The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-01
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ho Q-What was done in the way ~ perm
Ing n civil government during this Timer
N A-Thoe executive council or general oou
ia oil a. ID was donominated In me ofdinan
Dn Of the consultation oreatingit established
". general %pOst.Ofioe, prepared q rate Of tar
ID duties; created six ports Of entry GalyC
D. ton, Matagorda, Copano, Brazos, Lava
"A, aud Sabine. They authorized the CDiumI
70 siOners 20 tho United States 70 effect II loa
~ of 100000 In bonds of 81 900; they 81
<. pointed n first and second judge for oaC
2. municipality, and directed the courts
proceed under the common law of Englan'
They authorized the Commander-in.cliei
raise 5000 volunteers AND 1000 regulG
troops, The council also provided for til
Q creation ola navy and two vessels were pa
& chased, armed and commissioned
Q-How were matters progressing VIII
the army at San Antnnio?
A.-lractiviiy was still the order Of til,
day, and men were leaving for theirhome
constantly. Cos had been reinforced witt
o 500 men under Cos and liz had put the cit.
under thorough fertilization. On the ID o
December the Texans held q council o
war and an assault upon the CITY was deter
mined on, The army was paraded and vol
= unteers called for to assail the city. FOui
: hundred and fifty men, including the New
4 Orleans Grays, Two companies that had
= volunteered inthe Crescent City and undel
COulIuhll VI NiuIpl !. VI ANpii
were at San Antonio responded. II
was decided to make the attack early the
next morning, the Sd. The plan OF the at
tack was to divide The force into three diyif.
ions, and it was to begin from an old mil
half a mile above the city, the divisions adj
yancins parallel along three streets leading
into and through the the city, Colonel j. G.
Neil to divert the attention OF the enemy
by opening on the city with artillery.
Q,-Was the attack made?
Alt was abandoned because the scouts
reported in the night that q man had been
seen going from the camp into the city, and
every one vas then certain that the enemy
was apprised of their intentions, and many
of the soldiers threatened to return to their
homes if tue attack was not given up.
Burlesnn countermarded the order, and
had made up his mind TO fall back on Co.
lad but that day Messrs. Maverick, Holmes
and J. W. Smith, residents of San Antonio,
who had been hcid as prisoners, were re-
leased and came ont to the Texans camp.
They gave accurate dala OF the deienses
OF the city and spoke SO enc~ouragingly Of
its easy capture that the troops were re-en.
tlused. The next day "Old Ben" Milan
advised Burleson to take advantage o. the
new enthusiasm ard order an attack at
once. He consented and authorized Milan
to set about getting up the enterprise.
Stepping to The front of Burleson's
tent, he raised his stentorian voice in 4
wild huzzah and said, Boys, Old Ben Mi
lam is going into San Antonio who will
follow him ?"
The response was almost a unani-
nous one and 400 men volunteered. The
others promised to remain in camp and
render what assistance they could froA the
outside.
Q.-When and how was the attack made?
Alt was made as first agreed upon, and
| nj 4 p'rlOck in the morning hit AZ only MyD
men were at the rendezvous two divisions
was agreed upon instead OF three. At
5 o'clock Colonel Neil opened with
his single gun on the Alamo and the
two columns under Colonies f. w. johnson
and Ben Milan marched up Acequia and
Solidad streets and the conflict began in
earnest. After artillery due!s and numer-
, Gus charges and hand-tO-hand conflicts for
the better part of three days, Cos run up a
white flag and surrendered the town and
his army rs prisoners of war. The treaty
of ~capitulation provided that Cos and his
men should retire with their arms and prl-
vate property into the interior OF Mexico
on their parole of honor not in any way to
oppose the establishment of the copsti-
tution of 1894. There were seventeen
other provisions to the treaty, but it is
unnecessary TO give them. Cos
had all of 1904 men available for SER
vice, while Burl"son's force was Il third
of that number. According to Colonel Il.
W. Johnson's report of this fight. the Tex |
ans lost only two killed and t%enty.six
wounded in the entire days seige. One of
the killed was the intrepid Ben Milan,
who was in command of the attacking
forces. The Mexican loss must have been |
very much greater.
Q-What were the civil authorities doing
during December2
Alt was trying 10 do a good deal in the
yx-oNr ~ laniSlnTipn Init Ihara was gnHl a !
lack of harmony between it AMI Governor
Smith that no little pickering ensued. On
the 10Th of December the c0unc called q
general convention ofthe people. but Gov
ernor Smith vetoed the act because 1t gave
the municipality of Bexar four dele
gates, and allowed all Mexicags to vote.
This was adjusted, however, and the cleo
ton for delegates to the convention ordered
for February 1st, 1886. The governor and
the council continued to disagree. and
finally on the 18th of January, 1886, the
council unanimously deposed hin and in
stalled Lieutenant-Governo Robinson in
his stead. The governor retaliated by
issuing an order dissolving the council and
refusing TO be deposed. General Houston
recognized Governor Smith, and The coun-
Gil recognized Robinson. The council
finally went by the board for want OF a
quorum. 1t is not olt of place to say
here that the people had for
been gravely discussing. the
question of q declation of independence,
and as early as July 10Th, 1885, q meeting of
citizens in Jackson county had declared
Tor independence and Captain Dimmits
company and the citizens of Golia1 on
Goth 1895 acquiesced in the Jack. {
son county declaration, and Stephen +.
Austin just before his departure for the {
United STATES, in an address advocated the s
OF convention from the people to [
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of Texas, and from New Or 9
he wrote to the provisional govern.
ment, urging an immediate declaration Of (
independence. /
FOURTH ERA. /
Q.-Was the convention provided for by !
the general council held? /
A.-Ont the LIST ofFebruary, 1s9G, delegates a
we're elected from the municipalities, and
IN March 1st it met AZ Washington, OF the r
Brazos river. James Co~llinGswoTth, OF Bra a
,orio. was called to the chair and VIM. A. /
Faris made secretary pro tempcre. Richard 4
Ellis, of Red River, was made Presi- 4
lent; ii. Kimble, secretary; E. NJ. d
2ease, assistant secretaryi Tram Pal 3
her, sergea lt-at.arms; John A. Hizor, door s.
gorge G. Chidress, OF Collin, was made n
hartman o. committee TO prepare a dec Ii
1ration of independence, and wrote IL him a
elf, and Martin Farmer was made chair K
nan Of a committee 10 daft a constitution {,
Or the republic Of Texas. On the I'd Il
( Marcel Mr.. Childress, for the committee, S
that il was ready TO report a dec. b
sration Of independence. He read the doc 4
Iment, and on motion OF Gei erd Sam II
IoBs.on IL vas adopted, ~engrossed and ii
'gned cy oil ITO members az the conven. 81
On The ljth " hhrchtbe constitution al
.Hs reported AID adopted and a govern.
lent nd interim inaugnrated. with David
Burnet a. president; LurcIzo de Zayalla, c'
ice-president, aud sam Houston. c.m. Ia
iHndct-in-chief 81 The army N the feld. =.
non NE this the president and ~
Is cabinet moved from Washington %,
Harrisburg. o. Buffalo haven. D.
O-rItat had heeu tha n~,7lffsrr ~,o-,- ID