Tri-Weekly Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1861 Page: 2 of 4
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■ l'lie Alamo Express
I
/%
tue cmsm of mo.
Ms, Kennedy,
J. r* xsweoiiB, i:cuoi ?
fXWAY, 9tAM0ii. m IS6I.
cv^missioaer of
WHAT ilA^ OCR FROSTIEB 8CT- j
ILi:SS GAINED BY SECESSION*? i
Very few of our ireutier settlers
own slaves, (and even ii they did
they cauli have no fears from
At aUtionists, their a: ly danger
c^wlig fi'oiii Mexico.) their 'pio j
petty cuuatsjts principa! v :n cattle
; ot tbe LT. 8. census bureau, hag
! made up tbe follow tjig table oí
; the eeoaaé of I860:
j Maine—Fíen persons, 6! 8,658,
j New Hampshire—Free,326,172.
Vermout— Free, 315,821.
Massachusetts—Free, ¡1,231,494.
iibode Island—Free, 174,62!.
Comieeticut—Free, 400,(>70.
New YojkHrFree, 3 ¿31,663
New Jersey—Free, 676,0^4,
Pennsylvania—Free; ¿.910,018
PATRIOT L$
oiu au
SgRTIMKNTS — A
\h OFFICER.
permitted totako ihefol
xtraet fh>m a private let-
el tO *geiltle«mn iu til
RESOLUTION
Of the Fúfle if Tex ts, approving the
ads 4tf t¿¿. CemmmitMfs acíing mI
Uktífi? of the Cemniit'e? if 1
z*ife$^ *
Whkreas, Co!. Watte, late (
WM&ttijt tbe Department!!)!. t-— - , M, . it
Tesas, Las protested against "r boP* >u" W,U not let ,he irm>' le te
tbe seizure of the public ' IWMfc giTmsT««r fn«.d it. thi* HrM
of the I'l.ited Stats " "
-Intonio, and,
WhlSKEAS. It is
til
■ir-
&
of
liAé
Delaware
110,34S,
atiu horses and thesíeb&v© bees ^ staves,^l,J*t)5; tota*,
i * .:«?« of profit in tHHiscijuruc**'4Í írginia-r—;f? ree, l,0'jt,373;slave,
t! e rea^v market
■¡m
proxi.u *v of the I
funds of
therefore.
Ratictdy That tbe CumrnL-slonei s
ting iu hehaff and under tbe
l cderal tr*x>pshave been removed; South Carolina—i^ree, 308,1 SO;! Safest^ ^
$ rd/t tv -he W ... | Ré
. . * . North i an ima—Free, 90 * |
: _ rU 1'008'34r idired
^ ijr a call, your presence would gladden
heart* I know, as being cue of tbe
i r* .< * -i &*w
, v f 'r\fv are i l l eif thetu. as public enemies.
' 41 * * ' ]Uv«| sol the glory of tbe stars and tttipei
lt° ^ "'V1" . Í adeJ away like a bright dream? Who
_ . ( 1 * ^UU14 have thought tiioeo who Luve all
munttwiiai u.' war ano tUe tmonc , . . , * , d .
,i i •, \ heir Uves I&uoeu the Atiitncan flag and
tac I aueo ^uUtí. ¿ , . i . f ..
it'll proud a ¡.a aecuro beueatu it* folia
itAILUOAU NOlici;
«*16 aus$ec
The Sua Antooin na o i/p ,
F"!^ "" f"4 «ü^,ÍVhf«.r.'«•';*
lt*l. wUl ttoMyoit *Htater* a id
h^twef o T.a v«(ia and the *—•«• - k
lows, until furfht;
Leave Lavaca,
* \ ictoria. \vUUWl nací; \ y
Direct c. nneetiona are iui.de
8t*s>* and Steamship liar- forihe -*^!
and the ^errniuu',
ibcrNotleei;
. j 4 30 p. u
ia. (end or tract) H. a y
,uient
tbat tber-s is
between the sc
ivvhi* d «ot re^&rd the aimv, now j tiauaportati* n of MaiU b.u,
! seniiem. J^O. C. FiirA'fif
Feu.'iOt b, ISr I.
Tbe st^te of Texaa, i In district c., •
Cctnty of Bexar. J of ¿v<ía!<
Jvbo C. FreLcb,
P*.
Jamec Dawaoa.
NV
«•'«Iv
s *e
e tv
y of this Convention,
.:„.ash ,v,. mudo u sw,h>p «W. 407 185, tou! 715.371. ||tav«ri-fctfuHv aud^r.^rlv re.-
(Ib *et',e e«.c¿its nd now . beergta—h i ee, 015 330: slave/-j-e .j .s. tZ*..
