Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-11-01
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CO OcsucCH ctun 1ettf.yefo ofee~ --<o~scttss
and Lndiass.-The steamship LouisianI
Capt. Talbot. arrived here yesterday
bringing 81, 400 in specie and Calves
ton dates to the 18th inst. The healtl
of Galveston was good. -.srs.,
The most important news by this ar
rival is 40 account of battle with th,
Indians, contained in an extra of tn.
Galveston Civilian, dated on the 14th
which was fought near San Fernando
on the 4th inst, by the Texan Rangers
under the command of Captain Gala
han. ~ 49,
The Indians, it seems, were Lipan,
and Seminoles,. with some renegade
Mexicans, and supposed to sumber
about 700. The fight lasted about )
hours. Capt. Callahan's force consisted
of Ill Rangers and volunteers. He
reports that he heard the enemy lost
some IS men, besides 100 wounded.
His own losswas killed and wounded.
The battle took. place about 10 miles
from San Fernando.
We do not understand by what au-
thority Capt. Callahan crossed over into
Mexican soil to wage war, though we
gather from his address that his object
was to chas6se the sayages who have
been committing eutrages upon the set
Elements on this side ofthe Rio Grande.
He thus concludes:
Fearing the enemy might return in
the night with much larger force,
Capt. Callihan retreated to Eagle Pass
and took possession of a town opposite
called Piedros Negros. He says in an
address to. the people of Texas that the
Mexicans evidently favor the Indians,
and that snare had been laid to entrap
him. Ihave tried to explain to them
(the Mexicans) the injustice of their
course, and have advised them that we
will invade their country, and burn the
last of their towns, if they continue to
protect and fraternize with this band of
outlaws, whose hands are still reeking
in the blood of innocent women and
children, beneath the tomahawks of re-
leutless savages. We molested none of
their property until we found them fight
ing side by side with the Indians, whose
demoniac hands are still wet with the
blood of Texan women and children.
And we have since troubled nothing
savewhat was necessary for our own
support and safety. Had we supposed
the Mexicans would have united with
the Indians against US, we would never
have crossed into their country with our
number of men-but we are now here
and intend to hold footing until some
thing is accomplished.
Capt. Callihan says he is well forti-
fed and has cannon. He was in hourly
expectation of an attack from Indians
and Mexicans, and calls on Texans to
come to his assistance.
The Indians say they are determined
to kill as they go. and they cross the
Rio Grande for your settlements almost
weekly. If not exterminated, any hour
may ring the death knell of some of
your kindred and friends.
There will be no safety for your from
tier settlements hereafter. The Semi
noles, Muscaleros, and LIpans are all
determined to scourge Texas with blood
and outrage so long as they remain un-
chastised. We fought all these tribes
yesterday, and, as We learn, the cele-
brated Seminole chieftain Wildcat.
THE REIGN OF ARr.-In this won
derful age Art lays her master touches
on almost every thing. The ceilings
over us and the carpets we tread on,
are hallowed by Art. Art winds the
railway through the mountains and the
mud; makes her machines of wood and
iron, to act as if with knowledge and an
initiates space with lightning tanned
down to the tuteledge of boy. Moth
ingis too lofty for her touch and moth
ing too humble. A new proof of this
old conviction, has Just fallen under our
notice, in the shape of a OATHARTIc
Pill, from the Laboratory of that
world renowned Chemist Doctor J. c.
AVER.
If we understand the subject, he has
carried that article to the farthest per-
fection of which it is capable. Instead
of employing Drugs in its composition,
as we have always thought the necessa-
ry and only way, he has with consum-
mate skill extracted the UiHues of the
medicine to, be employed and combined
them alone in their purity together
The composition is then mixed and
rolled by machinery and steam power
into speriod pill which is wrapped in
an envelope Of gelatine, for protection
from the effects of weather or time, and
then thickly coated with sugar, to serve
as its passport over the palate. Not
withstanding all this labored perfection
they are offered to the public at less than
one cent each. However humble the
department, we think this may be safe
" characterized as the consumation of
Art in its line.-Mor7sing Neacs, Bali.
q LuNArIc DocroR SETTING Bro
KEN ARM.--Recently while one of the
patients of the State Lunatic Asylum,
who was formerly doctor, was taking
his accustomed strole for air and exer-
else, he was attracted to a house not far
from the asylum by the cries of a
young girl, wbe in climbing over fence
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