The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 25, 1860 Page: 1 of 4
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Massachusetts,
contest if it
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ail ^ to give particular attention to
Wo make tfc«rfo!lo*ing «Éfrlet V
\Yelí, gentlemen, they tell you that
we wittnot carry a single St to ; and
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doubt the
tant. The writer 'wa#r within a!
«tone-throw of the Ajamó,
final assault, la the i
ateljaftcr*
atiedBed to burying
wj* eye-wit*tewto the bwtmti$ of tbe
bodies oí the Texan heroet and banted
oat the bodies of Travis, Crockett and
jBowie. MrrRuiz certainly ought to
kjaOw tfc# truth, andbe" is an honeat
hful gentleman. the soil of one of
tion of Texan
IudepeádeuccJ; Ca^T^S^
at variance with this accoum nrjSdmo
very essentia! particulars—in regard to J
the numbers, the assault, the resistance
and tbe loss of life. Acconling to Mr.
Totters statement ho was in Matamor-
aa when the event happened awl gath-
rs,
~o
more
*ad atibtber file %r$i
Hiey were
•re. • >J£1ndtiug-wood was d^triho-
the pile,andabout5 o'clock
m the evening: it was lighted.
f;;. o& Sauta Anna \ as to "the Vote' of Massachusetts, t hejr
were taken to the gicaye-^^<. but not have whittled that down to less than
having sufficient room for Wife/*^r*[twenty thou«and. Now, gentlemen, it
do red some oi'tw-ffl to be^t brown .into Vis not my habit on these occasions, t<
the river, which was slone the same make predictions, but I am in the lmb
1600 men
defended the Al
—^.11
of liffe in deep ii
yénr Qoonte^^ces and h$m*
rere
. . gjjgg r: .. na rartici
yj^wpwwjn^ynm
pe«,-wbicUc008equcntWdo not Hamitei,
rect sourcee,-
'descrve ' the same
d at \ which I heííefé to bo reliable,
&r of jdetewttlniig f^r myself what altear to
# : | ho the moral probabilites of the case ;<
fans Whoí a«d ^Rt me staisi that ease to yj>u. I
f ^ . .. _ —. JBLlláfeBÉÉraSited^-ttiat3^;maH^^vO¿É^
dered at by the Mexican a riff v. <Kven ' rectTi^^^^a^i^g jf> n h «« n nt n n
the Geiiyrals were a^|oni¿hed at their object to
vigorous resístaií«re, and hovr .deariyj sertious abiiutthat^tr Wti
victory had been Uou^ht, coin will bo elected by \he vote of the
6 The General^, wfaa under Sadta An- ■ pooplr. It rjiay be a*' Tou hear gTt at
a'^iáí^jaáiiíSv
credence
1
sfna, aiKl Andrade.
The; mein burnt numbered
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:|n1ieüleG^p _
*6 'ijumht&-he
jid&in oae
_■ ' lis^ktdjfohnáoüi.
opiintuns upon gromnjs [Apususo,] t««De not hereto ipcak-r fhereís no nfesko ttiá p.uglas «irf
I can to Joí,m¿b will ca&fi^di i iLl'y «ho l«f-
I came "to listen^ 1 knew th4t f^ooérHtií|«^!%ever known,
•friend would speak to yoti the t tire aft exeitemept was proceed by the
words oí truth and Boherneas— not the** miWS their n-iHiiuation. Kantícá*
iashyjv4ibesy deelámation; of a Áian ; tjou Ipetin^s ha^s hoea hcid, the
who is a mill^ierau^i^atatcsmen and.j greatest enthusiasm prevails, and. the
^{^ojiN | have -gone' to- work in ea^est
ofTIauffl^rala^i^li^^^^he con- f \0 pU|| <|^wn ¿e Lupes of the Kepub-
conlktent 'Tr-jr*inrli'wf ^r than ihey Cter were
fortune, who 'knows:no ota^| political i ^ jf in 1 ■ 11 fuu^—it
Í8Í.
