The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 22, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 18, 1865 Page: 2 of 2
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bt require during the lnclem-
f the year. Thin wnnton neglect will
be remembered hereafter, «ad n henry ruponnlbllity
will fall upon thone In offloe who bnve felted to
perform their duty, The dentruotlon of the city
by the enemy would be regarded aa a disaster, but
M deal motion by our eltlzenn, tent there to pro-
test It, I* * fl gr nt outrage, when the ooouion for
Itoonldbenceullyreihldled.
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BT lion. B. R. Hord, Senator from the Came-
ron District, baa been appelated Coileotor of Cus-
toms at Brownsville, In piso of Ool. Latham, re-
el good, left here laet week to aiaume the dutlea of
bit office. In a abort conversation with him, we
learned that the contraction of Judge Gray, a*
lately published la the lloaetou papera, In regard
to the Regulation! of the President for the traoi-
portatlon and «port of cotton, will be noted upon
by Mr. Hord, and that all military control over
thla hitherto muoh vexed queetlon, will be with-
drawn after the lttfeb.
>11 we aball have a moat effiolent officer, in
,r. Hord, we ah*11 regret to lote ble valuable eer-
vioaa In the Leglslatnre. Among other aota and
ranolatlons which he originated and carried through
that body at the la*t extra aeaaion, the Joint fteso-
lotion* concerningPoace, Re-conatractlon and In-
dependence, wilt aland aa a lotting record to hit
honor,and be banded down to our posterity at the
•entlmenta of the people of Texu during the try*
log bonrof our struggle lor Indepaddenee.
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Contribution* far oar MMined Sol-
diera.
Wa have received the following lettar from the
Governor, requesting ua to aot aa Agent In reontv
Si ing oontrlbutlont In aid of the Aaaoclatlon for the
v Rellel of Maimed Soldlera, to whlab we referred at
tome length In our laat lame:
exscutiti daribthii,)
Anttin, Texaa, Jan. 11th, 1886-. J
d. rloajumok, esq.,
Editor State Gazette ¡
Sir—I am detirout that jrou act at Agent to re-
oalve auch contrtbutlona aa may be made by onr
pie in aid of the " Association for tbe Belief of
med Holdier'a," formed at Richmond, Ta,, on
riday the 92d of Jan., 1884. . •
The object tougbt to be nttAlned by tble Atao-
elation are mob m to enilet the aid and acbievo co-
operation of every benevolent and patriotic oltl-
xen, and I feel the aaauranoe that you will cheer-
fully accept the poet I have tendered you, and con-
tribute your beat exertiona in furtherance of the
View of the Aatoelatlon.
Reap't your obd'tnerv't,
P. MUKBAH.
In reply te the above, we will eheerfaUy accept
the offloe tendered by the Governor, and receive
oontrlbutlont here, aa well a*' In {Tew Braunfela,
which will be published weakly la onr paper.—
Thoae wbo contribute, had better do eo in Confed-
erate inoney, aa It will be remitted In that ahape;
but ooln or Btate paper will be received and ne-
knowledged accordingly. Wa would suggest that
tome entertainments be got up by the ladtea, In aid
of thla benevolent aatoelatlon, It being tbe flrat
appeal that bat yet been made iu Ite behalf.
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■ar We are pleated to learn that our friends
T. H. MeMahan fc Gilbert, formerly of Galveston,
are about to open a Hoots of batlneet In Mata-
moro* for the parpo* of eitabllahing a direct trade
with Europe. The Henee in- Houatou will be
oarrled on a* utual, under the control of Mr.
MoMorrie, while Mr. MeMahan, wbo It on tbe
point of starling for Erope, to perfect bit arrange
menta there, will be looated at Browntville. The
btgli standing of thla firm la too well known in
Texae to need anv Introdaotlon or recommendation
from ua. Our bnataeei relation* with them are
•now of many year* etandtng, and we are gratified
to learn, that, after auatainlng to many loetea alnee
the war eommenoed, owing to their butlneea being
almott entirely suspended, they are about to enter
upon a wider field of uaefutlneea, whereby they
ean extend to their oldpntront renewed bellitlen
for transacting business. We will take pleasure In
giving notice when the BrownavlUe Houte la opened •
and In tbe mean time any eommmunloatlona ad-'
dreaaed to the Houte In Houeton relating to bust-
neia in BrownavUle or Matamoroa will be promptly
attended to.
