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THE HOUSTON TRI-WEEK1, Y WtliRAPH.
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vol. xxx—no. no
Ltililntlv* Jonrnal.
Austin, Nov. 14,1861.
The following have passed both Houses :
Joint Resolutions concerning peace, re-
construction and independence.
Joint Resolutions concerning the books
of the military board.
Bill to provide for tho exchange of old
issue of Confederate money in the Treasury
for the new.
Bill to fix the^ time of holding courts in
2d Judicial District.
Bill to provide for the destruction of
Treasury Warrants, &c.
Bill for relief of heirs of John B. II.
Jonce. '
Bill concerning the distribution of cloth
from the Penitentiffry.
Bill to authorize the Treasurer to employ
some one to sign his name in certain cases.
Bill to amend 5th section of an act to In-
corporate New Briunfels Academy.
Joint Resolutions concerning the distri-
bution of certain medicines in possession
of the military board.
Bill for relief of Luke A, Falvel.
Bill to incorporate the Houston City
Mills Manufasturing Company.
Bill to -imend an act to revive and con-
tinue m lorce an act to incorporate the
Galveston and Houston Junction Railroad
Compau^.
Bill s pplementary and amendatory of
an act t< incorporate tho Guadalupe Man
ufactui g Company.
Bill nendatory of the act to regulate
the esti ying of stock.
BilHo provide for holding special terms
of the 1> strict Courts.
Joint lesolutions relative to the pur
chase o. supplies from Quartermasters or
Commi saries in certain cases.
Bill supplementary to an act to estab-
lish a Cido of criminal procedure
Bill 1 > amend certain sections of an act
to autl orize county courts to regulate
roads, s.ppoiut overseers, &c.
The > elect Joint Committee ap tinted
at the ast session to investigate th>) acts
of the Military Board, have reported, and
as it is a matter of great interest. io the
country, it will be laid before the readers
of the Telegraph as soon as lime and
space will permit. The investigation has
been t horough. Indeed, under the direc
tion ot its able chairman, Hon. Spencer
ford, it ci uld not have been otherwise.
The papers persented in connect ion with
the report, show a degree of diligence in
eliciting facts, and of labor in their pre-
sentation, which is not only commendable
but which shows that the Legislature
were not mistaken in their men, when
this investigation was committed to them
The Judiciary committee of the Senate
have presented a majority and minority
report :;<? to the constitutionality of the is-
suance "f Treasury Warrants. Of this
however, hereafter.
Items of Interest.
General Beauregard, in taking c rimaud
of his new department, issued th" follow-
ing stirring address and general order :
Ild'qrs. Military Div. of tin West,
October 17, 180 i . J
In as-'ui dng command, at this critical
juncture, f the Military Divisio.. of the
West, I appeal to my countrymen of all
classes and sections, for their generous
support and confidence.
In issi^ning me to this responsible po-
Bitior. tlVe President of the Confederate
States has extended to me the insurance
#f his truest support; the Executive of
your States meet me with similar express-
ions of their devotion to our cause; the
noble army in the field, composed of brave
men and gallant officers, are no stran-
gers to me, and I know that they will do
all that patriots can achieve.
The history of the past is written iu tho
.blood of their comrades, but foreshadows
the glorious future which lies before them.
Inspired by these bright promises ot suc-
cess, I make this appeal to the men and
women of the country, to lend me the aid
of their earnest and cordial co-operation.
Unable to join in the bloody conflicts of tho
field, they can do much to strengthen our
eause, fill up our ranks, encourage our sol-
diers, inspire confidence, dispel gloom, and
thus hasten on the day of our final success
and deliverance.
The army of Sherman still defiantly holds
the city of Atlanta. Ho can and must be
driven from it. It is only fortiie good peo-
ple of Georgia and surrounding States to
speak tho word, and the work is done.
We have abundance of provisions, and
there are men enough in tho country liable
and able for service to accomplish tlio result,
To all such I earnestly appeal to report
promptly to their respective commands,and
let those who cannot go, see to it that none
remain at home who arc able to strike a
blow in this critical and decisive hour.
To those soldiers of the army wh • are
absent lrom their command without leave,
I appeal in the name of their brave, com-
rades, with whom they have in the past
so often shared the privations of the
oamp and the dangers of the battle field,
to return at once to their duty. To all
such as shall repoitto their respective
commands in response to this appeal,
within the next thirty days, an amnesty is
hereby granted.
My appeal is to every o* \ ot all class-
es and conditions, tn come .'orward free-
ly, cheerfully, and with a good heart, to
the work that lies beforo us.
