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Texas. The information from
Texas, which we annex, is calcu
lated to excite apprehensions that
the forces of the United States
on the frontiers may be involved
in the contest. ' It seems that the
Mexican emmissaries alluded to in
General Gaines's despatcli to the
Governor of Louisiana, have
succeeded in arousing to action
ihe Indians within our western
'limits; and according to the Gen
eral's construction of the treaty be
tween the United Slates and Mex
ico, as given in that despatch, he
feels himself called upon to inter
pose to prevent these Indians froni
taking part in the war. General
Gaines states that his orders from
the President require him "to re
mit entirely neutral and to cause
tkt neutrality to" be respected."
But if, to effect this object, he
(!?e!TiS it a duty to oppose the em
ployment of the Indians within
our frontiers, and has marched to
the Sabine, as the letter from Fort
Jesup to the editor of the Bulletin"
indicates, to arrest the prngrcss'of
the Indians in that quarter, there
is great likelihood thtft a war in
our western border has been al
ready commenced, the close of
which cannot be certainly divin
ed. We trust that, however
strong sympathies in favor of our
countrymen who are emigrants in
Texas may be, tunning will be
done by an American officer to
tarnish the high character of the
failed States for national probity
and good faith. Globe.
From the. Yew Orleans Bulletin
10A ult.
VTe are happy to have it our
power to publish the following let
ter addressed by Major General
Gaines to the Governors of Missis
sippi, Alabama, and Tennessee.
It may be relied upon as authen
tic, and is of great importance.
It is manifest from the letter that
the government of the U. S. has
ten the proper position with res
pect to ihe contending parties in
Texas, and that Gen. Gaines has
Men the necessary precautionary
measures to enable him to execute
the important duties devolved
,Jpon him, and to cause our neu
trality to be respected.
" copy.
wad Quakers, Western Depart
ment. Natchitoches, La. 8th
April, 183G.
Sir: The war in Texas, which
lias of late assumed a -sanguinary
and savage aspect, has in
deed the President of the Uni
ted States to require a consid
erable augmentation of regular
Iurc?tobe concentrated upon this
Action of the national frontier, to
tyhich my attention has been par
ticularly directed. He deems it
be the duty of the United
tates to remain entirely neutral,
aid to cause their neutrality to be
Jjspect?d peaceably if practica
lforcibly if necessary. ' :
.The 23d article of the Treaty
:iu Mexico requires both the
ntracting parties to prevent "by
orce all hostilities and incursions
the part of the Indian nations
iving w'nhin their respective
"oudanes, so that the United
l"J,fs of America will not suffer
their IndiansUo attack the .citizens
of the Mexican States, -Bid" , .
-The provisions of this article ,1
am particularly instucted to cause
to he enforced, and I have pursu
ant to' instructions, -- taken, meas
ures to make known to the various
Indian tribes-inhabiting that por
tion of the. United States; border
ing, upon the Mexican territory;
on the waters of the Red and Ar
kansas rivers, the determination
of the government to prevent any
hostile incursion into Texas, and
have directed, that the Chiefs be
called upon to inculcate, upon
their people the necessity of care
fully abstaining from any viola
tion of the above mentioued en
gagement and I have moreover
informed them, pursuant to the
orders of the President, that I will
not hesitate to use the force at mv
disjoosal for the purpose of prevent
ing any such designs.:
J have learned from several of
our citizens entitled to credit, that
one Manuel b lores, a iMir.nn
Spaniard, but for several, years
past a citizen of "Spanish town"
in this Slate, near the ' Snhinp
Ridge, has-been lately, commis
sioned by persons professing to
act by the authority of the, Mex
ican Government, for the purpose
of enticing the Indians in the wes
tern prairies on our side of ihp
boundary line, to join them in lire
war. of, extermination now railing
in Texas: and that with this view,
the Agent, .Manuel Flores, accom
panied by a stranger, has passed
up ihe valley of the Red River,
and has lately .-produced consider
able excitement among the Caddo
Indians. And 1 have very recent
ly learned from several intelligent
persons in lexas, and others who
have lately been there that many
of our Indians have cone over to
the Texas side of the line. .''
These facts and circumstances
present to mc the important ques
tion whether I am to sit still aud
uffer these movements to be so
far matured as to place the white
settlements on both sides oCthe
line wholly within the power of
these savazes or whether I ought!'
C3 . w .
not instantly to prepare the means
for protecting the frontier settle
ments, and if necessary, compell
ing the Indians to return to their
ow n homes and hunting grounds?
I cannot but decide in favor of
the alternative which this question
presents: for nothing can be more
evident than that an, Indian war,
commencing on cither side of the
line, will as surely extend to both
sides, as that a lighted quick-match
thrust into one side of a powder
magazine would extend the explo
sion to both sides. -
But I am without mounted men,
the only description of force which
will enable me to interpose an em
cient check to the daily increasing
danger which every intelligent
citizen with whom I have;conver-
sed upon the -subject, apprehends.
