The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-06-18

Tiny which returns Texas 70 shs American Union and u
power Win SEEK 3 .es S: transition n the %anns
which viii best protect the interests Of the State
Soldiers you In your place Of highest honorI faith
ul 70 ny pos-lss US standiogsther firmly for the we-
Iinveks the utmost exsrtions Of all soldiers and cit
psy and civil shs ana 70 save the State from anarchy
than that Of the battle nsld. p. AURRAH.
How the Texas Heroes Preserved socisS
Order.
From the Galveston Bulletin, May 90,
Ins past week has been sventful In Texas Alnoss
up and the men left for home they had all hope ok
success IN the further struggle for Southern ndepend
s~eye. ali government prpaty All ouer iAs eouriry,
nvm 0alueso" 70 Shreveport, respecting, however, pm
properly Oa; taken created appreAemHons that private
property would next suffer, and all private houses
But these .pprshensiOns were groundiOss The public
property being disposed OF the soldiers lefs
Galveston and Houston have organized city guarde
.ufosnty strong 70 preserve good order and since FIN
usual avocations Governor hurah has sent commits
10 New Orleans TO treat for with tho federal
has also sent State guard to the forts in this har
Dor until his commissioners can be heard from. As TO
Shreveport We are the telegraph wires nayin
been down tho past six days
General Z. Kirby Smith I'm Galveston.
From the Galveston News, May 30l
General T. Kirby Smith arrived in this city Satur-
day last, aud Judge r W. Gray arrived yesterday.
The Legislature OF Texas Called Ia Meet.
PROCLAMATION OF THE REBEL GOVERNOR.
ExEcUTIvE CHAMBER,
noUsroN, May 20, 1865 I
Whereas the present condition OF the country such
q to require the meeting OF the Legislature In extrordE
nary session, therefore
l. Pendeton Murrah, Governor Of the State OF Texas
do, by the authority In vested issue this my procla
nation to the Senators and Representatives Of the Legis
laure Of the State convening them meet In Austin
Thursday, the 9th day Of July, A. d; 1885
Wherever there vacancies In tho Senatorial or Re-
preventative branches Of the Legislature the Chief Jus
tices Of the districts in which such vacancies exist win
order and hold an election In accordance with the prov
sons OF law 70 I'LL such vacancies Monday the 10Th
day OF June next and furnish certificates OF election and
returns at the time and prescribed by proca
nation for the election OF delegates " the State Conven
ton. y. MURRAH, Governor OF the State Of Texas
The Right Spirit Among the subjug ated.
from the Houston Telegraph, May 27
We went into secession and the formation Of the
federacy from honest conviction Of duty We stood
by the conederacy long existed and sustained Il
with all tho zeal and ability were possessed or II 10
crushed and with IL crushed long adhered to pO
ltical views We have now no politics save alone tho
safety and security Of the society in which live. To
that safety and security we are Wfing TO give al our
energies.
State rights, State sovereignty and all that theory OF
United States government now exploded The ques-
ton OF the reserved rights Of States has been settled by
the stern arbitrament OF arms That arbtrafnent 10,
whether right wrong decisive II ends the contro-
versy. We. toAo defeated yield ~ the decsoS
because we can do nothing else we "sa ent,rsctn 10
private enmtiss against he federal government beccuW
they s0iu eqd ~ into tedsH.
We beliSve the part cf true mdniness 10 yield wheA
hope Is o,e a. much as to struggle on while there
chance OF We confess wrong doing In the
past and only yield when 70 prolong the struggle wouo
necessitate wrong doing, present and future