The Semi-Weekly News. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 102, Ed. 1 Monday, November 10, 1862 Page: 1 of 2
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, Publisher and Proi
SAN ANTONIO MONDAY, NOVEMÉ8 10, 1862
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Florid* and Texas tor frree Labor#
• t has bee ? re-
men are slain in battle. Mil- ; to protect the Government within it
J
j. ft*
V
4 WJ v.v V w,iVV-fc M*J vr « .xr.^,b..
p air Us of Missouri tide the ports oí which th'8 Government
the cjmes and rice-j has lost the command or «losa such ports
á
fHk
abundant, compared with the population,,! least ¿00^.-- . ... ~ ,
as to be at. this time almost valueless. ítj lions tuajr be said to be wounded or stkken'f f! stop to call your attention to the fact
,,,] t>Sflnii , j^'d foboaght to-dav in any quantities for with disepse ; and for every one killed, that Maryland did not join the Montgomery
ti*n to Tex a* luffic entlj powerful to hold 1ÍSL*^|dittgf iip to>- 50 per Jacre each wounue^V sick, a family ia tn mourning. ; Confederacy. and yet, with Maryland «o
; •©To ol which wo^d net §100 in cotton at a urritory larger than Europe is given up oar side, it fequtres a garriflon itf oni hand*
ta horr ,rs that might have figured in Dante's red and fifty thousand men to protect Wash*
inferno,* livor lair Virginia's plantations, s%gton.J
i li'fiiiíssríit'^n^ .t nr .„■ A . ,«jbee«fi|i% and sOccesefally works 'and bomestev ta Kentucky^ by the rivers j 2, Collect the duties on foreign goodá aut-
*>• : * «WW the earn,- *, prompt and piscf there.) oj p*od* nag more cotton annually ,f Tennessee;oa • the "
a*\!U*Vn ^ the r^vonimaat. loey lhsn ail the iJsRr h ever exported by the aid ami Arkansas, amone
T tj , fiv .to cjen*t v...uc* o. very | rt*t perrnaa- ©f its tour million slave*. fields oí i.ou tanat ead Qoordia red handed j by act of Congrese and blockade the.m.
g The question i I, will the government sen 1 war -¡stride* triumphant* What have ¿111 í An ¿ this, unhappily, waa the course that
? A '-mj-x I *, • r* ra*.-+ w m. • ,« #Wt W « t-.' tl! - . ii - « .••> •* I * ... . a
was entered upon.]
3. Conquer the seceded States by invad-
ing armies. No doubt ibis mvght be done
m two or three y ears by a young and able
titea ii«i uitr misssiaainiM i i*er i >, ¿t>í. IH fail t f A mKal to o fltivair t t I
trancft.sed Atracan Saíx
and Tejcas. Louisiana aud Arkanaaá will be remains ijr Americans to fight about. Ifj third for garrisons, and the loss of yet a
utterly helpless.— A disciplitijéjtl army of our Government wift n t do tins we bold | greater number by 6kiriuish^s,aieges. battles
30 (KK> men wool i. in three as nth*. clear j theui m part responsible for the continuance j end Southern fevers.' Tht? destruction of
out all the teb«U in arms west of the Mte- , o>f this plague of. civil war~-thi> standing . life an
[I • possess the hi,
wbetfct*. wt-;
tine tb#í r l- of %
I red •: n.i.s'.s
s-?r
i be-
es a«~'un
of Texas Hi-\ntis *.>«it ;t* far ¿ran J^r
'fisi'X* a< tb« tr.-na -n which free If-
r Ni 'i , #ri.«*ert«^*i
:n DUuters an Í kin-
>|*rth
(Ifod Let the Mississippi nver be let us tell the Americans what we think of j General ~ a [Wolfe, a Déssnix, or a Hoche,
r*r*. ^ t.«e greft epeaedjano properly patrolled by gunboats, it, an 1 cry —hold! While something- yet , with 300.00Ó discipliued men—estimating a
ta
pUntt
Nortu
ai.d m L s
WL «
, . w UPPi ^ . wid> property on Iho oth^r ai(|o wouM bo
eisf'ppi rtfer. and hold the fintfet cotton and outrage jan i aggtessioo Rganit God end 1 frightful, however perfect the moral disci-
saricar region upvja earth open ío the natned- . man.
