Flake's Weekly Galveston Bulletin. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 45, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 10, 1866 Page: 4 of 8
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«•nana Asenta.—Soott R. Sherwood, Esq.,
14 Pine street, Room ST, New York city, Ittie
Seueral Agent of this Journal for tka cltlei of
Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore
M" Katar*. Hertsberg A Simon ere our duly
inthorised agents for Ban * ntonio—for the
1 Union ' aa wall at the Bollatia.
. RAT HON) ADD BTITEIO.
We print to-day the apeaeh of Henry 0.
Raymond, ia reply to that of Thadeut Steven ,
there are three clear and well-defined parties
in tha Houae of Bapnaenlativea. The first ia
that of the Badioals. Theae claim that, by
adme sort of hocus pocus, the Southern States
wore actually oat of the tJnion, and that they
mast now be held aa conquered provinces,
which, according to American polity, would be
governed aa territories. Of thin party Thadeut
Uiovena,. of Pennsylvania, is the exponent
The second ia on the extreme'of the other
It holds that all the 8outh has to'do ii
! > walk into the hall of legislfrtjon, hang
up its hat And take its seal Thai is to aay,
that no "new guarantees" are to be required.
The leader of this fliction Juts not yet been
thrown forward. Mi, Fwfe Of Ohio, ia for the
marked man.
Between, theae stand the administration par.
ty, holding thíat the Southern States were never
out of the Onion, but that in consequence of
their wrongful acts their rights are in abey-
ance, and that before entering again upon their
enjoyment, security must be pat in for their
food behavior. It ia this party for whom Mr.
Jtaymond «peaks. The arguments $at he'ad-
dresses are very plain and practical, and we
perceive give offence to those papera which
' still hanker after the flesh pota of secession.
It.is certainly true that the Southern States
are either in or out of the Union. If thoy are
not in, their vote ratifying the Constitutional
Amendment is worth no more than Richmond
> ; attrruncy—good for nothing. Mr. Seward by
* b$$ official act baa recognized them as States,
bat being States'does not empower them to
rcassame rights they had voluntarily aban-
doned nntU they have given evidence of good
faith atad an earnest desire to live at peace and
good will with the other States of the Union.
After the conclusion of Mr. Raymond's
speech, the House adjourned till the fifth o
January, _____________
WINTIR BATIS ON THK NUUMBBST.
Henry Winter Davis is famons for letter
writing, indeed he might not bo inaptly termed
iho "Amerioan Letter Writer." He writes
frequently and always profusely. The famous
protest that he and Ben. Wade published in
August, 1863. will lie long remembered as a
piece of political trickery. Its object was to
weaken Mr. Lincoln, then a oandidate for the
second term. How much Secretary Chase had
to do with that document has never been made
a matter of history. Mr. Davis is a sort of
avanf courier for the Chief Justice, who would
Hke amazingly tobe President Mr. Chase
las narer, so far as we have learned, avowed
Us sentiments on negro sufflrage, and it looks
to plain, unsophisticated people as if he was
«ring Mr. Davis as A feeler.
The Mew York Herald, in commenting upon
soma passages of the letter of Mr. Davis, as-
sumes that ha ia the mouth-piece of the Be-
gubllcan party, and argues that that party is
now arrayed against Mr. Johnson. The weak
plaoe in this aigument is In the assumption
that «he Republican party still lives. The
Republican party-of 1860 is as dead as the
WWg party of Iftft It fulfilled its destiny.
It came to (till fruition and has given pttoe to
( larger and more comprehensive party, whjoh
sallies with the cry of Union. This party, is
the party of President Johnson.
The extracts to which the Herald justly
takes exception are these:
"They who elected the President stood
•onfounded and divided by the polioy he has
Aiotated to them for its solution.
