, 1865-04-01

Mobile NeWH-Lifc IN Texas-HyexIcan
Affairs A-NIfAcellaneo114.
Especial Correspondence Of the CbIcsgo Tribune
NEW ORLEANS, March %, 1866,


Especial Correspondence Of the Cblc,go Tribune
NEW ORLEANS March 20, 1866.
NEWS FROM MOBILE.
Refugees lately arrived from Mobile state
that the city is defended BY at least l5,0oo
troops, under Major Gen. Daluey Il. Maury.
The defenses src being daily strengthened.
Unless 1anked and forced to evacuate, the
rebels are determined to fight. The poor
people are jubilant over the expectation Of
the Yankee army" in their midst. They
a.e heartily sick Of the rebel rule. ;.
oCR ARMY MOVING.
The grand army Of the Gulf moved from
and ahont Mobile Bay, in divergins lines, on
the 1S1h inst, to converge somewhere in the
heart Of rebcldom. This is all TINT need be
known at present. The column that left
Barancas, Florida, had encountered rebel
~sh8rmishcrs on the 10Th. The resistance Of
feIed vas weak.
MEXICAN NEWS.
The following is from the Brownsville Ran
Or the dinner gircn In Matamoros to Gen.
Robles Fczue1a, Mexican Minister OF Formeu-
to, ,4she Rdnehero says:
The attairwent Of in grand style, and was
really most nattesing compliment to dis
tinguishfd General. Every nationality Was
represented at the table rave the :" uaieersal
Yankee .Mcxicaus, Confedcsates, French,
English, Be1gians, Piusstans, Spaniards, hob
no6bcd together, and for all We know, slept
together; but poor Yank, so absorbed hos be
become In Ills Monroe Doctrine reve,ics, be
was not to be found, and no ono thought to
invite him.
TExAs-GES. HRBT SMITH.
The Texas Ghsistian dIrocate pcremptosiIY
contradIcts the reports which hare been pub
lished here That Gen. Kirby Smith was ship
ming cotton on his private account oTer the
lilo Grandc also, that be favored splitting
off from the Confederacy. It charges that
these reports originated With the yankees"
THE coSsoR1pT SERVICE.
Every day adds to the mezcilcss stringeucy
Of 1rbel rule. One Capt Bryan, conSc;ipt
officer tor Be1nr county, Is remorsel.ss IN his
desire 10 know who Is and is not Liable to
consctiption. he therefore orders all who
come under the bead OF e1empta to come for
ward in person; that Is nil such as are EXEMPT
cd for the public good, like editors, printers,
doctors, ministers. State officers and the Ike.
You must either fight Or tiee, in rebe!dom.
unlrss you own from 100 TO 1000 negroes.
RAyAGEs OF THE IN p1ASs.
Next to the ravagcs of. the rabels, comes
the 1avages of the Indians. Tue commander
at Eagle Pass thus writes officially to supe-
rior officer:
..ssR: beg leave to state that. several
days 6lEcc, party Of Indians passed down
The Chicon .nnd murdered several cltizeua:
attacked GriE. Jones' Rancho, Killed one bow
and carried off scycra1 horses. The suppos{-
ton is that they were Kickapoo Indians in
disguise. have conferred with Col. Araiou
on The subject, and he says he will have them
removed INTO the vicinity OF Monterey. lie
seems to he more than willing to do
anything to give us security from
their attacks. We have. not sutIl-
Client evidence to faBten the recent out
rage upon them, or i should move against
them at once The condition Of afairs is
very unsettled on the other side; they are
threatened again with revolt. A revolt, on
small scale, took place two nights ago, but
without any serious results. Several Of the
liberals Wc1c caught and one killed."
FINALE.
Az q finale to Texas affairs, I finish with
thc following medley:
all rebel papers We receive At this point