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■lei'NTOK, TECXAtt.
K. H. OOODM. Kdltor Md Proprietor.
IO Mr. A. t. R M, of UAeeltjr. will teave thla
>kN Sept. Mk,tonit| MlwiNKoftbi Mink-
elppl. Lettere toll or tent to thlc offloe ap to that
Um will bo forwarded by his. To meet Ilia ex-
penses, one dollar moot bo Mot with each letter.
Pontage •tan-pa mot alao bo affixed.
Coax at Wim Con* to n Famimks or
•oldie as.—We propoao to koop a standing Hot in
our popor of tboee gentlemen who arc willing to
hribk tbe families of soldiers with com at 50
oobU. Names will bo added aa tbe/ an tarnished
to ns. * ■ >
*W. V. Hutehlns, Wharton county.
J.V.Soborta, "
N. L. Williams, •• "
W. R. Kilt land, Do Witt "
B. £echary, fayotte "
Kyle A Terrjr, Fort Bond **
J.D. Watera* M **
Ool. J. H. Horndon, Braaorla.
Col. David Kandon, Fort Bond.
Dr. A. D. Hippo toe, Breahaaa,
Capt. T. J. Catching, Goo sales oounty.
J. f. Diiaooll, Prairie Flalna. '
Aaron Coffee, Bitaorla county..
juotter from Vienna.
Tuiat. La., September 1,1883.
Editor Titrgrap*—Llttlo more than a month ago, I tent "
you a lengthy eommumoAilon, giving a detailed account of
Ool. Parsoas' raid to the lilaflaelppl Valley, nearly oppoalto
Vioksbarg 1 write now to give yoa aa acoountofa retrea
Just effected by that oflleer, which 1 venture to aay ba been
aurpaaeod In lia masterly management and tafe results bjt
no one In the history of tbla war. Oa Monday the39d ultimo,
a courier from Ute plckeU on Bayoa Macon, reached our
camp at Point Jefferson, bringing Col. 'Parsons' atfll on the
W. W.jjmitb, Fal la county.
H. White, Baatrop county, 400 bttabola.
Bauadore* Matter, Fort B%nd county.
T. J. Jackson, Oha pell Hill.
W.JM.pieOca, "
11. White, Baatrop, 400 buthris.
The Tnua-.Wla«laalpt! Debarment.
" Geo. Smith la w|do awake, and will yet bring
out the Trane-AflssisslppI Department glorloualy, If
the people wtllatend by him." ,
Thua wrttoa our apeolal correspondent at Shrove-
port, and we believe be baa told the whole truth In
theae tow worda. In fact, this to the tons of all
ourlettera from Bhreveport, as.well aa from frlanda
elaewbere who hate boon thrown Into the company
of the Lt. General commanding thla Department,
lie la aald to be not only a very able, but a very
active nan.aad thoroughly in hla work. In ad-
■ dltlon to theae tblagsi he (a a rellgloua man, and
tbla Itoelf will add vaetly to the popular eonfldenoe
in
Wbat we have to do, la to heed hia suggestions
and aland by hla. Fortunate, Indeed, to It for the
Department, that he baa auch able aaalatanle aa
Prlea In Miaiourl, Taylor In Louisiana, and our
own glorlona Mac ruder in Texas. More fortunate
to It that wa have it In our power to auataln then
all in the aaptoat manner.
Veilow-eUltens, our bueineaa now to war. Tbla
meat be onr wholo and aole bualneaa for the next
tow month*. We have to meet aad drive baok the
Invader, at whatever ooat. There are no (wo waya
about lb There to now no time to croak, no time
to And fault with order*, no time to realat lawful
authority, no time to straggle, no time to slander
the leaden, no time to llaten to terms, no time to
yield one fraction of onr pretonalons. We have
got onr part of the war to light this winter. Let
aa be prepared.
A private letttr from a valued friend, himself a
moat galleitt aoldler, la to the point. We extract
aa follow a. It waa written en hearing that tbe
enemy threatened Sabine, hut beforo the writer
knew of tbe repulae
'• I have, from the firat, foretold that the main
attack on Texas would be by the way of Sabine
Bay. We can whip out the enemy, if Jhe people
of the State aball do their duty. Physical and
topographical cirenmatanoss, which have been ao
adverae to uein Mississippi and Loulalana, aro ail
* ***yt
ouTflfht ahould take the field. Whoever holds
back now, should be marked with infamy for life;
and the Infamy will be, and ought to be, the heri-
uie of hia children. We ahnll never have any use
Mr aueh a breed. ISo man who ta attending regu-
larly and efficiently to his private bualneea should
be held excused from military aOrvloes now, how-
ever tbe law and the doctor's certificate may ex-
•upt him { and, In regard to age, tbe qweetlon of
motion shonld not turn on yea* a, but be simply
one of physical ability. I have read the appeal
©four gallant General Magruder. He that re-
maina torpid now, whether from selfishness and a
sordid pursuit of speculation, or from a lukewarm-
neea to eur cause, ahould be marked, that the State
mav anew him out or her borders hereafter,
" From a calm and repeate 1 survey of this sub
hating had some epportunitlea to form
'on, 1 feel tbe moat solemn and de-
ence. In view of the topographical
and other great physical advantage* ef our sitae
Jton, that the clllaens of Arkansas. Western Lou-
lalaaa and Texaa, are able, single-handed and
unaided, to defend and maintain unpolluted by Yan-
kee footatepe, this greatTrene-Miaslaalppi portion
of oar Confederacy against any and ail foroca by
.nd laud which Ltnoolndom can send against
as ; that we. trusting alone to our good richt arme,
under Sod. oan inauro quiet and protection to ev
cry woman and ohlld and decrepit old man In eur
bro&d bofdvrio
"To make theae reeulte aure, revive the patrl-
etio apirft which animated eur people two years
avo; call forth the ahlrka fro m their hiding-places;
oempel tradera and apeculatora to desist for a
rime from the mad pursuit of gain, aad to defend
the property they have already acquired ; let the
able-bodied example become aubatantivo aoldlora,
not temporary miUUa men, and all exemption
and autatttntoa ce«ee save for the aole cause ef
nhvslcal Inability. If we put forth our atrength
fn earnest, confidence would be speedily restored
in our eurreney, our arms, and our fortunea gene-
rally : and with renewed confidence In eur eanae,
our strength would be augmented enormously.
