The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-04
Affairs in Texas.

rived yesterday from Brownsville, that
S. Viesca, Governor Of Saltillo, had
captured the rebel Gen. Kirby Smith
and party, 81 2ied.as Negras, about
fifty miles frcn; Eagle Pass. A train
of shventr9ve wagons, four pieces Of
artillery and nine hundred ,nusl,ets
arc sad to have been aurrcld.r,d by
Kirby Sc1isil sad party, WHO are now
on parole.
The above news was received i'll
Brownsville ca the 18th inst, from
MAJOR Tcxiec, of Certinas staff
clip the following from the San
.inton;a Ee5-u1;s
Our information from Eagle Pass
! and piedras ,>cgras is up to July l.
We learn that Gen. She!av had reach
ol the first named point in |. quiet
and pe@ccablc manner, but was i'll
formed by tie authorities il fioGras
Nr:;rls. that he would not re allowed
to take his men into Mexico With arms
in their hands, h,:t that il he would
leave his arlns there would '2a no cb-
jec!ion to his entrance into the com
try; as emi".,,i is With himself and men
We are informed that Gen. Shelby
| finally agreed to Alis, Nna sold III:
arn:F and c;ulnca to the 1.ibcyals; ut
l'i,eiras Nc-ras. TE"re were two
/ Thousand five Hundred *tal.ds 81 small
arms and thye@ pieces OF artillery, for
which Shrlb-: rccc: we'd eleven thou
sand Goll;,vS-six thousand in Specie
and five thousand il bonds issued BY
| TIE Liberals. The arms were imme-
sli;,t"'v shipped fo- ChihQ&hua. The
Gov rnor OF the State 81 Coahuils.
acted as agent for the Liberals.
Gen. Shelby c,ltcrHd Mexico with
about two hundred and fifty n:l
The column of cavalry, rndcr the
command Of Maj. Gen. Merritt, which
lcft Shreveport Oh the Sth init, has
arrived at Marshall. Texas.
Th" march through the State Will
] probably occupy a month. Forage
and WAITER il is exp, cted will be very
scarce ;loug certain portions m the
route, h,ii up to the present timethcrc
has been abundance of both.
The rorr~Sr, ndrnt of the New Or
lra'.S Ii,,"', writing from Shreveport
o., tho Sth inst, III ap14tking OF the
route which t;nn. Merritt intends 70
take, sl>,: Startling from Austin. the
comlnan,t crosses Onion Creek in an
eight mile march; Woody Spring i; q
! good la!tiuG place. thence bat ten
) n,i.-.: San atnrcn l:v.xs IS distant, hu.
! ten miles; the G;a lalo"n. River is
;crricd ~. IL lnnH strctrh oi twenty
seven miles; thrn,:r nin"t,.~n miles
and C;boio C~c,,!; i rr',,cr,l sixteen
lli,,c> u.i Il liolnc st:vt n AMI the end
of the present lnar'.!,. Snl A,'onio il
rcach"l. 4hc above is the char. :h;.;
/. viii guide the expedition ON thc route
to San antonio. Il distance OF four
hundred and tweA+y-tiv. miles. There
are tWcntN-el@lt camping spots.
; twenty-c;gllt water Sources, at which
| the command vii. halt 1t is u thirty
day march.
I. WASHINGTON, Julv Y 2s.-ihe CMwui-
cI' has received Il letter from New Or
leans cmlodyinS the following extract
from ol!r written bv :: gentleman con
nected w;ta the h"a,Ai,laytcrs; OF the
! Union force 1T ClarkSvillc, Texas. 1t
is dated July II, and is ;ts follows:
| am lying ut the moH1h of the BIO
N,'"'.'''' "pl,oHltC t, iI";F'1u. ne
MrNl"ans under AlaH:nilian guard tlu.
opposite side and our troops this The
respective pickc;s are not forty rods
apart. There is !, good deal OF I'M
friendly feeling hc;@cen the two
armies, and they c.,nnot loilg .reirain
from blows. On the tth Of J a]y. on.
officers went ov.r, and many rows oc-
CURED. / heard this morning that
Gc:l. Brown, the commander at
Brownsville, Yesterday had an inter
view with .Iuarez, and promised him
the assistance of the United States
troops, ANA had ordered the Fourth
Indiana t" cross the river. Gen.,
Steele, the department commander,
went up ht- u despatch boat to coun-
teract the order il possible. Bit even
Ii he succeeds, thinSs cannot lon"
remain as they are
(uy. Nvr Juj.E X,y,HL