And apprehending as 1 (Jo tnatiue
loss of a month, which it would
require to submit the case to the
decision of the President of the
Un'itoA Stntpe 'mirrht nrove fatal
to a large portion of the frontier
inhabitants, I, have determined to
solicit of your Excellency a brig
ade, to consist of two or three ba
tallious of volunteers as many to
be mounted as practicable to re
pair to this place as soon as . may
be convenient, by companies or
batallions; to receive their arms
and camp equipment at New Or
leans and Baton ttogue. in?
may be eight or ten companies to
r hntnllinnl
cu.,i,r ii.o tvnr in lexas oe
hrmmht to a dose WlUlOUl Uie-ap
. t A . f
prehended Indian nosunwc, uc
vn1ntPPrs will be ; discharged
fiettitvitll. i "
With perfect respect, ! have the
honor to be V, '
Your obed't serv't,
EDMUND P. GAINES.
Major General Commanding
To Ilis , Ef cellenc v. VAwn'rA n
;)V,,ite' Governor of the Stale of
l-ouisiana, New Orleans;
carters, West of Brassos'
.,. oist March. I83G.
iOUie People of the. East of
lirazos: My Encampment. is pre
paring on the west of Brazos,
V... 7
wnere i shall wait for some sup-
ana reiulOrcemeuls. My in
never nas oeen to cross
the Brazos and the false reports
fcpreaa are by men who have base
ly deserted the army of Texas
Let men from trte efst press on the
armj', and cross over, at Groces
If men will, w ith the present fore;
w'e can defeat and capture thi?
enemy. The army, of the eneiny
has been represented at-.' 10, to
30,000 men, when indeed it never
has exceeded 3 to 4,000 in Texas,
and the force that attacked Col.
Fannin was only 1500, and he
bad only 320 men. They fought
him in the Prairie, where he had
no water, and where they sur
rounded him. .Their cavalry are
not as numerous as stated, and
their infantry are men pressed in
to service, and convicts from pri-sons-their
army is incumbered
with women and children. Let
the men of the east come to our
aid, and bring al! deserters with
them.- Aid from the United
States is landing on our coast.
Capt. Brown with one of our vessels
has taken a Mexican vessel, with
420 bbls. flour,. 300 kegs powder,
and other supplies for the army.
My spies report the enemy within
a few miles of San Felipe, 800 or
1000 men only, and 30 cavalry.
We will whip them ioon. ; The
citizens of San Felipe, when they
heard it rumored that the. enemy
hail crossed the Colorado, imme
diately set Tire to their own houses
and reduced ihe town to ashes.
Let the people not be any longer
in dread of danger if the men will
turn out like men.
; SAM'L. HOUSTON, .
Com. in Chief.
santa anna's procla
. : mat ion. ,
The General in Chief to the Ar
my of Operations under his
Com tn and. '. ',; '
Companies in arms! Our most
sacred duties have conducted us
to these pl.iios. aiid urged us for
ward ' combat w ith the mob of
unirf ateful adventurers, on - whom
1,1 . . .
our authorities have incautiously
lavished favors which they have
failed to bestow on'--Mexicans.
They have appropriated to them
selves our territories, and have
raised the standard of rebellion in
order that this fertile, and expan
ded department-may- be detached
from, our Republic;
persuading
themselves mat our
unfortunate
dissensions have incapacitated us 1 11
for the defence of our native land-T "
-Wretches! .they will soon see
their folly.
- Soldiers! Your comrades have
been treacherously sacrificed at
Anahnac, Goliad and ; Bejar; and
you are the men chosen to chas
tise the assassins.
My Friends! We will march to
the spot whither we are called by
the interest of the nation in whose
' mi '
services we are engageu. i ne
candidates for 'acres' of land in
Texas will learn to their , sorrow,
that their auxiliaries . from New
Orleans, Mobile, Boston, New
York and other Northern Ports,
from whence no aid ought to pro
ceed, are insignificant;. and that
Mexicans, though naturally gen
erous, will not suiter outrages witn
impunity; injurious and dishonor
able to their country; let the per
petrators be whom they may.
Camp on the River Mneces, V
: ' February 17, 183G,'-" S
' Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
tlr'tract of a letter dated Fort
Joseph; z April- 1 4. Dear ' Sir
Nacogdocltes has oeen aoanuou
ed, and probably by this 'hour is
in ruins. ,'A detachment of the
Mexican army has, by an extraor
dmary movement, been united
with the Indians' of the north, who
it is reported are 1 500. strong; and
unless timely succour is obtained,
the country will be overrun; and
the depredations and horrors
which were lately enacted in Flo
rida, will now be removed to the
western border of our happy land.
