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Houston' bboembeh t, i&u.
Gov. Brows, of Ooo^gU. devotes the
Mlatooiuaor*!* !-**?" mmafe to tke
Leflslatarc of tk%t State, to « elaborate
▼Indication of the project of a Convention
of all tho States, in order to terminate the
war, « BMa*Pfcdi*ir«rt Statca to oboeae
tk« forerosaen* aeder whieh they will
qjrite, Mk^ mtori peace, harmony, and
fraternal MiaOoa*. fhe treaty making
ywwi It tio t^|!9nre oate art to otop
tki wur; eeeh State 1a thoa to oalla Con-
wmttoa <4U ly •hositt by tho legal aad
duly qoilffiod voter*," whloh are to ap-
ydti delegatco to-a ooaventioa of all tho
State*. "AU.fttteetiooa of boundary aad
UlMd natigattea, Mdrtl teoatloo of ami-
Ij, een *ereenad alliance, aad 40 agrec-
■eato aeineory to preserve in fotmo the
?Jiist upon the oonlinent,
<feald bo ftoporiy shaped in such a <on-
-eention, aad prepoaed to tho treaty making
'**.«
,,Mt must of courte, be nndewloqd," Wye
>€•*. Bien, 'MM* «Mb State would enter
4-fo4 independent
sovereign, tho equal of etery other State,"
^ tK«tfo€oafe4era-
"Will not, I preoumo, be Honied by any
" '£• ^iMSWitAtee; Eight, doc-
tb* ** meet
tog«her, in convention and agree upon
* * 4h*. boundn*lc *ud , fteatje? t necessarily
gi9Wiag>4M^of aaotOfaton already
, «a aaaem>M >frf /ay< f" , "Rfoent develop-
moaio,M ha thinks "haw shown tj at <Aii
doctrine will * heat do\pn, everything before 4t
imhe Noriki if mot by' dsmototratioaa of.
approval in the South. Stop tho war,
and oall a convention of the States to ne-
gotiate, and tip people of tho North, who
•it as tflred of H as wo are, will agree tp
a propor MJartm#at °P°n ,he ^orms indi-
f catcd, rather $fean *eiame hostilities."
This plan, m epraoiioal means of *f-,
rirlng at ptoooand tho recognised sorer*
oigaty and Independenoa of tho Southern.
8tafo , w^Uh tfov.BroWn and others prd-
feos to bo its objoot, is so groundless, so
preposterous, so absolutely foolish, that
^ we find oaraolrei scnrQely ab!o to gi*«
credit for good faith aad sincerity to Ito
adroo'sdei'.",.' 'Wo ookuowledge, however,
tho jultice Of the admonition eontaiaed
la the nopealng number of tho Federalist
thai "it k diiiagenuous to X68plve in
dUorimlnately ^O opposition of any set
of, men Into interested or ambiUous views,
alliance—Is purely imaginative. It is to
sapposo a revolution in Northern principles
more radical and complete than would do a
proposition of peace on the basis of all the
States becoming alavcholdiiieand re-open-
lag the Africa" slave-trade. There are men
throughout the North, statesmen, divines,
and of all professions, who believe in sla-
very. There is no man, and never has been
any man, of any public note and influence—
we distinctly repeat oar assertion of the
other day—who has maintained any such
doctrine of absolute State sovereignty. No
mB i in the Chicago Convention mantained
it. Mr. Guthrie of Kentucky, the chairman
of the Committee on Resolutions, U an old,
liie-long "National" Democrat. Vallandig-
ham has never entertained any snch doc-
trine—nor Voorhees, nor Long, nor Pen-
dleton, nor Wall, nor Seymour of Connect-
icut. This is no time tor mere self-dela-
clone, for persuading ourselves of things
which have no existence. We should not
forget that State sovereignty, in the sense
which Qov. Brown spesJcs, is a political
doctrine—taught, it is true, by the wisest
and moat far-seeing of the founders of the
United States Government, and by the pro-
foundest of all American statesmen, but
