Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-11-30

established he Republic in transitr
His personal adventure when in
volved in the melee Of the day, !
n cross fire Of Republican and Roy
al bullets, were told in his best styl
of graphic description.
1t was during this residence tina
he married the amiable and elegan
French lady who, n few years after
wards, for his sake and the sake q
her young family, exchanged th
attractions OF Il Paris life for hom
on the Texas frontier, where she ha
shared the popularity as well as tn
fortunes Of her husband, and is nov
his sorrowing widow.
About this period Mr., Kendall
decided to carry into effect his lon!
cherished purpose of settling in Tex
as and turning his attention to shecl
aising. 1t was no new taste. Ill
is q rare instance of mans havin!
laid out, in youth, n plan of life, ant
having carried it out consistently
and been contented with his choice
Before he had any clear prospect o
getting on in the world, and while
foreman in n printing office, tn,
writer of this heard him discant oi
his ambition to own frontier farm
with plenty of room about him foI
his dog and his gun. AS his bust
ness began to make him prosperou
he returned to the old idea. TIL,
land was purchased in Texas, ant
while in Europe, he travelled wide
ly, enquiring into the best stocks
and the modes of cultivation, ant
securing the aid of experienced
shepherds. Returning to America
he settled down on his rancho, il
Comal county, Texas, WHEREOF al
his later post office direction, neal
Boorne, in Kendall county-he ha'
mainly resided ever since, variet
only by an occasional trip to thii
city, one run over the Northwestern
prairies, in company with some
English friends, and a voyage tc
France, in 1866, undertaken for thu
purpose of bringing home a daugh
ter he had left to be educated there
with her mothers relatives. He KEEP
propricty interest in the Picayun'
but he has been rarely here to take
any direct part in the management
Of the paper; nevertheless, his per
was not inactive, as our readers
have occasionally seen. to the re
newal of their old Qualifications
The topics to which his special at
tention has been given were those
connected with the agricultural de-
velopment of Texas, the means o.
enlarginG and improving it, and
the way in which it could be made
to contribute to the prosperity o.
New Orleans, for which MIR. Ken.
dali always retained a lively affec-
ton. Last winter was spent main.
ly in the city, and Mr.. Kendall
could be seen at the desk or in the
nearest corner where he could find
place for his papers, busily alb.
sorbed in working out the great
problems with which his brai Il
teemed, of how to invlgorate the in
dustry, and lift up the fortune Of
Texas and New Orleans. Since he
left here in the spring, his mind re-
Cured to many Of his old expert
ences and he sent forward to the
paper occasional chapters of his
"reminiscences of his old adventure
and pleasant story-told with all
his early freshness of style. The
last of them only reached us to be
published after his death. With the
knowledge of his death, it was read
with sad interest by thousands
who only knew Mr., Kendall in the
charm of his writings, or rs the
pleasant companion in society
How deep and solemn, then, was
the emotion it stirred up in the
hearts of those who had been his as
sociates and intimates for the better
part of their lives who had lived
with him in unbroken confidence
and found him without guile. II
might be the prayer Of the best
among us, that when the time comes
for him to join
"The innumorable caravan that moves,
To tho pale realms of shade. where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of Death"
he may be as perfectly at peace
with the world and with his owr
conscience as was GEORGE WILKINS
KENDALL.