" In all the Sooth the only mass of the pop-
ulation Interested and able to foil the de-
^gj^ttionegroes whom the President haB
- ''Whatever his purpose may be, his polioy
ia that of oureaeniies. His apologist says the
Resident is in favor of negro suffrage, but
1 small comfort if his proclamation ex-
olude it . We remember hlrfleclnrations that
ttaitors. should be punished, yet none are
punished; that only loyal men shoold control
the States, yet he has delivered them to the
disloyal; that the aristocracy should bo pulled
down, yet he has put it in power again; that
its possessions should be divided among
Northern laborers of all colors, yet the negroes
are still a landless, homeless class: that he
military commissions,
He is ao impatient of contradiction that
loyal warnings are beoome 'pestilent and ma-
lign&nt uttertnoM.'
«It ia possible the President means to dis-
appoint the hopes of the Democrats; but it is
notsate fur Republicans to stake their cause
on that doubtful and improbable chance.
•• If the President deasrts those who elected
him for the votes and policy of their oppon-
ent*, tee BM4JÍ break tte eolation at anyoosL The
President «an have our support only by con
forming his polioy to our p
Now these betray a temper too acrimonious
tobe wise or profitable. Taken in connection
with the antecedents of Mr. Davis, they look
very much as if ha was more desirous of his
own party success than of the political advance-
ment of Sambo; for he was chairman of the
select committee of fifteen on reconstruction,
and had the whole subject constantly before
him from the lftth of December, 1883, to the
4th of May on the following year. The bill
which ha reportad., advocated, and whioh was
paassd, proposed reconstruction oo the basis
of white sufflrage. Wof a single word about a
man's voting in it Now Mr. Johnson
ia head and shoulders above every man in his
party, so Mr. Davis and hia friends must make
a new issue or be overshadowed. They have
chosen the former coarse- This it seems toas
is the ssoret at their course. Unwilling to
play second fiddle with Mr. Johnson ss leader,
they seek to get up a new orchestra, on the
principal that it is better to rale in Hell than
to serve in Heaven.
TBI ASMT1
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I defile the land, and others for higbe:
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guides to his eonduet
i are said to be In preparation.
President's words are, therefore, uncertain
" His whole conduot was an usurpation.
"It is therefore clear that the President is
wholly beyond the sphere of his power in
every step in reorganising State governments;
for each step is either legal and binding on
Congress, or illegal and a nullity; and as it
sannot bind Congress, it is a nullity and
"The President asks us to ostracise our
wltnds, and place our enemies over their
"It is therefore impossible for Bepubllcans
to recognise the President's governments. Nor
i to feel the least hesitation in re-
«•em: tor the President's interned-
i wholly illegal.
haa aotte and gone. The lands
sre not divided—the negroes have not revolted
—auaichy and bloodshed do not prevail In
fact things are jogging along very mnch in the
old fashion. We have seen telegraphic reports
of a few instances in other Cities, of disorderly
conduct among the freedmeu, bat taken Alto-
gether there haa been lass than whan slavery
existed. It was amUsing to witness the hercu-
lean exertions put forth to quell a half dozen
drunken negroes in New Orleans and Alexan-
dria. lit waa like fighting mosquitoes with
thirty-two pó andero. We hope now, this ny the
i exploded, that We shall hear no more of in-
surrections, but that all people, white and
M«Afc, will mind their own business, in sober
earnest, and help to get things running in the
groves of old fashioned industry.
People talked so mnch, and so long about an
insurrection at Christmas, that many «-ill still
believe that it was intended. So ffrras our inr
formation goek, there was at no time any ris-
ing or division of lands contemplated. The
negroes are contracting, and going to work
vigorously. One thing that retarded this
business, was the overpowering anxiety of
planters-to-hasten the signing of contracts,
and the large prices they offered. In some in-
stances one-third and even one-half the crop
was offered as an inducement fot contractu.
Siunbo knew this was more than his labor
was worth, and more than the planter could
or ought to pay. He suspected some deceit
We saw an instance a few days since In which
a man offered to work for ten dollars, but re-
fused twelve, saying, as he walked* off,
' Can't trust that man ; be gives more dan I
ask."
This is natural, especially to the ignorant.
Fair wages are profitable both to employer
and employes. Insurrections are impossible,
not butjthere are evil-disposed persons, both
white and black, who would anoourage them,
but the forces of the United States could easily
nip them in the bud.
