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Late and Interesting News from Texas

From the \. Q. True Delta, April 9th.
From Mr. Harris, mail carrier Of the
Thirteenth Army Corps, who arrived
here last evening on the u. S. transport
St. Mary, from Biazos Santiago, we have
highly important and encouraging
news, about the advance Of our troops
in Texas, also concerning the move
ment Of the French in Mexico
Mr.. Harris informs us that the
Federal cavalry, 1000 strong, had &C
cupied Eagle Pass, after a very slight
resistance from the rebels Eagle Pass
is about 400 miles above Brownsville,
and was great highway of the Con
federates for running their cotton and
other articles into Mexico, both before
and after they were driven out Of
Brownsville This will be 4 severe
blow to them. rs it is the determine
ton Of our troops to make their occu-
patton Of the place 4 permanent thing
The French were marching on Malta
moras. 4 fight had taken place at
Monterey, in which the French were
the victors.
When the ST. Mary left, three French
lIiL3tt0 were on INC DtI1 ~ 81 .tttltl- ~
cross. Gen. Cortinas had issued a
patriotic proclamation, ordering all the
troops in his department to concen-
Iate on the Rio Grande below Mata-
moras, a. he was determined 10 resist
the occupation Of the place by the
French to the death From Cortinas
well known mtecendent5 it IS to be
presumed that the men under him viii
make a gallant resistance against the
invaders.
The town Of Corpus Christi had been
reoccupied by our forces, and eight
hundred prisoners captured. The old
residents had pretty much all left the
place previous to its Eeoccupation.
a most important and gratifying
feature Of our intelligence is-the fact
that eight thousand California clya5y had
arr.ced end joined the Union forces They
came BY the overland route
oar Informant states that refugees
from rebel conacription were focking
into cur lines by hundreds daily. Also
that immense quantities of cotton had
been secured by our forces.
The First Texas Cavalry 100 strong,
every one Of them Texans, were Co
operating with our troops Their watch
word is, never surrender"
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A Soldier Assasslnsted.

We copy the following from the
Greenville, (Darke county, Ohio jour
nal Of the 6rh inst:
On last Wednesday afternoon, while
crossing Main street, from Warning 5
corner toward tho King Hotel, a soldier
by the name of George Kesler. was
shot and died i'm a few minutes from
the effect of the wound lie was a
veteran of the Nth Ohio, and was at
home on furlough tie had been mar
ried just the Saturday before his death.
A coroner inque.; was had over his
remains, bat no evidence was brought
before the jury sufficient 10 place the
guilty deed upon any particular person.
Ii is indeed strange, 4 not m3sfsras .ls,
that so many persons could be stand
ing around where the decd was COM
mitted. and none of them able 10 swear
who did the shooting.
This paragraph eyinces the spirit OF
the copperhead party everywhere
While their friends, the rebels, are
fighting our soldiers I'm line Of battle
they are acting the part of guerrillasi
are assassinating unamed veterans,
who, 10y three years service, have earned
an honorable consideration, to which
few Others are entitled
After reading the above, and accounts
of similar outrages, Is it surprising that
our gallant soldiers Go occasionally
commit excuses, in their dealings with
copperhead journals which not only
justify these outraees after they are
committed, but encourage their rope
tition; and thus become accomplices
before the fact
There is not copperhead paper
throughout the North that VIII have
one word to say in condemnation Of
these assassias; on the contrary, they
viii attempt 10 excuse. and screen
them
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How 4 Traitor was detected.

