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INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS,
Al OUSTiNli, TEXAS. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1859.
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[Fr-na the Congressional Glohe
lexas History -Personal Vindication,
Mb. HOUSTON. Within a very
few days, Mr. President, My political
life wilt -terminate. Previous to that
-event, I deem it due to myself, and to
the truth of history, as well as to pos-
terity, that I should be indulged in vin-
dicating myself against uncalled for
charge? and unjustifiable defamation.
Were it necessary', in retiring from of-
ficial position, to cite illustrious exam-
plea for such a course, I could cite that
of Gen. Washington, who felt it nee
cssary, with his large, his immeasura-
ble renown, to otter a refutation of
anonymous calumnies which had been
circulated against him, and to specify
the particular facts in relation to them.
I find* too, that General Jackson, in
his.life-time, deemed it proper to file a
vindication of himself, which, was not
disclosed until after his decease. Not
wishing to place myself in a category
with those illustrious men, I neverthe-
less feel that it is due to myself to vin
ral, and that really, on that occasion, t
he had acted with a delicacy unbecom-j
ing a rugged soldier. This is the de-j
sign. How far it will be successful, Ij
do not pretend to say ; but it is strange ■
that such a mass of this work should
be produced., I perceive that no less
than twenty-five thousand copies of it
are circulated in tbe character of a
book. It would be rather, imposing
bound in cloth or leather, but in paoer
it is not so very important; but still
there is something very ostensible about
* My object: o\ ths3 occasional? be
to show the true state of facts connect-
ed, with that campaign, and with the
wars of Texas. It is a subject which
I had hoped was passed by forever,
and would never again come under re-
view, particularly my having had any
connection with it. I had desired that
it would cease forever, so far as I was
concerned, and that I should never be
placed in a position in which I should
seem to be fighting my battles over
again. They have not been so numer-
ous, or so illustrious, that I should re
call them with any more pleasure than
that which arises from having rendered
yeoman service to my country, and
rendered every duty that patriotism
demanded. I had hoped, therefore,
that I should be spared this occasion of
presenting myself before the public.
In treating of the subject now, I will
speak of the general and Commander-
in-Chief in the third person, for I do
not like the pronoun I so often re-
peated as would otherwise be necessa-
ry, and I shali give it that character
which I think will be most seemly and
acceptable. *
It is necessary, in the first place, to
announce the fact that, on the 2nd of
March, 1836, the declaration of Texan
independence was proclaimed. The
condition of the country at that time I
will not particularly explain ; but a
provisional government had existed
previous to that time. In December,
1835, when the troubles first began in
Texas, in the inception of its revolu-
•. *w* ,v ,w —^ V" ~ "" uon men in session at &an tfenpe.
dicate my character from the afiaric^re^nea m uuit; position. A del<
were thus detaching art inefficient force,
which, if it had been concentrated,
would have been able to resist all the
powers of Mexico comoined. The
Commander-in-Chief was ordered by
the Governor to repair immediately to
Goliad, and if the expedition surrep-
titiously ordered by the council should
proceed to Matamoras, to take charge
of it; under his conduct it was sup-
posed that something might be achiev-
ed, or at least disaster prevented.
