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THki TRIWEEKLY TELteGRAfH
VOL. XXIX—NO. 12 9
HOUSTON FRIDAY JANUARY 15, 1864
WHOLE NO. 8784
A Proposed Flan of Pacification.
We pre* ent oar reader* the following from a Nortb
American correspondent to a friend In England as
embracing a basis of pacification which gives as all
we Efk for, and which shows that there is a growing
part? in the North in favor of doing us Justice. The
N( rthern finances Jurt now are In a worse condition
than our own, otra.ige as the remark may stem. The
New York Times of December 18th has an elaborate
article In favor of repudiation. Bankruptcy In fact
stares the people In the fa:e. If the war Is to con-
tinue they see nothing bnt ultimate ruin. There Is
a universal sense of danger impressed on the north-
ern mind. Their newspapers show this. We
scarcely read a financial article in either the abolition
or the copperhead Journals that does not foreshadow
the national bankruptcy.
Not only this, not a Friday passes but witnesses
dozens ot executions in the northern armv for d?
sertlon. and btill their soldiers continue to desert in
numbers, and to-day Meade's aruiy, numerically
more than double that ot Lee, Is unable to make a de-
mon^ ration against him from tr.ls cause.
Notwithstanding the apparent gloom that has
settled upon us, we hare to day aa much cause to
hope for auocees its we have ever bad. We are
right and mutt succeed. Let us k<*ep on fighting,
ring ourselves anew with every reverse, re-
i tiding it la the part of trne courage to rise in
disaster, and still bear the possessor on to vioto-
ry, and as sure as day succeeds night, as sure as
Qod rewards virtue, we shall gain our liberties.
We add here the article above alluded to. It
is copied from a Memphis (Yankee) paper, which
publishes it without comment I
From the London Times, Nov. 14th.
The following is an extraet or a private letter
from a gentleman in one of the Northern States to
a friend in London :
October 26th, 1863.
* * • In answer to your inquiries whether
pacification on the basis of separation, permanent
or temporary, is likely to be acceptable or is prac-
ticable, I can only answer for myself. ^Acceptable
it certainly would not be just now in the North,
a community excited in OBe way or another be-
yond the reach of reason ; but acceptaole It soon
must be, when the weariness of sorrow becomes
stronger, and financial trouble is more imminent.
There Is a growing feeling in favor of peace and
recognition in preference to the continuance of
stnu a war, or to intervention from abroad ;
thcfigh r.tber than this brotherly bloodshed should
go on, people may become reconciled to that as a
means of peace. My American instincts yet re-
volt at the forcible intervention of foreign na
tions in our domestic feuds; I cannot,however,
as a friend of peace, see any objection to foreign
recognition, to which I think the South entitled,
and which, in my poor judgment, at once would
produce peace. There is a prevalent mistake
abroad on this point.
A reasonable plan of pacification, supposing
statesman to direct our policy, would be tbis :
1. It the war is to go on for a time, as from mere
momentum perhaps it must, let it be turned as soon
as possible from attempted conquest to a war of
limits and terms of settlement.
S. Let negotiations be opened at once with the
government at Richmond for such settlement,
making more formal recognition one of the mat-
ters for discussion. The Shelburne Ministry sent
Mr Oswald and Mr. Greenville to Paris in 1782,
let negotiate before they recognized us. The mis-
sion of that negotiation is very impressive now.
V. Of course the Southern Confederacy, as an
existing concrete thing, is to be recognized de
jurt. There can be no peace without it.
4. As to limits, I, as a Northern man, prefer a
natural to an arbitrary boundary, very much pre-
fer the Potomac and Ohio to the line of biased
trees and landmarks that now separate us, and
which has been quite ineffectual to protect us from
two Invasions.
5. But the States of Maryland and Delaware
, have a right to determine their relations to the
If two confederacies by a free vote—free, I mean.
II In fact, and uot in form—and their decision affecta
11 boundaries. Pennsylvania is assumed to go with
"the Horth.
6. In any event of separation, Washington
should not bs the capital of either Confederacy.
For the North it would be unsuitable. As a fron-
tier fortress, which it is, it would be intolerable
to the South. For the South it would be equally
Unsuitable. Let it be a monument of the glorious
feast. It is worthless now for any practical pur
pose.
7. The navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi,
i, nd, In the event of Maryland joining the South,
of the Susquehaunah and Chesapeake, to be free.
8. A common tariff for the two Confederacies
as to foreign nations, on a revenue basis, to be
made by commercial treaties, and no tariff, or du-
ties, or customhouses between the two Confed-
e racies.
o. Indemnities and compensations and terri-
.rial rights to be subjects of negotiation.
This, I think. Is a fair and reasonable basis of
pacification, neither lrtlmatlng nor excluding the
possibility of ^confederation, but providing
ngainst future differences.
This may save the public debts^nothing else
will; for the alternative for the North will be
lurther disintegration when the hour of dlsguBt
comes, as it surely will; and then the national
debt falls in ruin.
This is an honest way to answer your question
^ Sketches ol Qunntrcll's men
LIST. TAYLOR.
