The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 26, 1861 Page: 2 of 4
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J. D. BAKK& ..BEN* M. BAKER .'...-v A. H. BAfCRP.
J. D. BkTttKR & BROTBBR ,
'BDITOÜB AND PROPRIfflTo R s.
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OCTOBER «, 1861.
HON. €. C. HERBERt.
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For Hite and Rent.
Mrs. R- J. Putney wishes to hire out a Negro
Woman—a goód cook, washer ana ironer—for
^ month or fix weeks. Has, also, a house to-,
rent from taw until Christmas. It has three
good roferris, kitchen, &c. Xpply at this office
immediately. _ ^Octfibér 26, 18^1.
jj" F. W. Chandler, Esq, ~canilidate"for Con-
gress from this District. Kvas in toWn this we¿k.
£T The Austin Gazette súppórls Hin. W. S.
Oldh am for Confederate States' Senator.
O* A norther, as we go to press, if blowing.
These wintry blasts are beneficial to the health
of the countiy.
O* Col. Henry É. McCulloch states distinctly
that Infantry companies are wanted for coast
dcfonce—not Gavfclry.
O* Ths people of Travis coonty have sent
pff clothing to the troops in Virginia to the
amount of six thousand dollars
O" Captain Be«i Shropshire's company, num-
bering about sixty -five men, passed -through
Columbus last week.
ET We unavoidably left out one or two com •
ranmcalions last week. We ask indulgence from
onr friends. We shall endeavor to gel the com-
m«nicalions in after fcwhile.
4^1
IS* We had the pleasure of a visit from É,
W. Cave, Esq.. of the Galveston Civilian this
week. lie is taking his family oat bf reach
of danger frOSt Abraham's Lambs.
CT We get the Citizen oftt two day's sooner
this week than usual, as onr püblisher wishes to
go np the country a fow. days. We shall be back
i n time to issfieotlrpaper nSxt-week.
liT The San Antotfio Ledger has saspended.
It was a spirited and Worthy sheet. Little did
we think four years ago, that the tiny Herald
would out-live the Ledger !
ET An old'stock-raiser informs the San An.
tonio Herald that Lime is much better Tor worms
ill stock than calomel, as it does not salivate
and prove fatal to the tattle.
CT The Houston Telejrapk, of last wok,
had a notice of the death of Jas. A Beveridge.
who died in the market-house of that ciiy. He
was decently buried by the printers in the Tele,
graph office. Mr. Beveridge has been connect-
ed with the pren of Tekas for the past fifteen
years. His writings were rather loo'bTiter and
sarcastic ; but, as a poet, he wan gentle and kind,
and won'admiration. But, alas'? tile frine cup!
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IEJ* We notice that several persons aire endeav-
oring to r&ifc companies m and & round our comi-
ty for the defense óf The coast. Mr. Barnard
lias already, if we mistake "tsot sortie forty or forty-
five mea, whose term of etiltxmest is six months.
Captain Mackey has also met w'ith some success
and will start fer ihe mouth of,the Braies this
week. Captain L. Martin, an old Texan, who
s rvod b the war of 1836 and '37, h also raising
a cwnpany. Wm. N<. Üíenn or W. F. Fiimey
will reccive tin; men fer Capt. Martin.
The LaGrange Trite Issue, of last week,
pitches into the Citizen, or raiher into CoU C.
C. Herbert, in an a rífele of half a column in
length, and simply because the Colonel advo-
cates a plausible and feasible plan of rendering
the defences of Louisiana and Texas more effi-
cient. Thai plan is the building,,by the Con-
fedefáte Government, "of the New Oi^éáris and
Texas'Railroad. The Constitution does nit in
any wiso prohibit the construction of any work
by the Government for the common deftnee.
To say that it does, would reflect seriously apon
the framirs of that instrument. We decline
to impeach the honesty of Col. Tate, as does
the Issue the "hóiiésty of Col. Herbert. We
knoto Col. Hebért is Sincere and honest in the
advocacy óf this ráíftoad project; we are equal-
ly certain (hat Col. Tate's opposition to it is
honfcét. Wé do not impdga hfs motives. The
time for hitler invectives has passed away.
44 Fair Play," in the State 'iiazetle, says
something favorable of Col. Herbert, which we
insert below. The Issue can smoke that in its
pipe awhile'; after which he cau kindle anew
and go'ft on the assertion ó"f sévefál gentlemen
from the lowér ?butilles of the District, that
the " Old War"fFór#e" would get a handsome
—an overwhelming — majority :n them ! How
would you like tbiet presses change hands on
the election ?
