The Newtown bee., 1879-07-09
Recollecti0ns Col. David Crockett
 and Genl. Sam Houston,

During the summer of the year 1884 or ,, the writer passed some weeks at the U. $. Hotel on Chestnut street, Philadel- phia, kept my MT. Dorrance, one of the most popular landlords in the country, at which nearly all of our Eastern states men then stopped en route to and from Washington, including Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, Jabez Huntington and many others.
 It was also a favorite house with many l leading members of congress from the southern states, while passing through | ! the Quaker city, and here he became ac- quainted with the celebrated Col. Crockett then a representative from Tennessee, who afterwards lost his life in that fear ful massacre at Alamo, by a large force 1 of Mexican troops, led by Genl Santa Anna, wherein, it will be remembered, no quarter was asked for or given. The Colonel was in many respects re- markable man, and bore in his general appearance the type of an Indian with the independence and characteristic roughness of backwoodsman, his fea- ture were strongly marked by high cheek bones, dark, swarthy complexion, with a luxurious crop of straight-black hair, which parted in the middle, reached near ly to his shoulders; his voice was harsh and husky, and his eyes dark and lustrous. showing unmistakably a high degree of femme ss ana determination in it.
 It was on this visit of his that the young men of Philadelphia at public meeting convened for the purpose, pres to him a splendid rifle, heavily mounted with silver, and further enriched by nu- merous devices ineribed upon it, and on his return to the hotel from this gratify- ing reception, he exhibited to few of us this valuable weapon, with which he was delighted beyond expression.
 ,sE It was little startling to see him, at intervals, grasp the gun and bring it to his shoulders, and with his keen eye sin gle out some object at the other end of l the hall as if he felt sure of hitting it by , his unerring aim. That he subsequently did execution with it history attests, for it was found upon his dead body after the : battle aforesaid, lying with 8 pyramid ot heros who fell with him in that unequal i contest.
 Many anecdotes of the Colonel when he was in Congress, and many of his queer but matter of fact speeches and odd ex- pression were published in the journals of the day. Among the former was one relating to hls first visit to New York, up- , on which occasion he has handsomely en- tertained by that courtly and polished gentleman, Philip Hone-then mayor who the Colonel ever afterwards de dared was the politest man that he had met north of the Potomac, for when he ln- vited him to ..take drink" and handed , to him the decanter, he turned his back Chat he might not be supposed to care how much his guest poured out. Mir. , Hone probably knew his man.
 I remember one morning while we were } sitting together by the window looking out on Chestnut street, that MT. Webster entered from the ladies' parlor with a letter that he was desirous of forward ing without delay, and addressing Mr. Dorrance (who was at his desk) to this l effect, suggested that he had better add over or under the subscription, in haste, r with speed. or something of that import
 when MT. D. Calling Mir. Webster's at tention to the presence of Crockett at the other end of the room) said, Suppose write, go ahead" at which the great man laughed and repl4ed, All right. dc SO, and with these two words prefixed
 the letter was at once dispatched.
 It is hardly necessary to say that this thought of MT. Dorrance's was suggested by his recollections of the G lonel's
 memorable advice to his Tennessee con. stituents
 T leave you this when am dead.
 Be sure you're right. then go ahead 9
 F Mir. Webster then came over to us anG
 entered into conversation with him, which
 remember was of humorous character
 lasting few minutes only, when ht
 again retired to the ladies parlor and Vt 4 saw him no more.
 Now for Gen. Sam Houston. the hert