On the 15th August last, about dusk, Col. Quan-
trell with about three hundred picked men, left
the rendezvous at Black water, and started upon
the memorable raid into Kansas. It was general
ly understood umong "the outfit," that Law
r«nce,th« capital city of Kansas was their desti-
nation, and the spirits of the guerillas rose as
the time approached for the order to mount.—
Balls were moulded and cartridges prepared,
Minnie rifles and revolvers examined and put in
order, some cold rations put up, and everything
got snug and ready, with that alacrity that told
the eagerness and zest with which they entered
\ upon the expedition. The boys had no tents to
strlke.no ambulances or cumbrous train to de-
\ lay or embarrass their movements. Every pre-
paration showed that promptness and decision
re to govern the adventure, and those who
did not so accommodate themselves, were po
ely requested to stay behind.
About dusk the order to mount was given,and
las the gallant three hundred leaped into their
esddlrs,each cavalier showed by gesture and fea'
' ture that bis heart was in it. A brace of six'
•hooters—sometimes three or four, swung hea
vily from every belt, while a Minnie was strapped
to the shoulder, or lay across the horn of the
saddle. An inexperienced eye would have taken
them to be Federals, aa each man bad on a Fede-
ral uniform, and rode a Federal saddle ; but a
careful and oloss physiognomist would have de-
tected the guerlllaln the firm set jaw, flashing
eye land determined smile. Perhaps no finer
looking men had ever gathered together in one
body, and certainly none braver had ever massed
themselves for a daring and dangerous adven-
ture. All that night they marched in silence
steady, rapidly and eagerly ; thny avoided the
towns and villages ; the posts and garrisons of
toe enemy, fearing to alarm them. As it was
be alarm was given at Kansas City, bnt too late'
J o defeat the object of the expedition. The next
|uy and the next night, they commenced without
Ijodorsleep on, still on towards Lawrence, un-
1,1 within four miles, where they passed the
blackened remains of a house, burnt some weeks
before by Lieutenant Taylor, while on a seeret
tour of observation in Kanesa.
And here en j>as«a t—mt me state that no man
in tfci* service stands higher than he, for personal
bravery and daring. A New Englanrier by birth,
he combines the cunning of the North with the
ferocity of the 8outh—is bold in conception and
rli i l in execution. He served in the Confederate
states armv, was at the battle of Shlloh, and for
, .-me little extra work there, was sent back to the
i runs-Mississippi Department—he then joined
i ju.ntreil.and sid* by side with Todd and Ander-
son, and always near Quantrell himself, in the
taoet desperate charges, he has won a name for
MDtelf that will live forever. During a tour of
Qipectien he had made to Lawrence previous to
he final raid and destruction, in returning, he
ad stopped for his dinner at a farm house, four
iules from Lawrence. The host believed Taylor
ide a genuine, first rate Federal, and soon be-
1 me very communicative, told the number of
1 us he had made Into Missouri, and the amount
of plunder brought off—that he belonged to the
gang of 44 Red Legs,*'whose only occupation was
depredating upon Southern men and robbing pro-
miscuously. The Red Leg became loquacious
and disclosed to Taylor the plan for another raid
Id a rew days. After eating an excellent dinner,
the Lieutenant astonished his host by drawing his
slxshooter and compelling him to throwashov-
elfull of fire into the middle of a large bed in the
chamber, heaping chalrsand other combustibles
upon It, until the lames reached the oellfng; then
compelled the conscience-stricken thief to pro-
ceed to the door while the flames lapped up the
contents of the room; made him view the ruin of
his own home by his own hind—asked him bow
it felt, preached a good sermon to the wretch, and
then deliberately shot him—visiting upon the
plundering Red Leg the punishment due his many
crimes.
And once more Lieut. Taylor pauses before the
scene of the tragedy—but takes no time to mor-
alize on it; a higher game is before him, and
Lawrence must be reached before daybreak.
They spurred on, and just as they reach the sub-
urbs—while day has soarcely dawned, they meet
some men juat turning out. Dead men tell no
tales, and these unfortunate wretches were soon
weltering on the ground, their brains knocked
out with an old Mississippi rifle. This little epi-
sode over, they approach nearer—and ride Into a
Federal camp, just as the men were rousing them-
selves and dressing to answer the roll. They
were still rubbing their eyes, a gaping wide,
when crash after crash oame down the old rifles—
and the whole encampment was cleaned out with
out alarming the nearest neighbors. The guer-
rillas were so divided that a small party proceed-
ed at onoe to the ferry, burnt the boat, and thus
before a gun was fired, cut off all communication
with the garrison on the opposite side of the riv-
er. Now it was that Col. Quantrsll evinced the
geniusof the true oommander and able strategist
In less than ten minutes, his noble three hundred
were so divided as tojoccupy evey principal street
in the city; and then when the signal wasgiven,
the work of death commenced simultaneously
throughout the town. Windows and doors were
watched, and when a night-capped head was
thrust out to enquire the cause of the disturbance,
an unoerremonious bullet generally drove it back,
a lifeless corpse. The large and fashionable hotel,
known as the Free State Hotel, was quickly sur-
rounded just as the gong sounded for its Inmates
to arise. It was the knell that sounded every
oflloer and male boarder to a speedy death. The
women and enndren were suffered to escape,
the house fired and in a few moments, the vast
pile was a heap of smoking ruins. The Govern-
ment offloes and the banks were opened and much
valuable property secured.
