The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-04-30
LATE NEWS FROM TEXAS.
FORCING INTO SERVICE.


All citizens capable OF bearing arms, lot sixty
OF age, who DO not enrol themselves INTO some one
u the volunteer compaDes OF the city b. ths Esd ls
win be enrolled IN the militia by officers appointed in
each ward FOR that purpose In Of being c1ca into
service they win be required TO brig such arms as they
have until they BE- furnished by tho state The
has begun II may reach shores. Who in Toxas
will shrink from his duty in such crisis? We invoke
Tie spirit not only Of l7T6 but OF 1885, 20 arouse
gumber and again assert the independence of Texas
rhe msue OF back republicansm would scarcely be
fatal 70 our interests than that of Mexican intolerance
We have shaken of the one; let manfuny repe the
other. s. saERHAN CJrnman 1aut
SELF CHOSEN COMMANDERS OF THE TEXAS FORCES.
GENERAL ORDER NO l.
SAr ANTONIO, Texas April Is, 1861
Having been directed by L. p. Walker, Secretary Of
War or the Confederate States of America, to raise
regiment OF mounted ritiemen tho defence OF the
Tesss frontier which assembling this and other
points FOR immediate service and finding no officer
Mt and there being ndsp necessity
the active service Of commanding 0ioer here at this
time Thereby under my authority TO raise the regiment
and the frontier assume the control and direction
Of all forces OF the Confederate States Army with
In the limits Of the state Of TexE The 49,
established at San Antonio until otherwise direct
cd by the commanding officer. II. &, Mc-ULLOCa.
Colonel Commanding Troops Provisioaa, Army,
Confederate stases OF America
UNITED srA~1s PROOFS.
The Galveston Ci7str~r furnishes the following ntei
tece.--.
accounts two companies belonging to he First United
states Infantry and Of the Egnth under the com
ma NJ
Arizona landed az Indianoa companies A. land
q Tbrg, Infantry u. s. A.. under the command Of Co
Bacsas, but Is now commanoea ~ maJor ssoisJ' ana
brought BRACES Santiago and as was stated were
70 bs transported to New York on the steamship Star OF
the West.
III the precise number and description or the other
United States troops at lnianoa we are unadvised
Te san Antonio Ldger OF the 9th said that al tca date
there remained OF all the troops tina, within tue
bordrs rexes the DAY of the transfer, eight com
psaes Of the Eighth nsantrl ard the regmenta stat
ard band Of the First and Eighth regiments OF 10 antry
she companies all route from E Paso and the
upper fors on that line Lieutenant A. Cone tae only
subeltern with CAPTAIN Waaces 10 pa
Amy 70 take in the Confederate servce and II Is
remarkable fact that the first cavalry had rot second
Lieutenant in the regiment-eyey commission oeng va
cat. d by resignation, promotion or casualty.
The federal troops arc 10 possession OF lndhnoa aud
have erred the steamer Fason snd another supposed
% lie the propeller Mobile From what could gather
the OF these troops to take the Hewes,
other good vessel 50 as TO make heir way to Key
West.
FORT pEFENcEs OF GALVESTON.
The Gelveston Neo OF the 18Th, says We were out
on end OF the Island yesterday, and found dom
protect the heavy ordnance he has placed
fihse different positions as thoroughly toeommsnd
the approaches 10 bar the channels into the bay and
bay and city. Those long iron twenty -four Founders,
howze-s and trass thirty FOUNDERS with the piles
~ shot and shell next them look formdable and when
Tho three morars are put m position and tho entren
ments thrown up-~bich viii be In day or two-we
may consider the entrance 70 harbor az tceraby well
defended.
DUTIES ON GOODS.
The nst duties on goods from United States ports
collected al the custom house on the 18TH on imports per
schooner j. Myers, from New York There about
Thousand packages and fot four cons gnees akag
OF work FOR them and the custom house which
unacquainted with the business Cannot imagine
MIDSHIPMEN FROM ANNAPOLIS.
TIE following is list Of midshipnen brought home by
the United States ship Constitution from the Naval
Academy at Annapolis
FIRST CLASS.
Frank Davenport, J. ". Philip, Lloyd PhanIx Fred
Rodgers, Geo. Ryan, Tecun steoce, Frank Stewart,
Enlot Blake Edwin Brewer John Cowsthers, Geo. A.
Grail Rufus r. Duer, Moreau Forrest, Duncan Graham
fhas T. Hunt.n edon Robert r. Huntingdon Frank ag-
siDson Lewis KempG Roswell H. Sampson, John McFar-
nd Arch NJ Mitchell Samuel Preston, JameeP. Robert
son. smith Nichols Geo W. Sumner, T. r. smith, Ma
thaniei thomas, Herbert Tyson Charles Zimmerman.
A n Mccormick WIN. Ross Bridsm.u, Albert Baker,
Morton W. Sanders, Chas. Humphrey, Chas Cotton,
henry L. johnson, Cbes p Blake iauos Wallace Fro-
derrick T. Male In Reu Adams, Sas W. Ferry Fredo
rick Pearson John Anderson, John Read, Adam Al
exanoer Edward N Kellogg, John H. Read Mortimer l..
HENRY
bartlett, Jr., David wempe, benjamin Haskin, Ed
ward @. HazetiDe, Benjsmin H. Porter John Bradley,
neur Baswell, George w. Wood Edwin woodward, Edwin
y shepard Philip Lowry, Charles Tracy, Merrill Miller,
Chss J. Balay James p Bddack, VIM o. Boyle Chs
IL Brsntn6hsm, Thomas Rddick Brooks Alien b. Brown
Esculapius Buckmaster, Chas Green Bush, Alfred +.
Brady, Joseph Chlif Douglass r. Casre Chas Edgar
r1srk, John ID. Clark David J. Clark, CDurtlaad @.
Clement, Geo. VIM. Coffin, Joseph b Cochlan Francis A.
Cook, Philip II. Cooper, Chas. Il. Craven A. SCHUYLER
Crowinshied, George Davis, Eruee. Dickman William
Duer William Dunn Gustavus English, Robes Evans
Henry D. Fuller, Henry Glass Geo. o. d. shdden Chas
w. Gridley Ira Harris, Jr., w. W. Hendriclson William
Hunter, William Branbrdse HoG Roland G. irwin. Al.
gussua Kellogg, Geo Henry Lsughtou Richard ?. Ieary
VIM. w. Macay, Fred. Mccormick, Chas. McGregor
! Thomas Lucien Morris, Dennis W. NOLAN, Al
frsd Soul Ncwn, Marston Niles, John Combs
pegram, James A. Peters, Charles H. Pen ileton
Joseph b. Peyton, Jefferson Philips, James Ragsdalc
Henry Tager, Henry wadlegh, VIM Henry Webb, VIM
Berry wsiiina Jr,, Fr,ak wudes nos; Williams, WI
mef, Jr, Nicho Ludlow, Chas Poor James Long, James
| H6nds, Chas. Ligbee, Geo. Vance, VIM z. Dams, Vim.
Colby NJ Chester, Henry wymsu, Charles Mcclure, VIM