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AFFAIRS AT GALVESTON.
Our telegraphic column gives something r.f an
idea of the state of affairs in the island city. Our
dispatches are up to last night. It appears from
them that one of the defences of the cit7, that
commanding the channel into the bay. is disa-
bled, and the enemy I12S gained a position inside
the bar.
When this was first reported, it was thought that
the city had fallen. It appears, however, that the
Federal steamers were met by a flag of truce a mile
from the wharves, and negotiations were entered
upon which resulted in a suspension of hostilities
for four days, to remove the women and children,
it being agreed that no more batteries were to be
erected in the meanwhile.
Some of the troops we are informed by telegraph,
were on Saturday removed to Virginia Point. Of
movements since then, we have no right to speak,
save that there are troops enough in Galveston to
give the enemy a good fight before they get pos-
session, and that they will get possession at all, is
now by no means certain. Certain it is every inch
ofthelr progress will be disputed by brave and
disciplined troops,under the command of gallant
and determined officers.
The attack upon the city has been so long de-
layed, and the enemy had made so many vain
threats, that the people had learned to regard
them with indifference, and to believe that noth-
ing would be done. 4t "What," it was said, " does
the enemy want of Galveston ? It can be of no
use to them. They certainly will let it alone."—-
This was tbe belief of many, and accordingly
many families re'.urned to their delightful homes
only to become comfortably established there,
when they have been obliged to leave again.
During Saturday night and yesierday crowds of
fugitives arrived in this city eager to escape
the thraldom which the fate of New Or-
leans has taught them to dread. These fnuilies
must be provided for in our city. Our people will
see that it is done.
If Galveston is to fall, it will be a wid blow
to tbe State. Retake it we cannot. It is lost
to us for the war. We must make it of as
little use to the foe, and its loss of as little
disadvantage to ourselves as possible. The ene-
my can and must be confined to the island. Not
a foot of the main land must he get possession of.
Inch by inch of his progress must fee disputed, and
a wall of fire and steel rise everywhere before
him.
Texians will n'eed to have nothing said to them
to arouse them. They will permit no encroach-
ments upon their State. What cannot be defend-
ed must be left, but what can be will be. As for
the military, we know they are active, vigilant and
prepared. They will do -their whole duty. The
people must co-operate with them and be ready
to answer any demand made upon them.
We hope the city may yet be found defensible,
and that tbe enemy may be taught a severe lesson
n attempting to make a lodgment upon our soil.
We understand that after to-day all communi-
cation between the Island and the mainland will
be interdicted by the military.
OSTENTATIOUS GRIEF.
Ostentatious mourning is 111 the worst kind of
taste. A mourner who cries much in public is
very apt to laugh in private, for the reason that
he who always cries must soon wear out. Human
nature cannot stand a.constant and long continued
strain. It must have relief. Consequently, ex-
cessive mourning in public is very apt to lie affec-
tation. This is the verdict of public opinion.
This is one of the reasons, among others, why
we object to publishing obituaries, whether in
prose or rhyme. It is because we don*t believe
in them. Persons of public fame are appropriately
ITEMS OF IHTfcltffeST,
Ffornfhe PTttcinrta^i C^mniirciaHf^f lOlfr*
we take the following:
Washington, Sept. 9.—The reports from the
enemy's operations in Maryland continue, a* uni-
ul, to be indefinite and Jor the most part unrelia-
ble, though it is known to bo an established fuel
that he bus moved from Poolesvillc towards Fied-
erick, but has made mM>ffensivemi>v.<*nieiit toward
Washington,as published.in.the evening paper
here. As near as can ljjt.a*cerlaiticd, the column
which has moved northeast of Frederick was
about 15,000 men,, and is evidently destined for a
raid for supplies either ta ^Northern Maryland or
Southern Pennsylvania.
The enemy yesterday .transferred a 'ar.ee num-
ber of baggage wagons across tbe Potomac, which
indicates permanent location, or else for removal
of supplies, which the enemy is rapidly gathering.
From tbe same correspondence we tearn that
the fortifications around Washington are being
vigorously strengthened.
Forney writes from Washing 011 on the 7th :
Inofficial circl.-s we notice the greatest 'Confi-
dence in Gen. McCleilan and the army, and it is
believed that rebels who have entered Maryland
can never evade capture ; indeed, an officer of
high rank assured me yesterday that it' the recent
movements authorized b only poorly carried out,
there was nothing left but disaster f. r the enemy,
unless all military precedents were false.
Military precedents are undoubtedly false in
this war. There are few inilitary precedents of
the successive defeat* of the Federals.in now
over thirty battles since the first oS May, nor cer-
tainly is there any precedent in history for the
unendingly false reports of those battle's made
by the Federal Generals.
The Whfceling Intelligeneef, of the Tt'i, says :
News was received in this city, yesterday, of
the capture of Kavenswood. on the Ohio river, by
the rebels. We heard no particulars, only that
the rebels entered the town. "There was only a
small force of inf 1 ntry at KarenmvnnJ. Captain
Row and'* company, which has occupied the place
some months, joined General Kelly more than a
week ago.
The Commercial says, editorially :
The impressiom seems to have become preva-
lent that all danger to Cincinnati has passed away.
We do not look up-^n the situation in that light.
What is Kirby Smith doing 1 \\ hy did he not
promptly advance upon Cincinnati? The rebel
General has,since bis victory at Richmond,been
conducting an immense recruiting and loragirg
expedition. He is possessing himself of the rich
resources of Kentucky, lie is receiving the sym-
pathisers with rebellion into hisranks, and is im-
pressing those who do not sympathise w ith him—
carrying out the terrorism which characterises the
operations of the conspirators wherever,tliey be-
come masters. No coubt Smith's forces were
greatly fatigUed'wh'cn they entered the Blue Grass
region. Since-thai time they have been living od
the fat of the land; and they have notonjy been
recuperating and reinforcing, but moving sloadily
this way.
The C6mrtiercial says that the troops massed
about Washington were put in motion to. get be-
tween the icbels and the South, when the rebels
crossed into Maryland. This is doubtless the flank
movement spoken of in the dispatches.
A Washington correspondent writes:
But what-of the recent great reverses—their
cause and meaning? Verily, he who can read
that riildle—unravel that weo of perplexed and
tangled movements, balance between thatincredi-
ble mass of conflicting testimony, adjudicate thosa
rivalries of military jealously,and award honor
where honor and disgrace where disgrace, is due—
must have a larger comprehfuraion simian acuter
judgment than belong u> me. Suffice it to say none
of tne numerous correspondents of the press have
t>< gun to fathom the difficulty, nOr has anjthing
been made public which does more than hint at
the real causes of failure. A*! write, a Court of
Inquiry has.been ordered to investigate some, at
least, of the reasons of tbe great disaster.