The scene was horrible to every eye but those ol
the guerrillas. 'X'uelrown homes hud been sacked
and burned—tbelr own wives and children turneu
out, homeless wanderers, and oftentimes Insulted,
abused and killed outright. But now a sudden vena
geuceis visited upon the guilty thieves ot Lawrence,
its Red Legs are made to teel the smart of their own
work. The town Is urnlng and every street filled
with suffocating vapors and the nauseous stench
arising from pools ol hot bloot'; ant) Lawrence can no
longer be held by the guerrillas. In four hours the
town Is destroyed and two hundred and fif'yofher
male population offered up on the altarofvengeauce.
The ruin and destruction is computed, the guerrillas,
loaiied with spoil a^d filled wltn satisfaction mount
their horbes and are off by a different route from the
one they name. A lew miles out, they halt, rest an
hour overhauling the booty thev had secured, trad*
tug and exchanging sundry urtlcles of value. But
over the hill* a durk mass is si eu—it Is the Federal
army In motion on their track. The guerrillas re-
mount and spreading out, they^urn every house and
kill every male they encounter. The Federals are
gaining and preparing to charge. Tood's company
brings up .ue rear and forma to receive the enemy—
they halt and seeru to he-Hate; while t.he ferocious
fcueirillus give a ye I., charge upon the Yankees and
drive them back two miles, upon their main body
numbering about ISCJmen.
Again and again the Federal advance was
checked iu this manner, while the snn seemed to
hang motionless and stationary In the heavens.
Nignt was prayed for by the exhausted guerrillas
—and at last the sun went down o'er the distant
wide-stretching prairie, and the pursuit stopped
Not a brush larje enough to conceal a man had
been visible all day, and yet Quantrell carried his
men off safely, and now lay down just an hour or
two, to sleep and rest. Before midnight the whole
command was up, and ordered to mount. Lieut.
Taylor was so exhausted, and slept so soundly,
that he could not or would not, be aroused. Na-
ture was iu a state of collapse, and there was no
alternative but to leave him to his fate. He was
left, and the Feds passed htm next day. He joined
In with them for three days—deceived them, and
learned all their movements, and finally escaped
to the command of Quantrell at Lake Hill.
At Grand river, they encountered another de
tachmentof the enemy, fought and routed them.
Here a few of the wounded were left and fell sub-
sequently Into the enemy's hands. Every one
was cruelly murdered, under the most revolting
circumstances.
At Big Creek there was another fight, and here
it was determined to disband and reunite at Lake
Hill. The movement was successful, and they
thereby escaped,the clutches of the Feds, who were
hovering around like swarms ot loousts. They dis-
banded, reunited at Lake Hill, and rendezvoused
at ttlackwater for their raid south.
WAU-CAB-SIE
[to bb continued.1
Resources* of Southern fields anil Porrests
Glenblttbe, Dec, 29th, 1863.
Ed. Telegraph.—'Thanks for your loan of Surgeon
Porcber's "Resources of the Southern Field's and
Forrests;" In which I have found very much of In-
terest. And most heartily wish that the surgeon
general, or somebody e'se who has It in their power,
would favor me with a copy, sent to your care.
I begin my promised digest. T. A
the -chinese sugar cane.
Dr. Porcher speaks in high terms ot this plant, and
of the Byrup made from it. I had a small crop last
year, and am so much pleased with the result, as to
be now preparing tor It as a main crop.
Prepare the ground well and deeply, plant early
with a view toa iullcrop and early grludtng,although
It may be planted at any time, up to June. One or
two good showers will cause it to give a wonderful
yield. On our black prairies, rows i'-i feet, dropping
two or three seeds at every 16 Inches, is about the
proper distance, teod as If corn.
The plant throws up stalks in succession; the first
watering their seeds wheu the roots are about hall
grown, and so on, depending on the season and show-
ers.
I tried the experiment of cutting off the blossom,
so somas It showed Itself on the oldest st<Us; and
JottDd them become, in four or five days, decidedly
sweeter than those not topped. But, with the first
shower, or within a week or ten days If the soil be
moist, a seed stalk Is pushed at the base of every leaf,
when these stalks soon lost their sweetness until the
see t again approached maturity.
My experiment was not sufficiently extensive, long
continued or repeated often enough to warrant eay«
mg more, than as yet I deem It best, to let the seed,
of each planting become ripe or nearly so before be-
ginning to cut and grind; that push through with the
piece as rapidly as possible.
I found it the most expeditious, to have the
leaves stripped from the stalks whilst standing,
then cut down, hauled to the mill and the seeds
cut off there.
Oxen and mules are much fonder of the fodder
whon green than when dried. The seeds are re
lished by all kinds ot stock. Hogs will keep In
growing order on the stalks ; but do not fatten.
As forage for anything but horses, cattle and
bogs, I prefer drilled eorn to sugar millet.
For the making of syrup and sugar from th-
Juice of this plant, Dr. P. quotes at some length
trom the writings of northern chemists, writing
from their laboratories. The whole lacks practi-
cability.
I was fortunate enough to have the services of
negroes, trained on a flrst-elass Louisiana sugar
plantation, worth a whole regiment of Yankee
chemists.
