Crawfordsville Record, Volume 4, Number 51, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 28 May 1836 — Page 2

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hunting parties would meet at points two hundred miles distant, and seldom did the word fatigue enter into the vocabulary of the parties engaged in such healthy sports. At niffht a blanket, or in bad weather, the tent ormarquee, was as acceptable as a bed of the Fwfiest down; and during the day thechise Wiih a good pack of lwunds, still hunting, the destruction of myriads of wild fowl, or "a quarter race" with the best Indian hunters, was a sport worthy of a country at that time almost unknown to the white man.

But ten short years have passed away, and behold, the wilderness has ceased to be, the savage Indian has been driven from his

hunting around, and civilization has ext end-

been at St. Martinsville immediately before his departure, who stated as a positive fact, within their own cognizance, that an engagement had taken piace between part of the Mexicau and Texian

C R A W F O RDSV1LL E. ""SATURDAY, MAY iiS, 1S3G.

Presidential election in 1936.

in such a situation that we could not use our cannon; in consequence of which we thol it best to surrender on the terms offered to us which were to treat us as prisoners of wnr. nnd nrrordincT to the rules of christian

warfare. But how sadly we were deceived t army. The former had been separated; the sequel will show: after starving us for a j in two bodies, divided by the lirazos,who-se j -L- ihv ordnrwl us out. s ivincr w; are mt-! sudden rise p. event d their junction. The ,

incr after beef, but when we h id marchecTa-! larger body, consisting of about 1400 men, I Mil:. StaPP, of Jefferson

bout a half mile Irom the !ori we were order-1 wiio Deing attacKeu uy vjcnerai iiousion,

PUBLIC MEETING. At a meeting of a number of the friends of the present Administration, in the town of Crawfordsville, on Saturday the 14thbf

May, John Nelson, Esq. was nominated

by a majority ot said meeting, as a Candidate for the next Legislature, for the

HARRISON ELECTORS.

Marston G.Cl rk, of Washington county, ' county of Montgomery

xi to halt. The Mexicans marched all on ! set fire to the town of Hat risburg and re

one side of us, and took dehbejite aim at us, j treated; but Houston succeeded in over

but I, as von havt

was fortunate

taking them

about seven miles from the

is von nave seen

w . . t if i - I I 1 .. 1. ,.rthA.1 h-itr in

to escape. 1 have, however, had ; piace, coaipeueu inein to a piicu unm.-,

monstrous hard times, havine nothing io eat in which 00 ot the Mexicans were tuned,

i" i I j . 1 I .. i nnd -hf II I to ban niHnnDrc

or live successive uavs una mums, uui ai uu i.iiouwio, .ww..0

enoucjn

Attst n W. Morris, ot .Marion

Join G. C .k.n den in, of Orange E och McCar it, of Franklin Albert . White, of Tippecanoe Achii le- Williams, of Wayne Ab aham P. A v drews, of Laporte

among whom ; Hiram Uecke , of Knox

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II. DEAN, Chairman.

' ' . , ... i ,k : l u , fK.v. .,f.r i was I xv inp iiiirnlr a. tinnlH'ur Will Serve

ed her epuvre to the banUsot the great .His- teny.u ""' -- - "'""""r.' ' i . . ' . ,,, " n . wo.

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In ten years more,

oKiii TiKaM., u. I danffers. durincr w hich time I had so:ne nar-i completely routed,

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nieht

of tlie llockv mountains,

the character of the country as it appeared ten years ago. Nay, how long wili it be before we hear of towns and villages on the bmks of the Columbia and the shores of the Pacific, and rail roads over the Rocky mountains to facilitate their intercourse with the Atlantic? But ps a nation and a people, our prosperity is only equaled by the peculiar genius of our countrymen, their enterprise, and tlie boundless extent of country which invites them to nive it scop; and if the mi-

ion of the statts should be preserved for an-

and the

iderabl

immediately marched

loss ol the

. Gen. llousin pursuit of

have equally

sissippi itseli.

