Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-10-18

thick The Mexicsns have poured inso TIE
citadel ike famished wolves. furious Tor THAR
prey. Each man struggles with The energy Of
despair, dealing the death stroke with rides.
saorss, or whatever missiles may Be within
reach The Texaos =Fe aim1st buried be-
meath the numbers Of their opponents. The
carnage has been 90 great that the slain are
piled up In heaps. Death s;srss each survivor
m ne face, yet still be struggles on. Crockett
has Been conspicuous In the melee wherever
the blows fell hottest and fastest. He has
forced bis way over piles of the bodies Of his
enemies, and hssreacbed he door Of he chapel.
Here be determines 20 make his last stand. At
oIe glance Of bis eye be sees that the fate Of
he Alamo reefs upon himself alone, and that
fate nothing can avert.
Travis has Fallen Evans Il 10 more ; Bowie
expires on a bed Of sickness, pierced to the
heart BY q Mexican bayonet; Borbam fails
directly before him, and be Ends himself the
only living warrior Of the hundred and sixty
three who bad been bis comrades. Perhaps at
this moment the life-biood ereeps 10 bis heart
By a natural impulse but It is only for a mo-
msnt. The desperation % bis position sends
Il back with the force Of an avalanche. HI,
foes glare on him with the fsFceness Of de-
mons. and assault him with blows from mug
kets, lsnces and sabres. The strength Of a
hundred men seems concentrated in bis single
srm, as he deals ont Death 70 bis pifiless ant
unsparirg assailsnts Their bodies baVe grow
into a rampant before him. Blaekened viii
FIRE and smoke. L-smsared wiih blood, and
roussd into a psrfPct phreHsV. he stands likI
SON tabled god Of antiquity, Laughing to scorI
n malice and power ard fury Of bic enemies
N-w f ? flashes from khs eyes and new vigo
nerves bis arm. On bis ssstiiants rush, but .
Is upoa eeath, certain ant immsdiaie. The.
iall. bat their places are sin supplied, ard s
qai ky the dead seem 70 rise up before biz
like armed men from The teeth of Csdnus. A
length q bail. from an unseen r ds, pisTess biz
IN The forehead f; be falls backward to ID
earth in streams Of gore which curdle sroun
him. No grofn escapes bis lips-uo cry o
agony gratidss the impiaeahle raneor Of hi
enemies. He dieI.snd the Alamo has faller
MoDE o. P~aocEEDIse n MAKING PUneHA
sEs OF The PUBLIC LAEDs-The proper mod
OF proceeding 10 toe purchase Of lands from d
Government cannot be 100 we'll understood
and yet application is constantly being mad
70 the General Lsnd Office for i~nformatio
on this subject, which ought to b. at the con
mand Of every one who intends investing none
in public lands, and, by reason Of their ign'
ranee, mistakes, which often occasion loss boz
to the purchaser and Government, are Of alnOl
daily occurrence For these reasons, we no
offer a few suggestions on the subject, whic
may prove Of benefit to the public.
Nhe1 an individual applies to the register
a land district to purchase a tract Of land, b
is required 70 file q written " application " O
such application, the register endorses bis eeI
tihczte. shaving thar the land = vacant an
subject to entry. That certificate the appicaI
carries TO the receiver, and Il is the evidenS
upon which the receiver permits payment to /
made, and issues his " original preeept," n
duplicate Of which 10 handed 10 the purchase
as his evidence Of payment, and which is II
CURED to be surrendered when a patent for d.
livery Is issued from the General Land Ofie
The " original prseept" is handed to the regi
ter, who indicates the sale D bis township pla
enters the same in bis " tract books" and it
transmitted by the register 10 the General Lar
Ofre, with the monthly abstract Of sales al
certificates Of purchase.
This il the f0rmality prescribed to individn
purchasers, and must be observed, not only +
their protection in securing titles, but for q
protection OF the interests Of the G5vernmen
The law has established two officers in a lal
district-the register and Teceiver-and pr
scribed a mode Of proceeding to serve "a
check upon each other. II a claimant fails
observe the requirements, he does so at b
own risk. II be deposits money with any pc
SOL connected with The district Office, even vi
the receiver. without first having fled a writ
application with the register, he does so at b
own risk, the Government not being resp0ns
Die for any loss where the terms on which q
law authorizes entries are departed from.
Washington States.