The Semi-Weekly News. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 153, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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E. FINCH, Publisher and Proprietor.
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VOL. II-
SAN ANTONIO, THURSDAY, May 14, 1863.
Cftfgrapl)ic News!
(í"r.'3i '*-• ' Texas Aimaaae" Extra, May 24.)
Our Express arri*ed this morning st 3¿
o'c ^ck. with tie Houston paper* of yester-
¿*The "Telegraph" publ-shss the following1°*a regiment andabout halftlu
c2H*t dispatches received by Pony Exprees i * andar lb# gallant Co.. Via
morning, about 2 o'clock, the troop* were
put in motion. They marched «bout one
mtle above town, formed lia* of battle at
day-light, expecting the enemy held a dens*
woods about | of a mil* wide ia front of
them. Tb* !m« of battl* wae composed of
105 of CoL'Clbrk'a battalion, deployed as
skirmisher* under hia own commaod ; Col
NO, 163.
and U'agraphed from Beaumont
(OFFICIAL)!
Mcnfth Fkskt, 15 mi'e* above
Alexandria, May 8, 6 o'clock P. M.
Carr. C. C. Clutk. — Alexandria was
eradiated wuhout loas ef any public pro-
cant. and Capt Cornet** battery.
Tb* line w** ordered forward by Col
Reily, he riding ahead, leading tóf coltstnm
steadily on.—We marched in line ef batth
about <pne mile and a quarter, when arriving
st tb* far edge of the timber, be discovered
three brigades of tb* foe drawn up in lin
the field. The artillery was
ascertaining the po-
he ordered me te briaj
report to Major Get.
Capt. and A. Q. M. j Taylor the strength and position ef the ent|-
pap-r contain, tfa. íoüowin.'m!' B{ '?* I'm I «turt d with th«
Nibleit'a Bluff: tmery the battle h d fairly opened all along
the line. The Colonel cooly distributed
hts men. after whiob be dismounted, sent hie"
. - ■ horse some paces to the rear, and wallt
e Brigaae, which we.^j Up down the lines, cheering bis mei
rts„cTi at once. he account | seeking no cover at all, when the Mime
use ¡auieated Col. Kesiy pos j balls were flyine thick and fast. After he
the gunboat West End well riddled by fire! McCulloch bad been ordered te assume an
from the rfbel sharpshooters ia the -Nasssu j important command ia Tesas, and hadjust
river. Thé Washington was also disabled 1 turned over his command at Pin* Bluff bat
with a loss of some five killed aad eighteen '> when th* news from LouieUua reached him,
wounded. i be asked to be returned to his former brig-
A dispatch from St. Louis say* the rebels ado, to go to th* relief of our fri*nda against
are gathering on the South side of Arkansas j Banks His request was (ranted and he at
rirer and holding all the forts. once started with hi* command. This Brigade
A dispatch frota NFew York eays a Brit j consists of th* regiewnts of Allea
i«h mao-*>f-war entering a Cuban port was ' "" " ' k ~*w
fired iato by two Federal vessels, they mie-
The same
letters from
From the felbley Brigade.
We have just received the following let
urs from frier. Js ia t' e Brigade, which
Uf t^fwro our -* -
if the fall oí
s« e*
a melancholy aad absorbing iaierest. | tjja# himselffor about an hodr.
N.blett's Blcfv, April 30, I¿03. land was bravely rallying hi* men to malte
EJ-.~-r Telegraph.—i hope I will not be;* «harge
p?«suu;:ng too maca upon yiour co^uoias, to :s*de.
the fatal ball struck him in l is
striking the spinst I was nsjar
a.irass a short letter to the Telegraph. | n!im when he fell helpless. I ran
We have jast reached this place after 1j fd***d i ss easy position as possible,
weeks of h¿ht;ag and retreauu¿. betoro the ! about five rainuteshe recovered sufficient
er-eaiT, iijr:ig this tune we have been ^ speak. He was cool and collected,
w úJat c ur train, and had to subs st u;et Ordered me to turn the command over to
$ sc.iuty allo^incs as eculd be ptckd ^ajor Hampton. I did so, and returned
©3 iiere a'rd there. Our ruinas have afiu ; anil iosi t*d on having him taken eff the
w t- y c^as;stei : Í bj«i. Snid be, "Captam I am m«*rtatlv
C-. Greta, tk^u whom afmore -p'iant 1 *ounied, and must die se*n f the
I L'.*r cever trod tbe firld, is ia isautedsate
cf the Bng*de (Sibley's.) lir;
t* oug^t the ei-et } almost everv iach o
lit way, ur.t l we leit iue iront «nd m*de s
C íeJr :a their rear. He stubbornly re«ssi-
ei tke;r , aican'ce' at every step. IK* has
id | reported at Backsport has gone East
taking her for the Alabama.