ih.t th. the people of Texaa, tbe Governor baa doubtiea*
that tbe aoldler* ata- |„flaenoed ^ ti,e diaaatroua resulta whleh
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( be found a i
or te the people of Texaa. Suoh a
t at tbia particular erial* 1* peeullarly appro-
, and w« are glad to resognlxe in it • tone of
ad oonfideooe, when eo many are
with fear and anxiety. Tble Revo-
it oommeDoemtBt, bu bieo a puo*
llUng all tbe time,
have bad our tueeetse*, we muat
>ur «bare of dlaappointinenta and
We have, for a long time, believed that a
of unanimity and harmony In our eounella,
a* well aa In our campaign*, bu done more to lu-
jare our sanas than any barm the enemy ha* yet
Inflicted upon ua; and, in making this appeal to
people of Texaa, tbe Governor baa denbtleae
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have followed from tbia want of unanimity in other
United to a man, the North can never
eubjngata ua. Divided, we most eventually aubja-
gate .ourselvea. With the rapid addition* sow
being rcade to tbe army of the North, (Inee Lin-
eoln'e re-election, It ie more than¡probable we «ball,
In a abort time, be entirely out off from all commu-
nication Batt of tbe Uittlitlppl, whiie.there ean
aleo be but little doubt another, formidable expe-
dition, by tea, will be aent out to take poeeeaalon
of all our seaports, and cut ua off again from all
oatlete to a foreign trade, except through Mexloo,
which baa been alwaye of a preoartoua and unoer-
taln character, aubject to many cbangea and oon>
tlngenoee. Suoh aoondltlon of laolatlon we have
not yet experienced, but we may, and in all proba-
bility will, do *o ere long ; and It la to prepare the
people for suoh event* aa may happen, that tbe
Governor maket tble appeal, whioh we commend
to tbe careful perutai of.all who have any latere*!*
at «take. He calls upo a tbe planter* to plant all
the cotton they oan, after planting tufflolent bread
«tuff* to *ustcln tbe army and eonntry, and he aleo
call* upon all who are able to Introduce, a oon ae
poaalble, what machinery tbey oan, *o that If left
entirely to*ahllt for ouraelvee, we may be at leaat
eelf-euetalning, so far as tbe neceaaarlee of life are
concerned. While thls>hould bambeen done long
ago, It may not |yet be too late, and the plea *0
often urged by capitalist, that thejate election In
tbe North would olote tbe war, can now be nrged
no longer. We all know what we would have done
four year* ago, could we have foreteen the event*
that have alnee tranapired; therefore let ua take a
lesson from'our past experience, and aet a* though
we were lure the war would Inst four year* longer.
Bvery day—nay, every hour, loat <oow—may be
fatal to the encoeaa of our cauae. and by folding our
handa In faooied security, we may be entailing ap-
on our oblldren and onr children's children antotd
misery, l-ot our leading men, eapeclally our plant-
er*, meet together In a spirit of compromise, no
matter hew antegoniatlo their viewa of public poll
vy may have been, and let them at onoe concert
meaaurea of practical utility for our future guid-
ance and government In tbe event of our being en<
tlrely cut off from tbe balance of the Confederacy,
ao that everything may not have to be done at the
laat moment. There la abundant meana In the
eonatry, to proenre much that may soon be India
ponaaMe to oar wanta, If properly ¡applied in time
and he who contrlbutea moat, Jby his energy and
meana, towards the introduction of machinery that
will produoe oiothing for our people, will be fate
country's greatest benefactor. M cannot go Into
tbe army, or else that army must starve for the
want of food and clothing; therefore It behoove* u*
to bury all invidlou* feeling*, go long a* eaoh Is
doing bis whole doty, In that sphere In whlob he
can beat aubterve hi* country's interests. With a
cheerful reeponae, from tbe whole people of Texas,
to tbe Governor'e appeal, and with a unanmlty of
purpoae, and a determtnattott.to resist.to tbe
end, we have nothing to fear, while a kno
of tbia fact, conveyed to the enemy, may divert
hla purpose, and we may therebylbe apared all the
faorrore of an invading .army, laying waate onr
oountry, and deaolating.our towns and village .
"To be forewarned i «.to be forearmed."
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tar We learn from tbe Telegraph that the agen-
cy of the Pott Office Department, Trans Mississippi,
now established at Marshall, Texaa, will provide
for the liquidation (In new Issue) of Warrauta
drown by the Department at Richmond on the
Aastetant Treasurer at New Orleans, in alt ta-
ntanes* where tbe Warrant* were predicated on
Mrvioe performed 9n this tide of tbe Mlaslulppl
«momita will be renewed by new Warrant*
In favor of tbe last holder aa aaalgtiee of the
drawee, on either of thn paying Depoaltarlea la
thla Department, aa may be most convenient to the
pnrtten interested. IpS
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0T The editor of the Gontalen Inquirer olalma
! ot to be second to the editor of th'e Ban Antonio
Heraldía trying to saataln the aarreooy, having
received It till quite recently at dollar for dollar,
when H was going at 16 and SO for 1. Wn meant no
reflection «pon others In our comments on the ed-
itor of the San Antonio Herald, for we believe the
presagenerally in Texaa have tried their bettto
suntnln the currenoy both by precept and example,
When othert were trying to depreciate 11 In ex-
plana lion of what we meant, we may ndd that the
editor of the San Antonio Herald, being Confede-
rate Ti x Collector In the second wealthiest Din
trtct of the State, ha* had It in his power to do
more than npy other editor. During the pnnt two
yenm be bu had the handling of ♦828,887 0 , and
we were gratified to nee that he bad turned thin prl
vltege to *o praiseworthy apurpoea.