that it Is of very modern acceptance, even
in the Southern States. The great body of
the Whigs always rejected it; a largo por-
tion of the Democrats, calling themselves
"n£Wo aV did os Wsosriea. JX Kjwuot the
commonly received ereed of any State ex-
cept South Carolina. As the powers of the
general government were more and more
subverted, as the dominance of the North-
ern numerical majority became more appa-
rent, all thoughtful men. in the South* the
weaker section, were constrained.. to
See >tha^ those principle* must per-
vade the "Organization of our Govern-
ment, otherwise the only Alternative was
consolidation, and a popular despotism ;
and yet it,is true, tl^t^pefhaps an equal
number of our pe?plo entered into this
eontest, considering it rightful Resolution
with -those who &eemed„ft the exercise of
asereiy 1 ssaaie thoitslftuftlanji migfrt sob
m
Candor will
c1
ObHgo n to admifc that even auoh men
t'Zmmj be aotiiateCby 'fyttght intentions—
He honu^ trrotf of niiads led astray by
1 pmontoiied-jenloaeies and fears. So
? • < numerous iitdesd, and 90 powerful are tho
*.,*ONiK-«wtt0fc, ffm to^veafilse bias to
** ,'upou many ooca*
lioM, too witaaad good men oa the wrong
m watt as on the tight Side of questions
- Pi tho ^ ^Htidi to oooiety. Thii
citcumstaiise, if daily attended to, would
srfwagps taflaliih'a,^*!^ of mdder^tion to
^ 1° *ny controvsr-
right.-" Gevesner Browa may be as earn
est and devoted a friend to she Southern
n t 'Oause as he elaifMU. Put Ifhen.in additioa
■; te jneh - reoomaewdatioas as ikt above,
' Wmd hjlm Agoing that the obstaoles to
peseeare that "the passions of President
. ' LtMoln fpd President Jefferson Da
ViH'' tf -1 ■: inflamed, f.'^aiuh each
•j^.ttattheWnf "willcontinue to rage
,its mry tlU. tbert ii-,a Change of iS-
that "the fittple, in their
aggregate oapadty as sovereign States,"
must take "
ike the1 subject In hand—that tho op- that the sole condition to it, w
of Got. , Brown s views are " the ^(uraUiou of our right bfself-i
tes of strong oe&trtd power both in Jd yet men and offlcsinls, in 0
,Sg4'U-!
*"*■
the United' States^ and the' Confederate
Statos, inelndilt P«? of the (^Boe holders
of both governments, and the place hunters
and large government contractors, who have
made nflffdm of dollars of the government
without ontoboxpovng their persons to dan?
gar in battle i abd tE a secret spies in the
employment of governments, who are
supported Out Of the large secret serstee
funds at the command of tho two Presidents
* to'do thtft bidding; and snob officials as
iiiiar gold lace 1* cities and drive fine horses
and carriages, supported out of the public
crib, while afl around them are misery and
'Sfaat; and the latt* ffWfi «nd passport
our country villages
to> jSalous of the pre-
res or oatitral power, and anxious to
* 1 and extend them," dfce., Ac.,
this in the measage of a jSor-
ernor ora tttt^ts—whilst It iid« btlaes true
that hs Is not con ci*utly hostile to our
boner, aMb+s* Interests, yei itis unmis-
lagftl and constitutional State Sovsre^oty.
No man has denied Or can deny that in the
Confederate Government tho paramount,
absolute sovereignty of the States doe*
Sretail. to make the recognition of
te sams theory of their; Qovpmh^nt by
tbii Northern States, the basis of a ssheme
for their present political ajDttoa to ter
mlnate this war, and sceureburindepend
ence, is so purely a vagary and chimera,
that it becomes scaroely possible to 1 econ
oile it with good faith or without' conceal
lug motives sinister to our cause.
