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 been surrounded with ditehes five feet in depth and near twelve broad, and the earth l from them has been thrown up inside-.s so as to form an efficient defence. The ditches have been filled with water from the sluicas which were employed to irrigate the fields. Artillery are mounted upon the top of the great church and other advantageous posi- tions. The garrison has twenty eight pec- es of cannon.

 The main army of the colonists, under the command of Gen. Stephen F. Austin, and numbering near one thousand men, are l now besieging the place l; but they have but l five pieces of cannon, and none of them exceeding six pounds calihre. The whole army are now waiting the arrival of twelve l pound gun-ade, which it is hoped will be sufficient 10 knock down the enemy's de- l fences, se - The long eighteen pounder which came l from New Orleans, unfortunately, was not accompanied by any shot fitting it's calibre, and this little oversight will cost the country a delay and expense greater than the cost of fifty guns. And this IS not all--for if the twelve pounder should not prove suf- ficient to demolish the enemy's works the place must be taken by assault, at the ex- pense ofthe lives of many brave men, whom both humanity and policy call upon us 10 l save from the sacrifice.

 Four hundred men from the garrison of Bexar made sortie upon party of colon ists-not one fourth of their numbers--but were defeated with loss. Major Fannin, who commanded company of the party assailed, took from the enemy a brass six pounder after desperate struggle---the l Major having killed soldier of the famous Morelos battalion, while in the very act of spiking the gum ; 1 MT. Powers, who has just arrived at this place from Nueces, brings intelligence that the small detachment of our troops which was sent out from Goiiad, proceeded to San Patricio, attacked the Mexican gar rison at that place. and compelled ito sur render, with considerable loss. As we have not seen the official report of the action, we are unable 10 give the particulars.

 A Courier has been intercepted from Santa Ana to Cos. Santa Ana writes to hold cut with the garrison until March, I when he will come to his relief with from l 5000 10 10, 1000 men,. San Antonio must sEii! Eii.! before :hcn, aad is. ia al probability 1 already in the hands of the Texians. 1 There are, we are informed, a sufficien 