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THE TRIWEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
VOL. XXVIII—NO. 87
HOUSTON. MONDAT, OCTOBER 6, 1862
7
CV THE CENTRAL TKAL\.
5000 OF BUELL'S ABXT CAPTURED.
More of the Stiarp&burg Battle.
ETC , ETC.. ETC.
We nre indebted t> Messrs. Jno. M. Jenkinsund
R. P. Kurford of Co. B., 5th Texas, for lute pa-
pers. They left Richmond on the ]7th. The only
one of the wounded of Co. A. that they know had
died,was Angoll.
An intelligent man, direct from Vieksburg,
states that he aaw and conversed with some prison-
ers from Chicago. They state while at Chicago,
the ladies frequently presented them, unobserved*
with fruits, clothing, etc., and expressed much
symputhy in their behalf. Also, that the drafting
business,dn the North does not seem to succeed
very well. Wheu it commenced, so groat was the
skeedaddling to Canada and other sections, mar*
tiallaw wus proclaimed through the entire North
and West, and every outlet is now strictly guard-
ed. Many Northerners told our prisoners that, if
forced into service, they would desert to our sllle
tlie first opportunity. There is muchmore sympa-
thy in Chicago for the Confederates thaafve
dream of. It shows itsfelf dully and on all occa-
sions.
Monroe, Sept. 27.— By a dispatch received yes-
terday we learn that the advance of Gen. Bragg's
iiriuy came up with a division of Buell's army at
Muinfordsville, oil Green river, Ky.,and captured
the entire division of 5,400 men, and 5,000 stand
ot arms, without firing a gun or loss of a man.
Jlragt; whs in supporting distance of Kirby.
•Smith,
Auoi'sta, Sept. 95.—The Richmond Examiner,
of the 24th, says that in tho light of Sheppards-
town, it is reported the enemy were almost annt-
iii.ated, and four or five thousand prisoners takent
It says Gen. f-ee writes to President Davis that
tito shock ofthe batileon Wedn«sday was the mos,
tremendous on this continent, and the result was
the most duuiaging to the enemy he has-received
in the whole campaign.
1 lie enemy confess thajr loss to be 10,000 ; ours
will not exceed 5000. Yankee dispatches dated
volunteers have offered themselves, and they are
coining in rapidly. Horn* Guards are turning in
their arms as fast aa they can he received.
The 1st Louisiana and 1st Tennessee regiments
had an engagement with the enemy under Gen.
Wallace.
Our loss at Muinfordsville, Ky., was 60 killed
and wounded ; the enemy's far greater.
Gen Buell's force, numbering 18 000 men,la in
the vicinity of Bowling Oman, and only 7000 at
Nashville.
Our troops are reveling in good fare, finding
Kentucky's hospitality uo myth, buta reality.
Mobile,Sept. SC.—a special dispatch to the Ad-
vertiser & Register, from Charleston, dated Sept.
86th, says Gen. Beauregard issued hie address this
morning, assuming command of this department.
Pemberton has been transferred elsewhere.
The enemy are sending reinlorooments to Hil-
ton llead, and other points, aud all indications
point to a vigorous winter campaign upon the
Heavy long range firing was heard this morn-
iDg at the entrance of the harbor, between the
batteries on Sulivan's Island and the blockaders.
Gen. Beaoo's Army.—Information received by
us (says the Chattanooga Rebel, of the 18th,) indi-
cates with certainty that Gen. Bragg's army arriv
ed at Glasgow, Ky., on the 14th lust.
Saturday say the loss of the Federal Generals and
field olfieers is so large us to be unacoountable.
.wcClellan sajs the Federals may safely, claim a
victory.
A dispatch says that a body of Federals dashed
into Leesburg but retired; tt at place is now in
our possession.
Richmond, Sept. 23.—In the Senate the House
hill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to
oiler a rewurd not exceeding five thousand dol-
lars lor the apprehension and conviciion of per-
sons engaged in counterfeiting Confederate notes
passed ; ul-o Senate bill to facilitate cho payment
ot amounts due to soldiers.
The conscript bill from the House was amend-
ed by substituting therefor the bill recently pass-
ed by the Senate with modifications. The subject
will probably be referred to committee of confer-
ence.
Senate bill fixing rank and pay of Quartermas-
ter General passed in House.
Bill ro raise revenue considered in committee of
tlie whole until adjournment. .
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, Sept. 16.