~s?-4 t&il t 'f'.as, tegar | ¿*ur -p«er;tt:on ci frrt tab *r. With the n- • 'Vi~
ihw ^ oent.*e of present h gn 'prices, there would
r«<5 ,-,t * • wife- . tfflttaht > ccupacy of this inviting field;
. f * . .: al o •et| :«adioa tew years* timo, an industrious,
• * I H* a *** * i ak' ; fato end lo al population won id hold the
■ r « w^f.T0 thv* ^aF'^ f gfailiist part of its area and all its sttoag
- -• :: * í-%*e ; pSfcOe. , and make tr««a>n txhous as it would
v 4^.^ .*- tf $£■- my' fl-
it ie *.
pune of the invaders.
the* c xOt*-n.i, w.
N
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a-,
^ ir>- '
B tti-i
jr the
uvmsj
The same paper says the blockade Íumí} The conquest completed at that etorm mis
not in-fleeted any thing moi e m?v«re than tt tu-'j waste of human life to the North ami North-
p orar y privation*, ou the Smth, as i: -s a' west, with at least S2o0,(K)0.<100 added
seii >uppv rUi?g section, and aids: thereto, end ctti bénol Fifteen <k vast «ted
i'tii> is uthe case with the N*e.r Eni; provintes, uot to bo brought into ha uiúuy
land states. To them the blockade woui 1 ¡ with t eir conquerors, at en esjK nae quad-
... be ruinous, and the interruption ut :\>r« i;n • ruple to net dutiWs Of ta*ee which it'would
feavo beeou e> Jnsjgniiicent aqj| unprofitable. | ira e .would.- destroyi the ci.'ei, if the be possible to extort fr^m their, followed
!9tw is-'k j s-Jle source of their prosperity, ii ji we iu
- . ¡ ^ j not bwhe^e tit a t even tbik wc
fr^rei^nlouutertWUrs el Treasury Notes ; sarr if France and En¿Ikn-.í
a bill as amended end oa pesoe, aud.to tnr -at«
z'ti :e'
c
: > - t {*,
w;
;o the Pre
•^vt tí
•v..-P-un
r :
5 itv :n tne
:he gn'f
a re-*.
au-:h r tr
I - \x<.
l> >rer. be
tec led in
<*
f of lie dn
. uvaLon i-f
t«te.
,.:st;es ure needed for
. '.--ernment aid in (urn*
:s t -IhU-r, sh-.vjSd
S he.ne* - e >:•'rem plating
g> «rraiant: ate thrift
ilütion. AM that is fi-
rn'ntcn' >« th i" wh:ch is|
■ i ti t v—4'i9 re*t-vrat'.- n of the!
d «.'on-tlttit: n hni !iws in
Thé f «1 «wing is th
pa^b-e 1 :
••Wiureee, í vr enrmic?, ceftei.i people,
vf the United States, have engaged irrfai^e- f
v ru-ikm., teeing, and connterleit'Rg thv .
Ttvas ry Notes >f the Con fed rate State*,
an
mi
li:i be
we: e
n intcriVre
ii their'ion were rtfu«- }. A y
ago it tnighi háve been otherwise, ' e ;
ot the North might haiVe ai-u^d it
• are rum rather than accept defeat an
¿race, without strikin-s: another biow eu
necf-s-
■ • «v t o
.• e
■ar
haracter,
tnev
* *r' v '
-
tee ^fT'"'
tie whit .' of 3.5 •>- sua-
h « pe r- ' j . i•• p„" «V &
I ti oi. wu:.e tt*'
I in Teaa^. an i
kt-t. '
| T; ii*
■ r->rth a;:
! it a !'e -a
r^ws cat ton ct
'redares the fciine
1 ire-..- a-
i>e pro-
d avura-
>' r crop. ,
tj r oiar-
« an -era?-iré ef itself, it stref'r
tt;
:e« I: ¿:)dre i br a brea it'
* r I
It CO
eon taran
r'spéct of a < e*erv rr
>wn
area f ver vHv C'í-,;\0Q> ' aerea of ian i, it
i> larger fijan 'Ktif i^ of Franco with
CÚ ms; ov*ns >f p-.i^ihtion. it is five
t--uXs a« '.arge - as all the New Lngíand
k:f v. it is >:* t:rnes as large"as the great
State oi^Psnn^vtvaft;a. 'It ba:? every cUes-
ate kaowa\t > the LTnited ^latest and almost C■■xifé--
iuciion. It grows near the gulf uttere^.. p
the br*t Sea-L-knd cotton—on its river bot- ? ha-t have
érate btate*, to úefrand its c t «wis and to
impa r the credit of suni
* Whereas, such forged and count- rfe ted
no es have been miro uoed into the C n-
federftto states by otticers, soliera, *uíí-.- «.
