Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-29

walls OF San. Antonio. I will le.vs
Brazoria for the camp at Don xnIss ~,
to.nlorrow. and would TO elad TINT A.
many as could equip theniss ives nv
that time would bear me co,nmnv'
Those who cannot be ready to-morrow'
should continue TO prepare. Their ser.
Vices will be valuable, II they can
join us. ten or fifteen DAYS hence. 7
feel every confidence TINT there will be
within u few days, upwards of GOO
American volunteers In Gonzales.
VIM. III. WHARTON.
Brazoria, October Sd, 1885. "
observation-disclosures FROM TEXAS.
Last night brought us dates from
San Augustine, to the 18th inst. A
battle was fought early in this month
lbut the date Is not given at or near
Gonzales, which cannot be FAR from
the mouth of the Brazos, where Gen.
Cos has landed with 400 Mexicaps; the
combat was sharp; and the victory
complete. The Mexicans had 40 killed
besides tue wounded. Not a man
killed on the side of the Texans.
Shortly after. Gen. Houston, at the
head of 1000 Texans, marched upon
st. Antonio de Bexar the seat of gov
ernment OF the Mexicans, which was
defended BY 700 men. The place was
taken by assault. The loss on either
side we have not heard. The party
which defeated Gen. Cos, pursued
their victory and occupied Labadia.
generally pronounced Labadie) and
Matagorda.
zen. Ialava, former governor of the
state OF Mexico, in which the city is
situated, is in Texas, and cordially
unites with the inhabitants. s. 4.
Austin, chairman ofthe committee of
safety at San PHILIPPE, says In his adj
dress TO the chairman Of the commit
tee of safety at Nacogdoches-
aIId ammunition are wanted-we have
more men than guns.p We feel great
pleasure in being able to state on pri-
vate authority, that several hundred
muskets with six field pieces, muni-
tions OF war and provisions, have been
despatched from New Orleans to Bras
oria, and have reached their destina-
ton ere this. These arms were under
charge of Il company OF volunteers, ex-
ceeding sixty In number, well armed
and equipped, for the Texan service.
Mr.. Austin writes that 1.-The enemy
must cross the Nueces Ia river lying
between Il e GuadalOupe and Rio del
Nnrte, and about sixty miles from
the latter before the campaign endsn
and adds--'I recommend despatch
in sending to the United States.
From the best information we can
gather, the force the Texans have In
the field amounts to at least 800, and
probably two thousand men. AS soon
AS the enemy Is expelled goverL-
ment will be organized.
THE GREAT HIGHwAYMAN OF THE
SOUTHWEST.
On the other side of this clipping
from this old newspaper is a procla-
nation issued by the then youthful
Virgil "A. Stewart, denouncing those
who condemned him for his betrayal
of John A. Murrell, the greatest high
wayman and robber the country ever
produced. Stewart utters maledic-
tions leveled at Matthew Canton, and
especially ut Joab Wilson of Denmark,
Tenn, who had said that Stewart was
n reckless adventurer. no better than
Murrell. But Stewart, who was from
jackson county, Ca, was endorsed by
the best men of Tennessee-John Ct.
Hill, John Il. Boals, II. Askews, Ja-
cob Hill, Thomas Campbell, William
Evans, II. H. Owens, Isaac w. Givens
and others who sign paper asserting
Stewards lofty character and high
personal worth. Stewart had been a
'.paln of Nfurrell in order to betray
and capture him. He succeeded and
wrote book about it, once very popu-
lar in the South. A few years ago
travellers were still show the log cabin
about twelve miles, / think, below Lit
tie Rock on the Arkansas river, which
was Murrell's hiding place and deposit
tory for stolen goods, watches, jewels,
money, negroes and horses. Murrell
used TO cross the Mississippi river at
Randolph, and his next station was on
Big Creek in Shelby county near
Memphis, two rich farmers there being
his partners. These two and all their
race are dead. Twepty-one of these
two families died with their boots on.
The vendetta thus ended only two or
three years ago, involving vast sums
of money and history of the internal
slave trade of the South, will soon con-
stitute the theme of u volume as full
OF diabolism as the "Three Spaniards'
or a history of Lafitte.