Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-11-16
Thc crioeipal of Ger. were KEN.

rrr, tuekrt, Perry, aud Russ, young men, who, IN
nom, of spirit and eui' rprsr, we've worthy 10 W
COMPARED ~i;h lbe Al,afados, the oiiJs, aud tie
Gonzales Of Corirz. After remaining u ere on,
long enough To establish most ryid discipline, IL
proeessi.d to Naee:.doch,~, Vide place he took
With sasr, ohtaiiaa sune additional SuiIiirs "'
arms, some Meswans rrersl, and i'w Indian
The first news of his success spread hA' WHO Hfe
through III southwestern states. volunteers h"'s'n
from all dir oiions. many oi thcri ef'he'hs WI"
them sonsidcr,ble means, and all NTH fe'rtcis-
BILE uihi."
Shortly atirr, Nnece died. anil The command
d,,.l,rd upon Gul. kcmp,r. Tie ad'cninrers
marched VA achieve brilliant victory over
Spanish army twelve hundred siron,, and iooh
ro,se.s sion Of s. Antonio. where they remained
f,r snr,o monfss. TIL orroy II ArMe" 1t
coming alarmed dr,palehed an army al ititecnhun-
drrd men, s,dcr tho command al ',rneih ''li'
,npdu. WITH ihc uhirci Of subdGlnf Tho sd,enir-
rrrS : hui his formidable iofec vas al.o rottel by
the me r1cans " no captured tie camp the mflit'.-
~ chest, and rfeat suppl, al arms d ammunition.
A ,uor a. the news OF this victory reached b
I niit1 States. IN additiap.l nunLer of adseniu.
rtr< fsekcd 10 tn. Standard at te sictprs, aid a
yfcar rfior, WI, made, On the part If tho Mexican
au,lori'c. to send sill laftcr force without
,nomen,'s delay An army oi Two thousand
troop, W.. accordingly ar>pa'tlea, under the
command Of Cen Arrenden1c. battle rn.u.d,
in which hr. ugh ,is ,rra,hery Of TIE LEADERS oi
the Americas party, the paniafds were victorious.
About The TIM Of this disastrous BATH, the foad
10 x. Antntio WI. literally crowded with ad,ei
turcr., moving tow ttds the scene Of action, tie
greater part iof The purpose oi engaging nm militia.
~ earerr--bu great number alsn with n = NV oi
speculation and trade they. nu hearing tie news,
hastily turned aud fcd, leaving the road covered
With booty, which probably aidod not a ttb IN
covering their reirca'.
The Judge concludes HI, interesting narrative
with ihis language
8" II this hstlr had hesn behaved ~ proved vic.
orious, i, /, dlifcrlf ~ cay what would have been
the consequence. 4 force al tw" thousand Amer
icans, a.d,d h. vns, number oi native McNeans
and lnlan> would have crossed H.. RIO del Nortc,
aud hay, advanced towards McAite, he uu.nb, rs
continually Increasing The superiority If tI~
Americans ~ I'M. 81 thai icrrlbl, weapon, the n
IT,, and the higher moral and intellectual qua''.
which they possess over the lnhaban> o The eonn-
trv render. il difficult 10 sei limits 10 heir progress
The necessity of using the Of a Spanish A.
mcrican, perhaps the cause oi their m,,ior-
tunes, a certain degree Of power was una, orda-
bly attached 10 tie NJ, mnal cSrrcis. Of authority,
and that was sufficient Ia ruin the cause. The
Americans in tho struggle which NEW appears a
bout tn begin, arr ia ~ very different Ntuatior.
They have "A Tooth d h,vra powerful force at
her command, aud may count upon assistance 10
a thousand TINES greater event, 'han at the per-
od OF the first Of Tcsa.. 1t true, they have
to contend with people more aconstom. d to arms
than the Mexican Spaniards ~ that period but
there is nothing amnue tllem 10 compare with the
dead, rife; ~ Que who Is not acquainted with
i"c frmidnhlc urc OF this weapon, in Amer
can la ids, ON such u theatre al acllon. can form