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i y 1 v » vt the Se-:nrs ago, ibjeci in ' 10 a biil cpresen-. trouble refusedthe oniy objection to oi;c candidate, we content to submit the whflle question to1 people.—Albany Journal.Fto'.n the J\'aldi(zAJourier of ^dprii I.Texas.—0*1 Ge. O. Childress arrived was near! bi:;t cvciiiop: from Texas, and gives us the that tli«* i ibiSowing auuY'sniic particulars of itio iute .ohsc? in ! .Iisasir.uis ufiair t.f the Alamo. The only * {u' . individual that escaped, was a negro servantamend-; ,, . ,,, , 1 , , . v \r .iw. An L“ • . r:i vis, who concealed nimseiJ, bvita bridge j being discovered anlt;l wounded by the fvfex-nbash at i jean s ,idler?, was saved by the interference Yja\i °f JUI officer. Mo states that ali the 'jVxitnis -! should I ^ dgbiing valiantly to die las?, with t?»0 cx-ihe peo- caption of Cl. B »wie, who being sick, was*f Illinois die river[oulit up-r was in-eriate to the site i, with a ?t of the This reWabash,western ern Sena-atus mail a bridge, | the mail, n its pro i west of ion wouldill intend-and saidere salis*ippropria-gh he did ;ompe!led jve to ro-that when ist dollar,itcd coin-s from the bercd that i referred low. Our . region ofMissiseip-fears had or pnpula-i heaviest nties back and north ; road was to regretbutchered in bis blt;*lt;], and a soldier, who during the ft in! massacre, concealed himself, but un coming nut and claiming the protec-' lion of Santa Anna, was shot down by that savage fiend’s orders. Col. Crockett, and Capi. Dickerson fought wiifi a desperation ^ worthy of a better fate. Wc are glad to-laid on | cornr.idiot the report that some of the Tex-evidcncc ; ians i-iid violent hands on themselves. They on a plan : sold their lives dearly, and (hat barbarian,n of tne j g.ulja /\nnr, oru| j|js savage hordes will) n i h 111 c ■ *ng iruuc-’ long remember ibe ienible fight of Bexar, he bridge ; and die voice of fame, when site proclaims in future times, the names of I lie illustrious i; to the ui,0 f;jP(] jn glnry’s arms, will nut omit ther, tli ;it a ithe noint1 in:K()K3 OF T1IE Alamo.Coi. Fanning, with 800 men, was at La Bahia, and felt confident, lhat in case of an attack, ho could make a successful resistance. (ien. Houston was on the Colorado, the maib I w*'h a force of 2500 men. We should havestated above, that Mrs. Dickerson fell into, the hands of the Mexicans, and in company' and This' u *tfl servant above mentioned, was sent oeedinglv i to Men. Ilouston’s camp. After the slaugh-an of thoit -r, Santa Anna in person, ordered the bo-diesof the slain to he thrown in a pile and burned, as stated in the former account.From the same.Tin: Texas Meet mg.—Yesterday, a meeting of our citizens was held in behalf ot Texas, which was the largest that has been wa« last | convened in Natchez fir some time: and we never attended one in which tnore interest was evinced, or more patriotic feeling displayed. The announcement was made and received wi;h acclamation, that Texas had dec! ired herself a ‘'Republic, free, sovereign, and indcncndcntyO *Messrs. Geo. C. Childress and Robert Hamilton are now on a mission from the Texian Congress to Washington, to obtain from our government, the recognition of the independence of Texas. Gen. Chambers is also on his way to Nashville, and Col. Lewis leaves to day we believe for New York, hoili being deputed by the convention to the United Stales, lor the furtherance of Texian interests.'i’he Chairman of the meeting, Judge Quitman, in his opening address drew forth the warmest plaudits of the audiance, when he announced himself a volunteer in the cause of liberty, and pledged himself to rise nr fall with the destiny of 'Texas. Judge Bledsoe of Ky. next addressed the meeting with much effect and feeling. Mr. Childress, who had just arrived from Texas, followed, and though unexpectedly called upon, gave a lucid and eloquent exposition of the state of a flairs, and recounted the heroism a■ 4 valor, the suffering and unshrinking firm* ness of tlie gallant one hundred and eighty-seven patriots, who before they fell overpowered by numbers, slew sixteen hundred of their foes. The gallant Col. Crockett, to (he last, said Mr. C., continued to “go a -head”—when he fell the corpses of the enemy wore literally piled up around him. The brave, young and accomplished Col, 'Travis, fell from the rampart mortally wounded into the fort. Mis musket fell forward among the foe who were scaling the wall. After a few minutes lie recovered sufficiently to sit up, when the Mexican officer lhat led that party, attempted to cut off Col. T’s head. The dying Hero, with a death grasp drew his sword and plunged it into the body of his antagonist, and both together sank info tha arms of death. When the conflict was o-orthwestp ^.er) nncj n|j this gallant band had ceased to •* ' breathe, Santa Anna walked among theslain, and ordered Col. T’s servant (whom wo mentioned yesterday) to point out the corpse of his master. lie looked at it in silence, and then turned away. Cos, the bro-.I her of the Mexican general that surrendered San Anntnnia with 1200 men to the Texian force of 329, iheu came up, and insultingly waved his sword over the'lifeless rtjsmains of him. whom when alive, he **'no more have had the courage lo e 'ou‘“to “beard the lion inhisde^M pmCffclose of the meeting, O' p -'dare thedressed his felloe c,{j7- . “ eI,x Huston ad--«ms in his usual happypporl thatthis mCairo m him, was like ^st friends, t, said Mr. ut his aid, an searce-will nban-and Road.S.-in energe-0 or three d throughher will dI cannot 3 on to the id always Idly up to :d to find expedien-id Mr. T., my jndg-ork vigor-man in re-ites soutb-Jhio river, that there he soul lily be con-ot a greatest of the States, in-Should pply their the Cum-d Tenncs-tlie Guif ction; but J fund in in bar of1 nationallie agreement andelescopc, dlle, Cin-aving be-lina.Teti-#ioners np-iccessary ia on the s of Gen. j mas F. is Smith, ho have nents for lions andstyle. IU. „ic,.wont-1 ' announced lhat the next ..a find him in company with the‘-cd chief j Chi,,--fTmn on his way to Texas, with' ns ma-ice of iLn i,,v of ,he ,overs of nhcTty 33 cho3«e to ac..4 I w j „ . af | | | « •duty by apt. YVi! of the U.Ii. a civil it. 'i’he c will bernhled on !ih JulvAlbany a “poorJutdenv rnson isMad he Id haveivq paa-Iso thatcompany them. In alluding to the vain threat of Santa Anna, “to extripate lhat den of Pirates at ll^mouth of the Mississippi, culled New- Orleans, und to unfurl the banner of Mexico from tho walls of the Capitol of the United States,” Gen. H. remarked that this despot would find in Texas, against which he had waged a “war of extermination,” American hearts, that would leac!* this “Second Napoleon” as he has been vnuntingly called, that sooner would- the Stars and stripes of America wave freely-and gloriously from the ancient domes of Mexico.From the tame.At a meeting of the citizens of Natchez, convened for the purpose of taking into con-sideration the situation of Texas. CapL
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Indianapolis Indiana Journal
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sat, Apr 23, 1836
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