The council, on the 7th of January,
passed an, edict creating Fannin •ind
tion, Houston was appointed major
general of the forces by the consulta-
tion then in session at San Felipe. He
that have been made upon me. With-
iu the next month, I shall have served
my country, with few intervals, for a
period of forty-six years. How that
service has been performed, I leave to
posterity lo determine. My only de-
sire is. that truth shall be vindicated,
and that I may stand upon that foun-
dation, so far as posterity may be con:
cerned with my action, that they may
liave an opportunity of drawing truth-
ful deductions. Either of the illustri-
ous patriots referred to might have
spared much of their world-renowned
distinction, and yet have had a world-
wide tame left. More humble in my
sphere than they were ; more circum-
scribed than they, I feel that it is mote
necessary for me to vindicate what
•may justly attach to me, from the factj and officers were sent to their respec
fhaf i leavq a posterity, and from that tive posts for the purpose of recruiting
circuifistance 1 feel a superadded obIi-jme . Colonel Fannin was appointed
galion. Neither of those illustrious at Matagorda, to superintend that dis-
trig, second in command to the Gcne-
reiegate
from each municipality, or what would
correspond to counties here, was to
constitute the government, with a Gov
ernor, Lieuieuant Governor, and Coun-
cil. They had the power of the coun-
try. An army was requisite, and
means were necessary to sustain the
revolution. This was the first organi
zatiou of anything like a government,
which absorbed tlie power that had
previously existed in committees of vig-
ilance and safety in different sections of
the country. When the general was
appointed, his first act was to organize
a force to repel an invading army which
he was satisfied would advance upon
Texas. A rendezvous had been estab-
lished, at which the drilling and organ-
ization of the troops was to take place;
men left posjerity. I. shall leave a
posterity that have to inherit either
my good name, based upon troth, or
that which necessarily resnlts to a char-
acter that is not unspotted in its public
relation. I have been careless of re-
plyitpf to these things for years. I be-
jietigrno less than ten or fifteen books
1 toavo feeen wi-irtcu defamatory of me,
raRn-Chief; and he remained there
until the gallant baud from Alabama
and Georgia visited that country.—
They were volunteers under Colonels
Ward, Shackleford, Duval 1, and other
illustrious names. When they arrived.
Col. Fannin, disregarding the orders
,af the Commander-in-Chief, became, by
and' ;f *1 hoped, having passed them ^countenance of the council, a candidate
Wi \ r little observation, that, as I jfor commander of the volunteers. Some
approached tly^close of my political four or five hundred of- them had ar-
ierm, and wa* about to retire to the
shadest>f private life, I should be per-
mitted to et$oy
■tranquility ; that
^v ortairsue me there with the
ovh w. * wuwuuw ouvius u uc-.nauueen iaKen in iw
tract from my fairly earned reputation, j to remain there. It
Mr, President, these were fond an*|than seventy miles 1
rived, all equipped and disciplined ;
men of intelligence, men of character,
that retirement in: ruen of chivalry and of honor. A more
my defamers would I gallant band never graced the Ameri-
the rancor ican soil in defense of liberty. He was
^ they pursue an; selected ; and the* project of the coan-
«;v politician whom they wish tojcil was to invade Matamoras, under
sink, or dej^rJftsa. I could see no nea'i the auspices of Fannin. San Antonio
son for their continued efforts to de-j had been taken in 188&. Troops were
was a post more
^ , . . .. .. . -jtfrom any colonies
ticipations, an&*irhey were delightful tovor settlements by the Americans. It
cherish. I entertained them with cor-, was a Spanish town Or city, with many
drnlity; they were welcome to my j thousand population, and very few
v*rV 1*^ce®^|y> and it-is J Americans. The Alamo was nothing
raatfe which my observafion is imme-jmore than a church, and derived its
diateiMirccted, a production purport-!cognomen from the fact of its being
ing to be a Texas Almanac, which con-J surrounded by poplars or cotton-wood
tains what js said to be a narrative of [trees. The Alamo was known as a
the campaign of San Jacinto." It fortress since the Mexican revolution
has a name attached to it, and purports: in 1812. The troops remained at Bex-
to be taken from the diary of a gentle- ar until about the last of December,
man whf .asthe prefix of ''Doctor"
to his na^;e,to give it weight in socie-
ty. .The individual is unknown. He
is a^poor dupe, ignorant, I presume, of
the contents of the paper which bears
his name. It Is possible that he never
knew a word it contained. It would
be difficult to think otherwise ; for one
avenue to his understanding, he being
profoundly deaf, has for many years
been closed, and he has given a posi-
tive contradiction to tfye parts of his
paper that were considered the most
pointed and important.