The eleventh commandment is one that we
we should all obey at this present time, "Let
overy man mind hia own business." Then we
shoold hear nothing of insurrection, and have
bat very little trouble with the labor of oar
oountry. __________
two lima op rArm.
There are two kinds of newspapers, which
are equally unwise and e^hally Injurious to
public sentiment The first is that which mis-
represents Southern sentiments, and slanders
Southern men by such article as the following
which we extract from the Chicago Tribune:
I should scarcely exaggerate if I said that
the object of the people of the Sooth is to ex-
terminate the negro. There is no more arrant
humbug than their professed love for this
creaturo whom they .so lately bought and sold
as they did mule and cotton. Individual
cases of real attachment to Individual servants
were doubtless common enough before the
war, and an honest observer find nota few
of them even now. Bat, having Been the pre-
sent relations of the two classes, I wender
that I or any one else could ever have believed
that the common people had any real love for
the blaoks asa raoe. They loved them just
exactly aa men love sheep and horses,- and
treated them exaotly as the majority of men
treat their animals. Some of the better men
are now willing to ooncede to them the minor
rights of humanity, but not one man in five
thousand proposes to give them all the rights
of men and women, and scaroely one In twen-
-thousand would invest any of them with
io rights of oitlxensblp. To dream that any
of these StateB will voluntarily grant the bal-
lot to the negro during this generation, seems
to me to qualify yonrself for the insane asy-
lum. The plainest of all plain requirements
is that the freed negro shall have the right to
be heard in the courts: and the fierce and bit-
ter opposition to meeting this requirement
gives the sharp and unequivocal lie to all pro-
fessions of love for him. Having set out un-
der the new regime with the sneering prophe-
will not work, cannot
W#need not particularise the manner in
which this is sought to be accomplished.
Every newspaper reader ia familiar with it
Both theae courses of conduct ate unwiae,
tuntún, this nation ia to be one; and whatever
may be the coarse pursued by faotionint* and
extremists, the great masa of the American
people wiU cling together. It is unjust, be-
cause it is on true. The men of the South are
rapidly cultivating a Union sentiment and a
Union feeling. It ia not true that they have
any such object in view as the extermination
of the negro.
But it is not to be expected that they should
fall in with alacrity and embrace an emancipa-
tion which was forced upon them by the t word,
and to which their whole education was averse.
Nor could the moat sanguine have expected the
advancement in sentiment that haa been made
sinoe the "break op."
Theologians loll ns that even the Almighty
(and we apeak it reverently) fails to eradicate
at onoe all evil propenaitiea and Inclinations
oy that tho free ni
take care of *'
and will necessarily die
out in competition with the white man, the
people of these States are doing about all they
can to make their prophecies good; and the
manner in which the varioos legislatures enter
upon their work gives assurance that this race
will get neither favors nor rights except as they
aro won for them by the bayonet
The second olass ia comprised of those pa-
pers who represent the negro as idle, lacy and
vicious—who seek to sink him still lower in
the general estimation, and at the same time
to raise up a sentiment averse to Northern
men.
from the converted man, and that than tS such
a thing asa growth in grase. Are we to be
surprised then that there uuat be a like growth
of political sentiment
On the other hand, the negro fa doing as
well as can be expected, nay, «ven better, ft
it would require an angel nature to have step-
ped from the abyss of| slavery to the pinnacle
of liberty, without stumbling by the Way.
There are ignorant negroes,—laxy, indolent
fellows—freedmeu that will steal rather than
work, and ao are there oí white man. And
existence waa to have been anticipated.
What we mean to say is this, that both aides
and all parties are doing far better than any-
sane man—unless he were a prophet—could
hare predicted And that instead of groaning
over imaginary evils we shoold all go to work
with light hearta and heavy hands, to make
the best out of that bad job—the rebellion.
Billions people on both sides ahotild keep out
of politics and newspaper* We want plain,
hearty basineBs-men to adjust all the differ-
ences that still remain. Before plain, political
sense they all vanish like déw before the
mnpyiifrg suiL
musís*.
It is hud to tell which occupies the great .3
space in the New York papero, "the Strong
Divorce Case," or "the fenian Imbroglio."
