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The Daily Dispatch: December 21, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Legislature. (search)
From Trains Mississippi — Banks's Texas expedition.
Houston, Texas, Nov. 23, (via Summit, Dec. 19)--The following is the latest reliable intelligence received here from the West.
It is taken from the Houston Telegraph, of this morning:
The expedition under Gen. Banks is believed to be about 6,000 strong, composed of the divisions of Gen. Dana and Vandevere.
They lost three steamers and four schooners, as well as a considerable amount of stores, munitions of war, and horses, while o gan about daylight.
The plan of the enemy appears to be to take such points as he can along the coast, with a view of getting a base near his proposed field of operations.--There can be no doubt that he meditates the conquest of the State.
Houston, Nov. 23.--The Legislature of Texas have refused to pass a resolution recommending Congress to declare Confederate Treasury notes a legal tender.
The Legislature is believed to be under conservative influence, though devoted to the Confederate