The Houston Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 154, Ed. 1 Monday, March 20, 1865 Page: 2 of 4
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am thuinllHl dlteontltraed at tha **d of tbe
M«*lJlbr.nnlatieepeclal arrangements art made
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_w Mention will ^ HMtti to this
HMMSMpI at the option of tM tdHor, ud than
only vkw i ret ponttbl* namt or roforaaeo ac-
toapuWi It, ki* a to the editor.
OMtaanleattona designed to *dvane*th* por-
MMl ft polities 1 Interests of lndlvtd«ls, all
•Mtaarieeand marriage notlett. porao • !jtto«
eatloas •# abaraotar, not rendered nee • saury ay
adverse pnblleailons la iki reading oemmoe of
^la payor* ata^ will ba published only aa adver-
paaa emhraelng latoraattaf o a
i all point#, and when desired will
Mdeala will write oa bat oao aldo of
•VfStm aa cspeetal favor that all noraoaa re-
aaivtof papers laaajhaa two^noalha_ old,_£aat^of
fente before the pnbll*.
liberally paid for if desired
kladly fnratabod aa wl h farther pertievtars of ibo
eaaa. It appear* ihatdariag the latter part of laat
Call, or early part of tho wlater, Uo Pederal 8ov-
era meat commissioned Mr. Itkluoiw Coaaal la
«Maoof Mr. Pl*se , who bad been rooogalaodbp
Jaarea.aad who aho ooattnaod hit faaotloaa an-
dar tho government of tho Empire. IppllMtlou
waa mi* to tbt military authorities for permle-
eloa for Mr. I. to aotaatll hit extqaalar aoald ba
reeetvsd from M'xlao.
Ota M*Jl*,the OosamandanL consented, hat tho
Proftot refuted that aamtt Individual, observing
that aoao of tho aata af tho Ooaaal ooald ho ro-
oogait<4 aatll hit exe qaattr waa reeelved. A
tUlemcpi of tho eato having booa forwarded ti
tbt Mexican Secretary of Mat*. bo dlreetod that
tho Ooatalatt bo elotod forthwith.
Tho eiaraend itrlp< t wtto at that time fly tot la
hoaor of tho vtotory of Vort Vlthor, tad tbt Pre-
feet delayed Irantmlulng the ordor aatll taotot,
at whloh hoar tho fleg wat ainatly take* down —
1 b* arehl vee of tho Ooataltlo wtro removed la
safety to tho Mtidenoo of Mr. Ploroo, and the of
too waa oloood. Oar Informant farther etatee ll t
tbt receipt of the order to elate ap leaked -
and at need Intense excitement among oar 1° .oar-
elUaeat In Matamorot.
The idtgaata, whloh arrived here yetterday
from the month of Bed Bltsr, brought down
neatly ISQd esebuged prleonert, mainly be-
longing to the431 Indiana, 3dth Iowa, 77th Ohio,
• besldss small detachments belongbg to the 5th
Kaaaat, 50th Indiana, 18th Michigan, 33d Iowa,
aad other roglmealt. Mottof theto prltontre
wtro eaptated at Mask's MU1. Ark., and have been
la rebel hind* tea montha. They were eoaflood
la a sleeked* fort,Oamp Ford. aoar Tyler, Texas.
Government senttbem elothlag throagh the rebel
agtatt, aad though they report ihort ration*, thty
are In maeh better conditio a than mnat prltonert
re tuned from tho Kaatera Department,
a—a*—m—|
By a private dispatch from Galveston,
dated yesterday evening, we regret to hear
of the death of Gen. T. J- Chambers.
UtMluItiilppi .or from any fort If n countnr. will
Ito at the ate of them till we oaa lay their ooa-
AU taeb paper* will bt
Wo called at the ttoreof T. W. Hones yetter-
day , to look at the eargo of the B*nshee, whloh U
to bo aold at aaetlon atzt Taeiday.and which la
adTtrttaod to aaothoroolamn. llltotrlalaly the
■eat magalfloan t atock of goodt tver offered for
aalo ataao lon, la thla market. Bvary artlalo oaa
■orated to the catalogue la of the Jirit ilui.
Nothtog more eoaaorrtog their quality nead bo
tald, and aa thoy art aearly all atatoaablo goodt,
dad at thty near and will be aold for what they
Will bring, thoee who with to make money will do
well to ba oa hand. Coaatry dealtrt la particular
should attend thlt sale, and oar word for It, they
will aot rtpenHiavlpMoa^*"^^
Wa stated yesterday on the author-
ity of the Ranchero, published at Browns-
ville, that Hon. E. B. Hord prefers his Col-
lectorahlp to being a eanditate for Gover-
nor. Some of Mr. Hord's friends seem to
tbiwb this implies that he is mercenary,
which they declare is not the case, and that
were be'brought foi#ard as a candidate
for the Governorship, he would consent for
his name to be used. Oar paragraph con-
cerning this gentleman was based on the
following extracts from an editorial which
appears in tho Ranchero of the 4th inst.
•• Mr. Hord't name It bow bttog mentioned
with other* for the Artt effloe in tba gift of the
people of Tent. We traat, howevor, that aoale
oaa more aaxloia for gubernatorial hooora than
■r* Hord will be aeleattd for the Important pet-
ition. We are quite tort that Mr. Hord doet not
dtalre the place, a# ha It, contented with tho Ool-
lootorthlp f btaldft. our com i trrlal community
woald oppote to thi ulihoit any movement l^ok-
las to a removalol Mr. Hord irom WifWrttt !o
anaotberpatlUoa. , ► . ...
We are free t? aocord Mr. Qord all ipe qaalifl-
ealloitrequttUdttor tbt Oo*«rnor*h1p oMMat la
tbeee Utlng t met. We recognise >p him ai able
maa aad devoted supporter of the ooaatltutloo.
