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Vol. I.
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PUBLISHED TKE-WEEKLY"
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 18 1SG2.
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BY OUR OWN EXPRESS
Our Express did not arrive to-day till past twclvo
o'clock owing to or.o of thu boys getting thrown on
the. route ami losing his horse. Tlio train teaehed
ISrcnham at 0 o'clock last night in a down pour of
rain and tho roads were in a wretched condition.
No news was brought by tho down train from Navl-
aota in addition to what wo give below which we ex-
tract from tho Houston Telegraph of yesterday tho
" Nows" having failed to come through :
Passengers direct from Little Bock state that Gen.
Magruder'was at Little Book on tho -lth Inst.
Gen. Holmes had taken tho Hold and Gen. Magru-
dcr was to remain in command at tho Post; eohso-
ucutlyhu is not coming to Texas as heretofore re-
ported llecamu as far'ns Monroe and then turned
off to Arkansas. Wo hope and believe this is a mis-
take. "Largo quantities of arms and munitions were met
by tho returned soldiers on their way to Arkansas.
It is the general opinion In Arkansas that our en-
tire armv in that State will fall hack this sldo of the
river this side of Little Bock.
Bragg's winy was at Knoxvillc ori tho 2!Uh. Tho
sainoYlato Terry's regiment passed Mirough Knox-
vlllo on its way to Kingston to recruitV
It was remarked at Knoxvillc that Longstrcct was
soon to supercede Bragg
We tret u rumor by tlio Central triin like that re-
ceived last night by the Orange trait of tlio arrival
of Lord Lyons anil an armistice. Tio rumor to-day
is that the armistice Is for thirty dajs.
1'assengers direct from Ylrksburf. who left there
on tho Cth inst report that rumors of intervention
were coining in thick and fast from ill directions and
in a niiiro reliable shape than overlufore.
A dispatch was received at Natchez on tho Gth
stating that the Arsenal at Jncksm Mi. was blown
up by accident and SO or '.)() persons killed.
The cry of -'peace" is shouted throughout the en-
tire North especially in the Northwest. The Chica-
go Times says a cessation of hostilities must toko
place. That the peoples of Illinois demand it. Also
that no more contraband negroes' will bo allowed to
udiiiu into Illinois. ' ' '
Gen. Magruder was at Ylcksbur- on the lUli on his
way to Texas via Monroe. A pirtion of Ids staff
have taken the lower route via New Iberia
A dispatch was received nt'Vlclisbnrg on the Cth
from Kirby Smith stating that he. Smith was at i
Murfrccsboro with 80000 troops. Breckinridge and
forest were also there with their hires. t
l'cmberton reviewed tho troops at Holly Springs i
on the 1st inst. Yan Horn Price and Maury were
there at that tjme. Gen. Whitfield is also there and
has entirely recovered from his Vounil All the
troops there are well fed and well dothed; but they I
lack blankets and tents. Theyniein good spirits.
Lovell is at Jackson Mi. I
Brig. Gen. Scurry was at Yleksbing on the Cth on I
his way to Little Bock to Jrtln his ctrnmund. I
Gen. Sibley and staff were at Morrou on the 7th '
on thoir way to Biohmond.
Wc are indebted tu E. P. Massey. T. ot'Millican.
for much of the above i. nation. Wo arc also in-
debted to llin for the Chicago Timesof the 2Sth. and
(jther late papeis from which we oxt'uet the follow-
in?: i
Special correspondence of the Chicago Times.
CoaiSTit Miss. October '."th. General Grant is
encircling the village of Corinth with an inner line i
of defence which will render it iiitjregnablc it. is
thought. . . I
The great cry here at Corinth is for more
troops lie assured they are too fev. At Jackson
the same Is true.
Stuart was assisted in bis raid by t'aitors in dis-
guise. The cry of rebel starvation has been ringing
in the public ear for the last twelvemonths until
thousands have been deluded into tbt foolish belief
thnt this war will be terminated by ''starving out
llm rebels." If we think that petite will come '
through that source we' shall llnd ourselves very '
niuclMiilstakeu Peace Is only to lie conquered by
hard lighting.
