The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 5, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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líELLVILt.E, TEXAS.
SEPTEMBER
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ÁVtTÍX COUNTY—Tr\AS
FOURTH VOLUMK.
nr SiTiinrniPTio! .—(*prop
jimi-irn "nrt flftr cent per nn um |tnv.
M«ln f«ThMr in oilrnnre. Tb«w* .WW
dV.irr fn w U ^ORN will n A the!
Í;' ,V."T^M h«*M* dHirrr-H to
a ortix bushel* (lctlrori'd nf
..r AnrV.HTIIIIKO —Thirtr re
p r II w ror th<* flr t insertion. nn l twenty
linr tnr +rory Rnhftrnncnt inn^r-
tlon.ffwible ilÍTftHflliíy in fuWiittc*, Al'
alna* < r produce tñk<*n in prtyment nt tin-
mnrfcot price.
1ST A friend lia ju t suggested
thnt n pood thing might be mrnle by
a c<> npil.T who would faitbfhllv
collect for publication, our patriotic*
Governor's various proclamation
under the lille nf "Poems in Prose,"
But w e h ave dissuaded him from his
ntherw ise laudable intention, lest it
might he construed to menu snmi •
thing di>iv*pcftfiil toward our fe-
. spectabje chief magistrate, and \iop-
' to hear no more fVom him on thnt
topic.
BT Among (he casualties nt
Gettysluig, we notice the name of
Janus Alex, McDude, eon of Major
■J.'W. McD.ide of I his county. James
Alex was among tin-, first to volun-
teer in this county. He joined
Cupt, R. M. IWll's company find
participated in nearly all the battles
in Vhj: tilín, fí e v üo n v i rg nui 11
highly esteemed by III! hit* acijitaiii-
tunees ü. hn* Sealed Ills devotion
to hiM countly by yielding up his
pure young life in her detente. He
was ubout 21 years of itge..
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tw It (efts ilie Yankee are ol-
ready coh'liiaing their farmers ttpuu
lauds of Southern owners. Sixty
four i f that class, (pt ¡sopéis) recent-
ly nil i ved lit Ban Antonio frorti La.,
escorted hy Cupt. 11 uní sou—bound
for Mexico.
iy We regret t.. have to record
the dentil of Geo. W. Hill,-private
in Cül. B .'IteS Regt. He leaves
Humorous relatives and friends to
mourn his death. He was a resident
of Shu Felipe in ibis county.
L#" We iye very sori'y to learn
that James G', Francis, Jr., son of
Jumes C. Francis near this place,
wns killed recently it) Louisiana
while scouting. The exnct par-
ticulars we have not beard, only
tbat lie wiim shot in the head and
died immediately .Jimmy was a fine
young man, about 18 years of age
and volunteered last spring in C>ipt.
McCowu's company, Green's Reg't.
13T LÍ. iL I'errine of Cn|it„ Mc-
Cown ■ Co. is in town—on s ck fur-
lough wo believe. May he recover
health and enjoy his season Of liberty,
Lincoln has declared tbat all small
bodies of men found with arms in
their bands shall be put to death,
tfo offset this, the Confederate Con-
gress has enacted that twenty men
may form companies and elect their
officers and tlnU ibey will be in every-
way under tile same protect inn thnt
other soldiers of our government are
under, and if taken prisoners they
will bw anbject to exchange as other
troops. Then the importance of or.
gnnising and forwarding :our musler
rolls la acco.dance with this act, is
to tljL i.et aa do th 4Ung
— Sf.k S*w.—The popular mind is
somewhat like the mercury in the
•■weather glass." The chords ot
po| nlar feeling are even inOio feni-i-
What coiihi have' b en the
matter with lile individual who got
off tile following?
"Siuííler a teller can't gwe«ut
live to the changes in (lie political jisl for a le lie ieciet''ion 'ihont it
horizon.'than the 'former is to the
rluinge in the leinjieralurn of tile
material atmosphere.
Let hnt a fog aiW, or n cloud
overshiiilow us; let us hear that Lee
is retreating, or Vickshuig fallen,
and /nigA fm>T i! . down goes the
mercury in the popular thermometer
away below the freezing point of
de-pair.
