The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 27, 1862 Page: 2 of 2
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From Íh« Misahwippian. Dec. Gth ■
"-Wfeat h Hodei te
ft ! it be SÜÉVaL'uut to
r Bpipwp'y
fcnoWn, that ere
haa eluded the
trap set for him by
•at Q ranada, where it w
. enemy
movement
on Giving Aid to tho
Enomy.
We find the following letter of Gen.
Washington in the Missififiippiuii.
WliUo Washington was at his head*
Sorters in tho year 1781, he learned
at tho enemy had made a raid up
enemy and the Potomac to Mount Yernon, and
he impot&i-
oxecute the
him which
i, not less than
which appear to-
in earnest, rendcr-
■ ;
Washington
nu
the winter
have comm<
iug the valley impregnable, are
against such a movement,
additional advantage in hU
it location, is that it makes his
connection with Vickgburg more di-
rect, against which the tremendous
assault 6y land and water will be
made at au early day.
Compelled to aot upon the defen-
sive, it is of the firftt importnnco that
«ur force* should be in a condition
«asilyto be maased at'any given
point. It is in this way only that
we cau make up for deficiency of
numbers iiv a coufiict with over-
whejmiug odda against us. . ; ? •{?
It is a military manamiro sup-
ported by experiencia, that "a superior
army way-fall a' sacrifice to an in-
ferior one by injudicious divisions."1
To carry Obt this idea of rapid' and
effective concentration, it is impossi-
ble to guard against every incursion
or afford protection to every portion
•of the. codntry assailed. Positions
adust be taken and firmly held, of
ampy aoeess one to the otlier, to cover
tt^e moat important parts and defeat
titegAaeM plah <c>f the enemy. In
idle Southwest, his chief object is to
«btaiu uniuterrt^pted control of the
Jlflssisaippi river, While any por-
tion of it is under the control of the
rates, ' v^hile y our batteries;
1 ith. and de tnicríon apon his
demanded supplies from hi? relative
who had been left in charge of . his
effects; and, to Ma indignatiob, that
person, to save his houses from the
toich, his plantation from ruins, his
slaves from capture, had paid the
tribute required. The rebuke which
ho administered to the agent who
thuB compromised his honor, lias
been preserved, and is to bo found
in the volumes of hi correspondence.
It Is pertinent to the present crisis,
and we reproduce it, as worthy of
consideration and imitation:
TO LUND WASHINGTON AT
MOUNT VEUNON. New Windsor,
30th April, 1781
Dear Lund.—I am very sorry to
hear of your loss. I am a little
sorry to hear of my own; but that
which gives me most concern is,
that you should go on board the
enemy's vessels, and famish them
with refreshments. It would have
been a less painful circumstance to
me to have hertrd. that in consequence
of your non-compliance with their
request, they had burnt my houses
and laid the plantation in ruins.
tiun o
that position and of the valley of
whicu it is the centre, from Grenada
to liatón Kongo, is of vital impor-
tanco to the Confederacy. To this
end every element of strength should
be brought immediately tpbear.
- iu nll:human probflbillity the fatte
of our country hnúgs ujwn the oXer-
tiwiH which may be made within the
next tew weeks. The enemy, in-
spired by unsatisfied revenge, and
hist of power ani pUmder, will lehve
nothiug nuessayed to accomplish his
aims, lethargy anil backwardness
«t a time like this, when our fate is
balance,. would be a erimiual
to a condition of insnffer-
and lawleM cruelty
ouia wo fall u der Tankee rule,
ie ia no abySs of degradation and;
eriug so low that we will not have
homed. And,cfyi it be that the
i '¡spji g
¡on« to
¡ as the enetMf to
" our authorities,
•cise sloop-
ting' oner
at requires to W
"" k i pome forth
and of
upon
liim pow
. ..vs8 Our-
all will be
sentiment
the propor
Wá
victories. I 1
fli .
id laid the plantation in
Yon ought to have considered your-
self as my representative, and should
have reflected on the bad example
of communicating with the enemy,
arid making a voluntary offer of re-
freshments to them with a view to
prevent a_ confiscation.
It was not in your power, I ac-
knowledge, to prevent them from
sending a flag on shore, and you did
right to meet ijt; but yon should, ia
ihe same instant that tho business of
it was unfolded, have declared ex-
plicitly1, that it was improper for j;ou
to yield to the request: after which
if they had proceeded to help them-
selves by force, you • could Vut have
submitted; and, beihg' unprovided
for'defence, this was to be preferred
to a feeble • opposition, whieli only
serves as a pretext to bum and
destroy,' *
. I am thoroughly persuaded, that
yon acted from your best judgment
and believe, that your desire to pre-
serve my • property, and rescue the
buildings from impending danger,
was your governing motive ; but to
go on board their vessels, carry them
refreshments, cpmmunc with a parcel
nfjthmdcrirg seovndreh, and request
a favor by asking ,a. surrender of
my negroes, was exceedingly illjudged
>and, it is to be feared, will be un-
happy irt its consequences, ns it will
be a precedent for. others and may
become a subject of animadversion.
