FIFTEEN CENTS PER MONTH.
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once took measures to find him. A hundred
men were sent off with the prisoners to Harris
burg. and hundred others, capitally mounted
on horses found in the Mexican camp, started
to scour the country in search Of the fugitive
chief. accompanied the latter detachment.
| We had been twelve hours in the saddle and
had ridden over nearly hundred miles Of
ground. We began to despair Of finding the
game we were in quest of, and were thinking
Of abandoning the chase, when at the distance
Of about seventy miles from the camp; one Of
our most experienced hunters discovered the
ground leading the marsh. Following this
trail it at last led to man sunk up to the waist
in the swamp, and so covered with mud and
filth as to be quite unrecognizable. We drew
him forth from his hiding place, half dead with
cold and terror, and having washed the dirt
from his face we found him to be a man about
forty years Of age, with blue eyes, of mild but
crafty expression a narrow high forehead; a
long thin nose, rather fesby at the tip, project
ing under lip, and long chin. These features
tailed too exactly with the description we had
of the Mexican General, for us to doubt that
the prisoner was Santa Anna himself. il teg
7. The only thing that at all tended to shake
this conviction, was the extraordinary poltroon-
cry Of our new captive. He threw himself on
his knees, and begged in the name of God and
all the Saints to spare his life. Our reiterated
assurances and promises were insufficient to
convince him of his being in perfect safety, or
induce him to demeanor more consistent with
his dignity and high station. aa .e


| The events which succeeded this fortunate
capture are too we'll known to require more
than brief recapitulation. The same evening
truce was agreed upon between Houston and
Santa. Anna, tile latter sending orders to his
different Generals to retire to San Antonio de
Bexar and other places in the direction Of the
Mexican frontier. These orders, valueless as
emanatng from prisoner, most of the Gen.
erals were cowardly or weak enough to obey,
an obedience for which they were afterwards
brought to "a trial by the Mexican Congress-. In
few days two-thirds of Texas was in our pos
session. rs .sr, H#aa aa8 aggrM


The news of this success brought crowds of
volunteers to our standard. In three weeks
we had an army of several thousand men, with
which we advanced against the Mexicans.
There was no more fighting, however, for our
antagonists had had enough, and allowed them
selves to be driven from one position to another,
till, in months time there was not one left in
the country. 'ia'a& 2@a inai lS


The struggle was over and Texas was free.