Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-16
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EROM VIIE TkANh MISSISSIPPI!

We are in receipt OF Houston papers oi th,
18Th ami !0th uit from whcn wc g.e,n some
items OF interest. a; Galveston everything re.
mains quiet. Four v2ssc:s constitute The h!nci:.
aiding hset. Three Ct the .nemy's gurboats
were eff Caney liver on the l55h, Gl.i.iiE ell
works and small boat which had 60. aground
in the stream Nothing Of interest come, tom
Ma'aeorla. The earny have rLnv4I :. En-"
higher up the peninsula. there to obtain w5o,!
and water. 4: lniiinoin and ro",!crh"ru, ;!,.y
have been recently r,n,nIcing; whether !us au
at.emp: OH the interior IL that direction. CT nie
ly tn secure better quarters End more fuel, re.
mains to be So N. The Yankees have made
several visits 10 Corpus Christi asa! of:reti Ill.
'luyal' citizcnH raliunS
An expedition irs:@cl 10 cnp.,rc tla Yankee;
ut Matagorda, was defeated with cuus I .ri,al,
loss. Col. Bnchel, vino heair,l .i.c expedition
started on cold rainy night. with hi men and
horses nearly broken down. and ;ound i cn. M
entrenched behind oarricade Of food wood, an!
the guIbOais in position ID sweep the mgrr1"
strip of land along which 0ilr inen hri TO ni,vr
Twenty Of cur men are kuU"n 10 have i,eri'
killed. On the 9ih. Major Brerkinri i-c. wit;
Is men. made Il dash Oh tho enemy Il; old lr'iia-
nola, for the purpose OF getting Information
etc etc.
The resuls Of his observations were ;!.,: lie
saw III lcSSO O,tUU lIutpS Hll'i IE'". WI oJ
nine pieces of artillery of diif-rent kinds. The
enemy have no cavalry and but few wagons ~
yet. The renegade Jack I!nmiitor. the @cTid'
be Governor, was at Tor'l:rhurn with his sin!f
The Yankees ro;!lo raid into Lap;.cca "har
DR.. E. Hughes, Rev. Me liGa, pastor Of u churcl,
there, Dr. Rnsec. gns, aud merchant namgG
McK.e took occasion 10 leHrr :rr r,.iro 20 Ahr"'
hams bosom.
General Pric. YVES Il: Shreveport on the 10 h,
point. Il is in'imatei ne is abuu: % TGa!S. :.
dash into the Yankee l!acs somcwiara. Red
river is rising, and is now nnri,:ab!a for large
boats. A!l the Yankee troops have been with
drawn from New Iberia
Tie Yankee force Mt Brownsrii!c il ,Iin,,,ic'l
ut S 900 to 1000. Cen. ord !!:. taken command
there who ;ssued orders upon his "rrlycI !rr ii'i
entire force to 10 ready to march III v!rc:. days.
Tho had weather prevtF,:nl has moving however.
Brownsville is fortified by Il circ!" Of Ic:icllh's.
extending from the convent 10 ;he garrison IN
closing the city. They are rs yet incomplete, "nd
no. fnrIi. he'd with gLns. Point Isabel and BrI
Hos Santingo arc also fortified, the former with
Very heavy guns. The Fydcrai Are eniia:inc.
Mexirans, who they claim to be loyal citizens oi
the United states. They have iboat ore 'lo;l>and
of them. +. is reported they are Gias;hl:hed
with their officers who ere Amer: III.
It's Tie impression that the NJ :Ni:a:iH and :.
portion Of the .cruar troops will he left 30 o,'cr
py Brownsville while the balance "a! the farce
will march to the N1ecc.. They have oitain";l
about - horses OH this si're AMI nbou: ?,r7j
horses and mules fion the s!cck& ia Cameron
county. They seized MI The s:camers in Ilo
Rio Grande hut the Alamo" wii;c. il still iul!'
ming from MataInoras 10 t:u mouth.
Some reports state tlIa! tho French hal Grt!
vsd at San Louis Poo3i. ali tax p1asGSSiGI
whirh CAUSED the family cf Jnarea to lily 10
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