The object was to assail ray reputa-
tion, and to show Vthe battle of
Pan Jacinto, and all ttie preceding acts
of generalship ^ connected witli that
event. ht4 b^niifbcpe^awn.tjse geae
The Council, without the knowledge
of the Governor, and without the con-
currence of the Commander-in-Chief of
the army, had secretly sent orders au-
thorizing Grant and others to invade
Matamoras, some three hundred miles,
I think, through an uninhabited conn-
try, and thereby to leave the Alamo in
a defenseless positron. They marched
off, and left only one hundred and fifty
effective men, taking some two hundred
with them. Fannin was to unitewith
them from the mouth of the Brazos, at
Copano, and there the two forces were
to unite tinder the auspices of Colonel
Fannin, and were to proceed to Mata-
moras and take possession of it. The
enemy, is the mean time, were known
i-abe ndvaBcing,upo,n Texas, and H^y
nel Fannin, fifty-eight miles, which
would reach him in thirty hours, to fall
back. Ho was satisfied that the Alamo
had fallen. Colonel Fannin was order-
ed to fall back from Goliad, twenty-five
miles to Victoria, on the Guadalupe,
thus placirig him within striking dis-
tance of Gonzales, for he had only to
march twenty-five miles to Victoria to
be on the east side of the Colorado,
with the only succor hoped for by the
general. He received an answer from
Colonel.Fannin, stating that he had re-
Colorado. He then halted at the Col-IThe bom was seta over, run! the Mexican?
crado for days, until the last hoof andjsiirp i^-d tl.e lioiumen, and took
the last human being tluit was a fugitive j°^ !t- Tii' -« <>u the t side of «lre riv^r
had passed over. He had permitted *etr^ ted ; ii.ua Santa Attn# obtametl
none to remain behind, exposed to the
ruthless enemy.
There lie remained until the news of
Fannin's disaster came. Fannin, after
disobeying orders, attempted, on the
19th, to retreat; and had only twenty-
five miles to reach Victoria. His opin-
ions of honor and chivalry and honor
were such that he would not avail''
the smoke
of the enemies'encampment for eight
days previous to attempting a retreat.
He then attempted to retreat in open
day. 'Hie Mexican cavalry surrounded
him. He-halted in a prairie, without
water ; commenced a fortification, and
there was surrounded by the enemy,
who, from the hill-tops, shot down up-
on him. Though the,most gallant spir-
its were there with him, he remained in
that situation all that night and the
next day, when a flag of truce was
presented ; he entered into a capitula-
tion, and was taken to Goliad, on a
promise to be returned to the United
States with all associated with him.
In less than eight days the attempt was
made to massacre him and every man
with him. I believe some few did es-
cape, most of whom came afterwards
and joined the army.
The general fell back from the Col-
orado. The artillery had not yet ar-
rived. He had every reason to believe
that the check given to General Sesma,
opposite to his camp on the west side
of the Colorado, would induce him to
send reinforcements, and that Fannin
having been massacred, a concentration
of the enemy would necessarily take
place, and that an overwhelming force
would soon be upon him. He knew
that one battle must be decisive of the
fate of Texas. If he fought a battle
and many of his men were wounded, he
could not transport them, and he would
be compelled to sacrifice the army to
the wounded. He determined to fall
back, and did so, and on falling back
Johnson mitffaTy'^gShfs; anci investing
them with all the power of the country,
to impress property, receive-troops,
command them, appoint subordinates
throughout the country, and effectually
supercede the Commander-in-Chief in
his authority. As I said before, he was
ordered to repair to Copano. He did
so. While at Goliad, he sent an order
io Colonel Neil, who was in command
oi the Alamo, to blow up that place
and fall back to Gonzales, making that
a defensive position, which was suppos-
ed to be the furthest boundary the ene-
my would ever reach.
This was on the 17th of January.
That order was secretly superseded by
the council ; and Colonel Travis, hav-
ing relieved Colonel Neill, did not
blow up the Alamo, and retreat with
such articles as were necessary for the
defense of the country ; but remained
in possession from the 17th of Janua-
ry until the last of February, when the
Alamo was invested by the force of
Santa Anna. Surrounded there, and
cut off from all succor, the consequence
was they were destroyed ; they fell
victims to the ruthlesss feelings of San-
ta Anna, by the contrivance of the
council, and in violation of the plans
of the major-general for the defense of
the country.