Four small wash kettles, the largest of about 30
gallon capacity, were set In one furnace, in a
row ; the largest next the chimney, and called
the grand. 1 hey were set eaeh about an Inch or
inch and half above the next; the grand being
the lowest; and had their capsolty greatly in
creased by being cased around above their edges,
with thin stones set In cement or lime, with a
oasement of wood over all; the top of which was
some eight or ten Inches abovs the edges of the
kettles, declining in nelght towards the grand.—
The smallest kettle, next the mouth of the furn-
ace, which boiled most vigorously, Is oalled the
tiro.
1 had secured an old-fashioned sugar mill, to be
driven by mules, consisting of three east Iron rol-
lers, set on end, with cogs on their oiroumference,
at their upper ends. The c*ntre roller being
turned, caused the others to turn with It; the
canes were orushed between them, and the juise
flowed Into a trough placed below.
To have the work go on steadily and regularly,
the oapaclty of the mill and of the kettles should
be, as nearly as possible, kept up to the same
point. There should be little interruption to the
work, after it is started ; else It is difficult to make
good syrup.
The oane is passed first into the grand. To
eaoh charge a quantity of strong lime-water is
added, dependlug upon the condition of the juice.
My canes were very ripe, yielding of course teas
juice, but a larger proportion of sugar. Two
quarts of lime-water^jwas put to each charge
Canes grown on strong lime soil, as are these
black prairies, contain a largo proportion of lime;
and 1 am induced to believe the juice from them
requires less lime-water than if grown upon soil
lesa calcareous or limy.
From the first moment the scum begins to rise,
it must be carefully end continuous'y skimmed off.
As the juice thickens by boiling. It requires more
space, and is baled forward into the other kettles,
it will be seen that the manner of setting each
higher than the olhar, enables the attendant to
strip off the soum with a long, broad paddle Into
the next kettle below, aud so into the grand,
where it is finally skimmed off. By this careful
and attentive skimming, the sediment, gum,
staroh, &o., are boiled out of the syrup, instead
into It, as by the usual practice. The boiling is
finished off in the tiro. 1 found none of the re-
ported straining), filterings, and other manifes-
tations, recommended by the Yankee chemists,
quoted by Dr. P., to be at all necessary.
It would be better for three or four neighbors
to join, where kettles are scarce, and set four, or
even five in one furnace, though good syrup
could be made 1 presume, with eveu one kettle
The syrup is excellent. Have not tried yet
making it into sugar. The yield por acre Is re-
munerating; say from two to lour barrels.
[Yours, T. A.
HKAtlQDARTIRS, 20TH RKOT.' T. D. C., )
Boggy Depot. C. N., Deo. 30, 1803. j
Editor Telegraph—It remains no longer a mat'
ter of doubt [as to whether or not there will be a
change in the commanders of the Indian De-
partment, for to-day we are in receipt of Briga-
dier General S. B. Maxcy's orders assuming com-
mand thereof.
Brigadier General William Steele was relieved
unou his own application, whioh he was doubt>
less Induced to make from a thorough convic-
tion that,owing to the settled prejudices of the
people of this country towards him, his services
in this District could no longer be of any value
to them or the country generally. Your corres-
pondent after several months servico In tbls
Department, under the immediate command of
General Steele, feels fully warranted In saying
that so far as he is capable of judging, he is a
most excellent officer, fully comprehending the
duties and responsibilities of the office he has so
honorably vacated. He has been a taithfuland
impartial commander, having had constantly in
view the welfare of his troops and the good of
the country, in all of which hts been manifest-
ed by the General the most gallant bearli.gand
lofty patriotism.
I am Induced to believe from what I have seen,
that the hatred existing towards him among the
Indians and some other troops here, has been oc-
casioned by undue influences brought to bear by
designing men and officers, whose duty it was to
have sustained the General in the administration
of affairs here, instead of seeking sell-interest
and promotion at so great a sacrifice of pTlnoIple
and honor. If ho had received the hearty co-ope-
ratlon of the citlz.us of this country and the of-
ficers of the army, the arduous labors and ser-
vices rendered by him in this Department, would
have resulted most beneficially to our cause,
and the people in this Indian oountry.
While the General isawure that in leaving this
Department he leaves many very bitter enemies
behind, he Is at the same time fully sensible of the
fact, that he also leaves very many warm and ad-
miring friends, whose good wishes will contlnne
to follow him through the future of this war, let
bis lot be cast where It will, and who do not hesi-
tate to declare it their opinion that the General
will fully sustain the reputation gained by him in
" the West" at the commencement of the war, ub
an officer of stern integrity.
I cannot clous this brief letter without saying a
few words In regard to the General's staff, which
is composed of gentlemen of the highest stand-
ing, all of whom have conducted themselves In a
most loyal and praiseworthy manner,
Major Cabell, who has so dbly discharged the
arduous duties of Chief Q. M. of this Department,
is moit assuredly entitled to the highest praise,
and the gratitude of every officer and soldier In
the army here, for the comforts in the way of
clothing and blankets of which they have been
recipients this fall and winter ; all ot which have
been secured them through his untiring energy.
Although I have been thrown in tho society of
the Major but seldom, I must say that our official
Intercourse so far has been of the most pleasing
character, and It Is with profound regret on my
part that we are soon to lose so valuablo an offi-
oer trom the Department.
