The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-01-08
batter down the walls, but has thus
far faiIcd. The triumph is with Ira
Wis Int it is written in the heart Of

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.i laa eta ~ March. Santa iura
.as determined ttattra aaur .r t.c
assault has arrived DWu. sau Jays
a blooI-red lag ha, been streaming
from the spirc OF d. church in San
Antonio, aroelaimiag that 40 quar-
ter is TO be given 70 the champions
Of tbe Alamo--that Mood alone will
appease thc fury Of Mexican malice,
Whcn the sun again goes down 'hr
flag is no longer seen, for the deed
for which it was the sign has been
accomplished.
II is midnight! Stars are smiling
in the armament, and Tire repoSr of
paradise seems lowering over tie
armed hosts, and hills and plains,
which encircle the Alamo. A low
murmur rises upon the air, which
gradually becomes more and more
distinct. Lights move to and fro in
the distance, and indicate some I'M
usual movement. The beseiging
army is in motion. There is no adj
vance by columns. The force of the
Mex;cans is so great, that the fort
may be surrounded, leaving intervals
only for the fire of artillery. The
place is girdled by deep line of in
fantry, and these are hemmed in and
surrounded by another of cavalry
lfthe first shrink, they must be thrust
forward to the assault by the sabres
and pistols Of their comrades. Sud-
denly the batteries are in blaze,
and from their concentTic positions
pour forth radaii Of FIRE pointing TO a
single centre. Amid the thundcrs
thus created, their own shouts
scarcely less terrible, and the blasts
Of bugles, the Mexicans advanced
upon the Alamo. A sheet Of fame
from rifles that never failed, is the
answer to the charge. The infantry
recoil and fall back upon the caval-
~; taeir ranks broken and disorder
ed By the deadly FIRE of the bcsciged.
The shouts rom the fort are mingled
with the groans Of the dying on the
plain, while the officers are endcav.
oring to reform their scattered mass
es. They return to the attack, but
the leaden shower which they en-
counter ielis them to the earth by
pla;oons. Travis shows himself on
She walls, smiling on his undaunted
followers. Around him are Croc kett,
Evans, and poahGm, reused TO their
last struggle, who know that their
doom is sealed. In quick succession,
rife after ride is discharged, sending
hundreds TO their long account. -
The Mc@ic2ns were again rcpu!sed;
they fell back Gishcartened by the
dead and dying around them. The
battalion Of i'o!aca, the flower Of the
NcEican amy, is reduced from four
teen hundred 20 tweHty-thIec. Men
Lave become for a moment rcgGId-
less # their officers, end are almost
.';riaus. rro,n Tho crime re- ,,cr:-t,
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slower Rifles lay, ,g,r,,J fr.-,
many a vir9-ouS hand, nav. coI -
.Gcath. willie others cl,no E, DIN
wr,pong even in fine ,-on,.s or H.,
solution. Ammunition. Zoo. las L..,
'ra.liag; one /; one The pg22lcs dram.
, the last rifle :. lo,fcI aud J;soI.,..
ed. and ue lIc>irsnq l,y,. .,,;n, p
the wall. ProuIlv c,nsnicrnn. -
that awful mo,acnl 1ravis ,,ca;ra,
shot, stagaers and falls lJn L;ss
not unavcnWrd \ u,vica, oEcor
rushes upon him. and is about 70
plunoe his sabre in tbe hosom If a..
fallen man. when. catherine al III.
energies for n last efr,rt he b,,hes
his own sword in the bloo1 If his
enemy, and thew die together.
IN tba moan ,;no o.. h,.uolo.