It was a disaster to the Federals truly, and it
seems to us that Manassas must be synonymous
with a curse in their vocabulary for all time. Two
such battles as have been fought there never be-
fore occurred on the same ground. *
Tho Philadelphia Inipirtfer, of the 11th ult.,
says:
We have never been sensationist--, yet we have
considered it false policy to disguise the truth,
however uhptllatable ; and after the destruction
of our recent buoyant-hopes we feel that it will
not do to shut our eyes t.9 contingencies possible,
if not probable. We are toll that the rebels de-
sign penetrating into Pennsylvania ; we know
that Harrisburg is of little import-.nee to them
beyond the power which its possession afford them
of * breaking up railroad connections; and we
know that Philadelphia is an Object of intense
desire to them, both r.n account of the immense
stores which they would secure here, the oamage
which they could inflict upon us, and the prestige
which'Its occupation would give to their desperate
cause. If we are Vise men, therefore jit behooves
us to calmly consider whether we are in a condi-
tion to prevent either a sudden 'dash or all advance
in force ; and we are constrained lo confess, after
full consideration, that we are lamentably deficient
in the elements of self-protection.
One hu« dred and sixiv deaths of yellow fever
had occurred at Key West* including many officers
of the Federal army and navy.
Gen . Pope's official report briefly describing the
operations of his army, frbhi 111 6 battle of Cedar
Mountain, 011 the 9th of August, until he had safely
retired to the hanks of the Potomac, a period of
sixteen days of continuous fighting by day, and
marching under adverse cihcumstAnces by night,
its appearance. The-failure to. crush
i Lee eouhl 1
iributed by Gen. Pope to the fact that Gen. Porter
did not attack the rebel flank as he was ordered to
do. Accusations are also presented against other
leading commanders who participated in the re-
cent battles.
That report onght to be prefaced by Pope's ad
dre s to his ttoops on faking command of the army
there,when he had >0 much to fay about the backs
of the enemy, and discarding lices of retreat. If
then it was followed up for five days longer to the
30th of August, and the final disaster of that day,
it would make a document rich beyond compari-
son. Gen. Pope went up like a rocket, propelled
by bis own gas. and came down like a stick. He
has cut most decidedly the most ridiculous figure
of any General ofmodem times.
Wc have the St. Louis Democrat of the 10th
from which *e abstract several items of interest
Gen.Sherman had leftNewYork to supersede
Gen. Phelps, at New Orleans.
Afler the t-attle of Manilas. Gens. Pope, Mc-
Dowell, Siegel, Ranks, lleintzleman, Kearney,
Hooker, Porter, Reno, Cox, Sumner and Stuigis,
held a council of war at Centreville, and deter-
mined to retire to their fomfie,'lions and await
for reinforcements.
The militia of Missouri are being enrolled to
fight bush-whackers.
Co'. Adter. who is said to have deserted the
14 rebel'' cause and made his escape, furuishes.the
Northern papers the following estimates of the
" rebel*1 force marching northward :
Men.
Under Gen. .Toe Johnston— 00,000
•4 Stonewall" Jackson 45,000
Longslreefs Corps 18,000
General 1) II Hill 16,000
General A. P. Hill 1-2,000
General Koss of Alabama.... .'...* tf,000
General Craig, of South Carolina 12,000
General Huger's Division.... 12,000
Independent corps from Georgia. South
and North Carolina, Alabama, &c 60,000
TirfeTliXAS Bi!l(iA G IN VIRUIMA
I TV. .TIN OF WTliliPST,
-The -follow :i)$Jetter i- Irom Col. .T. P.. Ho'-ett-
son. The letter from him in our last was addressed
by him to Mr. Edey, and by hi:u forwarded. To-
day we have it direct fro n our gallant « M friend:
In Maryi.am), Sept. 5th.
The 5th carried the Lone - tar Flag in tb-battle
of Manassas. It had 2- shots through it and two
through :he stalf, 'i he re-intent took three stands
of.co. orsaul 1*4 pieces ofaitillery. We met the
celebrated Zouaves,H O strong, and whipped them
in five minutes, completely routi' g them an 1 kill-
ing over four hundred on the field. TI.e Texas
Rriiradc covered its If with additional glory stis
l;uning the.Lone Star full v. Our vi lory was com-
plete. W
strength
The .wounded are all doing w. 11 and at e well |
cwWor atWamntOB. Yours tn !y, j speech, iu ffhich lie .iter
• Hoiusroo*. Co)..tymmaii.lii.g wh fexas. the u est Uto cn, I,,,,*. all Miinrctio,,
■ <- IU 1.1. . I • V. Ul • I UJ ' 1 * 1 . I I
e are to-day . ros-ing into *iar>laml. The f lengthwise, lodges ne*
of our regiment to day is 2-rc. | upper part ol th • breact.
Hocstox, Sept. 30,18G2.
K. II. Crsmxo, Sir : There appears to be con-
siderable misapprehension on the subject of con-
-scripts. First, in r gai'd to what persons are sub-
ject to enrollment as^ conscripts; Second, as to the
rights and privileges of persons enrolled or sub-
ject to enrollment to select the corps or company
in which they are to serve.
I believe you will do the people a service by
publishing the accompanying orders from the Sec-
retary of War, f'om the Adjutant General of the
Confederate Siates.4Vr m the General commanding
the Department of Texas, and from tbe Superin-
J ton it was supposed that he had died from heart jtepden: of Conscripts. These orders cover the
! di.-ease, as no wound >vas observed on his person; j whole, ground. , r „
i i'lit* the embalmcr.s discovered U>,t "a ball bait I Attention Is specially invited tu the order of the
' rred the lower parr < t his ; a.id traversed
r the surface of
The Sdlma Reporter says that a portion oLGen
Rrag^'s army is moro th-m a day's journey beyond
the Kentucky line, and lessening Hie distance be-
tween them and the Ohio river, at the rate of twen-
ty miles a da.,.
Tbe Washington correspondentnt the New York
Herald says that Gen. Ke.t n v, to avo d the bul-
lets fired at him, reeiiited his body forward upon
the neck of his horse, but this expedient did'ut
s.ive htuu Wh.-n his ImmL vras taken to Washing-
It
s^ij f.'mt Y:il;-i d:gh3m has
From a letter irom our friend, Capi Bob Burns
a. C. S. 5th Texas, to us, we copy the followin«
Northeasr, and se
their own.
another
hope of
wih the
* an
independent republic
j adorneu with what is said to be an accurate like-
I iicss of Gen.'* S onew all*'Jackson.