What was the fate of Johnson, of
Ward, and of Morris? They had ad-
vanced beyond Copano previous to
forming a junction with Fannin, and
they were cut off. Fannin subsequent-
ly arrived, and attempted to advance,
but fell back to Goliad. King's com-
mand had been left at Bcfiigjo, for the
purpose of defending some families.
instead" of removing tfiein. 71iey were
invested there ; and Ward, with a bat-
talion of the gallant volunteers of
whom I have spoken, was sent to re-
lieve King ; but he was annihilated.
Fannin was in Goliad. Ward, in at-
tempting to come back, had become
lost or bewildeced. The Alamo had
fallen. On the 4th of March the Com-
mander-in-Chief was re-elected by the
convention, after having laid dowrn his
authority. He hesitated for hours be-
fore he would accept the situation.—
He had anticipated every disaster thai
befel the country, from the detached
condition of the troops, under the or-
ders of the council, and the inevitable
destruction that awaited them ; and to
this effect had so reported to the Gov
ernor, on the 4th of February.
When he assumed the command, what
was his situation ? He had conciliated
the Indians by treaty whilst he was su-
perseded by the unlawful edicts of the
council. He had conciliated thirteen
bauds of Indians, and they remained
amicable throughout the struggle of
the revolution. Had they not been
conciliated, but turned loose upon our
people, the women and children would
have perished in their flight arising
from panic. After treaty with the In-
dians, he attended the convention, and
acted in the deliberations of that body,
signing the declaration of independence,
and was there elected. When he start-
ed to the army, the only hope of Texas
remained then at Gonzales. Men with
martial spirit, with well nerved arms
and "gallant hearts, had hastily rallied
there as the la3t hope of Texas. The
Alamo was known to be in siege. Fan-
nin was known to be embarrassed.
Ward, also, and Morris and Johnson,
destroyed. All seemed to bespeak ca-
lamity of the most direful character.
It was under those circumstances that
the general started ; and what was his
escort ? A general-in-Chief, you would
suppose, was at least surrounded, by a
staff of gallant men. It would be im-
agined that some prestige ought to be
given to him. He was to produce ar
nation ; he was to defend a people ; he
was to command the resources of the
country ; and he must give character to
the army. He had. sir, two aids-de-
camp, one captain, and a youth. This
was his escort iu marching to the head
quarters of the army, as it was called.
The provisional government had be-
come cxtiuct; self-combustion had ta-
ken place, and it was utterly consumed.
The general proceeded on his way
and met many fugitives. The day on
which he left Washington, the 6th of
March, the Alamo had fallen. He an-
ticipated it; and marching to Gonzales
as soon as practicable, though his health
was infirm, he arrived thereon the 11th
of March. He found at Goazales three
hundred and seventy-four men, half fed, as sue was not residing on tnc roaa,fBt, dt,8lroved on the river. He knlvf that
halt clad, and half armed, and without j but off at a distance. He immediately! t|u> tnemy .-onid not have it>pstfa?ted
organization. 1 hat was the nuclcus on j ordered two of his aids-dc-camp, with a stid cross j hut hy a 'tusc9 tli^y ob-
which he had to form an army aud de-j company of men to go and bring her J tamed th« oi;!y boat .bat was in that part
lend the country. No sooner did h^lnp. ond made a dilatorv march until she'of tiie coun rv. where a command was
eeivedJii^rdex ^had held a camjcu jar.isett Ifte-10.^0-i&'iS
war ; ana thai he iiaft determined to cfc-jhe had been admonished by
fetid the place, and call it Fort Defiance,'
and had taken the responsibility to disobey
the order.
Under these circumstances, the con-
firmation of the fall of the Alamo reach-
ed the general. Was it policy to give
battle there against an overwhelming
force, flushed with victory and the mas-
sacre of the Alamo ? Was it wisdom
in him to put upon the hazard of a die
•three hundred and seventy-four men, in
the condition in which his troops were,
against ten thousand choice, victorious
troops of Mexico, backed by a nation
of eight million people, when he had
only to rely upon the voluntary casual-
ties that might exist to sustain him ?
