Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-01-11


Thy path with spots of shame
No, seek thy voice to hush,
Or bind thy genius free,
But, let its voicccss depths now gush,
In trumpet tones of thee
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. Goth, 1859.
E % BY an oversight last week, the greater por-
tion of the Bill for the protection of the Frontier was
omitted, and therefore republish it this week
tire
A BILL
To bescaiiilci an .qct for tic Protection Of The
Frontier.
WHEREAS state of hostilitics exists between the peo
ne Of the State of Texas and various Indian
tr,lcswho inhlbt the uusetl!gl portions Of the
State aud adjacent territory bands Of said In
dians liayiug at various times within the las, three
years invaded our settlements murdered our pe0-
Ole nud carried OH or destroyed their properly, 90
l,at the frontier settlements are rcgclug before
the invaders, ana our frontier counties in danger
Of dcpopuaton
.daG ,ehcrcgs, the Federal Government, whose duty
il is primarily to protect the State from such hos
tutics has not efficiently afforded such protection
Aad ahCrcas, We are continuity in such emmincnt
danger fof being invaded, hy soid hostile ldaH
tribes as will not admit Of delay therefore,
SECTION !. BE Il cqdctCd w lie Lgyiyi0tu}c Of rNe
State of Teas, that the Governor of the State be,
and he is hereby authorized to raise and muster into
the service of the State regiment Of mounted
panies or such smaller number as he shall deem su
cicnt to afford efficient protection to the entire from
tier and onehalf Of said force, at least shall be
Immediately, upon their organization, placed on the
frontier, in such manner to act as spies and minute
men, for the protection and defence of the settle
mrnts the Governor may think proper. Each
company shall be composed Of eighty-threc men,
rank and file, to be enlisted for the term of twelve
months, unless sooner discharged to be reenlistcd
for another term of twelve months, others taken in
Al 81. ,Ft thn ErStf fa,r, ,f
sci vice The officers Of each company to be elected
by the men composing the same.
SEC. 2. For the command Of the whole of said
force the members shall elect Colonel, Lieut..
Colonel and Major; and each company shall have
one Captain, three Leutendants, four Sergeants and
four Corporas, and one Surgeon and there shall
be selected from each company one of the Lieuten-
ants to act as Quartermaster and Commissary for
said company, with the rank of Second Leutend-
ant and when two more companies are acting to-
gether, said Lieutenant shall be acting as the COM
manding officers may direct, Quartermasters, or
Commssaries. or Adiutants; and there shall also be
appointed, from among the men, such non-commis-
stoned staff may be necessary.
SEC Said officers and men shall provide themselves
with arms, horses and all accoutrements and camp
eouipage and shall be furnished at the expense of the
State in provisions, ammuntons, medicines, and TO- |
rage for h rses when practicable and shall receive
for their services the following The Colenel,
$3.50 per month the Lieutenant Colonel, s $50 per
800 per month the First Lieutenants, Ss75 per
month the Second LIeuenants, $50 per month F.;
Sergeants, four dollars per month in addition to the
pay of privates and Corporals. three dollars per
month in addition to the pay of priyates and pri- /
Yates shall receive twenty-five dollars rer month |
and commissioned staff officers shall be allowed twen
ty dollars per month extra to the pay OF their rank,
and noncommissoned officers eight dollars per month
in addition to the pay of privates the Surgeon shall
be entitled to one hundred and twenty dollars per
shall
furnished with medicines.
SEC. 4. The said force shall be employed in rang
ing and scouting the frontier, from the most elig
ible point on the Rio Grande to Red River and their
oper tons shall be entirely under the control of the
Governor who shall appoint their proper places of
rendezvous, and deposit, and direct all arrangements
necessary to carry out the intention of this act and
said force shall be subject to the rules and regulations
of the army of the United States and when, in the
opinion of the Governor, their farther services are
not necessary, may be reduced disbandOned, or if
provisions shall be made by the Government of the
United States to accept the said force, in the whole
or in part for the protection of the frontier Of Texas
t shall be turned over for that purpose.
Sec 8. That the force shall be raised in such man
ner as the Governor may direct from any portion of
the State and when mustered into service, shall
take such position the frontier as they shall be
dered by the Governor, and shall operate during the
time they in the service of the State under the
orders of the Governor.
SEC 6. That this act take effect from its passage
e Charles Niackay has in press new Poem
called The Whisky Demon When we remember
all we heard Mackay'sa of Old Bourbon whilst |
he was in Louisville. we marvel that he didn't
treat his theme from the brighter side and enti-
tie his poem The Whisky Angel. His po .ations,
to be sure were not superlatively strong, but his
praises were.-Prentice.
F Old John Browns farm at North Elba, n,
Y. is on the highest arabic land in the State. and
is part of the tract which Gerrit Smith gave to
some colored people, dozen years ago. and il I
was TO be near them that John Brown moved TO
the unpromising spot,