The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-08
Thc Mier Expedition.
TO Tus EDITOR OF THt HERALD.
New YORK. Dec. %.

NEw YoRx Dec % 1865.
In regard =, The "uer expedition" tho gentleman
signing himself ALBERT Lombard. late Clerk Texas War
Department, 1859" makes greater mistakes than did
your Brownsville correspondent for he not only says
that place about the time Of the Of
oud and the Alamo, but ravely assers that Houston
and Lamar accompanied IL. Your correspondent, pos
sesing the facilities Cor knowledge that he did
~ chief clerk OF ,hc military bureau, ought TO have
known that no army or expedition crossed the Rio
Grande during the Of Texan independence.
The nrs Organized expedition OF Texans thai crossed
the Flo Grsnde and invaded Mexico started from the
"Ilpantc Lasa In the summer OF 1887. In 1888 Gen.
eral l. canales in insurcction against the central
government Of Santa Anna the purpose revving
the federal constitution OF 1922 a. About the lssi Of
year 1888 Csnses with his small sands eniirey
a-persed csnsles Juan MoIano Jesus Cardcnas, Car.
vajai and fsw others came into Texas They applied
10 this Texan Congress for permission to raise voisnecrs
in Texas and to occupy the territory lying between The
Nucos sud Rio Grande rivcrs Il was granted 10 them
they located their headquarters al the old deserted Irish
s.n Patricia the Nueces river styling them
selves ala Confederation de, RIO Grande del Norte,"
with Jesus tsrdenss, fredcus Juan Molsno Governor
snd 1. CA,laIes, General Chief The expedition
b-i~d hundred and sixty Texans hundred
oil Nosthsrn Mexico we're nnsly taken prisoners BY
Genersf Arists.
The second orx.nlsea erp~dl.son from Tsrs. int
Mexico the ilfstrd Santa ~ expedson, which
narea from Austin In islo
The third was the MGR erpsdi,on.' watch started
of Geacrai soueSvile, kind essy usurcd man, bot
tool q Sm Houstoo, r-esy ana willing 10 DO sny
drv work he master might him M ~ the time Of
the Misr sapcdtica" thew ssscd iatesss and
ss.As, sam soss,sa vsth We .ss.l,y =
. carefully hid PLAN Of Houssop's or lssdius the
wr,ers Texans milo ihc tssp which he knsw they you'd
rush into om ihess rechless hnpuuosiy ssd disregard
sf dsnssa when sssaesvills took command be asd IN
his rosseseion, and carried with him, prccsnasisu
from Houston, which he 70 produce and ~ 10 the
them " r~s shss nses we'll knowing that oeee there
the Western would st al baarde, csoss
over Int Mexico. and equally - veil knowing
,hst the men frva middle fsrss-ihs "Red-
VILE, which they dsd sssss only ~ha, know 10 b.
puHive fact. WHOM Bonneville rad HousSa's peoria
NATION the Western fexsne 70 man, determined W
called QUA They sn,ersa xer, sss after severe neh,
surrendered of the ~ leans than
selves were consulting shcus sudering 70 the Texans
lncsd Of being treated - prisoners Of var, were
subjected 10 the mort inhuman ushisas md underwent
the most horrible si6sruss thss Nersan maheny
and revenge could inhcA Had your eerSpondcse been
one OF the Nier prisoners, - was, he never ecu,o
you'd have forsottsA the time al Leash not 20 sioey
For years prcvoss and nj the time OF tns hier ~
pcdition. hrsbeaa r. Lamar, ~ tho bsssest 10,
best trns' gentlemen thai lived DID net sne ssui
not bold personal relations with IA falsely sose" nero
| ~ San Jscinso
| I knew sam Housso, welt ~ well ~ many Of the
leading spirit % Tcxas I WIS cus IN Dcary ever CT
ped'on gotten UP In Isxss up 70 sns ye1 sha -
events transprng in Texas In that period Of s history
osnno, Sc hov sny living IN Texas can err 20
greatly In regard 70 the Nor expedition Was Que o.
the men and hsse too vivid reoocc toa OF wha, SUI.
fcrcd ever 70 nrve know positively that started
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