Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-11-07
TEXAS.
a Way we Have in the Army"
We take the following from the Calves

"A Way we Have in the Army"
We take the following from the Calves
ton Cirilian:
The San Antonio Express gives an ac-
count Of an affair which shows how very
far the people Of the Texas frontier are
removed from the safeguards thrown
around the citizen By the forms Of tbs
constitution. Major Thompson, Of the
army, was murdered on the frontier some
months since, and the murderers escaped
arres. and punishment, though they were
known. The sparse population, desperate
character Of the murderer5 and their
friends, and their facilities FOX eyadiHg a.
rest By the military, prevented their cap
ture. The Express nov gives an account
OF an expedition made by Capt. S.ee.Lan-
mer, company G, 18Th [. S. infantry,
with portion Of his company, mounted
and armed with six-shoOters ard Spencer
carbines, in pursuit Of the murder5rs, who
were believed to be il and about ksrnes
county. That paper says:
"Ihe party proceeded to the viciaiiy Of
the home Of the Taylors, which ia on the
Dry Ecleto, in Karnes county, sumo siEiy
miles south OF here, arriving In striking
distance about o'clock Thursday morn
log. The night was intensely dark. A.
halfpast 8 o'clock, the little baud, led by
their brave Captain, proceeded 10 the
house, which il a double log house and
passage, where it was discovered seven men
were sleeping in the passage, In their
clothing and with bianketI. The Captain
stepped on to the porch and commanded
them, in the name Of the United Sa.e7 to
surrender, to which they replied: '4es,
We surrender The Captain ordered q
light to be struck, q soldier Obeyins. The
moment the light was made, the pretended
sleepers Commenced firing rapidly with
their six-shooters, most Of them being d.
rscted towards the Captaia. The soldiers
Immediately returned the IRE, and being
in perfect readiness, did excellent
execution. A noted horse thief named
Bennett Winfield fell lthe desre-'doe3
having Fprang to their feet pierced
through the head and heart. Another
calling himself Buck Roland fell, shot III
the groin. Another, supposed to Be lays
Taylor. ran from the house, tie blood
gushing from his mouth and nose IN
streams. \ fourth. thought to be Diboy
TAYLOR, the man who shot Major IHOmp-
son, ran. but fell twice in the yard, hold
| lag his hands 10 his chest, seemingly 10
great pain. The othsrs escaped
r. "a the Empress intimatss, these men
| we're outlaws, banded together 20 commit
| crime and resist arrest, no one Will com
plain Of the extraordinary measures tasel
10 capture and p8nish lhsIni but when ihai
| paper p-oceels % say, in che sasne article
| which describas the affair, Every Con
sentative leader and paper 10 the state j.
an afologist and spy for these outlaws, and
| the sooner they are eZterminaisd. TIA.
much sooner will the opposition 70 tba
Government cease" We have Only 20 sey
that the Express is guilty. Of the blackes
fslsehooj, and couuseis the extermiua'iol
| ofths best citizens Of the State f0r political
reasons only. The Conservative leaders
and press OF Texas, for the most part a.
least, counsel foTbaararCz and Cancellation,
and condemn laWlessnc=s and crime both
because they abhor such things in them
selves, and because they aggravaLe the p0-
| I.ical evils inflicted on the STATE.