Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-02
TEXAS.
from The Mobile Regisftr. iPra i.
TEXAS.


The highly Interesting communication below
has been addressed 10 ~, lv the passengers IN tn
brig Iensaw uhiell arrived in this port ,.s.rdl,
directly iron, hlataeorla. II contains clear an'
authentic narrative of the position of Icxian affair
up TO tire date Of sailing. All that has pirc'
since rests vet upon the authority Of run'ars ant
reports probable, indeed, but not yet absolute
Is certified brought by letters from New Orleans
The mails from that city to-day will furnish Us III
doubt with particulars, which will enable us To know
definitely the real condition OF things which look
disaslrouS!y in Texas.
We said Yesterday that SANTA Anna had burnt
San Felipe. Several letter. which We las, since
seen, say, that place burnt by the Coonisis IL
prevent is occupation By Ssna Anna. with any
/ advantage The fate of Col. Tanning i desciih-
ed ia letter from New Orleans, dated the 9th
uitl, terrible prrcsion. 1t SAYS:
! " b, an arrival to-da, from Texas, by sea, We
! learn that Cob Tanning being surrounded a, Go-
/ lad offered to surrender, on condition that the
lives of lc garrison were spared, rhieh was a.
greed to BY st. lnna and that III, n,unl'nt they
LAID down their aims, icy were all shot ann ih''s
bodies subsequently burned Horrible.
The passengers on board the rcnsaw are chief
ly women and children, dying in di,inay from the
advance Of the nnriatc bMbarians. Only four
men We learn were left in the town OF Matagorda.
The others in arms resisting the approach of
the rcmorsecss tyrant, while their helpless iam-
lies, tender females and children, are driven from
their homes, and from their country, and thrown
upon strange shores destitute Of III. very means
Of subsistence. Most Of them were but few days
since in comfortable, If not afluent circumstances
al were >ait, and free from want No liycliCr
image ot the horrors OF war can be presented to
u~ than the spectacle OF tugtiyes, landing among
strangers in state OF utter want and rached with
the thought of their husbands and fathers still en-
posed ~ AL the tcrrorS of the uncertain warfare,
With the cnlis,arics oil the Mexican Dcspor.
'ohc Editors Of The Mobile Regisi,r.
BRIG TENs.w, April II, 1896.
1t is with no putnosc of cliciting your charity or
your sympathy, that We announce 10 YOU our ar
rival your port 1t is not with blush,rs OF shame
either that We acknowledge ourselves rs TEXANS.
cxpatr aicd and seeking temporary aS,lnm in
your VII, and once our mother country. Wcbavc
| other views and other motives. We conceive
ourselves the bcaters OF the latest intelligence that
has vet reached thc United States, from Texas,
and of ais ltcsen, unhappy condition. We con-
cryc too, 4,at from tive interest heretofore manifest
ed by citizens from all parts nj yoar country, not
only by open expressions of feeling, but BY Il more
substantial proof of tina, interest, actual pirri-
cipa,ion in pcril> tho, the intelligence are
about to communicate " m be IN The highest de-
gree acceptable 10 YOUR fellow -citlzrnS. You arc
perhaps aware, Thai the Independence OF Texas
WIS declared by the members of oar convention
on The l., of March last, and tina, few days sub
scqucnt previous, san Antonio and Fort Alamo
in ,hv hands OF the TEXANS w re- rrcapurrd by the
MrNcans. There were one hundred and fort,
TrNians in the 1iamo, commended by Col. Fra
Wis vi san Felipe. TIE number of Mexican,
| commanded by Gen. Santa Anna himself, is va
riousls reported from five 10 eight thousand; oil
these one thousand were convcts, wo served il,
the advance and protection Of tue br,icgng party
No history, either ancient or modern.--ncitlcr tn,
pass of Thcrmoph,l~ nor tie BATH, fields upon
which our progcntors have fallen, presents tn,
remembrance OF more unequal and obstinate tn.
gaUcmcnt.
| OF the Iexiute not man survived To tell tho
news. They kncw the condition under which thr,
fought -" Victory or Death" was before them
Unable To obtain the former, they rarlcssly front
cd and submitted to the latter. or the Mexican
fifteen hundred shared the same fate. Pu,hn,
his advantage, Santa Anna, after earrisonng tin
Fort, Immediately proceeded by forced marches t,
Gonzales, whc" was fort commanded by Gen
Houston. Alive TO the dictates OF humanity, an,
ycle''n. 10 the cries Of Women and children, Gen
Houston retrcacd from the fort on receiving in
tcgcnec of the .ncm,s approach The las
express to Matagorda reported him on tho Ri
Colorado, about twenty five miles from san Felipe
situated at one of the crossings of the Bra2os
Here Is said to be the last bulwark of Texan Lib
crty. Gen. llouson's force AT the Colorado
! said to have increased to three thousand: II s
there is hope that he win yet succeed. The las
) news from Col. Tanning is, that he engaged tn
enemy twelve miles east of La Bahia Tor Goad
and from the Unprecedented inequality OF number,
is thought to have been cut to pieces But in this,
we'll rs other former engagements, he exhibited
character for decision and intrepidity rarely to b
=, found combined in any one man. On the sam
day on which the TcnSaw and other vessels at til
anchorage were requested to remain in the bay fp
: the purpose Of exporting the inhabitants who wer
left in the town of Matagorda arrived that tn
karankawa Indians were armed BY the Mexican,
and would make "A d scent upon, and burn tn
, town that night. Scniincls composed of the re
naming few were placed, while the women an
children hnrricd to the Tensaw and Carol
la. After time set SAIL and when but
company with the Carolld, which we strongly sus
poet is captured by MEXICAN cruiser
BY the assiS,acc of dark ness, which for IA shol
time preceded the moons rising. and the pre-
caution of alicrag our course TO due South W,
escaped her, and are here
Many of us have been citizens of Texas 70
years and compelled to Weld the produce o
II our Labor sacrifice to Mexican dcpreda,ions
There is on board who has not suirre,
days since, comparatively happy in the pro