and other persons btk-nging to, f-dl-^v •. ^
end acc'.'iopapy?ng the army - oí the I . S.,
sad by persons otherwise in tiie service ol
ine same; n w therefor-—
"The Congress of the Confederate State?
of America do enact, That if any eommis-
• ¡cned or non-coaamiesioned oüict-r, sol í*er.
sutler, wsgon-toaster , wag'.mer, or other
-f er-- n employed by. beiong ng to, eccoin-
following be army of the United
jth-r persons not dom'cüed in
Coni|-derate States, who adh re t*
shall be captured during the
ekistiag war bet ween'tbe C< rVd era t-- states
r" States, and shall be f ni i : ■
pm v; g or
¿taíe*,. or
dbe
oar one mi
by a protector <t emperor.
4. Say to the seceded States -j-wayVKefi.*
sisters depart m jh aoe.
in hist**i ! remain, very trulvj vour^ .
winViulo kuii,
!l >.v. VVm. II:' Skw Akcu. <Vo.. «¡fee.
Scott. i n t'ne 3d of March, haviag
put the President in a condition to be swore
lu — and being parlvap tlve only, man in the
L. S. who could have done tbat--,i )tiü- d
hiuu if he entered upon an at!e:£p! :• con-
quer the. feci led States, that in the 8,it
place, he co dd not uo it; thai it w u'J re-
quire^ayourog Gen. ral ike Desaix, a li ciio
or a fvolfe; that he, who had, not m my
ashnme i when confronted i y óver^n*- imii-z ¡ years^ before, marched to tjhe capital of
f ree tO:Coí¿évat to a piracy, an-1 cap tu'ate • Mexico with an *rmf of twelve Chauyind
on ho o ra bio. terms). A people défen«io¿ • men, fighting mine pitcfied rattles on the
its hearths and homes t ax and m'¡ft fi^bt \ way, meeting witit íuu t-úvxW, w*«i
to the last; b it in a war *i aggresiion per-1 ing a& honorable peace,' was una-|le, Witt-
severance after success., ha# i> c ter • :.*•;>« : ciliuti ired thousand men, to aitempt te
Tees is the part tvt t.-i er ivery b*. ^ ' nn f- jcotiquer the secc-ied States iii twoi'jor three
üeas. V'trs. ile was informed th it it would re-
| quire three huh . red tliousand meii and to*.
Speech of John % au Duren, with the Let- when w« aie only * ha f way tV, rough
ter of Gen ^c.tt to Mr. Seward in point of tune, we have ona. million fiv«
—— j hundred thousand. lie was told that t
We publish the fobowmg portion ofj <),n ' would add two hundred and fitty million
Tan Daren's Wt? spet *h rnc.udmg the let>jof dollars-to the national del>t; in-i to day,
ter of Gen. Scott, with W comments : ! when we are only a year and one half through
O-a ,t:>e 3d o*-March Presid nt L:ucnlu, j that debt probably exceeds twelve hundred
about t be s wl rn into o dice, fount birn 'ml: i He Secretary ot the Treasury
«elf :u the city n Washington having reported It last -May at four hundred and
■•vereü w;tü á s ••
a b'Ui c! th ■" at
■ -- - - i . u«-. ,iij,T- j ji i tv ifuk'iij bt tfii^
anv fofged or counteri^it note or r.vtts oi , t¡ e PresHeut louni hmmdf a: the
tfl>! t^e
have :n his or thetr cuatoiiy or possession • firn t;fn„ in ,t¡9 tji,t ,rv
nuiety m'!\i.¡nsf-d-'ub^e the atnon t that
was then feared woolu bo required t<> w.
pie to tiiis conquest.- ^alv. A'eier
the Treasury of the Confiérate Stated, or •
overnmei.t-,
LATER FROM GAIAHSION
r.. of work ar. 1 : toms, su.: :
\\e api and# :ne
• " 1 tary p-«5-a- f ev^rv w-.- r->
u-f--.Tia th;F «r.n ¡t natural j.
• .... ! «r#*?* '--
f ...
