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pWiVicZ o;t rud-idayn Thursdays ifi Saturdays
BY D. RICHARDSON. '
Tubus: for 1 month $100; for 3 months it 50.
Bluglooopiea 5 coats.
' B"Our Express arrived Una morning at
3 o'clock with tbo Houston "Telegraph" of
joatorday tho only paper received. Wo'
oiVo tho latest intolliirouco as contained in
1 1 that paper among which will be found a ro-
hI - port of a battle at Fredericksburg the truth
of which is doubted. The "Telegraph"' bo-
"Hovo3 jtlo bo a canard and says: "deneral
loo's order announcing tho death of Gren.
Jnokaon was datod the 11th of May. It is
b.rdly probablo that a heavy battle could
have boon fought on tho 10th In which ho
dofoated looker and nothing havo been
;knovn of it except through the St. Louis
" papers."
" IIouStox May 27 10 a. m. Wc are thiieb'tod to
Capt. Oiuto lor the-Yellowing Just received by Pouy
Kxpross telegiaphed from Beaumont
ID is uvidout from tho touor of tho dispatches toot
tho enemy havo hud possession of Jackson though
tlitrir attompt to blow up) tho capitol shows they did
not'deaipu holding it.
Tub report of tho second big fight in Virginia is
"from a rouud about chtumol though tho oporntions
of tbo enemy In Jackbon might very likoly proventf
more direct information.
' If this rcpoit prove true "figlitins" Joo Hookej is
certainly deserving his title.
Wo have Jackson datoa of the 13tht by tologfaph
that suv nothing of it aud this loads us to "question
the report though it may bo'truo: We jiv-b'it lis wo
Twelve it. '
Courier OmCB. Nntouez May 2061.
Capt. O. P. Olutc: " Rodney May 10 Gen. Chum
beriHin'A. Q. M. brings Intelligence from Port tfib-
ion to-day that lli read n fit. Louisipuper doled l'ith
couluiul.Ts.iTid "rSuolfil aitutnlrot a uutiio. fought
on the 10th inat.j betwoou Hooker and Lee and
called a dinwn battle and says that Hooker was
driven back acioss tho tKnppahannock at Uultod
States Ford. .
ILso then fell be.k leaving his dead and wounded
on tho field. Hooker tbon re-crossod tho Rappahan-
nock and Leo attacked him ahd drove him hack to
the Kupid.in and Rappahannock. ? '
Sedgwick arrivo! and attacked Lueto prevonl a
dofeat of federal arms. This loport ii confirmed by
two sources. '
A courier from Gon. Loring's head-quarters at
Crystal Springs reports. that Loring' had lost 10 or 12
caution.
Gon. Loritlg iits ordered from tho fiold of
battlo on daturdav and the Aunt was ended.
UUeaid wo jattaoked the Fe'dera'a on throe
ldfr Rtirt'ftt'QiBt rir'ovn them back one mile
xvhon some of our men bogan to wvor and tali
bock Loring was out off and had pnly ono road
open -Ho "Win In a tight' plaoe 'but waa saved by
rood generalship.
Tho enemy's -cavalry followed Loring but lio
turnod on thorn again and drovo ttiotn buck. Wo
wliippod a cavalry fbre'e near Raymond.
At Judkaon Mies. the Yankcoet had dug boles
roady to blow up the capitol. when hearing that
Gon Johnston was corning on thoy weroordored
to fall in and jolii the main body'of tfienirmy
twenty miles Bout-west of Jaefcaon. v
Wo oopy tho fojlowtag from the Bhrevoport
Kews il.iy 2d received on Wednesday :
Brigadier Gbo-ewV'T. O. Pollgnao and his fltaff
Capt. J. KiiloD OucuIb Capt ti. Cuouls-and
Lieut. W..Jgglixig Arrived Jpst ovouing via
Monroe.
A rumor prevails j-f tiorally In town thnt a Yan-
ico foi co 15000- dtfong 'atthoko'd Port Hudson a
'law daj a since by Jan d and yttter ond were re-
pulsed with jjreat i)'ttighlor.
The old u'dngo that tho farthest "way round is
often limes tnV Wcarest road home " has been
veritiod in tho raid of Bank'sarmy throughn'por
tlonof this State. Findinn that ho could hot
reaoh Grant via tho Miaeitisippi rlvor on mecotint
of our defences ntl'orV'tUtidiioii Bauke in uiooor-
dance with tho ordors'of Grant attomptod to " go
around tlum ' ' Thla'ho bast succeeded in doing.
Ho Was hIro intfuoted byiJits Buporior offieer w
to devastate tbocbuutryall along tho route. r'fnis
also he hurt sWcccoded in doing to soruo citcnt.
