Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-10-04
9ailg Appeal,
ADDITIONAL TEXAS NEWS.


The following items are clipped from the latest
Texas papers received:
PAPER MAIL FROM NEW OBLEANs.-Tho
San Antonio Ledger says:
Dir. Giddings informs us that the paper mail
was offered 20 him and bis partner, Mr. Taylor,
on terms satisfactory TO the department, and he
only waited to ascertain from the postmaster at
New Orleans, what would be the average daily
weight, to enable him to judge if they could de
liver 1t within the specified schedule time
At New Orleans be wrote 10 the department
the terms were satisfactory that the contract
would be accepted, and To send on the paper mail
as soon as the department chose
E TEXAS on FOR BURNIxG-The Hemustesd
0aricr has an editorial showing that the CASTOR
d plant can be easily cultivated, grows Wen in
lcNas and the oil extracted from the beans, on
yield of 30 per cent. is nut surpassed for illumi-
mating purposes by inc best whale OIL
INTERIOR TRADE OF TExAs.-For the week
ending the 2lst ult., not less than orc hundred
wagons passed through Austin, loaded with -four
and salt, The Gazette SAYS the flour is hauled
from the uppeT counties 10 points on the coast
which prodncej such immense quantities of salt,
and exchanged for the latter article, which Is
said 10 be OF excellent quality. Heretofore, the
coast people have eaten Illinois flour, and the
whPss growers used Liverpool salt Another
Gov Clark. we see, has determined to devote
nearly ide whole product of the peniientiary to
furnishing clothing for the Texas troops. An
excellent idea
The citizens Of Smith county learning that
then lellev soldiers in MoCullocit's army
are in need Of winter clothing, at once held
public meeiinr at which the necessary steps were
taken to furnish the articles needed and send
themO Oh m0mpllT. The citizens of Travis coun-
" have active preparations under WHY 70 Vru-
vide winter elolhing blankets etc, for otr sol
diers in the field
Capt Winter, acting c. 5. quartcmaster at
San Antonio, advertises for 800 mules, 10 be puT-
chased in open market, for immediate service,
and two-thirls Of them gentle. They VIII be
paid for in government funds at sixty or ninety
days
We have ullwelcome accounts from gentlemen
travellers from Waco down, OF the COTTON crop.
The army worm has done much harm. In many
counties il is Thought the crop win be cut short
one-half
The heavy rains have done much damage to
crops IN the cotton lands of Lavaca and adjacent
rivers. Several plantations were submerged,
the water being several feet deep IN many places.
At I4avaca, a gang Of white aud black thieves
and burglars has been broken UP and the whites
expelled.
CLOTHNC FOR THE SoLDIERs.--The Allan
ia Gazette learns from one of the soldiers aid
committee, that the clothing subscription already
amounts to near five thousand dollars IN that
county, and that wagons and teams are engaged
10 start with them early IN October 10 Red river,
whence they VIII BE- shipped direct to Rich
mond A special agent VIII go with them. TO
insure their safe transit.
LYNCH LAw.-The citizens Of San Antonio
hung a notorious character on the 18th. A let
ter to the Houston Telegraph SAYS " He was
recently from the Huntsville penitentiary, where
he had served three or tive years, and was par
d0ned by the Governor. His condaet became
obnoxious 70 the peopl--he had threatened the
lives of the jury that had tried him, and to get
nd Of a miserable rascal the people hung hiln.
The sherman TEX Jouraal has an account
of an affair near that town, in which Daniel
Freeman was so seriously wounded by one Dun
Can that he died next day. Duncan was bound
over ia $1,000
The Belleville (Tox.) C0g,,fry7saR says that
most of the cotton crop Of Austin county has
been DESTROYED by the worm