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I mm lheo. brother. a! lhe cvemng's hour,
Whnn we wnre won! in umson lo rmno
()ur gladsumc VOICOR u nln (‘.0d,10 prnilo
Him lnr Ins lavors punt—and Ihon pray
Hui lulure gmdunca. l have not lhe pnw‘r
'l o pmisc my Maker whim thou an. away.
I muz- lhoo. brother, ntthc {esllvo hoard,
Rnund which a happy fnmily wuuld men
And with kindiy smile more great,
Propurcdfifilx/othfin Moll and we to share;
The may/no liifigor p ensure dogh nfl‘urd— [there
All I ungl have changed B—Brolhér. thou art no
I miss thee. brolhcr. on the! holy day.
When we unlo lho home of God would go
To learn at Hun \\ ho cumo lo bum-h no.
And lrum tho rurse 0! sun Ina poop‘o [rec !
My thoughts do wunder ofi— and when I pray.
My player's a murkery—l llunl‘ nl' than.
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(.‘urwcnsvnlle.Ovlohcr. 1846.
l‘iic Defence ofthe Alamo
in 1836.
Letterfrom an ofliccr of the flrmy to his
friend in North Carolina. communiru
ted to the National Intelligenccr
SAN As'romu nt; Hunt. "IX-mm
August 111. lett‘v. i
()n the 14th instant [wrote you u very]
bttel letter announcing my artiial at lllll‘
place. We are so lnr remoted lrotn the
United States that Intercourse is almost
prohibited. Matls are so irregular that
no reliance is to be placed in them. anti
private ”presses to Ln Bars. and thence
to New Orleans. by nny sessel that “Hersh
lurm the most common menus at transmis
sion. This place is very diflert-nt from s—
oy in the Republic as it was, and the lruu
see and streets are not more extraordina
ry than the habits and appearance of the
people. The most interesting Object,
however. in the vicinity. is the Alamo.—
lt is now a shapeless mass ol wins. The
chapel lsdelaced and broken down. and
the. walls at the fort are is ,crumbling to
decay. '1 ion: and the 01%?” hate al
most completed what the ll' " icon srtillcv
ty commenced, and the (‘.ohteum oli'Lex
us wrll soon lortn but u 'tattercd and
tnournlul monument ol its gm existence.
()n the 2M day at Ft'lJl‘lm/j',1836. San
ta Anna entered San Auttyri‘o de Bexar,
and tuck possession til'the town wtthout
.firing a gun. The smallm‘firrison of one
huudtetl and thirty men. ufilcr the com
mand oi \Ytn. Barret 'i'ra’vit}, rettrcd as
he advanced, to the Alnmh, on theloppo
site side of the river, tlctt- mined tlidtfe to
tiller \thutevcr resistttttre (:0 the progtess
of the tyrant, that God on their'nvt'n'en
ergies should permit. Flushed wighlthe
conquest. so easily efiectetl of theLtOsvn,
the Mexican General prepared for an im
mediate attack upon the Alamo. lie or
deretl breastworks to be thrown up on eve
ry commanding point. and atttllery lobe
planted “hers-set it could be most effect
ive. One battery was completed on the
right bank of the river by the 25th. and
on this day the siege commenced.
It is a dark and gloomy morning, devo
ted to a dark and unholy purpose. Emily
ting in the work of death upon which heal
is entering. Santa Anna crosses the river.‘
the better to behold lite success of his de
signs, and establishes his headquarters in
a small stone building yet stnndtng'“ The
signal is given. and etc the sun hrls risen
upon the scene, the roar ol artillery lrom
the Mexican battery awakens thetechoes
tar and wide, and rouses from their slum
bers the yet sleeping inhubitsnty‘.’ But
the‘delenders ofthe Alamo" have not lost
sight for a single moment of their wily
, and remorseless enemy : they watch the
studied direction of every gun ; they see
the match lighted; they listen, breathless,
us if even at that distance they could hear'
the command to fire: and when it does
- . come. and the walls of the citadel tremble
. under the shock of the iron-hail, and this
lra‘pments of stone are whirled alolt by the
su den impulse, they send back a shout ol
defiance, mingled with adischargs lrom
their own guns, almost as deafening as the
thunder of their assailants. Belore the‘
smoke rolls away. &the reverberations are
lost in the distance, while the shoutskof
the besieged still linger 'on the ears ofthe
- besiegers. the canncnade is renewed, and
. for seven hours fiercelycontinued upon
‘ the walla'of the Alamo. But these walls
‘yield no more than the spirits of their de
fenders.' Tho'fire is steadily returned 3
end. though stones are shtvered around
them. there are stout hearts and willing
.hands ready to repair every breach. and
to restore from the interior whatever mny
have been destroyed from without. Earth
. ts‘thrownup. every crack or fissure closed
' . .os [lstas loreated by the eager eflorts oi
‘ those who‘will permit no evidence at snc‘
csss to 'cheer thehopes of their enemy.—
~';The sun hss'slmost sunk behind the wes.
