1i0Wtjk
s.jon,an3-adjourned without fyjtiHtnj$H9
nnn' thp. exist n? otir men All nerS'dnSwnSH
V-.- -i--- ----- ...- . 13TW"C .... . . -. ' - '.....
e prisoners-seemed tqrftaisehood and slander. . I paj ever gave ri?e to
n as inevitnhlc, as fheffactyjimputation?, intenelftq create . a prejudice
thrbuehlHon. A'nson Jniies, Secretary' of Stat'eg
-tf TEar. MBB3RSintn whim'A.V lctona'.
imEmtmmonre:wkshin
firf r-JJ?C53;- -t '- --
5 '.laPMEnJfiStfHflBP
- ' ,-Hmr
- : . eiri?':rT,-sBim.TnTw
f-
vivlnnsff if5n
LiiS;EHB8(i?3KS'''2t an, " .$?' "&&. .- '
M-U' "?;W$i5fVaifalf theirfalhav??"
.. iOtu jiI red yeMjr ttgo 1
T-BSS?Kp-Thfsmiled'1
h H "il .r- is J
ai5.on eyes upon? -g
.Wiiere, oh weresire lips and eyes,
??-fie :J idden?ismdesthe:ibw's sighs,
s-K.f ' TIiHrlived-So'lonffiakbl' .'4: '
W'nn nRonled aHlthflroftvtreets'
-.. A hl iii red ffllS!Kllf -
hn fiUelfelcfarch
A hundred-years agb" ' v
' Thf sseeriqg tale- ; "
' or Met&hiif H . ; ,
.,.-TiM7nJ1iatirtork'.dv& : v
VfherejMerretplots ondneersS -";
.,hppoor;uf!s hpe-rtnirriclrmairs fears,
f Thxt Jiv.iao'Ionf agot ,
-rwe,rlferwlief e;dfead ;men slept
" '- " tr5- .feaidred.tFersi;ago 3 "
ter lb bapmin Ellint HB; ghf Af,
rgfjfB. M. Min
, I
A? Awr - ----
Pi?2
JM'' - -Kt' -:
fc-fl -?r ? .a.
Id ' J'
fX Hi!P
j'i ''7SB5B&t''3s&- 1
l;.- - r-JB
"" Vf
fairs.Jlien at thls.niace.?'rea"uesfinjE:him to ad
orers HjJB. M. Minister at MeXicih behalf
-of the -prisoner, statin thaf 'htiiiMlter-j under
"hbwerfgthey iherlivlng wept
c V ji iHdpe4tgr:s ago ?
d f ssBy-otlier Mien'
Lt!?, -'TT'Uaf'.lrWott' nnt tllPm.
iSBs "'."."y!; !'---
Tfefrfids are tiiFd : -
5-heirmV'esvnre fill'd : j-
jitiire thejnas jnsts,gpy ""'
i. :;;A,tidbfilirthe'i5un1.shq.neasjo-day,
V ' w'ndrodarg'.iigo :
,'3Ft
B -
K l fBi
I'-- "SBef
p Thejapst extensjV; tracts of railrpad
m?y-m ?ver eVnplatecTlEurope fs", that.frdin
f ";fStiffersurs to Qcfessa, t)ver an unintefj
b . -irupiea.4ine,ot sixteen ftunarea miles; it
wjlliconoectthe Baltic, the Black, and the
Caspian Seas, traversj three different
zones ,xot-. temperature,.: so that a person
Biaymis.)eave tberlussian capitol iu life
.depiH ofinter, and arrive on the same
- rail in Odessa in hot weather. This, how
j Igftfiverj it is; contemplated j isfbnt - the beorin-
nnff-OLJSvnai mav De consiaerea an- over-
inotitejhicIiiU probably cpnnect
tne Rupiah metropolis with' Ispahan. I
st-ds-sai'd th&BtnpeVor takes 'great interest iir
.; tw$ gigantic enterprise. -t
"Ata-TUSE Womax. A-corresbondent of
i "N thj5Gfncmttnti Gazette says -.T here is a
z?fe.' --.'woioan living withitf 15, mjles of Mobile,
?-futf sixty pounds Train's forty ponndshea
v5er,th'aii;tije tiotu Dixori H. Lewis, mem'
SKber, ol'Ssflorn that Aatew.. She is-
: -khe rnQtheffSBveral children of unusuaK
'j&1 yjetijowjgojlthealthj and is good tem
lW;Ped-f'i
5l-- JusrjcE-ircox bARfH.-anfcmtirig to
V" f- irtuercijie Legislature- of Vfrmojir,'
' &'iiJi rpr(:ni paion. nassed-a law rrovL-
-.,J -"' . ' ' -j "-i " i L-i. -.
