Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-03-11
From ae .bfte 0lleaas Pieapme, FEB. 81

iiff. iAi f.sls fh0M lllf. bhAIeS.
fn,tmkatianef He 1feeps al hs Grd:os. Further qf
The Stp4ei3erqf .Eaj. Guinness Canaaa4d-their ar
,irni al Son LaIs 4Aatemat y senta .4ana's .lrmg
.liafet t.lenis Saitio-.Saas .irp,as address 10
his Troops.
Al an eafly henr this morning the schooner Iarmo
nons Walker. Capt Malcolm. arrived trun the Bna@.
hasingmaae thu passage IN days. Though the eour.
ties, 81 Mi Martin. who passenger the sshoon
e, We are raoe, III possession o oar correspondence 10
the 18Th inst and various items ot intelligence.
Mr.. Halle wliies IN the 18Th that there trans
ports enough nj the Gra7os Tor all the femstnng irnups Of
Worths division and that every moment Of calm wealth
W was improved IN enhakng them. In three good days
more The whole command WOULD be of
lily this arrival W hive further information In regard
10 the itonp captured by Gen. A,msn. In Mnon's own
modest report, which Ia before us. ha ptsones are sci
down nj - in all.
Besides the Americans taken by him, there was one
Mexican named Galoanu, Who had been with our irnps
AZ a spy aud gHHie lie MIS- Immediately put 10 the
sword, although MQer 6auts intcleede1 for him.
We have hefare us another Inst Of the captured. which
Includes the aes o Capt Albert Pike III Arkansas and
Capt. Nm, lleady Of Kentucky. Capt. Ieady was
captured two days after Malor Rorlands parry by par
ty oi ranehoms. His fate ID siiaarlain.
Ihe party captured is said 10 have consisted of
fiji, Arkansas troops and two paros Of Kentucky troops.
ono ol twenty five, the otherof eighteen
Iher camp was surrounded IN the nlghs after they had
marched fury miles.
Report says that Capt {. NJ. Clay wished 10 break
the ranhs lui could mel induce oiurs To assent Ia il
finding the Moxlcans So outnumberod them Mlnon',
command consisted OF two thousand and sumo hundred
men, according 10 soie accounts, Others say Of not
than five hundred
Dan llenre. well known as n Mer prisoner who act
ed NJ mn interpreter 10 the Arkansas ooIs made his
cape from the Mexican camp ON Maj Gainess horse
The guard fired upon him hut he escaped uniuurod.
The prisoners arrived al San Luis On the 2jth ut
Drums We're beaten through the sreets aud guns were
fired to celebrate the event
Mi Halle gves Us another important item from this
same letter from San Luis. II is 10 the effect that the
9Th Ut there marched oat II san luis ior Ianq0e do
IA Naea, the place where Mnun mado his capture three
bodice of mlanly brigade oeatalfy, and that Of loot
artillery, with mre than fourteen preus Of aIiilley-
These peces cooalsed Of thea p pouadon. three :
wundor,,ipu 4 FOUNDERS. aud the others and plun
ders. l. wa, ais. AL that within Two days another d
VISION would march, and shortly after. the rest OF the
force remaining IN san LUIS pot4si So il appear. the
blow " 10 be struck III the direction OF Sallllo Santa
Anna address 10 his troops. dated the 9TH ult. lvors
this idea aud would leave no dlnbi about IT, bu
we learn tia the uplnons oi The officer, in army are
various on this point. Many think SAINT, ANN IL in
truth on his way 10 Vera Cruz. and that the display OF
force on the other se Of san Luis IL intended IN
his movements and hide the weakness Of the latter p,c
Though crowded or time and room. We canno, ON
Santa Anna y address,
The General IN Chief Of tho Army of Operations OF the
North 10 has Snbodinacai
Nompahlolsln aims. Interpretations of The enemy de-
mand that we should move preeipltately upon his prn
cpal line, and wepo 10 execute il. The Independence
the honor and the destiny u the nation depend this
ment on your drclslun.
Soldiers the enlltn world observes US. and will cx
ert our acts 10 be aa hefoe asthoy necessary Fri
getons Of all kinds surround us const uence Of the
neglect shown towards or more thana mouth by those
who should provide Your pay and your provisions. But
when has misery de9ll'aed yent spirits OF weakened
your enthusiasm
The Mexican soldier is well known for hls fnpalily
and patience under suffering wanting magazines
in marches deserts aud always counting upon tho
rcs lurcts othe enemy 10 provide ior his wanta
To-day shall undertake march over u desert
country, without sneeof provisions But he assured
that shall Immediately be provided from those ofhe
enemy, and with then you will be sufficiently renbus
cd
My friends-we 70 to open the campaign. What
days uf glory await uli What II ilarrng future fir
country How satisfactory. when contemplate
that We saved lis Independence How the world will
admire Us Ilo" the nation will bless us And when
the bosoms flour ianilea shall relate the risks and
iagnes which We have endured, the eombais with and
triumphs over daring and preanmptuous enemy and
hereafter, when telling our children that we have saved
country second time the jubilee will bo complete,
and these sacrifices will then appear 10 us nothing.
Soldiers hurry forth IN thedelence ot your country The
sustain is holy one never have struggled
with Justice because we fight for the land of
oroiahers and of children the honor aud religion Of
our wives aud children What sacrifice, then, be
loo great Tor Objects 80 dear Let ourmliio be- CON
OF ER OR DlEt' Let swear before the great
Eternal that we will not wall an instant IN purgng our
soil Of the stranger who has dared 10 proane II with his
pr''se No treaty. nothing which may not ho heroic
and proud.
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA.
Healquar els San Luis Potosi, Jan. ", 1917.
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