Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-08-23

rect tax on the citizens of Texas, which
will produce revenue of half a Million
They have funded the public debt,
bearing an interest Of ten per cent, re-
deemabe in ten years and provided for the
payment of the interest.
They have passed anaet althorising all
those who were entitled to land at the de-
clarion Of independence, to perfect their
titles, and appointed Commissioners Of the
and Office all other Claims viii be post.
poncd until the country can be surveyed
and district,d after the manner of the Uni.
ted States.
They have organised an efficient Judi.
ciary, and justice is administered without,
sale. denial, or delay. ~ssa
They have passed laws suppressing,
gambling which are promptly enforced.
they havedeclared the African slave trade,
ito be piracy, aud to kill in a duel. to be
murder in the first degree; and many 9th.
or acts regulating the internal affairs ofthe
/ country, and giving force and efficiency
to the administration ofjustice. -
| No fears are entertained at present Of
an invasion by Mexico. If the situation
of her affairs at home justified her in max
ing the attempt there would not exist the
most remote prospect Of success. The
situation of Texas makes it the most easy
country in the world to defend, and the
| present population is more than sufficient
to repel any force Mexico can bring into
the field. The Mexicans are degraded,
servile race, vastly inferior in physical
power 10 the Anglo American and only
take the field when compelled to do so
by some military despot. They are in
fact slares upon the estate on which they.
reside, and, however popular the war
against Texas may be in Mexico, they
will never willingly come TO Texas as
invaders. The terrible lesson taught1hem
at San Jacinto willlong be remembered.
The volunteer regiment has been iur-
loughed until fall, because, at present,
the country has no use for its. services.
/ The regiment of regulars and the noun.
ted rangers still remain in service and
are more than sufficient for all the wants
of the country. From what | observed.
| have no doubt it is the intention ofthe
Government to invade Mexico next fan, if
peace should not be made. They viii at
least take Metamoras, and occupy all the
country on the Rio Grande. Policy. re-
quires that they should break up allthe set.
1 Elements on that river, that the Mexicaas
Fmay no longer have point upon which
they can concentrate and invade the coun.
! try at their pleasure. s.
! The militia of the country are in state
of efficient organization. And every one
in Texas considers himself "a soldier in
case of INVASION The victors of Santa
| Anna are yet1here, and more than three.
fourths of them we're the citizens, proper
OF Texas. -.
The people and army have the fullest
! confidence in their commanders Generals
! Johnson and Houston, who, as officers of
science, will bear favorable comparison
| with those ofany service. With the officers
under their command, the enemy they have
to contend with the result cannot be doubt.
( lul. z.
I The Indians on the frontiers have been
somewhat troublesome of late, acting no
doubt under the instiga:ion Of Mexico.
Many of them have been known Of late
to have visited Metamoras. They have
committed some few murders and stolen
some property, but no party has been seen
Of greater force than fifteen or twenty. A
force has been organized to chastise them,
and, before this, l have no doubt they have
been punished for their outrages. The
hostile Indians are undoubtedly those
which have been removed from the United
States, and justice requires that this Gov
ernment should restrain them from commit
ting depre dation on her ncighbors.
There is no truthwhatever in the report
that the Camanches were imbodied in.
force on the frontiers. They always have
been, and still are friendly to the Texans /;
but certain deadly hostility towards the
Mexicans. They kill them whenever and
wherever they meet. 1t is an old nation.
al quarrel and cannot be appeased. =
Wharton the Minister from Texas to
the United States, is still in prison at Me-
tamoras, and denied all communication
with his friends, yet the Texian authori-
ties have released all the officers they had
as prisoners, and believe, without condi-
tons. The rigorous treatment Wharton
has received is poor return for the hu-
mainly and generosity shown to them.
The vessels of war Brutus and Invinci-
bic are now cruising in,the gulf. and have
command oft, giving efficient protection
TO the tread Of the country. A few days
before Ileft, the privateer Tom Toby cap.
tured and sent into port new brig loaded