My countrymen! respond to this call
a9 you have done in days that have pass-
ed, and with, the blessing of a kind and
overruling Providence, the enemy shail be
driven from your soil, the security of your
wives and daughters frem the insults and
outrages of a brutal foe shall be establish-
ed, soon to be followed by a permanent
and honorable peacc.
The claims of home and country, wife
aaM children, uniting with the demands
owionor and patriotism, summon us to
lie field . We cannot, dare not, will not
fail to respond.
Full of hope and confidence, I coma to
join in your struggle, sharing your priva
HOUSTON FRIDAfTOVEMBER IS, 1864.
WHOLE NUMBE B—38^5
peac*, i ^ our country.
(Signeu) G. T. Bbaubkgahu, Gen.
Official. Geo. Win. Brent. Col. and A.
G.
The following is the reply of Vice Presi-
dent Stephens to Mr. William King, tho
citizen of Georgia through whom General
Sherman extended an invitation to Govern-
or Brown, Mr. Stephens and others to meet
him in a consultation, looking to tho ro-es-
tablislimeut of peace:
Crawfokdvii.I.K, GA., I
October 1, 1864. >
Wm. King, Sr., Esq.
Sir : I have considered the message you
delivered me yesterday from Gen. Sherman,
with all the seriousness and gravity due tho
iinportanco of the subject. That message
was a verbal invitation by him, through
you to me, to visit him at Atlanta, to see
if we could agree upon some plan of termi-
nating this fratricidal war without the fur-
ther effusion of blood. The object is one
which addresses itself with peculiar inter-
est and great force to every well wisher of
his country—to every friend of humanity—
to every patriot—to every one attached to
the principles of self-government, establish
ed by our common ancestors.
I need not assure you therefore, that it is
an object very dear to me—there is no sac-
rifice I would not make, short of principle
and honor, to obtain it; and no effort would
I spare, under^the same limitations, with
any reasonable or probable prospect of suc-
cess.
But in tho present instance, the entire
absence of any power on my part to enter
into such negotiations, and the like absence
of any such power on his part, so far as ap
pears from his message, necessarily pre
eludes my acceptance of the invitation thus
tendered. In communicating this to Gen.
Sherman, you may also say to him that if he
is ot opinion that there is any prospect of
our agreeing upon terms of adjustment to
be submitted to the action of our respective
governments, even though he has no pow-
er to act in advance in the premises, and
will make this known to me in sftme formal
and authoritative manner (being so desirous
for peace himself as you represent him to
have expressed himself,) 1 would most
cheerfully and Villingly, with the consent
of our arthorities, accede to his request
thus manifested, and enter with all the ear-
nestness of my nature upon the responsible
and arduous task of restoring peace and
harmony to the country, upon principles of
honor, right and justice to all parties. This
does not seem to me to be at all impossible
if truth and reason should be permitted to
have their full sway.
Yours, most respectfully,
(Signed) ALEX. H. STEPHENS.
The New York papers of the 19tli ult.
mention the arrival of the steamer Conti-
nental from New Orleans with the follow-
ing Confederate officers and prisoners:
BiIr Gen R I. Fage, CaptO H iSmo.h, C.ipi US
Thome. Capt J Gallimard, Cup'. 3 (i Oowsvi sod
iieut T "« hi
Jb'int Alubama Ar illery—Ca -t •! M Cary. C pt
R Campbell, Capt W B Hughes. Lieut N J Smith,
I.ient F Ferguson, Lieut W C Qallonquest. L'eut
A Alston, Lieu I fl Anstlll, Lieut W Knox, Jr.
1st Tennessee Artillery— C >1 B Jackson, Jr,
Capt T N Johiiilon, Capt J B (laruti era. Lieut* P
R Cousins, R II Howell, £ R Harris, S J Oaruth-
ora, Tipton R Whitehead.
2d Alabama Regiment, Infantry—Capt fII Coth-
ran, Lieuts Bears. H Gaszan, C L B Coll ns.
Al.su, Col A B Montgomery, Brig Gsn U E An-
dersen, Capt Jesse Norwood, Hunt thri <tl«n Sta-
le?, Maj E B Pendleton, of Magruder'e s iff, Lieut
James Battle, of Gen Slaughter's stu ff, dipt A II
Baker, 15lh Arkansas, Lieut Qeo O Lima, 29lh
Louisiana, Capt Ilenry Gittle, La C .va ry, Lieut
W C Wilkinson, Oapt J N Addisc i, Lieut J £>
Burke, Lieut Jas M Gaulden, Oapt V,' C clntlre,
Maj W P Springer, Lieut HP Brown 7tU Ala cav-
alry, Lieut W B Warren of do.. Li'UtGillsy,
Texas Rangers, Lieut J Vaudry, of Hi <?hes Bat-
talion, Lieut Greenwall, 9th La ,lr .
