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for (Is month , <9 00,..id for three month*. |8 0U.
Subscription Iuvíbiíhlt m Awviaca.
ADVK8TXSIN0 -Foror® Insertion in the Weekly,
for ctid square of ten line , #1 SO. each sub.e.
rittoMt lu oitlon, 75 ttt. Advertising qtmrierly.
lmlf.>e.irly ur yearly, oonuected (or ut lower
Batee.
^BBSBESo
J|| A. TAVL.OU, at. o.,
OKKIOK «I tne old tand, where be will alwave
b« found, onle fjnre. tonatly entragod, Jnnei-ly
O. KK.M'KUO,
E.
OVFKR8 hi* prnfeeaional srrvtoes to the oltlzena
, of Austin aad adjoining oountry. Unluee profes-
sionally trmM, he ni y, et all time , he found at
rtnrold oftloe oí Taylor A lteutfru, nntlt furllrer
het'ee. , July 4ly
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WAi Umi «c i* N«HiH;A*i «*í, (w. *.
I WAl.TO«—W. F. EBHOBMAttrtS.
■fe-4% AtTOKHBYS .AT
AN O Cl1E.NUUA.li LAN ABSINTH
AUSTIN,. TKXA3.
Praetioo In tho Plairlot end Sttpr«Me> Court of
h« State, end tbo Federal Court# t Austin end
Tyler. ..
r AM COCK. & WEST, (JOB* hamoook,
O. 8. W*8T.)
AUorncys-st-Lsw,
AUSTIN....... .TEXAS.
Will practice in Snptema, ;Stetrlet and Federal
Court*. We lutvu «leo In ohurge the lew buslneea
of Joint A. Green,Isq. octll)4t
james n. mourns,
f ATTOBNBV AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
Anstin,,.......Texas.
M.
Ml. Ml'WiUS,
attorney JkST x.a.w
Au tli>, . T *Mi
j OFKtOE 0N.C0NGRE88 A VEN IT l&
VV. CH ANMliElt,
IF.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSKLLOR^T^AW,
1 Austin, ...1'esei.
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YOLUME XVII.
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MEROHANT8.
CO.
UKMFUIU,.
pmGS'riiBVi«nANBGUIIV A.
x (f. f>u tlit~ . 0. or1huckky-a. 11. ubmi
f GROCERY ft COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
* d |murqt dealer* m $3}
ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PKOIUCV,
COfWUKESN AVEN
^.XJSTMT......
BeplB-Sm
J^OWB * CO.. ' ' _ 1 '-"/Ji"
Al the old EttMithc.d Stand qf Baker 4 Smyth,
pSmf .PEO AN STREET, ■
are rooclvint , direct from the Baatern Market, e
general etock of
«.ootVH, Warn and Merchandise,
well selected and
AT LOWEST PRIOES,
Steadied Domestic and Many Other Articles,
ARE A0K5T6 FOtt
BASTROP MANÜPAOTUtftWO COMPAWY.
STAPtE GOOnS&MEKCHANMSE
BOLD ON COMMISSION.
ooTTaxrTK-vri iio3D-craB
TAKEN IN1XCHANGB.
Cell and oee for yourselves, aepSO-twAwt'
ftDVAIID HOOAN * CO.,
LAWYER*} & LAND AGENTS.
CONGRESS AVÍNUE,
a.tjqtiisr, - tbxas.
0 #" Land ior sale Id different purls of the
(tete, i*
£ II. i'BEKMAN,
ITTORNET AND COÜNSRLIX)R AT LAW,
^ ■ ■ AXJeTIKT, TEJ3CA.S.
BSjr- Olllce—Zr.lor's Bnlldltig, Peoau Street.
nnal-ly
JO. MOSKL.K V,
* ^.rrToiwsrs-v- AT-LAW,
Wll| employ lvls time In the buxlnest of his pro-
fession. and In drawing petitions for special pardon,
Ac.. i;c.,
n< wfc t'¿ Drs..X¡vIcr A Esutfrt;. :
". . an|tS2
J.
S. VAN «le ORAAFP)
Attorney-at-Lnw,
BA-IST ^3srT03sr.X0, TBXAS.
Will praotlce In tbo Courts of the 4th Judicial
I)l trlct.'
X3BT Prompt nltnntlon given to ell buMn«« en-
<niHt«d to his care. nu(t29 ly
mBXAS LÁÍS"*5 COLITECTIKO
1 AOBUCY.
o. net- joiíisra &* oo.