-• :i *U its b 'torn* and
:.e !* c>tt n. of corntnerco—• and
re co a, wneat and p^tat-^ei. Its
íí ore ii'. exte«diitg frcaa the
i-i óaast to war 1 \Ariz ma. are'il-
c. n tn t g-ji«e. <
and wrspi ] vt i\
- . .. T 9 .... - ,
- B ntiy,
at i t
Pl.^ And| it.waa' through'- t.he ac- j
any blank note or «ote* pruited or t-h- rav- exer;ion« and great á s retion of ' .• • ®
ed after the similitude of any note ol trie ; ScottIand Gen. \Vvol that be ws* enaleed.
tW-i^tateg, or shall have passed. | e7fn |0 take the > atu. And on the ¿d day
u'-.'l^hed, gjren, or disirtbu••• , or,\ ^ March a« he was about entering u| •: .
osiert? l to -peso, ntver, pti >>í. h ¡ ¿jjí|C duties, before he took the oatn. a l-t-1
¿ve. QT distribute any such forged or Cv U'i- : was addressed h.m. which I
urfe;t note or .a us o tue \ p0«e to read to you, and 1 ask you to r_> f ^•{property of citizens unoccupied by them had
. tau-*, tie -r t,fey a.wil fori/-t ad r.feh o j £r> cauoe I have no time to return to it] ibe • be#n i5saed<
The Federals fired a shell the
oe trvateu as prisoners ot war, and he spirit of prophecy and extraor-
doemód guilty of fa-ony, -and shah suffer £,n&rf judgment, es web as unquestionable
I -t 5 — >_! Ik A a> a.,- f A- r\ *9 S " * ® • Jl I
animates every word en;
I would say. how-
thcrited hy Generel
letter pubKc. The hitter
to Secretary Sew-
The ' News* learns that Capt. Wa nri ght
of the steamer Harriet Lane, is now in c m-
niarid at <i lveston¿ Capt. Kensh iw having
gone-with two steamers to take hrh ui'de
now pro- #n(j Matagorda. Nq, order to C nfiscate tho
and she*-p enough to supply the
|he Uoited Si^tei in all time. An
thus stretf^i^Ing through all tne z>nes an 1
eU aliVfe^ staples ef Southern com
s
y
ft
-¿¿utanderthe
' - -tripet. The
<n the
. -tti P. "keQS tt«
: su 1 from
' 'he H;o itraiide,
O - Mild the
•. -;ost be torn
I V a rut?
w# w:*! oe able
.a-tjyj.t of troops
ao g *oats' to
líVatV/Vs I? ;s knt-wn tiiat the rirO and bfa^itUuf
JO -if wir. b-.? j fv ?--ra! ¿au is iü W«.«ern Texas have been
d sriUful ¿enerad' 'xrrnM by a ;arje number of Northern men
ants of tte tfudiog ot sa^d court or coianiisstooer j T^cM ;hua ^ a prop^ .
d wlide shall pe, .by a major tt y of votes, and the | *■
mt-r--:e. well
f: Texas a
aí Itaíjr. aai s&lutr
eountrj in the w >r
only M'ght t
dustri^l curse
the .V i'l
ad cereals mae's and
ame t me is b sátifu?
* the m< e; healthy
NeS<o slavary is the
; rei-"S upoiiXt- This lo-
ts kepi' th - eto5gr tto'n 4>f
i si|*us and Ear p - ¿wsv, la.
said court or c- mmissioner shall k^ep a re- ;
c rd.of their proceedings, and of the sub- I
ita-uce ef the e vide hoe."
\
ftom the Lr>adoe H'e'ratd. (Derby Organ} .~*;t. 16.
A Demand -or Foreign Interference - Ttie
iilackade Ought To Be Raised
ot er day, striking a stable belotagmjg to
icbael Mifadey, about two mites dmant,
and IkiSling an American h'or$e. Jas. Sher-
wood is still held in custody as a spy. Ho
was arrested by Capt. Hen^haw, who
somewhat excited at the tune, as is usually
- ,■ . . tb« case; and speaking of the invaioti of
oeiure Ahe PjresideDk. ] Pennsylvania by Lee, he remarked that he
r official t'jode; ¡ba^ w„bed Lee bad goae farther into thai
lVa$hington, March 3. *61. 'State, a^ it would have aerved to arouse the
Drm Sia: —UoMfte'that in > d,j or i„ojP«0Pte.more w that Loo could
' th, n, w Pre.! ;,nt ill h.ve h.pp.!y pa8«d B*"r ,t"" «?' ***T- ,
through ,U (x-cWMnl <hnger .i<i ih.d Um- \ C^rt. «Un.b.jWB reply to «orno rnqo-ry
,-¡f . honored ftoectwor .ofth. ^ •"«"T wh# HJ ru"'T".''