Ho has burned dwellings- nod othor hourcs de-
ttrojed orotx nnllcddown) foaoes.and forbid the
nsgroes under the penalty of depth from putting
them up again Mclired and 'cai!riodOiE. all the
livestock within his'renoh. deatroved ith- augur
aid molatses in his 'Way fsolocted from "Iho (nOM
ifroca the niechnnlrjj.-and forced them awn v.
bnrned the'farming iniplemairts.rid pl'v(L4Jio
yi'ery dovll general!' as'aokoes are bound tq d0r
'when they bave'un tijprtunlty. He was also
JMtrnctea-to'rettohJShrveporl.by land and encki
tie town burn' orTjo;roy. thf commissary nd
qaarteimawter toreu 'here.- Und demoHsli Jhe
gnpboats on ilio tbckB. "This be haaflot dpne
either Is bo able to doit. Ho began to reaHa
hls danjer lom ore ho roactiodNrttcbltoplieaaM
uut-b(it i? A ieiundrlfr. Wben luBt -hearp )rfm
he had alf o evaouated that lowi and was iske-
dadlint; In.a liurrv in tho direction oCBlmmaoort.
'ibis point it Irtomed ho will reorTbooro diir
army can overhaul hni.r If ho succeeds from
thonco ho will embark to the aid of Grant.
HOUSTON May'28th.
We aru Indebted to. Wr. Porkqwita or the 4th
Txas cavalry for lmpo taut yvrs AlSo to A. J.
Ptrmele fur Into papers
VallfndlKham has been taken by tho military to
Newport Ky.to prevent Ills forcible seizure by tho
indignant cltlzuna of Ohio.
Gen. iTiauk I Blair the Jit. Louis Abolitionist
was taken pilsonerln the recent battle of Virginia
wd lias taken the oath of allegiance to tho Confed-
erate Statis.
Theiela great oxcitemont in Ohio. Lincoln has
.Clled out tho militia to suppress the home rebellion.
A comter arrived in Sbreveport on the 28d; with
'f !ys lltcr n0WB t0 tl1 ctlct that' Gon- Jonn'
in h whipped the enemy at both points Iiran-
on and ijavmond. Thli Is reliable and gloiloua
1 tfot'k ml"JrUu ls repprted unilerrarres for what
!$ 'oUon it Is said has got h tba rer.r of
vuk Lan.'1 M Durnt tuo VermillTon bridge. Gon.
?if J'.b.mUn wnt "lown to Grand Kcoro on the 22d.
Wntthing is up.
The following is tho latest news gleariod from pa-
TW l and otir lrcM bort correspondent.
ff1 "P Natrhcz Courier May 18th.
WTV5' M? .-Mr. Wosloi Just fromJBrook-
VtS n"s '"f'riation that a ciurler bad arrived
t5wenn?i"UW8 lnlt Jackson hud been evacuated by
"""'J thH.v golnc towards Brandon.
Thpj.' burnt the 1'eiiltontlary tho Oonfi-demto
House and dcatioyed the lower portion of tho city.
Thoy also attempted to blow up tho State IIoubo
but did not succeed.
Gon". .Johnston has whipped thorn badly at Ray-
mond and Brandon.
The enemy have t0 columns advancing; ono of
which Was advancing this side and the othor of
which evacuated tht city going towards Brandon.
Gon. Johnstofi has cut off their rotreat to Port
Gibson.
' Gen. Maxoy left Hrookhavon yostcrday oventn
for Jackson with live thous nd men. Ho also says
that the Hills with nbbut forty thousand tneu had
arrl ved nt1 Meridian.
MlfNtibft. May 21. Tho steamboit Vigo arrived
here from below 6t 12 last night among tho passon-
rjers Gen. 'Albort-'Plk'e. Tho pasiongei a report tho
lollowlng news tohaVd'beon recelvod at Hanlsou-
hurg In an otwv of the Natchez Courier of the ISth :
After Bomo skirllitshing on Monday and tho three
days following Jait weok tho Federals took posses-
sion Jackson Miss.
On Saturday Gen1. Joseph IS. Johnson command-
ing in person waa'cntlntsiaittlcally rocolved by tho
troops and attacked a column of the enemy nt Kay-i
mont(i miss. mulcting upon them a'sovero loss rore-
Ibg tinjinlo'o-acuato'iTackbon whioli they" rlld do-
strovlhg'tbeQoveanment Work-shops tlio'Confeder-
ate HutMennd tho Penitentiary;
An effort to blow up tho Stale Capitol proved un-
successful. Gon. Johnson was in tho rear of a second
column of this enemy1 between them and tho liver
artd a decisive goncral cnavon.qnt was hourly ex-
pected. Bethel Hill was with our troops. Gt-ueral
Pcrnbcrton was in arroht by Gen. Johnston's order
formatters conducted with tho capture of Jackson.
The Yankee fleet 'Opened a furious bombardment
on Vicksburg nt 3 Ai M. yesterday ahd continued
throughout yesterday and last night.
The news from Mississippi la icuarded iuia.ypiy
favorable light'by inllitury men. Grant havinir risk-
ed all ''upon tho.harar4 of the die" his army a'tonco
thoroughly defeated ho becomes"' a fit sut(ect for ut-
ter annihilation as the Misslsslppl'rivttr bus fallen io
low that their gunboats can be- but little if Any use.
Fayette Mnyi 33 I haveijmtt ropoi.veJ the
following from Harvey operator nt Broothavon:
"Wu have boon ini off frdm Jaeknon inco2
o'clook yefltordaylJ1) And englilbe carae dowh
Ihlsmorniiig who siyd.thu ouoiny burnt a bridge
and lure up llif ruilro.vd track botwoun liaz ilbnsh
and Crystal Spri.ng ami" toro Hit-JIluo to pieces.