I'roiu tbe-N. Y. Herald of the 25th.
We have received intelligence from a well inform-
ed Source at Washington which reduce:? to shape
a nil consistency the vague mill disjointed minors
which have been alloiit In dlds city for some "days
past In reference to a icw arrangement of the heads
of three principal positions In the ftriny This new
and Impending nrr.ingciuonl it thus .appears .ylll
embrace 1st Tlie transfer of Gen. MiClclhu'i from
the command of the Army of the Potomac' to the
oillce of General-in-Chief at Washington ;iow hold
liv Gen. IlHlleck.
'2il -The transfer of Gen. Ilallcr-k to his original
enimnand of the great Department of the West.
Third Tho promotion of (ion. Hooher com-
mander of the tirst army corps to the command of
the armv of tho Potomac
Tim N. Y. .hnirnal of Cotunioivo siiys that Milliard
Ji'illmorc Is In favor of ox-Gov. Sejimom as a candi-
date for the chief iiiulcsuac of Now York ')lat'. "If
uappllylm may assist in rescuing tlio quiintry from
rui afrtilii." "
The Chicago Times says : There are reports that
Prance and England have dccldciljo recognize- th-
Southern Confederacy miles ibe Unltud Slates ehall
yw.fit propositions of mediation and for ah nrnila-
t.w. Seward has proclaimed In a circular that the oinan-
olpnion proelaination Is 'a.inst mul necessary mill
"T ui't.v
i.HhcbaUlobfPeiTVvlllKtIiel'aernllossash(ii
b uttblal ioturn wu &M klll.'-d 2.5S5 wnm'Ud.
jt-ul neavlv M0 '.mish.jg about :liiiM in alt Ahm
'.it. rebel loss was not' mure than two-thin'' that
a'ciib. r. " '' i
1" e uss nWholiiteflrelnSt. Louis of hiM)P.slua!r.--1
w . . .niton Is now set down nl li'iy-1'1 )
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Lofisviu.iOct. 27. Tho Grand Jury of the Crim-
inal Court returned nn indictment to-day agnlust Jeff.
C. IVivts for tho murder of General Nelson.
Tho pontoon bridge across tho Ohio here was re-
moved to-day.
There is great alarm In Owensboro' Ky. residents I
fearing an attack from Morgan's rebels." On Satin- I
day morning ho was In possession of Hartford Ohio !
county seventy-two miles from Owensboro'. He
had lr00 men and would be jolnod ly Adam John-
son's guerrillas for a raid on Owensboro' The bridge
on tlio Hartford mad. 10 miles from Owensboro' was
burned by tho robcls'on Saturday night.
Guerrillas are plundering Davis McLean
Grayson Hutlcr Mtihlenburg and llopkina
counties stealing horses mules cattle and
every thing they cnu got their hands upon.
Cairo Oct. '21. Gen. J-losoncranz and
stall' passed through this noon on tho way
to his new command in Kentucky. Briga-
dier General E. A. Paine is hero. Skirmish-
ing is going on near Bolivar.
Tho rebels under Cheatham and Holmes
are not idle as a loss of thirty-live wagons
mules and men near Tlol 'iia a lew days
ago will testily. Thie was a foraging train
and fell quite opportunely in'o the enemy's
hands.
Philadelphia Oct. 27. " Gen. Henry
A. Wise with '20000 men. is advancing on
Yorklown. lie lias reached Now Kent
Court House.''
Nkw Yohic Oct. 27. Tho steamer Hon-
duras from Pensacola tho loth reports tho
health of tho troops good.
Com. Fiirragut was there with tho Hart-
ford Brooklyn. Susquehanna Preble and
Potomac waiting orders to attack Mobile.
Col. John Erving U. S. A. died last night'
in this city.
The following is a copy of a dispatch sent
by Con. Forrest to Gen. Jones of Knox-
villo :
MultFltKESlJOltO' Oct. 21.
General M3' 'advance guard drove in the
enemy's pickets all around Nashville at day
break killing many and capturing .12 prison-
ers including one Major one Captain one
Lieutenant and four Corporals with their
arms and accoutrements.
