Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-14
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Flag OF the Republic -Reminiscen-
COS Of the Heroes aud Sur
vivors of the Alamo.
Pcryersion OF Fact Blnndcrs OF a So-
Called Writer of History.
The National Banks Must Go Trouble
Brewing Cor Them.
ny Mali and Telegraph,

by Mall and telegraph
Washington, December 10. Did not
your Montague correspondent prop
erlv describe the flag OF the republic
OF Texas He surely does the flag sent
10 this city by the wtmeu of Ga YES.
ton and entrusted by them To the
Washington Monumental association.
IL Is singular that there should be
any two opinions as 10 the peculiaritles
of the banner under which Houston,
| Travis and Fannin fought. But then
1t is true that few people know how TO
describe the proper flag OF the late
confederacy, aud Texans only needed
one, for martial purposes, for u single
year. But why not reproduce the old
flag of the republic OF Tcxass None
other than this should ever hc I'M
furlcd ON the walls OF the Alamo. The
state owns this structure, and should
pcrpetuate the fame of its immortal
defenders by having the flag they re-
cognixed as the emblem of liberty float
above II forever.
The press OF Texas, II occurs to mo
nj the moment, should correct the
| statement contained In an article fir-
| nish"d 20 aome Eastern historical
| magazine by NJ. \, Wright OF this city.
| He tells mankind that there were llyc
survivors of the conflict, when there
| were only three aud these non. com
| batants. Mrs, Dickinson, afterwards
| Mrs. Hannig, who di,d recently In
! Austin, her ONild, thon six months old,
\ and u negro, Bon, the servant OF Col.
] Travis. Ben was spared by the in;u-
rated Mcxicans that he might d,rig-
nate the bodies OF the fallen heroes.
| Mrs, uannlg, who was shot through
the ley below the lSnce, aud her iutnut,
woie saved 10y the interpretation
of General Almonle, then OF
| Santa Annals staff. have
heard Mrs Hmng's simple palma
taking recital of the terrible incidents
! pl the sicge again aud again, aud once
''old Ben Travis told me of the fear.
! flovont aud OF the dreadful picture
mnde by the bodies of the
hutchcred Texans Ben told nae
/ that Crockett had u hrenst.wort of
| dead MeNrans about him, Within
which lac mad fallen IN the angle made
| lay the church and the wall OF the
( fortress. Mrs llanuig always said
/ that "Dnvy truckott NJ right by the
| Hidc OF the church, and that when
| there was no tlghtiu' hr would come
whar ! was aud play the iiddle for mo
! and The bnbV lie VIVA uipblN tired
81 belp' shct up.N
! MrH. unnnie's first husband. Dick.
! insnn, was u Connecticut ped,lrr who
| had driiicd out 10 Bolivar IN Hnrdc-
man county, Tenn whore her mthor
and mother lived In 1890. They were
! c6iigros from Greene county Ga,
named WillSrrson. Wien SANTA Anna
! s,lddpnly anupnrod with his army m
front of san Antonio. nIrkinson. then
| CONDUCTING n llttlc div goods ratnbliah.
ment. with his wife and baby ON a
pony Ned to The Alamo. She occuIlpd
an apartment IN the basement al The
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