New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-01-14
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The question Whether to ccmusnce hostiires, the
bs,.ble one. That the Mexiesns invaded" tsHiory
cs med BY Texas, 10 conesced That tie hsaoSn "iy
crossed tie Rio Crane nd e0nnieaced the Wsi' I.
known The overt at Of Wr wac eorputed By Mexico"
40. Eve Journal
The Journal will allow US to dissent from the
above. All shadow OF ground for debate on the
points here r,oo,ed was taken away long since by
the emphatic testimony Of THOMAS IL. BLfIoN'
sILAs wRioBr and CHARLLs J. IsGEEsoLL, to say
nothing Of tina. OF History, Geography the general
voice Of Mankind and that Of the Wings uniyer-
sally. The Journal cannot forget the letter which
itself published from G. de l. Capt Henry to the
Spirit Of tue Times dated Camp opposite Mata-
moros April 10, 1896 before any actual hos'ili-
ties had occurred running thus:
~ Our situation here is az sxsraordin sry Right
emmy, Hy actually oecuPyns tssiT corn and
cotton feds tie people oft SOFT having teif hoD tnd We
with ssaa tssdfai Of men, marching with col9Is hyng
their pTnoipa cities. displaying the banpe
fone,, under their very noses and they Nth an
ss" fsst.Ses not the i.. soS, to drive Is, SSoGers
of There is no parallel - it
VIII the Journal tell 5s why this is not testimony
in point. aud from 8 most reliable witness
But the Journal Is not less mistaken about the
overt act Our Army committed an overt act
Of hostility when 1t drove back the Mexican cavalry
from the Sal Colorado when ON its way down 10 the
Rio Grande another when it took possession Of
San Isabel chasing Of the Mexican authorities and
officers Of customs; another when Gen. Taylor
blockaded the mouth Of the Rio Grande and still
another when Col Thornton charged upon the Mex
lean force BY which be and his command were
routed and captured.
We are aware Of the Journals reluctance to
copy articles like this yet we impelled 10 ask
the favor Of having this appear 10 its columns We
need not add that it will be cheerfully recprocsted.
The GREAT GAISIs CAsE.--It will delight many
Of cur readers--a indeed who have been scquaint
ed with the merits Of this case, which for the long
period Of fourteen years has been In the courts
to learn that the Supreme Court Of the United
States yesterday afternoon decided it o. ALL
POINTS IN 1dror Of Mrs. Gaines The suit has been
among the most important and interesting ever be-
fore the American Courts The costs Of the litiga
ton on the part Of Mrs. Gaines alone cannot have
been less than eighty TO ninety Thousand dollars
bat the result involves many millions.
The history OF Mrs. Gaines, as We gather it from
the record Of the case prepared for the Of the
Supreme Court is full Of the most romantic and
various incident. She is a woman Of remarkable
abilities, decision and generosity, and of manners
sngulsrly frank and engaging. Perhaps no woman
in the country has more or warmer friends, and ii
she has any enemies she owes it entirely to the
kable position she has so loug occupied as a
deirauded and injured heiress Of OF the largest
estates on the Continent, held by numerous and
powerful confederscy, whose hopes of triumph
were based upon her supposed friendlessness and
poverty.
The veteran Gen. Z. P. Gaines is the second
husband of Mrs. Gaines, whose first husband was
a son Of the late Gen. w hitney OF Binghamton, in
this State. Gen. Gaines and his family have re-
Gently resided in this City, which they will con-
tinue b make their home.