iMdiilha:tyn.,GasS-aa: attorney fhomuay.-
k-ji.a yfrmbneys collected by himit
-Vr,yld darned a wilful and niaiicloos
-
be noted that General Somervillft previous -to
leaving' Laredo, ordered the stolen goods to
mmwsr aatau..,nr. aEohtm-. Pe"fg."g"I:igEg"ro :""" resiorea 10 mejaut
Jrrtihn ,;-fiHB3rt :kv ?TWInO tvprPe bTF"1
" " " ' . - ' ?l- ,oc I,V,J ,-
what circumstances thpvimiffirtiiaTe?crossed,
'die jr.Rio Grande, 'whether with orSTwitliout
the troops at JMipK that mompnt they were en
titled to nil the rights and benefits of prisoners
hf'.Avar. and T hoped, if these reasons were
timply presented and tirired, that they might
all be sayp.d. Previous tb the re'e'eipt of my
letter byiOaptain Elliott, the ifew3papers had
stated to thel world all the facts of the expedi
tion, andihat the army of General. Somerville
hadreturnpd, and .that those wh'iri a relied
tritMg3r,-tliR( gone "contrary to orders !'
Wli"atever-cbmpipxion some ."may have tried
to 'givejlthe facts connected with this matter,-
it is proper to statejotwithstaning what may
have-beerj his course, or statements after
wards,), the Ho. .$.Waddyf Thompson, jthej
Americah metporia" diplomatist, slated Tn a
1 'pMgpe Ron. Bailey Peyton-of New Or-
ipans, thawso sqo.n ns'he heard ot tne suuauon
of ,tlieflYif r; prisonpr?, and of the order for
theirexecutibnhat he called on the British
Vlin'isteft RTrPifckenhsvm,' who promptly iri-
tprprisedit. their bpbnlf, and rendered every
aid irr-his poweh .This is substantially TIr.
Thompson's rejriark'in the letter .referred to.
iT... . .n..U n K .. IvfrM l.n.i tint- ,nT
iUIy... .Villi HI St-MH LIIJIL IIIV 1CUCI 'iinu.wiiii-
dici-dCaptaln i lllioVto make such argpre-
.Rfintatinn in ATr Pnriltpnlinm ns P.nnRPd; lb
j :.i;.- r .i. frf. . r
utsuumuion m me prisonprs; aiiB i.oe m
rneir ar.cimntton win he stateatn, tne conciu-
sinn bf my Iptter. It would seprnryridicu-
lous lriidn, executive who hgd labored under
the most disadvantageous circuin stances to
nbtatp,the relnse of ib'p, SaSitaFrisoners-, to
cnh'spireagarnJ the' 'lives nfjgant-mehjHn
misfortuqe,4jpnnjr of" whonr vir& s6tlsand
kindred ofthefripnds of his early life.., -"
The misrpprespntntions relative to the Mier
prfsoners do not stop here. W-.eii .Con-rress
made the appropriation for the, relief of the
prisoners, by secret act, it has neBn charged
that he executive had prevented the means
from being applied to the relief of the priso-
ners,H.with a vietvltoaggrvatii theirt sufferings.
Ejicts wi. bejlfebpst refutntiqn of this calum-
ny. With ihe returnjoftlie members of Con-
gress to Galveston, came the letter of notifi
cation, andvingtructions to the agent, Mr.
Hnrgohs. frpinjhe Secretary of the Treasury,i
.ind it wisfnf1hwith sent to him at Yera Criiz?
