The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-02-09
BALTIMORE, Feb. sih. Is4s.
10 nc Editor Of he Union
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10 he Editor Of the Union:
In the Intelligencer OF yesterday find the following
The TRUE BOUNDARY or TExas-A correspondent of the
New York Tribune, who signs himself "a Texan"
declares IL TO be uttery false" that the government of
Texas maintained authority the strip of land lying
between the Nueces and the Rio Grande from the period
OF their declaration of independence In proof Of which,
he makes the following statement which, il may not be
aiss here to staIe is substantially cooboated by direct
information which have ourselves received upon the
subject;
81 held Texan commission under Captain r. Ross, in
troop OF horse rangers for the OF the frontier
oah Instructions not to The Nusees On my return
from the frontier applied Judge Lrscombe, of Gal
weston, for my certificate of head-righ the time
nquinng If IL possible for to locate my land west
OF the Hneces as nearly all on the east bank bad been
roy o. Texas did not rtend beyond the Nuee This was
in the fall OF 1897
Lest the statement of this false Texan" should be
ceved as gospel by those who honestly wish correct IN
formation in regard TO 'the true boundary of Texas
beg leave TO make the following statement through the
columns OF your valuable journal.
Reference to the acts of the first session of the "Con
gress OF the republic of Texas" will show that the col
ecoral district of Aansas extended from the mouth Of
the San Antonio river to the mouth the Rio Grande"
During the first administration of President Houston the
subscriber was appointed collector for the aforesaid dis
lTlct From the instructions of the Secretary OF the
Treasury OF Texas, dated 10th july 1888, before
me, make the following extract:
''You will possible vigilance to prevent snug
CLING for which purpose you will despatch small boats to
TO require it, In all where attempts made
TO smugse evade the revenue laws, you will the
utmost prompude in Furnishing the offenders according
law"
In obedience to these instructions, boats were from
time to me despatched to reconnoe the bays of "Cor.
pus Christi and the "Laguna Madre." In the fall of
1893, the schooner "Lodi" from New Orleans landed
about 300 barrels of flour, intended for the "Matamoras"
market; which port could not be entered account of
the French blockade Information brought me of the
fact by company surveyors engaged surveying lands
Wed Of the Nueces rrer, under the direction of the legally
appointed surveyor of "San Patricio county," which
county extended to the "Rio Grande" by the then exist
ing laws of Texas The company of surveyors cut the
hoops from the barrels sight of the Mexcans who had
been left in charge This point, on CORPUS Christi"
bay, is known ''Flour Bluffs" from this circum-
stance and lies about ten miles west of the site OF the
present town of Corpus Christi The vessel seized
by for attempting to evade the laws of Tex
as, and taken to Arkansas where she detained some
months, until the will of the government known
Having also been employed in the general land office
of Texas, clerk, know personally that surveys
constantly being made west of the Nueces the time GA
Texan pretends to have been anxious to locate in
that evidences region" at the present day
would wish 10 make appear.
G. w. FULTON.