VOL. 7--NO. 13.] ADVERTMEMEN7'S. ROBERT F. McCONAUGHT I ATTORNEY AT LAW. FFICE in York Street, next door to the Public Offices, in the room lately occupied by John L. Fuller, Esq. • Gettysburg, April 18, 1836 NEIV & CHEAP GOODS SeIII.IIUE L TIM T 111 E R 0 IF; INFORMS his Friends and tho Public, that he has commenced business a'. the old stand of M ILLER & WITHEROW, and has just returned from the city with A LARGE AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF GOODS, SUITABLE FOR THE SEASON, CONSISTING OF EVERY VARIETY OF iftry'Goods, Groceries, Hard ware, Queensware, ALL of which hats determined to sell cheap foi CASII or Country Produce. April 4, 1836. BOOTS & SHOES. map,. • , - A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF OOTS AND 926109 SHOES Just received and for sale by J. GILBERT, Gettysburg. (KrHaving made arrangements at home for that purpose, BOOTS and SHOES can be made to order in a workmanlike manner and at the shortest notice. April 4,1836. tf-1 COel CH, S.IDDLE ✓IJVI) TRUNK FACTORY. THE Subscriber returns 'his thanks to the Public for the very liberal support extended to him, and would respectfully state that he is at all times prepared, at his old Stand in Chambersburg Street, a few doors West of the Court-House, to Make, Trim and. Repair -:.,.. alas, ) ktitailmet rliOnfOr i. Rarouches A' 14_,, , 1 4 -_. _ iik ,-4 , • '''t.2- , • .---,', 4 Lr.r'' : - Ig:7 - t- ; ''' - ' . -: - 2 CARRIAGES of all kinds, in a neat, fashionable and sub stantial manner, of soma NATERIALs and at the shortest notice. • . He is also prepared to manufacture, and has now on hand, . , SADDLES, Ps', 1 4- t \ BRIDLES, 4 - t? ! 4 .. MARTINGALES ; _ - Saddle-bags, Portmanteaus, Trunks, Harness, AND EVERY. OTIIER ARTICLE IN lIIS LINE OF ROSINESS. The Public are respectfully invited to give him a call before purchnstng elsewhere. Oz:TAII kinds of Marketing taken in ex change for work nt fair prices. EDWIN A. ATLEE. Gettysburg., May 2, 1836. tf-5 CONSUMPTION. Indian Specific, FOR the prevention and cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, Consumptions, Spit and diseases of the Breast and Lungs, prepared by Doct. CLARKSON FREE M AN, of the city of Lancaster. BILL OF DIRECTION, Accompanying each bottle of the Specific, pointing out in a conspicuous manner, all the symptoms in-the different stages of these distressing diseares; also particular direc tions respecting diet and regiment, and how patients are to conduct through every stage until health is restored—for vain end useless would be the prescriptions of the ablest phi , - sicians, accompanied by the most powerful and useful medicines, if the directions are not-faithfully adhered to. 'rho public are informed that the depost tions of 287 persons have been taken, before proper authorites in the city of Lancaster, all completely cured in the most desperate cases of consumption, setne of which are de tailed in the bills accompanying each bottle. • o:rThe price of each bottle of Indian Specific - is $l, and each envelope of the gen. nine Specific is signed by Dr. Clarkson Freeman, and the initials, C. F. on the seal of each bottle. None ran be genuine with out his signature, a base composition hay. log been attempted to be imposed on the public by a counterfeit imitation of this ex traordinary article. For sale.at the drug store of Dr. J. GILBERT. Gettysburg, Oct. 19, ISa5. Iy-29 .S•O'VIU11. A LL persons indebted to the Estate of HENRY BLACK, late of Mountjoy township, Adams county, deceased,are here.: by requested to make settlement on or be fore the Ist of July next; and these having claims against said Estate, are requested to present t4ie same to the subscriber, proper. ly authenticated, for settlement. . The Executor resides in the Borough of Gettysburg. HUGH DEN IV LADLE, Ex'r. May 16, 1836., 6t-7 Wrightsville and Gellysburg RAIL ROAD. T HE CommiSsioners of the Wrightsville and Gettysburg Rail Road Company hereby give notice, that BOOKS WILL I'SE OPENED at the following places for the subscription of Stock in said Company, on the 27th, 281 h, and 291/i days of June next., from 10 o'clock, A. m. until 4 o'clock, P.M. At the Exchange, in the City of Phila delphia. At the Eutaw House, in the City of Bal timore. At the Franklin House, in the Borough of Gettysburg. At the house of Jacob Eichelberger, in the Borough of Hanover. At the house of