We are net In possession of any news of a very
exciting character. Everything is quiet, so far as
we know, in front Ool. Stand Watie hag gone up
in the edge of Missouri, near Neosho, with about
one thousand warriors, on a raid. We are daily
expecting to hear of something daring from tbe
old hero, as the time he expected to return is fast
approaching. His men are very well mounted,
and spiendidly clad, about one-hitlr of them being
in good Yankee uniforms, with overcoats.
HAL.
From the News.
LKTTEK FR^I MEXICO.
Ptf dbas Neoras, Jan.t, 1864.
President Juarez, and his Uablnet left San Luis I'o-
tosl on the 22d nit., en route for Saltlllo In the State
of New L*?on. Gov. Vldaurrihas been and Is quite
sick since he received the news, and the merchant-'
In Monterey are trembling In their boots, with a dim
vision of the system of forced loans and contribu-
tions, which teems to have characterized the admin-
istration of the very puilotlc aud eminent leader ol
tbe Liberal Party, Senor Juarez.
The French are, by this time, In possession of San
Luis Pot' si.
The Mexican army, nnder Gen. TJraga, has sought
refuge In the State tl Leon. Tbe Mexicans are quite
demoralized and unable to offer a succes-ful ret Istance
to the victorious Invader.
The condition of allairs In Matamoroif remain un-
changed. A battle Is dally expected to take place be
tween the troops of Gov. Ru z and those led by the
bandit Cortina. The latter holds the city, ano Is aided
tiy the Yankees. Governor Ruiz caused, a f-w dayi-
ago, fourteen of Cortlna's men to be shot. The for-
mer Is supported bv' Preslient Juarez, who Is every
day becoming more and more illtguated with the
policy of President Lincoln.
Gov. St-rna and otl.et s have promised to pronounce
for the French Intervention, and that Is the reason
w hy Matainoros lias not been occupied by French
troop*. The arrival of Maximllllin. who Is expected
there some time In Februan , will, h< wever, brlnit
matters to an issue, both with the United States and
!!)<■ Mexicans oil this frontier.
The vessel captured by the French steamer
which blockaded Matamoros, a few months ago.
has been.releaSdd at Vera Cruz. She had a c*rgo
i>f arms, and was consigned to the house of Hale
vV Co., of Matamoros. Mr. Moloney is one of the
tii-iu, and said arms were delivered to him through
bis brother-in-law, John O'Sullivan, who acted as
his agent.
Since the arrival of the Yankees on tbe Rio
Grande, the contractors and speculators have be-
come quite alarmed. An Englishman by the name
of Attrel, and an Irishman,.called In Monterey,
Patricio Milmo, who Is said to be Gov. Vtdaurri's
son-in-law, have been seizing all cotton belong-
ing to the Government to pay themselves for sup>
plies and articles of war furnished the Confeder-
acy. There Is no doubt but that they have been
advised to do so by some or the quartermasters'
agents, now In Tamaullpas and New Leon. One of
them Is known to be a partner of Milmo These
miscreants who care mure for their pockets than
for the success of the Confederacy, are doing all
in their power to slop the trade. How little they
dream the dsy of retribution is drawing nigh I
Mr. Harris and family,of Now Orleans, Messrs
norton and Mrs. Norton, of Sin Antonio, and B.
M. Swenson, of Austin, Texas, are in Monterey.—
The latter has thrown off his mask,and Is clam-
orous for our subjugation. The other gentlemen
are friendly to us. More anon.
pickwick.
Ttkiun okYmtkiie st:
Speaking of the lately Intercepted Do Leon
correspondence with the State Department at
Richmnnd, which has been ventlllated In the
Yankee newspapers ; to their great glee, the
Richmond Enquirer says, and we cannot help to
some extent agreeing with it:
We beg leave to suggest a short Joint resolu-
tion of both Houses, that the President be re-
quested to shut up the Department of State, lock
its door, and put the koy into his pocket.
This intelligence will extinguish the glee of our
enemies over the new batch of Benjamin cor-
respondence whioh they have lately Intercepted,
and which now provokes the grin of the amiable
peopleof the United States. Some specimens of
it will be found In another column of this jour-
nal. From them tho reader will be able to per-
ceive that the dlspatohes which the State Depart-
ment sent forth to Its agents, are enly surpassed
by those it receives from them. We cannot com-
plain if the revllersof the South aro diverted as
well as delighted at such revelations, and If the
laugh were not at our expense we might our-
selves perceive the material for high comedy
which they contain.
While Mr. Hotze, with his beard dyed blue,
black and yellow. Is using his dark lantern in
ourbehalf, and managing all of our affairs in
England with the splendid success we know of,
It appears that Mr. De Leon is equally busy and
pervading in Ireland and the rest of Europe.—
He finds powerful auxiliaries for us In nameless
presses and pulpits. He stops recruiting in Ire-
land. He discovers the whereabouts of the
French Ccurt. He reads the heart of the French
nation,and announces that it "wants money,"—
He fathoms tbe intentions of Napoleon III, and
is gloomily sure that there Is as little probability
of recognition from France as from England. In-
deed, this non-recognized agent of tbe Confedo
racy presents a view of tbe Confederate foreign
affutrsBO very melancholy that we might \)e dis-
heartened by it, did not all bis Information tmack
soetrongiy of tbe newspaper and the cafe, and
tear so few marks of offioial Inspiration, that we
may safely Indulge the hope that Messrs. Slidell
and Mason might give us, if they choose, a differ-
ent account of our diplomatic relations and pros
pects. Mr. De Leon appears In a more pluasiug
and profitable light an a courtier than as a pro
phst. Ue implores Jefferson Davis to take care
of his precious health, and not to overwork his
noble mind. He broadly tells him that he Is
Moses, and that there Is no Joshua After other
charming passages of a similar strain, Mr. D
Leon says that although he "abhors asking for
monej,'' he has been compelled to "remind Mr.