"In the 'Gazelle of last week, ,a correspondent
seeks to show that Col. Herbert is advocating an
unconstitutional measure. C«l. Herbert, in
comnimi with almost every olbér citizen, is im-
pressed with the conviction, that with our sea-
board blockaded, some means of speedy trans-
portation efibuld exist 'between Texas and her
sister States. A railroad connection Is lib pera
lively demanded for our security, not ob an 4 im-
provement te facilítale commerce,' but as'a meas-
use of defense. The canuon intended (or coast
defense, and rébenttj buried in the mud between
New Orléaira and Galveston, ihoutti admonish
every. one, how mnch a railroad connection is
needed. Not only did the Provisional Govern-
mont complete the railroad to pensacola, to facil-
itate the transportación of tretáps arid ^inanitions
of war, but the Confederate "Govéritment is even
now constructing eighteen . miles of railroad in
Virginia leading out from ^Winchester for a like
purpose. '
44 Congress has right to constiOct any im-
provement necessary for the defense of the peo
pie. The inhibition contained in the 8th section
of the Consti utjon, is only the appropriation of
money by Ctingress for 4 any internal improve-
ment intended to faciKlate commercebut Con-
gress is not prohibited from constructing any
work in a time of war which may be necessary
as a means of defense, simply because it may be
used afterward, in tirric of peaée, to facilitate
commerce.
44 The argument sometimes used, that if we
undertake one work asa 4 military necessary,' it
will be Used as a pretext for undertaking others
really intended to facilitate commerce, is puerile.
It is based on the idea that the representatives
of the people will avail themselves of a pretext
to perjure themselves ."
44 One word in conclusion. Though Col. Her-
bert is not a lawyer, as his competitors are, he is
u man of cool head and clear judgment, and ha
been a strict ce istructjonisl all. hfs life. The
man Who Ud the assault on the Bishop's palace
at Monterey, bear-headed and in front of his
company, can be trlfstod as one who has nerve
enough to do fight. That man w C. C. Herbert.
4- F.UR' PLAY."
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Yankee Afvection fok the Ne<5ro.—We learn
that three out of four negro men, pilots and boat-
men, who made Cheir «scape aiá'certain point on
the North Carolina coast to one of the Yankee
vessels, endeavored to return to their homes and
wereeiiot iu the attempt. They are worked so
hard by the Yankees that they coqld riot ntind
it and were shot down like dógs when they Vvifed
tó get aWay.
ar It li Vhótight that the Texas troops quar-
tered near Richmond will be sent cither to
Western Virginia or to Kentucky—most proba-
bly the former place. They have drawn their
winter clothing—ovcrtoats, blankets, sheep, &fc.
The measles have broken Out among thé Texans.
The " Echoes" constitute a fiortiou of the 4th
Texa« Regiment, of which Hood,
we bnlieve, a native of Keutucky—is Colonel, !
and John Marshall, of the State Gazétte, Lieut-
Colone . This latter appoinliiieut, we are in.
formed, dec* net give general satisfaction to the
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The Durango Expedition!
STATEMENT OF J. SHI LIE R, ONÉ
OF THE SUFFERERS.
Beeville, Texas, Sept. 29,'18(51.
Msssas. Editors Colobabc Citizen—
As I am a citizen of your J connty, I feel an
'inclination tb give 3 ou a few lines with regard
to my trip with Capt, James' Box's Colony to
Durango :
On the 8lh «day of March, 1861, Capt. Box
'made up;a co lony of Uirce hundred persons to 'gi>
the Red Mountains of Durango, where he said
a man could make a fortune in Jliree/months,
and pave a flattering "account of the country.
He said that he had permission from thu Gov-
ernor oQDurango to settle a Colony there. At
Laredo, Texas, we asked Capt. Bqx to show the
papers. This he refused to do. 1HoWevs?i his
brother, F. M Box, certified that lie (Capt. Box)
had them in his trunk ; but we seen nor 'h£ar£
nothing more of the papers, as we did not need
them—a,colony, settling,,thcre, being entitled to
a donation of land from the Government. After
three months hard traveling, we arrived at Pene
Blanco, where the small-pox broke out among
our people. Several persons died with it, and,
many were sick and marked up with it. From
here we proceeded to our placc of destination,
a little mining town called Carnetto.
