The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin City, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 41, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 1, 1859 Page: 2 of 4
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Tbe Public Printer. Obalraas of tbeH<
Ceavention Cutral Ownmlttte. aad editor of
the wbleb Hi receivrd oae baodred tbou
but of iba pabilo treasury upon tbe
Mi •gar* work- principio, makes • Urri.
bU baslaugbt npoo tbe prívalo citizen Ex Gov
•raor Pnm, tor the freemsa's declaratloo that
be wmM mt rapport lor oftee a
dUunlonle , or man «bo advocate* the
lag of tbo African Blare trade, with a via* to
three ulterior ebjeeta.
"Incendiary," "proaerlptlonlst," "fire-brand."
are among tbo mild terms employed. ThU «In-
gle eenlence will tbow tbe obaracter of tbe ti-
rade:
"He (Peace) raise* the banner of peoaeriptloo.
Be deelree to act Democrat agnluat Demeerat,
and threw* a flre-braod Into tbe party to rala*
np an ««terminating war between Democrat*,
and thne wipe tbe party oat coexistence. * *
" ¿hlofly of Know
t in oar column* of F.
AC, Wbolrtalo and Retail Dealer in
•od Medicine , Palate tad Oil, Blank*
i! Book , and Stationery. Ilia «took
'lele. 399m
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KK8.-W bare now on band a very
of neatly printed Blank*, on a «upe-
Among oar etock may
"Attachment*. Bead*, Indictment*,
Exreatlone. Deposition to bo need in the
Coart, Ac." Send in your order*. Wo
Ml them ell.
TUB AGOIT OVEB,
SAM HOUSTON IN THE FIELD 1
Tbo organiser*, who have oontoled tbemseWe*
with tbo notion that Gen. Hon*toa will not bo
candidate, aad that they oould Ml him off by
Implied, it not erpreet promlie, that If be
rapport "lie organliation and the
Otf would return him to the United
tee Senate." a* wall a* thaw equally oandid
fire-eater*, who wlah <b*t bo would run again
"take Mm through an-
" and beet him more
console tbemeelvat,
tbo "eoflln" tor tbe
>, had, in good earnest,
from the eontldetwHoft of
Ined to leave the peo-
along without hie aid; he
... that every thing oo<ild be
without interfering with hie rural an
Looking at the troubled waton.
and cooing that the issue of re-opening the Afrit,
to trade, «eeeeeion or ehril war, are
being precipitated upon ue. he bad pre-
ferred that tbo people should rally upon George
. 8mythe for Governor, aad Sam. Maverick,
■ some other National ooose/v alive Democrat
' Lt. Govcrnor; and upon them to teet the
no- v' ;Jfy.
Bat Gen'l. Houston does not regard himself
ss at liberty to relet the popular will. Bo ba*
never been bis owo property. He acknowl-
edge tbe rlghfe of the people to bo paramount
to hie own wishes, aad his ardent desire to herd
vide a borne for bis chit-
i with almost uni-
easily than
am
withdrawn 1
public affairs,
■ta aI Tona
ethe,
HB3
*:.0
mpmib' M
—wlioh le bleeding
who have over
Indian policy—when
who love the Union,
rights of the States—from
who oppose tbe AfWcan Slave
I who are determined that M
coal the purpones of those
they cannot quell—whas
the honest yeomanry of Tows/,
ha has defended In a speeeh,
rondar glorious the name of
beeought by the tax-payers, who
and who believe that he
It, Gen'l. Houston esnnot
his own letter, we fool
8AM HOUSTON, A
" ,T, a ooaMstent sup-
AN, In his straggle
ANS. and tbe little
aad HIGHER LAW
candidato for Governor,
tlo free voters of Tax-
days.
Thl* position of a party,
Nothing*. is not *urpri*ing, when we reflect ofl
their past war of extermination waged against
foreigner* and Catbollea. * * He *eeks, like
an incendiary, to put a torch to tbe temple, and
Is ready to welcome ite conflagration."
Well, what did this official guardian of tbe
Democracy, the Chairman of tbe Central Com
mlttce, do or toy, when tbe wort: of proecrlptioa
commenced t He saw tbo letters! Judge Camp-
bell, formerly of hit beloved Mississippi, now of
Fort Bend, published to tbo world, that be,
Campbell, would not be a candidate for Con-
greso except upon the «ingle i «cue of dissolving
the Union. He mw thii «ame Judge Campbell
In conclave with the Gazette'* fuvoiit , over
wbo*o Imaginary victory bl« Shanghai crowed,
"ne'er to crow again," Judge Buckley and *uch
other «pirita, rcsolvlu^j^ont the «ame thing,
and plainly giving forth that they would «up-
port no men uot of these aamo "Incendiary tan
timents j" he *aw unmistakable resolutions from
the "Gibraltar," the coanty of Smith, led oa by
tbo elegant and bold Chairman of tbe Houston
Committee on Platform , Chilton—resolution
which itfoscrlbod all conservative men ; he saw
the I «sue plainly and palpably presented by *ucb
unmistakable Democrat of Pleasants, of DoWItt
—resolutions to vote for no one "not in favor of
re-opening tbe African Slave tradebo saw
Braxoria and Matagorda led by such Democrat ,
a* Fillmore's Ü. 8. Marsbsl, who expended a fow
thotfioftds to socare Whig victories, to defend
Judge Wutroui, or in «orne other baaevolent
way; be saw tbe resolutions oi Guadalupe,
threatening aecctslon from the Houston Conven
tion, "protests,*' und all that, unlet* It should
insert tbelr rc-open tbe Alrlonn Slave trade
plank—and amidst all this, tbe nervous gentle-
man, now *o horrified at "proscription," was
like a lamb, dusgb before tbe «horn treasury, for
"be opened not bis mouth." He did not go to
Ms brolhet -member of tbo Central Committee,
Ms cbooeu adviser. Pcaso and suggest thst there
was cause of alarm In this madness— this damn
able proscription of th* great masse* of Democ-
racy—end that it bad bert be nipped in the bud.
