Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-27

o,er the Rio GranGe, and established hi
headquarters at San Antonio, leaving gar.
rison al I.ipantitlAn, on the Nueces. and ON,
! aty Goliati. The Texans then commence
| the revolution, retook Goliad, Lipant,lan, .stt
San Antonio, in 856
The boundaries Of Coahnia and Texas, a
! these departments were laid off into one
State by the constitution Of 1924, was the
Nueces, running for upwards of one hundred
miles up that stream, and then by line a
cross from that point to The Rio Grarte -
The territory below that line. between the
Nueces and the Rio Grande. was part Of
the State of Tamaulipas. Tainaulipas grant
ed it to various intli, iduas by what were call
ed colony grants, un!er which many settle.
ments were made. These colonists, or the
greater portion of them 50 entitled to this
portion of the territory. Joined in the Texas
revolution, and were represented in the con-
vention OF Texas, Which subsequently declar-
ed the independence Of that republic The
day after the battle of San Jacinto, (31st A.
prl. '36,) Santa Anna surrendered as pris
oner In about six weeks afterwards. he en-
tered into treaty with the government OF
Texas,a cknowledgin the RIO Grande as their
south western boundary, upon condition that
Gen Filisola. then at the head of five thous>
and troops being all that were left to the cen
tralists to maintain their power, should BE
permitted to retire west OF the river, and that
he himself should be released. These coha:-
tons were complied wth-F,lisola being per.
mitted to retire with all his force to the west
OF the river, and Santa Anna, III October al
forwards, released. The treaty contained.
also. various stiPulations about the release OF
prisoners and surrender of property. Gen
Rusk, then at the heal of the Texan forces.
and under the order of the Texan govern.
ment, transmitted a copy Of the treaty to
Gen. Fllisola, who recognised it, and at once
complied with all the obligations it imposed
upon him.
In 1856 ooh Decembtr1 the Texan Con
gress passed law describing the 20 Grande
as their southwestern boundary. After this
Fliso!a was superseded in command by the
appointment of Gen. Urea. who Immediately
commenced raising an army to re invade
Texas. Gen. Rusk, who was still at the
head of the army OF Texas, and stationed at
the Gaudaloupe, ordered the families between
that part and the Rio Grande to retire to his
rear, or to remove to the western bank OF the
river. The most Of tlrem did retire to his
rear; but manv of the Mexicans elected to
cross the river and settle on the opposite
side. For the purpose Of facilitating the re-
watching the movements Of the Mexican ar
my, and preparatory to an advance upon
Matamoras, he despatched General Felix
Houston with a sufficient force to take pos
session Of Corpus Christi; and that was done
General Houston exercised more authority
between the, Nueces AMI the Rio Grande than
Urea did, w!ro was stationed al Matanoras
with force of about ten thous md men. At
one period Urea crossed the river with the
greater part Of lis command and encamped
a few miles east Of the river; bet iii very
short period he recrossed the western side
In this condition things remained until lo45,
the Mexcans having no army to the east OF
the river, and the Texans having few troops
at Corpus Christi and San Antonio. With
these troops, however, the Texans frequently
made excursions to Laredo place upon the
Rio Gransle, and several times crossed it.
The Mexican troops made two incursions
crossing the river both times. coming as far
as San Antonio, and upon each occasion were
driven back to the west bank,
In I845, also, an armistice was agreed upon.
under which the Mexican army was to remain
on the west, and the Texans on the east Side
of the river. This ariEstice was III the Same
ear revoked, and the war declared to be
renewed. The proclamation OF General
VOL, who was then in command of the Mex
ican fol &c, issued by direction of Santa Anna,
declared that all Mexicans found within three
leagues of the river would be considered
"favoring the usurpers OF that territory"
fmeaning by the territory the whole of Tex
as. } be tried by court martial, and captally
punished. There were during this period,
at a post called Laredo, the east side OF
the river, some citizens under m litary
ganzation. and organized simply with a view
of defence against the Indians, mustered only
upon such occasions, but claiming to be citi
zeMs when Hays or Mccullough was there
with the Texan rangers. From the com
mencement of the revolution in 1884, to the
independence declared by Texas i'll 1856
from that period to the admission OF Texas
into our Union in 1845 and from 1915 up to
the present hour, no Mexican document can
be found, military or civit-ro Mexican 9th
Ger, military or civil, has ever been known
to contend that the territory lying between
the Nueces and the Rio Gran1e belonged to
Mexico by any other title than that which
she maintained TO the whole territory between
the Sabine and TIE Rio Grande Under
the colony contracts granted by Tamaulipas
the settlers, at an election in Texas in lS4l
or 1912 of members of Congress, voted at
Corpus Christi. claiming to be citizens OF the
government. The evidences to the title, too,
to the lands so settled. upon, including all
the transfers from the time OF the revolution
Of 1884 to the present time, are recorded
amongst the land records of fexas. On the
first Of March. l845, the alternative resolu
tons for the admission of Texas INTO the IN
ion were passed. On the 5lst December,
l84s, Texas was admitted, and On the same
day an act was passed to extend the laws OF
the United States over the State OF Texas
On tie 3lst December, l845. Texas was con-
sttuted revenue district; and the city OF
Galveston, the only port of entry, having an
nexed to it, amongst other ports, as ports OF
delivery. the port of Corpus Christi, port
on the west side OF the Nueces. Under that
act, a revenue officer of the United States has
been appointed for Corpus Christi. On the
I'd February. l847, Congress, by an act es,
tablishing additional post roads M the o'ate OF
Texas, stablished amongat others, one from
Brszos Santiago, via Point Isabel,to For'
Brown, opposite Matamoras; and one IRON
Corpus Christi to Brazos Santiago, pom
south of Point Isabel. near the mouth OF the
Rio Grandc.
Now. as before stated, Texas was annexed
under the first of the alternative resolutions
cf the first March, 1916
1.-The first resolution provides. that Con
gress doth consent that the territory properly
included within. and riglitfully belonging to