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%sr We have been shown t oopy of the Doala-
lana Spelling Book, a valuable little work, compil-
ed from the Elementary Spelling Book of Dr. Noah
Webater. It has been publlahed by order of Gov.
Henry W. Allen, for tbe benefit of tbe yoath of
Louisiana, and la another evtdenoe of thn deep In-
terent taken by tbat gentleman In alt that pertains
to the wolfare of oar sister State. The Importance
Of publishing sohool books of oar own bu long
bean sufficiently manifest, to have a traoted tbe at-
tention of pur State authorities, and wa hope this
effort on the part of Gov. Allen may not be oonflned
to Louisiana, but may exteod alao to our own State,
where tbe want of suitable sohool boAka la felt In
every part of It. We have every faolllty for pab-
llshing hooks, If we could command the neoestary
supply of paper, Ink and binder's boards, bat. the
bigh price of these articles haa precluded us from
going extensively Into thla bualaeaa. Through the
enterprise of Mr. Oaahlng, a partial aupply of
school books han been published, bat it cannot be
expeoted that all teachers will approve and adopt
the same books. There are now four power press-
es In tbe State, capable of turning out asufflatent
amount of elementary aohool booke to aupply the
whole of Texas. We have also competent mea of
ednoatlon among ua who have had eafflolent expe-
rience in teaohlng to know the kind of booka suit
ed to our wants. What then should prevent an
from going to work In earneal, taso praiseworthy
a cante, If onr State Executive will follow Gov,
Allen'* example, and a**lat ua In procuring the
neceasary means to proaeoute thla work T
The San Antonio Herald of tbe 7th quotes
Btate money at I and 8 for 1, and new lasue at 10
for 1, while the Houston Telegraph of the 9tb
quotes Btate warranfa at to 4 for 1, and new
issue at ¡0 for 1. What can be thn canse of thin
great disparity. In the only two markets la the
State f Were the quotations reversed, it would
not so muoh surprise us, ns San Antonio, being oon
tlguous to Mexico, where nothing but coin olrou'
lates, oan use bat little else In her parchases.—
We are lnollned to believe there are a few specu
later* in Houston wbo control tbe money market
there, and who have grown richer daring the war
than they were before, by preying upon the neces-
sities of the poor and needy. In depreciating their
only meant of eupporl, to aggrandise themselven
Such men should not be tolerated In any oomtonnl
ty In timen like tbeee.
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i thn 4th lnnt. Hn wn nn
prisoner, nnd n whole-touted
i man, ever ready to audit a friend
i of hit own nnlf-interetl Ha
fluntly to mourn hie untimely
OT* Oar Mend, Judge Lea, of Goliad, han writ
tan a long addresa to h|a oonatttnente of the 29tb
Senatorial District, making an elaborate review of
the act of thn Legislature during tbe last two ex.
tra sessions. It In entirely too lengthy for our
column*, and to publish any portion of it would
deprive ft of tbat Interest it Is intended to convey
to tbe rseder. It Is written wtth thn usulablllty
Lea on such occasions, wtth
are familiar. We regret that
ofapaoe prevents un from waking farther
notice of It.
We hnd thn pleasurn of masting Colonel
Terrell in our city last week, looking In better
health than we expected to seo him, after the Se-
vern spell of nlckneu he han bad lately. He I* on
a short leave of abcetlce from bis command, for
Whleh he will again leave In a few day*,
lte Defenses.
Under this head we notion a communication in
the Dalian Herald, la wbloh'the writer nays ¡
"Tbeprouptnets with which both offioere and
mea obey orders would do crodlt to veterans in
the «enrice; while the vigilance and watobfalneu
displayed by ctttnenn and soldtora in arresting
«sorters, hunting up the brash mea. and report-
ng tbe disloyal, should make eome ilving further
Uoat, bluah at the ooutraat. In brief, «Ir, a more
oyal, patrlotio, «elí-«aorlttclor people, I have not
tee any where in the State. They have purged tbe
country of thoee unfriendly to tbe government:
tboy have arrested scorns of deserte and returned
theru to their command*: they have promptly
puntihed conoplratora with daatb; «0 that now
here ara but few dellnqaeate of any kind in tbte
frontier Dlatrlot. Government agente have been
and itttl arc driving thousand of their beef cattle
to feed our armies, giving in return n "promised to
pay," at the rate of #60 per bead In iJonfedefate
money, when they could realise double that earn
from elltzous in Eastern Texu, and you eearoely
hear a murmur on aoooant of It. 1 regret that I
have not statistical Information of the number of
beef oattle driven from this Frontier Military
Distriot, for tbe use of the army, the put year.
From all I have se«& and learned, the number la
vaat, and I fear tbe Importaaoe of foatering and
>tectlng this branoh of lnduatrlal purantt It
(atly overlooked by our government authorities.
iey well know tbe Importance of beef to sustain
our armies, but being remote from the place of
produolng It tbey do notconaider properly how it
im been and muat continue to.be euppllea."