_ . 'tsrn', pisins't'ehen there ts a pause in the
werkvot' demolition. 'l‘heifiring cesses’
» Hoe. the dsy'byr'order ot the/Mexicaa'com;
' * ‘gnsndsr’; with‘his thirst tor-blood unsatis-
fied. for not a single drop has fallen within
the Alamo. Many of his own men have
hit the dust, before the artillerits and rifle
men of the tort; but thttflar they are un
avenged. Darkness falls‘ upon the besie
ger and besieged ; the former raise new
entrencliments to prosecute the assault;
the latter establish a watch lortho night.
and endeavor to seek that repose which
shall give them fresh vigor for the contest
which they know will come tomorrow.
The morning of the 26th dawns. and
reveals to the occupants of the fort the ef
fect of the midnight labors of their enemy,
in the establishment oftwo additional bat
teriea Wlliiin the Alameda of the Alamo.
The bayonets of the infantry, crossed over
the river during the night, glitter in the
morning beams, and the plumes of the cav
alry are seert waving on the eastern hills.
to intercept the expected aid from that
quarter. The contest is renewed by a
slight skirmish between a few of the Tex
ans, sent in quest of wood and 'water, and
a detachment under the Mexican General
Seams ', but this is a mere overture to the
grand performance ofthe day. The thun
ders of the heavy ordnance, under the (li‘
rection of Col. Ainpudin. are soon roused
into action: volley after volley is poured
into the fort, and answered only at rare
intervals. by the shouts of those within.—
There is no pause. no cessation. Still
the can notiade goes on ; shells fly hissing
through the air, and balls bury themselves
within the ramparts; but night comes on.
and the Mexican General can see on pro
gress. Baffled but not discouraged. he
advancesh‘is line of posts, and prepares
with the morning- light. to enter'upon his
task. The north w'nd sweeps over the
prairies, as it/ynly sweepsin Texas: a
\inriu) lullaby"to the stormy passions of
thou.- contending frosts. The darkness is
broken only by the feeble bla’Le ol a low
huts, fired by the Texans, which have fur—
nishrd a cover to their enemy. The flames
curl upwards \th asirkly glare, throw a
tiilut light fora moment upon the slum
bering army. and expire. The reign of
darkness and ot silence is resumed. ‘
0n the next day the Mexicans appear
inactive. There is but little firing on ei
ther aide. Those within the fort. Wllll
spirits unauhducd. and with energies Wea
kened but not exhausted. are applying
their limited resources to the purposes of
defence. , No heart falters; no pulse
throbs with diihiniahed power; no hand
shrinks lrom the labor that necessity im
poses; all is c‘ootidence and determina
tion ; a firm reliance, apringingfrom the
holiness of the cause; and the certainty of
its final triumph. Sunday follows, but
brings no rest to those whom God has cre
ated in his own image. yet endowed with
such unhallow ed passions. Perhaps wilt»
it‘. the chapel oi the Alamo, consecrated
to the worship of the Almighty, and dis
tinguished by the emblem ot man’s salva
tion which sirrmounts the dome. heads
may be bowed in prayer to the God of.
battles for deliverance from theirsanguin-i
ary too: but that toe takes no heed of
Sabbaths. Exclusive followers, as theyl
proclaim themselves». of the true church,i
they doom to destruction the very temple‘
they have erected for its worship ; and,i
kissing the cross suspended from their
necks. and planted before every camp.‘
they pbint their guns upon the image oil
that Saviour they once made the tutelary
deity of the Alamo. The fire at their ar.