He. d.pcfihed acting ift.bphalf of thewpnsoners,
a.fthe agent of theGoverninent, and assigu-
td, nmnnfr other reasons, Unit a General
Thn'mai?Jcfferson Green, hadJ swindled him
out of several hundred dollars, by giving him
drafts on thp Treasury of 'Texas, and on his
brother in New Orleans, and that oh applica
tion. hr found tlut Green find no right todraW
.imthe community, wKilelft wbiild exasperate
jlhesminds of the !Vfi'ef'pfiione3- jo gainst ime ;
iin when they wer.o circulated, lliey were
fifown to bewnne by their authors.
rTheje was but on e cause assigned for the
dec'imation of the ppi-soners by Getieral Santa
Abna, ahduprn whish- alone he placed his,.
justific:uinnhefore TT. B. M. Minirte'r. It
wanot the, attempt made by the prisoners to
escape, fpr that be saidu prisoners had a
right : Todo, butjt was'-tHeconduc. perpetra-
ted bycertain followers of the army at Lare-
dtjlLfiad Hjt, represented to him,., that
afte'rthe s.uaBfeon of the inhabitants of that
placed some-persons broke open hpti8e's, and
rbbbed.tbeinhaajtniits; and for'thislreaSoiv
he ondered. .thfvdecirnation. ft lias been so-
lemn lySasseftfcfdhy hundreds of the army, and
cannot witlitnithibft drnied, tliat Thomas
Jefferson Green was the first man iojio broke
openQJiSusCy arid incited the men Iq'outrage.
SuclKactsorsa ca.(as they are,termedj,Br'e
unknown even in Mexico, unless a tbwji or
citVistnken rdv storm.: The inhabitants of
Laredo surrertdererlnUthe first summons; and1
- r .,. r -. . - -- '.
contributed every thing in thnr power to he
6nrhTort.and'support.of the Troops. It should
Bui a short lime sufficed rocomolete the
rrremonies obsery.ed :bn;Ucn0o5,casion,
which set us at;.nbefty. ' '- --'"
we now reiurnenotnepiaza,stnrougn
cwhichrwe passed to the commandant's
office, and here found the .prisoners?o
iMler, who had procured permissionUo
congratulate and take leave of us. The
same chafns and walls had bound our
caplivity with t.haf of those brave but
ill-fated meif. T.hey were citizens and
I soldiers of the samebeldVed counir-atid
I K?jfl lref 1 koii tillDvtt? ,r?fte!A?.o11ont'aMorrnt.i!
rfd retaliate
same forr'ay which led to ouqTnisjortun
Perhaps1 never before did men "meet and
part, under such circumstances as weha'cl
met and were now to part:? The senti- j
-J -.- .V. .-.'--! I- -1
miuiisann emotions ottnis accasionueiyij
rrivT powers ofdescfiDtion &:- 'J,
Col. Fisher briEMadj3ressfB' us as
we ' stood logeYher.andaWimadverted
with much coh'cern :upon.;mi3'fepre'sejita-
tions of thecir'c'umsta'nnes of-h'iaJdefeat.
H&was followed byudge Girf? whofi
jn'an affecting tle,'p.uDlicyp us adieu,
iii'Uiename oifn!S companions. re?i?
i n gs bf sym 6aiiVJ .ririke.' - i n one; m igh ty
su.rge upon'the hVart.-Ye'we;ptlA r
iThus we parted,- "bu"t after Ihe battle-
mKnts ofVtheCastle had receded from
sight, oursa'rTnessremaihed, forthe warrri-
et5emoti'on'5 of the heart still engaged tkj
m.fucigu's reflections upon-the.prolong-eda
privity and wretchedness vof bur
s. a genprous ana magnanimous
f vyAJ-jLTTOJi)R.EGO.
mace, the C&Sn&.&giXiMiftiiW
I : ! . . . . '. T ' -...:
Ky ytiW .betaW!- to-the hfeaTcTitertIrteii
r inin nnT"ci anfinnf nnr. .ino rrtiiftrrri miu r. -."... -i. -i k- -i-w r- t rm-mm- k. v - -
s&isJm-' -,
'V
&; -' -
$- ."".. WmBSJ.
FroiKandependence; IVTOm to Bluer at .