Yesterday evening lntormaiion was received by
the military authorities that the enemy had been
i'i1 iti^HOed'vrittf four thousand men -byoha arrival
of Humphrey Marshall, and that an advance move
uient had been determined upon. The enemy's
pickets were two and u half miles north ot Flor
enCM at 4 o'clock, and the family of Mr. Strub or
dered to leave for Cincinnati.
The enemy were moving, 20,000 to 25,000 strong
and their lines extended a distance of four miles
between the Licking and the Ohio rivers, But
ttieir main forceB were moving over the Bank Lick
aud Covington and Lexington pikes.
At 12 o'clock last night our pickets in front of
Oen. Stanhope's brigade, on the Bank Lick road,
were driven in, and tlie enemy's placed within
two and a hall miles of the Tunnel Fort
1 Our army Is in line of battle and anticipate an
attack at daylight. If the reports of the cannon
are heard this morning, our readers may expect
that a bloody battle is progressing, the rfesult of
which cannot be otherwise than successful to our
arms.
Special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
Cincinnati, Sept. 15,—Trnstworthy advices Te
port the rebels twelve thousand strong seventeen
miles from the river. They are throwing up for-
tifications, and profess to be awaiting reinforce-
ments to attack this citv. We have taken forty
seven prisoners altogether. One of these, a pri
vateof a Georgia regiment, brought in to-day
was almost naked.
if it is true, as reported, that General Bragg has
reached Glasgow, Kentucky, and that Gen. Buell
is at Bowiiug Green, we may expect news of a
general engagement between their forces. We
have great confidence in Gen. Buell's army. The
General may have failed in the civil administra-
tion of the aifairs of his department, and it may
be he is a slow man—such is the appearance—but
he is an admirable disciplinarian, and his superb
divisions are always in the best fighting condition.
Itiscle ir enough, if Bragg is at Glasgow, that he
must be defeated before Kirby Smith's rear is en-
dangered by Gen. Buell.—Cin. Com., ±Gth.
Cairo, Sept. 15.—Tuscumbia and the line of
railroad to Corinth has teen evacuated by the
Union forces : also the line of railroad south from
Corinth.
A report has been current here for several days
that the whole interior of West Tennessee was to
be evacuated by the Federal forces, but that is not
true.
ien. Hurlbut has reached Bolivar in such force
as to hold the place.
Under any circumstances Corfnth will also be re
i forced. Bolivar, Jackson and Corinth will not
% be given up.
Mobile, Sept. 25.—A special dispatch to the
Advertiser and Register, dated Charleston, 24th,
from the Richmond Enquirer, says that the whole
of our army has rot recrossed into Virginia, but
Lee, with the buik jf his army, is in hot pursuit of
McClellan, He came up with and defeated him
on Friday, and continurd pursuing him towards
Frederick.
The Enquirer also confirms a statement that
our army U still in Maryland, doing well and In
fine condl ion.
The movement of a part of our forces to the
south side of the Potomac was purely strategic.
Mobile, Sept. 26.—A special dispatch to the Ad-
vertiser and Register, datedKnoxville,25th, says:
Major Jones to-day received a dispatch from
Dechard, confirming the capture of 5,400 prison
era at Mumfordsvllle, and eight hundred at Cave
City.
Gen. Bragg is moving on Louisville.
The Federal force at Nashville Is between four
and five thousand.
Our guerrillas are doing good work.
Augusta, Sept. 35.—The Charleston Mercury of
▼
hkh
Gen. Sherman had left Ne York to supersede
Gen. Phelps, at N ew Orleans I
After the battle of Manatsa*. Gens. P^pe, Mc-
Dowell, Slegel, Banks, lleiilr.leman, Kearney,
Hooker, Porter, Reno, C ox, hi inner and Klurgls,
held a council of war at Ce^trevlllo, and deter-
mined to retire to their fortification# and await
for reinforcements.
The militia of Missouri at* being enrolled to
fight bush whackers. • <
Col. Adlcsr, who is said t havo deserted the
M rebel" cause and mude his eicapeJ furnishes the
Northern papers the following estimates of the
*• refeel" force marching northvard/i
to be making by any on* to drive them from
country. *
i Wi
the
Under Gen. Joe Johnston -;j;
" Stonewall" Jackson „JL
Longstreet's Corps.
General DH mil
General A. P. Hill
Gei^ral Koss of Alabama
General Craig, of South Carolina j,
General Huger's Division I
Independent co'ps from Georgk, South
" tJ&c
Llabama I
and North Carolina, Alabama.
Infantry
Cavalry, including General Stu.'
Men.
(>0,000
45,000
1K000
16,000
12,00n
14,000
12.000
12,000
60,000
$30,000
ITEiUO OF IiVriiRKST.