Hundreds of families are rapidly
fleeing from the ruthless savages
who are hastening ' down noon
uhem, and all is confusion between
here and San Augustine.. - Gov.
Quiiman, flie noble and brave
Quitman, who merely went to ex
plore the country, and lay out the
promised, land, has heedlessly
found himself and his handful of
devoted adherents, hemmed in by
the Mexicans on one side, and the
cruel Indians on the other; and he
is now rallying the scattered in
habitants and forming a rear
guard, to protect the unfortunate
women and children, who are hur
rying with all possible speed to
the Sabine. Gen. Mason reached
here by express last evening: and
Geu. Gaines, with just prompti
tude, has ordered 8 or 10 compa
nies from this . garrison to' be on
the line of march by 3 o'clock P.
M. to reach the Sabine as early
as possible. Gen. Gaines com
mands this expedition. -.
ftTRumor has attempted to
resuscitate CoK Crockett; he is
supposed to have been discovered
among the slain, still breathing,
and with careful attendance was
restored. The fact, however, is
too well attested, that every indi
vidual of the gallant band who fell
in the Alamo was thrown in a
general heap and burnt by the
remorseless and vindictive con
querors. Norfolk Herald. . . -
Texas Loan. The books for
the Texas Loan were opened yes
terday, "and we are gratified to
state that $100,000 was forthwith
subscribed, and no doubt the
whole amount will be promptly
taken up. The tifort made to
produce a feeling in favor of San-
i ta Anna has failed, having been re
ceived coldly by the public. Iii the
Western States memorials are cirr
culating.in every direction pray
ing Congress to recognise the in
dependence of Texas, and troops
continued to be poured into that
count cy. However powerful the
Mexican forces may be, .we are
certain, that if they penetrate deep
into Texas, they will be cut off
ultimately. ,; ;,' - !
: We have no doubt, that ere Con
gress . rises, a . resolution will be
passed expressive of the sense of
the American people, relative. to
r the barbarous mode of conducting
ie war on the part of the Mexican
army. .A". 1. Star. V-
The Poor I Indians:- Most of
our readers recolject the vast a-
mount of sympathy expressed by
the opposition party for "the poor
Indians,' at the time Gen. Jack
son became earnest in recommen-
ng their, removal beyond the
while settlements of the United
States. . The measure was char
acterised as barbarous,, unfeeling
and inhuman; we heard much of
the. forlorn condition of ihe. sons
of the forest: of- their attachment
to their native soil; of their devo
tion to the.mounds which contain-.
ed the bones of their ancestors,
&ic. Uc. The opposition policy
prevailed; they were allowed to
remain; and what has followed?
Ask the smoking -ruins of the
thousand farm-houses, in Florida!
Question the smouldering ashes of
ihe mpn. women and children of
that once flourishing territory.
Look upon the answer at the spot
where the gallant Dade and his
comra6!es sleep their -final sleep,
and then tell us what has followed
this one, of a thousand . measures
or opoosiuon to the course of the
present adnunLtration. These
reminiscences are painful, but lw
unscrupulous foes of Gen. Jackson
must make .up their minds to as
sume a 'due portion of responsi
bility for the results which follow
their panic eflnrts.
"f, - . .( Winchester Virginian.
nt from Jamaica- Ef
fect of Abolition. -XV e have
re-
ctieu our.uies irom Kingston to
April 2d. We regret to see,. but
could not have expected any other
result from the iniquitous proceed
ings of the abolitionists of the
British Parliament, that the feel
ing of dissatisfaction prevails to a
great extent upon this once pros
perous island. Plundered as they
have been by the apprenticeship
law concocted in" the conventicles
of the saints of- . Alderroanbury
street, what else could we anticip
ate but scenes of riot and . confu
sion among the negroes, and dis
tress and heart-burning conten
tions between the official authori
ty attempting to execute an im
practicable Jaw, and the planters
who have, in fact, become the ag
grieved oppressed slaves of power.
It is calculated that two, thirds
of the British V. 1. Colonies, will
have been thrown out of cuhiva
lion by the disorganizing and dis
astrous operation of the appren
ticeship law.
The Ja maica papers are en
grossed with the subject, as might
be suDDOSed. and sneak a lan-
i . i
guuge made more eloquent by the I
wounds with which their pride and
feelings are excoriated, and the
deeri-pecuniary losses which they
have experienced. Already, we
may say to, our neighbors and
kindred of Jamaica, they begin to
see about to be realized the fright
ful consequences w hich hypocrisy,
under the mask of religion, always
brings in its train, and will also in
our counlry if not lorn up by the
roots. Among these disastrous
effects will be the depopulation of
the British W. I. Islands, and by
necessitj' a vast increase of impor
tation in the Spanish and French,
and other islands, to make up for
the chasm created by the abstrac
tion of negro labor, for free negro
labor amounts to a nonentity.