J. Gossier, in Columbia. At the house of George Ickes, in Abbotts town. At the house of A. Picking, in Berlin. T. C. MILLER, J. A. THOMPSON, T STEVENS, J. WILSON, WM. McCLELLAN, T. J. COOPER, J. F. MACFARLANE, J. B. McPHERSON,. S. FAHNESTOCK, . . - JAMES McSFIERRY, D. MIDDLECOFF, GEORGE FILMES, GEORGE ICKES, J. CARL, WM. HILDEBRAND, JOSEPH MILLER, A. PICKING, G. L. FAUSS, R. M. HUTCHESON, HENRY WERT, J. KAUFELT, J. L. FATHY, WM. WRIGHT, WM C. McPHERSON, WM. D. LEWIS, JESSE R. BURDEN, JOHN GEST, JOHN B. MITCHELL, SAMUEL McCLELLAN, JACOB ALBERT, JAMES H. MILLER, Commissioners. td-si Mar'23, 1830. Millinery. THE subscriber respectfully informs her former customers, and the public generally, that she has recommenced the above busi ness at her residence, (at the house of Mrs. W./aimEn,) Opposite the Post OtEco,where she will at all times be prepared to Make and Repair Bonnets IN THE MOST FASHIONABLE MANNER, having made arrangements to receive the LATEST FASHIONS from Philadelphia regu larly. S. SCHREINFAL Gettysburg, April 11, 1836. tf-2 Special Court. NOTICE is hereby Given, to all whom it may concern, that, in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylva nia, entitled, "An Act for holding Special Courts of Common Pleas," passed thehs,th day of March, 1816, and its supplements,' A Special Court of Common Pleas 'will be holden at the Court:house in the bo rough of Gettysburg, in and for the county of Adams, on Monday the 25th day of July next, (being the fourth Monday In said month,) at 10 o'clock, A. rut. to try and de termine all such matters as shall properly be cognizable by the said court. JAMES BELL, Jr. Sheriff'. Gettysburg, May 80,1836. tc-9 Carpenter's Compound Fluid Extract of 1333 CCM :Kit OR diseases of the bladder, obstructions of LI urine, &c. &c. The Buchu leaves have been highly recommended for diseases of the bladder, by some of the most-distinguished phy. sicians of Europe. "A variety of remedies have been advised (says Doctor M'Dowell,) for chron. is inflammation of the bladder: most of them I have repeatedly tried with little or no effect,be yond that of being in some degree palliative.— The Compound Bucho having been lately strongly recommended, I was induced to make irial of .it, and my experiments. have resulted iu the satisfactory manner, having succeeded in saving. the most inveterate cases, in which I had no hope of success." The above medicine has been frequently pre scribed by, and found to answer the fullest ex pectations of the principal physicians of the cities. Just received from the ware•house of G. W. Carpenter, and for sale at the Drug Store of Dr. J. GILBERT. • Gettysburg, June 6, 1b36. 11-10 POLISHING POWDER, FOR, Polishing Brass and other Metals that require a high and durable Lustre. This Powder will produce a Polish with less labor than any other in use. ITS EXCELLENCE IN CLEANSING ALL KINDS OF METAL SUBJECT TO CORROSION,-TILE BRILLIANCY OF ITS POLISH, AND THE EASE WITH WHICH IT IS APPLIED, Render it an object to every family in point of ECONOMY. Its superior qualities have gained for it a high reputation, and a most decided preference over any preparation of the kind over offered to the Public. It is warranted not to contain AN ACID, or any other corrosive ingredient. For sale at the Drug Store of Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettysburg. April 4,1836. tf—l Ltt4.1410.19Q2.1 1 /1"26464 0 ao-OF EVERY DESCRIP'rION,4:O . Neatly and expeditiously executed at the OFFICE OF THE Star IP Republican Banner, • onrriessvuo, PENN. BY ROBERT WHIT I.4=LETOII I EIDITO;ti P I :7I3IaIREER AZTE PROPRIETOR, "I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF NY LIYINO ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-SHAIV el,2w3P/tva3rmal e rpagl e Qragj,ilkrbazir e aww2a su e a q2Mal -"With sweetest flowers eorich'd, From various gardens cull'd with cam." WE CANNOT WAR. We cannot war!