The Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 1862 Page: 1 of 4
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PTATH OF TEXAS.
A ujf't Oen'ls Office, )
* u?tin, Dec. 30, 1801 )
sfdl ci Texas,
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that our fbir laru
f. A. ^ tjuTt*- aau uro WU.i
t*. r}:as\T1k^ Government and people of - jrom t}lf. hos1 of pafriotie Texan
t(<j ht- tes in prosecuting thi« nr?n«tn- h"me defence.
aid /wa-tf* and devastated, thxt our net?roe
haljf rot be kidnapped, and our cotton e-tojeo
our whole line of *ea c aet from thi Sab ne 'o
the Rio Grande, mu*t be defend d by an a-le--
qn*to force; and the qiiot.u ruiis' be obtained*
reserved fo
us favj
rn 7, 'd nsa r *s of ci" f
iuta '>
dm
#1 v *: ihey have forced upo
t'.Oin ' i «- v> co- _
a~ <•; i vsfor no Ianfrer characterises
ioi'«i r-. for persecution and in-
0pp-f «iou, and the most favage
:"r><y m. i k their footHt^p* a? <\j
their whnies of at^rft'Tion re-
r*il b\ h jrdc* of ruffian* instate.! by lost,
S|e tm i 'isdyins: hatred i«> u?, tnd t'i our
i4ri y andtb" pafp*y ■"■'l onr State, and un'e-'s
||itu|fly ofrpcM' <i hy timely energy and u ia -
"involve the very existence of our
rnr-' at.
jr.. T'>or« fore. impel :\>1 by a da* sen^e of
din^ danger, toe Legislature in tnf
ir dP its wisdom at its present session
<d un act nliv-'h has obtained the ftp-
the Exeeu *e : "To perfect the or-
roops and place the
elf
XVI. It is here: on our own
honirs and the Government
must h<> do'ended. It >a here;
love and cherish must be proterc
ruthless and indolent invader.
XVII The Governor in mak
for volunteers to h^ld tbem-'eiv
shall not M Amo-g the rcport-d rroeerfinjs mth(
. j Confederate Congress ou the death of ax-Pres
ioent Tyler, we find so euioj:
const that our
our choice
that tho-ie
ted from th;;
lofiyf proaoi, noed by
W* m-ike an extra c?
)^i jt and its bounty will begetter o!?prec:a-
\ when we remetrsber that the" coat of arms oS
Virgin,
the
allusion to
o^r this a noes 1
9 in read;no
Hi*
-n of the Htat<
cwa footinc1" . . .......... :
btis *i\v <-n*- cts that all wihite male in-
^|DtsrecirnUy exempied, shall be li' -
•v duty i etw>?€n the ages of eigh
'Tears i
Scrjf 'orial Distriet except the first,
sttt.viifid into a military l%trici.—
fvniadd the duty of the senior J-ustice of
^aoet in each Precinct in everv County
ntbori^y of the Brigadier General^ to en-
liable t > military duty under
.-"l- ^|i' and nena^ie* for neglect.
. it is wi cum bent oh Oar tains tc cnforc
military lm^s of this ^tate. to assemble
•J ;4pmpRDie«i at. le#st every two weeks, dn-
r.^jjlfT:rtr-r- of the present war, and shall
ihom in the school of the soldier, and
r ln7* -
They shall report all defaulters for
of military duty to the first Court Mar-
jthorited to try the same, and eanae
toffenders to be summoned to attend said
rKiob he shall furnish with the evidence
summons.
