CONTENTS.

PAGE.
CHAPTER I.
Hon. Martin P. Sweet—Interview with and Eulogium9-29
 
CHAPTER II.
Trip to Galveston—Memphis Gentleman30-40
 
CHAPTER III.
Social Types—Henry Clay—General Polk41-44
 
CHAPTER IV.
Voyage Down the Mississippi—Poem on "Varieties'
Theater."45-50
 
CHAPTER V.
New Orleans—Description of—Ocean View of Galveston—The
Island, How Formed—Commercial Importance of, etc.51-64
 
CHAPTER VI.
Effect of Climate on Tastes, Appetites and
Temper—The Enraged Clergyman—"Renegade
Americans"—Morals and Religion—Reign of
Terror—The Robbery65-70
 
CHAPTER VII.
Texas Oath of Office—"Code of Honor"—Dueling
Spirit—Judge Lynch and Horse Thieves—The
Doctor of Divinity—Conscript Law—"Like
People, Like Priest"71-75
 
CHAPTER VIII.
The Doctor's Prize Ring Illustration—The Wealthy
Planteress—The Doctor's Dueling Card—Colloquy
with the Planteress—The Doctor and
the Judge—He Challenges the Latter—Shooting
on Sight—Masonic Reconciliation76-85
 
CHAPTER IX.
Babel of Tongues—Sam Houston—He Comes to
Galveston to make a Speech—A Committee Wait
on Him—He Makes a Speech—His Appearance
On the Balcony of Tremont Hotel86-91
 
CHAPTER X.
Houston's Speech—Col. Moore's Regiment—General
Houston's Review of it—Williamson S. Oldham
and Judge Campbell92-98
 
CHAPTER XI.
Arguments on Secession in Outline99-101
 
CHAPTER XII.
Texas Never Invaded—Feeling of the People—Galveston
Retaken—General Sherman and Lt.
Sherman—Solemn Scene Between Them—General
Magruder and General Hebert102-113
 
CHAPTER XIII.
The Federal Fleet—"Nicaragua Smith."114-117
 
CHAPTER XIV.
The Captured Letter—Mrs. E.'s exile—Her Companions—Lewis
and Emma—Lieutenant H.118-154
 
CHAPTER XV.
Lawlessness and Crime—Doctor O. and the Overseer—Doctor
F. Assassinated—Capt. Carr and Mr. Smythe155-161
 
CHAPTER XVI.
The Two Days' Meeting—Power of Prejudice—The
Feast at Our House—Brigadier General M.
and Staff162-166
 
CHAPTER XVII.
The Conscript Law—How the Writer Beat It, and
How at last It Beat Him—Trip to Mexico—Matamoras—General  
Mejia—The Situation—Rev. Dr. L. and the Writer—Petitioning
Maximilian—Preaching in Varieties' Theater167-172
 
CHAPTER XVIII.
More about Texas—Plot against the Writer's Life—Pretext
for the Attack—Prompt Action of Deputy
Sheriff Hardin—Fear of Secret Assassination—Advised
to Leave the Place—Went to San
Antonio—Thence to Mexico—Lost in the Wilds
of Western Texas—How We Got Out—The Two
Mexican Rancheros—Gen. F. J. H.—Extradition
of Don Manuel G. Rejon—Cortinas—The
Writer's Family Flooded Out in San Antonio—They
Come to Him in Matamoras173-182
 
CHAPTER XIX.
Lee's Surrender—Effect on Texas Soldiers—Trip
to New Orleans—Family Ship North—Writer's
Return to Texas—He Visits Brenham, Austin,
San Antonio and New Braunfels—Rev. Josiah
Whipple—The Old Woman in Austin What
Wouldn't Hear the Blue Coat Preach183-190
 
CHAPTER XX.
Governor Hamilton—The Thirty Neros—The Old
German and His Wife—Fight with Indians—A
Native Texan's Opinion of Germans191-195
 
CHAPTER XXI.
Texas—Topography, Climate and Products of196-210
 
OLD LETTERS.—Poem.
Canto I.213-222
Canto II.223-225
Canto III.226-231