The Western Texan (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 35, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 12, 1851 Page: 2 of 4
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SAN ANTONIO:
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11. II 1111 I. I J . II 111 II 111!
For Governor
JOHN A. GREER.
For CongrcssWcalcm PInfrlct
VOLNEY E. HOWARD.
mjsjgi u n fin van
tOSinceourfiMttWe went to prcn Mr J P. Oro.
tvr ck lit diapoirtl of hi intrrnt hi the Western Texan
The pftrttrutart ri to ihe future con-lnct tf Ihupuprr.
and letiUraenf of hi uiiMlaiiilhia tlitu uml Imbililu
wltt If given In tmr next nunihir
PJTCapt. J;H. McCown I authorized to act
as ourAgcnt fur llunt&vllle nnd vicinity.
Prosperity oronr City.
Notwlllulandlng the prophesies of tlio Ill-
omened thnt our city would lie reduced to a
mere "inland town" asHoon nslhc troops were
withdinwn It iccina lo he advancing in pros-
perity. CXulte a number of elegant and tih-
tantlal houes are already going tip an I will
je aoon completed while preparations for build-
ings can be wen in almost every quarter. Wo
hoc the example of Messrs Jones I-'Inher
Priors and Dr. Lyons will stimulate other
business men to tear clown their antiquated di-
lapidated looking buildings and repined them
with edifice of more modem style and hand-
flomc appearance. It Ifr woro than folly to
practice Wig "waft-a-wlitlc" policy In order to
ago whether the place Is destined to continue
Its present prosperity'. Thnt matter washing
since 'elllttl and conceded on all hands that
6an Anlnnio ii to be the City o( WcMcin Tex-
as. She has every advantage nfc&sary to en-
title her (o this rank if those who have control
of her Interests and enterprise do not rrainpher
progress by ilothfnlne&H and timidity. Our
clly'ls surrounded hy natural advantages ami
resources calculated to hulld up a large manu-
facturing city. These can he developed and
brought Into use at a triflingcot compared with
other points. Those who have the capital can-
not employ It to belter purpoc than in electing
manufactories for the tnancfacture and con-
sumption of the products of the soil and thus
create a home demand for those products. If
this be done wc can reasonably expect a rapid
Increase In agriculture. If the proper effort
Is made to secure the natural advantages by
which wc arc surrounded wc need have no fear
of becoming an "inland town" but rel assured
of becoming a large manufacturing elly capa-
ble ofsupplying the wants of a large portion of
the South with our wares and fabrics. That all
this may and will be accomplished wc have
not the shadow of a doubt. If it is not dono by
our citizens It will be brought about by capital
and enterprise from abroad. Those who own
property and have the means need have no
fears about erecting dwelling .houses. They
will never be suffered to remain long tcnnntless.
The tide of emigration has already began to
flow Into Western Texas where soil of unsur-
passed fertility can be had for from one to five
dollars per acre while land In the older Slates
that will not bear comparison with ours can-
cot be had for double the price. Here too
farmers find a ready sale for their products at
pood prices. These considerations lead us to
ffhopc that our citizens will be aroused to the
SeccsHlty of some speedy action In reference to
the railroad which when completed will In-
arcasc our business four-fold nud bring into
use the abundance of water power In which this
section abounds.
IUeakkaht 8cr.nr. w San Antonio. Coquet-
it TsintUaJy fa Handsome Hoarder.' Cofjvctish.
landlady Dear thlr which will you take fur
your thecond cup 1
Handsome Hoarder. tXUo Immaterial my
loveIf that last was tea I will take coffee
nd If that was coffee I will lake tea
37"Some of ihe papers favorable to the elec-
tion of General MeLcod deny that he made a
(Cross pergonal and ungenttematdy asault
upon Colonel Howard In the discussion be-
tween them in this city. Wc would say to
these journals (hat they are trilling with the
truth when they deny these ftatcments. Gen'l
MeLcod Is guilty of (he conduct with which he
Hands charged. And more than that he went
about our streets bragging and boasting more
like some loafing bully than a gentleman who
wishes an intelligent people to elevate him to
a seat in Congrebs. Geu'l Mclvikl N tho ag-
Kresaor and what followed their fiiM meeting
has shown blmelfas much lacking in moral
rourage as in that emu tcsy which should char-
acterize a ge nllcrmuly opposition.
nSTThc cholera has again made its appear-
ance on the Mississippi and Ohio rivets.
3TGencralCavaIgiiac is faiily announced
an a candidate for the Presidency of France.
KITAIr. Goot will please beware of person-
alities oi wc publish not :
Hv Antonio June 0 IH.'il.
Mn. KniTon While forked lightnings lly
from the months of orators on the subject of
the Stale Pebt and Indian iiirair.al appear to
forget the important subject of education. Our
sister (owns with hall our wealth have
f-ehoob afcadamte and rullcge while we arc
far in the hark giottml In this paitfcular.