We have hitherto said but little—very little—
about either, bat we can refrain no longer
from at least stating the most prominent fea-
ture of this, which we thought, the most
gigantic humbug of modern times. There is
something so ludicrous in-the efforts of Eng-
land, to compass the designs of this organiza-
tion, that one scarcely knows whether to pity
the captured or laugh ut the captors.
The Fenian Brotherhood is a secret society,
organized some seven years ago in Ireland.
Its object the forcible dissolution of the union
between Ireland and England. To accom-
plish this result, Canada is to be seized and
made the military base. Even with the ex-
ample of oar own magnificent rebellion before
us,, we cannot but regard this as of monstrous
growth.
The Fenian Clubs are presided over by
Head Centres," John O'Mahony being the
Head Centre" in this country, and James
Stevens of the entire organization. During
the month of August, the English took public
notice of the organisation, and arrested some
twenty or more of its leaders. They were
mostly old policemen, newspaper reporters,
and men of little prominence. In fact we
don't remember the name of a single distin-
guished man that is connected with the organi-
zation.
O'Bonovan, the proprietor of a Fenian
newspaper, has been sentenced to twenty
years banishment
In, this oountry—a CongTess, with it Senate
and House of Representatives, met in Phila-
delphia and appointed Secretaries of War and
Finance, together with numerous other officers
with high sounding titles.
In New York where the " government" was
located a magnificent building with forty
apartments was famished.
It is said, for nobody knows, that the Trea-
sury thero holds two millions of dollars, and
that the receipts are between three and fonr
thousand dollars a day.
There arose a quarrel between head oentre
O'Mahony and the Senate. This quarrel seems
never to have been very thoroughly compre,
hended by the masses of the order, which ap-
pears to have resulted from the fact that only
a small number of Fenian are admitted to
the higher secrets of the Order. For some
time it was reported that the difficulty was
caused by a financial discrepancy, then again
by dissatisfaction at the extravagance of the
Union Square Headquarters. It now seems
that neither of these was the true cause. O'
Mahony is conservative and did not favor the
immediate moving on Canada, which the more
impetuons Senate urged. In th# meantime
the retreat of James Stevens, in Ireland, was
discovered and he was imprisoned. The mad-
ness of attempting to fight England with the
apparent resources of the brotherhood is ridi-
culous. Bat the order claims to have one
hundred and eighty thousand well drilled mem
in Ireland.
It can hardly be supposed that the British
government has quietly slept and let all these
preparations go (jn.
But then there are a few circumstances
look as if there was some reality to all this
show. Let an Irishman be what he may, he
will never turn informer on his own country-
be accounted for on the theory. that the bro-
therhood extends to official cúteles. Then
again, the pardoning of John Mitchel, by Pre-
sident Johnson, was a most singular circum-
stance. Sot that it was at all singular he
should be aet free, but it is remarkable that
it ahould be done at such solicitation, and for
such a purpose. What will be the issue of all
this, none can asstuedly tell With any other
race, some goess might be made, bat an Irish
man is one of "God's own unaccountable ,"
and there is no knowing what may be the
j«fi« of >hi« apparently Quixotic movement,
A , called by O'Mahony, meets to-day
in New York. There is one thing certain, if
England is to be whipped, the fighting men
must not quarrel between themselves.
It does not matter a row of pins who holds
the money bags, but if the squabble goes on
Uncle Sam may be forced to open hia eyes,
which he has hitherto kept firmly closed.
UTIIW OP NI MAIUT.
The perfect ease with which Stevens left the
strongest prison, in Ireland, and walked Un-
molested on board ship, for France, can only
BULLETIN OFFICE, I
Fuur Evstano. Jan. 5,1865. j
The demand on Saturday commenced brisk
at '"t weeks quotations—30c. for middling,
but boyera ware finally compelled to pay slight-
ly increased prices. Sinee then the market
ii continued active, and to-day there has
been an unusual inquiry, which has caused
extreme priesa to be paid; yet the news re-
ceived by steamer from New Orleans reporting
a decline in that market of one cent per pound
would hardly seem to justify such increased
activity as has been manifested. It may be
accounted for by the fact that sundry vessels
in port require cargo to save demurrage.