What la hare aald of jthe lat District la equally
trae of the rematnlng two, aa far as we have been
sble, on Inquiry, to loara .the foots. Tbe present
organisation Is doubtless tbe^bast that oould have
been euggested after the removal of tbe Frontier
Regiment, organised under aot of tbe Legislature
of December, 1881. Composed as It In of tbe oltlxenn
of thn frontier eoabtte* team 11 to "60 years of age,
there are more old men and boys la the organisa-
tion than man within obnsoript nge. They are
cltiienn too, of the frontier countlea,]¿more Im-
mndintely interested in defending their home*, than
anybody of men oalled from other parta of the
State oould be; hence, more.vigilant nnd aotlvn in
the performance cf their whole duty.
Tbe organisation, though numbering near four
thoaaand man when the muster rolla were returned
to the Adjutant Oenerat'a offlae, will be greatly
reduced by operation of the aot of lut Leglnlatare,
requiring the dltohnrge of all who were sot bona
fide oltUona of the frontier on the 1st day of Jnly,
1803. '.
We have heard tomothlng'of a qucu! proposition
from Gen. E. Ktrby Smith ;to the Governor whloh
we understand was submitted to tfae Legislature
then in session, to the effect that If .the State would
permit the conscript ourolltng officer! to oontorlbe
from tbo tier of countlu embraced In tbe frontier
organisation, the defense of that territory should
be supplied by a regiment of tfoops in the service
of the Confederate States.
Tbe Leglslaturejadjoumed without aottolng tbe
proposal. We have since hsard that suoh an order
has been Issued by Gen. Smith. Upon thlt part of
the tubject we have eome additional information in
the communication above alluded to. The writer
nayn: ,
"Tbo 0. 8. ;Kurolltng offlcenl for thlt county
Wiee) and Cook made a formal demand on Gen.
L'brookmorton, now in command of thlt Military
District, for all tbe men of his command, with a
view of oonsorlpting and forwarding them to campa
of Instruction forthwith. The news spread like
wildfire. Ouly a fow days before this demand wu
made, a body of Indians bad stolen into tbe eoun-
mrdered a man tome 13 miles from bete,
eoveral horse* nnd drove away about 64
[Mujor Quayle, then In command of tbe Dla-
trlot, wbo waa returning from the ludían Ag'n near
Fort Belknap, with an escort, of 8 men, opportune-
ly fell In with thin Indian parly, IS in number, and
reoaptured the horses—the Indians escaped.—
There was groat excitement throughout the Dis-
triot, and applications poured in at Head Quarters
tor furloughs to move families and stook into Em-
tern Texai. This stampede was not on acoouttt of
that Indian raid, however, for Sbcb raids are not
uncommon; bat every application made wu based
on tho Idea that the Btate organiza) ton wu to be
broken up aud the meu carried forthwith to campa
of lnatructlon, leaving1 their famlliee expoaed to
marauding banda of mercileaa savages. Tbey
showed no signa of dlaobeying tbe order tor con
sorlpttug them, but sought to do what every man
wbo loves his wife aud children would do under
the like circumstances. I am satisfied from what
I have soon, beard and kuow, tbat If the men com-
rng this frontier organization are removed from
their familiea aud property will emigrate
Eutward, and that your own county of Dallas
will be on tbe very outskirts of tbe froutler In less
than one year from the eontamraatlon of tbe aot.
Whero tble emigration would stop, when onoe be-
gun, I forbear to predlot or even euggest: but 1
cannot conclude that the women and children of
Grayson, Collin and Dallas, whose husbands,
brothers, fathers and sons are In the army would
stand tbelr ground any better than those uow liv-
ing on this frontier-''
We are satisfied that the Governor has been do-
ing every thing In bis power to harmonize wltb
the military autboritlen of the Confederate States,
and we are assured that on thlt particular tubject,
every thing that can be done, will be doae to oome
to an understanding which aball be mutually
satisfactory, preserving quiet, and giving ample
neourity to the people of the frontier.
Tbe broken character of the ognntry, the length
of tbe line to be guarded, and the enemy wtth
wbom we have to deal (Indian* and Kunsaa Jay
bawkers) render It doabtfol whether a force five
timen as great as tfae one cow stationed on tbe
frontier eoald gaard against every inroad of thn
wily foe.
Beildea offering security to thn frontier ottlsen*
from theae lnrond«, we are aa«ored that much val
uable aervlco bat been rendered to tbe Confedera-
cy by thin frontier orgnnlnatien In arresting desert-
ers, ridding the oouatry of disloyalist , nhlrkern and
akalkern. We hope nomo epeedy understanding
will soon be had between what teems now, eon
dieting authority, by whloh quiet will be rnstornd
and the common eaase of defeaoe rendered mata-
ally satisfactory to thn Btate and Confederate au-
thorities.
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' NEWS.