God knows there is no more nccrIiy for pub-
lie schools and general education in any other
place than in San Antonio. Ignorant na-
ked blasphemous noisy vulgar boyhatid girls
are as thick In our H recti as the bees in a
Mvarm. The UUhop has neglected his promise
made In 18.17 tp educate them and appears to
be wheedling the superMillous of those uho
do not Mil andwe that he in some future
time. f going lo von ret thistnor by an Imag-
inary Invoice of nuns. Paradoxical as it may
appear to you sir It ! neveitheless tine
that many of our muM influential wealthy
nratable aristocratic and intelligent citizens
here have illegitimate children who posses
the open countenance and iioblcrtllspoMtion of
ihc Auglo-Saxon! combined with the archness
tivaclty ami subtlety of the CuMlllan-Azlec.
Let these be educated and they will become
ornaments to Bochfty but neglect them as they
are now neglected and the boys will grow up
thieves and the girls (like their mothers)
prostitutes.
JAMKSGOOT.
Qrm.Ka. The stables of Mr. John Leslie
find Messrs. Adam's & Smith are unsurpassed
in the 'state. We would advise our traveling
frJcmLMQ Mi'lf them out when they come to
Hn Autonlo a their horses will be well fed
. audnoejitra)r uuj'uVt chants whenthey.bavc.
--. lv? 7iK-TJnfcjkndeil Imlldlntr of Mr.
3.oncit;i'neiiirMiiai(lh5 l'Ct In the city) Is
nsarly tompktwl. The iipMtuuuo'iM rent
tbs upjfit fiujk'ttfrt oUjve-
!.:
""' "ii"- y f hl ? wf i m j i JUL" J '
Who is to represent this District in tlic
next Congress?
This Is nn Important question and deserving
of far more consideration on the part of the vo-
ters of this District than we fear it is receiving.
Personal friendship sectlo'rial or local jealousy
should have nothing to do with their decision.
Its Importance raises it far above such paltry
considerations. Wc believe the majority of
Ihc votersof this DlMrlct arc Democratic and
desire to be represented by one of their own
political faiih who will aid in carrying out
those great principles and measures for which
the Democratic party have conK-nd'-d ttiiicu the
days of Jutfeftftn. There are thtee prominent
candidates befoic the public Col. Howard Gen.
MeLcod and Captain L"wH. That the fust is
now and always has been attached to the
Deinociatlc party is not questioned. Of Gen.
MeLcod ' political predcHellons bill lillle is
known lie has been for some years a resident
of Texas where national politics have not en-
tered into the routcsls for office ho that he has
had hut Htllr oppoituniiyot identifying himself
with cither political patty. Hut on the first oc-
casion that did offer he prccnted himself as a
candidate for Congress and run as a Taylor
Democrat a mongrel affair not recognized n
legitimate Democracy. True he now makes
earnest and apparently honest professions of
Democracy ; but these iinsusiatncd by more
satisfactory testimony are not reliable and
cannot be trusted to with confidence where Im-
pottant right- Interests and pilnelples ate at
stake. If he would announce himself ru n
Taylor Democrat for the purpoe of catching
every brecp and thus sccmc his clettion are
wc not justified in inferring that now when it
is clearly asceitained that this DiMrbt Is Dem-
ocratic that he will publicly claim lo he a
Democrat w hllc at heart he is a Whig a fact
that may be confided alone to the leaders of his
own party who will lay In wait and not raise
the liatilccry of Whlggcry until the day of
election This may be considered an unfair
and unjust Inference but If those who think
thus will for a moment reflect upon the numer-
ous instances in which men have bron 'oistcd
into power through the agency of false promt-
Kcsnnd heartless professions they will be forced
to admit that too much vigilance cannot be
observed In a contest of such vast importance
to the public weal. To show that there Is
grounds for suspecting Gen. MeLcod and liN
friends of duplicity If not gross wilful fraud
wc could instance the sayings of the only ac-
knowledged WhTj paper In tho District the
Galveston Journal. It says this District will
be represented by a Whig and acknowledges
that Gen. MeLcod is the strongest man. The
grass certainly shakes if there is no snake
there and It is best to keep hands off ami not
thrust ourselves within reach of Its coll.
Of Captain Lewis wc have but little to say.
lie is a young man of talents experience and
untiring pcrscverencc comincndiblc qualities
but fear he hassulfercd hlmsclfto be brought on
the track loo late to stand much chance of pass-
ing his opponents In the heat. Wo believe
that had all things been equal his chance
would have at least been second best
The contest at present Is evidently between
Col. Howard and Gen. MeLcod and the only
question to enter Into the decision between ihc
two is which isbestcalculated to carry out the
principles and sentiments of the people of this
District and secure their rights and interests 1
It will require no argument to satisfy the pub-
He that Col. Howard as Representative of thin
District has spared no effort lo secure Its rights
and Interests He has shown himself lobe ca-
pable and faithful. And he has experience in
Legislation which Is an Impoitaut aid while
his opponent is not known as a politician and
even if he possesses the ability his Inexperience
will render it almost useless. These consider-
ations have Induced us to go for Col Howard
and not local prejudice. We believe him to be
a Democrat while wc look upon Gen. MeLcod
as of at least doubtful political faith into whose
hands It would be unsafe to trust political pow-
er at thistimc while such impoitant questions
arc before the American people involving (he
peace and it may be the perpetuity of our glo-
rious Union.