" Great indignation la often and Juatly expreaaod
acalaat apeealatora. According to tbe bcat-obaer-
vatlon I have boon able to make, the.greet crime
ef speculators la, that, croaking at our condition
and proapeetofor the purpose of depreciating our
currency,they have, In the end, Impaired the eon-
fldenoe and dispirited the hopes of many good
elOaees in the triumph of our oauae. la this wajr,
speculators have become public malefactore and
reloas Leaving these felons and maletotora to
their fate, which,If slow, will ''• sure, and revert-
ing to the new levies ralaing, I ahould bo glad to
aee you in your paper rkeommend, that In our
State troops promotion ahould bo neither by se-
niority nor by election, but for gallantry on the
field of hatUe, aad the eoldlerly Romance of
the daUea of the camp,
military works. This eje
officera
outpoats aa ever, notloe that a Federal force 7000 atrong, con
alstiiyt of cavalry. Infantry and artillery, waa eroealng that
atream en route for Monroe, via our camp. Col. Paraone'
command waa oompoaed of the 13th Texaa dragrona (hla own
regiment) the'liHb Texaa cavalry; (Ool. Burford'a) and Ool.
narrlaon'a regiment of Loniaiana cavalry. Of thla whole
force, thero were but 500 men able to alt In the aaddleand
carry their arm a, and many of them acarcely eo. The rest
were all sick with the dise«aea which Infeat the swamp sat
this saaaon. Ordrra were at once lasued that ail the alek able
to ride, ahould fall Into tbe rear, and go to Monroe. Col. P.
with this little handful, at once advanced to meet the advan-
cing foe. To make a long story abort, he met tbe advance
ef General Stephenaon'a amy, and engaging It, and Catling
slowly beek, skinalahing all the way, held it In eheok, march-
ing with bis face always to tbe enemy, till tbe headu ot the
Departments at Monroe, got everything aafe across the
Ouachita, and out of daager, and allowing tbe Federals to
march but twepty-four'tnllea lu three daya, and yet lealng not
aslngle man ora pieoeof property of any kind. Ool. Par-
aona haa tbua ahown hlmaelf' capable of notjmly planolng
and making a fight, aa many a field In Arkansas testifies, but
atoe of conducting a retrost with a msre handful of men in
the face of a foe fourteen times his own, and yet take bis own
time to do so la. Asdbere, Mr editor, allow me to ask, has
the fsot never presented Itself to yopr mind, tbst the Depert-
ment baa treated this oflleer with marked au<> the moat unac-
oountable injustice T Has it never occurred to you, aa often-
times It baa done to me,that 'twas paaalng atrange other men
who so tor aa Ibe world knowa, have done nothing but maroh
and camp, aad camp and marob again, perhaps as often as
once a month, ahould meet promotion—the favored aona of
fickle fortune, wblleJhle officer, ever on active doty—ever In
front, holding the posts of dauger and so lot honor—sleep-
ing with naught for covering eave Heaven's blue arch, with
the earth for a bed and tbe ewampa for a home, fighting one
hundred times, while othere fought not at all, but dwelt in
luxury, in* the wlgwama of the oitiee,"—I aay,haa it never
aeemed atrange to you, that he ia a till e!n>pi« ''oi^nel w. H.
Paraona 1 The people ahould know what thla officer haa done,
aad if you do me the honor to publiah thlf arlloio, I propose
to tell them through your columne why thia want of notice of
our gallant oommander, haa aeemed etrange to me. To your
readers, sir. If known at all, I am known only by my now* de
plume "Soldad.*' With you the caae ia different; you know
wbat I aay 1a entitled to credit, and I tell you that I will but
quote facts, which, though a part of history, are aa yet un-
published ; but let the' record apeak. Sixteen momha ago
Arkauaas waa without a Confederate aoldler in its limits.—
Price's army had 'gone to Oorlnth, Mississippi ; Curtis bid
moved down from b'oath-Eaat Misaouri, with the Oak Ilill
and the Blk Horn army, aa far as Batesvllle, nnd was ihreat-
ehlng Llttlo Rook. Col. Paraona waa ordered by General
Beauregard, to return from Memphis with hla regiaient of
) under my !4.ttcf. Ati'l bee.In cor.clu -Ion. l<*t mi that it
to me that our 'epre.eutjltvo« In Cotxie-i h.<ve 1m'«u
wolully retul-islu sttendl.n the Intrre^h of mm of our own
!"> st . Th< y b.< ve heen a!raiiK *W w,.ntlint In Hist- prt-ie n« I takf
It. They have tuit Ijmii Iv t.y nil 1 seen o'h<*rB rio ul.« « .! «uj «r|
Vitncetl iroui other M«te« au<l placrd over Texuim. hdU not ■ w«r.t
for a man ol ourownluse th- v ever U'tere i. (low U thin suit
wily ao? llav we oo men eo:up<-tt-ni? lla' the "L ine fUr''
unk so !ow a« that! An Indignant no, ut once co'ne* In anawer.
W e have m' n kjiijI to any emergen' J. and qua itl'>1 to till ai y
atatlou, though thw omlhoui sllenc*: cf our re<t<rei<ca'atlve would
a^eak other* i-e.
All 1 have a ore to aay. then, la, gentlemen look to the Internet
of the men of your Ktale, and lor (ioo'a eake give Texana Texan
command) ra, and let ii not alwayi be >>ald Texaua muat '>e le i by
foreigners lortver. * WlLOAT.
BATTLE OF 8 \BIKE.
cavalry to Arkansas, all tbe troops he could spare upon tbe
application of Governor Bector, asking for help. On Colonel
Parsons'arrival at Little Rook, he wae placed in command of
all the forces north of the Arkansas river (his own regi-
ment only I) by General Roane, commanding District, Gen-
eral Curtis had in the mean time sent General Ouaterhau'n
and General Oarr's divisions down as far as Little Red river
from Batesvllle, and within forty miles of Little Rock, and
their advunee cavalry was In the Searcy Valley, ten miles In
front. Ool-Parsons at onoe moved on the enemy with his
command, and such was the vigor of his attack and tbe skll-
fulness of nls manrauverings, that he fortuaately succeeded In
oonvlnelog the Federal advanoe that they were confronted
with an army, a fact which the dispatches of General Curtis
to General Halieck, then intercepted, shows; also proving
that General C - regarded bis situation a one of great peril.
