The Semi-Weekly News. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 70, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 17, 1862 Page: 1 of 2
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SAN ANTONIO, THURSDAY.
VOL. I
JULY
BY BCálMUDT TUM.
rOEIFIC B0MÜS0MKNT
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OF
W# tr« indebted lo thi Editor of the
Itowtwrt Nm for aft extract the 3d tost.
'km which we eopy to the
We ¡earn by a
sit mvi tu rccei
fresa Rtahseoad. saying
¿kii. Lee bed a bght
«iiA the enemy k t *
C*>0 prisoner*.
tmt tonrát W
Ureted by all the
on the 27 th
kson, Misa.,
a and
ad, in
and 10,-
lii fall re-
Tila !s corro-
id the greater portion of the fligitftea will
be intercepted asd captured before night.
Gen. Stuart'* cavalry captured 3,000y an-
keea yesterday, who war trying to escape
to York river;
The N. Y. Herald says tile fends in the
Republican party are dailyincreealag in bit*
tMVIfl.
>wing particulars of
; from the
£veiiia¡g Citiamsf the 28th nit. r
;Sbo«t 1 o'clock the enemy
ball, and it was aoon dis-
saber of their gunboata
had poseed the lover batteriee and «ere im-
aedMf i& frost of the city. The etreets
* with Women and children, all
j their way cut of danger. The
waa UrTitis—sometimes per-
flKtlvewfuL. The roaring of the cannon
tad Weimg of the sheila kept up one con-
tinuous thnadSr, while the broad and no-
keeken sheet of 'íisaace from the grins illu-
aiaased the Mill with a great brilliancy.
Ov batteries ittod the ordeal with a be-
rmtm beyond all praaea, they fought like
libere, asa their nndaosted ral or will be
recorded la history at one of the highest
fr$m of this war.
Strapfe to say there ware no casual it isa
la tha bailarse, although under firs 3 hours,
fire ef their vessels paaeed all oor bat-
They haresow fairly surrounded Ticks-
"ft
b/
gteat bamber of buildings were struck
by the shells this morning;. Some
fart «aira hot slightly damaged. Among
the meet prominent isthh Msaonir Hall Al-
most tha whole city ia ftUed*witli the relica
of thle ■oraing's terrific work.
to tha Mat estimate 170 cannon
per aaintits.
Gold has advanced in the North to 1081
—Cotton haa advanced If to & cant per
pound.
▲British steamer was reported agroundeS*
Wilmington, N. C.on tbetfth nit., with 100
tons of powder, the blockade fired on her,
but were driven back by the cuna of the
fort. It is believed the powder will be
tared.
A dispatch from Florida says it is believ-
ed the port ef St. Augustine is now block-
aded by British ships.
was captured by them.
in Si. Augustine were reported in a starv-
ing condition.
A dispatch from Richmond June 2tnh.
aaya in the battle aearjtbereon the 24th ths
enemy were repulsed with a loss of 1200—
our ioea 400, in killed and wounded.
i Later dates have been received from Eng-
land.
An article in the London Times regards
the defeat of Banks by E well as tha most
important success, of the Confederates on
sccount of the lesson it teachea to the North
in showing them that they moat make ef-
forts greater than any they put forth in or-
der to res tor* a single border State to the
Union.
The Times eajs also thst the attempt st
subjugation of the South growe more and
more impracticable.
A northern dispatch 25th oltn saye Bueii
is advancing on Chattanooga and Morgan
land fight to-day ; bat hS thinks the i«yu- men i cation on the Mobile and Ohio Ball-
riea they jsavo received will pre re at them road, and o«i the Memphis and Charleston
road, thereby hemming se in and starving
ue out, and forcing na to surrender. Wo
had, however, deceived them, and for near-
ly a week before made them expect an at-
tack from as outside the trenches, com-
pelling them to lay on their arms in line
of battle for several nighte, and we were
constantly, even to the last moment, mak-
ing hostile demonstrations. When Hal-
leck had spread his nets, and set all his
triggei s* and was entirely ready to bag
from making the attempt eo soon.