They 'did not gt th6'train.
1 learn They ar rninr I'vu'jyoodv TriwnPra
and taking: them off with them. Thoy aro not
pnrolllng anybody ; are bre iking every house
taking money nnd valuables bl-eaklhg up furnl-'
lure and bnyoi-otlngHomo of the citizens. It Ib
awfuU Every man to a man should risa en
idagK nn.d do aomotnlngor we will' go up" in
thoso parts." - K
-" (Signed) " ' c. ic. UABVKYj-Operator.
A man from Gallatia. M.fP( reported Ynnkeoa
In that neighborhood an 1 coming this way.
o. w. m'muhchy Operutor-at F.lyotto.
Richmond May 9 Two thousand prisonors
arrived horo this evening the same number will
bo hero to-nignt.
The jnall train from Krcdnrlcksburg arriyed at
up. H. jrassongora ropori iranK v. uiair or.
among tho oapturedssThe oath of allegiance yua
administered to h' a uqao.i
'T'he-correapondonoe relative toiiue groai.imttlo
aro published with sueb sonsallon canMonB as fol-
lows : Rebels Scattered at Ohancpllorvillo Our
Position Impregnable Sodwick Lirelod. Buo
C.lflfl &.O.
Their writers apeak of Hooker'd eeneralship
and Napoioomc qualities aud shv their onlronch-
mentBaxt Qhauoolloravlllo arc tho best they ever.
iruu.
The- Eleventh cops ar6 pronounced poltroons
for throwing down their arms aud. running from
Ithpdoj)1 Brigade. '
The night attack on tho rebelB was the' most
brilliant tiling of tho war. TuoSu'nbiy fight
deapenite. Tbo robola tbrcru thenie.edyes onJthe
inu'zlo of onrguns.. Our apmunltioh grfvo put
when we hold the. position one hour with bayo
note and then fell back in good order to tihanqel-
luravUlo. Riciimoxd May 9.t Brig. Gen .Berry is reported
killed. Ned Howard and two others wounded. The
medical director of Berryte corp3 killed. All Ynn-
kees. ij
CAiROiMay 6 Tho latest fromi Young's Point.ls
that the Union -gunboats were j'epuieodi ab Haines'
Bluff. Iron clad gunboat Choctaw wa badly dam-
aged. " Her turret was penetrated by a sixty-lour
pounder. -The Union loss la eighty.
KioiiMOND' May 10-Tho "Whig has Northern
dateaifo the 9th. Lincoln has issued a proclamation
.calling ont the tnIItiatp suppress the rebe'llon.
'A1lable bodiedtuale citizen's arid I'oreijrners between
the age's of.20and'45 that buv6 declftreUthur luten-
tlo"nf.to' becvjne1 c(tlsens eoustltutu the' 'national
fnre.BS. '
v .AjJiQfHstol dispatch from Staunton says the Prrsl-
kntand General-jn-Cjuof lius just returned from the
.Oinjy-of.to'Potouiac- No Sfnous'dtsaster to the or-
ganization and efficiency of ur army. Not more
- r W I ".
ftfivn riieviui
lnermy wiuounjesuine ueusivc .iu. .-.
. Tie trial f 'VallSndhjham concluded by court-i
marfia;tVtb decision unknown. t "
Ibe rwapqndent' qf a New York paper gives
-T. r 1 Hi. ' M- t.. .....llt...D
Hronailoquent Recounts of the lato battles -disguls
Tug.'hVttVt of 'defeat ub far as posssible by a multi-
pjlCapon PI worua.
Hooker was stunned and thrown down by a. shell
which shattered the pillar of tho porch agalubt
whicji h'o wca'leanlng. at Chuncellorsville.
RtoifMOKD May 10th.
To Governor PaUih;
In the battlo fought on tho 2d. 3d and 4th. we
filling
Ourifss
'ounded.
Barksdalu'a brjgedo bore 'the 'bruut of tbo . fight.1
Our brlg.ido lost heui'lly.
W. G. Bt-AOKIUIBS.
HoUBTONt May 29 Tho IlU'y AllsslsalpfaVonjio
12th In an editorial article ulli'dos to tho faci Uiat
I'euiljcrUn expected Grant to attack him beldini hia
formidable emrpnolimopta wlien it was evidont
Oniut was oulv cndoavorinsr.to make thnumprosslou
on Peinberton until ho jiiuielf w(i fvrthed pro-
yislqued imhi rnforced all of wh'ch w'114 uofiig'ifquo
as iear MUroau ipeeu s nimci nurses notions auu
oxen ctiqld do it Tbo editor (o( tho Mlssispp(un
.was aitlsfied tbafj Grant wqliM Imvc lb bo thrashed
at some distance from Viuksbuig. Tho rumored
nrriiOf I'emberton piny luivo bep becauau he made
bo (iroyislon for otl;r pojnw save thqa behind his
entre"nohmouta. ' "
A'urniinxltinn haH been mate to tho"wlit'at errow-
era tiiaiiglv Jhu (.'alnivllle ludopondeht 'that ihe'
wijeaic
b"f'HtMet(
oyyiimap
1 may bo' 11
Twenty turee Yuiiiiee pnaonors wero orougnt in
or4 Sunday morning taken by our cavalry pickota
thlatidoof Grand Uulf. Thoy wero conducting Kit
-"T T -.. 1 . r
drove tqo enemy acioss monappaiiamiuch.