No. He published tbe*e prescriptive "luceudl
ery" resolutions to tbo exclusion of almost all
other matter, except a few disunion speeches.—
Ho could find no room for the protestations of
the German papers, oven when translated and
tbe publication requested. Tbo cry was more 1
moro I "faster I'* "Agitato in primary meotings
tbo greet Issues upon which the ralvotioo of tbe
South depends, to be settled et Houston I'!
The Democratic mames will say tbo timo to
stop "proscription" Was when the ostrselam
commenced. But no. Mltslmlppl fire-eaters
may 017 disunion, and proscribe all conserva-
tlvos, by receiving nsver to vote for tbem, and
if they are to be paid back in their own ociu.
than tha poor tallows cry out "oh I intolerance!
wo aro proscribed 1 wo aro no looger to squan-
der Ihe people's money, and to abuse their con-
(It1 «nee, by our stealthy march towards acces-
sion I" Unfortunate men. Worthy disciples of
the OM-sidCd rule. Proscribed bocnuso honest
Demount will not vote for you, with all your
slnfol heroics I The cry comas too lata I Tha
proscribed ¿ara turned upon their proscribe .
Bat this Impartial cousor tolls us that In dsriag
to oppose tha organisation for spoilt. Pea is
thgr"
oi Bates, McGroal, Watoow, and
a fow other mob organiser . John B. Jon so, the
law partaer of Watrous, and lato X. N. orator,
was well nigh elected—got tbe certificate—but
was ousted by lbs Senate.
Wo bavo mentioned the neinee of Batea and
McGroal becausa they were delegate In tbo
Houston convention, and because their names
aro prominently aeeociatrd with tbeJud'claland
Congressional history of those times. Governor
Pooso's debt of gratitude to that port qfthe Hone-
too contention, and to Gen. McLeod, whose
Teylttt Democracy tbe Grand 8cribe of til the
"ofganl*atlon" upported loi Congress, wllh mneb
editorial laal, agalust the nnswerviag Volaey
Fe Howard. I* certainly light, very light.
And yet the debt of gratitude commences and
end* there.
He lint became a candidato for Governor by a
pretty general acclamation of tbe people. Tbe
Gasette opposed him with all it* might, aad to
tbe bitter end. Chambers, A. M. Lewl , L. D.
Evans, J. IV. Henderson, M. T. Johnson, and
W. B. Ohlltrov, were all vppoelng candidate*
Johnson, Henderson.and Lewis withdrew. Ochll
tree, now the champion of tbe •'organlxation'1 in
Esstcrn Texas, was then the Whig candidato, the
acknowledged leader ol the party. And we trust
that an allusion to the hlatory of tbo others will
not be offensive. Where wore they when Pease
again took tbe fiold on li's "own book," in 18541
They had all, except Johnson and Lewis, fall
with Lieutenant G vcrnor Dickson, tbe
M fcfgiM hr Ibt
Under this bead tha editor admito a garbled
sUwent, which, M he be Messed with tbe pow-
er of hearing, he moat know to ba exceedingly
inaccurate. The following language is pat into
Gaa. Hamilton's mouth:
•« 'Bat.' said be, 'I was once, gentlemen, yes.
oro than once, aa "organ-grlader myself. I
w a Democratic elector when Mr. Buchanan
cy
SK.3
1 for ns to toll bsff th#
urn, and at tbo same time
froin tbo little clique in the
of tholr $900, their «1000
MSOO,their 18.000, their #15,.
I per annum,froman exhaus-
r; and wbo Irom their Imaglua
, In the name of "Sqa-a-ator
"Cougers," "all le well."
1 caen the band writing upon
the prematuro crowing of
shopper of 8 . Prior,
Wo hove received
1 counties pledg-
1, Hamilton,
.Among
ava known
1
guilty of groat hgratttudu. Just bear 1
, 'But It is a y astounding de-
force from a man who. prufosaing
.. has been raised from obscurity to
gheothonois of tbo Stato, by tbe force
alone of party organisation."
tha hlgheat'h
of that
tbo moat 1
4n «ppenf to facts wilf tbow tbe extent of this
obligation. Gov. Pease, liko Gen; Houston,
oamo to Texas wheu til tbo administrators of
oar Mississippi-Texas government were at very
eafe distances. Ho was a youth, who bad been
no inferior second in conducting ono of tbo old-
est, and tbe losdlufcDemocratic piper in the
Union. 11a was young and enthusiastic, and be
oast his fortunes in the strongest «lave portion
of tbe Republic, when slavery existed hero In
spite of ibo constitution and laws against It
At tbo first sound of tbo rovolution, we find
tbo able young lawyer Scorotury of tbo rsvolu-
| ilouery conventions. lie ntdod in framing the
constitution whloh protected slavery, encour-
aged Its Immigration from tflft United States,
forbid Its manumission, but deolared tbo trade
from all otheroouuti ios" PIRACY." Ho swore
to maloUin that constitution of the Republic,
through all tbo infant struggles of the young
, be aided In upholding It. He helped to
Ibo glorlou little Itepublio into tbo Union,
with every otbor Toxian, he
fho same Itw which hero had
By industry, and a life ol In
Irtd a fortune. «II ol wbich bo
The stars and stripes, which
i«t over us, we noxt find him in
iture, active In framing and firing
law*. Thus far ha had no aid from
ilntlon," for tha Independent old
er sufibrad dictators to stand ba-
Chairman ol the then Ccutral Committor, one of
the editor* of the Gazette, tbo editor* of the
Times, the Telegraph, the handsome Chilton.