A rumor, (unfounded perlni] «) of
i ,vi.clory ami i'roui lOOUO to 4') 000
|>iisOtielS (ligtlies aivulo ;•) ) «i I the
next day dlive it tt¿ to I'lit* l'ev. r
heat of eMiliatioii.
The \\ hole gainuf."from ti iinnpli to
tlespaii—•Íipíii "do ft keer n citi >" jó
• luii k fu tin the ton, It-," a hd back
• gain, has l eeii so often played that
one M i lllil ftlji|iiif-e eitlo r the pel-
Imun is or the audience would tire j
l"it every n j i jiii n of i| e x i ühiú n
seems oulv to prepare the iniiid for
'he ti c rpiion .of a fn sh run or and a
fresh pe¡torn,atice on lile.Iii^h >r low
key. as the ca o may it quire. We
live too much upon Seiisiition. As a
people We «tight to rest m.fele nion
'he huge steamer j.l. ughii g the (J¡;n had hcaitl the re)ioils of soui
Ocian wastes—all ho|tj;ll i IU-oltli:i Ia-
iug nd> •crío gales and mniiu!uin Lil-
must ra''n. jisl us it it-kadn't miner
all the lime sense New lVrr di v
Inst August. It seems allvis lai.
hardest light on I• >p of my hat in
'I'his'en-ha inn.>i be a sort of—of
it con—con—deiisúioi—thai s 'h
v 0; ti I 11 lit I i—a! Well, let Yl
rain, 1 dtni'i ken — I'm Witvin i
extra hnllciday every till) this yeai,
\ei)t Sunda\ s—ihculda vs—!belli" art
im étiii days—I sh.tu'i keep—1'n
i£ei drunk all i hem daxs. Lein ine
0 *
—l'n h tve two hundred (on,th o\'
Juh s, a huudit d mid forty New
lets, lind 'uinii two hiiiidr. tl UiiiJ leu
Kii-n.Usses—Tliaiix-ivin-—yes, I'n
have them. i w ice a week all the
time. Then there's the church liol-
leidt'Vr, I'll kt ep Íh'eiii s, parale,
wontier'f iheii.t's all the davs ov a
ver I Ilaiu'i gttt no time to collin
jtl-i now, I'll count some lims Vlit-ii
1 ai'nt so busy, ftnil 'i' lhri:eV iiuy
dnys íivei, I'll liev VtnoreihatiNgiviiit.
.Siiig.ler I'm aller.s.-so-dry when it^
raí 11 in'—I'm dly now, guess I 'II taki
sn hiu' and iho« I'll—I 11—IItill I
w hat's thai ? Shut ill' cnunol'ns eh ?"
half doxeU lih'iKis over at
lies) "yes, sii-r, them's
lows, nnd sin ion tided ptihps by
dangers unserir, yet unidtd l<v the
unerring stars, and th- Isiihluhn'vdleJ" f „ t,,un()n)
sue gt lit -ra 11 v. leaelns her port Hi .. , , , , ,
■jist-load Vr and shute back, a sur-j
s.ileiy, e veil I hough her nibs's «ii.iv
h^ siraiued nd w«ils 'tatt'ciyd-Ly the
storm—si , (¡nidi d by' i!k> pol.- rtíh-
of pntiiotisin. ami. t h. *r iiidd.-r of
common sense, we o/¿ht to know j
that, though our arch-eiieinv may
llittmph for a li!l_lej tune, he can!
never stibdtie ai
the tjiia,-
caiiiiorn's
shu.in for some holleiaay—thanx-
giviiV I "spept. II ni ra—:¡—n I I'm-
myself, and I'll
ite back' a «
•a !" and .Jim iriid to
tool — II II1 1
5,-1868
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¿ '•'.'jjWfi' .entutw Sow
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toil the t'" rke:l etui of a part tougii
with the jug, UMiig liis big b"Ot as a
riiinmei—jiig stnasln d and Jim di
sisictl; '•Mulló.? ball is busted an
bound for .powder wel—•caii't sbute. Never
the Iniveil o^ iv/Iepeudeuce. nml «r < um nl. come up ''l lie bar anil tiiki
J,aU rrnhh //, and 'Imp our am lior i - ^ Jim w alked up to tin
ilirotigli tlje clear waieis of peace, I 1
w here it w ill lay hold on the rocks ¡n,,k> !"ul 0"1,':v,'d wl,"1;''.v
of sa let v. We will then go to.work, j At the last seen of .Jim lie -vas tug-
repair danifges, it ciuit our crew,' ging at oite of the pegs over which
perfect our armnmeiit. ami offer a
hand-, and bid defiance to the win Id.
