Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-05-06

Mission Of Refugio TO Copauo to await the arlISa
of Col Faunin with reinforcement OF ABOUT ~oo o'P
,r,h,r orders Johnson and Grant manifested much
dissatisfaction at TINS order; and cndeaVoIcu 10 raise
furcc which should proceed upon Their own !esPo"slu
uv upon Mutamoras They easily succccuSu ~ ''uuo
nr Two COMPANIES in all about Gu men, uhder Tue co'
m5nd Of Mai Morris and Captains Thos Lleween anu
~ Pearson formerly Of the American Theatre, n "
TO oiu their enterprise. The balance OF the ngleh'
ocveJ the orders OF Houston anu remained al tue Mis-
Sion or Rtrugio but this little division took up the line
C,r San Pa,ri,o on the river Nueces the frontier OF
T~,s where they halted to recruit liurscs, and to
concentrate with some Mexican troops: which Laa
rnn,;srL to Join them from the State ct lanauEpas,
hmm junction with which mainly depended the Sue
cess of their expedition against hlatamoras While ~
inc thus in state Of ancied security, they became sud
denly npprizcd If the reridy of their Nrxcan allies
by hostile midnight attack upon small aIYlsioH VI
trir purity while every soul asleep in two HOUSES
81, San Patricia. Johnson, with four others, succeed
ed in escaping by flight but Pearson was shot while
calling for quarters; and his men, amounting 10
about 2 either shared his fate, or have fallen nlo the
hands of the Mexcans prisoners OF ate scarce
~ more cuviablc Grant, Norris and Llewellen who
with the company Of The la;le amounting to 81 men,
were out at the time Of the attack upon ther comrades,
in search Of horses but suddenly fallen upon ny
company of mounted ancers while on their return TO
San Pairicu were comp lrcly put 10 the rout Grant,
Morris and Llewclcn tell the spot aud only eight
escaped 10 tell their fate. We learn from our Spies thai
there are only eight American prisoners al San fasrlco;
~ out vi 60 must consequently have lost Their lives
in this rash enter prise. The conduct o johnson, Grant
and Norris is severely ccnsured on all hands; and the
former will no doubt, he put upon his trial Tor d!soOe-
d,nce to orders Ne Anlung those ~ao lei! III lh!s lat
Ter rencontre was Samuel McNal!y, native Of West
Fcicana La youth Of about ~ years "t age who IN
the battle Of Brjur and throughout the canpalgn has
displayed the qualities Of brave and gallant soldier
While these things going on at San latricio, FaE-
min arrived at Copao with the expected rehiorcciehl;
the army concentrated and ordered TO garrison .S
post and to put in complete order for defence 1t being
by this lime satisfactorily asccrtned that Santa Anna
was on his march with to 5000 men, destined TO act
against this place and San Antonio We have here up
wards Of 800 for duty, with good positio strong
fort toleyaby enud supply OF provisions and alnlnuii-
tnns ,ntdunce Of artillery and stout hearts to stand
protracted siege Since the rout OF Johnson inc
enemy have taken possession OF San Patrico with OoO
mcn(250 cavalry and 400 nantry,) ana II Is supposed
are only awaiting reinforcement OF UUO WEen thry
vii! either attack invest Meanwhile the Lafayette
Battalion in which the Greys besceching Colonel
Fannin who is in command here, TO send them on TO
San Patriotic annihate the force already there, BE-
fore the expected reinforcement arrives. We are mo.
meny expecting 4 favorable TO our request, and
eager ior the unequal encounter Of two 10 one.
We have certain intelligence that Santa Anna is IN
person before Bcjar, with five TO SIX thousand nen-
There are upwards ol 200 linen in the garrison there,
with provisions Tor 40 days. The enemy have made
three several charges upon the fort, and been as often
rcpred with severe losses. They lave thrown upwards
of three hundred bombs into the fnr without doag 1t
any damage killing any men, and were (at the last
datpS throwing up entertainments around Tie FORT Iii all
drccons for the purpose Of preventing the introduce
ton Of provisions rcnforcements. Col. Neil, with
about 400 troops consisting OF militia and volunteers
from the u. and supply Of provisions WIS nj Con.
Zaeg J nils distant, about to march upon DJar, de-
ternncd to iorce the lines of the enemy and relieve
fellow ccuntrymen in the garrison. Since the fall oil
Bcar, the cocns,s have remained Suincly at iotr,-
the provisional government has been squabblIng about
oiices-and the volunteers are unprovdrd Tor and uI-
paid. They, however, hope much from The sew Con-
venlio now in session. but, If tie presence o "rM.-
dabc enemy the field, does not cali forth the yeoan-
ry of the country in defence OF their homes and their
tircsdeS, IN numbers suhccnt 10 oFcEWhrl lAc liFa
ders, all will be lost
Such is rapid outline Of the progress Of events in
this interesting country since the date Of my lust
Should my life be spared will write you more in detail
by an opportunity which will il few days. It
must be observed from what have wrltlcn that The vo-
luntecr army in the field, amounting i'll all TO about
1900 is unable, ap!c to cope with the enemy II can
maintain its present positions in BEAR La Bahia and
Gonzales until the co!onlss shall have rallied, licy
will have done all that be expected OF item; and
this they are determined do, perish in the attempt.
The fate Of Texas, therefore, is entirely in the hand Of
the coonsts: ii they to man rally around The standard
OF the country, lis present extremity, force nu
mcrous than that Of the cIeIv will be conccnira-
ted the ipuslrps OF invasion turned back wards ui Rio
Grandc and Texas vii! soon be free and independent
1t was capital mistake On the part OF the authorities
and cGioiss Of Texas Ia imagine, that hOstI!tes would
cease upon tic downfall Of Be jar: yet upon such an
hypothesis they have acted; else, would the vic
tOnus army OF Be instead OF being dSsipa;rd by one
ailcr another returning home III disgust, been hurried
upon the heels Of Cos, Loredu and M;cr Matamoras
and all the towns upon the Rio Grande would have bee
ours; and little army augmented by The numerous
Fri,ruliss of Tamaulipas, Coai'uia, Ncueva, Leon,
Chiahuahua and Zacatccas, would have presented Il
front 50 formidable to the Dictator, that terms would
ere now have been granted 10 us-thc ball of revolu-
ton would have acquired an Irresistible impetus in
other parts Of the Republic, and the fair soil Of Texas
would have been the theatre of strife. We might
thus have retrieved, in measure, the advantages
which were bascly surrende.edby Johnson, through
ardice worse principle, when we had Cos and his
army completely in our power. But II IS not even
too late The volunteers are sanguine OF ultimate
against the enemy now in the field; and many
appearances indicate that the march ot revolution in the
rear o Santa Anna will speedily induce him to retrace
his footsteps and withdraw his troops evolvc the
inand upon other leader who FIR less formidable
than the General President. This event by no means
improbable, would raise spirits i'll proportion il
would drprrss those Of the enemy and sing le udvan-
which may be followed up by the occupation Ut tho
towns have above enumerated, which necessary 10
round OFF the boundaries Of the republic, give it a
respectable port of entry, and produce permanent re-
The declaration o! Independence will doubtless
bring recruits from Tie latlcr land, that
whatever else you may do, despair in
the general engagement which is about to take place, and
upon which the issue is suspended.
The New Orleans volunteers are here and in excellent
spirits, liry still maintain their precmnent reputation.
The huge calls, twudays march is ordercd-duubl!css
TO relieve the prisoners al San Patr;co, Of which yOn
shall krar Of in ju"r0, should my life be spared. God
prosper The right.
Yours truly, W. p. NJ. W.
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