From the Cincinnati Commercial, of the 10th,
wo take tho following :
Washington, Sept. 9.—The reports from the
enemy's operations in Maryland continue, aa usu-
al, to be Indefinite and lor the most part unrelia-
ble, though it is known to be an established fact
that he has moved from l'oolesvllle towards Fred-
erick, but has made no offensive movement toward
Washington, as published in the evening paper
here. Aa near as can he ascertained, the column
which has moved northeast of Frederick was
about 15,000 men, mid is evidently destined for a
raid for supplies either in ^Northern Maryland or
Southern Pennsylvania.
The enemy yesterday transferred a large num-
ber of baggage wagons across the Potomac, which
indicates permanent location, or else for removal
of supplies, which the enemy is rapidly gathering.
From the same correspondence we learn that
the fortifications around Washington are being
vigorously strengthened.
Forney writes from Washington'on the 7th ;
in efficial circles we notice the greatest confi-
dence in Gen. McClellan 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 if the recent
movemeute authorized b- only poorly carried out,
there was nothing left but disaster for the enemy,
unless all military precedents were false.
avatry, including General 8tu*t's com-
mand of 4,'JOO mei: 1 20v
Total v *.|! 263,1
000
1,000
force isViot specially men.
tloned, but one hundred and fifty
Military precedents are undoubtedly false in
this war. There are few military precedents of
the successive defeats of the Federals ip now
over thirty battles since the first of May,uftr cor
tainly is there any precedent In history for the
unendingly false reports of those buttles made
by the Federal Generals.
' m
The Wheeling Intelligencer, of the 7th, says :
News was received in this city, yesterday, of
the capture of Ravenswood, on the Ohio river, by
Of the artillery the
*. _ , pieces wore
sent with "Stonewall" Jackson alone, and the
entire parks are not less in Wtal than four hun
dred. The cavalry is accompanied by 18 and 84
pounders,and most of the Entire amount ofthe
artillery consists of field pieces, very many of them
rifled anil ofthe most modern pattern.
Geo. Kwell'a corps atom* amounts to twenty
eight thousand mea, apart-4o>m Jacksou's, but It
is thrown in as a part of JaJbson's forcp, although
Col. Adler gives it its full /alue. He states that
fifty-seven fine pieces of ordnance were left behind
by Gun. McClellan on the/Uhickahomlny, and all
of these have been made Available.
of, writing September
. gramme as then under
stootyby tlie Secession'st* which he says is to take
PhiUdelphiaand Ne w Ytfkand winterin those vil-
lages, and let Baltimore 2nd Washington fall Into
theirhands like ripe pea*. The correspondent adds
this significant expression : ^ After the wonderful
events of the last ten iliys, nobody laughs at the
enemy now for their exfravagant utterances."
a proclamation of the
apt. 0th:
n made on tho Mayor for
one hundred carts to work
"hese men are required im-
ilonteer, they will be paid.
A Baltimore correspond
5th, gives the " rebel" pr*
The following id fi
Mayor of Cincinnati,
A requisition haa In
three thousand men a
on the fortifications.
mediately. If they
The Washington National Republican savs:
Trxas has suffered terribly in this war. "it la a
new State, and of course had a goodly percen-
tage of young and vigorous men, but tho draiu
must bf gin to be felt.
It was Texan regiments which suffered most at
Springfield and PeaKidge.and thuy h v« been
everywhere in this war, in Kentucky, iu 'IVnnes-
•ee and in Virginia. A Texan regiment, under
Col. Gfcgg, lost half its rank and file by camp
diseases at Bowling Green last winter. <
A correspondent ofthe Missouri Democrat! takes
somebody to task for putting l en. Canby, oi*. New
Mexico. He says:
Among other very astonishing performances,he
gives him the sole credit of driving the Tertians
out of Now Mexico, when in fact be is entitled to
no other credit thau in permitting the Texian a to
imiuedUtely "hive hlnr' in Fort Craig, and then
werrun tho Territory and help themselves out of
what little was lert to the oitiaena by the count-
less and unopposed raids ot ruthless Navojoesajid
Apaches.
I'tio KnoxviUe correspondent of the Mobile
News, dated Sept. ]tfth,aays:
Iv is rumored that Gen. Buell had a war of words
with Andy Johnson previous to his leaving Narth-
ville. Astheitorv 1b related, It seems that An<1y
wanted Buell to leave 10,000 troops for the de-
fence of that city, to which Buell objected. Andy
then declured his Intention of blowing up
the >tatecapltol should he be compelled to snr
render Nashville. Gen. Buell replied,that as Lif
hud pledged himaelt' to reapoct private property*
his should carry out his pledges to the letter, sn<£
tbt\ nt. Property whatever should be destroyed.
