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hearkened to our appeals for aid, and the cheerfulness with which he has ever furnished it to the full extent of his very lim- ited ability, Resolved. That this meeting cordially appreciate the promptness and determination evinced by Lieut Witter, in our trouble of yesterday-authough but just arrived from a 16 days scout, he was promptly at the scene of disaster, and asking but one ques- tion "where is the trail"? followed at once in hot pursuit for 50 miles, without a halt, and we regret that his efforts were not crowned with that success, which his gallantry merited, and we look to the future, for services from him, which must redound to his fame, and give him a name on the frontiers, which grati- tude ever extentd to those who in their profession excel in giving quiet to our borders.-
J. A. WILKINSON E. GARZA ALBINO TREBINO H. P. BEE JOSE MA. GONZALES A. SOTO BENTURA GONZALEZ
the Report of the Committee having been read and full ex- planations of the Resolutions made in the Spanish & English lan- guages, by, the Chairman & Dr. Mulloney, they were put to the meeting and unanimously adopted- Messrs. Pierce, Lidwell, Santos, Benendis, & Wm. Robert- son were named as Committee of Correspondence, under the 3d Resolution, to which the chairman of the meeting was unani- mously added,- The meeting then adjourned, to meet on the 5th of April next, by which time it is supposed they will hear from the Governor.
EDM'D J. DAVIS Chr.-
TOMAS. TRA VEN IO Sec.
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