Ralnry. and the present accomplished Secretary
of State, luto tbo culvert. Yes, Evan* of Con-
grrii, agMiaat whom Runnel' Senatorial ap-
pointee, Ward, na* ponerla *, Dlckron Lt.-Oov
srnor, Ford, Chairman of the tbcnContralCom
mlttae, Miller, Ex-Chairmun and editor of the
Gazelle, Oldham, editor of the Gasette, and tha
clique's candidate for Congres*, Chambers, an
thor of too sccession resolution* at tbe Buckley
convention, Hendercou, Ex-Licut-Goveruor,
Brownrlgg, clerk of Ibe Senate, Tom Lubbock,
of the Houston tcoeralon club, wboao re open
tbe African Slave trade constitution, the orgau
glorifica, Chylton, chairman of the committee
upon that platform, and orator against Reagan,
wbo prixed tbe Democracy out of the mud In
Eastern Texas, Ruiney, wbo wanted to «wear
every body at Houston, Byrd, of the river con
vontion memory, wboso noble impulses caused
blm to stand up for Frauk White against tbe
land patent accoucher . the adviser of tbe chair-
man of the central committee, toguther with a
H working majority of tha lato delégate , had all
followed offtbo "AmcricausahaU rule America,"
autl Popery, anil Dutch partyand the Ga-
zctto plaintively snng out that It was an excel-
lent pro-slavery party. Oldham was stumping
It against Pesse; large numbers were In tbe riv
er "convention," the tbon chairman of the cen
tral committeo wa« hang'ng out th^f names st
bis mast-hond. This wa« the aid whlcb '• tbe
organization" was giving Poate. A few of the
bolter* came to the "Boinbahell meeting." and,
true to their tactics, tbey put antl payment ol
tbe public debt, antl Collins «tcamer , artd a few
teceulon hints upon their resolution , but re-
solved to vote for Bell, Peace end McKinney,
who wore committed against their leading ten-
ct«I
At th(« point Pease assumed tha paying bur-
den of tho race. Jobnion nobly withdrew to
save tbe Democracy. Tbe Secretory of the
Houston convention curscd part of the Demo-
emtio ttckot, Field*, the unswerving friend of
Pease, long and loud. Paschal, Maverick,
8ohleioher, and other noble Democrat*, wbo are
now with Pease, led the Democratic forces of
Bexar, and tupprttui the letter of Dick Runnels,
who would not inrrender his certainty of Rep-
resentative from the county of Bowie, for the
prospect of defeat, by the well organised «ecret
order, and who thus endsngcrrd the tlcdcl. The
Democracy ofTexa were not then organized.—
Then at now, their officers bad deserted tbem
and followed off new plank*.
Up to tbe commencement ol the canvass tho
editor of the Gazette will search his columns In
vain for a condemnation or the secret order.—
He willflndthere tbo declaration that "Know
Nolhingism was nM so bad an ism." that it was
eminently a slavery party. At.; rtd he will flnd
the ii\4uentiol editor, who gave It character in
Texas, going into the Order, and, according to
Ford, declaring that he could ' repeat the rit-
ual 1'* What then can this "organisation"claim
from Pease, or any other consistent Demo-
crat f
We have not mentioned any man's connection
with the Order a* a reproach. Far bo it from n*.
Like the African Slavu trade heresy, it was the
Morue Multieaulif spirit of the times. Few who
joined It Intended to nirrender their party affill
aliona. It Is a thing of the past. We nre pain-
fully driven to resurrect nnmes, livcause of the
demagogical appeal which now «harge Pease
and such unsullied Democrats "with working
with Know Nothings." jp -?*'
Those in glass housi;n mnst not throw stones.
It Is ol no conscquuuQo when a mini joined, or
when he quit the Amerlosu psrty. The basis of
tho call lor the "States-rights Democratic Con-
ventlou." included every voter In Texas. Tbe
191 men who assumed to act tor thu people at
Honslon, «oled upon this basis. By their own
record then, uiilcri it was a hypocritical farce.
am. have equal right# as Democrat*. Wbo dare
claim that tbe convention was sovereign, and
had tho power to create nn autocrat wbo can, at
will, comlcdin mid ostracise Democrats 1 Have
tbe people no voice to ratify or confirm ?
IV by this barbarous attack upon n man whose
whole life 1ms beuu given to the causo of De-
mocracy 1 The man who in the hour or need
took the responsibility of calling out forces to
defend the proscribed class, the Mex'osn Care-
t'Tos? And where then stood his accuser*?—
Who were boldest and meat prominent in the
meeting to cxpol tbe Mexionn laborers from Tra-
vis. In September. 1M41 Lot the editor of the
Gszctte turn to bis columns, and see what part
he and bis partner then noted lit that public
meeting ?
AH these Ih'ugs are political history; as mob
we refer to them. Old Texanscan compare the
!
WT
and the polls, or toquestlon the do-
Btat in IMS that Whig par-
under tlm leadership
, member of thu Houston
from Braxoria. Tlicy were joined
Gen. Btogb *W.cei,(OvMF.
"trunk" contained tbe damna-
of the Wat roar conspiracy,) and a
leinooratv."
all these nr.mee were even
) Tbo Whig-organl-
Democracy" aid, a as
of nú* the Da-
Hi
tog
Bull
v
HaK,.
records, and tho present posltloas «it Gov.
Pease, and his accusers. Pease bas nothing to
fear frota the severest scrutiny.
Whit will Chyltwjrig do ?
The Jefferson Herald raises to its mast head.
Pendleton Hurrah, tbe very qaintesenee of all
that is southern, as the candidate of tbe sec
ders for Congraas. Alter charging Judge Rea
gan with being treacherous to tbe South, tbe
a very unique reasua, for uot wait
Rump-Cenventtoa called by the op-
Is too short, and perchance the
will again hearken to
i and equipped to re-
w it bout any retraei ion oa his part
. lee auaounoed by him which art
to Southern right* and prlvllegee.—
1 tbe volea of true Southern men.
living Murrah will rait the eeces-
He Is charged with having «to-
be left hfc
• ' .
reaalattone (er
We tickle
re-vpen tbe Al-
ia tbe Slate. He
was la tbe Held. I told no lie*, gentlemen, tor
tbe party, I never have lied for tbem 1 I am not
lying now; I «ey now, and they can noU It down
-I never will join the Democracy «gain, I
«wear it; my heart tmer wot wtA them. I am
•sUvmIj obliged to Ibo Gwtto for
ma tbe issue of «quolter sovereignty. I bold
that it was embraced in the
Bill.' He then went on to«ajr thaitbe doc trine
latter «overelguty bad been the death of
orlhern Democracv¡ It had kllled 8tepb n
_ juglas, and new they were abont to kill
Jack Hamilton with it- He declared It to be a
dead Inue."