7t
Gen. 1). H. Hill capture.l tlirce boats Tolled Me h?ve tbe Is! nmnbKr«f the Soiitbern IHiu-
Uh .•..ttee, Mil and ordnance U.-.lay. One Mar)- ,r?tf1 s Il,'s 'mar.o printed on
.and regimonl came over and joined us. jvhi to paper, and with . tear type, and filled •villi
.None ofil.e officers of tlie l,.iv.,n city fituir.ls , l'ter:.ry matter ol interest to all. f.us nnmher is
we e linrt, except Ptigh Fuller, bruised • y a'piece
of shell. None of Major Morse's bojswete hurt. ,
Will McGowen is all O. K. ,
General (formerlv our Colonel] J. J. Archer, \
can
down, his manly
thinned ranks of his glorious old regiment Look- ■ Col. W. Ransom Calhoun, nephew of the grea
ing «.t the flag torn almost to ri« boiis, he c-ould not > John and Comnnjnder of Fort Sumter, was
repress his feelings. He declared it the most trio- j lately killed in a duel by Major Kheit, son of
rious relic of the war. He also said the whole i Barnwell llhett. The affair took place at Charles*
army considered the Texas Brigade by far the test ; ton. If is tbe occasion of much regret, as both were
brigade in the army. { highly esteemed.
Truly yonrfriend, Ilon'r Bi rns.
said that the prize sfeamcr Rumuda 1
Ireuerai tionnen. our *• • board 26 boxes or po.t office stamps Tor the Co
rame to see us yesterday, and the b,Z teats ra fe,!er.Ul.. StaUa. Each box contained SlU,nt:0.
uo.wu his matily cpe.ek^, when ho lookeil at tbe
on
on—
The VicksiKtrg Wh«2 will have to sett'e
!ith Tex- ' our local if it don't quit stealing his sermonf
fi'li
Ex-
f|
Lieutenant Campbell Wood, Adjutant
ai,seVdsids a list of the killed and wounded of Ibe i tortion—a sermon—was preached to the people
... - , , , ... , , Houston and not of v icksburg.
4th andoth, which we have alteady published. _t ®
, , , .. . „ , , . . , 1 he guerrillas are at work in New Mexico. They
Me ere glad to loam that Col. Robertson s wound I are capturing S. mails and on the bunt for
is r<-po rted slight. lie says that Gen. Hill's di- j U. S.
vision was the head of their column in -crossin:
into Maryland. Our correspondent Wanderer
was again wounded, though we are glad to know
his wound was but slight.Bernpsy Walker's woun
is spoken of as dangerous.
The following article we take from the Rich-
mond Enquirer, 13th:
Much having been written in the praise of
}nauy of our troops, the writer proposes lo briefly
call attention to this gallant brigade, Brigadier
General J. B. Hood, commanding.
ithouL stop])ing to notice tlie many skirmishes
in which this command has distinguished itself,
we jviss at once to the battle of Etbam Landing—
or West Point, as the Yankees term it. May 7th,
]dG2, in v.hich this brigade, support d by the
Hampton Legion, (infantry.) about four hundred
strong, drove Franklin's entire division two miles
through a timbered bottom under cover of their
gunboats, aud held them there twenty-four hours,
until their retreating column hail passed, thusfullv
accomplishing the object proposed b the attack.
trains for the provisioning of Fort Union.
A petition is'circulating in New York to the
Secretary of War, to place Seigel at the head of
the army.
Col. Brodhead, of Michigan, being mortally
wounded at Man asses, wrote to bis brother before
h.' died, that he was "one of the victims of Pope's
imbecility . and McDowell's treason." McDowell
has demanded a court of inquiry. Pope has been
sent to light the Indians.
441 tell yon,"' said a Federal soldier to h:s com
raderin hearing of a Confederate prisoner since
returned,* - Jackson is the greatest man in this or
any other country. As for our fighting against him.
It is useless. He made all these mountains round
here, knows everything about everything iu the
country, and he is bound t«* whip us/'
The strength of South Carolina in the field is.
infantry. 3-J,*2**ii , artillery. ; cavalry, 4,714 ;
conscripts, l.lObw Total, 4-,292.
In the recent handsome affair at Williamsburg,
the Ilolcombe Legion. 370 strong, drove some *00
of the enemy through and out of tbe town, killing
and wounding ill), and taking 1JH Federal prison-
The enemy acknowledged a loss of eight hundred j ers, 16 contrabands,71 liors-s and 20 carbines. Our
dismissed from the stage of life with the applause
their life has merited. Who reads an .obituary j JJ^^ad
except of a dead friend ? It is not plausible that' Jackson before Lee could have teached hinij, is at-
there are fifty readersof any newspaper that read
any given obituary. This public disinterest is
the public verdict on the propriety of these things.
We receive hundreds of obituaries for publica-
tion, which, as we havo no waste column in our
paper, we throw iDto the waste basket of our office.
It is needless for people to send them to us, or
having sent them to enquire about them. Those
few thatare published are inserted as advertise-
ments, at 25 els. a line. This charge is affixed to
them as to all other advertisements, not to attract
them to our paper, but to keep them out.
JfT3 We learn from the Penitentiary that the
applications for cloth are filled in the following
order: first, the army; second,families ofsol-
vliers; and third, the people. At present there
are unfilled requisitions forthe service to a larger
extent, and for 500 families of soldiers ; and be-
sides these, 30,000 applications of tbe third class
are awaiting their turn. People can see that the
prospect of getting anything is very small.
Prksbytery of westerx 'i zxas.—The regular
Fall meeting of this body, we are requested by
the Stated Clerk to say, is appointed for the last
Thursday (the 30th,) of October next, at 7 o'clock,
P. M., at Columbus- The time and place have
been selected, we learn, with a view to favor the
attendance of delegates to Synod, which is ap-
pointed to meet at Chappe 1 Hill on the first
Thursday, (the 6th) of November.
Ijj-* Speaking of com, Mrs. Dr. J. L. Br3-an, of
the Bay, has placed us under obligations for a slice
of the best and most toothsome pound cake we
have seen in many a day, and it is made out of
corn meal at le^s expense Tor other materials than
is used in making flour cake. It is certainly very
nice.