Wo well remember bit rfl^rtt 1b iht Texat Legla-
laturo In ©ppotlsion to tbt pattage of lawt otlou-
iated to tabvert tho organic law* of the State:
Wtverywtll know that Eo haa alwaja plamttd
tho taaok* aad* thaththatnever beenkoooa to
waver when tbo ilgbtt aM lLtere*t of t e ptopie
wtreatttake. Weare oogulaantof (he fact that
for kloanwlfltb devotion to oonaUtutioaal liberty
he haa ga ned a atrocg hold on the people of t'ex-
aa. We are aware that he .has steadily rltea la
popular f ror aad coudjthd", andwtll merited
aayplaob *ttfo people might cboo*e to effer blm.
Bat, oa woaaId befo.e, Mr.Mord doet not dealre
Items at Interest.
The prettiest sight in the world, to a sol-
dier, on a long Inarch, is a sixteen year old
girl standing in the door, waving a white
nanderchief; and the next prettiest sight is
—a good fat hog.
A Northern paper ttatt* tha< a nnmber of "cip*
perbeadt and aeootilonlsti" havo deelded to qait
California In dleguat. The? have founded what
thty oalia "White Man** Colonicttlon Soclety."
and Inttnd tmig. atlag to Maaatlan, Mexico Ber-
lah Brown, editor of tbt Baa FraooUco Deu>o-
eratle Pratt, It at Um head ol Iht movement.
An application to ralte a regiment of negroct,
■ade to the Adjatant General at Richmond, waa
retaroed endowed—'"refuted. No authority by
law.'
Ntvitfown or Spain hata conalder-
ablo naval force Bha hat two Une-of-batile
ablpt, too frigate*, four eorvettei, nine brig*. *U-
oea aobooaer*,flftt«b tmalltr ve*telt, tblrtv ttv-
toa tide-wheel tttamtrt, nlnt trantportt—In all
one haadred and two vtuelt, and mounting nlnt
hundrtd and atvtntyfour gunt. There are bf
tldet, for cot't strvlco, twenty-tlx ftluocas, and
leventy-ono gunboatt.
Tho aaaaal report from California sbowt that
the total roveoae of the Ptderal Oovtrementon
tho Paciit eoaat for the paat year wat about nlaa
mllliona of dollart; the excttaof dltbnrtewent*
at>oat tlx bnadrtd aad forty-fire tboutand dollar*
1 he Import datltt oolleoted amounted to nearly
alx million* of. dollart lo gold. The total coinage
of gold and at tver for all the Paelflo mtnea waa
about fifty! ve millions of dollart.
The Mobile Trlbane think* Mr. Lincoln bat done
a great deal for our oountry. It I* true th%tb* has
devattnted It whorev*r hi* meroeaary troops wore
employed, but while hit troopt havo bean doing
this, he hat baon undoing their work by hit pro-
toool* and hi* mtitagei, and hit oltlmatumt, Aad
the laetef them it tbt be*t of all. Itltwhathaa
roetoreii to our people retolatloB—what haa taken
from tbtir hope* all expectation* of a peace not
won by brma. And in that reaped it la the bet t
thine of all. It haa prodaoed unity, and that It
all tint it
try
The Richmond Examiner states there is
no doubt a new harbor will be staked out
on the coast for the blockade runners.,
The largest meeting ever held in Mobile
was a .war meeting held there on the 14th
ult. It was presided over by Hon.'John
Forsyth. , , „
Resolutions were unanimously adopted declaring an
un*lier«b'c purpose to tualamUkeelvll and m li'ary
ailthOiltlei in a;t laving oar tndtpendcnce to vlctoiy
i nteettary to the talvatlon of tht conn'
tho effloe of Qoveynor, nor could he be.tndoctd to
1 I '
pendenoa for which one an i all are to Seeply lm-
►ati
accept It, ualMt a« c^uld k* eoavlcoed 'hat by so
dolag h could- materially alii la tetu'lng the lade
periled."
* •' .tV «£
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la vi«W of the 'diflSculty in procuring
transportation for removing the bacon
IIQW* tiiatwill be coileoted at interior de-
pott, o^cvi'8 and agettW of the Tax in Kind
department have been directed to use every
exertion to hire trom producers such
wagegs and teams as^may be required to
remove the supplies to points where they
can be made available to troops M the
field. Much complaint has been taado, of
losses that occurred during the past season
by reasOn of the titfrls remaining on store
until they were damaged. Such losses can
be avoided if producers wilf consent to
hire their wagon* for eofficicnt time, to en-
able the agents to convey the bacon to
peiaU on general lines of travel, or com-
mispsry depots, where It can liis hauled by
as to the soldiers in the field.
The tax depots are located with reference
to the.Jaw, J&en at remote point*, and
being scattered ovttr a large extent et ter-
ritoty, and tho traupertatioa in the anqjr
insnfficient for hanUng !t away promptly.
If such planters as have wagons, will hire
them to tax agents, one os, two trips wl|l
suffice 10 remove the tithes collected in the
neighborhood. _ *^v- '♦
The N. 9. Times of the 27th Is rtMived.
It eontalas but little nawt of ijapoitaacf,,
■* Items the foUowli^'>
iofore beSb advlted It
Ecbiatba, tbo Amort-.
iSlEw
hadaalatrrvtawyto^
he ss«e vaeasr wbe
di-uc j ioai one hundred thuu-and nearoei fhou il be
pUcea (n 1 he field, the *ub)>ct belnq no longer an open
qaettlotti that the n 1 ist .tenient Ot OiD. K.
Juhnoton to the cimmand of the Army (f Temtisee
will eQtct uiora to restore couflieoM, lncreaae ,tte
army,'and lutmre a soccessful detenreof thUD part-
inent . tli«n any Other oMer tbat could emanate from
the W*r t)"i artm: nt. The re«olutlona a>ao a ge t et
ter dlatU llpe In the army; tbai.lt o.ararmlae for their
heroic conduct* and p!edgetll, nnder divine a«et*t
auce, for liberty. Tae rnoellajt wa* ejthusU*Uc. and
a 'drriu>' n bjt. J0d<i> Totike', of )I1*wirl. Judge Pae-.