The New York Herald and Philadelphia Inquir-
er publish very elaborately prepared mapa,ft ade#
Seat ot War In Maryland and Pennsylvania,'*
A letter from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, dated
the 0th, says the "rebels" have not advanced be
yond Hanover, in York county, l a., a town of
about WOO inhabitants, near the Maryland line.
It states that Ex-President Buchanan has Hod from
his home.
A correspondent of the Baltimore American
writes to that paper as follows :
Tne return of the army to Washington is a grest
mortification in military circles, and It wUl doubt-
less be one of equal mortification to tlie whole
country. After fitteen months of toil and blood-
shed, we have now returned to the starting point
and tho whole work has tu be commenced over
again. The Confederates may now again reiterate
their assertion with some show of plausibility,
"that the South cannot be conquered."
If not. the press gangiivill have to go around." Tho
men must be forthcoming. Let every citizen give
attention to this mattpr. The enemy is at our doors
There is no time for iesitation. Every hour is pre
cious. Report at tlw Mayor's olhce this morning
Tho Now York Wir Id says th.t Gen. Butler con-
stantly wears a breijjtplate, reaching from his neck
to his thighs. He "never goes out without it. It
wasdiscovered on^day to the bystanders by Gen
B. slipping as he ^tempted to goon hoard a bout,
tJlO capture ui nuvouswuuu, uji iuu v/uxv rivcri uy A'i a Zi —1 , ..
the rebels. We heard no pariiculars, only that Wis fall sot.xided Ite an old kettle, fho fa LI tote
Ko wuhuia AitUfrtd frtwn. ThflrH wiis nnlv u wis cout, aiiu the ate |>rolrudfd
the rebels entered the tow'u. There was only a
small force of infintry at Ravenswood. Captain
Rowand's company, which has occupied the place
some mouths, joined Geueral Kelly more than a
week ago. ,
The Commercial says, editorially :
The impressions seems to have become preva-
lent that all dangerto Cincinnati haa passed away.
We do not look upon tho situation in that light.
Whutis Kirby Smith doing ? Why diddle not
WWQptiy %<jvane6 upon Cincinnati V The rebel
McClellan is ir'favor of an onward movement
again, justas S'%n as the new troops can loam to
handle the musket.
Froth tho Washington dispatches of the 9th wo
take the fol!<>w%>g:
The news from Frederick to day indlcotog that at
any rate the rel*l are improving thoir time by lay-
ing in a heavy stock of provisous—scouring tho
country for hogs, wheat and corn.and hur
rrtri-rini . .. rylng nil thoy can collect back over the Potomac,
ont, of paying for whatever they wanted in U. S
this morning says that passengers report grounds
for believing that the enemy is tending heavy re-
inforcements to Hilton Head and along the shores
of Broad River. Plnckney Island is now occupied
by a Urge body of troops.
Mobile, Sept, 26.—A special dispatch to the
Advertiser and Register, dated KnoxviUe, 25th
says: A courier arrived to-night from Genera
Smith at Lexington, via Gen. Bragg1* headquar-
ers, which ware eight milea west of Mutnfords-
ville on the 10th.
Gen. Smith*■ forces occupy Frankfort, George
to wn, Cynthiana, Falmouth and WUilamstown.
Kentucky is thoroughly aroused ; already 20,000
expedition. He is possessing himself of the rich
resources of Kentucky. He is receivingthe sym-
pathisers with rebellion into his ranks, and is im-
pressing those who do not sympathise with him—
carrying out the terrorism which characterises the
operations of the conspirators wherever they be-
come masters. No doubt Smith's forces were
groatly fatigued when they entered the Blue Grass
region. Since that time they have been living on
the fat oftheland; and they have not only been
recuperating and reinforcing, but moving steadily
this way.
The Commercial says that the troops massed
about Washington were put in motion to get be-
tween the i ebels and the South, when the rebels
crossed into Maryland. This is doubtless the flank
movement spoken of in the dispatches.
