Indiana American, Volume 4, Number 34, Brookville, Franklin County, 19 August 1836 — Page 2

THE TEXIAN WAR.

T 13 X A S . '.rtracl of a Idler from the Secretary at Ti'ar to .Maj. Gen. Gaines dated War Dkp.vutmknt, July II, IXMn "I have just receive J and submitted to the ".'resident your letter of the 7th, together vviththe report made to you by Capt. Dean. "I am apprehensive from the tenor of this report, as well as from your observations, that te frontier has much to fear tYom the hostilities of the Indian tribes living in Texas. On this subject it is proper to call your atMition to the instructions which were previously issued to you. and also to say to you, hat if the conduct of the Indians in Texas threatens the frontier whose defence is entrusted to von, and you consider it noccs-nr . with a view to its protection to advance as far as Nacogdoches, you will do so without hesitation. If the authorities of that country cannot prevent bodies of savages from approaching our frontier in arms, the necessary precautionary measures must be taken by you. This is the view of the President." Wati Dd?aftmf.n, Jul 1 1 lli, 1S30. 5,; The President is very solicitious that you should act caunou-ly in carrying into .-'Feet your inductions, and do nothing which can compromit the neutral relations of the United States. Your great objects as I have before slated, are. to defend our frontier and to fulfil the neutral obligations of the Government. II Inc UKiians art ni t in'iwc. ately upon the border, there will be no neei of your advancing beyond 'be territory ii the actual occupation of the United States If the Indians are not employed nnmeua- . ill be no need in occupation or iu c-imi'u oi.m;s. inless armed parlies should npproacli our frontier so near as manucMiy io snow umi they do mean to violate our territory. Such a state of things is scarcely to be anticipated from cither of the contending parties in Texas. But it is otherwise with the Indians, fa the excitement of war they will not restrain by boundary lines, but will seek scalps wherever they can find them. The whole history of the employment of Indians, in the contest between civilized communities proves this fact. It was principally with a viewtherefore to this state of things, that you were authorized to cross the line dividing the country actually in the occupation of the United States.' from that heretofore in the possession of Mexico, if such a measure be neccssarv for the defence of the frontier. But I must impress upon you the desire of the President that you do not advance unless circumstances distinctly show this, step U necessarv for the protection of the district of our country adjoining tlie scene ot operations in Texas. And should ou find it necessary to advance, you will not fail to communicate to any armed pai lies in the country your orders and objects. Butjou will, under no circumstances co-operate with any of them or sutler any of them to join you, nor interfere in any manner in any military operations in Texas, except such as may ! c neccssarv for self de fence. Should you pass beyond the above mentioned boundary line, you will return as soon as the safety of the frontier will admit. Very respectfully y ur ino-t obedient servant. LEWIS CASS. To Mj. Gen. L P. Gaines, Fort Jesup, La. from n:xs. New Oiii.kvns, July lOih, 1SP.6. By the schooner Julius Caesar, which arrived yesterday from Texas, we have information that renders it very doubtful whether the Mexican army w ill really prosecute further operations, fi r the present, at least, against Texas. From Texian spies sent for the purpose of reconnoilering the enemy, it is ascertained that the Mexican army has not advanced, and that its numbers are continually diminishing by desertion. Santa Anna had solicited by letter the amicable interposition of Gen. Jackson, and had conveyed to the Mexiran Government his opinion, that the ccmpu st of Texas was impossible, and that the Independence of Texas should be recognized. The schooner Brutu. Capt. Hard, was at Matagorda, blockaded by the Mexican brig of war, Yencedor del Alamo, but w ould soon be relieved by the schooner Invincible. Union. and other vessels that had proceeded there in tow of the steamboat Ocean, for the pur pose of capturing the brig. 1 he steamboat was laden with volunteers, and for her pro taction there was raised a breastw ork of cot ton hales. The Mexican brig will in all probability fall a capture to the Texian. It seems that the Vencedor had been despatched from Vera Cruz, in order to protect the schooners Cumacbes, Fanny IJutler and Watchman, which .were stored with provisions for the Mexicans. Finding that the Texians had already intercepted the said vessels, and appropriated their cargoes to their own use, he very wisely proceeded to take (if possible,) what Texian vessels might happen to fail in his way. It may not, however, prove a very judicious step. From all the information received, and which we believe to be substantially correct, we are nrtnly ol the opinion that the Mexicans will suspend active hostilities against the Texians for the summer, and we shall not prove very bad prophets if it should turn out that their troops will e entirelv withdrawn from the limits of Tex t, and the Independence of this Republic fully secured. STILL LATER FROM TEXAS. Hcad Quarters, Northern Division, ) Cole's Settlement, Brasos, June "26, 18o6. C T'.lr Sir' Yrni u.-;l f. iKn ..... "111 OVG IIUUI iCtlCli written from Gen. Rush, and my call upon I

the people of Texas, that we have fallen upon eventful times. I congratulate the people of this much injured and suffering country, that upon my first landing upon her soil, I was in time to "encage the lion after be had been turned upon the common. That I have acted w:selvin this let all manking judge.