YTa have whipped them into their trenches
upon every road and nro reported to hnvo
killed Col. V. B. Stokes of the notorious
Tennessee Cavalry.
Our loss was 1 killed and 1 wounded.
N. 13. FORREST
Brigadier-G enoral.
To Maj. Gen. S. Jones.
Uragg's army is atTallahasse.
Kirby Smith demanded a surrender- of
Nashville on the st inst. and gave tho au-
thorities four days to do ibin ; so there pro-
babby has been some lighting there ere
this.
Bragg was in Richmond on tho 2(th inst..
but has returned to his command with the
approval of tho Government.
The Army of the VTost was moving to-
wards Xardivillo from Knoxvillc.
The news at Richmond on the 27th from
our army at Winchester was that Lee was
at Winchester with the army preparing to
meet the enemy should McCiollan advance.
The army was in good spirits.
OiiATTAXOotiA Nov. 5. Col. O'Raddy sur-
prised a Federal camp of l00 at Cherokee
on the 2d and killed three. Our loss was
one killed and two missing. Tho enemy (led
to Corinth.
Richmond Nov. S. Thero is nothing of
importance from Northern Virginia.
An immense Republican meeting was hold
in New York city last week' at which Wads-
worth the Republican candidate for Govor-
: nor made a limning- speech iu favor of the
j ubjugatiou of tho rfouth.
ArnysTA. Ga Nov. (I.- The Savannah
I Republican. of this morning ler.vns through a
k .private letter thai tho abujifioni.'-ts nre.boiu-
'barding Tampa Bay Florida." Our "forces are
j confident of thoir aliiljiy lo hold out.
f Moiiiu-: Nov. u. A special dispafch to
tlio (tvcrtiser and Register dajed 1 lolly
Springs Nov. 'i. says tho enemy huvo ad-
vanced in force to. J iii Grange 'Tennessee.
Jackson s
Lamar. .
ival'ry had a skirmish to-day at
he enemy will give' us 1.U-
.It is probubk
tlo as tliey are about inaki.ng strontiou.s ef-
lorls to open the Mis-Hsippi. A land force
is to be uudei .M'Olernand.' who will ho uu-
j rorted on' land by CJ'raiit. arid on the river
J by n gunboat flotilla. fhe'pri.poet ol'reeogni-
lion hurrying them up.
j jF' A letter 1ms been received from ' James M.
.wisher Kaii.. of this city dated Tnmplco (let. '30th
announciiig his t-.tlo arrival there on hi? wavlunue
from Hvronc. bv tho West India Mull siemn.'.i. ir
a.h;o.stat.!3 tbaf. .1. A winter. .1. 1rmns:inila nephew
of J. C. KbiiuV (lilbf Ualvcstoii 'cVn'ie pUsi'.Migors
(in'lhe name steamer. J ' " -
liiitor from Ktnoix. '
The Liverpool Journal of the 2M says Gladstone's
speech lias convinced nearly everybody that Lord
Lalnierston who Is at liio fiead of tlio government
Is about to recoirnizc the the Southern Confederacy.
It Is said that the memorial sinned b tweiity-ono
members of the Chamber of Commerce is to lie pre-
sented that body urirhisr llieni I" send deputation
ministers retpiestltiL' Her Majesty's advisers to re-
commend the rccngnl'ion rf the Confedera'o Si ites
at once. It is the opinion of the memorialists that
there Is 110 cauo for further delay.
The Chancellor of the Kveheqner emphatically an-
nounced in publle.that Jell. Davis had not only crea-
ted a largo army and a small navy but a new nation.
Cladstono avoids active intervention.
Paekingham aserts that tho timo has arrived
when Her Majesty's Government in conjunction
with other governments ought to offer mediation in
American affairs on a basis of separation between
the contending sections with the understanding that
the 11011 success of such efforts be followed by the im-
mediate recognition of the Confederacy
Kipially strong views have been expressed by sev-
eral other prominent men.
The Liverpool Post of the 11th says that two of
the- highest class houses have received telegrams
fro 11 1 London stating that tho llrltlsh and Trench
governments lost no tiinu in announcing that they
are resolved on tho policy of perfect neutrality.