—the Briton thinks Our arms were framed to toil—not bleed! He little dreams how scythes aro swords When comes the bloody hour of need. He little reeks the self-same strength, Which swings in peace the summer blade, Will mow as broad a swath among The files where carnage is a trade. Mark the great oaks! they array their leaves To every breath of noon or night; Gentle, as gentlest things or earth— Sleeping upon their sense of might. The storm is mil—they cast their leaves Like useless summer robes away, And on the hill-side greenly fixed, They meet tho storm in stern array. We cannot war! our cheeks will blanch Before the fierce breath of the foe:— When Carnage looks on us her first To coward's burial we shall go. WE, who have trod beneath our heel The forest serpent and her young; We, who have grappled nrith.the wolf, And met the pant hefas he sprung. If we couto be thus base—thus vile. , A solemn train of men would spring Forth from the sod—the pilgrim sires! Their manly voices then would ring. Like death-knells; "Sons—once sons of ours, We give you to the curse ye seek! No more look back to us as sires— But bear the vengeance kings can reek." But where is Gaul? her sons can tell If ours is frozen, coward blood; Ask of the Indian! he can say If ours ale trusty swords and good. The fort o'crturned—the ambushed foe Mark'd down by his own glancing eyes— Th' averted brand, which madly blaz'd A meteor in the midnight skies— These, and a thousand rays of soul Shot from the darkness of our days, The firm resolve—the hardy toil— The free-born thought (tho' this is praise,) Attest the hearts, whose noblest wish Is but to dream—to dare—to die in breathing, battling, sufPring for The stolen hope of—Libertyl Vl2O E;1111TWiIIV(Da3o THE LOST DINNER. Or a Corpulent Gentleman's ✓ldventure. "Oh that this too solid flesh would melt, thaw and resolve itself' into a dew."—[IIADILET. "Let me have menalrout me that are fat."-- C/ESAII. Of all the plagues with_ which Old Nick has at tempted to disturb tho quiet of inn world, I think thorn is none equal to the disposition wilfelt half the community have for tormenting fat peo ple. I can speak freely on this point, for lam a fat man myself. Your lean fellows live in quiet; nobody think of poking fun at them, or jostling them in the street, or squeezing thorn in a crowd, or at a stage coach, or a box at the theatre. They slip through the common rubs and crosses of lifo as easily as a snake, through the bushes. A starv. ling has an immunity against all tribulation: but a fat man—there is no mercy for him: lie is a butt for all the jokes that are current; there is no sharp shooting but hits him. Ho is too prominent a mark to escape.. Tho loan ones envy his goodly size and revenge themselves the only way they can, by ridiculing what they would fain partici pate in, but find it beyond their reach, as the fox turned op his right-honorable snout at certain grapes. Who would not bo fat Who could? I don't see any harin in being fat. It is shoor malice and envy that would sot tho world against fat pooplo who, generally speaking, aro tho most useful and good natured of the community: fruges consumere nati, they keep the markets up, and make trade flourish. If to be fat is to be hated, says Falstaff, then aro Pharaoh's lean kind to be loved. I think so too. I hate loan folks, they make me think of a famine; and short commons aro an abomination unto mon of my condition. But lot me come to the point, and the point of the matter is that I make it a point never to refuse an invitation to a dinner. Now I received an invitation to ono last week, the moat magnificient dinner that has boon eaten in the city those fifty years. Tho very men. Lion of the dishes made my mouth water. Alder. man Gobble who gave tho dinner knows how to create an appetite in guests by a specification of his tlt.bits. I need not atop now to rocapitulato the niceties which the worthy alderman had pro. :rased and with which I regaled my imagination for a week in anticipation of the feast. Suffice it to say it was a meal fit for a gormand, and I had raised an appetite fit to do justice to it. Oh ye ; domons of disappointment! How could ye serve ti mo such a trick as to balk me of that dinner. 