Un, if MltrlMljipl, Judge JOaes aud CoJ. Lanj ton, of
M>blle. ~ ,
Vioa Pre#i lent Stephens, on his retur'9
to Rtobmond, after (he failure of the Peace
Commission, declared our only hope to ba
a vigorous prosecution of the war, and
that the differenoea hitherto existing be-
tween him'and Mr. Davij had given way
to a oemmon purpose and a common policy
in futore—a united and vigorous prosecu-
tion 6t the war to the attainment of our
independence. '.i '
The Columbus (Qa-,) Times.eays: 1
la auewer te a sorriMpoddtnt, who Uqnlret
whether,the exemption bli*, patted a few day* xo
in the floaeoof Repretentatlvet, doea away with
thepitMattxeaaptloa Uw, or e htthef It propoee*
10 modify the preteetexeaifitlon law by repealing
the.pecullar teotiont mentioned la Iht bill patted
a few day* slpce ; the Biobmoad Sentinel repile*
that tbO'eXomptlou bill referred to, dors not re-
peal or modify the cxVKlag law oniht tubjeci of
.txempUons, t xcrpt in three palrtlcalart; First,
itrtpealttht 'fifteen netrro" SMmptlOn Beuond-
lyt 11 ahniltbtt alt exemptions aad detailt granted
bj the Pre 1 Id eat or Secretary of- War to pertons
undtr forty )Cirt (a«e, except light dtigr m«n
and ari utus, mtehaclet aad tciai tlflo ctea em
ployed by or wothlng for the Oovrrnmtnt.—
Thirdly, it ret<rloteUie exemption of mall eoa-
irtetnrt and driver* ta contractors personally en-
gaged In eaeeuilng oontraott. The rest of the
preaantexempttoa law rtmaiaa ia fall force
It may be p op.-rtoqxpWtn, aa to the teco.d bead
Of tht bill, mat it ap, |'e oi ly to wb*t the pub t^
ki ow a« • dtta ls" *nh< u«t> "cxemptlona" are Bieo- j
tlonel. Iiut tLese ate tre rXemptlons whloh the'
exUtlog tuw authoilxea the Prealdeut or Secretary ol 1
War togr*i.t.-oo, those which are granted if law;}
Mich at thoaedf publiconice!*, pr*aoh*rs, Itacher-t '
Priaoner's Department, vice Gen. Wind^,
deceased.
Mr. Warren A4aaa,tho IndtfatliabU eeurler
aarpriead at ytttorday, brfaglag fall file* of the
Moeatea Telegraph to the <34 alt. Be waa only
tlevoa daya from Bmatoa Ttx. te Brandoo, Mi*t.
Thlt la the aaiekett trip yet made, we beiiove,
tlaoo the blockade of tbe Mlatlttippl.—X«Ht*
Adw*rlit*r.
Among those officers who have been in
the hospital since the battle in front of
Nashville, but who have recovered suffi-
ciently .to be sent North ftom that place,
we notice the names of Lieut. Wm. C.
Curras, 15th Texas Cavalry, and Lieut.
James Jackson, 11th Texas cavalry.
Tbe Bichmond Bzamtner reduce* the Llstory of
he war to a demonctratloc—ibat the eoaqaest of
tbe Heath, by the North I*, la all re pect , Impot;
tibia. Kiayt that tometbicg more hat btende-
monttrated tbaa the mete pbysiaal incompetency
of the North ror subjugating thlt Coofederasc—
the dtmon it ration battppeared be ore tht re*l«t-
ant tntrgles of the South have been folly taxed.
Tht eampalga leavea thla Coifeder*cy—after re-
Slt'.iagafl this effort of mora thaa three years, af-
ter withitsndlng the potential energy and colossal
momentum of a military power grrater than baa
bttn txhiblted lo all the warf>re of thlt world—
atronger tbnn at'he beginning, more capable of
itrenaoat combat, more perfectly endowed with
the eltmebtiofrealatanea, better nrrred than ever
In the energy of a ununlmopa, kni', rraolute pub-
lic dtltrm nation. 80 far from what ahe baaiuf-
fered and loat having broken her tp'.rlt, that spirit
waa never ontU now, thoroptfcly roused ar.d com-
bined. Her military organisation ooald never,
until the prttent period, be rtgar fd at perfect;
and her r?aoureet, though restitute*, aro mora
suflletcnt for her needs th'-n tbe tuoerabuadance
postested and wasted at the-beglnnl 'g. She is now
in a eondlilon analogous to that of the atbelete,
trained bv ttvert pram-ice and diet to bit epeclnl
work, and endowed with Ust vigor, skill ai d en*
durance to compete with a d< ter men. Shu it
praeUoal'y atronger thla day than the has bnen at
any period <f the struggle, aid will dtscloce a
greater military tfflcleney her. after than the his
dano at icy period In the past.
«♦) >
YANKEE itiuus.
All tbe convicts in tho Georgia peniten-
tiary who served in tbe campaign against
Sherman have been pardoned, and ordered
to report to whatever regiments they may
select.
The constitutional amendment abolishing
slavery was rejected by the Kentucky Sen-
ate, by a majority of tiine.* •. > '
At last accounts there was a strong prob-
ability that during the present extraordin-
ary high water In the Mississippi, that
stream will break through into Long Lake,
opposite the mouth of the Missouri, in
which event St. Louis will be left high and
dry eleven miles from any river. The
Missourians are at work like beavers to
prevent this.
The stern wheel steamer Eclipse, in gov-
ernment service, while lying at Johnson-
ville, oa the Tennessee river, recently ex-
ploded one of her boilers, instantly killing
twenty-seven soldiers, including the clerk,
and seriousiy scalding seventy-eight others,
the majority of whom it is thought will die
from iniunes received by the explosion.
The sufferers were mostly soldiers belong-
ing to the 9th Indiana battery, en route for
Indianapolis, Indiana, to be mustered out,
their term of service having expired. The
battery numbered sixty-five men on board,-
only seventeen of whom escaped. Alto-
gether there were ohe hundred and sixty
souls on board. The wrtck immediately
took lire.