Thorn In little nnwn of Importanon by thla mor-
ning's mall. Thn dlapntehea whleh will bn found
below are from (Jamden nnd Sbmveport nn lata u
the 19th Inst. They Inform an tbnt Hood's army In
Soatfa of tfae Tennessee river—tbat hn han lost
seventy-one ennnon—that he bu fifteen hundred
and fifty thren Union prisoner*, thirty.five offi-
cer*. Gold ta New York ail. Federal Gnoeral
Stnnla la command.at New Orleann ;
Oamdiic, Jan. 1Mb, 1866.
NORTHERN DISPATCHES.
Colombia, T**«r., Jau. 2d.-From high military
authority I have assuranoes that Hooa'S army le
south of the Tennessee river and bu been for a
week. This Is official and oonoluitve. Hood ioet
etxty-three cannon between Nuhvttle and Frank-
lin, elx at Daek River, and two at Murfreeiboro'—
total mventy-one. He eronaed tbe Tenneaaee river
at Ix>ng'*, Ave mile* above Florence. Aa encaped
nrleoner eayt Hood had fifteen hundred nod fifty
Un' üüiü Slfiiitf ~
Nnwn tayt good negio men, >01
yenm old, averaged about $600 at aaotlon lnnt '
ia Houston, and likely boy , front 10 to 18 ye
old,noldfrom $400 to (600 naeb. Thin lacha
compared with tbe price* they bring ta this *ect|
of oountry.
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Th« officer of thn Florid , which wu i
tured at Bahta, have been Mat to Washington 01 tj
where they are now confined in thn old Cnpll
The craw nre all at Point Lookout, and the vnti
bu bnnn ordered to New York.
Union prisoners—thlrty flve offlcert. Gen. Lorlng
denounced Hood and hie polloy. Gnn. Btedman
It In elote punnic of Hood'* pontoon train. Gen.
Dana reporta tbnt hn hu nut thn Mobil
rntlrond South of Corinth.
>Un and Ohio
TheBhrevnport New* gives the following de_
erlptlon of eonntnrfelt $100 bille of nnw Issue, lo 1
clroculatlon in that city: '
Counterfeit oue hundred dollar billn nrn In cjreu
latlon In tbte olty. Though the plate 1* remarka-
bly good, vet the ooonterfelt It euily told. The
print It of a paler oolor than the genuine, ffhe
counterfeit bill ii muoh emaller, fo'ly a third of an
ineh in breadth anda fifth to Inueth. In tbe genu-
ine bill the two noldl art on thn l fl hand corner,
onn tlttlng and tbe other itandtng, have a light
abade or background behind them. The counter-
feit baa no abade at all, nothing bat the red ground
prlBtlnge
"Naiiivill*, January Sd.—Thomu' ¡whole army
In In notion.
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uy that tho Inglorious termination of the
d Porter to capture Wilmington had'a
dispatches
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WA9MNGTOX. Jan. 8d.—Rlohnond
y that the InRlnriout termination of the attempt
of Batler and Porter to enptarn Wilmington bnd a
cheering effeot on tbe spirits of our people—an
effbot whloh will bo infinitely heightened when all
the facte are fully known, at they toon will be.—
Nor bu tbe erathlng defeat admlnlitored to thn
nnnmy by Gen. Bragg and the nmall force under
bin command been fully nppreolated. Still, enough
It known to produce decidedly a cheerful feeling
and to affect gold, thn bnrometnr of thn publle
paite.
Tbe opinion It now entortelaed that Wilmington
cannot bn taken; itn approaches, on aocount of tbe
dangerout coast In the selgborhood of North, on
Cape Fear river, cannot be tnbjeeted to a regular
alege or blockade, aod that It cannot be taken by
aisault, hu Just been demonstrated. If Butler nnd
Porter's expedition foiled, It te rennonabto to sup-
pose tbnt any elmllar expedition mast alto foil, and
never again will they find its forte no slightly gnr-
rlsoned.
Thn following 1* ihn late t telegram from Wil-
mington:
MAnainD, In Trnvin oounty, on thn 12th Inst., R.
CtaasxTt to Miu. OoaaanA 3. OaoMnua, nil
of Travla county.
a*bixb, on thn ltth Inst., In thteolty, at the
reeldenee of the brlde'n mother, Lieut. J. Binar
Tasan to Minn. Loot Suaw, all of thla olty.
ulatory ordera on the defeat of the enemy'* grand
armada before Wllmlntfton, alio a well merited
compliment to Gen*. Whiting, Ktrkland, Colonel
Lamb and office and men engaged. Thn enemy'a
attack on the drat day waa five boare, on tbe nee-
ond day, aaven hoar . Altogether over tewnty
thousand ahoata were fired from fifty nine veaaelt.
Confederates ruponded with tlx hundred and
«Ixty-two «hots flr«t day, nnd tlx hundred on tbe
second, oar lou 8 killed nnd 68 wounded. The
ground In front and rear of tbe fort wu covered
with «hells and torn Into deep pit*. Forte nnhurt.
