The American Flag. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 15, 1852 Page: 2 of 4
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of the 9th September 1850 according to the Report
of the Secretary of the Treasury of the 13tH. Sep-
'tember 1851 '
The resolution vaa unanimously adopted ; and the
meeting adjourned' to such period as the aforegoing
committee may deem it expedient to convene a ge-;
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AMERICAN FLAG.
Whatvvvill-ourjgovernment do for us ? It does seem
to us?an emergency sufficiently momentous for our"
State government to take measures of protection at
least until some can be had from the general govern-
ment. $ An exposed and bleeding frontier calls loudly
fojaid. Shall re have it ?
$J. Since writing the above we have received the
following communication in relation to the matter :
Brownsville May 13th 1852.
Mr. Editor
Dear Sir. It becomes my painful duty to. request
of you to give publicity in the American Flag of
one of the greatest most brutal outrages ever perpe-
trated in a civilized country.
On last Monday evening the camp of seven Ame-
ricans at a lake called Campacuas in this county was
attacked by about Forty Mexicans and Indians resi-
ding in Mexico belonging to the Carankaway and-
Campacuas tribes and being (as is said by them) in;
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0- Religious Divine service mil "be
hefd by the Bey. H. Chamberlain at the new
ownCHall- in the morning and evening of
to-morrow. The members .of the Jtf resbyte-
der all American citizens near this frontier succeed-
ed in murdering five out of the seven and taking away
a. considerable amount of property a greater portion
of wnich belongs to the nndersigned. Also acting
(as they say) under the instructions of the aforesaid
authorities they mutilated 'the bodies of the mu'rcDerf
ed men taking theirighfr hand of each to testifythat
they were entitled to the reward of thirty or forty-
dollars offered' by Mexico' for each American they
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have becncommitted by introducing as a- portion of
said goods. articles clandestinely smuggled on the
coasts by which not only thelnational treasury has
been defrauded of its just rights but commerce good
faith and industry have muttered without the means
which have already been taken being sufficient to
check the abuse : The most; excellent Sefior Presi-
dent considering it almost impossible that there may
etui ue jounu on tne ironcier any gooas - remaining
from 1847 and the beginning of 1848 that they must
'havebeen' aU consumed in the three years which
have elapsed since that time since it is not probable
that the owners or consignees have first disposed of
the merchandise they received more recently and
that tney had paid higher duties reserving in their
hands the goods imported during the period of " oc-
cupation" on which they would not have had to pay
duties and on which consequently they could have
realized larger profits ; therefore the President has
been pleased to establish the following regulations :
1. All the goods merchandise and property in-
cluding tobacco introduced in into the ports and fron-
tier points of the Republic during the occupation of
ics territory oy me iorces 01 tne unitea states will
if
structed by the authorities in Mexico to kill and plunge considered consumed within three months count
ing from April 1st to June 30th next. Brandies
wines gin and whiskey will be considered consumed
within six moths ending on September 30th of the
.current year.
2. Fhe'owners or consignees of all goods compri-
sed inhe preceding regulation mustpresenh' mani-
fests of.einatjiheirrespective maritime cusfbm-
housesrwithinveighfc .Jays following the publication
.tlnpWoTaance with these provisions the admin-
istratorssof the maritime and frontier mistnm-VmnQoc
either in person or through trustwortny agenls shall
riaii Charcbjpginecured that building Mr.
CBainberlain4its pastor will" in future officiate
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murder on this frontier.T" r . lli mroceed to examine the said ffoodf?. in oroW to aswr.
Now sir theaboveneeds norcomments Ihavejtain whether they correspond with those referred to
in tne- mannests and whether the latter coincide
days since the.murdeY and roobery I have not bee
able to get people enough- together who are willing!
to go only eight or nine miles from thcriver to bury
tsfnprl faffs n fliPTr jta nnri alfliniicrVi lfrVins lppn fivi
-' T7 i.MWith the invoices at the custom-honsps rnnfnrmnlilv
w tne supreme oratrs oi June 29th 1S4S February
28th and July 15th 1850. so that if any discrepancy
is found it may be arranged as is nrovided in the last
may be arranged as is nrovided m the last
of the said orders.
4. Merchants who suffer the time stated in section
the dead the dread of the desperadoes and Indians
irotu .u uusu 6-V- u. tQ dapse withoUfc m Qufc and ntj
and Mexicans m that vicinity do not dare to leave 7ra anifest will be considered as having disposed of
their ranchps and families unprotected. -.
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atthat?pkce. TneTmeetings of the Sunday
Sc56Tmll stlso in future Be feld in the Tcn
Hall commencing on the morning of to-mpp-.