A Ntw Mat h—A lutifer match 1? now lo the North
ernmarkn ta t UlflVrs from anything hitl.erto.lu
existence. Cpiu t e side of eacu box 1* a chemlca •
ly piep&reit , 1-ce of frlc'.lon paier. When struck
npon tuts, the ma'oh lost, n l\ lg .lte | when struck
upon i-nvu ltu tie whatever, U oostlnately refu en to
flame. Y u may lay It upon a red hot btove. and the
wood of toe match will calcine before the end of It
Ignites. Friction upon anything the thai) tLis pres
pared paituooard kat no t iTect upon It. The Inven-
tion Is a 1 IS giltb one, and t.y special act of P. rlla-
inent, the use of any other matches than these Is not
permitted la any public ba'ldli g*. The dUcovei y ts a
curious one. Theie N not a panicle of sulphur In the
composition of the ludfer in qoesti in.
Oa the flrtt of November lai>t the pnbllr debt of tbe
Lincoln gore-nment was f J.017,030,POO For the fiscal
je.rth -tot-Test wou'J be'fcfi 9J0.003. Of this luters
e*t (57 0.0 OOC were payable In ctId, at d $23 0U0.000 !n
cnrret cy. T'leavtrage lute > f Interest on ttie loai s
is 8, 3 10 per cnt, and the uv.; a^e ra'e on the entire
det t 4 >4 y r cent I( Is fair to . s.uae tlint by June,
1665. t'je oebt wt 1 he at least $3 OOOOCO.COO Tbe lia-
bilities now rv^rege $8104 per bead—assumtrg that
there ate twenty-foar millions of peop'e In t^e loyal
States. i'Ue natural Increase of poi ulatlou is 3>a Per
ccnt p; r annum.
The ¥iifiktis say lit at the gunboat I.dianola, the
gt'Unt capture and foolish abar.dot>rue, t of whl' h
became to notorious In 1863, has been raUed avd
found In txcellfnt condition.
Ac. It I* unvV rstood that Ma President aad Stontsry
vf War have aot been In the h«blt of <ranting f«mu-
'Uont. TCeil have mada dstatu. Tap.bill tevok^s
both, rnd prohibit! oota for tap future, exoept as
"ft* bl*t^l*<nirw the b nit of ne-aptrd *n«fl*UPed
'■lea when taeyare calttu Into soviet to ba tbat> d In
iPrt portion to th« Um* tbtftaay lose al their exemp-
rtiep or detaU for tkUMr. t >« •' \ ,.L
. fraa tbe Co umisHTiaias, we alsa latrn that the
Inmeatf wagon train of tie Am y Of Tenneecee it
alasutt fxitusively Jtlvt-n 1 y ntgioes. They are stent.
lu\tyfcttew*, and tetmto btwt-lf inured to servfee,
and really thtlr stock sppears much better thsn
wteo •raer tbAnafttgettieut M white driven, tt Is
vary graiiCylo« aae ttie itaMr* in oar army It
pUimis in s0lv* mmimIo the •al Ve brigade at mis.
who make betteijoidHra than t-tmat«r-<raLj ,iurn>-
l btathe rmyw.Rtai rge v.liable mstetWTthaiie
very tftct'ra TbcW is bat out ihlujt wfntleg to
male twatgra ttSattrs of IncakUUVt Vahie? thst
l-'s p>aee them «t d«r etAol mlUurr dUclpHae,
Ti.era %fee«U hs aeheelUU.n to thoot ihtaMar eeaarv
•41m. aad, H a he ixsoaks are set-of this tevtt*
^ r r,, PiiloW Haa, been
CoauuitJtry Ctasral of tho
The following are the resolutions unani-
mously adopted at the groat war meeting at
Mobile^ on the 13th ult., at which Hon. John
Forsyth was President, and Messrs. II. Bal-
lentine and I. C. Du Bose Secretaries.
Whertat, ear country 1* oegaged in attrnggle
forth* cherished rlgbit and Inctllmable pr vllcgts
of frte rtprssentauve gorernment, involying life,
liberty, and propertj; sc < deemlug it proper slid
becoming that the compatriot soot of the South
should reassure eaoh other, and .tireogthen each
olher't heartt,by renewed pledget of their loyal-
1; to tht eommob c&Q4a,and of their uufaltt'iug
purpntt to suttalu the Ocnrederale government
and its heroic soldiers in this time of trial, we,
tbe cillamt of Mobile, In puolio m etiog aetcm-
Pled, do dtcare, and It is hertny
1. Resolved, Xbat it it our unchangeable vur-
pott to tastain by all pracllcablt wayt and
ute\n« the civil and military sulhorititi of our
couLtrj. iaoar^rand conflict for the rlgtittof free-
born m^>; *nd Mat, tt there It nothlnx t • te ob-
talnea'lii the elject submission required of us,
preferable to manly resistance ana honoraUo
death, ws declare our nnalttrable resolve to fttht
it out lo th> bitter end,wilh"vlctcry or death"iu
scribed ou our tannert.
3 itesoved, That In the Intvl'Rb'eliSues before the
country, there lsnomtudla ground beiw-jeo patrl t-
Isui and traacUery, Mo that is not for us is a{*,upt
3. Resolved. Thst we huve an sb!dln>< and nn ha-
keu cot 0iencein ti.e ability lt « Uunietiersie S ates
to achieve their iadfi>i odtnc •, boihwl.h r«pect (.0
tbe numbers they can ma<:>U>l for ilef'-i.c-, ami tue
uiatorlal avulUbla retoirces lor the .-uppjrl of the
arau-, it these are wlw ly adtnlul teivd.
i. ti s dved, Th«t as tie lesu-t il education and
40 -1*1 habits, the bouthein pto le were reasonably
m,eoi<pofctd agsintt the pioposltion to iirm ti.e siuve.