AUSTIN,.- -TEXAS.
Kor Purchase and Helo of Real K. tiUe; Pa.yment
ol taxes; Adjustment of Ululms to laúd end other
property; 0t«
i i '4
P„ ,. naSpBL-.^,.
records orpe onnl oxamtnutlen oí subject* of en-
I quirv.
RiramtNOM.—Ball, Hulohhwps to Co.. Hnnaton ;
Viuice A Uro.. San Antonio ; Sum F. Mwely, Jof.
forson ; S. M. Bwenson, N.O. Barnes A Biirr, New
York Gity; Oliver Brother , Monterey Mexico;
Geo. fisher, Ban Franelseo, Califurnla. oot3l-ly
p DTHEnFflRD, JIKCTOU A CO., (u
XfcautiiaKroiii)— s. 8. HKCT0Ü—j, H. wjibhinqtoh.^
Mr. J. H. WasMptópB tiavian been received
into the l«Jter*rm WKnlherlord A Hector,# an
AtfM9KruMf, tbo butlne of tho 'StHhlUhmai't
•will hereftlUir he conducted in tho firm nnme of
Riitlierlord, «ector A Co. Tht-y will keep con-
e'atiily on hand large supplies of whatever may be
demanded it the way of
BUY tiOmiH, VANCY (¡OUDS AND
QHOOBBIES.
They now have on hand, Heady Made Clothing,
Hale, ltonnets and Trlminlpg of the latest rtyle
and best (juallly; finest Dress Goods for ladles,
Table Wine , ByTopiv Preserve , Pepper Bnnre ;
a variety of Can Fruit*. Candle , Dried Pewrhes; a
great variety of beet Chewing end Smoking Tobacco:
a targe lot-of beat Cigars, perfumed Toilet So p of
a'UHWt every variety, Ir'tiKar, Ooffee, Ten, Fl-.mr,
Hair, Bodu, and a large-stock of leading Medlolnna,
to sell in quantities great or small; and m oy other
thiiu . :
tar Tarms eaih. Please give ns a call.
Anatln, t'ept. 20, 18t!fi.
A.
«1. PA1.M,JBÜCCK8SOR TO PALM,
AT THEIR OLD STAND
GOH^tbss AV6&U6|
ha just reccl veil n large iot of
IIARDWARK and FAMILY GROCERIES,
and wiil have on nano, in a iew days, en extensive
assortment of
l ry-Uood«, ot every Vavlcty,
all of which ere offered at the loweet price lor oash,
ociOfwAwSm
iir.OSSIVf AW Si "ÍÍO.,(8. b. bl. «
MAM—J. B. TflOMFIOH.)
Al. COMMISSION
AND SHIFPIWGr MERCHANTS,
Lafata, Texas.
Will pay especial attention to tbo
SAlil and SHIPMENT,
Cotton, Wool, Ulítes "¿ni Merchandise.
oonalgned to them, and will make liberal udvaiM^
upon fhipinonti a.idrensed to their irleada In Ni<V|P
Orleans and New York. oct'«M-fim
R.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, S
RissaHssewSssS'SBMSBas
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=ans.f
TO THE FREEDMEN OF TEXAS.
-r-"
EXE0ÜTIYK OFFICE, >
Austin, Tkxas, Not. 17,1805. ^
Í respectfully request, that tho Oliief
Justice of eac1 county in the State, iu
which are any considerable nuuibor of
Freetlmen, will, in conjunction with such
of the good citizens as may feel an in-
teract in tho subject matter, take such
measures, as may be necessary fo call the
Freedmen together at tbo Court Houses,
or County Towns, of such counties, at
toko it from othwre, ¿au, thon, you will
be under the law, rogttM and thieves.
Do not be deceived—because the Gov-
ernment made you free, it will not pro-
tect yon in idleness and thieving. It is
my duty to Bee that the jkws are ros-
pectcd—they uhall bt nspected. If it
ohouM becomo necessary to keep the
public peace" and protect the property of
tbo citaens, I will not only call on the
United States soldiers; but I will call upon
the citizens. No violence wn buppen,
without you being the sufferers. 1 beg
you, for your own good, to act wisely.
Qo to work at once! Dont wait ior
5Í-
1 TOHS at. SYSTSSKEK & C«.s {«w .
o j/s. h. «atmomo.)
Ilnve re-oiiened their Exchange and Collecting
Office at Austin, Toxaa
Time and Sight Kxchango nought and sold.
