The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-11-23

The very iull accom-, IT the battle near Col
umbl. copied from the Memphis Appeal. which
sc pablish in to-days payer eiii be- rad with
a great deal o. interest. T. gHs the most 70
stiaaiely contested hattie Tia. has been fought
daring ;hc war. Asi zoo every instance in which
the ysiaf Of soathom meu BIAS basu tested dur
ag this war, the eoaaci exhibited the deeds OF
hgtoism Of which they orc capable. Over
wbeimol with a superior force and driven to
The water edge instead of bliudly plansing ia
The tie ed raj. at leesbnrg. they ohs,iuaiely
'iurnci upon their ruraer and ioug't them
uudl 0ia'orrd and 'iln. IN td-u. becoming
tie asafatts. drove the euany. With terrific
slaughter. O. Gra them. The federal army was
compose, % rery choirr troops They certain.
Is did bettfr fighting than any other. thst have
yli been la tha fold OF battle And So hail
their number Of Saiaraas drove chem iueor,
9a.'y i.am 'bc flId
TIE 'aiamu aai press of taropc attribute
tha nee' itg de5.ais Of t.e Fe3eAls 30 the
heI that their tfoops arc unds plluei They
.-e seemingly igueuH' or lorpanl that the
soa,han troops have no advantage over tbeir
eacmig in this particular They are both
equally defccut The South has o Drawer and
mor dei rmiuel 81 81 m.n. and baidts. ,hey
are fighting 10 a better causc. and ,fc animated
by higher impulses.
A. the last accounts. The Federal gun boat.
were 10 Sigh, Of Columbus, AMI our troops wer,
hoarly expecting another battle.
From Missouri wc ayc 90 fui accounts
Hunter was OF Springfield With ihe Federal
army, on the 9Th aud Price aad Mccuhoci
twenty-five miles distant The Fclarai army
was represented at forty thousand, aad ours at.
or 20 th. vicinity Of Thirty thousand A battle
bas doebtIcss taken place ere th.s. We have nc
fears Of ihe rsuit uur soldiers were mccess-
ial undsr more adverse circumstance than they
are likely 70 encounter agaiu. II the enemy j.
defeated in tlii. contemplated engagement tn,
result will be- most gratifying as nothing will
prevent their immediate march upon and occu-
patton Of st Louis
The winters u Kentucky are not usually "a
severe ~ 10 prevent active army operations
Hence $40 look for a continuance Of the contest
until the FgIem.a are driven from toe states
We tagy nothing ueu relative to operation.
90 ilc Potomac. Public opinias seems to have
settled 10 the belief that there will bee no Fight
iug between thc main armies The eucmy viii
not f.Hiura on attack upon our army. and ,heir
f. 500 Fail unGed that an attack gpou it woul,
D. attended aitt TOO er.a. hassfd Neyedhe
l,. $50 ma.tcon'e.- that So yei look for an in
,as.oa Of Nagyaad sad the occupation Of Bal
tmor iu case Mcclellan maintains much Ion
ger his present attitude
We have no. further intelligence Of jhc Lin
golH feet than we have given. The 'otmdabI,
character Of the expedition would lead 70 III,
belief that an attack was contemplated upor
New Orleans Mobile OF Charleston II so. f
masi prove "a failure IT, on ibe contrary, tn,
. gn T. simply Ia affect landing upon i.luud
contiguous 10 die coast. we cannot percoiy,
shat advantage The enemy expect to derive
from such operations But the appfoacbins
sion Of Cong $751; in December, warned ia,
Lincoln dynasty that something must be accom-
plsb.d. over which they could make grca
fu, o., was done over tbc taking u iIaitoras
olhra there might Dee some difficulty IN gct
Jung further upp'i for hD war There Is tim,