TAYLOR, the correspondent of the
Chicago Journal, in late letter from
Chicago says
Women-not invariably any "better
than they should be have always been
employed to persuade information out
of unsuspecting, but not unsupported
persons, and they bring a degree of tact
and shrewdness into play that hirsute
humanity can never hope to equal
Many wasp has been caught with their
honey of hypocrisy. Take an illustra-
tion 4 subordinate Federal officer in
a certain city within this Department,
had been long suspected Of dislOyalty,
butno proof 10 warrant his arrest could
be obtained, and so as q dernier resort
a woman was set ut him. She smiled
her way into his confidence, and became
his next best friend but, finding that
ears were Of no use, for he could not be
induced to say one word of matters
pertaining to his Office, she changed her
plan of attack, and turned a couple Of
curious, and, rs am told, beautiful eyes
upon him. Not untrequently he would
ride out Of town into the country,
be absent three or four hours and return.
For all the hours Of the twenty four but
lust these she could account. With
in them, then, lay the mischief if
mischief there was, and she began
to watch if he made any preparation
for these excursions None. He load
ed his old-fashioned pistol, drew on
MS gloves, lighted his cigar, babe her
a loving good-by- only that and moth
ING more. Was he deep and she dull
Time would show At last, she o6ser-
we'd that he put an unusual charge into
the pistol, one day, and ali st once she
grew curious in pistols Would he show
her some day how to charge a pistol,
how to fire a pistol, how to be q dead
shot? And Just at that minute she was
athirst, and would he bring her lem
onade? She was left toying with the
weapon, and he went. The instant the
door closed behind him, she drew the
charge, for she knew quite as much OF
pistols rs he, and substituted another
She was not q minute too soon, for back
he came, took the pistol, and rode
away. No sooner had he gone than she
set about an examination of the charge,
md 1t proved to be plans and details OF
Federal forces and movements, snugly
rolled together. The mischief u1s III
the pistol, then, though none bat q wo
man would have thought of it, and so
it was that he carried information to
MS rebel friends with rural procliyities
The woman's purpose was gained, and
when the officer returned, his next
best friend had vanished like an Arab
or a vision, and he mad hardly time to
turn about before he was under arrest
Admiring the adroitAess Of the achieve
ment We cannot help regretting that
woman performed it. The memory OF
a mans mother is sacred, and he feel
that whoever wears her form INV.
thily and debases Woman's graceful.
gifts, proianes it,
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Maryland OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from
Hon. RaKardY johnson.


The following letter, from The Hon.
Reverdy johnson, on the late election
in Maryland. was not designed for pub
LEGATION, it has been given to the press,
by the gentleman to whom it was adj
drts ed
WASHINGTON, eth April, 1864
Ny DEAR SIE: ] have your dispatch,
and will with pleasure send proofs OF
the speech as soon as | can get time to
correct it.
Delighted to hear the result of yes
terdav's election A new era is now
dawning on our State Slavery ended,
and It VIII be, as Washington said il
would be in that event, the garden
spot" Of the United States He said so
in letter to Sir John Sinclair, in 90
IF it is done also in the.wh6le country
as l think it viii be-great as our
prosperity has been IN the past, and
high as has been our name with the
nations Of the world, both viii be i'm
measurably almost, enhanced And
God grant that i may be 50.
Yours truly, REyERDY JoHNsoX
c. c. FULTON, Esq.
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The hanra.

One year since, the city Of Hartford,
Connecticut, gave copperhead majority
Of 33I; at the late State election, it
gave a majority for the same side, of
80; two weeks later,--last Tuesday-it
elected city officers, and tho Unionists
carried it by 80 Thus things are work
Ing. A few more such speeches as those
of Long and Harris VIII annihilate the
copperhead organiza ton.
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From Po-t Cafallo. TEXAS.

We have been permitted to mako the
following extract from n letter received
by General Gray, dated Port Cavallo,
Texas. March % aud written by Col IL
G. Warmolh, Chief Of Staff Of General
McClernand
This island IMotagorda IS one Of the
string OF islands that protects the face
Of Texas from the sugges OF the Gulf
The Island is 80 miles long and about
ten wide We have no trees, except a
little shrub called the African tree
The ground is pretty well covered with
grass. Tho island abounds with cattle,
deer. and birds Of every kind. We
have snipe, quail, curlew and duck
One of our officers was out the other
day and saw, he says, 400 or 500 Of the
finest deer he ever saw. We have oys-
ters in great abundance, and fish by the
wagon load The climate ut this season
is delightful, except for occasional
northern or northeastern storms.
We have q force sufficient to whip
Mauruder If he should make any at
tempt against Us. Magrudcrs army
lies on the Gaudalope, Colorado and
BrazoS rivers. with a small force of per
haps FIVE thousand at Galveston. he has
about jhirty-ioar thousand men, part of
whom are fine soldiers. 1t is believed
seventeen thousand Of them are fine
soldiers, wei armed and drilled the
others are Home Guards and Militia
men. It's IN important fact that there
are over ten thousand Germans III his
army who have been compelled TO en-
ter the rebel service and VIII desert on
the hrs, opportunity.
/ believe there are more good Union
men in the State of Texas than IN any
State that has formally seeded.
Galveston is well fortified, and inn
pregnable from a water attack No
uouble 10 flank it.
You have no doubt heard of the
evacuation of Indianola. 1 hope no
surprise VIII be occasioned BY IL. for it
Is AZ our disposal 1t any time. There
Is no force todispute our possession.
We have one Of Magruders princi-
pal engineers here making maps ior Us
lie was sent up by that General to make
some surveys, which he did, and brought
the result of his lab0rs into our camp
lie j, a German, and is well acquainted
with Sigcl and other promineEs Ger
mans in the United States. We know
as much Of Magruder's army as he does
bimsolf-N Losis Rep
senator Spraguo has just bought
$4,000 garden at Washington.-Er.
only exchanging artificial green for
natural grcen-N H. Reg
IN able psychologist has written that
one-hith Of the human body is com
posedof phosphorous. Punch remarks
that this most likely accounts foe the
number Of matches made.
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The Knoxville COnrentlen.