5000 wounding 2i)09p und 'capturing 8000.
w.i inoOnrlsoncrs. 1200 killed ahd 5000 w
ro(i ijo Kpt oqi 01 iuu annua ui BjiocuiiiKirp
arfflJi)atiqn n t to 'V?l to'tfint'cMsa qf ibo
HoPtcUii Texas. tt" u '' '
ambulation train. Soinrt Iweuty-iHld mules and tbo
nmbulaocus'fetl Into our handa. Direo of our pickota
took vloven Ynnkeeflj
The Atlanta Iutolllfioneel' pbbllslics a portion of
Mr. Yaifd&yVspoech Oii UifrJuaiclaiy BUI with high
encohUmis athtlng that fot u'loquohce clearness nnd
force it has rarely if ever been excelled in any de-
liberative assembly in An erica.
At Cairo tho famous 109th Illlnbis Regiment has
again mutinied refusing to march without being
paid. Their dist'natl6ti wna" Vicksburg. They were
put under guard on Wwd it transport and sent down
the liver. .
Richmond pqprrj state that gold bacon matches
and othor thint. of value and linportauoo. havo de-
olined considerably In the Ivlohiuond market.
Tho Courier hi summing up our strength says wc
havo over 000000 effective men which would bb In-
creased to 500000 or3D0000 with the Irregular 6r-
antationat homo and a reserve forco of old men
boya eiompts aud lagauls makjng our real strongth
between 1.20000 aud 1500000 men and thes'o figures'
are arrived ataipon correct data. At tho beginning
of the war our Government called for filty thuusand
men 'und wo'couhl scarcely atm that dumber but
now. wo can. arm every man thoiigli jvb lavehad
blockaded porta since tho beginning of the war. The
Courier speaks confidently und declare:
Our army Is strong' enough to defend our
soil were tho legions arrayed agaiurftus three
times as great. The cause of our country if
we acottruo to otuselvos aud the memory of
our Aimosfcry-is absolutely safe final triumph
is as pertain 'as any thihg earthly can be.v
Let tho ilhtnt hearted therefore take courage.
It then adds three great battles will ppd'
tile wllr. Ono bf thtm has boen fought and
Wo'nj in Virginia 'tlio otfirr two' "are -to be
fdughtnndAVou iti-Mississlppi and Tiepnusso.
(Tho ono in.'Mississip'pi has probably tormi-i
nnted ere this.)' ' '
Thq onomy aro not 3ret done balking' about
.another attack on Charleston. Tho N. Y. Tri-r
bune's Hilton Hoacl ort espondence; April
l20tln says:
Tho second ornodition has not veb .sailed
bul is. ready at anymomoutto receive the or-'
den The snme transports whiqh havo been
mx ftndoh8"ol' 'tlie harbor-so many times arej
again ladon w.itli troops not tiuito as jubilant
or cheerful as when they set' sail three weeks
since b'ut not byany means hopeless or dis-
heai toned. -' ThVarmy ji- th6 DepaTtrhent of
the South has not yei. ifafV- its mtlle fairly
tried. Tho battles oruJames Ialahaiiand at
tocatalfigo" although by some -called repulses
demonstrated that if led by competent officers
no fears need bo entortaino 1 that victory will
oAyait thorn if not overwhelmingly outnum-
bered" The fall in pricos seems toibo a marked fea-
turo in tho. news fom1 cast of the Mississippi.
Jg&'2ul. John.R BayiiUTails throagu tho News
fortl00Teunsnot conscripts to join bim-ln Hous-
ton June tOth m. an expedition "Still Hunting"
Yankees. Every man must arm nnd equip himself.
The expedition promises to be ful of adventure und
will attract tho attention of those fond of adven-
ture and anxious to fight for their country.
eSJ-Thp following is ftirtilsbeU us by Mr. Crouz-
baur of this city in n"Mtter to Ids wif which we
deom of intereattq tie pfjoplo i'n the neighborhood
of Auittiti Mr C.na.yB tie has seen all tho boys in
I'oteraburg near KiVumond well and hearty and in
good spirits Ve :iearn that they have been ex-
changed: 4 . '
List of the deaths o Compiny G (Gtpt Ffther)
6Ui)3'exnatffii' U& atlle id tf '.ui 'opt Jan. 10W
iUtli 16(33 Uansoui Lowiy l.illpd ir; battle; Iph'n
ijWL-om died Jan 22 1 on boat ut V't I.ouin. Hied dt
Camp Hutler (springllold THO fteo V. Stiuley AI-
borti J.owry Jiuirc. rainTsouJ.y?.Jn league Hin.
