New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-03-05
FROM laATAlsOIOS.


of Texas Organized by GOv. Hamilton
Slavery Declared Dead in Texas
Mexican AGairs-Tor,ina Refuses 10
Submit 10 "a Governor Appointed by
Junrex-Coriinu Recognized IA Eight
fully in Commando 600 Union Bc-
cruiis in Esrcwnsviiie.
from Our Spesil Correspondent.
MArAMoRos, Jan. %, 1861
II now appears that the Mexican village OF
Pedras Negras which opposite Eagle Pass and Fcrt
Duncan. on the Rio Grande has become q sort Of II
Dorado for the Rebel spectators that have heretofore
nourished in Matamoros. Such Of them as lad conf
dence in tho tardncss Of the movements Of the Major
General in command OF the Department Of the Gulf as
have before stated up the large stocks OF goods
intended for the Rebel market from this city 10 various
points on the river and chiefly to Picd-as Ncgras
where the trains freighted with cotton were no.
tilted to meet them. Their calculations in regard TO
time proved correct. The trains got through unno
Tested by our military deposited their cotton, and re-
turned laden with goods Some idea may be formed OF
the Californa-Hke nature of the business. when you
learn that huts acaes) have been rented ny the
Nexicans OF Piedras NeCras for the storage OF mer
cbandse at slOO per month. II is estimated that about
10000 bacs ofcotcn have crossed the Rio Grnde ABOVE
Brownsville at different places since The occnailon OF
Mexican authorities and Magruder. There appears no
reason 10 suppose that il win be checked not 70 say
broken of. for some time to come.
Some Of the sharper sort Of the cotton operators have
radc enormous profits in way Of their own. Finding
teamsters at Picdras Negras Laredo or Roma with
cotton consigned 20 houses Of this place or BROWNSVILLE
who had no agents there 70 thom (s there
knowing in advance 70 what point they would be rrned
eside) they paid the feights in specie received the
cotton and after altering the marks sold II &c their
own. They took advantage Of the circumstance aid
particularly Of the alarm oil the teemsleis and D! pay
ing liberal frciehts secured cotton at cost Of Tie
freight, or, perhaps. tribe more. Such Vhlalny is
what might be expected in such times. Those
@ho commence their career of crime by eommitJiug
high treason soon progress 50 far as to regard
OF even larceny venial peccadllo, and. when
occasion offers, act accordingly.
The trade through its present channels is now 70
garded by the Rebel leaders being important and
permanent as {, be entitled 20 protection. Hence
military force has been placed at Fort Duncan Laredo
and Ringgod Barracks, wen as at San Antonio, anG
anatempt is made by eonscrpon 70 swell this force
respectable size. Col FoTds tryugito raise fo
this special service, bn, az pre'ent his not problD
more than CO.. men IN al OF the points stated witt SINAI
prospect OF getting more.
This attempt indicates alteration in the originl
plan of Kirby SmitA who still is massing his eliscv,
troops in tic lower planting region east of the Colorado
hoping TO draw our troops at Alatagorn Bay into the
rver bottoms and morasses OF mat region whore dc can
both outmaDeuver md OutnUnhef them.
1t is inod that the show Of Certifying SAN
Antonio which the Rebels making is desgred solely
TO give confidence to those engaged in the expectation
cooy Of one the San Antonio papers has reached
here giving Col. James duff IS report 10 Gen. Bco Of
thc evacuation OF brownsville which is very diycrtng
to those who were here 10 that time Duiis excited
Imagination CaUs u Lin 10 number Of Texas ref
ugees armed and mcvnted on the Mexican side Of TIC
Rio Grande, ready to ponce upon him as be Teiro4tcd
when in fact the Texans here had sold thor horses as
they arrived, and Duff fa OF on such short notice that
they were not aU are that he gone until after lis
exit Tlis Duff O Scltchmgn hy birth and is brand
cd with The letter ID" on his sAoulder-no as the mi
sal Of his name. but Gs dcsc1er from the United
States Army lie subsequently, mansged 70 marry the
daughter Of an officer commanding one 81 the frontier
posts IN Texas, and having obtained sutership accu
undated quite a fortune before the Rebellion broke ont
lie has been tie most s8nguHary pcrsccutOT Of loyal
mea in Texas. Some $50 German Union men are said
20 have been hung W shot BY bis Drieands BY hs cot
ton operations while in command this frontier he has
largely increased hi fortune; indeed to such extent
THAT according to common fame be has nye ted o,er
$4,000 in Sciline Exchange After little. be viii
aim 70 slip through and follow lis il-gOrten means
abroad-that is, ii tAc loyal Germans Of TEXAS viii
permit him. and they have sworn at he shall never oie
in his bed Already Ee has been twice shot al through
windows at san Antonio, bat hos escaped.
