The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-04-28

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denlzens OF the lItile burg, among
whom were several Of previous NC
quainlanee, aud are therefore remen-
6ered Among them were John q,
Mccoy, Nat, NJ, BuriOrd, John j,
Good, John w, Smith Uncle jack,
Judge James NJ. Patterson, DIS, sam
uel A, aud Charles H. Pryor, i, w,
Latlmer of TUE DALLAS HERALD
John NJ, Crockett, Jack "a, J) W.T.
Jeff MeaiherfOrd, u, Warren Stone
and OthsIs, most OF whom are yet
spared To walk The streets Of their
changed aud still changing town,
All was hospitality, lrantnesl ana
good fellowship, Three and nye per
cent u month were unknown, Pehee'
security, GOnlentment anl prosperity
reigned, John w, Swlndells then pre-
sided where he now does, and was
happy In the respect Of every man and
woman Ia the county, John Nicely
Bryan, Worm Garter, Allen Beard,
George Baird, George Laws, the Me-
DermOlts Hawpea, Cockrell Rnd 9th
err all stood before me, u stranger, ~
the embodiment Of peaceful happy
and prosperous community,
pissed on 10 Greenyllle, ROnham,
Sherman, gainesville, thence via Den
ton, Fort Worth, buchanan, lllllsboro
aud Waco 10 my home below,
The next time saw Dallas was on
Sunday, the 2lth day Of February, 1861,
the day after the people had voted on
the question of secession, IL was y
beautiful, sunny day. Leaving old
brother Crnblreo's, on White Rock, ]
drove through the quiet streets of Dal
las deeply Impressed with the s0lomnl-
~ of tie times, In passing around the
beautiful square, u number Of Benlle-
men were seated on tho eastern steps
Of the fence, who recognized and hall
ed me. Among them were General n.
If. Darncll, H.. i, Nicholson, >. j. w,
Adams and others, then members OF
the convention, or prominent IN the
secession movement, Darnell then Il
representative, IN now citizen of Fort
Worth. Nicholson and Adams were
members OF the secession convention --
the first now Of Kansas CITY, the latter
Of COmanchc, Texas The town had
recently been burnt, ns believed, 10y
NUullllOl NllllhNNllNHi NllN WV li' w
men were compressed. Deep earnest
feeling was manifest on the faces fall.
Passing on, at Judge Hords farm, !
was recognized and hailed by DR.. Dick
Pryor, then In attendance on n dying
son of the Judge. Dinner followed. |
continued on the route and the poor
invalid died that night,
My third sight Of Dallas was IN the
summer of 1851 en- route with n
broken-armed son of fifteen years, to
loln General Ben. McCulloch In Mis-
souri,. had passed the previous night
with stones regiment, near where
Hutchns IL now, and enjoyed n few
apples ON the farm Of Mr. William b.
Miller, passed through Dallas, which
seemed to be deserted village. Scarce
" u human being was visible.
The fourth visit was In the spring OF
1862, the day that John Henry Brown
escorted through Dallas the remains of
General Ben. MGCulloch. The remains
were met at John II, Coles, at the edge
of the prairie, by Colonies Burford and
Hawpe, with partitions Of their reg
iments, and escorted through the town,
NtIllOI Juih wa NibSh-
EFT acting as field marshal, 1t was n
sad and solemn day, 'and by request Of
the ladies, Major Brown recrossed the
river and met them in the court house
TO recount the events preceding and
connected with the battle of Elk Horn,
the death of McCulloch and Mcintosh,
etc. That scene, hundreds of weeping
ladies and few old gray haired men,
will never be ellaced from my mind
till death blots out the affairs of earth.
The fortunes of war, during its con-
tinuance, caused me repeatedly to
pass through Dallas, and occasionally
to tarry for few days in the town. In
this way, | was here on the day that n
youth named Clarence Ruth, from
Louisiana, sent pistol ball through
the breast of n DR.. Russell, from Mis-
souri,, for writing an insulting letter to
his mother. The boy was spirited away
and Russell recovered. was here the
day that q human monster in cold
wantonness, shot and killed an oldand
worthy Frenchman near the ford of
the river. was here when, Mt one
time, the people were afraid to speak
terloper should send leaden ball
through their bodies. But these reigns
of terror were few and far between,
and dated from the disposition of the
men who followed Quantrell into Tex
es after the burning of Lawrence, Kan
sas.
From 1864 till 1871, seven years, l
did not see Dallas, but was far away in
other climes. Since 1871 the town has
been my home, and has grown to be Il
city in which Law, order and refine
ment prevail and looking back
through those seventeen years, it is an
inexpressble pleasure daily to meet of
the men of that day, Mccoy, Bryan,
Good, burford, Smith, Patterson, Swim
dells, Hord, Carter, Sam Jones, Laws,
Thomas, Pleasant Taylor, Cole, Crock
EFT, HARDWOOD, Peak, and others then
met in these casual visits and to
know that elsewhere still live the ven
cradle Darnell, Nicholson, Stone and
others, while auld lang syne bids tear
to fall for jeff. Weatherford, Jack
Witt, Nj. T. Johnson, j. X. P. Record,
John i. Colt and others of those early
friends who now sleep with their
fathers.
How wonderful are thy ways, o.!
God and yet how just. To-day we are
tomorrow we are not Blessed be
the name of the Lord.
To-day Dallas is city. Its citizens
are largely unacquainted with its past
history, and the writer, as will be seen,
has only had few glimpses at distant
intervals. But, day by day, we are as
Stimulating into oneness-into unity and
mutual trust. God speed the work.
'Let brethren dwell together in unity"
now and forever more. b.