Tnr. Wfhteum Canvass. We give on our
outside an extract from the upeech of Gen. Me
Leod at Austin. Wc do it not only on account
of Ihe wit and satire contained therein hut also
because ills in some degree a repetition of the
San Antonio speech which the papers theie
both being In (Jot IJoward'.s litleiest did not
publish. We have received several letters from
the West which assure us that the prospects of
Gen. MeLcod are highly flattering.
Tho nbovc extract we find in Ihe last llunts-
ville Item and is about as fair and liberal as
anything we have yet seen from those papcis
advocating tho claims ot Gen. MeLcod and
just what the friends of Col. Howard have ex
pected from opponents who resort to quibbles
and misreprrscnUtions and are aelualnl by
sectional jealousy. The Lat may have the
numerical strength now as the West is in its
infancy but the day is not far distant when
thohc who take advantage of our present lack
of numbers can be paid back in their own coin.
As for Gen. Mcleod's and sathe? it Is of
but little value among itfen of sense and those
actuated by principle. Gen. McLeol's speech
In litis city was not furnished us for publication
itouhtlcM for the tenson thai he hail safKf.irtory
reasons for believing that it would icurt lo his
advantage not n give It publicity. Ahtic ami
misrepresentation seldom result to the advan-
tage of those whoeinploy fhem anil are gener-
ally considered indications of a bad cnttso. the
last resoit of the hopeless. The letters rcaiml
by the Item amount to but little. They are ea
sily procured and it is one of the W means of
manufacturing public opinion. We have no
doubts as to tho result of tho rontest simply
because wo rely upon Ihe intelligence of ihe
people v ho are not to be cajoled into the .sup-
poit of a man who has by his past political
com se shown that he desiies olliee for the sake
of office and not that he may lie of seiviec to
the country and who is willing to resort many
means to insure success.
ftTYouthful youths you who begin to like
thctoseate hue of the wine when. it is red and
aspire to brandy-cocktails ln'fore breakfast
had better rendtrVeshoit but pithy lempeianee
lecture on our outside entitled "The confes-
sions of a Drunkard" written long ago. Apol-
ylon is at your elbow nivl whispering to you
Drink ! Saint Paul said "Take a tdlk wine
for the stomach's sake." "Our holy redeemer
ehauged water Into wine after a debauch in
Cana of Galilee and always took his 'like a
gentleman" Don't listen to- him for he is
fishing for your ouls but run to the firt clear
pring wah your face and dilnk a much as
you please of Adam's ale and then you will
have old "cloven loot" foul.
lli itrr O'Mnvly you artn' ilirttn.
"Vmi rc m lo-ilun fM twn m;Ul till wmim;
I U mi lit-nlii'r without tins fiiiriuv
"Tluiullttttu GalUtiu wtlivu:!; airlfUrU'tv
fgufpggywj''"' ttw
r Tho Santa ft Expedition.
o cannot Wt think that the effort of Gene-
ral McLeoJ lo charge the failure' of this expe-
dition on Col. Cook after the death of that
lamented and bravo officer Is a moil unjust
and unwarrantable course of conduct. The
truth Is that the men In the expedition never
hadany confidence in MeLcod from the first
as wc learn from persons now in town who
were In that expedition. To such an extent
did this proceed that the men held a meeting on
the Trinity and requeued MeLcod to resign the
command.
It cannot be doubled that ft was nn act of
great folly to separate so small a command
and permit Col. Cook to go ahead with one
hundred men. Hut how docs MeLcod prove
that Cook was responsible for his (McLcod's)
surrender. In Ihe first place he says that Cook
was a Commissioner and that he was to re-
ceive orders from Cook. Docj he mean that
he as a commander placed himself In the hu-
initiating position of being a General In com-
mand obliged lo receive orders from a subordi-
nate officer! If hedoes It Is not true in point
of fact. And even if we admit that the three
Commissioner had a right to give orders one
had no such power. Again MeLcod admits
that Cooke did not order or even request him
tosurrendcrj but only "wrote him to come on
that all was well." Hut this was written to
MeLcod long previous toihe surrender ofCook
and therefore could not have influenced ihc
Mtricndcr of MeLcod for as the latter admits
he surrendered five weeks after the surrender of
Conic.
The iiuth is thai McIcod surrendered at the
Lugana Colorado within sixty miles of the
settlement of New Mexico and .surrendered
his w hole command to aUmionc hundred Mcxi
eons without firing a gun. He says that he
called a council oi war and his officers were
for a surrender but the truth Is as we learn
through gentlemen of the highest character
present at tho lime that some of the officers
were for surrender and others called on Gen.
MeLcod to to take tho Responsibility of giving
orders as he was In command.
He capitulated andthe Mexicans fooled him
Into signing terms by which after a certain
time his arms were to be delivered up to him
and his men nnd they were to return to Texas
Nor was this tho length of the General's folly:
After n short time the Governor sent lo MeLcod
to borrow his copy of the capitulation under
Ihe pretence thnt ho wished to sign It and
MeLcod was green enough to surrender It
ami of course it never was returned but he
and all his men marched to Pcrotc.