Our friends Phelps and Yerby inform us
that the Rangers, near 800 strong, are now in ex
cellent health. Cols. Wharton and Walker and
Major Harrison are looking particularly well. The
regiment is now in Kentucky,
JJ3J* We have a dispatch from Capt. Farmer, of
tli6 Bayou City Guards, dated on the 17th of Sep
teinber, giving a list of the wounded, and stating
that they are all doing well. The dispatch wa*
forwarded by Mr. Edey. It is not mentioned that
any had died.
The New York World says th t Gen. Sutler con
stantly wears a breastplate, reaching from his neck
to his thighs. He never goes out without it. It
was discovered one day to the bystanders by Gen
B. slipping as he attempted to go on board a boat.
His fall sounded like an old kettle. The fall tore
his coat, aud the plate protruded
From the Washington dispatches of the 9th we
take the following:
The news from Frederick today indicates that at
any rate the rebels are improving their time by lay
ing in a heavy stock of provisona—scouring the
country for beeves, hogs, wheat and corn.and hur-
rying all they can collect back over the Potomac,
and within their Virginia line*. They seem to have
dropped tbe specious pretence with which thev set
out, of paying for whatever they wanted in U- S.
Treasury notes. Now they either pay iu Virginia
bills or Confederate scrip, or refuse to pay any
ttiin^ at all. *
Infantry ........,.f,... .-J30,'000
Cavalry, including General Stuart's com-
mand uf 4,200 men.. 20,000
Total 263,000
Of tbe artillery the force is not specially men-
tioned, but one hundred and fifty pieces were
sent with " Stonewall" Jackson "alone, and the
entire parks are not less in total than four hun-
dred. The cavalry is accompanied by 18 and 24-
pounders,and most of the entire amoiihtofthe
artillery consists of field pieces, very many of them
rified and of the most modern pattern.
Gen. IIwell's corps alone amounts to twenty
eight thousand men. apart from Jackson's, but it
is thrown Tn as a part of Jackson's fore*, although
Ool.-Adler gives it its full value. He states that
fifty-Seven tine pieces of ordnance were left behind
by Gen. McCleilan on "the < hickahoiniiy, aud all
of tlleSe have been made available.-
A Baltimore correspondent, writing September
5tb, gives the kk rebel'' programme as then under-
stood hy the Recessioirsis, which he says is to take
Phil .delphiaand New York and winter iu those vil-
lages, and let Baltimore and Washington full into
theirhands like ripe pears. The correspondent adds
this significant expression : A tier the wonderful
events of the last ten days, nobody laughs s<t the
enemy now for their extravagant utterances."'
'J he following is from a proclamation of the
Mayor of Cincinnati, Sept. Oth:
A requisition has been made on the Mayor for
three thousand men and one hundred cur's to ft ork
on the fortifications.* These men are required im-
mediately. If they volunteer, they will bo paid.
If not. the press gang will have lo go around. The
men mn*t be forthcoming. Let every citizen give
attention to this matter. The enemy is at our doors.
There isno time tor hesitation. Every hour is pre-
cious. Report at the Mayor's office this morning.
McCleilan is in favor of an onward movement
again, juntas soon as the new troops can learn t<>
handle the musket.
killed and wounded, while that of the Texas Bri
glide was thirty-tour killed and wonnded.
We next pass to the batt e of Gaines* Farm, or
Coal Harbor, June 27th, 16U2; and without critcis-
ing inuc i that has been said regarding the partici-
pation of other troops in that terrible conflict, or
Kopping to count the number of brigades that had
in vain essayed to drive the enemy from their Gi-
braltar, beg to Hate tiiat it was this command th t
broke through their lines and drove tljern in utter
confusiou across the fields, caj.turing fourteen
guns, ami repulsing a charge of the enemy's c«v*
airy to retake them.
As acknowledged by the Yankee this was they
key to their position, and it was only after tde day
was lost to them that McCLllan determined to
change his base—a necessity, of course.
We next accompany the gallant llood and his
matchless command to the battle of Aug. 30th, near
the old Manassas battlefield, on which occasion
this brigade and its commander won for them-
selves immortal honor. 'They, led our attack on
the right, and drove on through wood and field for
over fwo miles, annibil ting two regiments of
Zonaves. and dealing havoc among their second
line; drove it pell mell back upon their reserves,
closed en mase* capturing twelve guns and nine
stand of colors and losing over one-third «.f their
number in killed and wounded. Finding them-
selves in an op^n field, exposed to enfilade bv the
enemy's batteries on the left, they were ordered to
fall back to a ravine, from which point they again
moved forward and slept on the battle field.
•Claiming this as the greatest achievement of the
Texans. we propose to illustrate the importance of
their unfaltering: charge by simply stati-g that in
capturing 2 of the enemy's batteries and clearing j has given us so
the field to such an extent, their commander was
enabled to put into action several brigades sei.t
him by General IiOngstreet.
Unfailing as has ever been his couratre and gen-
ins, it was here that both found afield for exercise,
and gallantly as the brigade has ever home ksel!,
it was on the 30th of August that it was by itself
eclipsed,ai d brightly us the Lone Star hat*ever
shown, it was on ?hat rcemorable day that it rose
high aud gave forth a more resplendant light than
ever before.
Let us, then, render due honor to the chivalrous
Hood and his brave compatriots.
An pi ye Witness.
Near Fairfax C. II., Sept. 3d, 1£U2.
We give the following letter, from our friend,
A. H. Edey :
Aocncv 5tii Texas Vpt.,)
Richmond, September 8. ISti2. \
•Eo.Tet.e«r*pii—Jtear Sir—The telegraph wires
have already conveyed the glorious int lligence of
another signal victory at Manassas. I will only
occupy the ppace in your paper to chroiicle some
few items concerning •• the pride of the army''—
the Texas Brigade.
On Friday, th-'. 29'h,at twilight, the brigade, at
the extreme right of our lines, charged the enemy
and drove him "tie and a half miles aud returned
to the original lines at midnight.
Saturday, al 10 a . m., the fight opened, by the
enemy charging our centre, the lines sea-easing
backwards aud forwards until 3 ?. m., then the
brigade made a charge and drove the enemy bel-
ter skelter for two miles, we losing many -aiuable
lives and the enemy literally mowed down.
