Rising Sun Times, Volume 3, Number 128, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 23 April 1836 — Page 2

niSIiTG SUN: s VTU ;iT)tv,..M. AiMtn, aa.isao. " "totiie runuc. - On the 23d of January last, I published in the Rising Sun Times, the following paragraph: "VOnoof the Representative la tlieLepMiture from this couiitv, ha w ritten a letter t. a con-tituent, in which he Mtcs ttit one of our RepnuentHtives represent. Risin? Sun, ami another tcorosenU Aurora anil Wilmington; lml thrU, fr hit part, h tcished to represent their'io.e county! Render, which of the three ReproscntMivtV wrote the letter!" A few days aftcrwatds, Mr. John B. Craft hardod tne a letter from Milton Gregg, containing a request that his letter and the one referred to in the above

paragraph, should be inserted in the Times. As soon as I had read Gregg's letter, I determined to call on the individual to whom he had written, for a copy of the letter; and if I failed to pro cure a copy, then to obtain certain tes timony in reference to it. In cither case it was my intention to have published the letter handed me by Mr. Craft, as I informed that gentleman in a conver salion afterward?. I therefore returned the original to Mr. Ctaft, with the fol lowing note: Tim- office. FeW. 2. lf36. Mr. J.B. Craft Dear 67r: KncWcd is the lttcr of Mr. Greg, mUrcsscil to me, through j ou, which j ou handed me last evening. Before consenting to give publicity to it, I must rnnko application to the individual to whom the lctt r (alluded to hy me in the 'rime?, and by Mr. Cirecc; in hit letter) wss addrtsfed, for a conv of the tame. I do not wish to ho underttoo'l as rvfusin? to publish Mr. Greg;; letter at lhi time. You ihall hear further from me, in regard to it, though not likely this week, as jt will not be convenient for nieto nuike tht'7plieatim alluded to before Saturday or .Monday I havo taken a ropy of Mr. (rrcc letter but if yon thonld object to my doing to, or think 1 have done wronp, I will send the copy to yon. Refpccliu.ly. i:c. A. L. v .N Next day I received from Mr. Craft the following letter: Major A. E. Gifts : I "fry rftar Sir I am comtrained to conclude the pi indole upon which you net, that i, to neglect the publication of the letter I band-f-tljmi, until on n ay be enabled to obtain the coj-y of another letter, would, of course, precl.ita iti publication forever, s'.iouU you fail to cbt.tir. the copy j ou ilesire. l we implicitly follow ;i- a puide hearsays upon which wo build our animadvirsioiH vn public men, shoul.l we even happen to be risht, it m, with tegar l to ourselves, purely accidental, therefore unsafe: but if wrone, we should Dot for a moment withhold the reparation duo, an.l which jcu would not w i;h to he understood n rt fusing to Mr. Ulcere that is, to j;ive iit letter whuh t handed you a place in your paper, that it mis'ot be conveyed iu the I mm vehicle to the tame hand that the para- . crapl. alluilcd. to t!iit. If thi it refused or not complied with tbis week. I hone vou will coliliiif mis an objection to yom tne co py J ou tooK, uiul tt trelore cut Ioe it to Y'our vcrv l.umble serv't, &;. 3, 18G. " J. n. CRAFT. The copy was accordingly eiulcscd in the follow ing letter : TiMtt orricK, Fel-y. 4, "38. Dfer Si' T tmnniit you, n rcunestcd, the copy of Mr. G reee't letter. You certainly place quite a liberal construction tipon my I'Oteto jou of Tuesday. You think that if I defer the publication of Mr. Gregs'i letter this week. I tt ill not publish it at nil. I r.nnot conceive that tbeio is any thing in my note which would justify such a conclnion. 1 have not men vou any definite reply. However, I am not disposed to argue this matters but would si;nply state that to ne beloncs the tisht of l iving at n-hat time an article thall, and at what time it thnil not, appear hi the Tinies. 1 air. crrtainly willing to do justice to Mr. Greet. If I have wronged him, mjf columns tcill be rhrerfuUn cpened ti Aim, to plead in his own defense ; but at the present is net a cut of grenl emergency, I cannot thinklhatto def r a f ublicatiou one Vfcfc, will iniurc him in the cat. At Mr. trrf g will in all probability call on you for the oneinft. letter, you will do me a treat favor to furni-h l.iiu with copiet of the lcttert reUting to it you h;ic receivt d fmm me. Your sincere friend, A. L. GLENN. Mr. J. C. Crast. The cepv having thus been with drawn, we still intended to pursue our first determination, until n friend sue pested that the best plan would be to inform Gregg in a private letter, how I came by my information; and i accor dingly wrote to him as follows corr. RisiMt Sun, Fehv. 10, 1S16 Milton Gr.', Esq.: Sir On Monday of last week, my friend, Mr. J. 15. C rati, handed me a letter from vou, containing a request that it, locrlher with another Utter alluded toby you, should i published in mv paper. Von will e ry tha eorrespt,ndence betw een Mr. C r.itt and myself, (which he informs me h will forward to jou,) the teaton why your :etirr iv.it not oeen published. When Mr. Craft withdrew from mc the copy of your letter, I intended to procure certain testimony in rejjard lo the paragraph in my paper, to which you allude, and publish it in the Times; but on the sureestion of a friend. I de termined first to ndti-e yon of the iiuturc of that !timouT in a private letter. The letter to which I alluded in tha Times of tha l.Vl ult. as w ritt.-n hy "one ( our lteprecntatives," was addreied to the Hon. John Gray of Union townhi Mr. Gray read this letter ton Mr. Downey and a Mr. Jonas Mr. Dow TiPj spoks or it publicly in Mesrs. l ull .V: Alh euro's store, at James1 mill, ami it was from Mr. Piatt that t obtained my information : it a, however, at that lime, a matter ol public conversation in that neighborhood. Y ou will thus sva what tround I had lor publishing tha statement lhal 1 did. If you are willing thattha matter should rest here, I shall o ho farther. If you are not content, of coarse I shall call on Mr. Putt for the sourca of his information Mr. Tiatt will call upon Messrs. Downey and Jones; and you of course can set whre it will enj. As I hava snid in a not to Mr. Craft, if I fctr d".t jfu Trf ,ti.".,,JTeoula thaleist