TheS«ntlnelofthe81*t say* there Ii a general
lull In military news everywhere. It reporte all
qalet In front of Rtohmond. Tbe Enquirer of the
81st still favora making Gen. Lee Generallnlmo of
all aouthern armies. Tbe Whig of the Stat In a
review of tbe military altuatlon now and what it
wu one year ago, oaneladee as follows:
"Bo far from beiag depressed, there's every
reason to foel hopeful, wn are not so badly off as we
were tblt time laat year. Thn enemy tried hit bett
and oan never maketucb another exertion."
Nnw Yonx, Jan. 8-Oold 281.
Wanaiaoroa, Jan. 8.—The rebela made a duh
on our pickctn between Forte Howard and Wade-
worth to front of Petnrnburg, Saturday morning
at daylight, and captured 86 men, blankets, knap-
sacks, Ac. It wu n snrprlte nnd nncceeded.
Nxw Fork, An. 2.—Tbe Timet Wuhlngton
tpeclal hu authority for ntatimr that thn cotton
captured at Savannah will be aold by tbe govern-
ment. If any peraon claiming ean ahow valid
olaima, tbey will bo relmbaraed.
Tbe troop* wbo evacuated Savannah are doubtleaa
on their way to Richmond, alto Breokenrldge. We
may look for hoatlle movements by Lee aoon.
News from Sherldan'a headquartere confirms the
report that Early bat withdrawn many portlont of
hit force1 far op the Shenandoah, end fallen back
Infantry to Waynetburo'; htn
... . opnrat
Blue Ridge.
tar A letter from Matamoros to the Hontton
Telegraph, dated Jan. 6d, tayn there hu been
terrible ttorm tbern, causing thn wnok of nevernl
venteln off thn month of tbe Rio Grande. The abip
John Bell (1400 balea) wu tank,' and the bark*
Florlan and Leverrler are reported lott. .
tar We learn that most of the oonntiet, entitled
to mediclnee, under a late aot of the Leglslatnro.
have already aent in application , and that It lanot
probable there will be any aold by auotlon, an oon
templated In thn event of their not being applied
for In time.
• «a-e
James Burke, the great eed man ot Texas,
Informs nt that he has Just received an Importa-
tion of leedn direct from Franoe. Thoee with Ing
to tecore soma nhoald apply to him In Honnlen
without delay. Franoe In tnld to bn the grnnteit
oountry on nnrth for vngetablu.
0T We have received a copy of tbe report of
tfaeSeoretnry of tfae Treasury, dated Blofamond,
Nov, 7tb, from which we thall make tome inter
ntting extraotn for our next Issue. Winnt of npaee
prevents onr giving them in thlt paper.
PT Tho na(frets, nlgned by tfarnn hundred nnd
fifty thousand cltizent of Great Britain, from tbe
peer to tho peasant and artisan, addrenned to the
people of the United States, la relation to the war,
wu rejected by Mr, Seward, on aeoount of Its bo
ing preeented without authority from the Brltlab
Government, nnd the benrer of thn addroee wm
refused fan Interview with the President of the
United Bt aten.
i®
MAnaíBD.—At the bridn'n father, near Mountain
City, oo Tuesday evening tbe 10th Inst, by Bnv.
Mr. Tonng, Mr. CoaaAX Ktlb, to Miu. Emma
BnaneLovn, nil of Hays eonoty.
Oo the evening of the 11th the bridal party
usembled at OoT. Kyle' residence, where they
wsre moif cordially and Joyoutly entertained, with
wlf, beauty, and an elngaat and nnmptuonn feut.
Tbat we nu the gallant and chlvnlroan "Tnxu
Hanger, who nnvnr surrendered to onr foe , led a
wllltag and happy captive, by the arnilet of his
boyhood'a bve, and we «inoerely hope tbs ehnlm
with which the binde htm are those of letting and
truett affection, and that their Hvee may glide aa
tmootbly at a "barque upon the botom of a anmmer'i
We hope the exnmplo net by theto favored and
worthy friendt may be imitated by otbern only
deferring tbe 'happy day' until lovern return; nnd,
ala#, that Mr. Kyle may ere long retara from the
field of carnage and atrife, orowned wtth laare.iofv
glory, the boron's reward, hi* country freo and be
ra-noited to hi* lovely fcmma, to nenarata ne'er
°">re, BoLDtna'n Fntaxn.
Obituary.
DIED, at Baa Marcor Bee. Int. of oongeation of
the tang . Mrs. M. G. Clifton, wife of Mr. L. K.