CwwMy
(Concluded)
The conclusion is obvious. The
present condition of the currency is
0 a great extent inevitable. Neitlier
privnte nor public denunciation can
change n result which fl iWs from a
law as fixo'd as those of the Medes
aid Ft isians—the biw of siipply
'lid deinaud. Were Sau Antonio
net tings held iii every county 1U|
the State, they would not affect the
relative abundance, and consequently
lie relative value, of currency iiud
■their articles.
The San Antonio meeting justly
denounces ilioKe who refuse to re-
ceive Uhtfthing but upecie for their
commodities—beyond that the in-
1 ei 11 mu is laudable, but the effort
\ve think-must be futilu, even inclu-
ding the threatened uliimatiim of
mob law. If mr national cnnency
i g od for anything, (and it is.) i'
has the n'biKt.y to. reinstate itself,
I nit i be j>rt>cess must he gradual,
t ml will be ¿fleeted by means per-
haps not patent to the supeificial
• t bier ver, bul none the less stiie in
heir operation. Supjiose for the
line being, that Confederate money
is worthh ss, ji .il goes nut ot circula-
iioji;. What hill? A.c we, as so
tiany have lit t il assei ling, conquer-
• d. True, money is lie sinews of an
Heusivc war, T ;if n i n.-cessarily so
• f a defensive war. ff.ive we not
every prime ai tii le of tnaleiial neces-
liily liir cynviii;,' rtji lire war, aiid for
living while ve do it ? 'Jlicie i>
.baolnlelv no ni t d whati ver ili.it
any soldier or bis family suffer for
want of file necessities of life, if
' |ih"re were not a dollar iii the C'on-
t'' c ,i'..
f
'i IIk ReaSU.N WtJV.—A good
many negroes hnvn been drowned
recently in nt-tVinpting to cross the
ltio Gratule. The following, written
years ago, by whom we have forgot-
ten, explains the fact.
"Tiih Hill G.ranihí.—Imagine oub
of the croukvdekt things iu the Worljl,
then imagine four more twice As
crooked,.And imagínenlo yourself a
large riyVr three times as crooked as
the bridles art* secured, trying to
pud the cork out.
C a vm.u:it—U. i;\uhiia0—Fiiti-
*M\—As w ill be Seen by reference
to an extract fVcin the Ln.. Uaptist
ill our lasi i.-Mic, ihe li.tplist seems
to have picked up I be idea somewhere
that the Stiiiliern people «re R cross
of ili<* Cavalier and the Roundhead.
11 strikes us that the Cavalier and
l lie It tuiiilhcud ofietier crossed 8 won I
i han breed. In another arlicle we
... , . , believe the Hiptist s'ylets our peoph
all I lo se put together, nnd you have . ,
.. , . ' ,. . 11n* purest race under the Run. Will
a faint idea of the crooked dis|Hisi>
lh.u of this crooked river. There is
no drift wood in it from the fact that
It is so crooked Unit timber cannit
find its way far down enough In
lodge rwo stickü tog el her; few snakes,
U'cituse It is not atWiight enough to
sw iiu in j and. th«*' fish nre all in
whirlpools in the bends, because
tiny cannot find their way nut.
birds frequently attempt to fly across
i he river, but light ou the same side
they start from, being deceived by
the crook. Indeed, you may be
deceived when you think yon see
across it; and soma of the b'lioys
say it is so twisting then* is but
>ne sida to it I"
the llapiist. draw for us the distinc-
tion between Roundhead aud l'uri-
tnil ? If it is a distinction without
a difference, as we suspect it in be,
then according to the extract referred
to, our Souiheiii people are a cross
between ilie Cavalier and the cafiting
Puritan- i conclusion . which., tin
Uaptist ev'uleiiily would not relish,
and which woiihl not be true in
point of fact.
