Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-14

iasV year rs compelled 10 seek a Furo,,ea,,
market BY acostly aud tcdions voyore oi
tVVO miles around Cape Horn Fvcn
.S exchange of products between onr
aliahuc and Pacific states must BE- made
" lne same circuitons, extensive ana
dangerous route or else submit IN H.
neaVy burdens imposed for railway trans.
poINuon across the continent. The com.
lnerce OF all the leading nations is In lIkc
manner obstructcd and hurtlened Tho
tlhie mas come when this barrier Is ahon,
70 DC removed. The wonder IS tlat !,
mas peen permitted to remain so long !,
/ why CAN'T IT nEg
ar W lndom made this appeal I'm the
senate In 1881. The ships that wonId
Sall down from the Pacific slope laden Win
wheat could return loaded down with
coal which must now he TRANSFORMED
around the cape This is Great cntcr.
prise, and although It's head and front has
ialleil, there Is no reason why IL shonld
not he pushed TO IN early comnletlon
~ Is much more practicable than the 10.
uious canal, which win be decades In div.
glhg, and which will cost countless trcos.
urcs
DUKE on SONORA.
l)r, Groin was wonderful man lie
was Tor while private secretary to Pres.
ldent Jackson, and afterward his marshal
III Mississippi lie accompanied nOid
hickory" once IN his carriage from tbr
Hermitage" TO the capital The coach
was drawn by four gray horses, and tbc
Journey was a series of ovatlons. He was
the nrst United States senator from thc
golden state of California. He WAS con-
hected with scheme TO work the silver
mines OF Sonora under Macmillan. and
was facetiously styled the t,Duke of
Sonora" No such title, however. WAS
conferred upon him. The doctor was In
MS eightieth year when he died, and when
talked TO him just before nc ran over Ia
New York he looked hale and hearty. he
told me he intended to remain there
about ten days and then return TO this
CITY. The GAZETTE correspondent is the
only newspaper man and one Of the few
persons who knew what brought him 10
inc capital so early in the season. He
was large man with strong features
and striking appearance. His hair was
silvery white and stood up from his fore
head like Andrew Jackson's. His face
was clean-shayen and rudey even NJ his
advanced age. | thought nc was good
Tor ten or fifteen years more and told
him so when he spoke of his long lease
on life.
TuE FATHER on HENRY wArTERsoN.
Hon. Harvey Watterson is here among
his old friends and haunts that have been
familiar TO him for half century. lie
represented the Shelbyyille, Tennessee,
district In congress forty-fve years ago.
lie was United States minister to one of
the South American countries. United
States of Colombia | think, under Polk
perhaps. He was for many years secrc-
tary of the senate. He and the late DR..
VIM. 7. Gwin knew as much or more of
our public men aud the political history
of our great republic than any men born
on its sacred soil.
Mr.. Watterson is seycnty-four years of
age, but quite erect in his carriage and
clear as a sunbeam in mind. The "snows
OF many winters have hcapcd themselves
upon his head, but his scintIllating blue
eyes still flash with the fires OF Younger
and stronger days, when recounting the
glorles of the fearless and lighting
regime OF Old Hickory.
ANDREW JACKSON.
Speaking of the many illustrious men
that he has known in his long and event
full life, Mr.Watterson said TO me day or
two since: "Andrew Jackson, take him np
one side aud down the other, was the
greatest man ever knew. He was my
ideal. Webster had the biggest brain,
Clay was the greatest orator, Calhoun the
closest reasoner and the greatest logician,
but as rounded character the Sage of the
Hermitage surpassed them ail.n
Mr.. Watterson has awaited the return
Of the president, whom he Is DESTROYS of
lie has not shaken hands with
4 Democratic chief executive for Il quarter
Of Il century, and his good right palm
Tairly itches for the luxury. He has
known personally all the presidents of
he Union except the first fivc--Washing- |
.on, jefferson, Adams, Madison and Mon |
'oe-and Cleveland, whom he viii greet |
before this letter reaches Tux GAZErrE. |
lie is a genial gentleman and Democrat |
If the old school. He has never faltered, !
nut kept the faith for over Hgty years |
When he shall have paid this pilgrimage |
@ the White House in Democratic hands |
he earthly Mecca of his heart, he will re- |
urn to The home OF his only child, Henry |
the genius of the Courier
Journal
Won't ToUCu 4 DROP.
The interesting and instructive polili-
al letters that have appeared In the
'ourier-J ournal over the pseudonym Of
sOld Fogyn were from his pen, and /
housands OF the readers OF the paper
Iope to see them renewed.
Henry Watterson was here fcw DAYS
80. He is changed man Always OF
companionable and conyivial tcmpera-
nent, and thoroughly healthy, he fire.
uently when with his friends INDUCED
lis fondness for good liquor and ediblcs,
nd took ''cut" nj the cards But IL
GEMS that he has turned over new
eaf. He will not touch drop
not even thimblefull OF
berry. Having settled his whilom boon
and friend, Col. Boyd Win
hester, now in feeble health, as minister
mong the bracing breezcs of Switzer-
md, he seems TO have stated his political
mbition and enjoys it with boyish buoy
ncy. lie had "Col Jake" Frazec, young
rotege, put In the Yellowstone park as
sslstant superintendent, as Louisville F.;
ould not hold "hand" TO him.
THE REFORMER As WRITER.
Mr.. Watterson is confessedly the most
rllliant writer in American journalism,
'hich takes the ''caken for both con- {
nents. lie is decisive, daring and de- {
,rminCd. His style Is oftentimcs dash
~ but always direct. He has a spark /