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n.v,n 1,1 nniipp. a new own on ne r ,u" -t- . ,

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4iS.in iVhpe is taken. The Mexicans are in ! captured them; but this is not yet ascerTexas, but I think 1 shall live to see her free ! tained. notwithstanding. We have near 1500 men Since writing the above, we heard m camp, and expect to attack the enemy in j it stated, as if on good authority, that Gen. a few days. j Houston held a council of war on the late "I am'well, with the exception of very sore , of the prisoners, and that Santa Anna and !eet, occasioned i.y walking tino1 the prairies' all the odicers had been shot; the privates hirr.w.H-n1. Tomorrow I shall rm mvr in were sent to iaiamoras. it was aiso sta-

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river to a farm, to stay until 1 get entirely i iea uicii ucu. otuiius nuu wmieii a. pivaic

j well, when 1 will try to avenge li e de;ith ot ) some of my bravo friends. All of my coin-

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other quarter of a century, the imagination . VMX1 K,uc .

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Col. Crockett. The following is an extract of a letter from a gentleman iii Louisiana, dated April 12th, to a memberof Congress: 'Crockett was found (within the Alamo) "in an angle made by two houses, lying "on his back, a frown on his brow, a smile "of scorn on his lips his knife in his "hand, a dead Mexican lying across hi& "body, and twenty two more lying pell"me fl before him in the angle."

can scarcely conceive the changes which are desrined to take place. In short, both the west and the "far west-''1 are destined to be forgotten terms; and civihzttion having planted herself on the shores of the Pacific will roll back upon us, until all intermediate points become lost in the general advancement of the country in the arts and sciences, and all that appertains to national greatness.

FROM TIIE NEW YORK STAR. CROCKETT. Though sad was his fate and mournful the story, The deeds of the hero shall never ded,y; He fell in a cause dear to freedom and glory, And fought like a lion at bay. When rang the loud call from a nation oppressed, And her valleys with slaughter of brave men were red, 'Twas the pride of poor Crockett to help the distressed, And the watchword in Texas was heard "go ahead.1" His death-dealing rifle no longer shall shower Its unerring balls on the proud haughty foe; Cut down in the spring time of life's budding flower, His tombstone, alas! are thy walls, Alamo! Then may we not hope, since valor has crowned him, And o'er him bright fame her mantle has spread, In the soul's parting hoar, good angels were round him, Bid his spirit arise to the skies, "go ahead." FLASH.

A few evenings ago, the whigs of N. York city got up a splendid illumination by way of celebrating the political regeneration of the city. On the same evening there was a most brilliant aurora borealis a responsive illumination in the sky. Louisville Journal.

It on 2I1 1 to be recorded to the lasting

h nor of Gov. Cannon, of Tennessee, thai on receiving tiie late requisition of General Games for troops, he applied to the Union bank at Nashville for funds to fit out the vol-

unteeis, and proposed to pledge the whole of his real and personal estate for the repayment' of the loan. The bank, however, no less generous than himself, declined receiving the proffered security, and authorized hun to check for whatever sum he miiiht deemnecessary. Lou. Journal.

letter contirmatorv ot this account; but

we did not see it. There can be no doubt,

however, that Houston has conquered; and

VAN BUUEN ELECTORS. J 'N iTiiAN Williams, of Me-rgan county,

John M .ers, of Knox William Rockuill, of Allen G orge W. M ore, of Owen William White, of Vermillion Jesse Jackson, of Scott Marinus Willett, of Rush Elisha Long, of Henry Thomas C Ste art, of Pike

: VinchnnH tif .n l.'idv in tlm s.mifi or immfi-

OO-We are authorized to say that Isaac diaic nciRhborhood who had been ill for Naylor, esq., is a candidate to represent somc timc also departed this life, and the Montgomery county in the next General, discon?olatc widower and newly made Assembly of this state. (widow walked together to the funeral, and (rW e have been requested to say that . . homeward, upon comnar-