1 For as my ill luck would have it, I happen to livo just now about ton miles from Boston. There is no difficulty ono would think, in jumping into a stage and posting into town,—and that is truo enough in the case of ordinary folks, but see what plagues beset a fat man! I had bespoke my pas. sago, and was the first to get into the stage, when a disagreement arose about the space which I oc. cupiod in the vehicle. The driver asserted that 1 had taken but one seat, and all the others in the coach were engaged before me. Now as he un dertook to prove by regular admeasurement that my immense rotundity of corporation, us he was pleased to call it, occupied at least space enough for four, ho maintained that all should seat them. 1 The elements or matters of which plants are selves first and them I might got in if I could. omposed are almost wholly carbon, hydrogen, "Not in the day timo, my lad," said I, as I seat. nd oxygen. Whonover the plant dies, and do. od myself snugly on the back seat. "First come, omposos or rote, these elements partially or first served. I have got my place, now the others wholly Nom ate, and enter into new combinations, may take theirs, I paid for my seat isn't it a bar either animal, vegetable, mineral, or wriform. gain." "But,the °there can't all got in," said the driver' Prayer for Kings. , q 1 let them rido on the top," answered I. , A worthy clergyman of the Methodist porous. "Really Mr. Sugarhogehead," said ho, "had'ntsion, once in out preeenco hold forth upon that you bolter ride on the t9p yourself?" text of St. Paul which requires us to pray for our "For Heaven's sake no," said another; "don'truler& Ho remarked that it might be a difficult put that great fat chuff on the top, he'll make miduty for republicans to pray for kings,as the scrip. top heavy and overact us." 'lure required. "But," ho added, "I hayo thought "1 have no notion of riding on tho top," said I, "so you may make yourselfeasy on that score." "But you must get out," said they, "and wait for the next stage." • "And what will becomo of my dinnor," said I. "Here is Mrs. Pickloton and her aovon childron who will all bo disappointed of places in the city if they do.not arrive at two o'clock." "And I shall bo disappointed of my dinnor if I do not reach Alderman Gobblo's at the samo time." "'Tis enough to try the pntionco of Job," said Mrs. Pickloton. "Don't talk to me about Job," said I, "ho never had such an invitation to a dinner in his "But you cant go with us," said they. "Bnt I must go with you," said I. So saying, I throw back my head, and composed myself on my seat and lot them soo that I was not to bo inov ad. After some altercation with the other pas. sengerq, the driver shut the coach door and left mo within alone. Presently I heard tho smack of the whip, and the horses started. I thought we sot off with a very easy paco,and was highly delight ed to find mysolf solo possessor of the inside of the coach . whore I had expected to bo annoyed by the company of Itlrs.Pickleton and her 801'01/ chil dren. We travelled at so easy, comfortable a rate that I fell into a doze; an infirmity to which I am somewhat accustomed though not in stage coach es. I droinpt of being at Alderman Gobble's din• nor, where I kept eating and eating till I thought I never should have enough. What was the most singular of all was thut the more i ate, tho hun. grier I grow. Mothought the dinner lasted un conscionably long, till at lust I awoke from pure hunger. I was fairly starved out of my dream. "Surely," thought 1, as I awoke, "wo must have got to Boston by this time." I pulled out my watch. It was half pasttwo: "Heavens!" exclaim ed I, "whore aro we?"—l jumped up and looked out of the carriage and—and there was I at the very place of starting, wo hid not moved a rod all tho while. Thildriver had taken the horses away and driven off with another stage whilst I was dreaming of Alderman Gobble's dinner. Capt. Marryatt, tho popular author of "Jacob Faithful," and "Japbot in Search of a Father," relates the following anecdote in a late number of the London Metropolitan. Talking about rogue ry, there was a .carious incident occurred some limo back, in which a rascal was outwitted. A —(Juutra bachelor gentleman. who mug a superiour drafts man Tina caricaturist, was laid in hikapartments with the gout in both foot. Ho could not move, but sat in an easy chair, and was wheeled by his servants in and out of his chamber to his sitting room. Now a well known vagabond ascertained the fact, and watched until the servant was sent upon a mossage. The servant came out of the front door, but loft the aroa door open communi. eating with the kitchen. Down went the vega. bond, enteied the kitchen, walked up stairs, where as ho anticipated;he found the gentleman quite alone and helploss,, "lam sorry you cannot move, and your servant is oot." Tho gentleman stared. "his excessively careless of you to leave yourself so exposed, for behold the contreqtlences! t toko the liberty