Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-11-14
Texas Intelligence.


lis There are still few cases of yellow fever
le Houston. It is, and has been, far from bsir
e epidemic.
lie The orders requiring permits for the export
n n ton of cotton were revoked by Gen. Bee on Il
" 28th ult.
g General Msgruder has been appointed to Ii
as command of the department of Texas in th
n. place of Gen. Hebert The appointment wi
Of meet with popular favor. We hope it may
e for the advantage of the department.
It The Governor left here quite unexpectedly o
n Friday, matters of momenI requiring his after
e tion a. Austin. We expect him back in fer
= days, and hope to see the general cOmmsndin
II the department. along with him.
We had the pleasure of call from Colonel c
i c. Herbert, congressman from the second dis
Z trict, on Friday. We saw him but moment
& and had no time to elicit any information. H
q appeared in his usual good health and Cheerful
! spirits.
We are Informed by travellers that the railroad
fare from Shreveport to Vicksburg is as follows
j To Monroe, one hundred and ten miles, eightee1
. dollars; Monroe to Talluls, by rail ffty five
miles, eight dollars; Tallus to Vicksburg, TWEEN
i ty-tiTe miles by stage, seven to nine dollars
The roads are said TO be very good. Most oi
the travel is soldiers on furlough The prices
look rather steep.
Itis seid that when Jack Hamilton went TO
Congress he got in love with 4 pretty woman in
Washington, and notwithstanding his family at
home behaved very ioolishly. It is thought
tEst this woman has more to do with his treason
TO Texas than any love he had for the Federal
government. To such small causes do great
men often owe their bias
LATER FROM MATAGoRpA.-We learn from
Mr. A. s. Ruthven, who left Matagords Friday
morniDg, that the Federsls have not yet taken
that place
They have Indisnola, however, and we pre-
! sumo, of course, Saluria.
! Oae gunbOat has been up in sight of Mata-
gorda, large steamer being further below,
They have taken three MAtagorda lighters and
! plsced gun upon each. On one of tho lighters
/ there was eighteen bales of cotton There is no
cotton now left ct Matsgords.
Browns battalion is in the neiehbcrhood.
The Federals have stolen some cattle from the
peninsula.
Pennington, the hero of Sabine Pass, is with
them. He knows every inch of ths Texas coast
The yellow fever still prevails in Matsgorda
There were four deaths on Thursday night
The people of the town are moving their
goods, furniture, etc, to the country as fast as
shey can, in fear of an attack. The town is de-
fenceless.
From the Gonzales Inquirer, 97thI
News reached here yesterday morning that the
Federals bad taken Indisnola, and that our
troops had re;reated to Lavacs. We could get
no particulars as to the strength OF the enemy,
OF their intentions, bu suppose their objeetis to
occupy the whole coast, so as to enforce the
blockade more efsctusly.
We learn that there has been fourteen deaths
from yellow fever at IndianOls, aud one or two
at Lsvsca.
LATER FROM SABINE Passive learn that
as the Dan was towing Federal schooner up
from the Pass to the town on Thursday evening,
she was assailod by a volley from about forty
Confederate troops smbushed in Wingate's mill
They fred about two vOlleys, with what damage
is not known.
On this, the Federals opened FIRE with their
cannon on the mill and town. They then landed,
ard set fire to the mill and town. destroying the
mill and lumber, also the residence of Judge
Wingate, tbst Of Judge Stamps and some others
They set other houses on FIRE, but the fire was
e1tingUished by the citizens.
No person in town nor any Of our soldiers were
g, ther killed or wounded, although the Fedsrsls
shelied the town from enc end to the other, and
tast, too without warning or giving women
and children time to get out of the way. There
were several narrow escapes, among them man
and his wife, who we're sitting in their house,
when a shell struck beneath them tearing the
sleepels out and dropping the two 10 the ground
beneath.
The Federals threatened that if they were
fred on agsin, they would destroy the town.
The Telegraph also contains spirited call
upon the peple Of the State to organize to repsl
the proposed invasion under Banks. We give
the appeal below:
. BE READY FOR THE FoE-Are the people of
Texas aroused to the dangers threatening them
Do they know that the Washington dynasty has
certainly determined to make an effort to hold, |
occupy and possess these fertile lands, this beau
tiful country
At this moment we are threatened with in |
vaslon from the northwest, via EI Paso from |
the north, from the lower Rio Grande; from |
MstsgoTda bay, from Galveston bay and from |
tho Sabine. Attempts from some or all of these !
points will, We are satisfied, be made between |
this snd Christmas Shall they be successful |
TIE answer to the question depends upon the
people.
l. will not do to trust blindIy TO the military |
authorities. They will undoubtedly do what /
t'ey csn, but unless the people stand ready to |
back them with undivided efforts, they will not /
Be successful. Those who would bo free must
themselves strike the Alow.
Let every man be prepared for work. Let |
every man be prepared for struggle such as has |
not yet been seen. II you cannot join the or
gained army, let the guerilla bands be organ
ized. Let 20 pslTy considerations Of saving
property hinder US at any time from destroying |
the foe. Let our women and children be placed |
in safety within tho lines, and an undaunted and |
unhrohen front be turned to the enemy.
We have no time to lose in getting ready. |
Arms should be pnt in order; ammunition |
should be got ready. The enemy will certsiuly |
attempt our conquest. Let every man in Texas /
register an oath before high heaven that every !
armed foeman who sets foot upon our sol |
shall rue the day he did it, that the bones Of |
every traitor in our midst shall be picked by the
buzzaT5s, and that every man in high place |
found Incompetent in the day of trial, shall be |
held TO answer an outraged people. Thus pre-
pared, the enemy may OVenun some portions of |
cur country, but it will cost him tremendous /
price, end he can never conquer foot Of it be- |
yOnd the range of his cannon shot.