On the 5th inst." I took Santa Anna out of the Invincible, upon the high sea. On the. 9th the monstrous fact is developed 300 miles distant, the retreating Mexican army was ordered to retrogade half way between San Patricio and Metamoras. This must have been done under the. calculation that Santa Ana was safe in Vera Cruz. But we have him still, and we will keep him until we get w hat wc ask for, and w e ask for much. On the 8lh 1 was ordered by the Govern ment with the army under my command to march against the northern Indians, and having marched thus far under that order, you see we have again to fight the Mexicans. 1 march to-morrow with all the force in this part of the country to unite w ith the southern division of the. army under Gen. Rusk. Today 1 have ordered Brevet Brigadier Gen. Felix Houston to advance with the cavalry and act as the advance of my army. We will assemble in a few days a force of 2,000 men upon the Colorado, when wc ought to fight Urrca. The soldiers are in good health and spirits. They have grieved much heretofore for fear all the laurels were to be won by the victors of San Jacinto. Now they are erect, and I mistake them imnh if they do not j rove themselves to be true sons of Washington. I need not say to you, my dear sir, thai this is to be a most conspicuous campaign for Texas and liberty. The question is now fairly understood 'between us Republicans and "the Priesthood of the Old Inquisition. I must say again and again, I have loo much confidence Tn the spirit of liberty in my 'home, my own, my native home, to believe the Kcpiiblicans of the United States of North America will fold their arms and quietly w itness so unequal a contest, though I still believe, as I ever have done, we will triumph, gloriourly triumph, even should, we not get another "volunteer from the United States; for such an event would only protract the conflict. Beat we ought rbeat we must. I have witnessed ac ts of devoted patriotism in the women and children of this country, which would astonish the wisest and bravest men of any other nation. Can their husbands and fathers be beat? Never! never! In the hurry of this letter, permit me to make one other remark. This is frequently called the finest country on earth. This remark though true, the most intelligent men in the United States do not comprehend. The expression being a sweeping and general one, does not convey a proper idea. I w ill say, there are millions of acres of land in this country unappropriated, (because there art; better.) far superior to the best of Madison county, Mississippi, which I believe to be the best cotton region of the United States. This land could have been obtained for ah- ;t three cents per acre. That in the Mississippi is selling at from 30 to $10 per acre. I have been grieved la learn that the idea prevailed to some extent in the United States, that there was no further necessity for any more soldiers here, w hit h stopped a portion of those I had raised, from coming on. Tell them to come on immediately. Their commission will bear date from their leaving the United States. I hope the prints fricndlv to Texas through out the U. S. will publish this intelligence. With sentiments of high regard. 1 have the honor to subscribe myself the friend of so good a friend of Texas. THOMAS J. GREEN. Brigadier General of the Texian Army. Head Quarters, Victoria. June lTlh, ISoO. $ To General Thomas J. Green : Sir My spies have just brought informa tion from Metamoras, ot the dale ol 0th and 10th inst. It consists of letters from Capts. Carnes and l ra.and Major Miller, w ho w ere arrested after having received passports from lien. Filisola. The information is of the most important character, it contains the fact that Filisolo was ordered to turn back with his troops, about halfway between Matamoras and San Patricio. Urrca had been appointed Commander-in-Chief, and had arrived in Matamoras, on his march to Texas w ith -1,000 ncic troops. Four thousand more were to embark at era Cruz in a few days. Urrca took up the line of march from Mat amoras lor La Labia, ahout lour days ago. They have all sworn to exterminate the Texians, or never to return to Mexico. M" force docs not exceed three hundred and (ifly men. J have ordered in the cavalry that were directed to join you, and have also ordered Major Ward, with his command, to join me immediately. You will immediately see the necessity of joining me w itli all Hie lorre you can raise; vou had best march by way of Casey's, on ! the Colorado, it would be w ell to detail all I ' the cavalry you can in advance, as they aie ! ,i . . ... - ..... .ucw iiiij.iiuni nui'jjs ior liinneuiaie service. I have directed all supplies, &e. to Cox's point on the opposite side of the La Bacca. (Signed) THOMAS J. RUSK, Bregadicr Gen. Commanding. Issue Proclamations and bring on all the volunteers you can raise on the march, as there is not one moment to lose. T. J. RUSK.