Clifton, Of lhl« place. Thl« lamented lady wm born
lifo a member of the Presbyterian churoh, «he wu
remarkable among all her wldo olrole of friends
for her ardent and devoted piety. Feeling her ab-
solute dependence upon God, she wa most earn-
est In the use ot all those means by whloh He im-
part* Hla graoiou* aid. With a holy hanger for
the word of Ufo, «be fed upon It In private and
public Ufa to the utmost of her opportunity. Who-
ever else might be detained from prayor-meeting
or sanotuarv, she at leut might be certainly count-
ed upon—It must be an obstacle Indeed whleh pre-
vented ber attendance. In acoordanoe with torlp-
ture promlao, she derived therefrom an active,
practical, hourly piety rarely wltnetaed. Aa a
wife and a mother, aa a teacher In tbe Sabbath
school, u a vttltor to every nlok bed In her reaoh,
her ardent, energetlo, unttrtng piety It well known
to all thla community. It la not her fomtly only,
or her ohnroh only,—tfae community Itself sus-
tains an Irreparable lou by her death. But it is
useleaa to attempt, In ao limited a apace, to expresa
a tithe of what tbe heart would utter In regard to
thla departed ulot. She rests from her labora and
ber works do follow her. * B.
with lofontry to Wayneaburo'; hta oavalay, hew*
crating further down both aide* of the
The new rebel pirate Sea King'* name 1* changed
to Shenandoah. 8he la reported aotlvely at work
on tho Atlantic coaat. Six Federal merchantmen
have been captured and buined by her. The
Bbenandoah earrlea four sixty-eight penndera, and
three 32 poander* rifled.
The London Time* aeys President Llneoln'a
meaaage contalna little that Federate can derive
encouragement or conaolatlon from. Tbe meaaage
effectually destroys peace expectations. The Times
thinks the North doea not poaaea* the power of
confiacatlng property, the mere aet givea the South
the etrongeat possible motive to retltt to the latt.
strongest
i above la rrom at. í.ons ana «jinoinnatt papei
4th Inat., and Memphla Bulletin, 7th lnnt
LATEST-SUNDAY, 6 P. M.
SimnvaroRT, January 16.
I have teen Northern papers of the 7th, and Cin-
cinnati paper* of the 81et nit. Little of Interest.—
Letters from Savannah contradictory; one reprO'
sents the whercabouta of Hardee as nnsnown
another tbat he la In Charleston : still another that
the Georgia militia have left htm, and that he
onlv has three thousand troops. They say that In
ndditiou to thirty tboutand balet of eotton found
at Savannah, they have dltcovered two million
dollars worth of r*ce. Heavy firing heard In the
dlreotton of Broad River, cause not underttood.
Federal lost at Wilmington about five tboutand.
Stoeka in New York moatly depretted. An
abolition meeting broken np at Brlttol, England, by
Southern sympathizers. Northern paper nneuy
about the drift of pabilo lentmeat in England. Not
a.word from Tennessee. M. E.
——«-a-«——
fW K Letter from Brownsville to the " News,"
dated December 80th, hu tbe following In regard
to butlnett, but contain* no other news o f any Im-
portance
The bett of feeling eem« to prevail between the
people on the two «lde of the river. I wu told
thatamaa opeaed anew drinking hon«e nt Bag-
dad on Chrlstmu day, and that he taw proper to
run up tbe " itnr* and strlpea" above tbe new et-
tabllahment. The emblem proved to be ao un-
welcome to tbe denizen* of that modern town of
Maximilian with aa anoient name, that they at
once fell to and took the flag down; whl lo dol ng ao
their blood became a little heated, and tbey then
proceeded to tear the hoUae down alio, and to de-
moliafa tbe whole conoera. While tbe work waa
going on, Gen. MeJIa, came riding by, and, a* ha
saw what wa* being done, be laughed and
claimed, " Buma por los Confederado I*
Bualnetn, both here and on the other tide, seem a
ountiinse
to be alackli
ton an
alnee; y
if i
Thn quantity of cot-
i not *0 great u it waa aome week*
i og off lomewbat.
gin
tent HHP
witho'atany hindrance, wheuever they ohoóée to
do no. Witbln the put week n notioabie Improve-
tonnrrlvlni ■
ettenmn are coming direct to thlt plaoe,
rannt hu takon place tn cotton. Now, 86 cent*
can be readily bad for auoh aa one week atnoe
went begging at 86. Freight* have declined about
one cent in the eame time, and merchant thtnk
they will go etlll lower.
. Up to the present time goods have maintained a
uniformly high price, but luti now, for the firtt
time, vltlble signs of a decline are apparent.
Arlcanaat
The following from the Houtton Telegraph will
give our renden in a uuiihell the condition of mil-
iary affair* In thin State:
"The fncte of tbe altuatlon In Arkanau are aim-
ply these. We oocupv all the territory that the nr.
' iled alnee our flrat arrival here.
8teele out
my hu ever occupli ■
We have aought ta every way to bring
of bla atrong plaoea, bat In vain, and we ahould
eertainly have been defeated If wo bad attacked
him at Little Rock cr Pine Bluff, for both of theae
plaoe* are very atrongly and well garrlaoned; our
fine* extend from thn Arknnau river to the Indian
Territory, nnd oar Fiooute hnve frequently ekir
mlshed under tbe very wnlla of Little Rock, bat
there ere no auppllen between Red River and Ar-
kanau River, and a large portion of our troope
have gone Into winter quarter* on Red River pre-
cisely Mtbey did lut winter. Steele hu not dared
aa yet to ahow hta head entolde of hie work . Lit-
tle Rock oould not be taken when Geu. Price wan In
Mlttourl, an It wu supposed might be done, for
Gen. Price'* movementn, Inatead of oaualng the
withdrawal of troops from Steele, u wu contení-
Íilated, producod a concentration of the onemy'a
orcen in Arkanea*. Flrat to purine Gen. Prloe,
nnd afterwards to Intercept Mm, so that Steele no
only had bis strong work*, but stronger garrisons
than be bad ever before oommnnded. There wu
therefore nota ahottof a ohance left us. Then
are tbe trutfas of the nltantlon In Anknntu."