Or to rtlg ti'.v tht negro wlin ttie e*!lln-.', ond duty of
an armi b'n'ing Clis^butss our tarb*ron-, nn*cru-
puluus and laplscsble foe has stised snd armed the
int o agalnat bli uatural protector anJrightut owner,
and as t>y tbese mesne he Is consUnt y tncie* lng the
ail iwiy t tree I th devoted to our spoilattou auu aes<
IructWu, ttie expediency and neces lty of nei.ig 'his
great reserved power lor detente, It no linger an open
ijuesilor. If oar government Is vvtrtbruwn, alt Is
hMt; and the dbctl* African will converted Into au li.-
ttramt nt of oppre tlon to the whltt ractAIf von re«
tat) to a e the negro against the Ysckee, the Yankees
whiate tbe aegrotor tae euslavemtAt vf Suuthern
wulte oitu and w6a.er. We tber«loia Imploie ttie
Confederate <3overoi>' nt loanthotlie the Iwmtdiaie
Imptets uent of 1 OO.O.O -stile bed led negro meu for tf.e
army, to be oraanlted and commanded by Otnfeder-
•te 1 fflctft; en-' we entreat the civil authorities of
the Shste ot Alsbima, and eur sister 8t«tee, to let.d
earnest jDStaafekM to acoomp.Ub this oMcct.
i Reeolved, That the relnaUteaent at thit time
at lien. Josepi a. Johnston to the command of tHe
amy of Teunea te will effect more to restore cotttl-
dent*, to 11.create jte artu: ,*hnd to loraro * succe>s
(hrc.Ceose U tne ^P«ja t,ntJ.,tkan_«1>; ttfcer order
that mW Dflawn mat tw* war umoo' >,
«. RafctvtdTThat Wt«aii opin our follow olils-nt
of Alabama lo iMidpaKlftatetliiga lor the free ex-
preerioa of th< lr vtawaaa^arMoteo, and that leadlug
pubVcmen b*, and are &treby m trca'ed to attttd
such meetings, and to speak wotdgaf eacoursgecent
t" their people, and to srou*o theru te proper < xcr
tlo \ by the resist ed ippealt of an ardent k>\e of
c notiy.
7- Resolved, That we thar.k the army In the 1 «me
of "Or country, for It* heroism and stlf-tacilficirg
devotlor; and especially those organ'z«tlocs which
btve rectn'ly declared tbelr unalterable po pwe
never to lay down their armt until their conntryls
fire-.
8. Rtaolvtd, That tht graattit and motliir por
taut tervle* which Confederate military ofltoett
can now rtnder thtlr coantry—one to b* rrmem-
beted In history, and whleh a grateful people will
never teatt to regard end rtspeet—It to lirprove
tbe orgauixatlon and discipline of the f rmj, in
tech manner at will loiare order, the protection
of non-combatant Inhabitants, and e0cten',y In ac-
tio*, snd st the tame :lme, promote the er m'ort of
tbe Indlvirnil private soldier. Without tome
perfection of orgxn'tttlon, great retultt cannot
be obtained. Without the tool tbt body will de-
cty. We th<-f rcre entreat cfflict of all ersdtt
to forego unwa jly Indulgence!, give themselves
with renewed energy to their high and retponii-
ble duties,>nd tint to merit the laurelt which thtlr
country la watting to bind around their browt.
9. Ketolved, Thst neat to the Divine assistance,
tbe lnfluerca of woman It the most powerful help
toonrtrlompb In thlt conSlot. We therefore in-
voke, wltb confldecce,the combined and rtrsistlets
Inflatnceof thedtughtrrt of tbt South. Their
mostprtcioas hopet and lnt*resla depend on the
defence of their country. Encourage tbe men to
esMblt>he vlrtnet of noble manhood In this hour
of peril. Scorn the ltgg«'d,and blast the c -vard-
ly skulker with your indlgnaot frowni Call on
Gel, and tend your tons 10 battlt, and yonr coun-
try it redeemed 1
10 Resolved, That we believe In God snd In
Hit perfect wltdom, goodness,Justice Hd power ;
atd thai although H; bath chastenttf At Ht bath
not given as over to tbe will of ourjMMnl>-t; but
that at Ut bath bruised,!i> He wlMklMl; ted if
we dolha deed of brave, earnta^ V*d-rtarit'g
men, tbe light of gloriout peao*,aad the bless-
ings of rtnewed pro* p;rlty will toon m vouohtafed
to oar now bleeding and opt raised coantry.
Lib rty for Whit* :>len-S lavery lor Ne-
grtes.
Dedicated t all who with, work, fight r p ay for
■ Confederate Liberty.
Ed. Til.—The recent publications, emanating
from timid or doubting minds, giving greateror
leu countenance to the monttroas idea of pos l-
bio emancipation, have not escaped tbe attention
of men who havt 1 >n* esteemed negro slavery at
ltt Inestimable vslue. It Is gratl.'>lng to see that
these el nllltons f'om superfloisl thinkers on the
lutject have called fotth in the Telegraph News,
and otber pipers, nam tous able and patriotic art-
Iclet.aboondlngin log eal reasoning and 11 ubborn
facts, overwhelming the sophltmt and cl.lmericnl
assumptions ol those who show themselves ready
to faint by the way eld-*.
Ia two partlealari of tran?cendant Importance,
however, the su Ject has been scarcely, If at ell.
touched, and to thrse I desire to devote a few
thought* These poin 1 sbould be understood by
every one who deilres to see the Confederate
States Independent, happy and protperons :
lit. Negro tlavery, to both the white and red
man, exittt and has existed, by God's own law
and appointment, frcm '.he days of Noah—of 3hem,
Ham and Japhetr-to tbe present hoar. See 9th
Oh. Ge^eilt, vt. 85,28,27 :-25*h Oh. Leviticus,
39th to 55th vs., where the distinction between
Aired wh it servants—cr the servitude of one
equal to another—and the perpetual tlave ry of the
negro (Canaanltish heathen) is made so plain that
the *' way-firing man, though a fool," 0 moot fail
to see It. See, also,.the books of Samuel, Judges,
Klngt and Btekiel—1st Timothy, Ch. 6. vt. 1 to 6,
—and other Apostles onlhesame saijec*. And,
Anally, read the 14 h and 15th verses of the 0th
Chapter of Revelations, where It will be teen that
when tbe world pattet away as a scroll with kings
and mighty men, there will also be BONDMEN
(slaves) as well as freemen to hide " them-
selves in tbe dens and in the roots of
the mountains. '* In every psrt of the
bible, tt all tranilatlocs tgrte, the t- rmg 11 bondr
man'* and 'bondservant." mean tlavts, at con-
tradistinguished frcm htr<3d, or temporary ter-
vantt. These are old truths—old as tbt written
word of God—trae as th* gospel. From the es-
tablishment of the Independence of the old thir-
teen United States, however, the mottarobists of
Great Britain and their dupes, the fanatioa' Puri-
tan! oT New England have deluged thla coantry,
North and South, with Infidel tirade! sgalnst sla-
very—Ignoring tbe pl&ineit bible truths, and
trampling nnder their impious feet the wisest
monuments of God, in bis provisoes for the pol-
itical government and temporal welfare of man.