As the gunboats Went ap this morning
after nassing the tf^per batteries, thsy
amused themselves by firing at defence*
less country-house* two or three mile*
above town. Several ho usee were struck
is the vicinity of Port HiH. All the lives
lost in thit vicinity was that of a mule.
^M ha^Springs, aj d a horse belonging
- >ii n'>. -
waa
líiadq<urtmTnn -^tiumít>f Dátrict ) th* bi« Wrd oi, ** W"U h* fT'4 **
Littie Rock, Ark., JuaaStb «fi i ruipl-v ,od tLe PEnl" íone-, „A P"f ,
Pr„Bit T fc___ a . r- ' "** J ; his torce followed us, but they fell afoul of
battery and three of our regi-
tbat you ^«je m prlso® at Batesvllle, cer- ] meul> 0f mimtry, who Uu^ht them a les-
, tai emzensof Iwrdewnty, Ark., captured | ^ lhfy wili Jt soon i„ ieMiDg
One Lincoln vessel ;a tew daysago, Oy a detachment of your j Ooriutn, great uuuibers of our men went
The Federal troop# j way ™ « charged with firing np >n . cff on tUe ^ttrs as É¡ck rnen. but more to
your men, whilst attempting to arrest them ) aVoi i u march thwi anything, and they
were soon scattered all over the country
üp
Frota the
the 3d inst, ;
The blockading vessel left
Tuetdky #eek, and haa sot
Cotton contiaaea to roll is
quantities, snd tie hear %
on the road, bound for
gentleman from tibe iuiorior
that there are probabir sls "
of ootton on the road fr?m<
ria, which has been thrown
gousemployod totn
some Heootver or otber
waa being tmi
try. Many thousands of
property has thus been
and to the country by th!
the good faith of the go
chal.enged where* one
teams .taken to
Parties of questionable*
M ths
had bh
presented tuat they had#-'
false h
and whom it k your,intention te hang as j wert> BOOn fcCjUtered all over The coimtry. [ton,n and by this
ou. ;rs* it }. ^ 1 By that means our army was considerably Subject the author to
whether thsy did^ actualljr fire upou your | r^duceU when we got to Baldwin. They j did their duty under
have I since been brought in to a great e*-|pressed teams into
soldiers or not, Í asssrt "it to bo tie duty,
as well as the right of every ciiisen of the
District, to fire apon the soldiers of the U.
S. Government, so long as that government
persists in the invasión of their homes, an i
tliey have the arms to defend these homes
with; and ia the performance of that duty
I should sustain them at every hazard.
1 have in custody several ofhaere and sol i-
iers of the army of yoar government, and I
write this to warn rm that if yocr threat
ttni.":—Hottaton Ttitgraph.
«St-
0O$*
wbich skoftkd
military
■tsrtial law, liave
servioe which
18G2.
were hauling fo> as good patriots as there
are iu the Sout^. It is io ho hoped that
u suit fur carnages will reach some of
these stupid otficrrs, that they may learn
that not only curses, bat that tines and.
* isisivsston.
Galveston, July Ilk.
Wi-liiii the past few day i «u j and improper proceeding*,
copious auJ refreshing showers, sumcieut | t(
. j penalties are the results of such ill-advised
Have jia« ,au(] iu)Ltioi>cr fjroOttediitat.
«o the
■m
to lay the Uu.t a hich has Ken very^ an. ¡ A Karswmos^As Incident inthe car-
is carried into eatecutios against one single : tho cistern*. The long drouth and hut sun ¡ ^^"kn^wtedse wh^we deem
Citlsen of this District, who now it, or hete- ¡ had | arched the ground, and burfct up ve-|fibouW be made iwUMtWisf asch s high.