tffce ^raatlQal object, however, as mam
footed hy Governor Brown, and still more
oJMnly, by Mr. Boyoe, is one of diploma-
cy not against ourselves, but to fraternise
in some iodefinite way, Wtth^ the North-
western Stater by whieh the ties between
them and the ^ther United Status can be
weakened, and they can be induced to em
bark in the same oause with us, or to cou
nive at otir independence. That it should be
proposed, in order to acooi^plish this, to
carry them through the initiatory process of
a politic&T concession to State sovereignty,
seems not a little fanciful. We are to woo
them not by direct appeals ta their inter
ests and passions, but by abstract theorems;
not by the advantages of Southern as com-
Sared with Yankee alliance, but by the
litoreticial* blessings of State sovereignty
We suspect this original and ingenious de-
vice to have Deen thC invention of Vice
President Stephens. Neophyte$ are the
greatest enthusiasts. Always a mere the-
orist and reasoner, as compared with a man
of action, denying himself the doctrines of
State Sovereignty. «p to tho date of seces-
sion, he first appears 4n the character Ot a
devotee to ttyOsO doctrines in opposition to
the1 measures 01 our own gqver&ment. As
the violence of his opposiUoa increases, his
estimate of State Sovereignty is exalted—
until finally it seems to him so transcen
dent that ho proposes it as something which
has been fundamental and unquestionable,
North and South, since 1776, which the
Northern States were as read} to embrace
and act upon as the Southern,and which fur-
nished the larger share of the United States
armies, now invading our territories. They
have voted for Linaoln again by overwhelm-
tag majorities) and yet we are to make
friends of them and Sccure our independence
by'effeCtfng a revolution of their .political
principles end instilling ideas not enter-
tained by any known Quui ttttOng them. If
Don Quixote could reappeac, ana .'his hal-
lucinations take the snaps pf political, in-
stead of knight-errantry, he could not be
less pratticd, Or mbre.'kbsurd. r Our gov-
ernment and. people .have cried aloud for
Seace from its foundation to tht present time.
Tot a man ih the United Stater but knows
with us, is the
f-government;
yet men and officials, in our midst find
it pfoper to impute to qur government and
to some portion of our people against whom
they suppose prejudice can be excited, a
preference for the continuance of war, and
a neglect of efforts to heal our troubles.
Our cardinal error from the beginning
hajl been in hoping for suooess by the di-
vision of our enemies, rather^thwi by our
Wa united exertieaa. Our political lead-
arc in. 1861 were men who had been asso-
with the politics of the Ualted
States fer many years. It was Impossible
for those,meh to realise the state of hos-
tility lato whlM thay were brought towards
their eld party oemrades. We have room
to bellsve that the gravest error whieh our
Government has committed,was In relying
so long on party movements In the United
.States rather than on our owe military
eperatloas. For months and months we
were dsluded by hopes of what the Demoo
raoy, aad the Conservative aid Whigs, and
▼idoua order o(p
who have to long -jr.
balsfhl influence oh our M
v «j■■■> As to ths doctrine of Stats Sovereignty
4<bsaring down every thing before it la the
' North,'" nothing could am ama unfounded
and idle. Tbsldea of a convention of all
the Northern States—each Stato an inde-
pendent sovereign, free to adopt its future
taksabie thahhe belongs to ®ht low and, 4^ PMeo mett fa ths United States weald
- Through thslr .Ihfluenos the war
n to terminate. We believe we are
y informed, that-, after ths battle
of llaaastos, when we oonld have entered
WashiSigton. we failed to do it ander con-
fidential advioe from our Northwestern
Desseoratisi Mahds, that it would exoite a
terrible war-fseliag threugkeut the North,
even amoag our mends, the Democrats,
and that if we forbore, their political suo-
oess would roon eeme to our relief. We
lost New Orleans from the reliance of Mr
Beajamia on peace in eixty days by Nor-
thern Democratic ioflueroe. The most
pernicious and enfesbling idea in the
Southern mind throughout this struggls
has besn reliance oa divisions at ths North
iostead of self-reliaaoe. How long is this
rslatioa to last ? What new shaps is it to
take T What amount of the most dire ex-
psrieace oan remove the scales from our
syss?
