The New York herald., 1864-09-25
NEWS FROM the SOUTH.


The Firing ON Charleston Continued
Two Large Gums Added 10 Battery
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CBARLEsToS, sept. 20, 1864
Two large guns. drawn by twenty horses each. bave
beeu brought 10 battery Grcgg and beng mounted
by the enemy. They be steel guns. The
enemy continues the fire on the city
Rebel Accounts from Texns-The Trans.
Nt.sisstppa Department.
from the Richmond Examiner. Sept. 2l
Tbr"ush the Mobile Regis. get some a'e and inter
esting advices from the trana Mississippi from
Houston, Texas "a late as the 17h ult Military
tions In that department quiet. GeDera, Marruder
has been placed in mmand o. the district OF Arkansas
much to the rehre. OF the people OF Texas General
Walker has been pu, IN hs place At Houston rexss and
General SuckDer iu command OF the district OF Weet
Louisiana. HTgadier General Slaughter takes command
Of the limo Of the Rio Grande and OF the rod from the
mouth OF tnat river to the mouth Of the Colorado.
Much difficulty har been felt the lni,arv sutbor
ties OF the trans Mssissppi denar,men, owing the
laws bv tho sst Congress requisite ovorisnd
trade u Mexico The OF these laws striking
In order TO purchase the absolute Of
there FOR next winter requires half oil tho cotton
department The laws allow OF the sxportatiop OF
All the cotton provided one half ite value 10 brought
buy The cotton q, ia present pr,csss so per poand
would take a'inost al equal weight OF Confederate
Treasury notes The only alternative 70 70 mpress one
hail. md this s being done without color ol law but
under i1peri0ne nscsssity. .t.
The Govevnr Of the state seeing this necessity shan
dopad the State expectation OF cotton and eounseed tho
people 70 submit
TIE State election IN Texas held on the lsi Of
= W
for Chief Jnatce, boating Judge Iaoa H. Ba,, fwho
thought cordial os the oonfederacy) Eve
soca,e Justice the Supreme Court beating Hon. W.
Buckiy and Coiouc, John sayies r. f. rrver IN elected
Attorney Gsrera', W. L Rohsrds Comptroller and G. H.
Randolph Treasurer.
Repor,s rom over eta,e Of the grain
crops exceedingly favorable. Very hcavy crops
have heen made, nsayior incsod than before Known
The Houston Tel oy1ph Fsys the wealth of corn pro-
dnced snis year IN Texas - something wcodcrfn From
dncedenoagh O. supr'y tho State two yea:R. Tho cot
| to. crop s much Injured b, the 'rmy worm
Accounts from EataSnoros report that the Yankees
have come 70 be in very bad odor unong the Mcxicans
who Offer them every annoyance Tnssb'e Those Mexi-
cans who enlisted 10 their army now dssertng crose
ing the Pho GraEde Brownsville and recrossng
few miles higher to cell themselves 70 the Confsd
crates.
! lncendiary Fires I'm Richmond--Treavy y
Loas.
from she Richmond inquirer Sept cal
About two o'clock Yesterday morning the %
Charles Hunt. was dscovsrsd o. are Tbe srs br,ssd:
opportrney arrived % prsvonf an extsnsve conagrs-
ss:n sss s's '"ssess ss.'i 9 ss % ss
building had been 6rsd by pcoadary three places
and vine rear on s: hd III story s"S m sua
was absent from tbs city, and bis m,na.
the third story. from which he rescued whio the
Interior OF the building ws9 burning around him. by
Waterman Franklin, who broke down the door. His
door locked, and from the fact that bis
set fro inside, Il 10 supposed that the ircsndisry
gained access by means Of q false .ey Between two
stolen from the head OF bis bod aud snother bod
in the room was set on Gre In the rear room number
OF trunks were broken open belonging TO Miss Elizabeth
Hunt sister Of the proprietor and robbed OF large quau-
tity valuable wearing apparel considerable et
state bank money and eorne gold and silver coin IN the
trunk ccrtaucg the morey we're i've gold watches very
valuable and diamond ring worth 81 500,
property also ia OF the trunks. unmdested.
by promp,ress OF the 6rernen the IRE did gain
ANY great heAdway aod ,na house was DAMAGED
repssrea VITA facility MT Hruts losses by the nre and
the robbery are estimated al about 80 600.