They shall hive the power of re-en-
jtas they as they deem necessary, and
per t^ ini|<o*e s!jch punishment by ar-
^position of fatigue duty, or other pun-
ijfet for disobedience of orders, of unmili
ieif discretion, but responsible for tn
yper nV>e of authority in >the manner pro-
by l«w. ^ !-i-
ll"A'U deiinqnents not excused by their
dry cSBc rs a*o mulcted in finrs collected
Igh Magistrate's Counts by summary pro-1
♦ Any Beat Company refnfing to organ-
■ election of. officers nr otherwise, the
li^r,fienernl shall arpoint their officers
jfcal! ptrct-y enforce the military laws
h^avy tines and penalties
ft The Colonel that eelect pome place for
Rental or battaili(m drill within his dis-
„jind ahaH have poorer to compel the
^ieop of his regimental district to as-
i . i.be place so selected at least oice
two months, with appropriate fines
iHies for ne^ect or failure.
Dtatog any ^nvs^ion; insurrection, or
i' whenever in the opinion of the Qov-
br tne interest of the Rface demands the
trocpr to be «w.U«d into the field, or
Ifejaev^r tailed npon by the President of the
fsderalee States to furnish an additional
cut of soldiers for the prosecution of the
nt w>*r, the Governor shall issue bis Proc-
ticn fb^kny designated namber of vohin-
s\ to toke the field, aod should the number
in#r"be i** snffieient.then he ean direct
V BrigMlier Generals as he sees fit to older
^4 ^'4. ? •"r . • a • *
fit? All voWiatoer eetnpaaileeorganiiediai-
the aet aof>*pted February 15th; 1858, are
incorporated, and form a pwl of
by ptepar>i?ion and drifliirjf fco nji^rch at a mo
inent w:.rn'mr is conscious thnt These whom ho
udf!re*ses are ever ready in defence, of their
beloved State, and in repellxn r their unniatu-
; rol foo, to sHke lite, for une n 1 every ea^hiy
j bor '-; that they are too emulon^ of the ren own
i'of their brothers in arras ; and' that they are
; too,athsrst for glory,;for this holy invocation
to be made in vain.
XVII. The Governor is empowerea and he
is also prepared to evoke all the resources of
the Stsrte in its defenco. but. he will ?not in-
sult the patr.otiam of his countrymen in sup-
posing it irill become imperative to have to re-
sort t.o draft.
By order of F. Iv L'JBBOOK,
Governor and Coajmaitder-in-Chief.
J. Y. Dashieh.,
Aj't and Inspector Gen'l.
" Eaoh weekly paper in the State copy
four r.imes and forward a nun b r containing
the order, to the Adjutant. Generals o^ c«.
no 4 4to.
Hon. R. M. T. Hunter
from
r^d
Yin-in a is the ii^ure of an armed
Jeanihgrona spoar, with her foot upon
oeck cf a prostrate tyrant
t i ijBi3"utifuL
To-i^or ow we shall Jav him beneath h"s
mother* e irth on the beautiful bank of th>°
James, ^vhere his slumbers shall be soothed bv
the sound "of its falling waters Day vfiber flay
for y^a's yet to cotnt; the lights of morning
and th° evening shadows f^hall l >n l tho^rvarie l
and ''il^nt charms to the quiet sc^ae or' his
deep repose. After th*v htmr of trial is over
and the great work of o"r deliverance is com-
pleted, Virginia, as she leans on her bloody
ppear to contemplate the pyst nnd behold the
resting place of her dead, wifl raise her guant-
letted hand to brush away the tear, when "he
;-ees -the grave of that brave old man, who left
his retirement to stake hisfor^un% his life, and
his rppu!.at:on on the result, which was to bring;
her safety, honor aud freedom. She will em-
balm his memory in her affections, and hold
out his example for the imitation of generations
vet unborn. Ard his children, and their chil
drer|[s children, will preserve his name as an
■nher'tnnce of priceless value, an heirlo on
which has already run with the?f bl<)od through
more t'^an one- generation of men distinguished
for patriotism and virtue.