It Is not true thnt the command was In a star-
ving condition. They got Into San Miguel
with between forty nnd fifty oxen. They there-
fore had plenty of beef. It is well known that
the Mexicans were prepared to fly if MeLcod
had shown any disposition lo fight. If he had
drawn up his men or pointed his cannon the
Mexicans would have fled like sheep. Armijo
was prepared and all packed up ready to re-
treat from svw Mexico. Gen. MeLcod proved
himsclfwholly incompetent to the command.
Instead of putting It to Ihe vote of hU men he
should have led them on to the charge. If he
had done o he would have taker possession of
SantaFe without resistance. There were not
three bundled well aimed troops In the Pro-
vince. "One of the newspapers of San Antonio
friendly to Col. Howard tells us that I am an
enemy ofGen. Hou-ton. Is it come to this
thnt pilnelples are nothing and n man must be
followed by every eltieu of Texas as a quali-
fication for office!"
Gen. MeLcod might as well have spared his
modesty and said that the Western 7l.rotMiV
ted that he was opposed to Gen. Houston. That
wc aie friendly to Col. Howard is no secret
and nothing to be ashamed of so that he need
have no fears of speaking out boldly anything-!
he has lo say of us. We support the Colonel
because we believe him to be a Democrat and
the man best calculated to leprcscnt the inter-
ests of this District. We oppose Gen. Me-
Lcod because we believe him lo be a Whig
and if not a Whig his political course has
been such as lo show him to be an nnrrtialdc
pulitleian. It matters but little whether he ba
friend or a foe lo Gen. Houston. It will neither
set him forward or back : but we do think that
Gen. MeLcod exhibits a lamentable lack of
forethought when he interrupts a conversation
carried on between two gentlemen and stran-
gets to him lor Ihe purpose of heaping the most
vindictive abuse upon General Houston at
the samo time he is asking the friends of the
General lo elect him to the lower branch of
Congress when there is at least a remote pos-
sibility that the election of President will de
volve upon that body and that Gen. Houston
will be among the prominent candidates.
"I would have voted for Gen. Taylor had I
been at home in the last residential election be-
cause he was a Southern man and bound to us
by every tie upon a question hich overruled
all others and on which the salt ty of ihe South
and the Union depended. The position of Mr.
Cass was then deemed equivocal in the South."
Whcie is the Whig that cannot say as much!
Hut Is this the "truth and nothing but the whole
iiuth!" Did Gen. McLeod not run as a Taylor
Democrat! Was this because Gen. Taylor
"was a Southern man" or that Gen. MeLcod
hoped to ride into power upon the General's
mil flat y glory? or did the General wish to ren-
der his position doubtful because that of Gene-
ral Cass was "deemed equivocal!" It may be
that Geu. McLehl belongs to that school of
moralist who contend that every thing is fair in
polities and that a man is justifiable in doing
evil that goo I may follow. Oril may be that
for the sake of convenience he wishes to occu-
py a position similar to that of the old farmer's
female mi Inc. She hail strayed off nnd he
asked a neighbor lo go v lib him In scaich of
her. They continued until they came to a
Mnall sfieam wlteu the old farmer rcmaikcd to
his friend "You had belter go down on one
side and 1 will go down on the other for she is
such a contrary old devil that I expect she is
on both sides."
I!ntter-Much of the butter now in town
tastes as It'll was made of mackerel's milk.
Imprtn e meat. The CS urek Music Those
who listen lit the dcep-toneil iclfgion ejected
Hum the oigan in the cathedral and the be-
witching warbling trills and thrilling waib
lings in the met tlng-hotuc cannot but be grat
Hied that the days of "Builalo Hull" arc
passed
"AVhmo trrow liiij; tans
Would iTrnwn ihe flmlotiof the Imyinff a."
Patents One bottle cologne aud the fob
lowing poitralt fiom tho Art Union which
will be exhibited to our readers shortly.
'WIIUQ'P'H
Getting ? Tte rilifbr has bought a town
lot on a credit.
Uu.hyrd Tli? editor Mr. Cook Jolm -4
an I He". .
a
No Parly Test.
Wc regret lo seen portion of the press of this
State claiming to be Democratic manifesting
a disposition to disregard party tests In the se-
lection of officcri? at tha approaching election.
This State of things Is calculated to lead to evil
consequences not now perhaps fenfed and Is
virtually saying to tho'se who have struggled
for the principles and measures of their respec-
tive parties since the days of Thomas Jefferson
and the elder Adams that they have been act-
ing a silly and unnecessary patt that party
lines have resulted in no material or lasting nd
vantage to the country. Now we contend that
party lines are necessary right and proper and
those claiming to be cither Whig or Democrat
who now wish lo depart from the old ami well
tried land marks are false to their present and
past professions. If there were no party lines
no divisions we should soon see the ballot-box
become a mere gambling machine open to all
manner of fraud and corruption. But where
we have two great national divisions arrayed
against each other each watching the other
with the most jealous vigilance this state of
tilings seldom occurr to any extent. If wc
abandon the old party lines we may soon ex-
pect to sec another and more powerful party
spring up from their ruins which under Ihe
first flush of a glorious triumph will he-able to
surround ilselfby such a system of favoritism
and patronage as will give it the means of per-
petuating Its power rendering it almost invin-
cible nnd ihus enabling it to practice for the
time the grossest frauds and cotrupilous upon
Ihc people uiih impunity.
