Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-07-06
Jack Hamilton

Col. Sweet, of the San Antonio
Herald, draws the following pen
portrait Of Jack Hamilton .'
Our hero sits in the large open
porch of tho st. Charles, fronting
and facing the rotunda ofthe same.
Occasionally he turns his head to
one side and squirts an enormous
amount of colored saliva from his
pondorous mouth, very much rs we
have seen Spring goslings do after
grazing on, green wheat. Jack
hair is black or slightly mixed, in
dicativc Of the color of his politics.
His forehead is Of goodly proper
tions, but badly developed in knobs,
molehills, hogwallow and acute an
giles. Eyes Of a blush, grizzly gray
color and possess very cold, sci.
fish, forbidding expression. His
face is very large, and smoothly
shaven, except a billy-goat tuft Of
beard worn on tho pondcrous lower
jaw and chin, which as he talks he
is continually pulling at in a ncr-
vous itching manner, with his loft
hand, while his right holds q yellow
walking stick with black handle.
His mouth is uncommonly large
and remindful of raw bcef. His gen.
eral features are massive, bloatcd,
and strongly marked with predom-
inant traits of his character-ani-
NAL passion. His nasal organ is cx-
tremely large, and might be seen
turning corner sometime before
tho balance of the "phiz ar.
rived, especially if there is dram
shop hard blythe aforesaid olfac-
tory organ. is, as Paddy said: Grid
as a gooses fut in the dead o'winter,"
and slightly carbuncled, whilo 9th
or small red paint blotchcs of sim
liar character are variously mani
Testing eruption if not corruption,
with other evidences of the ardent
temperament of Which Jack is
known 10 be possessed. lie stands
about feet 2, with legs not exactly
in keeping with his body, but slight
ly suggestive of having fallen from
a persimmon tree in early lifo and
been stove up 4 littlo. His shoul-
ders are broad between joints, as if
they had always been overtaxcd in
supporting the burthcn of many
sins from his youth up. His feet
are 80 long that a shoemaker would
have to go out of doors to take his
measure; while his arms and hands
are long, large and on the dangling
order. His abdomen is like u bar
rel and exhibits wonderful capacity
for mess pork, cabbage and whis-
key. Jacks dress is at present
rather seedy and reminds one of
hard times. 1t consists of II well
worn loose blue coat, minus the but
tons and bordering on the undrcss
military-blue pants, loose in the
legs and seat--shoes low quartered
and not well blacked-7-a single
breasted white vest, unbuttoned at
the top, witha shirt, colaraud neck
tie of the ordinary QUITO which
add a black hat, with q stiff brim,
halt stove pipe height, and you havo
very truthful portrait of our Co
lossal Jack, the Ajax of Texas, as
he now sits with his right knee,
cooked up, forms the right angle of
a right angle triangle. The tout
ensemble of our Texas hero, readily
suggest the idea that he is always
on hand and ever ready, to run for
some office, borrow money, or take
a drink. He is sent here from
Washington as register OF bank
rupts. Wo suggest to Jack in
clever spirit that he first register
himself as bankrupt in all moral
virtues-traitor to all his former
friends and.principles, and hereby
asks the pardon on the promise of
reform.