Washington telegraph., 1863-10-21
olsn ed, JNU. G. NUUKE,
On part Gen. Marmaduke.
= IL III. CROCKETT,
on part Gen. Walker.

= IL ii. CROCKETT,
= on part Gen. Walker.
FRoN THE RIO GRANDE-We take
the following from the BrOwnsvil. Flag
Of the 18th uli
Intelligence las ieeD recived at Malta.
mora> licm Vera CIuz, that tie whole
Cult coast oi McAic" las been declared
in . state uf blockade ty the French
squadrun, except tie month ct Tie Riu
bianre, aud ten miles next thtiern In-
der Ih- declaration Alafamura- j. Ipcu-
larry fortunate trr her commerce ,.ow /.
necessary both ~ Mcxici nno Texas
Gen. Fcrcy gave ball 90 tie 22i ult..
and letter rioiu Maxiuilian. Df iu.tr q.
accepting tie IhrUne, was read.
/ The lankee biucEnder has verified our
augury that lie would steal sonIeihirg al
the mouth of tie Ein Grande. Tie Bri-
tish steiner, Sir WIN. Peel, has been
| lying off the luouth # the river for some
time taking on board COTTON. The Yam
kec WATCHED her with a vulture's appetite,
Until SIZE rad taken OF board l,200 bales
| Gf cOtion. when he seized her The theft
was committed IL Mexican waters and
against the protest q Gov Ruiz, If
Ismauliras, who was npprised of The
| tlicvish intent. On Thursday, tie 10Th
Inst, tic Yankee Captain carried lis pur.
pose INTO effect, sending boats crew
aboard uud tlkrg possession Of the YES
sci. As he did 50, he asked the crew to
work the vessel to New Orleans To
man they refused to partake in The dis
graceful affair As the Briri,h fag was
lowered tue crew raised cheer Tor the
proud symbol OF their country and Us
the Yankee gridiTon was run up tn v
raised another for the Confederate States.
Now followed a scene disgraceful to relate.
much less TO commit The Yankees com
menced . regular plllage If the Captains
cabn. Yankee officers dccecded 10 the
bascne's " stealing and pocketipg spoons.
This i capable Of proof, and las been
sworn 10, that the Yankee officer solicited
outside parties 10 help themselves, rs Hit
was a free il.ng No duubr he thought
20 clear himself from the charge If small
thicvIug, IN lie world cay that tie out
Sides uid it al. The Sir VIM Peel was
|
tile house vf Mimo q Co., Matamor,s
and tie charge against her ives that she
bTuJght goods to Matamoras, which were
sold TO the ConfeGcIacy. Go,ernor Ruiz
eotcred written protest against the sci.
zurc uS committed u the waters of Mex
leo. but The Yankee deliberately tore the
protest W, aud threw it over tie side OF
the ship.
X few days after the seizure, two Bri-
tish war steamers arrived up from Vera
Cruz, aud Que Of them at once started In
pursuit Of the Sir Wm. Peel. We Ger.
'ainly h9Fe she was caught.
GfcS. McNAIR's BRIGADE.-We learn
Nat this gallant body of lArkansians,
who were stationed here some time a 90
arrived at Ringgold in time to partlci
pate III the bloody conflict on the Chick
amauga. They behaved themselves
with the usual bravery, which fact is
sadly shown by Tie heavy losses they
sustained. Out Of 1900 men that start
cd into the field, 490 men were killed
and wounded, including a great many
officers. the brigade fought side by
side with Hoods Division and belonged
to Bushrod Johnson's command. Brig
Gen. McNalr was wounded badly. but
we arc gratitied to learn, not danger
onsly, early ia the action, whe1 9upcr
Col. X. w. Harper Of the first Arkansas
took command, and was killed soon ar
forwards. The last words of the cal
liant Arkansian show his sterling worth
After committing to friend a message
to his wife, he said: 81 wish | had
nine lives to sacrifice to my country"
The special correspondent of the At
lanta lntelligencer, says:
| McNair's brigade, attached to Bush
rod Johnson's division. was on the left
OF Gen. D. II Hills corps, and charged
the entrenchments on Sunday with II.
famed and distinguished gallantry. tax
ing fourteen pieces Of artillery. Gen
McNair was wounded, and tie noble
Col. Il. w. Harper, commanding a brig
ade, was killed Col. Harper was 4
Marylander, but citizen Of Arkansas
and had previously distinguished him
self at Oak Hills, Elk Horn. and Muir
Observation-Disclosures Clarion.