At this place Capt. Box expected to settle hi6
Colony. The rich citizens of that country were
glad to. see us, and treated us as brothers. The
lower class, however, were not so hospitable—
would steal everything, they got their hands oh.
Our oxen and horses were stolen from the wag-
ons, and our arms were . taken from under our
heads while wc were sleeping, by them.
The Goveruor donated lo ns 600 bushels of
corn,"609 bushel of y heat, 100 bushels of beana.
25 cows and calves, 15 yoke of oxen, and as
much laud as each mán needed, as the Captain
made the impression that tie came for coloniza-
tion. It now being the 4th of July, the time
when the natives.commenced' planting, Captain
Box desired the people to plant some corn; but
to this they would not agree, and wished lo pro-
ceed to the Red Mountain. Accordingly, on
Úie 16th of July, sixty-five men under Capt. Box
started for the coveted mountain which con-
cealed so much wealth. The Captain said he
did not know whether he could find it then or
not. Store enough, we «crawled o&r the rough
arid tall mountains until worn out', and never
found the mountain, but said be would find it
after awhile.
By this time wé lost confidence in Capt Box,
and some were getting ready to go back. Mr
Wm. Home, now wrote a letter to the Governor
asking him to appoint us another agent and in-
terpreter in the plaee of Box, stating that we
came in seáteh of gold, and riot for the poi^ose
of farming; that we had lost confidence in Capt.
Box, &c. Twenty-seven of the iom|>aDy sign-
ed litis petition. Several of the emigrants now
went to California, to Durango', to Mazatjan,
City of Mexico, and other places. There werí
a few men with funilies who could not getaway,
having spent all they had, and could only make
thirty cents a day arid board themselves. There
were eight persons who died with the small-pot,
among them Mr. Reed and his wife. They fed
THE PLAQUE OF COVETbUSÜESS.
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hessrs. Editors Colorado Cilizen—
Who would not be a soldier to drive a tyran-
nical foe from the sea-beaten shore of, hit dear
uative laud 7 f Who would not girt his loins and
draw his sword to hurl an audacious invader in-
to the ocean ? I hope there are none in Texat
but are reaffy to cast defiance to despot
threatening our soil. I look aroand apou our
neighboring counties, and I see each man
shouldering his rifle nnd hastening to eamp-—
the wants of their wives and children being sup-
plied by a fund raised by the weaj^hy ef their
county ; but the married men of ooa county
have not, as yet, mastered for'service—and why?
Because there is a ghastly, unnatural sore '
breeding in the Honorable County óf Colorado,'
the bandages from which I. plucki revealing ths
unsightly, miserable, miserly ulcar—44 Love of
Gold!"
There is no mincing the matter. Our weal y
citizens are affected with this contagious cancer,
which dries up aft patriotic feelings into malig-
nant grasping of the Almighty Dollar! Ths
prominent wealthy members of our coriftty have
not responded to their epnatry's call as becomes
Texans and their prmcefj Wealth. The meet-
ing held in the City Hall on the 27th of last
month, was a meeting of patriotic lawyers in-
stead of patriotic planters, who found it neces-
sary to appoint a committee to solisit contribu-
tions lo the Conféderate Loan, and many of ou;
planters imagine .'that if they subscribe a few
bales of cotton, it is all that is Teqnired erf them.
The consequences are, the 'prfrtcipal part of our
married men aré denied to. their country's ser-
vice, and their needed assistance paralyzed by ^
Iheir inability to render help without bringing
destitution on their nearest and dearest friends.
Why. the married man, whose wife and
children is dependeut upon hie daily labor, would
be an idiot to farsakc his home to join our sol-
diere, leavíóg his wire and little enes wáttling
iheir daily nouriihuient. Ii the husband vr&s
ussurcd that his family would not want during
hit absence, he would go willingly, nay, cheer-
fully, to protect his country*'from aB iurad«r".
Bui no man of family would feel secure without
(as in other counties; a fund wei-e raised to jjp-
ply the requirements of his home, wiiile be bat-
tles with the foe. t ,
Apply the kuiCs to thié viliainous ulcer, or.
tear it out by the roots! Wealthy planters of
Colorado, come forward, call a meeting, and raise
this fuud, and you place hundreds of patrbtic
spirits, ready to hasten, wben needed, to the
conflict and defend your lioniefe.