Tho London Morning Post the organ of the Min-
istry pronounces the proclamation "monstrous."
The mouth-piece of the Karl of Derby declares that
a war prosecuted on such principles can only be-
come a scandal and a nuisance to the world. The
Times denounces it as an act of revenge to be grat-
ified by cutting the throats of defenceless women
and children. "The conception of such a crime"
says the Times "i horrible; the employment of In-
dian warfare sinks to the level of civilized warfare
In comparison with it; the single thing that can he
said of it is that it. is a wickedness that holds its
head high and scours hypocrisy." .Mr. Olalstone
Chancellor of the Keheiuier lias declared that "Jef-
ferson Davis has made a nation of the South. I am
oonstrnlned to say that secession lnw been success-
ful." We (piote his words from a speech at New
Castle on the Otli tilt.:
"Tho truth is" says the London Post. (Ministe-
rial.) "tho President' and his advisers are at their
wits end. They have lost all control over the course
of public affairs. Wo do not blame him
for trying to put a good face on and to keep up ap-
pearances till the last but this proelaination is past
a joke. It is the laughing stock of all Kuropo. The
bare idea of a government in the last stage of Incapa-
bility proclaiming a coup iPeat to take effect three
months hence is more than ridiculous it is pitiable.
Seriously this proclamation is the most
powerful evidence that has been given of the Incapa-
city of the Lincoln Administration and the weakne.-s
of "tho J'ederal cause.'
. The Times says: "As proof of what tho leaders of
tho North would do if they had a chance this is a
very sad document. As a proof of the hopelessness
and recklessness which prompt their operations it is
a very instructive document. Wo gather from it
that .Sir. Lincoln has lost all hope of preserving the
Union and is now willing to let tiny iuuck Iry his
nostrtiiit. As an act of policy it is if possible 'more
contemptible than it is wicked.'
Gladstones remark at Now Castle that Jeff. Davis
had made a nation etc. caused a decline in cotton in
Liverpool. The remark was the theme of conversa-
tion and public comment.
Tho Washington correspondent of tho Times writes
of Lord Lyons as follows:
Information of the most positive and trustworthy
character was received by the lad steamer from Kng-
land that Lord Lyons who was to have started I'roiu
Liverpool on the 1 lth inst. en route for Washington
lias been ordered by ills government to remain" two
weeks longer lie will sail for America by the
steamer Seiota which leaves Liverpool the 25th
inst. This detension it is said is to allow time to
Ministers to prepare important dispatches for do
United States Government which have been deter-
mined on by tholast events which have occurred in
this country.
Tho New York Times declares that a great com-'
hiuatioii of Ilritish capital has lieen made embrac-
ing the shipping lnanufactuiing and political inter-
ests of tho kingdom for the purpose of giving suc-
cess to the Confederates and that it is this combi-
nation that is furnishing us with a navy with arms
munitions of war etc. The Times declares that
they have undertaken to provide an iron-clad navy
of sufficient power to break the blockade.
The abolition papers are pretty generally agreed
that unless the rebellion is crushed before the 1st of
January ISti'! the ICuropeau Powers will recogni.e
the Confederacy and interfere to end the war.
Corcoran the great Washington banker has left
'for Kurope in one grand disgust with the United
Strtes buying 1(1110.1)00 in gold before leaving
which lie takes with him to settle down on in old
England. A good many other people we know of
would take a disgust with business if they could
settle down on a million and n half real hard' money.
o 0
537 The San Antonio Herald says the bombard-
ment of Port Lavaca n suited in damage to propertv
estimated at from three to flvo thousand dollars.
I The elti.ens have mostly returned to their homes
iand Major Shea witii hjb bravo men are ready to
give the Yankees a warm reception.
Their largest gun a llli-pomido. exploded doing
considerable damage to the boat and according to
last aeVouiils they were at Salurla biu. repairing
their damages.
