, 1865-07-31
FROM TEXAS Ann MEXICO.
Kirby smith not = PrIaoner-He IL on
h1a way to mexEc0-koFeirn N T.evInn-
ssalvt sion Murnsd The Uhr rokesR
RsElnE for Bread.

cAIEo, Jniy @.-The Magenta has arrived.
with New orleans dasss to the a;th, the 1Eh a1d !
Msssaehusetts battery, and sjor portion OF ths
9th Hignt sofa. the renatndes having previously
ar1lSed ,'e .t1.s en- another tsae It tsssanes: IT,
prisoner with his forty eomplniore bT thc Mexi-
can Government. tuEns out to be untrue. The
New Orleans 1Inss' Brownsville correspondent,
tlnasf stat, saIs: I now learn that the Young Mn
WIN was formerly aid-de.eanp on MaRr1der'e
etAG has Just Arrived at MAtamoIae from Munta-
@ 81 "a 70 asers
uatn: that theT were .Qnmolested By the Fed
efal II Mexican authorities; and that they arrived
at Aou'ercy 10 aatety. He also eaye Kirby Smith
borrow 9N0 hGm gentleman named Preston, at
Monterey. Alter few days rest, Gen, Smith and
his party puehed on fol heiCitg Of Mexico.
sassa merchant train Of isn wagons, acconps:
n1ed by m escort Of eighty Mexican troops, len
Matsmoras yeat:rdsy for Monterey. II will hardy
ee7 through t9fe1y, ~ Cot.thas has gone IN Il.
prove yerJ reliable when menaced By Danger,
particularly when meIaeed BY CoEtinss, Who II
dreaded By the Imperial troops Of whatever M
a:n: c. ,.,,.,, .o..,.. ,..,..
Ssaey s :odSs1 81
fortpc.., len Aa:3mosas q teY 1uys sinca
tor Tsnp!ee, 1hs legion W. composed
GfE4$ 44k4lH VI 3lA@4RG1 HLA ~ IL 4A4H lucy Wt{G
withdrawn from MataaoTas to prevent ie.ert,on,
a. fully one half Tho number originally stationed
over ths river ran awsy: TheEe ase now Eo for
liz Ta u % s5oat sto 'nee'ent aes,esas e ssh con
New Orleans pspers Inform us thsrGen. Slaugh
ter L. In Havana. geutle N 40 told me shat he
.aw that speenlative warrior II Ma;anosas t"e
universally exeerated BY former friends. Col
Ford, who is At univetssflY beloTcd aa Slaughter
is e1ecrated, - running livery stable In Mata'
morss.
lne Galveston Bullttin OF the 18th says the \.
P. Banks arrived on 8lturlay with several pas,
Een7tss, refugees from Mrtamosa.. She b1incl
tntsljt2ence that the French troops ut Matsmo.
ereat mott Al!ty which existci among then At iho
former place, deaths amounting 10 elxteeu OF
eeTenteen per day. Corti1as had 4 .kir1n,sh With
,hs rfT2sn Rsikrt snd wounded SEVERAL and
to:s Of tha a1.t Instant, ia. tha T:auont
hon.e, large portten Of the city Of Galveston
have been burned. SO erelt VAS the eonnae..fpn
thht 1t became necessary to call upon the military
fos ststsa, CO. Dy thelf efforts II Was nua1ly *.
Lie intelligence from Texas s:a,es that Col.
y. B. LoweFy, late Of the Confederate army,
charged with asstst,ne In Pulling down ths Unt..
tsd ststts gag 8 Mtl1ean recently, va. nndsr
tht court will show c. .emrncy to ths accuseds dp7'
The 7eitqraPh saTs ihe Sabbath day i observed
by all glasses, AID tho church bell Ii heard 1egu
itis l'atsd shst he blockade OF 0syes,oa for
tho past few years has proved inst anchorage IA
the Iosdttead of that point Is ono Of the satust
in he WoE!d io5 ahlps:, .,..,
Cheloke e. publishes ID the ci4fk.siile staHda1d
Ind,.ns. The Slandard says The people oi Fiu-
* s'Pss m fess1s z''i ,I e
ai@aD. o. aai their 1sssAaa xaS !o f9sarP
burg to CsstIoy1lle. each with wagon ioaded
Wash aour. Fe,e s s;sacked M BY Indian. and Killed
as N,,hln s1xer eight miles Of the Medina river
vest Of hire, aid that pl1tY Of eleyen men,
headed by Mr. Barfe.on, attacked larger p1rtv
and dye wounded. one anl1 eataplng unhurt.
Accounts OF violence perpetrated by Iaai1ns and
on.!'wt are conunpal1y coming in. requiring 70 be
hs1 may b cfsdea set q Il Is s esne ill.,, m
showing that tho eo7ntzT Is alive With ssrsges
Ard de:pefaaoeR.
of co}1ins eoun s,ssted se t. tss
Indian country shout the last Of Aps1l, to make q
treaty Of peace with the Wild tsibes- Gea. 7. re-
turned home about thsee weeks kso, havins been
&C nine pt1soners, dTe whlt-f, two girls, fhrss
boys. and one negro woman and three children.
One Of the white children, 4 little Gerraan gi1l,
near FIedeE,tksburR, Gillespie county. This
little one Is now With the family Of Asiur Caatt.
bell letote, at .Arms,1ong's Academy, Chocsar
Ssstlon, where she des,res 10 teu1iin until her
eianyss n ; son!d *end Tor her, aod where she IL
oihfr prisoners reclrimad belong to oar own
frontier. and have been aent homo. Taesc Is let
0ns while *om31 prisoner amou. ths lndians.
7ptursd by them near Belkphp. There are aoue
ipalan ine pssonets amonK our people. and y IL
,h9ngas that TIC white woman Il retained By the
lndians as a hostage
Gen. Throckmotton promised thar That their
prdsonei: shoa'd hs returned. provided they wish
but ors hand. MN the Eppsrs a. =.
ra2ahoes, aud Koways, and believes that With
proper management these people can ha Kept on
coed tcrms, which will greatly zeltevo our Hoa-
The following IL from jackson, Miss:
hxEcC1IYE DErAH1NEST. JACEoN. MISS, Jniy
~, Ao.-Whereas, It mas en- represented til it
merchants !eiues to p.y the tax Of one dollar on
required by tho oEdinsnco ot the 17th instant, It
u foeteftte ordered and declAted that the taI Of
two tcllaIB per bale shall be a.stsst aud Collect
ID on S.Is Of eGtqn n,l tken o. s.nt t.
the ts< Of one dollar par bate, sni the shsril
eh8l1 RtIEe md Immediately cell At public auction
sufficient cotton to par Tho taxes and IN all asses
where the tax Of per cent Cd sasoFe1 ia ordered
s9 % sSseesed md collected On property larehas:
Tax shall be assessed md co.lected. When
partes 1efu.e to par taxes, OF
render talse reports to the aste.sor, the
Sheriff shall ~ al Eases fot non payment Of t.xse
ttee In case Of resl estate, and Immediately It
ea:e Of personal property, tuficlent to ply the
ta1-s.
Given urder my hand and teal 0! the ssate, la1
ts{gned-] wv l. euAnKET,
Dy the ElYeFEOr.