IIeau UtARTEaS. j Northern Division, June 17th, 16C0. j To the Freemen of Texas : j Your Mexican enemy is again upon yourj frontier, threatening total annihilation to man, woman and child, of Texas. The line of the Colorado, must be our field of operations, at which river we were assembled a strong North America nucleeus around w hich all true Texians are now called to rally. Come then, and come quickly, and let our operations be offensive from the start, and Texas has nothing to fear. Let this order be promulgaled throughout the land, and the Mexicans w ill never again drink the w aters of the Sabine. (Signed) TIIOS. J. GREEN, Briatlir Gen. Texian Army. By the General. Leon Dylr, Aid-dc-camp. Glorious JS'e.us fiom Texas if True. A letter from a highly respectable gentleman at Alexandria, Red River, dated Juv 16, states that intelligence had just been rece'ved there

'-that the Mexican forces had made an at tempt to cross the Colorado, and w ere met by the Texians, and repulsed with the loss of upwards of 800 men killed, besides many wounded and taken prisoners. IMPORTANT DOCUMENT. At a late hour yesterday we received the Nashville Manner Extra of Saturday, from which we make the following important extract. The Tennessee volunteers, who have armed and equipped themselves in obedience to the order of Gen. Gaines, are di-sbmded by order of the President. The Kentucky volunteers will of course be disbanded also. We have no time now to comment. Louisville Journal. From the followinir letter of the President of the United States to Governer Cannon, it will be perceived that the recent requisition of Gen Gaines has been countermanded, and that the Volunteers raised under it are forthwith mustered out of service. Whether or not (Jen. Gaines had authority or valid reasons for making the re quisition, we shall not stop now to enquire; but Governor Cannon's prompt compliance with t, we are satisfied, will be appreciated by the public. hen we shall have obtained the necessary documents, we shall probably take a more extended view of the transaction. GEN. JAC.vSON'S LETTER. Hermitage, Augusts, Sir, I have received your letter of the 29th u!t. and the 4th inst., accompanied by the copies of communications which were addressed to you on the 4th of Mjy and 25th July by the Secretary of War, and also accompanied by your Prockmation of the 20th, founded on the requisition 'made by Gen. Gaines, bearing date the 2:?th June last. The documents referred to in the communication to you of the 25th ult., from the War Department, have not yet been received. The obligations of the Treaty with Mexico, as the general principles which govern our intercourse with foreign powers, require us to maintain a strict neutrality in the contest which now agitates a portion ol" that republic. So long as Mexico fulfills her duties to us as they are defined by the Treaty, and violates none of the rights which are secured by it to our citizens any act on the part of the Government of the United Stat es which would tend to foster a spirit of resistance to her Government and laws, whatever may be their character or form, when administered within tier own limits and jurisdiction, would be unauthorized and highly improper. . A scrupulous sense of these obligations has prevented me thus far from doing any tiling which can authorize the suspicion that our Government is unmindful of them and I hope to be equally cautious and circumspect in all my future conduct. It is in reference to these obligations that the requisition of Gen. Gaines in the present instance must he considered, and unless there is a stronger necessity for it, it should not be sanctioned. Should this necessity not be manifest, when it is well known thatthe disposition to befriend the Texian is a common feeling with the citizens of the United States, it is obvious that that requesitition may furnish a reason to Mexico for supposing that the Government of the United States may be induced by inadequate causes to overstep the lines of the neutrality w hich it professes to maintain. Mefore I left Washington, Gen. Gaines intimated j to the Department of War that some indications: of hostilities from the Indians on the Western frontier had been made, and