Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-04-06
him pleasant aud happy,
Yours, [
Letter from Houston,
IIoUsToN, March llth, 1867,

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osting persons and places about the
city cannot tempt me abroad.
| am so deeply impressed with
the comforts of this house and the
attentions |, as we'll rs the hundreds
of guests here, received, that ! am
obliged to get that off Of my mind
first-bcforc ] can proceed with any
thing else. | am at Hendricks
Mctropoliton Hotel, In every re-
spcct, this is the best Hotel ! have
cvee been at in Texas, except the
Waters House in Galveston. Such
n clean and elegantly arranged
dining room; warm and perfectly
comfortable and then the fine va
rity of well prepared viands, suited
equally to the iastideous epicure
and the hungary way worn traveller,
and all graccd by the politcst and
most attentive corps of well ordered
servants. No one will lose any
thing by coming here-no one will
ever regret Il sojourn at this pleas
ant house.
! understand that the new Hutch
ins House will be opened on next
Monday under the care and CONTROL
of George Moore, late of the City
Hotel Of New Orleans, and doubt
less, will, as it is intended, be the
Star House of Texas; but for real
comfort itcannot surpass the Metro
politan.
The sleet at Millican this morn
ing lay about three inches deep
with frozen crust upon it, almost
sufficient to bear up a horse. 1t at
fordcd good skating any where up
on the streets. The night was eX-
ceedingly cold. The wind blew all
night high and fierce and in those
open houses Of Millican our heads
would almost freeze to be uncovered.
Irish potatoes all went overheard
and now we are bound to await a
fresh importation to procure our
seed.
We had not gone far before the
sleet disappeared, not from having
melted, for it was too cold to thaw
but because it did not slcct so much,
or did not lie on the ground. 1t
sleetcd, showed, and raincd n little
here during the day and until dark,
1t is very cold yet but we are not
at Millican freezing; we are in a
tight warm house with q good fire.
The little towns on the road are
all improving and Houston is build
ing up rapidly. Handsome new
brick work is filling every vacant
block; and the old frames are giving
their places to fine edificos Of three
and four stories of better material,
with now and then an elegant iron
front.
Friday 10Th. 1t is still raining
and | have not been out and can
tell you nothing of Houston at pres
ent. The Rail Road from Millican
to this place seems to be in pretty
good order.
[ will remain here several days
and will write you again before |
leave. Your friend, y.
HoUsToN, March Goth, 1867,
| snatch moment before leaving
here to write you few Of the things
| have seen and heard, and perhaps
of few thoughts Of my own.
1t is striking fact; Houston is
dcpressed-greatly depressed. The
people of the city make no secret of
the fact that the business of the past
season has gone to Galveston, and
that Houston has suffered immense
ly by it. There is truly a painful
gloom over the city at this time
and vet some of the finest class of
buildings have been put up and are
iu course of completion. There is
no building in the State that ap-
proximates the Hutchins House in
size, arrangement, or finish. To
find a building that will compare
favorably with this prinGely estab-
lishmont, we must look to the best
Hotels in New Orleans, st. Lous and
Chicago. 1t is fitted up in style
and convenience equal to any house
west of New York or Washington
City. The furniture is all perfectly
new and the ornamental work in
side of the building is made to cor
respond with it. The rooms are
elegantly carpeted and each one
provided with a direct communica
tion with the bar. The parlors are
all that could be wished for in way
of luxurious and tasteful furniture,
and the dining room one hundred
feet by fifty, can scat several hun
dred persons. This house is an
honor to Houston and to the State,
and will add much to the reputation
of the distinguished and enterpris-
ing gentleman who has built it. 1t
will render a visit to Houston now,
not only pleasant, but delightful
The proprietor, Mr.. George More,
brings with him a reputation from
New Orleans as one of the proprie-
tors of the City Hotel. that may will
assure all who call at the Hutchins
House the most polite and kind at
tentions.
Many first class business honscs
are being finished; and althOufih the
people of Houston are so much de-
pressed in spirits at present, they
are very hopeful of the future, They
speak Of the ship channel they have
in contemplation through the Bay
with great confidence and Of their
harbor in Buffalo Bayou with salts
faction amounting to pride. They
have taken the preliminary steps
I for procuring a survey OF the Bay
and Bayou. They expect to engage
the services Of the distinguished en-
gineer, Gen. Beauregard, to make
the report, and will bring the sub