The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1862-03-05

Let us forth with lHrnvible determination iDnos
mo forces, noNerfI fortitatiOns and WILLINGNESS ~,
sacrifice everything even fe itseIf and w6 have ~,
fears Of tie result Lei tbe lew If tha sootb M r
masse and Ne will emerge forth from the ,loop ang
darkness into a Land tIed,,irb eyerytbinr psar, f.
human bappipcss and cbaIleugipg The admiration ar(
eIicn Tie resne.tand fear Of every marion an wbirT
the ss,-s shines ITi.Igsf,,,r, WI;
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We copy tie following letter from the Galveston
EH0ustou) News. Prof Forshey is too well known
both here and in Texas, as gentleman for doubt to
exist a to the truth of his statements
S4LURIA, Jan. %, 1862
EDlToRs. NEws:-EariY this morning the report Of q
gun came from the eastward, along the hatagorda pen
lnSuLar, putting Mag. ohea command On the qu vive
tor repetition OF the ImpernentFIsls recently made
houAs later discerned from the lofty balcony Of the
lighthouse the approach Of two vessels, bearing down
upon is. They proved a bark and schooner supDos-
ed at first to be the that exchanged coufteses with
our battery at Felasco They anchored off our bar,
with French tricUlor Or the bark and Confederate
flag on the schooners mast The movements were very
interesting; for the schooner soon recognised as
the McNee, running from Matagorda to Vera Cruz
with cotton, and due her second return trip.
The bark signals for pilot! Morning comes still the
French flag flies from the masthead OF the bark and the
stars aud bars float over our adventurous shooner.
powerful current into the bay, through Passo Cavao
prevents the pilot boat from getting out and report
reaches from up the peninsula few miles Lincoln
bark captured schooner near the shore after firing a.
cross her bow-the shot we had heard doubtess-and
this is the same craft Icing off the bar with French
flag dcsecraed and prosued to She vilest imposition
The McNcelhas fallen into their hands and on board
some very estmabe citizens are supposed to have been
made prisoners Judge Talbot chief Justice of Mata-
gorda county, went out and was expected to return
with her Capt Coffin, of Indanola commanded her
As evening come on (Suudav the schooner after com
municatng by a small boat with the bark weighed an
chop and set sail off towards Key West bearing doubt
less another contribution Of cur GOOD citizens to Bas
tile and thus opiing the cory debt
The bark may be fool enough to try an experiment
with the heavy batteries and long rance Of Sa ord
nance She will be welcome It grows daily more in
teresting along the coast Yours c. G. FoRsHEY
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The KANSAS BRIGANBs' EXPEDITIoN-We have be
fore published several accounts Of the preparations that
are being made by Gen. Lane for grand expedition
from Kansas southwark into western Arkansas and
northern Texas, the government permitting him to
c0nductth operations OF the campaign upon his own
principles. The number of troops composing this ex.
peditiOn, their composition, how they are to subsst
and what their leader expects to accomplish is thus
stated by the Memphis Appeal:
Lanes force, are enabled to state upon northern
authority, will consist Of ID 600 cavalry, 10000 iufan-
try, o. flying artillery, 200 tuSeurs 401 Indians
and 10 negroes making total of 81, 600. The ne
grOes are to be taken from the fugitive slaves in Kan
sas, and will be used as drivers OF wagons and CARTS
and to perform other drudgery deemed too degrading
Tor the yankee hands.
He expects to obtain seven regiments from Illinois,
four from Wisconsin three from Iowa. three from Ohio
from Indiana and five from ansas ~ ~
ments will lie made up Of miners, and another will be
composed entirely Of mechanics SUCH as railroad and
bridge builders wagon-makers backsmiths, iron oun
drymen harness makers, boat builders etc, who will
be equipped with all needfuI tools and implements
the Lincoln governmet having appropriated $4,000
for that purpose.
The most remarkable feature of this expedi ion is
the manner in which it is expected to subsl,t during
the progress of its movements 1t is generally under
stood that Lane has given Lincoln as urlnces that the
government shall be subjected to 10 expense in sup
porting his army beyond furnishing the outfit as it
his intention that his men shsi feed themselves from