that ir it become necesssary he should make a call for the militia. He had also informed the Department of. his ill health, and asked for a furlough to enable him to visit the White f ulpher Springs. I directed the Secretary of War to grant him the furlough and to inform hnn of the apportionment which had been made of the 10,000 militia under the recent volunteer act, and if the emergency should arise which would make it necessary to increase the force un-ui-i ma lumui tiiu, iii.it a inousanu volunteers in Arkansas and another in .Missouri raised agreeably to this act would be enrolled and held ready for the service. The force added by the portions of the Dragoon Regiment that would be stationed in that quarter, and those of the regular army already there, were deemed amnlv siitlifii-nt fnr tlm nrnoni;n nf tv.o frontier near the Indians referred to. There are no reasons set forth in the requisition which the General has since made upon you to justify the belief that the force above enumerated will be insufficient, and I cannot therefore sanction it at the present time. To sanction that requisition for the reasons which accompany it would warrant the be lief that it was dono to aid Texas and not from a uesire to prevent an infringement of our Territorial or National rights. I deeply regret that the Tennessee volunteers.! whose prowess and patriotism are displayed so promptly on all occasions that threaten the peace or saiety ot tneir beloved country, have been called out on this occasion without proper consideration. They can for the present only be mustered into service and discharged. If there are funds appropriated out of which they can be paid, an order to this effect will be given. I he ten thousand volunteers authorized under the late act of Congress are intended for one year's service, and must be employed to meet all necessary calls for the defence of our frontier borders. Miould the occasion arise for a "reater number on the Western frontier, the call will be made in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. There is, howevor flo information to justify the apprehensions "L0! k!'S '"v serious extent from the Wesiiii juuitiiis. ououiu a necessity arise ine vo unteer brigade from East Tennessee will be ordered to the Western frontier as soon as theirservice i-an be dispensed with where they are now employed. I would barely add further, that the authority given you by the order of the Jth of May, having been satisfied, by yielding to the requisition of Gen. Gaines, a new authority from the Department of War was necessary to authorize you to comply with that of the 25ih cf June. The Government of the United States having adopted, in regard to M&xico and Texas, the same J rule of neutrality which bad been observed in all '

similar cases before it was not to have been expee-;

ted that Gen. Gaines should have based his requisition for additional military force, on reasons plainly inconsistent with the obligations of that rule. Should Mexico insult our National flag-, invade our territory or interrupt our citizens in the lawful pursuits which are guaranteed to them by the treaty, then the Government will promptly repel the insult, and take speedy reparation for the injury. IJut it does not seem that offences of this character have been committed by Mexico, or were believed to have been by Gen. Gaines. 1 am very respectfully, Your obedient servant, ANDREW JACKSON, His Excellency N. Cannon, Governor of Tennessee. From the National Tiitelligeiirer. the ncmcox passed. It is with tl.e'deepest regret, and w ith the most painful anxiety for the consequence, that we have read the subjoined intelligence, which has just reached us in the New Orleans papers. The commander of (he Amer ican forces on the Western frontier has actually marched into the Mexican territory, and established his head quarters at Nacogdoches, fifty miles beyond the limits of the United Stales. The" secret orders of our Executive, (given almost at the very moment of signing a solemn treaty of amity and limits w ith the Government of Mexico,) and the late despatches of the commanding General, had prepared us for this rash step; but slill we hoped that something would occur to prevent it. We clung