Other freight engagements had also to be
filled.
It will be noticed that our quotations show
an advance of two cents per pound fin ordin-
ary, and one cent on other grades, occasioned,
as we think, by the fact of a large proportion
of superior stapled cotton of the formar hav-
ing been put on the market.., and bringing ex-
treme prices. We t quote in specie, exclusive
of rovenne tax, and classifications assimilating
to that of New Orleans, viz :
Ordinary 22©25c.: good ordinary, S6@87c,
low middling, 28@29c., and middling, 30©
31c. The total sales for the week stun up
3,808 bales, against 1.444 bales last week.
The general market lias, daring the la>t two
weeks, exhibited much less than its usual ac-
tivity, and we note a decided decline from
prices published by us in our last report some
three weeks sinoe. The dullness in the mar-
ket may be partly attributed to the holiday's,
when business is usually somewhat restricted.
The market is generally well supplied with
stocks of all articles. We quote to-day from
store, and prices in U. S. currency, viz:
India Bogging, 32c.; Kentucky Bope, 22c.;
Candles, Star, 28c.; do Adamantine, 28c.; Cof-
fee, Bio, 33@35c.; Cordage, Manilla, 30@32c.:
Codfisb. per box, $2 50; Herring's, per bbL
$10; Mackerel, kit No. 1, S3 750$4; do No.
2, $3 25©$3 50; Flour, Superfine, $12@$13;
do Extra, $14@$15; Hay, $21; Lard, Prime,
25c.; Butter, Goshen, 52© 55c.; Potatoes, per
bbL $4 50©$5 50; Onions, $4 50©$5 50: Bice,
per lb 13@16c.; Salt 1 sack, $4 50; Soda,
lb 15c.; Salaratus, fí lb 15c.; Soap, 12|©17c.;
Sugar, prime Louisiana, 19c.; do Crushed,
25c.; Tea, Black, $1 25©$2 50; Dried Apples,
18ic.; Starch, Pearl, 13c.; Pickles, i gallon,
$6 dozen: do Pints, $4; Cheese, English
Dairy, 33c,: Baisins, box, $7; Figs, drum,
$1 75: Buckwheat $250©$3;Brandy, $4 50©
$15 gallon; Whisky, $2 50©$6; Gin, ^
box, 912; Tubbs, nest $6 50; Buckets, $1
dozen, $5.
In Dry Goods, the decline in prices has
been much more manifested than in Groceries,
caused by the dulness in the market and a re-
port of a decline in New York, which decline
in the lattPr market has, however, since been
tully recovered. We can hardly give prices
this week, the market being in a very unset-
tled condition. Small dealers are selling off
at mnch less than our principal Dry Goods
men are holding at and their figures would
leave a good margin for buyers to ship to New
Orleans, the quotations of that market being
rom 15 to 20 per cent, above the figures of
some of our dealers. This cannot last a Dry
Goods, generally, cannot be bought In New
York for much, If any thing, less than they
are being sold for here. Our main Dry Goods
merchants are holding firmly at our quotations,
being confident that the low prices cannot
long be sustained. We quote in currency,
viz: Sprague's prints, 24Jc.; Amaskeag do.,
22c.; Phillip Allen do., 2*2ic. Domestic,
§rown Standard, 3Cc.;Bleached do., 34©35c.;
Kerseys, 47J©62jc.; Linseys, 42©60 cents;
Hickory Stripes. 30ft,45c.; Irish Linen, 70©
$100; Brown Damask, 84©$1 25: White, $1-
50; Cottonade, 50(« 65c.; Muslin Detains, 35c.;
all wool do., 65c.
Subscriptions for the Courier des Etuis
I nit and FeuUJdon Francois will be received
by C. A. Buchner, travelling agent for Flake'
Brurnx and the German Uxiox.
FROM THE RIO BRANDE
TU PUUItmBINS «IPW1TI0S W 1MIOO.
A Camp BalaMiakeel near Brazzaville
If, g, tiEHXam CONJIBCtU WIT1 TIB AFFAIR,
(jntrai |>awferl In the Ble lean Araty.
