The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-27

h. lady belonging ~ u very lnlluentlhl
Family at dallalln, thirty miles moth
Of Nashville, She was u very hand
some brilliant young lady, ana attract
ed great attention wherever she went,
which exaspemicd Houston, Who was
of morOse, Jealous disposition, ]
used 10 see him frequently, aud knew
that no married purely through polll-
icnl reasons, and soon raw That his do
NESTLE life was m unhappy one,
zone Saturday IN April, ! met him
ut u big barbecue, just west OF the city,
where no and Carroll both made
speeches. | saw the feeling Of that
crowd was all In his favor, aud told
him 50, which caused him 10 be- In the
very best of spirits and while IN that
mood we separated, Monday morning
called at the Nashville i'm, where he
aud his wife had been boarding since
their marriage, but ! was refused nd
mltanGe 10 his room. ] persisted, how
over, ana WIS finally admitted by Dr.
Shelby. | found Houston lying on the
bed with his face covered up, aud, IN
answer 10 my nstonlshcd inquiries, Dr.
Shelby told me that Mrs llOusl0n's
father had come down from tallatln
for her the dry before, and tint she Ind
left her husband aud returned ~ the
home Of her childhood,
"5nld |, General, what's this hearV
"Sald he, 'pm ruined man PM u
ruined man
al told him he owed II TO his friends
10 give some explanation Of his con-
duct, aud asked him why he and HIS
wife had separated, 10 which he replied
that no hadn't n word 10 say against
his wile.--that she was n high'minded,
virtuous lady,
Gle then bnid That he alone was to
blame; That he had decided % exile
himself among the Cherokee Indians,
and that he wanted me 10 carry his
resignation rs governor TO the secretary
of the state. iPhis | emphatlcally re-
fused to DO at llrst, but NJ his earnest
solicitation and that of DR.. Shelby
| finally consented
"rhe next morning Houston, Shelby
and | vent aboard u steamboat, Hous-
ton being disguised so that no one re-
! cognlHed him. He told me afterwards
thab he got a. far rs Napoleon, Ark f.,
without being recognized, and IN that
case he begged the man TO say nothing
about meeting him. He went on Il
Fort Smith, where he joined II Chero-
kec by tue name Of july, whom he
had been familiar with while he was
agent for the tribe lie assumed the
Indian dress, painted his face, and
could not be distinguished from them.
"a few years altrrwurd he passed
through Nashville with II delegation OF
| Indians on his way to Washington.
recognized him, hui wouldn't speak to
him. The fact H. his friends here con-
sidered that he had disgrueed them,
and were disgusted with him. While
in Nashville he went with his delega-
ton and called on General Jackson at
the Hermitage
"And how did Jackson treat him ~
| asked.
al don't know; hut | suppose he
treated him all right, as they had been
| great friends. After reaching Wash
ington ! know he whipped a member
of congress by the nnme of Stansberry
for saying sometlng dlsrcspectful OF
| Jackson.
CATER this we heard nothing more
of Houston until just before the Mexi
can war, when we heard that he had
gone to San Augustine to practice law,
You know his connection with the
MeXicnn war probably as well as | do
ole married again, believe
ayes, his wife got divorce and he
married Il Mobile Indy, and she made 4