| From the Houston Telegraph |
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| January 25, 1865 |
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| Special to the Telegraph |
| San Antonio, Jan. 18, 1865 |
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| Ed Telegraph, |
| I find myself rightside up
with care in this famous old city again, but as I gave your readers a
full description of the place in my letters written from here a few
months ago, I will now new repeat. I find western Texas prospering in
spite of the war, and specie seems to be quite plenty. While passing
through Victoria, I made a short trip on the line of the {San
Antonio &} Mexican Gulf
Railroad and deeply regretted to notice the destruction of the road
and the manner it has been done. Victoria, Lavacca and Indianola have
thus had their business ruined. The ties of the road have been torn
up, and piled, and the rails piled upon them and then fired, thus
rendering them end for further service, and even the cars were burned
within the limits of the city of Victoria. I will not censure the
military commander -- by whose orders this has been done -- this is
not the proper time to find fault. But I will censure the cormorants
who are now trying to take what little of the companie's property that
has been saved under various excuses. One or two of the locomotives
have been saved. One man concludes that a locomotive boiler is just
the thing for his purpose to place in a steamer, another wants a part
of the machinery for other purposes, and tries to obtain an order to
impress the same. We trust our civil courts will protect the property
of our citizens and not allow abuse of this kind to be perpetrated. |
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