Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-12-24

In this expedition were eight schooners
and one steamer captured, and seven sehoon-
ers and eight steamers blockaded IN the pass,
which must eventually fall into our hands or
be destroyed as another expedition was being
got ready to clean out the nest when Mr. K.
left.
Besides this, two thousand bales Of cotton
fell into the hands of the Unionists. The
guns and ammunition left by Walker in Hon
duras were brought into this place, and are
now being used to promote a great rebellion
by the hre-eating Texans.
Vessels drawing fourteen feet can come
safely through the pass. It has no doubt
been secretly used by the rebels since the ini-
tiation of the rebellion, and has been the
channel for conveying to them a vast amount
of stores and munitions of war, while the
cotton, which is so abundant on the Sabine
and Natchez rivers and the country adjacent,
has flown to European and other markets
through this outlet from and inlet into the in
terror. Prior to the successful expedition
mentioned above. our blOelIading feet seems
to have overlooked these important passes,
and paid sole attention to Galveston, on the
Texas coast
Mr.. K. does not believe there are more
than 2, 600 rebels in Texas at this time under
arms, and they are broken up into fragment
ary bands, and posted at various points in the
State, overawing the Union men, who are
without arms, crushing out the last vestige OF
freedom in her borders, and committing all
manner of the most revolving cruelres upon
citizens.
A young man, a native of Delaware, a
colporteur of the American Tract Society,
doubtless, or of the American Bible Society,
was seized by one Of these fragmentary bands,
and on the trumped up charge of having sold
the Helper Book" in the course Of hislabors.
The colporteur denied the charge stoutly, pro-
Tossing his willingness to suffer the most CON
dign punishment that could be inflicted upon
him by any proper tribunal in the State if he
had thus infringed its laws. After submitting
to the mockery of hearing by this self-cOn-
stituted tribunal a la Judge Lynch, the col
porteur was hung by the neck to a tree, fag-
gots of fatty pine being first placed around
its base and lighted, where the horrid sacrifice
on this alter of rebellion expiated the charge
(not proved imputed to him by these regu-
lators of morals, with the sanction of JEFF.
Davis, in Texas. Mr.. K. has, the names of a
number of citizens of Texas who can sub
stantate the truth of this statement.
A gentleman from San francisco, who start
ed for Washington, was shipwrecked at Hon
duras. He shipped in a schooner that was
running to Orange Inlet, Texas. Out fmeans,
he went to work to obtain them, to enable
him to pursue his point of destination. While
at Orange he received an old letter from the
Postmaster of Washington, acccr ling to or
ders he had previously sent to a friend to have
his letters forwarded to him at Orange. The
postmaster at Orange, an intense rebel, cir
culate the report that he was in correspond
cnce with the Yankees. A provincial mob,
in its fell fury, was soon aroused. The au-
thorities arrested the man and placed him in
jail, from which he was soon taken by the
mod, tarred and feathered, and ordered to
leave the town in ten hours. He left within
the time. The leaders of the mob held
consultation, and the fact was mooted that he
was a dangerous customer, and one who
would defend himself at all odds if attacked.
or revenge himself if unmolested. Six men,
heavily armed, mounted feet horses and fol-
lowed him. They overlook him five miles
from Orange, aud speedily overpowered him.
They put rope around his neck and tied
him to tree, his feet just touching the
ground, stripped the clothing from his back,
and then proceeded to scourge him with
witbes until he was dead. When he was
found, some days afterwards, his body was in
gashes and reeking with gore from head to
foot. It is the opinion Of Mr.. K. that Texas
has furnished more men in proportion to her
population than any Of the other Southern
States. She has already furnished 10000
men to the Southern army, in addition to
the forces now expressing the remnant her
male population. The greater portion of the
men now remaining in her borders are either
secessionists or Union men,
who by the shrewdest subterfuges have man
aged to elude the conscription act-prelerring
to incur the vengeance of Texas partisan sol
diery to taking up arms against their old gov
Hundreds of prosecuted residents of
Texas have fed from rebel granny into Mexico
over the Rio Grande at Matamoras There
are some three Of four hundred now await
ing an opportunity to go into Mexico What
a commentary on the rebellionl American
citizens fleeing into benighted and downtrod-
den Mexico
At the first conscription the wealthy in
Texas generally escaped At the last con
scription this class were drafted or conscript-
ed remorseIessly. The rebellion in Texas is
on its last less at this moment, and nothing
can prevent its being again in the Union but
decided successes of their army in other quar-
ters.
From Mr. KS statements it would appear
that rebel officials are as found Of swindling
their government as some of ours are. Gen:
Morese, Quartermaster General of Texas, is
accused OF having taken cotton placed in his
hands to be sold for gold for the purchase of
Of war Tor government purposes,