The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11
oAM HOUSTON MARRIAGE
''ue S'0ry OF The Old Hero's First We'd.
DING Experience.
OR 6uRltSON's INTERESTING ACCOUNT
ea"tfu'. Aristocrntic Miss Al
zen Snd the Honest. Rugged aous-
ton Were Not ConRenini.
X BuRlfsors INTERESTING ACCOUNT

Hte ana these lines wi
w an interesting addition to Texas his
tory. He says:
ueeply regret that your Artosia, reach
'ns SO many good families, publishes
'"tement from Mr.. Opie Read that aoe
great injustice to General Sam uousto,
ana tho noble lady. Miss Eliza Ana,
"nom ne unfortunately married.
MI Read says: Miss Eliza was a sis.
VT 70 my brother-in-law Judge Alien o
tennessee. aud have often heard her in
ner old age tell of her separation from,
General Houston"
ue name OF General Houston should
uear 10 every Texas heart and ina
soon "a name of every true woman whether
80 tennessee or Texas, should be dearer
'Aah NE. And as | have been So slt-
aa.eu 10 Know all the facts as fully as
any nVlng man, | will endeayor tn cnrrect
some OF the mis- stakes that am snre yers
unIntentionally made by the worthy ZEN
tleman. "o''hy seu-
rIst' while a student In Nashville uni
rerslty. boarded the second session with
loI Alien. and he often talked of the
1,u tor'unate marriage, and no man in
ieAAs was ever more intimate with Gem
tAi houston than | was. He was happily
e,,,,r ~ teu uhaer my preaching after a
struggle of six years and buried him
IN Aoty baptism at independence. We
oiteh TAXED till after midnight and ina
"eeh ueiore he was deposed by the seces
nlsts OF 1861 he came to Independence
enu we sat under a live oak tree and
.alNed III midnight He then said with
t None but our merciful Heavenly
va Heuer can save Texas from the bloody
Eortex OF secession and ruin and lei n,
hneel down and pray TO him. And wo
speut season OF earnest prayer. He
U!tSh SAID that / wss one of The fcw MAJ
tndV never told a secret to whom he could
eutrust anything. l feel therefore | ought
name. 40 Aonoiea
The arst statement of Mr.. Read shows
now Etlle he knows OF the facts he
says the separation took nlacs ai,,ds,
~! I'm inedlately after the marriage ceremony.
! ne wedding guests were all gone and
.hey were sitting alone by the fire Sud-
eehly General Houston discovered she wa
weeping and asked her the cause of hor
ours She told him she never loved him
ana never could and had married him 10
plaise her father. i love Mr.. Douglass.
5or VIII Try to DE dutiful wife to you I
Ienef" Hous on said: Miss; no white 4
woman shall ever he my slave. good |
iiSnt lie mounted HE horse and rode 10 I
nashville ttwenty- eight mles). wrote or, |
iis resignation as governor and before
layi'gnt the next morning was on his
way to the Indian Territory
Now the great Tennessee historian. 10
=, LIQUID, also Governor Hall. Daniel
montgomery, General Walker, ali saw nav
we're married on the 22d of January isyg
nd separated on the 23d of April follow,
ng, and many facts shcw that she az the
ellie OF Tennessee 6ourished as the brlda
the eloquent young governor thee
lontlis in the governors mansion. II i.
rue that Miss Allen married General
iouSton under the influence of her father
no was an ardent admirer OF General
ouston' and predicted when they were
lehners OF congress. that he would be :
ONE governor Of Tennessee and ul.i-
lateiy president of the United States ana
ieI. NOBLE ambition to sec MS daugh- :
n presiding first in the governors man. {
on and then in the White House AT
'ashington. And this ambition prevented !
I'M from seeing their entire want of CON
'nlalIty resulting from disparity OF age
Id early training.
she was brought UP a wealthy fashion.
dc pelle he was reared In the depths OF
'Yenty by noble, stern old Scotch Pres- +.
'terian mother. And the friction grow.
Z OUT OF TINS want of congenality was !
inful and frequent. J.
- Aiieh gave me mouTnful Mus
auon' as fellows: After splendid ;
,NeIuor 5 banquet at which We're as
moled General jackson, the lieutenant :
vernon. her father and several no.ah1s .
Meals the young bride strained every I.
rye 10 act we'll her part And as som =,
the guests retired, she went UP in her =
esant bed room for much neeJed :.
'sla' and Just as she was getting inao n y
zee. sleep General Houston came gently ~
d kissing her said Darling, | am sorry :. ..
distGrb you, but Mrs. General s. Nae -,
lied 10 see you; get up and receive her ~
e worn out bride cried out: oh has 4.
y hof[tu mrs s. come to bore me 10 ii
s'h 20 and tell her am worn out and
n ana can not see her; tell her to 10 In
pore somebody else But her hus- >,
nd, kissing her tenderly said 'No n,
'r. / can not tell her you are sick when 80
are not will go down and entertain u,
TIL you are ready The beautifnI =,
ing bride arose, arrayed herself in All 10
beautiful paraphernalia, aud came h,
hiding into the parlor and, embracinp -
sed Mrs S., saying: 4 am so Glad ~,
see you, Why have you not bsen to seg n,
sooner? thought of sending around
courier to see II you were sick Mrs ~,
- was charmed General Houston Was ~
onished to see his beautiful young bride
tlng on such airs and practlcing such
option.
nd when they retired that night. he n,
4: Darling. l was very sorry aftsr
1t you said about Mrs. S. boring Won
death TO see you putting on such airs. ~
1raclng and kissing her. Cousin re- :
ID: why, all ladies' do that; II is ma
lionable." Genep4l Houston said: "No ius
mother would have put her hand In ~
fire before she would have put On such
as you did after what you had SAID lie
ousin said: "Oh. your mother WAC cal
fashioned" He finally when the dis ira
zion grew warm said all such putting n
Is hypocrisy and lying and a disgrace int
he governors mansion, and must nat the
repeated" Ny cousin wept all night no
the next day had ~ burning fever and ign
her bed all day and said 81 will on
II remain in the governors msn-
!" esr
eneral Houston intended no unklnd- .
. but wanted his wife and all women are
e sincere and truthful like his moth .
but this utter want OF congenlallty 8
= her elegant home a prison that could str
be endured +
It General Houston always said: III con
man ever utters suspicion against rem
nurity of Mrs. Eliza H. Houston 1 gra
go back to Tennessee and wipe out tea
SANDER In his lifeg blood" for
mother important mistake of Mr..
Reads is in regard to General Hous-
s resignation as governor as stated Phi
e That a grand and heroic man like ID
srsl Houston. who had faced death In that
y form should rush out OF his bridal Uni
,ber I'm IA latin ro,int his horse .nA zoe.