Collections made at all conveniently accessible
¡points in theStam. Buslnss in tho Uovernment
'offices at Anatln promutly attended to.
Austin, ToJtrui.Oct, 31,18t)6-3tu
F.
PO!T HIt)iKT,
• AND GENERAL AGENT,
BAN ANTONIO, TEXAS-
Offer* his serví oes In tho purchase and sale of
ty Property and Land, lor the location of Lsnda,
rfeutlnit tille , proSnrintt patont , payment of
eoileoilon and investment of money on
Epurobasn and loan . _
I He 11 ittóra hlmae'f that during the lwt IS years,
I which ha has resided in Wostern Texas, he has
1 fnlly qualltird hloiself to give ample sattsiaotlon to
I ll who may need hit aervloaa in hia line of bual-
j' BOSH.
lie will also connect with hla tjnalneae a
i ene ral Intelligence OCtlce.
| to which he would especially cali the attention of
i the public.
r Any communication addrefaed to htm letter box
I 02 at Ban AnUiuio, will receive prompt attonllon.
niaarEiaBJsraB.
' is; s: 6mith, John Twomo,
G. BOHLEICHKR, W. A. MKNOKB,
B. A. MAVKlUütt, Q. T. HOWARD.
OV.Hwtf
Mff'Wi.
3wtDBaia:A.a^rjccs.
I^EW TIN SHOP.
W- OP. PITTMAN,
Having otiened a aliop for the manufaoturo of
Tin and Blioet-tron Waro, In the building on Con-
gress'Avenue, formerly occupied by O, Klrehberg
as a blacksmith shop and afterwarda « a beer sa-
loon next door below thn Oazetta Office, la pre-
pared to do all kinds of Wort In his line, on rea-
aonnble terms, and at hort notice. nov 7-
pKTE
O METE ,
m
SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER
CONGRESS AVENUE.
All orders promptly attended to, and^satisfentlen
guaranteed. : nngSl ly
HSTbenn ET*1,
A.01MIMJTOBC8.
Annottnoe to lha oitleens of Aurtln, and vicinity,
that they ¿re prepared to execute all work In their
line, In a autierlor tyle, at tho old stand of
' JON1M A! MWA.RH.
A Wood Shop Is nttachod to the Blacksmith
Bkou. Particular attention paid to Carringo Worlt
end Itoi'M Bhoetni. r, ; oaHt w4>
•^r t,. NirSOHKK CO,
UPHOLSTERS AND MATTBAS8 MAKERS
have rrottifti'i their ihofi oii Corigross Avenue,
opnosll* 8. Tliiman's Oonfectlonary, where th'y
ara fro par bJ to make and fepair MATRAB8EB
Ami KUKSmJRtt of all kinds.
Plano irtdlshed at ehort notloe. Bad Furniture
ot all kind made to order, Including Bod (nothing.
Old furniture and Bugglea repaired and sold on
ootnmlaalon. tlentleinen wanting offices furnished
tan ha aeoomod.'iied to th«lr entire aaiiafaction.
rr Terms 0 sh. Country produce token at
tet prion . J"^26 |
W, have egtalillsned rurs^lvea oi
Wm:0llr,Irani' .leftelry ,tal.llshme
Ht., ai.il aw prepai eO to exemiti all work in our
S**- ts?S' ¿'¿sitio.
^(4>LAD«aMlNr Taller, v^y /
thankM ,°r paat
Inior
a.,
1A
nubile that he ha r m«'te
jiipied hy Mr.
, Una will Ve pro—
to the room
i all Mul-
to, and
BwM
w.th i
th«
U M. IMHBt S,
* COMMISSION 'MERCHANT,
Hp;.- ' and
FORWARDING AND SHIPPING AGENT,
Lavaca^. Texas,
Solicits consignments or Countty Produoe and
will tnnke the usual oash advauoua.
wpga-wiy, .' •; j,'
Tjj Bl'CK 6c. HFI FFRICH—(f. a.
JUL HBrcK'—y. J. HKiMnicu.i '
yOjKWARDBkti A CtC.!Mft8ION MEKCHANTB,
lavaca, r«xas.
_ fSf CollKotlorte promptly attended to. oug216nt
^ MONftK & CO.,
Commission &, Forvtartllag Merelianta^
POWDER HORN WHARF,
Indianola, Texas.
oetlO-Sm
Beit STONKS A CO.. (itix «roaas-i. r,
tUTTAiLK—h. nsnaaafosi ) '
OOTTON JSe WOOLFAOTOH8,
Receiving, Forwarding and
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
8r«nhai«i.... ....— Texas.
