The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-07-12

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Tbs parties CD bQnfd s4hibsed sQtfnterfeit pasA
2css. ~ 70 Pa. assns s. s.. e. !.
lbsfsy md forty lhouss paIrs Of cotton cards tho
balance of their eargoeS being composed Of boots
shoes and other much needed articles in the eousb
The authorities, however werc too quick fOr tnep,
end the military commander Of the post seized the
vessels put the parties on board in prison. pse ~
the goods At auction and turned over the proceeas
| 10 the Confederate Treskury Two seasners Of
similar character being reported below a. .ns
mouth Of tho Duictts river, an expedition CONSIST
ing Of detachment Of four hundred men, MAS sent
oil to SEIZE these plso Our informant did not learn
the result at the nine he left. 1.
From the various plNutat.-ns along the fivef-De
low vIrksb~fn, The enemy have impressed more
sesh two thousand negroes into service, besides
taking OFT all the mules, wheelparrows. ePa1es' ee
they could lay hold Of They stated their OBJECT 70
be the digging Of canal for the purpose OF cutung
of Wick shurr ffuf1 the Mississippi, and thus get
command of the whsle river. enabling them 10 nav
igate without getting under the guns OF cur sa,te
res Vieksburg, II IL then sam WIN ee a. ~ w,
four or five miles ottt IN tns ssnn'rY ~ Ssnens'
ricus schRme nv the aid OF their fleets our forces
not being able to reach them.
The Yankees promised to return the negroes Is
soon AZ they had finished their canal Inc people
however, have determined that the: sfai! never
take Vicksbarg The fotr teot sand they attempted
70 lard wese 1ssycn on with the loss OF thirteen
killed ant large number wounded Had eur bat
teries restrained their fire little longer, IS De-
lieved the whole force could have been captured
The enemy fred ifteeninch shell at the town Of
yicksburg These where they struck the ground
in different places, had made hofes <fuly twelve
feet deep onr troops undsr an oufn a,s "s Nc,
up to the highest pitch Of enthusiasm ara are eZ
,reme.y eager fer o fgh', The army wigs very
kealtbv, ite roti.Gas aroi:ad Nicksburg being y
tuccbssio; OF hills, afording fine camping ground,
y ith excellent water. Provisions were also COM
Ing in plentiiui.y.
The people are burnir their cotton almost every
where along the river AID far back in the country
This feeling is universal and they do not consider
it any sacrifice. One widow ia'y, VINO haa anou.
eight hundred bales, had set fire TO it and burnt
every bale Whom told beforehand that there was
danger .sr stf. che Piled that she felt anxious
ad uneasy IL having it around her. Even in Tex
as. eve.y has his cotton 30 stored as to be able
to apply the torch when necessary. Some had
their bales piled on foundations of ightwood.
The grain crop in Texas, from the RIO Grande to
Red river, this year is the largest ever known IN
are seen. and this is planted for home use.
The conscrpt law was being fully enforced IN
Texas end the Governor had Summoned every man
between 35 and As to organize for the defence OF
TIE State. II -.
An order had been extended for every family to
leave Galveston, 1t having been Determined, az IN
tie case of Vcksburs, to defend it TO the last
This order had been c.mplied with except by some
seven families. The parties being suspected, their
houses were searched. when the Stars and Stripes
were discovered, intended to be hung out should
the Federals take the city. Au those guilty OF
this treason were taken out Immediately and hung.
Our informant tells good joke played on ny
the newsboys upon Picayune ButleS on his landing
in New Orleans They collected together and pro-
ceeded to the Levee, where Butler was to land
Az he stepped on shore, they shouted, in chorus,
Here's your extra Picoyune." The boys had no
papers with them, and the effect produced was r.
resistible