These long bidden truths have been la process 0?
exhumation since about tbe year 1835. Tbt Oon-
federate Statet.the pioneers in the proces«, now
acknowledge their effiotcy and their divine ori-
gin. They had ttken hold in gcod nil, la the
North, Great Britain,and France, before this war
began, and jrert tteadily gaining ground. Since
tbe war tbe tyos ot all Europe bave been drawn
to them, and their growth has been almost as
tapld at sympathy for our caase.and admiration
for the onpartlltled heroism of oar soldiers in the
field, 'l'he rising generation In those countries,
as lt fidel politico-phi'ossphers pact awty, will
accept them as the living, unrepealed word of
God, and anlt-ne^rc-slavery Infidelity will pass
aw&jr, as its iwln sister, Freich Jacobinism has
parted away, only to be remembered with hotr ir.
God will not permit the d< s'ruction of tl.is bent fi-
cent Institution, while waim snd tropical coun-
tries exist lu America, Africa or elsewhere, to be
cultivated by ne-g.p slaves, under tho white or red
nun's control. II will exitt, as tien ./rem
tliol^ld of Patmo3, by St.Jc.hr>, tiebest beloved ot
if (.u: Savkr, ti l ti e wor d stall puts away a' a
scroll. And lu to tar as th<: Yn.kecs et?ul k 11, and
dlse se 1 ni starvation, destn y the^e member<! oftur
Alrahatn c bonsehcld , they urn only j vian the w«y
lor the tiuportat'on ot more from tbe iorty millions cf
beatSatn ne-gro elaves int Ati'.cr, tow writhlr? In
nakod wretchednets Uuder the Ui^tlnadocs of t':e r
s,,vase tegro mookterji. Yatkte sbip', with tLclr
ac.Uijtome>i hypwcrlcy lu e-.a ch of tfco a'migLty c'o>
i.r, will bt tbe ft at to enga-.c lu ttiis t ado, provid d
westbonid ever de. crnd jo iowi:6t permit them to
j, i:utc, Dy th.lr tcucn, anything destln'.d for our
country.
2 . It'wc wnt'l i b4 true an 1 fulthfnl to th< deftu 1-
ero of our lib r. ty—tae g e..t mas-i ot 1 o ,-sl« veooK 1;,«
men in our aru y ai d tt.elr laiutltet at tijiai-we mu t
at all hizirdb sid to tt" lusi fxfeu i y tircseive tils
llibte oritalLfcd Institution. Kor upon Is continued
• xlMtitiCsifoetids ihe l.b rtj—or a* tiio Texig d<vU-
rutlon ot 1 >f>I < xpreoMM It, ttie "Equa\ Civil avil po-
litical rifW—ol the p-or wtltouiaa witntt.uobu of
tbetlch. .
luti Is the c' let cornerstone of a ttuth tbut ehonl 1
be ti e foun taiton ot tue political falfh or every itan
and 1 vary wt>tu^n who ueutreci to erixt-iate la tue.-e
Confederate Statis vital, Hout-liisplrlng ltb< riy to ail
white men—rich and pool— earned and unlearned—
hnttand lame. Ttie preservation oftur rrpubllcan
govemuieiits, S'ate aod Oojie^terate, with p >iltloal
aim civil iq tullty of riithts t > all of otlr own race, de-
VeLdsUpi.n tLe piejeivatlotiofnegroslivery. Ihg-foy
that a-imtrabie t-ysteoi, to say ni thing tf the n any
other terrible calumttles to tolto*•, atid, as certain ts
w^ter fljws downwards, the poor white ma-, hw>
wt'e, soiiS and ( aU8h:etd. will le f reed
here with its, a« tlie.v are 1 0# and have baon iti every
10, u'.ate'l cuuntiy olt ce hlstori b ga ', 10 teto i.e the
tlavo.1 ot Ihn lcti. L -oliai Or. at Brltili', fiauce,
Ueroianv.Russia—ail of Earone—U o'r Into the gre*t
E.st—lock eveti at the rid Slat s ot Yiukeedoro, tie
ttrf t s>ett!einti t of which l" but 245 years old—and see
thec.iuoltioii ot th9 tolling, down Ifoudin p>iiitoun,
elavei to all ln er«st.i and purp i'.es o the panveren
aud titled of their < wn lab -rui. t blojd . It ts a law
froru whtcn 10 peop e, after paS'slnn their li f nitle
existence on new and cheap I >nrt tuve ccer escaped,
excepting those who have e a nvsd a (tltire^t mco.