KMPOWHM Tt BKBVIT AN AMERICAN MTUI0N.
Excitement In Matamoros.
Gen. Media Levies a Heavy Loan.
HE BABBICADES THE 8TBBETS.
AMERICAN MIOMRR WITH lIMitOAUtB.
REIIBD RT THB INPBRULISTK
ETC. . ETC.. ETC;
the V. O. Timet.)
Bbowhsviujc, Texas, Deo, 23, 1865.
To the alitor of ths X 0. Ttinss :
The following is a copy of a poster that
adorns the corners and public places of this
city
fifty dollars a mouth in gold, and all ex-
¡3 .1.41. fiiMfSahaJ ♦A ^]]
ion-
pense paid clothing, etc., Tarnished
who wul accompany me as an escort to
1 What is the world coming to ?" said a kind
hearted but simple old lady, as she threw
down her newspaper. "Only to think," he
continued, "that there in New York they
allow u parcel of French dancing girls to ew-
cirte titeir 'jrawl fa* on the stage, with the peo-
ple all looking at "em, and applauding of 'em
too!""
The following, from the Chicago Tribune, I
oool, even at tins season; particularlv when it
speaks of "the store." " * '
to draw very largely ; A gentl<
Imaged in business m Chicago
l orm the acquaintance of a go
It is too Pickwickian
;entleman, lately en-
cago, would like to
acquaintance of a good looking and
respectable young lady who would like a good
situation in the store, and be willing to accept
for the winter her employer as an escort to
places of amusement, skating park, Ac. Ad-
dress, "A. J.," drawer6,117, Chicago.
torey.
Business of importance calls me to pa
through a country filled with roving band of
soldiers, and for my personal safety I wish to
engage an armed escort
Address or call on
Col, ABTHÜB F. BEED,
Brownsville, Texas.
One reading this would at first think Col.
Beed to be some wealthy gentleman, traveling
on "important business," and desirous to be
weQ guarded against the kindnesses of the
many roving bands of soldiers that infest the
country between this place and Monterey, but
in thinking so they would be very much mis-
taken. CoL Arthur F. Heed is Chief of Staff
for Gen. CrawfordL, (whom I h«ve mentioned
heretofore,) and Is recruiting here for a iilli-
bustering expedition into Mexice. That i the
exact "business of importance" he has in'Mon-
terey, and from the manner of recruiting I
have no doubt, unless something unforseen
happens, that he will soon have quite a large
"escort."
A recruiting office has been opened on the
main street, and from appearances I should
say tbat they were doing a lively business.
Soldiers are enlisted and their discharges from
the United States ' service promised them as
soon as the necessary papers can be made out
and forwarded. I do not know what authority
Col. Beed bos for all this, but I do know that
he has not as yet been interfered with by the
authorities here.
In conversation with one of the recruiting
agents, I learn that the party that is being
raised here, is to be commanded by Gen. Craw-
ford, and will connect at some unknown point
with a force coming from New York. He al o
tells me that a camp has been established be-
low this city, where the recruits are sent upon
being enlisted, and that all the supplies and
articles necessary for an outfit are on hand.
Enlistments are made for six months at present
Whether Gen. Crawford has any authority for
this action, or not, I am not able to say, but it
would seem from the fact that no notice is ta-
ken of it by the proper authorities hete, that
he must have something to back him up. It
is hardly possible that he or any one else
would openly enlist United soldiers, promising
them discharges, unless he had authority from
the " power that be." However, time will
tell all, and you may look for something inter-
esting from this section before long. It is said
that Geu. Lew. Wallace is also connected with
this afiair, and will shortly be here. This
comes from one of the recruiting officers under
CoL Beed, and I suppose can be considered
authentic.
Everything is quiet on the Mexican side at
present Neither side is doing anything in
the military Une, but appear, like Micawber,
to be waiting for something to turn up.
Two.
Bbowxsvxixx, Texas, Dec. 30,1065.
7b Uie Editor of Uit .Yew Orleans Times :
I have sucoeeded at last in gaining a partial
insight into the intentions and object of Gen.