As lt was, General O. abandoned the attack on tbe o >pital of
Arkansas, though only opposed by Colonel P.'a cavalry reg-
iment, and within two days maroh of the place. And thus
early in the war, was Arkansas saved to the Confederacy,
the intrepidity and skill of' this officer. Hulleck pro-
tad Curtis help, and dispatched Ool Fitchjn command of
a fleet ot transports and runboats np White Klver, to form a
Junction with hint, who, railing to reach Little Rook by tbe
Batesvllle rdute, determined to march down tbe east bank of
White River, form a junction with Fitoh, and forming a new
bgso, make another movement on the capital. There has
been no official report given to the publlo of the battle at
Cotton-Plant, a village situated on the east side of White riv-
er, but the Texans who were there are familiar with tbe de-
tails of that memorable engagement. A« soon as it was known
that General Curtis had changed his front, the Texas cavalry
rlgade was thrown east of White river,;to confront him. The
^ utile of Cotton Plant, in which Colonel Parsons bad the
sole command In the actual fight, waa a most desperate con-
test at fearful odds. Oolonel P.'s regiment being In the ad-
vance, encountered General Steele's division in position;
drove it 3£ of a mile, and held the ground from 10} o'clock in
tbe morning tl)l 3 In the evening, supported alone by Colo-
nel Pltzhugb's regiment, and a detachment of 80 j
KMrt'l. under Lle t«n« t«M«rrl«g aad Houatuu
Mudmciij/ oi cms desperate charge
In person led his men, and the
• jrrom *« •■>
J cot, and hating
a correot opinion
liberate eonfiden
etaohment of 80 men of Ool.
g and Houston. The very
e, in whloh Colonel Parsons
obstinate persistence with
whlcb! be held the field, induced Curtis to believe that he was
again confronted by a well appointed army ; and Itlsaraot
well known from Federal offloers subsequently captured, that
Saatxa Pass, Sept. 13,1^63,
Special Oorretpondenos of the Houston Telegraph.
Fifty-four gallant efflsera and soldiers have repulted the
entire hostile fleet, consisting of twenty-two sail and steam-
boats, carrying fifteen thousand men, rfrlvea them from the
harbor and the offing of the port in cowardly flight, repulsod
six gtoboata in fair battle, they carrjiog over 50 heavy guns
and 2000 men as erewa, capturing two of them *nd disabling
the steamer Arlsoaia.
€u' works are called Ft. Sabine, and are very formidable.
The* %*ere commanded by Lt. R. W. Dowllng,of Co. F, lat
Toxas artillery, asalated by Lt. N. H. Smith, of the sappers
and miners, belonging to tbe Engineer coip*, who was sucond
in command, Capt. F. 11. Odium being commander of Post of
Sabine Pass. The battle commenced st o'clock by one of
tbe snemy's steamers advancing Just below old Fort Sabine,
she firing 20 ahells, which were all in good range, the sheila
falling over or not quite reaching the fort, <Ae aboil exploded
Inside tbe worka, and one s-ruck the parapet near tbe south
angle, without doing material damage. Tbla affair lasted one
bonr, when tbe enemy retired. Atll o'clock theC.8.steamer
Uncle Ben, Cipt. Hall lu command, advanced towards the
fort, (by this time nearly ths entire fleet bad gut inside the
bar) one boat fired throe ahells at her, nut doing any
damage. '
At this time A«siatant Surgeon Goo. If. Bailey, of Capt.
Daley's company, arrived, and pulling off his coat, stood ready
to assist in the vt-orking of the guns, and when tbe order was-
given to man tbe guns, be waa of the first to be at bis post be-
side them, lie acted nobly ami heroically and deserve*
much credit for his gallantry.
Six steamer*, led by the Haobetn, were in tile Lia chan-
nel. They weru tbe Clifton, Arlsona, Granite State,,and
two others not known. The transports coming up slowly in
their rear, waiting a favor ble ohancs to land ati soon as the
fort was silenced. Our bnttorles up to tbls time had not flred
n shot. But the Dartiet were in the bomb-prooff* awaltiug
orders, \ybon the ships bad roached the desirod locality
in tbe obannel, Lieut. Dawllng guve the oommand lo "stand
by tbe guns," every man jumped to his post, not one flinched,
and the word to "jfire," wa* aoon given. Every mm replied,
a furious engagement began between the Sachem and the
other five ateamer*. Atthis moment, Com. Leon Smith, Capt.
Odium, Oapt. Wood and Dr. Murry dashed Into the fort, under
a tremeudous lire of gran* and cannlaUr. The little gtrrlaon
greeted theirarrlval with cheers. Com Smith being the rank-
ing officer, ahook hands heartily with Lieut. Howling, nnd
told hlra to pitch in and retain oom round, as a just apprecia-
tion of his gallantry.
The arrival of tbe officers crated much enthusiasm among
the men, and they urged them to btaud by tht-ir guns until re-
inforcements should arrive, which were momentarily expect-
ed on the steamers Roebuck and Flcnlda.
A section of Mapoleon gnns was under command of Lieut.
N.H. Smith. He placed Michael McKernon (who is an old
gunner,) In command of one of them, and he armed the gun
that disabled the Sachum, by shootlnir through her ateam
chest, when a tremendous explosion took place. A aimulta-
neous rush was made at this time by Com. Smith, Llent. Dow-
ling and Smith, to seize the garrison colors thm waving on
the parapet, all throe wi.vod them together, amid the cheers
of the little garrlMon. Tho Sharpshooters on the Clifton at a
distance o>f 500 vards, pouring a gallant fire on them. Tbe
Clifton returned one choer of dtflancd, every gun in our fort
was then turned upon her. MaJ. Smith and Capt. Odium im-
mediately dashed towards the town, under a ga'ling Are from
the artillery and ahi*|>ahootersof the enemy, to get the rein-
forcements which had Just arrived.
They had proceeded but a short distance when they per-
ceived the Clifton had aurrendeted, by striking her colors
audraialug tbe white flag, after a desperate engagement of
thirty minutea. Lloutenant Deling raised a white handker-
chief on bis sword, and advanced towards the beach, where
hewasm.'tby Capt. Fred Crocke, of tbe Clifton, who po-
litely Informed hltn tb it "He had met him, and they were
oursand prosented his valuable sword to tbe gallant Lieu-
tenant, who Immediately went on board the prize, Inspected
her magszln. s, &o., when Commodore; Smith arriving, tbe
further disposition of the priae was pUced in his hands.—
He immediately placed the prisoners on shore, and removed
some of her guns where they could do better service than on
ths ship, she then helngaground. He also ordered the Uncle
Ben lo bring oVer the prize Sachem from tbe Louisiana Chu n:
nel and every attention to be paid to her wounded, aad that
every officer and seaman ahould be allowed to retain all bis
personal effects and baggage- Too much credit cannor be
As
Letter from Alexandria.
al'i%> dkia. September 11.
