, 1876-12-01
TIE LONE STAR STATE.

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s"s,.I,x $50 ~, .s,H',', ,,..'.t'..s'
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Spteiai currt,nond,nr. or TN r.aus.
| SAN ANTONIO, Tex,. Nav, e4.-'Tt,e ,l,ttance
from Ans,fn N s,n An,oni,t l.. otr,,, v.t, n,frn.,
ti'ne fourteen hours; rasscngch, heslies the
driver nnu mysclf, two oi'l lwoEnen,-occupatinM
unknown traveller from st. Louis,
| and a "cow.1oy.n unt,yu uf tho soil At this
.cason nj thc xror ,te trlr IA m, ar ,,r,,o,,,m,
s.a'o' y. NV e,"' '!e ssi' 10 "pt a'l "'piehsah.
Of Ill, four tlrc. horse. that talks yo,t over tho
harl-lackc,l level ground at flying spce'l. And
tho c,ao,, =, H., III, ~, H., s, s-,st t,,r,,
t"o eoaeh 'ony pe ha''e" ny somo aaflts mgh'
"aS'hA"' VITA eohicacsates concealed III the
low mesquite; your life threatened; your vnl,t-
ab,cs demanded, an,l ,nay be, Il yuu arc frolIc.
aome during tlc tn.rrvlcr WI, ,nnv rct xn,tr
ssa.I.,'. ~. ,.,,,. 49,. , 81 Ju"
| anatomy Puhc.afe" WIN stFa5 nallcts thrown
OF tho 'lloa. 1t was only Inst summer that
the roacll wns stoppctl 1,y tho nt,pvc-mcnt1ourt,
frn,crnI,, o,d c,,rs,,,r;,,t, ,vaa,., m..,, .,.',
.,,..". ',sta, Ill., s"so's'.u t'. "sa,' so'a a"a
The thought was uppcnnost in my mind good
mart Of the time, und once, passirr n long. mr.
rnv f,c,,,e. mcn,fonn1 ,hc snrocstivo nr,r, ~
DIrk TnTnn to lie .,rvcr 1 n,n1 % ~, s"a rn,i',nr ] "
|
hut noticed that he glanced uncasy into tlla
1 drovo ieS rred,y % bv But ".t not ,t eI nerrc a
FROM tl's tint 'le roail runs through wilder
htsai 'sl"cH VI tHe country III scttleii theso are
many I'nc farms; sheen and cattle arr sccn
graz,.'g along the Way; cotton-ielfs. Willis rs
M snow, sptc11l ,t on every hand wor,n-fenses,
rhapparat oua!lcs, then mesquite, then rost-ouk
and cedar, nntl, dOwh Into the gctics mil nto1g
ths streams, sottnnwood anil willow, then,
rnad, anu beiore ynu s tic 9ulct ltttu German
city VI Now Drann9cas,
:. THE w0SpEH OF THE STATE.
y l'ns not lecn long, onlyn lew years, since
erans em and n taf i trty s sattsneys ta%y 81 81
/ 5000 pGoplc. With the industry nnd energy
saractcrtsiie OF that element, they hare tna.te
n"s a,"sa @ @epen,1ets s,n,. Of the 1sI'iv world;
manufacturing enterprise 50 skIllluliy carried
sonsequeIve: Tho wooicn tabrIss arc Of tic
finest, and iafs the onc plasc In tho statu where
vegetables % .lh, are fIeccssfuY Ernw1', alnl wero
snya' tqnlo essentials as GGgs butter! a1id cccsc.
of local productton arc q to cat. It isa sort Of
| r.axzle to INC native lcHan how thy Gerlnat,s
sueceed SO well. The land Is no acttcr than III
many other giaccs; tlle ouly great iten In lGea-
tlon IS the River Guadai9npe, wnsct, furnishes
| excellent watcr-powcr: The Germans Ito not
take well to raising cctton and near tle srtt!c-
t!Ghtt No Jo0 uL!4t VI kVMW16 13A 4tnbHuDs
there Is nore thrift than elsewhere iii
tue statc.. hntl VERY fow large, ral,-
bling, neglected. fields meet YOUR oye.
,.,, . ~, THEY ?llE suSsEr s.' 9trr. IT,
Of tho eldest city III tle stntc, tho far-fa,nud
stinsct Wy OF tllu fla!ns. III !'3] thn town
| was establtahe:i by authority Of tho King Ut
| spain, and ea!led San Fernando do Asturiu.
Juan, San Josc, and In Esteia were CON ucucc,i.
IlIo Alamo 'sas never completed, but used by
tl,e converted Indians, and Is tho ,epot whcrc
Crockett, Bowie, Travis, aud their hGrolc com.
tho Alamo may be found III al' histories Of thu
State, but no rrnling cli extita interest aiko
kcarIn tho story On tho spot by one who fought
ior Texas: ., Moro tH than iofty years agt, Santa
tionu' surrender VI tho lS3 Texnt,s occupying
tlls Alamo. Tho demand was answered By q
shot from the garrison, aud after SIX days'
| sfcgo aantA Anna withdrew. Travis, tho
commander Of tho Texans, reasonri
Tint on iho morrow The =, attack would
he renewed. Marsl,alitng Ills llttiu baud IN the
Elaxa before The church. llp traced lnc In thelr
sonbat fnt w 1ce s eaecs a .so @or oa a asr % to
to surrender, and trust to .lrxiean faith;
sccoHd, to retreat; third, to die lighting like
n,sn iot indcreenfo for for hiself e lad
WHO were willing to die With hiu, to crl,ss tho
!lne. Instantly, without word and without
ialterng, tie sl,nle llno nude tic ,eters aud
taelr tate was sealed. bciore daylight tho
A1extcans ngain surrounded tho AlIln, and
again tho ctargo nt 1000 on 169 was InAtn, and
thrce times rtp,lisesl with great slaughter; but
TN tho fourth II loaEtnunt was effected, aud thcn
commenced
A MAhD-To-iiASn FIGHT,
tho like ct which Is not recUt'lu,l III ancient or
modern times. Drawing their knives, tho
Texans fought with tho fnry Ut tcn,fs, cari, atll-
Ing his life ~ dearly as possible, nn,l by ntn-
rise not one Of tho 1Ei WIS left tn tell the tle.
Tlle Ammo still sta1sds, and IL un oblcct Of
grent intercst to strangers, ntn tho hloo.staIns
whlch mark the spDts where many of the liernrs
fell aro pointed nut to crrry u1lp making Ill
1ulrlos. Conception Mission, Church, another
Interesting relic, Io two miles bclnw tho city, Il.
Bood Btatu Ut preservation, San Juut, lisle
miles down tho river, Is but heap VI stone.
These m!ss!nns gathered converts, taught re-
ltgIon and agriculture; but the monks and tlluis
llucks lsuye lung sl1ce been f;atlicru 10 their
fathers, and II new civilization is tscalIng over