1 have this day aaaoeiated with nte in business
my aon In law, I. F. Bunglle, and my «on, II. Na-
pler Btoiies, and ask tor our new firm a oontlnua-
tion of the liberal patronage bi stowed on nie be-
foro the war, pledging cur beat efforts to ploaso,
and our usual prompt attentlou to Instruction..
RugS Sm BUM STONKB.
SBHH"
I^EW Dltce STORE.
O. EEHARD «Se OO.,
DRUGGISTS,
Bastrop,-.-- Tex .
We would respectfully Inform the olUxena ot
Bastrop and surrounding country, that we have
opened a Drug Store ea above,
ON AN EXTENSIVE SCALE,
where everything in the Drug Line can always be
had,
YV UOL.KH Alilí. AS RETAIL,
consisting, In part, of the following,
Fratúih Quinine Morphine,
Optusk Rug, & Am. Calomel,
Eng. Codllver Oil, Am, Arrow Root.
Raw Olnger, Preaeription Vial ,
Jayne'a Expectorant, Uadway'aR, B.
Brown' Kssenoo Jamaica (ilna r,
a^Allcocts Piaster, Hraudreth's Pills,
Wrlgbt'a Indian Vesgetablo Pilla, ,
Bull' Borsapnrllla,
Msxiaan Muatang Llnament,
I.obelia Bet'd, ■
Krgotlne,
Extract of Oolocynth. ...
Sweet Spirit of Nitre,
Spirit* Ammonia, Mo., etc.
tar To Physician*, we offer particular Sndnco-
roonta, having everything requisito In their line,
constantly on hand,
INSCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY FILLED,
at all honre, from tho finest Drugs, and with the
utmost dlsi atoii. septVS ftn
AT AUSTIN TEXA8,
on 8nturdnj,
November Sfflh, 1865.
Will he «old at public Auotlon,
FOR C URRENCY,
at the Oov«rnmei't Coral, near Austin. Texas, on
Untnrrtav, the aftrb day of November, ;8ilf>, at lt.J^
o'cl iek A. W. Two hondred and ihree, (Ü08) un-
nrvioeai le, United Btst-'s cavalry hordes.
SALE POSITIVE. 'Hei ■'ñ
By onlor of
Msí. <JM. Maaatrr,
! J..3S. MM5NEU.
■ Brvt Hrig. Ooh A A. A I. Q.
H. A. T-ACEY, Cnpt. A D p.«l M.
novU-tda AnsUn, Tears
rJpllB STATU FOUNDRY
Prom and naer
this date the <tnd«>r 1g..ed Will be
the earliest day which can to fixed j and
cause to b« read to them the following
address. And I earnestly request, of
every good citizen, co-operation and aid
in placing before tho Freedmen, their
real condition, on the one hand* and dfr
the other, of protecting him Irom abuse,
by such as may not be willing to respect
his rights. To avoid trouble, both races
must do their duty, and where either
fails, the law must be invoked.
A. J. HAMILTON,
Provisional Governor ot Texas.
Freedmen of Texas:
With the desire and purpose to benefit
you, I now address you in plain language.
I earnestly request you to listen to what
I have to say; for it is truth, which it
concerns you to know. Your conduct
during the late war was such as to win
tha good opinion of all tho world. Du-
ring that terrible struggle, you remained
qniet and peacable spectators; although
you knew that your freedom or contin-
ued slavery depended on the result. You
disappointed both friends and enemies,
by exurciaiDg a prudenco and -forbearance
and Christian reliance on the wisdom
Mid justice of God's providence, which
has elevated you in the opinion of good
men in every part of the civilized world.
