Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-12-05
OUR HOUSTON LErrRR.
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beginning, and one begins 10 wui
DIR where all the water has com
from and where il is going To, !
would be ifighliil 10 calculate th
numberof millions OF tons Of waite
that have fallen in this Storm
Oceans, sir, oceans. aud siill th
ocean being already tolerab'y full
where is il all going TOP IL is no
my business 10 tell,
The Convention again talks o
gathering at Austin, aud my towns
man Gen, Webb is talking 10 th'
Democratic newspapers very earn
csily about their duty Ia accept any
fair constitution that may be offered
Capt, John might be considerably
of that way of thinking, too, il h,
was in politics, and IL the chance
Of accepting or rejecting the con
Stilution was going to be offered
But il isn't, and so what is the use
of worrying about il? The election
of Grant has fixed several thing
aud this is ono of them.
] notice, among the signs of the
times that Benz, +. Butler is writing
To some of the Southern people that
he is not the beast most people
think him, and that he wants to be
kind if we will permit him.
Tjmdo ddndoS et doHd fTcnteS.
(Swindells, if you don't spell this
Latin right | will get after you y
| doubt Butler, though am very
Tar from considering him II type Of
the Radical class.
Speaking Of one thing leads to
another. The smartest man in
Texas to-day is Tom Ochltree.-
Most of our people have been in
the habit Of regarding Tom us Il
talkativc boy, whom everybody
liked, and who could work his way
almost anywhere. Tom did gal.
liant part as soldier everybody who
saw him says. IIc blew his own
horn about it, TO be sure Il good deal,
but if any body took it for all blow,
they found themselves Mistaken
Prcunious or impecunious, it makes
no diffcre..cc with Tom. He would
ask no odds either in London or
Salt Lake. He would take 4 spree
with Albert Edward or be the guest
of Brigham Young with the same
gusto. | SAID he was smart. 70
hold Il customhousc Office required
that his disabilities ns II Confederate
officer should be removed by Con
gress. Now, Congress does not
take naturally to Confederate off
GERS, and Congress had to be worked
Tom was bound to have the office,
and he was bound to be healed So
he obtained from Gen. Grant an
official letter as General of the ar.
mics to Senator Wilson, stating that
Congress ought to heal him, signed
q. S. Grant, General, aud no Adju
ants name about it either. What
hen? Butler hated Grant, and was
sound to cos his recommendation.
Grant told Tom so and that he
would give him trouble. Wait a
minute, says Tom, l will fix that
In an hour he had Datlor's endorse
nent written on the back of Grants
recommendation. How did he do |
I? How do | know? | saw the
original paper and offered Tom
money for it as a literary and po-
.tical curiosity. Tom wouldn't
clI it, II wouldn't take a thou
anl dollars for it." SAID he.
| said Tom is smart. Doesn't |
his prove it? But Tom can travel,
md does travel great deal. |
lever went away from home but |
anne across him somewhere, and
ave often thought that If l should
ver reach Pekin, he would he cor
ain to be there to welcome and in
lite me to tea with the Emperor
'om is good fellow. He has his
rays. Some people don t ike them
r him. AS for me, l must confess
hat j know not which most to ad-
sublime impudence- he
alls it diplomacy-or the sublime
uccess that invariably attends it.
inc thing about him, he is not
roubled with swimming of the
cad. Throw him into the mire
nd he shines with his wonted self.
Mount him upon the
noon, and he rides with steady
We, master of the situation. At Is
c was declared a man by the Leg
stature of Texas. At 30 the United
tates makes him over again. What
G may not do or have done ut 40
r 90 dare any man to say. Ifhe
ill now use his influence for the
ood of Texas, it will be all right.
expect 10 see him do it. Texas
xpects every man to do his duty
,ct us have peace.
The cotton crop is the subject of
o little study jutt now all the way I
ence to Liverpool, and the conciu-
ons reached do not altogether
gree. Some think the crop will
e large and the price will recede, {
hilc othcrs-and | think the best |
ldges-lUok to see a considerable {
tvance in price before the end Of
pring. One thing is quite certain. I
Dme Of the extraordinary esti-
ates Of the Texas crop made in I
sptember have been abandoned ]
I'd the wild expectations of ESQ., |
sNoIE.-ge give your quotation from 6
irgil a. you wrote il, but on consul
iion with authorities, we find your or
oTrnphy Of Hfimeo' fearl wrong and :
a failed 10 cspifalife Dsnaas lGr. eksl