The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 21, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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BE.LLVII.I.E, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 21, 1863
T. f. OSTEHHOÜT, Editor
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iAU&TtH COUNTY— TKXA8.
I' ft ¿ ,01 1
►i. t A- FOITFTH VOLUME.
Xxomh of ftunfoidPTioj .—gpven
JWlnr and fifty cem« per annum psjra-
, Me invurinbly in advance. $4 00 fer
*iY?*>iitki. ' Anvr.BTlstMi.—Thirty omitb
,|tjr 0*«¡ 'or tb« Arvt io <tfii«o, and twenty
' cent* pi<r line. fur every ub ennt nt
tjnH, iovfli i«bly in 'itavnnce. AU
Kind* of produce taken in payment at thf
market price.
> —
> Fh*F.ci\t. ífOTlCR.—The rnidernigned
'dnW net <i1alnTth<'nutlmrihip bf the edi-
torn!* in the Countryman, during the
publication of tbi* notice.
J. V. 08TKR1I0UT.
J •« Corn fo« .Soúher's Families.
Gratis!' Delivered at the Sol-
dier's Crib ¡—As, many negro
owner* and others. ns may he patriot-
ic enoueh to deliver sufficient coin
.to famit-h bread (or one or more sol
dierfc' Families/wholly free of charge
' can liftve their names inserted under
Confederate Money a "Lkou,
Tender."—How ninny of tho'se,
who advocate making the present
currency a legal tender, know whin
they are ubout 1 Is it. not very tnneb
like making, law expressly ant hoi-
•zt lng every man, foil unuto enough
to bo iu debt, io violate his contract I
Is it not very much like enacting a
ha nk\ upt law; which under the ci'r
cumslaiicefl, must be a very comtp
law ? ÍIow long will "it be befoi;-
people will learn that experiments
with edge tools and currencies ah
dangerous ? Has government an\
right, after depr«-elating its own cur-
rency by over issues Sic., to' compel
citizens to receive it at par in pay
merit of debts contracted before tin
government had existence i Hon
many mm in and out of Congres>
iu favor of this measure were htqriiy
in debt at the beginning of the war {
aud wish to pay out iu . depreciate,
currency 1 Ascertain as tile sun
ti i HfiSuh Story,—Naturalists are , A "SMfifltEft C-s'reemsM" f..r
lelighted to read that at l ist e \Ioa Politic ' L N.KOPHVTfJs.—Q—Why
the above heading, as long ns nay
appear nMefcsnry to wc #e the object i shines at noonday, 99. in every 100 ;.
aimed at. Names and • residence of! arid the remaining one is a visionary •
famines wlll.be made known to those Let government take means to make
Confederate notes rare, and tin y
will be valuable, and no law will be
0 deiire to contribute as above,
oo application at th<* Countryman
office Be just gentlemen ! You
j ato not requested to bt liberal.
. F. E. MILLER, Potnst Oak Point
100 bushels*
The Editor pro-tcm takes
this occasion to announce to the pat-
fons of* the Coit: irynihti that with
tfiis rtuinber, bin connection with the
paper cwnet ; and beg?JeAV.e to. ton*
""der his tfianks for the forbnarance
an d chorit y w i t h w h i ch bis bijmbl e
effort* in a hitherto untried field,
have been received. The Editor
propel will make every Vr' rt to coti-
'YihWttio p'ftLJication"" of. bis paper
unintemipted. If unable to rnuke
snob urrangémeutH, the full number
due each subscriber will We
understand, !>e supplied, as soon ns
I19 cán íü-assunití the tripod.
cr We. have beau iuformed, upoij
the wiy |est„ Authority, that the
sockR, tents átc., destined for Flour-
noy'8
«re in process of vapid
offtnjrietk . We are jdso ««tliorijed
to 'ani.ounoo thAt socks and other
.¡u ieleh intended for that R.'giüient
, i.onid be deposited wiili li. F. EHi-
citi, DistrictOMt ,«t Ilellville. who
wiM receipt for, and deliver the,
inline to the proper$btwarding agent.
Three pairs have been deposited át
ilio Couutryman office, to wit:- —
.4 )! iss Oai He Cleveland...... 1 pr.
