The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-14
BY TELRGRAPU,
FROM TEXAS and nxI7cO.

TS>V" AH>A S1c 1ND AkAlWVs
HoUsroN, Feb. ll.-Militasy movensal1
much spirit The Yankees have done noe1-
Ing worth speaking Of for month poSk--
They hold possession ct IadianolA 6 Deck
rows Point. the end Of Natagorda Penln-
sula, at Saluria, at Aransae Psso, and 6
Brownsville Their entire force at theso
places Is variously estimated 4 non eeyon
to twenty thousand. Il b probable TIT ~
smaller number IL nearest tho trutha In
deed, it is doubtful If they hsye goo nen,
offered the oath to no one exoope IN tbs
town Of Indian0la, and there they found not
one in q dozen who would take e, a0d thGY
old men and boys, of whom it = said oouIo
took it, but the majority spurned the pro-
position. The Yankees have been = COO.
clliatory as their nature would allow, end
no property has been destroyed exespe that
the worth of IL ont of the enemy before The
war is over. Occasionally the Yankee stoAmr
ers shell our woods q the mo1th a. Comy
and thence up to EvalDCo. but no 0AmnGa
has been done 90 far save the kill1ng a. 90
mule aud the woundiug Of three otAeTA-
The beach is thickly strewn with fIagmnto
of their shells for miles.
of Staff to Maj. Gen. Magruder.
. From Mexico We have intelligence Of IN
interesting and reliable character.
After the emeute Of November 9Th in Nat.
amoras, which left Cortinas In power, with
Serina "a nominal Governor, and Ruea, the
Governor, an exile in Brownsville, tho latter
proceeded to Juarez, In San Louis Potoei.
with which he came back and undertook to
regain possession. A truce was made, and lt
was agreed that he should resume tho reiRne.
and that COrtinas should have full pardon ON
condition Of his joining the JuArez Govern.
men: against the French. CortinAs suboe-
Quently demanded q share Of tho public mo.
ney which had been obtained BY his own
forced loan from the merchants OF NAtamo.
ras. Being refused, on the 10th Of January
a fight ensned, lasting all night, and which
resulted in scattering Ruez's forces aud driv.
ing him out of the country.
At the latest dates, January nth, all wa
qnlet in Matamoras, Ruez being In Browns
Vile. Vidaurri has forbidden Juareo TO pass
through Monterey. He gives ont that he
will oppose the French, but 1t IL understood
by those who ought to know, that he will
give in his adhesion on their arrival at Mon
terey, and be at once appointed ImpeIiAlloe
Commander of the Northern line. Juarea
is at Saltillo. The French are at Gan Luis
Potosi, and marching on Victoria. vidaurri
has four thousand men under hls command
at Monterey.
Yankee emissaries are stirring M the
Mexicans against both the French and Con.
federates. Vidaurri will, however, arrange
ali that when the proper time comes.
In Northern Texas the wheat crop, which
was supposed to be destroyed by the severe
cold about the lst of January, IL coming out
better than was expected. Some depreda-
tiOns have been committed by Jayhawkero,
but they are being driven out by detach-
ments of cavalry, and rapidly brought either
to punishment or pardon, a. their cases
merit.
Northern Texas. They will be heard from
in due time.
Preparations for planting are general, and
in much Of the lower country corn Ii already
In the ground. But little cotton will be
planted