When the Yankee vandals arrived at llarrUonburg and fonnd
tliJt we bad ,-vacuaW and blown tip Fvit lieaur*v<"d, thfy blew
up thfl J*l! and nurned every houaaiu tho villaje except two old
log butt. They car.led off four plecesof artillery and left the
womeu and chi'dteu ia ihe fitrrets without a abelt r. They must
have burned at l>?>it-t s-venty-flve buitdlns*. They captuied du
nug their e.-itliS raid atoat live tliouaand negroeH. The uum' er
of t eef Cittb-. bone* and rthey ('rove i tl was immense.
Uen. Green ha* now bad tl « MlfSlatU pl blockaded at MorpaMit
about i Ine days. Uod gran, that hemav keep It la that c< ndlti'in
•ilte houdred and ninety-nine more days. 1 wonder bow tbe
North-West ulrt^eater* swallow this pill. M'onder what they
think of tbe convoy Kya^eiiitand bow tbe lnt.urs'ice offices feel
about tbe matter. If 1 uilateke not tt,e "op"u" river will be
tlockiilsu at another point before tbls tearbe, llouatou
A Memphis Bulletin ot the 2Sth baa been received.
'lbern waa u collision on the river on the morning of obe 2fith
below Memi'hls. The Courier struck the D^sark and au ik ber.
i'he Ueaurc bad on board a'X hundred soidlera. Several of the^e
were dvow ned. 81,« also bad uti board 80,000 ron«ds of ammuni-
tion. This wan lost.t .gttber with all the auns, knapsack* and
othei . C'-outrcraeuti.
Leavemwoi>th, Kansa*, Aug. 22.
From citizens of Lawrence arrived hero fur suppltm and medl
cines, I ba*« gathered the following i>srt'cul..rs regarding tbe
burning of tbat cliy by Quantrcll. Iho list of killed anu wounded
nuiobere tome lfiO, the mftjurlty ot wuom were killed lnatantly.
The name* cannot, all be given now however. The bouses that
remain statming are Ull« d 1th killed and wounded of all clashes,
while from the ruins ot the burnod bouses tbe charred remains
of other victims are constantly being found. But one hotel la
sta' dli.g, Quantreb having spared that In consequence of hla
having maue bis bo ■ e there some yi-ars since without expense,
but Ita propiletor was snot.
Among tne n-ost prominent citizens the following re known to
have been killed :
Gen. G. W. Cailamore, Mayor of tbe city,and his son, J.
G. Lane, editor of tbe Jonrual, Jo-oph Frast, J. P. Thorpe,
Or Grlewold Juntos Kldrldge, James Perrine, Col. Stone,
two brothers Gill, A. M. Griswold, Fred Cimbail, Thomas
Murphy, John Spear, editor of the Tribune, three brothers
1)1*. Aidigon Kaugh, Dancnn Allison, George Burnt, Judge
Carpenter, Rev. Mr. Snyder, August lilli*, Lemuel Full-
moro, Dwight Coleman, Lewis Swab, K. Loimis, John Crane,
Levi Gates, two brothers Rouge, Jchn Evans, G. IV. Boll,
Msssrs. Keith, Brown, D. A.Lee, Fritch, Palo.tr,Havgcaut,
Desinskl, Alback, Powers and Brand.
The inhabitants fled into the ravines and bnsbes, and the
guerillas stood upon tho banks, fired Into them,killing and
woar.ding Hum by tbe score. Twenty-five negroes who bad
juit enlisted, were shot. They took all tbe money that could
be fonnd In the pockets of the citizens, and their horses,and
stole till tho ladle's jewelry, even the rings on their fingers.
Jim Lane escaped on horseback, (wnsta pity I KU Tel.)
rallied about 200 men with arms, and followed and overlook
Quantrell, IS miles south of Laurence, when a fight occurred
but with what resultisnolcnown.
Quantrcll is now retreating towards Mifsouri. It is not
expected tbatbe will be inteercepted by onr forces, and will
probably got away without lots.
No rosistanco was made at Lawrence. The citizens have
been expecting such a raid from threats tbat Quantrilihad
wade, and had organized military companion for defenoe, a
part of whom bad been constantly under arms for some time
provious ; but from aesur<«nces that Quantrell wqnld not in-
vade Kansas, their organizations had been abandonod, and
the guerillas found them entirely defenceless.
The loss at Lturonce la not less than two mlDioua, and will
fall heavily on New York and Leavenworth merchants, who
have given credit for stocks of goods.
Two banks wore'robbed of overv dollar thjy contained,
and the third escaped only beoanse the heat was bo great that
the rebelB could not get tho vault open.
Thus has gone up the blackest abolition holo In Kaunas —
May It stay up. I trust Jim Lane overtook Quantrcll as the
Vanderbiltdid the Alabama.
The oeposlls of gold in the U. S. Mint for the n.outh of July
were $297,057,1<S, and ol silver, $32,3e5,32, makiog a total of
9301,442 48.
]L"7* The Shreveport News of the lllb, <uir<
that seventeen regiments of Confederate troops
havs lately crotsed the Misslslppi from the East,
and are now in this dspartment. The report 1*
doubtful. If U is true, these regiments win bo so
much additional help to
1L r We learn tbat the people of the Colorado
Valley arc responding nobly to tbe call of MaJ.
Gen. Magruder. MaJ, C. W. Talt, commanding
t2d Battalion State Troops, will bo ready te march
today. •
A Minute Company, ovo: 50 strong, under com-
mand of Capt. 0. C. Herbert, member of Coagres*
from tbat district, leaves Columbus on Thursday "*
for this place.
In all directions ^he people are moving lo the
defence of their Statu.
I ISF" The News aeems desirous of provoking a
quarrel witb us. We can Interpret its wanton mis-
constructions of our words and aota In no other
way. We shall not gratify tbo editor by replying
further to them. He is welcome to what capital
he can make in that way.
KP It appears that oneof tbejenemy's gunboats
in the fight at Sabine, sunk when she got to sea.
Probubiy tha pieces of wrtck lately found, may
have come from her. The most of the fleet wer.
r ver steamers, and hava doubtless gone back to
where they came from, as they could not remain
at sea long enongh to go to attack any other point
on the coast.
NEW AliVEKTlSiCMiSM
ft.
