Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-10-17
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TEXAS.
AFFAIRS OF TEXAS.

Tr.As. To that publication reply OF console
Die lem ia has been made IN the Louisville jour
nal bs Gen. Chambers, Gan agent ol the ieSans.)
,Lleh reply conradicls the statements of the first
named gentlemen in very PLAIN terms. There
seems us TO be nroprlrty, having copied tue
first statement, TO copy also So much oi tho reply
as is in tic nature III testimony conflicting with
thai of the returned emll grants. In That view {"
the matter we make tire following EXTRACTS from
tI. Editor OF the Louisville Journal gives entire
cunfid,ucc u d credit.
rxrnAcTs
Disappointed in ms anbnons prctensons TO
rank, and finding that no Land, were 10 be had IN
Texas without first iightlng foI them, Mr.. Wilson,
il sems, drerminrd 10 abandon the country, ana
narel, back the Ladies Legion" 10 old kcn-
mcky. But his Influence vas not sufficient 10
bring back more than 80 or 40 OF the brave 3oO
that left Kentucky with him the balance noblH
determined 10 Join the army, and seek the enemy
aud ,llry were received, as kcntnckiars ever VIII
be- received by the lovers vi chvalry, win cnlhu-
.iaslic and hearty welcomc.
The fact. az set forth in this statement Of Mr..
WILSON, march To Texas aud "back a.ain, aie"s-
lab,lrd bva variety al testimony in my pos
session but the following letters upon ,hc SUBJECT
will b. sullcen, to satisfy the Pubic. The Two
first arc from Lcuis. Combs and Braslcar, very
Respectable young officers attached 10 Col l'affl-
sou, battalion from this city, now with the man
army the third is from the conmandant oil the
post oil Galveston; and the other Is from u :.
Read, OF the Texan army, gentleman oil high
rr>jcciabiltv, well known IN Cincinnati:
Exirac, from the letter Of Isl Li utcnant James
Combs, Of Capt. J. p. Price, conpny, dated
" Near lHotugorda Bay, Teas,
august II, 1896
&, l,,t
Last. The army IS abou, twenty five miles from us
q I'd il is thought the next move Will De Tor
Mclanoras Colonel Harrison started up Red H.
yer. |, i. thought he i, in Ncla>co, where III"
Cabinet * now sitting. We saw Colonel " 'lson
II Galveston. lie has gone back With forty "I
fifty men the balance, apart Of two companies
ARE cncamped ON the same ground "Itl' l<
| There ar, also Two other companies within seven
or csh, miles ofus. suppose, when all oi u
ioin the army it will consist Of Of nearly twenty
I,wo-huudred men. Provisions not so scare,
as they expected thu would be. There are three
vessel, now in the bay hn have just been hnloa'
drd of provisions aud clohny. Wild deer ant
cattle are innunerable ON the prairie.
"J.COMBs.
DR.. a. W. ilyves, Dardsown, ~"
Extract ola letter from W. p. Bn.sneAn, 2,
Lcu,cnan, Of Capt in J. p. Prices company
dated
Managerial Bay, on B'ig Hope.
august G, 1886.
Head Quarters nrr ten miles above Victoria
n. we hear They will be- moved to CopIno IN
few weeks An exp dton $ had in contempt.
ton against Nrtan,oIas, as We have heard. COLI
mel WILSON,, BurciI, and aboat forty Of the volun
t,.crs who came with thrm rctuI Drd on board ih'
Fish to the United States. Burch til me tliet
Intention WAS to make a publication oil Facts, whcl
would prevent another volunteer from coming l.
Texas. The fact is, they are Disappointed III get
ting the offices they wanted, or those they ca ~
for. They then persuaded some men 10 return
with them that i, might appear better; but wer
there &. c. United Slatcs,) and know what
now know, should come, &c. To Tr,as)
Nv. p. BlfASllEAR."
CoMMANpANcy OF GALVESTON, July 81, 1896.
SIR: rne strange, and TO me unaccountab
circumstance of Colou, Wilson's returning imnr
diaclv back to the United States with some rich
" of the men no brought ont here viii him from
kentnrkv, will no donht Cause much spccnlatpl
.nd convrr> ,tion Culnnrl Wilson sent an
brought with hm, near 200 men; majority "
whom have determined To remain, NOT" ithstandn.
4 Respectable n.in"rN .lavc determined to return
Colonel " i,on speaks of being nnci,Ily treat d b,
/ he Cabinet. and is evilcntly disappointed in no
receiving ~ high commission as promised Inn
~ NJ nor Ira IL. Lewis ana WHICH, aCcbIuIll-
10 the regulation OF the present Cow rnment, IL
VA, not entitled 10. Be- that as it may, that an,
circumstance sl,oul have turned up to CO.
louel " sonand so maiN men to return wi,hou
rrportn. for service at all, matter OF srrio"s
re-. rrr. Some Of those returning are I'm Ter an i'm,
| preston that no bounty land will be allowed Il
toNc " conng in after The l>t Jul, )" which i
not The case, all those who Come and >crv,
rcsls will be rewarded with land, notwithstan-
din they may have come in 1T the eleventh hour
Col. Wilson is represented as worthy and nfu
entail men F.; therefore, one of his influence and
! popularity urning Unexpectedly and under
such circumstances, may injure the cause of Toy
al materially Coloarl Wilson Will have been II,
If having 10 drra> the expense ri thosr re-
turning to New Orleans; ipre,ume he doe, moi
expect the Government 10 pay their passage, e.
nnt here. C4p'aiA Bridges has Colonel Wilson,,
receipt Tor % oil men Landed at q ,lvrstnn but
there III bc 50 cd returned in the FL,sh--norr
or less. Respectfully, Your servant.
| +. ). Al the time of wrtin. the above III RI
is same uncertainty hoin many men will 90 back.
CIscINN.Ti, Ono, Sept. H. 1886.
DEAR SiR-l l,Il Nrlascn the III August,
several days subseq i'nt To the drpirlnc Of Col.
Wilson, al which time volunteer. were continual
" coming into Texas in great numbers, and were
, received III thr mJst favorable AMI welcome IA m
nrr. The universal opinion of all, civil military,
and citizens, was, that those who cam. il after
the LIST OF July would receive anls propnr,ionatc
10 their services. In Il convcrSation hriL wi h
President Burnrt. understood that Col.
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