The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 49, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 19, 1862 Page: 2 of 2
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Oea Bramar «ni tho last hour of the
Battle of Shiloh
A cori-übpoadtíut of the Moboilo
Register furnfches the following
graphic Account pf die conduct oí
tho Intrepid ,Geu. llraxtou Bragg on
the bloody field of fihiloh:
Sunday closed a brilliant victory
for our anns. A new army reached
1'ittHburg during the night; the con-
t 'St was renewed and raged with
i'ury on our whole line during the
IntTtiuoou of Monday. Alternate sue-
cos crowned the enor's óf each army,
but the ¿elnforcumetitH and thousands
of froth troops flf our enetny.were tel-
ling on our brave but wearied. w l-
• diera. At noon the firing had ceased
on the right wing rif our army. It
still raged in thu center, where our
beave troops, under O en. Beauregard
on the rightt and Bragg on tho left,
seemed to perforin the work of super-
human agents. Again and again di<t
they dash against the foe and drive
them back, to be ill turii forced back
by the endjess accession of fresh foes
nnd new batteries.' At last tint tiring
grew lighter on the right of tlm
center, slackened to volleys of com-
panies, then of platoons, then to oc-
casional shots, and then censed al-
together.
A denaA wood concealed tho cause,
while it increased the^anxiety on the
left. (Jen. Hmgg stood on the ex-
treme left', by Uapt, Ketchum's bat-
tery from " Mobile. A noble body
of our troops had assailed.the enemy
near the center, had driven it back
'Htep^ by stop, inch* by inch, until a
terrible volley of nmsketiy and heavy
roll of cannon told us that another
body of fresh troops had been en
countered, and that our brave 'soldiers
coifld not peforin impossibilities.
Soon the head of our column was
seen slowly giving back, and then thu
whole body yielded to uecesity, and
in perfect order retired from the field.
-81 tf pro Ted to be a brigade, composed
of a regiment from Missouri, Arkan-
sas and Tennessee. Guu. Bragg
«ed the flag of the latter, and wai-
ted m«> od to the
midst «iif. Mmie ballets,
and" whittling grajwv but failed to
rally bis command. The Missiisippi-
ans aaw it, and with a shout that rent
the heavens rushed upo* the fix
The Arkansiaus followed, and these
bmvo troops moved into the carnival
4d' death. Thcv^drove the enemy
before them, and many a Northern foe
passed to his long hoim*.
But the valor of a few could not
' withstand the shock of accumulating
hosts, and these gálhnt men, the
skeletons of their regiments, yielded
to the fufe of the day,, and calmly,
cooly with lhe;courage of bravo men
and the discipline of veterans, retired
from the. field. About a dozen of
their number remained amongst the
trees, and the sharp reports of their
rifles told that Yankeefoes were fall-
ing. Gen. Bragg still stood on hid
elevated position with the brave
Ke^chum, his battery, and these dozen
raen disputing the field with the foe.
A number of the staff suggested to
the General that the battle was over
and urged him to retire. With the
mien of a hero, he pointed to the
dozen sharp shooters, and replied that
lie '-would never leave the held while
one of his brave soldiers remained
on it." . Directing an aid to go to
the right and ascertain if General
Beauregard bad ordered a withdrawal,
he turned to Oaptain Ketchum anc
remarked, ''give them more grape,
<3aptain, we are all of the army left
here." The spectacle wan grand
its sublimity. Scarcely a hundered
men were holding in check an .army
of many thousands.' Thicker and;
thicker flew the grape and 'balls
around that little band, and louder
ter did it return its iron hai 1
i among the foe. Thev dared
i upon it. One by one
idy of sharpshooters gave
back. and one by one the horses were
struck down at our batteries. The
brmve Ketchum reeled in his paddle?
about to claim
It was hap-
, the result of
. His men
had ceasef
p leader, and Wltb r«
toured their .iron shot and
I the jnidat df the foe. The
whistling of his bullets and oanieter
was almost enough to appal tho brav-
est heart. Our noble chief heeded
them not, and no muscle of his face
changed, and no tone of his voice
faltered.
