Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-20
Lnter Prom Texns.


We have the Galveston Ns,os to the Sd instant
from which we gather the following intelligence :
Abundant rains have fallen in the Guadalup e
valley. Cotton picking is going on briskly on the
plantations and the yield promises to be very album
dant. The grain crop is immense. Grass excellent
and cattle fat Rain has fallen also in the central
counties. fff-e s-- s-a
Judge Gregg's regiment is to be furnished with
arms ct Marshall, from San Antonio, ere leaving
for Corinth, Tenn. The order for 1000 muskets,
accoutrements, has gone 10 Gen. Van Dorm.
Col. Wm. III. Parsonss mounted regiment. raised
principally by his own exertions under the Presi.
dents call for 5000 men, were to be mustered into
the service last week, at Waxahstchie, and thence
to march to Missouri.
The heavy rains We have experienced here ap>
pear to have visited the country also, and it is fear
ed that the cotton, much Of which was open, will
be ipiured. The worm is at work also In many
places. The sugar cane crop and potatoes will be
benefited by the rains
A fine company, Of some 50 men, arrived night
before last. They are part Of the reglmnt ordered
here, subject to Gel. Moore's immediate command
The schooner Anna Ryan, burned on Sunday
night by the blocksder, belonged to Capt. j. Ryan;
of CaIcaseu, Louisiana. She was nearly new, cost
about S76OU and was almost all the captain posses
sed. She was lumber vessel, and captured,
with load Of lumber, good distance out at sea,
when on her way, not for this blockaded port, but
for Indianols. Capt. r, was taken with her,
and frankly stated his position to Capt. Alden and
10 him. To which the other replied.thst he would
see about it, or words to that effect.
The mounted regiment raised by Hessrs. Terry
and Lubbock, is now gathering at its rendezvous,
near Houston. Commissions were issued to picked
men in all parts of the State to raise companies
AMI the men of the companies were required to be
the ne plus ultra Of the Texan Ranger. Col. Terry
was determined that the regiment should be the
best of its kind in the Confederate army, and we
have no doubt he has obtained his wish. The first
company we see by the Telegraph, arrived in Hous-
ton last Wednesday, under Capt Louis b. Strobel,
native Of South Carolina, but raised in Texas. He
received military education. His AieutenGnts are
W. Jarmon, and P. and w. Tate. The men are
I04 in number, each armed with . double-bArrel
shot gun. q six shooter, and bowie knife, double
edged, two feet long, and weighing three pounds.
Every man is a perfect horseman and splendid
shot If this regiment DOES not make its mark on
the Lincolnites, there Is virtue in strength eour
age, patriotism and thorough knowledge Of the use
Of horses and arms.
The Dallas Herald states that Col n. 7. Johnson
has been authorized by the Secretary of War to
raise s regiment of men for immediate service.
The commission was ordered with the express sane
ton and approval of the President, who remember
ed the gallant behavior Of Col. johnson during the
campaign il Mexico. ..-u.eF
IL appears by proclamation issued by Gov
Clark that Texas has been called for three thou
sand more troops. Two thousand are to 20 into
camp, and ten companies Of infantry and four Of
artillery TO go Oh the coast and Rio Grende.
The Houston Telegraph, of the Ali, publishes the
following summary Of the election returns;
Total vote heard from, At oil. Vote to be heard
from, 5000. LubbOck's majority so far 1915.