The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-23
The Sierra Madre Republic.


show the folly and impracticablity of the news
paper schemes of forming an independent Republic
Of the Northern Departments of Mexico. The idea
ofsuch republic, 10 be established by of men
OF money furnished from the United States, seems,
however, to have taken singular hold of the
fancies of men otherwise sensible-some believe it
possible probable, and glory in the prospect
which it will open to the energies and enterprise OF
our people while the minds of others are agitated
by fearful visions of violated treaties, bloody wars,
terrible revolutions, and all the thousand horrors
conjured up by the Imagination when it has some
thing mysterious but nothing tangible to act upon
Now, the whole secret of this Sierra Madre Expe-
dtion, Buffalo Hunt, Flight of the Ousel Owls, or
by whatever other name it may be known, is that
i is humbug, and nothing but humbug Some
have been foolish enough TO make inquiries of the
President of the United States as to his knowledge
of the subject. The President, supposng that there
could not be so much smoke without some fire, has
set the District Attorneys and Marshals to rake
among the cinders to find out where the fire is. Bul
we suspect that they will find none out of the col
of the newspapers, and very little there that
will burn any thing We read somewhere, few
weeks ago. that party Of the 6 Buffalo Hunters
had sailed from NewOrleans for Corpus Christi.
We have been anxious to hear from them, and our
desire has at last been gratfed by the following an
nouncement in the Corpus Christi Star:
son the Wrong Trail On Saturday evening
last the schooner Col. DE Russy arrived at ST. 10
sephs with about two hundred men Of the order OF
Ousel Owls destined on Buffalo Hunt bat.
as none of the animals were TO be found in these
dIggins, they came to the conclusion of returning
fA.lrn
not only on the wrong trail, but out of season
We sympathize with them in their DISAPPOINTMENT
but the only consolation we offer is-bide your
time
What the editor means by the concluding SELL
ten we do not pretend to say; if it be that there
may be better chance for hunting the kind Of
game that they went to seek, they will have to bide
long time before they get I" in season" or on the
right trail.
While on this subject, we transfer to our columns
the following article, also from the Corpus Christi
STAR which explain itself, and will put an end, We
hope, to the speculations ON the Buffalo Hunt"
"Col H. L. Kinney.-Below will be found
letter from this gentleman, on tire subject Of the
separation of the Northern provinces from Mexico
The COloRel's name has been 50 frequently used IN
the Southern papers, in connection with the bust
ness, that he deemed it due to himself and to his
friends, both in the United States and Mexico, to
notice the fact. To our mind, the recent movement
in ewOrleans, in raising men for the purpose OF
crossing the Rio Grande, called for some notice on
the part of one who had been held up as promi-
nent man in the contemplated expedition. That
The Colonel was not in any way connected with the
business, we have not only his own word, but he
has shown the following letter, received from him
who raised the and shipped them to this point
CORPUS CHRISTI September H. 1913
Col. II. L. KINNEY Dear Sir: L regret exceed ngg
in what is and has been called the Sierra Mare expedition
Madame Rumor shoul have been saved the expense OF
subsistence and transportation OF large body OF men How
the con ersat ID wi you upon my arrival here be
satisfied that had bee1 used by Othe
slight misundeBt antng, trust that we part friends.
"Yous truly, l.. A. BEsANcON."
The view which Col. Kinney takes of affairs
over the line we believe to be the correct one. 1t
is certainly the province Of those interested to
be the first in the business, and to ask for
assistance, if needed. We commend the letter to
the reader:
J. H. PEOPLES. Eso-Sir: For the last two or three
weeks have ced in Of the received here,
that my name mentioned as leader OF the leader OF an
american expedition having for its object the separ On OF
the Northern Provinces from Mexico However much may
be fate ed by the complimentary notice to myself which
Ia- generally accompanied the articles alluded TO- csnno;
out take exception to their general tenor and would be lack
ing those attributes which characterize good cit zen
silent Our country peace = th Mexico,
and would certainly be breach Of neutrality organize
force lin invade portion OF her territory and
certainly would not. with consent, lend name fol
such purpose
II the desire of all good their neghbon pros
aud happy, and when they not audsbe to
assist in rendering them This be done in different
ways with physical force necessary with pecuniay aid
Ia the States alluded to l have many friends whom
wond be peaed to see in happy and condition
and If the evusiOns which have so long characterized their
country render necessary, an their minds, to separate
from the mother Republic and seek alleviate their cOnd
by declaring and seeking 10 maintain themselves pdC
M o. IN w0ua say ans8 6 ana wGqG render them
who would pursue similar course And when the people
eminent Is lbera and oppressive and that change would
be conducive TO then welfare and they make formal de-
caraIon OF independence then and not til then have their
Since my return from Vera Cruz to this place. the accounts
rec lived from Tamaulpss, Nuevo Leon, etc. fiat
teng the prospects Of the citizens The republican man
IN which Herrera administering the government, bears
mig the of Santa Anna and Parede that the people
much better cOnented and If change takes place.
and the measures which Herrera has undertaken be carried
out, their social system will approximate that
The people not find necessary seek change.
how disastrous might prove their neghbors TO inter
fee, and BY overt act involve them in issue with
Their government, which they may not desire, and which
they may not be prepared for.
To let such publications as going the rounds of
rally connected pass without notice would be tacit
acknowledgement OF my concurrence, which is not the
OF men have ben regularly enrolled for the expedition in
question: of the most hasty and short sighted aas
OF the day. and as my less used in
necion with 1t, most uDequyocay assert that had
do with than Herrera himself that had no right
10 act in such business do think any person
that city had There being then authorized by the
people OF the northern provinces shows the move to be pre-
mature and unfortunate-un because should the
people interested in the government of that section of
Try seek hereafter their neghbors assistance in time of need
the present movement would tend impede their progress
In con fusion will that not, have been
connected with the question aud my friends
will Obge By dsabusng the public mimi on the subject
Corpus Christi, Sept. 8, l84S. ii. l.. KINNEY.
Sc ChaparraI'sD Correspondence to Crescent.