A Washington correspondent writes:
Bnt what of the recent great reverses—thoir
cause and meaning? Verily, he who can read
that riddle -uuravel that web of perplexed and
ta' gled movements, balance between thatincredi
ble mass of conflicting testimony, adjudicate those
rivalries of military jealously, and award honor
where honor and disgrace where disgrace, is due-
must have a larger comprehension and an acuter
judgment than belong to me. Suffice it to say none
of the numerous correspondents ofthe press have
oegun to fathom the difficulty, nor has anything
been made public which does more itan hint at
the real causes of failure. As I write, a Court of
Inquiry has been ordered to investigate some, at
least, ofthe reasons of the 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.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, of tho 11th ult.
says:
We have never been sensationist', yet we have
considered it fulse policy to disguise the tru h,
however unpalatable ; and after the destruction
of our recent buoyant hopr8 we feel that it wiil
not do to shut our eyes to contingencies possible
if notprobable. We are toll that the rebels do
sign penetrating into Pennsylvania ; we know
that Harrisburg is of little importance 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 on account of the Immense
stores which they would secure here, the • amage
Which they could inflict upon us, and the prestige
which its occupation would give to their desperate
cause. If we are wise men, therefore, it behooves
us to calmly consider whether we are in a condi-
tion to prevent either a sudden dash or an advance
in force ; and we are constrained to confess, after
full consideration, that we are lamentably deficient
iu the elements of self-protection.
One hurdred and sixty deaths of yellow fever
had occurred at Key West, including many officers
ofthe Federal army and navy.
Gen. Pope's official report briefly describing the
operations of his army, from the battle of Cedar
Mountain, on the 9th of August, until he had safety
retired to the banks of the Potomac, a period of
sixteen days of continuous fighting by day, and
marching under adverse circumstances by night,
has made its appearance. The failure to crush
Jackson before Lee could have reached him, is at
tributed 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
leaditg commanders who participated in there
cent battles.
That report onght to he prefaced by Pope's ad
drets to his troops on taking command of'the army
there, when he had so much to say about tho backs
ofthe enemy, and discarding lices of retreat. If
then it was followed up for five days longer to the
30th of August, and the flnal disaster of that day
it would make a document rich beyond comparl
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 of modern times.
We have the St. Louis Democrat of the 10th,
rom which we abstract several items of interest:
Treasury notes. Now they either pay in Virginia
bills or Confederate scrip, or refuse to pay any
thing at all
In tho late retreat from Centreville, our Medi
cat Department lost 45 wagon loads of medicines
and liquors, including one whole wagon load of
port wine. The rebels were thus enabled to take
much better care of their wounded than could
otherwiso havo been possible.
Cairo, Sept. 9,—Clarksville, Tcnn.,i« one more
in Federal hands. On Saturday last Col. Dome
left Fort Donels'iu to attack it. On Sunday, when
near there, he was met by a force of about 1,500
rebels, whom he quickly disposed of, capturing
25 of them. His further march was unintcrrupt
cd.and he now holds the town.
Another report reduces tho 1,500 rebels to 300
Lioavknworth, Sept. 9.—Quantrel, with a force
variously estimated at from 200 to 1,000 men, en-
tered Olathe, Johnson county, Kansas, and at the
latest accounts still held the place. Several store s
were robbed, the office of the Mirror newspaper
demolished, and 50 recruits for Kunsas regiments
captured
It is understood, says a Tribune dispatch, that
Gen. Hunter was relieved at his own request. The
appointment of Genoral Mitchell as his succcssor
indicates no change of policy in the Department of
the South, at least so far as regards the slavery
question. The change calls renewed attention to
a phrase in Jeff. Davis's retaliatory order, dated
Richmond, August 21:—"Whereas, as Major Gen-
eral Hunter, recently in command." Who told
Jeff. Davis, ten days before thefict was known
to the best infor?iied persons in the country out
tide of the official circles—in which it was still
properly a secret—fhat Oen. Hunter hud heensu
perseded 1 When It has leisure, it might be well
tor the government to investigate tho question
A Kunsas City correspondent writes as follows:
A detachment of Lane's new negro brigude.
numbering two hundred, arrived to-day at Carrp
Lane, near Wyandotte bridge, in Kansas, oppo-
site this citj. Their depa-ture from Leavenworth
yesterday, is described by un eye witness as be-
ing novel in tho extieme. The detachment, ac-
companied by baggngo trai s, &c,, marched
through the principal streets singing:
"John Brown's bedy lies mouldering in the
ground."
On arriving at the levee ft most ludicrous and
affecting scene transpired In the leavestaking of
the darkie women, girls and old men. Tears,
grimaces, grips, ivory, and God bress ye's, were
commingled in laughable, melancholy-wrathful
style. One crippled darkie, in jihbering a gener-
al adieu, admonished tbem thus: "Show your
pluck Africans; neber show ye backs to de 'sesh."