The Rebel p6wdcr.lil near San Antonio is reported
10 have blown up for the third time. Mr. Friedrich,
the superinteadcut killed by tie explosion. IL is
not probable that II viii be a2ll repaired and put IL
operation
fiat city, that companies Tor tie defense Of TIC
frontier against tie Indians when ordered 20 come H.
and join the array OF haTudar refused to obey saying
that they might as wei butcher their families os %
leave them at the mercy Of the Comanches ard beOo
themselves 10 the mcGniains where they yet remain.
Other frontier companies IN North. esern Texas had
already done So How long win these brave and lOya
men be allowed TO suffer without hcpl
The Secessouisis Of Texas report that the Conan
chcs in divers OF their Orays u ato have appeared c.l
In United States uniforms aad displaying United States
flags. No doubt exists IN my clnd that sucn Uniforms
and flags seen, bat whether they were spoted by
workable Conancbes not is different matter. Nay
not the men in these frontier companies have disguised
themselves COmalcAca 10 make RAIDS on TIE Rebels,
in order to get ammunition and supphest When tAe
war progresses further We may know
a Provisional Court hGrng the jurisdiction of ell .
The state Courts they existed under the Constitution
and Laws Of Texas prior ~ he Rebellion, has been or
.eanized BIZ Gen. 4. j. Hamilton Military Governor !
and is now in operation in Brownsville. The Hon /
Il. McFaTlaud Of Fayette County Is the Judge. and
Nessrs. Reed and Huntington OF Austin are the Mar
shall and Clerk. The Grand Jury OF which Alexander
Rosy esq. of San Antonio IS foreman is ia ses-
eion. is 10 be noted that IN delivering his charge 10
the Grand Jury an extract from when IS nc0sed 20
you Judge Mcfarland instructed that they need pay
attention 10 much Of tho stat1te law OF Texas
related 10 Slavery, Slavery by virtue Of tie Proc
ismaton OF President Lincoln. had censed 10 exist.
A lawyer OF Brownsville informs that the Rebels |
IN conhscating the lard Of loyal always proceeded
AGAINST them traitors 70 the sO-caed Confederate
States but 0s alien enemies" and thai they sold the
4 simple without sCrupe. Would II not be wen for |
oar Government 70 pass law declaring that oil persons
now and henceforward engaged in rebellion against tie
United States shall be treated as thoy claim to be- as
alien eneniest Would not be advisable also 10 enact
,anafo noias the Rebel Conscaton law not ss repeal.
ing bat as cumulative Of milk Conhsoa.
ton law and TO make II apply to 80 much Of the terri
tory as Is vet In rebeonf Surely the Rebels and their
Conperbead friends could not contend that snch egsla
ton would be unconstitutional as IL was first enacted
and carried out under provisions identical
with our own The loyal refugees who reach here win
Pedras Negrss do not express themselves as pleased
with the late Proclamation Of President Lincoln They
think that he has given amnesty 70 oo many ana con-
cur In insisting that and editorn
blockade runners and al who have been prosecutors OF
loyal men, should not be be let OF Ihey argue that
unless stringent and effective consoaton DC enforced
the wealth and political power OF the Rebel States VIII
remain In the same hands heretofore and that 70
organization will he ext to Impossible; ~