irne, that cdn!idenc6
ststeinéni of a Mexican gifntleman
HHHHPHL^ _ wsep^
e|aiag 'iinhi ■: [Applause/) but th¿ «(onud ] couragSl\ aad 'they'can*t ii-ihu Thtfy
i {-lílí , , e ni. - ^ . v.er,y :! te&diihgs of {a lawyer] a, statesman,] abo^t, Liok-ing atsj.«actedly in
' '«ría ¡sin fJvrwííUü.' f m. jiLi* r tí UÜ^J ft'ltj.'lot ¡s áj woa-foynded^ ¡and a patriot! ' [l*ifóloitír^d'cheering, | ^ raeant'ai-r, and if acef ,-tef,l üt'Áhe . [
rflí";11! «jjc-W.tfM!#*, for •«* Abate OÍ. i lie v;e which;I m fetfmg to pt|« nt, ¡atlll criu3 üf «lüouá.-} ¿«ti said «#Lu*H*¿r pBlitiei gwMWiti «ay, "tin
m
is neither
■4,:, • , ^ ^c^o°
-i?;
des, an
far aV *\ '■-
ej#.ndtd ^ ^ ""-C-
ihe lk \ V
mittal,
gaÜaij,
' Xi-iAU
the regularlioeglas c:.
Assess^/r in Autauga C
etiodiilttcy upon wHclj
Ipmlp""
ponente some one
rality— the
W _
' m,
±rvth *n ! intelliirence who was i>res.' S<in-Aülollio .1 was with somepf th*\to you upon.^hie suOj&t, assumes tba
luteiligeucc, • P f neighbors oOÍlec bg the dead bodies [there will be no elect
ent and partook in some o the .cere- j sad: placing theiii on the funeral pyre^ (Jnder these
of that heroic tragedy.] Mr.' íSigñed] Fbavcisco Antonio fíüiz.
you to cons
«ti utiles
le tter does not mention this accoünt í I*; S, My lather was Don Francisco j words could
...,vu. M Mr. Rak, ami Will doaUtl®"^ f #e £e u Oonwa-J .aolmwtu, i
L r 'tlon- il0 the Declaration of m the State to consider what is
i T we ojie u! iiiitory.makp some very ]adcpoa Jenoo on tin 3d of March, 1S38. ty in reference totttati peculiar
ínipérlant corrections, in his. ¡nteroet- lYÁ.ií. , '
ifig remioisceDee,"when it is brclAght i •; ^4^.^—— *
u'hia notice. "•■!<■■ "¡ A DOUGLAS MAN ON THE-08-
We w:sh tiretaia that when vro no- JB;rS ANDJ I^INDjENClES OF
• T, Zl. ?' • f U , THE BKECKJJCRIDOB MOV'MENX
t *ed ( ;i|«t. Potter s account we had .. . . #
, . .... , , , •, 4- lie «Ulowning is an cxtract from : KentnLky, ferinessee,
■ «bo opeocU, Of the Hon. 1'Wrre Sonie,
very iiiEtaraUyfthat, coÉnirjglfrom the
gifted rea of/Capt. Potter* it uiust be
#fcS; ¡U publishers claim íbr it¡; and be
ibliéi
hid,
not seen $r. Ruiz* ac"
aidvs We
emit, which we repeat c¿mes up with
y%etter show: of authority, than an^
we have yet ííeen. !
THE FALL Í3F TlIE ALAldO, JLND
MASACRE OF TKAVia AX&tífá
Hit A VE ASSOCIATES. I I
0a the 23d
BYsraaxeiseo ajwonjo Ritz.
dar of February,
- o'clock P. M.) Geri. Santa Anna en-
í "t.l '.He city of Sa^ Antonio with a
p i jt of his army
gcjncy which is in the iirgnes.
iifcely to happen. There i.if genUemen
a very strung_pti\bzbj)fátUt$
lOnpaitywi®
n by the petípíe.
circumstanced I deéireKa blesftin
sder, and if- voice or
reach ev ry man in Mas:
should d< sire every
you, Mr. Ihasru^ii, that il¡¿ after e-l^||^.1^tij[ héis^cted.'^ "VV^H, w!$y d
had done, you; wanted me to"pr^óotiniíéj y^u^thiiik doV -'Because 1 promised
g epdrt the congregation, and \ \$$t winter that I would n-«t slave un-
disntiss them, I was ready to do it; and ! ¿jj a Republican wa^ « looted President."