to the hope, that the same good providence that had so lately saved us from the evils of an unnecessary war w ith one of the most powerful nations of the old world, would have averted a step which is likelv to involve us in war with a nation on our own continent, and which, even if it bring not upon us the calamity of war, cannot fail to inflict upon the country the still greater calamity of public dishonor. Compelled as we have so often been to condemn the errors of the present Administration, wc willingly pass by the trivial causes of censure, and would fain be silent even where we cannot approve. But considering this occupation by Gen. Gaines of a part of the Mexican territory, as the most portentous movement, in a national point of view, which has ever been made by any Administration since -the establishment of our independence, we feel imperatively called on to draw the public attention to the sad consequences which, in all likelihood, must follow in its train. The blow il is (rue, has been struck, and cannot be recalled; but we trust our country is yet in time to arrest some of the consequences, and do what it can lo repair the mischief. To have this done efficiently, we must rely on the w holesome operation of public opinion, and its influence on the next Congress. HV, therefore, appeal to that body to avert the greatest of public calamities the affixing an indelible stain on our national character. J his we must con sider the heaviest of all the evils impending over. us. Jt is true, a protracted war with a sanguinary people, united, because unprovokedly injured, an immense expenditure of na tional treasure, the abandonment of our commerce to the pirates of every clime, and the waste of human life consequent on such a state of things, arc evils of great magnitude the lightest of w hich is. cautiously avoided by the European policy of the present day. AN these may be borne, repaired, and forgotten by our future generations, if not ourselves; but if we permit this worse than Punic faith to attach to the American name, how can we cherish the hope that such a shame can ever die away, w hen the Punka fides of the Caragenian State is now understood in all the pregnant sense which made it so odious two thousand years ago'. From the jYew Orleans Bee, Julu 15A. New Movement. By a gentleman who came passenger in the steamboat Choctaw, which arrived from Natchitoches yesterday afternoon, we learn that General Gaines,with the United States troops, had crossed the river Sabine and marched into Texas as fir as Nacogdoches, at which place he had for the present fixed his head quarters. The inten tion of this move had not transpired. From the same, July 16. The statement that we published yesterday of General Gaines having crossed the Sabine, is confirmed by the arrival of the Caspian last night, from" Natchitoches. It is furlhei stated that six companies of infantry j anil tliree companies of dragoons were daily expected to join him from Fort Towson. From JV "ew York Star. RENEWAL OF THE INDIAN WAR. By the Charleston steam packet Colombia. Captain Halsev, by which we have ourSouthern files lo Saturday, we have the unpleasant intelligence of the renewal of the Creek hostilites. l)y accounts received at Augusta Geor gia July ."Jth. we learn that a battle was fought in Stewart County, near Fort McCreary,July 2-Ith, 2S miles "from Columbus, between "250 hoslilc Creeks, w ho croossed the Chattahoochie, and attacked 90 of the Georgian volunteers which latter were defeated with five killed. It is supposed 30 Indians were killed, as seven were found dead. As soon as the news reached Gen. San ford he .j... i uurprtiLiieu six companies in pursuit to exterminate the hostilities if possible. Traveling by the stage route, which is well guarded, is still considered perfectly safe. The Stan dard and Union of the 2Gth, in allusion to the foregoing, asks Where is General Jessup? and how does it happen that he closed the war and disbaned the army, while the country is full of hostile savages? . Jtrom I lokida. By the Charleston steam packet, we have further particulars from the late action atMicanopy. Capt. Ashbyhad but 50 men, and was rcieived by a detachment from Micanopy under Lieut. Temple.

