New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-16
TEXAS.

Tia, a formidable Union expedition has leii
New Orleans for Texas, and is doubtless by this
time in possession of IA portion of that state Is
well known Public expectation waits to hear
of It's debarkaiion M Brownsville on The ieit or
eastern bank of The Rio Grandc-an expectation
which we DO not sharc. Suppose It to number
Thirty Thousand men. with adequate ships OF
war a. well a. transports. uthe Of II would
suffice 10 overcome any Rebel force 10 be en-
coun,ercd on thAio Grande; while the march
thence Eastward 10 the Nucces-not lees than
one hundred and firy milcs-ihrough adcsolaie'
uninhabi,ed region, very poorly waiered, would
greatly exhaust and weaken IL. beside consum-
ing good share Of is supplies. We do not
know. nor wish 10 know, what are its ordcH;
but we are sure such u needless waste OF
time and strength viii be precludcd by them.
Our impression is that, while a detachment may
be sent 10 the Rio Grandc, 10 shut The gate
through which the trans-M Mississippi division Of
Rcbeldom receives IFS imports Of arms, muni-
tons medicine aud clothing, the main body
will dcbark somewhere near Galveston or on
Matagorda Bay, and push straight in'o u'
hear, Of the State, avoiding fortified positions
of decided strength, aud crushing the main
Rebel force in battle az the earliest pracucn'
blc moment. should that force cyadc a combat
By reirea,ing, a majority Of the people OF Texas
will again be under the Union flag within n
month. and glad enough to find thcmsclfcs mus
rescued from dcspotism and want and restored
10 security aud comfort
Texas is about equal in area to France with
"A climate at least a. genial as that Of Greece
united with Italy below the Apcnnines. Her
popula,ion in leo wa little over Si1 Hundred
Thousand. whereof One Hundred aud Eighty
Thousand were slaves; aud while ,ha, oi nearly
every other Rebel State has since fallen oil,
hers has undoubtedly and largely increased.
While She has sen, fully Sixty Thousand Vol
uuteers and Conscripts together To Dat
tie for tho Rebel cause Oh more east
erly ba,tle-fclds, very large cmigra-
ton from the Mississippi Valley has constantly
sought her comparative exemption from the
noise Of the captains, and the shonting; 20 that
She has to-day hardly fewer than Eight Hundred
Thousand inhabitants, Of whom probably Three
Hundred Thousand are slaves. II tisq quite likely
that, notwithstanding the heavy drain OF fight
ing material to which she has been subjected,
she could still put Fifty Thousand Whites into
the field; but to supply them with arms and
munitions would be- quite another matter. We
do not believe that Magruder can muster
force that, in fair field, would Withstand the
army of Gen. Banks for even an hour.
Rebel accounts assert that Texas has secured
a great wheat crop this season, and that a great
breadth of Indian corn was planted, which has
suffered from droutl, but will nevertheless pro-
ducc bountiiully. She returned, under the
Census Of 1860, al aggregate of7S3,GlS Sheep,
800, ,62I Horses 595, ,Os6 Cows, 172,2i3 Working
Oxen, 1000 Asses and Mules, and 1888, 267
other cattle (Steers, Iiciicrs and Calves,) with
,37s Swine, and an annual product Of
lG. .52I, 1913 bushels of Corn, 14Gi ,273 Of Wheat,
o.. .sI2 Of Oats, 95,Ol2 of Rye, beside 4l5,2-l
bales of Cotton, &C., &c. Though much Of hcI
cotton, grown during the last two years, has
found an exit via Maamoras, she is said to have
I5O 900 bales now on hand, and Is probably
making half crop this season. Altogether,
she has probably more Cattle and more Produce
on hand or ready to harvest than all the residue
of the country still held by the Rebel Con-
iederacy.
Wiu she Gght for that Con)ederaey2
We answer, That depends upon the force by
which its supremacy is assaed. If it is such
as to assure SUCCESS, We believe her resistance