and can bo made sensihlc orthe tact, I win render unto vou nil the reparation in my power I will make all the a. knowledgmcnts which

. . t Ml , "one pentlcman hat a right to espeel irom another lf,'on readinc this letter, yon shall be satisfied, of course I shall expect to hear nothme more on the subject. It you are noi -.m.m..-., I reonest von to return this letter to mc wunm u I do not wish you to mum that 1 consider mvssdf in a difficulty, for 1 shall be content let the snhject take what course it may. My chief object hasbecn to emioavor 10 satisfy you w ithout bringing the names of private individuals before the public. Yours, very respeeuuiij, A. E. GLENN. The reader is now referred to an article; in our last paper, copied from the Palladium, rliarginc me with publishing a lba$e falsehood" and declining to make any explanation. It is useless forme to comment on the nttair. We ask the public to read the above letters, and see what a predicament Gregg has brought himself into m his attempt to stigmatise tr.e. His attempt to put me down has led him too far. It is, how ever, not surpiistrg. It is another pi! fill and despicable attempt of a ou, Fiisvcliinrr, and mean spmt, lo injure an individual who has for these two years past been a sore thorn in the sides of the La w r e c c b u r r 1 1 a 1 1 s t oc r a c y . In conclusion, I would slate that Gregg was not gentleman enough to return me mv letter when he urst received il; nor has he done soye!,:!!!!!' I requested him to do so in mv last paper ALEX. K. GLENN. FUO.U TEXAS. We have copied the entire accounts of the disastrous aiTitir at San Antonio, into to-day's paper. Knowing the interest felt by our fellow citizens generally in regard to Texas, we wish to give ihem all the news in our power. The Louisville Advertiser received on Thursday, contains a statement that ihe Tcxians, tinder Gen. Houston, had obtained a victory over the Mexicans on San Antonio river. Mexican loss GOO. The Texian force under Houston is said to be 4000. 03" We w ill thank any individual who ias a copy of a handbill with Milton Gregg's name signed lo it, issued a day or two l;e(orc the last August election, if they will send it to us. Gregg was never gentleman enough to send us a copy. J We want to see if he did not make some promises which he never fulfilled. C-V The lone of the last Palladium is considerably altered from what it has been for a few wefks previous. We suspect that Grccrg finds I.e can't gel along with county matters quite ns fast as he thought he could. OCrThe Madison Republican and the Lawrenceburgh Palladium have been quarreling about the trade and com merce ol their respective lowns. The Palladium endeavors to bowler up the mud-hole as equal to ihe prosperous and thriving town of Madison. Ihe Republican of the 14th instant, speaking of the Pall adium, says: "As for the editor of the Palladium, we have spared him this time, and we hope he will give us no further trouble. It he again thrusts himself in our way, we give him fair notice, that we will pickle a rod for him, w hich shall lear every inch of skin from his back, and not leave enough of his hide to make a razor strap." Hold! hold! Mr. Republican won'l you leave an inch or two of him for us lo exercise upon . FOR THE TIMfcS. Mr. LriTon. Please publish in your paper sections 71 and 72 of the law of Indiana entitled an act regulating crime and punishment, and oblige A SCBSCRIBER. Sec. 71. That if any person, of the age ol lourteeii years or upwards, shall be found, on the first day of the week commonly called sunday, rioting, hunt ing, fihing, quarrelling, or at common labor, woiks of necessity and charity only excepted, such person shall be fined in any sum not less than one, nor more than three dollars: Provided, nothing herein contained, shall be construed to effect such as conscientiously observe the seventh day of the week as the sabbath, travellers, families removing, keepers of loll bridges attending the same, cr ferrymen acting as such. Sre. 72. That every lavcrn keeper, or other person who may barter or sell any spirilons liquor, to any person on sunday, except to travellers, and in cases of sickness, and every lavern keeper or giorer, who shall sell or give any spirilou liquor at any time to a person under the age of fourteen years without the consent of parent or guardhn, shall upon conviction thereof, be lined in any eum not exceeding three dol Int.