The Washington correspondent of tlie Cincin-
nati Gazette, says:
Washington,September 4.—The nation has ex-
perienced the most fearful disaster of the war—a
disaster which sets us back indefinitely in the
work of suppressing tbe rebellion, and from which
we will be fortunate Indeed if we escape without
the loss of our republican institutions. Some
body did it. Who.
U'- ... lAiklhlr Ana TA* «■ oharg
WHOLE NO. 8501
for pork and mutton,the present cu reiicy buying
Just as much aa gold and silver formerly.^ And yet
the huUihera have probably suffered more than
moat others, as, at the time of the threatened bom-
bardment, their eat tie were driven from the Ipland
to * he main land and have since been seattertd ail
over the surrounding country, mid they will prob-
ably never be xble to get half ofthemugalo.
Numbers wore also killed tu the effort to drive
them away,yet still many remain.
We are gratified to see the troopa in Galveston
are still regularly drilled and kept In the oonatant
discharged their duti< a, and all the tlme.in read
inesa to meet any attack that may be made upon
that city. Col. Cook, who is now in oomiuand
there, is one of the most vigllent a> d active, aa
well us popular oftloera in thla department.
During three nights in the week, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, the milltury band as-
semble upon an elevated platform o ooted In the
center of the spacious public square, and dis-
course m< st excellent music with a very large va-
riety of musicnl instruments, that can be heard
uearly all over the city, especially in still uighta
We notice a decided Improvement in their per-
formance attributable to their con slant practice
during the summer. Indeed, notwithstanding
their misfortunes, the people of Galveston have
many sources of enjoyment left in that city.
In our visit to Chief Justice Cole, we found him
employ ed just aa we left him six months ago,
namely, furnishing the means of subsistence to
the many poor families of abaent soldlers>TUe
GALVIWTON.
The following from the News of .Saturday, given
a good Idea of tho condition of Galveston at the
time of the attack The editor loft the Island
the morning before it was attacked^
We have just made a visit to Galveston for the<
flrnt time in near six mouths, a longer period than
w e have before been absent from that city lor near-
ly 20 years. During these six months we find some
material chunges have taken place. Kven before
thtv,the business ofthe city had been entirely
prostrated by tho blockade. All incomes from
rents and all othersourcea had ceased, all trade had
departed and the poor laboring man could And no
employment to support his family. But still the
inhabi ants had no other home, nor property or
means of support any where else, and this made it
necessary for nearly tho eutire population to re
main there aa long as possible, or aa long as they
coulddoso on tlieirpreviously accumulated means,
for as long as these means lasted they could live
thor« In some degree of independence, while by
removing their means would soon ho exhausted
by the increasod expenses, and many would be
thrown upon the charity of strangers for a sup-
port. It was natural therefore that they should
desiiiVf Jif iNMitinuo In possession of their home-
steads 111 Oalvratun lie HA could do so in
safety, though most of the people had removed
their most valuable furniture, JJ-c., to places of
greater secur ty. Bui few had thoreiore abandon-
ed the city at the time wo were compelled, by the
loss of our office, to make our residence in Houston.
Soon after that came the threut of bombardment
and a notice for the women and children to leave
the city within four days.
As it was not supposed the enemy would be guilty
of the meanness of making such a throat without
any intention of executing, nearly all the families
left accordingly and the remaining property was
removed hs I'tiras piactlcable, though not without
the sacrifice of probably several hundred thousand
dollars, and often nearly all the families had to
support them, and preparations wero made to en-
counter the threatened bomi ardment with the best
defence that could bo made. It was finally dis-
covered that the only object of the threat was to
frighten the people into u surrendor oftbo city wit h-
out a fight, and not being able to accomplish this,
the blockaders have remained very quiet ever
since. However the citizens suffered almost as
much from the threat itself ai they would have
iioiio from the execution, while the enemy have
doubtless suffered far lens. It was indeed a cheap
way of inflicting injury upon us, though they ac-
complished nothing for themselves—tho effect was
an almost entire desertion ofthe city, except by
the troops and those who remained to ussistiii
the defence. After spending so eral months In
different par's o tho interior many families com-
menced reluming, after having encountered al-
most ruinous expenses and losses, and many hav-
ing suffered severely by sickness, owing to tho
change of climate.
