Tri-Weekly Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 23, 1861 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL 1.
Satur-
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO,
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day, Wf<i«#gdajr * 4 FrLUy
Office ectosite the Post
y Mon-
Office.
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so.-<? rati*, fur idverti&ementa t>i ¿lore
i;
than one fquare.
A^juaije i> twelve lines cir Ic??.
Advvr{ipespept%inserid in Spanish, Ger-
acan and ireiicn^ * . *
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JO a AXD'VOOK PRINTING
W . !-• • jlriniip on reasonable iernu an«§
iii lie v<-$t >rvle ija tbe different languages.
All í?raess c-.fpimunicatiiMM addr* >*ei to
NEWCOfMB & B^CIS,
San Antonio, T^xa*.
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V
L. BUQUOR,
ÍÜRDAY^HfeüÁEt, p$
.NO. 9.
feU4^íi«
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NOTAVY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and
fluent for the Sale and Purchase of real
Estate «^Transcription abd translation ot
Spanish, etc., «^¿cuWun tk# abmtesfc
rd«r. Justice of the Peace. O Hice,
No. 1, Navarro Builditígs, /
C. k JEFFERSON, f
Notary; Public and* Geheral A^nt.jwi
£romptiy ettend^ff ail bhtiness ectrnst*
> him. Deed* and other instrutues U|
writing drawn up with accuracy. Dhj
•itions taken in town and country-
Warrant Agent. ¿fee. janí
O. SCHLEICHER. E.
1 SCHLEICHER & ABA'
Tjiaye^ & CO.,
Di: ALEES IN
* /•.♦.yd r our aoXfns *
clothing' SHOES a^ffooTs,
«
fatsi Caps, Trunks, tj-e.
jjc Plaza,
+ Land and General Agents, Sat
rtxMM. WiH attend to the pui
?ale of City property, Land
scrips to the l« canon of landa,
of titlei, procuring of pa tent
in en t of Xaxee, al ao collectioi
ii.reaiment of money in, pui
iuan«. Office No. 9, french'a
i iif '•
JOHN C. FltENC)
FXCHANOÜ AND CO]
OFFICE.
Draft* on all pf$ocipal
United States anil Europe"
told, and collection! ,made
tertkia. Deposite s received
allowed on permanent time
janSiS'tt'
THE MOODIE 1ÍÓ1
I BÉG íeare inform the pi
Itiiottio
and
I^and
icting
pay
to the
and
Idiag.
ION
in the
it and
liberal
tinterest
it.
m
Professional Cards.
TUN'STALL £ UO WELL,
Have ifsociated tbemcelre in the
practice o< the luw in the District Court
■ Hex art and the adjacent counties and
t • .s^pretn 1 and Federal Courts at
A |y OtTiee in French's buildinf j
ha;. Ant* Bio, Texas. jan^^-tf
STKIBLIÑG k DITTMAU,
l awyers, San Anionio, Texas, will
practice in the counties of Bexar, Comal,
Guadalupe, Karnes, Medina, Kerr and j
Gillespie eounfcks. Special attention
given to land business and collecting-
CiT1 All Probate business promptly at- \
tended to. j*n2H-tf
I. P. SIMPSON,
Attorney at Law, San Antonio, Texas.
Office in French' building. jan2S-tf
I havefbought out the proorit
establishment, John Moodie, and
endeavor to keep up ita character;)
of the best houses of Weatera Texas.
J >••{rsRMS : '
Per Week.
4t With Lodging,
'* day " 44
SAMUEL b. HALL-
Sua Antonio, Texas.
feb
E. AHPLORIAN, AGENT,
yETNA INSURANCE COMPANY.
QUARTERED 1819.
CAPITAL^ - . . £ 1,500,000
CASH ASSETS...- 2,194,100 02
The jEtn^ Insurance Company has
transacted au exteneWe and eminertiy
successful business for the past FORTY
YEARS, and during thht period paid
iossea afnouniing t^^bove
Thirteen Miljliona of Dollars,,
forcibly demonstrating the ability of tlv
Company and the necessity of Insurance.
ISP* The income for tin* past
(1859) amounted to near Two MiHifh
Dollars, which is much more than double
that of any similar Fire Insurance Com-'
panv in tho United States.
The umlemgned Aj^ent. is authorized
*o issue policies against loss by Fire, on
I' l l " :>gs, Stocks of Merchandise, Ware
ho-is-M .rd contents, Manufaaturing Es-
tal'i^!i¿acnita,'and Persi nal Property gen-
erally Kfpe.'ifc!; f-ttentíon paid to the in-
fmraiice of Dwfjllipg Houses and con-
t#ui4 ¿r i term of! I to 5 years.
Lúz-<cú prompt!j adjusted and
r;; 11 . j • *
pcies issaed without delay by
E./v, FLOKiAN, Agent,
4Í , San Antonio.
thai tiiey marched-in and raised'
lefr fla^ and foend themselves in
psion of urfabvifid arico of rni-
[Itary si^f^rtWtlie Spanish Mil1-
itHry t^hest—that they found in
commencement, PROGRESS2Jt;D j the Fort sixteen pieces of Artillery
END OF THE
Written Í^A\% Aá&mo Erprces.