the evacuation of Fort Di ane

Accounts from St. Augustine of a late da!tstate the number of Seminole warriors still capable of taking the field nt 7000. Several runaway negroes employed as spies, had boon captured and imprisoned at St. Augustine. Fiiom Key v.-est. Leiutenanl Leih, w ith 20 marines, was to leave Key West in the lr. S. schooner Motto, Captain Armstrong, on an expedition to destroy the Count Mills, near Cape Florida and the New River the Indi ans having reserved those factories, after diiJ ving off the inhabitants, for the purpose of faj cilialing the prepcration of arrow root. An j attack on Indian Key was apprehended, as i the Indians were very bold on that quarter, I several ot their canoes having been observed making a reconnoisance at Matlacumbee. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE, Highly important Gssation of hiLm-vrse b tunn, Ponsonby and the. Porte Protfs and remonstrance by the Russian mid Austrian A mbassadors. By the arrival at New York, on Fiid.iv last, of the packet ship St. James, Capt. Sebor, the Editor of the Courier 5c Enquirer has received London papers to the 30lh ot June. Under the head of Paris. 2Tlh June, it is stated that all intercourse between Lord Ponsonby and the porte had ceased, and the rest of the diplomatic body.finding the afiair became serious, had refused further lo interfere. The Russian Ambassadors had forwarded to their respective Courls and lo London, a formal protest and remonstrances against the couductof Lord Ponsonby in respect lo this question, and stating unequivocally that thev Will consider as a decleration of war, anv act of hostility committed against Turkey bv any powerof Euiope, and that they are determined to mai'nlain to its fullest extent aiid meaning, the integrity of the Ottoman Empire. STILL LATER By the packet ship Polaxd, from Havre, arrived this morning, we have received our Paris journals lo the 1st July, from which we extract the. following : The king has been urged since the attempt of Alibeau, to establish a body-guard, but would not listen to jt, saying that bayonet; had not been "wauling," and that he would rather expose his life than-submit to such servitude. II is majesty ha.d addresed the following letter to the arch bishods and bishops of France: Reverend Sir. A new attempt has just threafend my life. Providence has preserved it.' My gratitude is raised toward Him who has covered with his powerful hand a life entirely devoted to the welfare of France. I have the firm conviction that their preserving protection will aid me in maintaining in my country peace and respect for religion, order and law. My intention ia that a solemn Tedcum and thanksgiving should be celebrated in all the churches of your diocese. "LOUIS PIIILI MTE." Paris l27th June, 1S30. Alibeau had attempted suicide. Galignani's Messemger gives the following account of it. One of the keepers having gone out lor a moment lo get some tobacco to chew, he requested the other who was with him to go and hasten his return. The latter had scarcely turned his back, when the prisoner endeavored twice to dash out his brains against the wall; but the keeper was too quick for him. and seized him by the clothes. "Ah! my fine fellow! You wish to play me a trick, which would have been the ruin of me!" Alibeau at first tried to turn it off asa joke, but afterwards acknowledged his real intention, asserting that it was not for want of courage that he attempted his life, but that he had become disgusted with his present state of existence, and wished to save himself from eight more wearisome days. He is at times prodigal of his exoressions. One of them is "iiy name begins with the first letter of the alphabet, and the king has yet to fear all the rest ol the letters." Another is 'Whatever may be my fate, my name will be known throughout Europe, and my devotion of myself honored lv all true patriots.'' lli It tut ifi letter from a g-nlleman at Richmond (.Missouri.) I.) his friend in Philadelphia, dated July ilk, i-vG. "Our town is all commotion to-day. Indian :ostilifios have commenced on the frontier of our tate. about sixty miles from this place. The Indian have killed two men, one of whom they btera.ly cut to pieces. The Iowa is the only tribe that is yet known to be hostiJ but there is no doubt in the minds of the people of this country, but there will be a general rise among the PotawHtamies, Sbatvnes, and m:iny other tribes. Our Government has ordered one thousand horsemen from the counties of Ray, Claw, Jackson, Eayette, and Carroll. The two hundred of our county are icady, and will take ..r. Una nt mfirrli in t wo hours: thev are all vol unteers, and well understand the use of the dead rifle. The citizens of this town are now giving them a public dinner, and as soon as that is over they take up the line. They will march directly to the Iowa towns. The Mormon oucstion is not vet settled m tins countrv, nor will it be, in my opinion, as long any of them remain here. .Meetings are being held in the various counties to prevent their introduction here. Their great suit with the Jackson county boys, was settled yesterday to the satisfaction of both parties the Jackson boys paying them $160 for their expulsion and destruction of property. There are thousands of these wretched beings eiicaiiifjc-u an . ......j. - - . . Clay have met, and concluded to let one hundre" families of them remain in that county. 1 ".s county (Ray) has done nothing yet." Amos Kendall has appointed Mrs. -Mary Troone, Postuiastress at IJarien, Georgia. Mie 's not the only Pol- Troon in the Post Orlice Department. Louisville Journal. J -II .r r.i,r ITiltntrV I 11 CIClZCUB , Sudden Deaths. The heat at New Orleans ou the 19th and several previous days, ranged ir 95 to 93. Several persons had it-ei in the streets!