The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-08

To the Editor Of The Post
CLAYTON, Ala. August 27.-My hals broth
en- J. w. Il. Bryan OF Palestine. n patron
of The Post, sen: mo copy OF lhs parer
containing an article headed "Sn ia into
Battlefield" over the signature. "A Dauea.
ten OF the Republic"
read the article with much Interest. "a
1t brought promlnently before me the
scenes of that memorable day. April 2l.
ls@3' OF great many OF which am gui-
zaht j. In order wou Ike to s,afe
Some lacls which seems ne IS r. to ,ut
NJ case heforc an unpreiudiced public: n
iS54 j went 10 Texas wlth an u 90 Pen
(amin Bryant aftprward captainl Lett
o. some friction between myself and S u.
t9thet. 4.ter the fate of TIE Aluno nd
GohOu my uncle. in response to "A clll ON
General Houston raised a small GONNA v
o! tort" wo men. ! eullstc1 rs a piiVa .
and cd upou TrNus 20 les ne com
General Houston. After crossing trinity
river at Robins ferry We met hundre s
81, OF women and children, intensely fright
prcceede1. toward Washington ;he dmber
o, fugitivts became augin utel aud
Sce'es were enough to touch the most
ohdurato heart Some were travelling with
hnhe' IN thel" arms, their littl tots strlg.
Cling by their sides, with their be.on -inGs
Il hastily lmprQvlsed vehicle
II was enough 60 have touched the m
IatultS Oh thc, hardest hears, vet there
were some incidents that happened that
were so ludicrous that they brought un-
WG,.nWt Smiles 10 good MANY faces
Wen one company arrived M the ferry
on the Brazos river al Wasb.urtop M.
crowd was immense aud clamorlng for
priority to- cross the river. The nat was
that the bottom fell out. We left after
having learned from them that General
Houston was, slowly ana stabbornly re- 9.
treaLug In the direction OF San Felipe.
Captain Bryan decided not 10 cross tho
river, but to march down It's left or east
ern, nanE. until he should Intercept the
general, which he lid In the bottoms on
the west side, at Grore's ferry
Here we remained for about two weeks.
GroANAnN 81 about forty men came IN from
Eastern Texas near san Augustine 4
great, many left the service to get their
the most Of them never returned to SER,
vice When the general got ready to move
he crossed the Brazos;, river on a little
steamer, called the Yellowstone and took
pp ne line OF march In the direction Of
Harrisburg. on Buffalo bayou. where we
arrived on Monday evening, the 18th dav
The two little companies from Eastern
Texas were all mounted on ponies. ON
Captain Carnes was commanded TO lake
the mounted men, to precede the main
army, to that town and reconnoltrr lie
bank found that the enemy had sacked
ana burned the village, and his rear guard
was jn,st leaving About the. time of Gen.
oral Houston's arrival Deaf Smith cap
tured ana brought into camps two Mexi.
can prisoners one nm officer of high rank
ami the other a courier, mall rider
Of old fashioned salllebags. ami written
upon them was the name of William Bar
Information valuable 10 tho general was
obtained from this mail. and h deter.
mncd ut once 10 take advantage Of It, on
Tuesday morning. the 10Th. hustle was
In camps. getting ready 70 cross the
bayou and pursue the enemy The horses
we're swan across and the wagons aud
Twin sisters We're crossed on hastily
improvised floats \ detail was left at
the camps under Major McNut. and I was
is that Major NfcNut had not over seventy.
FIVE men. under his command at camps
General Houston pursued Santa Anna
and on Wednesday evening came m with
him and had quite an exciting skirmish
Both sides retired to got ready for the
deadly conflict on the next day which was
TO decide the fate of Texas. Just before
day, on Thursday morning. Santa Anna
was reinforced by General Cos with about
800 MeXicans. making his forces about
1900 men Our H'tle army was encamped
on Buffalo BAYOU and the enemy about one,
half mile distant, just over little emil
hence from Houston camp. Thursday. Dist
day Of April, opened ausplciously It was
lovely. an Ideal day
About 2:3O In the afternoon General
Houston announced ready. Texas ycll
was, given, a charge was made and every
suit Texas was free.
Now. Mr.. Editor, fear that ! shall make
too heavy a draft upon your patience, but
I Indulge in the fond hope that you will
allow me 10 make n truthful and succnct
statement of the treatment by Sour SO
called legislators. You have had some
good patriotic men In that body. hut poll
tics and not patriotism has controlled them.
Now to commence. Captain Bryants
company. Of which | was u private, had
forty-two men and only seventeen Of them
appear upon the muster rolls. Something
wrong.
In early manhood and middle age fortune
smiled upon me and I had plenty Of this
worlds goods hut now in my decrepitude
and old age I am poor aud during my pros
pcrity had no thought OF calling on
Texas for help. hut reverses of many
kinds have placed me upon the poor list
About TWENTY-FIVE or thirty years ago J
| had n dear friend 10 move from this sec
| ton and settle In Texas. He knowing that
| was In the revolution Of Toxins, wrote
me n letter asking me II | had ever re.
ceived n pension from Texas and II had
not then was good time TO- put IN my
claim I wrote him that ] had no eNl-
deuce Of claim az my name did not np-
pear upon the roll. I'll answered me ny
| saying that he had examined the law ana
| found that / could establish my clael
| by personal testimony and II ! could give
the names Of any Of my comrades nc wou'd
save MIN the names of Ben Lindsay,