Recollections and Ketóijii.scfiicüs
. X t!í
A CORRECT HJSTf
or
Ma gee Expedition
it L ST A V
MAIN
DEALER
PLAZA HOUSE.
I> L. McGARY,
Attorney at Iiaw, Uvalde, Texas, will
practice in all the courts of Uvalde, Ban-
ders, Atascosa, Medina, Kinney, and Mav-
erick. ja 2$*tf
L L. & E. S. HEWITT, 1
• \! , f
Attorneys a* Law, San Antonio. Texaa
will attend promptly to all business ea*
tmsú-d to their care. Office, first doof
«patairs in K. Jones' building, «outhei
corner Main PI
HENS(j>N k COWAN
Attorney at Law. San Ant<
San
E. 0. SI
ot Smith'
proprietor!
City.
He tend*
patrons,!
be rentoi
here
TIXAI.
the well known Ho«t
in Asatio, U now the
tk« Plaza House of our
4-
MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.
m
friends and
that he may
10« oew enterprise
£. B. SMITH.
MEN6EH HOTEL,
PLAZA^ SAM AKTOStO )
Office on Commerce Str<
Piara. Will practice in
boring counties, and in
h up re me Court at Austi
E. S.
I>awyer am
uio, Texas.
door, of Messr
jan28-tf
wbick
the beat
Notary Public, 8 an Anto
~ce in second story, firs
J. Ulridi it, Co 'a store
L A. I'ASCHAL,!
San Antonio. í q
PASCHAL, |L A. A,
and C
Austin, will i
Federal
W. PASCHAL,
and in tke
ana Fourtk
and Goliad,
tkm to
hem.
W^/Attoroaj;
Antonio and
A pr«me and
* Galveston
Jp, fteeood
fa «trónzale
special atteQ'
baainess eatructed to
iMH I
/NEWTON,
Office—last door
bailding, south eat
Bm Aitonlo, Texas
has with great care
fitted oat a large
on the oast fide of
. ..- on Alamo square,
on the 1st of Febuary.
himself that his esUo
ouad by the traveling
as ftkHy equal to the
will «pare no pains to
and all tbe accommodations
to thoae of any hotel in the
lo tbe establishment
and well ventilated stable,
all timas be supplied with
uNl attended to by ex-
W. A. MENGER.
—1 r
PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE.
UBS. ADAMS begs loara to inform
heir friends that she has tabea the new
buil'by
F. Guilbeaa last snmmeron Flores street
Bear tbe Presbyterian Chareb, where a
few private familiea can be accomodated
with hoard and snitable roema.
JOHN U. CABOLAN,
AÜCTIONEEK AND COMMISSION
I MERCHANT,
•jt ibe OLD Stood, Coroer ef Main
and Trevenio streets. Sole
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
JenW-tf JOHN M. CASOLAN
KiW ORLEANS MAIL:
Arrives Sunday, Tuesday, Wed-
nesday aud Friday—irregular.
Closes Monday, Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday at P. M.
i sT-1 ají ola mail ria Sulphur Springy
Arrives every alteruate day by
IS o'clock M.
Closes every alternate day at
3 o'clock, P. M.
victoria mail viv Goliad:
Arrives every alternate day by
12 o'clock M.
Closes every alternate day ^it 3
o'clock P. M—making a daily mail
to the Coast.
austin mail:
Arrives every alternate day by
4 o'clock A. M.
every alternato .day at
5 o'clock ?
colt>ibus mail via Seguin:
Arrives daily by 1$ o'clock M.
Closes daily at 3 o'clock P. M.
eagle pass mail:
Arrives Wednesday and Satur
day by 6 P M.
Closes Sunday and Wednesday
at 8 o'clock P. M.
CORPUS CHRISTI MAIL*.
Arrives Wednesday and Satur-
day at 6 P. M.
Closes Sunday and Wednesday
at 8 P.M.
! pREDERICKSBCItO MAIL:
Arrives Tuesday, Thurday and
aturda^ at 8 P. M.
Closes Sundays, Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 8 P. M.
. EL *ASO MAIL.
Arrives Saturdays.
9 P, M.
LAREDO MAIL.
Arrives Friday by 6 P. M.
Closés Sundays at S P> M.
BANDERA MAIL.
Arrives Wednesdays toy 6 P. M.
Closes Sundays at 8 E M.