Death mf Dr
Ws take the following from a late New
York paper:
The Oeath of th« Hob Praoels Moore, Uto >di
tor aod proprietor of the Houston T«l«fraph, Is
aaaoanssd ta oer eelssias. Mr. Moore was aa
•is aad hl|Uf estaoaseS eitfaea olTtiu, bat da
rtac <h« «tr he has qatstly resided, with his
Csalljr st the North. Ho participated ta the T aa
war of ladepeodeaee, aod alter ll-i reoocoitlon bj
Mexico, baeamo oao of the leading spirits la the
eaase of annexilloa to tha United btates. Ho
was a povtrfai aad elective speaker, aad oan
▼atsed the Nortbero State* In 1844 In favor ef the
election or Mr. Polk to the Preetdeney apoa tha
qaesttea of saaaxatloa. He served a« one of the
Oenialselenere of Texas te oonolode iha terms of
annexation, aad Mbeeqnently occupied for sev-
eral years a seat la her LrfkUtare. HI* last
public office before the war was thai of Maior of
the eity of Soniton. At the time of his d*o<aie ha
wai engaxed In prepariny for the praas hta "Geo-
logical Survey of the Slate of Texts," a work
whieh hla eeientlfo attainments would havS ren-
dered very valaable. Ha was a man of the puree*
eharaoter, beloved bp all who knew him, aad hat
left a lariro olrole of relative* aad acquaintance*
to moaro the loe< of a hatband, a father aad a
friend.
We read this announcement of ths death
of our predecessor and friend with pro-
found sorrow. Few men were better
known in Texas than Dr. Moors. Few
men were mors devoted to the welfare of
this State, or acoording to their ability,
have done more for it. As the writer of
the above notice says, "he was a man of
the purest eharaoter." Previous to the
war he was engaged in geological re-
searches, so tar as his limited means would
permit. The breaking out of the war
found him in the North, engaged in seou
ring the publication t ofj his Sur~
vey. When hostilities were an-
nounced, he endeavored to make his way to
Texas. We heard of him two or throe
times in Kentucky and in Maryland, en-
deavoring to get through the lines. Too
honorable to seek by subterfuge what he
deemed his right, proclaiming that he would
not take the Federal- oath of allegiance,
"he would die and rot first," to quote the
expression as it came to us, and withal too
straightened in purse to undertake any other
than the most direct route, he failed, and
quietly settled down with his family to
await the progress of events.
He was honestly opposed to a disruption
of the Union, but his sympathies were with
the South, because his beloved Texas was
there.
For nearly twenty years Dr. Moore was
the editor 01 this journal. With it he saw
the first germs of republicanism sown upon
this soil. He recorded in these columns the
birth, the infancy, the youth and the full
manhood of this State. For its best in-
terests did he ever labor. The files of the
Telegraph show a record of struggles, of
failures, of successes and of triumphs of tho
principles to which he was devoted, secured
to none within our knowledge. It was most
prominent as the supporter of the revolu-
tion, and for that Santa Ana once wreak-
ed his revenge by destroying the office. Dr.
Moore re-established it again, and was for
near ten years the official printer of the Re-
public. Broken in health and nearly ruined
in purse, he sold out in 1854.
He was for several years Mayor of this
city, likewise a representative of this coun-
ty, both in the Constitutional convention
and in the State Legislature. In every po-
sition he occupied, ne was distinguished by
Ids laborious attention to the interests in
his hands.
He died in comparative poverty, but the
memory of him will live in the hearts of a
thousand friends, and of him na evil can
be justly spoken.
We publish to-day the abstracts of two
highly important deoisions of the Supreme
Oourt on the oonsoript law. The first
holds that a Justice of the Po&oe elected,
after enrollmeat as a oonsoript, is liable
to military service ; the second, that the
law plaoing persons in military service,
who had tarnished substitutes, is consti-
tutional. The views we have heretofore
given on both these matters, we are hap-
py to say, are in aocordanoe with these
decisions. They settle the matter so far
as our Distriot Courts are oonoerned,
among which there has been some dis-
orepanoy heretofore.