Mrs. W. I. Cocke 2 "
which have been banded over as
j| ^ 1 " ■
. TJfcN. BtLKR.—The New York
'¿«•raid Aug. \K), says:
It is rumored in Washington that,
in vfew of thb capture of Ci,iirleston,
there Are indications that General
Butlk will be sent out to command
the millliaiy department there, hit
service ta Baltimore and New Or-
leans pointing him out as the fit man
W/ the place. .' ^ ^
MfH % T.
•yak. will soon be
ar.ffisrir;
to pntrífy
that's
U bus
required to make them receivable in
payment of debts. Until sueb is ti¡.
casé, tío nlere ditítvm of C< ngr">-
can make them much more valuable
than'at present .
C3r We commend the appeal o(
Mi. E. Cleveland pnllUh" >i in tntr
last is->Ui , to the attention not onlv
of i be ladies. _but .«;> ery jsau ■ in t-be-
county or out of it who has am
feeling tor his kind, or any patriot-
ism in l\ia heart. Now is the tine .
let not a day pa«s away witb iut
doing something effective for the
relief of our soldiers. And beábstir
ed, every one, that you can do noth-
ing effective, without sacrificingeith' r
something if yonr time or money
or labor. Don't cast about for the
ctúy way of doing lie e- od deed
but, at all liaza d . any expense
at any saciifice let our friend and
Utíiglibóts who are buttling for ufc
Tie comfortably clad at o>ct. Don't
wait till cotton goes to Brownavilb
and all that sort of humbug—thviv
is cloth in the countiy—íét it ?be
secured at once, if not at -0,t« price
at two or three or half a dofceu—wiija
mait'ersit? Invest yout filthy lucre
lightevusly for one -, and then don't
^ay another word about it. Let jliose
w ho arv not hurdev > hearted thati
I'baiaoh, donate (not '«tffyscjtbe/
eitheViii nio.ney oi cjoth, in propor-
tion to their Có'íiívdefate trfx, and
we will guaranteii (bat the ladies'
industrious fingers will soon roake
all right with poldier friends.
Will Mr. Cleveland make the esti-
mate fur l,apU Huuts company f and
let us all Set ourselves earnestly
about the business at ouce.
Mr. .having on his plantation
a field of oats, was desirous of paying
bis tenth as he hauled the crop in,
so ho told the negro . to hwu) nine
loads to the bam and ijbe tenth' to
the quartejtnasfer. tlpeu returning
after a few davs absence, he attend
the eervont if he bad delivered the
tenth load as ordered. 'No mi|**a,'
said tht trusty boy with aa air of
haviug dona sowetbing,'the govern-
ment don't get ttuffin, to* dar Vrllrnt
no temí load. I dflie tram it ail in
'ias been seen in Zealand, The Moa
¡s a walking, not a flying bird, sup-
,ii ynl,.from nutiierou.- skelotoiis which
have been found of it, to grow froin
eight to nine feet high. It has hith-
erto buey believed to be extinct,
bitigb it. was klioivu that within the
oetnory of men now living, it had
been killed and eaten lTy the natives..
ll was always hoped that in the 'ojien
ind unejtploivd parts of tho island
«ome lost specimen of this nearly ex-
inct race might yet be found alive;
aid now it seems that a gold miner
.>ittiiig by his camp fire saw one
peeling at him from. tlló. edge of' a
íear bill/ He look it at first to be a
man, but presently saw it gravely
tartilig off. i lie track or iuotprint
of. tiiis great bird showed three
aws, and about a foot behind, tlie
mark of a pad, lud behind that
a aiu of a spur." A reward of
i went y-five hundred dollars has been
offefed tor the bird, alive or fl.-.-ul ;
aiid if tile Utitier told tlie. truth tte
may yet see a liviug oa—a nvein-
tiei of a tribe one. stifficieutly nunie-
rous in New Zealand lobe1 a source
• if dread tpt e nasi ve .
did the'''Abolitionists ever favor a
"War for the Union," when they
had always dot est ed and decried the
Union ? .
