The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-12-27

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ianiiti. Iuo auualI VI WIZ prHl1f |
ew talaIlel faNm nul, their amhw
,liDn,ShYu.lol W. nn1lly tu1eif
lorol h. uille ilnoq ilpi own tumy'r
,ueA WIS Use alea' talllo VI Mii1
slny, 5lz.
scpuinicu nom nli.iiolrnell oalcot
ind being nnfcle'l, contrary 90 'it
,apiiulation, 10 lno cily OF heN'c1'
.lotc heroic men, Two lnoniua M'cr
roaeupun ihsir giam az iAe liacienil
5alado, In the State VI SAN l.nl9 lglosll
,vefcanc ll,cm, acizci ihcir irl. and
sought, by u mountain route, 10 return
TO their own loysd land OF TeSas. Al
was too much. The whole Interior oil
Mexico rose to prevent 80 great a stain
on their national honor Oar brethren,
tongues swollen iof
want Of water after soma had per-
lshed-were re-capturrd and carried
back to salado.
Santa Anna, then President, instead
of honoiJng such heroisini ordered
General Mexia to shoot them all.
Moxia--noble and brave Aiexican---
refused to execute the" accursed
order and wrote to Santa Anna
begging him TO countermand ~
Santa, Anna yielded, In SO faf as to
order the celebrated lottery of life, by
requiring that, biind-foldedi the prls-
onors should drag from q larcaah q
lean. Every tenth bean was black,
and the drawer thereof was TO be shot.
General Mexia, .lioidred-be his mem
6ry,. Indignantly refused to be the
medium Of such cowardly sayagery,
and resigned his commission, The
next in command carried It out.
One. hundred and iifiy-three white
and seventeen black beans were
placed In an earther iar@-the one-hUn'
bred and seventy remaining prisoners
wors blindleldet aud, one nj time,
they drew II beau, ~ S'hita, llfy
lived, but stlli q prlsoiier; If black, be
was to be taken out and shot to death
The cruel mandatc-enough Of Itself
fo,cyerto damn hieIhemoryof Antcnio
Lopez do i9ast,s AHne--was caiH~i
out, Seventeen Of thoao iinihaiaHi
heroes were numbered out on The p!gin
at the base of n mountain; surrounded
'by prumiscuoualcr~vd OF natives
and, d5d bless them, wsoifng
daiglitcis OF AfsSIco, pnd t!ihlg
ranged in file for exeeqtioa, The
doomed men. called upon oge lhaii
number, -RobeFt Dunhani,- hieniheS
oil, the Mpth5dist ( 'rlurell. to inYdlse
the divine. mercy before. th.eT Ytre
shot. True to lli4voWis, asa follower
rof tic chiIa'ef Betlilel:en5 he psare''
out his soli'to The f.iti.gFof All. Aify-
cies, till . crue! llopstc.i, y tiie. gatb 81
minister, r.aely threw him (, Tie
ground and declaruitdlmtino llefeiic
should lneflneA tlssSA b3 AillFasssiiia
Heavens thfohr. IN BE !.se2a,iec o.
only one Of, tllelr sorr9wins c3aipail-
ions, those seventeen. martyrs to FeNa,
liberty were then and There shot eAlc
death,
After hearty Two years 81 iinpFison'
merit ana much brutal Treatment, the
NIier prisoners Were released al the IN
tercession Of General Waddy Tliomp
son, Of South Carelina then AMERICAN
Minister - Mexico, i5f wilieli l9nogcd
be his.nalne among all TeaiaHa
10 close here would lie crneliy nnjusi
The Mexican natien. ~ isutftth
never to be ignored, that fhroagh9tt
Mexico, the savage aud cp&ardly net
was condemned byall the great party
of liberty, headed BY Gomez l'arias
and now in triumphant possession o
.the government. IT ia equally ans
more glorlously traa that everywhere
in that country the women ttePiQrol
the lnrbarous net, and didall they eoule
10 alleviate the misery Of the uniorlu
nate prisoners.
So, children of Texas, remember Oh
This day the sJltierings Of oprpoople j
other days, il order to establish tia
liberty which you now enleyi ans
while joyous and llapp,s one Wit
another, do not forgctto drop tear t
file memory of Chat 'gicliotis band .
men and patriots the Micr prisoner
: the heroes who surrendered on Christ
mas day, la5@,