The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 449, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1843 Page: 2 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 23 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Hlouston, Thursday, Jam. 19, 1843.
—
I
s
S
his
A
—It moat be a subject of gratulation lo ail
4
" ' h
this city during the last four or five months | to be 1,500. (
There is perhaps nothing tha tends more directly t in-
4
I
i
\
4
>
- ;■
$
4
would be reinforced in an boor or two with 1000more, and
ExPLovrs or *M ArACHE-It appears that the In* I
dian who returned from the Rio Grande a few days in
advauce of the army, and brought the singular report of the {
lies from settling in a place, and thus the place would
loseinshe property which these families would take away.
E Ehp a large amount It is the duty of every re
k
1
On moil
Resolve
appointed I
ward Burl
On moth
Resolvel
at the sami
On moll
report mad
last board. I
The On
and od moi
On motii
order will in
nterventionot
j
by 1.500
It was rumored that this Indian war dee*
Resolee
having nJ
present ye
The pel
and on mo
Perkins, F
to visit ceg
their situ J
On mo
were appo
port what
with the si
On mot
lowing act
been the rallying point of many bold and daring spirits,
who, during the last eight or ten years, have withstood the
inroads of Mexican or Indian foes The testimonials of
his wortband the estimation in which he was held by his
fellow-citizens, will appear in the article which we pub-
lish below.
Little I
you. TI
Preisdent
The g
a supplett
om its p
A bill”
e
BoardJ
Honor th
Randel,
regular ar
l he Ca
bonds w
the oath w
The 8
bond whi
. dermen B
were requ
The pe
was read |
men Serin
On mot
the Ordini
paid their
The co
was receil
—
Socb was the effect of this <cond oct tbit the
hpcemed to base res ashamedjof himsalt.
ADDRESS,
bdivered at Ungrate of Col. MatUteto Caldirdt, bv l).
C. Van Dtritp.
federal troops
>5
seems that when ba beard our army intended to vied tha
Rio Grandeghe could not resist the temptation to plunder
.....
elay. I
has ren de
it is prom
rial. j
sured tha
4 " ' M
hand we tram will never retuarn. The
h me may well be regarded with as
aa lie anstement of a nuisance Such
the resob where there is a doe degree of
■ '
.....
and of the capture of 290 more Texians: 1 will give you
in a concise form the tale of my informant, given to me
yesterday evening, by a Mr. Witfield Chalk, one of the
few who escaped the disgrace of our arms.
. "After the taking of Laredo, Gen. Somervell consumed
six days in reaching Guerrero, where Gen’l Canales and
Col. Bravo werestationed with 200 men On ourapproach
tax would fall unequally upon the citizens of different
sections, and consequently would be in violation of the
very spirit of republicanism.
"■■W™ 1 1 '« ---------
------------------
We are under great obligations to Mr. A. Gardeniei
the promptitude with which he has forwarded to us the
-----------------------------
irfor which he has so long defended. He has been to those
i the ’ settlers a lower of strength; and his humble cabin has
us and
awn was pvt
of the army,
to on the part of the delegations. We
he
■ I
sis and a huge bowieknile: he on one j
, while drawing a pistol, woonded an in- i
This excited web a geneml feeing of
d by all classes of our citizens for such persons
that as few are now found disgracing our sareeta—
A beuer spirit veems to ptevade the community, and all men
womthegolicitoua to sustain the character of peaceful "6
Eiringthe collectors to receive the Exchequer bills I
only at their market value, is UNCONSTITVTIONAL; and
in consequence, the collector at Matagorda, and all the
sherifs and other collecting officera throughout that dis-
trict will receive the Exchequers for all gaverfiment dues
at PAR. This decision we believe will be upheld by
every honest man throughout the Republic, and if Con-
gtess neglects to repeal the law requiring these bills to
be taken at their market value, this decision will probably
mhgarded as a precedent to authorise the citizens of
• Bectioos to pay their direct taxes, licences, &c . in
us at per. It would be hard indeed, if the citi-
the middle and western soctions of the Republic
ybe required to pay their taxes in Exchequer bills
•EMy or sixty cents on the dollar, while the citizens in
other sections are permitted to pay them at par. Such a
contempe for him throught the eity, that he was shun
ned by every respectable man; and ft be appeared in a
cotorie of respeciahle men they would soon drop away ytion. To our greet misfortune the enemy on the 24th
one by one, end lenve him to the mortifying reflection that took a Mr Allen Holderman of Bastrop, who bed in his
hewasan object of utercontempL None told him, but
THE MORNING STAR.
