The American Flag. (Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Monday, August 3, 1846 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLJ I.
MATAMOROS, AUGUST, 3, 1846.
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No. 19.
PUBLIC? MEETING—Company E, $t. LQuisLtgion.
At a meeting held in Camp Burita, by Company
E. (called Missouri Fuseloera) of the St. LouU Le-
gion;
on the 27th ult.
Jacob W. Doerner was called to the Chair a*
President; Christian Backing and Frederick Meyer as
Vice President*! and Charles Mehl and Louis Roe-
yer as Secretaries. * , <
Business was transacted in a soldiery style, and
the following preamble and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted.
Whereas, we are fully informed that our friend,
Wm. Webkr, for a long time editor of the Angtiger
des tVestern, printed in St. Louis, has repeatedly
obliged our Company by sending us many number*
of his paper sinco our departure from home—by fur-
nishing the families of our indigent brethren in arms
with his paper gratis, thus enabling them in their
loneliness to hear from their departed protectors, and
last, though not least, by urging on the City Council
the adoption of the individual suggestion o one ol
the members of our Company, that instead of charg-
ing us as contemplated, with a cosily Flag, (super-
fluous, as we have an abundance of Hag3, worked by
fair ladies' hands, and graced with paUiotic mottoes
and devices) should furnish the men in the event ot a
continued campaign with suitable clothing, thai
would protect our health, and enable us, il die we
must, to die a warrior's death, and not as lepers on
the loathsome lair of feverish disease.
Now, therefore, be it resolved, that we the mem-
bers of Company E tender our individual most heart-
felt thanks to the veteran editor William kVeba-, loi
his humane exertions in our individual behulf, and
wish for him long life and prosperity.
Resolved, That we heartily regret that we had not,
nor will havj, an opportunity of endearing ourselves
to General Taylor, by giving htm an example of Mis-
souri Seal wart bravery upon a fair field of battle—yet
we are not so blood-thirsty as not to return to our be-
loved homes with acquiescence in our late, when we
consider that we have done all that our country and
its government demand or expect of us.
Resolved that the proceedings be published in the
"American Flag" printed in Matatnoros.
The meeting tlifjn adjourned.
J. YV. DOERNER, President.
CHRISTIAN BOEK.ING ( v Prp61
FRED'K. MEYER, $ v' tre3,
Charles Mehl, { secretaries
Lodis Rover, \ Secretaries.
Camp Burita, near Matamoros, July 25, 1346.
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MEXICO
The steamship Princeton arrived at Pen
sacola on the 2uth u t. bringing advices two
weeks later than those published in our last
paper. A correspondent of the Picayune
writes that General Pa redes had not left the
city of Mexico for the Army of the North,
He had been deterred from pursuing his
original purpose, by apprehensions that a
revolution might break otit upon his depar-
ture It was the opinion of men of sense on
all hands that such would be the case. And
we thinlc it may fairly be presumed from the
detention of Paredes thai he has not yet sup-
pressed the insurrection^ in Jalisco and other
Departments, which it would be unsafe to
leave raging behind him.
A few days before the departure of the
Princeton, the frigates Cumberland and Po-
tomac, together with the Princeton, went up
the coast about twelve miles to the north of
Vera Cruz, to a small place called Antigua,
for fr sh beef and water. Previous to their
going they had given notice of their intention,
so that the inhabitants might be prepared to
Mr. Haralson, from the Committee on Military
Affairs in the U. S. Congress, on the l.'tth July, re-
ported the following bill:
A BILL granting a quarter section of land to each
officer, non commissioned officer, private and mu-
sician of the volunteer force called for and receiv-
ed into the service of the United States under laws
passed at the present session of Congress; to each
non-commissioned officer, private and musician of
the regular army of the United States in service
on the seventh day of May last; to encourage en-
listments in the regular army of the United States,
and for other purposes.
Beit enacted by the -enate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Con-
gress assembled, that each officer, non-commission-
ed officer, private, and musician in the regular army
of the United States on the seventh day of May last,
or who shall enlist in such service during the present
war with Mexico, and the children or next of kin of
such as have fallen since the said seventh d y of May
last, or shall hereafter, during said war, fall in battle
or die in actual service, shall be entitled to receive of
the United States one quarter section of land to be
laid off*and assigned under the direction of the Presi-
_ O
dent of the United States; such officer, private, or
musician having served the full term for which he
was commissioned, enrolled, or enlisted, unless soon-
er honorably discharged.