M';RFMR8TK>Rd
To Baker—Doc't be
safe at this pi ice. Tell
To ^fits. W.m
Dort,t despair, we
•jefear .but we are mt ,OTr,.r;i|'w
Though it may be yars
bars will vet wave trium
ouf-generaled, hut <co pill
newed vigor and drive
soil 1 he war has but
and our pe p!e are< quai
aroused to the impnrtan
Troops never fought br
consecutively, we m -t a
. *ere at last- compelled to ret-^nt
Pillow & Floyd are now
000 men The bahncy
Murfveesboro, 35 miles
Our leader? ar^ votd bs
Nashville. Polk has ns
brigade
MARYLAND! MARYLANB!!
The despot's heel is on thy shore,
Maryland! My Maryland!
His torch if at thy temple doer,
Maryland! My M irylaud!
Avenge the pat* iotic gore,
Thai swept, the streets of JJaltimnre,
And be the battle-Quoeti of yore, ,
M ary land! My Ma ry. lam i!
Hark! to a wandering son's appeal—
M*rvlaud! My Maryland!
My mother State! to *hi«e I irneejl, •/
Maryland L My Maryland! _
For life or death, or woe or weal,
Thy pserlesi chivalry repeal,
Ai <l gird thy baauteo with steely
Maryland! My Maryland!
ytnra w ^ liCiryfe-Rt K'-YaaM 'a toll,
Mary'aud I My MaryianU
Tnou wilt uat crouoh to tis control,
Marjlunl! My Marylan If
Better th."; fire arouad thee rc ii,
Better the bi-.de tha' shot th<i bowl,
Tii*n the cruc fixion of thy t oul,
Mary land 1 My Muryiac d i
Thou wilt nral cower in the c uat,
Maryland! My J.i rylaid!
Thy betimliErjg sword hail neper rust,
Maryland! My Marylat d!
Remember C£rrolf% Sieved rwst,
Keiuember Howard's war.lie thrust,
And all thy slumbers with the jus^—
Maryland! My Maryland!
Come 'tis the red dawn of ijhe day,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Come with panoplied array,
Maryland! My Mary! and! *
With Ringgold's spirit, for t' ie fray,
With Wagon's blood at Monterey,
With fearieas Howe, aad dashing May,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Come, for thy shield is bright and strong,
Maryland I My Maryland! " • .'
Come, thy delayiug does thee wrong,.
Maryland! My Maryland! ;
Come, join thine own her ric throng.
That stalks with iberty along,
Astd give a new Key to thy aoog—
Maryland! My Maryland!
I hear the distant thunder e hum,
Maryland i vy Maryland!
The uld Line's bugle, fifi and drtuo%
Maryland 1 My Maryland t
She is nut dead, nor
8he breath**, she burns;
Bhe^wiio scorn® the No
Maryland! My M
The new flag gotten up in our array on the
Potom'ic, is the vSt. Andrew's ero3S. that is a
crcs8 in form of n X. The flag is nearly
square, of deep red, the cross of blue, reach-
ing from corner fcooorner, and surrounded with
.stars.
11 ♦ ♦
The celebrated- Stevens Iron Battery, at ,
NV?v York has been tried and pronounced a
i. ilure. Further work upon it has been dis-
eojj til. ued by the Government.
and we will fight as Coljimbiw
Got Harris hs8 ordered nnt all capable of
bearing arms, and will 'a"-J
!&
1862.
Tknn , Feb 18th
are al
unea-y— ve
mv folks
S. B. re V R noY.
MIbmphis, Feb. 18th
E. A.«h.si:v*, Little Hock —
hate met witl« a- tcrriWe
b mee, t?*e p^a-^, an'l
^'iut. We have be^n
come up with r>
1 h-> invaders frosp our
ow fu'.rly commence !:
to the emergeT'v aud
of vigorous aetioo.
; Qr. but for live day _!
m^w foe each day and
>n Nashville with 10,-
ofour fo~ee-; ere about
this side of Nashville,
mg whether to defend
!^ed for reinforcement-,
ead himself.
Federal !e*HS90O-iSbd and wounded, while
we lost only 1000.
Tell Judge Watkins
Wood's brigade is sjfe
of Nashville. The Capital
No- movemonts upon, or
Our oonvention will a
sact my business here and returo.
