Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-04-14

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oysters and fgh In oyofy conceivable man
nsr Of Tho culinary an, lagoihor With ma
'-fi efisra,, so nv towards rendering O fsv
hours agfeeably spent, and We returned "a
tho city about . oolook, we'll pleased with
oufself aud tho rest Of mankin /.
New Orleans to Va seemed, rs wo have
said, to be very lively, and business proc
porous but the merchants complained Of a
considerable falling OF Of Trade within the
last month or two, and the Spring business
was not as good as was expected, We,
however, met numberof merchants from
various parts Of Texas, laying In their
Spring supplies.
After a week spent In the city, on Sun
day morning, tho lst lust, We left the
wharf at the foot OF Julia street on one Of
Harris s AIorgAnsGno steamers, the "Mor-
gan for Galveston. Tho run down tho
river was made in daylight, and VIC had
tho opportunity of seeing all the points Of
interest below New Orleans, which have
been rendered historical by tho events of
the past four or five years, among them the
two forts just above the head Of the passes,
where such desperate resistance was made
ito Farrasut's feet just four years ago.
Tho trip over was exceedingly rough, par
tieularly the last day and night, tho last of
which we had to lay ut anchor OF Calves
ton Bar, but our good ship, though she ROLL
cd and tumblcd about to the evident dread
of those not accustomed to tho sea- broughe
us over safely and landed us on tho Island
City at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning, the
Sd inst. The ships of this line now number
about or 8, making regular tri-weetly
trips, and are new and substantially built
iron vessels, constructed with no eye 10 OK
pcnse, but for speed and safety. Their
trips are made like clockworl, and they
deserve the hearty support of the Texas
people.
At Galveston, of course, We stopped few
hours with Thompson of tho Washington
Hotel-who would'nt--and at o'clock p.
NJ, left the city on the Sterrett line steamer
"Slver Cloud" of which our old friend
Capt. Sterrett is the commander, and our
young countyman G. L. Griscom, is one of
the clerks. We advise all our friends CO.
ing that way to give them call; they will
be well treated. Wednesday morning found
us in Houston, under one of the hardest
rains we remember to have seen; went to
the Rusk House, kept by Col. Love, where
we remained until Friday morning. We
might add here, individually, that the Rusk
the city, tho steamer landing, and Rail
road depots, and its proprietor, assisted by
his accomplished clerk, Julius Albert, we'll
know how to attend to the wants of the
weary traveller. Friday morning We took
the Central train, reached Milliean in q
drzzling rain, about sun down, and put up
at the Beckham Hotel, kept by Mr. Colette,
whomade us comfortable, and at home, for
the night and part of nextd day. This Hotel
is the Stage stand, and is we'll kept, and
largely patrohzed.t 1t deserves it. The
weather still remained cloudy and threat
ening on Saturday morning, but we never
theless, in company with two of our towns
men, chartered a hack, and left the termi-
nus of the railroad at IL o'clock, and made
o distance of about 20 miles by dark, Sun
day morning was clear and bright, and we
started off in high glee. As one of ur par.
ty said, from this time up till We reached
home, we were Sin luck, made good time,
found comfortable houses Of rest and en-
tertainment each night, and notwithstand-
ing the muddy roads, and the advice of
friend whom we met on the road, to Ego
slow, We made rapid run home of a
days. We can vouch for our friend Dram,
when he says he will go it, he will come to
time. Bill and Tom mover hinched in the
harness. We reached tho Trinity bottom OPP
posite Dallas, through which We ploughed
our way after dark, and found it the softest
road We had seen on the whole trip.
We haS'nt said half what we wanted to,
but time aud space preclude our lengihen-
irg this article any more. We shall mex
week revert to some other things which we
saw and heard on our trip.