Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-06-16

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ur,sa 20 AZ. Martin Vaa Buren,, touching his Fot-
rIOus belief or properly speaking ne nOn6eIIet
.or rather more prOperly sreak.1g SUI, ne noa-eom
In Ohio. having nscer.aned tia, Nc. Van Burea waS
cIaimed 10 that State Roman CatholIc, .1T: "a
d"k Casey aad Mr.. Aaron Vanderpoel 81 kiaderHo"k'
nave So, cer.iied that il 10 M sSch Thing. The lat
Ter VentlPma0 10 ancommonly clear awd explicit ne
says NJ Vaa BUrea bnp'isrd ~ ." adjsHct SI'h
in comssquence Of AIra Vaa Barens cO"nex-
ion with thai church, aad finally bought = pew
I1autiU, Church 10 Albany. Io what demom'""iO~
he belongs im Washington is n"bndys business, '"aC
Se Know Of A. all evpnis, Mr.. Van Bnre", IKE ev-
e,y body else, has the right 10 frequent any NO
uleases aud we don't know that u o. any one DUST
ness In, we cumid mOI avoid hooking on these ,aDore"
rfr.s 10 pu &c him Of The suspicion be'ns t"mH"
Catholic, rs rather queer and at me same s''ne c"a'
nc,eris'ic. r" Whatever church Mr.. van buren, Icy
have happeprd To he attached was 81 no p0""c"A
moment, and would have rendered him neither more
nor less deserving the ROod opUion 81 The county,
but there s so,nening udicrnus al least in the al
tempt 10 make him heUng TO all The chUrches-except
10 this particular Gaze, the Roman Catholic. Let
some Of hs len 6Gieen ,l,ousand atherenis Of
does ~, belong Il" the loly Roman Catholic Church
loo.--N. Y. Star. +.H.If F.aA ~, ns,- 81. T.
II is said, and proved by number Of certificates,
that le Town Council al Foster, Il. L., have been
guilty of IRchrisIianlike act. In aileMuIing 10
thrust from their responsibility psnpsr affected with
small pox, they placed him in umiDhated house,,
where he died from want and inaiientioTs E+5
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From The NeD- Orleans True American, Mag 90. =
TExAs.-In the Schr. Flora, just arrived,
came passenger Gen. Houston, commander
in-chief of the Texan army, for the purpose
of obtaining medical aid. By him we have
the official information of the capture of San
ia Anna, and also of the battle of April 2lst !;
former accounts are substantially correct
Santa Anna was at Velasco, under a strong
guard. The army was left under the COM
mand OF Rusk, Secretary of War, who had
been elected to the army Br. General. The
Texian force had accumulated since the bat
tie to j, 800 men, and had advanced to, and
were crossing, the Brassos, flushed with VIC
tory. I'd. gorss.a, I;@..s. IL. ,t,..
The Mexican army under Sesyma, and
others, had all concentrated, and amounted
to $500 men, the remnant of 1000 that had
entered Texas they were crossing the Col
orado by RATS and swimming, and were in
the utmost confusion those that escaped hav-
ing reported that the late battle was fought
by 5000 Texans. Col. Burlinson was close
to the enemy with 200 cavalry, and they were
retreating before him; $50 Mexicans had
surrendered d (btnying q piece, Of cannon) to
was panic and confusion in the Mexican ar
my. a.s Fs rr14 -.9 a@a-sla s-.f3s@ la. ~
Gen. Santa Anna had offered anarmistice,
which had been refused he had made fur
Their offers to acknowledge the Independence
of Texas. making the Rio Grande the bound
airy, and remaining hostage until the United
States Government should consent to guaran-
ty the treaty, and it be approved Of by the
Senate of Mexico. "a q" -t@
Texas was considered safe, and the war at
an end, as the Mexican army would probably
be totally destroyed. l.1 1as
General Santa Anna has presented to Gen..
Houston his cane and saddle he was recog-
Missed by General Zavala, and hundreds Of
others had identified him the Mexican pris-
oners also shouted, when he was brought in.
| Viva Santa Anna. "''
Time will not permit the official accounts
to be published to-day. ,.set ..,f
Columbia, Velasco, and Brassoria had not
been burnt by the Mexicans, as before report
| ed. ,a+.st, 49,. t .
A story which appears to us somewhat
| strange, is in circulation that Gen. Houston is
about to be deprived of the command of the
| Texian army, and that it will be assumed by
! Gen. Hamilton, of South Carolina. Of. the
latter part of the story we can say nothing,
because we know nothing, though we think it
highly improbable. For the former, there
may be some ground in the fact that great
| dissatisfaction prevails in Texas at the con-
ductsof Gen. Houston The following ex-
IEuCLOI IcttcI 1TOlfl tucuCcs VIII CApIoiN tAiO
causes. 49, ,,.,@.S =. -s,r.,
I" But for Gen. Houston's unaccountable.
retreat, first from the Gaudaloupe, then from
the Colorado then from the Brassos, nothing
would have been destroyed. The position he
occupied on the Colorado, was one where he
could have maintained himself and kept the
enemy back 200 men to 1000; and when on
| the Brassos, he could have prevented them
from crossing, or destroyed the whole ofthem
as easily as they were beaten on the Dist
But we retreated, and kept retreating, and re-,
port says, but for the determination OF his.
men to retreat no farther, he would have kept
on to the Sabine. Had he moved one milo
rthertowards the Trinity, from Harrisburg
| through the upper route, whole companies
were determined on deserving him; SO that
! in a measure he, it is believed, was compelled
to fgM Gen. HI. is highly censured, harshly
| spoken of, and almost denounced-by some,
even as co,caYd. All seem to unite in opin-
| ion that there was no necessity for his re-
treating from the Colorado, and much less
for his retreat from the b1assos. He has not
retrieved his credit at all by the late victory,
although he behaved bravely, was wounded
through the ANGLE, and had horse killed I'M
| der him. The attack was well directed but
the route and pursuit was conducted by tho
! Secretary at War, who was on the field, and
who, on Gen. Houston's ordering halt. when
| the enemy began their retreat, ordered the
| pursuit. leading in a measure himself.
| Houston says he ordered halt for the pur-
pose of forming and protecting their camp,
| which he conceived in danger from the ene-