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SS2te cteJ meeting-of the. M. 3S;:
commenced afrthisplace thismorning
continue three days ; Beryrce this
. . "fwth consideration of complaints made to Sne "De.v
is no regular minister or ... .. . -nliJtiVf
& . partmen by Merchants .residing in youwJistrict as
but the Eev. Mr.9- Whipple
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fes'5. The term stated bavins exnired. the maritime
HaT1 Pn-ier custom-houses will no longer grant per-
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goods but will collect legal duties without any ex-
w wepublish a letter 'fiom MrCorwinSec- fPolor?' .e.xcePfc that mentioned in article seven of
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ot tne. treasury in reierencc xo. compm .- 6 All the .sdd merchaidisG intraduced 5nfo fW
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interior :shaiL be subject instead of the consumo to
viic xmyuavo piuviuuu ior in xne circular oi the wsa
of the last month in conformity with" the stipula-
tions in the said article nineteen of the treatv nf
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lished by the Company from the press of
pleton & Co. of New York compiled by J.$
vy imams.
- The party about the time of completing thl!
survey were ordered oat of the countryJlv
the Government of Mexico although a? we
have said they went there with Mexican pass-
ports for their protection . And more recently
the Mexican Congress; with faithTessneek that
no other people could -eyer exhibit has de-
clared that the nssignees of Garay have no
right to carry on the' work.
It is a matter of history notorious oyer the
world that when Mr. Trist went to Mexico
during the late war between us and that coun-ii
try as the agent of our Government to negt?
ciate a Treaty of Peace he was authorised f;
offer fifteen millions of dollars to Mexico for
the right of transit &c over the Isthmus of
Tehuantepec. He was informed by the Mexi
can commissioners mat mexico iiad alfeadr
granted away the right and therefore iad no
power to accept the offer of the United States;.
And in the face of this fact Mexico now prf
tends that the citizens of the United'Sfete
who are the legal assignees of Garay have nlf
ngnt. j.ne jxepons-oi tne mouses or the Mex
ican uongress place tne shametul attempt to
repudiate the solemn grant of Mexico on th
ground that the Mexican decree of extentioiir
oj time Detore reterred to was issued without
authority. The decree was granted by Salap
who held the supreme power in Mexico iust a
Santa Anna held it when he made the rahi;
in 1842 to braray. It is enough to say tha?
every uub ui ouias sianas at tms day as an ac-
linowledged part ot the law of Mexico without
any special subsequent law to give vitality t
his acts except this particular decree exfrW
ing time to Garay. And the very repudiating
""6 iM'w "" rtujLiuiieu a jaw or tae
State of Sonora on the round that it violated:
the decree of ;SaIas on the subject of coloniza--tiqm"
Was ever national baseness o exhi-
bited? It will scarcely be credited and yet
It is a fact chat this pathless Mexican Con-
gress by the report of its Senate Committee
has had the temerity and folly to say that as
they had feared it has become apparent that
American citizens have the privilege of cross-
ing and are using eyery effort " to obtain the
protection of their government in order to se-
cure the success or the work and the removal
or all obstacles to its completion.
present themselves
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the great con-
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Mvc men killed by a motly gang of Indians and
I&exicant : It again becomes our duty to record the
report of the perpetration of another scene of blood-
shed; jand plunder which if our information betrue
would more resemble the work of fiends incarnate
than: Human men. We aTe informed by a gentle-
man just arrived in town that on the evening of the-
10th instant a.gang jf about 40 men consisting oi
Mexicans and Indians 'attacked a. party of seven
Americans who were encampeel "at a Lake called
Campacuas -t five of tnose at the camp are said to
have neert murdered and all their property taken
into Mexico." Two of the men fortunately were
on the margin of the lake shooting ducks a the time
and they succeeded in making their escape. These
robbers and- murderers are said to have crossed the
river some forty miles aboveHhis place on Friday
the 7th instant and a detachment of them openly!
re-croaed it again soon after perpetrating their hell-
ish deed bearing with them as trophies the right
hand oi each of their slaughtered victims while the
remainder of the savages coolly encamped on the
ground where the massacre occurred expecting no
dotibt another feast of blood from those whom they
Aemmed absent from the camp and would probably
jwgi unsuspicious of danger.
fibrfc has been made as we learn to raise suf-
;jen to repair to the ground and bury the dead
ooBiternation prevails among the thinly
d settlements that np one can be induced to
&tyofid ihe precincts of his own habitation
y there he is in hourly expectation of being
or plundered an4 we have no government
here of a nature to pursue and punish these
v'Jmilm though if we had they would have re-crossed
wiae ana o under tne protection or luexico long
bifere the best mounted troops could reach the place
si carnage.' There we hve..oJyr to rcch m.