r Office now t$*0- to in* j On the Ifth Use -1>< uioerats Of old
'OUt cause. | Piuinam hold a
etion ^uptta p
se« j Piutnam hold a gran^ ratii.eatida mecW
ing at Oreen fiastíe. irpeikers are ex-
, xpertiu/; msrch from t!|e ! jxk ted fruui aft parts of tl> State, a«d
RoxK-iy aiul^'t :Xí rfi.>ík,4 it, jg ioejked :f>rwatd to
t
oa casting tpce vote^oi /tnp sia^e ¡ &0 t0 ¿¿d Uuíbí^ *
ie States of New
rland, Tirginia,
Missouri, North
Texas.7 [Vote«i
think it tlir al-
id I was about
>rMr. ouglastu the Convention which ¡to say that if yik. ,-aiWl. Louisiana, it
linated Mr. D. j, It will be seeu that1 gives you, w1thout;lho[ v^te of Mass a
.t * if ) ii 'it . i? « if />hiinoffa tilr,i>i«/) 1 nHlnv
Now
as::|to||imkguie..that'Mr.
Douglas and Mr. «Tohnsen^or Mr. Breck
Sé charge boldly that disunion coun- Í chusetts^;iii&e(^pledtoriklvotes;.
qiU coatruiled the Bfeckiaritlgfr neciis- BotM>^y 0®° «ntertaju so irraiioaa! a
sion, and thp Disunion as k result is
ilic teudenicy of their conduct;jv, > iuridge and Mrv Lane, will obtain áríy-
•Wh^a tiLia ConyontiAn ft^eayopd . ,.|n| et.y e^eetorial i votes
'CVar!«9too, the iiiea hadnot yet struck tíieir. ■
Oiinds that a movement of th'9 nature of the
one which has been effected, could be feaséd
upen the doctrina of the dhtinsrnished gen-
tltcaan from Alabama (Mr. lancáy) who
(athe.red j this secession. ,It Was pre-
sumed by thoeé pitlitical intriguers ojftside
HM'
tilt
■M i
w _ of the Convention, who were, maneuvering
tt,c rn«:" rc? through, by which the des-
' ik. , , v *i r u itrooiiOn of the Pemecmttc |Aty wsá to
Withqnt any resistance, th<* forres; un- ^ effected—it wai presumed by that it
lei' f !.e command'ot Travis Bowie, and WduW tóíi thsir po^er, after raia^ their
' ; ^ett. haviivg on the s^me day, at iWnat to NnisUr. a <i guide it. #u| it will
* in the morning, learned tjhat;
t e Mexicifur ariny was on the bani|;|s ef<
the ^dmH rsver, they cicwsceutr
*'■>*' /Urtressiof tfee¿ Alári¿>.\';, .
lu ¡the evening tuey bégan tá :ex-
tíre with guns, knd from the
of February to! the ^th of Ma
wt.« h ttie storming was made
be found^ ufcforar forty-y^ht bonri have ebp*
#ied, that in % stotói they ar« bound éveatu-
^lially to sink sad disappear. [L^l a^
plause.l For it ia idle for Southern men to
disguisfe the true object of their movement.
Secession from th4 Jeáiocratic party Ban do
nothing else than a disruption ot that party
at tbe very moment whea^the hopes^t' the
whole Union are hanging upon its continni-
.**• tntSi Auoa) the jroar of artillery játid ty ih power. [Applattse.] Secession
ViiUefV^ of musketi'y were constantly j- werd intended to conceal another w
1 A •' ■ *' I. ■ I 'iii \ '¿> I mere si
i.- i.-dj,.. 1 •"..;. ^ : . 1 ,
Qui the ÍUh of March, at S o'efcock
i M ¡ tren, ban ta Annu at the head of
} ^Ojmeá advanced against the Alamo,
í ?ie íiifántry, axtilldry and cavalry had
f->rnaed. about 1000 yrs. from the wall#
í said fortress. The- Mexican army
« barged and were twice repulsed by
tHe deLily Ore oí Travis^ artillery,
which /resembled a' constatri thuuder.
At the third charge the Tol®<^ battalr
is a
... ef
s^aificaney,
If 'seeefsion was to find an echo *monj
apiece. ^ (.>
^fee consequence w 11 be that the
ejection, if thrown into the House, will
go there in this position
coin will be the candidate on the part
of the Kepublicans, thnt^Mr. Bell w^ll
be there on the part of the Union par*
ty, and that fine of the' ether gentlemen
wp of coursie he tleije, becauae} the
three highesfii go in. Kow, the! same
voté which places Mr. Ball in the Honsc
of Eepr^sentativas as one of the pon-
fltitjitiohal candidates,'(will, ih\iíi hu
1 expected. I
impulse coram
and th?rf in one-
iric tin-ill alt
mi ,moie, tar [more than kjáv f<nvthe fiom^eracy of
- .-SP
_ HP ^ H
the last remains oí n^rrr-ui
a glorious
Id Putnam.