for one. much « I loathe h > re>ent chiricterot Its
people, I earnestly pi ay 1 h*1 N "ih mav re-uu.e an l
preserve Us 'Iberty after this w ^r Is over. This It uisy
do In a limited sense, ny maklag we.itn or prep rty
the pa> pott to ihe bill t box, to ortke, to political
uower. This. sslnEoglaud. may give llbedy atd n
hlghs'ate ol devalopment to tbe rich, bat as lu Eng-
land, t> wtu dethrone a> d grind to powdar, the Utvr-
Ins mllliona., ThU ccndltton—absolute u.oi archj —
or dlolLte^ratlng anarchy—is to be tha future ot the
North. One ot tbe three postulate* Is inevitable,
ltepibllcan llberiy. with equality ot c.vll snd poilthal
rtahts In the ahatnee of negro slavery, Is to them an
linpoecibM y. The poison lain the system. The mo-
met t this war Is over and they have no di. tint South
t > divert their attention, tbe polton will rn Utly maul*
lest It* dormant power—a-id thei.—il.tory a c< ntary
Let ce, will recoid the tad reuU t
Mr. Editor, It Is rty to, tun., to t ppor.r, and prac-
tlcuiLt a n n-slavebilder. I have som* at d daughters,
the jewels of my heart. With the instlt Hon tol ne-
rto slaveiy preset V'.d, I c >uld dtear.d lei-1 that I wai
leaving th«<r,however tittle of prover!>, a rich legacy,
liberty, eqaiity with tbe flftt in the land, lu pollt*
leal rights, lo elvil righu and, atbtlorging to tht
tovtMlf**, iht n«M«*,tiM rulers—in a word, to
th* whit* ra*e of (bt land—In tht blgb toad to tht
neb mine «< lelfHrttpedW *( hnpplnttt and the re<
I'gion of car SeHee, tee ll-itl by tht Infi icl
" r-tptfcSiW'
ItBtor Francs, Gtrmany. Eng'and or the Ualted
Stale) of the North. Tbe lu'ltatlon destroyed,
and I should die, at diet tht poor lather of white ,
tlavery tcaotiiet. tgoniting n tbe conviction thtV^
my children and my oblldren*! children wtre
doomtd to the bidding, mtvhspt, of temt Moated,
purte-prcad.besrtltti Sir Hadson I/)we, or Beat!
Ba ltr—an Bagllth noble fool, or a Yankee blood
tucker
ThN war, to the sstenlsbment of the world la
general and I'je Yankee* in parllonlar. hat de*
monttrtted tht extraordinary powert of a sieve-
holding e nntry, under the mott advene clrcom-,
itanctt. It hat triumphantly refuted the toph-
Itmt, the tpeealaUons the ilanderi and tbe ra-
ving! of English and Yankee abolitionist! from
1781 to 1865,82 yean, from Wilberforce, tbe tool
of Eogllih despotlim, the enemy of negro and ih*
friend of white slavery, down the I'jream of time,
to hit vile, traltoroaialMlplei. Andy Johnton and
W. O Urownlow. It b«i vindicated tbo memory
of tbe Ctlbo!lo Bishop Erjlasd, be Pretbjterlant
Koss and Strlngfellow. the Methodist Pretldent
Smith, the Bapiltt Or. Puller, Ihe Eplioopal Hop-
klrt, the phllotopber Bledtoe, tht illnilrloui Cal- r .
houn, and all that brlgntgalaxy of eminent men,
who from 12 to 30 jeart ago,ventured ta the face o
a frowning, mitled world, to take ap tho gauntlet
of truth and defend negro slavery, morally, so*
dally and politically. It has, by Its ennobling
inspiration,tievated oar countrymen,detpltt con-
tumely an I lmmente oppoti'lon, at well from
withto at wltbout, to be. at a mass, ihe mosl libera
enlightened, humane, magnanimous, courageous
and ChriiiUn people on earth, and oar women—
the mother!, wive! and daughter! of the Confed-
erate States!—who bat one wltb ptnellpp-d In the
refiner's fire can speak tholr praise 1
Tben tir, ihe voice of men and women— of th*
great non-slivehjlding rlt-ts of oar coantry—tbo
voire of libtrty and bleeding patil nism—the voice
of Noah awaking from bis sleep after the ark had
retted—the thuudert of God, through Motes, from
Sinai— ye, sir, tbeteall,all command us to pre-
serve thit life-giving iattitutlon fcr "an lnherlt-
tnce for our children after os; to inherit them for ^
a porsesslon ; fhey eh<11 bt cur bondmen fo'ever ; >1'
but over our BRKTiijiKN, tho children of Iirae*, '
(whiti; men,) ye shall not rule one ovr another
with vigor" JOHN lENRY BKOWN.
Predtricksbnrg, Texas, March 9ih 1M5
P. 3 —Suffer a grateful heart to offer ltt bomige
to Col*. A eh be I Smith, Clayton C Gillespie, and
seve>al anonymoas writers of recent date, In both
Ihe Newt and Telegraph, for their powerfnl nd
oh-i-acuristlo contributions to the cause of troth
la 'his behalf; and to you, Mr E iitor, for the
publlca'ion of Governor Allen*! tiirilllrg message
at 1 the tool-inspiring fpeech of Senator Heury,
cf Tenctssee—a worthy ton of that noble Stale.
This outpouring of patriot Intellect!—including
Mrj M. i. Yoang't matohleig letter to the Immor-
tal 5th Texas—hai gone like a succession of eleo-
trio sp rfcs, through thousands of hearts, and put
to shame tbe Satanio whispering! of fear, deubt
and cowardice. J. H. B. r
Y
1
Irleetlns of Ector's Urlgrade.
Ector's Teias Bbiqadi, Fbgncb's Bivi-ion )
Mobile, Feb 17,1805 j
Tbe Br'gade Mass Meeting convened ihti day in
parsnanoe of tbe resolaHom of tbe meeting held
by the Division on'the 15 h inst-, Lieut. Col, Oil-
lard being chosen President, Capt Bristol, 39!h N.
0 , Cv.pl. House 14 h Texat, and Capt. Anderson,
32ad Texas, Vloe Presidents, and Lieut. J. C.
White Secretary.
The meeting opened by prayer, tha following
preamble Bnd resolutions, submitted by tbe fol-
lowing named officers and privates, v i: Or. N.