What did he do when he first went
there ? He ordered every wagon biTt
one to be employed in transporting the
women and children from the town of
Gonzales, and had only four oxen and
a single wagon, he believed, to trans-
port all the baggage and munitions of
war belonging to Texas at that point.
'1 hat was all he had left.* He had pro
vided for the women and children : and
every female and child left but one
whose husband had just perished in the
Alamo and, disconsolate, she would not
consent to leave there until the rear
guard was leaving the place ; but invok-
ed the murderous hand of the Mexican
to fall upon and destroy her and her
children.
Though the news of the .fall of the
Alamo arrived at eight or nine o'clock
at night, that night, by eleven o'clock.
the\ Commander-in-Chief had every-
rcadiness to march, though
panic faired. nn<l
many ; and though it took all his per-
sonal influence to resist the panic anu
bring them to composure, with all the
encouragement he could use, he succeed-
ed. An example of composure himself,
he at last got the excitement allayed ;
but not until twenty-five persons had
deserted and carried panic with them
to the eastern section of the country,
as tar as the Sabine, announcing the
fall and massacre of the Alamo, and
the massacre of the troops. He fell
back, but fell back in good order.
An incident that I will mention, of
the most unpleasant character, occurred
on leaving Gonzales. On that night,
about twelve miles from there, it was
announced to the general that the Mex-
icans would suffer; that a barrel of
gin and a barrel of wine had been pois-
oned With arsenic, and that, as they
came to consume it, it would destroy
them. ' I presume no man ever had such
feelings of horror at a deed being per-
petrated of this kind, from which all
the waters of the Jordan could not
cleanse the reputation of a general.
But, fortunately, the rear guard, with-
out direction, set fire to the place on
leaving it; and, at Peach creek, fifteen
miles from that place, ere day dawned.
explosions were heard, which produced
some, excitement in camp, where it was
supposed to be the enemy's artillery ;
but the general rejoiced in it, as he
knew, from the difference in the explo-
sion, that it was not artillery, but the
poisoned liquor. That is one instance
that occurred, among other distressing
events.
At Peach creek, fifteen miles from
Gonzales he met a reinforcement of one
hundred and twenty-five men ; but out
of those one hundred and twenty-five
men, ere morning twenty-five had again
deserted, owing to the terrible details
that were brought of the massacre of
the Alamo. With that addition his;
force only amounted to fonr hundred j had no opportunity of open.tinK gainst
and ■ seven it four men that remained, the The/marked to
with him. j he nex. day he met a dc- within eighteen mites of him. and
tachmentof thirty-live nicn, and antici-! u t i. .....<
pat ing that he would make a stand
the
K.
ati opponunity of rtitj<? hi? artillery * ..
;.nd i r.ny a«;to#s the Urasua. The gcuer*
al aii'icjpateit-that som?tiling of (he Jcintl
inurt have t ke f*lacv, because his tn*el&-
«ence from San Felipe was, tint ail waa
quiet there. The enemy had k«pt a
cannonade on the po.«itiou acrops tbe river,
where ever one hundred men were ata^ton- *
ed.; The encampment on the Btazoa w /.
the point"in w|iich Hie fsr:-t-piece -of artiN
ved by the tritif"•T&efTw~ 1Y""
were witht ut myinjion«; o'd horse shoes, •
a;:d all pieces of iron :hat couid be proout.
ed, had to be cut up ; vauous thi i«s '-v«re
to l>e provided ; tliera were no caVffidgf s
and but few balls. Two smalt stx-ponixf-
ere. presented by the magnanimity of tac
people of Cincinnati, and subsequently
called the •' twin si$.ter3/\ Were rfte fbt
pieces of artillery that were u?ed in Texas.
From thence, the march commenced at *
Donoho's three miles from Groce's. ft
had required feveral days to cross the Bra-
zos, with the horses and wagons.