of removing this wetch and set oft" the table ind.puttins thorn into my own pocke t ;.. and, as perceive yiii# keys aro tone, I shall now open these drawers and see whit Belts my pur pose." . "Oh! pray help iousself,-kbet." replied the gentleman, who was 'aWaieViat•he could do nothing to prevent him. Tho rogue did siiticsord• ingly; ho found the plate in the sideboard draitr, and many other articles which suited himOind about ten minutes having made up his bundle, he made the gentleman a very low bow and depart. pd. But the gentleman had the rule of his fiends Itnd had not been idle; he had taken an exact like. ness of the thief with his pencil, and on his sop. Vent returning soon after, ho despatched him Ml modiately to Bow street with the draiving, and ccount of w hat had happened. Tho likeness was zo good, that the man was immediately identified .y the runners, and was captured before ho had imo to dispose of a single article. He was brott go the gorjtloman in two hours afterwarts, idonti. lod, the property found on him sworn to, and in rix weeks he was on his passage to Botany Bay. Interesting Facts in Chemistry. The creation or destruction of any element is .ot to be found in the oporations of nature. The timorous phenomena of composition and docom. ..sition which take place on the surface of the lobe, piesent only changes of combinations, •• hich axe formod according to fixed, eternal, and nchangeablo laws. Thus nature is regenerated • ithout being impoverished, and mattor.oxpori :noes only those changes whioh aro produced niformly and periodically, espocially m organiz. d bodies. A vegetable substance is always acid, when. ver the oxygen it containsis to the hydrogen in greater proportion than in water; it is always .sinous, or oily, or spirituous, whenever it con ins oxygen in a smaller proportion to the hy rogen than exists in water; and it is neither acid or resinous, but either saccharine or mucilagin. us, or analogous to woody fibre or starch, when. ver tho oxygen and hydrogen in it are in the am proportion as in water. .4 Rogue Outwitted. act% of a way to got over the difficulty,v.ithout violence to, our feelings and principles as republicans. I recommend all on whom It may ho incumbent to pray for kings, to ask the Lord to giro them short lives and happy deaths, convert their souls, take thorn to heavon,and send no more such." "Amen," responded the audience heartily. John llancock. During the soigo at Boston, Gon. Washington consulted Congress upon the propriety of born. boarding the town of Boston. Mr. Hancock was then President ofCougress, After General Wash. ington's letter was road, a solemn silonco ensued. This was broken by a member making a motion that the houso should resolve itself into a coin mato° of tho whole in ordor that • Mr. Hancock might give his opinion upon tho important subject as ho was deeply interested from having all his estato at Boston. After ho left the chair, ho ad dressed the chairman of tho committee of the w bolo in tho following words—"lt is true, Sir, nearly all the property I have in the world is in houses and other real estate in the town of Boston; but if the expulsion of' tho British army from it, and the liberties ()four country requiro their being burnt to aShes—ISSUE THE ORDER FOR THAT PUR POSE IMMEDIATELY." Tho following, from the Claromount Eagle, is just as good as if wore a voritablo An , unsophisticated chap from the country, found himself not long since at the dinner table of a fashionablo lady in Boston. Ho was ninth cousin to her husband, and of course was invited to dine. At home, in Vermont, ho was plain "John," but now it was all "Mr. Stokes." "Have you any preference—what part of the beef do you proferr—"l ain't no way particular—l can eat any thing home but frogs." John' got through quite well, calling the cider "capital tongy stuff;" and pronouncing the olives the poorest pickles he had over tasted—not to bo compared to "aunt Botsoy's mangos." Whoa the 'custards came on, John stared. He had evidently novor soon any before. Tho lady perceiving Mr. Stokes did not scorn disposed to taste the ono before him, passed the nutmeg grater to him, supposing a little sprin kling of nutmeg upon it would be acceptable.