The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 14, 1864 Page: 2 of 2
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1)ra* Nkwk,—-A letter lian Itoon
received hetv from ;n high source
giving n brief outline 0f n speech re-
cently dollrer.nl by Gen. U. II. Mc
Clellan, in which lio takes ground in
I*"*0*" aa«l «vcognltlou, but oa
,the following cuuditknw:
l*t. Tlie frw navigation of the
Misdwippi river. ■
2d An dUuM oftasivo aud do
fenslve.
The form *r we h.ivo agrjed to il
ready, Mono of tho earliest nets of
our first Congress, extended to the
U. 8., the free navigation of the
Mississippi.
To the 3d there are various objec-
tions. Id the first place, such alli-
ances are never defensible except
upon the ground of necessity; when,
for instance, two or more weak pow-
ers have to unite against some strong
and grasping nation. This has often
happened. In the next place, we are
fully able to defend ourselves, sy*
(his war abuifllautly proves. We
are not likely to need the help of the
\ ankees in any war that there is any
probability of our getting into.
If the U. 8. has been sufficiently
punished to nbandou the further prose-
cution of the war, we will niakt? with
it a fair oummercial tifaty, but no
advantage over other countries, and
uo arrangements by which we would
tacojpe mixed up in their troubles.
From the nature of our pursuits, we
are not likely to be a very ambitious
power, and therefore Mot'likely to get
into foreign wars, while foreign nations
will ontfrtalu a salutary dread of our
great strength as a military power,
they will naturally seek our friend-
ship to enjoy a portion ef tlio profits
«Í our unsurpassed agricultural Wealth.
I have nothing by the L'amdcn
express to-day, i or is then anything
very particular from any other
quarter. > • M. E.
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I
Tbe tribute published to day to
Mrs. Hosanna Oslertnan, we can bear
testimony, lusiows no liiideservod
eulogy. We have long known the
nd'ject of tins well merited compli-
ment, and can testify that her chari-
ties and acts of kirdin+* to the Fuff-
«'lingand ti**«-<ly* litive always been
taielinted and even more lliati com-
tneiisura'c with Iter ample urenns.
Wo trust and believe that the noble
example file has exhibited of pure
benevobmce will Ii.ivh its influence
on I liotmMi'ds «¿others, and h is for
" this reason, that tve find more pleas
tire in giving publicity to this lady's
active' ami uuce«u4ug benevolence
which wi welt know sh? never intend-
ed Up tlio public «¡yo.—Xiwt,
All governments ought to aspire
to produce the higfiest happiness, by
the leant olijecttonablo means. In
state of civilizntMMi, each individual
volniitarily sacrifices a pari of his
liberty, to iucreaao the general stock.
Hut he sacrifice* his libe rties only to
the laws; and ft ought to be the cam
of good governments, that this sacri-
fico of tbo individual is repaid, with
noeurity and with interest.
Thr Faults or CJarflsriANirv.--
It is not by ntea's .professions, but by
their fruits, that we are to know
them. By their fruits, not by their
position in tbe vineyan^ of God
they may be planted by 1 thft rivera
of water, and fcatefud by tbe genial
inflaenfce of boavpw and yet there
be ne frait; tbo trae itself
majr bo. aa trait j Hw troo i Uett may
be oomurtj not by tbe verdure of tife
foliage, ael by fflbe lantriance of tbe
/
f;tbJ*«M
th« odor oí a ifW
very beaatMbl to leek apon; bal the
frost of a sinjL night wwty pip them
in tbe laid, and tbo violence of a
single blast máf scatter them to the
winds eí beáveni and when tbe
gathering taf the harvest eoatea, there
inay be aa fwiM By their (traite ye
aliall JuM>w the , wit^ by their i.
niUon, D. D.
thJ^rz^
have known I
lumeydrofpb*** «i
We ato «*•
aaiai-Ut uí gfi-í. « ■ ^
gently from the dfa, so way all
thing lovely and of good njioit fall
info oar liamau Jflsaiii. <,
LATEST FROM TUE NORTH
important, ik tuub !!
Capt. llowerton of Ilallotlavllle
arrived uight before last from Oen
DeBray's nead quarters at Oiielousaa
where he left on Monday last, on
furlough, lie ptatea that Gen. De
Bray received a dispatch ou the day
after ho loft from Gen. Wharton
who was but a few miles distant
stating that ho had just received
copy of a recent proclamation issued
by President Lincoln the purport of
which Gen. Wharton recited a fol-
lows : 1'rcsidout Lincoln set out by
saying that disaster had recently at-
tended the Federal armies from all
along the line from Toxqe to Mary
land—thai Banks and feteftle had
been defeated west of the Mississippi
with heavy loss—that Breckenriuge
had beateu Siegel—that Beauregard
had driveit Butler back, aud that
Grant, on whom all Oieir hopes had
depended, strong in numbers and
supplied with all that wealth and
patriotism could furnish, had been
forced ba'ck'with great slaughter to
the l'otomac.
lu this crisis President Lincoln
calls upon the country lor 400,000
more troops to suppress insurrectiona-
ry movements at home and put down
the rebellion, and adds that if they
are not raised otherwise he will be
compelled to' order a draft. Tho
proclamation concludes with a prayer-
ful hope that God in his mercy will
yet save the country from jhe threat-
ened calamities.