««« Washington, with yoa m th, chi.f of
ids cabinet. I beg leave to report in writim
der hte instruction he could not i>t
Texas to waste its miracaloft ^tl
;ud-. Vt*t not entirely.
what r h.rs Wor. Mid toyouor.Ur, thf. i? retur" **""« th. ir coo.eut, bul if
There i. de ree pf inhumwity in th, ' .upi-iement to my prú>t,i -ri.vw" "ren>.,n w.tb b,m. tb.y BhouW
them
they
have
ami jatüCtt'Ie on .this question assumed by the ¡ Octoiler lait] on the highly disordered con- j |#^r^
• hard work and «hort rations to their sut-
f European Powers which ieems to us to cat!
. r the sterne-1 censure. We are standing
wÑb folded arm- and a plaeid expression on
jes, white America is be tug made a
our
dition of our [so late} happy and glorious
Union. " :
To rnoet the extraordinary «xigensle# of
the time#, it seems t rue mat Í urn guilt}
Li«>n
iiermanf
sr t-
• A M,
• tfeai when
tQa W -Ui to
S-
t - - *nv- Fres h to the extent,
V* ' ■«*)- aH^getber j and tht* po.
. r-f ;-vT*.ng by cultivating cotton
ra-,sm ¿
¿eep
t.-uii'iirK
desert. V fi Americans, most valwatly. ore
Ln -*int: ohe another to pieces. Wdl it $•*-
va'.tage us at
II thsjt the sp rit ot the oNsnf
try should bo ¿¿qken, a whote generation
tiling vt^eyard*. making wine, cf yo^ng f ila&kW maimed/in the cru
with th.
Pi:
pu.aiiv.i -
in small p-ai-r^e
In love •• factories, planting r.^oy aras, umaing waiu, . Cf yo^ng me uiaiu":u/'
•v w--tnea in > and trading with die northern State* of r^llett of uajo-'t wv^d tóe oeooííte --tfest
Ind r.'tw.th'« Mexico,fr-t'-n w'. ch.They -gtit bars fí v:r in t'?ie world might reeeivK(rom this thriving
«. • foujy at • ^ver in e*cfoorgirt->r their pr-oioctr.•' Th; and once- happy continent\pottpon«d for a dfo
- . \ verv'fool- i pc-rticfi of tho population <^TTexa« i« loyaf, century? Let ua do sometb^ng as we are ; sec©
i th 4-£r*t V:.r\t ■ theuifh overawed by treason. It lab r i« Christian men. It does not matter what; turo
st# , more to ^/r«e-r-few «Uvea efisá m Kheit axidet- fet th*v call it. Term tt arbitratSon^iterren. j have
!.o« a t« lYx*! • th**y
f he had for ' are duly
'^rGovsrmnentJbythe lade Oí itCüüty tor g^sung «to .,XI^
• > < I--cauteo ..o !.kfrt • aort—whatever form or Uape our «cti&iílt
^ ? v, -fWu ¿Mr* tUcif ! As Wsstera Texas s, «0 «iight nearly the | mey awome, let a do í
1 , * . _ ii U«i. . • ItMÉám . LaQiI kl Ihia S&rritfA. ForC«Cfa ^
We understand they tro kept at work
early and late bn the fortifications. Wo
toar of one nr two w* o have made their es-
f no aliwance- in limiting the President as C*P® 1D(* r*vtur?i!^ \° l^eir owners, having
a Held of selector to on# ot the tour plans i***0 •Q0U€ 1 0 Yankee master ,
of procedure subjoined:- j - , , m ;t
1. fferow off the old and ass ume a new j
•■e?ign|4ion} the Union party. Adopt the;
The Kent'icity Statesman has ^te follow-
¡y, if not all, of the States
y broken off from
wnich i
th^y call it
whole t'i th«t vist Stato beofffie. Land is1 thi* earaafe.
íonciílatory measures proposed by Mr. Cnt-. ,ng- I he parole waa a good thmfci:
tehdevtw the Peace Convention, and, my | An .ong tho many prisoners takoii by tho
it. we>hail have no new ¿sso óf (Co^foderate here, not a few se«|.a happy
but. on the contrary, a«-¡ early re- return to their hooiea oa partole. An
- f. . lembatng insuece is related as fodows : A.
ConM«*a^e soldier, exhausted, laid doww
i to rest and falling afioair
distance bebiml the aru>
found a Yankee r.
sitting by bie side fanning off the flies, '4^
itnf„ «naire \ pattetttly waá^ig to be uken priaonr
9f \q¡ft 35,090 troopa1 soar* bo aoooa%m<?«l Of
-+Tf , .
when tkís váty being in
reign country, Would require
•on
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