...............II ' ---------------------
You are all familiar with the seenes of danger and dis-
tress to which this portion of the country has been expos-
ed since its first seulement You have looked upon
| scenes of sudden danger and alarm, when the btavest
among you quailed, and all wore the aspect of despair.—
You have at such times seen the commanding and a-
wenaa uuy-uewuswu uuu a0 wouuucu— jestic figure of Caldwell rising in the midst of his drs-
y he thinks mst have lost 100 or 130 killed, ponding countrymen, and with a mind cool and deterwin-
• “ - ed, reproving the tecreant, encouraging the timid, and
ounselling and directing the brave, himself a host and a
rallying point, that could inspire a whole community
with contidenee, and guide them to hope and success —
These scenes you have yourselves witnessed, and you
know bow to appreciate the character of the man who
could thus relieve you from their ho(ror<
Such s man was Col. Caldwell; and in the darkest
hour of his country’s danger, his courage never quailed,
and his patriotism never wuered. His career of useful-
j ness is now ended, and his death has been hastened, no
doubt, by the exposures and futigues suffered in the Mb
vice of his country The fatigue and anxiety of a camp
life predisposes the human system for the reception of the
disease of which he dies. Had he been contented himself
he is already regarded by his mourning countrymen.—
You are all familiar with his services mid virtues, and
to the latter place a deputation of the citizens met
gg-- — g, delivered up the town to our mercy. The to
■■H mof our troops was not Flacco, but Antone, one of ; under proscription for necessaries for the use i
che Indians that was released with the Santa Fe i which was agreed
E E E This Indian accompanied the army to Guerrero, encamped within a mile of the town—a heavy ram com
IMBi. army was encamped near the town, he left ing up, u'"‘ Somervell deemedn prudent to tallback1
eabomi sixty bona and two Mexican children, ordered a retreat of the whole army to San Antonio.-
•and gid, and came back with his "plunder" to | This order was received with coldness by the majority of
Gonzales, where bo started the report that our army had the army, and the consequence was, the little or*] dtvid-
captured seyetal towns; and had been joiedby 1,500 td- Gen. Somervell with about 200 menwith al the field
■ --5 officers returned, and Capt Wm 8 Fisher with 338 men
proceeded to Mier. Cepe. Fisher was elected othecom-
Houston to the Apache tribe a few mand, no other field officers appointed except Adj’t—a Mr.
months since with a commission to treat for peace; but it Murray. On Christmas evenkig we entered the town and
took .possession of some large stone houses on the square.
I About 11 o’clock P. M.the enemy under Geo Ampudia
attacked us with several pieces of cannon The fire was
kept up all night without much effect Next morning a
charge was made on us for the purpose of trying to dis
that unless they surrendered immediately no quarters
would be given. Many who had been the most courageous
with 8 ca
colonizin,
' pased til
Emi gratia
present, al
comply w
The bi
ence of p
has passel
A hill I
passed, to
AAreso
/is morally
turn, with
etally bell
ingtop.on
that day 4
\ ' The sh
days froud
number a
sons--twi
the passa
pnothi
viousty, il
Twoot
l ft, and n
Me as. I
the season
lected. is I
a letter' la
F deemed
Governmi
rgauqas
el io the
rd we si
new sc fed
We recoilect a few monthe
’ to mine a riot in the , taken at Guerrero; of the Santa Fe pcisoners was Dr.