'M'rnett's Trace: " "'520
FrpmiBfuet6!Brg Platte.
'
25
sCT V l .r-1?Y .. , M - r . j. - C . '
ed iymnTiUregon emtgr.int and ,niav not, snRr.orftileiiaiA"T::I iKsg-Ig? " "s
tihtilejestino-.ia thosawn'olt'ti irigof mfl- -T"1 "mMr
"iiuitheklakesofH'ilizlfoh -and mo-
o.yjS'."a:.-i.ti,.1J. - ' '. -Oli'r BJtaar . -Vk -
vingHjeyonapie mdtintaEtns?:' m
phmg. li nqu-jhei cargtah JBWalfefsJi mrr-,
iiit,, :ic- vju.vciituiqotor"
.filisi
s, xi-.' . CS-
kl . -- ..r'- , : ..-i
iy ajinouaeeci cfl
baft aredithbreln
casjD.the pouhcj
natipn wourd ever scorn to -aggravate
tblrnjsfortTines of prisoners ob war.
Trjevs.- .v .:,-
pile," was handed over. No reflections can
be ihadeon the character of a man who had
hung off the skirts of an army, without any
command, and availed himself of the first op-
portunity to outrage the rulps of civilized war-
fdre on defenceless women and children, npts
wtveh were to he visited upon brave men,
who subsequently fell martyrs to the dastard-
ly crimes of others.
Nbwsirj'I-nssure you,, that 1 have been in-:
du'eed to notice the slanders against me, only
because I amaware, that many worthy, men,
foKwhoseeeJings, I-cherish a Vegardand for
Whose opiiiioEg, I entejtnin respect, have la-
ihnredundpr misconceptions bf the truth. r
The facts mayiifor what thev are worth.
I4djd aljthat was in my power to save and to
a'erveland nod& to injure the prisoners.
I have at allnfrn'es been satisfied, that mV
rcourse in relatfotilb the Mier prisoners has
;been such as IhaVe poted injthe discharge
ot other duties, which mave devolved upbu
me. The day will come, when it trill be
.ItOTC-M ihftf 7"vi7l 4 7w A 7nMa " 4 7. kV5 t
,-OUWMii, niui. X UUtUIllLU IJfC iftlLUAC Ul Llltl lM If.TLl L
!Rrqrhpw it is not proper that it should ;,
h ""icoij iiwi isf ii ncuuaiiiin .
win iiiii envKHiiy man, wno amy-'nave it in
his power tcrrendeivHiore nurnjjrnns and im-
por:ant services torrty country?" and to man-
kind than I have done. . rtrusrShe will not
have to exclaim wjth u Lear,"
-- -ri'Jrtlic-StiUiUKtlU;
A junny story is Ibid of an - old Triendxet
us one who, sick and tired of the
ca'e and bustle of a city life., has retired
into the country and lgbhe to farming'
as the saying is. His land, albeit, well
situated andjCommandingsundryYotaan-
tisiprospects, is "nouso particularly . fer-
lilasiiJQme we have seeri-rrreduiribg
&ciea)$llbulture and a liberal use ot gua-
no oisoBJe sort 10 inauce an auuuuuut
ejcrWo&gby way of explanation,
iufta timer, as The. story ..books
say, our fxfiid, beingon ashort V'5sit to
"the cLy, was attending an auction sale
down town, and asl so happened iney
were selling damaged sausage at the'
lime. WThere were some eighV 'or ten
r i -l.i 03r;X . "
barrels ot tnem, anci tney yj
To-theprossinrnfthe!sa&ie.
TRo,;Swb1gtWate'frv . )
TJp Swet ter tphesnp
To tng-ftm'rftat
T
Mpun.tafns..
pSKoekv-
SiiS; .4rt:
To tTiev":atreJru1am'ta'th,e Pacific
4
To Littlejldyv' t
q-o'BigEm --J&m-
BowTin igBss ' : .'-.
TdBlacklrofGreen.rTiiver.
To Fort jBfflgerf .
To KongRieV .
