The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-02-28
The Surrender of the Government Property
i'm Texas,

in Texas.
The surrender by Gen. Twiggs TO the State
OF Texas of the United States Government
property within its limits has been published.
The value of the property is estimated at
9l,300,ooo. Washington dispatch says
The dispatches received yesterday by the
secretary OF War, informing him that General
Twig@s had surrendered the military property
OF the General Government to the State OF
Texas, was from the Commissioner OF Subsist-
ance, da ted at New Orleans. He adds that, as
q doom, the use OF the Government means of
trans portation was allowed TO take the Federal
troops to the seaboard, and they were permit
ted to take with them three or four pieces of
cannon and their side arms.
The Secretary also received this morning
documents from Texas showing that as early
as the 1th of February General Twggs was
entering into negotiations with the Texans for
the surrender of the military property. Col,
Waite was several weeks ago appointed TO
succeed General Twiggs Chief OF the Mill
tary Department of Texas, but it appears that
he mad not reached there at the time Of Gen.
1wiggs surrender.
The following is the copy of a circular issued
by General Twiggs at the Office of the United
States Army in Texas
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS,
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. Z, 1861.
SIR am commanded by the Commanding
General of the Department to address you
as follows
ton OF the State, to take effect on the I'd day
OF March next. Nothing has been heard at
these headq arters as to the disposition of the
troops. The General Commanding has made
flye applications for orders, intima ton
from Washington, as to what is TO be done
but has received no answer
You will therefore continue to do duty as
usual, until further orders but prepare to
move at a short notice. reducing the baggage
as much as possible. Ii the General Com
manding knew at this time how the troops
are TO be disposed of, you would be in
formed, but he does not he will however re-
main with them until something is done, and
attend to their comfort us far as circums ttnces
will permit.
am, sir, very respectfully, your obet sv't,
W. A. NICHOLAS
Assistant Adjutant General.
The Brownsville correspondent of the New
Orleans Crescent, in his letter of the eth inst
says of the United States troops there and at
other points near by and numbering some 400
we'll drilled men:
leXas needs an army just about rs strong as
that now in her territory, and think it would
be The best thing II she adopted Uncle Sam s
contracts, and accepted the forces in this
State under General Twiggs into her service
The troops at this place and on the river
nave not been paid up recently, and are in Il
sad state OF discomfort, if / am to believe gen
eral report. Their situation is peculiar, for
even if they continue in their present service
there Is no telling when they Will be paid
and If they leave il, they are here without a
dollar, and they do not know what penalties
might follow them. They are men capable
of reading, OF good thinking faculties, in re-
ceipt OF the newspapers, and they would be
femarka bic class if they could keep from form
ing conclusions as TO the present crisis. Many
OF them are Souther men, others are favor
able to the South, and but few of them are
attached to the North. / is impossible to
make such men machines for carrying out the
follieS OF old Scott.
The garrison has been expecting TO receive
marching orders by every steamer, but, as
yet, nothing has been done. / suppose that
the Government does not intend to call the
troops away from here, for this force would
De ineffective elsewhere to accomDIish any
great purpose; and if the United States Gov
ernment intends to use force, il would be the
most sensible idea to have these troops here
where coercion will be as necessary as else
Where, and proceed at once to call out the mi
litia. Moreover, it is decidedly doubtful if
the force on This river, at present, can be
moved away without the men are paid and if
all the reports are true, Uncle Sam has not
the necessary amount OF spondulix to do this
with.
1t is very well settled now, that if the pre-
sent Federal force is iturned over to the State
by Gen Twggs, at San Antonio, most of the
men will Immediately enlist under the Texas
banner, and we shall have the same protec-
ton as ever. II not, il has been officially no.
titled that Texas Rangers will DE in the field
at moments netice; and two or three com
panies of Rangers on this frontier, under Ben
McCulloch, would soon produce grand results.
[BY TELEGRAPH,
GALVESTON, Feb. 22.-The Executive Com
mi ttes, now in session at Galveston, have re-
ceiyed the very gratifying intelligence from
Thomas j. Deyine, :. A. Maverick and u. N.
Luckett, commissioners from the Committee
of Public Safety TO treat with Gen. TWiggs al
San Antonio, advising of their success ful eff
forts in behalf of Texas in obtaining a surren-
der of the public property in this military de-
partInent, and from the United States Army.
This result was accomplished by the supe-
ror diploma tic skill of the commission and
the admirable military conduct Of Benjamin
McCulioch and is eminently successful.
The United States army is allowed TO march
to the coast by the articles of agreement and
to take with them their side arms, facilities
for transportation and subsistence, as well as
two batteries OF flying artillery of four guns
each
The transportation means are to be surren-
dered, and left upon arrival al the coast by
this treaty, without one drop of blood shed,
and without sullying in the least the honor of
the United States Army.
Texas comes into possession of over thir-
teen hundred thousand dollars worth of pub
lie property, principally consisting of muni-
tions OF war.
DEATHS FROM FIRE.-At ball recently
given In a fashionable mansion In Hyde Park,
London, five ladies had their dresses burned
in con sequence Of one Of them catching fire as
the wearer was performing on the piano. The
room being stripped OF Its furniture TO accom-
m oda u the dancers, there was nothing at