Tuiahoma, April 22.—^Th* bridge has
been burnt near McMumvdle, and the wires
interrupted, but it is not supposed that
McXfmnville is in the hands of th* enemy.
Panola, April 24.—Telegraphic commu-
nication has been reopened with Senatob a
The retreat of the Federal* ffom that peiut
ts confirmed.
Two regiments of iofantry, one of cavalry
with a battauen of artÜíery, ha*e e^iue out
(rom Memphis to a point 4 sities beyond the
Coldwater.
From the Evsning Appeal of the 24th r
The city has been full of rumors to- day.
T* have believe thetn all would have bet-n
t*erc$sing a degree of credulity we do not
acknowledge puss***;ng. The situation
may be stated as follows.
From tb* Northern port; n of the Statr,
we learn that a Federal lore* had evacuated
Coldwater Depot, but manifested no dispo-
sition to continue. Tha Joro* prevtuu ly
noy from Western, Fitzhugh from North-
ern, and Waurhott** from Eastern Texas.
Walker's whole division probably reach-
ed Shreveport, or some point oa R*d Rivsr
•bout the 4th of May.
Four hnndr*d and seventeen of th* pris-
oners captured by Gen, Forreet in hi* late
successful raid upon Brentwood, reschsd
Richmond. Virgioia on the 8th of April.
They belonged chiefiyato tbe 22d Wisconsin
reg raent. ^ 4
The Mississippisn says there is positivsly
no truth in tbe report so extensively circu
inted, and which the editor adopts he has
ueiped to circulate^ to the elfect1 that Geni.
Bragg has been relieved of bis aplaudid com-
mand m Tennessee. He says however.
staace*. w* should readily have
to aegotlatione; but w* ahould hav* <
so nut because we wished to aid th* Ktrth
but because we wanted the wheat, la Ilka
manner.tit i* perfectly legitimate to taka
the Coofed*r*t* cotton. aa<1 there is nothing
that should prevent any of our merohaat*
or capitalist* from aubacribing for it, pro-
vided they ara satisfied with th* priiae.—
Ludan '1 imt$% Mértk 20.
Hist* Regnrdtd tn Watkinfton.—Tha
Philadelphia Ledger publishes the following
Washington Dispatah, of April 4th :
Tbe reported suco*** af tha rebel loan la
Englsnd and France ha* caused no material
surprise here, ae where it had been already
proved that so much real sympathy esistad,
it was not difficult to betiev* thst a loan,
with cotton at th* old figure* a* a basia,
would b* willingly availed of *v*n *o an
extent double or quadruple tb* amount re*
qurred. and *o it baa prov*d.
The object of-the loan is quite apparent.
With it th* interest due abroad on th*
several State bouds can be paid, and addi-
tional vessels of orar eaa be coastructed.
It is not likely that a duller of it will ever
that Gea. Bragg does continue to command : reacjj tj,e jjoatb, eseept iu tiie way of war
This report cornea from Geti. Chalmsrs,
ani is of course correct. In this connection
we are glad to learn that Gen. Chalmers ;*> ;
ready te strite au ttlective blrw in anv di |
rectloa the enemy utay attempt a uiove- !
1 merit. . ;
From Yicksburg we have no new move- j
enetnjjr ¡ ments to report. Of the boats that p%t#«<; :
numbers are greatly auperior to oUrs ; 1 ; the city a few n'ghts ajo, only four are ad jai ¡
jti't wish on* man te be taken from 1 he! two ot them having sunk.
ne'd to carry me off. Let raje die on 1 he; A Federal force is certainly occupying
Wattle field." He finally consented for
t j go after a physicmn and aa ambuiac
d.uU.y pro Tea iaunsc¿f a hero I'r
ñricjr cf the first shv.l.
ia tut
when I returned.
h:m te tbe rear.