tillery keeps company with the minutes
fithey roll on. Morning. mid-day. and
.Evening are passed, yet there is no falter
ing among those who are defending the
'ditiermopyla) of Texas. Another sun ri
‘ses and sets, and yet another: still the
indomitable hearts within quail not before
the unceasing efiorts of their enemy. ln
spite of that enemy’s vindictive vigilance,.
the little garrison receives trom Gonzalesi
a reinforcement of thirty-three men: addi-:
tional victims tor the luneral pyre, soon to“
be kindled by Santa Anna on the surroun-L
ding little, as a human hecatoinb to Mex-i
ican vengeance. 1
New batteries are erected by the busi
gars, from every point around the missiles
of destruction concentrate upon the Ala-i,
mu. ' The circles grow smaller and small
er. The final hour must soon come.—
Provisiona are not yet exhausted, but the
ammunition is almost gone. Water for
days has been supplied by the daring cf
forts.ofe solitary Mexican woman. who.‘
through showers of grape and musketry,‘
has threaded her way from the river to
the castle. while her own blood has mark
ed the path. She bears with her the spir
it of her illustrious ancestors. stretched
upon the racks of Cortez; and it is not
the fear of death or the torture that can
swerve her from her purpose. In her pres»
once there is hope. and joy. and life. At
each arrival she is hailed by the garrison
as the guardian angel of the Alamo, and
”until it falls her efforts fail not.
The siege has continued for ten days.—
The Mefxiean General has received large
reinforcements, and his army now num
bers thousands. He has been unceasing
in his etforts to hatter down the walls. but
has thus far failed. The triumph is with
Travis; but it to written in the heart'of
his ruthless too that he must die; and
when 'the cannonade is suspended "ith the
6th of March, Santa Anna has determined
that the hour for the assault has arrived.
During ten days a blood-red flag has been
streaming from the spire of the church in
San Antonio, proclaiming that no quarter»
is to be given to the champions. of the Al
amo—that blood alone will'appease the
fury of Mexican malice. When the sun
again goes down. the flag is nolonger seen,
for the deed of which it was the sign has
been accomplished. '
It is midnight. Stars are smiling in the
firmament. and the repose of paradise
seems hoverin over the armed hosts. and
hills. an? nigh} which encircle the Ala
mo. 'ow urmur rises upon the air.
which gradually becomes more and more
distinct. Lights move to and fro in the
distance. and indicate some unusual move
ment. The besieging army is in motion.
There is no advance by columns. The
force of the Mexicans is so great, that the
fort may be surrounded. leaving intervals
only for the fire of artillery. The place
is girdled by a deep line of infantry. and
these are hemmed in and surrounded by
another of cavalry. if the first shrink.
they must be thrust forward to the assault
by the sabres and pistols of their com
rades. Suddenly the batteries are in a
blaze. and from their concentric positions
pour forth radii of fire pointing to a single
centre. Amid the thunders thus created.
their own shouts scarcely less terrible.
and the blasts of hugles. the Mexicans ad
vance to the Alamo. A sheet of flame
from rifles that never failed is the answer
‘tothe charge. The infantry recoil and
:fall back upon the cavalry; their ranks
.broken and disordered by the deadly fire
‘of the besieged. The shouts from the fort
lare mingled with the groans of the dying
ion the plain. while the officers are endea
lvoring to re-form their scattered masses.
lThey return to the attack. but the lesden
.Slltnvel' which they encounter fellsthem
to the earth by platoons. Travis shows
‘himself on the walls, cheering on his un
‘daunted followers. Around him are E~
.vaus. Crockett. and Bonham. roused toa
‘last struggle. for they know that their
‘doom is sealed. ln quick succession, ri
ifle after rifle is discharged. sending hun
:dreds to their long account. The Mexi
l‘cans are again repulsed; they fell back
‘disheartened by the dead and the dying a
.round them. The battalion of Toluca.
lthe flower of the Mextcan army,is reduc
led from fourteen hundred to twenty-three.
.Men have become for a moment regard
.‘less of their officers. and are almost delir
ious, from the cries of anguish which no
discipline can restrain. and which come
from their fallen and expiring comrades.
