Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-05-13
From the N. o. Picayune, April "a.


The steamship Neptune, Captain Rollins, 26 hours
from Galveston arrived yesterday morning. The
news is important only so far as II indicates the de-
termination of the President that Mexico shall not be
invaded until after the next meeting of the Texan
Congress-
The Houston Star states that at Bexar, Colonel
Lewis p. Cook has un er his command large num-
Der of" Jordan's men," and "Cow Bows" who are
determined to march Immediately to Lorendo, or to
the Preslllo Their leader is of the most ener-
gctlc and fearless men we have ever known and we
are confident he will not return without striking a
blow that will be felt throughout the eastern provinces
of Mexico. another company is organising on the
banks of the Colorado and will soon be ready for
the field. They will not call upon government for
aid but furnish their own equipments, food and
clohng.
The same paper also informs us that General Bur.
leon arrived Austin, from Bexar, the Isl, inst
large majority of the volunteers that had collected
under his command 10 march against the MeXlcans,
became dissatisfied in consequence of his being super
se,el by General SomcrvllIc, by order of General
Houston an ! returned to their homes. The voun-
tcers wished TO choose their own commander, and
were quite cxnsperated that the President should APP
point commander without their consent. Only
seventy or one hundred men consented to rema n and
submit to the orders of General Somcrville. Among
these are thirty or forty from Travis county, with
brass field piece from the arsenal at Austin. Many
Of the volunteers wished to elect Burleson and rive
him the command, but he refused and declared that
he would not lead any expedition into the Rio Grande
without the authority of the President.
We learn from the Galveston Advertiser that on
the 18th instant Galveston visited with severe
storm from the north east, which continued about one
hour, and it was feared that serious damage would be
done to the vessels in the harbor.
The San Bernard was driven from her moorngs
and went ashore but has been gotten off without
much injury. Several other vessels shared the same
fate, but none of them much injured, and will all be
soon ahoat again. Windows and doors were blown
IN, and two or three houses somewhat damaged, but
all had escaped much better than was anticipated at
the time
The same day the steamboat Philadelphia was
wrecked on the f}razos Bar. She was coming down
the river, with but little steam, intending to land at
Velasco but the current carried her upon the bar,
and she went to pieces during the night. She had
400 bales of cotton on board, principally insured.
storm on the 18th was exceedingly in
Liberty county. At some places on the Trinity it
blew with the fury of a tornado and uprootei large
trees. Fears entertained that several plantations
that rlvei have been seriously injured.
The Holsron (Texas) Telegraph warns young men
about TO emlgrate to Texas, to leware of inten-
perance Ii says Texas offer to the incorporate
nanght but an early grave. OF party of seventeen
persons who cmigratcd from New York three years
ago, only one survives. The mortality is attributed
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