The Knoxville Convention has ad-
iourned without taking any decided
action on anything. The delegates were
elected three years since upon other Is
sues than the one now before the coun-
try. At that time there were none who
contemplated emancipation as even a
possible measure. The issues grew out
of the secession Of Tennessee, and the
desire of the people Of the Eastern por-
ton Of the State, to remain attached to
the old government
Many Of those who were delegates
are now in the Union armies, and could
not attend the recent sitting of The con
vention; and the consequence was, by
a species Of maneuyering, a majority o.
the Committee on resolutions were Of
the Conservative class Of politicians
who were prepared to throw the State
into the embraces Of NallandighaInism
which was but a step short Of an abso
lutte alliance with the Southern Con
federacy
The radicals, Of course, opposed this
They justly asked, if at t1is day, they
were TO take the cut-throats by the
hand, who had lately murdered THEN
own sons and brothers, and unite With
them in throwing obstacles IN tho way
of the government in its work Of sup
pressing the rebellion? They declared
that the conservatives did not repre-
sent the views of the people; that as
politicians, they had not kept pacc with
the unambitious masses; and that q di-
rect appeal 70 the constituencies should
be made at once.
There could be no installing the
views Of the people Of East Tennessee:
they were for the Union, and Tor tie
abolition OF slavery as iuimical to is
existence
The conservative d;3 their best to
induce the convention to pass the ma
jority report; but they failed most sig
nally. The convention adjourned, and
thus made the way clear for an appeal
to the people The adjournment was
a radical triumph
The result viii be this. we shall have
two political parties here, as elsewhere;
one for, and the other against, the ad-
ministration and its measures But one
thing mas been accomplished; we shall
have henceforth freedom Of speech; and
whether the anti-slayery party is beaten
in the first contest OF not, is Of little
practical Importance, as the institution
cannot live in the presence Of free
speech, and a determined. antagonistic
minority.
Look at Missouri Up 10 three
years since, the anti-slayery vote was
less than fifteen per cont of the whole
but the agitation Of the subject had
rendered negro property SO 'alueless,
that some Of the pro-slayery majority
turned a political somerset agreed to
emancipation, and now congratulate the
country upon H. and claim part Of the
honor To themselves
Emancipation has never been agitated
in a country for any great length Of
time, if there were many slaves held,
Shareholders to getrid Of THEN property
Amid such an agitation slaves SIRE
worthless; and few conservatives are so
blind as not TO know that revolutions
never 20 backward; therefore they &C
cept that which they cannot prevent
and prefer that the liberation Of their
negroes which they know and feel 10
be certain. should take place'at once.
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Great Brought in California.

A private letterreccived in New York
states that the people of California are
suffering AZ present from drought
Eight thousand sheep and eight thou
sand beeves have died, and the farmers
are killing the cattle for their hides
and tat. This drought VIII prove most
disastrous TO the farming and hydraulic
mining interests Of that Stato
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Z ana ia is 80 thronged with counter
felt greenbacks, by the spectators in
horses, cattle butter, grain and other
produce, that the farmers are urged by
the papers, 10 receive no currency but
coin o. Canadian bank notes.
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DIED.

10 this city, on the morning Of the 10th inst, Of
measles, LYDIA, daughter Il Robert J. snd Lydia
smith Farqunarson, aged twenty months.
BE- The Funeral viii take place from the resi-
ience oc her parents, 81 South Cherry-strret, at
three o'clock, P. IN, TO-DAY.
Divine Service by the Rev. Mr. Harlow.
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Election Notice.