Down "thesanie-to the hills. that Tintv
m
Ut
v 35
"JT-
Paent.- JiikSR'- 'v
p2Uie:sSme. .,& . 117. HSaHS.,-,Auf ?viAnot tne " ' 7 . . V
Aii&?thelSrorthFdfkr6fheame.' 31 (j'gmant. VjnuaTKfMWiher ' r; " - H
ocott-sBlnffS4-. f;: PetTtoM; , 5. -;
Xo Fort Lanma. '-&" 3s?51&fc,7alS5BPVT!4i J- -v
jEromTort : Lanma. to thebigsprings 4 Ui j4TM' ' ? . i?
.t'.rt. i- -ininff-- "? w6i.utL'npjgtameMpoT-afe
Tp-KeryenNtjrtii Fori ? ' ' HQ; SKBZSflgSKSL5
-k tf . ,V"."VMA'iMK?tKNlJ;ffKLl ' iw
J -.1. ...-. l..MiX:1?5-;;1'WlktJ.Tk.i.i J'-.T.,Ej,iry(J' -fc -'J
t i3:an emiMia&cKiVigitisscQmiMaasp.t
- jT-S
.ft -1
Sft'ihe lak'es.
Detroit and'0
wmmmU'mmK'imM
rBrie, and' rcceivedrtHelhRT$kiCodP!reife"' eS8S5S?v .
ind.a svvordiand'wAis Dj$CTt48e-i49fr
Wrf.MBfe - '
'.v?'?,1 -
mbtteci great'kal'.arJtiF
Perry fin iris despcfeoft'hp-kl:K
victory 'of &ke fe, rrSm39&t'&rat!
to the same;
jng at filLy cents per barrdv
auctioneMisAvith all apparentSseridusness,
remarked:.fnat they were worth more than
that to manure land with. Here was an
irlao tiUSivln.tVrn orwt n Vinlf" ecnt-riir
manifest, hor iSritlSedesSfflrv. I "r,,S,' .Cua.IL --. r-
ii? . .iSiia tji frin-l.TT" -lnl&ormBBr nt civTWsn.wn nnn n
, J-TJie lillie dogs vand all,
Trayj Blanche 'nsweel heart, see, they Biirk at nio."
'Your friend and obt servt.
SAM HOUSTON.
t
' ,.- FratKiffce La Grange Intelligencer.
Mr --Editor As I leftvyou with the
prospect of a 'sppedv release, I willj give
you merely a "brief sketch of that day
wmen restored us lo treeriom.
To the prisoners of ihe Ca-tle of Pero-
ta the 24th of last March was a day of
emotions no pen can describe. The
chains and walls whirh still hld in canli-
vity the survivorsof the brave Dawson's
memorablepfpatwpre tlien 'exchanged
for liberty. The$cenes oftBat day 'yet
i .,... ii- u . i .. :i .....
iBBfool aftliinon a verdict endpred Ia' J. c;,,e,,r,, l' su ' b'MU," -&cul-P?yPP
l- l. -niftlr. Potter was sent to Mexico, as an agent
lihgfi among happy reminiscences, still
calling to mind those indescribable senti-
ments ofiJthV soul inspired by the pros-
pect of reluming to that beloved country
in whose defence we had met our misfor-
tune?. k ! -j fr i
We had.Datipfillvpndnrpd ihp innomi-
onjheTreastiry, anflf tlilit he had no hroiheH njPS andrbelties of imnnsonnlent in llie
m New Orleans. That the kindnefisghe had landpFr ungenerous demies, till at
rPndered Grpen. and his subsequent vain gl- ,eJnthat disheartening Ws'ferifee cre7-
jinus letter through the New Orleans pnp.fcrs, w. , .r Y"f T' ;
thnuhing M, Hnrgous for his kindneb., I f(1 ""f f0rL a" "
had endangered his life, and caused a prose- ,lonAJ relatives, homes and coUhtry, bad
cutiohliinst him. which cost him five thoti-1 fpcerggd too muchiggrayationfrd
o., li!Al' U..r I.- ..l.l ...:-.... !,.! l;PsSlVS?diaorrn4rjl?W?rf nrSt'ln Hrlrl milfil ! f
1111- J - ";'. t" it. JUIIIIIlllltlll ll"kl" .....w, i ..
tji- wrpiqhpdnpss to the misery' of a condi- a
self.,
m sue
.
sand donate before he could extnentp Ii
UjuJerifliese circtimstances, the- Govern
nso unhappy. m
(Mr!fii Tiimfnr the a1iipVecnfihn ' i , .-, i op renectmn, nowever mat our iatr,
aiPl mmI0r5.le sIIleWxec4,I"n frnm this Rnt-nrnrnpnt. pnrrvinir with him . iLi 1 j - i .i. .'