But a breach is made at last ; the disjoin
ted forces. by the aid of threats and en
treaties are rallied, and once more turn
their faces to the Alamo. The firingin
that quarter has for some time been grow
ing slower and slower. Rifles have drop
ped from many a vigorous hand. now cold
death. while others cling to their weapons
even in the agonies of dissolution. Am
munition, too. has been failing; one by
one the mozzles drop; the last rifle is
loaded and discharged, and the Mexicans
have gained the wall. Proudly conspicu
ous in that awful moment. Travis receives
a shot. staggers, and falls. He dies not
unavcnged. A Mextcan officer rushes
upon hiiri. and is about to plunge his sa
bre into the bosom of the fallen man. when
gathering all his energies for a last effort.
he bathes his own sword in the blood of
his enemy, and they die together.
in the mean time the battle has been
raging hot and thick. The Mexicans have
poured into the citadel. like leaves falling
before the storms ofsutumn. The conflict
becomes hand to hand. Each man strug
gles with his adversary. dealing blows with
rifles. ssbces. or whatever missile may be
within reach. The Texans are almost bu-‘
ried beneath the number of their oppo
nents. The carnage has been so terrible
that the slain are piled up in heaps. Death
stares every survivor in the face. but still
he struggles on. Crockett has been con-Z
spicuous in the melee. wherever the blowa.
fell hottest and thickest. He has forced
his way over piles of the dead bodies ot
his enemies, and has reached the door of
the chapel. Here he determines in make
his last stand. At one glance of his eye.
he sees that the fate of the Alamo rests
upon himself alone. Travis has fallen;
Evans is no more ; Bowie expires upon a
bed of sickness. pierced to the heart by a
Mexican bayonet t Bonhsm fell before his
eyes. and he finds himself the only living
warrior. of the one hundred and sixty
three who had been his comrades. Per
haps at that moment the life-blood creeps
to his Martin a natural impulse. but it is
only for a moment. His foes glare on him
with the fiercaness of demons. and assault
him with blows from ssbres. muskets. and
pistols. The strength of a hundred men
seems concentrated in his single arm, as
he deals out death to his rancorous‘and an.
sparing assailants; Their bodies have
grown into a rampart before him. Black
ened with fire and smoke. besmeared with
blood. and roused into phrenzy. he stands
like some fabled god of antiquity, laugh
ing to scam the malice. and the power.
and the fury 'of hitenemies. .New tire
flashes from his eyegand new vigor herses
his arm. On his as ailants rash. but it is
only upon certain esth. They fall. but
their places are a ll 'supplied ; and so
quickly, the dead seemed 'to rise up before
him like ail-ed menlfrom the tisth of Carl.-
mus. At length a hall from a distant rile
VEMBER 6.1846
pierces him in the'forehead: hefalla back
wud to (he earth. in the streams of gore
which curdw around him. No grun es
cape-his “[5O {no ‘cry of agony. gratifieu
the implacable rancor oi hi. enomiu: he
diet. and ting Alamo has fallen. ,
From the New Orleans Commercial Tunas, Oct. 21
Later (tom the Army.
aasrur. on Tim s'rzaasart anvaswou.
MATAMORASnMONTEREY—CERALVO. Bw.
The steamship Galveston, Capt Wright.
arrived here yesterday. from Brazos San
tiago the 14th, and Galveston to the 18th
instant. By her we have on abundance of
details in our own correspondence. the
Matamoras Flag, and the Galveston pa
pers, of the movements 0! our troops un
der Gen. Taylor. their condition. casual
‘ties, etc., etc... since the capitulation of
Monterey; which we proceed to lay before
[our readers. The followutg is the order
of the day issued by General Taylor, af
ter the capitulation of Monterey :
Hawaiian-tarts Assn Ooournrorz.
Camp near Monterey. Sept. 27,1846.
The commanding general has the satis
faction to congratulate the army under his
command upon another signal triumph over
the Mexican forces. Superior In num
bers, strongly fortified, and With an im
mense preponderance ol artillery. they
have yet been driven lrom point to point
luntil lurced to sue for terms ol capitula
tion. Such terms have been granted as
were considered due to the gallant delence
of the IOWD and to the liberal policy of our
government. The general begs to return
his thanks to his commanders and to all
his officers and men, both of the regular and
volunteer lorces. for the altill, the courage.
and perseverance With which they have
overcome manilold dilficultiea, and finally
achieVed a victory shedding lustre Upon
the American arms.