Maj. Hampton bad sent ¡ Federal detachments now traveraiug th«
But, alas t be had trei
*d bis last on that bloody battle-fisld ab >ve j ti°u of
Franklin that enabled our •little arrni to icsty and Meridian. The report is that a
n?ro
The 4:h Regimeitt (Reily*s) aostains
ieraL'le ¿o m the b«ttie of Fra ki;n. '*ake safe their retaeat before 35 OQy of; detachment. 8'JU strong..had pasj ed through
The ii>s<s in k ills j, wound* d and mts ing. si;
a'eout caen.. } *
4.:í Texas, 25th Lo^istaaa a d t«ro jOchiltrea, I was ordsrsd by
C3u i kEits oí the 2d Leu «Una Cavairr, ea |dttt ,a court-bouse, wh'ch I did.
four Br;gades above Franklin, uodar j I of Col. R*.ly to
eommaqd cf G*o. Grover.—Ocd. Kedv com j t0 b« E highmmded honorable ger]
asaied our force* in the battle, and fear-: nan. a ¿bod officer and as , brave ss
Banks' thieves. I carried ths b*dy of
to Franklin. Meeting Major T.
ordsrsd bv him to
Dravest.
A. J. SCARBOROUGH.
me | Okalona
ce. i Tne raoat important movement of thi
the army in Tennessee, while Gen. Johnston
commands tbe department ol wh eh Biagg's
army is a part.
On Friday after the late attack ou Char-
leston. General Beauregard issu*d an order
to bis troops, from wh¡ch we extract the
tollo wing;
Soldiers? the eyes of vour countrymen
are now turned upc a yon on the eve of the
2nd anniversary.ot U e 13ih of April. IHoL. 1
when tt e ¡overeignty of the State of • <uth j
Carolina was triumpantlv vindicated within j
the harbor which we are now to dct>n 1 \
I he happy lsauie of the action en the 7 h
instant—the>trande«i, riddled «rer.k < i Hit*
irou-elad Kwokuk—her balBed coa jat-.>ia
ureed to re^re beyond tt e range ot our
4uus, have inspired contidewoe in tne coun-
try, that our ultímate succ*sa wdt be com-
p«etAn inastimably precious charge ha-
ih- 'State al
been confided to your keeping, witü every
oat at pleasure, is in the d'^ea- I rtdiance on your manheod and enduring pat
the Southern road between thi< ; riotiam.
The Mexican laborers are more expert
than those of Old or New England ia man-
ufacturing, making one sight more yearly
than the aaine number ot hands in English
factories. This is the experience of Eng-
lish gentlemen who superiut- ndtd factories
in both countries.
th* ; Decatur, Newton Co. It seems to be preity
P.! well sutbenticated that they reached the
lay it railroad at Newton station on the morning
oí the 24lb, when the wjjrsa were cut and
V^ow tbe station-house burned. Two pas^enjrei
tie- cars were also reported to have beeu u«s
th? treyed. What further damage was done, oi
i«*#;y a. i he bear hi* breas: to tbe *t> rm
Hit command did not exceed, on tbe field.; We alao give the lateat telegraphic ijews
er* than SQQ men, and after a stubborn j from th* same pap**•
ághtef two boars, yielded tbe ftsld to tbe f Speeial to tike Appeal.
; whence the raiders progressed ao luforma-
' Uon has been received.
T
if t
superor numbers of the f&emy.
v.hfcr dead sad many *f th* wounded were
left in the bands of the enemy. Capt
Giesecke, company G) 4th Regiment, was
ktiied. Capt. Alexander, company H, se-
verely wounded, Lieut- Scbiick, same re-
gimsnt wounded.
W* ar* yst far from onr train, it beiqj
cear Alexandria, and also mar* than hall
U* Brigade ia with tbe iiapi. We prob-
acy ahai. rssaaia hsre until rsm far cements
us .froas Texas. Gm. Moutcn com-
anod* the forces hers.
< deserters represent the whale of Bank*'
army to be her* ia Louisiana, except two
« three nftoeata w Batea Rouge. Their
aat ba*aiaor r*etly aac*irUiaed.
^at from tha moat reliable aaeoutf^ their
fore* doe* out fall sboriof 40,000.—Gen
Taj lor'a army before tbe
1800 men. The battl*« of Ttea mXL b*
iw i^awptsna, aad it b*haoM «S to
for our
Twt, A*n J.