At last the aid returned with the
information that Gen. Beauregard
liad withdrawn the army from that
Id, and was forming a lino of bat-
tle u short distance in oqpr roar. Then
was witnessed ono of tho noblest
spectacles of the battle field of Shiloh.
Got , Bragg ordered the battery to
move from -the field. It retired in
perfect order—and then the General
with two of his stuff calmly and slow-
ly left the front of the foe. He was
the rear guard of our retiring army.
History presents no braver act. Moral
Murage nerved that iron man until
he seemed something more than mor-
tal. 11' there was emotion there none
could detect it. lie had faced dan-
ger the day before—bad one horse
killed under iiiin, nuother as ho was
mounting, ami a third woundéd-had
successfully charged at the head of
á column which had twice recoiled
from a storm of bull and shell—had
lead his "I'ensncola army" iu the
last charge, that swept the enemy
from th'O field and finished the vic-
tory of the day; but none of these
Mptaled thjj moral spectacle of protec-
ting iu his own person the last of bis
retreating soldiers against an over-
whelming force. The recollection of
I lis defense of Fort Brown—of his
daring fight at Buena Vista—of the
grand ami terrible bombardment of
I 'ensacóla—of tee facts that no regi-
ments from bis Mobile or l'eusacola
army faltered oil Sunday, or .turned
to pillaging on Monday—must all
be pleasant, but cannot equal the
pleasant recollection of his acts in
the "last hour of the battle of Shiloh
Church."
I see I have^used the word retreat-
ing. This is wrong. Our soldiers
withdrew from the field in perfect
order, and when Gen. Bragg bad
moved a half uiile to the rear, what in
glorious spectacle burst upan ow
view! There, under the masterly
generalship of a Beauregard, was
drawn up in perfect battle order—our
brave troops, firmly resolved to fight
the foe to the last. They waited
his comming in vain. Haifa dozeti
of Jiis horsemen appeared op the
brów of tho opposite hill but the
firing of a cannon drove them back,
aiid tbey appenred no more. We
waited an hour longer, until we knew
that the foe was sick of the fray, and
Would not come. Slowly wo moved
away, and the battle of Shiloh, with
its scenes of strife and death was
over. '
—An arreBt was made last week at
Drenham, of a young man, late
citizen of that place. We learn
that he was goii)g to join the Coufed
erato army. I*nst week be made bis
appearance in Brenbam, in artillery
uniform, and after remaining a few
days he called at the office of the
Provost Marehal for a pass to Gal-
veston, to join his company. The
Marshal asked to look at his furlongl
but he could show none; he then
asked for his pass which brought
him on the rail-road to Brcnham, but
it could not be produced. So the
gentleman is under arrest until he
proves himself a soldier of the Con-
federacy.
We hear of numbero of men dodg-
ing froni place to place, to avoid
military duty, pretending that they
are in the army, have commissions,
&c., when at the same time they can
neither show a furlough or commies
ion. Enrolling officers should keep
a look out for such patriota, and
make them prove that they are in the
Confederate service.— Washington
Ranger. _
[From the Richmond Whig.
Stonewall' flice is said to bo as «our as
a half a gallon of crab-apple vinegar in
black jug. But two thiugs on this earth
relieve hi acidity. When a park of ten
piece of artillery open on him at point
blank range, hi* deep aet eyes gleam mer-
rily like a tallow «.andle in an excavated
pumpkin; but when henee a store wagon
captured from the Yankees, he grins a hor-
rible ghastly «mile, like a hyena over the
eot|M« of a defunct Afghan; or a «treak of
sheet lightning, which shed a momentary
lustre over a forest of old pines, aud leaves
the landscape in profounder «loom than
before. Hiere is something irresistibly
tadicrow to Stonewall in a captured wag-
on, and it is believed he would die for the
sake of 4 Yankee ambulance. He is
brafejiun, bat mighty mercenary and fond
Bombardment of Vieksburff-
We condense the following particulars
of the bombardment of Yickuburs, from
the Evening Citizen of the 28th ult:
This morning abouM o'clock the enemy
again <«encd the ball and it was soon dis-
covered that a number of their gunboats
had paused the lower batteries and were
immediately in front of the city. The
street were filled with women and chil-
dren all hastily making their way out of
danger.
