Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-19
Letter from Houston.
UoubToY. Juno 2 1869.

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You will observe, Swindclls, that
Capt. John, though he has been a
long timo silent. has by no means
bcon sleeping. Having said his .sey
last year, he thought proper to rest
awhile and let others have n chance.
Like Patrick's owl, he has spent the
timo looking wise, and ''kept up u
divil of a thinking"
What an amount Of talk has gonc
on the while Tho country has becn
pnt vast chatter and seems likely
10 continue more and more so. Pity
but somebody could invent a talking
machine. Doubtless it would, like
the spinning jenny and the railroad,
encounter opposition from the trade,
but it would be such an advantage
to the public wealth, in enabling so
manyrpcrsons 10 turn to honest labor
and production. What does it all
amount to-?
Things arc going slow yet in Tex
as. When did they over do other
wise? We arc still unreconstructcd,
but believe wo are progressing a
little, consider the present can
vass for the Constitution and for
State officors as showing things in a
very favorable aspect. The Cunsti-
tuition, though very far from perfect,
is as good as could be expected, and
in some important points is as good
as could be wanted. / would rather
have it than to risk another Convcn-
ton, no matter who might compose
it. White men are proverbially un-
concerned, and negroes you cannot
depend on; but of all the Uncertain,
undepcndablcs mixtures that was
ever offered to public wonder, / think
q Texas Convention, especially un-
der the auspices Of the day entitled
to the palm. l don't want to risk
another, ~ II tAfl k!'si.isA
F. Gen. Hamilton has been speaking
in the town, country, and under
stand7proposes tomake atour ofthc
State. l hope how'll. His speeches
arc making u good impression and
will have q good effect. His election
is, to iall appearances, q forcgone
conclusion His opponent in the
race viii probably be E.!J. Davis,
President of tho lato Convention.
Tie object in making the race with
him is, it is supposed, to keep up d
party organization, with q view to
furnishing oflicc-holders to any ex-
trcmo partizan national administra-
ton that may want them !; though
their present hope in that direction
notJappcar to BIO al
together what their fancy painted
HIM. In effect, the so called ab int-
ito party seems to want tho conf
dcncc of thopeople not only ofTcx-
MS but Of the North, and Gen. Grant
oboys tho popular pulse whom sho
gives them the cold shoulder. 7 3la
1t was thought at one time that
G. X. Hall might become their cam
didate, and intimations, apparently
from him, indicated his purpose to
run, but @. X. has too much sense,
and / venture TO say that when he
takes look at things ho will be-
out. ra 0a u ben aFgl
6gbbd deal Of talk has been heard
lately about the purchase of the
New Orleans and Derwick's Bay
by Charles Morgan. Some |
persons think ho7 will 20 on and |
the road to Texas at once.
Possibly, but his recent letter TO the
public don't show it. 1t shows
rather q purposeoto prevent, il pos-
,ible, the completion Of tho road,
md to add ten fofd 70 the weightof
he incubus he has hitherto placed /
npon Texas commerce; an incubus
which, while it has discouraged de-
and by driving off coin-
petition cffectunlly hampered trade,l
Ias placed millions in bis pocket
With which 10 buy thc means Of fas-
.ening Tie calling yoke still more
ightiy 70 our neck. We are tetd
~ him that business does not justi-
y bis giving us more than two mail I
steamers per week, and from June
o December, VIC arc more cut of !
rom the country than is anyotber
State, not excepting the Pacifccoast.
Ind vei, ii any other steamer pro /.
,oses 10 come into the trade be adj Z
-ertiscs- at,once frcigh.s AZ IS per !
ont bcior cnrd rates Docs Charles
lIorran oltn Texas2 Itrosld Rem, Z
q ans rate, ili.L be j. determined TO
sisbiish q eiairn 10 lcryiug per-
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