W.M R. ASatEY
Clarbville, Feb. 18 —After three dav
fighting against overw
that Anderson with
Eiemv within 9 miles
Guards ;ill right,
from New Mt^rid
3journ and i will tran
jenej y battle t orfhof the Cuuiber'and bet T
rciiriug, c«h|erw'.-e >eriou - apnr beQ?i ns ma.T
be entrrtid fed for the s fe v of these several
b-iiTu-les and tl eir ooiuuia* ders.
S nc% thej «-M>ve we have r ceired the fol
lowirg di-pif<!h from Whv;ll« h'^tci rht:
N'o arid fipnil news—'•he Fedo a' gunbm^s
h >d n >t app^trad at Clnrksvi'Ie at. six o'clock
this ev-nind. Ge^. Pillow a:id Flo>d arriv-
ed here this m >rning
Nashville, Feb 17.
Gen. Pillow, in a spe^:h nude re tonight
eounse-ed, the p>onle t. fi -fit. it out in the
hills. The euemv a-.- within thirtv live miles
of Nashville;. from Sn. on
^h? evsniMgiof 'he fth. v:a Richmond, states
^hat the Fperils had twenty killed and 250
wounded at Ff ()ou<'! on up to that time, and
and that the fighting vr:'s l-^n^nte.
J Msmphts, ^eb. 18
Gov. Olftib .Ta"l:9on s'-.dress d ^ue c'tizens
ye^ter'av nr pity Mull. Gov. 1 farris. the sec-
retary of Stjite. Legislature and specie trom
he banks a%Nasbvi>l, arrived bere ro^iay.
In the brtt'e at Ft Dooelson, (M Roger
W. Hanson, o the t?d Ky. regiment was kill-
ed. Also rhb-lTbn John Robb o? Clarksville,
■ nd A. V. B-own. brother to Hon. Neil s!
Hrown. Ool. Glio^son Mississippi is reported
wounubd by a ball .in the b-easti
Memphis, Feb. 18.
Up to about twrlve o'clock to-dayri§th,) we
still have commu' ieatieo with Nashville by
♦eJegraph. The impression prevail here that
Gftn Jtfhnson will fight the enemv in the vi-
cinity of Nashville.
lelmmg forces ofthf
The OonIp^dera-te States in the World's
Fair.—Mt". Bisbie, who lately returned as a
bearer of dispatches, says, in a eommunioafcion
to ti e Richp'oud-Enquirer:
Perhaps I may be excused in informing the
public that I have secured 1600 square feet from the enemy,
of space Uiiptbe 'sgrieultural department1 of the '
Great Irtirrational Erhibition in 1862, in
jendon,, and -i00 square feet in the mineral,
and vf «>l'.:^a' «-parte ent, ia. «^hieh the rare
and almost nrpa aile ed agiicnlture and mir- • killed are Lieut. Oji. C
";ral resonrces of the S-'-uth, can fFnd a repre- j Ool. Robb, Clark-vills; {
entatmn. Jn the absence of a national reo j Wonnded;(repor*ed sir
nitioa I r.ti rompolled to secure this place
in my individual name, but it was done for
and in half of the Confederacy ()jr Com-
missioners? in London attach great importance
nor
e'H ooanc, ttelt comet
hern sean,
lyid!
Bear sister! burst the tjyrant's chain,
MKry^and! My Maryland!
VirgiBia should moi callj in Vain, .}~".
- Mafylaad! My Maryland I: ,
meets her ei.<ter onj the _
' Sir Semper &' 'tis thej proud
Arise in m^jeety apdn
Marylttd4. My "
Hon. C J. Faolkoer,
at* eerv ceas aid to i*3D.
om m ooinman^
enemy's fcrnorw, everyday, we repiUed then,
every where both by land and w«.<er: QD S^-
urday morning our left wing led by Gen. Pil-
low, inarched out of their entrenchments and
attacked the enemy,s right wing 35,000 sirens
and well posted on the s urrounding hills, un~
der Gen. Grant. After seven hours hard fight-
ing, we drove them pa??fc their entrenchments
tor two miles with grejit slaughter. On Sat,-
Bloody i to) i a iv Raid in Texaf.
