Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-11-08
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bht VIII" is 81 "c.ugnc from Ia" South
ana nh" Recently cam" in "u. lines
AND has sine" g"u" North, | have
de Md a budget of VERY ii.i.a,.srin.
ncw8 Mncl, ot il confirms zn,uc
'ac's TINT had hitherto conc to my
knowledge, bat which had r..
strained from writing until thrv
r""i" Cr verified. "a III ) are now.
CONSEQUENCES OF THE An.NruN-
MENT or '!rNAS.
The necessity which the United
States Government has felt Of with.
drawing nj the Union forces from,
Texas. and nearly all from Arkansas
and North Louisiana. has hrrm oc
immense benefit t. the crar"irra.rS.
Had it no; been for he dr!rrt of
Gen. Hnni>s on the I'D River how
ever. these benefits would have L...u
ncu'ralizrd. Hu. that defeat con
firms the Confederate leaders in IT,.
designs which they had fnlm.l ia
relation To TrX,s, and gives them
abundant opportunities t" carry out
those designs, which they arc now
doing. These designs r.la,. to the
raising Of corn. cattle and cotton in
Texas the first two for the u-r of
tn" other States, the cotton to he,
sold to Mexican merchants ON the
west side of the Rio Granlr. And
except so far ~ the transportation Of
any considerable quantity Of corn
and cattle to the east i concerned,
these design, have been entirely sue
ccs-:ul. The event has proved. how
ever, that these are Just the CONNIE
li.i-s which are less needed in the
other States of the Contr,icracv than
else. since the Southern
wheat and corn crop is abundant this .
year. and more than sufficient for
'hc sustenanc- Of the populations
In Texas. however. the crop OF wheat
AID corn this ycar j. unusually lar-r:
md \ very important: question l.,
what Is t" hcc"n" ot i, \ portion
If it. no doubt. viii find lis way
'crosS tn" Mississippi, and into Ala
,ana. Bat the want of railroads, and
he presence of dctachmcntS of Union
roopS. will prevent an extensive cx-
'orta:iou Of brcaastu:'s from Texas
nto the States cast of the Missis-
ippi. The grain. linwrv.r-and i;
'ill form tempting prize to those
airing and "ntcrprising enough to
ccurc it-rcinains.
TIE COTTON CKur or TEXAS.
II il otherwise with cotton, how
yer, for this great Southern staple,
II which the world IL now crying.
here IL a heavy market. almost at
h" very doors of the planters. re-
ret that my information Is not pre-
isc enough to enable me to Civ. I
ven an approximate estimate OF .
h" amount of cotton that has been |
li~cL in Texas this year, although |
opc to do so before long. 1t is Ger I
,in. however. that it is very large, i
nd that its culture has been stimu- I
,t"d by negotiations which had =
lkcn place between the present =
l"Xican Government and til. Con
'dcratr military authoriiicsin Texas. t
i QUOTATIONS BETWEEN THE cos. |
EnERtrE GOVERNMENT AND MANI
MII.IIAN
II would be more exact il were "
say that thcs" negotiations have Il
zen carried on between the toutrd- Il
ate Government ut Richmond. on
IL one side, an the Government of y,
'o new Emperor Of Mexico on III :
her. |, * we'll known 10 certain
.rii"S here that. rs long ago AZ last -
arch, before Naximilliau had CONF. 81
'rr TO America, these negotiations p
ar. set on foot. Ii was done in II
'rauancc of Information COMMUNE Il
;"d TO President Davis by Mr.. a.
idcll in February last. to the effect el
at III" plans of the Emperor Napo- W
IN, So far as they relate To the firm s.
of Maximi!ian on the
rXicun throne. had been entirely n
ccrs-ful. and the departure of Maxi p,
lliau for Mexico would not he long p,
laycd. Mr.. Slidcll demonstrated pi
the satisfaction Of the Cuu..,lrra,. Of
,vcrnment that the designs of Ma ia
leon towards the latter were of the tn
Is, friendly nature and that
hough reason connected with the GU
'ropean politics would prevent her tn
IN recognizing the Confcdcracv rs on
independent nation at present. yet 1t
was disposed and willing to mani ab
t his friendly feelings towards the sig
nth in manner that would be sa
,hIy advantageous to the latter tol
AT was by promoting n system of me
restrained commcrc. between Mex sh
and the newly established impc- las
government and that portion of lee
Southern Coniederacy that lies for
,tiguouS to il, mainly Texas. This bu
merely the essence of what Sldeu
to President Davis Oh is
t head. His full dispatches We're the