domain, she calls upon the brave and 1:11tcrpriHi11~ t,, :,i,J J,,:r i11 ,.,,~ conflict, and offers to them in return, lioir11:1-1 awl ,id, 1:~1:1,,:~, i,, the most beautiful region and ddiciow; dim,: '"' H11: fo,:,: ,,f th,: earth. By the laws adopted by the people of T1:xa1-1 n:~ufolir,~ th,~ subject, each emigrant, who shall serve faithfully i11 h1:r armi,:.~ for three months, will receive a bounty of 300 hundr,:d & tvo:ntr acres of land; those serving faithfully for six rn,,nth!-l will f,~ entitled lo six hundred and forty acres; and those that .-1:rw: faithfully during the war, and becoming scttl,:rs, 1:1,tahli,f, themselves in the country, will receive two thousand on,: hundr,;,J and ten acres, if single men, and if men of families, five th,m;;and two hundred and forty acres. The lawful heirs of those that may die or be killed in the service, or in going lo or returning fr<1m th,: war, will be entitled to the same that would have been due thf; deceased, if he had served out his time and settled in the country. In addition lo these munificent bounties in land, emigrants serving in the army will receive the same pay, rations and clothing allowtd by the United States. Those who may be able to arm and equip themsel\'es, or to furnish a horse are requested to do so, and bonds on the Government will be given for the same at a just valuation, receivable in discharge of debts due the Republic for lands. The person raising and bringing into the service 280 emigrants shall receive a commission as Colonel in the "Army of Reserve;" half that number will entitle the person bringing them into the service to the rank of Major; the person bringing into the service a company of 71 emigrant rank and file, shall be Captain: and for half that number a Lieutenancy will be given. IL is necessary Lo caution the friends of Texas not to gi\'e heed to rumors tending to induce the belief that the war is O\'er and that there is no farther need of Volunteers. No relieance, no faith whatever, should be given to any arrangement made with the Monster Santa Anna, or his minions. He was only deceiving the authorities and lullina the Texians lo sleep, whilst the , I:> Government was engaged in the most active preparations to surprise them with a new and sudden invasion. There is a combination of speculators cooperating with the cnemit•s of Texas, by circulating thousands of ever varying rumors, whose origin the public cannot trace, and whose immediate objecl ii dol'S
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