I have no doubt of the enemy's
Militaky Skizuiir Extraordi-
nary.-i-The Atlanta Confederacy
«elate ' au amusing incident which
occurred in that city a few idaya ago.
It seems that a little stanched and
powdered lieutenant in the army
called upon the transportation agent
of the State road, late oue evening,
and asked him "to have his horse
ippud to Ghattanoga that night.
The laat train had already leifet and
there was no chance to comply with
his request, save by fixing up nn
extra train, which the agelit did not
think it necessary to do', especially
as young shoulder-straps could uot
show any urgent necessity for reach-i
iug Chattanooga that night, further
than his own very great desire to do
so. The furnishing of an extra
train, therefore, to accommodate'him,
was declined.
Upon this tho onraged eon
Mars DKMANUBp that lie bo Bent up
with his horse that night; he had
transportation from the government
and therefore demanded the extra
train atanco. He was politely told
that his demand could not be com
plied with, whereupon he said he
would seize tho road and have trans-
portation for himself imd liorso that
uight.
Said tho agent, "Very well, there
is tho road extending all the way
from here to Chattanooga ; just take
it and carry your horse there as Boon
as possible." There are hundreds of
cars and a number of engines help
yourself at will"
The chop-fallen lieutenant con-
cluded not to 'seize tho road,' but
ido arrangements with the agent
for transportation next morning.
of
Thk extraordinary facts develop-
ed by tho execution of tho recent
cartel with respect to the numbers of
prisoners taken in this war, are ex-
ceedingly curious and have a singular
interest for the historian. "
We learn that wo have already
exchanged at Vicksburg about 18,
000 prisoners, and at Yarina not less
than 20,000; and that we el ill have
in our hands a surplus of some eight
to ten thousand prisoners, including
the Harper's Ferry capture. These
statistics suggest a remarkable and
not very honorable circumstance in
this war—the large'number of priso
nora taken on both sides. It js a
problem for the philosophical historian
why a war, which, it was expected
by the world, would be tho fiercest
of civil butcheries, has proved to bo
the tamest in modern records.
DIED
On Monday evening, the lf>th i list. at Wt
residenco on Finey, near ,B«ll i"
John Graf, aged about 42 four .-
intention to prosecute the plundering
plan they have begun; ana unless a
New Advertisements.
and let
with their o
e
as We
turn# o
fettVt'and.
will be
';V ; ' ' "
stop can be putlo it, by tho arrival;
of a superior naval force, I have as
little doubt of it ending in the loss
of all my negroes, and in the destruc-
tion of my houBes; but i am prb-
parho for thr event; under the
prospect: of which, if you could de-
posit jh a place of safety tho most
valúame and l«ast bullcy articles, it
it be consistent' with policy and
mce, and a means of preserving
hereafter. Such and bo many
things as' aro neceBsáiy for common
áiidprésentuse must 'he retained,
and must run' their chance thróugh
the fiery trial of this sutnnter. 1
la'not this example of the great
trAitor, Washington, worthy of itnita-
tion by us ?
,• ' i i f ,f \ " >* ■ i i i i i i • • ' ' •
í,At1M>L8.---The Telegraph has
A requested by the Governor to
the'attention of the county courts
rOR IlIMVT.
I will rent for tlie year IBfW, a plantation
on the wont n'nlc of thn liraxrw River,
opposite Hill** Furry, four and a half
ilea from Hempntoiul, contuiiúiig two
In)ndred ami fif.y acre* in cultivation,1
with good dwelling houte. KÍn house,
comfortable negro cabins & e. for fnrtbe
l>articiilurs, apply to the undertignei
three milos below llill1* Kerry Austin
county. W. W. COCHRAN,
ciil-tf.
PUBLIC SALE
OP fLAKD, NEGROES &e.( Ac.
Bv virtue of the authority vented la m
. 0 will of Isaac Duncan «leed., Iwil
on Mon<J y the 5tb day of January, A. D,
IHC: , expose tq public sale tn the highest
bidder, st the late residence of said Duncan
six miles below San Felipe, Austin eonritj
tho plantation and homestead of the lai
"saao Duucan, containing 1100 seres <
cuUnt,<>,,
Also" nt thewune time and pln¿B,I wfll
^Also all the pertonfc! í"
by
I
atliew
- P.8. CLABM
Beni 13, •« e-7-tf
i t> n uiffnv
A a MJ dAILÜÍT
i Á ti W nmdJ
VERS.
persona
appear
ar luduitsy,
to do so,
rten from
States o
all the pain
ied, hiid • wil
▲«•ti
wiwt
county,
color, ki
est Kt hiteti
m ppn
1U i'ersky
iru, August
Shi ller
MBS. C. nULDUD,
1^.