Tbe eloquent speaker «aid nothing of the kind.
He said that be refused to lie la 18M; and hon
estly told tbe people what Douglas and northern
politicians understood by tbe non-intervention
principle in tbe Kama* Bill.
He said nothing about "joining the Democra-
" But he said tbat be bad no sympathies
with the little cliqno ol organizer*, who bad di ,
traded the party. That if be waa required to
«wallow tho rc-opon tbe African 81avc trade *c-
ceision itsues, then they might note it, that be
was no ucb Democrat. As to "«qua a-tter ov
ereignty," he did aucrt tbat there was no such
lasuo before the country, nor were the Southern
Democracy to be distracted by It, when uo'one
pretended that the northern territories would
be occupied by southern staves,
But if tbe«e "reporters" be «inccre In this
scuttle-flab dodge, wby not support Gen. Hous-
ton? In all conscience be bas ulways been en
ougb opposed to -'«qna-v Iter sovereignty," and
tbat *qua-n-Uer sovereign Donglus whom he
Would uot trust, when the Gazette follower!
were idolizing tbe ■'noble northern man with
southern prlnolpiei."
Long live Humbug. Neither Houston nor
Hamilton expect fairness Irom tbelr enemies. It
don't pay. Thi y must defend their power as it
glvea money. Thirty thousand a year by dou-
ble measurement it worth all sorts of dodging.
The Telegraph.
• • • " Then next, Milton Swisher,
of Ihe firm of Swrnson A Swisher, tho Austin
land speculator, the agents of ihe celebrated "8"
New Orleana bank bills, tbe men who shave Un-
ited State Bonds at one per cent., and whose
operation* our prraent Qevornor ha* *0 much
Interfered wlih by hl« straight-forward policy,
this Swiibi-r nominated Sam Honslon for Gov-
crnor."—Baueton Telegraph.
" Stopped bis operation*," did he ? Why man,
after Runnel* and tbe loeche* around him had
exbauated tbe appropriation*, and emptied tbe
trearary, by the "rule and figure work" procuss,
and when tbe frontier wa* bleeding at every
pore, your " straight-forward Governor " did
take the responsibility of authorizing Capt.
Ford to ralae a company to go to the relief of
the sufferers. But now lot there was neither
bond, coupon, or mint-drop lu the troasury.
wherewith to feed or clothe the soldiers; and
tbe men who had grown rich off of the treasury,
had no money or credit to spare in the way ol
fornisbing tbe needful. So the Governor, through
Fori},had to resort to the "Yellow Dwarf, ol tbe
mud building," to fit uut and feed tbe soldier ,
and to depend upon the liberality of tha State
to pay, maugrc tbe constitution.
These kind of "operation)" are sometimes
uicful. And it it well that all men do not put
their whole meant into ' little niggert," and
Louisiana plantations. But Swisher happens to
be tbo partner of a "ftirriner," who it charged
wltfepronouuclng "tousands;" and therefore it
1« «pology enough to Insult him with an explo-
ded Action, whlcb Swl*her long tinco publicly
branded as "falte," a* Ihe Telegraph know*.
How long alnce Ihe Telegraph wa* tho ndvo
cate of State banking? It i« be«t for the oppo-
nent* of Democracy not to stir nionoy questions.
JBV* Thu Galveston Civilian, after copying
the ribald and undignified notice of the Houston
Telegraph of tbe Austin meeting, administers
tM* gentle bint:
"Till* i* one side of the *tory. To-morrow,
we «haCl probably bavo the other. We tru*t
that Gen. Iiondon will not be n candidate; but
confe** that Ihe prospects of onndi'dlafea. lor
State omcre' and Congres , walking over the
course in August without opposition, I* grow-
ing "«mall by degree* and beautifully lew"
every day. Mr. Reagan i« evidently to be op-
posed by tbe '-Secessionist/' of the Ea«t. who
are enpiiorting Gov. Runnells. This will proba-
bly excite opposition to Runnells; and the bu*i-
nesa Of bolting having onco ant In. there la no
aaylng whore it will «top. Whatever may bap*
pen, we are willing to fruit tho intelligence of
tho people of Texas, and shall not waver In our
falih in the conservative Democracy of the
mnsaei, however they mny waver for a season.
Nor can we outer into either ridiculo or denun-
ciation of such inen aa Gov. Pca«e, Mcssr*.
Clark • Swenson or Swisher. Texas has few
men wbo have shown more patriotism than they
have j and, although wo may differ with them
on particular Issues, we have the highest re-
spect for their Intelligence, integrity, and devo.
lion to the interest* of tho State. Differeucea
of opinion, on political subject1, are natural,
and do hot neceuarily involve a want of respect,
or the tbe diaturbance of friendly relation*, be-
tween citizens holding adrerae views."
The secession opposition to Democracy will
«oon flnd how tbelr "decency" recoil* upon
them.
larri County loving.
An esteemed friend writing fVora Houston
under date of the 99th May, give* tbe follow,
ing graphic aecoont of an entbu ia*tic Houston
meeting tben being held in tbat city:
• • • Go ahead! A« I now write there
I* a tremendoii* " Sam Houston Meeting " In
the city, and shout after about goes up at the
mention ol the " Old Uero's '* name. It i* vir-
tually a meeting of tbe Freemen. Col. R. K.
