The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-01-22
A Texas Heroine.


- A Texas Heroine. -,
/, Tbe:subject of the following <no.z
tice. says the Galveston eiiuiliaa, Z
stillzlives in Fort Bend county, -.
Texas. The incident related is ,
we'll known to old Texans, but
may be new to the rising -geners--s
.tion of, new settlers. We copy
from a lecture of Rev. Mr.: Fon.
taine, delivered at the. Richmond
Atheneum.- Speaking Of the early
history of Tcxas,~he gave an &c. ,
count of Gen. Longs efert to rey-;
olutionize this country in 1915, in
which, the. heroic devotion Of
woman is incidentally portrayed p
in illustration of the=many gallant
events which marked the early
| days of our eountry,'s history: - - ,.
Gen. Long, it will be fefnem- .
bered, served under Gen, Jackson !
in the Seminole war, at the battle
Of New Orleans He married, :,
when twenty-five years of age, D.
celebrated beauty and helress Of
Nashville, only sixteen years old
When he formed the design to. ID.
wade Texas, Mrs. Long entered,
fully into the plan, and placed a a
nisydisposal her immense wealth.
With this he armed and eaaipped Z
three hundred, men, entered the
country and-was$eyerywhere Sue
cessful. Near the Gulf, on Boil
var Point, opposite Galveston, :, he-
formed a ratification where he .
- tablished his headquarters. He
was elected President Of the Re-
-publie-a full cabinet Was aIpoint-
ed, and a regular government er.'
ganized. At that time Harbide- :
was over-running5 Mexico; With
the design Of making himself SD.
preme ruler of the State: Being
Jealous Of the success and power
of General Long, he. proposed. to
him. through an agent, that they
should unite their forces, which
would strengthen their authority,
the one over Mexico, the other
Texas. General Long unwiseiy
h eded the,traitorous proposition
B ;ore leaving the fort he as.
signed to his yie seventy-f.e
m II, with directions to hold tho
place until his, return. lIe soon
after reached the headquarters: Of
len. Iturbide, who, as soon as he
got possession of,his riv@i; caused
nim to be assassinated. ''' '~>->cr5z,,
Time passed on. Mrs: Long
heard nothily of the, sad fate Of
her hnstaud. The sevtnty-fve.
men un!er her charge became dis
satisfied: provisions were exhaus-
ted, and they became clanlorous
to return to the States" She
told them that Gen. Long had di.
-rectcd her to remain until his re.
turn, and that she should do,
dead or alive"
Every man deserted her to,
retrace tn i" steps to their
homes, leaving her with an
infant and nurse, a young girl
twelve or fourteen years Of age.
the sole occupants Of the fortifca-.
ion. She kept the Aag Of the:
stars and stripes floating from the
walls-fred the morning and eve
ming salute, and beat the reveille.
The Mexicans and Indians thought
the place was still garrisoned, and
kept at a respectful distance. Time
sped. \ year elapsed, and still
no tidings Of her gallant husband
reached her lonely abode. During
all this time she subSisted by
gathering oysters from the beach,
and shooting birds that flew about
the fort. In 1921 General Austin
invaded Texas, and seeing a flag
floating from a fertilization near
the Gulf, supposed that the noted
Laftte had established him>eff
there. lie sent a flag Of truce,
and what was his surprise to find
this place, in the midst of inimical
Mexicans and savage lndiaas.