The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-01
Incident of the Texan war.

The tragedy Of Nacogdoch-s, and the romantic
incidents which led to The Texan Ct Iudepeu-
dence, find rhsr parallel only in the Roman his-
tory ut LncretIa and the elder Brutus. Juan Cos
ia was person Of great influence ard bravery in
the wild forests but he fell under he dIspleasure
of Santa Anna, and his mInOn, Pedras, the Com
mandant Of Narogdoches, was sent to arrest him.
He arrested his father the supper table, attended
by his only daughter young girl Of surprising
beauty and intelligence. He loaded him with
chains, and cast him into prison, notwithstanding
her tears and enlrraties. Finally he prupO-sd TO
free the father If he daughter wonid CONSENT 10
sacrifice her Innocence and honor. She rejected
the infamous PR POSITION with a blow IN the face
when the armed ruff IN swore a horrible oath to
execute his will on them both, and then
with dark eyes, rearIes q tssy, fixed "a those
OF corpse, yets1 Ishing double portion of umln-
Gus hre, she mounted horse and hurrl-d away
wildly around the country. She halted az every
house, no matter whether Mexican or American,
and r5hearsed, in tones of thrilling horror, her
fathers wrongs and her own. All rimId nOdesfy,
all weakness had vanished from her tongue, ut
terIy consumed by the scorching thirst of ven
geance. She painted, in passions fiery language,
and with awful mlDuteness, the fac,s OF the damn
ing deed she barred her virgin bosom, and showed
the vid trks of the ravlsher's fingers among the
mazes of those azure veins along the surface of
that eXplnse Of snow, now polluted and sOi,sd,
but before pure a. Ih- CLEAN OF ANGELS wings.
And still, wherever the beautiful ma d wandered,
a d-atening yell of wrath and vengeance rose up
against the tyranls. The people Of both races and
all classes flew to arms, app,inting general rem
de7vous for the Path Of June. the residence Of
| ihe absent and now imprisoned Juan Costa.
II there debated by the Le pie as 10 the mode
| Of attack, and who should b. their leader. but
| nothing being agreed on, the whole lssenblage
| bade fair 70 break up IN cunfusion when tall
| and powerfully built stranger, who bad just en-
| tered Texas from the States cams forward and
| addressed the multitude as follows:
| "l am q stranger but ! am also q man and
| owe my lie, soul, body, health happiness, al-all
| to woman-my mother And II / turn a d-af
ny aid against a villain, may both my mother and
| my God curse me | 90 for one, and, should you
| stay behind, alone to fight Col. Prdras, and his
| armed ravishers Of your wives and daughters" "
The speech was received with three tremendous
| cheers, and then a general shout, that emed to
shake the solid earth, uttered the first peal Of the
| revolution. g We will go. D-ath 10 the ryrants
| Freedom for Texas, aud the giant shall be cur
| leader"
And then for the first time was heard in the land
| Of the wild name destined to become an echo tn
| The puIsati0n Of all hsaris--ihs name of Thomas
| J. Rusk.
The next day he led his raw troops to the attack
| of Nacogdoches, and stormed every posi- ion
against immense odds After an assault of four
| hours, the charge being dreadful both sides,
| fortunately among the slain was tue dead body
| of the atrocous Ferdinand Pedras.
| Such was the debut Of Rusk in Texas and
| from that day his popularity has gone steadily
incrr asinE, without even transt0ry eclipse or
| much as a cloud to dim It's sp'endO- In vain, for
| three years, Gen. Cos demanded his arrest. Mex
| leo had soldiers enough to take him, and in
1916 he assisted to chase the last Of these of
| the country. Afterwards he aruassed a fortune at
the Texan bar and chosen one Of The frs
| Senators OF the new Stale anneXsd-a place which
he may hold for life, if he wills il.