„ , l oth at hotue ftatl abroad, abould now do- j
^ ? K
seéi ste ar <i aparn ut But *ucb ia the tad ;
.iicoojilsteucy of oür feeble uature. My ; To the Sheriff if mid County, GrMini
Whereas Joba C, Freucb, ha« tbm
frete e n, e o ta ai¡ t
.ft the sbreiks of murdered men
a' i w\i'¿aea miiswt*r what the
: • -i'ier haa gained by secession
It is said that these depredatb.«ns
a.-e anything xa -re tU u* ;
mus# wbo asaeú tais knu .«■ uatii-
of the matter. There are
marv laiiaas, up^n our frontier at
present jtlwia there have been for
^eara, at.i tibe damage already
d ane • w it bin Xiw last tw i> week
e^aa!« that of any year for many
p&c t. The proa pec: is that there
w;!i be tbcusands cf Indians
upon war fruauer shortly, nsw
belag fed by tbe t* Govern-
meet wbieb does net recoznize
cur sect ion &r.d will not turnk >se
these Indians upon us unless
forced to do so by, Tt ias mad
caps. T&ese Indians are at Ft
4 v* 41> i * total, iv082,7$7.
, v., " —i >vv-i'v,< : ; i;
Florida— iree, >d >S5; s!avle} Co, j
slave
á0¿?, total, 1.45,901
Juibaiaa-—Free, 520,4 14
4Z~-,473; total, $05,91 *.
Mississippi—Free, 407,óól: l ¡
slave, 459,007; total,- SST,15S,
Li >titsia n a--Ff e e,
; farmed the duty assigned thvai,
by stndnj - tbe public fuods of the
oiled States iu the city of San
-intonio; and that this Convention( ]-
fn!!y approves ef the action oi jpKaá Exmrss:
leart éoiüthuw iuiagive* me wheaever X
® j - - —_ "" — '—"-I «W vutlt tjjj
t > to take aidea with the aeceaaiouiáta. j filed in th« elérk'a office ot said c^nri
3ti v i^iuitive cunclusioa pronounce* it an ) petition^a£aio*t Jaa. Dawson, reprt-
$üh 4y cause m.d hope tells tue there wll i Htt^iou *?j, indtbuw i„
., * ] him in the auiu of three thounar,.l ^
)ct .eare-scaon j dollara bc^iJe inteitiit
evideueeá^v two protsi«*orjv
I
[C oui municated.
! the Cumnnsstotiers in tin
ises*
!>4 •,Í5-stare ? 1>,esen"^ l'J . ? « . of!<¡*
,;í¿,1&6. total, ctíc,43l ' i Austin aud oi a;.imrtts!y adopted
Arkauu—Free, 331,710 j slave,! ^ above it wti: be wcii to ¡ k
¡0S,Ms;tctri, 41 J,775 - stale is one of tbe enactments of; f
lexas—-1 me. 416,0 DO; s!avef | the con vea tt an, íwbtcb after
lt4,9oo; toU:!, J>tHi,V50. _ lUviug fa-filJed tbo tutssion i ^'
Free, 859.D28 slave. !markeá 00t ^ h
m mm
frtate," because the reader!^
, might bj deceived by seeing it
| * ^
; headed "resolution fa the People Uar'a
j of Texas/* If tbe mora! sense of *rn
pretli* j. | jThat a *e4*e*aion politician ahc-uld be a
| gotnd hiaiorian and geographer cauaot be
led, but when the geniua of the
r ar d Tex n ia No. 3S3, pata
ep bs auch, he ought to bo « If per annum.
, . . .. ron which ia endorsed
ire caatious in so doing, or else his
Manually a* follow s, to-«it <he fimt
* $1730 11, San Antonio. Jan'yU \z;>j
wO#^ctnand after date, 1 protnig w
"P*t to the order of Jí'hu C- Fr^cci
" Mflfeuteen hundred and thirty II /m
'♦¿hilara value received, with intcreit
from date at the rato of twelve ^
Jauies Dawson."
a credit for eiglt
hundred and sixry four 91 10U do¡t&r
Teariessee
287.112; total. 1,146.610." ' tuarsed out tor It,^ continues
Kentuc ky- Free, 9200,77: slave, éess^ü!i ^ie bulling* power
¿¿5.490; total, j 145,507,
Ohio—Free, ¿,337.917.
vts
fed and s:cpt
Indiana—Free, 3,350,802.
lÜícuis—Free, 1,091,231
Mtssouri-Free, 1,085,090; slavt
115,619: total- 4,2011,20^.
