San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-03
WASHINGTON, on the Brazos,
March, 1886.

"DEAR SIR The unpleasant in
telligence has just reached this
place by express from the COM
mander-in-chief on the western
frontier that a renewed attack Con
the 'Alamo) was made Sunday
morning, the 9th inst, led by Gov
ernor Santa Anna in persOn-that
previous to the attack that the
Mexican cavalry formed a circle
around the city TO prevent the es-
cape of any person. That the in
fantry made an attack simultane-
ously on four sides of the Alamo
which was carried by an assault at
sunrise. That the resistance of the
garrison was desperate and the loss
very great on the part of the
enemy"
"Every man in the Alamo died
fighting but seven, who, when the
place was carried, laid down their
arms and cried for quarter, and
and Santa Anna but were i'm
mediately put to death by his
Santa Anna's) orders.Col. Travis,
the commandment, committed sui
eide as soon as he lost all hOpe-he
was prescribed man by the Next
can government and a price set up
on his head-and he determined
not to be taken alive. Col. Bowie,
who was sick in bed, also put an
end to his existence. The bodies
of the Americans were burned as
rebels, says the dispatch, and the
blood red banner of eXterminatiod
now waves in indisputed possession
of the Alamo. Alas, poor Crockett
he was among them"
"NOu cannot conceive the state
of feeling existing here, it is cleo
tric-volcanic The siege of the
Alamo last fall was a mere frolic,
but you may depend there is now,
war in earnest. Santa Anna
comes himself and will make it
serious business. The people of
the colonies expected him here in
May and, Napoleon like, he is in
the midst Of them in February,
/ have not time to write more"
Yours, GEORGE G.. DHILDRESs.
up. S:-General Ugartechia of the
Mexican army has reached San
Antonio with two million dollars
in specie for the Mexican army"
This letter the Monitor avOwed-
ly extracts from the Nashville,
(Tenn. Banner. The name Chill
dress is evidently mis-print for
George C. Childress, a Tennessean,
was the writer. He was a member
of the Texas congress and it was he
who drew up the Texan declara-
ton of independence that congress
adopted. He was subsequently
one of the state commissionary to
Washington, ID. c., and his author
ity is naturally good.
Another important extract is
from the New Orleans True Ameri-
can March 80, 1886, headed:
"HIGHLY IN PORTANT FROM TENAS."
and is as follows:
1--WE learn from the schooner
'Comanche,' s days from Texas,
that the war (there) has assumed a
serious character. On the Doth of
February the Texan garrison of
BeXar (AlamO) commanded by 1t.
Col. B. Travis, who was attacked by
the advance division of General
Santa Annals army, consisting of
1000 men, who (were) repulsed
with the loss of many killed-be-
tween 500 and 800 men-without
the loss of one man to the Texans.
About the same time Col. johnson,
with a party of 20 men, while re-
connoitering to the westward OF
San Patricio, was surrounded by a
large body of Mexican troops. In
the morning the demand of surren,
der was made by the Mexican com,
mander unconditionally which
was refused, but an offer of surren'
der as prisoners of war was made
which was acceded to by the Mex
leans. But no sooner had the
| Texans stacked their arms thai
a general fire was opened" upon
them by the whole Mexican force
The Texans attempt to escape
but only three of them succeeded
among whom was Col. Johnson"
Between the 25th of Februar,
and End March the Mexicans wer
employed in forming entrench
ment around the Alamo and bonn
harding the place. On End Marcl
Col Travis wrote that 300 shell
had been thrown into the Alam
without injuring a man. On tn
18th March the garrison Of tn
Alamo received reinforcement
of 80 Texans from Gonzales, the,
having forced their way througI