Now is the time to plant out strawber-
ries, grapes, peaches, in fact everything of
the kincT. It is also the time to protect all
semi-hardy nlants of the garden. The hot
beds should be got ready this month, the
garden generally should be dug up and
thoroughly manured. Almost all garden
work, except sowing seeds, done in Decem-
ber, is in our experience, worth double that
done In January, particularly if time enough
is taken to do double work, and nothing will
make a better return than double work in
the garden. '
Qen. Sydney Johnson prophesied, before
the battle of Shiloh, that the war would end
in the centre of Georgia, with both armies
concentrated there; that there would boa
decisive battle in which the Confederates
we.e bound to' be successful. If the great
fleet in the Chesapeake shonld happen to
have Grant's army on board, and should
turn Up at Port Royal, it would look a little
like proscience on the part of that noble
maa and gifted warrior.
■Metott.Ketohmana Oe,eell Mara Uranoatalo
see ef very deelrable end teaeoaable aoode. Rata lien
aad heede of fhstlHee weald do wall toettead thie
tale.
Snasveroet.Dae.S. D-'St.
Macon. Oa., Hev. as.—u la atlil undetermined
whether the enemy wtil make another attack on the
city; M la believed, however, that no farther attempt
win be made. . ,
Bodice of cavalry me eUU In the neighborhood for
the purpoee. It Ueuppo«ed, of covering the operation
of the enemy upon tbe Central railroad.
A Sght occurred to-day at Oriiwoidaville between
the Yankee cavalry d a part of Wheeler'e command,
the reeult waa highly creditable to onr troope _
The enemy are atUI in the vicinity of Clinton. We
hwr aklrmUhlog is continually spina on.
The deelgna of the Yankvee will probably be devel*
oped to-day. Keporta of deeertera and prlaonera are
conflicting. The euemy'a Infantry are atlil mortal
eaetward in the direction of Augnata.
The city la remarkably qnlet and confident. It waa
reported at Jackeon, on tbe ttth nit., that the enemy
was In large force et Big Bleck evening before Ust.
deailnatlon euppoeed to be Jackaon. A row at Mem*
phle la which thirty negroee were killed.—iVeicr.
BY TELEGRAPH.
Camden, Dec. C, 1864.
New York,Nov. 25.—Tuesday last fifteen
thousand infantry and a division of cavalry
had a fight six hours with the rebels at
Road Hill, in the Shenandoah Valley, our
forces were compelled to retire. Loss not
known. The rebel Congress has passed a
bill to call out tho militia of one State for
sixty days to go to the defence of other
States. Sherman is marching with two
columns, one on Augusta and one on Ma-
con. Early's Headquarters are between
Timbervillc and New Market, and his army
is stretching across the Valley, both flanks
are well covered with cavalry. His position
is very strong.
The Richmond Sentinel thinks Sherman
will be brought up with in a short time.
Sherman is devastating the country as he
goes. The rebels arc mining heavily be-
fore Petersburg; immense quantities • of
powder have arrived there from the South.
Brazil has broken of relations with the
United States on account of the Florida
affair.
Louisville, Nov. 24.—Hood's army oc-
cupies Waynesboro' and threatens Nash-
ville and Paducah. Our army is confront-
ing him at Pulaski. The Georgia members
ot the Confederate Congress issued an ad-
dress to their constituents to resist Sherman
in.' every possible manner. The Presideut
and 4>on.-Lae are doing all they can for
Georgia. Two divisions of Early's army
have arrived at Richmond.
Bates retires from the Cabinet. Forrest
has a pontoon across tbe Tennessee river
at Chickasaw, he has evacuated Fort Hien-
man—his Headquarters are at present at
Murray.
Richmond, Nov. 18.—To the people of
Georgia : You have nuw the best opportu-
nity ever yet presented to destroy the en-
emy. Put everything at the disposal of our
Generals--remove all provisions from the
grasp of tbe invaders and pur all obstruc-
tions in his way—let every citizen wit'h
his gun and every negro with his spade
and axe do the soldiers work. You can
destroy the enemy by retarding his march.