This is one of the fruits of eman
cipation, setting aside the de
baucheries and excesses which
will reign among them like a
sword of fire, until they are self
exterminated by the very, weapons
which., sanctiGed puritans have
put in their hands. There is ad
mitted to be already a fearful ac
cumulation of crime since the gen
eral .introduction of. churches;
schools and. similar institutions
among the negroes. N. Y. Star.
Spof'ting Intelligence. We are
authorized, - by an authentic
source, to state, that Col. Crowell
and- Mr. Shelton, the owners of
John Bascomb, who was the com
petitor and victor of Argyle in the
match lately run over the Augus
ta Course, Ueorgia, four mile
hats, have, with a spirit of true
Southern; feeling, liberally and
magnanimously tendered John's
services to tne.uacKers oi the
South in the "great match between
the North and South, to come off
in New York, over the Union
Course Long Island, at the Se
cond Spring Meeting, which will
commence, on the 31st of Mav
next. This friendly offer has been
cheerfully accepted, and John has
already taken up the line of march
for the battle ground, and is daily
expected . to arrive, at old New
Market, at which place, or at the
Central Course, he will join the
main body of the corps under Old
Napoleon,- and thither wend his
way to compare speed and bottom
with the ."Lion- of the North,"
Post Boy. In this match, the
North is privileged to name at the
starting post, any horse ow ned
and belonging -Norlli of ; Mary
land. The South in-like man
ner, any South of the PoloiiiaT
Sum slaked, $5,000 aside, half
forfeit, four mile heats.. . Pet. Coa.
. Perkins. t Our countryman,
Perkins, has invented a steam
boiler, which cannot explode.
He writes from London to our
government, that he is anxious
that his country should realjzeth'e
benefit of his invention and de
mands a corresponding compensa
tion. He offers to suffer his ex
periment' to be. tested for. the space
of ten years; and should it failhe
withdraws his demand for pecuni
ary reward. As Perkins is un
questionably one, of 'the greatest
mechanics of the age, this intelli
gence will be highly gratifying7 to
the western people, whose'enter-
prise is so , intimately connected
will) steam power, and whojjave
suffered so much fiom the disas
ters incident to the bursting of- .
builders. ' . .
(GHenry Blair, a free colored
man, of Md. has invented and ob
tained a patent for a machine to
Plant Corn. It is, moved-by a
horse, opens the furrow, drops and
covers the corn, "and goes as fast
as a plough. - .
Ovght the raisins' of Beets' for
Sugar to be encouraged in the 17.
States? Mr. Isnard, French vice
consul at Boston, who distinguish-
ea inmseit in this. -culture . in
r ranee during the time of Napo
leon, who first projected it, states
in a letter to the Boston Daily
Advertiser, 'that one ton of bee is
yield 100 lbs. brown sugar," and
that an acre will produce on :an
average 10 or 15 tons. SupposV
ing 100 lbs. of sugar to an , at re,
there would be a clear profit, after
all expenses on the refined article',
of $3420 on .500 acres. .This
would never do for our country.
Our soil is too rich and valuable
to be appropriated to - so unpru
ductive an income as this. - -.'"'
Compliments to Arncrica.--The
N.Y. Star states that so high is the
estimation in which tlie American
flour is held all over the world,
'the government of Demark Jiave
recently sent out a gentleman, to
our country, who is charged with
the duly of making a special exT
amination of ihe phn upon w hich
our mills are constructed. This
circumstance, like the mission or.
French government to our peni
tentiares, and that of the English
rail road companies-to
examine-
our inclined planes, is
flattering proof, of .the..
another
'extorted
homage, rendered by European
civilization and science to Ameri
can ingenuity.' "-v,r r" . :
An Offensive Offence. S
body who does not like the doings
of the Lower. Canada House of
Assembly, has- been trying a new
and very unsavory method cf
putting a s.top to its legislative
proceedings, as appears from the.
following paragraph, quoted froni
the Quebec Mercury: m
'The mischievous attempt of
stifling the members of Assembly
out of their Hall, was again at
tempted last night, and, we are
sorry to say, wilh more success
than on. the former occasion, as
assafoetida was sprinkled in differ
ent parts of the house. The per
son, we learn, has been seen and
discoved, and the matter will be
before the house this evening.
The fellow, be he who he may,
who could be godly of 'so low an
annoyance, deserves to be visited
with as severe a punishment as the
House can inflict." .
J Y. Com. Adv.
CXPride breakfasted with
plenty, dined with poverty, and
supped with infamy.