OFTIoE NASHVILLE CoslEzEnAI IssUEASoE Co,
Aprl sth, ls54.
A n ELECTION WILL BIZ HELD AT THIS OF
"A Gee, on he first Monday be May next, being
ths "a day OF lie month, for eleven Directors, y
serve for Lhs ensuing twelve months.
ap sd r Q. MoNAIfY, Secretary.
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Sgm 9AvettisenIents.
TO CLOSE OUT STOCK.
7 WILL COMMENCE TO SELL. AT PUBLIC
L sale On
Monday, 18th inst, at 10, A. NJ,
and continue the ssle each day, ST the same hour,
until my Stock Is closed out. The stock ID mis-
,etneous, anil sll Staple Goods, consisting in part
OF the following articles:
SUGAR, COFFEE, &c.
50 iass lao COFFEE.
bags java Coffee,
bags Pepper
Is bozes Pepper
- bids. choice New OIlsans Sugar,
10 keg- Soda,
81 kegs Nails,
10 bt4. Table s,l-,
IL bh- Coal Oh,
bbIs. Lard o.
10 bbs. Vinegar,
~ dozen Siiter5,
10 dozen Tuts, No l aud 2,
. dozen Wash L ards,
81 h.di bis. White FISH,
10 boxes Aullum.
CIGARS & TOBACCO.
~ gross mild Ashland Smoking Toh,cco,
10 bis Smoking Tobacco,
- half bbIs. Fine Gu Chewing Tobacco,
- gross Sweet Owen
10 " Eo-ebud
10 =. Sunny Idle
10 bcxc7
Is cald.es
"a cases Half spliish Cigars.
30 boxes fine Cigar.
SUNDRIES.
81 toxes Snuff,
30 d" Ground Sfice,
90 " Gun Fruit,
80 cases Matches,
10 boxes birthstone snd Sulphur,
10 " Ese. Cheese.
% " Indigo,
20 gros, Blocking
100 lbs. Cotton Tvie5,
100 Hamp
Broom,
Buckets,
Wood Saws,
Wood Buckets, and BaIke,s.
In Connection via. the above. siu sell ny aa-
tire stock OF
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DISEASES OF THE SKIN!
Price, 81 per Box.

TTHIs CITRATE Has BEEN - USE ~ THE
4 Preach suulrs for the past ray yafIa, und
there b. 10 frou-u soldier iJ does not know IT,
value.
u nas also used extensively i.y tho allied armies
in d., Crue8l aar, nud -ucii we're Che beuett- de-
rived hDIn u-e ihat % iie- acquired worissids
reputation, ami soldier aio knows Of a. Inerlts
aiii io ig. eiu4ir Ersa tsput box In h.s KNAPP
seek, as Ly Gao use vi this Cersts he always has a
safsFusr.i aziin-t Tire yau0g. tr0a1ies % which n
-clL-r D. subject. 81 by using IN hs clothing, be
Prevent the appearance % yssun, aud -il- 1ii-
ss--- 0f the -E enumerated af0F@, au1 gllrr they
lRge uisde ilrir appearance, o b. 1at little trouble
WITH the eii % thiz terfe 70 ri hEa-eii ol uc-e
dl-1grtc cable troubles.
Tao proprietor 5rTe gone ~ "a great eEFense t1
procure le origins. re IL Of Or peiiar, with fll
,.is-can- and She agrali.s i0- .-li.Hz tfe
CoTl;r, as .l ha- Ht-n Hlfie - tiie ousiEl hgcl-
Tor, SUI have procured tha
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Rossini has received from the Empc-
ror Of the French the Grand Cross Of
the Legion OF Honor.
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-, Mr.. GOODWIN Will GIVE 4 COTII-
- LION Party, on Moudsy Evening April
- isth. u D. Room No. ~ Colege-strerf.
- Afmi-sioq-Oue I0llsr iud Fny Cent?.
Gentlemen viii please brng lsdies
No po-tponerneni on account u The weather.
ap lC-E
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HAY AND OATS.

40 BALES HAY. go BUSHELS OATS, JUST
HI received 81 steamer Tempest and for sale
by D. y. DICkEY. Agent.
eaI4-F TT Broad and Hirh-zfl.
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Cen. Van CIeye-The ColOred Schools.

