Litchfield enquirer., 1836-07-28

lodged for the present, in the same place with
his royal rival the renowned Richard Law
renee"
Last Hours Of CrOcken.-We have reason
to believe that the following letter from the
Courier and Enquirer, dated Galveston Bay
June 9th, from gentleman who has Deen IA
familiar conversation with the Mexican prs
oners confined there, contains the 0nly, , CT
thentic account of the death OF CoI. C nh
| so different from what has hitherto DeeA pun
| liShed: ..oco detail
| al h1y an eve witness, not before KhoWn' :i"'
will NJ once establish (if not DeIore :,
WV tie h1ood-thirsty cruelty OF inc tyraht'
S Sl. o.AS Anna After the Mexlcans mad got
,,casess;on of the Alamo, the hghtlng had cea-
pa and it was clear day ilght' SIX Americans
we're discovered near the wall yet uhcOnquer,
| ed. and who were instantly SurTouhueu anu
| or1ered by Gen. Castrillon to surrender, and
euho did SO under promise Of his protection,
ending resistance any longer in vain-ln-
deed, perfect madness. Castrillon was brave
and not cruel, and disposed to save them
He marched them up to that part of the Fort
where stood {" his Excellency," surrounded
by his murderous crew, his sycophantic OIL
GERS. David Crockett was one OF the six
The steady, fearless step, and undaunted
tread, together with the bold demeanor OF
this hardy veteran" his firmness and noble
bearing" to give the words of the narrator,
had q most powerful effect on himself and
Castrillon. Nothing daunted, he marched
up boldly in front of Santa Anna, looked him
steadfastly in the face, while Castrillon adj
dressed "his excellency"-"S Sir, here are six
prisoners have taken alive; how shall dis
pose of them!" Santa Anna looked at Cas-
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and replied, " Have not told you before how
to dispose of them? Why do you bring them
to me?" At the same time his brave officers
drew and plunged their swords into the bo-
SONS of their defenceless prisoners! So
anxious and intent were these blood-thirsty
towards to crafty the malignity of this in
veterate tyrant, that Castrillon barely escap-
ed being run through in, the scuff1e himself.
Castrillon rushed from the scene apparently
ACKNOWLEDGMENT his quarters, and did
not leave them for some days, and hardly ev-
er spoke to Santa Anna after. This was the
fate of poor Crockett, and in which there can
be no mistake. Who the five others were
have not been able to learn. Three other
wounded prisoners were discovered, and
brought before " his Excellency" and were
ordered to be instantly shot. There are GER
tain reasons why the name Of the narrator
u
| will only repeat that he was an eye witness.
Death ofthe brave Fanning.-From the same
source we have at last the true account OF the
melancholy fate of this brave officer. HE
was condemned to be shot. When he found
that was determined on, and was ordered out
for execution, he handed his watch to an Off
Ger as compensation to have him buried
deliberately tied a handkerchief over his
eyes, begged them not to shoot him in the
head-bared his breast and requested to be
shot there. He was shot in the head and ne
yer buried! Such are the monsters we have
had to deal with"
More of the Spirit of the Times.-A man
named Boyd was recently tried in Nicholas
County, (ken.) for murder; he was senten-
ced to three years solitary confinement, and
after hearing of argument from the prison.
er's attorney, the Judge allowed him new
trial, admitting him to bail himself in one
sand dollars. The Maysville Eagle says: -
"The course pursued by the Judge created,
we learn, good deal of excitement at Car
Isle, and on the last evening of the court, as
he was returning from the court house to the
tavern at which he boarded, some mischiev-
Gus boys drenched him pretty profusely with
Setcer water, thrown from an engine which
they had clandestinely obtained, and secre-
ted near his pathway. The commonwealth s
attorney, who was arm and arm with the
Judge, was also a little stained with the nause-
ating water-but consoled himself with face
tiously remarking, that "his misfortune result
ed alone from has keeping 6adcompany'"
Smoking among German Lad;es.-The only
drawback to any enjoyment at Hamburger,
was the universal habit of smoking tobacco
the coffee-houses, the ball rooms, the mar
quees, villas, carbarets, and promenades, in
short, every place in which human beings
were congregated, were filled with dense
mass of this vapor. The whole of the male
population We're armed either with pipe or
cigar; even boys Of eight or ten years were
to be seen ndulging in this practice. The
fair enemy OF tobacco smoke, Mrs. Trollope,
would here have been completely Mortified,
for even some of the women are addicted to
this unfeminine indulgence, and have not
unfrequently seen a handsome, well-dressed
girl receive from her inamorato, not glass
Of lemonade, but a genuine Havana, which
she instantly commenced reducing to ashes
with govt as keen as that of Spanish dam
dy in coffee house at Madrid. -E
The manufacture of new villages nowadays,
is mentioned with as busness-like an air as
the inventor of patent pump advertises to
supply customers with his new commodity.
They make no moreo of creating a town in the
western country than Col. Meacham does of
making great cheese. Even u Seaport on
the Lakes. is manipulated more rapidly than
our vcnerated ancestor Adam could give
names to the various beasts of the forest and
the field before the "march of improvement"
had taken the rail road. We perceive that a
novelty Of this description has recently been