5^:
Notice to Confederate Tni'pnytra o
Specie aold on tba lTtla Amy of
February, 1864.
Statb CoixnOTon'n Orrios, >
Anatin, Jan. 19th, 186 . \
Aa many Colleetora of tbe Confederate tax have
Improperly collected the
iid on the 1
OifRpHHHH! MMMViliiPM
thla day instrucied District Collector* to exchange
hei
notlf
Soldier's tax on apeóle,
sb, lut, in Hnd, tbia la to
' all persons who have thne paid tbat I have
apeele, ao collected, wl th the peraooa paying tCo
same, for a like amount ot Confederate treaaury
notea of tbe new laaue.
GEORGE J. DURHAM,
janl8-tt State Coileotor.
BT The Telegraph nnd Nnwn, at Houeton; the
Herald, at Ban Antonio, nnd Republlcnn, nt Mar-
shall, will iniert once, and forward billa. In dupli-
cate, payable in Confederate treaaury notes, to
JUST RECEIVED and for tale n lnrge and good
aeleotlon of maale. for nil luatrameata; tn
atructlon booke, n.utteal band-booka and dlotiona-
riet, Becthoven't works, in thorough bue; muele
ir, guitnr, violin and violin cello ttrlngn. Alto
«, n good piano, violin and violin eello.
MRS. CHAS. SPRINGER,
Janl8-lt
Con. Av., 9 door above Olty Hotel.
Ferg Kyle,
te pleuo
i, Co. D,
Terry's Texas 1
to Cáptela
I ", any
packages tbnt those who hnve friendt* across the
Miat. river may desire to send by him. Capt, K.
leaven Anatin on the SBth Inat. and goes direct to
th* "Kaugera." He will deUver all monoye or let-
ter entrusted to him in peraon. He cannot takn
clothing. ALONZO T. LOGAN,
JanlS Ch'fCi'k Dep't ofState.
Committed to Jnll
ON tbe 88th Aug., one negro boy. nntned Enf—
anya he belonga to Charley Bhelton, wbo Uvea
within three miles of Halletavilte, Lavaca county;
aged about 28 vean; weighs about 186 pounde;
about 8 feet 9 Inohen high, nnd wu making bin
way wait from Ool. DufTa regiment, then nenr
Dnllaa. Tbe owner of tbe boy wiU come forward,
prove property, pay ehargea, or he will be dealt
with u the law dlreote.
Bolton, Jan. 18, '63—4t
O. H. BIGHAM,
Sheriff Bell Co.
SELECT SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES.
onoe Hall, near the Market-honae.
Prloe uniform, ft per month.
Aantin, January 10th, 188#.—8t*
■A Few Coplea ^for
Army regulations.
•ale at thla Offlee.
POR SALO.
A LOOM aud SPINNING WHEEL, Both en-
tirely new, never having been uaed. Apply
at thin offloe.
January 10, 1863—8t*
H'DQUAIlTERB BUREAU of CONSCRIPTION, 1
TaAan-MnaittiBFi Dxi-abthmt, V
, Marshall, Texu, Dec. 17th, 1864. j
Special Ordern No. 292.
II. Tbe following letter of Instruction from the
commanding General of the Department it pub-
lished for the lnfohnntlon and oMervnnoe of .tho
oflloern of oonnorlptton, vln:
, Hd'Qbd. Tbami-Miis. Dkpt.,
Sbreveport, Dno; 14, '64,
General:—The General commanding dlroots
. >u Instruct the offlcert of ' " ^
terfore with the agents an
1,
you Instruct the offlcert of yonr Bureau not to In-
terfere with tho agent and employee of Major R.
A. Howard nntil farther ordera from these Hend
Quarters. MaJ. Hownrd doen not require any ad-
dition^ detalla at tbia time.
Very Rcsp't yonr Ob"t servant,
W. R. BOGGS,
Brig. Gnn. & Chief of Staff.
BRIG.-GEN. GREER,
Com't Conscript Bureau, Marshall, Tnxu.
W. BTEDMAN,
By Command of Brlg.-Gen, Greer,
HiJ.B *
A. HOWARD.
A trutf oopy,
R. A. HOWARD,
Mm. tas.
Teacher Wanted.
He mu*t be nble to tench nil' the branoh e« of a
thorongh English edacatlon, be exempt from mili-
tary tervicet and com* well reoommended. jan43t
ptORBALE—A Yellow Girl, aged about 90 yenm;
. "«tlvn and a good houan servant. Ap-
ply at thla offloe. Jan4-3t#
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