Crawford's recruiting for an expedition into
Mexico, at this place.
Gen. Crawford oomes here direct from the
North, armed with an appointment as General
In the Army of the Mexican Bepublic, and au-
thority to recruit an American division, to be
commanded by himself, for service in the re-
publican army. Be has established a recruit-
ng office here, and I am reliably informed at
several other places in the interior of the State.
It is certain that he has plenty of money to
back up his operations, ana he is getting re-
cruits very fast considering the size of the
place, so last in fact that if the other recruit-
ing offices do as well in proportion no great
length of time will elapse ere the "American
Division" will be recruited up to the maximum
number.
It is said that Gen. Lew. Wallace and Gen.
Logan are counected in some manner with
this movement, and that they are now en
route to this place. Caravajal, the Mexican
filibuster of tame, i also expected here aoon,
with a large sum of money, to assist in de-
fraying the expenses of the "pleasure excur-
sion."
Our neighbors of the opposite bank of the
Bio Grande have got wind of this business,
and are considerably worked up ou account of
it The Matamoros papers are mightily
troubled concerning Gen. Crawford move-
ment and are busy working the people of the
city up to the fighting point by means of ap-
peals to their pockets, through the editorial
column . Gen. Mejia, commanding Impe-
rial force in Matamoros, has levied a loan of
$100,000 on the merchants of the city. He
has arranged them into three classes, and as-
sesses the first class $2000, the second class
$1000, and the third class $500. This loan is
being rapidly collected from the merchants,
who receive in lieu of the money drafts on the
they are being recruited so oiH'nlv\ ^
is more than likely that they win
Escobedo't force at Mier, Zd
move on Monterey, eatabllshína «,«¡1
movements at that point. However i i*" I
claim to possess any knowledge of J?*
strategy, and can only base ¿y ouiríi'
what would seem most reunouHi,i„ 1
sophisticated in the ways of war. !¡u^ I
A schooner loaded with arm and I
tion, consigned to a Mr. Harbole,
headquarters 25th army corps, uud t«..,^*«l
* busing in ttis i5aceU(;tes|
near Bagdad, Mexioo, a lew dnvs since Sr*
the norther, and was seized by the In ^
authorities at that poinL The tact ffi!
reported to Gen. Weitael, who ha wl
Gen. Clark, commanding at Bnxo defiti
to investígate the facts of the case and J
I suppose we mav look for something iZJI
mg from this yet, as it was uudonl.uS*l
high-handed outrage to aeiae thewSSPl'l
it waa wrecked, upon the presumntim r"*!
The military railroad from Brazos
to White's Banche received its
last weak, and we now have commw
from this point with Brazos in four hontT
line of stage runs from hare to White' j
and there connects with the railroad to B
making a deoided improvement on the f >
mode of oommnnioation by the liver v
generally took about twenty h«u doU ,
thirty back. Major O. O. Potter, Chief oi
master of this District gave a big Bt)DI2
the employees of thfe road on clrisC
ClarksriUe. i JtW quite a success, I ujJ
— VI
irlo for i
janre of
■rhiaky is
again, JJH
purpose, I suppose, of being ready for the
"American Division," in case tliey should at
any time take a notion to visit Matamoros. —
It is hardly to be supposed that they will make
a movement on that city, from the tact that
THK OATH OF AUBCIANCB TO BE Ttlft
ALL COMMUNICATION STOPPED.
(From the Kew Orleans Crescent, Jm. q
We are indebted to Mr. C. B. Bidet i
of the steamship Orescent, which sailei,
Brazos Santiago on the SlBt for the
intelligence :
Gen. Mejia has issued a proclamation i
all persons in Matamoros shall take the
of allegiance to the Maximilian govenuMa
leave the city. No communication Us 1
had with the Texas side after first Jmmib,]
am. is GOLD.
If ram the Matamoros Banchero-£thii||.j I
The following is translated from the 1
column of our oontemporary, the
the Frontier, of the 23d:
Of Cortina we have heard
week.
