The national Republican., 1861-02-27
NEWS ITEMS.

There are 81 companies Of United States
troops in Texas-22 infantry, s artillery, and
10 Of cavalry. Twenty companies are on the
Rio Grande; seventeen companies are stationed
within the interior, from Camp Cooper, phan.
tom Hill in the northern part Of the State,
down south as far as San Antonio, aud Fort
1nge, near Folt Duncan, on the Rio Grande,
This force amounts to about $500 men, aud il
Withdrawn by the United States it will REQUIRE
that Texas shall bring into the field an army Of
equal numbers. 1t is proposed to do so imme.
diately. This will cost SO 900 900 or a. 000 900.
Secession is a costly business.
letter from Tennessee, written to q Cleve.
land firm, has the following:
A negro, that four months ago would have
brought 81 200, was put up, and ali offered was
$500, and d1|l at that, and everything else was
in proportion. There never was such q time
known here; you cannot get dollar; no one
pays and, in fact, look for still harder times,
l own quite number of slaves, but if secession
takes place, l would not give $25 piece for
them"
A letter from Montgomery says:
"The Postal Committee intend, If II is possi.
bic to do SO, to make the postal system SELF
sustaining. According to the report of the
Postm aster General, the excess of expenditures
sented in the Southern Congress, for the fiscal
year ending 3Oth Of June, was 81, ,666 ,595.83.
In order to make the receipts and expenditures
equal, it will be proposed to discontinue the
useless contracts change the bids for the other
contracts to star bids, abolish post Offices
that are an expense, raise letter postage to. .fus
cents, double the postage on printed matter,
and abolish the franking privilege"
Al
Captain Breshwood, and Lieutenants Caldwell
and Foster, to be stricken from the roll of the
service, for their participation in the surrender
Of the United States revenue cutter Robert Nc.
Clelland to the authorities Of Louisiana.
The Governor of Georgia on Friday repeat.
ed his measures Of retaliation by seizing YES.
sells belonging to New York, in revenge Of the
last seizure Of arms in that city. The ship
Martha J. Ward, the barque Adjuster, (previous.
y. seized and released,) and the brig Harold,
lying in the port of Savannah, are now detaiu.
ed by authority of Governor Brown.
The Superintendent of the New York Bank
ing Department reports the amount ofdeposits
in all the savings banks Of the State, on the lst
Of January, 1861, as $67,440,379; an increase
of nearly $l0,0O0,0O0 over the amount of de.
posits January ], 1860. Every thrtieth inhab.
liant in the State is depostor, and the aver
age to each in 1860 was $224.2s.
Owing to the devastating effects of severe
drought in the island of Cuba, where provisions
are scarce and high, the Government is said to
be about taking of the duties on corn, rice,
beans, potatoes, rye -four, hay, hams, bacon,
fish, and lard, oil Of which articles are plenty
enough in the United States, and may be sold
to the distressed Cubans at fair but remunera.
tive prices. .....
1t is stated that heavy advance has taken
place at New York in the price of brandies,
wines, gins, and other liquors, in .conseq uence
Of the anticipated passage of the new tariff,
which enhances the duly. The stock on hand
is unusually light. New vintage Cognac can.
not be purchased lower than $3.50 @ 1886
per gallon.