Tin) bombardment wai terrific—-some-,
times perfectly awful. The roaring of the
camion and bursting of the shells kent up
one continuous thunder, while the bro«d
ml unbroken Humes-sheet of flumes-from
the guns illuminated the Hceno with a
great brilliancy.
Oúr hatterie stood the ordeal with a
heroism beyond all praise; they fouglit
likotijjors, and their undaunted valor will
l>e recorded in history as one of the bright-
st ptlges of this war.
Strange, to.say, there were (no casual-
ties In the batteries, although under tire
for three hours. Five of their vessels
jia xed all our lint torios. They havo now
fairly surrounded Vióksbnrg, by water.
A great number of buildings were struck
by the shell* tills morning. Some were
very much injured, but we believe the
greittoripnrt were but «lightly damaged.
Among- "the most pioininoift was tho
Afaaonic Hall. Almost the whole city is
tilled with the relics of this morning's
terrific work.
According to the best estimate 170 can-
non' shots wore fired per minute.
During the bombardment this morning,
a thirteen inch shell filled with canister,
struck our residence and scattered thing
in a very unuiniinorly way.
The following address was issued this
morning by Gen. Van Horn,' during the
hottest of the fight. « Every tr^e pnteiot
will rejoice in the [hold ami defiant staiul
taken by our chief commander. The nu-
dress-explain itself, and gives a very
plainideaof tho position of Vicksburg.
IIliQlIs. I)IST, or Ml? . AM) E. I,*., I
/ieksburo; Miss. June UH ÍHIVJ. ¡ i
dm of yickrburif: til" enemy nre attempt-
ing' 'to destroy tliis lxiiutll'til oily, mul it heroic
people have detirmined to mieriillee II rattier tlnui
tu f ¡vi. It up to ihi' invaders of their home.
It m«y he considered tin rehire In minx—for It
muy tie kiioeked down nnd Imrnt itp, hut the earth
II stands upon Is ours Hint will never he given up.
The shot and shell now plowing tlirouch tile*,
streets, through lovely villus, siu-reil elmrehis and
deserted homes. are hut "sound and fury, liquify
lug nothing."
The contest will commence when the enemy nt-
temps to put his foot upon ouf soil.
Btiuid coolly hy your guns, aud deliver your Are
only when hi come* too near.
EAUL VAN Üülts, MuJ. Ocn. Cora'g.
The enemy aro now in possession of
Í)eSótÍM opposite Vicksburg, where they
llave bacterios which prove a vast advan-
tage to them in bombarding Vicksburg
and aiding the passage of their gunboats
up the Mississippi at t lint point. This oilers
au excellent opportunity for daring exploit
by partisan ranger , which wo opine they
will not bo long in discovering.
Efficient coiupnuitíB would provo of
great benefit along the river iu liarrnsHirif
the enemy, nnd the result will be beyond,
expectations. As it is there I danger of
traveler endeavoring to cross the river
being captured by tho Federals. Several
Louisianian havo el ready met this fate
we learn from the Citizen.
Wo learn that a Yankee deserter came
to one of our camps this morning, and ro
ports their boat badly injured, and that
we havo killed and wounded over ¡500 of
their men. He also say that it was their
intention to land.a force and give 11 n land
light to-day; but he think the injuries they
received will prevent them from makit.g
the attempt so soon.
