The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 6, 1862 Page: 1 of 2
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BELLYILLE, TEXAS, DECEMBER 6, 1862.
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W' Auí míny moruluf to 4i Oir • inni'.ioii.
iar . We received the proceedings
of tljH Hempstead .meeting after the
matter lor our paper lor thin week
was set up. W shall insert them
next week, unless in the meantime a
county un eting for the same objv
held ,«t tliiiv pine *. Wo in-
dorse t lit sentiments.
A atrrtney mMiiig fw.i Kéou held
nt LnGrnngo. We see no liope of
sustaining our currency, unless Con-
gress hall make it • legal tender in
payment of debts. TliLs would
ultimately and in a short time insnre
the funding of a lafgw amount in
Confederate bonds, and thus with-
draw tho surplus fund- from circula-
tion.
• Thk DililÍL—The tattalion dril'
oil Batni day last was one of tho beat
tbat lias occurred since the election
of Col. Holland. Tbe officer and
troops d ported themselves at their
best, nu there were manifest signs
of improvement* We have seen
troops that have been in Confederate
servic'! from one to three mouths who
did not go thro' the manoeuvres 'as
well «is the ad., Keg't on Saturday.
EC' t; en. Magruder arrived in
Houston last week. He will muke
bis Headquarters there. The country
breathes freer since he came.
SET Whether Con. Hindmau li.'j
had an engagement with the Fed*.,
in Ark., seams to .be a matter of
doubt. Such an engagement was
reported aud that he had met with
defeat. '
or MeCIellan ha:; been removed
or retín d by Lincoln, from the om-
rnand of the army of tho I^umac
Burn side is in command there:
HT Tho Alumnae Extra s.iys that
col foil cardé are being manufacture!
in Williamson county, samples oí
w hich are pronounced by good judges
to be 0. K.
e£r
nr o., oitr reiVn trip to Houston
wo met many fiurilinr faces who
gTeeted us kindly. Our cotempora-
ries of the News and Telegr.ipL *-ere
«til! dri\-iug alead, furnishing the
country with the latest news. We
put up at th> Rusk House, we always
do, and found r.ir friend Thompson
there with the samo smile on his
j'litnlenance as ever. 'Several Aus
tin couiity eitizens were there. They
generally Kfop at the Rusk liousr,
the n.ott of tiinu, It eih:>'.VS that
they know how to appreciate good
ILVlng, g¿od' beds and thw numerous
convenicnet >'of a first rate Hofe
If you want a good pi fee to stop at,
It usk.
go to till
Ta i Kits.—TaTers are getting very
-(••lire. The crop we believe has
■' • partial failure, and many of
pofatoys .ire beginning to rot
>•> i hi.vo been trying to obtain a few
-diets for cullnáiy jnirposes, but
v. not been sueeessful. Paul likes
•■r is. bur will have to do without
íii f.vorite this winter.
1^' No (Jountryman was issued
ht.-t wi-ek; Fliis will of course af-
1 <r! an occasion to some subscribers
'• say they have not received a paper
in a month.
I Capt. J. X. J),miel of company
A. .¡' sires us to tell the people of
Austin county, rliuf his company is in
e.it need of *i>cks, pant* und under
clothing ami he bopeH they will con-
i l>u .«licit garments as they can
possibly spare to aid in making his
company comfortable. H„ has au-
thored Messrs Win. Woods and U.
Hastian to call on the different
families in the county lor assistance.
We trust ih*y may inter with suc-
cess and oh ain a buituiiful supply.
Company A m-eds all the assistance
that cao be ryndtrud.
We are requested by the
Oourt to give notlct to the
people of Austin County to hold n
Public Meeting at the Court House*
on Monday next, (Disl;ic! C'oui t,) to
¿tdv'ii# with them in rtTerence to the
best mode af jirocuring .-upplies for
the pfior families of the eounty, anrl
to consider ofher matters relative t:o
the curroncy, etc. In this conuae-
t i o ii v.e \.-puld nlrO state that Capt-
C. C. Herbert has been invited and
will he^!ipected to addresa the
meeting.