In many ii.stances tlieir return litis been ren-
dered necessary pecuniarily, us they can live there
at their own homos at less expense than else-
where. We therefore found a lurge portion of the
families once more at thuir homes in the delight-
ful island city, and others are returning almost
daily, so that the city no longer presents tho de-
serted appearance that has made it so desolate
daring the past summer. We found the markets
in each of the three wuNs thronged almost as
much tut in former duys : for although (he p ace is
still destitute of business, yet tho people must have
the means of. subsistence as long «s they have
anything left to pay for it, and they cuii buy most
ol the necess ries of life cheaper in Galveston
than in many places in the Interior. Vegetables
are becoming there quite abundant and cheap;
while fish and oysters were never better or cheap-
er than now; and all fresh meat can be had us
good and at as low a price us in this city, though
corn meal, flour, bacon, lard, butter, dcc., are
somewhat higher.
We found a iew stores of dry goods and family
groceries open with small stocks to support the
gradually Increusingdeinand as the people return
to their homes,but all the large business houses
on the Strand and on other streets are closed and
must continue so until tho blockade is removed.
Perhaps the most prominent feature of Oalveston
consists in its beautiful (gardens of flowers and
sbiubbery which aro found at every residence in
ail parts of the city,and which presents a most at
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amount disbursed in this way by the county ainc
the commeucement ofthe war has fallen but little
short of 91000 per month. Aa yet Galreston is
ono among the very few eountiea that haa never
iaaued any ahlupluatera—neither have any beeu
issued by the oitjr. ,
Ao**cr 5th TKXAS VOLUNTRBRSW
Richmond, Sept. 16th, IwS. )
Kn. Tki.korai'H—D$ r Sir— By a late arrival-
here, the boys are at Frederick, Md., at which
point they arrived on the ?th, hungry, ahoeleai
and tired, but in excellent spirits. The woutodi
were loft at Warren ton, Va., where they ere ki
taken care of,and have all they need.' 2 g<
letters to forward to Texas, from the fact that
brigade hasno time to write, and probably ndi
writing materials.
Always marching night and day, there leaviea
but little room for correspondence. To reach the
brigade jou have M miles of railrosd travel, an^
one hundr> d and twenty miles to march. As soon
aa the bridges are rebuilt, the marching will be
leas. To give you an Idea what tho bo>a havo
done In the way of marching, take down your
map, aud with your pencil trace from the point
Staunton, a line to Charlottesville, then to Coal
Harbor, (a fight) then to Malvern Hill back to
Richmond—-they hero start again, tuklng in the
march Hanover Court House—passed through
.leffersoDvillc, Thoroughfare Gap, (a •klrmlah)—
the fifth Texas .being the first regiment to pass
through the Gap in Longstreet's division—Hay-
markot, Salem, Whito Plains or Manassas. Pre-
vious to the arrival at Haymarket, they crossed
the north neck ofthe Rappahaunock, the enemy
being strongly entrenched on the opposite side of
the Rupidan, with a few regiments thrown out on
this side of the river. The 5th marching through
a cornfield encountered a shell which hur t iu the
We are inclined to think one Loe Is chargable
with that affair. Tho correspondent need not
look for any court matls ou the subject. They
haven't been and won't beheld. McClellan knows
who did.
From the Palmyra, Mo., Courier, Sept. 5th.
There Is plenty of evidences that the country
is full of rebels ond rebel camps. We presume
that at the time of this writing that there are not
less than 500, and perhaps 1,000 of thorn in Marl
on county, and very many of them within a few
milea of Palmyra. We have frequent and relia-
ble Information from various locations which goes
to show that they are literally in possession of
the whole interior of the country. W# are in-
formed by au intelligent and well-informed gen
tleman just from LaGrange that there are not less
than 600 In Lewis county, and probably that num
bar would not cover them all. Nortk- a t Mis
touri is /riven vp to them. They are not pursued
by the military authorities, and no effort feems
tractive appcarance to tho stranger from tho taste
with which they havo been improved. Durinir the
absence of the proprietors, these havo sometimes
been depredated upon as waa to be expected, and
grape arbors have often hoen damaged, aud m uy
ofthe orangos, lemons, bananas, Ac., have been
taken in an unripe slate.
Tho shrubbery is generally so hid in the more
neglected gardens with the luxurious growth of
grass und weeds that it can hardly be seen. How
ever, we find these gardens iu a better state of
preservation than we had expected.
