Daily national Republican., 1863-05-28
TEXAS.

Tie Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser ol
Nay 5, has the following:
eve were gratfed 10 meet In our office yes
tsrday Col John G. Goode, Just from the Lone
Star State. The account he gives Of affairs in
Texas Is truly cheering and gratifying. He
says the wheat crop was never, In the history of
the State, as prosperous and large as the present
year. The great care Is that there will not be
sufficient force at homo to gather the whole
crop. To this end, Gen. Magruder, with his
usual quick foresight, has requested all emil
grants into Texas this spring, 10 repair at once,
with their working forces, TO the grain-grow-
ing districts, and assist in reaping the harvest.
The corn crop Is also large and in excellent
order, with every prospect Of bountiful yield.
&c thinks the eTtrayagant prices Of the specu.
lGtors in that State will soon be forced to yield
10 the pressure Of an abundant harvest.
81 he Qsansr on Uhich he Colonel ca0ls fOriOdrd
yqy yy Heu route, one that has not been SdUigdted
for fifteen or tDeHty years. By this channel he
brought out Of Texas an immense amount of
bacon and other supplies for Gen. Pemberton's
army.
Col Goode, in addition to the fine grain
prospects, speaks confidently of there being a
supply Of all kinds of provisions in Texas, large
enough 10 supply that State, louisiana, Arkan-
Sas, and Mississippi, and go far toward feeding
the people and armies of the other Confederate
81 tes.''
Col. Goode is a competent witness in that
case-a Texan, aud acquainted with the coun-
try and crop Of which he speaks.
Would ii not be worth while TO take posses
sion Of Texas, now that the Mississippi is open,
and thus capture from the rebels the principal
source Of their supplies of all kinds of pro-
visions" for four States and large part Of "the
people and armies OF the other Confederate
stalesi' When BankS's expedition was got
FNr e har /
should stop By the way and help to rid the
mighty Mississippi of the rebel blockade. Now,
1t SCENE that duty is done. Why, then, should
not & few thousand men be promptly sent 10
Texas with arms for negroes aud loyal white
men, and thus enable that State to be re-
deemed :
Several times, to the almost infinite suffering
of,hs loyal people Of Texas, they have been
encouraged 10 hope that they were about TO be
rescued from the iron heel of oppression, and
oace more and forever folded in the stars and
stripes. AZ often as that hope has reached
then, numbers, in their JOY, have too early
given eridencc Of their loyalty and paid the
penalty Q. their devotion 10 liberty and law by
deaths before which the barbarisma Of history
oil pale.
Men have had their limbs aBhed 10 wllt
horses and been by them torn asunder; thcy
hRve boon tied up 10 trees and scalded TO dealt
By pouring hot water on them; they have beer
SBot IN their own door-ynrds, their wives anC
children turned out Of doors and compelled L
stand under rebel guard and see their housei
consumed by the 1amesj they are hanged ant
otherwise murdered by scores and hfties. On,
old mau, seventy years old, 1--WE have 1t on tn,
private authority Of one of our naval com
InanderS II, the Gulf was shot, for nc
crime but patriotism, and cut in slices and
fed 70 the hogs. Thousands are hunted by dogs
in the mountains, whittier they have fed and
bid for safety, &C, &c.
Now, from such barbarities there have, up tC
this time, been but two modes Of escape, One
was TO come out from their hiding places. vol.
untseT In the rebel service or submit TO being
drafted into Il, and fighting against the country
they love most deyotedly, the other was tc
abandon their families to the tender mercles Of
thesO hellish hends, and, under cover of tn,
night, and by hundreds of miles Of circultour
travel, fee into and invoke the protection @
distracted and beleaguered Mexico.
Now, since It has become practicable, if, in
deed, It has not been heretofore, we do feel tha
out OF sense of humanity, if from no highe
motive, we should urge upon the Government
the prompt payment to the people Of Texas O
the price Of their loyalty-protectlon, deliver
Hpce.