A great result has been obtained. but
not without the loss of many gallant and
accomplished officers and brave men. The
army and the country will deeply sympa
thize wrth the lamilios and friends of those
who have thus sealed their devotion with
their lives. a
By order of Maj. Gen. Taylor:
W. W. S. BLISS.
Assistant Adjutant General.
Orrrcua—Geo. A. MCCALL.
Assistant Adjutant General.
flmpudta.—The Matamoras Flag states
that a Mexican officer who was in the hat
tle of Monteray, says that “Ampudia was
in lavnr of espitulating upon the terms
first ofl'ered by Gen. Taylor—lo leave the
city with their lives—but was wnhheld.
and made to demand a more honorable ex
it for his troops by the entreaties of his of
ficers. who bssought him not to dishonor
them by such terms.” This is more than
probable.
Texas Ranger3.-—Hsy’s regiment was
distinguished in the attack on the Bishop’s
Palace. under Gen. Worth, who speaks in
the highest terms of the Texans, and says
they love to tight better. can stand hunger
longer, and endure more latigus than any
soldiers he ever saw. The Texans are
now all disbanded. and are on their way
home. most of them by land through San
Antonio. Col. Hays has authority to raise
another regiment ol one thousand men.
‘ The relative jorces. losses, &c.-—We
are assured that Ampudia had from [our
teen to sixteen thousand troops—the for
mer is the lowest number given by any‘
one. They had about fifty pieces of hea
vy artillery worked with a degree of skill
and precision unsurpassed by any nation.
They were also in a strongly lurtified town.
The streets leading into the town to the
Plaza, wereall either _closed up with hea
vy and strong walls of solid masonry. re
quiring great labor, and executed in the
most workmanlike manner.or these streets
were protected with batteries of heavy ord
nance. planted so as to eflectually cover
NEW SERIES—VOLd. no. aemwnol.
their entrance.
The American army did not exceed 5.
000. and 700 01' these were reserved as n‘
camp guard to protect the camp Irom l'or
ces of Mexican cavalry; so that we had
but 4300 men in the engagement. Near
ly all our most eflocttve ordnance had been
lslt behind. There was only the Flying
Artille/ry. which. in order to do much ex
ecution, had to be exposed to a most dea
tructive fire train the enemy's heavy bat
teriee. Add tw'o 24vpnund howiters and
one 10 inch mortar, and our whole force
is given. This ahowa n disparity at more
than three to one. and vast advantages n
gninat our army in position. fully equll lo
the inequality in numbers.
The loss of our army is 561 in kill“)
and Wounded, 41 at w om are omen".—
Major Lear. 8d infantry. who was "99""
ed severely wounded. in fast recovering.
The cows ’a loss is not known mill any
lcertainty. ’lzhe Mexicans in Monterey
state it at 1.200 or 1.400» s}" “’o‘“, ‘OOO
is thought to be a more Prub'i"! estimate.
An officer writing a description of the
battle'olMontei-ey. to a brother oflicer in
Matamoraa. sayn :»
'"The Texans are e gallant set of boys-y
-pertect dare devils.‘ They will do any-l
(ling they are told to do. Gen. Worth
admires them, and he is not the only one.
They are as diflere'st irons our drsgnons
as night lrotn day. Major Chevalier; one
ofthe Texan. slicers, v asked to- go with
Capt. Smith to etorm the firet heightw-l
' Nod aaye Gen. Worth. ‘1 want,oapt.
Smith to command that party.’ ‘Thore
ahall be no difficulty about that.’ aaye the
gallant little major; 'I will go under Oop
tain Smith.’ And this major in hat a [air
sample of the whole body. 001. Raye
has gained great reputation among our ot
ticere. ~Wa|ker haa,won new laurela. .
"Gen. Worth ia the hero of thin afi'air a
he done the moat of it, and loat onlyabout
30 killed and wounded; while the main
body ol the armv toat about 500. We got
85 piecea of artillery by the surrender.—
At'ter examination, we found that we had
not‘bogun the hardest ol' the work. All
are aatiafied with the cooditione of the
truce. which laate for aixty daya. except.
perhapa some of the Texans."