;;-feij . .!-,a. -., u : -i j.. i i-'u :""': " --.-,. ,-.,.,. - - - . mi imra, wasias nroun as inai 01 uur
' &BEa'J.S2anZi In.inil imiilMhi. mnnt, ?i..ir... fr.... i .'. f.6o nnn ra;M combantongFwhom we left u
ja.jiSwpti.ywMuiivM j-," iji'." ....v.j viii.it t tri 41 vi i'j 'i "line ii 5",v'jv iiiin.t-, i , ,1 !" ' U J 1 1
.-.F . 2 C- .. ,-.,-!, II I Ullltfll LllK.'?lrf I 11. Ilrllf IIIr:il "IIJ1IWU
twoaitng. u- - .which was piacea in tne.nnnas or Messrs. . -d-,r-"' , . . ,- 1
J.clE. . - - j.
.5- Z - - .
,sea1-vnf --
'--??
ff i
i ; JT - - - -iJEST-Tj; ,
i: fc 'iJIk Jraacingnam nasipeen engagea as
pantongFwhom we left upoH the held
s, con-
'tStT". . ..". 1
Schmidt &Co. at New Ofjetus, subject to , Vnuecl t?hten the spirit pt aejecuon.
the order otthe agent in Mexico. Fie was antl we wre our chains anci penormeo
recognized
where he had
anddiad.?tescape to Havana, I ihe tasks qf daily labor assigned us with,
d anattack ofyellow feven which feelings of superiority too haughtily not
half ceri'ls third and last ffall-goie!""
retorted the auctioneer " Cash takes5
them at sixty two ailjBjhalf per barrel. "j
i o nave iurm suippeu lor nis couiury
seat was the, immediate work of our
friend, ahd as it was then planting time
"and the sausages, to use a common ex-
press ion, were " gelling no better very
fast, tohaye them sale under tne ground
and out of the way was his next move-
ment. He was about to plant a feeld of
several acres of$cornihe soil bf theipi-
nv woods species sb berfe was just the
spot for this newexpe'rim'ent in agricul-
ture, this new wrinkle in the science of
geononicsf Pne, link" of sausage. be-
ing deemed amply sufficiency that .amount
was placedjn 'each hill, accompaniedd)y
the usual number of kernels of corn and
an occasional pumpkin seed, and all
weremjcely covered oyer in the usual
style. Now after prernising that several
days have occurred since the corn was
planted, the sequal of the slory shall be
told in a dialouge between our friend and;
one ol his neighbors. . -
Neighbor. "Well, friend have you,
planted yotif corn?" - v
Friendij, " Yes, several days since."
Neighbor. Is 'it up veti'llfc
Fnpa. Jp les upmd gdne thel
most ol it.
STcighbor. "Ttow is that ?"
FriendM."We, you see I bHimht a
ot nfsnjUsagesftih Orlefinsjjrher day,
? iu I JvJV;., -rs "
TpTSarumtliffirslltersme
lumbia. fi
To Fort Hall, on SndlaTRircr?
To Partinith a'gaih. ' r"-"
H'o Cock Ci-eek.
To Soloman Falls. : ... .
To the crossiribf Snake-iliver.
To the -BoliiSpH'ng. 'ffj'
Down th'eame--t6 1 Fort'Barse". ' t .
To BuriftlRiverl k k; '"
f1 l-i -.'V.-' . .- "iaSli''
7
'27
,-40
Up the samfef'i
-.--!