A.—Reeauae they 1 oped, by
means of war, to effect. their darlirtg
object, the abolition of slavery
THE LEOfSLATUltE.
A F; It r.—A fin took place last
night in ÍVÜvÍm*' building..on the N.
W". coruev of tbi' Old Oapitol Block
..tid bi fore it could i.e stopped, it
¡iestroyed row of foiir cn live small
wood buildings on the North ,.-iiioi.„of
Tííal-.'tblócíi'. all beifiiging to Mr. Pi r-
k-ins. Tlie, tire originated in some
fodder in a stable in the n ar of tjiy
corner buibli.ig. nini spread iiniiic-
(Jiately to the building, itself, and
iilied it with dense stnoke ;Vf.v Jol.
McAdoo and the other • officers who
occupied it were wakelied. and tbey.
had barely time to . make their es - i
cape with tbeii variable papers, only !
saving a part of their clothing. Coi.
McAdoo's lo*s was considerable. '
Eve'< y ex'¿it-ion was made to ex-
Q—Why do they now hate the
South with a ferocity too intenso fór
expression, and infinitely inore veno-
mous than their, abstract dislike for
sláVery itself ?
A.—Because their plans have been
Slisconcerfed.and their purpose thwart-
ed, by the unexpected prowess • of
the Southern people.
Q.—What do they hope from con-
tinuing the war longer, tiow that
they have ceased to expect, from it
any material progress towards the
consummation of their first desire]
A-—Because, failing to destroy
slavery by " military necessity,"
within the socalh d Union "pinned
together by bayonets," they now
force their "hottest"'puppet, Lincoln,
to keep 'pegging away' with the
war, and to make it as barbarous a,-
posi-i'ole, so tlitii disunion—their
cond design—rimy bi cottle jnevitit-
blv. and thus they may bu absolved
t\0m ¡he"sjh and .^haine of fiuthei
coTineCiion vith slavery.'
C¿ —W hat, in view, of these un-
detiiabie laCts, in the imp';ivitive duty
oí Detnoe!ats ?
X.— l'o demand the absolute ceri-
Sat'ou of a war vvhoee kataL policy
final effects they can charige iu t.o
other way; to refuse peremptorily
any share of responsibility for its
fotiger cotv'inuáticé, and to use every
means in their power, especially
the legitimate and proper means -of
denying a single man or a dollar
more, for its sp. edy end.— .Y. York
Freeinan 4' Cnl'iolic Journal.
Austin. Niov. 8, 188^.
The House organiaed eh tbe after-
noon of the 3d., by electing the fol-
owing officers; '
Hon. M. D, K. Taylor, of Dayis,
Speaker; J. H. Herndon, Chief
•Gh^rk ; A. G. Campbell, First As-'
sistent do; Will, Lambert, 2d As-
sistant do; Fred. Carleton 3 ! As-
sistant do; Wm. Hollander Sergeant
at-arms; Levi Pennington, Dour-
keeper; Rev. A. GVegg, Cbpplain.
Yesterday the message of His
Excellency Gov. Lubbock was de-
livered in the Representatives' Hall
to both Houses in person.
, To-day the inauguration comes
óñ. From present indications there
'will be no display.
Ifr. Kinsey on yesterday, intro-
duced in the Senate a bill to regu-*
late voti.'g in certain cases, .which
prohibite the exercise of that right
by aay one now litre or who may
hereafter come here, who has taken
the oath of allegiance to the U. S.
Government. Also a bill to regu-
late continuances iu civil suits. Mr.
Qitaple wishes by joint resolution to
instruct onx delegation in Congress
to repeal all txt mption laws with
regard to military duty.
'i'he hitssage of Governor Lub-,
bock is looked upon by many as ex-
tremuly radical—the meaeures re-
commended still have many warm
supporters. There being a smart
syrinhting of tho conservatiMg ele-
ment in tbe Legislature, however,
it is thought a salatary check will
be put upon wild legislation. A
ewhut stormy seBHion is anticipat.
.
• (Telegraph.