A. Divis, 19 b Texas; Capt. J\ W■ Gudger, 29ih
r>. C.; SergtW A G Brown, 29th N O ; Sergt N Q
H Burns, 39 h N C ; Capt R if Egtes, 321 Texat;
Private J L Harcock, 321 Texas; CaptZ)lgler,
lO'.h Texat ; Srrgt T O Walton, 10 b Texas ; Lieut
J H Jenalng, 9th Texts ; Private M M Campbell,
9 h Texas ; and Sergt L C Fowler, 14 h Textt, were
adopted :
Whircas, Our country It erg'ged in n great
straggl* for the inettimable rights bequeathed to
atse a priceless legasy Ly our forefathers, and
deeming ^t 1 roper and becoming for tbe soldiers
of Botor's brigade to speak to their eompa'riots
at home, in the S'ates of North Carolina and Tex-
as,especially ; and believing that tne Southern
people, both in tbe army and at home, should re-
tssure each other and mutu lly strengthen each
other by renewed pledget of devotion to the com-
mon caase; and, wheros*, tbe lata peace confer-
ence has resulted in a hkaghtv demand of uncon-
ditional submission ; und witw^r, the per ltd has
therefore at length arrived when byre can bs no
escape from the lssau of cbject tubmission and
eternal rain and disgrace, or victory and inde-
pendence j end whereas, the vtry desperation
with which our enemy iireggles, mark-) a limit to
hliability to maintain the effort; and whereat,
with a numerical strer g b fcur t'mes greater than
ours, he Is obliged to pat iorth quadruple tbe ef-
fort, snd exhaustion therefore follows In the (am*
rallo ; and, whereas, we recognize the obligation
which rests upon us before the world ai tbe de-
fenders of lha faith of 78— that14 governmentdc*
rives l.'t just powers from the ccnaent ol ihe giv-
erned,"and look upon it as a ptramcant duty to
ma'ntaiu cur birthright at a euced boon never to
be aliei.aled j aod, whereag, we believe In the
Justice and mfrry of God, and that He will tmsle
upon our efforts if wa are faithful. Therefore,
Ke^o'ved, Tuat atimaUd by ti.e p-oud example of
our lliubtiloud ancestor®, 3 will rever give up tlie
st.u^gte In which we 1 r now engaKed, until peace
cojtea upon ire baste o! lLdepende.,ci; aud that we
bel eve that of all times since iht* war began, now ie
tlle T.'.T''1 tlme t1 think about ylelclr.g, aad hence we
b v, "EniJnrance i; victoi >."
Resolved, i'hut as tLe icpregtntat'v s of thegrea
States 0' North Caro'ioa atid Texna lr the arn.y ol the
Confederacy, we feel proud ol onr ilnea..e. and that
we have an abl'.lng tolth In the earnest co-cperatlon
snd support of our fatheis and nint^e-a sl tTs artd
btolhtit. kindred and frlsuds tt home, and tt"t we
mu-tv rtly op in t tern to M-e that, or.r "loved men ' are
'"'Wl.ni we call nplu "hem to
Thrill J"i> vV0 y 8f:u;ar> L,«o who it, loitering
In the .ear, or ab.-ent v^i^iout Have," a& a tacre l
duly. ^
Resolved, T :at we belitv? great pood will grow cut J
of tha l*te d spondenc. ; as now all rectnitruct'on '
Ideas have passed awa<: #Ld thit the qie tion before
us tow 1", Ltb.rty or De^tL; witl tiat citcrmiuatlon 1
pr<f. rablt- to fuljugation.
Kegotv^d, Tfcsttve regtrd lha t'ruggie which I
now waged ai two fold in Its naturp—as a strug-
gle not only between bayonets, ku', between brain
and heart on the one side and on tho othtr; and
loat hence, we .endorse the ptlicy of holding
publio meetings, and call upon cur orators and
publio men to come to th& rercax, snd arouse our
people in the ccunlry ar.d In the aimy, by tbt rc-
•iitlcts power of elcqitncs, to a discharge of
thotr whole duty at thla crisis.
Keaolvtd, Ih at we call to our aid all thg meafig
and Elrepgih of which we *re in potsegslon,
which, If e rly collected and Mustered, it imply
ei flioient to drive the invader frcm cur toll, tnd
(oo pel hira toon to < ff^r fecrgnltlon of onr gov-
ernment, and aek the terms upon which we will
make peaea-
V- i -w
Y
ltefolvcJ 5Thil wa trust practice upon ihe great)^
troth that in "unity ihero Uauengtb," anl henco 1
we call upon all clastes o our people t'> corns up
to tha tui p-irt of cur government with that unan-
imity and devotion ot which the great struggle is
so eminently worthy, involving, as It doet, the
Inestimable prlvliiget of free representative gov-
ernment, lift, liberty and property; and therefore,
thit wt cannot lecognisc any mid Jit grtand ba-
tweea patriotism aud treachery; and that we
musl hfll.i to the di c.ilnu that "he that Is tot for
us It tgaintt nr."
Resolved, That we have arrive! nt the precise
crisis ia panllo kOniis« when woman's Qilet but
potential Icflu nce li mott needed in revivifying
ibe ooursge of oar people ; tnd ** call upcu
those idols of ibe naiculiue race to set their hear,
and wits to work, tnd by the batteries of their
miles or frowns to drive tbe ikclker and the lag-
gard to the front, aa oar most r reck us hopci tnd
iniMtetlt are boucd ap in thta straggle.
Ktsolvtd, Thst; while we avow onr belief In
Qod, sud claim to be Christian people, and dt-
slre nn the bloo*o^oUr dnsmles, and long for
petee ; yet we call npon our ministers and ptopie
of every denomination to coaUcm* to Implore tht
Throne of Grtoo lo beh*lf of our bleeding conn-
try snd for net only coartge, and fortitude and
etdnrane* npon tbs pan of oar great and good
Oommtodtr In Chief, snd til hit tubdrdlnster, of
every grade, is wall as the rank and file of our
army- aad all our people at h> m*« bai for dsstivo-
tlon npon oar enemUt if they persist In this witk.
ed war against nt; add lhat we believe "Gad hslps
those wh*hslp themselves, and who In fal-.h ask
Him to help them.
Retolved, That the patriotic resolotlons recent'y
adopted by the Legltiaturt of the Suteof Texas mtet
oar hearty approbatloa and approval, glviug the
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