Cage, Col. J. H. Man! y. and other dl«tlngnl h-
od speakers are addresalng the meeting. Har-
ris oounty will do her duty In tbe coming elec-
tion. Alex McGowan, ex-Mayor and an old
oitixen, is chairman. Dr. Wm. H.Elliot, also
an old and esteemed citlxen I* secretary. I only
wish, Mr. Editor, that you had been here to
eee the enthusiasm that Is prevailing. S."
We return our heartfelt thank* to our friend
for the club of subscribers bo obtained for us.
The work of reformation goes bravely on.
Move on the column!
COIWM1'ONOE.\CX.—When Judge Paschal left
for Europe, ha promised us hiedotlings by the
way. We commence the publication to-day,
on our outside. The present state of affairs
upon tha other ooatiaent will render all inform-
ation from that quarter valuable.
The Frontier News haa tbo follow-
ing tickot at Ite moat beat?:
For Qooernonr—tb* Houston.
For Lieut. Oooernor—E. B. JLoTr.
Ar Oommniomr a Caoear.
For Oongrtn—A. J. Hamilton.
Tbe Texse Regiatcr and Nacogdo-
ches Chronicle have the name of Sam'l.
A. Maverick in lieu of Lott—otherwise
tbe same ticket.
ladiflii—Tbelfhlto Filki III.
We have received a Southerner Ex-
tra of the 87th inrt., which contains a
dispatch from Wm. Bnrkett to Csptain
Bradfute, of the Sind, from which it
appears."that Major Van Dorn "hod a
fight with Indians at or near Ft. Atkin-
son, about eight or ten days ago, killed
fifty, and took thirty-three prisoners. —
Lieut. Lee ^nd Capt. Smith were wound-
ed—Lieut. Lee" supposed mortally. Two
soldiers killed—several wounded.
From a letter from "A Good Citizen"
to tho Southerner it seems that on the
28d, at the Brazos Agency :
•' Capt. Baylor, at the heed of some three bun
drtii sad fifty men,approaobedthe Ee*ervation,
driving in the scout* ami endeavoring to cap-
ture theeb^Kfflllng-ta thl«. be drew up his for-
oes within Ifolf a mile ol the Agency buildings.
The commanding officer of tbe U.S. troops, «la-
tioucd here for Ibe protection of the Reserve In-
dian*, promptly dispatched Capt. Gilbert with
an escort of troops, to demand of Baylor why he
wa* on the Reiervatlon with au armed force.—
To which eald Baylor replied, that he wa* here
lor the pur|ioso ol attacking certain bands of Iu-
dlans 011 thi Reserve. That he did not wls-h to
come In contact with the U. 8. troops, at it was
nut his object lo spill a drop of whltti (good; and
that it tho commanding officer would withdraw
bis force and permit him (Baylor) to attack
the Reserve ludían , the U. S. troop ibould uot
be molested. Capt. 1'lummer replied:
" 'I am here, by order of tbe General com-
manding tbe department, for the purpose oí pro-
tecting the Indians on Ibis Riscrvullnn against
the attack* of any body of armed citizens, end
I «hall do so to the best of my ab'.lity with Ihe
arms In my possession: ii"d I warn yon, in Ihe
narno of tho U. 8. Government, lo withdraw
from Hie limit* ol this Reeervatlou.' To this
Mr. Baylor replied:
'• •Tills message does not alter my determina,
tion to attack the Indian , and I will attend to
leaving the Retervo mysolt.'
" At thix timo Baylor (being within half a
mile of the Agency building.'j succeeded in
oapturing an Indian eighty-five or ninctv yjjarn
of age, deal, nnd uearly blind. The Indians, as-
certaining that the old man had been taken pri-
soner, turned out about aigly strong, mounted
their horaes. und rushed out to reicue him. They
soon lound tbe body ot the old man. murdered
and «calped. Exasperated by the sight the In-
dians commenced a rapid pursuit, overtakjug
the perpetrator* of tbe inhuman act (consisting
of Baylor and his party.) about two miles Irom
the «cene of murder, finding, however, on their
way, the body of an Indian woman, who bail
been wantouiy murdered while working her
garden.
" Upon overtaking tbe party, the Indiana
commenced it running fight, wbich was kept up
until IJ.iylor and party reached tho bousu of Mr,
Wm. Mariin, a quiet and peaceable citizen, re
siding near the limita ol tho Reservation. AI
thiii place quite a sharp engagement took plice,
lasting about two liodrs. during whlcb time Mr.
Baylor and his men took refuge iu the buildings
of'Mr. Martin. During tho engagement there
was one Indian killed, and five wero wounded.
We have reason to believe that there were ser
eral of Baylor's party killed and wouudtd. but
hvw many wc do Not know.
" Baylor bas been encamped around this res-
ervation for several weeks with an arined loroe,
pressing the oitix ns to take up anus against
the Reserve Indians, and ri-taining "« prisoners
those who refused to comply with hit orders.—
He has also intercepted the supplies furnished
by the U. 8. Government for the Indian* on tli'i
Reterve, and «ay* they intend to itarve the In
dlan* out. and hang all white persons connected
with the Rrtcrve. Baylor and hi* partv have
been killing cattle and taking hor«e« belonging
to the Indian*. Baylor ha* publicly threatened
to hang Capt. 8. P. Rosa, Mr. Cha*. Barnard
and Mi\j. Neighbor*; alto threaten* Jat. Duff.
Ü. 8. Deputy Martha), Harvey Matthewi, Wm.
... .C - .. g( .
rhc
time that Ihe State and General Government
Marlln. Mr. Bandy, the SlieiifT of Young coun
ty. and otbert, all of whouijirc among the best
citis'ns In the eounlrj
in
We think it i« now
tnke notice of this offender against the laws and
right* of tbe good people of the frontier of
Texas."