Base is the man, and uuworlhy of
that uan look upon the approaching
invasion anü not prepare for the Worst
Arid ye single young riieti that yet re
among us,, aire, you faiut parted ! Look
every flower, tree and rivblct that
love has liiaue dear to you i>y food
ces—the scenes with which you have
munion from your early childhood, together with
your mothers, sistWa and sweetheart*, who haver
sympathised wjlh yph in your joys and sorrows !
7-tan you contemplate the ruth less tread of ait
enemy amongst such scenes, auch friends, un-
moved ? Does tbeife not steal o'er your startled
imagiriutiou a vivid dcVermrostios to drive your
oppressor headlong frurt vour soil, before his
pacreli£ioris hand burns dew)!, the home of your
forefathers, end sends you an.exile from your
native shore? I he foe wo'úM uproot the ftrnt.
foundation r)f 'our greatness, ánd cast such a
* Vt '* * f > ' '
The Emperor of Rpseia has directed his Em-
bassadors at Washington to express his regrets at
the dissolution of the Union, and to use Whatever
means he can l.o effect a pea cable settlement of the
difficulty. The opinion is exbresed, that neither
parly can be conquered, and as a settlement mast
take place, the sooftet the better for alt parties.
We saw twenty-four 6-pounder cannon attbó
levee yesterday, cact at the Tredegar Iran Wmks
at Richmond, and were led to institute a com-
parison between them and those made by Messrs^
Quimby &. Bobinson, of this city. For beaut v
of finish and general appearance, the Éichmorid
cannon cannot compare with those made here ;
and wc have heard militar^ men say that Messrs'.
; Qiñmbj Sl Rébinsoií's g'iiiá cannot fee excelled
,W,10 If' I anJ' 'u the world —Metilphis Avdlanche.
GoV. Harris, iu obedience to Gen. A. S. John-
stoa's requisition upon Tennessee, has called oul
the reserve of thirty thnuaand troops from that
Stafe^ for the raising of which the Legislature
made prov«ion by special enactment last May.
of
three girls arid a boy to the care of the Mexi- | desolate shadow o'er our Siaie that
«ans, for the Americans were not able to help
them.
When the Governor received onr letler, he
sent a writ after Captain Box, and stopped the
people front using all produce donated to them.
It was now the 19th of August, and Í started
for Texas.
of Freedom would totter and fall inte obliviq
and a flood of tyráriny would darkly rule tí
land. Respectfully, &c.j CIV1S.
'Columbus, October, 1861.
The #e!l known Profesa * Diiáilry,
ted States Minister to Nicaragua, hai
\ pointed by Poet-maSter-Gen. ReagsÉ'j
T. J clerkship in the Contract Bureau. He
I have, Messrs. Editors, given you a píáin j efficient officer,ihSdgh his proper place is ib the
statement of facts, without a particle of aoior- ' State department He speaks a duxen tangtiages
íng. I ha"c said enough,- however, to convince ' *8 fl',eul^ 4* he does his motiier's tongue, *jtnd ia
tfiwe uol prejudiced, thul Capt. Bd,. .„™d h j ^
cólony to Durango under false pretences, and
acted perfidiously toward them all ths way
thorough. Respectfully Yours,
J. SHILLER.
ime post-
<fcc., Ac.
" Col. Lewis occupies about the
tion as that occupied by Col. Tate,'
LnQrahg* True Issui.
Col. Tate occupies about the same position as
that occupied bv Co!. Lewis.
The rag« in Parto is for golden collars, in formi
and size like the present tiny appendages to a
ladies' toilet of linen ór ueelle work. They are
bnfy abcut each.
The Kentucky Legislature has passed resolu?'
ti ons instructing Breckenndge and PoWcQ to ro^
rfign their seataiu the United Slates
Sfr Afctlfey Csbper, on visiting PiViSj was as-
ked bv the most distinguished Fren'65 surgeftn
how ñxany times had he performed á particularly
wonderful feat of surgery. He replied thirteen
times. The French Surgeon told liim that he
had performed it TGO times, and asked Sir Astley
how many times had he saved life. "I i-aved
eleven out of thirteen " said the Englishman;
44 how man;; did you save out of 160 ?n 44 Ah**'
replied the Frenchman, 44 1 lost theiu all; but
the operation was very brilliants.*
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J.D. Baker & Bros. The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 26, 1861, newspaper, October 26, 1861; Columbus, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177636/m1/2/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.