The weekly Butte record., 1861-03-23
The Surrender ofTWiggs.

Inc w ashlngton correspondent Of the New
ork Times writes as follows on the 26th Of
/ February:
| The War Department has additional intelli-
gence relative to the treason of General Tniggs
some time since, he was ordered to be super.
ceded IN command by Colonel Waite, of the
FIRST Infantry and it is supposed that Twiggs
hurried up his surrender to anticipate the
orders taking his command from him. The
statement that he had resigned is erroneous.
On the 10Th instant, Twiggs appointed q
Commission, consisting of Qaurtermaster Vim
ton, Paymaster Macklin and Captain Whiteey,
of the Ordnance Department, to meet Commits
sloners on behalf Of the Texan secessionists, sto
transact such business as relates to the DISPOSE
ton OF the public property, upon the demands
OF the State of Texas This step has culmi-
mated in orders from Twggs to officers CON-
manding all the military posts in the State to
surrender all the military property. amounting
to millions of dollars in value. 1t even stated
as one of the stipulatons, that the disarmed
troops may be permitted to be carried to the
coast in Government wagons-the latter 10 be
subsequently accounted for to the revolution
lists"
The whole force in Texas numbers 1900
enlisted men, and 206 commissioned officers.
embracing all the Third and Eighth Infantry,
all the Second Cavalry, five companies of the
First Artillery and five of the First Infantry.
Of course it is not known here as yet whether
the subordinate officers have or have not resis
ted Twiggs' illegal order. They could not
have expected it, are at widely scattered points,
and probably had no concerted plan OF resls-
tance arranged.
will ba ipJ tbott . l.
was not made to an overwhelming force, but it
IS the most graceless treachery. 1t is well un-
derstOod that the purpose is to enable the
secesslonists to force their disunion programme
along, even though majority of the people of
Texas repudiate it, as they probably will do
1t seems very likely that Governor Houston
Government to aid the majority to overawe
and conquer them. The case is surrounded
with extraordinary embarrassments, because
the Governor cannot call for Federal aid while
the Legislature is in session, and the Texas
Legislature, which will be in session on the I'd
of March, assemblies expressly for the purpose
of pushing on the secession programme, regard
less of every form of decency, if need be-
General Twiggs' movement has greatly dam
aged secession among the border State men.
Since the news was received of the surren-
der of the Texan forces by General Twigcs
many members say openly that they shall vote
against all the present proposition of the Peace
Conference, if submitted to Congress.
The Cincinnati Commercial thus comments
upon the surrender:
The surrender of the United States properly
in the semi seeded State of Texas to the pre-
tended authorities of that State, is the worst
act of treason and malignant rascalty which
the Southern revolution, fruitful as it has been,
of theft and toryism has produced He is a
native of Georgia, and is said to have accepted
a commission as commander of the forces of
that State. There were nearly three thousand
troops in Texas under his command II is
some comfort to think that the Texans will
have to pay for their own army for time
More than two millions of dollars per annum
have been expended in Texas on the military
defenses Of the coast and frontiers and now
our Government has its reward