Georgians be firm and fear not.
Signed, B. H. HILL.
I most cordially approve of the above.
Signed, JAS. A. SEDDON.
Corinth, Nov. 18.—To the people of
Georgia: Arm yourselves for the defence of
your native soil and rally around your
patriotic Governor, and your gallant sol-
diers. Obstruct and destroy all roads in
Sherman's rear and flank, and his
army will soon starve in your midst. Be
confident, resolute and trust in Providence
and sucoess will soon crown your efforts.
I hope soon to join you in defenoe of your
homesand firesides.
(Signed) G. T. BEAUREGARD.
Savannah, Nov. 21.—A dispatch from
Macon says the enemy Crossed Ockmulgee
in force yesterday, eight miles east of In-
dian Spring,forty thousand strong. The Cen-
tral Railroad near Grisoldville was cut on
the 20th. The telegraph between Savannah
and Macon, and Gordon and Milledgeville
is cut. Ben. Jamison Sillman, of Yale Col-
lego is dead.
Fortress Monroe,Nov. 26.—The rebels
have been constructing earthworks, which,
when occupied will shorten their lines 11
miles without endangering Richmond. Lee
will send troops to Cheek Sherman.
New York, Nov. 26.—Five hotels were
set on fire at one time in thip city last night,
supposed by rebel incendiaries,the St. Nich-
olas, St. Johns, Lafarge, AstorHouse, Love-
joy's,Belmont House and Barnum's Museum
The Richmond Whig of the 24th says that
Sherman has passed Macon and Augusta,
and will move towards the Atlantic coast
direct. H. P.
Alexander II is the third Emperor of Rns-
sia who has set his foot on French territo -
ry, the first being Peter the Great, who
went to Paris in 1717, and the second Alex-
ander I,who in 1815 remained in the French
capital for some time.
A writer in the Illustrated Times says a
"Of two sermons, by Spurgeon, nearly :
quarter of a million copies have been sold ;
and, as each sermon fills a sheet, 500 ream s
of paper has been expended on these alone.
Did ever sermons sell like these before ?
AxDmaoN, November 30,18S4.
So. Til.—For oaoe the monetonoui calm and
and aloeplneae of Anderion have been broken.
Thie evening. about aaa-'et eoveral peri00a,
among them two eoldlera with gone, were eeen
running in hot haete tovard the Jail. "What'e
the matter t * everybody asked every other body
and nobody replied, as no one knew—I quietly sat
atlil, knowing that the matter would come round
to me pretty aoon—It waa thiei The jailer had
permitted a negro priaoner to oome oat aad chop
wood,he had been erampednp In the narrow lim-
its of the prison a .long while and thought he
weald stretch hie lega. Stop, cried Jailer—bat
nig heed It dowa. The soldier's buckshot how-
ever caught hla—some unruly pistol knocked
him over the head and tho whip afterwards affeo-
Uoaately, that Is wanalv, embraced him. It 1s
thought he will not ran again If he had the ohaaee.
This tlttte exoltement did not last half an hour
and I am eorry oa that aeooaat the faa dld'nt keep
up awhile longer.
I saw "gloax" reluming on Saturday's train
to Houston, mlaas his ex-pegasas bat plat a new
salt of clones In the abstract. He had been
haagtagaboat the Pealteatlaiy I believe. Give
him my love.
-_TOMASCHORITB.
Hub BRAIDStoi eala by
decldlth* H. BIT BAUD
-triONlBB, BOBBBTSON * OO., Oommlssloa
v Merchant*, Bavaaa, make liberal advances
oa Gotten to their eeaslgasasat or to that of tholr
Meads ha Sarepe.
Orders fair floods received aad promptly at-
tended to. Befer to T. W. Hoase, or Ball, Hatch-
lags fc Co. dlO—dCm*
—CoaUnne to
tranapiant during lbve««Mo woatfcer. m peae. on*
lone, radtabce, lettuce, parenlpe. carrots, turnip#,
beeU, eplnage. pareley. and awoet herbe.