et'iiie te|l ym that the ¡ The^Játeud to give tho death blow to
' Repuhlicanistn in thi$ County, auidjbury
wealth of Ma«i
cheers.j it w
uticating from ttiis piace
lit will, run. like an ^ec-
tlirougli t'. - t'ommott'
ill kmd!^, the <1
^husetts. ^LathWasUd^1 with jthfee 'cheers -tor lumglitój- and } t.wetm B -nglas and I.in*:^Uh ile-aiys
ng,
ant-
it, will t\mse I lie- iifWlesa; it wilt
mate the despéndhig, it will fee 'fa?
arm imd strengthen the heart of every-
true patriot the. átate."ji f^ood,"
and applause. J I seo Itere,' I
see ari>und me. oíd fiiéhds whotised t6
stand fehodhlefjio shoulder With rie in
many jit well-fought field xp format
. times.: WTliey have not^ o I late taken
part ia the pcikaal trug-U s and
tests that have m\>ved the minds of y
men
setts
• _ ^t 7--jfCT . l. - \ .
eavrie<r rwre cam
ti-.insjnttt over ii: Al ibsmaV^aa!
inndgév la truth, Brtckfnridge
not carried a siitgle nae entirety; the re-
Hiilt in Cotiecuii was p.uaaturely de-:
clared, as the ieturtia haye not yet Leen
rccéívcd. x - 1 ' ;
? üajicKis'KJüor in* m« North. — The'
Home (t«a.) Advertiser, speaking of
the lTvn. Ashbury Hull of that State,
*¡av¿: • v Í "'
• * ^
XVe leaf 11 that he > has just retuiiied
tourv through
ffen¿
an
ne
i xtrn>¡ve
tl*e
j deep
that it will never bo -tiisiaterred. Si; 41
!£#rthern and .Mid ÍN' $tates."V He nays
that Bréekiuf:d.^v-'s luí\ 1 m i < Uan dly cvV
jet me:sli'^a< d there. The tight is l>e-
Johnsóít, I remain,
a\\;
ÍIAN\
—Thé? ^%.udd>'¡^ettt.íMÍi8
a very s^nstilo article about Pennsyl-
vania politics. : j It f|ays|iisily, that the
Democrats will go in a muss fo.t,
las; and gives reasons, vh?.:
liven if all exásp^natioa were smootk-
f l do\vn,i1ieir |iride, their dignity, their
sense of-character*. weuM stand -as an
their co op-
isnan's plans,
ing can oe reueo vix with more
as tfiovenior
Kx-Mayor
Packer,
m heart
'V'irr^T'I: Philadelphia ; JieKCJrieK ii
1 l^TWright, of Luzerne bounty: John A,
®,v^av<? 1 Gamble, of 'I'A'cominig OoujitV; John
k. 1 MMHk ..i Ltk . - * * • , f ' • 1
JieBtírick
lo word a; but tfigse came fr
—they went .^k mine
Have we not c-luue hoi.
wandered far
> ... ..?r/ •< or more doors
maii prób biitity, and upon every reas- ¿ wide. We passjctl the democrat indoor
nnotil/. t .Jj. HI. 1^1 A. I 1
' of Wu. V. M'Grutti,
.wbij.rr.pwrdltWAacIw# j ef the i u^uts, of Berks;
no longer could this great repalSc botstj
that the structajr# Wliich our fathers erected
with &o much tojif, wa®:' uoble exparwaeut,
th¿ people of this f reat coufeile^iay,. then
great repaÚtíc ' "
noble exper^oeuu,
f Secession must bégetdisunion. t'pa« what
pretence has secession béen predicted?
will not do those distinguished gen,!*
Who stt jipedciut of this room .tins m<
the injustice to suppiTp that tliey trul
* from you because of year having *
question of internal
tanner that did not agree with
'They may give us a pretea
it as a cloak^ td covt^r their.
whether delude^ er ttot,jthey are
the handa of mtrigtters. and their
mutt neee*sarily tend to <3i$so!ittkm. fA]p-
nuseSir? it is 'said they carry wi *' *" •—
t of this Co^FentioUj the S^m
Souths Üdteve it not [Re^eired a pi-
ve-'it; .not. And-' í;:have in
my owj^ eaperiépee of thci
ttfua^fessoas uhy I cannot bring my mind
to Uie supposition that the South,hoder
presea! eircum&tanees. caa respond to¡ that
rnévemeau"
onable 'calculat^n,].jp.la<fe'' iMr. Kte-rett
f^ the Senate as one of the two Consti-
tutional candidates fir the Vice Presi-
dency. Well; sir, who wál be the oth-
er candidate tha £. OTFgo auto the Sen-
ate for the office of Vicé President ?