after may fall into ycur hands. I shall avenge i gelation. Nature is now a^suiu'ng her ¡ £ J. *_
his death 6y hanging every Federal officer • garO of green, aed, in place of scarcity. ¡ dle^rec«ntiw issued a i
aad aoldíéiitfhom I now hold as prisoner \ we shall soon have ah abandonee. í ladina of'the cite
of war; ai«J from that time forward tLU j I he U. S. frigate Santee, Cspt. Eagle.: * a fow'^aws ¿L liisnsFtfiiina were ...itk-
towards KnoinlU to relieve East Tsnhes- j becomes s war ofostermiHattOn between us. i which relieved t!he- blockading vessel, . # . * . f
Me. Í S«* ■><" I l..n; S «r. month, ego, «kj J¿
We bin of diteatches from Richmond M! P V ••«kent mercy, nn; uiij r .-r d,'|i«rtaro o% S luni y nboat 1 o'clock, j •*], . . k!.... • -,i
Ute es July Irt, U fc.ee ««no of V. *. .fco fe WÍ , «o . ;« ,<! b, ne ofü tta| W
eoataiag them. A passenger informs the} «Pl^^ae for a day or two. in the *nu«dñi*
I am further inff rrotd that in a published f direction of Tortugas; as she ha probably wK0tfi -sk, - hJtol
Ofdar >ou have already declared Ik?* to be + many \nuú*wiu on boardt who. trom th -irt f\
a war of extermiiietios an# that yoa eapect: long inactivity, awííl -molt likely sutfVr |"TUD_n. dr , {
I frSlM*) eacfc., veqser .sirj thst you from sea^sicki.esé. there is no doubt ,
Specially advise to# as to th« troth «f sueh ! uur#uthortnvs, if they had been apprised [ * . ¿ , /
information and If combatible «ith your in tinte of their intentiou to bid us larwell.; jr; . J
datyr Jnumlab moa^asii^;^ ite^tder w>u>4 hav -
in quotation. If such proves to have been ¡ a tew ban
your declaration, however, yoa can consider i thr^r recovery.
this asan acceptance of imnotendered, and , 'f he loek-vau wer4 well fillcu
Daring the bombardmest this morning, a
13-inch thill fitted with canister, struck our
frsidence «Id seáttered things in s very un-
Ticksboffc^Jitne 40.—All of Farragut's
fleet are ia sight below, also IS transports.
Fart of Davie fleet from above ie visible
asar ths moath of the Yasoo. There wm a
filht MfeHay botwees the Grand Gulf
| tO federals killed, no one
iifrom bf low, Wednesday
oar betteriee. Oar batte-
3 shots daring the en-
The lhird shot took effect on
boat a&dit ljfSt down immediately.
)
indkstiofas thísmorning (T hura day
r forces to Iodklfor aa attack by th
ltd oar
feet at any moment.
Richmond, Jane
Irpreee of this m
Philadelphia papera
cs.ved here give a fall
k raid of Gen.Stoart and
"ímU?,7*¿sr.h . 'MI ofMp* .
Ths Petersburg
19th alt., re
the gmwii-
mach loss
Hotufton,
Ths news by this arrival
at important as we had
^a e barely had a chance to
two cepera, to notice a few i
Peterabarr, Jane 2#.—A
from
tersbarg,
Bermnaa
12, 1862.
so means
pated. We
atone or
jnet
Hondrade at 6 o'clock,
porta a portion of the Ft
in ven to the river, whore
their gunboats they are
hsik.
Foar transports have
river heavy leaded.
Onr pieces on the C
leged the ganboate and
te them.
The ganboats dropped
Island followed by oar field
e&amy are fleeing down the
)y panned by onr troops
thtek and last at Isfts
iag was iscesMat
bare been
sever of
to em-
diwn the
en-
fire in-
the fir*
SIS
«ra he Septsvod.
informs the
Telegraph that they represent McCiellan
ae being driven from entrenchment to en-
trenchmente until they reached their Usa
entrenchment.
At this p<£nt, a passenger saya, fhey made
a most desperate resi«tance, lefulemg oar
■orces tfctOe times, hat that the fight was
still going on, when it was terminated by a
heavy rimú
This*desperate engagement is said to haya
tricen place on Jamee river 40 milee from
Richmond* The fissi msslt wfll bo looked
for with the átmost solicitude.
Mere of the Ylcksbarf Bombaráment.
The following is credite4 to the Vicfcs-
buiaf Citixea of the 38th sit ¡
I'an Darn'* JddftM.—Tho following
address was issued this mornmg by Geo,
Van Oorn, daring the hottest of the fight.