Sec. 2. And be if further enacted, That the Secre-
tary of War be, and he is hereby authorised and di-
rected to purchase musical instruments for the se-
venth regiment of the United States infantry, to sup*
ply the place of those destroyed during the bom-
bardment of Fort Brown; and a sum sufficient for
that purpose is hereby appropriated; Provided the
the same shah not exceed seven hundred and fiftv
Hollars- . . .j,! •■.> «. .
ell all their disposable provisions. After
taking in their water, £>eefi &c. &c., a con-
cealed force of about three hundred men
opened a fire upon the boats and wounded
one man. The Princeton lying close by,
opened her fire upon the chaparral and cou-
cealed breastworks, and soon silenced the
battery. The Mexican account of the affair
is that they had three men killed and several
wounded; and that th# Americans lost one
officer, and had sixteen tnen killed i and
wounded. The commander of the Prince-
ton is not aware of any injury having been
done to more than oh# man, and that was
slight.
The proposed movement of Gen'l Taylor
upon iVlonterey was well known in all parts
of Mexico. Letters from Monterey repre-
sent that the inhabitants of that city were
much alarmed at the prospect, as they pos
sessed very slight means of defence. All
the accounts represent that the Army of the
North, formerly under Arista, but at present
under Mejia, was concentrated at Linaies to
the number of 4,000. A paper from the
city of Mexico devotes a labored article to
prove that it cannot be the intention of Gen'l
Taylor to penetrate to Monterey directly,
leaving this force to operate upon his flank
and rear. It considers the command of Gen.
Mejia quite sufficient, considering the strength
of Linares and the neural difficulties of the
country, to hold Gehl Tayltfr rn checl$, or
to harrass him upon the march, so that ample
time will be afforded a second and more solid
line of defence.
The address of Gen*l Arista, in which
he states to his olficers and soldiers that he
had demanded an investigation of his con-
duct in the action of the 9th of May, as his
heart was filled with the most intense desire,
to fight without ceasing the unjust enemies
of his country, had reached the city of Mex-
ico; and he was about to respond for his
acts to a council of war.. .1 : .. j
A correspondent of the Mobile Herald,,
writing from Pensacola, says it is the opinion j
and Paredes dare not leave the city of Mex-
ico. An insurrection was expected there on
the 5th inst, and all the troops were called
out and kept underarms all night- Con-
gress is still in session, but- is doing nothing,
it has passed adecree> however, authorizing
Paredes to prosecute the war, but has fur-
nished him no means of doing so. The fact
is, Congress cannot devise the way to raise
he 'ways and means.'
The Texas Navy!,—This gallant little
)and, who stood by the one-star republic in
he darkest hour of its destiuy, is, wo see,
not now forgotten, when the ensign of Texas
jains additional strength if not lustre from
its association with the galaxy of the United
States. The following resolutions, in ' re-
ference to the Texan Navy, Were passed by
each branch of the Legislature of that State,
previous to its adjournment:—
Resolved by the Secretary of the State of
Texas, That they favorably recommend to
the consideration of the United States gov-
ernment, the officers of the late Texas navy,
who have gallantly defended the interests
and flag of the Republic^ on the; Gulf of
Mexico, and request that they may be retain-
ed and provided for in the naval service thereof
Resolved, by the Representatives of the
State of Texas,' That thev recommend to the
r*
favorable consideration of the government of
the United States, those officers of the late
Texas Navy who so gallantly defended the
interests and flag of the Republic on the
Gulf of Mexico, in the year 1843, and re-
quest that they may be retained and provided
lor in the naval service thereof,
In publishing the above resolutions the
Galveston News remarks:—"In conformity
with the joint resolution. which passed una-
nimously in the Senate, and with only six dis-
senting voices in the lower house, Commo-
dore Moore has now settled all !{us accounts
with our government, and procured the full
statement from the comptroller, passing his
vouchers and showing a clear balance in his
favor due him.
A few days since we heard some complaints made
in relation to tha number of hours that the Post Of-
fice is kept cloaed during the day in this city. A
person made the remark in a crowd, that he had
been there and sent there until he was tired out, and
ihat it was alwaya closed, and he was unable to get
a letter out that was there for him. We took tho
trouble to tind out how often he bad been and sent
there, and found that it all numbered once, on Sun*
day after 12 o'clock. It appears that the gentlemen
of the office had concluded to go and hear Divine
Service, and had closed the office for that purpoae.
In the United States, on a Sabbath day, the doom
of the l ost offices are closed after 12 M., eveo in
large commercial cities, and are never opened until
8 in the morning. \ In our opinion, persons should
be glad to get the United States mail opened iu a
Department of Mexico ^t all, let alone, grumbling
about the hours. We have much business at
the post-office lately, and have , invariably found the
gentlemen there courteous and, accommodating.
jr3rAH over the United States the people
of Comm^" Conne; Thai ""thaTKSSK are complaining of the heat. If there is any
spot, other than Matamoros, where the sun
tnios the people black, we it up.
cannot bold out much longer. They are
doing nothing towards prosecuting the war j
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Fleeson, Isaac Neville & Peoples, John H. The American Flag. (Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 19, Ed. 1 Monday, August 3, 1846, newspaper, August 3, 1846; Matamoros, Mexico. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth478289/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.