A certain Arthur F. Beed, fonnorlr is
nelinthe United States army, has';
opened n recruiting office in UrownnL
has published notices, offering to ut j
dollars per month, in gold, with all necea
expenses, clothing, arms, etc., to timed
will accompany hüin to Monterey, Mans
He does.not advertise for anv pecified i
ber, and it i asserted that titty i
already enlisted.
Comment i needle . It can be il.
glance, that with the consent of the; _
ties, who are favorably disposed tomrdf i
kind of hostilities against Mexico, inda
the infinenoe more or less direct, of i
interested in such hostilities, they tie i_
oring to produce a conflict between fei
countries, which will prevent the üoraa
thereof making amicable arrange mean
tact of the opening of a public recrmio,
fice—the headquarters of a fillibntltri^i
ditio u, which meets with no enconan
beyond the place immediately oppoolii
nothing in comparison to the ma
attempts that are daily made on the bab|
the Biver Bravo by the Americana
Wonder if Gen. Weitzel will eotol
lengthy correspondence with Gen. Vqii
publish another edition of hi celdma'
der No. 3, announcing that at hit (GeaJ
zel's) request the Monitor had beear
to stop telling the truth, therefore ID
ing can go on with impunity? But "■
wul out ' in spite of Orders No. 3, u<
agine the General will find oat at tí
very distant
The most notable feature of the i
escort is that " roving bands of toUin'
in the road to that "City of Billt," aaáj
to drive them, or whip them ai
escort ñ wanted. So they are
to fight our soldiers are they? den.;
a few thousand hero ; perhaps thevini
diers alluded to.
The norther which blew upyestenhrl
on this side of the river a curioot, not I
significant, looking document whiehitl
appended The document par
been issued in the Bepublic ol
Matamoros. The Imperial forces
scouting for several dajs, but harebeeti
to find the country alluded to. Ttqf
cross the river, however, which mayf
reason for not making the discovery,
was issued neaT Matamoros, we *1
question, and it may have first
in a republic; but fearing that our
in the State might be misled, we
vise them to read it American, not "1
Bepublic. We shall endeavor, hower#!
root the matter to-morrow.
Bepublica Mejicano, Division AtM
Near Matomoros, MeriW
Dec. 22d of 1868.
Special Order, No. .
(Extract.)
Authority having been given
B. Clay Crawford by the Mexican
to raise and equip a division of troop '
Mexican service ; also authority M
such officer a may be required Wj
troops, i hereby appointed lr
with authority Ito raise a comptfJ'
composed of sixty-four men.
Dposecl of n
By order
Official:
of
H. Clay Cba«o J
Major Gen. Con
A. F. llEZD.
Colonel and Chief ot^
A Bod roa Bailiioad BrrcHxnj
newspaper that comes to hand no*
a chapter of railroad "accidenta
cases out of ten, said accidenta we
to a "misplaccd switch." «
opinion that the switch ought to l
vigorously to the backs of the ttuwj
ters, In which case it certainly W0I1*I
misplaced.
A sensitive wife ha sent the foil
to an exchange to publish ¡
'• My husband slept—he dre n>«{..J f
For sunny smiles aorost his *11
He dreampt of me, for oft he murntwi j
1 pressed him to my heart. cloj«i |
Tb drink into my heart the preclow "
Alas t It was Pcr ro-leam I hetra-
SlLVEli Fl|
approving i
(complaining
i fish which
¡en cents, i
|one dollar i
well for the |
or folks,
nd wo sugd
(dollar in ta of
> fishing exl
hour in the |
home a me|
on bring i
na wo shnl
prices. If J~
omul willl
nd'catch tl
1 soon rd
ni the ol
ctices wu
Got Lot
ing is a nattl
the fondif
ow not.
us who
ling tahl
in default o|
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lalways tindl
ling shop tlf
under the cl
It is a kit|
victim is
oue buys n I
slate aud I
be has been
matters of J
°f 'he simpl
tiger, he h J
wid, of knl
claws, aud |
begins,
Hut notl
"«'imlliug s|
the less yoif
outside of i|
gold watch
tised are p|
venerable
fool—who 1
and got
wax ear-rinl
wax sleeve f
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