This is to-day your best treasure,and I wish
yon to preserve it. The character which
you have thus made, togethei with your
freedom, is your wealth. I am'moat
anxious that you will onco moro disap-
point those wUo predict evil of you, and
fearing that you might be misled by the
counsels of bad or wicked men, I feel it
my duty to you, to all of the people of
Texas, and to tho Government of tho
United States, to tell you what position
you occupy in the Government—what
aro your rights, and wbal are your du-
ties. In doing this, I shall speak plainly,
for it is proper for mo to speak the truth
and in such language as you will under-,
stand. Yon aro free—made so by a gen-
erous, good Government; but you
must not think that freedom means
more for yon than it does for others. It
means for you, that you have the ri^ht
to obey the great '«tmrDfuni of Go-I to
all men, to earn, in the sweat of tiif.ir
faoo, their daily breaij; the right to
work for yourselves and receive the full
reward of your labor. This is all that
freedom means for any people. v.?K ■ '
The Government of the United States
has given you this freedom, and will pro-
tect you in its enjoyment. You are now
under the protection of the Government,
ns other people aro j you will be protect-
ed in all that h rijíht; bul: in nothing
that is wrong. This is what you have a
right to ejrpect from the Government,
and what it will perform. You owe'a
duty to the G«v«mmcnt,
does who receives Its.pro
duty i« to obey the laws and
yourselves in useful labor for your "own
support, and not be disturbers of the
public peace by idleness and vicious hab-
its. No people can be idle without be-
coming vicious. No man is a good citi-
zen, who does not earn a living in some
honest way.
I have been informod, from many sour-
ces, that you have been told, that about
Christmas something would be dono for
you by the Government—That there
would be a division of property, for your
benefit—that homes, would be furnished
to you by the Government and other
things givon to you without price. I
tell you, in the name of the President,
and the Government, whoso servant I am,
that all this is false—whoever has told
you this, has lied to you. Tho Govern-
ment has given you all that it can give
you—that is your freedom. If you are
not willing to work for your living; yon
do not deserve to be free. The
great mass of men, white, as well as
black, have to work for & living, and
those who refuse to do so, are not
friends, but enemies of the Government.
If, thon, you are friends to the Govern-
ment, you will work for your living—
you will obey the laws—you will not be
idle and vicious—you will do your duty,
and try to preserve the good name which
you have won by your good conduct in
the past. You can only do this, by la-
bor. The United States Government
lias no land in Texas to give you, it owns
no land in Texas, and none will be taken
from white people to give to you. The
Government will do no wrong. Every
man who is idle and not engaged in ma-
king an honest living, is an enemy to
the Government. The Government can-
not protect its enemies, and every one
is its enemy, who does not obey its laws.
The laWs require every olie to respect
the property of others. If you disturb
tho property of others, you are enemies
of tho laws and of tho Government, and
will bo treated accordingly. The laws
must bo preserved—they hhull ho pre-
served against every enemy, white ur black.
You are without homes ¡«fd you have no
means of living by your labor, but by
biting to labor for others. This ¡siacri;
hard--it is right. I know it is not bard,
for, in early life, I tried it myself. When
yutrhave labored long onough to lay up
some monov, you can then buy homes of
your own. ' Now, if you are relying upon
what some fool has fold you, the Govern-
ment Would do
ment will be
t£*1S««r freed¿¡if: That S enough
■ Hii
mean ?
and clo-
nk so I
Perdón-ales, prepared to do all kinds of work on
er ' irrifcVlv ENGINES, REAVERS, THRESHERS,
other work which can be done In any
r I Tex:w. ■'•"■igfeOiSj
"rxrif,"A
Jf "• «
Christina , What does
Will Christmas bring you
thing and homes? If yóu
tell yon, that you are doceiv
I will exert myself to ailojd you all of
the protection, that the law gives to
every citizen, but at the same time, you
must understand, that you are like all
others, accountable to the law, for every
wrong that you may do. Your best
courso is at once to engage to work for
whoever will pay you the best price. If
you do not you will be in want. You
cannot all live in towns. There is only
so much work that can bo found in the
towns of the country. When that is sup-
plied, no one else can find anything to do.
The labor of those who cultivate the soil
is the support of the country, and that
labor you have in your control. The
prices for labor are high, and you ought
to bo thankful that such a prospect is
opened to you for your support. I am
anxious that you Should not be imposed
on by those, who under pretence of being
your friends, are in fact, your worst ene-
mies. The man who tells you; that the
Government will support you without
work, is not your real friend—bo lies to
yon, and will lead you into trouble.
Tho Freeedmen's Bureau, will as far
as it can, assist you in making contracts
for labor—but the officers will not be
able to attend to every case, in time, to
save you from want, if you wait for them
to act. Any contract, which you may
make in good faith, will be respected by
tbo Government and the laws. You
can have good men to witness your con-
tracts, and your rights will be protected
by the laws of the country.
