The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15

called for Hoods brigade aud assigned
| tOGn the posi- OF danger at the battle
81 the wilderness Here the old war
god offered TO lead the charge. but was
| pJPrnted 10y priyates who sprnng from
IND ranks and led his horse ont of' the
linz Of ire. Only two great command
ols says Uncle Billy, in the history
OF the world in the hour of defeat have
! lld thu courage TO say, AN my fault,
boSs, not yours:' one was Frederick, the
Great of Prussia, in the midst of u
disastrous campaign. and the other Gen.
er,il Lee, after Pickctt's columns had
| been rolled back ont Of the murderous
/ he'll at Gettysburg"
uclc Billy served in several campaigns
against the Indians. lie helped to find
the paths, build the roads and kill red
skins and snakes with Lamar, Burleson
and Morchoifsc. In one expedition
against the tomanches the Texans had
about $50 Tonkoway allies, and during
u skirmish these allies captured two
warriors. Uncle BILLY says that he saw
The Tonkoway kill roast aud cnt these
twO cnptiyes.
The town of Caldwell. he says was
named after old Paint Caldwell. a cele-
brated Indian fighter. who located few
Leagues of land somewhere in Burlrson
county. lie says that Old WASHINGTON,
when II was the capital of the Texas
Repuhic, was n fast and furious town,
tull Of bsnVc mon, fast men, Adventures,
soldiers Of fortune. daro-deyils aud gam
blors, with Il sprinklne of the worst
characters the world ever saw, There
was plenty Of gold in circulation. lots Of
good iiddlcrr, II dance every night and
occasionally the morning winds waited
the smell OF powder into the noSirils Of
an early riser from II field of horror Eg
cry few months n fine sidr-whcelrr came
around from the Mississippi, bringing
hacon hcnns, bourbon, pretty women
and men with long mouStachcs, with
steel glittoriug from their belts. steel in
Their eyes, steel in their sincWs and
hearts of gold. Martin & Glow, mer-
chants of Columbus, owned n magnificent
iitilc stcrnwhrclcr they called Root
Rhclibn. She made regular trip TO
Washington. carrying the mails and nc
cusioually routed her way against the
currani Of the Bravo to the frontier set
Elements Uncle Billy thinks that one
of the first newspapers eyer published
in Texas was called The rnrautnla II
was issued from the capital odd Wash
ington-aud edited by one A. Burlington.
IL must hive boon n rcd-h0i sheet for
he says lie has often seen cii2eus who
were not in accord with lis sentiments
handling it with pitchfork or n pair of
tnucs
People stood around on the corners
with drawn bowie knives and cooked
pistols in their hands waiting tor it 10
COME ont. They did not know what Kind
Of row the issue would start or who
would be involved, consequently every
body modified for the weekly fray
1t WAS II great newspaper aud the
people pntr0niacd il and respected II and
It's editor al6o
The last time he saw General Sam
Houston he was making a speech from
The balcony Of Bob Tots hotel IN Old !
Washington
Uncle Billy has one good anccdote to
toll Of General Sam Houston that has
Very foud of milk and while president Of /
the Republic he occasionally wandered /
out tn u farm house near the capitol 10 /
indulge in his fayorite beverage. The |
farmer and his wife were aWays glad to /
gee him and took great pleasure N setting !
hofnre 'hr president pitcher OF nice /
cool milk. This farmer suddenly devel- /
oped political aspirations and be took adj I
vantage Of the presidents first visit 10 |
ask him 10 recommend him 60 the war |
offic. for u certain good TAT ollice. Tho !
president drank milk and smiled and /
promised. The farmer forthwith began F..
10 impOrtune the secretary OF war. All |
this came 70 the knowledge Of the presi-
dent aud he wrote 10 the secretary of
war. the burden Of which WAS That the
man of milk was clever fellow and |
all that sort Of thing, but in sober truth
he w9s totally incompetent 20 I'll the
position he had applird for. The next
time the man of milk applied NJ the war
office the secretary handed the appli-
nnnt General HoustOn's private letter.
the farmer put the lettcr
In his p0cket aud Wnifed for the rreEi-
lents next visit IN search ~ MS tactical
beverage. He came all SMILES and hrim
full Of kisses for the children. The
pitcher OF milk was set ia front Of the