Wc arc satisfied with the Jefferson lest Is
he honctt is he capable in offices that have no
influence upon the political economy of the
country but under no other condition can cither
a Whig or Democrat consistently support a
man for nn Important office the functions of
which will enable him tocflcctthc policy of the
government. Party lines and paity tests arc as
necessary now as ever they were and should be
observed in Texas as well as in the other
States. Thovc who now wish to lay them aside
must have been acting under false colors here-
tofore or have no faith in politics and politi-
cians. They cannot claim the benefit of the
pica that party lines have never been drawn
in this State in extenuation of an abandon-
ment of their past professions for they have
openly expressed their Indlflercncc to the pollll-
cal sentiments of candidates Uecause a man
is honest and capable or possesses the elements
of popularity it does not follow that he would
when elected to office be a faithful and true ex-
ponent of Ihc interests and sentiments of the
people. A candidate being honest and capable
is no guarantee that he will not if placed in
power go for measures that will result disas-
trously to the rights and interests of those he is
elected to represent. Honesty and capacity has
and will not prevent many from supposing
those measures that have been lime and again
denounced by the American people as odious
anti-Democratic and at war with tho genius
and spirit of our free Institutions. Let those
who now wNh to discard the timvhonorcd tests
of party which have stood the blasts of years
look at the few Instances where a majoilty of
the people have been induced to abandon the
old party land-marks. Look at the hard-eidcr-log-eabin-coonskin-corn-dodgcr
campaign of
1810 when a patty was foisted Into power with-
out any declaration of principles or advocacy
of measures. Henry Clay the great embodi-
ment of Whigcry declared that the time for
reasoning had gone and appeals to tho baser
passions were resorted to to bias ihc judgment J
of the people and draw their attention liom an
investigation of the principles anil measures of
the two great parties. Need any one be told
of the result of that drunken revel? No It is
fresh in the minds of the people. So odious
did this patly become that they were hurled
fiom power so soon as their acts could be passed
upon by the people. Durlnglhis groat excite-
ment that was got up by humbug and parades
in the contest referred to men slipped into of-
fic j who were bankrupt in chaiacter and prin-
ciple and capable of going any length to servo
their particular friends and patrons or them-
selves regardless of the consequences to the
laboring millions whose sweat and toil had to
be taxetl lo foot the bill. The country was dis-
dlshonored nnd insulted with impunity and
very nearly reduced to bankruptcy an odious
and oppressive tariff was instituted which was
intended to build up overgrown monopolies
to prey upon the wants nnd necessities of the
mass a bankrupt law was enacted which ena-
bled thousands through fraud and perjury to
rab their honest creditors and the series of
abominations would have been completed by
the establishment of an U. S. Hank ha'd
it not been defeated by the death of the Presi-
dent chosen during the buclnjc excitement.
Another instance of the departure from patty
tests was witnessed in 1818 when thousands
sought to ride Into power on Gen. Taylor's
military glory or by hanging on to "old Whi-
teyV tail. True this did not result as disas-
trously as the former for the reason that the
success was only partial .securing the execu-
tive dcpaitment to no-party paity or Whigs In
disguise while the legislative dcpaitment was
entrusted tothe hands of the Democrats. These
examples should warn us in time not to tnvl to
mere professions and promises. Wc tdiould
bear in mind that "Eternal vigilance U the
price of liberty." -True parly lines have never
been drawn In this Slate but isihat any reason
why they should not be! "In time of peace
prepare for war" is as applicable lo the politi-
cal as to mllitaty government of the country.
If the candidates now befoie the people lack the
necessary qualifications let oihcisbe brought
forward. This will be far belter than throwing
away votes upon men of untried integrity or
who have never given any reason for the faith
that is in them.
ttT- TluwW vacate siys goods woro
laiKlml at tho Victoriti wlutrf in mx days
from Nuw Orleans buiiitf brought from
Mutngorrtn Hay by tho etcamcr William
Pemi in fourteen hour?.
C Arrives Ut:covunr.t. "Wo saw yes-
terday James Hurt the hoy captured nt
Hofugio some months miicc nnd seven-
teen Mexican children who had been re.
cnptnrril from tho Indians under Judgo
Rollins' treaty.
QP Ucnjamin II. Epperson Esq. of
UedJfcver county has been announced
as tho regular AVhig candidate for l!ov-
crnor. Wu aro glad to see tin? as wo
hope ii will bo tho means of arousing tho
dcmocnUMo Uiouccc&Hv of concert of
nctitm mid rmto thoi drawing of thoo
party Hues which appear lo Vo so iiuioli
dreaded
T.V "'SB
Novel Occurrence Arrival of Prison-
ers The Bcglnlng of the End.
