By request I will finish the Alamo letter and news in the Christian Co Paper.. The first one's I left out and "remember" these were sent before the fall --- IMPORTANT NEWS TEXAS the New Orleans papers by last night's mail contain intelligence of the fall of San Antonio, and the complete rout of the Mexican troops in Texas. General Cox? is said to have been killed together with most of the Mexican officers. My regret to learn that Col. Miam, the commander of the Texans was also killed. These are all of the particulars of the capture that have reached us. The intelligence of the execution of twenty eight unfortunate men at Tampico, proves but too true. There were all shot on the 14th of December -- among them the following native Americans... Arthur n. Clement, native of Pa. aged 40 years no parents. Thomas Whitaker, native of Pa., age 80 yr - father in Pa. William C. Barclay, native of NY, aged 20 - parents in NY Jacob Morrison, native of New York, aged 21, parents in Ky. Edward Mount, native of New York, aged 23 - mother in NY Charles Gross, native of Pa, aged 23 mother in Pa. Isaac F. Leeds, native of NJ, aged 30 no parents Mordecia Gist native of Maryland, aged 53, father in Marylnad. His own last residence In. David Long, native of Ohio, aged 25 - mother in Ohio. William H. Mackay, native of Va, aged 20 mother in Va. Jonas K. Stewart, native of Vermont, aged 33, mother in Vermont. James McCormick, of Ky, and Fleming of Pa, died in hospital. Subjoined in the dying address of these unhappy men, from which it will appear that they were inveighed into an attack on Tampico. We the undersigned prisoners of war, condemned to be shot on Monday next, the 14th inst at 7 a.m. by military court martial, comfimable to the established custom of the country, and composed of officers of the Mexican army, the sentence 4 p.m. by Captain Alexander Faulac of said army, as our last dying words, do declare ourselves innocent of the charge of either participating or colleaguing with any person or party, having for its object the revolutionizing or disturbing in any manner the tranquillity of the Government of Mexico, and that the testimony given before the honorable Court of Inquiry will corroborate this declaration. We have not but nine hours allotted us, and conclude hastily by requesting all who may hear of our fate to entertain no erroneous impression. We also annex the following letter from Thomas Whitaker to his brother, William H. Whitaker, formerly of this place. (Letter to Follow) Betty Sellers