The Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 18, 1864 Page: 1 of 2
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mull bring* us additions! new of g*ti nt li t e
tt>>lowlngltrjmi
8nt iTa*o«*, M y
whlcó tho en amy w
Ml* with the ft i t. I*
We have sii .m1 the
We shell pífnp b'y ra,
Th- Yank*. O-ie'M
M'Vf
«Ith tho i nam
River j and from ¿i eM tele
likely any of the YAnkes tloet - -
■>o Msstsalppl «nd Atehsf hit*
*l m to reei-1pt of dito* fr- m
i Mtb, under wblrh w ft >d the
news In the rtoólíou Telegraph
"lb —The Iro -dad fieeola,
nirthle 16 get down to the
i rpd* *f*tnr,wlth|li¡ui>*.
lii* irom lit* W' itport also,
the t-n'lre fleet.
tie w*. wnnnded ft'Jen
howt r M*J. Gen, r,
ofábariftÉi
«Mil retreat! rjr,
BttMvtroST,
U*'>
rytnlle, <1e 'r .
E tw«> wooden
and o*ptur (I two
nr-lhlng t'vrtty from At-xai
' the 8ft h,
■ al «mbuJát eat
Th* enemy I
Tay-
H .Kim
fnnvht them-
or« heavy Iron-
)im VKr.iitr, II * 8—The following Is Q
resume of operation* since April «1st
ven tho enemy venty five ml loe, foiiw]
s ami «even iwniiMirta.
md primmer*. IWe If
ri'"i-a
from b strictly reliable
nd yoú the fellowlnt
'* KStt' Sgb ST.'
ft* on tho tlrer bslow Alexandria
ar
Oily of B*l:|m<re
en route to that placo
The hs*t sm twp'.urftl a d onk.
kwk*l# '
Warner was also captur d and sunk «Irle «oto*
rt-wn And the Am a I'kewlse raptured and burned.
Theso three «re traiispr'*. fl.a guobont* Plguat,
No, 8, and Covlnvton, If \ «ft. attacked our bstfc r-
, lea on the Mh ton., near Wi;*r.** Lauding, tome
mile Itd-'ow Alexandria. The Oovloglon Was set
on fire ai d eonsnmed. The Signal Wan captorod.
Her guns were removed and the boat *U then aunk.
By the linking of I hi* boat the flyer If obstruct
ed, and the communication of Banks with Ntw
Orleans ii cutoff. ¿ft
The enemy are known to be short of provision .
I rend you ample evidence of th<* by courier Wf
are thrown out daily on the road a und dtven btwlt
by our troop*. 111
'There are two boati i!l)l above lh" Full*. The
Yankee , with oberoe' erigí I# energy and Ingeru'ty,
oro endaawrlng m eonftrnrt a pern io get them
over the I
Bn'h the Mia
teya are (hi Ing IJi nee If they auoeeed in getting
over 'he Mir It la dnebifol whether tb<y ea£ get
over Plien'a Bar and B-ia^wy Point.
From Arta- ta* an «fllolál letter to M J. Guy M.
Brven eonflrm* the rei-orted death' of tien. Thayer,
and the wonndlng ol Gen. Bieele. The enwy de-
f troyed and abandoned hi* tmnaportatl'm, 2S0 wa-
*ooa, within four mile* of Jrrklntf FerrV. Ul*
retreat was a eompMe route. If ooreayalry eould
have crossed the SHline In foree b(f dcatruetlon
would h«veb«* ri inevltah'e. ' V/ ;j *
PROM BKAOMOITT.
r.r.**nosT May 9 —The ftramer from Sabine ar
rived a' « o'elrck with the Ya> keen—-wenty three
ocinmlaclone l officer*, or e hundrid and «-veil jrl-
vatf* and marine* and three negrees The giin-
I'oat* In the 5J*lca«leu were eolleotltig beeve« *rd
rheep for a tr Ti*p«rt. thn onrae over the hnr the
evenW after the flvht, and f'imaled the gunb^ai .
We n t knoitflng how to reply, ahe amelt a mice
andmad^a retrograde. We opened on her from
thesni ho* , killlnif the pilot, ito other damage
" n. Tho prlaor er go to Houaton to morrow.
known.
M' IlwnmrMtHM, fAMOM*' BaWtM,;
Five Mite* oil Alexandria, M-y 1804. \
B Txt.— For tho mttrh dnind Informatlon of
the numer«m« friend* of Pitreona' Brigade, yim will
eonf-r no amall fnvor on It* member* >v jtltln
puhlle^y to the *« >*«Ihed lift of our ifllh-d and
wounded durlr.g llio late hiitt'e and nMrinlhbe*
bet*eon thu twoeentendlng urmiea of Louisiana:
and wooabflt tf th* 12th h*a o'ltwhr
frAaaonC) v. a, jMJ
Killed—Private* b Cfhmtan, Co If; Wm Uiokf,
O;-lohnA Phew, O, .
Wotindi d—Oapt .T 0 Brown. K, evérelr- ¡ l-t J P
• Pox, K, eligibly ; Wm# Rlchard-on, K. kgtttfj
private \v Binar!. R, ettvliY y¡ 3 Hilton, H, *ev re
ly; h Kmnry.H, eevorrlr; W Ohlwtrrar, K.severe.
' " Jlghtln; M*! en,O!*ll«lf1 ~
ofthla
oCtWf
patftteulara froth
i'ie td tor of ilia*
papt ba« bean permitted to look m-er:
O. 8 (ilia n* fivsBOAT OttANiT* Crrr )
en Pas • 1.*. May #. ISflt
Kn. Trt..: 1 a rote you trom Hub1 nf I'M*-, Mar 3d.
e enen f wore at Ua'cnt'eu Pa* . I now have
tbo pieswre to inf'ttuyr n that *« are h re on a
to Ilium, and are living I ke lord . F 0m In-
... *_ -j |n(t, (
a«wr
imJIRMPMH
fr"m ?nr 'feu'^ on^ih* d
mor dme, and
ttl S mo'-lltng.
In aecoidanea
7oTm«nd,Pii/d"flB
i'eíaehtn at* of th*2!'t
Cut Oriffin decided to ml..
tain by vh -re invl'atto'
portion of tl.e eountry ttnd- r
cordliu ly Isrued order* f'f •■'<.
Texa ! f n'ry, Spolgbf* h«ttallon, Daty'a batial'
Ion, and Civuxhar'* bat'ery of IJghl Artillery, t^
croas over Bahlne J'an a< d mareh to Ihl* pleec, the
movement to cohimcnoe at dayl'g' I ytwterday
attack to be made r
flight
and at 4J*
ilion *iih"ut their *B"w'odge,
A , n «hoi. from Urauilmr'* bet-
nbont Qranl « OHy. warolnf the
With h'a order, tb tr -«pa^ahove
in ntlnt ed commnnncd tito movement a* It dioate-t,
but, ftom tliu delay neceffarv In building ft brldif*
«crow M«d fan, d'd not get lulo ponl'lon out'l
l.ter tha i lnt«nd«d; but the enemy rertlntt qulmly
'n their fancied «ecnrlty, < ur batteries were planted
rjr in position tfKl " ■Üjjli ' "
II íj A M , a ,
let* ftrvok th* «uabwl .JMRI .. ■
Fed* that something nrmsttal waataking p'ace. The
enouty *.^,i g 't W grork snd by the time-aii h««;
t"rin h oi llr d aome three o- four eho'8, tiiey com-
monred lending ehol a d *h ll at onr little army
from «he gunho <t* Granito Olty and WAve. Our
•harp hooler* oharged up to the bank ol the river
opposite to the boats, arid whouevor an armoitu-y
p-rtlon of a Yank broame exposad, e shotfer ot
ÍSitfleld hot' would Immediately compel hita to
draw hack.
In fact so warm did our sharpshooter* msko It
that the Yank* flnnlly oeased Bring, and after n
•harp engagement of one h^ur and twenty Ave
minute*, the 6'anite Cily 6r«d ft le* gun tú token
of Mirrender, end almost Immediately after a nice*
ef white hontlr-g wna een on the flag ftaff ol the
Wave. Thus ended one of the many brilliant en-
gagoiaenta ot the war. routing in tho cAptura of
tb« gunboata above mentioned
DCTcniiTioit or Tag vauwi.1 xhb iimamskt.
Oily I* a propeller, and i« Iron rlated.
■ipi Jh the Clyde fb>«a the beglnnlnT of
the wár for blockade runMng purpo **, but was
captured bylhe em my In February. 1888, while ne
mute from WlMii gton to Na*fau. She i* a it«unch
vessel, and Ihe linosl ship that ha* ever been car-
lured In the flt«t* of Tejta* Her aimamer.t eon-
a furlh r r.ccllne In col
Basle I'.'s*
Some litils fir wa« e«oted ii
by the a Wft of Mr. John Tabrr. formerly «
Mr* at Houston. Ti.o c.hari
-hav. buen toada by Col Ber e
hcrt for a few data, end ñll ail
ii terrep'ad eorrospondonro.
Gov Vidanrrl t« eti I ht re l
your friend Monger, wfaooo ndmira'
la full blast.
Tho Granite
Bhe w*« built on I
é-elyi O R Wewsan
WWiT''
.
m
^ tly; np Mover*, O, i
I /sX,
verely; KI-:
"T .I Ground
; -e W Hatfk .
I .1W Bell, F, « ,
W H'Sitoi, l>, fevwl,
WtWB AMD wouNEan cr
MIWd--írlv 1
led—J
10TB TfXAÍ O A VAL
erelv:
HDav
H t StepihensonflB, flTglí'
KilfttWD A.S wounds or trim tl*t mu OATAtfv
(CAXTSa'B.)
Kil'cd-Oo^! R LGary, Co A; private P A Fow.
lour. K.
TJ
tilt
■■■ rhtly;R8waIn
allghtly: J Wflrftdgrass,
..-wotft, F. r'lghllj: J Micrt, G,
Edwarcl«"ff sll^fí Berít
CtQwnrQi J>< PT't'iy* noriri iJ i>
' j IVlvatcf F fit Olbony.l, sl'ght-
btly; U H Arnette, 1, sllghtlv;
* «lightly¡ N X Blgham, K
Wouui
n Brook ,, ..
Green, B. «I
B,*"gh.K;J
If, eeverelv; J
I
ly; t Griffith
imitate.... I
Vary rospeetfuly, J. B. A. A
t of Killed. Wounded and Mlfdng in tht
h Texa Cavalrv In tbo «ngtigemeut of B )«e
..Je, Ark., April4tb :
Oano Guards—Ki lsd. D Axtns. Wounded, WH
Mot e, thigh severely; N J Fritx, left aide and arm
JB1ÉMHK
Co l>—Wouwdrd, W 0 Boone, left on tfeld; B M
Smart, hoth thigh *svcrely ; J«s Blewart, leg e«.
Jhitwood, thigh se
Wounded, JitBergt Andrew Uhea, tthoul-
K U johnson, ehonlder ellpht; T J Naace, leg liroks
and left on the Hold; C H Taylor, abdomin mortal
and since dead. " " *
■¡MM, '
rW W MeClellan. arm i
ided, U Q Wl
rn inurm ,
t and ,T M
lured in the Piute of Texa* Her at mame con-
fín* of me 40 pounder r'flo Parrot gitn,one li
pounder r'0« llalilgren ho l *t. and six 44 pound
smooth bore r>ahlgren howlti T shell gnns. Th*
Wave is wh*t th Yanks call a tin clad steamboat.
Bhe is eved w th half Irch heet Iron from stom
toatern. nod Is a ftern-wheel Wlis'sslpii stea-mer,
drawing «bout three feet wnt^r; her armament con-
l«t* of one 24 rounder rifle Parrot grin, one St
ponnder imoo'h bore «on. and four 24 pounder,
smooth Wire. Dalitgren how'txai shell guns.
Th« «hip hud lame qmmt ties of Q'larterwwfar
and Commissary stores on board, and many a poor
¡-el-el la r>ow strutting about the decks In sailor He
who twcntv fonr hontf ago wna w/s tiled In ratrn,
and It would do your soul good to see tbem eallnir
oviterl, sardinel, ennvaned ham , and.oihi r arti-
cle* tco numerous to aienti< n
Our lots In kl'lsd *Amt up a* Mlowi 21«l Texas
Infantry, i'; P fy'a battalion, ?; and Creoibaur'*
hatlftloh. a. Wo have aHoutS or 9 wounded, some
of Ihem mortally. I will endeavor to at nd yon a
11 «t of the name* of I ho killed and wounded on
bo'h sitié in a day or two. *
Whtle *11 b< haved With such tireqnailed braverv
ll'wonld he Invidlons to mnke distinction*, but I
mn t *ay that Ihe di«Hi gnlshed bravery, coolne«s
And saWtty of OI. W. ii Griffin, who command-
ed the exfcjditlon In peifon, waa loo n'*rk«d lo b"
nasstsd by nhnoiieed, and our bravo hoya recognlxe
in hlm a commander t-.nder whom they are proud
1 The prisoners, ab<ttt ISO In number, rtárt for
hwm, «.r , ■ aa¡Bat
tJ¡T*A0vs rmM ©or. ommrt ornoni. *seo*T.
On ibe 2!)lh u't. Information was brought to Col.
Gr'.ffin that the enemy had entered Calrnsteu I'f l
en l iiurnt the h*rrack* He immediately deter-
mined to drive tbrtn «wiiy,itoi aooi-rdingly sent a
leon" to *nrve>th« ground:
Having gal ned the reoul it«lr,formation h mads
hi* dUpoftion for attack s related by ottr corres-
pondent. The attack occurred on the indrni' g.rf
the Oil). Col, Gr'ffitt'* foree was about S00 men,
arid a heltery of artrh-ry. w ;
On arriving in aigi t. Capt, Orétmbw put hi* b*t
tery at ou-o in porljlon and opened, while the In-
fantry under MaJ. Reynolds went In a double qu'ok
to within 176 fttei of the Granite CI y, when they
poured a shower ot bulla* from tbclrrffl Into
.thrjKirthOlefc ,J.¡
The Mtl^Iu>d for an hour ftfid a half, when
the gunboat! struck their colors. Capt. 8 <mpson,
of the Granite City, declared lhat the rharpshooter.
surrender. He could have ftoOd the
tm to-., HURI I
Iffin make* especial mention of the follow-
ing name* as having anted meritoriously; Cao'sin
E. Crnnihar, Uent. Frank BaUer, Usnt, Ptn'tb,
Olveus and Cavfon.and Wonts Jores,M*gby, Ivy,
federnoy, He implioute*
of whom l ava been nr-
neet «be l tinlshtr tut due
and .a clt'ieu of the Oonfede;
many lead ng men, most of
rested, at.d I trust will meet
theli ha'bou*crimst. Jndgo D. O; Norton, of th t
place; if Implicale-t. A Methodist pi escher, by the
■ñamo of Maihis, of th's pl*o>k. I* douhtionas guilty
'fct as l.uekey • • •
Hon. «t, H Prince,member to the Legislature, w«*
ImpileatsJ . be wa< informed of It, and aoknowl
edged that lie was aware of the movement, hut wus
not a participant. He ftllfrnm hit horse dtad."
The "News" correspondent, who wil^from
Dallas, under d«t of IhelWib ult., ays :
'• Tho nbot e I* no dott\ t slrloliy trae, a It come*
from an otBce- In the government servioo. Hoise
atra'lng. mulestealtnir, I cef et'allng. and hog «teal-
Ing.is very pre ru'eut In some local III. «p here,
•tiiyhawklng en l roiiHcii'ig ore qti'lr common oo
eilrrenfle*, enti-ely too much so for tht iecurlty of
the public p ace
It I# estimated that not le* than twenty live or
battery all day, hut the iharp*hootera would not
permit a man to go to ihe gun*.
Cel. Griffin make* especial me
I acted meritoriously
Frank BaH#*. TA«
M'Klnley. Iglehart, I^onnrd, J one* and Oralg, ana
C*nt*. Harrison and Brown.
The los was 0 killed and 8 woundtd. Tho ene-
my lost 4 killed. The wkol* number of prlsonan
waa 100, of whom 20 were wounded, and left In
cbargs of two captured surgeon*.
On the morning of the 8th, a transport crogsed
the bar, and came within 1000 yards of iheGrinl'e
Cl'y before «he dlseovered what had happened.
The Granito City oponed on her, but. owing to the
men being unused to the ve*eel, in Bring eight
•hotsbut /ro «truck. The Iron*port hurried to
se , being attack od by iharpabooter* as ihe went
through tho pass.
The rnmo writer, nnder date of the 10th, aayi:
1 append herewith H t of killed and wound#*
to tho Slst Texa* Inf.nlry, tQriffin's Battalion,)
itnnb'e to procure a m
ll'ittailoi; thev had none killed, owt
their being on the lull flank and not
pesed tó t lie raí g« of the enemy's (U<
—Wounded, IJ Ronfro, left on the Held.
- C—Wounded, W 3 Snow, Jaw severely.
In «¡ílrns'ttlt on Dutch Oroek, A
I W «oodrieb, #8V««!y 'r. A ■
• aieNejd^shooldir slight. Killed, Í; woum
ft List of killed, Wounded and Missing In the
¡ Texas Cavalry In the battle of Poison prl
PIS April iBth, 1*641
SÍ)ÍH^
/ l.t J
Co A—C< rftl J O Rodger , shoulder slight.
OoO-BDHo1matt,«best *nd nbdomtn, morta',
n'nse denl: JX Rowhurtt, arm flight.
->f Richardson, hend Severely.
-UJL McBlrny. f-verety In cheek; OorpI
' y, over ftomaclt slight.
yrsJiíS*S§®
gkrttt iwereiy j Parry 1"""
d*¿*í-A W Gray, groin danjerow; J WOaMwsll,
bresgt d'tn^erotis.
Killed, 1; "«"mled^M^WW,
Inf niry, IIkI'sI
Cremsbaur's Battery and Dily'* lUtlallon. bui
i lift of the wounded In Bpaigtit'*
none killed, owing probab y to
jft flank and not so much ex-
_ A the enemy's gnus ««the others
tint thev had an equal chanco to deal death and
destruction to the enemy.
li«t or Ktu.it> AaD wounnan.
feBÉMiUlitliif ;A*K«
«JO,do; private
M doj WmKntilp
■■HVIHHVIHPwhIttenWiYrOo %
Daly's battalion; M Tvarró, do.
Wounded—1st Lt N K Inglahart, Co A, Slst Tex
Infy, sev*ro below knec i Prlv t«_ i _W Jonea, do,
suílrt'lyin'feiñpí'f1
In fot; Kcrgt Peter .,■■■■■■■
tt ry, i'lght in collar bone ¡ Corpl Degen, do, slight
In Igft foo';Corpl Therlat, do, severo In nnkle; OorpI
Ferdinand Fahienhold, do,mortally; private Henry
Fortermann, do, morUlly; — Lynch, do, severely;
-Goehra, do, severely In ankle; B rg. Wm Xngfe,
s^wswssy' """•
A large number of the enem>were wounded by
our sharpsht otsrs, threo of which hive illice died
An offlwsr of the Granite City told mo that ho
counted £00 rift balls which came In at onejjort
hole. If Ihl* Is true, It Is no wonder that the Yen
1 j«lb
lngoverbti
run up the
ttwr
ii#.,
a*«t
"'"our psner Is just received.
eh, In which there 1* i
ii «ni* t* «Tic, I* no wonuer ma* me
koes cotild not be Indoced to remain At tholr (
Tita «row of the Wave behaved very badly. thr<
overboard slx hootera«nd sword aftor they
íp the white fl*g. and they W«ot sofBi-af to
ipt to throw overboard two J4-pounder Dfhl-
Hnwiixera, hot did not inecood, a* Oreusbanr
pie of dlsbkarg* of caulster, which
> nd Induced them to send * boat
IWitttnir
Col. Gril
mmmmm
. dated (ha Antonio
Special
riiyeiidtuse of I
a F' eticb II- et has
nd that
opl
l«t
tl, a list ofcasuait'ei
Arkansas flight ,
of th *e engiired
le>,e. Wo ft ltd
'•Sewn"
H* riy «II btt-lness here I* now conducted upnti
the sp. de ba.ls. t olilederale money belng ilul®
'is gol."
i proportmu of ottr feopi'
imethlng to tulu up In w|
y, rather than to fund Iti
u-nfl e«c«pt In partug la*<*. tho
trom 81 to 84 (or I, Fttndlrg
extent; bnt n large prop
to bo waiting for sometí
Ai.v*st their money, ra „ I
oeut laonds There I* lit lie nee In telling
not to sacrifice their Oonf. ti rata money. Thi.
never yeaít H II* value oo.il tbey have io pay
2 t.. fto cents in am ole for It.
We hear of ooptous rat tig ip tho coast rvgioti,
Hi
•only surpassed I
from onr
CusMngeaii™
Dlalwllsil Plot In Parker County,
V/e conden-o the fo'lowing partlculari from a
litter pubtt'hed In tho " New ." written to an offi-
cer In Dallas, dale 1 Wealhorfoid, April 2M, t the
plot referred to In our l«it issue:
"Ourecramiirilty is, and bn* been for ten days,
in a Stat* r-f Intense «xoltement. A de<p plot was
acrldentally d suovered. Tho tfifloyal portion of
our community wern to have tut on arms on Uon-
diy lost and tvrooeoJod Weat, under the I*ad of
C pt. -Jas. M. Luokev, of the Parker Co. Militia,
where they were to form a .lunotloti with Captains
Henry Thornpaon a- d John Taylor, of the Jack Co.
Ml'ltl*, Invl'o all deserters and disloyal men to J tlu
their standard, whan «hey were to prt O'fld North,
oros Bed River, ncd then proceed direct to Gen.
B1 u t s headquarters. ■ " ' :Í.V.';.X .is
"The d' s--o« cry was made In 'into loerrest Luckey
h«r« the S. 8, serine. But not *o with Thompuen,
Taylor and their men—the latter are gone; when
la t heard from they were on the Wear Fork of the
Brim s with a foroo variously i atlmsti d from 860
to ICOO. Our town 1« guarded day and night—our
pickets ar# In every direction for mile* around
Luckey ha* made a full ronf. sslon, whjrh Is snr, |y
tho most hellish «Btlrj yer conaelvod by an officer
been tslwti from the public
rens have lo-t tbelr hones
o positive Inform tío that
who la doing Ibis general
p n , and numerous aitizen*
and nmh s. There l< no
1 hs*e learteJ as i«
pianderlug. -s 111 .