Brla. Geau J. fttfly*
Th* Confederate Loan—Comments of
ike London Journals.—lu the foreign mar-
ket tbe Confederate loan has been steadily
; If this intelligence is true, the audacity maintained at 4i«5 premium. The amounts
j of ths detachment squals that ofsituart s of subscription to-day were again eaceed-
jraid into Maryland and Pennsylvania auu ingly numerous not only from London, but
Áprtí 23.*--The situation o' af s around McCleilan's army. j the Continent and the province*. The total
fairs in the country North of here is utK*r-; If they have reach* i the point stated, ! amount applied Cor up to this evening ex"
Uin, the moet plausible theory for thu ex-; their next efft rl will doubtless b? to push S ceeded X1Ü,0-j0,0ü0 affording aufficient evi-
peditkm af the Yankees is that they mtjend- jon to Baton Rouge, taking the N. 0. J. A that the continental Oourses as well
TbafG. N, Railroad on their route. Fortunately, ¡ *s a great portion of the commercial ia-
tnaterial, and the countfle* which advauoo
tha loao will therefore rótain it within their
own limits. .
That the negotiation of tbe loay ie an an-
fortunate occorence for oureelvea cannot
tm questioned, it arms the enemy with
gló.OOÜ.oOO in ready gold—$9O0Oo.QOO if
he clings t > avail himself of the £11.000,-
OviO offered—^nd with a fuud of thia dimen-
sion to dr^w upon, the resalta to oar side
will stand a chance, at 'east, oí being most
efriouK, if list disastrous Most of the
vessels airea iy constructed sre underatoe-i
j w have been paid for hum the eotton and
ther produce that ties run tbe blockade,
j ah eh, if tneae itnpreeaions ar* cerreot. wilt
| ¿ive the rei>eln a liekb start ia the loan ju t
| negotiated for the building and equipment
I otbuch additional v.'saela aa they may ohoose
j to contract for. We already bear of Uve
\ powerful rama in course of construction-—
ou i the most formidable ever conoe'ved ef
— beside* gunboats, blockade runnere, an i
a number of privateers of tbe pattern of tbe
Alabama.
To counteract the threatened evil ha*
bee* the study of the President and Mr.
Seward for a long time beck, aa thia ia.
ere so uf the rebel naey has been forseea
for months ; hut up to tbe preaent hour ao
definite court* has been u**d until it ha*
been found to h* a mere waste of word*, for
tbe British Government has protested that
it is powerlee* in the premises; and where
with one hand it has welcomed the relief
w* have seat it* atarvtng populace, with
ed to break opChalmer'e organisation
expedition via Üfhw Albany who** streaath ¡ in this deviation, they are likely to meet
has been greatlwjxaggeratedh was mte ided hrith rl *
to break up ^* Regiment, there being (|rga- tered.
navu }m wis uevianon, they are iikeiy to meet
ided |*with obstructions they have not yet encoun-
wa- t#r«i ♦
nlaed by Msjor Chalums.
The last aathentic report i* that the
die celiitno divided at Bucksoort, and a
)Q moved towards the Charlaaion
ÍP- ¿r
Tha remforcemants from M
not crowed the* Coldwater.,
It tha
ort 11*
ss hi*
WfceaH
I t ateo
amy
I
cite aft
■sat «p t
I, of this morning of the 24th,
this same detachment says :
eve me uta of tha Yankee de tách-
enme dowti through the North
eaateftrcounties of Misstsaiasippi, appear to
ha dM^alt to ascartain. We have bad va
aa their destination
now oocerutn.
On th* 22d-ibi$iw«re at Lodi, ia Choctaw
Id miles West «if Winona, which
it was imported a
wari threatening,
forces 'at Columbuf>^vill be able to
tha veutursoiae force if afforded au
is a daring one exceeding in
any of 4iie¡r former expeditions.
wltt probably fiad their return
0*uatiy interfered with.
•ays: "Alexandria has
tgf the gunboats, apparently be-
ptamaturely evacuated through
rendered the evacuation
•jr nac^asary. W e presum*
t were to dispute the passage
river, fell back to more
terests of London, Manchester^, and Liver-
pool, recognize the South, and tbat in a
substsntisl msnner, by subscribing to a
loan within two day a more than three tunea
the amount asked for. — London Pott*
March 21.
