, 1865-06-21

The Collapse OF Confederate 1u,e In
tie S0u4hEeBT.
PtLLAG1SG TEE REBELS STORES At uo1rs.
TON.

The Houston Telegraph Of thc24th gives til,
itl'o" ipg nccsunt Of tue lo:ay upon 12c ord,
DaLce and qnarteImRs'er stores:
The confused dtsorde,ly division Of Gov
eInment property amon5 the soldiers, thai
has been gong on for several weeks ali owe,
tie ctun'Ey, from Hampstead to Shreveport, t,
commenced hr1e yesterday morning b7 the
breaking into the ordnance deTmr nenf and
the distribution Of sfx-shooters, muskets,
amMun!tlnn, etc., etc. From thence the dis.
whore, with surprisingly little excite.
ncnt and noi:e, Considering the amount
Of work being done, the large stores
Of cloth, bankers, made.up cloth.
Ing, &C., we're pl1celed ont by the
cowd, regardless Of cl4im, merit, or ANYTHING
else. He was most fortunate who had the
sntI;%ngsst nd;. arms, Or t6e moat capacious sacks.
the armiul. Soldiers took al they could
carry, and having deposited 1t In SHE place
came back to add to th-i1 Pile. Some IoIncd
together, and Having one TO guard tho 13ins
sttcs, the balance gave themselves TO Tie
work Of adding to 1t. Nothing came amsss /;
leather, raeksges Of shit buttons, bales Of
blankets, mule whips, hammers. heads!a1ls,
&c, al went into the dlrlsi5n, mud ali Esrc
accepted as part Of the ne N issue
The number Of troops participating il the
alla'r nust baEe reached two or thtee tnou-
aad, beside quite u. number Of women, chit.
dEtn. negroes, and men in citizens ga.b.
Every man seemed to get eTery thing be could
caf1y awhy, AID altogether carried away ali
there Was- They made clean sweep, taxing
every i'll Of Gayernm:nt properly worth
carrying away. The estate oil tic Confeder-
acy seemed To be administered on without re-
gard to law The only recognized claim was
FaFate property was Tor ths most part, II
MOI IN every instance, respected. We did
not hear o(a single Instance Of depreciation.
and believe noue way designed BY any Of the
participants Of the affair.
An inquiry as to how the thing happened
was fruitless Of anydednite reply. The town
was pasrottd By q mounted squadron Of D.
Bays brigade all nlga1. The patrol was dis
missed at q. n. TIE melee began at 8 a. N.
The first VIC saw Of It was 1a,ge crowd In
front OF the issue Office Of the clio, ,hiuglepart-
ment, aud men coming out loaded down with
p3under.
The sight Of this sort Of thing seemed to
ei.ct1itS The whole crowd Of soldiers Ia the
streeta. Everybody went Tor his sh Ire. TIE
amount Of goods was very large, mn h l4.-
ger than ANYBODY dreamed Of. Notwith-
standing thousands Of suits Of clothes had
betn Issued for EetkB previous, there SEEM
Cd TO DC an Immense number left, This all
vent arst, End the miscellaneous p!nnd9r
followed.
The excitement continued till abont u
O'Clock, When tho goods all ha7Iug been
token, the executors Of the estate gradually
s. pa' ated ard went to their several places
OF rendezvous to count the proceeds. After
That they separated as'quien,77 IS thu AN,
toccther, and da1.ug the balance Of fhs day
Tsfe starting OF towa.d their homes.
TIE TEXAS PRESS on THE SITUATION,
From The Galveston News, Nay a5l
We feel utte,ly unable to confirm ourselves
10 il1 sss:dden change that has coma o'tr the
spirit Of tn, dream. But yesterday We were
oil locking with tho most sansl:ns ant.ii,:..ca.
tions to the future glorious carcer Of the Con-
AMONG tie things that were, History aaords
no instance Of such a sudden collapss OF d
powerful nation, that for four years has sun
ported almte5 equal to the largest ever ta;sed
BY the nations Of Europe, and armies that
have ach1eyed victories that will bs the ad MI
Fation OF future gencrations- The greatest
Rar-lots Of ancient Or modern tim q have
1een Fivaled, If not surpassed, By the con.
military genius Of the commanders
# the Confederate a1mies
1t Is hulnilhttpE to reflect that ne are the
3rst people recorded In history, numbering
!. .000, coo Of f,eemen Tor whn once boosted 81 |
'eing 1!eemen,l who baye been tuhjusated,
The Hus'srl1e ltfa has the following:
Texas has the honor Of being the only |
State not;oyerrun By the late enemy, and the
'nly State tbat surrendered. Not so fast: |
las she sur endefeds Don't know. but |
Ehen the roads are crowded with soldiers \
lDgiug II am going home," 1t leads one to |
hat conclusion. And what would Won have
ltr to do? She hns been with the cat in all
Is struggles, and thu universal opinion is that
'er Sons carried the palm On every occasion
mt finally tho cat Was whipped; would you
AYE Tex2s-the tail-to 60 on With the tlrht
n which the widest dream Of the imayioa-
ion Ct uld not promise ultimate 5uccesss II |
ras not by any grace or favor that VIC were
ot overrun but the firm front shown On
very occasion By her troops and the whip
ings administered at Galyt stou nu1 Sabine
Ass and Louisiana md Arkansas; to thess
be owed her individual safety, from the ray
ges Of var. We never dreamed but of final
uccess until Lec's surrender: then hope
led; and then i" i told you SO" emerged
ON their holes. What our fate is to be
,r dariDg to quit "the finest Govern
,rnt on the planet" We know not; but we
o know 1t has mountain OF debt to settle
II the job Of coercing rs back, and as the
outh Ii ruined, 1t will be like squeezing
lood out Of a tutnip to get help from her,
Mt we are seeing the easy time uow-the fu-
.rreGnum between sentence and execution,
will not be long before we ahall know md
el the worst. Yank has Won the elephant:
hat Will he do with it?