I think you will bsiiovs what X have
said to voU, for I have said it for your
good, I beg you to believe it, and* act
upon it, for it is true, and time will prove
it to you. You are free—free to work
for yoúrsolves, and to do right. No man
is free to do wrong and to live upon the
labor of others. This will not be permit-
ted by the Government and if you be
foolish enough to attempt to disobey the
laws, you will do yourselves an injury
which you cannot repair in years.
You iiavfl every enconragemeiVt. Thero
to be earned by honest Work. Yon know
bow to do it, and when you know, that
this is your only means of living; that it
is the command of God:
■ fan
well as. your interest, wiU, I
you to do right.
our duty us
Pi
A. J. HAMILTON,
Prov'l Gov, of ""
*s§
the Western
proper
Thta
notorious
takiug our QH
where we had á certainty
drag it inland 500 mile*, into
ready overun by ^armies,
without any material that con
plied to the support of our
where wo hod to
move cur materials
ters of one of the
streams on the face of the earth. 1 sur-
rendered my opinions on tbo questions
In obedience to orders, as a soldier should
do, but I repeatedly protested against
any movement on the line of the Red
At ■
Chu
other pli
stance but one we
driven him from
lost a single i
except at the
the ccrtfinty
Theso protests are-embodied
River, narrating in detail
of failure. Theso protest)
in the dispatches I sent to the Govern-
ment. It was my duty to waive my
opinion follow the suggestions of the
Government, I did this without reluc-
tance but with regret. The day I left
New Orleans for the Bed River was the
darkest day of my life, for I knew what
the result was to be. I had reasons for
knowing that which l am nMpQSMKI
to state now, but Which somé time or
other Í shall have the privilege of sta-
ting to you. I was promised forty thou-
sand men, with w&loh it was thought I
could capture Shreveport. ^ | ?
But unluckily, the ten thotistmd men
that were to join me from Sherman's ar-
my amounted to only six thousand ; and
the tlfteeu thousand under Gen. Steele
were diverted on a line of march one
hundred and fifty miles distant, and were
a source of constant embarrassment to us
both. The river was low, and Admiral
Potter could not get his boats over the
falls for sixteen or seventeen days, and
during the delay officers were engaged
in certain operations of which I will not
speak at present. The enemy had time
to concentrate their forces awl to ob-
struct our progress. After a further de-
lay of four days, Admiral Porter suc-
ceeded in getting the gunboats up the
river, but tbo delay was fatal to the
The Bed It I ver ffixpeitttiaa
As many of our renders-took stock in
the Bulks on our Eastern border in tho
spring of 18G4, we give beiow, an ft©-
count .of the Red River expedition as
detailed by its leader, Gen. Banks,,in a
speech recently delivered in Charlestowri,
Massachusetts.
Immediately upon tho surrender of
Port Hudson I joined with Gen. Grant
in the recommendation to proceed
against Mobile; but I was informed by
the General commanding the army, that
while the military reasons given for the
expedition against Mobile were appreci-
ated and important, there were other rea-
sons than military why our flag should be
established in Texas; and I was instructed
to move into that Stato and re establish
the supremacy of the Government in that,
part of thecountry. The object of my
proposition to move against Mobile was
to get a foothold at that point so as to
unite with Rosecrans and subsequently
Sherman, and thus bring together in one
column tho forces of the Gulf and the
forces of Tennessee against the army of
rebels in that part of the country. But
I waved this under instructions irom tho
Government, and proceeded to Texas.
The first movement in Texas was
against Sabine Pass, tho expedition con-
sisting of 8000 men and a corresponding
naval force, under the direction of Gon.
Franklin, an officer of considerable re-
pute, who failed to effect a landing, and
returned to New Orleans, leaving the
works in possession of tho enemy, who
were not more than fifty strong, and
losing two gunboats in the encounter.
Immediately on the return of that expe-
dition, I sailed myself with a foroo of
t>U00 men to the Rio Grande. We ef-
fected a landing at Brazos Santiago, and
moving on Brownsville, drove the enemy
from that part of the country, and held
it until it was evacuated, uodfer orders,
in Ibe fall of that year. After tbo cap-
ture of one or two more places, the ene-
my evacuated tho country and left the
whole coast from the Rio Grande to the
Island of Galveston in our hands. It
was our purpose to move inland and cap-
ture Houston, and then fall back on Gal-
veston, which wo could have held with a
«1 do for you, titter diuappoint-
be your lot. Tho Government
you all that it has to give yon,
campaign; and unlike the campaign of
Port Hudson, when £he enemy knew
nothing of our designs, they hud been in-
formed by the Western prints wlmt
were our strength and purpose, the river
failed to perform its part, and the Navy
spent its timo in endeavoring to ps*a4he
falls. I had remained in Natchitoches
to seo the transports depart, and that the
column of troops had started upon its
march, as it was necessary that I should
do./ ■'Mí'':íSiíl
I then rodé to the front. TSe Jiga^-of.