rf Camnanu G. &tlu 'Jexas Jnfuntru (it PtU
lrn Va.. Attrd J9. 1803 borct A J Jt-nlii: m. i'drEt
J I Tuck r Corporals h K Olaseock unci Win Duuson:
l'rlvatea'll M AllordiJaa Baldwin Jar1 Brq'wn.rC
nnrlison IUbt CondpliiiJ'"'' Bukes. XV Lr('ili" G J
Holman Jas ltamltOu VA IUI. S'ainl i JerJ'iiU! y'eo
Jounlan Jacob KelUiyD W.Joioll C C Labenskf
"KK Millett H M McClurp "aniuelMorrld Uoqert
Meoka Melltzky Win J Ol'phant Win Oldham
B F Piper 'esloy t'eel Tboipas Bouudtrec 15 O
H?ibertson. Jns lUwIaten W"' ' 'nced a B Stephen-
aon Jof .-.ever O B Twrrpll J M Turnpr Wm linuin
J J' Woodward KA .ivWU6oii a viics.
' Hospital Attendant Luft p.t Gamp J3iOle)'..W A
Aloxiuider J W Smith KadrasDe Haritz; Jas Taylor
W I Rutledisn.
SergUUM Wilson nick in Hospital nt Lyucb-
hu g Va. '. ' ' all 1 1
Corp'l K H liQrosthwait "eft in Uw&plui at pt.
Louia and woundedjo ibigb at Arkanaaa Post.
Mining. Scg't Jo A Coatu J TiitepMujs(on;iAi"''l
'Jo Grninblea avnt.to Atfu op detached Service.
TwikUie Oath iftillea(dnc4 ut Camp JiutUr U B
Mellimier.-F Mlianw Jjja b) Walker .
Conreder-ite oiat Ark-jnaaa J'eat buttlv. 03 killed
25 Moundedi " 4 4 i jh '
Pedcral loss 2J570 UUldud wonndqd.
T ' 7 I
DEAD.
Tho bostntlftil and1 fertile island otUitva affords
the dead'y tiprfa tree' ilndMt' used lo bo antd -that
thou-Sunda "pon tholiaands had fullon updor lta
npxlou influonoq. Every pi ecnution waa t ken
by tiiqse'who from ctirlosityor ileeosalty atarled
toward tho death di'aliitg; plant. The et try went.
that prleth were aiationeu wiinout' mo pofaonea
elrcjo which aurrounded tho nipaa troo wliono
hiiHltirtK'i lt-iva tri ahrivo'tho wrotalieB. Who; wero
obliged to take up their line of mrtroh forthot-poi.
illUUIIU "IMWil ...... (...( ...w.. .w....w. ........vv.
Throughout the valley In Which thle deadly troo
vWctatod the bouea of men iilid boaata weronoeii.
And UeHoIulion and doitth relgiiod Buprome. Wo
can" rtiidl'iy c'opeolve' what' mutt have bopn tlio
'feoltnga of llioae who Woroldealinod tonmkoithe
attompt'to reach tbla de'adly spot and what must'
have beeu tholr refll'fctlOna. with tho prospect bp
thro them 0 awollln th hnmbura of iba victims
already aacrlfloea -without nocompliahlng tile
mUalon Upon whlohrthey had beofti sent At1 tho
pri'aont.diiy thih Uaald'tooa'fablei; but whether
t Ma lr4e or falaolt aorvea bur purpoao as on Ulna
araijoi'i ' '
Rjchraphd whero " ranlr nndAUonoui troaaon''
l)p(dif U awai'i tt" t.f utmoaphero IbJ ehnived
wiut rouinnoua innuenoeB. la lucuimn louiu.'iiou-
al edMUVimdvhen lhy tart'thutnnyioi
tiro una inoy-oiu iarewcu 10 jrniiu.iiuipuruiipn
resolvu abiolutlon from their spiritual fathers.
.rdurnau(Jobn .Muricson aiorgaqsipOKs .w.fnttlfM.
GatlinJ. M. f 'JJurper J. U. Kliuedlod on Hos-
pital bontfou'ita way from Aikunsas (."oat to'Sf.Lduia.
itnllhrf Comnanu G. &tlu Texas Jnfuntru At Fttci't-
None who have yet atarted havo sucoeoded
rcachlug tlo apoti but tho bones of man and
boast lie tlllult around telling n mournful tnlo rir
mlsp.acod uontido ioe. At tirst thu journoy was
thouuht to bo a bollday affair' and gallant men)
ami bouuUful womob with foastirg and drinking
oamo to "Ajaod Maifusaas to aoo tholr friends
fu'rly started l0.v to UtonMOMD.'' But tho
eound of revelry imvo Itlaoa to groans and amid
tho chokl rig dust illld. fright ohed hosta tho cries
of tnou wont up us tboy fled from Influences aboot
Ittchmorid whlbh has even oxtondpd to ho great
a distance Washington wiiif rcachod nnd the
i'otomno ivai placid between the finiltlvos and
dnngoi; but frlglit rind bonBterhation dwolt In tho
capitol. Tlio nighty lurtdor of tho Federal hosts
In othor days aimflod tho danger evori In Wash-
ington aiid' Sootl began to show aymptonia of
d'ecav. t
Another ty&nd of duvotod atibloctH obeyed tho
Kingly behest and tnrtdd 'iO.v to Uiciimosd "
which tllutroomliideu liad failed to reach ; but
ihovigh every precaution waa taken they met tho
fato tof fjio-io who bad precudod tllem anil iholr
leader tho grriat MbDowoll died' a military death.
