The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1861-09-06
The Territory of AriHonia.

We have already published an account
Of the defeat Of the Federal regulars at
Fort Fillmore, resulting in the loss Of
thirty-six killed and five hundred pris-
oners. Besides this, we have come into
possession of a large quantity Of stores
and provisions, including beef, -four ba-
con, corn, sugar, coffee, tea, and many
other things useful and indeed necessary
for our troops.
The whole strength of the enemy in the
department Of New Mexico, as we learn
from the Messilla Times, consisted of thir-
ty.six ompanies-iourteen mounted and
twenty-five foot. 0fthis number we have,
at different times, taken eleven companies
prisoners. The remainder are scattered
about at different forts, getting ready to
come East, Old Abe needing them very
badly for the purpose ofputting down "the
Southern rebellion" In fact, every regUl-
lar in the West has been ordered East, the
Government at Washington intending to
garrison only two forts, and TO do that with
volunteers.
How many of them will get to the East
is, however, matter yet to be decided
As before stated, we have already captur-
ed eleven companies, and our boys are in
hot pursuit Of the others. The probabili-
ty is they will all be bagged by the brave
Texans and Old Abe will thus lose the
services Of about one-hfth Of his regular
army.
The Federalists in obedience TO instruc-
tions, destroyed everything that they aban-
doned, just as they did in the case of Har-
per's Ferry, the Norfolk Navy Yard, and
the forts in the Indian Territory. The
instructions TO the Federal officers were
that "aothiHg should be allowed to fall in
to the hands of the Texans" Acting on
these orders, the Yankees demolished
Fort Breckenridge and all the stores there,
and then moved on to Tucson, where
they burnt the mills the only mills for q
large extent Of country together with all
the grain and -four They then went to
Fort Buchanan, destroyed all the stores
there, burnt the fort, and also forty thou
sand dollars worth of property belonging
to the sutler.
Thus the Vandals went about from
place to place, destroying property and
food of every description, TO prevent it
from falling into the hands of the Con.
iederates. We got ahead OF them at Fort
Fillmore, where we captured provisions
enough to last US several months. II is
proper to say that they committed all
these infamous acts in obedience TO orders
from headquarters but we suspect the
disposition to do so was equally strong
had no orders been received.
Their power to do mishiei is, however,
now destroyed, since we have captured
so many of them and are in fair way to
capture all the others. II they escape, il
will be by ysneaking out through the noun
tain passes before our men can overhaul
them. All these brilliant achievements
Of the Confederate forces in Arizonia have
been done by only eight companies, un-
der the command Of Lieut.. Col. John X.
Baylor.
The Territory is now free from Federal
authority, and Col. Baylor has issued a
proclamation, formally taking possession
Of it in the name of the Confederate States
Of America. He has organized tempo
rary military government, established Ex-
ecutive authority and instituted courts Of
justice, A candidate for delegate ito the
Confederate Congress" is announced in
the columns Of the Mesilla Times.
Such is brief resume Of the important
and stirring events that have taken place
in the Territory Of Arizona within few
weeks They illustrate the energy, the
patriotism, and the fine military qualities
Of the Texans. The brave fellows have
gone several hundred miles through re-
gion almost uninhabited, and, with less
than one-fourth the number Of the Fed
-..4df,nab5r3aye captureda large number
elal tr0ofsi ~ "a. 20 - ---- go 'ssY ~
of them, and will either capture or dis
perse the remainder They have driven
out Of Arizonia every yestige Of Federal
authority, and formally established her
status as Territory Of the Southern Con-
federacy.
And valuable acquisition she is. Bar
ring California, perhaps, it is the best and
richest country between Texas and Ar
kansas, and the Pacific It's superior TO
New Mexico and Utah in climate and soil.
and abound5 in valuable minerals. titles
on the natural route for a railroad between
the Mississippi river and the Pacific coast.
1t is adapted TO slave labor, and now that
slave owners can go there with their pro
perty, will rapidly fill up and become a
rich and prosperous State Of the South
ern Confederacy. We welcome her into
our family, and we trust we may soon have
the pleasure Of putting her star upon our
aag.-[N o. or'sesnt.