The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-06-19
ITHE SOUTHWEST.
Occupation Of Brownsville.
Gen. Sheridan's Operations

BrownsyiIIe General Brown As
sures General Meigs Of Neutrality on
the Part Of the United States-kirby
Smiths Surrender General sheri-
dams Organization of Troops for
Texas-Afairs at New Orleans.
Press Dispatch
New YORK. June l4..-The Herald's cor
respondent in the Gulf Department fur
nishes interesting accounts OF the incl
dents preceding, attending and following
the occupation of BROWNSVILLE, Texas, on
the 31st ult., by the National troops un-
der General Brown.
The rebel troops, previous To evacua-
ting the place, mutinied, pillaged the
town, and made prisoners Of some of
their officers until their demands for the
payment of their back dues were com
piled with The rebels left the day pre-
vious to General Browns arrival, not
waiting to be paroled or to comply IN any
manner with the terms OF General KIRBY
Smiths surrender Large numbers OF
them moved across the Rio Grande INTO
Mexico, taking with them their arms
Their artillery they sold to the Mexican
Imperialists at MatamOras. 1t Is said
that the last of the rebels were driven
from Brownsville by Mexican residents,
who organized home guard for the pres
ervation of order soon after the eVacua-
tion commenced.
After taking possession of Brow nsville,
General Brown wrote letter to General
Meiia. the Imperialist commander at Mat
amoras, assuring him that neutrality
would be observed by the American forces
in regard to the contest in Mexico be-
tween the Republicans and lmperlaists.
1T said that the rebel General Magrn-
der, as well as Kirby Smith, has gone to
Mexico The latter carried with him
considerable amount of money.
On the I'd inst the rebel Generals XIII
by Smith and Magruder were received Oh
board the United States steamer Fort
Jackson, Captain Sands, of Galveston,
when the articles of surrender OF all the
rebel trans Mississippi forces were sign
ed by General Smith The next morning
the rebel officers were conveyed back to
Galveston, and on the 5th inst Captain
Sands and other officers proceeded up to
the town, landed, received its surrender
from the Mayor, and unfurled the ma
tional flag over the public building, Ill
the presence of large but undemonstra-
tive and orderly assemblage of the people.
Generals Sheridan and Candy were
both still in New Orleans on the 10th
inst. The former was busily engaged IN
the organization and forwarding OF his
forces designed for tho occupation on
Texas. The infantry of General Weitzefs
corps had arrived at Mobile, where orders
had been received from General Sheridan
for them to commence moving towards
Texas. General Clusters cavalry were
already en route thither, and the 18th
corps under General Gordon Granger, as
we'll as a portion of the 9TH corps, under
General Steele, were expected to start for
that region in a few days.
The Presidents amnesty proclamation
created much excitement in New Orleans.
The ctrsses excepted -fren-pardon were
more numerous than than had been eX-
pected.
Large numbers ofparoled rebel officers,
a. we'll as soldiers, have recently arrived
in New Orleans and settled down to the
quiet of private life.
Generals Beauregard and Dick Taylor
have been for some time residing III the
vicinity of the city, awaiting the pro-
ceedings of the Government in their
cases.
Chief Justice Chase was still in New
Orleans OH the 10th inst The business of
the city was reviving.
The late Governor Allen, of Louisiana,
has issued farewell address to the peo-
pie of that State, acknowledging the in
exerable logic of events, the failure OF
the rebellion, and that he no longer as
sumes to he their executive and counsel
ling them to submit gracefully to the
National authorities.
The Alabama State archives removed
by the rebels to Augusta, Georgia, on the
advance of General Wilson's cavalry,
were recently recovered and arrived at
Mobile on the 4tb inst, on their way to
be returned to the capital at Montgome-
nv The stolen archives of tho State OF
Mississippi had also been secured, and
were enr0ute to the State capital. The
late rebel Governor Moore, of Alabama,
has been arrested and sent North under
guard. Union meetings are being held
in different parts of Alabama, and Ma
tional banks are to be established in Mo
bile and Montgomery. In Mobile, as
we'll as the other Southern cities, Presi-
dent Johnson's amnesty proclamation
excited much interest and discussion.