Dr, Thomas M. Currey is a candidate to . - anMr..,l that thnv wr-m -

Matrimonial Despatch. In the early part of last week, the wife of a German residing in the neighborhood of Pegg and Front street, fell sick, died, and was decently buried. On the dav following, the

that the Mexican army is prostrated. The represent this county in the next legisla- ,naimous in tie opinion that "it was not

dav ol retnuution

and Texas is free

has at

length

come :

UNITED STATES AND FRANCE. The following message was received from the President of the United States, by the hand of Asbury Dickens, Lsq. and read : Washington, May 10, 183G. To the Senate and it. of lieprcsentatices: Information has been received at the Treasury Department that the four instalments under our treatv with t rance

have been paid to the agent of the United j lucu' Comniandei-iii-cuiet, Gen. Houston; States, in communicating this satisiacto-; aud lliat 11 ld m tlie entire overrv termination of our controversy with ! lhlONV oi lhal ?)urt ot lhe Mexican army-

feel assured that both Houses ot" lhc remaining corps being at or near ban

B A N N ER EXTRA. Xashiille, May 13, 5 oclock, P. M. NEWS RENDEs.ED CERT.UNh! By the Memphis mail this moment arrived, Governor Cannon has this moment receied a letter irom Gen. Uames, confirming the capture of banta Anna and his advanced corps. Through the politeness of Gov. Cannon, we are permitted to make the following extract: Head Quarters, Western Department, Lawj SaOme, April 28, 1836. Sir I have tne honor to state mat reports just now reached this piace, through

various channels, winch leave no . oubi of

their correctness, that on the 21st mst. a battie was fought near twenty mites to the Eastward oi Harnsbuig, between the advanced corps of the .Mexican army, ujaer the limueuiate command of their iJresluent, fcanta Anna, and the Texians under

ture Ot this State. nnnil for mnn (nr woman fiithoi to Vw sr-

03r e are requested to announce Col. lonc, amj that it wag aitogether useless David Vance and Henry Lee as candid-. tQ UvQ rentgj and tQ kcep tWQ estal ates to represent this county in the next . Hshments; whereupon it was moved, sec-

legislature of this state.

MARRIED On Thursday, the 26th instant, by the Rev. John Bryce, Mr. John Campbell to Miss Sarah Woodkuff; both of this place.

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onucd and decided, that they should go forthwith to the parson's and be married which was accordingly done. J hiladelphia Courier.

EXECUTION OF HELLER. The last "Star and Banner" of Union County, has a short communication relative to the execution of Isaac Heller clias

from which we make the

Isaac Vounc

r ranee, 1

Congress will unite with me in desiring and believing that the anticipations ol a

restoration of the ancient cordial relations i

between the two countries, expressed in my former messages on this subject, will be speedily realized. No proper exertion of mine shall be wanting to efface the remembrance of those misconceptions that have temporarily interrupted the accustomed intercourse between them. andrew Jackson.

Col. John Biker, of Mason county, was accidentally killed by a young Mr. Ashcraft, on the 20th tilt. The two gentlemen, without seeing each other, were in pursuit of the same flock of wild turkies. Mr. B iker concealed himself behind a blind, a;:d attempted to decoy the flock by imitating the cry of the turkey, when Mr. Ashcraft, supposing the cry to be tint of a real turkey, cautiously advanced within twenty yards and shot him instantly dead. Col. Biker is said to have been a highminded and honorable mnn, and to have done great service to his country in the last war with the British and Indians. Lou. Jour.

LATE FROM ENGLAND. By the arrival of the packet ship Columbus, from Liverpool, the New lrk editors have received hies to the 3d of April, and Liverpool to the 4th. The principal item of news is that of the payment of eighteen millions four hundred and sixty thousand six hundred and sixty six francs titty-two centimes, by the French Government to Messrs. Rothschild, on account of the American indemnification. Two instalments yet remain to be paid, which will be due, the first on the 2d February, 1837, and the other on 2d February, 188.