eve— fof sr—val II R F. Brenham, Bonnell, Hues;awvounded Bridler and
1 Jackson, and many others whose names my informant did
not recollect
*lt appears the enemy were entirely in the.dark re-
spewing our force. They believed there were three divi-
mom, one going north to attack Gen. Reyes at San Fer-
nando, the other going down to Matamoros, and that our
party was nothing more than a division to create a diver J
ia- To our great misfortune the enemy on the 24th
0
jure the ctedit and character cf a village or city, than the wouna de gven. Many woo naa own me moncour a grows
feel that brawls and quarrels are permined to occur fre ■ before became panic struck and wished to surrender The
quently, and the persons implicated are permitted to es- terms offered was our lives and good treatment asrison;
cape with impunity. One single gnat fight or quarek ers of war. ColF isher objected totheit terms. As be had
some 20 cants F prisoners wKh him tien. Ampudia
• promised protection to all without extegsion—that oil
t should be well treated—that times had chaxged in Mexico
—Santa Anna was no longer atthe head faffairs- Bravo
was in the Presidential Chair, &c The Americans all
. lad down their arms at 2 P M . Deg .26, and surrendered
zen to do every thing in bia power to pre- themselves prione rs ot war Asour men were marching
od good in the community in which he . out to lay down tb«n ails mystif and a Mr Sinc lair ot
o treat with deserved coldaess and contempt, (ionzals hid oqrselyee tehirA a pileot can-s ia the yard
prone to encourage or participate in brawi, unperewivd where Y rerrained unel 8PM, and made
a, __ —..n1 i good our escape " It appears from my informant’s ac-
anuqarrela There to no character more meanand den that we hd but 4 den killed .nd 15 wounded.—
picabla han the prolessed bully or brawler. it is pleas ' I The enem,
ing to notice that the eicizens of Hountoa,generaliy, treat I as they mle two-desperate charges on them and they feli
such characters with merited contempt h is probably in pilea My .informant thinks they never conld have
in consequence of the dimpprobation that is 80 gonerally bave heu their pomtion till night end made good their re-
manifested hy all classes of our eitizaat for such persons treat: 46 men were placed on camp and picket guard, all
of whom escaped except Maj Bonnell, so that oat of 338
- m, 47 escaped. The Captains under Col Fisher taken
were Copt Wm M Eastland, of Fayette, Capt Cameron,
of Vietoria; Capt Buster, Pearson Ryan, Keller Ruce
and Gen l T Jefferson Green, commander of the boats,
statement of Mr. Chalk relative to the battle at Mier-
For the reasons we have mentioned before, we still doubt
this statement The account of the flag of truce, the
charge of the Mexicans, &c., is quite similar to the ac-
count of the erents that transpired at the battle of the Sa-
lado, and the account of the conduct of Green after the
surrender, is so similar to the old report that Col. Cooke
broke his sword and tore of his epaulets after the surreh-
dor of his troops at Santa F4, that il seems but a counter-
part of that groundless report. The spies w bo were sent
down the riser, it seems, declared that the force they dis-
corered at the place where the goods were to be delivered,
consisted of 200 or 300 men, and Canales had only 300
or 850 men when he retreated from Guerrero; weave
still inclined to believe that the only force Col. Fisher
had to contend with was this detachment under Canales,
’ reinforced probably by 100 or 200 rancheros. We shall,
however, probably learn the truth or falsehood of these
reports in few days.
La GRANGE, January 12th, 1843.
Mtftn. Cruger Moore:
It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the mis-
fortune of our arms on the other side of the Rio Grande,
t pomsemion a correct journal of all our movements and force
. —c. ana ggone .Lowazlan gog .. gL rom the time we left Ban Antonio until he was taken,
T . which led to our auack W Mier and final discomfiture.»
ahow,tha he was dispised asacowardly Tb.names of the individuals killed at Mier were Dr.
Towers, Jones of Gonzales, both Santa F prisoners, and
J. Berry of La Bacca, the other not recollected. When
the terms of capitulation were agreed on many of the men
shed tears, Gen. T. J. Green broke his gun into pieces
and wm nearly frantic with rage. h
---------------
DkarH 08 Col. CALDWELL— It is with feelings of
deep regret end sorrow, that we ennunce the death of
Col Caldwell, the hero of the Salado. This event will
be deplored by every patriot throughout the Republic;
and especially by the settlers on the exposed frontier
m
We were scarce of ammunition, and we made I your own hearts can besttea:h you their value I think
*“ u your heart will respond to the sentiment that a moie
U brave, noble, or grnerous spiri was never confined in a
temple of human clay. The deuth of Col. Caldwe II will
not be mourned alone by his kindred and immediate neigh-
borhood, but the whole mass of his countrymen will par-
take of our srrowa Our frontier has lost is most vul-
iant defender, andour country one of her truest patriots.—
From the moment of his first emigration to this frontier
until his death, he has proved a true frieud to his country,
and a scourge to her enemies. He has ever been ready
il to sacrifice his interests and peril his life in our define*,
without the prospect of reward or even remuneration.—
No matter what was the hazard of the enterprize—no
matter how distant the field of danger lay— whether a
savage or civilized luo was to be met, he was the first in
the field and the last to retire.