A quiet old Frenehman. named Ohnrpentler was
dellherat<dy shot down de*d, by some armd men
lastn'ght. A public meetli g h « been called, ai d
mea-tiros adopted, at ns'd meeting to oganlne the
ciHiens Into a coturany for home protection, nnTlil
the ttatiltnry authoritlo* can supply a regular mil'
it ry toroe.
In tho Telegraph's Blueveport correspon-
dence, under date of tho 2<1 in^t., ve flnd tbe fol-
lowing I ems, taken from the Belmn Beporter, of
tin rath alt. t '1
Sine* the siego of Charleston commenced, tho
Federal* have thrown 311,000 shells I- to aod nt *ort
Homl r, ¡10,060 at the c¡ty, and some 70/00 at Wag-
ner and Gregg maklne over 100,000 sho'ls, mostly
11 and 15 inch ; 800, 200 and 100 pound Parrntts-s
number that ha« no parallel In any s'ege In history.
Averaging the weight of these shells at 160 pout.A*
eitdr, i'lhough they wltiooroe nearer 180 pounds,
theavgregato woUl l be 16,900,000 ponnds of Iron
httrled against this dovoted nest of rebellion and Its
Tho Richmond Enquirer of tho 4th, says : « We
are * ratified In being able to make the happy an
noat estnent that a regular system for a general ex-
change of prisoner* I* agreed upon and will he Im-
mediately innnirartted. W« congratulate the peo-
pic of the Confederacy on Ihe glad tidings
nnnonn- ement; hut much more io our pi
themselves, who have suffered to terribly, endu
*o heroically, and wbn deserve the gererons
lojotis rooe|ition they wl I receive on their return
In the way of private greet'ng as well as of popu-
lar demonstration,"
Unep'
ms
29
Ltnoo'n ha< dispensed with the enrollment of no-
In Kentncky, on the pledeo of Bremlétte,
ho State ootid furnish 15 000 men Without
on the pled go of Bremiette
: fnrnl*h IS 000
i heblack population.
BST A oomwpondent of the Houston Tologrsph,
writing flro|n Brenham, makes the following sng
gostlons to «lie Leglslutare, whloh wo tiommoná to
their not loo: r( |
"Some think that the State, ha'
law
the
from
He State, having sis Briga-
diers wlihon commands, will psSs some militia
to keep them omp'oyed. My opinion Is, that
extra fcss'on ought to pass a law orgsnlllng all
exempt*, and all men from 60 lo OO.und *¡¡ noys
16 to 17 years of sg t Into cotnpanle*. to meet
ID «Very beat at least every two
■nil have them well supplied with i
and flte-l ammunition, ihen In cat" of I
r drill
insurrection they o*n do prompt anil
AAH Ivtwarefly ary on| &j/&r "
no powder, no caps, r.o gun , no lead, tt Ii true
the counties have a little powder stowed In differ-
ent bests, hut for a'l praclcat purpose; It Is nie-
les*, and to talk «boat volunteering whon I J "
Is all bosh, 0r<Bnls9 and drill, havo no
tlotls, not even the legislature, nothing
OMs should exempt n man. Cf jours* .
not bo required Jo leave the county in wh
hooaeto
restde, unlefti
e*oa of necessity to
lv*."
lafl^Tho following letter, wbloh we find lal
l:Newf,'! wa* .written hy a gentleman from Shrove-
port, who participated In th« battle near Princeton,
i n Arkfcni va It Is ihort but oomprobenslvc, and
, IBM
f interesting, as far as It, goes;
l-'ir.t.n, Km Psincitou, Ask, April
"DaA* Bis—Our army advaneed at 6 ov
■ÉgMIn PriODMMHÉB | im
ry stores,
* lo * in k Beda
comm r)aea :
tro of our *rmy, 1 ,
th* left wlrtf. Ma
and ftw t. f) n E Klrhy I
soft, with Price
UnVHsaiiiiifu nn II
mniniviuRÍI nn n
®V«r I? I
iPPlPiiPli
rom* sdditloml lute!
regiment* ei
and also a cootlnuatli
in I^frlslant, which ts
the fnllowltidn the o
under dato* W the 7th,
There Is a report that tho Yank -#s made an at-
tempt to C«I turo Oharleslon by surprise, and met
with a s«*i re defíBt, loslusr in killed, wnur.d dm
®|ESS ~
The *n«toy's forces are now under the comi
of Gen. Mn(~lern*nd«-B*nk* Is In New Or'e n ,
and Is laid o lisw heun slightly wounded In the
bsltte of 1 lessml Hill.