Wo do hopo, for the sake of human
nature, that this account is exaggerated
The idcu of civilized men murdering and
scalping a decrepid old Indian nnd a
helpless woman, in «hocking to every
teyeliiig of lian nnity. Hud Texas hnd
a'ti Executive who possessed ordinary
energy, and commanded the confidence
of the people, tfieaie things never would
have occurred Tho injury to our whole
State, und especially the frontier, is in-
calculable ; and, in proportion as our
own citizens are made to nppenr in the
wrong, so mftch more disgraceful in it
to our iucfiictaiit public authorities. Wc
are glad the ides of August arc ap-
proaching. Our official organ had best
stop its prating about "squa-a-tter sover-
eignty/' and such foreign nonsense, and
U0U part of tho means which it has re-
ceived from tho treasury, in defending
our own "territory" from the ecnlping-
knifo and tho tomahawk.
And we trust that our citizens will
remember to sond to Congress a man
who can and will do something for the
" Sovereign State of Texas," rather than
waste.his time in talking about the
"rights of tho South in Utah and Wash-
ington Territory." Plague on tho ab-
stractions which are daily used by dem-
agogues to divert the people from their
own short comings, In regard to the
bleeding wants of our own people, and
our trc&spry emptied ty reckless mis-
management, extravagance, and some-
thing worse. Who but tho jlbrsons in
power are responsible for it ? And how
came it except by the prating about
Kansas, niggors, Walker, Paulding,
Nicaragua, and disunion ? Upon these
incendiary fillibuster, re-open the Afri-
can Slave trade, secession, judicial con
vention fooleries, have the people's mo-
ney been wasted, and the time ol their
public servants employed,until our very
Capital is in danger from Indian incur-
sions. Confound their abstractions —
Who cares for their "squn-a-ttcr sover-
eignty," or tho right of Dick Runnels
and his mouth-piece to carry their nig-
gers to Kansns or Utah ? Ijet them
carry them there. They would bo as
valuable to the exchequer of Texas there
as in Louisiana, But let ns have pub
lie servants who think of the scalps of
our frontiersmen's wives mid children-
poor men who havo no niggers to carry
to Dacotah. Give us Houston for Gov-
ernor, and you will hear of no more
such tragedies.
19* It will bo seen from the comma*
nication of Isom to tho Intelligencer,
tbat a Mr. Alexander Cowan is the
nominee for Representative of the
coonties of Bays and Caldwell. Th#
opponent of Mr. Cowan, is Cspt. J. W.
Davis, wbo in discusintr Democratic
principles is rather a bard customer to
uicct. '
Silam Coiatj.
Tbe editor has just returned from a
pleasant trip to the District Court of
Milam county, held at Cameron, noar
the mouth of Little River We remark-
ed six months ago, tbat the road crosses
the branches of Walnut, Gilleland's and
Wilbarger's creeks, which empty into
the Colorado rivor, aud also Brushy,
San Gabriel and Little River, which by
the common name of the latter, go to
sweil the Brazos river.
Wo took the mail carrier's road,
crossing the Brushy at Organ's settle-
ment, and striking the 8sn Gabriel at
McFuddeu's. The country could not be
visited at a more invitiug season. The
vast prairies are covered with tall
grass, fat cattle, horses, sheep, goats,
and Jackass-rabbits. The farms which
skirt theBtroams, are generally in fine
order. The frost had been destructive
to a few crops of corn, but enough is
beyond all contingencies to ensure an
abundant supply. A fino rain fell upon
Brushy and San Gabriel lust Friday
uight; und there must have been heavy
raius upon the Lampasas, Leon, or Sa-
lado, as Little River had risen some five
feet. Tho immense bodies of good
lauds upon all these streams are al-
most enough to tempt one to join our
Iriend Byrd in tho cry for cheap raw
Africnn niggers, to ravish tho " virgin
soil." But many of the settlers pointed
to their " cattle upon a thousand lulls,"
their bleating sheep and scaulpcring hor
ses, and reniiuded us that it is not cer-
tain, but nature's never failing crop of
mosquito aud other rich grasses ure
thu surest sources of wealth. One good
matron pointed to her flock of 120 sheep,
and assured us, that she commenced
with four ewes, and lour lambs, just
six years ago. All tho rest are nutu
ral increase, and she had killed "a few."
She recently refused five dollars a head.
Slie said, that others might grow crazy
about cotton; but she was contented with
stock nnd sheep.
At Cameron we found tho District
Court in session, presided over by that
Íiatriarch in the public service Judge
t. K B. B. ylor. We found Davis,
Barber, Giildings, aud Turver ol the
Washington bar, Broudus of tiio Burlo-
son bar, MeFarland of the Bell bar, and
Armstrong of the Williamson bar, and
Hancock and Paschal ol tha Travis bar,
in attendance. The resident bar, Sliced,
Gould, Buckhok, Hill, and others are
equal to the demands for legal talent in
that peaceful county.
Politically, wo observed, that while a
few adhere to the " organization " for
its own sake, most of them condemning
tho Gubernatorial, and knowing notli
ing of the Congressional nominee, the
masses seem determined to vote for
Gcn.'l Houston for Governor.
Wo wero told by very many whose
judgments we C6tild not doubt, tha of
the 4,000 votes in Erath's Senatorial Dis-
trict, 3,000 of them would certainly be
cast for Houston. That gentleman, we
were told, would support Houston; and
would either resign and run again,or els
pledge himself that if Houston does not
get a very decided majority ho wouhf
resign. The revolution against the
" Austin clique" is overwhelming.
That "Coffin nund-Bill,"
Which was stealthily smuggled througl
the Post Office last week, aud tho dis
covering of which so frightened the ven
ernblo Post Master for whose "flesh pot
of Egypt" his triplo official buglo horn
neighbor has been sighing like a furnace,
has come to light. Several of the suppos
ed faithful to whom it was sent,have sout
us copies, some with remarks not com
plimeutary to tho concoctors. It is
pl^od that it was an "t xtra Gazette."
Extras ftsaally get into circulation
about home ana are generally sent to ex-
changes without reqffesly unless some se-
cret purpose is to be accomplished.
But tho shabby scheme will recoil up-
on t'-c heads of the concoctors. It is a
corns hand bilí. I" Yoflng as wt are,
it revives the recollection of the "coffin
hand bills"with which federalism and Ar-
istocrats frightened women nnd children
from the support of Gen'l Jackson, who sa
ved the frontier by hanging tho incendiar-
ies, Ambrister und Arbutlmot. No donbt
but these haters of Jackson, ttfoo had
hempen notions about disuniouists, con-
ceived the idea Irom one of these "Cof-
fin Hand Bills," which havo so long been
consigned to infamy with his persecu
tors, if they could consign Houston,
who was Jackson's favorite to a "cof-
fin," they would feel that in the immola
tion of tho man who carrios the scars
of wounds, received in that same glori-
ous War, under tho very eye of Jackson,
they would havo gained one more step to
wards their notions of a splendid
Southern Confederacy.
This scurvy, pitiful trick of a secrrt
"Coffin Hand-ftill," will awaken tho rcc
ollection of tlie-original in the bosom of
every man who reverences tho name
and deeds of Jackson.
Circulate your "Coffin Hand-Bills,"
gentlemen. They will prove your polit-
ical graves after tho first Monday in Au-
gust.
Ho*. 8am Houston—Although entitled to
tlo prefix, we dislike to place it before the old
hero'* name, it li more natural to «ay Sniu Hous-
ton passed through Crookett, en Weduesday
last, and received many cordial shake* of the
haml from our citjsem. However hot they may
oppose him. polKlenlly, ho i* ever warmly ro-
evivcd whorever he appear* In Texn*. In con-
versation, the old Gen. remarked that Iteagan
had improved more than any man he ever *aw,
that he had now attained eolonal proportion*
intellectually and wa* " a perfect whale it Ihe
ocea ;" at present. In abort it is evident that
Reagan'* manly qualHie* havo won the old
hero'* heart, completely.—Omketl Printer.
Will Judge Reagan's brother approve
this T How will the Judge like it 7—
What will the Public Printer say ?
NT The Bastrop Advertiser gives
the particulars oftho murder of Brooks by
" Job Jones," (not Judge Watrone,)
at Dittmor's grocery. Jones escaped
He was • traveler, and hia name was
learned from hw pass-book. The neigh-
bors havo molted down tho bell where
tha liquor was dealt out.
I. I .a —
notice It. In the above .¡Ü- ® "J '
sett* has ■''
German ,
*nd will'
Gssette'.. ..
low Oermsus
be " <«"« the
course, did not know tlie *1" Uu«,71
bas, when praising up tha o¡£¡!£
election. Why, the "Mtntb£¡?*l "•tJTíl
mere trick ta get voter " it J?** *>¿11
to a littlt eoft aosp, but if aavhüi *°
.or by the buckM-fall!
ian. 'PXHhf yy.-
lu rtgtrd to the "drummi - H
have tosay, that I called
to dsn a call for a meetin* «f iXÜ ®f ■ «o2
to re-opeutng the African il,«. .7n¡**' bo
of Mr. Buchanan's adml"te?4*--*
ry one of ihem the object a(l '
«as then i.nor.nt of tte r^'T
paused, iieitber did I kuow^K^jkltf «J
proposed lor Oovernor VvmL "«mioij
to whoni I spoke about U wX'M#f "5*3
the ¿frican slave trade, and t«r¡¡3
•d oftho administration of Mr ii0lli
'• true refuaed to rtau,
aald, fer the only reason that faS?
their namea publiabcd. I n.v«
single signer. Every one who J
the meeting explained by me, iu M
Knghah, and if tho "tlx follow 0.™ °?"' >>!«
ne Gazette "can give," ware ' lw |
Iso Is Snlitaksn" k calling tbetíSV «uii
rhe Gasette further "can give th? ^
man algnenon the list. hc.(rc . ""ol,!
sette counts too tint. Thou are . r '
are not yet, hut Mind to become iliu 0lk««S]
entitle,! to a**,, hut lh.7h,"TM
ing, sud to expwsa their u|>iolot^fa'ai3
themselves for the future, .¿Ju
I or Ü.I. very reason I fi¿nd'
thoir it mu tin. W tlieir,
My timo for iolltcllnirilfnitupra . .. ,
. volhoars. Had it not hoeuf„,'
good many more signer . >0. W,
eak« t hhntodo.,,. 'lie
m.r thst he Is now n,ir'
"about" ss good a Deiuoerataavnu II. i /"I
feelty •••ensil'le." N.tte 0fthoi(ttorÍC¿¡í? '< 1
I
Mm. v
'r v',
s %
j - "i moanhei
to vote either ono way or (be «fuer
«bowl., that they are opposed to ih„
ricsii alas* trade, and that Utty .nprov. J
an s sdmiulitraUuu—that i t,|| |
lettemjki a ahoul it, Is only c.lculutJdT?1
agitato ft infnds of the " Fellow
tile election fi nvor, wilt, with ,n lhe i,^y,
time41 d~d Dutch us th^v *s,.i 7^"
lowOonutw" will vote for whom tUe/SjL
and other. / cMi ,cr 110 d,t,
the uol>lr i'tase.lands, who nrver^VÍSi
"?5- Ihey may call me a Know Nothia-i"?1
siso. I «hull never vole for a man whoUiiT.
opeh ngthe African .lave trade, ai.J.bnuk,^
ing Mr. Buchanan's adniiuiatraiinn.
AUOVSTW SCBtVi
" Trot 'emlñr"
For the Inttlllgeiicer.
