Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1840-12-24

de. BY piteous accounts of the wropos r.
which they had been subjected, and by liber.
Ill promises ofland and plumber, thew induced
some hundreds of young men in Texas, whose
pecuniary affairs We're probably not i'm a very
noutishihg condition, to Join their ranks. and
from Tune to time we have been amused with
varying accounts of their marches upon Mat
anoras, their defeats OF the Centralist forces
sent against them under General Arista. and
uleir preparations to advance upon the capitaI
of Mexico '''r''''
IL seems that the late attempted revolution
In the city of Mexico was Iarpelv counted nm
on by the Rio Grande Federalists and tba;r
IeXah allies; when that attempt was crush
ed, therefore, the latter began to find them
serves In predlcament by no means desira-
DE out from which escape was not easy.
-, IL appears farther that while they were de-
,i"ef atihg upon the steps most GXpedient to
DC taken, their Federalist friends were cast
ing ABOUT Tor means of escaping the punish
neht OF their revolt; and, TO make the story
snort, the plan decided upon was to rive M
me texans to the Ccntralists. as the Drice of
,neir own safety and pardon. This rascallv
ue'ice was arranged between Cardenas, Mo-
laho and Canales, the Federalist leaders. and
General Arista and in pursuance of II ,bom,
100 of the Texans were deceived on yar;o,,s
Pie'ehces, TO the town of Saltillo, whittier
General Montego had been despatched. with |
large force, by Arista, TO receive them as in |
i trap. 10 ~
ihe hrst accounts that reached New Or
leans, on the Both ult. were that on the o3rd
OF October these unlucky Texans had been
handed over by Molano to Montego, and all |
sho' 10 death by five times their own num-
per, after desperate resistance; and sucb
was the intention. But on the
loo let Co..
ceived at New Orleans, brought by passen-
ger from San Antonio, which give a very dic.
ierent conclusion TO the matter
:. Ihls gentleman, MIR. Dwyer, on his way
from San Antonio to Houston, fell in with
y, Uoi. Jordan, the commander of the BETRAYED
texans, and learned from him that, on dis
covering the treachery of their Fcderalis, al
lies, the Texans withdrew to a walled epcIo-
sure In the vicinity, determined to face the
worst; AT this II ne the citizens of SaltlIo.
considering the contest at an end, ooened
'he'r houses and shops and gave the soldiers
Nhatc'er 'hcy wished to eat or drink The
was, that most of them got
drnnk-and in this situation were orderedIv
their commander TO attack the Texans. The
battle commenced about ,, p. NJ. and lasted
near hours. The Texans were well nro.
tected from the fire of the assailants-and
were moreover well armed and ;,burdant,v
supplied with ammunition.
Inc result, was, that the intoxicated
Wfetches who aSsai!ed them, incapable of in
iiictlng injury, were slaughtered on all hands
AT THIS Juncture, the beseged sailed forth
a. ana captured three pieces of artillery, which
'hey turned upon the enemy, and moved
mem down like grass. More than FOIiR
II u NDRED Of the treacherous foes were
leit iiieless Oh the ground.
ne Texans having cleared the field. sun-
piled themselves with apparel (of which they
were much In want,) and other spoils of vic
Iory, and commenced their march homcward
ana pursued their way without molestation
having lost only four companions kilIaJ ~
li'G r., hghi' and one who died from disease.
Ihe remainder of the Texans, who remain
81 win Canales, were to be served bv him
aS lheir friends were by Molano but from
some cause or other they suspected treacberv
ana after marching with him some distance
refused to proceed farther, and finally return
ed IN safety to the Texan side of the Rio
'' i'io
The first part of this strange tale-tbat do
Scfioing the treachery of the Federalists-is
confirmed by the publication of the corespor.
hence between them and Arista, the latter
part Affirming the rescue of the Texans from
liie doom prepared for them, rests on the an
thorlty OF the passenger above mentioned.
II Is proper to state that extracts from Sal
lilio are published in the New Orleans M
Pers which seem to convey the impression
mat the Texans had actually suffered