The New York Herald of O oi 25th,
publishes the following letter in r tgard to
the political status of Gen. Sh'-rm m :
No. 17 West Twentieth svbeet, ]
New York, Oct. 2 4, 1804. J
To the Editors of the Herald:
Having noticed in the Herald of the 20t!i
of September last, tie subjoined para-
graph, I transmitted i to Gen. Sherman
with t'ue remark: "I f el tin' an express-
ion ot opinion by you ;o)itrndict< ry of (lie
inclosed statement, in i form av. ding ev-
erything personal, would b.t of import-
ance." I give you his r< piy. ma. ked v;ith
a!l tho elevation of his noble character.
You will be so kind a< 'o make it public
JOHN €. HAMILTON.
"But wc have heard si sta!e;;ient rela-
tive to a private letter from Gen. Sherman,
containing the following wor I , or words
to this effect: 'Ilrelifevo that t. nely-ntne
out of every hundrVd soldiers i a this ar-
my'—the laurelleled army of Atlanta—
'would vote for General McClel'rn, wheth-
er with or without my c< nsent; but if my
influence can suffice to make the hundredth
man cast his vote the s, me way it slia'l
not be wanting.' Thi.* report v e give as
one known to us to be prevalent in army
circlcs, but without vouching t r its ac-
curacy."
Ild'qrs., Military I ivision of the
of carrying on trade or commerce, and if
the military n horiti f really consider
it necessary, for solitary reasons, that
such an election shall b<, made, Her Maj-
esty's Government cannot insist upon
British subjects being relieved from it,
however serious the ljirdships may be.
Her Majesty's Government cannot under-
take to secure to Britiai subjects who vol-
untarily reside in a foeign city in a time
of civil war, the. sam< rights which are
incident to their natural itatus, in time of
peace, in their own coantry. Such a de-
mand ia, in the opinion tf her Majesty's
Government, unreasonable in theory, and
impossible in prao{ice Her majesty's
Government have, thertfove. directed me
to apprise British subjects resident at
Memphis, that if th^y wish to put them-
selves effectually uuler British protection
they must discontinue their residence in
that place, which is governed by martial
law, the operation of which law, during
oitil war, a state cannot, in ordinary
cases, interfere with. I am, sir, your
ofcedient servant, ^ Lyons.
d qrs., Military I ivision ot the "j
Mississippi, in the Ficlci, v
Kingston, G Oct 1, ;(j4. )
My Lear Sir—There is not ore word of
truth in the paragrapk you sent, me cut
from the New York Herald o; .September
20. 1 never Jthought, said or wrote that
McClellan would get "ninety-nine out of
every one hundred" votes in th army. 1
am as ignorant of the political >ia? of the
men of this army as you are a- a distance
of a thousand miles, and I wo; Id s 3 soon
think of tampering with .. sol Her s reli-
gion as with his preference for men. I
have not and shall not attempt to influence
a vote in the coming struggle. 1 believe
Mr. Lincoln has done the best he could.
With respect. &c.,
W. 1. SHLUMAN.
John C. Hamilton, Lsq.
T'_,e following letter from the British
Minister at Washington, settles the status
0/ British subjects within the Confede-
racy :
British Legation, 1
Washington, D. C., August 2"j, 18G4. (
Sir: I have now received instructions
from her Majesty's Government, concern-
ing the position of British subjects at
Memphis.
j vw ^ Her.. Government thinks, un-
tions, and with your brave and true rr«n^ ^CJ".a the circumstances, that if British
to strike the blow that shall bring sv
to our arms, triuaph to our etuse,
subjects who are domiciled or resident at
Memphis have a fair option of leaving it,
or remaining in it withent the privilege
From tho Caddo Gazette.
Explanatory lnaitructiou
Under the regulations of Overland Com-
merce to Mexico, approved by the Presi
dent, Aug. 3d, 1864.
C. S. Treasury Agency Trans-Miss., i
Marshall, Texas, Nov. 1st, 18G4. S
1st. The power to issue licenses to own
ers of wagons and other means of trans
portation, to act as carriers, and permits to
load and export cotton or tobacco to Mex
ieo, is given to the collectors of customs for
the district from which the exportation is
to be made, or officers designated by them
No applications for such objects, or for per
mits of any kind to export cotton, will be
acted on by the Agent of the Treasury.