Wliy, Mr. Ilapbaf H^ypn, down east
there in Maine-
that the Seéaíe of 4
gstot't* eWbg 14 the choice be-
tween these two men? Why, sir, it Is
not within the bounds of human! p
rat will ^tóe^-ctiarth-going-^ellti flinging wide its mel-
.wp%.
were left alive. i | i
^fhen the Mexican army had sue-
• eeded in entering the walls, I, with
, t!ie Ptjditical Chief (Gefe Politico} !>oa
fUm m Mur '|úiz, and other members of
*ho Corporation, accompanied the Ctx-
r *te, Don Refugio de\lk Garzat, by Sam,
t a A b&a'a orders, u^d assembled du:
—V M.gtiv at veuiirjiZ^y
^rueteii in Potrero street^ with
ot of attending the wounded, e*
is eoftj^it the «tf3Tming cotaaaw
wc t*4aied the bridge on Co,
street 'with this ofrject in
, about 100 yarda W the same a
The death of Mr,
of J^K^áü the Albany *>oúr¡I«h
compelled tr# to fall back on tb% river ^he only time his pa
Mid place we opcupie^ before Half intelli
ho«f had elapsed w
Intelligencer, ever #
Uoa, It was a warmand
ea^ ef U e Madisonian w
of the, Kritiab fcroo
tal after, the
ensburg, his /first
BF w'j#Sm
rom
tal
and of
_
Edward Lveretf, forf nr,
bilitjr of that #ot« will
circumstances, nothing 1
responsibility of a tote
mine who ü to bo the Pi
0nitei
to <
in ; and I great ly dohl t
*epfhblican Benatft;^ whee
isponsibilijty of his vote,
tent of the
because if the House fail
h President before the fourth
March;i the office,; of necessfty,,
undei the OoúWtitutiolij dievolvea upon
ibe Afiice President; and¿ I say, i all'
hurn^ti prob b'HitV4-Tor ! sp^kftik in
m
""""" iKty^at jfehe Vi^e.Pres
Wt M^Bd'wat^d;""Everett.'' The
Semsie ¿re ifiiat restricted
-that was ndt bur horned? Vl^e
dii
Colonel Cake, of ^ehuylkili; (je< rge
Cambria-, and otiei*
home. We wandered on,- someti^aes a
tha Itoünbíican-Hoar—that was rtot oar j uf t¡te promiueucej Wijj «WiítiV.d ora
little Íam.t, but wHiave n >w just climb
Gd the prow of the hill, and are: how
looking down u^on our Lome. [Enthu-
siastic and prolonged cheering.] There
is our old political iiiomestitiad-^the
school-heuse—#ld well, j arid the
well-sweep—tliej meadow, th^BUietln^
house, and; tfliej Ml in the b'elfry-r derates,
[shouts of applause] the good old i
rv project f^r a joint e lectoría I. ticket
with iifiirccivable ílrmtjéss., JMr Doug-
las will reeeive the súpp%t óf the great
mass of the democrats fri aimo.st every
locality in this State, exeep.t, perhaps,
Berks County^^ud we might add, the
Xorthamptori tlistr 1 et, where the influ
ence of JHíx-Senatér Broad he ad orepou-
low tones faA ofe hill and dale, ^nd
seeming to speak, ás it fallí í tonéaof
music oa theear,'^ Weary traveíér, foot*
-fore and spent, welepme, wfomc home?*.
[Prolonged and; hearty ápp^aiuse^ fol-
lowed h$r three cheers for mr. Hilla^rd,
ithe audience thing and shouting as
with one voice.] • * -f
Mr. Hillard stepped back from his
position and sat fe#n. His hearens,
"however w^re ^xlieedingly nowilli
^o let liim go, and shouted, í{gO J
. ><'.
üiíion or the Üííion Mi.iK| roa
SaKE of ni£ Uniux.—The Bell and Doug-
las men in Georgia have set a glorioué
example to Union men throughout i1hi
country.