It was here, in this charge, that Gen. Hood or-
dered a halt for some wise reason ; «iie 1st and 4th
heard the ordert and slopped in a ravine—the 5th
and the glorious old leth Georgia went tearing on
capturing a battery of 18 guns as they went, though
first receiving its terrible can ster and grape, up
they rose the bill ; they struck the top, and there
met a brigade of Zouaves—kneeling with puns at
a charge bayonets—only twenty paces interven-
ing. The Zouaves opened on the noble boys, they
received the fire undauntedly, and with a yeJl. so
loud, so piercing, that it seemed to carry with it
the very voice of fury, returned the fire and charg
ed. Sir, five hundred of those Zouaves lay dead
on that field of irb yards square—the account is
historical now—it was heard at I he hotels, in the
streets, and everywhere in Richmond. The pur-
suit was continued, new troops of tlie enemy came
up, but were brushed aside by this now decimated
baud of veterans. To write alt that those boys
did, and how they did, would Serin to be so
astounding, that it might appear that I was impos-
ing upon the credulity of your readers; 1 leave
the st 11 more vivid de-cription of these scenes to
the participants, but rest assured that I lu.ve not
given even a shadow of an exaggeration.
At this time our forces came up and being
largely reinforced by other brigades, the conflict
was continued, which resulted in another Bull
Knr ro :t.
Th. bright and lastiug trophy will cause the
hearts Of all at home to ring with joy, for the ab-
sent ones In Virginia are speaking to tbe world in
terms which will never cease lo live—but as we
know that gre^t achievements demand great sacri
tices, so have those honors and blessings to tbe
young nation called for h offerings of the best of
the children of Texas. The brave dead cannot be
forgotten—no—a little band as we are, hundreds
and hundreds of miles away from Texas, we seem
knittbgether'in closer ties than the mere organi-
zation of an army brigade cnttld weave. Brothers
and friends are to be found in each of the three
regiments, and after each battle, as the dead,
wounded and missing are counteu up, and the bri-
gade grows smaller in dimension*, the teelingex-
ists that tbe p.oud name orTcxas inust still be kept
bright, and renewed energy, greater daring, an«l
more determined resistance is displayed, though
there be left In the end bt:t few sur\ivors of
"nood's Texas brigade.''
During the Brigade charge the right of the 5tli
got s -parated from its left, and Capt. Turner of
Polk county with two men including the colors
were standing alone,, they kept the fiagal >f and
the brave little party kept up the shooting ; at last
they were heavily pressed and gradually retreated
to join the regiment, though not before four color
bearers were shot down, but the beautiful flag di,l
Dot touch the ground. It was here that our brave
friend R.C.Simpson, C. S-, was wounded while
bearing tbe flag, (the wound is not serious.) Col.
J. B. Robertson was not hurt, keeping up with tin*
regiment. His escape was Providential, a ball
■truck a part of his truss which saved his life.
Among the losses which sadden the triumphant
victory is that of Lt. Col. Upton, of Coluiubus, 1
brave, daring, totally fe rless; a eaunULer alio;
struck him in,the forehead and he died instantly.
Capt. Bryan of Liberty was wounded in two places.
but not seriously ; he is stirring about upon two
sticks for support, (.'apt. Cleveland of Polk coiin-
ty,seriously wounded in the neck, comprises the
extent of the casualties among the captains.
loas was two killed and six wounded.
| The New York Times has got to teUinjr the truth,
and something must happen. Perhaps the war i
drawing to a close Bead :
It is pretty evident to everybody by this t-irae
that our armies have been out-generated by ihe re-
bels. The fact is humiliating, and one which we
sh 'iild rejoice to see refuted. But the logic of re
suits proves it. In almost every instance where
the two armies have met, the rebel Generals have
out-inanceuvred or out-managed ours. They hav
known precisely where our weak points were,
while we have not known theirs. They have, got
upon our flanks or in our rear, in spite of all our
efforts to prevent it. They have turned our posi-
tions-misled us as to their own movements-antic-!
ipated ami thwarted ours—outnumbered us at spe- \
eific points, whatever the comparative aggregates j
Uiightbe—deceived us by pretended retreats, and
managed.hy some device or other, to get the bet'
ter of us in nearly every engagement.
Secretary of War of AOg. 18th. lt will he seen
that no distinction is made between persons ••sub-
ject :o enrollment" and persons already enrolled,
and that neither are permitted to join companies
which have been mustered iuto service since the
P>thof April. An exception is made for compa-
nies authorized to be raised previously to the liith
of April, and which were completed to their min-
imum number by the 17th of May. This is in ac-
cordance with the 13th section of the'law of the
16th of April, often called the conscript law.
Together with calling into the army all men be-
tween tlie ages of 18 and 35 years, tlie other chief
intent of the b w in question was io prevent the
■accumulation of a large crowd of officers comtnand-
ing corps of inenvwh.ch under the old system might
become rid culonsly small. Th* unnecessary ex-
pense occasioned by this multiplication of officers
besides the injustice and hardships it sometimes
v mugi t. are too obvious to requfre pointing out.
The Secretary of War in his last report complains
that the number of regiments is already too great.
It will-be seen by the order front the War De-
partment of Aug. 19th. that no physician's certifi-
cate or examination will be evidence, except those
of a medical officer of the army regularly detailed
for that duty. Attention is also invited to the 9th
paragraph of the same Order No. 58.
lt is clear to every intelligent and patriotic cit-
izen that the orders in question, hereto subjoined,
are calculated to carry out faithfully the objects
of the conscript act.
Very Respectfully, yonr ob'i servant.
ASHBEL SMITH.
IIkai «juart::rs Conscript Service, {
Ai stin , Sept. 20th, 1S6-2 >
ORDERS, No. 8.
I. For tlie information of all concerned, and
the guidance of Enrolling Officers, the annexed
ord: rsare published.
WAR DEPARTMENT)
A rijrTANT iNPPEf-TOH GfcNL's OFFICE.>
Richmond, April 15th, 18G2. )
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 23.
Parties who who have been authorized by the
War Department to raise troops in Texas, are
prohibited from enlisting or receiving twelve
months' men; and all authority heretofore granted
i>y this government to raise Troops, iu any State,
is hereby revoked, utile-s the organization is com-
pleted, and the Muster Rolls returned to this office,
within sixty days trom the date of this order.
By command of the Secretary of War.
S. COOPER,
Adjutant & Inspector General.
° Richmond, August 18th, 1802,— Conscripts can-
not be assigned to Partisan Bangers or to Vol-
unteer Companies mustered into service since
the 16ih of April. You will enroll all persons
subject to enrolment, without regard to their en-
listment ill .such Companies. By the President's
order, no persons subject to enrollment have
been permitted to join Partisan Bangers since the
31st of July last. G. W. RANDOLPH.
Secretary of War."
II. I am instructed.by General Hebert to di-
rect Enrolling Officers to carry the above order of
tbe Secretary of War into immediate effect by en-
rolling all those designated therein.
JOHN S. FORD.
Col. & Superintemlant Conscripts.