The San Antonio Herald of the 25th ult
has the following, <
We regret to learn that on Friday W ten
Indians vivted Boeme, Blanco county, and
killed five persons, who«e bodies have been
round, besides two or three others are missing
ind it is feared are killed. The names are
Oonop, ahout six miles (north of Boerre, Bip-
tiste, nctr Boerne and Reinhart, living in
o^'eb'Tidcr GenBK,°'tl0Ct'. %*7 1 Boe™e" T^°'JKendall'safcepheidsare iilled"
l a * ^4. k i V J . ^^^'"■f.^fore ourmen two escaped, and one missinff The Indians
had back f„ tbeir f„trene!™eBt, After | are finely moanted on Am"r7«n ho^ and
a terrible assaulv in whii
with a loss to the enemj
killed and a.great many
two field barteries and
Their loss cannot be
and killed and wmnd
less than three thous
id, and three hundred
prisoners. Om iotnl less in kiilod and wound
ed will not exep^d :^ix
f r- • 'L'K* * , r i " — UJU?
to a tair exmbition m these special depart- a great many of Mjj ooiiman 1 The
ment. 1 " - • ■ - ~ ' -
The lawi in Georgia, prohibiting UJJ.
party in the wrong, where a divorce has been
granted, from marrying again, has been so
amended as to allow such party to marry in one
year after the dccree .v
force at six o'clock S itu
have been ltbs th<m 7
the : b^red about 1.2,000 an
days and night", an<T
all the time. 'Gens. Floyd and Pill-w are ate
The best Creole oranges sell in New Or
leans at one dollar a hundred", and on the coast
at four dollars a barrel.
Gen. B'uckner, with
surrendering in the mornin
(Signed,)
wounded. We took
1,000 stand of arm;
h we. dr ve them back Mo not aopsarto w'sh to steal, but to murder,
of not es^ th in 0,000 Thq bodies of all the killed had been stripped
*rftnnA^A x—ul phis is truly a lamonfcab'e sta^e of things —
B"erne is about 35 miles north of San Antonio
and having hitherto been considered safe fro*n
Todians depredattans, the ne^ple had become
careless—a tact which had probably come to
u , 'he knowledge of the savages—hence their
hundred. Among th«- - o dn^ss. I '■ -■
iough, of Tpxjs- Lie it. We also bear that the Indians have again
apt May, of Memphis visited Atoscoaa county, stealing Mr. Durani's
ce de-id) Mai Hewif | iiorses, add milfbg their escape.
of the 2d Ky., regimecjt and Oapt. Mt3ey of
Nashville, slightly. . 1 * J>
Col. Forrest I thing
I saw him at 4 o'clock
is safe beyond a doubt.
Sunday mornir>g witbl
eu«^my s
rday ev^nin% could not
5,000—our force nnn-
1 had no rleeo for four
'lad been work ng hard
nost of his command,
ALLEN, Opr,~
Nashville Feb! 18* a m.
Ge . Johnson still in Nashville. Part of!
