fortress at the time of the final catastrophe of this post, who was spared by the enemy, and permitted to return into the American settlements. He says that Mrs. D. informed him, that of the five who, for a moment ,survived their companions, and threw themselves on the victor's clemency, two were pursued into her room, and subjected in her presence to the most· totturing death. They were even raised on the points of the enemy's lances, let down and raised again and again, whilst invoking as a favor, instantaneous death to terminate their anguish, till they were at last too weak to speak, and then expired in convulsion. Nothing certain had been learned, when my informant left head quarters, of the fate of Col. Ward and his unfortunate companions. A rumor had reached the camp that four of his men had gotten in -. that they left him with 90 of his men in the Guadaloupe bottom, on the west side of the river, nearly opposite the town of Victoria, now occupied by the enemy; and that they were destitute of amunition, having expended what they brought out of the church of Refugio, in the subsequent engagement with the enemy's cavalry. Should this prove true, it is possible that the party may have succeeded in crossing the river and reaching the Brasos. The distance they have marched to effect this, is 100 miles. - It is rumored that some poor families who had not been able to make their escape on account of sickness, or for want of the means of conveyance, had been refused quarters and indiscriminately put to the sword. Doct. Harrison, son of Gen. Wm. Harrison, and three others, were taken prisoners at Victoria by a party of the enemy, carried over the river Guadaloupe, and cut to pieces alive. - The mangled remains of Harrison were afterwards seen by several Americans, on their way to the Brasos. I have been asked again and again, since my return to the United States whether Texas could succeed, whether she would be able to sustain herself? Both what I saw, and what I have heard on good authority, compel me to answer in the affirmative. The baneful schisms which unfortunately existed there at the close of the last, and at the opening of the present campaign, among some of the officers, and between the former Executive and the Provisional Council created by the Consultation, are no longer known. The blood of the Alamo and of the command of Fannin has cemented all together, the union of the people is now perfect, and indissoluble. The time has come when it is necessary for every citizen to become a soldier when every one sees and feels the necessity, and when the more tardy in their movements, and the most unbelieving are yielding up every thing to ensure sclf-preserva-
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