Office hours : from 8 jA. M. to
1 P. M., and from S F¿ M. to 6 P.
Mj Sundays from
and the military cheat enabled
thefn to pay to cach of the troops
11 back dues. That with the
kb*undane$ of provisions on hind,
—End of the expedition J Attempt to revive | ina(le them contented.
the ro^nct Of Texas. ' | Thev no doubt had a jolly time
Tl-ir .emt.ne wü.e all dispps-¡ of . on dry ,)read> mad(;
ited in one pit soantiiy covered ;of mc2fp0ttndcd ¡n a mortar by
ar.d numbers of them were after-j , , , . r . ,
t , , . , . ! themselves; and boel broiled or
ward* devoured by the wolves. ¡, ' ,
, tf' . « ! boiled on the open square where
Ihus terminated the Mauree Expe- !t. , , 4 .,
p i *"e "U8t and jpanure from the
C \JK* . . . i stock, 8easondr their meat and
Ioledo returned the next spring I . . . , . . . ,
\ °; thickened their soup. Ana the
with ten or twelve broken down1 . ■ «, .
1T ^ rt. 1 . 11*1 j i ■ nee m the quarters, contributed
U. b. oiu^rs and established his ] ^ x ,
a ^ j. Jf to lull them to reposeetnitter the
Ihétó* ífciarters on tbe west side ! r ,. ri. , „
* . . , i faticrues of the day. Passingr over
e he was icmed , J n , r .
a hundred and one (gross false-
•"tTlfe Sabine, wher
by seventy ^r e:
and a few Americ
ertson arrived soon afterwards
with fifteen or twenty men. Aud
in planning- %iie details of the
1 o \ s
expedition they ^<m!d not a:
Toledo insisting oi£ the ^mmand
and ihe appointment pf his subal-
terns and Robertson contending
for the right of su Trage, allowing
the raen¿to elect th
Robertson and h
withdrew and ea
encampment, som
above Toledo on the river
remained thore jtwo or three
months waiting for volunteers,
but their own difficulty becoming
hooda^J notice he gives them
another jubilee at San Antonio in
the distribution of the military
and abundance of spoils
ghty Mexicans
ans. Dr. Rob-
and provisions. He says " after
rrree : .
' the execution of the prisoners,
that Kemper and Ross and seve-
ral others of the officers aban-
doned the expedition ; and that,
a, ,| the men being left without the
eir own orncers, . °
- w fre**4«ttntof any lawiui authoritv,
rs men finany , ,
. ,. 3 ., . j abandoned themselves to great
tabusued their! . .
t ., i excesses, and, while thus reveling
3 twelve miles;. , ' . , .
They
public, no one w
join them, They
ed the liberation
Texas to future evlents.
as disposed to
mally abandon
in almost every specie of dissipa-
tion they were surprised by a
new enemy." They must have
enjoyed their roast beef and San
Antonio water with a ¿pisto, [that
being their only means of sub-
ir conquest of ! 8ta°ce for five mfonths'3 .
| Tnese are a few specimens of
REVIEW OF il
HISTO
In reviewing Yc
of Texas I find sue
it ion
patience if it did
iny equinimity to
noeus extracts from the narrative
f Capt. McKim, to
ty he refers, as
RRONEOUS
RY.
his entire narrative of that expe-
dition. They are too incorrect
and preposterous to pursue fur*
akum's history thcr. I find also, in tbe Texas
h a multitude of j Almanac for 1861, a sketch of this
misrepresentations an erroneous ¡ expedition from its incipiency tin-
assertions in regard to the Mageu j til tbeir arr¡vai at San Antonio
t/ w o üld cxljíiust my purporting to be furnished by a
not discompose ^jr uan, who, is there given as
pursue his erro
whose authori-
most reliable fe
being Quartermaster. He may
have been the man that kept a
journal and frequently amused and
entertained his companions by re-
citing his observations aud re-
marks. Bore is 4 specimen : On
crossing the Sabine river, he ex-
claimed, "and now we have launch-
ed into a new world." He may
have succeeded tljie old man, re-
ferred to in the foregoing sketch,
bearing the brand and matk of
"North Carolina", Who commanded
the border ruffians!; and who, was
drowned in the Brazos river on his
return home from $an Antonio.
He i starts the Expedition from
the Trinity river <j>n the La Babia
■
HENRY h. RADAZ, #
road, with a force
hundred troops.
bin£ their march, they arrived
at La Bahía before
of Nov;, and only
red and sixty troops in the Fort
t-
of nearly eight
And after de-
day on the 14th
found que huttd-
a member of the expedition and
reliable authority; and as such I
| regret, that I am compelled to dif-
fer with him in many of his de-
tails of it. He starts Ma gee on
the same road with Yoakum. But
he starts Salcedo and Herrera or
their troops from La Bahia by the
way of San .Antonio, to meet Ma-
gee, pursuing a road diverging
from the one they were on at the
St. Marks, where they expected to
meet him—some forty or fifty
miles. It is not a supposable
cj^e, that Salcedo was not in-
formed of the march and almost
every movement of the Americans,
until he was assured of their des-
tination. He then preparred to
meet them. All his garrisons
east of Sao Antonio having fallen
back to that place at least ono
month beforé the Americans mar-
ched from the Trinity rivery appris*
ing him of ityir advance to that
place. Mr. Hill, says, tbe Ameri-
cans arrived *t Xa Bahia on tb*
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Newcomb, J. P. Tri-Weekly Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 23, 1861, newspaper, February 23, 1861; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181816/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.