PENSION AGENCY AGAIN. On Saturday last, we presented the pow er -of attorney to the agent at Lawrenceburgh branch bank, given us Im a revolutionary pensioner, for $200,

payment was refused, because Ihe agent said he had not been authorized to place the name on the roll. We then presented the original certificate sign cd by ihe secretary of war, under the seal of the war oihee and countersigned by J. L. Edwards, commissioner of pensions, which we proffered to deposit with the agent until he should be ad vised in some other way from the prop er department, still the money was re fused, and the bank closed. We were detained over Sunday, and on Monday last, on the opening of the bank, we attended with an officer to have the claim protested. The money was al first refused: but when the agent saw that we were determined in our purpose he paid the money. After a pretended search amonr a heap of papers more like the wasle room of a printing office, or bindery, than a banking house, he found the instructions from the war office, bearing the same date (March 7,) with the original certificate. The agent, when paying the money, attempted to apologize by saying that the order from the department had been miss-sent to some other branch and had not been received by him until Saturday last, (the day on which I first called upon him.) and he had not noticed Ihe name. It is the dutv t f the agent to place the name on the rol the first moment that he is notified so to do, consequently ihe apology was at least admitting gross negligence on the part of the said agent. If the pensioner had attended iu per son under thn above specious pretext , he would have been sent home a dis tance of some sixty or seventy -miles and remained at the mercy of private charity until the agent should choose to let go of his money and notify him that his name was now on Ihe roll. The spirit of speculation appears to be raging lea great extent in the neigh borhood of this agency the agent is cashier of Ihe branch batik, with I irge capital, bul generally out of fund when a farmer or mechanic applies for an accommodation and president o an insurance company with a smaller capital, but funds to loan liberally at frn per centum. The business is all transacted under the same roof. Chi bono, the state the people or a Jem stocKiiotrters. tf'eekly Messenger. Pensions. A petition is in circula lion for signatures, among the old pen loners, lo have the agency removed from Lawrenceburgh to v ilmington and Davis Weaver, Esq. is named as the pension agent for this district. So fir as we are concerned, we heartily concur in ihe measure, and will exert ourselves lo have the same carried in to effect. ib. From the Louisiana idverliser. LATEST FHO.il -TEXAS. The fell of Bexar the entire of the troops in Garrison put to death Cols. Crockett and Howie killed! We are indebted to a gentleman, passenger on board the steamer Levant, Irom Nachitoches, for the annexed leiter, giving the particulars of ihe fall of Bexar it is a copy of one addressed to the editor of the Red river Herald: 'Sir, Bexar has fallen! lis garrison was only 187 strong, commanded by Lieut. Col. V. T ravis. After standing repeated attacks for two week-, and an almost constant cannonade and bombarding du ting that time, the last attack was made on the morning of the Gth hut. yy upwards of two thousand men, under the command of Santa Anna in person; they carried the place about sunrise, with the loss of 520 men killed, and about the same number wounded. Afler about an hour's fighting the whole garrison was put to death (save the sick and wounded and seven men who asked for quarter.) All fought desperately, until entirely cut down; the rest were coolly murdered. The brave and gallant Travis, to prevent his filling into thn hands of the enemy, shot himself. Not an individual escaped, and Ihe news is only known to us by citizen of Bexar, w ho came to our army at Gonzales but from the cessation of Travis' signal guns, ihere is ho doubt of ils truth. The declaration of independence you have no doubt, received, and you will in a few days, receive the constitution proposed by the republic. Cols. James Bowie and David Crock ett are among ihe slain; the first was murdered in his bed, lo which he had been confined by illness Ihe latter fell, fighting like a tiger. The Mexican army is estimated at G,000 men, it maJ' be more or leu." A. BRISCOE.