tho column was under Gen. Franklin,
and was snarching through dense wood
in an arrow road, in which
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eral Franklin, said tliére would be
fight, but I went . forward and
.;.^.'iM5tto^,;iife.:Ij|-. Veil
w informed that ibe enemy were in
front in great forcé. ]
I immediately sent word back to Gen.
Franklin, who wa*in wunp about neve -
miles to the rear, that we were in great
danger, and unless h© immediately ahould
briag Ilia men forward, the result might
bo disastrous.ij| While these orders were
going back, tho enemy fell upon our
front and enveloped our flanks, and we
were obliged to retreat. It was impossi-
b)<e to bring off our artillery, and wo
gnns and one hundred and fifty
This was the whole
of material in that
had several terrible
with vastly .our superb
I only 15,000 mett eji]
iemy's force under Gei
and Smith numbered 22,(X
the evening we met the enemy ... .
ant Grove, and repulsed him and ^
the position. In tCe morning, however,
wo fell back to Pleasant Hill, and met a
force under Gen Smith, which attacked
us again, A severe battle ensued, in
which he lost about twenty-five hundred
men and was driven from tho field. It
was then tho 10th of tho month, and I
had received orders from Gen. Grant—
then Lieutenant General of the Uuited
States—that if I could not accomplish *
the object of my expedition within tho
time specified, I was to return tho
forcos to Gen. Smith, although it should,
involve tho entire abandonment of the
expedition. *
Therefore it was important that ||¡
should not delay, I had my choice whether
to attempt to go forward and completo
tho purpose of the oxpodition in the few
day left mo, or fall back and save the
army and Navy—for on the preservation
of this fleet, which Admiral Porter said
was the cream of the Navy, depended
the preservation of tho control of the
Mississippi and the safety of New Orleans.
Knowing it was impossible to execute
tho purposes of the campaign in the al-
lotted time, I determined to retreat.
When we reached Alexandria it was
found that the gunboats could not go
over the rapids. A rise of two feet was
necessary.
H There was no other alternative but to
hold our position at that point till we
could got reinforcements or dam the ri ver. ■
The work was conmionw.-l at once, and'
the army alone engaged in it with a
skill unsurpassed in such a work, tho
navff With the exception of one officer,
the captain of the Mound City, giving
us no assistance;: When tfaífjjftm was¡¡
completed the pressure of tho water was
so great, that I saw it could not long be
withstood, and notified the admiral
he must pass before midnight, or
oil hu
fche estcnil
Much has been said of the
soldiers of tho army in the
the country, but it is my h
to say that in tho six weeks"
monthi that wo were engaged
campaign upon the Red River, n....
gle officer <j>f soldier of the army em
ito any speculation directlv or
rectly, or had any share, or
interest whatever in tho property oft
■ rtiee but the officer* of
the navy and tiio men of the navy were
engaged in this business. They
ized transport trains; manned by i
they want into the interior, six, eigh
and ten mitos; where cotton was bagged
they took it; where it was loose they
•ragged it} Where it was uoHMpf-tliey
put in operation, with their mechanics,
the cotton-gins, and cleansed tne cotton
for the purpose of making tho seizure.
Iu pawing our lines tboy threatened to
shoot oar men who obstructed their
movements, and during the whole timo
they were upon tbo river they were en-
gaged in theso operations. ,* ■! L¡¿ }
The Supreme Court will tell you
whether this course was in consistency
with law or duty or not. Of that I
havo nothing to say, for there is nothing
in my career which requires me to da-
fend myself or the men associated with
me by criticism or condemnation of oth-
ers. We stand upan our own merits or
demerits, and not at all upon the failings
or default of those with whom we have
been a^sc:mted. Bsfpra
this expedition I notified, by Written
communication, every
with tho ciganization (
quartermaster and the
officers
tne Uni
1 General of
no
treasury
and Provost
t« of Lo
accompany
the tees
honor i
o freedom
If you wait utttií
when cold weather
without
Government has
you have been told w
thousand men, in order to assist Rose-
crans, who was then approaching Atlanta,
by combining owr kirces with his,
Whilojrowere engaged in these op-
erations, I notified the Government of all; but. lie had not lightened his i
our succors, and expressed a desire t«>| one pound, nor was there a boat
have an increase of my forces, for thirty
days, of five thousand men, with which
numoor rwas confident'of success, for it
would have drawn the enemy from the
interior to the coast, and left us at. liberty
to move on Mobile. We were operating
by two lines—by land and by sea—an
advantage Whiefi was certain to give ns
sueco,8 if our plans were not interrupted.