dan il baa been jocosely remarked that this
be has ooi done Gen. Sommerven and his
lodge us. 1
every shot tell “The way the Mexicans fell was a cau-
tion/’ About 11 o’clock A. M. a white flag was sent us,
which was shot down between 12 and 1 P M , a second flag
bcitizena, that so few brawls or quarrels have was sent and respected. The enemy represented tbeir force
in this city during the last four or five months to bo (which I think was correct,) and said they
Retrlvtd, That a committee, to consist of Maj. V. Ben-
nett, C. C. Codey, A. Jones, and A. Kelso, be appointed
to make suitable arrangements for his funeral.
Reioloed, 1 hat said committee be requested to appoint
a suitable person to deliver an address at the grave, to
procure a copy of the same and a brief ohituary of the de-
ceased, for publication.
Resolved^ That C. C Cotley be requested to take com-
mand of a company of infantry, and also' to act as Mar.
shal of the day; and that A. Jones, Esq, be requested to
command a company of Artillery. -
Retolted. That our fellow-citizens, generally, be in-
vited to attend the funeral of the deceased, and march in
procession under the direction of the Marshal.
Rotolved, That the sympathies of this meeting be tend-
ered to the family and relatives of the deceased.
Resolved, That the Secretary of this meeting be request-
ed to furnish the family of the deceased with a copy of
these resolutions. > ,.
Od motion the meeting adjourned.
A. KELSO, Chairman.
D. C. VAN DERLIr, Secretary.
FxLLow CrizENs—We have assembled here opon •
no ordinary occasion. We have met to consign to its
kindred dust, the mortal remains of a man whose name
is identified with many of the proudest achievements of
his country mm, fhd to mourn the loss of the most ready
and bravest defender of our western frontier. No state-
ment which I can make can convey au adequate idea of
his value, or increase the sentiments of esteem with which
h uzquzn law azvEKSEp—We understand that I
A Jones has decided, in a case brought before him,
e to the collection of duties at Matagorda, that the
nssed at Iba extra session of Congress, last summer,
e“
-------
cuce, his,
of his col
by the Im
• present di
generatio
places, p
that the fl
volunteer
neighbort
than six 1
encountet
from the
the desr
man dese
than min
I have bu
mark the
Al a meeting of the citizens of the town of Gonzales,
held al the Court House on the 29b day of December,
1842, to make suitable arrangements for the interment of
the remains of Col. Matthew Caldwell, A. Kelso, Esq ,
was called to the Chair, and D- C. Van Derlip, Esq, ap-
pointed Secretary. The following resolutions were adop-
ed as the sense of the meeting.
Refolded, That, the imhportapt services which Col.
Caldwell has rendered his country in the field, render it
necessary nod proper that his remains be interred with the w
honors of war.
all by th
f men con
1
with a more quiet and inactive life, a few more years
might yet have been spared him; but bis was a spirit
that spurned the ease purchased at the expense of duty.—
He might have served himself more and his country less
without reproach, but, with a characteristic generosity, he
gave hit country the preference. In private life his con-
duct was exemplary. A fond husband, an affectionate
parent, a true friepd, and an honest map, were characters
which be adorned; and his easy and engaging manners,
bis natural benevolence and feeling heart, endeared him
to all. Although his active and generous spirit has de-
parted, and his mortal remains are about to be committed
to their final resting place—although "the places that
have known him will know him no more,” and his in-
spiring battle shout will be no longer heard in our future
contests— yet his name and his deeds will never parish,
but will be remembered as loug as his country has an ex-
istence, or liberty a friend. A free people seldom forget
the services of their humblest citizens, but their deeds are
recorded and transmitted to posterity as a part of their
country's history
j f As one of the signers of our declaration of Independ-
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.
The Morning Star. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 449, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1843, newspaper, January 19, 1843; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1497866/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .