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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
August
Year
1865
Copyright
Public Domain
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No.v York, July 20th. Tha IlerahV Tuas correspondent says : Tho ];rge nuiuber of our nationnl taroops iiKendod t.i bo stationeJ aJLuug ihe Rio Onuiüf had arrived at thcir destiuations on lbo ]2th, aud formed a obain of posts extcudmg from the niouth of thu Btreaw to sume diataueo ubove Browr.svülo. Thu cavulry c'luiuii, tuider Gens. Merrit and Clister, which left Shruveport and Alexandria, La., in the beginuing of Uva mouth, wero expeuned to reach the Tt-xas froiitiet' early in August. Th o town of Browusville,. which during the rebeliioa was the grcat outrcput fuü cotton for tho interior oí Tesas,, and wbcro au immeuso business in Ihe staple was transaotedj is iiow deserted by tbose who raiscd monster fortunes iu a few nionths, :md ts business activity, exoopt sucii as the fireeüCü of an ariny gives ii, lias for ilw preseftt departod. Tho battery of six guns, which ftie rebois on evaeuatiug BrowDavillo, sold to tho Imporin lista for $17,000, was returned to tho Uiiifed States eoiumander at that place ou tb I7tb, by ordor of Mnxiuaiiian. It ia said tbnt in the interior of ïex-is ihe p;iroled soldiers, aro coiDinitliug the grossest outrages iu every direetion, and keeping the peaceably dittposed inhabi tants constantly in a condition of.terror. It is cBtimated that therc remained 'm the State, at lbo time t was occupied by tbe Natioual troops, about 10,000 "it is Blated that tho rebel Geu. Kirby Smith and bis party, whieh I suppose includes Gen. Mogruder and the throo or four ex-Govemors of Louisiana and Texas who flcd from tbo latter State with him, havo becu made prisoners and p iroled by the GoverQor of Saltillo, and that a considerable army train wlfich they had with tbeiil was captured. ï(elv.e buudrod Fiouoh troops bad arrivod from Frauoe anci wore landed at Tampieo ia the begiuning of the month, and a rumor cwrent whieb, did pot ga;n nvuoh credoBoc, says that after them ariived 12,000 moro.

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