New Advertisements
Hsabqoas rasa, Dirbict or Texas, Hawi
Maxica a Auuoma. >
Aadersoa, Bee. 8, KM.'
Special Oanaas, Me M.|
e e e e •
IV. All persons having captured negroes la
Government employ or otherwise, will tarn them
over wlthoat delay to Major Myllested, Proves!
Msrshbl General at Heastoa,and any failure to
oomply with the order will sobject the parties to
trial aad paatahmeat.
By leommaad of
Majer-Oenorsl J. G. WALKBB.
W. A Smith, A. A. Qeni
Deo. 7—d3t
AUCTION SALE-
I will eell at aaotlon on Saturday the 10th lost,
at 9 o'elook A. M. to oloee consignments.
8 Hhds Louisiana Sugar
1 Bbls do do
3 Boxes do do
—ALSO—
NAILS. TAOKS,
CUBBT COMBS,
HOBSB BKU8HES,
WOOD SOItBWB,
R. R. SLBDGB8,
FROBS, FOOT ADZES,
dto., &.
E. O. LYB OH, Auctioneer.
Des5d3t.
AUCTION.
thursday, december 8th, 1864.
A. O. MoELXZIX,
• Will sell wlthoat limit:
4 likely A No 1 Negro Men, >1 to 36 years old.
2t bhd*. choice auger.
37 kesa f 'tally eyrup- '
10 bales Hay.
13 sacks Flour.
One caek cl ar side Bacon.
SbW*. T r.
13 bbls. Sugar.
Dry UoOds, Tobacco, 4c„ jjQgEEN, 4 00.
dec6 3t Auctioneers.
Y"17ri*rLa"0VldXSY"TtifN«"a.^oTa~peust0ar-
A. mine, Cod-Liver Oil. Slates. aUte pencils, tooth
picks, tooth brushes, hair brushes, fins cutlery, spec.
tacUs, do cases, pocket books, combs, ot every kind,
toilet and ftuvlnii soap, vlano mntlc. violins, guitars,
flutes, school books, garden seeds, etc.
dec2 clAtw 31* JAMBS BURKE.
CHAKLKS GOl'ISOHALK, Watchmaker and
Jeweller, Main street, Hoaeton.
Repairing and Bagravlag neatly done.
dec2—ddw*
Hp. MATTHEWS 6t 00 , Auction and Com*
• mission Merchants, Mala Strnt, two doers
bsloe Bliot's Drag Stoie, Houston. Constantly on
hand negroes, &o..for sale. nov83d6m
AUCTION—Bvery Tuesday aad Friday a
10 o'oioek. A. M., and every Taesday after-
noon at 3o'olook, hy J. 8. & J. B. Sydnor. Our
building! svery large and fire-proof. We can
properly < are ft>r and exhibit every description
of merohaadlse. Have also hou se and yard room
for negroes. . ,
We are always prepared to make liberal ad
vances in coin, Confederate notes, State Treas-
ury notes Or cotton.
We particularly eall the attention of parties on
tho Bio Grande making consignment! to Hous-
ton.
Our asiness is exclusively, eommlsslon, and
also sell at private sale at all times exoept auo-
tlon days. augSMOm
riROW a HITCH have opened amannfaotor
of artificial leg* in Houston. Application may
be made In person or by letter- When by letter a
olrctUar will bo sent embracing directions for
measurements dee., which may be filled up by the
pplloant retu ned. dec5dtwdcw3m
\IOl'lCJJ.—The following described 4 per Cent,
ii certificates lssusd by me, were mailed at
Houston on May 84, 1864, addressed to J. S.Sul.
ilvan, Dep. Depositary, Richmond, Texas, and
were never rsosived by him—vis i
HO. 170, May 24, 1864, to F. W. Donslass. «500.
No. 171, •' " " « . H. Bobley, 5000.