CIRCULAR OKDLK.
Headquarters, Conscript Service,}.
Austin August 21st, 1862.
I. Information has been received at these Head-
* | quarters that otfieeis in the military service cf the
Confederate States are recruiting conscripts for
Receiver's Sale of
C O F I 8 V ATE® LANDS.
BY virtue of decrees rendered bv the Confede-
rate Stafes Court for the Western District of
Texas at Austin, at its June term *802,1 shall, as
Receiver, at the times aud places.hereinafter men-
tioned, proceed to sell to the highest bidder for
cash paid in hand (Confederate money) the follow-
ing described property, to-wii: At the Courthouse
door in the city of Waco, ou Saturday, the 18ih
•lay of October, lcG2,
/• a f\ Acres ef laud on the north prong of the
O-iv/ Hosque, granted to Disney. The Botque
runs through this tract.
Acres of land on the north Eosqne,
v/j-U adjoining a survey in the name of E.
J. Johnson: sold as the properly of Disney,of
Cincinnati, O.
/.rv. v Acres of land in tlie neighborhood of
Uyv perry, patented to Allen D. Iteaselv, as-
signee of William H. Waison ; sold as the proper-
ty^ f Beasley, of Indiana.
*1 .•>- - Acres of land known as the McClain place,
4t5 4 on Stampede Creek, iu .he neighborhood
of Perr?, together with all the improvements.—
There are from .till to 80 acres of improved land on
this place; Also, with this tract, 40 acres of tim-
bered land out of the Ashbern tract, iu Hell coun-
ty. Also, one Metalic Coffin; sold as the property
of Rose, of .New York.
At the Court House door in the town of Gales-
ville, on Thursday, the 23d day of Ociober, l^(i2:
14) £4 Acres of iaud on Cow-House Creek,
• i^OVy granted to Nevil A. Gee; sold as the
property of C. R. Richards.
Acres of land out of the J. Harmr.n one-
OOc/ third of a league, on the Leon rivtr; sold
astlie property of A.Rankin.
Acres of land adjoining the lands where
tm\) Judge Taylor lives, ou the Leon river.
An undivided one-half of
f t a Acres of land adjoining tbe survey upon
which Fort Gates is situated. The two
last tracts sold as the property of Win. B. Mont-
gomery, of Pennsylvania. The first one of these
tracts has some 75 acres in cultivation in the Leon
Bottom, and is very valuable.
IO League of lana at the mouth of Ccryell
"tJ Creek upon the Leon, granted to the heirs
of Coryell. This is a very valuable tract of land ;
sold aa the properfy of tbe heirs of Coryell.—
ltj A lot of Furniture, sold us the property of
De Graff Taylor.
1a i*'/* Acres of land In the name of J. W.
/ O Heeler ; and
I t ** Acres of land in the name of Samuel
^45: / O Uruff. These two tracts sold as the
property of Dennis Perkins, of New York.
At the Court House door in the town of Steven-
ville, on Monday, the 2?th day of October, 181-2 :
Q | QQ Acres of land on the Paluxy; all
'jijtl OO patented to Richard B. Kimball, of
the State of New York, except one tract patented
to Corbiii. There are several improvements on
these lands; and for iituber, water, grass and
laud, there are some of the finest situations In the
upper country, oil these lands. They will be di-
vided into such tracts as wid suit purchasers,
o OArt Acres of land granted to M. J". Jaine ;
.OVw sol i as the property of sanies Plant,
of New York'.
At the Court Ilousc door, in the town of Meridi-
an. on Thursday, the thirtieth day of October,
Jfcb2 :
InQA Acre* of land, granted to Thomas
llark-ins; sold as the properly of J. A.
ray, of Pennsylvania. The North Eosque runs
through this tract.
O Acres of land, out of the Desiqne
0«V/*7\/ League, on Hill Creek; sold as the
property of DESAQWJ.
m) Acres of land, on Hill Creek, granted
to R. L. Stockton; sold as the pro-
perty of COM. STOCKTON.
3 Acres of land, granted toRufcsMc-
Lenan : and
4£Z(\Z Acres of land, granted to Juan Diaz,
on Steel's Creek.
Acres of land, granted fo Asa Baxter.
vJ-iv/ These three tracts sold as the property of
DENNIS PERKINS and JAMES PLANT, of
New York.
O.IA Acres of land, on NeiPs Creek, granted to
John Pool; sold • as the property of
'kci
fl
w>
The Herald of the Oth says tlw purpose of filling up their regiments or corps,
hat, therefore, looks now like a desperate cri- ls 111 ec x 1
fefs on our part, may. in reality, be the opening of
the final triumph < t tue Union arms. The critical
position of the rebels, their necessity of imme-
diately making another desperate effort, the skil-
ful and rapid preparations at Washington, clearly
point to the fact that the two armies are on the eve
of another important contest, and that the great
battle of the tsar will, within the next ten days,
be fought somewhere on the upper Potomac.
The Herald's triumph of tho Union army is al-
ways a little way ahead. Wonder if the great
battle referred to was the battle of the 14th, 15th
and 16th? It looks like it. No battle before fought
many prisoners, arms, etc., as
did that.
Gold wa* 19 in N. V. on the 8th. Silver 14,
Neither easy to get.
Old Abe will have his wit. 41I have heard" said
he the other d «y "of being knocked into the mid-
tile of next week, but the rebels have knocked us
into the middle of lastyear." We take this from
tbe Washington correal ondent of the Chicago
Tribune-
From the s*me correspondence we take the fol-
lowing:
I know that rome think it matters rot w hat we
do or leave undone; that the suppression of the
rebellion is "only a question of time;*' that we
shall, even if we only kill man for man, by sim-
ple substruction, reduce the less populous South.
They forget that our resources, however large,
are not infinite; nor our patience, nor our sell'-
sacrifiee. They forget the existence and rapid
growth of a peace party, which may force terms to
be made just as we are on the point of victory.
as has been done more than once in the history of
the world. They forget, also, the memorable
saying of Wendell Phillips in his speech here last
winter: **The South has neith-r men. money
nor munitions of war—only an idea. We have
plenty of men, money, munitions and mil jor-gen-
erals—but no idea. And see w hat the South has
accomplished.*' When these words were spoken
all was quiet on the Potomac—as itis now, or at
least would be did the enemy let us alone.
We see arguments in the Northern papers to
prove that a debt of a thousand millions, on ar an-
nual expense In time of peace of near $200,000,-
000, is hot such a terrible thing after all. England,
they say, has a much more costly government:—
llutthey forget that EoglaHd governs 200,000,0; 0
of people, and that nil the expenses of her gov,
eminent are embraced in the general statement
while, the United States general statements do not
embrace a dollar of the cost of Slate and county
governments, themselves fully equal to the heavy
expense of the general government.
