Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-22
lSHINGTON LETTER.
.,siu the History Of Texas-A
S-tic Criticised and Review
Reviewed.
y.,,lt Against Sam Houston The
...hiyes War Its Strange
History.
vs,tsrn Texas Hated Sam Houston
Charms Of the Capital
Of Texas,

a. an incident of history it will
\ the correction l make Of So
historical statements adorning(?)
ofthe latest number Of this ex-
monthly. A writer for the
hly undertakes to give q faithful
= Of the Archives War; men,
d ain the annals OF the state and
4 ally in the local history of the
capital. 1t happened at the
Il cIyen in the magazine, that
,,sy Webb, Tom and John Wool
I, and two or three others were en-
\ in a game of poker in Strains
N In Austin. Webb's home was
4 miles beyond the confines of the
re He grew weary of the game
isit the apartment On his way
I farm he saw the wagons of Gov.
ton and learned that they were
4 % Austin, in the absence Of the
4 Of the place, as here ifser ex-
sed. TO tran sfer all government
iyes to the old capitol of the Re
of Texas. Webb had
OF Houston's threats
4 this behalf and seeing
Ihe scheme, so ruinous to Austin,
4 about to he cOnsummated, he
nedly gave the alarm. The few
Ems Of the place at once armed and
"a themselves under the orders of
4 Lewis. OF these thus volunteer
here were n. G Collins. Nelson
mi odd Brusky), Mike, Billy and
Eornsby, Tom and John Wool
John and Jim Mathews. Charley
John Harrell, ALI Smith, o
Judge Joe Lee, Mr.. Wilks
few others whose names / cannot
All these men are dead except
b Mathews. Judge Lee and John
bell.
Hos. VIM. Ward (Old PegIeg)
! eommissioner-general Of the
h office of Texas and an ardent
/ nd and adherent of President Hous-
cooperating with Houston in the
boval of the archieves TO safer in
or city. Ward was a resolute, fear
soldier. who had lost a leg at the
tming Of San Antonio, when old
b Milan won immortal renowr.
sURDITIES OF THE CENTURY's
STORY.
|lr. Alexander hy nds, the author of
article above referred to, would In
\ no criticism If he had not assumed
task Of writing a grave historical
Der entitled: "Reminiscences of the
Fsl President ofthe Republic Of Tex
A The story told refers 10 Gen. Sam
saston, and thus it happens tina, the
b title pretixed TO the article is q
Itorical untruth, so glaring that the
Tors Of the magazine, If there had
b a Southerner of the number.
i1ld have condemned and rejected
{ paper. Each magazine, like the
4 managed New York and Boston
should be careful to have
least one member of the editorial
Ifwho was reared and educated in
South. Then such blunders, geo
Iphical, personal and historical, as
kn needlessly render Eastern publ.
ions ridiculous or detesIable, in the
! Of Southern readers, would hardly
printed. A Southern editor of the
fury, to whom SOHthern articles
bose discussing Southern subjects
referred, would never have suffered
Alexander Hynds to state that
b Houston was the first president
The republic of Texas.
Naturally enough the caption to Mr..
Inds' HISTORICAL recital being I'M
e, every leading statement con-
ned in the article is without foun-
ion in fact. True, there was an
war; so-eslled, but it oc-
rred seven instead Of two
prs after the Texas revolution.
laf Smith, the adroit daredevil In
IN and Mexican fighter, whose mem.
\ is cherished in every old Texans
|hsehold and whose name IL
yen TO q great county Of Texas, had
participation whatever in the Arch
war. In fact, Deaf Smith had
en- dead five years when the Arch
war was inaugurated This pretty
d Ingenious story, telling of his des'
rate rencounter with Col. Morton,
the unsubstantial fabric of a die
ted vision. The truth is this writer
the Century is wholly ignorant ol
al Smiths character. He never
lght a drel. He had none of the
culiarities or vanity of Il duelist
was sober, quiet, most peaceablt
d even religious. Not only was tbs
reduction of Deaf Smith int
plrituallstic" achievement for thu
injury, but the introduction of Col
orton as a great leader In the cam
Ign was wholly unauthorized by th'
Us. In truth this Col. Morton Is
allure of Mr.. Hynds' vigorous i'm
nation. No such man in name OF
seription figured in tho Archive war
HER PLUMBERS OF THE MAGAZINE
The seat of government of Texas
: not fixed at Austin by the consti
lon, as the Century states. On thu
ntrary, the site for the beautiful
y, confessedly most beautiful
all the capitals Of all the states and
All the nations, was selected by
appointed under an act o
agress ofthe Republic Of Texas. Thu
A. Of government and the archives
NE republic were removed from
puston to Austin in 1889
yHETRUTH INSTEAD OF FICTION.
since this historian of the Century
! chosen to publish all this endless
version OF history, seeking to Civ.
natural Importance to a trivial anc
4ewhat ludicrous event, 1t may b'
sll to reproduce the facts, becoming