The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-11-09
Tom the iifhm ud Examiner .t1hcr s3t
DfPAkTkkNf ~ 1HE MlssIssiPPI--iNvA.
SION OF 1LNNtSskE

Several months since, the New inlk
Herald called the attention oi the Gov.
clnmcut to- the Importance # occupying
Cluks,Illc, IA ienucssrc The frequent
i,fays e. the Federal guuboals - tla
Cumberland riycr, and thc1r bHccAnecr.
ing expeditions duwu the MIssissipm
tugctlict with the tact that between
twenty aud thirty Thousand If the Fed.
ctal troops are between Bowling Green
and Louisville, up.n the yailtusd. are
facts wluc. indicate, with very great
certainty, that Tie rulny of our enc.
nucs ls lo ntskc a grand attack upon
the principal points commanding the
great highways ul the Lnncssce aud
Cumberland reefs. and the passage ~
the cotton states tarouEA Virginia aud
Tennessee
raducAh. SuGh,h,ud Henderson AID
l.9ulrSiiiu are already occupied ty the
t,l rat forces The former commands
the muN'uoI The tennessee aud the So.
voud that u, the Cumberland the most
poraui railroad 10 tennessee crus.cs
'eja - tbes" Ivcts st p1,Hl, uniy few
TOURS % steamboat travel lum Palucah
.d Smi,hlaud II Is ct the utmost im.
l.iuWcc that the dulrucer ui tarsc NV
',s a. .r Boz complete at an points. and
tp"r gawINs obey Afford bee rG,ctually
clos. 10 tgain-t lhr cumy
t.. VI s-,s- ippi Is sand 20 Toe 50 com.
plct"Iy fortified as tu prccluj' the pos.
SibuUr oi ny attempt ui the enemy 10
descend a. Late movements Indicate
that the clciny Is contemplating the cx.
pertinent ut passing through tennessee;
aud "a "a shout time wc may bee compelled
To witness the immediate abandonment
Of the campaign Va Kentucky aud i,s
uausic, t1 Tennessee
1.-THE enemy were once 20 get pos.
session Of the railroad from Memphis, It
w1uld pm, him iu Gen Bu kuct's rear.
cut 10 communications between differ.
rut parts Of thr State, and leave Mem.
phIs and The whole South frar'nlly *
posed
The situation is evidently critical
The ROUTES wc have indicated aarra im
mediate entrance to 'hH southern S,a,cs;
and every consideration ot safety
urged, u fact. rs the indications of fhc
Northern press nt tine objects Of titc 100
va-iHu of rrmCssrr--4 demands tnat
,bcse routes sjru,i bc strongly and
vg.autly guarded.
rNmauc lurNa Lazy The Jack.
son Nl--lssppian urliccs the arrival az
that city "a lh' lic'cu Johnston
Guards splendid company IT vuluu.
trcr~ trrm Madison lcnkc and Atiala
counties THE cpmnauy was uniformed
AT the cvpcuS" pi Miss Helen johnston.
whose uamc they bear. wealthy youug
lady q Madison Co., distinguished alike
ior her generosity AMI her devotion 10
the cau-u OF the Confederate States
Let ,hls cuod example Toe followed hy
all whom Providence has blessed with
The means, AND $50 shah have no lack
uf soldiers 10 defend oug cause.
TnE llsn1rs or ruf ErvoirrioS The
following extracts from the le'iers of
Gen NArnANlgt GsfESf, will he read
with interest
~ the BATH, of ru'aw Springs
writes the general hunlrtia ot my
HftN Nflt NtAfN AZ 'lfA were porn
Pustcrity will scarcely believe that the
hafe l1ius ut many brave men. who
carried death into the cncmy- ranks q,
Eu,aw were CALLED 10y their carrouch
boxes, while folded rag OF tuft Of moss
projected their shoulders from sustain.
iug the same injury FROM the mnskets"
ln a letter To- the Secretary of War,
he says; q" We have three hundred
men without arms. aud more than one
Thousand So naked tina, they can he put
~ duty nnly IN case of desperate ma
tue. ! have been seven months IN the
field witheu, taking ri my cluthes.7
Pnrsrsr os FRyslAS MrsSyrs The
ship Boston, winch sailed from New
York On Tuesday. for phiisd.,rhia. had
en- freight two hundred and sixty one
cases, containing 6.5a5 fr0sian mnskets,
which were presented by the Prnssisn
govcrnh, Mt 10 the Gag Of Philadelphia,
Thy arrived Ia sae steamship Bavaria.