The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-02-12

longs to that class, and~presents more vivid and
impressive picture Of that remarkable period, than
is to be gathered from official documents or State
papers, from which is mannfactufed what we are
all pleased 10 call authentic history.
From. the Rio Grande,. 4
Wecopy the following from the Rio Grande Sen
tine Of the Both plf. Ifwillbe found especially in
Iteresting at This time, from its bearing upon the
question Of the sboundaries of Texas and New
Mexico, now Beginning to elicit discussion at
Washington city. Who is to protect this. exposed
and .-defenceless people ?. Tsxas--yvhioh claims
Jurisdiction over them. aud the territory they &C.
pys.or the General Government
Some short time since, says the Sentinel several
companies Of rangers were organized for frontier
defence, and the citizens OIL, this valley were in
duced to look for future security to themselves and
properly. But all of a sudden this promised
assistance was lost sight of as well as the rangers
| that were 70 afford it, We have, it seems by
chance, found the location Of these. ranging com
panies.. Read the'foliowing advertisement:
0SE HuSDREp FAMILIES WKYTEP-T9 ans;famls who
will settle y lands twelve miles from Corpus Christi,
@ e W Sd a one Sr q aad a s5 e,
enc dgar Per Tk SsE one 3ss 81 oxen and one h9e all
tLhs 81 AMI emate are anSgpaSe water a5u9dant and
Saes Of Raagers IA tAe ofsiifit1 % grotecf he onr
and Goferdaeni Is determined 70 eab permanent posts,
efN'
" own lot to.eaeh family o. tie town
This; then, .ex plains, the reason why we cannot
have one of those companies on tie Rio Grande--
Where all OF thelneaF most 'needed--ihey would
then be too lar removed from Col. Kinney's thirty
square leagues of land he could not then offer
protection TO settlers in Corpus Christi and its
| vicinity, 50 - - ..5f
/ These. Ringing companies, if we rightly under
stand the matter were brought into service for the
express and 'mpied purpose Of giving assistance to
the settlerson our frontier; "lor frontier defence
we think, were the words used, Now, ll,keye fstts
fro1itier Of IszasS Does Corpus Christi occupy
position on the map of Texas that would warrant
its being made the headquarters of The forces des-
tined for its defenee Then be il so; but there is
vast teyriterg lying this side Of the Nueces that
standsimpl orng yin need Of and; not only from the
sealpng knife Of the ruthless savage, but also frem;
the greedy, and we might say, fraudulent designs.
Of the land Spectator, The latter of these CONF
plantsbeing even more alarming to the Inhabitants;
if such thing were possible than the former, and
both taken together present picture ofhhe future
tohe settler deplorable to look upoif: byteior-
mer they stand in daily perifof being massacTed by
the Indians and threatened in the latter with hav
hing the very lands which they occupy; and which
were settled by their fathers, wrested from hem by
the avarieous land specpatoT, seconded by the leg
islqtiVe action and RECOMMENDED by the Governor
Of feyasproper. FiIsinhabiants 6t the Rio Grandei
valley are becoming awake "a their interests, and
are determined to protected well in the seou-
rty OF life to themselves and families, in their.
property theif homes, from whence they draw their
sustenauee. fTexas proper will not assist u.s. we
viii place ourselves under the paernafe care Of the
| General Government, to whom we of right belong.
The very lodges Of the Indians that were TO be
watched>b by theseranging companies are pitched in
the vicinity Of tds valley, from whence they make
/ their annual incursions upon its helpless mhabi-
tantss These descents are first made upon our peo
/ ple7-hy whom, in fact, they have 10 pass before
| reaching Corpus Ghfstl. tits wei knowiIto every
one here that farms have been abandoned and inn
mense herds Of cattle allowed 10 run wild. for the
want Of this protection their owners OF tenders hav-
ing either been murdered or driven of BY, the In
\ dams, Whole setrlenients we understand, some
hundred miles above this, have been entirely depop-
ulated from this account !, and yet small town,
| two or three handred miles from thisyatley can be
the settled position Of tile force destined for the pro-
lection ofths immense frontier. BY what strange
magnet are these companies drawn beneath the
\ thumb or wing OF Col. kinneyYs
On the question Of a separation FROM the State
of Texas, The Brownsville Flag Of the .30h says
We learn that strong feeling prevails through
out the extent Of valley in favor Of separate
organization under the, auspices of the GeAeral
government. Its known to austhat, the cdnstu-
| ton Of the Republic Of Texas precluded aliens
l from holding real estate within its limits. and
that instrument, and the laws enacted in accordahce
Herewith, as well as the constitution and the laws
OF the State of Texas, seontempates confscation
and forfeiture of the estates held by persons under.
| tiles emanating from the Goyernnients OF SPAN
and Mexico, especially when the possess6rs of
these are or have regarded themselvesas Mexiran-
citizens. These considerations now apply with
somewhat augInenting force in view OF the anonla-
lons position which this country, the valley Of the
Rio GraRde, occupied, sas well towardsthe Reppb-.
lie Of Texas, as towards the State OF Texas, pre-.
vious to the actual commencement OF the, late war
with Mexico. The gistof this question:. 50 far as
tthe Legality Of the measure-is concerned, consists
simply in this Did Texas by the resolutionsOfh her
Congress, in the commencement of her setf-gov-
eminent aequire an actual and rfghtfnl- ownership
and sovereignty over thisterrt0ry, by that simple
declaratoh, without actual occupancy Of the
same by her troops, of armed presence sufh-
eieRt not only 10 assert such ownership and soFe-
yegnty but to control the acts and -doings OF its
,inhabitants? ,.r
Although. many other considerations weigh, such
as the ineficiency Of the present legal system OF
Texas our distance from the oapitsl the. places OF
holding oir courts, and the necessityot.a. more
efficient goVernmentdl system, nevertheless, the
final result Of This agitation rests chiefly upon the
decision Of thequestton above stated:
wAshxdr6N MoNuMEsT.--A resolution wa,
Introduced into the Pennsylvania State Sen9fe ron
the 29th nit, by Mf.Fernon, authorzing ths pre- (.
paration of a block of marble for lhs national
monument, with ihe inscription; !" pen6syivaaia,
founded 1851, by Deeds Of Peace, - 80 !
LOUIS PmLlrfE As. AuTHoR.--rhs Euppeah,
politicians were looking with anxietyfor the
appearaneeOf a work, In four volumes, from the
pen Of Louis Philippe. II is to be entitled "Eighf
cen Years OF Rosaly.v andsvAl contain many new
views'of persons who have figured prominently on
the political stage withfu-ths present gsneratlod.
10 g Electricity leAyeS lie, thunderholt in;the
sky, and, like Mercury, dismissed from Olympus,
acts as letter-caTTier and message-boy."