B.," ete., etc.
The late Yankee draft brought In one In nineteen of
the men drafted tor. l'o luivo got :iO'J 000, the drall
should have been for 3,"OO.OUO, which Is nior ■ men
than tho Yankee nation possesses. Accordingly, Mr.
Lincoln, llmtini; it was ot no use to keep up tiie ilralt,
has abandoned It, and call'd for vrtlunteers. Of these
we do not hear of any enthusiastic crowds rushing to
the recruiting stations.
A recommendation Is made In an East of the MIS'
sls-lpi 1 paper to organize a provost, guard iu every
county, made-up of two companies, together wUu
the oliier exempts and the youoeer ones, this last to
be called the young guard. These companies to be
commanded by a SL'Jor In each county ;« Lieutenant
Colonel in each congressional district, etc. They
Would be eXoect?d to do all thei provost guard duty
now entailed on the the soldiers, thus allowing many
thousands to go to the front,. They would also make
It their business to art est all deserters from the aruiy.
and return them to duty. They would asiltt In up-
holding the laws, and. ltiawotd, would add a force
equivalent to from flity to a hundred thousand man
to our armies. The Idea Is a good one. It has bee:
put in practical operation In Houston, and we nhoul
pe glad 10 see It likewi-e In every county in Texas.
Inn late number of the Chicago Tliueij, we Hud a
long advertisement of one Dr. Jun.es. formerly ol New
Oihans. (Untieing over the advertisement, our eye
fell on the followli g, which Is toi good to be lost in
the newspnpor ocean ol the North. lie quotes sove-
erul certificates, and 'is ally comes to a cap of tho c 11 -
mux us follows:
Aud also this, from the eminent and venerable Dr
D. Klchardson, an old practitioner of Texas, and now
editor and propri tor of the (ialvestnn News, Texas :
We have known Dr. James,of Customhouse street.
New Orleans, personally, for a number of year-, and
during that time have been made acquainted with a
number of persons, who were aHllc ted with," etc., etc
etc.. elc.—(i'alvciton (Texas') AVcjs, March (•, 156U.
The eminent and v'nerahle nr. O. Hickardfon ! An
old practitioner qf Texas I Html morning, Csr. D! !
Gov. Yates, of llliHOis, recently made the fol
lowing remarks at a Black Republican meeting In
New York:
As I said at the Chicago Convention, I say now
I believo he is the instrument In tho hands of God
to it ad this choscn people to the banks of dellv
erance on the other side. When 1 sent my flaming
dispatches to Mr. Lincoln, " Bring ou your con-
fiscation and emancipation proclamation.'' Old
Abe telegraphed back to me, "Dick, hold still
and see tbe salvation of God.'' [Prolo^ed cheers
and applause. | Fellow-oitizons, you have heard
It said, Mr. Lincoln was an honest man. Ha is
aud God Almighty never made a purer, a more
honest man than Abraham Lincoln. [Applause ]
But that does not begin to be hulf of It; for 1 say,
after an acquaintance of twenty-flva years, and u
close study of his character, that In all the ele-
ments of clearness, pure, lofty aud prulent states
uianship. Abraham Lincoln has not an equal upon
tbe cortinent of North America. [Applause.]
Mr. Lincoln's last story Is ab:iut his taily firm ex-
periences, from whit h he drawn a l"8sou ot po 111 leal
w'r-dom. He had oncu to plow with a lazy old hor.-.e
named Davy:
It was my business, rays his Excellency, to guide
the pi >w wlillo my asslstaut, to t he best of Ms abil-
ity, with a two-handed hickory, kept old Davy in mo-
tion. We wereull creeping along, old Davy taking
our blows and our abuse, when suddenly he moved
otl at tho pace of a young ( oltjtut put Ij harneg .
"What's the matter?" I Inquired. "Oh," said my
br"tner, "Its a great big horsellv fastened on old Da-
vy'sneck; shad I drive him oil?" "No, no," said I;
"as long as Ho keeps old Davy going at this rate, lut
the horsefly alone. VVltli Ids usslsfance we got a
heap of work out of old Davy." So it Is with Mr.
Cba.-e. Tho next Presidency Is his horsefly. nd It
makes the patriotic Secretary as lively at his work a->
old Davy. Let the horaetly alone.
One Of the operatives upon the grapevine battery
has Just conversed With a gentleman recently from
Washington. Not long before lie lett the Federal city,
this person heard a speech delivered from the White
House to a serenading party by Abraham Lincoln.