' 'h'8 day, withdraw the r ovard or $3t*,o
XV offered for the apprehendon of B. B. Lee iha
murderer of G. Y. Llpscom . J K KllUiY
Irmpstbaq, Sept. 14th. 1863. | S p . lfith. tw3t*
:}
HiAnQDARTiRa, District or Texas,
N*w Mxxico and Am zona,
Geienl otoT'Tl"'"'S"1*-
B,0*'!1,?'? the absence of M .Jor Mao.'ln, the^B , r I of
Ann ii'fJ ? on Ordnance will meet on the liith liiht.
App lcftuts for EXiirolriHtlc n wiu af semble at thubo
Headquarters at 10 o'clock, A. M , on the 16th lrst
ISy command of
MaJ. Gen, J. BANKIIEAD MAGRUDER.
Mjsroir Stanaed, Aide de CVmp.
SSenr. l«th. fw.nr.
beskkters to BE shot.
Curtis' trmy was so thoroughly demoralized ahd panic strlck
en,tost Onrtli bad deteruin«id, if the demand was made, to
Vurreiider. Alas for the Imbecility of General Rust i Can It
bo called by any other name 1 If the morning attack of
Oolonel Parsons had been supported, aa we all knew should
have been, sucb would have been the result,and tbisacoounta
for tha fact tbat no official report haa ever been made public,
and Oolonel P. deprived therefore of the laurels he so uobly
won on that bloody field, where the balla fell thick and fast 1
Aa l was, though, Curtis failed to forma Junction with Fitch
being so long held In obeck by the attack, and changing hii
line of march be went to Helena, and so Little Rock was again
■aved ; but tbe Hlndmana'and ths Rusts then In command
ware determined that no Texan officer shonld wear any lau
rets or rocelve any credit for services rendered the oountry
and Colonel Parsons instead or being promoted for bis dis-
tinguished services, was actually placed undor ban by bis
auperlors, for at that time, and until Hlndman's inglorious
downfall and disgrace, Hwaa in every Arkansian's mouth
throughout tbo State, d—n Hlndman, and hurrah for Par
sona I •
After Curtis bad wlthd<awn to Helena and our little army
waa ordered to tbe immediate vicinity of Little Rook, and
l|ts ■ wwtw wr*
np, on parade, and on the
ayatem will fire yon good
oScora will - make good
* }■
military worka.
offieera, and good
aoMtora« eta."
WouM that the spirit that warms the blood or
the writer ot tbo above, waa In tho heart of arery
man In Texas, Loniaiana and Arkansas. Shore
in shirka aad eelftah money-gruba, however, that
hava neither spirit aer aanso of ^hame. They
■art be left to their dawdling. The men of thta
department will arlae aad vladlcata their liberties.
• feel It: webeReve It; we know It.
Coate, then, heed the eall ef Lt. Oea. Smith,
and MaJ-Gen. Itagtndor.and rally to their batnasn
Let them be hacked up by a deteraalned heat of
the beat blood ef thla land—of man who, having'
passed the fiery season ef yenth, have added the
dignity aid determlnlLcn of riper years to a
dsiMltae eatare ■, and there ia nothing et human
ptewstt, tut, uader tied, the* meg net etjaal
for Ibe d«f ree - f their families they
ll'iij SSSIC)
and
mr We bsve new templele files ftom Bast of the
Mt t*«1lplto AUkWitSftb. tley contain a w«ld ef
iitsicst It j raws which wo stall irtMteb aa taptdly aa
Oolonsl Paraona aa uaual again thrown in front, waa aent
beyond White river to the rear of Helena with bis single
regiment, thna having an unfordablo river in hia rear, and
withouteupport of any kind nearer than Little Rock, or rather
Austin, it waa not till after the battle of^L'Anguile, In whioh
tbe rear of Gen. Ourtia' column austained a crushing defeat
by Col. P. that he waa reinforced by the 91st Texas oavalry
undor the gallant Llent. Ool. Giddlngs and Oaptaln Pratt's
battery of field artillery. It Is a matter or history, that the
injustioeand Jealousies or incompetent superiors have, np to
this time, prerented from becoming a matter or ofllclal record
tbe fact that the sleepless vlgilane* and activity of theae
troops, l?d by Oie old oommander in front, again checkmated
Be;wIIovey'a *'iy*ace on Little Rook, after it bad reached as
foi*4a0!at *don, on White river. They have alao kept baek
tbe touiin demonftration from Helena on Little Rook by Gen.
Steele with SMW men, whloh waa thwarted by a aklllful de-
monstration of Colonel P.'a oavalry along the enemy's llnea,
combined with a simultaneous attack upon Old Town by a
detachment of hia command. An attack upon ajl tbe pickete
In front and the appearanco of the main body on Crowlies'
Rldite, produoedthe impreaalon that Gen. Holmea waa about
tt> attack Helena with hla whole army, while Gen. H.waa,
In feet, a hundred mllea away, perhaps aaleep, or at leaat In-
dulging hla usual Inactivity, winning, doubtleaa, the tiara of
a Lieutenant General, whloh ao well becomea him. At all
aveuta, Gen. Steele abandoned the enterprise at a time when
It would have been fatal to our army bad beTraaaed the move-
ment. And yot aingular aa It may aeem, Ool. Paraona never
received even a almple acknowledgement for thua literally
aavlnc the army by hia energy and adroitnesa. Nor la thta
all. I assert, and tho soldiers know It to be tine, that there
has not been a battle In Arkansae where thta command waa
that It waa net engaged nnd alwaya distinguishing itself. And
yet with all thla, ita gallant and wury leader baa been al-
waya paaaed by In tbe dtetrlbuMen of lanrela. But tho people
of North-Eaatern Arkanaaa know that thla command haa ac-.
oompllahed moro than all thetroopa there beaidea, and they
acknowledge It The soldiers hnew, too, that Colonel Par-
aona haa been alwaya with them In person, bivouacking with
n air, living as they did on corubread and
them in tbo open air, l _
tough beef. He baa not been a "hanger on"at handquartora,
currying favor with tbe oflleiala there. And in tbla Ilea tbe
anawer to tbe queatlon, why la -he still only a Colonel? Ool.
Parsons la too modest a gentleman to puahhta own claims
to preferment farther than by doing hla duly would do U.
He la toe proud aad brave a man to r,bend the pregnant hin-
ges of tho knee that thrift may follow fawning,'*and last, be
baa no "fagleman"e Court to speak hla praises or push hia
name faradvaneement.
But.Hr. Editor, psrbaps I have done wrong thua to write,
and Cel. Paraona may not even thank me for the trouble,
•—* I really ballet e he carea
ever atnoe I have known
j often when othtra, aa I
thought, tor leaa deaerving than ha have been promoted, have
' beard hloexpreaa hie aatlafactlon and Dleaaureatlt.and
ever once a murmur. Oa tbe eantrary, frequently have 1
and Cel. Paraona may no* even ini
because I am foroed to any that I
nought for preferment, life haa ei
blm faithfully done hla doty, and <
eomoleln. Merit ahould not paaa thna a are warded.