tis fommand, inclndinjg Hardee's, and Hinds
THE Mr>NEY INFLUENCE INT WASHINGTON i man s Brigade arrived at Murfreesboro last
SCARCITY,OF SMAL^ CHANGE | night—Gen; Johnson, Pillow abtf Gov. Harris
i4 in consultation, whether to fightthem at orbe
The Washington correspondent of Forney's ! J00** Nashville, not deoided yet. Will likely
Philadelphia Press writes r j fight,them at Nashville. Gov. 0?rris now ad-
The city is again full ot rumors in regard to ; dressing a large crowd here, appealing to them
changes in the Cabinet, but it is very evident I to rally to his suppori;, and that he will lead
from circhmsfcaoc8s,that no further resignations them either to victory! or death, soonur than
will take place unless some untoward e^ent j the soil of Tennessee should be polluted
happens. There is a general outside elamor j The operators at Nashville sav fro:
&
t [ <j — j - — —pjhvdle sav, from oest'
againat Sooretary Welles, but it comes mostly ; infcrmation. six thousaUd of our men were ta-
from disappointed politicians, and eontrac-j kea prisoners, including Buckner, jand his
ters. eemtnand. Private dii patches corroborate this
There is- no denying the fact that the oapi- 1,11 '
talists of New York exerews a great influence
over the affairs of the government. Wheth-
er it is a wholesome one or bo(^time wiil de-
velop ■. \ '* t;-'
There fir a great lack of small silver change
here. Rome of the large dry goods stores re-
faseto eive ehange for five dollars treasury
notes ucBassover 2} dolkrs' worth of arucleaate le Pillow and Floyd
' what is left of their hi
hetly contested by our
NO DEPENDENCES UPON INDIA..
All further spcculasiou asf.othe coTipc'-itionl
oi India with us in the preduetiou of c-ittou,
will ceise upon the general diffision of the 1-
>.vug article from The Calcutta Englishaian,
OvrUinly an authoritgr that onght to now-
rhe following tables shows the expanse off
cultivating an acre of land with cotton in the]
Haiohore Doab, the-yield of which Will be
two hundred pounds, or, when cleaned, seventy
^'►unds:
Government lam£ tax, £
Cost ot preparing- iand,
Weed:ng,!
Cost 20 lbs seedy
Towing with driH,
Picking tlie cotton, .
Cleaning the cotton, *
Carriage to see pert,
Freight of £210s. per ton;
Screwing, bafing-, &c.
SB 4 10
Commission? at per cent. 7H, 0i 0 0
Brokerage at| per cent 1J, 0 0 9
Total.
j£l 6 7
tea. sssu'itsazKK - f^p^sras^ss
are
WAJiHiNOTOif, F«b.t 10 —The war depart'
ment has received a dispatch which saw
L-ic^r '"jf'im
*
tWs that we joas bt
sad it is the in
tecrstein them in
' we knew thM
vigilance
tlfm- twenty-five
enteral theConfed
llpoewJi
uielwxfer; fa.
tf^he
The cold
«py
fijps
W8l be still
isofex-
ippti
tv, on the 2"(Hh of
many
«sn^en# s«^ly i
" ' ;;.few
* Ti.7l!!!;lrWi^ ^OTeOTer botw in mind, tUt may ludk|
rak€tl aBdelr woutf entail JLaiexl
fa-rs: ond their fowe I «, u,, ^ Tl I
preparing the land wnnM e^ereety he <fons un-
V& M lib. without which # « M
•jiirive ;n ?. aowly turned w. would
70,000 our force 15,<
<^mee th*
1 son to surrender Nap
tri Ival, the impressio
*m fall hack to M
MiMtais Feb, 18.
eftjcti, .olij]
to Baeli upon his
weme to be that he
it\or pro!
• ««a«t poiS in
AWwaia, wher* the MrthrSl* >nd
v road stril
Gen Hiac
tee the
Memphis sod
eommbid was
th4 last to retreat from Bowline Green, and
stated *o h#safe wtt k Gen. Johnson's d:-
vision. Information wis received yesterdny
,^rf t ewnifig iu the f of a tolerably well «
He was j rumor, that See s. Qoyd Pillow and
increase the cultivators outfey by at leart
-T pe nd sterling. It is therefore evident
ithont ao?fe more sure and Fubstantitl
peet ef the ryots being induced to ent^ feugfc-
1 v into (he cultivation ot new la^di - - ■■*•
may cuIHvnte momof their old '
But thjs cannot and wiQ not
the price
that now
■H -1 VH..IRH, !
.there ie. wem,s psx[ pent:
retch N
Ifthis he^w^a
Flour
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