[to be continued.} .. j
Sabine Pass and River.—Within the
past few day*1 Capt. D. Bradbury has re.
tnrue(| home from Sab tie Pai>s, where h«
has been engaged building a dredjre boat
lor the State, under a contract with the
State Etiffitieer. Capt, 3. informs us tha
boat is now completed and ready for « per-
anon®, and he will return forthwith to t*om«
plete another contract to cut a channel
through tbe bar at the niOUi of the Sabine
river. Our readers will remember'.hat the
law of this State appropriated $15,000
for tl.e improvement of the Sabine river,
upon condition that the State ol Louisiana
ehould -ixpend an equal sum for the same
purpose. The Legislature of Louteiaua
accordi igly appropriated.!he, same amount,
and in consequence our- . State Engineer
has had the above dredge boat bctili for
i he Ste-te iu order to remove ,the ob-truc
uon at the mouth ol the liver, as without
a dredge bbat he could get uo cot ra«*t ta--
ken to a.rcomphfh that ork We noW
■earn that there is atiout $4,000 left of the
$15.(;00 appropriated wub which to re-
>.'Ove tin- obstiuction in question. Capt'.
B has however contracted to «*ut through'
_ a channel 4 leet deep at the /otofcit tnl^a,
received an accession of three compa- /which is 6 leet deep at ordinary tul«sr)!
TITCSAm&rtrsjX- tifcca -ordered trofil Ilic and To. yaiud Wiut?v -III#- di^isuct being
mouth of the Brazos. He heard no
word of the artillery, for none had
reached there, nor did it start for the
army, and it was years before he knew
that his orders had been countermand-
ed, and his aid-de-camp withdrawn
from him. He wishes to cast no reflec:
tion upon the dead. I shall not enter
into that; but the general's orders
were not executed ; they w#b coun-
termanded ; ancT the opportunity of
obtaining artillery was cut off from
him. He marched and took position
on the Brazos, with as much expedition
as was consistent with his situation ;
but at San Felipe he found a spirit of
dissatisfaction in the troops. The
Government had removed east. It had
left Washington and gone to Harris-
burg, and the apprehension of the set-
tlers had been awakened and increased,
rather than decreased. The spirits of
the men were bowed down. Hope
seemed to have departed, and with the
little band alone remained anything
like a consciousness of strength.
At San Felipe objection was made to
the marching up the Brazos. It 'was
said that settlements were dowii below,
and persons interested were there.—
Oxen could not be found for the march,
in the morning of a certain company.
The general directed that they should
follow as soon as oxen were collected.
He marched up the Brazos, and cross-
ing Mi 11-Creek, encamped there* An
express was sent to him, asking his
permission for that company to go down
the Brazos to Fort Bend, and to remain
there. Knowing that it arose from a
spirit of sedition, he granted that per-
mission, and they marched down. On
the Brazos, the efficient force under his
command amounted to five hundred and
twenty. He remained there from thp
last of March till the 13th of April.
On his arrival at the Brazos, he found
wiue, -u>« distance being
abojii 700 y^rds. But we learn that live
appropriation made by Louisiana htrfe in-
verted to the "cnnral fund from neglect to
use it. and that it cannot now be tl>e<i
without aouth.r act ol app.OjHtav.bii.
Tnis will however doubtless be dour.u'pnii
a* proper representation ol the fact?, fit
good fatth towards thi* State detmurffc it.
[Gdtseston
The Crease—T&e Railroad.—Thm
crevasse ar Col. White's p'antation. ab^ut
six miles above this ciry is t.ouriy widen-
ing, and the water is ponriug through wilhr
increased volume and velocity, carrying
desir net ion arid desolation to many a hap*
less planter below. The plantation where
the break occurred*wi 1 probacy be itre^
cably ruined. The plantation ,ot;
George W. Groves is alreadv almost en-
tirely inundated, while about half of'that
of B., W. Burney, Esq , i also attbi&'rg*
ed. We hear of no efforts being made 'o
stop the crevasse, nor do we believe ihit
any efforts could now check the advanc-
ing tide of the maddened waters. WLerii
t^ie dam-'ge is to erop no one can frr«-iefl,
but we te r that it will be iiiq i dVastrons.