It is s peculiarty of this losn that, though
ef limited amount, it ia to be distributed
over so many markets. In tbe Stock Ex-
and change to-day the price (which closed yes-
terday at 2|<a premium), touched 5 ® 5é
premium, and after relapsing to 415) 4¿ pre-
mium, By a general understanding among
thb other rebellion has been patted on tha
back, and its boud* eagerly takea up at a
premium.
What then are we to da ? The futura
must answ*r the question ¡ but tháre ar*
many who profess to see in thia contiaa*d
encouragement of th* rebel*— *v*a wittf
British go'd ad libi um—the *e*d* of what
must, ana dsy, be a serious estrangement
between tbe two countries if not au opeaf
rupture in our relations.
aay or^tWo since the deslers, alt the transactions sre to be
settled on Fuday, the 24th April,, before
wh ch date the acrip will be r«ady for Issus.
The effect of this- arrangement will be,
that there wilt be no necessity to call upon
the Stock Exchange Commi:tee to coma to
a formal deciaion with regard to the status
in thia markat af th* aa yet unrecognised
Confederate Government.—London ¿Yetes,
March 20.
It i* stated by th* Liverpool Post, that
one of the n*o*t eminent merchsnt* of tbat
ctty wa* commissioned iron* London te bar-
chase £20.000 Confederate bonds.
• • * As the application* in
London have now amounted to about £9,-
abo*« Alexaa íria.rt ! 000,000, the sum paid iu for deposits is
here are many rumors I • ariy half a million. Same objection ha*
being, fought 41 Vick burg ' be*u taken to a remark nude yesterday
rn 1 me, but ourmform j tuat, looking at the loan in any other light
Shreveport letters of re,- * acottoo transaction, ''the majority
to place no re .Unce on (°ur merchant* and capitalista would have
wished it had not been introduced,'* since
it is sa d, there i a« rarely been a loan to
wa hsw beard. That a battle
-#re this between Johnston
Mil uot at all improbable,
rt reached
Uniled Stales and England.-*-A. special
Washington dispatch, of A|h:i1 5th, ia tha
Philadelpha Inquirer, says:
Ths Wat Committee waited on hfe Presi-
dent yesterday to urge the issuing of Uttera
of marque, and to induce the President to
inform England that the letting loose of tha
ten iron-clad war vessels now budding in bar
harbor for the rebela, will be cenetderedada-
clarstion of war upon oa, and that, ttnleta
•tops are token st once to prevent further op-
eration ia that lino, Lord Lyons be furnishad
hi* passports and that CharlssFraoot* Adatea
be recalled. It is urged upon th* Pr**id*ot
that English vessels sre aow voder the rab*l
flag, sweeping oar commeroe from tha teat,
and that ia lesa than ninety days a ttaat of
English iron clad steamere, of most formid-
able character, will «weep away onr blocka-
ding squadron and op«n rebel porta. Se-
cretary Seward, however hope* to aettl* tha
whole matter amicably, aad fear* that sama
thing may be done to offend England if wa
do not act with great eaution and delibera-
tion. Tbe President ia much ino*n**d that
Lord Lyons should bav* been plotting trea-
son with the leadera of the opposition to tha
Government here Hi the National Capitol
rttul it.tless S ftnethl 'g unfors^en OCcurvS, tha
A meaah^of Allen's
bridada, tasched here
i^st, direct from Pioe
Says thst Walter's
• for Shreveport, he
at4?*m len o i the
whicti tu® euWcripííoi. navo been ufa m'crs ^our days will briag forth san a
s
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fntirueutial chiraster. This, howeter, data
not alter the fact that if it bad been aiere'y
a politic! losa its introduction would bare
bean legretted, l#ecause, from the date of
the commencement oí tbe war, the sincere
iiesire in this country hsa been to avoid
lending material aid to cither of the be-
... , . í ligereats. If the Northern Government had
tMteibera, 4c., it is j held large atoras of wheatf *ad had offered
^ f them upon car tarn term*, either/or present
bsttlet te Lovttiiaa, General i ^ futnre deliver?, secar ding to etreum
most important m •vemetits in tha whole
t'try of ti e r*¡h Ibón, ae some iMiulte
must be adapted at once.
Aletter from Caasell aaaoanoM tha
ride of Lieutpoant-Oeneral voa
Hf shot himself through tha taoa
SSioal bait IteaÜTwaa
The bell nasiaiih thai
oaa wja well known for hie hratalitv dm*
ing Híel^iogama tévola Hot if I $4d.
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