Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-25
The Late Senator Rusk.

We find in the Galveston Civilian the fol- lowing interesting biographical notice of Gen. Rusk:
 GEN. THOMAS J. RUsK.-The demise of no man has ever occurred in Texas or can soon occur calculated to create more profound and universal sorrow than that of Thomas J. Rusk "a name endeared to every Texian by more than twenty years of patriotic public service, commencing with the first dawn of the revo- lution in 1885 and closing only in his sudden, mysterious and dou6ly painful death
 homas J. Rusk was born in South Carolina and removed from Georgia to Texas in the sprlng or 1853, locating at Nacogdoches which mas been hlS residence ever since. When the revolution broke out in 1885, he was elected to the Consultation which assembled at San Fe- llpe Tn November. He was next chosen to the Convention in March, 1886, which declared 1 our independence. Immediately afterwards President Burnet called him into his cabinet as Secretary of War, in which capacity he an. peared on the field San of J Jacinto and won the admiration of his comrades and imperishable fame, by his noble bearing on that memorable occasion.
 After the army had taken up its position on Lavaca and Guadalupe, Gen. Rusk became its | commander-n chief and maintained unbound | ed popularity among the troops during that period of Restitution and necessary nertness among them
 Returning to Nacogdoches, he was elected to the Congress of 1887. At the session of l33o-9, he was chosen Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, position he resigned in 1846, having presided, in January of that year, at the first session ever held of that highest tr- bunal of the Republic.
 On repeatnd occasin,,c ba oon,n,,,loJ .Lo Eastern Texas volunteers in campaigns against the Indians. In October, 1888, he fought them and gained signal victory at the Kickapoo village, near the Neches; and in July, 1859. he commanded reg iment in the wel-contest- ed battles of the 12th and 18th of Julv against | the Cherokees and their associate bands. in which their chief, "The Bowl" fell His name was terror to the red men of the east ern frontier
 During the period from 184O to 1S45, Gen. Rusk sought to devote himself exclusively to the law, and built up the largest practice of any lawyer in the republic; but in the latter year he was sent to the convention which framed our contribution, and by that body elect ed President unanimously.
 By the first State Legislature in February lo46. he was unanimously elected to the Sen ate of the United States, and last March con- pleted his second term. From the fourth of March, 1857, he was also reelected for third term of six years, having six sessions to run at the time of his death though serving but five sessions, under the classification, by virtue of his first term.
 In all the public relations to which we have referred, Gen. Rusk stood at the head of his associates and colleagues as brave sagacious and untrlng General-and as a sound, tho. rough and comprehensive statesman. As an American Senator, perhaps no man in a period of eleven years, has ever erected more euyia- ble reputation or attained more honorable and enviabe influence. Without the towering genius of Clay, Webster, and Calhoun, he vet possessed practical greatness as a statesman in all eminent degree-a love of truth and justice "a devotion to the interests of his State and the whole nation-and nobleness of bearing Tn personal ntercourse--which combined to give hlm more influence in the Senate, for sev- eral years past than any other member of that august body. But, in the meridian of life just when the nation began to regard him as one of her nobest sons, he is stricken down by an event too painful to contemplate. The name of Rusk is written in everlasting l letters on the history of his loved State, and will also be perpetuated in that of the empire | county of Texas and the hourlsh hing town of l'uSk, iu Cherokee county
 i We have but hastily glanced at the career 1 ot the lamented patriot and statesman, whose 1 death will be learned everywhere with sensa- | tons of profound sorrow. It devolves upon the pen ot history to do justice to his memory.