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proposed they should join the patriots. All ac
quiesced, and did so. Reporting himselfat one
to MOreOs, he gave him minute information a
to the position of the royalsts-an attack wa
at once planned, and carried out with triumph
ant success, Bean having received Captain
commission in advance. For his reckless dar
ing in the action, he was crowned with roses
proclaimed Colonel on the same day, ant
placed at the head of five hundred men.
From that day forward, his name and deed:
spread like wildfre throughout Mexico, anc
was everywhere received with veneration by the
iosn trcdden multitudes. For three years he
was the chief reliance of the veteran Morelos
in the desperate struggle that succeeded, with
varied success--wherever he fought victory fol-
lowed.
He had learned in Tennessee how to make
gunpOwder. This knowledge proved to be Of
immense advantage to the patriots. He was
soon conducted, amid flying banners and deaf
ening shouts, a conqueror into Acapulco, the
scene Of his sufferings. The puissant wretciSss,,
who had been his prosecutors, on bended knees
now begged for mercy. The veritable man of
God who had Knocked his suferings, now SUI
pinely crouched at his feet But the loosed
lion sc ,rned to avenge his wrongs on the pusil-
luminous supplants, and dismissed them with
warnings Tor their future conduct.
AT the close of about three years, from the
havoc made among the royalists by MOrelos and
Bean, an overwhelming force had been thrown
into that portion of the country, and the patriots
met with sad reverses-such as to change their
plan of operations. 1t was agreed that Bean
should cross the country to the Gulf of Mexico,
and endeavor to reach New Orleans by water,
with the view of appealing to the United States
for aid. With two companions, (both seamen,)
he made his way across the country. On the
route he became suddenly attached to lady
near Jalapa, and married her, with a pledge
that whenever duty permitted he would return,
and spend his days with her. Arriving at Soto
la Marina, he stole a sloop in the night from the
harbor, and put to sea. A few days waited them
safely to New Orleans, where they arrived about
ten days before the great battle of the Sth of
January, after Bean had been absent from his
country fourteen years. This was the first in
formation he had ever received from the United
States, and hence the first intimation he had of
the war between our country and Great Britain.
Bean at once reported himself to Gen. Jackson,
who had known him in boyhood, and in the bat
tie fought as volunteer aid to the old hero.
Soon afterwards he returned to Mexico, with
what success we know not, but returned to Ten
heSSec IOF Slorl lilile III lOI' 4, WHerc ne "iotc
out detailed history of his singular career, and
left it with one of his half brothers, by whose
kindness we were allowed, several years ago,
to read it several times, and from memory, have
skctched the foregoing account.
In conclusion, we have learned from other
sources, that Bean was retained in Mexico as a
colonel in the army, after her independence was
established, and redeemed his pledge to the
confding lady he had married. In 1927, when
the Fredonian war broke out at Nacogdoches,
Texas, he was colonel commandant of the Mex
lean garrison there. In 1885, he returned to
Mexico, and resumed his residence at Jalapa
and in 1913, the last we ever heard of him, he
was retired officer on halfpay, and though 6
years Of age, was in fine health.