EDITO fXTELLIORNCRa i-ThcSt",'«
lornitig, that it coo preaont Ihe itame.of
German , that have «luted thai Uiry ,|med ,k."1
the meeting, on tho SI at init., without kno.i., ,2.
port of thttr uctlou, and that they wouM «¡AÍ1
ventlou ticket. Tlii. surprises líe, itd |^'.?l
the Gazette to " trot" out tha nnaírfHÍ
aa nothing short of that will convince me of th¡¿
there are auch Germans in Aiutin, Tho Gito
know, I always bt-lievcd, what tiny .|(n M>lf
body c'.c, nnd I look upon tbU atkremsnt todteea
aa n «lander—il I am rni.lalccn, I wl h IoIiom
I am aware of a report in town that Mr. Builti?
In the olBcn of the Commissioner of Cliimi. hu
round a |in| T ainonj Iho German., to ba ittMlül
nnd purporting to be a statement tiaJ
zotte man's views, and alan Unit Mr. niirla-tkyj
thst hocan get the Germana to .l^n av|)ijwh,J
present thoni. Tlii# I alao believe to ha lil¿ «J
Mr. B., I do not think lilitigtillly of lucha b««.J
he knows he would fail to'carry out heshles, IA
think Mr. Burlagc. although rnjnylna perfsetlit
do so. v t.Uld net in that maimer, Mac > m*
clerk, und employed in the tame nfflti when (
Clark, the esndldate for Lt. Governor, l< nüq|
cer. I believe the whole atory U fal«, nnd i
roply 1 am ono of the " D DI
The nbuve is from a reaponiilile gi
the partiei assailed Of couria the I
will publish the name* of such diucitfj
the princ'ples of thecal). Weiosi-tthstittl
contest evory man has the rig'.it to puhlitbl
position—and that the thnci fetpiiretlntn|
Dfmncrat aboald *o.
The Caldwell Convtnlion. B< Mo|
Correipondonco of thd' fntoili^hccf.
IUvi Cotnmr, JHty30 b,lML
Mm. Pno TrM.-— D«ar Si*:~I hnve Just roturwdil
n contention held at Prnirio l«*m, in CnldwdlcooatiJ
the purpose of nominntittor r cnnriiilnte to rf]>r«
counties of !!«>• hnd Culdwell, in th«n « Let
I wm a more silent, but ol>s< rvins epectntor. Tfatd
of rrpresentntion adoptrd by rhe Houston cotral
governed the procfcdin^R of thii one, which pirt'
OnldwrU five votes,|snd flnyn two. foors^iini
to wit: Gen. J. D. Pitt*, and Ferg. Kyle of JUysJi
Cb'i 11 nnd D. Binitli, of Caldwell, were plserdim
notion, tlie Caldwell delegation retired bj- tlienuthi
seeret conclave, treating th* delegutoi rnimHsjil
utter contempt—not asking them or |iermitlin.'tb«f
eit with hein until they returned to the comeo ta ri
—-snd tben actunlly nnuounced the rosolt Bfthrirti
iTNtlous without eter consulting the l! ya ddentf
and the only nlternative. let t to the poor deluded Bi
ites, wns for thein to concur, *n«l to tbiffmt
ment of all present, neither of th* honorable |i
Cu in noinitistion was trentcd with common o
ut with profound contempt, by settingthtirclwosii
in a private room, snd nominating s «eutlemii r
•lx years (as 1 am informed,) in tne United fitate -
wm not nn nspirnnt within the Uuuwl«d|eot uj.fl
It be to the Caldwell delegate*, aud I nin crtdiJjil
formed that the nomination of Mr. Ale*. Cowmwit
terminad upon some several dnvs in sdvswes oftbsn
li lf of the convention, at a Hsfty pnrty of tho L«a
aud Trairie Les deloifates. I sin looking for, idj
genernlly cxpccted. tust there will be another a'
out before the people. Youri in hast**,
" PitiMíKr Mketino.—Agii eal i> lottom
lullont* passed by the Deniucruto CountjO"
volition, 8ug¡;eatiu^ lie holdiugol priraatir
iu?* tor tho purpose of feuding 'breo DjI(
frtim each Mugistrnlc'a boat, to ilieConnljC
vention, tlm IJ mocrnts of WebberriH#
cinily. met on last Saturday and nfter la'l
railed Col. John U. Bnuka to the Cliair.aiJlJ
I., ICsti imyc to act ns ftcetvlary. celeclnl M«r
Itarnhill. Hunks and Drown as delegate l «
Austin Convcnlioii."—State Gaulti.
Yes, it waa a tremendous affair.
Hank , the Kii6«y Nothing Cliaii
and two forlorn voters constituting
entire army of participant , "ufW
berville anJ vicinity," who shared in
honor and glory of appointingtlio
gates. It was " a long piil'i *'
pull nnd a pull altogether," cxcept
regarded one nomination, in voting |
which, a split occurred, devolving n|
the astute Chairman the necessity
resorting to the casting vote.
delegates, when thej appear in the A'
tin Convention will present very pi
aud satisfactory credentials. At
rato we shall consider them hotter
ccrtftin proxies, wo wot of.
One Hundred ¡lore of the Fori? TlwW'-
Old Washington County, (God N
her,) has presented to tlio editor
the National Register, one linnui
more names of good men ana tru t
are determined to support tlio 1
ous Houston for Oovernor, 1J'm'
A. Maverick, for Lieutenant Govcn. ■■«tia
and Gen. A. J. Hamilton lor Congn nt t
Among these patriotic 1
tho Register says, "are ninny j™ .
tried Democrats, who m tl'c' " t.ni|
paign, voted ngainst Oenerol Ho
"Roll on, silver moon."
piB-" We would «peak of the 8"^^«*
tbe editor oftho Ialclligencer. if,*
Svpil
ivctl
>hn, I
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itli ill
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proc
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to tj
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to thl
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hat
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natin I
tbe etlitor of tbo Intelligencer, m "-. ^a
desirous ol eatsbllahlng a reputation r I
ty." - Vie. Advocate. . j J
That Is right, Palmer. You
be encouraged by your eminen .1
in achieving a reputation of
looks." By condoned and |
efforts, you may also cstabli h one
veracity. Tho ladies say y°° |
very naughty fellow.
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