Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-04-22
Lester rem Texas.

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Houston, April 4, 1864 "A correspondent Of Ii
Houston Telegraph" writing from Quets, March 80
gives the following intelligence regarding the move
ments Of the Yankees In the Southwest
Gen. A. J. Hamilton has returned to Brownsville an,
established bis seat Of government there. A term o
the United States court is TO be held st that place OF
the first Monday in April, and another at Corpus Christ
on the FIRST Monday in May. The Jurors taken from tn
r~snegsdeS, have been summoned to attend at these
points
Heavy pures ases Of mules and horsss have besu
made In Mexico for specie. Tbs choioest ara shipped 4
New Orleans, and the rsstt Psdrs Islsnd. At this lai
ter place there are now about 500 cavalry and ar;iller-
horses The forces at Brownsville are about 2 900, Inciu
ding renegadss and MsxicaaE. Those at Point lssbe
snd the mouth Of the river number 1000, mostly ne
groes.
The cavalry regiment Of Haynes has completed lts or
ganization and taken the field. II Ia now said to bs OF
the way to rsinforOs the band under BaleTio, that wa
so badly whipped by Maj Nolan the other day. A por
ton Of them are now a. TaJos aud apOlher st Las AMI
mas, while still another Is now at Alszsw and ~nelghbor
hood. gathering stock and driving It of West
Davis regiment, numbering sbout i've huadred, al
r~enegades, are sRcamped in the neiEboThood Of Ran
nho Ylejo. and are under orders to move ct = moment
warniBg. A forward movement is 20 be made from tn,
Rio GrRnde, and Padre island at the HAme line, early II
April. TIE country frsm the Rio Grands 10 the Neuee,
Is 70 be held. Corpus Christi Is 10 be made the ptincipaa
depot and headquarters. The Organization and CON
pietiOn Of q corps OF invasion iSto DO perfected within
{ Csc points. By the latter part Of May it 10 expected
they Will accomplish this aud be ready 70 move forward
They will first move on San Antonio and Austin, with q
view Of taking and holding these points at all hazards.
The fOgce at present on Padre island Numbers shout
1Uu soldiers anQ about iSU neEr0ea Vho negroes are
armed; but serve IN the ranks only IN case Of q fight; at
other times they are worked hard as lR0orsrs or servants
They receive nine dollars per month In greenbaexs, and
soldiers rstionH and clothing, and are treated a. ami
mails, and are all dissatisfied. The command has not
been paid for eight months, and are all ranged and dirtv
and many Of them barsfOoted.
The Yankees say they viii return 70 Corpus in March
in force, take all the nble.bodled negroes, make soldiers
or lAborers OF the men and cooks Of the women arrest
and take away every man either liable 70 duty under our
elnscripton laws, or who has held, or now holds, an OF.
flee 1ndsr the Confederate or State Governments.
They hold out Inducements and seem to desire all fami-
lies 70 remove, Offering them transportation either TO
Mexico or any part OF the United States.
On the l7th the families Of the following rsneKAdes
left viz; John r. Peterson, Wsner, Joupls, Fhzsim-
mons, II. LaFRubure, T.. Petite, NJ. Kelly, Winters;
also. Miss Rankin, Bsrgsret Henry LsFauburo, Edwin
Hill, j.; f Rittis, ChriEtopher Dunn, Frank Edwards,
Crawford, E. Piizsl. Yours, etc,
additional from the Regular Reporter.
From Mexico our accounts are TO the 18th. The fol.
lowing is from 3 letter to the HeO', Of that dEts, at Non
The "Boletln Official" announces that on thslIfh Inst.
Col QuiTosa attacked two hundred and sixty men OF
POesidsnt Juarez a. San Gregorto, killing one captain
and twenty soldiers, and capturing several prisoners,
arms and horses. On the 18Th Col Quiroga returned 70
this eisy. Il is said that the brigade Of Now Leon, un-
der Gen. Htutibs will in a day or two march on Saltlio,
TO dive The presdsntana bis csbinei, and also Gen.
DOblRdO aud his troOpB from the State OF coahuiiaA Il
is believed by some Of Gov. Vidaurri's frisnds, who
seem 70 be well informed. mas the Prsucb are n concsrt
with him, and viii move on Saltllo - soon as the troops
from Monterey approach that city. It "a supposed that
x NphA4uAh aAhIGL VIA llkuuE EO " 4uBItNNEs IL ~
same stsie OF OoahuilA, or to Victoria, In FamaulIpaA,
Linares, one Of the largest cities In New Leon, has
pronounced against Governor VidKurrii also MonoloEa.
One Mr. Brown an E~nglishman, serving under Gen.
Doblsdo, was arrested heze the day before yesterday,
charged with having spiked four sixty ~poundsrz at the
eitAdel, He is 20 be tried by a cOurtnaaguAL
The Secpie Of this city have not gone to the polls In
masses TO vote for 1" peace or war with the French, > as
L was expected they Wsuld do In accordance with Gov.
ardent patriotism and enthusiasm OF he psonle hare I
will merely say that Monterey has forty Thousand In.
as0iisnis, aas The vote cast was a. follows For peace,
90 our coast. as near as We can learn, there are from
four TO five thousand Yankees, reneRadea. aeer oea And
hezIesDs under arms. The balance OF the fnVadi1S
force has been withdrawn 70 swell the column now ope.
rating In LouisianA IndiEnola was evacuated ON M
18Th ulk The Yankees carried matters with a hieh
hand there. Before leaving they forced all the eitix-as
70 take the oath, and then forced ali under As 70 ahonl.
der a muskes in their FsnkR. Mr.. Allen refused 10 80
the oath ne was compelled 70 go along with them
and 10 labor on the fortidcaiions At Ssluri under . n
gro oEersoer AboaL seventy houses in InsIapola vyera
Destroyed. Ths evacuation was BY command Of zen.
Banks
The COMMISSIONERS 70 Monterey succeeded In nas,,.
AZ Amieaole ATapgeasent Of tho difficulty with NinsS
4 Cos and secured the release Of The ei,s0OO00 Gos.
iederate treasury notsSietained By them. a. veil a
he u~eopening Of the trzds. it's nov. bousvsr a..
pOTariy Enspended again hy reason Of the arrss ~
cotton seent on Mexican soil By our troops, who vas
chsfsed "Hh em0ezzlemenL The matter viii aeon ne |
some time since MessrA Pssb,ss. Balduip and MI
who had been conesrns4 Ia q treasonable oner.si--
were arrested BY the military authoTitlsS bsrs - Iaon+
fined under guard at San Antonio. Two we.Es $500
they sued out q writ Of habeas corpus before ~ %
preme court Of this State The trial was held isa ~.a
the wit was not contested. OF course .hev ~Sre
discharged, but we're immediately raaxrestad, e -
aersiood, under the new law saspendiag the hshsss
corpus.
Ths late frosis and cold blishane winds bav.
he crops to q considerable extent In Texas but 90 ssrf. ]
1us fears are felt Of a failure, though 1 doubt II ~ /
,rops will be nearly a. large as last year.
The saemy are NV advancing toNAsds Texas from
Little Rock, and were Al AIksdslphia at latest &C., 7.
Of sons ten OF ahtssn thousand They have s.e-
her column OF some nfteen or twenty thousand Al AieI.
mother column Is said to DO At ssrslsks Bay,