Opkrations this Winter*—It
is evident from tho si^ns of the times
that fighting in the neighborhood, of
the Potomac, Outside of skirmishtK
has virtually ended for a season
both armies having gone into winter
quarters. The enemy contemplates
now, visiting a milder clime with
view of making up for lost time by
committing depredations along the
Gulf coast. The N. Y. '1 'imea, speak-
ing of tho department of tho Gulf
says :
there is prospect of a busy winter
down there, with plenty of work and
plenty of fighting. We must have
military possession of Louisiana this
winter. The State capital which we
have evacuated, must bo retaken and
held; the Mississippi river must be
opened throughout its entire length,
and the va3t country on its borders,
must be brought under the stars and
Btripes. The region bordering on
the gulf from Fort Pickens to New
Orleans, and from thence to the Rio
Grande is still in the hands ot the
reWl'ls, aud iuub! be torn "from them.
In a very short time we will be able
to send abundant of tr>ops and iron
clad gunboats to do all the work re-
quired, and all that we will need for
success will be daring and Bkillful
generals aud bold admirals.
From this, the inference is, that
wo are to have some work on hand.
That the enemy will do his utmost
tkis Winter in our region is positive.
Every stream which can he navigat-
ed by his crafts, will feel the effects
of his visit, if he is permitted to
come without opposition.
Our people must be up and doing.
Throw aside big speeches, the time
for lioinbastic dit-play of eloquence is
past, and the day for action has ar-
rived.
Fabricating Imteligeaee.
Some of thoso gentlemen both in
and out of the army, whose duty it
is to gather intelligence of army op-
erations for the benefit of the public,
appear to consider themselves uuder
obligations to forward only such in-
formation as will be agreeable. In
transmit t ing the substance of northern
news as found in the papers of that
country, the ress agents frequently
cull over the mass of '-stud'" before
them, until t hey find something favora-
ble to. the south, or comformable to
their own ideas, and this is at once
sent as the gist of yankee news. It
quite frequently happens that when
tlie articles froui which the extracts
are taken are carefully perused a con-
clusion is forced altogether difl'r.ent
from that sought to be conveyed by
the telegraphic summary./ So of
correspondents from the army. We
are eonietin es favored with tbe de-
tails of brilliant and decisive victories
over tho enemy, which eventually
turn out to have been either no
victories at ad, or else such small
ones ns to have no ie;\l effect
upon the fortunes of a campaign
The idea seems to have taken pos-
session of the minds of. some corres-
pondents that they must "prophesy
smooth things." That it is their
duty to make the people believe there
lias been a victory whether one ha¿>
been;gained or hot. . This has been
■the practice of the yankees from tin'
commencement of the war, hut we.
were in hopes that southern corres-
pondents Would have too much regard
for their own reputation to be willing
to occupy the same had eminence
with the yankee writers.
It i i only recently that this spirit
of Mítuchauseiíi.-in lias been develop-
d to any great « xltent iii this country
and it'is to be hoped that the good
•jU;-; Li of tho people will* call for its
n'.ippiv ...¡•m before it works miácbief
to our caiiíe. 'It is forgotten by t.hest
enthusiastic heralds of good thai,
however highly .elated ¡he people
may be with the inteligei cc of vic-
tories which exist only on paper, the
truth must finally reach them, and
that then will come the reaction, lar
more depressing in its eijects than
the simple announcement of a disas-
ter abruptly made. What, fot in-
stance, in the light of recent devel-
opments, can be more ridiculous than
the rose colored pictures which were
sent to us from the battle-field of
Perryville, Kentucky 1 It was ex
tr -uiely gratifying t hear, it is true,
of a battle between the Confederates
aud the yankees, in which the latter
were defeated with great slaughter,
and that the balarwoeef the yankee
army which was^flittfer killed nor
captured were driven aerowi the Ken-
tucky river, but when wfe learn that
nothing of the kind has been accom-
plished, and that the most that can
be said of the affair íb that the rear
guard of our retreoting army turned
upon and partialy repulsed their pur-
suers gaining however no very i in
portant advantages, our feelings ex
perience a severe shock.