The running of the rars of the Vic##,
bum, Shrevepurt and Texas £ailro&d baa
been suspended iu consequence of some
six hundred yards of '.he road-fie^ bavrrjjj
been washed away, aud all intercourse Be-
tween Richmond aud this city 49 tempo- >
rarily suspended. We learu however,
that Col. Hoeu>- the active superintendent
of the road, will probably make arrange,
meuts, within a day or so, for couiie&tfng
with boats with this city with the car# at
the point Leyoud- the break. W-h earnest-
ly hope this may be done, ftr the irnpor*
tance ol such a measure can hrardly be
over-estimated.
[ Vikiburg~True S out A r oh:_
t*
/
would have been liable
snrny:o0 ut
, - . ve „ | prise. Thus, he was pent up
tin, and dispatched 61m for artillery to tion of tbeBrazos i,/ which he was
the mouth of the Brazos, tor the pur-
pose of enabling him, on arriving at
the Colorado, to make a stand—for he
had not a single piece of ordnance, not
An O-sified Man.—The ftavena (Ohio)
Journal mentions the case of a man, Val.
t'mine Pt-rkin*, Whose , body i* gradually
conn**ing int" si6ne. It began at the *«Te
of eleven. If.s -aws ha ve tVcen tet and
uiotioire-> IW tl.ii ? t*" rs\ .i&d hi* front
tec h v<_• loo cf.ci ujnf come otH, form*
San Fe-j'1'? an v.f#ilut* ih'Oiigh W.ii. h he taika
ai.d rocti vc5 lus frvi d Twenty-four years
= ill t- n-l ill one eve, an lor
has be«in totally
s r ttiaiu.ee per-
« f atiy pn-'oa,
he siz? ihev were
when li
.b dv have
had not',K>;lf".v
■ ilfU !l HI
IS V*;.ri-t I!
ches.
^ .liHrt. lli« h.ad, neck and
.'ta u1 d I « ze. liia.Keck is
a • as hift head, and mea-nree
ht-s ii> ttrctimfercnoe, «h*le
wi:-a%e« only four and a half
Ex-PliE-fOEXT r.r.«ct\— 11 havH*g l^ «nj
now absent
s<eure the
:ut!
ui he sent
iatch to
became an island. The water
been for years so high
On arriving at the Brazos, he fount)
acartridge, or a ball. The aid de camp! ff 'l,e bellow Stoue, a very respccla-
with an assurance that within seven or;"0 «™">hoat, had gone np the river
eight davs he would have it on the Col- '°.r the p^poseef transporting cotton
orado, at Benson's. In the mean time, ?1'0 seized by order of the
cimn. tKn ^norni wnc. nnf J! to enable itira, if necessary, to pass the.1" Lmopu *i,"on< }a
and to StlOtt that th^ geneial was not a;T>,.n7nqat ,.nv niomont ind was dofnitr-; democratic nairifnat'roo h>r the Pr^snji-n^V,
fugitive, or that he was not disposed to1 ' ^ I ^ i,a^ written n letter to a friend m Bos
expose any one to hazard, he 1 was iu-j^ *,th f Suard boarf' Sh^era„a,u1 0„ h, ZZ^a ZZ JZ u J, £
1 , J xt j cc. -i eel there lor a number o days. fh« ?en- luu 1 W,,«M w u«"« no
formed on the Nevada, fifteen niiles era, had taken everv preCautiou pebble!P®P8,b,e c.rcutmtauces will he aga.n per-
from the Coloiado, that a blind woman ■ 0 prevenj enemy frotn passing Uis-Bra- lm'' '',e n.se name iii connection with
witfi srx cmldren, niu been pnssed fey#izos brlow. He had ordered every craft to anV Pu^*c office.
as she was not residing on the rbad,fBe'destroved on the river. He ku^w tFiat "" ~TT~.
Partington.—Ihe old lady thinks
that if she were cast away, sha .would
prefer it to be in the ' Bay of Biscuits;"
where a command wac for then she should have somethiag to
h"trt * !l f!w wv"t <>!' fh'-'-:h*:M:r'l. Tlfv ate? live On. Dear old SOU]!
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King, George W. The Eastern Texian (San Augustine, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 48, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 16, 1859, newspaper, April 16, 1859; San Augustine, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233739/m1/1/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.