A* the gunboats went tip this morning
after -passing the upper batteries, they
amused thomaclveffby firing at defenceless
eountry-hoti es two .or three mile above
town. Several house were truck in the
vicinity of Fort Hill. All the lives lost
in that, vicinity Was that of a mule, near
Min Spring , anda horse belonging to Dr.
Strong.
RtCMMONflpSstnc 24.—The Petersburg Express
this morning say o gentleman recently from the'
rear of Oen. Holleck's army lias some Philadel-
phia papers of tho l'.lth containing full accounts of
tlio guerilla raid of Oen. Stuart nnd confess much
loss of property, • They ihny however, that the
engineer on the train was killed.
The Yankees admit a loa* In the two day 'battle
of Seven I'lnes, In killed, wounded, missing, and
demoralized, of 40,000. They do not contemplate
marching on Richmond till Hie reduction of tthe
butteries nt Drewry's Bluff to i fleet which they
have sunt for Porter's mortar fleet.—SllntUtippian.
From Memphis (Grenada Miss.) Appeal, 27th :
A report reached town this morning that Col.
Jackson, with his cavalry forco hud captured an
entire train near CoUlerrlUo en the Mcinphll nnd
Charleston rood.ir
«luce writing tho above, we learn from o gen-
tleman from Oen. Vlllepl(|Hes camp, that, the cap-
ture alluded to took place between Holly Springs
and (Irnnd Junction. Seventeen enrs laden with
aunrtermnster nnd eommlsary ston-s, together with
i prisoners—all officers—belonging to the quur-
termiHtcr and commissary department were cap-
tured. •
From the Blchmond Examiner:
Oen; Jackson's official report of hi lato achler
mentí Is received.
It Is very brief and contains nothing new beyond
what has alrendy been publlsbod. The value of
cantnred store* amounts to over a million nnd i
half of dollar*, Theprhtoners were about thirty'
two hundred, Shields command, since his defeat
had become utterly demoralised, especially those of
Illciiki-r's brlgnd.', stragllng all over tho country,
robbing. Ac. Fremont's commnnd w to have
fallen back to ftnrrlsontmrg. A rumor prevailed
In Stanton on 'Sunday last that Shields, having: been
reinforced hy 15,000 men, was again advancing
On Saturday tb«t enemy wns attacked, md routed
hy our cavalry betw-cn Harrisonburg and New
Madrid with a loss of a considerable number of
PriM°CDowr:i.l.—Whilst M «eon* to be certain that
this officer has been ent a prisoner to For Lafay-
ette, no doubt eiists that his forres linvo «trlved at
West Point- They came down the Rappnhannoek
on thirty transports, convoyed hy *« rtmwm
Our O eneráis «re no do*bt well awwe of tbetr
, * Announcements of
Office , including th« printing of .
general ticket, «7 ( Wtbon tickets, $300.
State end District candidates, «1000, cash la ad-
r"!üd
We are authorized to announce the name
of E. lit.ANl', Esq., aa a candidate for the
office of District Attorney for the 1st. Ju-
dicial District at the ensuing August elec-
tion. p«l 7
Wo are authorised to announce J. II.
Cati.in, as a candidate for Chief Jnstice
of Austin .eouuty, at the' eusiting August
election. 9 pd 7
Wc are authorised to announce Thom as
Cociiuaxk, aa a candidate fur the office of
Agsessor and Collector of Aiugin eouuty ;
election, 4th day of Auguaf
We are authorized to announce the namo
of J. O. WaijK, as a candidate - IVtr^liepre-
sentative in tío Legislature of Texas^.at
the ensuing August election. pd7
■ We are authorised to announce N. W
lii'su, as a candidate for Itepresentative in
the Legislature of Texas, to fill the va-
cancy occasioned by the resignation of Z
Hunt, E i|.
We are authoriscd'to unuoun& Gi:0- F.