Michigan-Free, 754/291
Wisconsun—Free, 768,485
Iowa—Free, 632,002
Minnesota—Free, 112,793.
Oregon,:*— Free, 52,560.
Cal;fornia— Free, 384,770.
Total Fres, 27,241/791:
education must be eonsidemd j dated February I, 1801. And ti n 4m nd
Den s be net know ijbat 0ie ¡ C Fort Davis, Texas, October l.^th.
leere fiiat suhjagated by al^rth j *' uü- °u firat «¡ Ma*t,
A1 a . " id "jy, I promise to pay to Milton }\
Ue M««ion.aD.. ktfolf Ihej- .. T„rs „rKhj(l ordtfr t,£ 'tuul T,a,
by Alexander, to Jtenqeat j' ^^hundred and aixty one d«diars :,.r
¿•yria and India ? JDi4pe never fi4 valué received. Jarues D)swh<:
which fast note the said Milton Fam#
listory that the
tal Latins
wei
PtKj#rtl :^¿a ti.„t tora valuable consideration endoroe^aid
rabera that La-- tra0,ferred w petit¡t>ner aa.j wllicku
¡a coa<jm tU were made in&outb lhe rollowlDK credit endowed ib,Wi
trie*? Hasaewfver read or baa j eighty 14-1# dollara, dated April 4a
ten that Alarist with hi* legions I "O*, and six hundred and twel ve l o
tbe Korttti to subdue Home•? dollar* dated May 9, liioi): that
Mo4>ra «*iPBí.nítrari-l to Vienna !auCtí of eaid note8 U UDPfciJ '
4 V í ¡ d^nt has failed and refused to psy d
^ll^Poa burnt Moacctw, are ¡ g(¿jle though often requested so to \bt
•iatori* discoveries made by the i said note* were given for a valuable c-.
gcgrtleman of the Ledger and ! ?iáe tion, and that petitioner ia the ,e^
t * 1 a 11 ^ • oWner and holder of said n« tes; that «a,;
íf.inol. h« certainly abould re-1 0>w,un ¡,8S pr0¡l,ny io ,te C,.ü,it) ,f
appointment aa Frwfeseor of an-1 Bexar; and praya for attachment, for
modem Mstery of the Univer&i- citatit>n by publication* for jodgmeot itr
I debt, interest* and cost, for an order \>l
f^ale and for general relief.
And wherea*. the said John C Frenph
1 . ■ / - . I hath made oath that said Jamea sDawioc
luwing ,s an txtraci j40ut aow a resident of this State.
letter, written by : You are therefore hereby comraatJ^i
tilaiiiar i,- that >ou summon the said Jaines Da a#*.,
tae pre ! iMHrtb planter %o h.s ^ majKic^i|iba«ati« of thU writ io tu
Ccbb and will
there urdes# tbe trecps are com-
pelled to abandon that place.
* Tbe prospect is that the country slave t S53.
will iave to be taxed to death to slave, 3^241,144.
keep i^ a separata state gvwrn- Territories,— Kansas,
sae&t, of course ¡the r oor frontiers- Nebraska, 28,893: New Mexico |
;iiuMw¡.o ,ra t... ; 92,024: i tab, 50,000; DakotabJ
man miliotf« sa s^are to bear .« , . . . ^ , , í4. I
• 4,839; Washington, 13,6S4; Dis- :
the community is not blunted wa,
j ask what does this mean othef';
jthau an _ endorseíuent of unjust!*
Sable blunder. Texas has made
j known ü 1 greiranc.- as yet
irequires the seizure of the govern-
ment property, and this wh<
5 transaction bears the stamp
j base mercenarv ai^tives instead
I io í i r,, I ^ ^ *" _ <■ .
d s Texas manliness and indepeadenc *
total
fies and
We tü« the privfledge éf Inserting:!
We ask ignin w!i t bas our iron- Colombia.* 75 3*1" Total, ^ foUwíB«.tott*t *"** 10 — i
tiergaiced by ti* uuLolv cause cf 406.3Í5. ¡metor of tku p.p«:
Messrs. Xiircú¡n& .V Baccus
the Southern Confederacy,
is rife Eve of History.
from a
atcessu's-
QT VTe lb ink it
- The ■ above
high tibe that careful studying.
figures
Naugbtei,
jtiiyt— /■
Your deaf'
will bear Voa will find 'inclosed ^3- 00, for which |
Figures don't >^awHi Vle%ie *eod me .vour PaP^- **
, , , i- 71! . . . 1s¿: j r\ tbavs made three unsuccessful! -efforts tei- • .
