The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-02

Mexico wncn up 20 tne time OF smnn sulsnuo., ~
Every day at the present lime large amounts Of cotton
ae Deus soh' e IT,; o nov ; thai tks cotton
~ c'sst,on ~ owned bv private partes ana sold and
~ quons'on 70 v. nc. - PW ~ Pna' ia cort.sriv
n o Nh anthov that General saashter will be-
NOT upon osa 'ss Of course
no. until after he has stolen all tho cotton be can got 10, OF
VI toa'ls anu i n u come. 70 he nrnncr;v and
tborongbv inyes"ated by our government NAV prove
eAo'ousniy nv ~ ,c,.i Gav,roan end ono ~
a. so's o .orathar yy,h Tow ether anairs M
sum y, ,ss bang insi"d NV our side
~ ,hs nerasts can ace thai TIER is but lit
hsel NV vac .a,,naS For than, hy the limited
ST. ,v ,0s troor.. On the Rio Crsnde Already an
I,..oo has occurred whore United States
troo and the troops opposite have been firing each
10 have had harrow escape from being hit by
20 ~ h.a ~ his ,as,ers ID not sop stealing our cotton
ana hartcrnc and our renegade citizens
MAMMALIAN may draw his standard many such despe
s S M 10 dav the majority of the people of Tsxas
d ,ora sSa~ maority of the people of the worry
"srv hich ha asnres 10 govern would 90 AGAINST
S1 ""'S- ~ 'S
mo. IN prowcsvi,,e q Young gentleman who had Just
Soe ~, Run v 0 hone Of the people is that the
Ysnkees will como and deliver them from a
foreign woke which Is both oppressive and
=; ccs ~ faith thai we will come and II we do win
rs srra 10 he the death stroke to French and Austrian
ssarsss,ons in ihis quarter Some say that Macmillan
& er The silver mines 70 tho very latest moment and
then retire If the United States assumes fighting att
ssrc-otgr which
w:,au a. snnrn,tnd are tired Of tho country Half
~; ,cid II dav dosert ii they only felt sure that
ne TIrteS States would not return them as deserte
xireadv few come over 70 our sido by swimming the
i az or tyo AGO one OF tho German soldiers de-
serted got 70 our SIDE aud finally into one of our
csmro He was followed by an officer of
H. c,o,oi army who ATTEMPTED 10 arrest the fugitive
snd ta hin, hack The doscrer appealed to the United
tacs Soldiers to protect him and they without further
aavscelv tny,ted, the imperial officer
iava .hc co,5n and he did SO sans ceremony
J"st before the evacuation OF Brownsville by tho
reboIs tho brownsville Ranceo newspaper moved oycr
miserable BLACKBOARD and bitter sec ,ssionst daily
makes practce TO abuse the actions and transactions
SELVES nersonalIy.
AN EXPEDITION
has been sent up the Rio Gande having for its object
would have started much sooner could the quarter.
master here Captain e. f. Lombar, have procured
sieamers To carry the troops Just now the Rio
Cronda ia almost unprecedentedly high and rapid
Between hero and Clnrkcsville It has overlooked
its banks and covered the prairie with ,v water for
sble For the present expedition the Quartermaster
has secured two small seamcrs-the Rio Grando and
Black. Thirty seventh Illinois, and Lieutenant Lyman,
Abide Camp on staff Of Major General Steele, who go
naroI;nU oaicers.
THE RE1,xL GENERAL wAIKTR IN MEXICO
There is q report from above that the rebel General
Walker has crossed Mexico with aportion OF his
ported that the crossing was made at Pedras Negras
THE QUESTION OF TIE RETURN THE pArrERY SOLD TO
IMPfRIkLISS,
The question as to the return of the battery which the
rebels took over into Mexico at Matamoros after the
render of Kirby smith, and sold to tho mpcraists for
forty thousand dollars is still unsettled 1t believed
however that the battery will be delivered to in few
DAVIS or as soon as tho wishes Of the Emperor
COLONEL q. NJ BAIRD,
late NJ tho rebe army is reported to DO organizing
force in the interior of Texas the purpose Of proceed
ing to Mexico to help the liberal party.
REFUGEES RETURNING TEXAS.
largo number of persons daily arrive from Mata-
moros and other parts Mexico intending to return TO
their homes IN the interior of Texas In order that they
NAV reach there In safety Gene Brown organizes zach
Marty into seml-m ary command and appoints leader
TO act as captain This captain they agree 10 obey and
renaralv do 80
and ssn into the interior for mutual and
sera,I ccon Tho feeling man ,fostcd by all those
ho havc come over 40 far Is one of padness that tho
rnr !. ovor Tbev aIi saw that tbcy want to 20 home
and be peaceabie citizens None Of them object 70
The stories told about the stcrriby unsettled cond
,on NJ Toyes orc in n great measure exaggerated Tho
bacsale robbcras that have lately been going on were
aS not Nv Tcxan froops aon. but prncipaily by SOL
djers of The rcbel army from other siatea
The truth of tho matter Is that tho reb |
s,S,or 'I hsro was worse Than badlv treated While
be WAS doing duty in rough and fair weather,
and oavs on had faro his superior ofcers were making
nv spccuIatng m cotton and when tho time
came for Inc soldier to be paid his superior officer Gao
counted for all and tine sOde5
rate Inv want piIac ipdiscrimnately and committed
acts OF barbarism and robbery which, had they been
have bccn avo ded The soldiers as majority are set
fling down Tho wild bad vicious spirits will ia q short
time h. overcome and then degree OF peace and auiot
ness will reign in Toxas-providcd we do not hayo war
with Mexicooperhaps never known TO il since the tmc
when the Territory was admitted State
The idea thai Texas is wealthy and PHOSPHORUS Is crro
neous What wealth there is in the State concentrated
in the hands of fcw While the war been progress
ing vastly moro than the majority have been los ng
almost their all, while fcw-and comparatively very
few only-have been growing enormously rich. The
State is not nownoted for pcntfuness corn cattle
and horses The have most all been killed. the
horses caught and Sold and tho has well nigh given
out because OF OF labor to cultivate the soil Those
who had labor used to raise cotton because this was
easily sold found ready market in Mexico and brought
specie payments.
GlRRsoSrKc THE Staff.
there is any state tho Union that will be thorough
" brought into submission to the laws OF the United
States Il ia the State OF Texas twill be almost entirely
surrounded with Union garrsons and It's interior will be
pierced by detachmeuts from the several commanding
srmics in the state
Already Galveston, Corpus Christi Brazos Carksvllle,
Brownsville and probably Rio Grandc City, have been
occupied In short time Major General Merritt will be