Felipe, sixty nines in the rear.

lhe advanced corps consisting of eleven hundred men, were haif or nearly half killed, and the remaining half taken prisoners, including the hresiuent himself, with his staff, and most of his principal oiiicers: smd that he has declared himself

ready and willing instantly to acknowledge the independence of Texas." In addition to the abovy we have conversed with a very respectable gentleman who has just arrived m this piace in the Western JJistiiet stage. At the moment of his leaving Soannerville, he saw Mr. Hodge, a worthy and highly respected citizen of Fayette County, who was direct

The citizens of the town and county, favorable to lebrating the 4th of July, are requested to meet at the court house on

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rriuay evening uw.i, a. i j hji, iui tol'owtnc extract : purpose of making the necessary arrange-. uM fUn, 'surrounded by a guard, ments. MArsi UlllZbiNb. and preceded by a band of music, he was conveyed to the place of execution. A Texas. Our accounts from this coun- llumuer of Clergymen attended him on try heretofore, generally induced us to the scaffold, one of whom, the Rev. Mr.

believe that its affairs were of a very flue- ball, alter an appropriate r-.ayer by the

Rev. Mr. Beswick, preache"' an impressive

sermon. The prisoner then addiessed the crowd for the spac-'- of about 25 minutes. II is voice was loud and clear, and

tuating character. Sometimes our spirits were elevated to the highest degree with the news of victory over the Mexi

cans, and then acain sunk to despondency , his manner bore every indication of coin-

by rumors of a contrary nature. Since posure. He gave a short history of his the commencement of the Texian struggle iilc condemied the cr.me for which he , -ii was about to suffer, as one of the most against tyranny and oppression, have they u ed and honi5le ti)at human nahad our ardent wishes for success; and coud pei.pell alesl)oke in lhe higl now that they have displayed so much'est teuns ol- njs w;fe and famiiyj and valor and intrepidity, we are doubly con. 'warned the crowd in a most impressive vinnod that thpv nro. h.ittlinr in a righteous I manner to avoid even the first inducement

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i cause, and that triumph is certain. Sparta i

has boasted her Leonidas, France her Na

poleon, Switzerland her Tell, and America her Washington. History has chronicled their noble deeds, and their countrymen have sounded their glory. Texas, too, has been the theatre of great exploits, and

can now al

to crime :o shun it as they wi-uld their deadliest enemy, and not to suffer themselves as he had been, to he drawn fiom the path of virtue to the scaffold, by listening t'j the suggestions of the evjj one. lie expressed a Ti6pe"t KariicTfad reeeiw ed pardon from his God for the crim he had committed. Although, he said, his

CONGRESS. No important business was transacted in congress on Saturday the 30th ult. Mr. White, of Tennessee, introduced into the senaie a substitute for Mr. Bentons expunging proposition. The substitute, which lits over one day for consideration, provides that Mr. Clay's resolutions of censure on

the president shall be rescinded, Louisville Journal.

from '1 exas, within a hundred miles ol i

the battle ground. Mr Hodge stated that j rank than the illustrious Travis and with the Mexican detachment were taken Crockett. They re-enacted the scene of 50,01)0 in specie 200 doubloons foundj Thermopylae at the Alamo and taudit

bags; 1,400 stand of 1 . 0 , . x ,., t

Though they did not

crime was as great as it was unnatural

o b ast of heroes; and among and though his fellow beings mio-ln refuse

the number none hold a more conspicuous j to pardon him, yet he believed in the blood

ot Ldirist there was lor-)

in Travis s saddle

arms and 2 cannon. Santa Anna is said to have

stand of

been found

in a TREc after a chase of some miles.

the tyrant Santa dearer than lile.

