The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-02-21
EErTEn FROM WILLIAM.
crxraAL TrxAs February 10 IszF.

Central Texas February 10 lsa1.
EDS. CLARioS:-A few days ago | W.
called 10 the CRY Of AHsfin. arris
about bedtime and retired .mmediafrit
In the morning being impressed with Mr.
Jones' opinioI that no man !, dressed With
out IA nice hat. l sailed forth AMI bought TIE
a stove-pipe of tn. latest cur, aud > med
to my hotel. After bre kat. | again weht
forth and Was walking up Congress Av'nne
wondering what effect nv new hat Wa hav-
ing on the people, when heard some o &c
calling out behind me, w Iliiam- william
felt alarmed at first. bat being very brave
as you know, / halted. when DR.. J. l.. Car
ter foruefly of Jackson. came rushing up,
was about TO fall upon his neck and weep,
but it occurred 10 N that my stove pipe at
would fall of and be swept away by the
Norther that was whistlipg down the
Avenue, and | would be called upon to 20
through the nndignified operation of chas-
iug my beaver across the street, aud re
strained myself. Tie doctor sud myself
had long talk about Texas, Jackson. etc.
aud came to the conclusion that we wpre
almost too close to sunset, aud that ii we
were provided for over there we world
abandon the star of empire. The ID ,ctor is
principal teacher OF the Deaf and Dumb
Asylum of Texas. The Superintendent is
Gen. McCull@cll, brother of the lamented
Gen Ben. MrCulloch.
| On Sunday IN orning Gen. McCulloch came
over into the city with pair OF splendid
horses, and carried Col. j. DuPre and
myselftO the Asylum. where we spent the
| day with DIR. Carter and the General, and
never were two wandering Mssissippian.
treated better. We dlned with DR.. Carter
and family, and discussed splendid dinner
prepared by Mrs. Carter herself That is
the fashion in Tex ls-cach lady does her
own household work, as Il rule
My meeting with Col. DuPre was refresh
ing-both of us native Georgians, aud DO h
| from NoXubee county. Miss. where the
| Colonels father still resides, and illustrates
his daily life in the duty of a father. patriot
and christian gentleman. Col. DuPre " 5
for long time connected with the Memphis
Appeal but Is now the leading editor of the
| Democratic Statesman at Austin, and its
columns are marked by his conspicuous
ability and versatility. 1 met. also and re-
ceived from him marked attention, Col. j.
doubtless remember. lie is editor and pro-
prietor of the State Gazette. On Monday
morning another Mississippi editor, Hon j
W. s. Adams, accosted me. He represents
| the county OF COmanche in the State Legis-
lature. As 1 was going to dinner on Mon
day, / was ovcftaken by a g0od-looking
| youug gentleman fresh from Jackson Thos
}. Wharton Jr, son of your distinguished
ex- Attorney General. OF the same name
| Austin is certainly the most beautiful
city ia Ine world. have never seen Il pie
| Iure that equals in beauty the m gniticent
view from the Deaf aud Dumb Asylum on
| The Colorado river. Different from most
| Texas towns, Austin has many splendid
! ouidings--priVate and public. IAe State
/ House is the shabbie>t public edlfce in the
| city. | visited the Governor during my
STAY, and he said: civilian, are you related
| to the Jones family in Georgia?" l told him
| that the first sweetheart l ever had was Mr..
Jones granddaughter. The Governor
wept, for lie is from Georgia. He is bril-
| liant ator and a fine lawyer, and look To
the time when Hubbard aud Coke will
| shake hands with Major Barksdaie in the
Senate of the United otates--Selah.
| The mails and passengers are carried in
all directions from Austin, in splendid six
passenger coaches, drawn by beautiful
| horses Early in the morning you can set
| numbers of them leaving the city, and in
the afternoon you can hear ringing over
the hills, the same old stage horn tune that
made glad the heart of Mr.. Jones. in 1.-THE
| good old time nev,r comm any mo-"
| Another popularity of Austin is the great
number of beautiful women, that you can
| sec Oh the avenue They wear the hand
| soonest costumes | think | ever saw. As |
watched them pas. TO ard fro. my mind
| called up the pleasure it would afford Sam
| Pryor To ride out with one of them over the
| beautiful drive, literally covered with car
riages on Sunday evening.
| Texas is great and growing empire. In
it many of the very best people are from
| Mississippi. / meet them constantly. The
same is true OF other States, and no matter
what may betide, few years will place the
! lone STAR State at the head of all the South
| ern c0mmOnwealtiIs.
| While in the State House AT Austin,
/ read the inscriptions on the Alamo Monu-
| ment. | give you one: "Thermopyiae had
her messenger OF defeat: the Alamo had
none Conspicuous among the names on
| t shaft is that OF David Crockett. Imme-
| diately back of The State house overlooking
the city al d the winding river, sleeps Al
bert Sidney Johnston. one OF the martyrs to
| a cause, which was lost, but fingers with
his name, in the hearts of his countrymen
WILLIAM.
Z. ). have something To say of that SER
mon on Joseph, published in THE CLARION.
Mr.. Jones thinks it a valuable production.