Still another attompt was nihde wider the head
of the " Young Napoeon" aud teiiB of thousands
foil victim on that attempt. Nothliig waa loft
undono to tuauro adocesa "The 'nASE wAB
ouanoed ;V ntid leavlni; tho boston truck oneUlior
aido of wliloh the mouuda and monumonta of
failure dlaconragod liia followers ho sought
another way. The Uhiokahoiumy waa found to
be equally its 'darigoroua a route an ithut preaontdd
by ihoso wb.o had(gone before thotn In tho etlort
to reiich tho canitol of tho rebellion and the in.
fluortceB equilliy ah deadly aa thbab'whlfclrbhd aur
rounded the former marohca of their friends.
Jioro tlio ' Ybung Nnpolcou 'i begati to droop
nnd ltwai not long beforo McGlclIan was laid by
tho sldo'pf McDowell.
Tho an'ofont Scott too savo up tho gln'nt an0
then thero wereliona to bo found so pjor as to d
hliU;lioaor before ho depirted. 1118 last inilllur"
momenta were embltterod by the fact thnt liku
tho'asiintho friblo wbo throw bia heels In thc
face of the alok lion McClelluu bad klcktd lilm
iib ho Iny crowling in bis lair at Washington.
Another and atllandther leader was found who
essoj od to travijl safely over tbi ro.nl purBijed
forfiLftmA r ttinan whn Tnnfn tt i.t tititl. nnil
lalhfd. -The follqwora.of IMpe idroppod into Oi'
arms of olli and he was borne off tile Herd by
tbo.admlnlstritlon 'dead defdnet and now a moat
forgoftpn Burnside wbepingi Burncide who aa
his former ?hef tbn yctng ITapqluoji nvo .up
tho gboat turned with 'streaming' cyea to tho
remnant df tfi'o army and hon6atly doubted hie
n!IJity to lead ano'cojatullyaiiiierpedilion which
naa o often failed liutneide for wfiora the
Now oik World huaep hearty a contempt made
his effort but found tbo uti'noaphero toO unhe&Hby
and na tho loader of the " o:f ro Riciimoxo"
annyiho. too died.
A-migLty chieftain comoa now to whom all
Yni.koedom looked .with confidence thouuh the
farowella wore again exchanged with friends and
busy f fathefa" abrivod tlipinu)iiich who wont
out lo eliuhterr TI)o brtiatb of tho de tioyt-r
came upo i the Kosta In the V wilUorneES and tho
armies of " Fighl'nVJIbe" hnuffir.tf thV danger
from afar havo flod aoipaa the ICappahai'iidCk
leaving thelrfcontributi on of carcasaj'ataid boneV
to tell tho atory of their defeat. Richmond wvip
not roaqhed. The Capitol of the Confederftny atill
:omalu iii'thediahda of tho Robela and H')kT
lilB'thagcnbrHlwhohnve: pr9ceded htm is iw a
leader iikad. Who will be fouhd noV to I6d Jhc
unwilling nlj eta of King Abraham to tho
political upfia of Richmond? Wiho nox will offer
himself a sacrifice to tbo murder rupiuo and
death? Who pext wjll como forward and Biiy
" behold Tarn the man?" 'Whoever It'may be wt
ahall have1 tb wrltoulfter ho makoa hia attempt
DBiD TtiLtgraph 22ci-i;iit
B3T" At the reiuest.of..a number of oitlaena of
Aualin and viciiiuyj the Riubt Jtevercnt Bishop
Grige" will delirer an Eulogy on the Life and
Sorvtee-. of the departed Libul. Gen. T. J. Jack-
eon C d. i-A. a. tho Capitol .at 10 o'clOLk A. M..
Saturday June 6th 1803. Wo hope all busin6aa
will bn au-pjndcd tiuring tho 'forenoon of that
daj. Mtnuie auhs will bo fired during the day
and lluga at hall-mast.
BST" Wo aro orodlbly informed that Blahop
Gregg will proaoh lo-morrov moring lu the
Ep aoopal Ch u rch .
- - Admiuistnitor's Notice.
T ETTJ3lti5of lAdmlnistiation wero granted tbo un--fdcrsigfledon
tho Eatate of S. L. Io.'onuriL deceased
fiy UluT'robute Colirt 'of 'TraVia- county' at Ita Apnl
Terfn 1803. All porsons having claitna on uhM
UbUte aro hereby not(Id tor prcsont the same duly
proyqu witUUi the timo prescribed by'law; and all
jitrtoiis indebted to said Bstaie are requested to'nmko
jiayiheur.- N. S. RKCTOR Administrator.