Every trae patriot will rejoice in the bold
and aefiant stand taken by our chief c<?m-
Tha sdiress espial* s itself and
in livery—the.
au o«*u«ír>Mjt of
ta te* 1W vc~
latent fashion and
, .}re«% from h *r
róase, HifO taking tiifne-
JhmUXclMi ín pwktofcciliuw ..ll-d ,t rh.
K?Mdence lad.cated oti the eani—a an * u.in-
¡on in a fashionable part oftllócity — w Uert
a couple of hoars were agreeably spent io
conversation, followed bj^tim introduction
South fc.tt.ry ; but 01.0 of our, °f «W¡gk*cd
«•in u fondo/nh.tm'.cM ioke,,r<''«« took their deE.rtttre. Pi-.yuno uid
| .urwd . rncor, which obUincd .11 «ten-! ?'"j 1apf1f,l<:,*te U"¡ f=ct ,h" f* l' i,b'ea
five circulaiWn. tlmt Copt. íeglo had beou . ^.id l,be *'«'•" «< uc««rulI -mU,' an-
' rec U«d by hií gsíecrnnwiit, tad was t« he | ? h"le.rned«hwtly .r.ar«.rd. t h.t b.
tried br . curt mtjrti.l for tl.reatc.úng to!l",.d,b,wn W * .k¡* W lb. mo-
bombard tko city, when he b.-,« not '«f«>• "f ceh.br.ted ¿w*-
iwmm c ou to estubibh an tffccSud tfc. State, * ho .t thi. tnn.-con-
blockade \*werea a v mtiy of ¿he town, plying her
Cant. Ba^le must have left l>u etfition; f* ,. j&'rn "%®.
full <4 .¡..uH-'uimout at tin- «cupe of the I „.lbe that th . Ml «pon P,c-
the d.-ii.int wanner io ¿hfchbta W" T" '—Mtmfhu .Ipptal
win
«ra will Ignora all reorganixad rulaa of civi- \ spectator^, some imagfalng^htt she Was to
lised warfare, and make oar campaign one j he taken
of savage cruelty and unsparing butchery, j sides at t
Hoping* General, that there ia some mistake ; citizens
in this matter, and that the roles of civilis-
ed1 warfare will continue to Influence u*
both in conducting the campaign in which
we üud ourselves engaged.
I i have the honor to l#
Your obedient aav't,
T. C. HINUMAN,
' ..} 5ísj. tíeui. C. i>. A.,
Brig. Gen. Curtís, commanding U. S. furce
in Arkansas.
round to deliver a few br< ad-
mander. Tha sddress esplai< s
gives a very plain idfea oi the position of í s , ,
Vi^ksbur^. j —- , m -demand í"r ¿t suittuder was receiven a few s
tt h'n ft_ |t™ * - j j lZiCHMO^D, June 3.—The attack upon weeks ag .. í he object of the erpediiion, i
w-a!8* «i* i **oa*Va s> ¿ the Yankee fortiíications at Elllsou's Mill's which < u; {ur i the Kuvai Yacht, wa? tó
A icksbarg, Miss, Jane 2S, Í502. 5 | on Friday was made by the 44lh and 4*1, cul out t.,, but instead of being an^j
Defender* of ricksburg: The eot-wy Georgia, and 2d Nortn Carotina. ¿ier the ^ «he isnoív lying sate-'
are attempting.to destroy this beautiful | xh« 41th Ucorgia andí!d North Carolina !y in a ivrt ..n port, uiider going r -pairs;
city, and a heroic people have tfetermined j jQgpretl t*xtremely. i. reparatvi'.v ho. e tó another success-
to sacrifice it rather than to give it up to j jhe tmh' {Mississippi went into action \ iul crui
the invaders of their homes. ? 521. and had 31 killed and 15U wound- ^uietely anologies for ships of war) which
It may be considered therefore in ruins j , arrived oil" this port probably to spend the
—tfor it may be knocked down' and burnt \ 23 JlisffsMppt Battalion ha<! 30 1 fourth of July and receive their in atrro-
up, but the earth it stands upon is our* j ymirwl^d. ' tions from Capt. Eagle's successor with
and will never be given ap. The shot and ^ xtio 2nd ^lís^ssippí Regiment had 19 i the exception of three? (a steamer, bark
eheU now ploughing through these streets, | and 71 w«muded. 1 and schooner.) have left their anchorage
through lovely villas, sacred churches knd ! 'jri,a j { Mississippi had 16 killed. 144 ' to proceed on their varieos missions; with
deserted homes, are but 4, ouad and fury, and 7
„ , , i The 6th North C>w^lio^ bad 4 killed
ill commence when the anj 43 wounded.
enemy attempu to pst his foot opon our j Th¿ 4(1, Alabamar-33 killed,
soil.