"Fellow-cltlzen«." began the Ape, "I have been ac-
cused of making a great many foolish speeches"—
That's so," rosred a voice In tbe crowd. Abraham
paused. "My Mend." he then continued, "most ol
us ure willing t • confess our sins, but you are a Utile
loo quick on trigger to suit, me, and I'll Just trouble
tbe guard to put you out." Quite a scene ensued
Much demonstration, mirth and confusion. Rut the
delinquent was found, hurried off to the station, and
the baboon resumed aud finished fits remarks —/{r.hei
Oliver Wendell Holmes was nominated by the Re-
publicans ol iloston lor tho Legislature, but declined
to rue.
From the Memphis Bulletin:
The Atlantic presents Us usual attractive col-
lection. The first paper is a remarkable article,
entitled, "The Man Without a Country;" but
whether it is founded on fact, or Is intended for
the Instruction, (as it intimates) of Yall_ndigham,
Tatnall, and Others, we are unable to say. It re-
lates the history of Phillip Nolan, who, in 11:05,
was Lieutenant in the United SUtos army, and
whobccame implicated with Burr in some of his
schemes of "treason." Nolan w s tried ny court-
martial, found guilty, anil wheu asked if he had
anything to say why he bad not been fai'.bful to
tbe United Slates, he replied: "D—n the United
States! I wish 1 inay never hear of the Tufted
States again." The court martial took l, .u at
bis word,and sentenced him to bo henceforth
man without a country. Tbe authorities at Wash-
ington approved the sentence, and immediately
after, Nolan was transported to a government
vessel bound on a long cruise. From that time
up to the hour of his death—a period of nearly
sixty yeurs—the United States hecime to him as if
they never h d exijtel. Whenever the vessel
upon which he was rmbarkud a.iproauhud this
country, he Was transferred to one outward
bound. Tne name of the United States was nev-
er mentioned Iu his hearing. All books aud pa-
per*, before going to him, were carefully exaui
iued; aud sv<ry allusion to this country com
plstely removed. He was so surrounded that
under no circumstances was anjlhlng relating
to the United States mentioned in his hearing.
Da, log his last sickness, and a f«w hours before
his death, his physleian, In obedlenee to his ur-
gent entreaties, gave him a summary of th«
changes which occurred from 1807 down to May.
1863, during all which time not one syllable rela-
tive to this country had ever reached him. The
writer evidently intends his narrative to be taken
as fact, so exact Is he In his dates, names of offi-
cials and vessels of war upon which Nolan was
oonflned. He dlsd on the United States corvette
LevanUM^he llth of May of the present year.
ADVERTISEMENTS
ATTENTION CAUGTN.
llSiDytlARTIRS, AftCOLA, TlXAS. 1
a , .Jauuarj lSth, 1064. /
Special Orders. No. 23.
All uieu recruited ny Mr. Tom Cotton and Andrew
Jackson, are hereby ordered to report to Camu at Ar-
eola ill the Tap R. R., to Uapt. liyne, on the <31 day
ol January, 1864. Also all members of Capt. liyne s
CTiP"£- ,, „ FU1L. FULuROli,
|Ul5 I Inn* O.v I I I • .a — 11 . - . *
Lieut.Col. Uoiu'Ug Battalion.
I AM auuionzeu Uy lue Limn, ttcuerai Couiuiaou
f I'if> ril"**®llss • to recruit aud organise a company
ul 110 youths, between tbe ages ot IS aud 17, to serve
direct " allch Uue *" lue L1,ut* Ueueral may
The written consent of the parent or guardian,
which will make their service binding will be reunlr-
... ^^""'Pany will be orgaulzed as cavalry?and
lll receive cavalry pay and allowances—tue youths
rurnlshlng their own horses for Which they will be
allowed forty cents per day.
Apply to me atuitlce of Medical Purveyor. Depart-
ment Iraus Miss., ou Mam street. In the store lately
occupied by Cramer and Wolf.
Jal5 twit wt* JAMK3 K. HA DEN.
hladquarrbrs, Dis't or Tsxas, j
Nkw Mkxico ano Arisona, >
Houston, Texas, Jan. IS, 1864.>
General Orders No. 7.
I. It having been reported to the MaJ.General
commanding that some of the men belonging tu
the lexas B.ate troops are leaving their com-
mands without permission, on the ground that
the term of their service has expired, all ofBoers
are hereby directed to report the names of men so
leaving, to the commanding offioers of their reg-
iments or battalions, who will Immediately report
them to their brigade or division oommanders.
who will send cavalry to pursue and arrest them,
aud bring them back to their commauds as de-
serters. .
The term of sorvlee of tho earliest or the Texas
State troops who were mustered into the Confed-
erate service, commences on the flth of August,
and expires ou the 6th of February, and all who
leave previous to the sxplratlou of that term of
service without proper permission, are deserters.
lis liieul. Col. J. ti. MoAdoo, As As U. of
State troops, is hereby relieved from duty as A.
A. G. at bis owu request.
III. Cot. John bay lea is assigned to duty as A.
A. General ot State troops, in addition to the du-
ties of Judge Advocate General.
IV. The Commanding General takes this oppor-
tunity tothauk Lieut. Uol. MoAdoo for the faithful
and ellioieut manner in whioh he has disohargsd
the duties devolved upon him.
By command of
MaJ. Gen. J. BANKHEaD MAGRUDEK.
w- A. Alston, A. A. G. JanH-twsit.