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m
his
fc#" It is considervd probable that
Mfirrah is'elected GaVemor.
Dryden. on tlie i.ight that ana at
...* plays was damned,, was taking
bis ineioiiclinly walk frt m the theatre
when he was laet by a coxcomb ac-
niii'ancH, who sanl—'• Wli|iit, Dry
, my boy, npou nry soul 1 feel
for yon I Can t'
replug thopoet, "a damasd foot".
feder.ic.y. !f there were as iniu h
honesty in high places or as much
tniiminity in soint- wyalihv ones we
Wot of, as there is paiiio.isni in the
ranks, out count i y were indeed safe,
it i<* neither the currency, nor the
«unit ot it l hat call ruin us. If ruiued
at at all, it must be for want of some-
thing more vital to our success than
money.
Let us all put our shoulders to
to the wheel—and sec that i lie govern
incur ii* not cheated, that the soldier
nnd hi family are comfortably clad
ft d,.mid that the slay at homes, rich
.•is well as poor, do (heir duty and
nil will yet be well. H
The tintakt.—So far «s w« hare
heard, (lie draft which took place tin
Tuesday is likely to prove of im-
mense service to the country. We
are not prepared to say ho# many
were drawn who are totally incapa-
ble of performing military dttiy,
but Several of that class W'ht) are
l«ersonally known to us, find all their
acquaintances, to be physically dis
qdalified, dtewnprizeé. - ' t
Am the penplo.gmit^atty Seam to
desire inlónnaiiou ita to the authority
tiy wbicU W th^ halt, lame. Wind,
deal, consumptive and other d;
l>eiwoi s alio in«y have be^n
ed frosi laaiHtaiy daty to the State
IVxasat tha last examination
lliu placa and ¿IseWhé^ in
brigade hava Had
MS. AÑO <
piip¡er, (tie
fhinkstbntt'he
Státe ofitíhíoan
íVs resul/s be'eli a
Ihés. Ón ' tlíe same,^;
Uiieísón liad beeii captu
issippi, the raid wouid
be^rt 'Ah adi'íintágí' to' líl jt}
• If wé liuv« gilí/ied tnó're than we
bu va lost ky Mmgans eXpy^ition
i«tty tlie'QoOií Lórfl deliver lis from
such gaiit'
woifld
successively
and others, to he gobbled tip iü de
tail, as Mórg.tn wiis,' Ünd when our
army is found fcftho.nt iJaValiy in
consequence of tiuch wilfl goose chase
it will be seen1 what We gained t y
them. We shall be^ín to suspect
ere long that Ün. some mysterious
hia-us pocus Way or other, we did
well to h i«5 Vit'kfebuig. Way we
be delivered from'doing w>f ll in like
manlier at Cbarléatoii abd Mobile,
lit fore a portion is taken by iho
Feds, if One were to heed Editorial |i
twmhlle, he would'Suppose tlíe very
existence ot tlie- Contederacy depeu|
ded upon it. But when the plac^
¡alls it is suddenly discovered that
we area little Vtter óff wifbout
Verily, eohsitehcy i a jewel, aud a
rare one.
J3T The. Washington government
is rifraid it may be farced into- a war
with Engluud and France before sit
can put dowu the rebellion. IfÜk-
coln sliould uot ie iadaigi^. i ihw v
Inxiiry of a foreigu war till after the
rebellion is put down, it Ss probable
lie will have to wait some time. .
Thel^ Y/tó ba d¡«c<íyjp'r^
eil that the "war is not vet over."
Sharp paper. f ' ;
P?3 The Suite (in/.ette nays: I
í-Wt think ibt\pul lic maat sOoner
or later get, their eyes to th -
etl^'Clii iliat have beuu produced, first,
by these cot foil orda** whirl aw#
issued under military .aufhlnviiy
oat the warrant of law, j
by tV late jiapressoieat of
which is equity in CnatraVention
the last orders issue^T ""
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tliaVtriide
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 5, 1863, newspaper, September 5, 1863; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177111/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.