Col. .iohu H Sentí, a dlsllrgnlshe't cavalry offl.
oar, h«* been placed In command of Southern Mis-
among them tho Teunea'ce, said lo be the finest
M«d ram afloat. Ii I* not proper to «peak of
tent'onsof Oom. Buebs 1* !, Who fi rn omi-
■MhMÍIMÉBBÉMÍÍÍÍÉMflÉIMlÉKlÍÍtt*>m
B
The Telegraph' has leen a irentleman who sswu
dispatch at Woodvllle on the 1st InsN to the effect
poB-C'slon of Memtbls, also
i had been opturtd on Tale
that Forrest was lo
that thw* transport* h
river Vsl, Willi i 0,000tb« of b«mo.|Hp|HB|
Cssimltlc* of 0th Tsxsa Infsntry,
Battle or Saline River, Art., April HO, 1664.
Field and Htklf—Wtiuridid.OeL O Tounff, severely
In wrl t; Brret Ma| A Teah, «lightly I". thro*t.
Co A, Oapt W O Dibre'l commanding— Killed—
It Lilly, I H I' Gr*y, L K opman. Wonuded-tt
J O Underwood, little linger right hnnd shot off;
•ergt M C' ff«te, flush wound Hght lep; private K Kr
wood, left hip, severely: .1 W W tcy, enter htate*.
flesh wound, tieht side; PC Bcundire®, flo-h wound
in thigh: pIsNolen sightly In left hand. -i
fi rlt, Oapt W G Thorn as coinmat dirg. Killed—
none Wounded—I,t íJ.I Fallar, rlsht foot, «ever
ly: prlratí# J D Thomas, beok, feverely; Rlciiar l
Blackburn, «..th wound In leg. ' HP-I**
Co D, Capt A 1) Hroroy com'ilg, KIUa<l—none—
..'ounded—sargt Kd Gartln, right brcss', darjgor-1
onsly; Bsnlrl Womack, ft>sh wound In leg; James
Stanley, left knerv ll«ht.
Ot K, Capt a .1 Ball com'dr K lled-rrivsto B
M Nelson. Wounded—«er t I. Fr<i min, left lung,
dangerously; sergt J M Cave- der, 1«a
seret Vsnd rpool, teft lunir, tlntigerou 1
M 1'rster, ft h wound In l<g: private I.e". severay
In lee; W R Woodboufo. left. Iiar<d. partly ampe.
taled; Kldd, dangort udy lu breast; CTaylor. se.
verely In th'ah: LIUIefleid,leg, slight; IVner, sboul
dor ond leg: s'lihtiy.
Co F, Owl J mies Jeffrie* crtm'dg. KU'ed—pri-
vate T © Kppetsnn. Wonnded—et«rl J H Martin
fl sh wound In ler, corjjl W A Fetgus^n, flash
wound In 'en; private W M Moss, mortsllv, s'nea
died; T K Caokerhsttt, right arm ttmpulatt'dj D G
Way*, left *rnt, Severely; Thos storey, fl sh Wound
in 'eg; W R Smith,; flesh wound, leg; W Born-
■ÉMÉiiÉHriy m MMMaMÉÉBaMMMÉI
Cu O, Oapt A •! Blmpson ^om'dg Killed—pon
Wounded—Lt Hlrris, «"verde In le.fl leg; prlvst •
.JP Coleson, mortal ly. slnc« died; .jkiColeson, fl«>h
wiinn l, right arm; A Poe, flesh wout d left thigh;
H RPIke, r'ght thltrh, leg ampnta'ed; .1 W I^wls,
•left orm amputated; A J Tnek.-r fl-ih wound,'leg;
G W Ttiflker, flush wound In W; -I •< Kosers, left
thliih. Severely; W Arnold, through hip sovetely.
<JoB, LtB I) Karnost eom'dg. Kiliod--nqn .—
Wounded—tt Branest, morUllv, since <Hed; norpl
Kddleman, r'ght foot, never«'y; iriv*t« Calvary,
right handl a nputsttsd; Cl* g*tt, i ft. should>'r.
slight; Fsrris, left shoulder, severely. Ron. s,m> t
leg amputated; Ifnrler, slli/htly In 1-g; W&iund. r<
in head, dangerously; B F Wllibanks, left shoaldtr
" CoY ('apt W Wa'dron oorn'da. Kill-d-priv^te.
3 W Terry, -5 C Rlebinond, AB Fotcman. W. un-
ded—scrsrt 8 LRns* tl, darg 'ronly,right shoulder;
"0fSdri.rkr#K.cs
left arm; W 0 Strange, rig >t leg amputated; W J
Whealer, Ilosh wonnd tn right th'gh, s«verc; B ,T
H l t. flesh wound in log; G H Oh -nccllor. fle-li
wound In right arm; 8 F A Clarke, flrah wound In
Wounded—Capt Saetí, head, martaily; private! ¿I
1) G hson, mortally, 8 A Corhran, mortally; 8 8
Or eo, right wrist ampnta'ed; J T Denombar,
flMsh wound to thlih. ,,
Co L Lt 0
Wo^ndtdJi—prl
Lt Campbell oom'dg.