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fi?" Wo learn that Gov. Lubbock has received a
. k'l!)' ''"ii Mii. Guy M. IJry.in dated Muntsvlllo
111 n.iuni no siuies mai a courier reaciieii nun mere
bringing dispatches from Gen. Holmes counter-
manding tin- orders for Sibley s firlgade to march to
Kicbmuud Vu.
l-if" The Telegraph savs tho gallant ('apt Toin
Walsh of the Tom Green l'Hlcs. 4ih Texts who was
badly wounded at the storming of Um enemy's works
at" Gain's Mills rvacl.e-1 Houston 011 Saturday ami is
on his way here. lie is on crutches but Improving.
C35" Our subscribers hi the country will confer .a
favor upon us by remitting us when the tiuio for
which they have subscribed expires or notifying us
If 'tlley wish their-paper discontinued. ..
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Our Position and Prospects.
In our last issue wo published an Act recently
passed by Congress to authorie the formation of
ohuitee'r Companies for Local Defence. As this
Act is intended to apply exclusively to persons not.
liable to military duty. It may bo regarded is apply-
ing; to every citizen now in 'our State not actually
engaged in'the army. The presumption is that till
who ought to be in" the service ate there already In
some c.ipaelty or other; and as there is every proba-
bility that before another nuiiith rolls round 1 very
man capable of bearing a musket will be called upon
to defend his home and llreside we deem it our duty
to call attention again to the necessity for immediate
organization throughout the Slate. In every neigh-
borhood where twenty men can he got together let
them meet at once." organize Into a company elect
their Ollicers and report to thu Governor. Where
there are not twenty let two neighborhoods form a
company so that before the enemy is at our doors
we may lie prepared to meet him We have reliable
info'ination troin our .Northern Iron tier to leave no
dou'it that it is tho intention of the enemy to
invade Toxas this winter from that section and
wit 1 tho entire of our Guir coast In his hands
ahvidy we may expect a simultaneous movement
frosi that quarter. How are we prepared to meet
thli invasion? There are now 'J'l.ntm Federals in Ar-
kaisas and Missouri besides those along their lines
of transportation. Col. Cooper with his Indian
for.'es. has been driven out of .Northwestern Arkan-
sas Our armv near Little itoek inu.-t remain there
lo vatch the movements of Cuitis with his force. I
who Is reported at Helena; and should the latter I
cress the Mississippi to reinforce Koseiicrau. ours I
mist follow to reinforce Van Dorn. All we shall I
thin have let to oppose the forces Unit are being
collected in Southwestern Missouri and Kansas will
bellindman'sarmy. not numbering over Ifl)iil) men
0113 haf of wboni are unarmed and sonic " or 000
white men under Pike iu about the same liv so far
asiirius are concerned. Wo have also much to up-
piohend from the Indian Nations North of us
These tribes especially the full-bloods are nearly all
brattle to us. John Uoss the Cherokee Chief is now
in Washington having proved a traitor: anil with his
iiilnence aided by the bribes that will be held out by
tlu Federal Government we may reasonably expect to
seiull the Indians North of lled'Kiver.arrayed against
in. The troops now in Texas (which are but few")
I'iilnot bo removed from the posts at which they are
Rationed conseipiently our whole Northern" and
Weatein frontier is left exposed to an Invasion from
the enemy as well as constant incursions from the
Indians.
With such a state of tilings around us. can any
man sit quietly by his llreside. waiting from week to
week to see what tho next news will bring?
At the lirst signs of an invasion early hi 101 vol-
unteer companies Innumerable were raised in every
part of the State and wo are well assured not one
half of these companies ever went into active ser-
vice but we believe when disbanded by orders from
Headquarters many retired from all further connec
tion with military organizations in disgust. There
I was doubi less much occasion for tip- feeling but a
now era has dawned upon it. What was then a niat-
1 ler of choice will soon become an imperative neees-
-ity and wc trust that no man now will wait to be
I asked to join in defence of his home his family and
I ill that he holds dear in this world. ()r(tni or-
umihe should be the watchword from North to
j South and Kast to West. Let no man falter or lag
I lehind under the idea thai there will be plenty with-
j uit him but let every man feel as if the issue were
b his own hands anil the fate of his country depend-
; el on his single arm. Thero cannot be less'lhan ill
1 0)0 men still left in Texas capable of bearing arms.
