Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-05


sPsr CRASHING UP THE STREET
The horses, however, were soon all
Killed except one and the attillerymen
carried out the pieces by hand, On
reaching tho most densely populated
portion OF the city, which point we
reached by digging our way through
wAlls. we found every house-t0p COW
cred with Mexican soldiers, while the
women and children were IN the house
below. During the snoking OF the city
many incide1ts Of note occurred; but
1 have already spun this sketch out
longer than intended.
STORY ABOUT THE RANGERS,
Two regular bonR-hde Texas rangers
were with our squad, one quite an old
man, who Informed US that he was
carrying Mexican ball and part OF
Comauche arrow, which he received
In attempting 10 defend his wife and
children In Iexae. The other was "A
lad, the last Of family that were the
victims Of Mexican treachery. These
rangers said that nearly all their com
rades had debts of that kind TO settle
some injury TO avenge They were
both skillful rillemen ana had several
oceasions during that evening To satisfy
their thirst for revenge. The non.
combatants, the women, children and
old men, were panio'stricRen and
were gathered under beds and In all
accessible hiding places. During the
evening we entered some OF the finest
stores in the city, and ns far as the
writer saw everything was
LEFr As IT WAS FOUND.
WC-huudfed-dOllar blankets, money
aud yitluables were left untouched, eX-
cept iu rare instances. There was an
inctssant fire over and all around us,
and the question WAS, who would sur
viye IN and, as the boys termed II,
"they didn't want 30 be killed with
plumber ON their backsn CandOr com
pels me to say that our Texas friends
were an exception 10 this rule, and
when senOrita searched her bureau
and offered her silver and iewery and
a purse Of dOuDlOOns aa the price OF
her lie, he old man assured
her In Spanish that she was Ia no
danger, but he quietly stored the
purse away in his cApacious
pocket, Hs he afterwards ex-
planned ~ payment on the ponies the
"greaserB" stolen from him.
~ y INV VT 4 - A"AHhfaAH
Our party nc length effected lodg.
ment Ia a hotel, which was on the cor.
ner of two streets aud In plain view OF
the main plaza, The whole Mexican
army seemed 10 be crowded into this
narrow limit (the plaza and during
the lull Ia the firing we could hesr
Worth's men slowly lighting their
way Ia the other direction. Our old
runerar frfmpA To-, fnav...,N Ia. e
the hotel that we wanted something
to eat, and during the incessAnt firing
we partoOlS abundantly OF cArma
lavaCca and tortillOa which the old
landlady furnished us. Strange a. ID
may appear our old major insisted
aud did pay for wha. We ate
We found II Impossible 20 proceed fur
ther, aud occupied this house for fully
one hour IL was q conspicuous mark
for their artillery, but such was the
strength of the walls that scarcely an
Impression was made by The many
cannon balls that struck %. The meni-
bera OF our party took 10 hy turns 81
the windows, and contributed our
part to the din Of battle that was heard
all over the city.
SURRENDER AgRETD UPnN.
Late Ia the evening no lfs,s q person.
age than Gen ~ 3 Lamar, OF Texas
fame, and who was on this occasion
attached % Gen. paylur'E 3 all. rode up
the street We were On and informed
the different attachments that a white
dag was hoisted co enc OF the princi-
pal buildings - The city, and that
70 was she order OF Glen
Taylor Ter us 70 retro down
the street as We came. We could not
see The white 6 a from our position.
and the enemy ln oar vicinity, N they
saw Il, paid no attention to Il, fora con.
unued IRE WAS kept up on as AS we re.
turned 70 oar starting point Every
street that we crossed We were oxpo4ed
10 volleyH q muskelry aud 10 seemed
almost miracle that any escaped
Gen LsIuar remember, WAS riding
a white hQfse aud after dellve inc hie
orders rode leisurely down the street
untouched himself, with his horee
sFoundsd and bleeding. The different
stoTming parties on our side OF the CITY
retired tothe forts we had previously
occupied, and
THE PfRIN0 0RApUALIY DuD AUAv
except that the Black fort was defiant
~ ever. AZ night closed
IN p force was again len
Ia the city and the remainder OF
the division returned 10 Walnut
oprings, taklHg their wounded with
them ~ before Many atArtllne ad.
venture had 70 be related around the
campfire that night, and when the
bright morning came there was no
booming Of the cannon in the city.
Everything was quiet, bat the same
vigilance wan kept up az before. Our
ohiceIa were extremely retlcent those
days, but we pfiyates fully understood
that tho enemy was about to surren-
der. II wa frat rumored IN the oanap
that our colonel Jefferson Davis, and
Albert SIDNEY johnson, then a can
tain, were To receive the surrender. az
some orderly had seen them ride ont
trom Gen. raylor'a heaoqnarters 10.
getheT. But II afterwards transnirea
that Gen, Worth and Coils. Ieiisrson
Davis and j. p, Henderson Of rexas
were the commissioners 10 arrange
terms Of equalization, which was done
AZ Ampudia's hesdquarlors near the
cathedral.
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