We only allude to the Perry ville
fight, because that it is the latest
and the greatest attempt to impose
fictitious news upon the people. ' In
the name of common honesty, and on
behnlf of the intelligent portion of
tho people of the south, we ask for
the truth iu regard to army move-
ments or else for nothiug in regard to
them. We have had quite enough
of bulletins on,the yaukee order, and
beg that ihey mey be discontinued
before the reading public entirely lose
confidence in everything emannatiug
from those who make it their busi-
ness to disseminate important news.
If our armies are defeated let us know
the extent of tbat defeat at the arliest
moment—the people are brave and
determined ana cad can boar reversen
with fortitude; if'they are successful
pulse of the enemy into a magnificent
victory. The plain truth in regard
to these matters is the best by far,
and all attempts to gloss «ver defeats
or magnify victories only serve to
bring the authors into contempt and
excite distrust in the minds of tbe
people.— Montgomery [Ala.) Adver-
tiser.
Genkral Bkagu as a Chief-
tain.—/The Knoxville Register says:
Tile fault with Gen. Bragg seems
to be¡ that while he is unsurpassed as
an executive officer, marked by quick-
ness, energy and decision of character
and unflinching firmness, yet when
placed iu supreme authority without
a superior to whom lie must look for
guidance", he loses his best traits and
hesitates and falters in liie plan and
purposes. He remained too long at
Tupelo for the good of the country.
He left Price without the power of
giving him effective aid, by defeatiug.
or eluding Itosencranz and then
capturing Nashville. Buell, too, js
permitted to make an uninterrupted
march on Louisville, passing, Bragg,
wh > lay twelve days idle not far
from that city, while Buell entered it
and created just ciich an army with
such erurs aud "material" of war as
he wanted. Reinforcements ad inji-
nit.uDi are sent, to him from the. great
Northern hive,and now luchas turned
upon his pursuer', We see palpable
faults in all this strategy, palpable to
Us, if Br;igg is now beaten, but even
Mich faults will be forgotten should
victory perch upon his standard. So
true is it, that iu all military pursuits
success is tbe only test of excellence.
A serious resistance having been
made to !h« enrollment for tbe draft
by the Irish residents of Liizerene
county, I'enu , it was necessary qn
Wednerday to crdl out a military
for^e (in the town of Blakely,) and
finí upon tho insurgents. Four or
five were killed, and forcible oppo-
sition is pul down. The Bame spirit
has been manifested all through the
mining legion. The unreflecting
Irish have been stired up to this folly
by Buchanau Democratic leaders.
[AT. K Tribune.
Tallow Candles Equal to
SiAH.—Messrs Editors : It may be
of some interest to your numerous
readers to know that with not a cent
of additional ezpense, tallow candles
uq be made fully equal in point bf
m^rit flP tbe common star candle.
To ¡two pounds of tallow add one
AiCupful «f good strong ley, from
•Wiod ashes, and simmer over a slow
fire, Vhen a greasy scum #111 float
on top; skim this off foi making
soap, (it is very near Soap already^)
asi long as it continues to me. Then
mould your candleB as usual, making
the wicks a little smaller, and yoú
have a pure, hard tallow candle,
worth knowing bow to make, and
one that burns as long and giveB a
light equal to'sperm. .The chemistry
demonstrates itself. An ounce, or
tifro of beeswax will tndké tli'é candle
Some harder, and steeping the wic-ka
in spirits turpentine will tnake It burn
some brighter. • I write with one
fcefóre me.—JSIohile News.