Cemer tf Franklin
rH
otjhlng shall be w
Ibo reputatioa this
Cloud
swsas
of them. H the-
bted to either o^
>t hi to eeew
bo found at my
sad willina aaá>
e tke
HO
£
receive
that ma
trioHsm
soldie
forward end
office in Hell'vi
II
ne
«Míe
and!
uch losser
Mbie). and
•s-tó
Interest t* -
la
MINI STR',
"avmg been a|i¡
upon-<the estate oí
tbte of Austin
Justice W said cou
Noveubi r^^rmj A,
give notice*
against said eiiflK to
authenticated, Hithín
by law.
—" J. W. McDADB.
■■■ Administrator
|I«mpstesd D^., 13, 18tW clSWJw
, Ths Yritowf^t
boon notified by
rollment nt my
having failed and
hereby published
service of tbe Co
Amecics ond vre lia
and penalties thei*ef
bo treated according
Chasles Goiith, Jon ,
HeiHmann, Leo. Mélis.
make,, George Noreross,
Julius Kvrsten, Be
WilliamMiller, Albert
Hhrwdor, Fr. llhlig, WÍ
Fr. Liudeimiu, IImiry 1). SI
Itaael, Walter Nichols,
William Mueller, .William
Demy, Kralick, lI^Moeilur,
Christian Koch. Henry Wéfgaa ,
Wotipka, CharlesLiyhakcr, Vin
lor, '1 liornas Wotipka, Henry o:
Smith.
A.J. BELL Enrolling officer
torn District Austin Co.' cI9-t
— í.Ü)
Executor' ]V«¡tleb.
Letters Testamentary • Were granted to"
me at the Augu«t t#rm A. D- JISM of, the
County court of Austin county ¿upon tliO
Estate .of j. W, Chandler, deceased ; alt
persons having elaiipsagaiust said Estate
are riMjuirod to present them within tbe
time prescribed by law, • ■ ''
lift Euas Si'ENckh, Executor,
1S(>'2.—cl8-tjw.
Rutcrsviiie, Nov
Executor's Tfotiee •
Letters Tostnprentary wore granted tho
undersigned fat the Oct., Torui of tbe
County Court of Austin. County, upon tho
Estate of John Mussehnan deceased, all
persons having claims
will present tl|«m, '
within thé tttnif prese
all) persons indebted to ssi 1 Estate will
i against said Estal
duly authenticate
sribed
make iiuinediate payment to |
D. E. lÍAUTi.KY, Executor of the'las
will of John Mussebasi), dre'd, --clb'Ow
Rcwnjd.
ir
f nlit how aV
pon me. I hope
bysicisn will
settle soon in,1
ed ¡to qUli.
ltellv tll^, Qot '
a blue dun horse mule about 14 or li
hands liigh* six years old, maw and tai
reached last spring, black streak oj) iti
shoulders and back, well broke to W<
aud has gear marks. , ,I¡< will pay $85 foi
the return of the mule, o'r i|llu(l lor tie
inulo and préof tií cosviot tho thief. Tl
mule was raised by joe., , •
el9-4w CHARLES FORDTRAN.
WOOL. I hnvo at; My' place ncaij
Catsprings P, Ov Austin County
a considerable sinountof good wtwl. Per
son* in want ofwool^by eniling^u me
learn my terms afd Hiuee* ,
rt.ivf ,1
Üfór parti:
1
NEGRO Woman.I¿r sale. W
ulars, iuquiro_at $i* office.
cl7-tl . ' •.
■ • ; , ..i I jUi> U J i In HI I
Prospectus^—We will-
ip the ci^yof Ricjinj
noon, September tltl
| Take# tip'' 'Jiuiiéé
and estrayed b«te «Mil,
J. p on tile lathidi^
the following; animals, one
lUs "
snip m «10 nose .
praised at $Sé,00'¡ (
mare mule fivelyW
'if H (coontcted) ap MÍdM flOé.
a
Taken Up ty. ÜikW Xsw%. and
'ahont ! £5
embracing —
utkhauv ni
OVEl
10
Tbkms:
K'j
Ru
rang*
¿Mi
«•(ardí
ÚÍ mshI
TO!'
inpanii
eLero.
ith which tbe,
i flu sed. Trus
may receive
1U8T0K1ÜAL
JUOtt*
and, indeed, ev
of polite literiatuV—, . ,
IIuving secured tlievaluable services o
tbeBajlh ~ '
tho "Mar^lSA
by the artistic l
connecttid with
will be enabled i
the Confuderat
beiished literar ,
ber will eoutain'
Gen. STONEWi
will be accon
sketch of tbe i
We have alao <.
meat with many i
Of aekuewledg
able ns to put I
Inferior to'tl
pu
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 27, 1862, newspaper, December 27, 1862; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177075/m1/2/: 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.