The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-07-21
THE MEXICAN RAIDERS.
The Tennessee Journalists Make a
Raid on Mexico and Wind up their
Excursion via New Orleans.

Ouf tast teCCer was written at AUS
tin, the beautiful capital of Texas.
After mailing it, we fell in with Mr..
John B. Lubbock, fish commissioner
of the state, and he kindly drove us
to the principal points of interest
the new capitol grounds, the univers>
ity, etc., winding up with call on
Gov. Ireland and state treasurer F.
K. Lubbock. These gentlemen were
very pleasant and cordial to us. In
the vaults of the treasury we were per.
mitted to see stacked up over SO, 500,>
900 cash, principally gold and silver,
which is held in readiness to pay de-
mands ON the state. Not one dollar
is allowed to be deposited in bank
or loaned out, and guards are kept
over it night and day. Wonder when
Tennessee will be able to make so
a good showing. Just as we were
leaving this city, the genial face Of
U. S. Marshal Hal. Gosling, an
ex'Tennessean, showed up and well
ccmed us. We are Indebted to him
for numerous acts of kindness, espec.
tally as he allowed us to return home
without guard.
Our run to San Antonio was short
and pleasant. Here we found
bustling, quaint, Spanish-American,
ancient.modern city of near thirty
thousand inhabitants. 1t is one of
the oldest towns in America and has
numerous historic points of interest
to visitors. Of course the first and
main point of attraction for Tennes.
sean (and especially one from Glib.
son county, Crocketts old home) was
the historic Alamo. the scene of the
heroic defense by and murderous
massacre of the gallant handful of
Americans by Santa Annals blood
thirsty hounds. Considering its neg
lect, the building is in good state
of preservation; but it is in bad re-
pair. We were glad to learn that
the state of Texas had bought the
property, and will in future care for
it. This should be done by all means,
and a monument should be erected in
the plaza in front of the house. We
believe Tennesseans would contribute
literally for that purpose, in affec-
tionate memory of Old Davy. The
other missions, San Pedro Springs,
the barracks, and many other places
were objects of curious interest to us,
and we only regret that we have not
space to go into details. We cannot
leave this delightful place, though,
until we have thanked Capt. A. j.
Fry, land commissioner of the G. H.
d S. A. railway company for his
most hospitable entertainment and
many courtesies. Col. Leo Tarleton
and Maj. Jos. E. Dwyer also show
ed US numerous acts of kindness, MS
did others whom we cannot now
name.
About dusk, on Saturday, the 9TH,
we took up our line of march for
Mexico, and early Sunday morning
found ourselves on the banks of IA
nous Rio Grande, in the prosperous
town of Laredo. After hasty
breakfast, we made a break for the
river, and were soon over among the
MexicaDs, Indians and foreigners of
many nations. Here was indeed
study for the thoughtful person who
had never been out of sight of his
native land. Every thing was tor.
eign-the people, the language, the
houses, animals, products, every.
thing. Fortunately for the writer, he
was personally escorted by Judge F.
b. Earnest. of Cotulla. former
tennessee editor. lie had learned
enough Spanish to aid us very much