2d. It is intended by the Regulations, that
owners of wagons and other transportation
and owners or exporters of cotton, shall be
at liberty t« proceed to, and return from
the points designated by military orders un-
der Regulation 9th, for the assemblage and
departure of trains to Mexico, which points
are San Antonio and Goliad. At these
points the collectors, of deputies acting for
them, will receive and act upon applications
for licenses, permits, clearances, «tc., -with-
out which they will not be allowed to pro
ceed.
3d. Licenses ds carriers can bt- obtaiued
by presenting to tho collector or his depu
ty, 1 he declaration required by Regulation
1st; and before loading cargo tite carrier
must receive a permit to load, which will
be issued by the collector or deputy to the
owner or shipper of the cottou, a* directed
in Regulations 3d and 4th.
4th. The owner or shipper i f the c jt
ton must obtain the permit to Ion 1, by pre-
senting to the collector or deputy the dec-
1 nation required by, in 3d, and
executing bond for the return cargo, as
required by Regulation 4th. ho permit
issued thereon will specify the quantity of
cotton or tobacco to be loaded, and will be
delivered to the carrier.
5th. The carrier will load, subject to
inspection by a revenue officer, as directed
in Regulation 3d, and bsfcre completing
the loading, he must execute the bond re-
quired by Regulation 2d. After the load-
ing shall be completed, the permit to load
will be returned to the collector or deputy,
with a manifest of cargo on each wagon,
as required by Regulation 8th, and upon
payment of export duty on (he same by
the owner or shipper of cotton, a clearance
for departure of the wagons or other vehi-
cles to Mexico, by the route designated,
will be delivered, and also receipts for the
export duty paid, specifying the number,
marks and weights of the bales of cotton.
Gth. Clearances so issued wilt protect
wagond and cargoes from molestatioiS on
the route to the point designated for ex-
portation on the Rio Grande, where they
will be reported to the collector or his
deputy there, for revision and inspection
of cargoes, and to be certified by him if
found correct , but any vehicle carrying
cotton or tobacco westward of the points
of departure, without clearances, or de-
viating from the designated route without
authority, will be liable for seizure under
Regulations 10th and 13th.
7(h. Deputy collectors at the points for
assemblage and departure of trains, will
keep records of all licenses, permits and
clearances issued, and of bonds and decla-
rations filed with them, and accounts of
all moneys received for export duty, and
will make weekly reports thereof to the
colleotor in such manner as he may di-
rect.
tith. The effect of the Regulations is, Jar,
That at least one-hall of every outward
and inward cargo must V; taken for account
of the government, at reasonable rate «f
freight; and 2nd. That the owner of tin-
other half, exported on private account,
shall return at least one-half of the net
proceeds of his shipment in merchandize,
as supplies for tho country, such us not
prohibited by the transportation laws. No
permit to load, or clearance for departure
will be granted, unless one-half of the out-
ward cargo, 011 each trip of any wagon or
othor vehicle, shall be ladon for account of
tho Government, f>s required by Regulations
1st and 12th, ami bond given forreturn car-
jro, as required by Regulation 1th; except
in case of parties holding valid permits tui-
ider former Regulations; and except also
exportation by a State or the Confederate
Government.
0th. Governmer,: cotton will be ladtn
and exported under direction of an Aa#n'
of tij3 Treasury Department. He will
supply t he cotton to be exported on gov-
ernment account, frou cottcn belonging,
to the Treasury Department, or by pur-
chase from owners of tie portion needed
at any time to make un the load; will al-:o
agree for the payment of the freight from
the poinc of departure to the plar:e of de-
livery in Mexico, to bi specified in bills
of laden (or wagiu receipts,) to be given
in duplicate by the c trrier.
10th. The rate of freight to be paid
outward and inward will be fixed and pub-
lished by the collectors of customs from
time to time, not exceeding the ordinary
prioes paid by private parties.
11th. In case of exportation on licensed
vehicles by a State, permits to load for
one-half the cargo will be granted upon
certificate of tne Governor under State
eeal, or affidavit being made by the agent
of the State, filed with the collector or
deputy, stating the quantity of cotton or
tobacco to be laden for exportation, and
that it is the bona fide property of, and
to be exported exclusively for account of
the State; in which case no bond for re-
turn cargo will be required, as of private
owners or Bhippers. The permits to load
issued on sueh affidavits or certificates
must be returned and filed with manifest
of cargo to the collector or deputy, and
export duty paid as tn other cases, before
clearances shall be issued.
