Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-11-10

us. With 70 greater rulnim.ty NJ
feeling perhaps thgr WIS ever hr.
rTc gwen Go uuJ ono UI our Cos
crnprs
The Speaker NJ the House ur Rap
rcsmtntiycs. the Hon. Nat VI. Bur
ford, WIS born iu Smith County,
Tennessee, ihc 9th Of June, 1898,
WAS educated at Irving College, and
come 10 Texas IN January, lSi7-
lie was District Attorney Of his
district from 1850 To 1855, was elect
cd Judge of the Dallas district in
1886, aud commanded the 10Th
Regiment of Texas Cavalry from
March 1862 10 August 1864, when
hc resigned from i'll health and re-
tlrHed home.
fudge Burt6rd is of medium size,
with blue eyes, auburn hair and n
pleasing and amiablc expression of
countcnancc, much given to fun and
,aughtcr and has been styled "thc
gay and festive Buriord,'
He is by no means aristocratic in
manner or habits, and will talk,
drink and even sleep with I'M hum
BILE citizen without considering it Il
condescention on his part,
On one occasion in Georgetown,
mis- landlord havinga crowded house,
put the Judge to bed with Mr.. Prt-
rick Nun ply, one Of the wandering
sons Of Erin, The night was passed
Pleasantly and in the morning while
dressing and talking of ireland.
The Judge thinking, perhaps Of tho
superiority OF Republican institu-
tons over the rotten despotism Of
Europe said: well, Pat, | reckon
YOU would have been along TIM in
ireland, before you would have
slept with Judgc?' eyes, be jab-
srs, that's true enough, but yer
Honor, might have lived there yer
lifetime, before yer Honor had been
n Judge"
Judge Buriord makes n fine
Speaker and is very swift in dis
patching the business before the
House.
George Washington Jones, the
Lieutenant Governor of Texas, was
horn September 5, 1928, in Marion
County, Alabama, was at school in
Tennessee, but finished his education
at Bastrop, Texas, under the instruc-
ton of Mr.. w. }. Hancock.
Wash, as he is familiarly called
by his associates came to Texas in
1919, and although IL Union man,
till the secession of the State, went
with the South in our struggle
against overwhelming numbers and
inexhaustiblc resources, was Colonel
of the 18th Regiment, Texas Infant
ry, and by his gallantry and self
devotion at Millican's Bend, Mans
field and Pleasant Hill, contributed
. his part in the achievements Of those
glorious victories in the last ofwhich
he was captured.
Like Patrick Henry, he is gifted
with fine powers Of cloquenco, and
like that great orator, is somewhat
wanting in those graceful move
mcnts of the body, and that facina-
ting amiability Of manners, so high
ly priced BY the elegant and ac-
cumplished Chesterfield.
He is above the medium size,
symetrically formed, with black
hair and dark eyes.
AS President of the Senate, Col.
Jones makes good presiding officer,
occasionally lifting lazy Senator
out Of his chair by exclaiming:
"Senators should rise when address
ing the Chair!" and from this or
some other cause these same Sena-
tors have not always sustained
Washington in his rulings, but as
sorting the high prerogativo of Sen
ators, have voted down his decis-
ions.
. Thc same writer gives the follow
ing brief sketch of "tho Senator
from Dallas
James X. Polk Record was born
in Marshall County, Tennessee, on
the goth October, 1884, emigrated
to Texas in 1916, was educated at
Cumberland University in his ma
tive state, is n lawyer by profession,
and "thc Senator from Dallas"
AS we have had occasion to write
Of the Hon. Gentleman before, as
one of the ablest and most efficient
members of the present Legislature,
and of his being tho Chairman of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, we
will now speak of his services to the
lost cause, which he joined as a vol
unteer IN 1861, in 1862, he was APP
pointed Captain and a. Q. NJ, and
In '65 Major and A. @. NJ. By his
attention to business, prompt eXecu-
ton of orders, and incorruptible in
tcgrity he merited. the full conf
d6nce of the Government which he
served and of the soldiers and Off
GERS who knew him.
Always amiable and polite when
aff.or on duty, to respect and esteem
him, was but to know him.
AS his name would seem TO indi-
cate, he was alwaysa Democrat, and
consequently warm state-rights'
man, as well as a sincere rebel to
tho best Government in the world.
Had all the soldiers and officers
Of the Confederate States Army per-
formed their duties, as well; had
they, in their conduct to Others, OBJ
scrved.th prudence and given the
same sympathy and encouragement
to their fellow-sugerers during the
struggle, as he did, defeat and odium
would not now rest upon the ola
mented." But God willed it other
wise, and we hope, now wills, that
tho Union Constitution, may tri-
umph not in name only, but in re-
atty; and that the Southern people
q .If -..x.1a 4Io4 4haxy faflad IN ac.