■ m frJistm
tt Fife,
K'lttid—rtone—
vstoa Joe Augustine, to both lc«s,
* " wound la right
Itnlatlon-Killed, 8;
d, «V, total
kilted and wounded, 76, Owing to conttonons
forced marches tho regiment went into the fight
With only 800 men.
The Crookctt Quid Nunc says, Charlla Bracken
of thnt placo arrived there direct from tbe flcld of
bsttlo In Arkansas, whbsh he left on tho 4th. «ltd
ha* furnished tho following list of Casualties tn
Gould's Battalion. He **yi our loot t mnch
greatr r than reported. Von bivvy la g. urry's and
Randal's Brigade* and Churchill' Division. In
other oommands lota slight. Gars. 3 urry and
Rindal, and Tsppan 6f Arkansas, killed. Gen.
Waul had arm broken. Getts. Smith and Prle*
were on II. Bald Bfo cavalry or artillery In the
flgbt, Steele rapidly on the retreat. He 1 at ovar
000 men, his wagon , moles, camp equipage, Ac.
Htt devastated the whole oountry — robbed the
people of horics.cattlpatid even houneliold furnl^ji ,
Oert.n's BaWai.ío*.-MbI. Roberts SOotfId, oom-
Company B-Klllcd: Wm Rhwle* ; Wonnded:
Haley, bead, severe; Bergotnt Thnma* Brandon,
arm, severe.
Couipiny C—Killed: Dent J arm* tleDowel';
wounded : Z W Mitchell, groin; John Dlekey, thigh
MV*re' if D—Kll'ed : CptR'chsrd Patrick,
—-"••*
Wi Campanf S¿Wounded; ,
severe; John Henneitsy, grttW., rV.
Mctycmore's 0 im pan y—Killed :
Wlso, John Albiluht; witunded : I
LO Mills, leg broken; Pen Tnrtter, sliglil; J 8
l.qng, slight; 3 L*w, «light; JO Dele foe, silght;
List of Killed «ml Won
Of the 3d Teas* Vol |r,ry on the 80
1864, attbaBatUaofiT
msmmm
D; —
tí; Prlrato Osrolu , Co H;
■ Ma ««I
In a letter 1
alio And the i
re ttai'ger i
.-ioij,^i
fl*hf until
tbe infernul 1
hi* *¡¡¡¡¡¡4
It «ni!
km
In tin- «
M'p.
It gives us much pleasure t
■■^■||||
receipt of ft prívate I. to r from
for publication) dated M#
S^KKSJSW..
In, (be left k:P«o in ths last The
oelv< d in tho last ch r^e, in the
very near the fincnty. 1 have'
well, and hope to b* ready, «re
driving
M0IP
lnjnrlu* don* to myself
'K- |ST" The Tolegriiph's corre
of the Vth learns from Capt.
alano, who h>id ]n t arrived
which plawj W left on tho 16th
no dlfBnohy In crosslus the Mil
ialn reportstho
Mobile ralred, Fárragut d
not 1>e taken by water.
Another monltmyir
ha* been wtik by a
h <rb >r, commanded by :
llenter.fnt and *l« rr*fl _
Nahattto In Vlrg'ttla nr. toth,
crossed the river, one week * rr's
whrftf Ko irnth in In the
had been i*t tacked bv *
torea «A Jackson, the
Powell drove tht plek<
lured.17 |
X3f~ The News says'* *MÍchael Hahn, who Is
Lincoln Governor of I.fluts'ans, reecntly
the ono tenth
vot«a cari |
the rVovlnea alUhi
Hi* family fm'lirated in the foil
York cltv, Where lltey remained until 1840
removed to Tesas, and soon pfit r to
He wns left n orphan nt an early
studied 'aw In the office or Christian Swr
prnctl-etl Ithtf.re he waa twenty, ft" wm|
engaged In hi* profession np to the t
eleotion to CongN ss, In
BPSH
Yt m* aWht'wii
pnatlon for the use of
l.ibitert except, hyor.le
lion mav rctsln In iw ..,
men formerly nnder Agent Wldte, as jo
quire. Such irtloles as you catín't " '
Yeu can call on *< mmandlug
Qtmvtormavtér and O tmmlstsrles
ssry n qutsUlons, and this Ii their
sesMfsssa:,'
sistance it* your stock m>
HgtnuowTaas.
terfero
Iwstruclimt io
iloner*
Allow,thn
fttmls" "
edhe
5th .
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