but do not mi
into a terrible
GP Never since the war commenc-
ed says the Greenville (Tenn.) Ban-
ner of tbe 20th, had there been so
grand and profitable a tour made, as
the one just accomplished by Gen
Bragg.' Jufit think of it, lie has
captured from the enemy, and pur-
chased from the citizens together
enough to load a train of wagons forty
miles long. His whole army has
fallen back toward the Gap to protect
this valuable train and ae it is now
safe from captare Bragg will retire
with his army just when it suits him,
The arrival of this train, sayB the
Lynchburg Republican, will play
smash with th? jeans speculation in
this country, as it is bringing one
million yards of good Kentucky
jeans. They also bring a large amount
of clothing, boots and shoes. Two
hundred wagon loads of bacon, six
thousand barrels of pickle pork, fifteen
thousand good mules and horses,'-
8000 beeves, and a large lot of hogs.
No wonder Bragg's army fell back
to protect such n valuable cargo.
FlortTINU FOR THE FaT GOURD*
—The troe object for which the Lin-
coln Government is prosecuting the
war is well illustrated in an incident
which occurred durring the Federal
occupation of the gallant county of
Jackson, Alabama.
"A patriotjic matron annoyed, bnt
not intimidated, by the uninvited
visit of a Federal Soldier, ask 'd him ;
"What are you Yankees fighting for
anyhow? He returned for'answar
(he stereotyped lie—"Why, for the
Uniou and too Constitution."—'Well'
said the matron, *1 suppose you found
íet the public have tie details at once A? Union and the Constitution when
"riL* J""1- piM°.q :
For the information of our
readers wo publish the law of lite
last Legislature with regard to owners
aud employers of slaves, Ate. It is
as follows.
An ac£ prohibiting owners ot em-
ployers of slaves from placing them
in chafge of farms or stock ranches
detached or removed from «he
home or residence of the owner or
employer: 4 •
Section 1. Pe.it euacted by the
Legislature of the State of Texas,
that from aud after the passage r.f
this act it shall not be lawful tor, any
owner or employer to place any slave
in charge of any farm or stock ranche
detached or removed from the resi-
dence or home af such owner or en: •
ployer. .
Skc. 8. Thi^t every farmer or
stock raiser is hereby required to
keep a free white person upon and
in charge of any farm or stuck ranche
when, lie may have slavey not imme-
diately under his own control, and
connected with his or Iter home or
resideuce.
Sec. Ii. That any pe .-on viola-
ting the provisions of this act shall.be
subject to afine of not less than fifty
nor more than one hundred dollars for
each an,i every violation.
Sec. 4. That the District judges
are required to give this act in charge
to the Grand Juries; and it shall take
effect and be in force forty days after
its passage.
Approved Januury 11th '€2.
New England may prosper by the
depreciated currency, lor eveiy dollar
added to the valne of foreign exchang,
counts as a dollar of additional tariff
upon foreign imports. Her profits
upon manufactures, says tbe Exam
iner, increase in precisely the ratio
in which the Federal credit depre-
ciates. Jnst in proportion to the
increase of burdens imposed upon the
United States at' large, jnst in that
proportion are the profits on her
manufact nres augmented. New Eng-
land rejoices at every adverse report
from the stock market in New York;
the financial calamities of the Union
bring only gain to her. The war
has enriched her enormously; it has
probably added twofold to ber gener-
al wealth; bnt her gain has been at
tbe expense of tbe Western and Mid-
dle States. How long these latter
States will stand a war destructive
to the credit of the "Union," ruinous
to their own interests, and disastrous
to the community, as well for the
Eresent as for the future, remains to
e seen. The complexion of the
election ;rettyns reaching,, us from
those States affords some grounds
for the conclusion that" thesé States
are growing tired olf a #ai>tommenc-
cd by New England for her own
emolument and prosecutor} for her.
gain at the general expense.
Ltrttt tlT £ biddings of
[barter's regiment has been taken
iy the Federan, ra a late
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 6, 1862, newspaper, December 6, 1862; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177072/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.