certain extreemiy southern north- ue if blustering demagogs do. By. . , . . ... j was, not over —,—_
. '• .. a • ft receivo mfoimatum through the mad now ? .«ai
em men and editors were tneadv ^ ^bove cansos retorns ™M ¡Tew¿tt%act* could reach you, but 1 7
tag thrir waje ot wendiag tbeir i'e eeen that tbe entire white pop->tfflppoM mf iette„ were intercepted , ü,a all ln ro.
way back to their native lands.; tiiatlon cf tbe seven aececding &• they were directed to the editor prev<p,jt tném taking
We are strongly ef tbe opinion states amounts to 2,103,647; by a j of tbe **Alamo Expressis besng know n j their country but
that tbey are emisaries of Wen- comparison it will be found that |M« Yoa ah in vain. I am surd i
dell PbiKps, who said j„t' tbe New York alone has over „i|.; Z,/^e1^ SZ£Z'CZu bífi¡l%*«
otter day m a speech at Boston, -,!um more tohabuams than the;XeIM Wfo„ tea? &Bd p;„, d,, ¡Íeílre not •! owíd tÍaJ^fe
abch- seven states, Pensylvanta- has,ticy alung with native ftate, Ky. ¡ ^¡ígs no máttor how much the*,
iiOMiffit ¡ WeiidtV. was very in 312,271 mere. We are really 11 repudiate ike Palmetto fiag. 'lone'' 'il ii V - • i t rt •
* the aeban.ed of nnr insignificance j'<* -f ■ T :of'Sro, I would .
a • • ; reared ana ensf with more devotion tí an * i u ^ t .
and blüstering pretentions in j # . * ,. . , . , . . . if I could. Cannot say more oo
° r i:e?er: to the one which my father defen-Jeo ,v* t- ar t - r • ,
the face of such facts Who is it , tLa , . , , this subject for fear of being cab-
uc Ul euta tat . ti nu is u honored, the stars u¡d stripe*. In ?e(l in abolitionist "
confederates, in tb's pcrtign of the that talks of war with only 2,703, consequence of my devotion to the Union ■ 4
world. 647 white inhabitants -whipping sc¿ oppositíoa to secession, I am d€noun- j Indues Niur Oakvillb *-A re*
iy T^ereUi cs!y b^~4I.C<*> vatea the North and taking Mexico?¡ce^ M ^ *b'hsi nist or « poor cowardly port wag jn town Thartday that
catt ia tae State to a r m beard frota Remember also that we bave a; ^ li aH Uf00 ««..wen? about 400 Indians were wStbin
wfcicft is abect a lalf wte. and br which slaVe Donulailoa of ^ 340 67t I ** t ^ J** *Tfort^ m,lí>8 6Í 0akríU^ U*** 0ñk
. Sí*%e population CI «,íS4y,0« Miwmíst he when tsey í¿ae such epuaeta C^r'^ra h*A AU.
r ^ a* ^ t^UE^ofw Which will be woise than a dead fit u notafe gether safe now
weight in case of trouble. Onr | wewioa, if we judge from tfereatsand county, calling for men to go and
object is not to work upon fears Oh, that our county attack them.
, ¿g also ! rumored that thirty
I Indiana were seen at tlie Olmos,
; wnd tbat meu bad gone from
Ft. Puues asd Ft. -It is ! * <* mAktf* ranches after
m a tp^ccb a
unbnisx meant
Wendell was very
discreet in thus exposing
hands cf his tip-snorting, inténiñ-
ed, do uible-refined, back-action
ear New York { Alamo Expresa, a weekly Dewspap^.
published in the City of San Antoiñ,
and County of -Bexar, for four aaccedcivt*
ave joined j week* prev ious to the return d y fe* fW 1
William ; *** appear before our Honorable Diotrici
i . Court for said County atthei Court H I 'Ü4S
S*r-ii *a the City of Ban Antonio on tbe í
William | Monday ha March A D 1861, toan«wsr
botb ! the Petition of Johu C French tg&iu:
10 I Jamea DawsAn.
' And then there make return how jou
have executed this Writ.