12th. Owners of cotton holding permits
to export, issued by tho Cotton Bureau,
under the regulations established by General
Order, No. 35, of June 4,1804, and which
may bo granted prior to tho first day of
February, 1865, in fulfillment of contracts
made under said regulations, will lw allow-
ed to export cotton under the same. JPiji*
mits to load will be granted by the collector
or deputy upon the delivery to him of such
permit certificates, for the whole or any por-
tion of tho cargo of any licensed wagon,
the pormits to load so issued upon such per-
mit certificates must be returned with man-
ifest of cargo to the collector or deputy, and
export duty be paid, as in other cases, be-
fore clearances shall bo issued.
Owners of wagons may take out entire
cargoes for parties under this article, but
will be required to comply with their bonds
to bring one half of the return cargo for
account of the Government, if return
freight shall be offered by the Government
agent in Mexico, or to show that they have
complied with their bond to do so, as far as
practicable, under Regulation 2d.
It is hoped that the plan now established
by tho Regulations of foreign "commerce
will be permanent, and that under it a suftij
cient supply of cotton will bo obtained to
enable the Government to purchase and im
port the necessary supplies for the public
service.
A resort to impressment, though author
ized by tho Government, will only he made
in case of failure of other means, and press-
ing necessity therefor.
The superintendence of the business
arising under tho Regulations has been con
fined to me under circumstances extremely
embarrassing. I trust that it will be con
ducted with reasonablo prudence, by the
aid of officers w hoso services may be se
cured. P. W. GRAY,
Agent Treasury, T. M.
The Saturday Review publishes the fol-
lowing notice of Lord Palmerston's con-
temporaries :
A recollection of his own career, and
survey of the politicians lie has around
him, must give Lord Palmerston a very
cynical feeling touching tho convinctions
ui the consistency of public men. His
cabinet is a collection of the statesmen who
at various periods of his life, have been
bitterly opnoscd to him. Forty years ago
he was a Tory, and Lord Jolm Rissell was
a Whig. Twenty years ago lie was a Whig,
and Mr. Gladstono was a Conservatives.
And it was but six years ago that both
combined with Mr. Gibson to turn him out
of office. Tho list of transmutations is not
complcto without tho mention of tho one
remaining statesman of au older day whom
his Ministry does not contain. Lord Der-
by forty years ago was his opponent, a lit-
tle more than thirty years ago was his col-
league, and now is his opponent again.
The roll of changes is probably closed now,
and his friends and adversaries will remain
as they are up to tho end. In other coun-
tries—where events, when they movo at
all, movo more precipitately—there would
be nothing surprising in such a career. But
it is probably some time since the witness,
and the subject, of so many political con-
versions has addressed au English audience.
Associated with such memories, exhibiting
such marvellous physical powers, Lord
Palmerston is privileged to speak without
any solicitude as to the amount of matter
which his speeches may contain, and it is a
privilege of which he is obviously deter-
mined fully to avail himself.
From the Petersburg Express, we copy
tho following.
Seward is on a visit to Grant. Probably
Ulysses got up the little flurry at Chaffin's
Bluff, Wednesday, just by way of diversion
for the arch villain, and to show him how
his pets, tltc niggers, would pitch into the
rebels. The Jinalc of this little "show" was
not as set down in tho bills, and the au-
dience must have bt en wofullj disappoint-
ed.
The Shreveport News savs:
Major Rose informs us that a Dr. Kenne-
do, formerly (tf Galveston, Texas, lias been
playing a dodge game on him in Mobile.
The Doctor represented himself as the agent
of the Major, and rented a box in the Post
Office, in which all letters were put directed
to the Major. The letters were robbed of
their contents and destroyed. The Doctor
has been apprehended, and is now in cus-
tody in Mobile.
LETTBB FBOM MOBILE.
Mobim. Ala.. Sert. !0tb, 1864.
Kd. Tflegraph—i > *'! purpo^l wrltluc you directly nyon my arri-
val bare, but *o locltu-t'uu to defer until ta-uiurrow what (herald tM
done to-d«y— an lo«r« aieut tbat too ot ten enter* ver> largely Into
tbe compohUlon ot the hnman character and Into do one's more than
mine own—lis* pr«veutnl consummation of my Inlet.tlona.
Blnce tbe evacuation of Atiautaand tbe repeat ot our army (ton
tbence towarJs Central u-">r<la. no movement of any Importance
bus been m.nle on either «Me. Along oar entire line from the Jamee,
upon whose btnki the great drama of the war tiao been, for the bam
three yeara, so grandly and ><) fearfully ecacted, to the MIuImIppI.
tbe utmost quiet reigns.
