The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-14

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lelphia and New York have done more to promote
throughout the country-to give
blows to the constitution-and slyly to extend the
antslavery sentiment than has ever been accom-
phshed by the entire combination of persons, edi-
tors, members of Parliament, and all the other
public machinery for keeping up the agitation. The
time has come when this system, which has been
worked to great extent through ths agency of
publishers, must be exposed, and we shall not long
delay in making such exposures of abolition,
socialism, and infdelity, will s.artle the COM
munity.
INSECURITY OF THE TEXAN FRoNTIER-lNDlAN
MURDERS AND DEPREDATIoNs. - The murders,
outrages, and depredations, which are so fire.
quenty committed by the Camanche Indians
on the people of Texas who live near the
Mexican ontier, have been frequently brought to
the attention of the government, at Washington,
and the necessity of organizing mounted force to
punish the savages, and check their enormites
clearly and distinctly pointed out; butt as yet, the
government has not moved in the mater. The
consequence is, that the Indians have become en-
boldened by impunity, and commit more murders
and outragss than ever. Their incursions are
more requent; and they evidently act on the be-
unable to protect the frontier against them.
We had conversation, yesterday, with Colonel
Henry Clay Davis, of Rio Granie City, Texas,
gentleman who is entitled to every confidence,
and whose statements, moreover, are confirmed
by those of others in that region in respect to the
incurslons by the Indians. The accounts which
he gave US of the murders of the Texans, and the
outrsges to which their wives and little ones are
subjected to, were perfectly narrowing The peope
hereabouts can have conception of the insecure
y Of the lives Of our people on that fro naer, or of
the daring of the savages. 1t was only about
month ego that Texan was killed BY poisoned
arrow, which Colonel Davis exhibited to us. This
weapon is pointed with STEEL dipped In poison
which is 90 powerful that if scratch even is in
ficted, death is sure to follow No reliance can
be placed In the faith of these savsges. They
make treaties and receive presents from the 90
vernmeLt agents one week, and dash across the
frontier the next, kill the Whites carry INTO capt.
witty the women and children, using the former for
the basest purposes, and rearing the little ones
for slaves We are assured that during the
year 1850, upwards of eighty women and chill
dren were carried off In this manner, and
their parents slain by these ruthless depreda-
tors. No account was taken of the number OF
murders this year, but il is great Indeed, little
prot ction have the Texans, that many of them
compelled to seek for safety across the border.
ard return, when the Indians disappear, to find
their cattle taken away, their crops destroyed, aud
their houses and buildings smouldering ruins.
These facts have been laid before the govern
ment time and again; but. from some unknown
cause or other, the Indians are allowed to pursue
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IMMUNITY No movement. has been made towards
increasing the military power of the United STATES;
and the unfortunate people, deserted by their go
vernment, are left at The mercy of their savage
foes, to remain to be killed, to flee to foreign
country. We cannot account for this criminal
neglect on the part of the government. The ad-
minis,ration should be aroused from its leth argy,
and made TO act promptly in the matter Bat there
will be no use in sending infantry or mounted in
fantry against the Indians. regimeat of mouated
Texan rangers, at least thousand strong, should
be Immediately organized to 60 against the lndi ans
TO pursue them into their Businesses, and pn aish
them as they deserve. The white cap.ives whom
they have in their possession should be released and
the Indians taught lesson they would never forget
This s the kind of force that should be sent
a. ainst them-comPosed of men who are familiar
with Indian warfare, and with their haunts and
Businesses in the Texan wilds. Such body of
troops, posted on the frontier from Red River to
Brownsville, would, in one year, reduce those sa-
wages to submission, and put end TO the murders
and confagraions which so frequent on the
Texan frontier. II is TO be hoped that the govern
meni will not wait for eighty hundred more
Indian murders, before they will take measures TO
protect our frontier
STEAM LINES TO CALfroRNIA-JrpIcrous Az
--Howland & Aspinwall and George
Law & Company have come TO an understanding,