Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-19

FROM ThxAs.
The Mobile Register has received 6lss Of tie
Texas Telegraph to ths 9Th ult. complete, but
inds but Hstls Of inportsncs in thsm:
Tba boy msniieEsd by the correspondent Of
| the 7sleFTapk vas fTOin New Orleans, and came
/ iato cur lines on the 23L He represents the
enemy's force a. 2500 (evidently e typ graphical
I error for . 000J N thrse divisions, and said
/ LEY intended msEchinz via he beEch. on Gal
/ weston, large portion having gone to Indiana
l. The correspondent sdds:
/ rather doubt shai tasis fores IS 30 gTeas as
Represented, bat Am still moro Of the oPinien
| thsslhsir intended movemsEl is thrse-t0id-ihat
they viii, ss nearly a the same tine - possible,
stack with heir gUBboats, Caaey, Bernard,
/ Ysisse0 and G.lvesson--ihas giih pRrt Of ibsir
iafsnify thsY vii march up the besen en- Csaey,
perhaps attempt g isuding At Nelasco, and AZ the
same time start Eao;her part from IBdIanolz to
wards Elioa's ferry with shs desiga Of taking
as on the hask
Whatever her Intentions, they viii be met
with al he ardor their inaolenes deserves.
Tue TdsgTaPh Of January . says:
l. spP srs evident that matters are coming 70
focus en- euf coast. We may io5k fer stirTiDg
neEs from the trent nov for s0ms tiTle.
Tbs only news We ind from Western Texas
is The following psEagTsf h from the TstsgraPk
Of JannaFy 90:
The Sin Auionio Hsrsid says tha, Bsaavides
2 At Laredo with 300 mon, and No enemy EsST.
Special 20 The TeissraPh.l
GULF PRAIRIE, Jan. q I0PM.
The force OF she enemy witch advanced up
tbs peninsula havs al returned 70 D5cFew's
peinl, and net qua hzs besa cred today thsy
seem 70 keep lhs Sabbath every week, but have
70 coHscieaiicus 1eTuplss IN stealing on other
days Thsy killed fitesn beeves IN their raid
0 = =. IL.
beet was IS tough as TIE hide Of rhinocefOs
A Dispatch from Hozth OF Csusy. dared a.
Pm this day, reports that scouts had Just come
Ia, who reported ~ enemy IA sight for 6Hy
miles, tie dlsiaucs tbsy Travelled down th3 pen
inauls. 4 couple CT sehOOEeTs are anchored -
ses about thirisea niles below.
All is now quiet and viii doubtless rsmain SO
for number Of days. Sioux.
BOSE HOLE, No. l. OF rEE BEacH,
January 24-sP.s.
ED. TELEGRAPH: From north Of Carcy We
hsvs the following Of ibis dates
Four G'CL0CK A. N A Geeut last IL from
bzlow says: EnenE retiring sowsTds Dsef0H's
heir rear covered by thee guEb0ais-thsiT
nunlbsr estimated st 2500 msI, thres pieces OF
artillery, and over one hundred cavsIry--fhsir
Ghiect was fleEh mea:. Hhey are sBeemped 30
4 ght forty miles below this place. A se0us
tou0Ued by euEhoat several miles ca his re-
surn, PepperiDg away % Tim, but without
effect No transports hsye passed west within
Lhe sst four days.
LAFER-I2:3O. N M-NothiHg in SIGHT on
! the ussinsuls fs. tweaty.fiFs niles below. A
lsrgs etsameT visible rom the fort, geiEg east
ward, far ous a sea. Two sehoOheTs a. archer
ioUrtesn T1iles down tie beach.
The boy picked up the other day is named
BesLwiek, an Aabsmlsa-hss sister living il
Aoatgomsry c0uuty-j5ined to &c. to Texas
reaching Texas, esms out With the big f8Taging
psrty tEs other svsniBg-cAllsd at q house on
ms relreas bick and lorEot to 20 in with the
rest. THIS Is his steTy. Nay Be so-hs's ligtle
! bat may &c Old. Ten ASCHORITE.
HURRAH FOR THE STATE TROOPSi
PoRT LAvACA, January %, 1864 4-YsstsrIay
wss quite al exciting day Ter as here and here
abouts, !. being eur gccd fortune TO witness with
| or glasses s rzid, chase snd 8 capture, ab0ut
/ seven OF eight miles of. Forty Yankees eams
up in the Altsrnoca to the cattle rancho Of our
/ well known friend, James II Foster, (aho had
/ lust rode up 20 his own door fron bis Geld and
| commenced cuIsing him Tor al the d-d old rsb-
/ els they could think Of, demanded sll the hrns
| and smmunitien be hsd, and a Dutch captain
/ dsmou ed and went into ths house with a He-
I gro woman to get them; and while in there Ee
ssw a trunk, and ordered her 20 open il for him,
/ ts be supposed il belonged to her mistress, bul
the servant said il vas her oBn; SO out of re-
speet for the "coloFsd lady" he quit that and
began is sesreh fer other valusblss, when 10
an alarm is given, ard Of lh-y start, mskisg
cur fTisud lssi she wsy.
Captain Kelly, commanding q company ot
S ate troops, was eBeAmped a00ut two miles irom
Fosters, bat Eos wind somehow Of what was
going on, end with oaly thirty men. ths colonel
/ Of his command being either sick or on other
duty) he started a. cues, bus he Yankees saw
. =. rfg Of nr1 har-ara - ar4N n
very exciting race ensgsd ior about ak miles,
/ wien sll re horses began 20 fAil-bu5 Kelly
Z succeeded IL cutting off SIX o. Eh-In, which he
got an1 brought back 8ish hin, also seven mEs-
keta ard thirty hats
The enemy were evidently after p.andsT, as
Foster was known 70 ba well Of and the rob
I bing would have gone on most essHFedly, had il
not been for that 'siIgh. variation" esUssd By
the sppssranee Of Capt. Ksly-whGss horses,
I unf5rtunaiely, were ID very bad condition for
running, else be would have bagged the whole
Of them They were mounted on Texas horses,
aud very poor 0nss st that-of course they aFa
some thar they have picked up on the coast.
They took Fsster of about ten miles on this
/ John GdPin" rsee, be taking 70 then and they
to him al the while He soon found cut tbs
leader Of the party (tay Is was 70 regular com
psuy), aud al once began 70 t-y his baud s.
making friends with him, and he Bueeosded 81
l well that tn6y tarned MN iJoss WitAo0t co0ot
ticus. He got home 20 bis iamiiy shout sun
down, Il msr7isr If noE wiser man" thar
Thsa he left He says thst when ihs race be
gan he told them that if there vas Sighting 4
DO done, 10 wanted 20 get E little further of, and
at tie same time gays his horse the Tsins, and
soon discovered that he was much fssleT than
anything they had, SO held him up-yss, secret
IL intended to show them his hesls before thsy
got Is PJwderhOru, if he found no other way &c
get clear.
Gus bslow, but thsy are stiil EaiEag for more
troops; SO, Wills they are waiting, I suppose
theF win smnse themselves with these rails;
but, as we expect 10 share in the fun, Eve shall
ace what we shall see ID. b.