Throughout

listened to

live to see the eagle of liberty wave its

Houston is reported to have received a banner over the Texian soil, yet will

From the Louisville Journal. Extracts of a letter from CharlesB. Shain, a younth of this city, who was taken with Col. Fanning to his father, dated April ll,at Groce's Crossing on the Brasos river:

"Dear father: I take this opportunity of

writing you a few lines to let you know that I am still in existecce. I suppose you will have heard, before this reaches you, that I was taken prisoner or killed. I was taken prisoner on the 20th of last month, and kept a week, when all of U3 who were taken with Col. Fanning, besides other prisoners, were

ordered to be shot; but I, with six others,

outot nve hundred and twenty one, escaped

Before we were taken, Col. Fanning's party

had a battle with the Mexicans m a large prairie, and killed and wounded, as the Mex

icans themselves said, three hundred of them

but one of the Texians, who was a prison

er at the time, gays that it took them all the night of the 19th to b oy their dead, and that we must have killed and wounded something like eight hundred or a thousand. Ther force was nineteen hundred strong outs; Uo hundred ai.d fifiy. "Tha c'wcu instances under which we were taken are these: We were completely surrounded, without, any provision or water, and

LATE FROM TEXAS. The following information, received by our latest exchange papers, tends to confirm the news published in our last: A gentleman of this city, who arrived this morning from Attakapas in the s:eamboat Velocipede, stales, that on the evening previous to his departure, two persons arrived at St. Martinsville, direct from Texas. That these persons, who appeared to be men of respectability, related as a positive fact, that an engagement had taken place between the Texian forces under Gen. Houston, and the Mexican Army in which the latter were totally routed, having lost 700 men in killed and wounded, and 600 prisoners, among whom was

(jen. Cos. The loss of the Texians is

said to be inconsiderable.

The circumstances, as related by these

gentlemen, were, that the Mexican army

had, fiom some cause or other, been

separated into two bodies, divided by the

river Brazos that the sudden rising of the river prevented the two bodies from

effecting a junction that Houston march

ed against the larger body, amounting to 1300 or 1400 men that the latter retreated, and in their retreat set fire to the town of Har risburg. Houston succeeded

in overtaking them about 7 mile3 from that town, and made a sudden and vigorous attack on them; and, after some severe fighting, the Mexicans were totally defeated with the loss above stated. The gentlemen stated that they were at a short distance from Harrisburg, and could distinctly hear the firing that the result was w7cll known before their departure and that IlDuston had marched in pur

suit of the other body, which, it was supposed, could not possibly escape him. From the New Orleans Bee of May 3. GLORIOUS NEWS. Imaortant from Texas. Fortune has revolved tne spokes in her wheels, and

now sides with Texas

wound in the ancle,

A letter received at Memphis, from aj

respectable house m Aew Urieans, contains information that Santa Anna and Cos had been tried by a Court Martial and shot. But as no mention is made of this in Gen. Gaines' letter, it may probably be premature.

their names flourish in immortal green, while that of Santa Anna will only be remembered to be execrated. The ill-fated

Fanning,

though a martyr in the cause,

On the 7th inst., a number of the citi-

shali retain a holy place in the hearts of freemen. And has not the patriotic Houston, whose bosom glows with liberty's hallowed fire, acquired a fame as impcr-

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new rn'itish lUinof their personal

an evidence of their

zens of Baltimore gave a splendid public 5 ishable as time? He has proved himself

a soldier, and the friend ot humanity. He has humbled the haughty power of the Mexican myrmadons, and liberated his bleeding country from the sway of a merciless despot. His victory over Santa Anna has no parallel in the annals of war, and for his chivalrous courage his name will be emblazoned on the brightest spot of his country's escutcheon. What, we

dinner to Mr. Fox, the

ister, as a testimony

lesnectfor him, and

i ... good feeling towards Great Britain, for her late magnanimity in interfering to prevent hostilities between the United

States and France

Lou. Jour.

