Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-11-02

those who voled for him are unrriendIy
IN the bank, aud were acinated by consid-
efaiious Of personal respect and attach.
meni. and by u firm conviction That his
connection with il Would have no infiu-
encc oa his CONDUCT in the Legislature.
Gaz.
Oet. i9.-General Harrison is elected
1" he Senate by a majority az 3fS votes
over James w. Gazlay, Esq.
SHOCKING CALAMITY.
On theeyening Of the 18th instant, the wife
ai'd >N children OF JADcb hartman. OF Upper
Mahony. aud his niece about 20 wears of aye
of the name of Nei. hart were burnt 10 death
~ the flames Of his house rhis destruction of
I" andproneriy MAS attended with the strany-
est circnn-,ancesotw which we have eve, heard
amy example The family were nearly all
awakei MIR Zartnan himself .ay asleep in the
kitchen with one OF the children. a cir, top.
pea li.ht and usiug no snuffers. threw the
top among some tow with which they were
wo'h,ug an the adloiuing room the tow bdz-
Ell nr, and instesd drumming out to the kitch-
en- or through the windows, they ran mp stairs
ami stald there until the flames surrounded
Them Even there they might have escaped
ny Tue windows, or by merely running down
Tue Kitchen stairs, hut so far from attempting
tnis, Two OF them hang fast to girl. TO pre-
vent her escape. so that il WAS with extreme
dihlcnity She disensaged herself. jumped out
OF a window and saved her. life. hartman
stonh al "a cherry tree, inmov able, looking on,
ana = hen his neighbour attempted To eXtin-
gnisti The iirst spark which caught his large
Dar', iull of gram, hartman, Ikea mauiac
seized and held him fast in his arms, until the
flames had there also become uncomfortable
The bones were all found together in "A corn.
err, and some of the internal parts including a
heart, rnrousumed
Such is the dreadful tale we have received
we nave no reason to doubt its substantial cor
RICHNESS. Was ever snch q lamentabie and
nhaccountable transaction exhibited
tSlnbary Times.
Extract of letter to The Editor of Tie Pitisfied
sun. dafed Baton Rouge, Lou } September
\, 1919.
My DEAR SIR: Loug before this you must
nave seen some accounts of an expedition be-
ing on foot froom this country, 10 revolutions
we the province of Texas. Nothing decisive
III regard to IL has yet TRANSFERRED, more than
rue asSenblaee oil a few armed men on the
lines OF The province, the organization of the
provisional government just over the lines at
Nacogdoohes, aud the establishment oil a Court
81 admiralty at Galveztop. All accounts,
however from the" Army of Texas" as tiicy
style Ihemselses,represent every Thin. in the
most uattering and prosperous condition. that
they are wanting IN neither men nor money To
prosecute il. Bat all the accounts which I
have seen publiShedrespecting this expedition
areietters and extracts OF letters from persons
S"N"SNu w II, anu tHltIelN incorrect. i
nave seen some accounts. stating that they
nad already force OF 600 men, besides 1900
INDIANS. The object oisuch imposing, though
erroneous representations, is undoubtedly 10
gam adherents. But the truth is, they have
not at this time more than 100 or I5U men,
Americans, Spanish, and Indians altogether,
Aud AS to money * provisions, I am ell con-
Vinced they are almost destitute of either, ex-
c,rpt what they plnnder from the Inhabitants.
The officers AT The head of this expedition
are mostly from Mississippi. General Long,
the commander in chief, was formerly meI-
chant at Natchez, in that state. Relative to
The country in question, as but little is known
OF 1t, perhaps the following account of it, al
inns Time, VIII not be altogether uminterest-
ing TO YOU.
lie country of Texas is a province of New
Spain. bounded east by the state of Louisa-
ma, south ny the Gulf of Mexico. west nv an
Imaginary line, and north by Red River, COM
pf!Slng very considerable extent OF territory,
though very trifing population, except Sc
veral very large aud numerous tribes OF In
dIans The climate is said TO be very fine and
sainbrious. The capital Of the province is San
Antonio de Bajar containing about 200 inha-
bitanis, and which has garrison of about 800
men. The sea-shore of this country, like the
sea-shore of Louisiana, is stated to he very
low, wet and marsiIy. Bat back from the sea,
sixty or eighty miles, the lands are higher
aud are represented bySeveraI gentlemen that
L have seen, who have been there to be very
productive and fertile, with plenty of good wa
ter
The province of Texas is thought. by some
10 nave been included within the limits of The
Louisiana purchase while, at the same time,
III mas always been claimed by Spain as a part
OF her internal provinces, which is, probably
the case, as by tile late (and as vet unratifiedJ
treaty with her, II appears that the United
States have abandoned all claims TO il whate-
yer. But, at any rate, whichever of the two
governments it may belong to- il seems that Sc
verai attemps have already been made to re-
voiutlonize and conqner it. In 1872, the CAPT
tai. San Antonio de Bajar was taken posses
sion of by General Toledo, who had with
him party of Americans. Joined by some Of
The inhabitants of tue country butt was soon
afterwards retaken by the Spanish authorities,
ans Toledo fled to the United States In ISIS
another expedition was collected aud organic,
ed on the lines of the province, similar TO The
present. comprised eff men principally from
the states OF Mississippi and Louisiana. and
commanded by Col. Perry, which, you will re-
member, was entirely defeated and DESTROYED
before they had penetrated lar into the conn
try.
Now, as general cause for the struggle
al liberty and independence against oppression
and tyranny am decidedly au advocate tor
the Spanish Patriots but | am altogether
opposed to all expeditions of this sort: be-
cause they affect the laws and character of il,.
United States, and do not in my Mariner bene-
III me Pdtflots, who have been so long fighting
and bleeding for the emancipation of their
liberties. You recolect that the Amelia
Island business, in the commencement oft
was avowedly for the purpose of assisting the
Patriots. But we have seen that il was very
soon converted into complete pIunderinc
picarooulng establishment. And such | sus-
Pect, VIII ultimately prove TO be the object
OF the present expedition TO assist the Patriots
in revolutionizing the province offexas."
TEXAS.
GEnRGETowN. Oct 27.--It was stated In a
late New Orleans paper that some Swiss gem
tlPmen had arrived IN that CITY ou their Ic a ,