We ale gratified to learn that. Kx-
G'Venior Lubbock has received an
titiguish the fiie, but it. had goffeu appointment fioin Lient. Gen. E.
too far underway before -water C'''"id Kirby Smith.' in the Adjutant Geti-
eral's Department, with the rank of
Lieut Colonel, in the Provisional
Army of the C tí'< derate States, to
dátti ft •oía Ni v. 5tb, wbirii he retired
from tbe office of Chi.-i Executive of
the Slate.— ¿¡tatf Gazette.
be applii^l. Several of the mibiuny
u>nietetl-in guarding the furniture
r.rotight from the adjoining buildiogp
The fire was finally exHngttished b_\
the eiijiities, before it jtad reached
the builditfgi on Maine street. *Mr
Pwkins' buildings were the only
¿nes burnt, at:ri tbe loss to biin must
IVi Considerable, but 'lie loss to the
community at large will be felt in
consequence of the great scarcity of
biiiVljngs in our city 'to meet the
préSejít demand Tile fire i\s believ-
ed to have bee., the work irf au iti-
cindiary, as it occured just about"
midnight, when all tbe Servants urid
others belotigihg .to the pretnist-s had
betn asleep for several hours.
' [6fulrcston News.
A Special Washington dispatch to
tlie New York Hera.d rtya:
"Notwithutandiujr fhé' denial of
Washington newspapers, whose man-
agers assume to know everythii,g,
but reály know nothing, it it a fact
that for two mouths past thé qu s
tion of a suttlement of tlie impending
difficulties between tho Northern and
fioutliern '.States, without further
btcWdshed, 'has been under considera-
tion, both in Washington aud Rich-
mond.
, * ■ A
. "The action thus far hardly author-
kid the statement-that 'peace,..prop-
ofc'ftjons' are bwng considwritd. - r.Tb
uegoiiation¿'h*Te not yet readied
any' deflnifé "propositions. For the
The Federal report of the- battle
of Sabine Pass desfcribefc thp. 'tit#
from one of their Vessels as awewp-
ing tfie parapet of a rebci battery
clean at evet"yídWWí^<li'*iid' billing
the enemy by scorrt, and, stages
that the rebrf lohsJ|j|||P^doubtedJ^^
without •tt*«d«*¿v--: ^ brf Temoved. when It trill b* shown
• that the Govijumeiit h either ac-
, JiealDow has paaced up the tOad H>t«l ^ ¿ pVto j^jpnsed to
from Montgomery, 'M rbole for RJcb-
uiond, to iM «achangad far Get . John
H Htwpn.-V d4o Chzitte.
A foul murder was committed on
Friday might in this city. Salvo
Saleba, a harmless old man, long a
resident of this city, and the keeper
of a little shop in Perkins' Row, wan
assassinated while asleep in bis- bod.
The yillian evidently went, to his
purpose wi|Ji deliberation. He ap-
proached the widdow, struek a light,
tound by it where tbe old man lay,
took aim with his pistol through the
window aud shot him in the bead
What could have been the causo
of the horrid deed it is impossible to
say. It is hard to suppose h could
have given provocation, ewu to the
•mos. abandoned for i*. If#, as some
suppose, it was tor the putpoaO; af
robbing; the murderer was foiled, as
all the old mapt money w^s, deposit,
ed with a downtown merchant.
tUi'k-MilMfcjr' ...
íbere four fcug|8ne£ cbm-
mif|bd iu this city on Friday 'tngbt
la^t,* Mr & B. -Kogtm. an o'd" rfesb-
di*nt,' was Vobbod^ii 1500 cash. Tbs t1
bwglers wit^íniiB-Tooiifj whila W
Hité aileepf'' Th resi'deSfct of
S,.Baer, a tailor¿a \
try «o bring the. W^ir tdk tweedy and
bloodless conclnsion, without diahon-
to the RorA, er bumiliatipa the
South. . ' T ; •
• -.At
aujye¿ rwtich majr, in a few days, .«g ± *Í4 «V ****
' «Pirn «Mm***
sile of tte ^ayoa w«a aMa*^ __
consfderabbi p«j¡*ífy lalu«k Wa
«rust our citisens SciU V wa*Wel,
and «life t^ iuidnijht %
e reception.
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 21, 1863, newspaper, November 21, 1863; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177122/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.