The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-22
Sam. Houston.
Harry Hlll, New York Mercury

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 Harry Hil, New York Mercury
 sam. Houston was in New York several t,rces. and each of the times" he had wAai the boys call "a good time gener- A,.y" Like the elder Booth. he was a hard drinker by spells. and in those spells he was impossible 10 manage.
 me day in one of these spells he based tailor's shop kept by a man c4 led Watson. on the lower part oi Broadway. and ,aw d velvet ooa; oi peculiar cut. very showy.vey long. ven ag-.pie and veY expensive.
 Houston was fond of me clothes and strong colors There Was good deal of .e Turk about him n various waN $. and : he took a violent fancy to this coat. aa bough; |; II once. pu, il on and Vl Sed ID Broadway AIth H. a,traeiin. as was readily ;o be supposed ! good deal oi attention. particularly from the faiT sex, as Houston was d me lookin man. and boxed Iip-;op n his new coat.
 Havin attracted sufficien, attention by h, coat in New York. Houston took |, ba K to Texas with him. where he wen, or another ''lanboree. Btu, it began to be noticed by iious,on's ohums and ser vaais that whenet er he went on I tare" q he violen, kind he would not pe, on h: velvet coat. ben afraid of spoiitn, il ara iha. as soon a> he found himself re- co erIng from one oi his per!odie al .s2rees he would put en his Nelse, coat a-ain and get comparatively decent and dsaiiled IF II.
 Meanwhile TeNas had declared is in dependence ef Mexico. and wanted ,o ase an independent country ef itself, ard tried 10 interest England and Eng h.h capital in is behalf Bu, England w-s friendly with Mexico. and English capital Is Very ~consefea;ise,. and don't Ike to invest in mere political. or any other kind of speculations English -lneney. being solid. sure thing in itself. wants sure. solid things to invest in. And although the future of Texas was a ire thing Co write and talk about. l, was seo far trom sure or solid" So Eng lard kep, aloof and English capital wouldn, have anything 10 do with Texas,
 Du, Sam Houston was not only a handsome man. and hard drinkin' man. but very smart and a very bold man. who believed in himself and in Texas. 50 he sent over two commission CTS to England 10 plead the Texan cause. These two commissioners were General Hamilton and Judge Bamby. two brave. eh.valrous. honorable gentlemen. who had really great faith in the future of Texas. ard who managed 10 nfuse their own faith sufficiently into some English capitalists 10 induce 'em to send person bv the name of Elliott 10 Texas to inves- ;isate matters and things. It bein' un- de.stood that il Elliott reported tayorably ihe Englishmen would advance the Tex ans money.
 We'll. Elliott Barnby and Hamilton came 10 Texas. and of course the first ,h ng 10 do was to introduce Elliott to Hous,on and to get Houston to impress Eliot, favorably.
 But. as luck would have ii, just al the ven time Eiiio,. reached Texas, Houston went on a spree of the very worst kind. prowlin about in the most independent fashion.
 One afternoon. the afternoon of the yery day. on whic.' Elliott reached the town of Houston. then the capital of Texas. Elliott. takin' a walk, saw a fine lookin' man staggerin along in front of the leadin' hotels of the place. He turned to Judge Banby. who was walkin' alongside of him. and asked Barnby who this drunken man twas. Barnby knew well enough. but he knew we'll enough. too. that fine was to tell Elliott the truth ius, then. that the drunken maniac roll IF about the street was General Houston, the president of Texas, all would be up with the Texan loan. So Barnby said he didn't know the drunken fool and walked Elliott back to the hotel on the double quick
 Reachin' the hotel. he conducted FL lot, to his room and kept him there. ,ell;n him that the president. General Sam. Houston. had been called out oi ,o~p for three days on business. but would be mos, happy and honored to re- ceive him as soon as he returned.
 Then he handed Elliot; over 10 Cen efal Hamilton. while he rushed over the way to see 10 geiiin' sam. Houston so- bered.
 Barnby managed 10 ge, Houston into ! private house. Then he managed ,o get him calmed down gradually. had him fan1iga,ed, ga, all the rum out oi him by degrees. till on the third day. Houston was pretty we'll able 10 understand the situation.
 All right Barnby.- said Houston. as sumin' some dignity on the third day. 5 -,ell the English commissioner. Mir FL liou, tha, the president of Texas IS ready .o grant him an interview.
 Then Houston pu, on his velye, coat, and also pu, on his most augus, and high tened manner
 There was no, more imposin' male creature Tn existence than President Sam gel Houston. He was six feet high.