Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-15

NEW ORLEANS, NOV. Ill 6IooP Sutte', SaP'.
Clark, six days from Galveston, arrived yesterday
morning. We indebted to Capt. CLARK, for files OF
Galveston papers 10 the 22d inst
The papers are destitute of news. The Houstonian
states tina, it the intention of The President TO meet
in person the Caddoee, Biloxes and lones, and such
other tribes as are dcsous of making treaties with he
Government at the Waco village the West side OF
the BRACES river the Gath Of October for The purpose
of completing the treaties already commenced, aad
ma king such new may be deemed advantageous,
in accordance with the 9Th nrtce OF treaty mace WIN
the tribes aforementioned by the Texan Commissioners
in Grand Prairie the Oath of August nst
We are likewise informed by The Houstonian, tina!
the notorious Cordova, who headed the Mexican rebels
Nacogdoches in 1898 was killed ut The battle OF Sa-
ado and that several Cherokee Indians were also
killed. The brother Of General Vusquez received
wound during the engagement of which he afterwards
died.
The following official communication is published IN
the Texas papers:
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, !
Washington, Oct. Sd, 1912.
To Brig Gen 4. Somerreu:
Sir-your official communication from San Felipe,
under date of the goth u reached me late last night
| seize the first moment 10 communicate my orders
You will proceed 10 the most eligible point on tne
South western frontier of Texas, and concentrate win
the force now under your command llIooPs VINO may
submit TO your orders and if you can advance win
prospect Of into the enemy ertofy, you WI"
do 80 forthwith
You are q, liberty take or two pieces OF ord
nance at Gonzales. For my own part, have out
little confidence in march: they VIII DO IN
retrent where the forces nearly equal, but they
embarrass the advance of army and II pressed hard
on retreat the great that troops have 10 leave
their artillery may induce delay and embarass oil The
movements of the army. Our greatest reliance VIII &c
upon light troops and the celebrity OF our movements.
Hence The necessity Of discipline and subordinnlon-
You will therefore receive no troops into service but
such as will be subordinate TO your orders and the rules
of war.
/ You will receive no troops into your command but
such as will march across the Rio Grande under your
orders if required by you so to do If you the
Rio Grande you must suffer no SURPRISE but be always
on the alert. Let your arms be inspected night and
morning. and your scouts always on the lookout
You will be controlled by the rules OF the most
civilized warfare. and you will find The advantage OF
exercising great humanity towards the common people.
in battle, let the enemy feel the ferceness OF just
/ resentment and retrbution.
The order OF the Government Of the 18th u, having
been dsregarded ny those who have gone 10 Bexar'
in not having reported communicated with the
Department Of War, the Executive will not recognize
their conduct and you alone will be held responsible
10 the Government md sustained by It's resources
You will report often IS possible your operations
You may rely upon The gallant Hays and his COM
panons and desire that you should obtain his services
and operation, and him and oil the brave ana
subordinate in the field, that Inc hopes OF the
country and the confidence Of the Executive point 10
them as objects of constant socitude. lnsubordna.
disgrace upon our arms. God speed you.
i have the honor TO he,
i Your obedent servant,
u SAM. HOUSTON.
OF the movements Of the Mexicans, we have no sort
Of intelligence The suboined account of The opera.
lions of the Mexcnns, during the late noud IS COPIED
from the Houston STAR and will be found interesting:
The Object If Gen. Hollis Expedition Since the re-
treat Of Gen Woll and it has been satisfactorily ascer
tanned ha, his declarations that his detachment was the
van of large invading army, were entirely ialse ma
ny at loss to what The real object
of his visit That he did not for the purpose OF
plumber evident the fact that during his stay al
Bexar he did not permit of his soldiers TO take sim
gle article of private property and scrnpuous was he
in this respect that he required his officers to pny
for the teams that he took to convey away his wounded
soldiers. He also remained in Bexar until the last com
pany of soldiers had marched out in order that he might
proven them from committing depredations. lie re-
CURED also the traders that accompanied him 10 pay Tor
every article of merchandise that they took away and
il is said, that not less than fifteen thousand dollars in
specie paid 10 The merchants of Bexar during
his stay. Nor this ALL He permitted the citizens
that not found in TO 20 at large and pursue
their respective avocations with as much freedom as
if the place had not been captured. The prisoners
also taken in arms, treated with marked KIND.
ness and he declared, that if they had not fred upon
his troops, every Of them would have been per.
mitted TO depart 10 their friends unmoesed This sin
gular conduct involves his expedition in mystery, and
has given rise TO thousand conjectures There is
however, tnat throws fnoc1 Ignt upon
his conduct. About two hundred Of the Mexican IA
miles accompanied him in his retreat, ard took with
them their household furniture their nss, cattle,
and all moveabe articles with The declared purpose Of
settling in Texas. These families were sent in
advance of the Mexican army, and all the enents
of Gen. Woll indicated that his main object to pro-
tect them.
On the evening of the 22d, when The Texian army
overlook the Me1icans at the Hondo, these families
in the Mexican camp, having been overtaken in
nd vrha no chc nd no
vanguard under Capt Hays, The women and children
panicsruck, that they fed in every direction,
screaming and crying in the most piteous manner Many
them with infants their breasts fled to the woods and
with tie greatest difficulty found again before the
Mexican army resumed ills retreat When these facts
were communicated TO The Texan officers the next
morning, by the deseer no into camp, they were
dsarmed Of half their cnmity, and not improbable
that the dislike 10 involve these helpless nnocents
in suffering, had strong influence in preventing the
| Texan officers from continuing the pursuit. Some
spies who followed the Mexican army several miles,
that they found large herds Of cattle and ocks OF