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from thelpapf duties. '' Al
But perceiving neither justice nor sound policy in
the present discrimination made by law between
goods exported from your District to to the foreign
adjacent Territory referred to and those exported to
other foreign adjacent Territory from other Districts
of the United States the Department will immedi-
ately invite the consideration of Congress to the
matter and urge the propriety of affording the same
facilities to your District in the particular mention-
ed as are now eenjoyed by law in other Districts
'Very Respectfully
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Secretaryof the Treasury;
-John rS. Rhea Esq.
Collector of the-Customs'-
. District of" Brazos .
Point Isabel Texas. ''
felVMikdSMstarted fiS&exther
EtiiaKpnt to teIstffiius and'Tehuaiitepec and
-mTstrictTonrorrT7iroufce--heW'eeiilNew York and San Fran-
b" will feshortefned a whole week or more
Important Coimneroial Notice.
Tle following important commercial order has
been issued by the Mexican Government to the col-
lectors of customs throughout the Republic :
By article 19 of the treaty concluded with the
United States and signed at Guadalupe on the 2d of
February 1848 it was stipulated that the goods
merchandise and property imported into the ports of
the Republic during the time they were occupied by
the forces of the United States should be exempted
from all duties imposts or excises of any nature
whatever while remaining at their respective points
of importation or after being transported into the
interior. j
In virtue of the before-mentioned article duties
have not been collected on -.any of the goods of such
kind transported into the interior under plea of hav-
ing been imported at the specified-period ; but as
under the shadow of this good faithrziotable abuaea
ntfrTcoem fcnA 5nnfhttTr onrl. ornri
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gif-of the Wester States and San Francisco
there will be a saving of two weeks in time and
.'a- considerable sum of money. All tihis it
seems to us is so plain tnat ne wno runs
may read."
Looking asr. Wc. have looked for several
years to .the great crossing at Tehuancepee as
tho. means of building up the South and es-
tablishing for it somewhat of the independence
we; so much require we have beeu recently at
Borne pains to learn what are the existing rights
'and powers to construct it.
In the year 1842 the right to connect the
oceans at Tehuantepec was granted by Mexico
to Garay a citizen of Mexico with power to
assign his right either to citizens of Mexico
or foreigners. By the term of the grant to
Garay he or his assignee was to begin the
work by a given day. The time of beginning
was extended by the Mexican Government.
Garay sold his right to the English House of
Manning & Mcintosh and they transferred to
3jHargous an American citizen now resi-
ding Jn New1 York. Others citizens of the
United States t;have become associated with JIr.
Hargous and all the'rights granted hy Mexico
arfr at this day the property of citizens of the
United States united in New Orleans into a
Conrpany known as the Tehuantepec Railroad
Company of New Orleans. This Company
within the extended time allowed hy Mexico
began the work in good faith. Theyjcnt a
large scientific party under Maj. Barnard of
the. U. S. Engineers with passports for pro-
tection issued by Mexican authority and that
party has made a suryjey . The results of their
Ubor ma be seen in a volume recently puhv
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fed Stitesjthough thtempting offer (Ml!
000000 was held out: 'but the moment itiwaiil
placed beyond doubt that the citizens of thd
United States had purchased from the English
house the matter assumed another and a dif
ferent color.
We rejoice of course that the New Orleass
Company has a Government to look 'to for pro-
tection a Government which canJtf need be.-
coerce Mexico to respect their rights te-
have unbounded confidence in the ability and -the
desire of the present administration to prc. .
tect our citizens and the whole power of our -Government
to procure and establish- theirs
rights. There are many facts and there 'has-
been some diplomacy touching this subject
which we cannot advert to now lest we tire our.
readers. We doubt not the administration is
now engaged in negociation with the Mexican
Republic in reference to it. We cannot with- '
hold the expression of anxiety however to see.
th matter pressed with the utmost vigor.
We fear the perfidity of the Mexicans we.
know their proneness to delay. We fear the
hatred which they feel towards the citizens of;
thi3 Republic and the sooner they are taught
how properly to appreciate us the better. . We
would not have our Government at once to
place its foot upon the neck of a weak Jtepuh-1
he but we-jfeel that there is a point beyond -
which the weakness of Mexico should no Ioh
ger be a protection to her.
We have been shown a detailed statemtutV-
prepared hj the Mexican Minister of Foreiga
Relations which differs very materially from
the above taken from our exchanges. The
Mexican version follows the history of the aff-
air from its commencement and fully sustain
the Government against the claim. We- wil"
endeavor to make extracts from this statement
in our next paper. Ed Flag.
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Scarborough, E. B. The American Flag. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1, Saturday, May 15, 1852, newspaper, May 15, 1852; Brownsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth78141/m1/2/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.