Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-11-23
/" rrmE nisE OF SENATOR RUsk.

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THE RISE OF SENATOR RUsK.
The gentleman whose rise 10 public favor
forms theiheme OF the following article il so
universally and lavorably knownby our fellow
citizens for his personal qualities Of liberaity,
benevolence, and patriotism,l that we ieel as.
surediit will be read with pleasure by alb
and by none with more than that Of bis polii-
cal adversaries Wa'hfngton Republic,
From the Fond du Lac (Nvis) Journal
81 The ragedyat Nacogdoches,. and the ro-
mantle incidents which led 10 the Texan
war of Independence, find their parallel only
in the. Roman history of Lpcretia and the ell
der Brutns. Juan Costa was person Of
great Influence and bravery inthe wild forest,
but fell under the displeasure of Santa Anna /;
and his minion Pedras, the commandant of
Nacogdoches, was sent To- arrest him. He
arrested the father at the supper-iable, at
tended BY his only daughier-a young girl
of surprising beauty and intelligence. He
loaded him with chains and cast him in!o
prison, notwithstanding her tears and intrea-
ties. Finally, he proposed 10 free the father
lfihe daughter would sacrifice honorlnd in
nocence. She rejected the infamous propo.
siion with blow in the face when the
armed Iuffian swore horrible oath to exc.
cute his will on them both, and then ~
With dark eyes, fearless, CLASSY, and fixed
as those of the corse, yet flashing double
portion of luminous fire, she mounted horse,
and hurried away wildly around the country
She halted at evelyhouse, no matter wheter,
Mexican or American, and rshearsed, in tones
of thrilling horror, her faher,s wrongs and
her own All timid 'modesty, all weakness
had vanished from her tongue, utterly con-
sumed in the scorching thitt, for vengenre.--
She painted in PASSIONS fiery language, and
with awful miuuieness, the facts of the dam
ning deed, she barred her virgin bosom and
| showed the livid marks of the ravisher's fin
| gers among the mazes of those azure veins
along the surface o. that expanse Of snow,
now so polluted and soiled, but before pure
as the gleam of angels wings
Aud STILL, wherever the beautiful maid
wandered, deafenihg yell of wrath and
vengence rose up against the tyrants. The
people of both races, and ALI classes few to
arms, appointed a general rendezvous fol
the 25ih of June at the residence of the abb
sent and now imprisoned Juan Costa. y
twas then debated by the people as to
the mode of attack, and who should be the lea
der bnt nothing being agreed on, the whole
assemblage bid fair to break up in confusion,
when a tall and powerfully built stranger
who had Just entered Texas from the States.
came forward and addressed the multitude as
| follows
81 am stranger, bnt am also man, and
owe my life, body, soul, happiness--all, all
TO womah-my mother And if turn
deaf ear TO the prayers of an innocent, woman
asking aid against william, may both my
mother and my God curse ME 20 for one,
and-shoud you all stay behind--alone 10
| fight Col. Pedras and his armed ravishers Of
your wives and daughters ~ ~.
The speech was received with three tre-
-mendous cheers, and Then general shout
that seemed 10 shake the solid earth, uttered
III. first peal of revolution. '.We will go.
Death 10 the iyran,s Freedom for Texas
and the giant shall be our leadern And
then, for the first time, was heard in the land
of the wild oak name destined 10 become
an echo to the pulsations Of all hearls-he
name; Thomas J. Rusk.
3 The mex, dayhe led his raw troops 10 the
attack of Nacogdoches, and Ystormed every
position against immense odds, after an assault
Of four hours, the carnage being dreadful on
both sides. Among the slain was the dead
body of The atrocious Ferdinand Pedras, 81
Such was the debu, of Rusk in Texas, and
from thai day his popularity has gone on
steadily increasing, without even atrahsitory
eclipse, or SO much asa cloud 10 dim It's
spendor. In vain for years General Costa
demanded Ills arrest! Mexico had moi enough
TO take him, and in is45lB he assisted to chase
the last of these outof lthe country. After
wards he amassed fortune at the Texas bar
aud was chosen one Of the first Senators from
the new State aunexed-a place which he
may hold for life if he wills it.
j. Rusk is the only public man in Texas who
has never engaged IN a duel, ... t........
TREATMENT OE SCARLET FEvER.
An eminent physician of Washiuton City,
Harry Lindsly, has recommended the follow
ing treatment for scarlet fever praclised BY
d. Schneemann, Physician to the King OF
Hanovetj as contained in recent number Of
the London Lancet. .f..
Treatment of Scarlet Feter By Inunction.--
From the first day of the illness, and soon as
we are certain of lis nature, the patient mus
be rubbed morning and evening over the
whole body with a piece Of bacon, in such a
manner that, with the exception of the head
a covering of fai is every where applied. In
order to make this rubbing in somewhat easi'
eh 1t is best 10 take piece OF bacoalthe size
Of the hapd, choosing par, sill armed with
the rind, that we may have firm grasp. Oh