The gold of the Nashville Banks has been re-
moved northward.
The Chicago Tribune say*: In thi*rebellion two
systems of warfare have been opposed to each
other. The rebel Generals have employed com-
mon sense and the Union Generals strategy. Thus
far common sense has had the best of it.
We suppose we exercised no strategy before
Richmond or at Manassas. Well let them have it
so.
The Cincinnati Times has been suspended f>r{ for the time 1h may have served.
[derations. Y Recruiting officers will -xecnte this order
strictly, mid promptly report all who fail to obey
it- JOHN S, FORD,
from llifge headquarters.
II. All officers so engaged In recruiting con-
scripts will immediately discontinue, or they will
be arrested* and ciiarges preferred against them.
All th* conscripts they may have recruited will re.
port themselves, without delay, to the enrolling
officers of their respective counties, and will be
marched by the said officers to the nearest camp
of instruction.
No enrolled conscript has the right to volunteer
into a company; and assignments t< duty in corps
are not final until approved by the superintendent
of conscripts, or authorized by the Gem ral com-
manding department.
III. For the information of all concerned, the
the annexed extract of an order from department
headquarters is published :
"IlKAntiL'ARTERS TRANS-MrSSISWPPI DISTRICT.)
South ok Red River, >
Sun Antonio, Texas, July 24, 1SC2-.)
Cot.cnel :
You have the sole charge of tlie enrolmentand
disposition of conscripts under the law, and sub-
j- ct of course only to order > from these headquar-
ters and the Secretary of War. No other officer
can give orders in the matter ; and you can arrest
officers or persons interfering with your duties or
orders.
I.am further directed to inform you that the
status of all corps raised by authority of the Sec-
retary of War is defined by the conscript law. AH
organizations computed, and with the minimum
number in companies, by the 17th of May, can be
fiiled to the maximum.
Byorderef Brig.flen. P. 0. Hkoect.
C. M. MASON, Capt. A; A.A. A.Gen'l.
To CoI.J. S. Ford, Superintendent Conscripts,
Austin. Texas."
IV. Enrolling officers are required to give no-
tice to-all officers or persons presuming to recruit
conscripts, and they will report all such to these
headquarters. JOHN S. FORD, Col
and Surperintendent Conscript?
Headquarters Gojbcttpt Service, /
Austin, Sept. 17th, 1&62. <
ORDERS NO.7.
I. In all cases of exemption from conscription
by reason of employment it is the duty of Enroll-
ing Officers granting the exemption to swear the
exempt iu:o the service of the Confederate States.
An exemption of this character is only a furlough.
II. Persons between the ages of-18 and 35 years
in the employ of the Confederate or S ate Govern-
ment, as clerks. teamsters, and otherwise, must be
sworu into Ihe Confederate service, and furlough-
ed as long as thev may remain so employed, or
until further orders.
III. In all eases where a person holds a cer-
tificate of exemption. or in cases where a certifi-
cate has not been granted, and the person receives
notice from an enrolling officer to come forward
and take the oath of service ami he fails, or re
fusestodo so, he will be published and treated a
a deserter.
IV. Discharges based upon certificates of dis-
ability are only valid as long as tbe disability may
continue. When the holder is restored to health
sufficiently to discharge the duties of a soldier, he
j is subject to conscription. He will receive credit
ridiculing Gen. Wallace's military ope
The Federal government proposes now to colon
ize all the negroes it can induce to go to Central
America. Senator Pouieroy has been appointed
colonizing agent, and has issued an address lot he
negroes, in which he promises them social position
and freedom in ilieir new country, but unfortun-
ately he does not illustrate his argument by the
condition of things in Da^U aud San Domingo.
Savannah, Sept. 12.—On Wednesday, two Yan-
kee barges approached Mr. Rogers' place,about
12 miles f oin Genesis Point. The news having
reached camp, Capt. McAllister, with a detachment
of twenty men, went in pursuit- Awaiting the a p.
proach or' the barges our men fired into them, ki.l-
itig the officer in command of tlie Yankees. A
volley beinz fired into the boats, all the occupants
fell, but our men kept up their fire into the side
of the boats which drifted off. Other barges were
sent from the gunboats to tow the crippled boats
away. Nine men were lift d from one of the bar-
ges over the side of the gunboat,and five from the
other—making fourteen killed end wounded. The
gunboat then put to sea. Nobody hurt on our side.
Every little helps.
The New York Herald has taken a little longer
lime to end the war. lt now says :—
in order to make sure of the desired result, our.
army will not take the offensive till it is fully re
cruit-d, and the six hundred thousand new troops
sw II it to a million by the first of November next.
By the same time the iron clad guuhoat> will have
been finished, and the mailed fleet will number
some fitly vessels, sufficient to capture Charleston,
Savannah, and every port on the Southern sea-
board, during the winter months, w here such ope-j
rations are more practicable, in consequence of
tlie milder temperature. These invincible vessels,
moreover, c-m penetrate the interior of tlio coun-
try by the water courses, and aid the movements
of our armies in the Gulf States. The armies put
in morion by the first of frost will awiep in such
overwhelming force over Virginia and the entire
South that effective resistance will be impossible,
and the rebel forces w ill be a.1 surrounded ami
captured or disorganized and dispersed, so that by
the midd 'e of January, the rebellion will have re-
ceived its death blow, and the republic w ill have
vindicated its title of •♦one and invincible."
"1^ For further particulars apply to
Aug. 20-wl m
OIC KA IjK .—Several choice tracts of LAND
irs apply to
COLEMAN LEVY
Col.and Superintendent of Conscripts.
War Dkpartmkht, )
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, >
Richmond, Va , Aug 18, 1SC3. )
General Order No. 58.
1. The following rales in relation to the exami-
nation of the conscripts are published for the guid-
ance of enrolling and medical examining officers:
1. At each camp of instruction, and at such mili-
tary station and other points as may be designated,
an experienced army surpeon, from a different sec-
tion ot the country, will be detailed to examine con-
scripts
2. All conscripts capable of bearing arms will be
received
Conscripts nor f qua! to all military duly may
be valuable in the Hospital. Quartermaster's or
ether staff department"*, aud if so, will be received.
4. Blilidne>s, excessive deafness and p rmauent
lamenesss, or great deformity •, and obvious reasons
for exemption.