Yesterday mornipg, about six O'Clock, the sexton n
eycsmcre Church. Eleventh sreat. discovered that
building to bo re behind tho door, In the yssibss Of
the lecture hau evidently been set ere not long
before, r.. n during the night bad burned slowly All
the wood work In corner o the vesthuIe dre,
and the wall was becoming black The sexton quickly
procured the necessary sance and eytng1shed the
FIRE before a,y serious damage could he done.
We have nm incepdary Gre now every night. Let the
rncst energetic eIots 10 bring the iucsnaar
TO Justice An example on the gai'ows mar put stop
toi.
Heavy pesa,c.rtop IN Rfebmond.
from the Richmond Examiner, sept.
AZ the beginning of the week VI vas Whispered about
that two government ofclslA-one leto officer OF me
Confederate states Treasury Department ard tho other
vanished from the coufederscv. tsktug With them
the c~rmer shout seven hundred thousand dollars,
and. .lbe latter hundred and CITY Thousand dol.
lars. MI government finds hut converted into gold,
gveenbacss and sterling before tho departure or
sns,cst ons a. tho names ~ bo ssscsgs.s ocss ss
sre breathcd A. every street corner, will not he irop
FORTUNE 20 glve publicity ~ them The abscordng and
alleged dcfaung Treasury attache Is George W Butler
Pay Ccrk ~ the Confederate states treasury renarr
men'. Tho Commssarv W Thomas Knox, agent NJ tho
jackson Hcsniisi Bcih o. the mon married, and
e,oh let behind him VIE aud child 10 this city. we
understand that the parties lett the CITY on saturday
Knox obtaining passport for frsderickseurs,
thor" who pcrsorsted by Butter. Tho fact
that defaioaiion existed was not msdo usfy apparent
unti Tuesday. whcn s,reeou Hancock IN charge OF
Camp Jackson Hospital, into the cpy and made ~
ourics concerning The whereabouts of Kuox. n was
nd
fortynine Thousand one hundred dollars from the Trea
sury two rsgusry certified checks and that the
checks cashei by Builder the pay clerk Upon sn
examination 81 Bptlers accounts u said that descu
spprrximatng 70 seven hundred thousand dollars were
discovered.
greerbscks and forciRn s;erilog nne c~ery such a.
watches rings and asmoods. and that they converted
of their Coned~rate currency into bese vslu
aoIe securities, less bulky and 81 this tins more
portable and bsndy for tho journey contemplated
merry lived IN rrsdsricksturs. vrsinis Bn,isr i.
q young of cue exte-iour, always drcssef IN tho
finest iinu snd clob ~b prorusIoD u riggs, diamonds
in New YORK Ne lived ibsre for come years. where
be sursured his Ideas Of fss, living We learned last
passed through rrederIcssburx on Tuesdsv la,
going IN the. drectca of the Potomac, evidently
with the in,ston Of crossing she river into Charles
county. Maryland. We learn, further, that the govcru
has taksn looking 20 the apprehension Of the
passss, Captain haocubbiu and detective Jones OF
sas shs bad tho of The oiosrs sf more
than forty eight hours, there In % prospects of their
bsng overtakss sbis side Of the Posouao |
since sfc shove wss wrttsu vs have heard thai Tie
fugfl,ves haze succeedsd ID escaping.
Ths lRfchmosd 0arHsss.
lCorrsspn6hsoce 6 the Mobile RAgsatsrl
nogr Q, "a. 40 ssc:,sns s,scs sssM ss had ors.sns
iimn 'n.sns.os. a.rshs az : sses ..is.s the