Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-10-10
JOHN W. swISDELLs, PUBLISHER,
OUR HOUSTON LETTER.
MorsroS, September 80, 1868.

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| have Just received and glanee'
over pamphlet Of which il is sai'
a hundred thousand copies hay
been issued, under the following
title, "Attila Theology, Logic, An
atomy, Physiology aud Philologl
united 10 establish tho trnism lha
the Woman is no human being sh,
is not the image of God; she has NJ
soul; she is no part Of Creation; sh'
is not created TO work; the worl,
does not claim her, nor can sh'
claim anything of the world she 4
not made To be Of any use for lh'
world, nor is anything in this worlC
created for her use; she will not rc
surreot, nor have part In the King
dom of Heaven; the Bible Is moi
given for hor; hor anatomy is mol
like mans; her physiological fnnc
tions are entirely different from
those of the man." etc.. etc. The
title is rather long, and covers con
siderable ground. Tho argument il
sometimes n little ingenious, but
generally stupid. Concerning il
all, | should willingly accept the
authors assumption, and adding
his acknowledgment that his mother
was II woman, apply the or nihRO
Mill m. Certainly, judged by this
result, who or what Attila is is moth
ing TO nobody. If he has printed
n hundred thousand copies of his
pamphlet ! am afraid there will be
n decline in tho price of waste paper.
And this naturally leads me to
say that if paper mills are cstab-
lishcd in Texas there will be a de-
mand for very many things now
wasted. ] saw an account rcndcrtd d
for salc of paper stock sent from
Texas to New York the other day.
The clippings Of book bndery in
this city for few months brought
upwards of fifty dollars or 4 ! cents
per pound. In this same class would
be sold old pamphlets, newspapers,
books, etc, and ] am sure the gath
ering up of this sort of trash all
over tho State would be very profit
able. A paper mill in our midst,
by saving the transportation, would
add largely to the value, and no
doubt give employment TO dozens
of rag and old paper -gathcrcrs in
all accessible parts of the country.
From rags to fine hotels is too
sudden and disconnected transi-
ton. Let us pass around by way
Of the cotton fields, without which
hotels would not be worth much in
this country. Cotton got black
eye last week and people who
brought their cotton bags from n
distance for immediate sale were
obliged to content themselves with
generally ten dollars less bale than
they had calculated on. 1t has since
recovered u trifie, but tho future is
as uncertain as over and men who
speculate are rs apt to break as to
make, this or any other year.
! started to say something about
hotels, and especially those under
the superintendent of Goo. Moore,
Esq They are the Hutchins House,
Houston, and the Exchange Hotel,
Galveston. Ofthc Hutchins House,
brother Swindclls, you must tell
your readers, you have eaten and
slept there, ! have not To the
lookeron it has the appearance of
being about he best house this side
of Now York. 1t is certainly large
enough and airy enough, and con,
vcnicnt enough, and well patronizcd
enough to be called q first class
house. The Exchange, at Galveston,
is somewhat inferior in size and
appearance, but | am assured is the
peer of any house in tho table fare
and attention afforded to its guests.
If | was a Dallasonian and travel
ling to the coast, | should hail tho
ITutchins House with more Joy
than the Mohammedan pilgrim docs
the sight Of Mecca, and | should
rest my weary bones in its embraces
for week before going further. If
then business should cal! me to
Galveston, | should take another
bite from the by going to the Ex-
change in that city for the three
days everybody desires to stop on
he Island. Three days will about
10 an up countryman who is accus-
omed to stand on terra .frma. This
s all have to say on the hotel
question, and / only say. this because
like the way Moore treats his
guests
Inoticc among other inducements
10 the merchants in the interior to
10 business at home, the Insurance
Companies of Texas hsve reduced
heir rates of insurance to and from
New York very considerably. They
ire now charging only II per cent.
IN the best classes of vessel which
S certainly a heavy bid for the in
Iurance now done in New York,
where the rate is 2a@3Pet. 1t is
10 less singular than true that il
'equires this underbidding 10 secure
he insurance custom to home COM
,anies Of these Texas merchants
Who cannot abide that any Of their
customers should send to New York
or caddy Of tea or a sack of cof-
co, Insurance can now be effected
rom New York to Bryan by desig-
ated vessels at 2 per cent, If any ,
ne doubts it, refer him to me.
The first real cold snap Of the
eason has been upon ms for the I
ast three days. The Thermometer
n the morning Of The 26th stood
{ 5So. OF course this was 26o
bove the freezing point, but 50
cHsitivc 20 cold have we become
-om the long confined heats Of :
nmmor that people involuntarily