Two much praise cannot bo given to
our indefatigable Indian Agent Judge
ltollins for his successful trips among
Tndiaii.4 both in making the treaty in
December last and now in obtaining the
prisoners who have been delivered up
according to tho terms of f aid treaty.
AVogivo the following incoherent items
of the late expedition from facts furnished
by tho kindness of Major Deasand others
which wcbelicvo nrotrue.
Somo six weeks since Mcsrs. Rollins
and Stem Indian Agents applied to the
Executives of tho Stato for a. military
force to be cnt into tho Indian country
to arrest those Indians who killed two
German's at Craig's trading house last
fall and stole the small girl from Aransas
Bay about the same time. Tho Indians
in their treaty with Agent Rollins in
December last had agreed to deliver
up these offenders or in tho event that
they could not do so then to point them
out to such military force as might be
sent to arrest them. It was with tho
view of carrying out tho latter clause of
tho said article in tho treaty that applica-
tion was made to the Executive. Gov.
Boll immediately made the necessary
requisition upon Gen Harney who sent
Col. Ilardco with two hundred dragoons
in company with the Agents into the
Indian country. After arriving at tho
German settlements on tho Llano tho
Agents sent runners out for tho Indians
supposed to bo m that vicinity who in
aobut six days" succeeded in bringing
into camp the Lcpans and thoComancho
chief Catumsic. Tho Comancho chief
Little "Wolf was also notified but he was
on the cast side of the Colorado river
and was prevented from attending as is
supposed on account of a sudden and
very great rise in that river. The party
under Buffalo Hump being on the Bra-
zos was not notified and thcro was no
attempt made to do so as it was under-
stood that their chief had just died and
the hand was in confusion. Catumsic
and tho Lcpans were the only Indians
present who signed tho treaty. Tho
Agents made them a talk explaining the
object of the expedition. Tito Indians
replied at once that they had kept the
treaty and were still willing to do so
that they were ready to go along and
point out the offenders if they could be
found and give all the assistance in their
power. For this purpose Carawah tho
second in command to Catumsic was
selected to accompany Col. Hardee who
started in company with Agent Stem on
the 29th of May for the upper Brazos
intending to make examination among
tho Indians upon the Clear Fork of that
stream and down to Fort Graham.
Agent Rollins left tlic command on the
Llano and visited the Lipau encamp-
ment further up that stream where ho ob-
tained thirteen Mexican children prison-
ers anions those Indians. On tho third
day after leaving tho German settlements
and while on the North Fork of Brady's
Creek tho command of Col. Ilatdco was
again visited by Catumcic who eamo in
to say that he had since visiting the
camp on tho Llano succeeded in getting
tho white hoy Hart stolen from Refugio
Col. II. sent Capt. Steel hack to tho Co-
mancho camp who obtained tho boy and
brought him to San Antonio; he started
for his home yesterday morning.
On a subsequent day Agent Rollins
saw the chief Catumsic and obtained four
Mexican boys making in alt seventeen
recovered from the Lipans and Coman-
clics. These prisoners together with
eight Comanchcs under Catumsic and
six L'tpans under Chipotc wcro brought
into San Antonio by the Agent on Tues-
day. Tho Agent states that tho Indians he
saw aro certainly anxious to remain friend-
ly and will not engage in a dilliculty
with the whites if they can avoid it. IIo
believes from all the information that could
be obtained that those who made the
treaty have observed it if not positively
more fully than could havo been antici-
pated from a wild and half-starved people.
Tho Indians who came in aro behaving
with great propriety and aro delighted
with tho change in San Antonio since
they last saw it.
Mr. Rollins saw many other Mexicans
among tho Indians men and women but
thoo who wcro grown invariably refused
to leave tho Indian" stating that they
could go home at any time if they desired
it but that they preferred horses to ride
and idleness among tho Indians to work
and servitude at homo Many of tho chil-
dren refused to come and the agent was
compelled lo hire a guard for several nights
to prevent them from absconding.
Tho names ages atul residences of tho
captives given up arc as follows :
James llait aged 11 year Refugio
Texas; Regina Estrndo 0 (now sick in
.San Antonio) San Fernando ; Jeus G u-
man 10 Sabinas Idielo Mex.; Joso Ma-
ria Awdia D Felipe Ramarcs 13 San
Fernando; Vidal Gonzalez 11 Santa
Loa; Bcniuo Sautillauo 11 Tascnla;
IIcraldoDias 10 Saltillo; Andres Mil-
uo 13 Santa Fe; Juan Armano 10
Chihuahua; Dubige this buy has been
so long with tho Indians that ho ha for-
gotten hl residence Heou Cms 11
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Sabinas Idcloj Aburista Talazar 10
Guerrero; Miguel Henero 1G Guerrero;
Aliacheto Agalero 1C SantaFe; Vienta
Florcs 9 Narcisso Ilcrrera M llilliaro
Hcrrera El Paso.