Moore, a a candidate for Associate Jus-
tice of tho Hupremo Court of Texa , in
place of O. M. Huberts, resigned. Elee-
August 4, 1804. • CState Gusett%)
ANNOUNCEMENTS
>f Austin '
istjoft.
mioituee t]
We are authorised to auiiotlhce the name
of S. Brewer, as a candidate for re-elec-
tion to the office of Assessor and Colh^tor
at tho August election. pd 7
We are authorised to announce the ñame
of F. Fjnmfxkr, as a candidate for Asses-
sor aud Collector for Austin county; elec-
tion 4th day of August, next.
Wo aro authorised to announce GboÍv
Uei.i., as a caudidate Tor the office of Shcrill'
of Au tin county; election on the 4th day
of August, next. pd
Wo aro authorized to announce the name
of N. Cloyo, as a candidate for the office
ol Sheriff, vof Austin «county, at the next
Augtint election. * ■
We arc authorized to announce Lewis
C. lt.mley, aa a cundida to for County
Trea uier of Austin County, at the uext.
August election.
I We are nut horized to anttouuee. the ni —
of John Muchemehl as a candidate for the
office of County Surveyor at the ensuing
election on the 4tl. day of August next.
We are authorise* to announce N.
IIom.and, as a candidate for Count/
Treasurer-of Austin County. Election on
tl e first Monday in August, '(52.
Wo are authorised to announce J. W.
Mannixo as a candidate for the office of
County Treasurer of Austin Counts
Election, August 4,1803.
Wo are authorised to announce Z. W.
Matthews, as a capdidate for re-election
to the office of County Clerk of Austin
County. Election August 4, J802.
■ ■¡I .fcndly .■
pity in me vested by law. < rder an
hat tho polls be opened at the sevt
cirtcts in said cOunty, on the first J ■
the fuurth day of August,1862, for the pur-
pose of electing the fullering «Mne¿ <1®-
' For á Comptroller of%ublio jtooounAt
Treu*urcr of the State; one Associate .in -
tice of the Supreiwfe Court, to till the #•
cartcy occasioned by the resignation 'of
Hon. O. M. ¿oberts; and one District
Attorney for the 1st. Judicial District.
One yeprescntativn for the county of
Austin, to till M10 vacancy oooasioned by
the resignation of Z. Hunt, Esq-.fiand the
* " 'ng named county offices, for Austin
, to wilt—a Chief Justice 5 County
JQistMotClerk 1 Sheriffs Coroner;
or nnd Collector; County Treasurer;
Surveyor; four Commissioners •—
" the Peace, and one CJoti-
eat;—and also a Mayor,
nd one Constable for each
n, in said county.
And the following named person will
act as Runerhitemüngnndreturning officer*
of said • lection, to wit:
■ Precinct of San Felipe, R. R. Pepn,
" Travis E. Cleveland,
" "Industry, E. Kuollc,
" " Hempsteadt D. E. Hartley,
,'l . " Bcllville, 8am. Howard,
" " liuckhorn, P. H. Pearson,
" " Pine Grove, E. Waller,
" Cat Springs, E. Kleberg,
" " Semprnniu , W. Punchara,
Now Dim, E. Wangemann
" Pecan Grove, ,Jes eWnrd,
«« Shelby' , W. B. Witte.
" Hartsville, J. W. Mitchell,
uct said election according to law.
e due return thereof to me at
fío, within ton days thereafter.
—lven under my hand and soal of office
at Bcllville, this 2d day of July, a. D-, 1802.
GEOliGE W. JOHNSON,
[I.. 8.] Chief Justice, Aust'n County.
Attest: Z. W. MattheW ,- Clerk.
b-17-tdo
Look cut ftr a disetter.
ON Wednesday last the 25th in ¿ I
arrested a man passing through BoU-
villeou foot, carrying a double barrel 1"
n and without foriuugh or
his gun ftrom him and nlar
der guard. That nightfhe broke
We are authorised to announce James
J. Jackson, as a candidate for Chief Jus-
tice ol'Austin County. Election, August
•I, 1802.