Duplicates have been issued, and the public Is
eautloned not t > bay or receive the originals, as
they will not be paid. JAMES SORLEY,
novaajfctwaw Depositary.
TO SupiaiNTSitdints or Sunday Schools.—
Just published snd for sale at the Herald of-
fice. San Antonio, ran Wislbtan Catschisk, a
neat pamphlet of 3! duodecimo pages. Pries 35
cents per oopy > sent to any part of the State free
ol postage, on receit of tbe orders aocompamed
by the clsh. New Issue taken at W for 1-
LOGAN,SWEET & PALMER,
Nov 30-dtw—w2* San Antonio.
DBSERTBD from Oamp Greer, near Houston
on the 2d day of December, 1864, the follow,
ing described Conscripts— v
Joseph Susan, aged 17 years, S feet 7 Inches
high, blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion, by oc-
oapatlon a former, residence Austin county, Texas,
a native of Austria-
Jossph Oharner, aged 22 years, 9 feet 7 inches
high, bine eyes, dark hair, fair eomplsxion, by
occupation a former, residence Austin county,
Texas, a native ol Austria.
Frank Dolasar, aged 42 years, 5 feet 8 inches
high, black eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, by
ocoapatton a former, residence Austin county, a
nativs of "Austria. _ , _. , ., ^
F. Perzszak, aged 45 years, 5 feet 7 Inches high,
hssel eyes, blaok hair,dark complexion, by occu-
pation a farmei, residence Colorado county, a
native of Bohemlai L. U. BARZIZA,
d5—d8t Cspt. Com'd'g Oamp Ureer._ ^
HEADQDARTCR8, CAMP OHIH, )
WksTkrn District or Texas. >
December 3d, 1864. )
All men bslonging to this oamp who ars either
absent wlthsut leave, or absent on contlnuons tar-
loughs, or who havebeeh detailed by any author-
ity exoept that of Brig. Qen. Greer, Col. D. B.
Martin or the Generals commanding Department
or DUtrlot,an<l who have not reported at these
Head Quarters In person since the 1st Inst., are
hereby ordered Into camps. Those who oan be
reaehed by patrols from this camp, on failure of
compliance herewith, will be arrested and brought
la; others will be reported as deserters to the
propsr Enrolling and Reserve Corps Officers.
D. U.RARZIZA,Capt. Commanding.
Doc5-3t.
HBADQUAftTEKs, DISTRICT OF TEXAS,)
NEW MEXICO AMD ARIZONA. >■
Anderson, Dec. 3d, 1864. J
Special Orders. No. 84.
• ••••* * .
III. Detailed men and engineer troops engaged In < *
out door labor wlU have issued to them, of corn meal
and meat, one ration and a halt The same will apply
to negro laborers ^government employment. ^
By command of Major General WALKER,
W. A. Smith, A. A. G. decC 3t
HBADQUABTBRS, DISTRIOT OF TEXAS, 1
MEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. V
Andereon, Dec. 3rd, 1864. J
Special Orders, No. 84.
* • • • * • •
X, Lieut Col. S. A. Roberts, Is assigned to duty
Commandant of Negro Labor of this District.
By command of
Major General J. G. WALKER,
T. M. Jack, Lt. Col.Jt A. A. G. dec6 3t
FOR BALE—la consequence of bad health I
offer lor sale ay tannery, situated en Spring
iircek, about twenty-five mtieo from Houston, to-
gether with 999 acres of land, and all timber.
There la avery foelllty oa the place for carrying
oa the business in a larg* scale, laeladlag a never
falling supply of water. c
Tor particulars, apply to Jadge Bpenoe at Ml.
Wilson's Hardware Store.
PocMfttrl 3t. P.C.RUSSBL.
CITY KLBCTIO*, 1869.
Fo city Marshall, P. B. GBORGB.
(Ferre-sleetlon) 1 0 LORD*
For City Recorder, WM. FERGUS©I*.
(For ro-elc«tlon) HON. A. P. THOMPSON.
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