The subordinate ofliccrs of tho com-
mand were Maj Merrill Capt. Newton
Capt. Steele Lieutenants StewartDclano
and Walker.
Notwithstanding the niggardly conduct
ofCongre? wo cannot but notice nnd
laud the plans of the lamented General
Brooke tho energy of Gen. Harney tho
activityjof Col. Hardee and the sagacity
of our Indian Commissioners. " By
their fruits ye shall know them.1'
Another Change in the Malls.
From a card injthe Lavaca Commercial
wo learn that Harris & Morgan havo
cficctcd another change in tho arrivals
and departures of their lino of steamers
by which Texas is to get a mail once a
week instead of every five days as here-
tofore. Their vessels will leave Now
Orleans every Sunday morning and Mat-
agorda Bay every Saturday. By this
arrangement tho mail from tho States
will reach hero about every Saturday.
This change is a very inconvenient ono
for us inasmuch as tho eastern mail
leaves hero every Monday and Thursday
morning so that our readers will bo three
or four days behind the current news
unless wc make Sunday our publication
day in order to get our paper ofT in tho
Monday morning's mail. This however
will not be very agreeable. This now
arrangement will doubtless benefit tho
public for which all should bo thankful
as it is but few favors that Western Texas
receives at the hands of tho Administra-
tion or Harris Sc Morgan.
If thcro was any certainty that this
new arrangement would continue for a
length of time a change might bo effected
in the arrival and departure of the east-
ern mail wjjich would remove the incon-
veniccc under winch the press of this
city will otherwise hnvc t" labor.
Pound. A gold mine richer than any in
California. Particular in ashoit time. Also
a pocket book containing eight hundred and
thirty-three dollars and thirty-one and a quar-
ter cents. Owner can have the same by calling
at this ofllce paying the odd 111 cents and
treating. Also that a scurrilous paper is a
bad thing in a small town.
Max Drovnki. A German named
Henry Ilnhn was drowned while bathing
in the San Antonio on Saturday last.
His body was recovered and buried on
Monday.
tp Gen. MeLcod was in Victoria on
tha 3d inst. and addressed the citizens of
that county. From asynopisis of his re-
marks in the Advunttc wc see- that he
denies being the ajunf sor in the personal
controversy bctwo-u himself and Col.
Howard. Munyol utir citizens who heard
the discussion here entertain a dilferent
opinion. The General Mill professes to
be a democrat of tho Jackson school
and exonerates the administration from
all blame in leaving the frontier so exposed
to Indian ravages inasmuch as Congress
refused to make necessary appropriation.
The General is badly posted up in regard
to the facts in this matter. The refusal
of the last Congress to grant all that was
asked for by the War Department could
not posibly have influenced the pas action
of the administration in relation to this
frontier as itwas for tho coming fiscal
year that appropriations wcro not made in
accordance with the recommendations of
tho War Department- Tho General
should inform himself on this subject be-
fore ho becomes the apologist of an ad-
ministration that has shown an almot
niter disregard for the wants nnd sufferings
of this State. We shall refer to this sub-
ject hereafter.
p- Capt G. K. Lewis addressed tho
citizens of Washington on the evening of
tho Gthinst.
Indians. Catumpsio a Comancho
chief and Chipcto a Lipau Chief arc in
town.
Poisoning a Wife. The Whig pub-
lished in Ripley county Ind. gives the
following account of a woman poisoned
by her husband:
One of the best of young ladies Miss
Emily Carter whoso brothers and widow-
ed mother live about a mifo from this
place was married at her mother's a year
ago the 2d of last April to Joseph C.
Curry of Jefferson county about fifteen
miles distant from this place and moved
to his place of residence. Shu was Curry's
third wife. On last Monday her corpse
was brought to her mother not attended
however bv her husband Strong sus
picion being entertained that ho bad
poisoned her and suspicion also being
awakened that lie had m a similar man-
ner poisoned his two other wives and a
daughter tho stomach of this one was
dissected and examined by two of our
medical men when tho poison was very
evident. Ithad dono its office adminis-
tered by tho baud that Was sworn to pro-
tect her by a wretch in tho namo of a
husband. Tho murderer immediately
fled and though lie is pursued wc havo
not yet learned that he is overtaken.
Tun FonitcsT Divorce Case. Mr.
Forrest is out in another atlidavid resisting
tho effort of his wife to obtain a special
jury for the trial of her suit against him.
Ho nsserts that her counsel has been
searching through nil the houses of ill-famo
in Now York to procure testimony to sub-
stnulhuc her cluuge of adultery.
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Mexican Gulf Railroad.