This Inactivity 1c, however, but momertary, a* movements, of
whose nature 1 may not low write you, are hi «onciytlon, the per-
fection of which will be productive of tt.e greatest ••id, I trusU molt
beneficial result* to the Oonledcracy.
Sherman, with the main body of his army la retting, or rather
fortifying, >t Atlanta. His long continuance at that plaoe, and, also,
hU proposal at d acceptance of a ten da\a urmlxttce warrant the
belief tbat he -neonates the re-organization of bis troop* and the
reconstruction of lita lines of communication before advancing
further li.to tb Interior. *
It Is >uppo«e I, however, hy some that active hostilities have CM*
ed. not to ber< -urned tor t m.e time, In Northern Georgia, unleaa W«
assume tho it -reistve— n ' that Lincoln, yielding to the loud and
very ener.etu i^m.miis . f Orantfor reltiforceuieuU, will withdraw
an many troo; , as can b snared without endangering the safety Of
Sherman's pr< -ent position,an ' send them to Vltglnl-i to atrenttMo
the array of t i e Potomac wiit.-li, dl-heart,-ne<l ud ueiucrallied by
the terrible t veraeti lh t h ve b. fallen It—In tho recent engage-
ments In the vlclulty of Rtr'tnumd and Petersburg !a lying tn an
entrenched camp.
J«t were tl>« strength of ttut *rmy Increeseu to double Its nr
ont nnmbers, as long as L< e stands seutlr.el at the gates of the
Southern capltol with those veteran legions, whose strong arms and
brave hearts baveupbotne the hauner of the Confederacy upon so
many fields of tlercu and l.loody cotUlct, au entrance could not be
forced.
The ar.ey of Northern Georgia, dl ptrlted by tbe oottlnual ret*
rograde movements thui v .st j^perlorlly of nnroters has comneUad
It to nwke. be- been concentrated it Lovfjoy's St it Ion on the Macoa
and Atlanta railroad, and -aim presents a determined front t the
advance of tho enemy—and m.dcr the able «uaua«.-meut of Its aaga-
Clout chief, when the prover moment arrives, wiiu, lod to battle
au I to vtctoty. The removal, however, of General Johnston hte
pr-'dnc'^d n iKh tllrs^tl-factloi', and It Is but due that eminent com**
msnder t> say that he strl retains the cauildeiice mi both citizen and
so'dler. and to-d*y shUro 'argely In the ad ctlot e of bla eld
companions In aims as wheu he Qrst assumed conuoaud of tho army
of Tennessee.
From fotty thousand brave hearts the query i.a.i gone forth and
remains yet unanawcre I, why was Johnston removed? I have con-
vented with uinuy a wounded soldier coming from tue battlefield!
around Atlanta, and all are ton 1 in the praise of their deposed chief.
This expreoMon <>f confidence In hla capacity and qualification*M a
gieat unlit, ry !er<ier l< not confined 10 the soldiery alone, the psople
hr,ve to return a respon-lvo echo. Bat notwithstanding the very
deep ronret i.he removal of Johi.btou h occ^ic Dtui all, Hoed stands
blgl. as a General, hehssdono everything tnat great capacity And
much exigence could suggest, and the brightest laurels, that time
hlt< brow hs ve been given himi by the army of Northern Georgia.
Wlt't the retention of Fort Morgan and other points guarding the
entrance Into Mobile B v. the enemy seemconteut"d. Their veaaels
approached wltl.ln about four miles of the city at J i.re lying In ftxa
trerue ra'.go ot the wat.Tbatteries. TbelortlllciMltinsarquntfMobile
are compu te and support the heaviest and most lo. proved guns that
are now made. In point of general excellence tho defence* are
Inferior t'j nont In the Conuidetacy, und their completeness In every
respect reflects great credit upon theveiy able cntlneer who has
bee.i charged with their construction.
The successful defence of Mobile a/rulust the h .tvlost naval force
that can be brotigM against It. Is questioned bv not e.
Thaentire ntitita.y strergth of lllsslHslppi «ud Alabama has been
called Into th* tleld, and the people of loth Btnt es have responded
with alacrity to the ca'l of their governors, thus evidencing la a
manner not to be doubted, their ardent attachment to the cause and
their determination to use eveiy effort In the accomplishment of oar
national independence The ability of this ciass sotdlerylto meat SBO-
ressfully In opon field, veteran troops has b, en considered Tery
questionable, but this erroneons and ve,y prcv.il >ut • pinion has been
r. utedby tlve daring gallantry displayed bv th.i Georgia mllltla la
t! « many I lowly ei'gugemenliitround Atlanta.