We arc aut horised to announce the name
of II. G. W. Cloud, as a candidate for the
office of Assessor nnd Collector for Austin
county—election in August, next.
Wé are anthorised to announce B. F.
Eixiott, as a candidate for re-election to
the offlco of Clerk of the District Couyt of
An tiu County. Election, first Monday in
August next. [ tdc
— 1 1 1 >1 1,
Wc are authorised to announco J. P.
Oktkriiout, as a candidate for the offiee
of Chief Justice of Austin County. Elec-
tion, August 4th, 1802. [tde.
To the
Voters ol*
County:
escaped. He
years of ago, brown hair,
or blue, florid complex on
teet 6 or 9 inches high, «aid h
William Debori, that he 1
In company, "A." Spelgh
Regiment, and Was
furlough, to visit Us _
Colorodo county butt!
lurlougli on the i
is a deserter and
early reeapture,
Provost
To All whom It nay
ÁM agent for Capt. Z. Hunt, Lleuts.
Z. W. Matthews and B. T. Harris,
Judge George W. Johnson, Dr. Bt T.
Bouncy, and Francis M flloud, who are
all In tj>e army—I am Ally authorised by
power ofatt'y to attend to,the btUhieis of
those gentlemen in their absencc, and to
receive and receipt for any and all debt*
that mnv be due to either of them. If the
patriotism of anv one indebted to eittujr of
hese sdldiers shall prompt him to 4nmo
forward ami pav up, I «an be fbund at mv
office hi Bcllville ready and willing and
eager at all times to receive the money
Jnpo 88—b 46. tf N. HOLLAND.
Dissolution .—The firm of h. Wei-
hausen anirH. Miller, lately d
business under the firm and name 0:
Welhausen & Co., has been dissolved
mutual consent. H. Miller will pay «II tl
debts owing by the firm, and H. Welht ui
will collect all thedebta due andowi
the firm. H. MILLER.
H. WELHAU8
July 19,1862. b-4!
Tho undersigned desires hi* fellow-citl-. E stray8 — Austin Cl
zoiis to support him at tho ensuing election
for tho office of A «essor and Collector. I
assure them, that if elected, I will perform
tho duties of the office to the best of my
ability, and will feel gratified fer the |
tion conferred upon me. My busiu
home prevents me from making 1
personally known to all of you, b|i
am elected, I shall be able te ,
thnnks in person.
My competitor are honoiable men
it the present incumbent having already
twico promised not to be a candidate for
the office t—an-1 ono of the others being
compelled by his situation to do the 1
ness by proxy, I am encouraged to oil
myself aa a candidate for your suffrages.
Taken Up by Jbrdan B
county, and estrayed
Esq., on the 4th day of Jul
lowing animals, vis:
A bay mare, about tei
B A on the left shoulde
tho left hind foot
righyrind hoof,—a
sora«!n¿Wlo-raark ,
appraised J t $36 00,
mane nnd
fifty dollars.
Also a light
black
F. F1SSELER,
T)2-49-lt-pd
Shelby, July 7,1«62
5ht bit SBá&lft In Snflitt Sount?.
OTtlue ©efc^Sftt erlaubfn rnlr ttl^l,
81c ptrfonlldLjn erfuc^m, mfl%4 SIntt
it nWb Soltrctor nttjuurrlraitftt,
olí tHffcffor
tNt ta ttrtwlb fjlfrturcK f?rin (Erfola
^anflt oott1 ten ttutf^tn SS&^Utn ab
mlcb crmut^t flltf
ten, tinb lonntn
tafd Id) brl |rter
fcin wertf
, Out? 7, 1862.
8.
meet them.—Bickmoná
DIED.
WHlTUtT.. On Be lOtt Inst si hit late rcsMeace la
AasHa eonniy, Mr
year*.
Archibald Whitley aired S3
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