Stand cooly by yoar guiis, and deliver
your fire only when he comea too near. , .H , ^ ¿
7 * 1 Kraeuatlonef Corfnth.
J' wounded and 8 tniseiag.
^Te take the follow 1 rig eitract from a
enemy, cootlao^ ^dtiz^nr, j le,¿. ,n ^t |¿S, brinda ¿ j
some time after-
EAKL5VAN|DOlCN,
Major General Commanding
Aa
Sdw la postewion of DeBoto, opposite I ]oav^ Corinth, ft ie interesting:
Y icksbarg, whetfe they have batteries | «0ur brigade was left t-> cover the re-
wbich prove of vast advantage to them in < f the whole array. We were within
bombarding Vicksborg, and the passage j 0f the enemy; and it was only due ,
of their ganboats np the MtíBSasippi at th« dense woods that surrocmded Cb- j
taat point. This offers an excellent op
portunsty for darmjg exploits by partisan
rangers, which we opfáo the/ will sot be
long in discovering.
LAoiest companiea would prove of
tho esnA siitki rein*t wiU kt
We have been furoi hed with a**j account
of the loss cf ithe schóoner I<U O. Biian.
which wain run ashore near Velssco on (he
4th iust., to eecape a Federal ateamer. The
crew then went on shore wst of stii« reach
of the ateamer and gu^K, wbUe men were
« . , . sent from the steamer to the echooner, and
e sq aadron 01: vessels not being able to get her off they eet fire to
—. — her, and left. When th^f |riMÍ reluriied to
the steamer, the steamer went two or .three
miles further out, when ilpÉn fr<jun Col.
Bate's regiment went to theSrhvoQer for
the purpose of patting out t||S Are. aad suc-
ceeded, as the account says, in éaving uiod -
dlcines to the value úi $2,500 among which
were ¿orno 250 uanaes of osiaine, and 3d
lbs. of blue ma^s—also 6 bb|s, limas. Xh
balance of- the cargo and vessel were a total
toss. This vessel was loadedJjf C* Snnis
& Co.. ef this city Our aooOSnt says the
loss took placa in presence of Cul. Batea*
regiment, but under such circumstance*
that no assistance < ould be rendered.
T|ie account sáys the Federal ateamer,
fired near 100 shots st the Schooner and
■ their departure, the little excitement oc*
I casioueU by their presence, has subsided.
; and we must wait with patience what the
an i 104 next event will bring forth.
borne bad characters still contine to in-
; fes t the outskirts of tiie west end of the
« city, distorbing, by their nocturnal visits,
I th e peece of the inhabitants. On Satur-
day night they were discovered on the
rinth that we escaped them. We left
hoed and hotly pursued, but they managed
to make their eacai
«ta/Os, the lady of toe house having occa-
sion to go into the yard, suddenly received
a blow, which felled her to the ground:
she is now lying dangerously ill from the
If our officers oould only
Jlay, ano got nway as taat ano aa ooiet y j thev would receive the wannest
« « o™' ¿ST grarnad.™?^
imart detective
advantage to as
is pubHe would
lor their esrvicst.
Ji
JHPP
The citi*
aps
tS wa eém
CWr. jmmi
her ceew while making their escape, and
also at Capt. Saunders
was drawu out for the pu _
some 60 of the enemy who had
shore io launches. We pretor not
into the details explaining why so
waa made.—tía¿v. N*Wé*
, , I ■ I S P '!'%«
Manufacturing Arm9<r-JN<
Mr,J.Uewelynof"
eon Co.. that áa
avail arms for the
sd in that place will
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