5. Confirmed consumption, large incurable ul-
cers. and chronic contagious diseases ot the skin
are causes for exemption.
b. Single reducible hernia, the loss of an eye, or
of several fingers, will not incapacitate the sub-
cot for the performance of military duty.
7. A certificate of disability of a conscript,
given by u private physician, will notbe consider-
ed, unless affidavit is made that the conscript 2s
coj.lined to bed, or that his-health and life would
be endangered by removal to the place of eurull
men:.
S. Hut when a conscript is incapacitated by
temporary sickness, he must pre-ent himself,so
soon as recovered, to the enrolling officer, or to
the nearest school for couscripts.
t !>. No previous discharge, certificate, or exempt
nn from any source will be acknowledged.
10. Medic.il officers of |t.« ru*y aro not allowed
to examine conscripts, and giv- certifica es, unless
thev are regularly detailed for that fluty.
Uy command of the Secretary ot War.
S. COOPER. Adj. fc Inspec. Gen.
TEACHERS IVANTED.
4 LADY to teach music, and one to teach the
J\_ ornamental branches, including «.it painting
sketching from nature. Apply to this ofli e,
Sept. 211—tw&w3U
FREDERIC STOEVER, of New York.
riUiE celebrated Kimball Bend Estate, con-
tnining twenty-three thousand acres of choice
Lands; having a front on the Brazos River of over
25 miles, and includes the celebrated Bend oftt e
Brazos River—from whence this property takes
its takes its name. This Bend contains nearly
one league of Land, and by cutting a Canal ai.out
1000 yards across the neck of the Bend, one of the
most Valuable Water Powers, in the State of Tex-
us could be obtained; while the surplus water
would be capable of irrigating the whole Bend,
which could be fenced at a comparatively trivial
expense. On this tract are several beautiful build-
ing situations, and fine springs of pure cold wa-
ter. Air. Kiuiball always valued this tract at
$50,000, and twice refused 825,000 in gold for the
Bend alone. The Bend will be sold m one tract*
while the balance of the Estate will be divided
into tracts of suitable sizes for settlers.
—-.ALSO:—
73S Acrea, tho JohuD McAlister tract.
492_Acres, the William Harper tract.
1 '>.*5.3 AcreS out of ihe Desaque league.
Acres of the Joseph Bery 9^ labor tract.
Acres of the M. A. Bingham tract.
;<:£<> Acres of the John C. Crane tract.
G4t> Acres, the Jacob Sona tract.
49« Acres, the H. M. Mard tract.
4f\l \ Acres of land granted to Cherino :
sold as the property of James Plant,
of New York.
IO --ere, of Land ou Meridian Creek,
Neills Creek and Leon River ;
grauted.to Sophia St. John ; sold as the property
of the heirs of St John. Ou these lands are the
finest stock ranches, lor wa-er, grass, timber, ami
small valeys of rich laud, that there are in the up
country.
At the court house door in the town of Ilillsboro,
on Monday, the third day of November, 1862.
Acres of land, the balance of a 1,589
4 \J i 2 tiact in the name of E. H. Dennis ,- sold
as tlie property of Lansing.
1 Acres of land, in two tracts of 040 acres
A mmt O VJ each, in the name of the heirs of John
McDona-d, adjoining the Tyler School lands ; sold
as the property of Daniel Keple,of Pennsylvania.
OOA Acres of land in tlie name of Stephen
Greenwell, on Pin Oak Creek; sold as
the property of Steph-n Greenwell, of Illinois.
Acres of land out of the William Wilker-
sousurvex ; sold as the property of Hugh
Redman,of Illinois.
The above Sales of Lands afford fine opportuni
ties for profitable investments. To those buying
at tuese sales,certificate*ol purchase will be given;
and upon confirmation of sale before the proper
tribunal, Deeds will be executed.
J. L. L. 3IcCALL, C. S. Receiver.
Waco, Sept. 5. 1SG2-23-w4w
Custom House, Galveston. 1
September 19th, 1862. }
nnHE owners of the following described pack-
1- ages remaining in public 6tore at this post, are
hereby notified to identify and make entry cf the
same, on or before the 1st day of November next,
or i shall proceed according to law to sell the
same as unclaimed merchandize, at public auction,
in the city, of Houston, for tlie benefit of whom it
may concern :—
F.J. Potts, C boxes, Bastrop, Texas ; E.Ray, I
box, Alvarado, Johnson county ; David P. Feans,
1 box. Waxahatcliie ; M. Erenricli & Co., a box,
Moscow. Texas ; W. Mercer, 1 box. Liberty, Texas;
Harris & Lewis, 1 box, Gonzules, Texas; R. K.
Brooking. I box, care of J. H. Dale, Indianola ;
John Arnold, I barrel, Columbus, Texas ; No. 21,
H. S., 1 box, Ga veston, Texas ; T. Clara, 1 box.
Independence, Texas; S. F. Christian, care cf
John James, San Antonio, Texas
JAMES SORLEY.
sept 19-wti'tw3t Collector.
TUBNTP SEED
By th e pound, or in smaller quantities. Kept con-
stantly on hand by JAS. BURKE.
Houston. Sept 12.* w&tw3t.
LOST,
\ SORREL HORSE, 15 b^nds high, saddle
il marked on each side, a little white on his left
hind loot, and branded. T on left shoulder. Stray-
cd from lie Bray's Regiment about Aug. 12. Ten
dollars reward will be paid for him at the camp,
sept.10 w4t* . .
l\i OTICSJi '
Depositary's Office, £
Houston, August 27tfi, Iee2. s
\NY person having in their possession, torn or
mutilated C. S. Treasury nrtes, can have them
exchanged for sound notes by presenting them at
my office. JAS. SORLEY. Depositary,
twlm.*
I^ORSALE—Several choice tracts of LAND.
For further particulars apply to
oct I w.'lm*
COLEMAN £ LEVY.
Encouia^e ifome Enteiprise—JSeeQS^ bought
and Bold. J-
T*HK undersigned will pay~"the" highest market
price for ali Seeds usually sown or planted in
this State. I only want limited quantities of each
variety. I keep constantly on hard a general as-
sortment of Seeds. JAMES BURKE.
8">pt. tffc.w!t&t.w9t%
IEONaRD D. NELSON—Receiving and For-
-J warding—Santa Gertrudes, Nueces county.
Texas. sen 1!i 4t*
T
MIK subscriber, twelve miles North East of
Audersou, Grimes county, has for sale ItO
ood beeves. L. S. MOORING,
sept 24tw2w
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Cushing, E. H. The Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 30, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 8, 1862, newspaper, October 8, 1862; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth236202/m1/2/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.