Correspondence Of the Nashville UnionI
MURrnrEsBoRo, Tenn, April p 1864
1t being rather wet to continue our
repairs of the redoubIs and lunettes at
the fortress, l paid a morning visit to
the post commandant, Gen. VanCleye.
Age and arduous service have silyered
his locks, and stamped his venerable
features TO the sage resemblance Of
some glorifed saint. No man is more
ailable and less churlish; and one dis
tinguishing characteristic is his uniform
courtesy to ali men great or small he
is abundantly able 10 hold the fortified
tons against "Old Hazards and al
his odds, or any other man"
Aftena brief interview, I spent an
hour at the Colored School, taught by
three young ladies from Auburn, Ind
ana. They understand teaching the
young idea how to shoot, and Sambo IS
not inapt al drawing conclusions and
reaching results. Old and young study
in one common school, and there IS
very little difference in their intollec-
tual Advancement both mastering
new book every successive month, and
each progressing with astonishing and
creditable rapidity The fair teachers
deserve the confidence, kindness and
compliments Of every one who eucour-
ages the spirit of progression in this age
Of improvement 1t calls into rcquisi-
tion ali the patriotism Of tue heroine
TO exchange the endearments Of do
nestle life for the tolls and trials of this
benehcent enterprise, and it should
crafty every friend Of education to
hear of the success attending their
efforts to instruct the ignorant, strength
en- the weak, and confirm the strong
Past present and posterity never did,
can, nor win produce a more commend
able course of conduct Without any
alloy Of the evil they are doing much
more good than Anna +. Dickinson and
Emma Webb Three cheers for them
and the Old Flag Long may they
wave IT, c. G..
Wilder Battery / Y. Y.
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DrFEiELO = FLYNN, Managers. W. H. Nv
EHETF, Stage Iauacar =. J.. SI}IONS, Tress-
arr. A. htl,i, Director Of Music ". FIETCa-
Ei Sreuc ARTIST
Second weel, % Mr.. Joseph PROCTOR
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL j., isG4.
VIII be performed
JACK CADE,s
Or the IBondman of Kent.
jack Csde........ m ...........Mr Joseph Proctor.
SONGS. Alfred Stewart.
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Taxing agricultural products goes
against the grain.
If provisions are really 50 scarce ina
the South, We suppose they would like
to see seed again
The favorite instrument Of ravagers
IN the army is the loot
The Round Table says 1T is time that
Congress understood that the people
are disgusted with il.
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LOST,

4 CHECK On TIE PLANTERS BAEE, FOR
= ssa'. anwu ty holt. Luss. psyails - J. J..
v lstou tr bearer.
an persons 6Te cautored against trading for ihe
same, az it gill not u PAID
AZ i7-Its A. r. sHANKLAND.
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Notice.

TTR NICHOLAS CIINCH WILL LEARN
~ something % importance by calling On the
Clerk -t i!tr CITY Hotel. ap17-2l9
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TO THE
SOLDIERS !
We HAVE PUBLISHED 4 BEAUTIFUL
Soldiers Certificate.
FOR THE USE OF SOLDIERS.

It is printed in four coIors, representing
Cavalry, Infantry, and Artillery, marching
in countless NUN bers into Dixie, with drums
beating, colors flying, etc. A blank line is
left for the name Of the Colder, Company,
Regiment and Officers; size i3Zl7. The
certificate "a enclosed in pastsboard tube,
and can be sent 20 any part Of tho country
without injury; and the soldier, after filling
up the blank lines, can put il back in the
tube and RENAL il % mia friends, and they
viii get it framed and preserve it As re-
mcnbrEnce.
Price 50 cents. Sent by nail, prepaid.
IN. RHODES 4 CO.,
50 Union Street,
Nashville
Agents wanted 10 sell the sboye.
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IL, Connection wa. the above. vii seal ny sa-
tire stock OF
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Pc engagement for six ni ghts Of tie very popu-
lar Artistic Mss JULIA DAILY, being her farewell
Of the American Stage, which she has 50 long
grzced and pTospered.
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TO conclude With
SWISS SWANS.

PRICEs OF ADsIssION.-Ilress Circle IS cents; Gal
lery, - cents. Doors open at = to O'Clock Per
formsnce 10 commence at 4 to = o'clock.
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Willthe journals which eparaded
the address with such delight now aid
in exposing the forgery? We fear
many of the will not
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COTILLION PARTY.

Agents wanted 10 sell the shove.
an -
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Second wee; Of Mr.. Joseph PROCTOR.