:Hv-r
M
15
'"1
To Utillia River, over-Bluefoiint. ,4'.i
To Dr. Whiteman's..' 'UHSa'
To.WalleyXvalky
fssx&mt
Frpm" Wajley-waliey' to Dullas
From D.allas?td VniicBaVerSSf"-- 100
-Total.: .- 2021
Ttir. S-t-i-vii'L TwwSl3SM3t"AJ:
letter, dntetPJulyfbpeafs in ''tl
London Terries, iromva officer of bnef
herMajesty's ships on. the. African 'coast,,
giving -a .horrid picture of the slave;-traded
and expressing the: conviction that no
'treaty stipulations, no combined squa-
rjmhs; can suppress this traffic, so loner.'
as.a slave wonh only a few doliarsv'fri;
feca will bring jSOior ;100 in Am.
rjifcru; He says ihlU.ihe i(jea of blocking
Stop miles of coast is alisurd; that1 the
African service is attended with mbch
losspj niejfeano is cie mo ran zing to tne
habits ofspamen aii'H thatyfin fact, the
miseries of the slave-trade a'ielincFeased.
y
they I
The Soutji Pole. The barque. Pa-
s Tiriisii?goyernment
.evmced his. .. caractetfii'
jo;dgmelrYlffftiatVt
'frtf hjrTT!tho;'XTftrP,.'t -ill mi
;pat,dh';yhRt'actoryM
.frutadfthe;recdrd.
fenemies oy ,oetor a wa
ne was an araentmanyrQ
biit generous ixhdjfrafcg;
rayerjr n.di
tx.we'oifeect -
saBBE J.V
grMit'ttjfi
taMSS JMKlita .t:
if. 1 yy1"''
jrSKAsT v.ii
. " , iL ail
s; r.'
s."- iT" --. ' . - '
:?-Mftt&-
eicst.mi
. -i-r tl i5S-
7!a- K-.a
it:
:
rF.- ImJs
slieieton, wnlch; ibas created"J. a
:pise l ti 1eneseeThere - ii wa 7
dug up, bas ibten ibrou!bft :..UJr
-'. . . L - ?X V TTt --r. .
TJKagwKAS'VJiC. - .
'drtfJfen-V ?25: ""l-'t
njd will shortly ;fie 'exHbdfe()L-J f ? V'::
ic'enijoncs 'cab be PrPrrMfei::i . t' .tV'J
-Thespa pefs bj trhr 'rijjjCTiflr t I' 1 ' ' j
'ibn: wasfounif 'fkxiijQ- 3&Z jf
ingji-bu4 -. A;-' ' V,
ejiurljyn. e ,J1
fdfdy.: -UJ
anemone catcllaied Jf5gg3teM i.Jfe r . , '
iCiai. ouaeruMMQnj - ' -
:c-ccii?ar'eiwfn arSiv, . -C '
tjgy ,.V- .; ;a?f7yr .-.--r'- - s " 3tt :Ll v
roBWhere "the Wk i-
ceilinisffurfeferSmlfPm 'fP bl
' J'tgHfcgCZ ? EM' ?''-; ''.viJt '-- . -'.'
liBMf-:
4IJMBACOTBS3,-2m.;a5- i."V-C I'.V
-gV'in -,:aty -Wi., wfer g4-.--' - jj -i ;
Pf;armf :Mh '- '
-- - I"?-f.lSr
tnat, anaiusc atiitwOTe.
i. Jw ;'j.?vi'-S,vs""r5iS
uu liui ut,iiitiia.MJo-i' a,;
toexhibjl itvE;
" "
iltsbtirg,. Bai
- .- c.;t wr..-. i
was me sneoi-.
godahired by the Dnitsh-gpyernrnent
for n-seienrifioxpfwiUian-to. -tiie--A. ntr re-. i
tic regions,.has "penetrated ;-ityjs. said far-
tKerySouth jvarfl tH? iahyrotKer.yes3ei
hasyetfrpachtqdire'rBomman'der
Moore, has completed tHe observations
left-upBnished by H. M. ships Terror
and Erebus. The Pagoda, says the N
Y. Commercial, very nearly reached the
magnetic pole, Jonly' the ice" prevented
;hrtrom toeing the mark.