. Wbberilte) May 10 1868 4w-l a-w
"T HAvK lii my chargo a 'small bay Horso lihont
nine years. old branded C Oion tbedelt shoulder.
swuchitall ypxy thlq in.ordtjr. .-aid Tlorjo vuB.tiko0
iroiu.auuawuy (ijrgro. i :nenegri atateo mat no stole
the hoftftfioui a eottou Vyagoii bi the ro'ad leading1
from eviumbua in folbraUb 'bounty 'to Sun .Antonhn
at tho CrOBaili 0f tlio .Naliilbui rln ThiiWiM
can bavo said liorso ny making tho necCKSaryjiroof
and paying the ch.u-Rea. T. O COUJIV'S i
AutinMuyl2 1803-la-w-tf thurlff Travis Co.
1" 1' " ''I"
rtOMMITTKU to the Jail or Travla county on
-" 8ih of May lust. a negro by who calls his
name Bunsomo and sab ho belongs to Joliii 1L
Baker 6f McLellan county Texas. Said boy iaabuut
Sixteen years of age flvo feet six or eight iucheB
high a bright mulatto and very intelligent. The
owner Is hereby notified to come and pay tlio charges
on said hoy nnd take him away or he will bo dealt
wunastno laucirccts. 'i'. u upiiUiiNB
Sheriff Travis County.
AuatinTiIay 913GQ 4w.
KAGS! UAGS1 RAGS!
IIVE cotita pjr pound will be 'paid for cotton-or
linen rags doliveredi to the ujiddrelgued-ln
Auatip or to Dr TI)uo ICooater in Now Brauo-
fela. 'Those raga'nro wanted to make paporwth and
aa tbla ii a new unterprliiQ in Texas it la to bo
hoped ovorj family will prbvltlo' themaelvos with
a'rag bag Agents to collect. rjigB'will bo appoint-
ed In ouoh county of whlehiduo notico Will bo
given. . 1
Texas papers urotiorally aro requested to oopy
and thooo whomuU atihargo vill pabliah tirrea
timoa and aend bill to P. IUUIlARDSON.
uatio MarobSl 1803-tftf' t
' " 1 T1 I " '
rR.vVtfD or doojyed frdm ray hodao. 4 miles
formation ot.bla wheioabouf
Miller will be suitably' rowardod.
May 2Ut I8'3a-jt
WALKER.
R
fVSoUtb-Kaatof Anatiii on uoiin.iy evening labt
vi lHrn'TJitw Vmiiidlnnil niii vvliltii riilir Hl'dllllO
hia rio'ok' and 'Jomb white in U tftU.' Any t if--
a" to' mb' or 'JohiiiT.
1
To the People of Texas-
Fellow Cilitani : Tbo groat unpoit.inccof tho
subject must bo my apology for addressing you.
I have been from my homo In tho aervioo of my
countiy for about a year exooptlinr a Hhoitilmu
whllo roiverlng from it wound ami Bhall return
In a low daya to thq eommauu of my Regiment
In Louisiana and tjieroforo noUhoi ntyaelf'iior tbo
bravo men of tbo Regiment will havo an oppor-
tunity to vote for Governor : but wo nnd all the
bravo aona of Texas in the field fool tlio vast Im-
portance of electing a true aud tried man who
has esporience and ability aud understands alao
military affaira. Wo want a man "Who knows
how to organize citizens into abldkra and to lead
them lii tho field. The Hopo of Texa may
dopend on such a man being Governor.
Well fcllow-ollKona my regiment before leaving
Piho Bluff ArknnanB.ffor Loulalann mado ibelr
Avmhea known. Thoy aro for Gen. Henry R.
MeCulloch under wjiom thoy h ivov served a long
ttme.Thoy know tbo man and hiuob aw they
delight lo porve t:ndersuch a patriot (whose ability
oommanda their ictpeotand whoc fatherly euro
for tbo alok and the- eomfprta Of all has' won tholr
loo) they novertholeq'a bollevo bb la mote needed
and vnilHrb.pvr; u !de H?1j lors';rvlt2'-tiri?t'te
iind our giorldua ruuee an Goefn6r. The bravo
adiis of Texas ho nro fighting mi r battloB in oilier
States although not allowed to vote feol a deep
Interest In our condition at home. Thoy wnnt a
man at tho helm in whom tboy can trurt and foal
ouniidence and who has had oxperlonco In both
po ice and war jnd n man who will sympathise
wiin ineir tamutea Rinomoana see mat juauce i
done. For mjRclf and -my rcglmont made up
In Oollln JDonton Grayson 'Cook nuntnnd other
northern couniioa.'wiq think Ueu MeCulloch la
that man.
I can say fuithor thnt from whero I orosecd Red
River to Austin -I found' tho boat men in tlio. land
.nnd. 80 far as I. could tudvu. thu luuioritv of tho
people for him.
1 am no politician rjut a plain taimer wno nnB
had two brothers. a nephew and a cousin bcaldea
manyineigbbora aid friends killed In thii? vtir
aud nm lrying'to do my own duty aa u Southern
patriot
GUo upgood.offlcora at bomo and atop oxtort-
dngoniour faiiiillus and wo wll broas' the atorm
of battlo 'ike men who bnvo homes and couittiy to'
aavo. Your follow citizen
.Wu. F1TZHUGH
. Col. 16th Texiib Cavalry.
For Goyernor.
isr Wo are authorized to-aniioinoe Gon. T. J..
