Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1864-02-25
letter Fr0n texas

HOUSTON, January 81, 1854.
Matters IN Texas sro very much in the same
condition as st date Of my last letter, January
u, which, I hope, has reached you rsfsly ere
this. The people are generally IN good sDiri g.
and determined 90 give tbs enemy the best ighi
there IS in them whehavBf he comes where they
can get - him A. present be only occupies
the beach IS far as 8s,agords psnirsula, eppo.
site Maisgerda. IndeeA, most of that peninsnls
is disputed territory H. also occupies Indign
ola, bias visited Corpus Ghriti and LAvaeA. and
holds B~ownsyi.le in ioree. It has been thought
that be designed in bis progress up Ina coast 70
attack Felasc0, and thea march on Galveston,
but ere reaching Ysiasco formidable ohstruc-
tions were iauBd, and he has been forced to turn
hack. Al tho latest dates wc have, most Of the
troops on mstsgogds paninsals had 5esu crossed
over 10 Ind.snols. If they make this the base
Of their operators, their next movement will
doubtless BE- on Victoria, and if they have force
enough they Hasy make an sttempt on San An.
tonic OF Austin. Il they DO, lhere viii be q
lively spring campaign.
Their guuhoAis daily shell portions Of the
beach below Felasco, with q view Of disturbing
working parties Of ConfedeEateg, as veil az Of
keeping las Iun Of what our men are DOING.
NJ serious encounter has yet taken place.
The railroad from LsvaccR 10 Victoria has
been thoroughly destroyed, 80 that it may not
be used By them ia thsir operations on the iute-
rior Whanover they move on L1yseca it viii
be yielded 70 them without = Struggle.
AFAns 10 this city sSc as q1Iet as uausl
There ars several gentlenen OF c0nsiderahle note
Just now among "a Gen. Whitfield, of Kansas
fsme, who commands a brigade of Texsns in
Mississippi, is amaHg them. He ia en- route to
ass commsnds having recovered his health Col
Phil Herbert. formerly UaIted States Congress
man from California, 10 also here, in command Of
the TE To- Eaaan ~ - r
governor Of Arizona and representative from
the . 3 Congressional district OF Texas ia the
Coniedefsie Congress, has just returned from a
rad. win eighty voluHteeTs, on the jayhswkers
10 NaTlheTn Te1as, They kiIlsd eight, and sent
in quite 4 number Of d~eseTiers.
Col s Ion BOdand, of Arkaasss, SRI ged here
SONS Eeeks since, and was taken III with pnsu
lnonia aud died . he II sidelee Of Capt. VIM.
Lubbock bear this city.
Gen. Ten Green, who has won the mama nj
+" Old Furious, , and who only knows one way
to feel tho enemy, and that Is by lighting HIM
IS also among US.
Gen. Msguder is very busy in coniufetion
with the State sulhcrit.es IN pertectine cur de-
fences. 10 IS 1t present In Ibis CITY, Which
from lie central positO il is presumed IS regard.
ed as the eitid&l Oh Texas Hs is fully alive
20 the duties devoiyirg upon him
We haye little doubt that the Yankees lcok
iGt ulMculttcD win tue french. T. move
weuld seem to indicate this. o. arr
now occupying Brownsville with some 5 GOO
men. They hsve thoroughly fortified 5hst place
By q circle Of red0ubts extending rom he river
shove 70 the river below They have also for
Braces Santiago aud Point Isabel hoth
with slrobg works, mounting heavy onns-
works can certainly haVs 40 purnoss
the CoDledersey.
They have sent emissaries into the Northern
Of Mexico, charged with ~inciLing As far
IS possible 3 spirit Of resistance to the Freaoh
They are urging them to form a Northern Con-
OF the States OF Tamaulipas, Nuoya
lson, Coahuila, Chihushua, Sonora and 9,ne.
os, and they oHer to furnish them with anv
.nouut of farms and munitions Of war, provided
hey viii resist the French. They also proposs
Q put au army OF oixiy thousand on the Ro
lande 70 help them in case Of nseessrv
fhnther this IS ali done to Alternate The Mex.
Aas rom Texas, And thus help The Yankees opi
4 their attempts IN this Stale, OF they realivf
sve some idea OF joining he Mexieans sealnst
1ieo we cannot tell 81 far, they have met ,
ilh but little success, Yidaurd, eovernor 81
ueVa Lson, i Is said is secretly in favor Of