New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-10
Gen. Hamilton md Tcxas-Iiow the ReDcs
Obtain their Supplies - Thc Mexican
Frontier and Ports-The BLOCKADE In
effective.


From Our Special Correspondent
ST. CuARLEs HOTEL, NEW ORLEANS, Feb. :. 1903.
A week before this reaches you, Gen. A. j. Hamil'
ton Of Texas will be in Washington, urging the
cause of bis State-probaby that she may be constl'
tu.ed separate military department. AS you know
he accompanied the expedition of Gen. Banks, hop
ing and believing that it's destination was Texas aud
asserting the vital importance of striking at the
rebellion there that it might be isolated surrounded.
lie returned to tho North disappointed, subsequent
to the news of the Galveston disaster reacblng US;
Since then have had to chronicle additional evil
tidings from tho same coast. In illustration of the
Colonels mission and Of the Texas question gener-
ally It may DO admissible to afford afew particulars,
involving the mention Of recent facts:
1t is known that tho Rebels obtain by far the
greater portion of their supplies through Texas, by
way of the Rio Grande or from the Mexican ports.
So long as these sources are available, and they
have cotton to pay for powder lead Blankets cloth,
shoes coffee sugar, &c., they will never want Tor
them Mexico produces no cotton, therefore needs
it. On the frontier, the Coniederates have estab'
lished regular agents. extending from thence rs iar
into the interior as San Luis, Poto9i, 700 miles
from San Antonio and about 800 Nortn Of the City
of Mexico. / have, this morning, teen letter from
Afr. M. NJ, Kimmel, our Consul ut Monterey, written
TO IT, s. Officer at this port In which ne STATES tna'
Rebel order for no lees than tOO,OUO OF the hahn
loom blankets nlaue ~ tuos Pi'0o 10 Dei'o "~N0'N
there. .
A. The Mexican ports too-whether Matamoras,
Tampico or Vera Cruz--our blockade is u miserable
iputility all commercial restrctions being easily
evaded. vessel may clear from New-fork for
Nassau, Havana, Port-au-Prince, and thence sail
direct for Mexico AS an illustration OF the loose
way in which things managed, am Informed
By Mr.. Dennison, Collector OF this port (hiInsell u
Texan. and Loyalty interested in this question: that
not long ago ship LEFT your city frelghted with
cotton 6dggng, ropes, DC, tho owner being under
bonds TO cell it only TO Mex0ans. have but TO
refer to a sentence printed above, about tho non
existence OF the plant in the republic. to point the
Joke of THE.
The Confederates regard Natamoras as their spe.
cial port. Fi.ty vessels are there now. large and
email. In June last, all agent departed from this
place for Europe: he has ust returned, III charge OF
three vesses, freighted with arms. Another went
TO purchase medicines; bis arrival is expected daily
The profits to both buyers aud sellers are great, the
risks comparatively nothing. What wonder, then
that such d trade should loulish
II Union force were dispatched TO Fort Brown
Brownsville opposite Matamoras, this contrabrand
traffic might be almost entirely stopped. Military
occupation ia the only real preventive.
To turn irou. the minor TO tho mnj question OF
Texas IN general: Those beat informed assert thar
there are in the State at prescnt bat 1000 COufeder
nte soldiers assembled mostly at or near Galveston.
With an army Of from I2,cJO to l5,cOj men, the
loyal Texan exes declare that they could expel re.
bslliOn, prodao prVdigiOus and overw heniDg re-
action ~ favor Of Tie Union. and cut of the
southern Con edcmcy" from all the palpaDle ad
yantAas of contingent foreign territory. They
rrly strongly OF the Anii-Slayery sentiments OF the
loval German population, who have been especially
si gled out for tie barbariiy G; the Rebels.
| commend Gen. iiamilion's mission TO Washing
ton g. the sympathy OF IHT TRIBUNE. Iio is a
good man aud true, and has suffered ioE lie Cause in
which be ID, heart aud soul, identified. T.. O.