FUIITHEK PAI.TICUTAKS. I We learn by the passengers of the schooner Camar.che, eight days from the Brazos river, that the war iu Texas has at length assumed a serious char-

icter. Many cf those who left this city determined to lay down their lives in Ihe cause of lexas, have bravely yielded them up at Bexar. Three oung men from our office, we learn, ire among the slam tne names oi Wm. Blazeby and Robert Moore have been mentioned to us lhat of the other we could not ascertain. On the Soth of February the Texian garrison in liexar ol 150 men only, commanded by Col. W. li. Travis, was attacked by the advanced division of Santa Anna s army of about 2,000 men when the enemy were repulsed with ihe loss of many killed and wounded, variously estimated from 450 to GOO, without the loss of a man of the garri son. This great slaughter wasasciibed to the fact, lhat every man of the gan i-on had about eight loaded guns by lus side. About ihe same lime Col. John son, while leconnoilering to the west ward of San Pntrico, with n parly of 70 men, were sim rounded in (he night by i large body of Mexican troops. 1 1 the morning the commander sent in a summons lo surrender at discretion, which was leftist d, and an ou'er to sur render as misoners of war made. This was acceded lo by the Mexican officer, I. ul no sooner had (he Texians marched out of their encampment and stacked their arms, than a general hie was opened upon thorn by the whole .Mexican force, when the prisoners en deavorcd loescape threeonly ofwhom cllectcd it, among them was Col. John :on and one man who had been woun tied. Between the 25lh of Feb. and 2d Matth the Mexicans were employed in forming entrenchments around the Al amo and bombarding the place. On the 2d of March Col. Travis wrote that 200 shtlls had been thrown into the Alamo, without iniuilnga man. On the 1st of March, 32 men from Goiizales made their entry through the enemy's lines, and reached the Alamo making the whole number in the garri son 182. On the Gth March, about imidnighl the Alamo was assaulted by the entire force of the Mexican army, commanded ny banta Anna in person. I he Mex leans (ought desperately unlil daylight " lOM ? nty of I ho g.itll-otl WCTC foiltld alive. W e regret to say, that Col. David Crockett and his comnanion. Mr. Benton, also the gallant Col. Banham ol bouih Carolina, were of the number who cried for quarter, but were tol mere was no mercv for them. Thet then continued lighting until the whole were butchered. One woman, Mrs Dickcrson, and a wounded negro ser vant ol Lol. I ravis's w ere the only per sons in the Alamo whose lives were spared. Gen. Bowie was murdered in Ins bed, sick and helpless! Gen. Cos on entering the fort, ordered Col. Tra vis s servant to point out lo him ihe body of his master; he did so, w hen Cos drew Ins sword and mangled his face and limbs with the malignant feeling of a savage! The bodies of (he slain w ere thrown into a heap in the center of the Alamo and burned on Gen. Bowie's body be ing brought out, Gen. Cos said that he was loo bravo a man lo he burned like a dog. then added "pew no es cosa es chade never mind throw him in The loss of the Mexicans in storming the place is estimated at no less than one thousand killed and mortally woun ded, and as many more disabled ma king, w ith their loss in ihe first assault between 2.000 and 3,000 killed nnd wounded. It is worthy of remarkthat the flag of Santa Anna's army at Bexar was a blood red oxe, in place oi tne oiu constitutional in-colored Hag. Immediately after the capture of the i . o . . ... place uen. oatua Anna sent Mrs. Dick inson and Col. Travis's servant to Gen Houston's camp, accompanied bv n Mexican with a flag, who was bearer of a note from Santa Anna. ofFerinc llu Texians peace and general amnesty if I lv ....... I I I . I I . J miry woiiiu i.iy uown titeir arms and suomil lo his government. Gen. Hous ton repiy was, l rue, sir, you have succeeded in killing some of our brave men, out me texians are not yet whin in..! " Thf r(T.rt nf e ii . inrougnout lexas was electric. Eve rV lllail ivhn rnnl.l -.1 . ; . use h nue ana was in a i condition to take the field, march.iic Mjai oi war. ii was believed that not less than 4,000 rifle men were on their way to the army when the Camanche sailed, to wreak vengeance on the Mexicans, and determined to grant no quarter. Gen. Houston had burnt Gonzales and fallen back on the Colorado with about 1,000 men. Col. Fanin was in the Fort nt Goliad,

