Newbern weekly progress., 1862-10-18
Interesting from ,rexas.

.f"a. New YoRK, Sept l29 5fl
Colonel A. J.. Hamilton, member of COM
gress from Texas, arrived from New Orleans.
He Is well known to our citizens as that one,
Of the Texan members Of Congress who re-
fused plumply to jDin the conspjraters who,
left Washington during the last days Of Bu.
I chanan's Administration, and whom Wigfall
| and Toombs vainly tried to browbeat and bull
lly. He is now on his way to Washington to-
ask help for his suffering iellow Union men Of
Texas, who have endured every thing except,
determination at the hands Of the mob Of reb.
els who now hold the rule there. s9i2h-2I'Rl
Colonel Hamilton has been living for the last
year at Austin, the Texas State capital. That
and three or four counties surroundingit arr"
still strongly Union-so much so thas the rcb-
els greatly as they would have liked to hurt
him, did not dare IN these and other co1n.
,ies there were until recently organised UnioullI
forces, not armed or trained soldiers, but such
bands as could have been quickly called to.
gethsr TO aid any attempt of the government
IN Texas, and stood ready TO defend their lead
er against all harm.
Colonel Hamilton states that life N Texasis
now entirely !awless. The civil law has long
been dead marital law, which TOOK its place,
is not executed according to any systen.known
10 civilized nations. Every petty provost mar
shal is supreme tyrant in his district, and inn
prisons and robs at his own discretion. What;
bis carelessness or good nature omits 10 the
way of tyranny self constituted vigilance com. q
lnittees make up, Thus all who are suspec,ei
Of loyalty are at the mercy Of an irresponsible
set OF robbers and tyrants. b4A N1t-2yN
Until recently there was no regular garrison
Of rebel soldiers at Austin. 80 lbng. az they
were not there the UnIon men were a6le to
protect themselves But when the soldiers
camu the Union men, long ago entirely disarm.
ed, were at their mercy. Afriend informed
Colonel Hamilton that the soldiers bad orders I
to capture him, and he saw that he must get
put Of the way He left on the I'd July. Be-
lore then his house was surrounded by troops
and when he got into the mountains he found
Ill the passes guarded !; als) all the water
holes on the roads leading out Of the country.
He was for month in the mountains, and at
last, with few friends, made his way to the
Rio Grande, which he crossed into Mexico. 'oii.
The crossing was opposed by q rebel cap
tain, whom the cclouel made prisoners till he
ind his party got safely across. But thepass.
,ge down the Mexican side Of the river was
made through succession Of ambuscades laid
by rebel troops for him, yit} - aihi4hh
By vigilance they all escaped, however, and
1t last after var GUS adventures, reached Mata-
noras. In Brownville, opposite Matamoras
he rebels kept vgant eye upon the Colonel's'
movements. lie engaged passage in vessel.
but was warned when about TO step into stage
lat the ensmy knew 1t and had planned to
intercept him., Seventy-6ve men,, in fact,
way laid the stage snd'stupped it three times
On the way to the vessel. He then'w waited for
another opportunity, and at last got off by
ravelhng some dstaRcc overland, and being
set on board a schooner by a friends shore
boat The rebels, however, saw tho move,
ment, and sent a launch with an armed crew
10 the schooner; breeze striking up, the
Colonel had sail put on the SCHOONER, and set
off for New Orleans, leaving the Captain and
his ships papers unavoIdaoy on shore. On
the way to New Orleans the schooner fell In
the United States ship Bohioi' which sent them
in safety.
The Colonel looss to'be IN COED health, but
has evidently suffered greatly in mind 10 the
asst year. lie has some touching stories to tell