\ TTENTION, EXEMPTS 1-1 am authorized
£JL by Lt. Col. Fulorod, under orders from Gen.
J . B. Magrude.-, to rocrult a Company of Exempts.
All persons wishing to go in the servioe will now
have an opportunity to do so. The volunteering^
system hus again been reorganized. Tbe bounty*
und pay of Cavalry will be allowed eaoh Exempt.
Arms will be furnished thom. They will furnish
their owu horses, as far as praotioable.
, LOUIS BERKOWITZ.
All those wishing to enlist will report to Capt.
Berkowitz, at Vlotoria, or to
JI5—tw4l* Lt. H. F. Hardy,Houston.
TUB STACK OF TKX AS.l Admlnlnlstrator's Notice
Jasper County. /
At tho Novouibt-r term 1463 of the Hon. County
Court ot Buhl Jasrcr Counly, letters of administra-
tion with the will annexed ou the estate of Samuel
S. Adams decAesed, was gra ited to the undersigned.
Tula is therefore to notify all persons having claims
against said ei-tato, to present them duly probated
within tho tlmo prescribed by law, or they will be
deferied, and those indebted to said estate will make
Immediate payment.
Jasper, Dncemoer J9th, 186:1.
WM. F. HOfiLAMON.
J il56w 8AKA.1I E. HOLLAMON.
ilKADltnARTCRS, DISTRICT OF TlXAS.)
Nkw Mkxico ano Arizona, >
Houston, January Sth, 1S64. >
General Orders, No. 5.
I. All men belonging to the Confederate
States Provisional Army, detailed or employed as
teamsters iu the transportation of cotton, will re-
join their respective commands without the
slightest delay.
Ollicers, contractors, and others, having such
msn in their.empioy, will see that this order Is
promptly obeyed.
II. No exemptions from impressment of ne-
groes will hereafter be made except by special
orders from these headquarters, or by tbe Chief
of the Labor Bureau, to whom all applications for
exemption will be made, and no impressments of
slaves will be made except by the Labor Bureau
or by special orders from these headquarters.
III. Hereafter the proportion of hospital
nurses will be one to every ten patients; and
commanding officers of regiments, battalions and
unattached companies in this District, will forlh-
wi h forward to these headquarters a list of the
men of their commands most delicate and unfit for
field service, from whom details for nurses will
be made. Details for this purpose will be made
from negroes, ou application to the Labor Bureau,
where suitable nurses can be found.
IV. Cotton and other supplies, public or pri-
vate, can bo transported over the railroads by
permits, to be obtained from Capt. J. E. Garey, A.
Q. M., at Houston, in charge of transportation,
whenever the same does uot interfere with the
transportation of troops and supplies. All per-
sons are notified that cotton oau be transported
across the iiio Urando via San Antonio and Eagle
Fass.
V. Mr. J. O. Illlngsworth, exempt from mili-
tary service, is hereby assigned to duty as Volun-
teer A, D. C.,on the staff of the Major O.-neral
commanding, aud will be obeyed aud respected
accordingly. By command of
. MaJ. Gen. J. B. MAOItUDER. ,
Stbpiibn D. Yancbv, A. A. A. General.
llcanuttartzrs, District or Tzxas, >
Mew Mexico and Arizona, J
Houston, Jau. IS, 1864.
Special Orders No. 13.
Paragraph I, <>f General Orders No. 5, published
above, is so modified us to read aa follows :
"All men belonging to tbe Confederate States Pro-
visional Army In this District, '.except unatsigneU
(hnncript*,) detailed or employed aa teamsters iu tne
uunapurtaiion ot cotton, will r>Joln tbelr respective
commands without the slightest delay. Those actu«
al y on the road with Cottou, will continue w th lt to
the point of dedltuallou, before reputing to tueir
commands.
*•«••••
By command of
M J. (Jen. MAOKUDKR*
S. D. VANctr, A. A. O. Jal4 tw Jt
C< I I nnn ALLEN'S BOOKSTOKK Is
O " oow for sale for this
amouiit—fWXK) being deducted for sales made
since tho advertisement offering it for •ZU.OOtf
last week. Still on hand the largest and most
complete stook of sohool books, music, station-
ery, Ac., 6ca., west of the Mississippi- 111 health,
com pelf an Immediate closing up of tne business.
Daily deductions rude until soil. Jau I3twii
1.^011 SALE—Galveston CItv I'rnperty. Apply
to BOULDS, BAKER <k Co.,
j!5—tw3t* Breubam, Texas.
N
i) TICK.—The partnership prevlauslv existing be-
tween 8. K. Mclmeuny, i'.J. Wllllt nnl R. S.
Willis, under tue uriuname ol Mcllheutiy, WldlsA
Itro., was dissolved on the 13'.h becemtier, 1S63, bv
the ib-atti of S. K- Mcllheutiy. Tue business of tha
late firm will be wound up aud settle I bv <h« surviv-
ing p irtu"rs. Mr. F. Raynaud Is authorli id t>
(el ve and receipt for all sums of money ttiat may be
due the tlrtn; Those owing tne firm by opeu accounts
are te-iuesled to settle Immediately^ ^ VVILLIS
R! A. WlLLIst".
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