In end I both know that there are numbers of sen who have
« " «« . . J!~te ,h# acbool of experience on the field ef
a, having am tbe iuaMa of a military acad-
yet are ear beat coanaeafhrs. Jk, toe. thereare among
any aaaaua an lactate* one, though It hllBlt niere immediately
personal cffects and baggage
f ivoii the command** hia gallantry ou tin* occasion. A
boa ai he neard tbat tha enemy were at the i'ass, he imme
dlutely ordered reinforcements forward to the relief of 8a'
bine, and in ootnpany with Capt. Good, they mounted tl elr
horses, and rode the distance thirty-four miles, in six honrs,
and arrived, as alwaya csems to be hia luck, just in time.
The thanks or the nation will be^tven to Lieutenants R. W.
Dowllng and N. H. gmith, and tho gallant men they com-
manded. Lieutenant Dowllng has greatly distinguished him-
self In several engagements prior to thia. His gallantry at
Galveston, and the ever memorable capture of the Morning
Light, is well remembered by your raedors,and whore ho wen
his laurels. 1 feel ooufident that General Magruder will
bring his aaerits,as also that of Lteotenant Smith, to the no-
tice of PresidentDava, nnd that merit wi.i ever bo rewarded
from the hands of the Major Aenural Commanding, whether
they be privates or offloers.
The noblemen belonging to the Davis Guards, whoarsali
natives of the "Green Emerald Iale/'deaerve well of the na-
tion. Nobly have they proved thair devotion to the land of
their adoption. Able and strong, Inured to hard labor, nobly
did they stand by their guha and fight them to the last. No
othar equal number of men could have withstood the fatigue
of that thirty-five minutes fight, with heavy artillery, with-
out a reserve to relieve tbsm.
Let no one hereafter cast any imputationa ou the h' nest
Irish asldler. He is true to his friends and country, and when
the gallant deeds of valor, aa was displayed in here, are reoord-
•d on tbe page of history, there you will find tho names of
the heroea of Sabine. They had no property at stakeln the
conteat, and no other motive tban to battle for the rights and
the aacred rights of the home of their adoption.
The C. 8. steamer Uneie Ben, under command ef Capt. G.
Hall,played a conspicuous part during the engagement. She
was manned by Capl. Keith's company of Speight's battalion,
and were under command of Lieut. Cassidsy. They ate en-
titled to much oredit fortbelr gallant services.
Too much praise cannot be given to Capt. Rtchardroo, of
the ateamer Roebuok, and to that gallant tar, Capt. Jno. W.
Payne, of the gunboat Bell, and Capt. L. C. Irwin, of the
marine department, also to Capt. John Price, of the Texas
and New Orleans Railroad Company's steamer Vlorilda, for
valuable and efficient service rendered.
We bear many praises nf Lb Ool. L. A. Aberorombie, and
the companies of Cants: Oook and Richeley, the latter under
command of Lieut. Castro, for their enthusiastic response to
the eall for reinfo .cements at Subioo. Thla victory will show
tctbe world what a few determined men can do, when bat-
tling for a good and holy oauae. Let our people nobly re-
epondto the call of Major Oenoral Magruder and obey hia or-
ders, and ha will lead us in safety through the storm we are
uow threatened, Let our noble women, who are never be-
hind In agood c tuse, urge the men forward to the rescue, and
save tbe soil of Texaa from the polluting tread of hostile Yan-
kee Invaders. Let all act their part well and all will be
right. UKOLE BEN.
Try By the following, whloh we have but just received, it
will be aeen that, for the next two daya,our people may buy
bonda at the Depoaltary which practically pay SO per eent.
Interest' on tbe Inveatmsnt.
Cotton Interest Bonda.
TaaaaDav Dipaktmiht, 0. A, A., j
Rlohmond, Anguat 18,18fi3. i
The rate of six por cent. COTTON INTKRKST BONOS
ef the Government having been fixed at fifty per cent, premi-
um, purchases er the earns m|y be made at tbat rate, at the
Treasury, or at any of ita Depoaitaries, on or berore the 18th
day ef September, 1863.
One-fourth of the purchase money will be required In Treasury
notes, Issued since April 1st, 1S63; the remaining threo-fjnrtba
may be paid In any neu-lntereet-bearlng.Twaaury note.
BO. A. LANCASTER, Ksq ,
R. tt. MAURY, Esq .
Depositaries in Richmond
(Signed) C G MEMMIWGBR,
Sec'# of Trea ur.r.
— i —on
V ' ' '* \ "! I j
An Bngliah navel oflleer, who ooartfed the Alabama
lately near Bermuda, glvea a very glowing acoouot of tbej
splendid entertainment he received f.om tbe famous pirate.
His cabin la ornamented with aa laaaaenae somber ofebrono-1
in etc re, stolen —convey, the wise call lt — from tbe abipahe
baa captured. Tbeeo he conildera equivalent to eealpa, aa show
lag hia victim. He aaya''hla euly fault la too mecn good na-
ture.4' Tbeprew treat him with graat reapeet ai d eall blm the
Admiral JK" save thai he often could have been broaght to ac-
tion by the Federal eruiaera, bat they had avoided him, and
that Itwae not hla game to fight vsaaela
ear eoaemeroe. Be eaya thalhe waa very .
■ngllah gunboat, mletaklng her for a Yankee one, but fortu
nately dteoovered hleaetrtukejeattn time to prevent a eolll-
our commerce,
III
of war, but to haraaa
nearly flrleg Into an
atoa. He treata hie female eapttvee with the meat "enehant-
tag eeurtrey " being quite a Claude Daval. May he have hia
Mel—fsetes Papsr. •
Privatea J. P. Darlin, of Company G, and 0. H. Dunn, of
Company B, of Col. Bi Warren Stone's regiment, Col. J. P.
Major's Brigade, having been found guilty of desertion and
oth< r chatges, and were sent'.-nced to ba abot, and tbe find-
ings and sentences having been approved by Major General
Taylor, thev will be allot between the hours of 10 A. M. and
3 P. M. on Friday the 25th of September, 1%3, at the place
of onoampmentof Col. J. P. Major's Cavalry Brigade, aad
Col. Majors is charged with tha execution of the sentences.