Bolters
have united
support a common Kle^tbrfal Ticket
with the.understanding that half^said
votes shall be given to 'Dpuglasr an<|
' "to Bel), and if, by easting- said
vote as a unit for either candidate it
«goo* mkitrotófcrewly, but'Ni m ! f'i'pk?t "f1 :thcu toewt
nSt to be ,treated, and kept hiS seat « 1 Uui tj, «
-H
time
the
5
before 4h0 4tfe ^of March
the
the
mmm
■ al:<ílli^oíÍty;
ia rela-
r—you
ruient
• A Faint If Eta# Ksm Wix9.«
Newark, (X. J.) Aclvertiáer says:. ffA
stop has been pia| almost wholly fur
th# present, toi matrimonial spect(lar:
tion# in tlíeáe parts. All the #|da 4rc
waiting for the arrival of the Princeóf
Wales, being unwilling to make up
their mfnds apd give defiaite add final
answers to their beaus till tl ey have
seen the Prince, whom they think it
barely possible they might prefer,-—
The cuuning, prudent creatures l" ¿
A Rfcíjc of THE Wab (if IS 1*2.—Tbe
Bangor*CMain0^XTnion says : While
ly last, we saw
hic^waa in engage-
asp about forty-ci '
olic is now about
• i r . .
movement agreed upoh in the St#
where flerschel V\ Johnson, our •m¡
% candidato for \ ice. í resideni^ fepd
Alexander U. Btephens reside, gives
an unmistakable cti^to the 1J irion poli-
cy throught the Southjr' Every Boutin
erh State will follow so gUwous a lead,
?and either Union Tickets will be run,
or a union policy will be agreed apmr
whereby either Douglas or Bell tick*
ets Will be^eciéd |n efery c^se. Thisi
ngor
ati&stport,'
«wJWgrasita,;
■■[. with tbe"
■KM
n
MM
IP
jw
is owned fn the
irunswick, we be-
rgore considerable
)tne
Breckinridge s. regarded t'lere *a^ a
-tifctiobat^".ujsorga;t|pTig • < arttirdiUot^
Ami' ire WtS^d have no stf.e nglh Korth
if it were not foi the power uf Mr.
Hnehanan's aJmniiafratioa. " Nearly
all the newspapers North which -«nb-
port Lreekinruige are Controlled by
mea Avho hold office under Mr. Buchah-
an. -'• "r'!. '
Mr. Hull iiays Iht^kinridge Brands
.110; nu re chance thaii a tick in '•'• •
•barrel. Unsays- that any etie-who l>e«;
liiivex the $i;éck!nrM^ i rty Xatioi
alj has e^iyjto ^o North i.;¡ íltid out h
mfstaklx it is pro*, er U* say tlrat Mrj..
Iliill is no^ái)ouglais mató e uisi qucnt- '■
ly he canñxH be ptujudieed in his favor.
T
We take
, •
na He-
great batiie groaiid inj the Presidential
contest. Mr. Cobb has. returned to
Dote I AS - Covisó S-' jtTH.
the following, from tí>«^ ^
publleju of the iHii: |
It seems that Georgia Is to be the
_ "
the State, and taken the stump for the
.rseccssioti-.candidates, and we olmerve
that Geu. Lane has promised to make,
us a visit and spend some days at Mat
rietta, where the faithful are to extend
<o him that listingaished honor, pecu-
liar to the South, ai barbecue- Furth-
er than this, a iViend ;writea us that
Doglas will certainly be in Georgia
during the present mvpth, in which
event, we leay.j look' out for no little
conr3u mat ion in the ranks of the Sece-
uera. ' j t. ' •-• '
New JfcRsiY.-Mt is a fhiséike4eapK^-
that the national Vriiou men of
fusion.
Seces- ] 'J
tjheir Trenton />
Convention 1 a at! Wednesday.. where /
ti^ey Dominated j an electoral ticket
made up of three of their own
three Union tucfci and one Doug
The Union convention which w
session at the samcj, tinje nominated a
fu 11 independent,.^lector¡U ticket* and
theDougias men also put
excluding even the
gested by the i
Journal. • ; ] \
Popt&aster Geaoral Holt has refused
to contributo .i a
Breckinridge el
ington city.
the political s:
iiviaw, Kx
single cent
loa. fuad at
turne
tiea ef hit
taster'
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Newcomb, James P. The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 25, 1860, newspaper, August 25, 1860; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth176959/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.