$m3ooi) News. fou: the -Ladies. The
ladies, one and all, will.be delighted, to
hear that at a recent silting of the French
Academy of Sciences, Dr. Fierquin
read d paper iha. favor oi the. corsets as
an article .which .should be worn by fe
males. He ridiculed-.metlical men for at-
tributing cbnsumptibnand various other
diseases to this .catiscrjjind declaresjthat,
the'inferiority of tbemuscles in thatpart.
of the female frame requires the aitl "of
: this outer case. Dr. P. is : probably trie
most popular man with the ladies bow
alive
smooth tongued auclirinee
would make excellent manurcfif nothing!
i w'rt t..ti... i
eise. i orougni ine 101 over, commencea
planting my corn at once as it was time,
placed a sausage in each hill, and "
JSetehbm Welir'and what?"
ficndm" And feJtifati
madaa3good job of it. Some
witaJFwent out to the field lo see how 1838. this shows an increase ol 84,99
mww'Was coming n, and a pretty i whites and 47;4,JLblae,ks. itijfik'
I GcoucJia. A curitis jiist 'completed
'shows the number of white inhabitants to
sfied that I had be 458,169 i df-btacks S16.156 ; totai77l
days after- '325. As compared with the censifs of
rtemp'tfng fe afeS&
was .defeiTea?na;;MtTe
I'were r.ondiieteiie'aesbssj:
ArAWttrr ViT!i;'hinfrv-TKiR
3ik.l,is """tf'f's?' jJrsara--sYj
'Hua ;a rtdpulatiVe,'t&!MM:jnow'jf
.. .;; - - - -,--. - - if- ? r "xrv .-"i-j . -?Sf
it contains about; imrly Uminid pwpleaf
forty churches, 'airawce-astnmynBKmf .
uoai.ana iron, laqiories. L.wenwcre;i?
neglected more thirjsattHK;
molfe than t wen ty: pftrf Was 'mm
C)1jr Minister" 'xo' E&A"xSi--It, as)
a prevalent rumor in - W'a3ttmvCFtir.'
.1 Ctrt I ..T. ,.r -Mii-.. . ..-... J?2K.
opanu .iu uu., ukw-uic, vraw. -s.eincr
:bTrouffht , Mr. McL'alyoacatibn. for
T5"- O . . -- a- tSs? j&i-r -Fj.. M:& ' X
Ieav.eto lay!dowtf-hfenitoic"rlai: digna-
tfcSi HnwtferaaJitC-herepbrQ'BeL!
true, wiH increase- th&dflncuUie ortha' .
Oregon negotitfongf
According to,a corriespondenti of-the N...
u. tyourier, ins!tneinienuon oiourygOr,
verriment to have d fleet of leRsail in'lhe'
ydt'ers of the nVer?Plae byApj-il next; to
j&p'erate with our JBrasliian 'squadron In
effecting the raisihg.6fvtue blockade bf the
jJorts of TJrugUay by th.S French- arid Eng-
Jiaii. ' ,- -
- ijcr ""
1L
Iowa. Frdtagfie 1st tcjiKelSth inst.
'the land officein :Djub4que'alie!recejved
su,uuu, mostty . irom . actual setuers.
t -r ?-
WiiNToff FEoix.-rr?T3ie. Times
iM .. i I-,-. a "sasr,t?. t. :
aturaay tasi couuAan.
of
advertise rnent
heiided as fdUbWHfeliwajr scrjpysto-
ib'ii." Can, a moKiitiBSffiece of
dlshpdes.ty beVmri-tfefhsttck 'atbcn.
when wasteparSr&tS.' $. a pBii?'
PuncL -. -'MSNfc-'---- ' JK
SurgicAi Qiohr&m LastA-
Ehe-. latest remarkabje Surgical opca-.
lion .we tind.in thepapfT3?or a;jwj)Ki
Missouri who had h'rsr,soul enticftLvvcr
trailed from, his -tfddyvbY.Jie Mapewrtbrj
M3t asre-aV:'' jR lisf e8Tte
- 'fe-es
.!
.
patient wasde and tHVftjifetirj :
' - '?-.--- - r, r fSS' ' ' , :
V
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Ford, John S. The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 21, 1846, newspaper, January 21, 1846; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth48303/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.