I have had the satisfaction of bavtng
this view coreboratod by 'a '
nion wan. who w¡
' ÜÜ '
iiííM I
■ " 'i i. J- -.VlíWjf
r b« by bina turned ove^
the Treasury Agents, and be accoun-
ted for to the Treasury of the United
States; and I have the pleasure of cay-
ing, at this lata- day, after much misun-
derstanding and more ■■
, ...t _ not h iScSlar'a Worth oi
propoi't-y ot any sort or kind that came
into possess ton of tho army, its officers or
its soldiere, that was not applied to the
use of tbaarmy, in kind, or was not, in
accoráance with my instructions, turned
over to the Quartermtister, and by him
turned over to the Treasury officers of
tho United States, who gave receipts for
it ; tl t there is not an offieer of the
army, high or low, oranybody connected
with the expedition,, so far as the land
feee ^fts concerned, that wore not as
id are not to-day as free, from any
'"►ion with any speculation or any
this property, as any individ-
itleman, in this aftafi&bly.
honor of the army for t
r- v -wn carei
grot if I were obliged
fore you wrf confess or admit tor a mo-
ment, that I had been changed in any
operation of this kind, or that *tfea me
of my command had been so eng«
Ou the contrary It gratifies me
tUat in that campaign, whilo w« lost as
little as was possible under the <' j
stanccs, while we encountered the
at every point with resolution an
cess, nover evading a fight if a flgli
possible, we gave to the support
country everything-that could be-
from that country wliich was thi-
erty of tho enemy. This statement will
be vindicated by the history Of the ex-
pedition, and in behalf of the men en-
gaged in it I «ay, that while I was un-
successful, and therefore unfortunate,
and while it was as unwiso as it was un-
sucbesaful, there is not a man living who
has engaged in it who Will not to tlio end
of his life, havo n*$ja to be proud, not
only of the condition of tho anny, but
of the reputation which it bore at the
.hat memorable campaign.
——— '
The Missouri Republican argues
that the present appearance of prosperity,
is deceptive, salt says there are some in-
terests which flourished by the war that
aro to be brought down by its results.
An epidemic does not visit a whole con-
tinent at onco j but, in the progresa óf
tho scourge, it sooner or later falls upon
all. ;"#few England capitalists reaped a
rich harvost from the strife, foreseeing
which, caused them to binder the Weat
in preventing the war, which she would
have done, ifie " '
operation i
and other
■■11
some a i
mmm
multitudes I
to increase.
UMBUmi
new bmldings go uf
Col. Bartktfc, o
informs us that as
rived here last Tue. .„
patches for tho command
San A ntonio, on
Department to be i
excepting three of theyfi
Embraced in this order is "the
Stationed in this place, wbic
says, WiU be'V®1™'
necessary papers
hend-quarterH. 1
about a j
guad alopk
pH
of parents and g
M
t ion of
vato families,
eaabfli. ptsseurc,...
i1 One pretty cold *
from the country '
er¿lly to "red-ej
religion in him.
1,0 atarte! for he
a hard trotting i
splashed thron; *
teting the mud ,
liberally, our twi
that would hav
Mississippi deck ha
the pony reacii
road, and his ma
instantly, bur
side to éide, Í
odist hyt
"St
IHBByp msBK
i notice th ' 1
er of youti
mm
r want of lab
generally, salaries i
eXCODfc tú tlíOHO \
No. 1, brought Uf
ber of clorka gropU
tljo war who "
turned and again s
ItbeirMMÜ .
but little chance <
We would i
close of ti
BtTife.
blican
thn
tar ill' to the
audit insists
aa will free
crash which
ti
steam up
In
see the dam swept away
of the fleet still "
e only two
ssstms'
far from
HMRBRM
off tbeir iron
dun
' as
maud for
in our
able them to
teney if not
We bad
Our old friend
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the press, but
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