Among the vegetables we noticed sweet pota
toes, butter beans, snap beans, cabbage and ran*
tan greens,okra and ecg plant In abundance,20
or 30 cents will buy ;ts much as most families want
In the fish market there are croakers, sheep head
shrimp,Ate.,and a shlnplasterdlmo will buy a mess
of fine panflshfor a family. The meat market is
well supplied with excellent beef, veal, pork and
mutton,the price the same aa formerly, that ia 5 or
6 cents for beef,8 corns for veal, aud 10 or 12 cents
ccntro of the command, Just to the right of Co. A,
killing MaJ. Whalcy. iiud wounding some five or
six tnen. .A'loss which wits deeply felt. >or the
Major " always stood up lor his men." The length-
enod march had separated the troops from the
wagons, and one day's rations were mode to serve
the place of three—green corn alone saving the
boys from utmost starvation. It being desirous to
clear this side ofthe river, nearest to our forces,
ofthe enemy, the following ruso was adopted, and
successfully carried out. A North Curollna regl.
mont whs ordered to the front, with orders to move
forward wilh rapidity to the enemy, but on no ac-
count to wait until the enemy had fully discovered
tliein—thento throw down their guns, to throw up
theirhands, and to run back—as was expected
the Yankees raised a shout and charged after tbem.
Another regimunt of North Carolinians were com-
pletely ambushed ; on come the pursued and pur-
suers ; whon within about range, the ambushed
men rise (the fleeing party having passed over
them) and pour volley after volley into the
entrapped victims who, with few exceptions,
wero all killed. Bivouached there ail
night on their arms, aud remained in tho same
pluce during the following day cheered up by
the promise that at 0 P. M.,thoy would certainly
draw rations, permission having been granted to
build a tew fires. Six o'clock came und orders
wero. issued to fall back 500 yards to cook, but
dire disappointment—instead of the rations; a
march wua ordered, and starting off on empty
stomachsut9 P. M., thoy trudged along lor 18
miles at a quick inarch.
The rations at lust came at 12 M. the next dny—•
rations enough tcrtwo days, which, however, had
to stand double duty, und some for five days.
Coming up lo Manassas Plains, thev mot the Zou-
aves, und histoiy will ever mention wh t the tired.
ot-soro but courageous Texas troops did
corpH. Now wo continue tlie line to
ioesburg. crossed the Potomac seven mile* above
Leesburg, at a place called White's Crossing, ut
which point Gen. Hill cutthe canal (Haltimore und
Ohio) which left the canal-bouts laden with pro-
isions for Baltimore high and dry, crossed tlie
Monocacy, encamping seven miles on the other
side of It, and next >uy encamped upon the suburbs
of Frederick City, at which point we leave thein
with a hearty God speed to Uurrlsburgaud "Plilla-
meclink."
I am indebted to Mr. Gardner, of company A,
for tho (ongoing account, he having been slightly
wounded with a mlnne ball, lius come to Richmond
for a few days to recruit. And now while the
State of Texas is giving her praise to her loved
younic men in Virginia und tho West, let roe cull
your attention to the noble and gencreus interest
that is shown for the welfare ofthe sick, wounded
und destitute by onr Texas delegation. They uro
never too busy but can find time to uttend to the
boys—visiting hospitals, interceding at the De-
partment, hastening just lurlottgbs and discharges,
and relieving the pecuniary wants of many. We
shall sadly miss them when Congress adjdarns,
which may be very soon, us the 140th of thla month
is proposed us the day; although Judge Gray
offered un amendment, changing the day to the
13th of October. Yours <&o.,
AUTHUR H. EDEY,
Agent 5th Texas Vols.
FURTHER FROM THE PASS.
October 3d.—Since the enemy have had pos-
session of tho Pass, I am informed by par-
ties from there that they have taken three small
schooners, ene of which was sharp enough to
slip her cable and get away, the others they still
have. Yesterday morning they started a small
schooner up towards the oity, with tho seeming in-
tention of going into the Sabine Lake, but she ran
upon the oyster reef, und no farther attempt that
we have heard has been made lo come up. They
came up, however, lu their boats to the depot of
tho railroad, where the families of the Iptltora
Kirk patrick and Davis were living, and after taking
tbem aboard, burned the depot buildings und re-
turned. Of course no body wi<« hurt,because no
one was there to interfere, notwithstanding tho
enemy were two or three miles from their vessels.
Four young men by tho n me of King were sent,
here amongst othtrs to guard the N. 0. R. R-
brid^o at this place, deserted this morning, nei-
ther Taylor nor thoy have been heard of yet.
Yours, &c., A. J.H.
Notice*
N and after the 1st day of October, the
_ price of board at the Fannin House will bu
three dollars per day. W . P. ENGLISH.
oct3tw2t.
O'
rpUB subscriber, twelve milea North Bast of
X Anderson, Grimes county, haa for sale Hia
good beeves. L. 8, MOORING,
sept 24tw2w
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