— "No I thank you, ma'am, I never oat pepper on bonnyclabbor, when I'm at home." • .IVewspapers. Tlio novvapapor carries tho voice of the many home to ovory individual among thorn; by the nowspapor,each ono learns that all others are feel ing as he fools, and that if ho is ready, he will find them also prepared to act upon what they feel.- 7 The now spapor id thotclograph which carries the signal throughout the country, and the flag round which he rallies. Hundreds of newspapers,speak ing in the samo voice at once, and the rapidity of communication afforded by improved moans of To cotnotion, were what enabled the whole country to combino in that sirnultaneous,onorgotic domon etration of determined will which carried the re form act. 0:r• DEFERRED ARTICLES. LOMB PHILLIP ^ has made M. PAGEOT, : recently French Minister at Washington, rto:knight of,the Legion of Honor. ONE LATER. FROM LONDON. ThgabiliTiresi4l7l, Capt. Chadwick, at bi r itiistonclon,dates to the evening of the kith May.. The - ichr. Agneti, „which was red ieto,bir the Gladiator, N. YePaoltat, and_ li6e;eoplY, In 16 - fathoms water, ha's beedsold foegati . o: r He carets hem Wallow, oil, and 25.,t9ns iron With same smallefarOdis. The estimated decreaseii fheiiltorns of the EngliTsh Post _Office; in candequence of the late French arfa4ernOtits is E 20,000, and the same loss upon probates by the new System of stamp duties ! • A petition has been presented to the French Chambers praying the abolition' of gaming hguses in Patin, 0ne...3r two- mem bers spoke in favoief the petition; M. Thiers felt embarrassed at knowing how to replace the 5,5000,000-francs annually paid by them to the Government. In the course of the debate, one of , the Government Ministers mentioned - that gambling had diniinished considerably, the proceeds having dec reAsed in the course of some years, from Wean to five millions per annum. Great difference ofopinion to exist in Holland, relative to the expediency of sanctioning the projected 'rail road between Amsterdam and Cologne. The German papers confirm the report of the intended reduction of the Austrian army. The following letter from Frankfort,dated April 30, has been received: "We learn that the Great Courts of the East have just sent their Ambassadors at Paris fresh instructions relative to the con tingency of an intervention in Spain. Count Fesselrode is said to have instructed Count Pahlon to protest against any intervention; if France take decided measures and send an army into Spain, the Russian Ambassa dor is to demand his passports; if France give ' assistance under hand, Cahlen is to iniorm his Cabinet, which, in that case, may send subsidies to Don Carlos. It is said that, for the present, Russia merely protests, without announcing what are its intentions in case an intervention should actually take place. Prince Metternich does not seem favorable to the intervention, because he thinks that Prussia might take advantage of it, to inter vene, on its part, in the East." Considerable sensation had been produced in London, by a reported impost said to have been levied by the - Russian Autocrat on all vessels entering the Danube from the Black Sea. Thd English Foreign Minister had denied the right of the Czar to levy this [WHOLE. NO. 325-• , (duty, and justifies the English mere**, in a refusal to pay it, and a 'fleet ofveseelit,Of, war-had been ordered to the Dardanelled:— It is however said by some that the Wbote arose from a misunderstanding, which thfi Russian minister in London gays wilt 'be , -satisfactorily explained. . . .. ' The Tei Head Quarters of the Artni4 SAN JACINTO, April 25. To His Excellency D. G. Bummer, President of the kepublic of Teias. , Sin: I regret extremely that my Elifilaitolll since the battle of the 21st has been such as „ to prevent my sending you my o ffi cial report • of the same previdus to this time. I have the henor to inform you that on-the evening of the 18th .inst. after 'a forced' march of fifty-five miles, which was ellectek in •two days and a half, the army arrived op.; posite Harrisburg. That evening a courier" ' was taken, from which I learned that Gen. Santa Anna, with one division of hie choice troops, had marched in the direction. of Lunch's Ferry, on thaSan Jacinto,burning Harrisburg as they, passed down..' The: was ordered to be in readiness to march • early on the next morning. __..The_nitari dy effected a passage over Buffalo baYou, below .Harrisburg, on the morning of the loth, having-left the baggage,. sick; rind