! Mith half thai number properly drilled and orgen-
i:erl into squads companies battalions and regl-
iiiciil. and posted at. all tho vulnerable points along
: uir frontier we can bid deliance to any force the en-
iry may send and prevent the foul imprint of any
fi reign foot upon our soil.
I Tho Governor has macli! a call for .". Pin militia to
i gi into e.iinp. This force will of course be raised
j inmediatel.v. but it will lie a mere drop In the biiek-
1 it. Lei every town village and neighborhood raise
is own militia and not wait I'm another call from
fie Governor but let them report tu the Governor
j heir strength and place of roiideznus so that the
1 nay be subject to a call when he needs them.
Want of space prevents 11s from enlarging further
I m this subject. Wo are in possession of much iiu-
lorlant information from our Northern frontier to
had us to tho conclusion that not a day should bn
list in taking steps to meet the enemy. The pur-
chase of supplies and animuiiilion and the e.-tablish-nent
of depots for their storage at convenient points
siouiii nor in delayed and wo navo reason to nwicvc
j tieso precautionary measures are already being
1 alopted by our Slate Military Hoard. What we re-
qiiro now to give t;s elliclency in the Held is a gene-
lil uprising of the masses with a determination to
Kop up tuese local organizations mini the war is
biought to a close anil' pence smiles again on our
orieu fair and happy land. "Who would be free them-
selves must strike the blow!"
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JugpTlie Telegraph allude to an nUempI
being- mtulo to secure the nio ement ul'rcreiit
1 rrrinifius now in tins binle to Arkansas in
order to gratify the ambitinn of certain olli-
cers who week prpmotioii. We liav. heard
of but one regiment likHy to be removed
and it is mn' intention also' to keep an eye
on the matter" as tin Telogrnph ;.ys. "and
have somewhat more to say about it if our
information proves correct."
J!3pTho Telegraph in uoficing the arrival
iu Houston on Saturday of T. L. Lubbock
lS.sq soiief tho Governor says ho left the
regiment of Hangers iu 'Knoxvillc on tho 28th
from whence it wns going to Kingston.
l-lo says tho regiment participated in trio
Terry ville buttle; bringing
on mo ono'tiye-
tho
ineiil. Ol course it won all me honors. isro
better regiment is in the sorvicr.
Jlolcfi Gen. Jd'agruder tit Jackson Mis?.
bn n way 'to" Houston. .Some gcntlomou
belqng'iii.'to Gen. ijagriulpr'.s Btnli; wo nro
inched came byOi'e iimiv iniiti with Jlr
Lubbock. ' " u
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Kilter from Arkansas.
We have been favored with a copy of the Little
Koek Democrat of the 5th from wlilch we extract
the following news!
The Legislature met on the 3d. (tin. Hector in
the conclusion of his message resigned his ofile.e
whereby Judge Fletcher became Governor until
Col. Klanugaiu is installed. The latest accounts from
Col. Ashby Smith's division in October state that it
was not then known to the Governor-elect that he
was even a candidate: arid If Smith's division has
been cut off from Jlragg. it may lie several weeks yet
before the Governor can arrive at tho seat of govern-
ment. In the meantime the Democrat says the
acting chief magistrate is one in whom the 'people
have conlidonee and who is worthy of it. The Dem-
ocrat also adds "tlio. Governor's message is a strange
melange and worthy of preservation as a curiosity.''
The same paper says :
"In our State the abolitionists estimated at from
twenty-live to thlrty-ilve thousand under Schotleld
have advanced Into the north-weatern portion of the
State. Gen. lllnilmaii with a force far inferior to
their's has sullenly retreated before them and is said
to lie on Mulberry in Franklin county with his bend
quarters at Ozark. His force was suilleient to have
held them at bay at Uoston .Mountain but it was im-
possible to procure supplies. The crops were von
poor in thnt section of country this fall and the
means to subsist an army were not to be obtained.
