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The Daily Dispatch: September 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], An English officer killed by an elephant. (search)
United States movements in the Southwest. --The San Antonio (Texas) Ledger, learns from the Noticiose of Matamoras, of the arrival of an American schooner, which brought as passengers two officers of the U. S. Army, who forthwith proceeded to make a reconnaissance of the country lying along the Rio Grande. The Houston Telegraph, commenting on this, warns the people to prepare themselves for the approach of the invading foe, and believes it is the intention of the Lincoln Government to make an inroad upon them, with a view of immediately conquering all Texas west of San Antonio, and embracing the county of Gillespie and thence West and North. They will land on the Southern coast and Mexico, and throw separate columns upon the country. The reconnaissance of the Rio Grande by the enemy is a significant movement in connection with the apparent well established statement that Corwin, the United States Minister, has effected a treaty with Mexico, by which the privilege is c