Witceaa John M. Carolan. Cfcrk
ef said Court ami the seal thereof
8.] at office in the C?ty of San Ab
tocio thia 21. day ot February
A I). 1861
J. M CAROLAS Clk D. C r> C
by G. W G.1Spwb,uj
*
epuhets.: county. Couriers had been dia-
tty ef tbe people are aaa^nft s^eessi -c — i "" t——■ — w" i**t —. 8. v.t >task i|üs(t pattíbcd to various parts of tbe
A «gocür of tb«e cm ter «te^ee}we'aht in CMe of Uonb'e- Our,•«« >">. ,f jad^e from thfeataaud
sa e i«en optáisfd &sde? &•#* pretense , —J — — — -t™ j^ CCffie {<> ^
bribery, trickery a¿d mimíteém. gome/ but to bring oar people to a sense f 1?; Yours &c
tare been deecived by tse cry ot re-e<e- of tbeir helplessness, in case of
«nwtk , Otáer. bj iht a^^rasoe that all war if DO help is tendered,—and
tie Berber States woeld ceeede, t^at . / . - ,
there wa, a. «re,«. b!e ««S et, tbat of keeping up a
great pro ^er;tj w«oU «pñat w,t «f ¿i f sepS^te government. ' tiroi^beUU
csics, dtc- Tbe. timid were assured of _ ^ | do it, aad we
peace: the wild, redtlews aad daring were ' Tne result of the election
pr^másod war. gaci bave bees tbe deeep-ÍMt Moníiay, "for Senator a
ttocs mmi Io jpal! a frmtsM, geBeroas people. Hepresen tail ve, as far as. asser-
Aiay cf r«ítrlfc«táe8 w ©ear ai UadWbeó t^ioed, was almost unanimously
a free sad isd'taaat pecpiii wsS trsmple in favor of Judge ¡/Neal to the
auder foot i ais ib^tnUsfs aad former, and A. M, Hobby, Esq to
rw-
to baad the 2lat day of February
id Í hereby order publication of
ling writ in the Alauio Express,
ieessive week^-
Jokn Dot bin, Sheriff B Ca.
SALE-
[Habchero*
* * *f * - * *
rlsp'i believe there fa ,4-k tb« > *«*
<wje* w^teiapt fa.- i^mÍÜ h(|A|wL JSli: 'Poor
to talk aho-it taklrg these
is £i.t force eaoo^it
On tbe:
in front of tk«
city of Saa Ast
boars, 1 shall itt
highest bider far e
nine handred and .
«beep and one Mttodii
of Goats and their i
oay of Jaly J850, W
either or botl as maf #•
e if«aláfwaelfcuosifiated Kdies. It!*e latter office. Tbey bave
Three war
and it is
I ^Jysf
at any time.
When Lie«t.
«son of Ft Pikeac
are líiBí «i'ar Ft' W« «wy is supposed u> have met
liW7is.CH^wV.i«rir,T *?Ú¿ ,Tf- Js|WDe"
r c« be rciafjreed f «J he «f 1 of i.df,^°.to .tremeof
i [a new American Indrodnctron]
rw**™ but we^ all bel ire his head baa
ratwa posses- j g. „
bad but a (tw ofj f*8"! Cot 01
a force of80 men, j iflU Holbrodt's UU,
S. Mail,
tt
by the commanders of states that during the last year}
tb.abüeas been elected.—[^n-jiis caw mounted
We Isam by the Southern cAeft.
In^iligeitcer tbat the ése reaí- _ „ __
Ümo¿ of Máj East, in Austin, f /rfm tbe'?*?!* ofli2D0 ** * ^ c^ld be uken letter office f,t90 letter containing
¡Af^Cja «i iwA i_t> bark Ci.sra by a loss <* *00 mm. That favorable! $52,154 86. More than nine tenths
Saftf : sale being wade te
wfttt tbe provisioa* of a certaia
Trust,
Jones and 8. €. Ctíldrew, trasteas,
SiS?
No. J, pages Kos
ti paym«*tof a earl
drawa by said Be '
Jcnes for I&4l50-Iv«
3t interest tbaraaa, fias tbe ^th d.ysi
July 1B59 Said Med of Trust eonvsy*
ing ail tha staak oí Sheep and Goats at
¡ tbat lima on mié Boriag s
ft rf
with W;
was dwwoyed by fee on wedce - Windsor, of Now York, with '720
dsy th« 18th, loss estimated at j Africans, has been csptured by a
$r m 1 Spaeth steamer
f i
I
the Southern forces then at Pensac 4a, i tnere were received at the dead ^
CbUdrassor
of il^s mmotkAt has bean delivered j wakaibjssafcis
to the writers; the remainder! i^Ob.C*^il|DMS8. T1**9*
refuse ta rea%a hVaeat ¿ tbe Beuse 1 awaits tbe catt of tbe owners. 840 AuU***'
M bead
exaa , it is stated
KatPraaryft. l«6i
f30 dsys-tt *
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Newcomb, J. P. Tri-Weekly Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, March 15, 1861, newspaper, March 15, 1861; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth181827/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.