Matamorea.—Tbe Flag of Wedoeaday.
the 7th. eaye. a bearer of deapatchea arri
ved in thia city on Monday evening laat,
en route for Monterey. only ten day: from
Waahington. The ataamer Aid wan char
tered immediately upon hia arrival here
to take him to Camargo. He will no doubt
arriye in Monterey on the. 9th. making
fourteen days from Waahingtoo city.—
This ia extraordinary‘ speed. and would. ‘
imply that his budget containa mattera
of importance. Probably the destiny of
Mexico. Whether she is to be. or ie out
to be. Alter the General is done looking
at them, he will tell ua what it ia all a
‘bout. We have heard on many diflerent
:conjecturea on the aubject that we dare
* not venture one ouraelvea.
flfi‘oirs of Honor. -We learn that Gen.
A S Johnron and othera would have come
by the Galveston, but were detained in,
Camargo by an unfortunate occurrence. ‘
A miaunderatanding had ariaen between
Col. Marahall, of Kentucky. and Colonel
Baily Peyton. oi New Orleane. The for
mer. we underatand. had very treely cen
aured Gen. Taylor for what he deemed
to be bad generalahip or culpable neglect.
He waa defended by Col. Peyton. The
language finally became so warm theta
challenge was given and accepted, and
the partiea were to meet with their triende
the next morning (Sunday) and settle the
ditlerence by combat. Gen A 8 Johann
acting on the friend of Col Marahall.—
The ofiicera now here lelt Camarge on
Saturday evening belore the duel. 0n
the same morning, another duel 'al to
be taught between Capt Shivora. who even
muatered into the service from Texaa.
and Capt Mouaaon. of New Oriana.—
The cause of thin in said to be the inattlt
lag department of Mouaaon towarda Sbi.
vor’a company. It wae anppoaed that
Mr Kendall. ot the Picayune. would act
aa the lriend of Mooaeon. and Ltent'la
cobs an the lriend ot Shivoro. , ' '
The New Orleana Picayune contain
the following additional particulara :
We are glad to hear that the report
brought over by the McKivn of the death
ol Col McClung. of the Miaaiaaippi vol
‘unteera. waa totally unlounded. An ol
llcer who lelt Monterey on the 6th tnat.
rays that he waa Improving, and it one
thought he would recover.
Hia lrienda will regret to learn that
Lieut Dilworth. of the lat infantiy. haa
died of hia wounds. Lieut Graham. ot
the 4th inlantry, was still alive and hopcb
were even entertained that he would re
cover. He was so desperately wounded
that his recovery would be deemed a mi
racle. but he has great atrength ot ceneti’
‘ation and his numerous trtende do not
deapair.
The great subject convened in the ar
my continued to he the terms granted to
General Ampudia. Officera and men
were so aaaured that a few houre more
fighling would have lorced them to an un
conditional surrender. that it vexed then
to have their prey escape. One expian
ation attributes to Gen Taylor a generoue
forbearance lowarda a gallant foe. It in
urged that Gen. Ampudia made the.de
tence of Monterey, contrary to the mah
es. and even ordera 0! Santa Anna. Ha
ving himaelf erected many of the deten
cea of the city. and taken it noon hunaelt
to protect it at all hazarde, hte rea‘rouato
bilitiea bore heavily upon him. an alter
the gallant defence made by hia army.
lGen. Taylor waa induced to be lenient
ltowarda him. put thiaia the reaaoniag
lot others; we do not discard ora‘dopt It.
KOthera any that Gen Taylor yielded with
{reluctance to the opiniona oi the three el
‘ficera next in command. to when the lat.
ter waa referred in a council of war.—
This. too. is but epecliation. The aane
subjectia touched upon in the lettera aub—
joincd. to which we refer.
The steamer Major Browuhae‘ lelt Ca
margo to go up the river to aaeertaiu how
tar the river may be navi able. and the
'lflag’ earn it in intended to eatahliah a
military depot at the tattheet navigable
point. an tee to have atom at a {lace a
near aa poalihle to the route ta on by
Gen Wool. marching Irom San Antonio
into Chihuahua. At the last account-
Ihe had reached Mier without meetiag
obstruction. and ma proceeding ‘on up.
An other on unheard to survey the n:
'ver and aelect. the; extreme oaviphle
9""... . '. . i 5"; "”34”, r
l a The Picayune givea,’,aqgeateuded oar
,mpoadence Irom Mo‘at'er‘eyg ,; We have
space this evening only (er tbatmrtion at
it which ie furnished hythee’ditor‘ef that
paper; Mr. Kendall, they. as eur‘readera
El
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