The nomination of McOlellsu by the Chit-ego convention and his
letter of accepttince, foreshadowing the pol'uy that, will nulde hla
a m tils-trail-.it of the Northern Government, .in, not gtuerally con«
sMeted ap Indtcntlor* of an early termination t.f ;he war.
Finding ihattho £oath will not accept pe.vreon > nv terui^evcn the
ack>.owledgenient of Itsi lndspendence as a stp.rato nationality.
McClelhn. U elected, ^ 111 aupjy himself to u vlgoious pr-.secntlOQ of
tbe war—to tho reorganization of his i rinles—centralizing every
energy and resource or hla government artnlne .t the re-establish'
ment of the Ut.lon as It was, but the wtioie cou-.try not ludlfferent
as tn the position of the Soul h In the Union.
Ceitalnly the Chicago convention must ht\v; overlooked the
groat Issues that divide I the two peoples .toil pMi-ent an lnrart
mountablu barrier to tutlr re-ur)on, no iitutier f .jw tvorabie might
be the terms offered tho South.
Tho numbers of that body mustbave c!.ne,| t>,e|r eyes to the
oceans ot blood that hat beep band since thu cummonceraentotth!*
war, to tho e*P- n tHuro of so many millions >f tioasuro— to tho
devastation on i.« nneat uudricHest portion o; the Houth bv their
iu:titM, t ial> 111■ • jj.'.ii/;)XitiI haniitnttHet
ourselves und cf tho ni!|tt.., th„r to come aJtor n. wnnirf S.
entrusted to the keeping ot a people, from whim wo hivemffsrSS
ao many countlosa luluiios. " wi nave suffered
With our armies disbanded, our resources s -at torr i
►Ions arise, as they purely w.ll. m tho seUtamontit onritSiSES:
should the proposition contained in the Oei. ,.ti.ir: . «riev«nces~
like the Gotnfn the c.pitolof AnrtSt SSf ^SSSfita'
thrown Into the balance, we would not kubnilt tVtne^thrrnoflft
would be fierce and short-and tho sters «XtilieV^iTainst whoL'
supremaey we have drugg ed so long and so" uc'• ssfSnv wSSld
wave In triumph over a subtnga ed people. God Grant tho lout?ma*
(riia nnt.li ttfihoiih! Ixa.4 ami _ -,,v •Oulll ID Ay
Direct
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IVI'OltTATIONS F1ICM HAVANA—
d an l l./ird Oil, I'.ttn.s tn •.'.I 11. Cans
I'-tt A*.is, Iron, Nails,
'-• u liaiis, llorke litu'i.i s 11. Cuiry
r,
aoo C u)t try Hcnr'-1 I.y :
l'f ls tend !'in Plat-o
> ;nud C. lothlrt,.-, Ladle*'CI" iks, <Jic
tu iiir. t; -jn.r,, itccompanl'.<d by remit'
' i'i ;y i a iu Jii d
W. 13. SOKLKY et CO.
> v. it J-iii
coniequences may be.
The splrlfi of'both cltlznn and soldier are still high ardbnovanr
With an abundant com and wheat crop, Mtch eiwo hav n««V
before been blessed wtth-wlth the addition of more7han a huSd^d
fiinn«Anrl mon to onr rankN—thp*« tiAfnir uunarea
thousand men to our ranks-the.e being alnu'st double the nS
subject to contcilptlon and holding offices that en be Ulled bv th£«
unlit for Held service, t he spring c.o.p.ign w"l open wl'h oS?
slstlng <-f Alabama, Mississippi and K
with which he li'is entered npott tho dlschar;
Department, con*
l."ui Unu. The energy
of the duties of his
)!ju> I'.TKI'.a, f RON I'I Kit i;.\ PKLtJTION, i
A-istln, Tex i . N iv. 1, l-Ot, /
Speel.il O No. I ,\
A i C . ,i I - .'.i d rfcrults belmsl. z t Slmn,'.-
i,','4',1 " " y o'.itrad to jirot et d InitM- JIstelv
M'. O'. oci. six miles ah'jvt; " ,i. o, Texa-,
wh"i-i: aretn <-,ti ■ Is established for tlieorj,anl.:atl jn
<! the iiattjil >■. Bv command of
M. BAJllI). C , I-h Ite.'f.
Arizona Brigade, and Com'dg Kr-t le E\p'dltlon.
C. I- Maptix, let Lt, Civ., v. 8. P. A . A a
tiov! 1 w<Vtw l'L
CITY ELECTION, 1863.
