Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-14
II LAWRENCE TRAGEDY.
Esxza HHteIIigeuee.

TIE agent OF the associated press, recently returned
from Texas where be spent several weeks furnishes
some Interesting intelligence from the Lone Star
State We end ths following summary IN the Msble
Regls,rs
1l report Of the szs.eues Of yellow fever at Hous.
tOu. is not credited.
About fourteen bockaduE vessels are constantly OF
CIz weston bsr
GsIvss-ou basrs all the appearances o. deserted city
hardly q family is Isf; on the elstsnI
The utmost confidence Is felt In hsi Gen. Msgrudsr.
ld.s how, dashug aod chivsrOus character peases
the Wild Texans.
Enough wheat corn and rye has bsen raised in the
STATE 20 EuPpy tae whos western portion Of the Con
O. eracy FOR t6s next Two wears without touching the
growing crops. Such harvest ls unparalleled even in
TeEss
The season has been szcssdingly dry, and she corn
was NOS productive ia some rel 0uE-
About fhrI ~ the cotton crop OF 1861 has been
raised IA yesr. Picking has commenced extensively
There prhaas l50 00J bales ia the whole ststs Of
t5is aud prsvioug- years crops Fifty dollars per
month is willingly paid Tor field hauds TO gather in he
Toward Of one bu dred thousand negroes bavs been
Introduced from louisiana and Mississippi ana labor
can readily be found at Eenuusgsys prices for ihom
The aspect OF the country Is most smiling and prOs-
Fue beef sells st cents. salt meats vegetables aad
fruit, enc hs purchased e. reasonable pricsai cattle Of
the une-t zi-y are saiY obtained a. toe Government
price of $50 per head
Cafzs s, B-a-urvfls rs s. esutspsr pound in silver
or So Iu C1u5a3srlts money.
re- pnut-rs I1r1'E ElHut tue state getting ready
20 furnish whsu called th= dths tenth part Of
tbeIr sHuual profits In kmd without dsd1cting sctBs
c1l1-u-as.
Ilry-fwo of Line ID's CyaFseera- cA1turpd by Gen.
Disk Taylor iu i4lEiesrs- are imprisoned At Huntsville
Texas and intended o. be liberated EsEls Psss
order rh-- ra make -rs'r way, possible, through
barren lEd uu'lla5ted country seven hundred miles
i1 extent before -scli7g the ssacoast or friendly
shelter
Gr.st rejoicing was naaifsstsdas the report OF Lieut.
It vas al55 r. ported tast President Davis aud Gen.
Be- we're 6ssl, and Lee supers-5-ds also, that Price
hsU u--lgeueI -1 t- allowed return bis former
-l.r' Frc-. #I.- l0-t ezr-lvag1ut tales have been
preaI ike wild fire t1r0r gh1gr The ate being made
ua sud as-zHaias-s5 NsjghHz by the Yankssz
ee1. Taylor hes -csf gl3rousiy redeemed his fame
he completely routed Weitzels dlvson, which marched
ugr of Donsi1-0uvile 10 give him battle and Wszsl
admits uulsel 70 have been 0gtgeueraled and badly
whipped.
Negroes bring extremely high prices at Houston aud
planters and spectators aIFauc8 beyond Shreveport
meet refugee psssrs in order that t1sy may hire
l~y s.av-a
Great cUurlaiuJ iF msds against the agents Of the
Gevsr1ra sut io- EsE,uz in cotton sPsg guiat0B-
An +. v'ish uerChsn-ms brought 20 BrOwnzvilla or
sfstgm1ras June last % 0J0 stand Of arms F0r the
C0uie3ers-v with the uudes taudi1E that she
r-furn with 300 bales Of Government cotton; bat
when sl= Ts=5y 90 tsls u asr cargo only ninety
bales belonging 70 the Government were 20 Be oh
laIrHd st7oszu cotton had been constantly in course
uf t-sur rtg1l tEat y1ut for @ Iveruneut a.cJuut
i5 over six months previously.