It is reported that tSOOO abolition cavalrv are at
Pitman's Ferry threatening nn inroad in tlie north-
eastern part of Arkansas. Can seems to be lying
low at Helena with his command surrounded by
partisans and losing nearly all the parties lie sends
out to pilfer and forage. Some uneasiness is felt at
the advance of the Federals in the North-west and
we are told they are murdering and robbing as they
advance. They will do an immense ileal of harm
but every mile they come Is that much the worse lor
them. They will llnd that Arkansas in one respect
is like a warmer country; tolerably cusv to get into
but very dilllciilt to get out of" "
; A correspondent writing the Telegraph from Camp
75 miles east of Little Koek under date Oct. ilst.
I says the force stationed there constitutes the advance
j army of all the army in Arkansas. The command
consists of Prrsoii's Curtis's Huribrd's. and Christ -I
man's regiments and Pratt's llatterv under Col. Par-
1 son's. Acting Ibigadier. The troops are in good
j health and the writer says they have plenty of busi-
ness constantly on hand.
I Among the numerous skirmishes that are Unking
place almost dully ho gives an account of the cap-
I tore of Lt. Col. (.'hidings and six privates who got
l cut. oil- by the Federals uffer having whipped them
badly and run them for about '.' miles.
j The latest accounts represent the eneinv moving
1 out about ;;t)U0 strong to rorage on the plantations
; and Parsons starting off to intercept them. The
Federals were reinforcing in Missouri and were e.x-
1 pected to make some demonstration in North Ar-
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Later from the Rio (J ramie.
We arc in receipt of the Hrownsville Flag of the
7th from which wo glean the following items:
The market has reacted slightly tills week owing
to the report of largo invoices to arrive iu a few-
weeks. Prices are a shade lower than they were as
the capacity of the interior trade is not yet fully de-
veloped. Cotton is still enquired after with ijiueb
activity but it Is thought that the staple has reached
its highest ligure uhless some extravagant advance
takes place iu Kurope. Cotton goods are on the ad-
vance heavy domestics selling as high as '!7c. per
yard. Shoes are on the decline owing to the pros-
pect of heavy importations. Coffee sugar and to-
bacco are on tlie it- here as they are everywhere
ehe. Cott-m cards are on the decline as the "market
threatens to be overstocked. This is a happy an-
roiincement for every cotton card sent into the In-
terior is n wcupau iu favor of our independence.
This market is enfranchising tlio State and through
Brownsville there still runs tho golden thread of so-
cial regeneration.
Yellow fever has entirely subsided and persons
from the interior may visit Brownsville and Matu-
moros with entire safety.
Speaking of the removal of the late restriction of
trade under martial law the Flag says:
Trade bus been reviving wltliln the lust 2 months
and we now count four interior merchants where we
before met with one. The country is lilllng up with
serviceable goods too for the commercial communi-
ty hilly appreciate the advantages which arise from
buying goods here and exchanging them for cotton
in the interior. Prollt results betli ways and wo on-
ly hope that the military authorities will accept the
commercial niixlum that trade best regulates Itself.
If Texas could havo poured its entire crop of cotton
into tills market the State would have been infinite-
ly more prosperous and tlio military would have
partaken In tho increased pleniy."
Surgeon Jones reports but two men sick in the
garrison hospital.
Wo understand that rapt. Wilke.'s battery has been
ordered to Matagorda Bay.
I At latest accounts Col.'Luckett was still at Santa
I Gertrudes and much Improved in health.
?.'"-' Cul. Bogeis of tho 2d Texas who fell so
bravely at Corinth excited tho utmost admiration on
tho part of the enemy by his courage. So much so
that the oflloer iu command had liU daguerreotype
taken nl'le.r be was dead as that of the bravest ihiiii
ho ever saw. It is some consolation to his nuinotoas
friends here to know this. Wo take it ftoin an aboli-
tion paper. Wo know from our own accounts Urn:
ho was 0110 of the host esteemed Culoncls in thi-
A liny of the West and exceedingly popular with
both ollicers and men. Telegraph
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The Texas Almanac -- "Extra." (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 18, 1862, newspaper, November 18, 1862; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth78159/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.