For City Marshall, P. B. GKORGB.
(For ru-flecllor.) 1 C LOI£D
Pt. 1)1:0 LAINZ.
rpili2 many frit nds o( 11. F Matthew* hope lie wiil
X not disappoint tbem in re: isl g to ruu for City
Aisr.-bal. nov lilt
Jt PHtsll. K. IIKCKIR.
BltKSIl Si BRCKKIt.
Pledras Megras, Moxloo.
COMMISSION *F0HWAH1)1N(J MERCHANTS.
Dealers in Dry Goods. Groceries ard Ilstdware. No
•har7es on freight advanced on cotton consigned to us
sle here. oct20 loi*
high ami responslblo position, gives proml o >.f « t,otter admfnUlMT
Hon ot af'alrs tr ait tills Deprrtment has heretofore received
Vety truly, your friend, • • • «
Prince Edward Countt, Va., Oct. [i, 16C4
IA. Telegraph.—I tell yon that our authorities aro
fully alive to tho emergencies of tite ilay. Last week
every mau in tho city of Richmond, l>e he resident Ot
even sojourner, was taken and sent tot,ho breastworks,
as the move was an unexpected one, ami was mado in
such force as to demand this step. The force thus ad-
ded to Leo was considerable—not 1.;hs than 10,000.
One item alone, tho Department Uattalion, amounting
to 4500 effective men—as many as Gen. Taylor had a"t
the battle of Buena Vista. This battalion is composed
of clerks in the different departments, artizens in the
various laboratories and workshops, and in fact all tho
attaches necessary to work the multifarious machin-
ery of our infant government—and their namoislc-
pion. When Major Jack Downing was sent to Gen'l
Jackson to examine into the affairs of the old United
.States Bank, he reported on his return that '* as Qigh
as he could calculate," " there was about eleven cords
of specie in tho vaults." If the Major could hut take
a peep into the various departments, armories, arsenals,
f oundries, laboratories,&,c., &c.. Ax\, about Richmond,
it he could "calculate" tho "great gathering-' of
young, able-bodied details, ho would say that there aro
cords of them. The government is uow making some
changes which will add tiany to Gen. Leo's army. Tlio
machinery of tho Bureau oi Conscription is being fe«
modeled and simplified—nil able men being sent to the
field, nnd their places filled either with the permanent]/
disabled or the Reserves. Tho Quartermaster and Com-
missary Department also, is attracting sonic attention.
The President tho other day stated, in a speech at Ma
con, that two-thirds ot' the. army are. absent from their
posts. mo.*tly without permission. Much censuro has
fallen on his head for this expose. It may have boCti
impolitic, and may givo somo comfort to our enemy,
yet as a homo truth it is very humiliating. Vigorous
t (Torls are l< iug now made to restore much .-strength to
our ai mies. My only fear is that the move is being mado
too lato f't.r this campaign.
Yon must have scen an account of Hampton's raid
in to the rear of Grant's centre, and bringing oft.'
fat beeves. This was tho boldest feat of the campaign,
and was a perfect ten strike. These beeves were fresh
and fat. from tho Blue Grass region of Kentucky and
< lltio, and u ill supply our army for forty days or more,
enabling us in the meantime to fill our rath ;r depicted
Commissary Department from the South. As to OUT
prospects around Richmond, all are hopeful, sanguine.
The old Roman has the unbounded confidence of all,
b< tii in and out of tho army, and lie has shown liiraself
master in every move that Grant has attempted. Grant
swags his immense foroo from ri^ht to lift, and th^n
back again, but wherever he strikes he finds Leo ready
and Jibb' to repel him. Ho will make desperate attempts
before the 1st of November to bolster up the failing
fortunes of his master, Lincoln, and much Wood wi!J 00
snilt, and yet Richmond will stand unpolluted by Beftst
Butler's presence or rule. You may look cut l'or stir-
ring events. J must close, good bye, my love to Texas.
Yours, Ac,. F. PEYTON .
AliUOLOB—_Whole a!e, Com .l-mon srd forward In* Merchjn
• t, Kajfle Pass, Pledrss N'e«-ri- anl Monterey. Dialer In Ory
Goods and Groceries, freight advance I without "tiarge>., on coa, n
cons'aned lo me tor sale at this place. Cmn?ctloa With :he Wsl
hon-*-" of Matamorss an 11' the interior of Mexico.
R12tw3m3taw ■
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Cushing, E. H. The Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 170, Ed. 1 Friday, November 18, 1864, newspaper, November 18, 1864; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235066/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.