a sufficient camp guard in the rear. We - cow tinned the " march throughout the night, making but one halt in the prairio for a shert time, and without refreshment. .At daylight we resumed -the line of march,and in a short distance our scouts encountered thiae of the enemy,and we received information that Gen. Santa Anna was at New Washingtoa, and would that day take up his line of march for Anahuac, crossing at Lynch'S. The Tex ian army halted within half a mile of the ferry, in some timber, and were engaged in slaughtering beeves, when the army of Gen. Santa Anna was discovered to be , typo:ach ing, in battle array, having been encamped at Clopper's Point, 8 miles below. Disposition _was immediately' made of our , forces, and preparation for his reception-- Ho took a position with his infantry and ar tillery in the centre, occupying an island of timber, his cavalry covering the left flank. The artillery then opened upon our encathp ment, consisting of ono double fortified me-' dium brass 12 pounder. The infantry in, - column advahced with the design of charg. trig our tines, but — were repulsed by a charge of grape and cannister from our ar tillery,consisting of two six-pounders. The enemy had occupied a piece of timber, with- ~ in rifle shot ofthe left wing of our army,from which an occasional interchange of, small arms took place between the troops, until the enemy withdrew to a position ,on the bank of the San Jacinto, about thus, quert ters of a mile of our encarniiment, afibl corn ' menced a fortification. A short time before on-set our mounted men, about 85 in him ber,under the special command ofCol. Sher- man, marched out for the purpose of recon noitering the enemy. Whilst advancing, they received a volley from the left of the • ' enemy's infantry, and after a sharp re noot- with their cavalry, in which oar's noted extremely well, and performed tionriafeats of daring chivalry, they retired in good corder, • having had two men wounded severely, end several horses killed. In the meantime the infantry under the commend , of Lieut.W.': Milord, and Col. Burliion's regimen4w,W the artillery, had **,. out pose of covering tbgs .iftecessary;.oTh Lqf liAjnpinent• in r. 4 04 0 434 *" .7 temainild without any .0410446 act ,•% the 21st, at kelt' the first refreshthentiiiiiiicli. they 111ftr414.- ed for two ,dajci; 'the enemy itl . Wtatetin tithe having - extended the right flank ,010eir ' . infantry so as to occupy the o x treob point of askirt uf timber on the . Link o€ the Jacinto, and securingtheir left by a fortifies, , tion about five feet bigh,constructed and baggage, leaving 'Sib oitejipgin theAhn!i', tre of the breastwork,in win& their artillery was placed, their cavalry uiton their left, About 9 o'clock on the Morning of the 21st, the enemy ,were reinforced by 500 choice troops," under the ceminfind of Gen. Cos, increasing their effective force to up wards of 1500 men, whilst our aggregate force for the field numbered 783. At half past three o'clock in the evening, I ordered the officers of the Texian army to parade their respective commands, having in the mean time ordered the bridge on the only road communicating with the Brazos, • dis tant eight miles from our encampment, to be destroyed, thus cutting off al! possibility of escape. Our troops paraded with alacrity , and spirit, and were anxious for the contest. Their conscious disparity ofnumbers seem• ed only to increase their enthusiasm and confidence, and heightened their anxiety for the conflict. Our situation afforded me en opportunity of making the arrangements pre-' paratory to the attack, without exposing otit • ' designs to the enemy. The Ist.Regiment commanded by Col. "Burleson, was assigned the centre. The 2d Regiment, under the • ..,, i ; command °fad. Sherman, formed thelek , ~ 1 ,, wing of the army. The Art ille ry ,under the , . 1 ., special command of Col. Geo..W. Hcchlak ie . ''4 inspector general, was placed on the right : - , : * P of the Ist Regiment, and four cointianieirdto'A infantry, under the command of ifieuip':iq - ':J Henry Millard, sustained the artilleti'llpaik . ,,l the right. Our cavalry, sixty-one fo:o4iiiV'tii ber,commandedbi Col. Miraban 8.,14,44i , 41; (whose gallant and daring conduct thtil.,"-i?' 1 previova day had attracted the edMisaiiiiii` 4 .,, , ,-N,
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