The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-19
MRS. MOHL's LETTER.

WASHINGTON, D. O., Dec. IA, 1880.
wonder what my readers thought when
they read in my letter of December LIST that
"Albright," Duerer and "Rachel" had been
added to the inches on the outside of the
Corcoran. Did any of them wonder whether
it was the original for whom Jacob served
ourteeu years, or the famous actress who
electrified the world and shed new glory
even upon such names as Racine and Mol
iere? Or did they all know at once it was an
error, and that | meant Albrecht, Duerer
aud Raphael? / suppose they did, but l
cannot even give the readers of tho HERALD
credit for perspicuity sufficient to detect my
real meaning, when, speaking of Gen. Hous-
tons riding beside Mr.. Lincoln's carriage, I
am made to excaim "Jupiier Tonans he
would as soon have served q Sstyr-" so l
will here explain that Whist 1 really wrote
was "Jupiter Tonans would as soon have
served Il Satyr." Very different ideas arc con-
veyed in these two sentences.
The sensation of the hour Is General
Grants presence in tho city. saw him
Yesterday. He was in u carriage with Sena-
.o~t& wnJle and Logan, and General Haw-
d.. ... s tat; his face is red aud very full
... indeed, it looks. lie had on a
ap.lu ..aa s,ut anda stove pipe hat, pushed
Gown " .-l4 ells He sat al doubled up and
never once lifted his hat as he made his
royal progress through the streets. Ha
might have inflated royalty in this respect
without injury to himself, for there wero
hundreds of well dressed ladies on side
walks waving their handkerchief. Roya.; he
percentages are always polite, il they are
nothing else. A ''promenade reception !"
will be honored by his presence ut Masonic
temple, which means that ne will stand up
in certain part Of tho hall and people will
march TO stare at, and march by the "head
and summit" and then go home. This Ger
emony is supposed to continue from to y
this evening, and people can retire conscious
ofhAving done bic action.
The next grn. 81 sensation is group of
"genuine Pairaune Arabs" among whom are
the men wlJ found Livingstone, and q real
simon-pure whirling Dccyish. Are they
genuine? They look so, they have stately
gravity, peculiar to the ancient races of the
Orient, and the American Indian. Even
while whirling round in his dizzy dance, the
Dervish is calm, dignifed aud imperturbable.
But one is naturally suspicious hore. Wash
ington is city of frauds. We realize every
day the profound truth in Little Buttercup's
"proverbisl philosophy"
Things are seldom what they seem,
and if there is place where " skim mill
sells for cream" oftener than this, don't
want to 90 there. So l don't vouch fol
Stanley's guide, Selim, nor for the dancing
Dervish. For all know 70 the contrary they
may be Polish Jews.
Bayard and ConllIing are having an exces
sively courteous and painfully prolix duel o
words. This suits Conlling better than La
mars style Of argument, or Sprague's por-
suasive method. 1t pains mo to soc BayRrd
stoop to this, Am 70 lind all my idol
made oil clay? No! One remains. In ma
iestic solitude, disfranchsed, malgned
"wounded in the house Of his friesds," h
stands alone; tho peerless statesman, tht
stainless politician, the dsunlless soldier, thi
| perfect Christian gentleman nh, what it il
To have once been citizen Of a country will
such q chief magistrate as Jefferson Davis,
On tho whole have bean fortuuatein suci
citizenship as o woman eau claim. Jackson
ruled during my infancy, Houston over m,
childhood, and Jefferson Davis wac my las
presideut So have been citizen of thre
countries under three great and noble rulers
The house Is still wrestling with the cleo
t0ral bill, tho minority talking against time
the majority unable to hold it's tongue, ant
80 helping tho minority. Tho senate is sol
nomRly considering tho Porter cRse mot
case of portor-they would soon finish that
and gravely considering new appointments
The senstOrs that hold over arc ssrenely
calm, those that GO out decidedly anxiou
about their fences.
Col. d. O. Gidiiugs, the only man who h.
ever beaten Wash Jones, ia here, at tho I'm
perial, looking vol, and reporting good
tiueS in Texas. He say there are now under
contract twenty-five hi .d-'l rallies of rail.
road TO DO built in Tex jR,.r@ No epsuia ~
twelve months. Thst c., d.-People,
railroads, people, put D., o. t., people anC
prompt aad just eXec', ~ OF tho laws o.
the state, these are all Teas Leeds to DO the
grApdest empirb on tina earth. "Doyn With
dlViGion"l perish psrtizsni,m" "Prospsrity
plenty and peace" Let these bt
our nottse5, blSzoned on every banner
borne by every newspaper, cngraVsn on tn,
hearts of every man. woman and child, and
tho future Of Ts1as,; one and indivisNsls TIE
Texas our fathers fought for and estab'
lished among the nations of tho earth, thi.
secured to you and to your children, grand
and perfect inheritance, those who come AZ
ter us to say al am Texan" will DO Il
ssY, 81 SUI an emperor"
| am told Congressman Culbeson and
Wallborn ara at the Metropolitan, but v,
make it aruls here to believe nothing that
hear, and very little see, caano. voucn for
the truth oil the report, not hsviss seen
either of these "distinguished colleagues.
Anyone thoroughly familiar with English
politics, public man and distinguished
women, whs has plenty OF time and likss a
Rsyo utterly devoid Of plot, will PROBABLY
onjsy rosding Endynion--I didn't.
And now wishing my readers all v0ry
merry Christmas and happy New Ysar,
am, as ever, yout fsishflI oorrsspsndont,
A. II. MoHL.