CHAKfBJiRB na a oandidoto for the oluoo of
Govcrhor Of Toscob
For Governor
GKNKKAL UKNRV E. McCULLOCH.
. V3T" Col ED. CLARK has consented to Lecorno
a candidate for the Governorbhip.
KS We aro authorized to-announoo GEO. AV.
GLASSOOCKaaa candidate ifor Floator to re
present tho counties of Travis aud Williamson in
the Lower Ilouao of tbo Legislature.
2sff We aro authorised to announce the nnmf of
COL. B. F- CARTER ois a candidate for J Uttgo 6f-iho;
Seevnd Judic.ul District.
"AViJNLX HOTEL."
"fltS. HOLMAN of the City Hotel Austin will
-" oneh theAvenno HoteLonrbo 29th iDBt. whero
she will be illensed to occeDitasdato bir lifeuda and
public ' "-'
A usTix May 2Sth" 186SL- t .
' lor Sale-Cucnp.
A largo and substantial family can iage apply to
-ij. O. lliingsworlb or to this otltoe.
May ao at
'JO PLANTEBS &c Tbreabing and Heaping Mar
ohlnea repairwl; also Grist ;uid Sawmills jjtcam
Engines and Jioilera with dispatch atT"di?s Ouiir
Bmltb.Bhop by ANDERSON &. SlMPSQN.
TJIliES W.lNl'l'D Iho highest jirico will bo paid.
xs- for Hides by Walker A. L'ro. Apply to
B. F. WAUCBK.
Austin. Mny 10-tf At l'bst Offlci
Ice.
PURE MERINO BUCKS lor aalo'by
. ElUSTUa UEL'D.
May'5-Gmbs Boerne Kendall O'ty.
"WANTED Bacon Tlonr Bearia Vinegar Can-
dies' and Soap for the ubo of the-Frontier regi-
nont' for which I will pay tho market prico on de-
livery at Austin CUV.
1 CHAS. T. FREEMAN
ma"-lm. Copt. & C. S. Mnt'd R. T. 8. T.
Clothes for tlte Soldiers.
AS General Agcit of tho Trans lisplsulppi
Clothinif Bureau foi'tbe eouirtica of Tinviw.
Baatrnn. n.ildwc.lL IIuvh. Hliinr.fi. Riirnnt. I.lnnn
.Baij Bnbak ampaaaaa Boll Williamson and J3ur-'
iutuii A.iuii imyiui; uubm mr eiutviiuig ui an ainoa
suitable for army jeanB. tlnaey cotton cloth
socks Joata capB ehooe' leather ato. Ao I prefer
cloth toclcthinsr readv made.
i. IfyLoanTio fvupd at al time nt my ITend-
qunriora Jntbo atbre latoly oooupled by l'alm'fc
Brda.'Swonsoii'B bnttdln;; Austin.
(i - - - - - .i - miv 1 lluliUy l r
eUruatftrioea1Wledevbr'th'Oy do the Wfirk 1n a stilt-
.ablonWW.' '; JpHN HENRYBRUWi?-.
!;1 ' Gen'l Ag'iCldtUi'ns'BureaTraii8.Mi8B:'
apr2d-lui l " ' Departmo'nf
CHIEF COMMISSARY OKKIQE DIST. TEXAS.
NEW'MKXICO AND ARIZONA.
&an Antonio "Mhy "21bt 18G3.
Tho attention of itl oouipi)3snlea ln this district
la called to the following
"O'lltOUIiAB-"
OONl'i'.DEUATEv STATES OF AMI'RJOA
SIJfiBlSTiiNCE DEPARTMENT. '
IA
02.1
. RiohmoncYauiOoL 17th. 1S02.'
JNo Snb.slstenofc Stores will be sold to dlhoera' fuml.
Ilea. When.an 'olilcer'hus hi family w(())lijiu where
io la 'etatldnod on jluty bo may dnw a limited
amount or such stores on his certificate on honor
that the stores aro. ecluslvt:lYfor himself )tpd Ills
family Up lumUwypli mrdepofll pay account
wltli.tbO cpriHiUbaary pn vuicjj fuay uruja. ynilw
no othPnolreuuiBtances w.hftteyjr ffl(winliia!irloa
benwiiltyl tolbsunsoritdoflwri.and (hen only
6ucb artteles 11a ure a pai't of tbo ration iCgnliirly la.
aUcd to Stldicrs t!ie time
(Signed) L. B K0HTHOP
Approved. CowralBbary Genei ul
GEO. W. RANDOLPH. Seoof Will1.
.Under thin order Jt is plain that no oOlpor not-
keeping Jiouse or meaning cap Jrov tDvfyVm tbo"
Subsistence Duinitpiejiu Commu'(i arpihfro.
fore prohibltcd'frnm Belling blorca 10 ofllcera to ta.
turned at their liotelaorlioardiig hnusoM :
' N . PEM)0K.
may28-t. Major and Chief Comrulsaary
j i.auioain AUBiin unci vicinity dnalrin" to
make-Ub ciothlfitj. will ploaaorca!l at any lime aft or
"Monday Aprll7th. Tho preference1 wtB-bnVlvan
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