Wo lean). from a late number of thd
Western Texan that tho citizens of
Bexar courity aro pushing forward thd
project of a railroad from the city of Sail
Antonio to the Gulf with a pcrscvcrencd
nnd energy highly commendable. Tho
city and county have subscribed each
$50000 making SI 00000 ; and the indi-
vidual subscription amounts to nearly as
much more and will in a short timo.
amount to nearly $300000 with that of
tho city and county. This wo arc glad to
sec. Tho country in Western Texas is
bcautful the climate salubrious and Uho
soil is unsurpassed by any- in thfe world
for richness. Should the enterprise sof
nobly begun bo carried through to a suc-
cessful termination that portion of' tho
state from tho Colorado to tho Nueces
will soon teem with a happy and' propc-'
rous population. Tho valley of the San
Antonio is rapidly filling up with industri-
ous and energetic people and tho only
drawback to their prosperity is the want
of proper facilities for conveying their
produce to market which will b'c amply
afforded them by this road. If fire citi-
zens of Houston would but imitate thd
citizens of Bexar the prosperity of Hous-
ton would soon surpass that of any other
portion of the Mate having tho best out-
let for commerce through Galveston.
Had wc a plank road railroad or any
other road which would ho good at nil
seasons from this city to the Brazos (ter-
minating at almost nny point on that river j
the planters would no longer ship their
cotton and other produce to Galveston by
the mouth of the rivers the rik and ex-
pense being greater. AVliy will not our
citizens display a little more energy and
public spirit to nt least keep tho "stand'
they have already attained nmong tho
cities of tho Stato? Will they permit
other scctiousof country to draw away
their trade? We hope not. Why was
it that the plank road proposed some 18"
mouths since was not carried out ? Tho
city is fully as able to subscribe to such
an enterprise as the city of San Antcnio-
and our citizens havo equally as much
capital at command. The advantages of
such a road have never been disputed or
questioned and wo conciovo that all that-
is necessary to carry it through is soma
active and energetic measures. Will not
some of our enterprising fellow-citizens
take the matter in hand ? JVoits Vcrrons.-
Beacon
News thom San Juan. The N. Y.
Herald has a letter from San Juan do
Nicaragua confirming a portion of tho
news recently given by tho N. Y. Sun.
It appears that a new Town Council has
really been elected two of the five mem-
bers being Americans but all their nets
are to bo submitted for approval to Jas.
Greene the English Acting Consul. Tho
Bermuda war schooner has left the port
but an English war steamer entered on
the 2d inst. and was to leave in a few
days for Blowfields. The letter says that
San Juan is improving very fast princi-
pally on account of the arrival of Ameri-
cans. JV. O. Picayune.
Eartiio.uaki: at Guaualoupe. Cap-
tain McLcllaud of the ship Snrah and
Louisa arrived yesterday from Liverpool
via St. Thomas which latter port lie left
on the 21st of May reports that ho was in-
formed there by Mr. Fisher the U. S. Con-
suln at Ponitc a Pctrc that a very sovero
shock of an earthquake occurred on thd
morning of the 17th of May. Tho shock
was most severe on the south side of tho
Ldnnd where it did considerable damage.
A great number of houses were over-
thrown and tho plantations throughout
the Island received more or less injury.
So far as Captain MoLclIau could learn
there was no one killed. -
EfTho New York Courier $c Enqui-
rer remarks as follows on the subject of
the Debt of Texas :
The project of repudiating all or a por-
tion of the public debt is now fan gain-
ing the attention of the people of Texas
and will probably form the great issue in
their summer elections. Indeed if wc
may believe tho two journals published at
tho scat of Government the South-"Western
American andthe Texas State Ga-
zette public opinion has already decided
the question. Tho latter after declaring
its firm resolution to oppose every candi-
date for Governor who is in favor of pay-
ing tho debt at tho full amount holds tho
following language :
"Womako the assertion and aro justi-
fiable in doing so by reliable infor
mation from every part of the State that
there is not one man to fifty who has giv-
en tho subject any attention at all who
is in favor of paying the debt of Texas nt
its lace value. This sentiment has at-
tained tho point of maturity where it is
impossible to prevent its consummation ;
and any attempt to do so would produce
no other eftect than tostrcngthenanother
party which wc can inform them exists
in this State who aro opposed to paying
ono dollar of this debt; a party stronger
twice told than nny which can bo mus-
tered in favor of paying ii at its face'
These dishonest sentiments are echoed
by a conshlernlrie portion of the Texan
press but we aro unwilling to bclicvo
that they will bo adopted by tho majority
of the Texan people. No State of tho
American Union wc trust can bo guilty
of such an abandonment of every princi-
ple of justice and honor. Texas docs
not and cannot plead any fraud or infor-
mality in bar to her engagements. Thoy
were contracted with tho utmost riclitx!
ration and solemnity nnd tho faith of tho
State under the broad seal was pledged
to redeem them. She has not dun ibis
hitherto because the means were wanting.
But now this dilliculty no longer exists.
Without any merit or any real sacrifice
of her own she has been furnished with
ample funds and n refusal to apply them
to their legitimate purpose will brand her
with disgrace forever. Of another Stato
of the Union it was once said with cutting
severity "She will bear any infamy how-
ever great sooner than any taxation how-
ever small;" but tho sarcasm will havo a
far keener edge if Texas is to become tho-
subject of it for in her case it docs not
require tho imposition of a single dollar to
save herself from ignominy. Her self-
abasement will bo altogether gratuitous ;
and not one redeeming circumstance can
be found nor one palliating apology bo
framed under heaven that can dimtuisU
its nbjeetnesa a single iotu.
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