Nkw Orleans, August23,l. 1P62.—Impressment of men of
color into the service of the United States, being contrary to
General Orders, dated August 81st, fHl recruiting officers and
equais are horeby ordered to delist from euch impress-
ment.
A Morris Island correspondent of a Yankee paper says:—
The rebels at Charleston appear to be possessed of some
Sf-ntinionis of honor, and havo recontly given evidence that
the chivalry has not all faded away. A few days ago, various
,sums of money, private napers, pocket books and nremontoes
belonging to Federal sofdiors who died while prisoners
in their hands, wore sent into our Hues under a flag of truce,
't hese articles were carefully labeled and had been well pre-
served, Some of tho sums of money were as high aa $222.''
Liverpool, August 7.— Cotton.—I'he sales of tho week
have been 27,000 baits,including 4,000 bales to speculators,
and 3,000 to exporters. Tho maiketis easier at a decline of
one quarter of a penny on American. The rates to-day have
been 4,000 balea, including 1,000 bales to speculators and ex-
porters. The market closing quiet aud unchanged at the fol-
io wing authorized quotations .
Orleans fair, 24d; middling,22^4; Mobile fair, 23Jd i mid-
dling, 22d; Upiauds, fair, 93d; Middling Slid, dtock in
port, 3 r7,ooe bsles, including 45,01)0 Ameiicju.
The Boeton Traveler of tho 13th says that the price ef cot-
ton, oontrarv to general expectation, has advanced since tbe
capture of Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
The supply is vt#ry small, only 3,200 bales have been re-
ceived at New York since the 1st or August, and most of this
has eonio from Nasaau and Matamoras. The truih Is tbat a
largo portion of the cotton in the South and Southwest has
been wasted and destroyed, and what ia there is so remote
from th* railroads and navigable waters that itwlll be a long
tim« before itoomes to market. In the mean time the high
price reances greatly the consumption of cotton, and shows
that formerly a much greater amount or cotton oloth was
wasted than was worn out. Middling cotton Is now quoted
at 08 cents, and Middling Fair at 72 cents, wi h a dull mar-
ket, the high price detorring purchasers from coming for-
ward. The twenty thousand pounds of cotton a day re-
ported in the telegraph column as coming into New Orleans,
would not supply one decent steed factory, making heavy
goods.
Panola, Miss., Aug. 14.—Tho latest news from the North
indicates the curly march of a powerful army, under Gen.
Davidson, for tbe purpose ofsweeping Arkansasand Louisi-
ana from the lines of Misaouri to the Gulf." If the success of
tlilj army Is not sufficient to "do" Texas, that State is to be
attended to at leisure. I know that 40,000 Yankee troops have
been conoentrated at Helena for this expedition, and it is
rumored are t oinarch toward Llttlo Rosk on the 15th Inst.—
Gen. Prank Blair h*8 gone to Washington, for the purpose,
His thought, of getting eommand of one of tne columns, if
not ot the entire army. It is probable one of the columns will
march from Missouri.
The British Government ha* appealed to tho Suprome
Court of the United States in the case j>f tho steamer Peter-
holf.
Thore are rumors In Europe tbat reinforcements were to
be sent to the British army in Canada.
Twenty-three clerks in the Richmond City PostofTlce re>
signed on the 221 ult. on account o.' insufficiency of o y.—
They wore reeoiving only 9700 per annum, <200 less than ths
cost of their board. The Postoffice was consequently closed
for a day. The difficulty was adjusted.
The army supplies in the City of Charleston have been re-
duced to so small a quantity as to render it exceedingly prob-
able that it will be necessary to resort to impressment in or-
der to prebure provisions for tho soldiers, or have a rehearsal
of the Vloksburg affair.
Rosencrans shelled Chattanooga on the 21st ult, killing
and wounding 12 persona. Shells passed through the Baptist
and Methodlat ohurchesi Nothing later from tbere, except
tbat up to tbe 24th there was increased aotivity in both armies.
Rosenorans has made some new movements, indicating a
purpose to inaugurate an aotlve campaign at once, and Bragg
is disposing of his forces to meet the schemes of the enemy as
fast as they are developed. Tne Yankees opposite the town
are erecting batteries.
•The Richmond Whig. In discoursing on "too consequences of
absenteeism," savs that the cities and towns of the country were
consUi.tly lull of absbntnes from the armies, has been the tub-,
Jectof much remark, and tbst tbe fact is operat.inj^to prevent
many from taking the field tbere Is no doubt. Many who would
turn out If they believed their presence was nbsolntely necessa-
ry, Justify themselves In staying at home py the reflection that
the country Is full of absentees from tho camps, trained soldlots,
owing constant service to tbe Government,, and that they should
make use of this exense Is not to be wondered at. Thoy have a
right to ask, wbv are not thesomen,officers and privates, on dntv?
l'hey will say, If these have nothln* to do, my servlcsn are not
needed. In considering the condttiou of our armies In the re-
elect referred to, tho Whig piakes some astounding develope-
ments, which we feel cenfllent will astonish tbe countn.and
should cause every skulker and straggler to at once seek his
command, lt la asserted that at the battles around Hlchmonrt
last June twelve mo^ihs the number of soldle'9 on Gen. Lee's
roll was 130,01)0. The largest number present at these battles was
48 0C01 A' the battle of Sharpsburg tue number on tho General's
roll was 149,000- Tbe number actually present and In the engage*
uiont was only 35,000! We have, add* tne Whig, no estimate of
the number engaged on our side at Gettysburg, nor what the ab-
senteeism amounted to. But we take It that the ratio stopped
not very far short of that exhibited at the battles of Richmond
au4 Hliarp«.hurg. Can anyone contamplntu mi, state of things
irttbont. teellngs ol horror, tot unmixed with thankfulness, th t
Providence In bis mercy s ved onr little arm* from ntter snoihl
fatten? Who can e«tlniate, at its proper value, the genius and
Intrepidity of the eallant leader who. In face of auch Immense
odda and such fearful peril, bore tbe terrible shock? And who
can fathom the eorrowful emotions of his soul a< he contempla-
ted opportunities lost to blm by tbe faithless desartloi from the
poets of doty of so many thousand*? Tbe opinion of one of tbe
moat dlettnaulsbed men In bis confidence, both aa a military man
end as a statesman, is. tbat we should have conquered a peace
twelve months ago If onr army conld have baen maintained at
anything like tbe strength which its rod exhibited. H. P.
