CONTENTS.
PAGE.CHAPTER I.Hon. Martin P. Sweet—Interview with and Eulogium9-29CHAPTER II.Trip to Galveston—Memphis Gentleman30-40CHAPTER III.Social Types—Henry Clay—General Polk41-44CHAPTER IV.Voyage Down the Mississippi—Poem on "Varieties'Theater."45-50CHAPTER V.New Orleans—Description of—Ocean View of Galveston—TheIsland, How Formed—Commercial Importance of, etc.51-64CHAPTER VI.Effect of Climate on Tastes, Appetites andTemper—The Enraged Clergyman—"RenegadeAmericans"—Morals and Religion—Reign ofTerror—The Robbery65-70CHAPTER VII.Texas Oath of Office—"Code of Honor"—DuelingSpirit—Judge Lynch and Horse Thieves—TheDoctor of Divinity—Conscript Law—"LikePeople, Like Priest"71-75CHAPTER VIII.The Doctor's Prize Ring Illustration—The WealthyPlanteress—The Doctor's Dueling Card—Colloquywith the Planteress—The Doctor andthe Judge—He Challenges the Latter—Shootingon Sight—Masonic Reconciliation76-85CHAPTER IX.Babel of Tongues—Sam Houston—He Comes toGalveston to make a Speech—A Committee Waiton Him—He Makes a Speech—His AppearanceOn the Balcony of Tremont Hotel86-91CHAPTER X.Houston's Speech—Col. Moore's Regiment—GeneralHouston's Review of it—Williamson S. Oldhamand Judge Campbell92-98CHAPTER XI.Arguments on Secession in Outline99-101CHAPTER XII.Texas Never Invaded—Feeling of the People—GalvestonRetaken—General Sherman and Lt.Sherman—Solemn Scene Between Them—GeneralMagruder and General Hebert102-113CHAPTER XIII.The Federal Fleet—"Nicaragua Smith."114-117CHAPTER XIV.The Captured Letter—Mrs. E.'s exile—Her Companions—Lewisand Emma—Lieutenant H.118-154CHAPTER XV.Lawlessness and Crime—Doctor O. and the Overseer—DoctorF. Assassinated—Capt. Carr and Mr. Smythe155-161CHAPTER XVI.The Two Days' Meeting—Power of Prejudice—TheFeast at Our House—Brigadier General M.and Staff162-166CHAPTER XVII.The Conscript Law—How the Writer Beat It, andHow at last It Beat Him—Trip to Mexico—Matamoras—GeneralMejia—The Situation—Rev. Dr. L. and the Writer—PetitioningMaximilian—Preaching in Varieties' Theater167-172CHAPTER XVIII.More about Texas—Plot against the Writer's Life—Pretextfor the Attack—Prompt Action of DeputySheriff Hardin—Fear of Secret Assassination—Advisedto Leave the Place—Went to SanAntonio—Thence to Mexico—Lost in the Wildsof Western Texas—How We Got Out—The TwoMexican Rancheros—Gen. F. J. H.—Extraditionof Don Manuel G. Rejon—Cortinas—TheWriter's Family Flooded Out in San Antonio—TheyCome to Him in Matamoras173-182CHAPTER XIX.Lee's Surrender—Effect on Texas Soldiers—Tripto New Orleans—Family Ship North—Writer'sReturn to Texas—He Visits Brenham, Austin,San Antonio and New Braunfels—Rev. JosiahWhipple—The Old Woman in Austin WhatWouldn't Hear the Blue Coat Preach183-190CHAPTER XX.Governor Hamilton—The Thirty Neros—The OldGerman and His Wife—Fight with Indians—ANative Texan's Opinion of Germans191-195CHAPTER XXI.Texas—Topography, Climate and Products of196-210OLD LETTERS.—Poem.Canto I.213-222Canto II.223-225Canto III.226-231