Some years ago Samuel Baldwin, Esq., an Englishman, left injunctions in his will, lhni U . K , - n tVrtW cltAll If YC

Ilia l ins utiuy, aiLci iaa.Lii? ouum i , , , , . thrown into the sea. His object was to Would ask' ls calculated to impart a more vex his wife, who had promised herself i thrilling joy to the friends of civil and re-

lveness for him.

his whole addmss ho

. . W V I J with the most profound attPn.

tion; and when at the close he gave in a loud clear voice, his last solemn "farewell" to the vast crowd that surrounded him, perhaps there was not one bosom that did not heave a sigh for his unhappy fate. A few minutes before three o'clock, the Sheriff conducted him to the fatal platform where he waited in firm composure, until it fell and launched him into eternity. ferhaps the deed for which he suffered stands unparalled in the annals of crime. Yet he has now atoned for his offence justice is satisfied, and will not his fellow beings also let the grave close over him but let not his fate and the solemn warning he gave on the scaffold he forgotten. It speaks to all in the lancuaire of (kirfni

.admonition, but especially to the self confident it teaches the imnrossive. t.-.,tt,

there is no situation in life, howevcr'hiah and seemingly secure, that can givea certain insu i ancc against temptation. It is supposed from the best estimates 'that between live and six thousand persons were present at the execution. It is tho first execution that has ever been in this county, and it is seriously hoped that it will be the last.

the nleasure of dancing on his grave. He

was a heartless wretch to deprive his poor wife of such an innocent gratification.-i&.

Distressing Occurrence. We are informed by a gentleman who arrived in this city yesterday directly from Louisville, that the large brick store house of Messrs. Mcllvaine and Haydon of that place, fell in on Wednesday evening last with a tremendous crash, burying beneath its ruins five or six persons.

A young man by the name ot iNewton,"1 id a negro boy had been taken from the' Pl

ligious liberty throughout the world, than the emancipation of Texas from priestcraft, religious intolerance, and catholic supremacy. If the news which we publish to-day prove correct and every thing tends to its confirmation then may we

consiuer the war at an end. In case of

such an event, Texas will be recognized as one of the independent nations of earth, aud will proceed to form a constitution

and laws for the government of her peo-

nnd n nwno hov had been taken from the: t'lfc;- L nG mnamtants being principally

wreck dead. Mr. Mcllvaine himself was migianis irom tne united States, have a also bruised by the falling mass, but his kindred attachment for republican princi life providentially saved. He was found pless;and the supposition that they will jammed amid a quantity of bricks and tim-' adopt institutions and laws similar to ours, ber in the cellar, and was rescued from s not unreasonable. We rejoice that his awful situation, having sustained very fortune has declared in favor of the Texlittle injury. - j ians, as their triumph will greatly conTwo or three other persons, when our , tnoute to infuse into the people of other informant left the city, were supposed to . States m the Western Hemisphere, a debe still covered by the ruins. I slrc to rPsl.st religious thraldom and kinrT't.o fwnri-finr.fi iss hp.linvp.ri to hnvfi leen 'Y usurpation and demonstmtn tti t-.Tu

Yesterday a gen- caused by the slight construction of the ihe ""portal Lafayette's remark, thai

tleman arrived from Attakapas in this : building and the quantity of goods siored lor a J1?11,,10 1)0 free t U only necessaState, and he asserts that two persons had j within it. Ctn. IVtg. j ry to will it.

Severe Reprimand. A few days since-a complaint was made to one of our Justice by a lazy, quarrelsome fellow, that another had abused him. Scarcely had the complaint been made, before the opposing party appeared with his dismal story of hard usage. Tho Justice, after investigating the dirty aliair was in doubt whfch should be fined, and no little exasperated, both sides by telling them that they acted no better than members of Congress. Portsmouth Journal, Tho New o"? LouisviIle Journal. A I1C IN e W Ur Pans nnrr...-,

. i I ' 0 niaive mention timeTo th T A enured a US Tacr Invincible prSp rtv hot !,C8Sk ' ,aden With Mexic United sta d i the Jurisdiion of tho ThU 0f afd .conlised her cargo) reX b are cSr' Sano- r lhe attendant cir PowcrtffV0"8' lhe hiP f a neutral rl,? the property be seized iM; al1, such Property may :;.:nd,thhm the ncutralm-

n P-sent case, however.