USAI>QIMBTKR3 LaBOS JlOREAtl. \
ilOUsTlN, t!e,it. J6Lh, 186,1. /
A. M. D-iughtay, a citizen of Fjrt, Jlend c uuty Is
hereby authorlzod to collect by hiring or impressment
from tbe pi inter,?, or other porso s, owning negroes
In lort Bend ceuuty, one-half of tbe able bodied male'
negroes, between the ages of sixteen and flity,
forward to me at Houston. H. B. ANDHKVVii
Wept. If.ai.tw2t* Ci.pt. ft Chief Labor Knr«a'n.
Furry DOLLARS RKWAKD.Istn.yed or stolen
from the subscriber, at, Mis. Coulter's Place 20
miles north ot Houston, on or about 1st Inst., one ll«v
Horse, t5 bands high, branded on Ihe left shoulder
with figure 7, somewhat blotched, a small white strip
bU the nose and a scar on the rluht hind les, above th#
hock. Ibe above rea-arl will be paid for the deliverj
ot said Uor,-e on tho premises, or to the subscriber at
cai"p; „ . JAS ROWAN,
Sept. 16th, t.w.St* Co. A., Dchmy's lleglment.
htadqpartkkii, District or Texas,
naw Mexico and Arizoxa
"1
A3.)
8abi « Pacs, September 13th, 1863.
Special Orders No.
Acting Brig. Uenl. Luckett is hereby relieved from
command ot Eastern Sub-District a^d will turn over
the command to Brig. Genl. Scnriy.
Brig iGier Ge-i. Scurry will assume conmcvr.d of the
Eastern-Nib District.
By commaiid of
Maj. Gen. MAGRDDBK.
(Official)
P. TURNER, A. A. O.
HgADQtTARTBRg, EASTERN DDB DlST. OF TvXAS.f
, „ Houston, Texas, Sept. 15th, 18(53 i
General Orders, No. 4t.
In ooedlence to ibe above Special Older, No. — fro'n
District Headquarters; I jwsume command of tho
Eastern Sub-DIsLrlct ot Texas.
m WM. It. SCURRY,
Brigadier General Conidg.
S<'pl6t,w4t
Headquarters Bureau or State Troops.)
District of Texas, New Mexioo & Arizona.>
Houston, Texas, Sept. 15th, lc<G3. )
SPECIAL ORDER NO. 37.
Special Order, No. —, from these Headquarters,
orderirg Minute Men to rendezvous nt Marshall, is
lie oby revoked. All who have so rendezvoused, or
on the march, may return to their homes.
By command of
. .. . . M-lorGen. J. B. MAGRUDER.
J. D. McAdoo, A. A. Geu'l State Troops.
i-ept. 16th, twit
, , „ Camp ccurrt, Sept.. 8,
Generul Orders No. 3.
in obedience to Sneclal Orders No. 10, from llead-
quarte/s, Bureau ot State Troops.it lshtreby ordered
X. All officers and privates attached to 24t,h bat-
talion State Trcops, Without regard to their furloughs,
wiii rendezvous at Camp Terry, oa the Lavac i liver,
near tbe mouth of tho thlcolete Cieek, lo Jackson
county, on Monday, 21st Inst.
II. Those attached to tho cavalry will bring their
arms, equipments and horses as the law requires, and
tbe ijfant y will exert themselves to obtain suitable
arms.
ill. It Is made obligatory upon all officers and meu
who may receive this order orwbomuy see special
order No. 10 fiom headquarters, bursaii SUtu troops,
to communicate the saaie to all othars in tholr
vicinity.
By order of
„ „ MaJ. GEO. 0. DUNAWAY.
B. E. Tarvsr, Adjt. sept 16-tw2t
ileadquarrtrs, Dtstriot or Tetai, }
^ Niw Mixtro *«in Ast*'>n.. 1
C. ?. (late U. S ) tv . rf . . , j
SaIIINK i'isff, i)..
GENERAL ORDERS, No—
I. The General Court Martial, now in session at
G-alveston, of which Major Menard is President is
hereby dissolved.
II. In consequenoo of the brilliant victory at.
Sabine Pass, and in accordancc with the spirit of
the President's proclamation, a general amnesty
and pardon fot all prisoners now confined in the
guard houses, or under arrest elsewhere Is herebv
proclaimed throughout tbe District of Texas, New
Mexico and Arlsona, anbjeot to such exceptions as
the Commanding Officers of the Sob-Distriots muy
present for the consideration of the MaJ. Gen.
Commanding tbe District.
Commanding Officers of Posts will make appli-
cation through the Commanding Officers of the
Sub District for soch exemptions other than deser-
tions, as the interest of the sorvice imperiously
demands.
By command of '
Major General,.!. B. MAGRUDER.
Edmund P. Turner, A. A. Gcu.
sept. 16, twOt.
Headquarters Bureau or State Troops, >
District of Texas, New Mexioo & Arizona.^
Houston, Sept. 15th, 1863. t
Special OrderR, No. 38.
All communications, in aay manner pertaining
to the Commissary Department of the Ftate Troops,
will be addressed to Capt. John E. Owens, Chief
Commissary of Subsistence, State Troops, Hous-
ton, Tsxaa. By command of
MaJ Gen.MAGKUDER.
J. D. McAnoo, A. A. den. State Troepi.
septlS-twdcwlt
ri>HK subscriber wishes to hire a
J- also, a goed Washer, Ironer am
vant.
s!6-tw3t
0.
ood Coon ;
House Ssr-
E. GREGORY.
no ACRES or land for sale, sitnated fsur
* I < miles 8. E. from Anderson,Grimes <-*un-
ty,U75 acres under good state of cultivation, ood
house and all necessary out buildings, no r fail-
ing well of water, gin and press, will be sold with
the plaoe 50 bead of cattle, stock of hogs, two
brood mares, (American) set blacksmith tools,
and all the farming toola belonging to the place.
Payment will be received in cottoa. Confederate
notes or bonda,or aparton time, if desired.
Will sell fenr or Ave negro s with the place, if
pealrtd. for particulars apply on the premises
to E. M. PATRICK <fc CO.
aepHtw3i
headqrartiva Brown's HattIi.ionJ
Houston .Sept. 15th, 1PG3. j
Special Order, No. 125.
All offloers andcnilated men or Brown'a Bat-
talion, now absent, with leave, without leave, and
on sick leave, will assemble without delay, in
oamp, in the vicinity or Colambla. Tbe senior
officer present will take command. By order or
R. R. BROWN, Lt. Ool. Com'd'g Bat.
Aaa W. TaoxrsoN. A. AAJatant. slS-lt
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Cushing, E. H. The Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 77, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 16, 1863, newspaper, September 16, 1863; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236572/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.