The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-07-05
~ the Tsans~asrsx:ssiupi,

1"r Hoti, .9Go.rtizef has an iuiurest,,ig letter
from ucus;on, Texas, iioH, which We make some
cAttacts;
All quiet in The Trans Mississippi once mere
The rebel ion is vet rampant here, and nobody IrG.
10 C:ush II. E4phS and steele huve .OnF, and !..t
rs with nobody to fight.
We SHAFT not ha lille, however. The spirit Of our
Generals is aggressive. Ihey are ahCaiy looking
cut for new u,itiS ~ which to exercise their Il.
cats,
After the battle Of Saline Bottom, April 50 IA,
Steele frll back 20 Lille Rock, aud the ins ii
Biounl'5 Did army went of IN the direction of Font
SMITH. What became oi thls latter we DO not
know. .Sl"by went, however. In pursuit of l.; Uut
his pursuit eYldGuly has been diverted and nTOba-
big turned into raid. Ga the i7ln inst he Cdpiur-
90 baid2N"tIiie, 81 hGEsa7, aud FlTnl!Eg The gar
ris0n, crossed the river and went on tOwarts We
know UoI whithcT. YNu VIZ doubtless, however,
have head from him through aEkee channels be
f1Ia li.!s reaches you.
Gen Mag'ude' 'esched Arkansas too late to par
tIclyae Ia any of The battes o the late ceElsagB
lie r.lHtHst 10 this point lat week
From louisiana we learn Ih3t nearly tGe entire
a;e wcst OF the Mississippi is cleared OF faEkres
Oar rangers have been charging nP and down the
country, ami as they approach tie Yankees leave
Is thougi. lh,y ve:e sent iog. Il he Federal troops
Kept busy - the other side vi the river 90 as
to preVent t"eIr Feinolci"g in IBIS department. we
w,lli soon clean tae,:, out Gege
The 'Etsas irgi5 AZURE vas convened by Gov
EurIdh the 9Th lost, The Governor, In his
nirsssre. a2praIs ~ regard the action Of Congress
GA the. currency as little short of repudi3i0H.
. They created says he, i'and thcy destl0yr; |
have CuuIit iIts Gd zc.'' lie urges the btLsG-
tmg up by tie Slale 0f nIILG:actuYcs within htr
limits, lie uiges tbs enforcement Of tla laws
ag ,tus, cdIIe, etc- the isegi5 atufc las as yet
done nothing ut pHbIic importance.
The CuIdiiiUu al the currency iu lllis depart
aunt IL becoming rapidly such as 30 force the
l-cli0n ui III" Confederate notes Il circulating
uledUm they are 10 day in all he principal
cities Ui this State iaIrd about 10 t0T !. All
sutt5 of goods that come i!cni abroad sold on
specie basis. Evan the newspapers have been
Competed 10 come 10 that basis or discontinue
their publications. Whdt will come of IL a is
diaicult 10 Happily, there ia specie il
this patl az the cUaUtfy, Ihink, t!i at a"y pre-
vIouJ petIGj OF Uur history III uil tue Western
pant oI iHi3 state Ii Is uJw thc only circulating
At, aiurt.
] AN !hi> has nothing wiia.e..g - ID witt pa
uIVt!1ln, daG iii~ day when patriotism sustained
I&e currency haS paAseG. ,oniidence OECe lost
Ia uluucy j. uot easily restored Il is the Utd
story. NJ, totet carry OR the with"ut cur
fru. itg cyp"r5cs b. taXliion, sell our cot
ter, aud -Ugp!y the miIta:y chest from the pro
Cncds
The spirit of 0ur people IL, rs bas been shown III
tn" late battles, mcsl escpli.Ht. There Is udFH
idea Of submission here than there was in August
lsGl, after thr first Manassas. What little Of de-
mogal,zI,iou existed! last winter has been swept
away axe the murnins mist before the rising sun'