a very strong position, well supplied with munitions and provisions, and from 400 to 500 men. The general determination of tho people ol Texas seemed lo be to abandon all ihe occupations of peace, and continue in arms until every Mexican east of the Rio del Norte should be exterminated. Extract of a letter to a merchant in this city, dafed, Brazos, March 17, 1836. There is a good deal of chivalry in Texas (hey will spill their blood free

ly. But whether a superior force will not prevail and we share the fate of unlappv Poland, will shortly be deter mined. Much consfernalion and alarm on ac count of Ihe helpless women and children, is evident on every countenance, as they have evinced thus far a cruelly and bai barily unknown in savage warfare I allude lo Ihe cruel murdering of tho men under Col. Johnson after a capitu l m I t . 1 ... . lation nau taken place and they had urrenueretl their arms. The particulars of the slorminsr of the Alamo is given by Col. Travis' ser vant who was badly wounded, and a woman who was present on tho occalon (lie only two living that were in ihe town. They say that five or six hundred were killed at the storming! Has the United Stales exhausted all her liberality in defence of an unfortu nate people ! If so, I am afraid we must perisdi. We must pledge our individual properly to try and make a raise. Ammunition is said to be scarce powder and lead. Tell all who wish to come, that our homes and all shall be divided if snct es-ful. IXOKJDA WAR ENDED. We have been politely permitted to peruke a lellor, from a gentleman, dated Coumbia, S. C. 27th March, which states that the Indians in Florida have concluded a treaty with Gen. Scott, and that the war in that territory is terminated. One of Ihe aids of the Gencial had passed through Columbia, on his way lo Washington, wild the treaty. This occurrence will be favorable to Texas. Hundreds of (he Florida volunteers will now fly Is (he relief of their brethren, struggling for liberty on the other side of the Mississippi. Louisville Advertiser. - . -i We learn from an article in the last Arkansas Gazette, that a portion of (he citizens of Miller county, in (but territory, residing south of lied River, have seceded from (he Government of the United States, and are taking measures lor the adoption of the municipal laws of Texas. They have elected five members lo the Texas Convention among them, J udge Lllis. It is supposed, lhal if the line agreed upon the treaty of 1 Q 10 should be ultimately established, that the county will be found to be within the limits of Texas. .lo&.Ye Rep. We hear the question frequently asked: who will be the next candidate for Governor and Lieutenant Governor? Gov. Wallace, we think, may be regarded as a candidiale for Governor, anJ, we take the liberty of sugn-es ling the name of Caleb B. Smith, (fate speaker of the House of Representatives.) for Lieut. Governor. Of Mr. Smith we know nothing unconnected with his services in the Legislature. We should not know him if we were lo meet him; but the unani mous report of the able, dignified and satisfactory manner in which he discharged the duties of the chair last winter, leaves but little doubt of his eminent qualifications for the office. Governor Wallace belongs to the western, and Mr. Smith to the eastern part of the stale, which would satisfy all the local pride or prejudice of the two sections. We merely make this suggestion in order that the subject may be considered in connection with individuals. Why should not this ticket be acceptable lo the people. Rockville . Intelligencer. The Senate, it will be perceived, yesterday voted, by a large majority, lo fix upon the 23d of May for the termination of Ihe season. It was a saying of ihe famous Sam Patch, we believe, lhat "some things can be done ns well as others." It is upon that principle, we suppose, assisted by a very natural anxiety on the part of the members to escape to their homes, lhat Ihe Senate has come lo the conclusion that it will he possible to get through the mass of business upon the table of Congress wilhin less than sixty days. Most sincerly do we wish, however, that they may bo able to accomplish nn object 60 laudable and sa desirable. A'ational Intelligencer. The sleani boat Diana, on her passage to Council Bluffs, Mo. on the lGth ult. struck a snug nnd sunk. The Chian, on her way down the Mississippi, snagged below Charilan nnd sunk. The Beaver was nlao snagged a short