Capt. llowerton, it seems, did not
himself hear the above proclamation
reial, as he had left, but W was over-
taken while at K ¡blot's) Bluff by a
solditT well known to him, who left
the day after, and who says Gen.
DeBray ordered a dross parade as
soon as he received the dispatch from
(fen. Wharton, and had it read to
all the troops on parade, lie heard
it read several times, an many sol-
diers were coining up during the
ng, who had not heard it, and
it was read over for their information,
Capt. llowerton has uo doubt «of
the truth of the account, and (host
who know Capt. llowerton in this
city, seem satisfied that it is substan-
tially true.—AVwmt,
Exciia.vok ok Prison Kits.—The
Chicago Times of May 10th, pub-
lishes a telegraphic dispatch dated
Fortress Monroe, May 14th," which
says: "The exchange of prisoiieif
has been resumed. Aiken's land-
ing is agreed upon by Commissioner*
Ould and Mulfoid as the place of
exchange."
TllK Chops.—The Tyler Hqioi ter
of the 2Gth May says :
Many of our fanners are now be
giuuiug lo cut their whoat and from
all wu can learn tbe yield promises
to be very good.. Wo hear of rust*
in some places, where tho wheat is
backward, but do not think it general
e.KMigh to materially injure tlie
crop. The corn crops are doing
well, and with tho amount planted,
there can scarcely fail to be an abun-
dance made."
Graut seems in his present cam
iiaigu, to have a partiality for til
partite movements, consisting of out
main body moving iu tho centre, and
two other bodies actinu respectively
at some distance ou the right and
left. Thus, Meade • is advancing
straight on ltichinond, while, on the
left, another column move* under
Butler, aiuLon the right, one under
8iygel. Swat Chattanooga. Thomas
is advancing straight ou the enemy;
on his right, McPhcrson is making
u long aetour to strike the rebel rear ;
while another column, on the left,
moves so as to turu the rebel right at
Dalton. Of these two movements,
Grant's is tho most imposing as to
numbers, and Sherman's in respect
to distance. On the dtnpidan, Grant
1sonly aoine 00 miles from his ob-
jective point, Richmond, with his
supplies obtainable iu a half dozen
directions, both by land aud water
At Chattanooga, bhormaii is 138
miles from Atlanta, his objective
point, and his base of supplies, con-
nected with him by a single railroad,
its distant nearly 100 miles, Hunts-
villo is 97 miles from Cliatanooga,
aud from this plac« Sherman's right
wing imdei McPhersou, starts to
execute a (lank movement, whose
objective point is distant not less
than 140 miles., (íuul.oats assist
Grant; Sherman has before him only
ridge after ridge of mountains, be-
tween which roll the Etowah, Coosa
and other swift, unfordable streams.
Grant has before him tho veterans
of a dozen battle-fields, aud Sherman
the victors of Chlckauiauga. Before
Grant is the North and South Anna
•vers, the branches of tile Mattapou
'IIV,
icll-
The Richmond Whig is in favor
of gefiing rid of tbo 85 Confederate
Botes altogether, and many other
papers seem to be of the spme opinion
After July 1st Ibey will be subject
to the discount of 33 1-3 per dent.
East tí the Mississippi the same as
hvger notes, though they will 'not
be kutject to this tax on thia side of
the river till the let of October. It
still ramalna to be see* whether this
Congress will ralease them from the
tax altogether, as some recommend,
aud let them eoutiane a currency, ou
a par with the ne* iw*o, or not.
QT Distance from Orange Court
Uoaanto Fradsatckaburg 41 miles,
the road crooning no river, «hat is,
from Oseage Coart Hmme to Ver-
dieifville, 16 miles—tfceaee to Vme-
her'* Stove 16 imlee—thence to
Wildemm 6 «Mee—thence to Chan
efDortille Ú mile —theneo to fVeder-
IchsbuiylO miles—total 41 miles.
and the enormous defences of lti
mond ; bel'oi'e 8herman are the rug-
g"d mountaius, the narrow gorges,
the broken valleys, and tortuous
roads of Northern Georgia, Both
have tasks,before them whose magni-
tude defy the appreciation of ordina-
ry minds', and it' both are suvccpsIuI,
hey will have accomplished feats
worthy to be ranked among the la-
bors of mythical ages. A failure in
the case of either woiild not bo sur-
prising, while, iu any event only
slow anil toilsome progress is possi-
ble —Chicago Th/trt,
, TiIKThhK ItKLllijOUS SÍ>ÍRIT-— As
the sunlight tints the flowers and
colors the rock—as it alternately
sparkles iu tho dew-drops and shines
iu tho broad ocean—so tlio true
religious apirit is present iu the hum-
bJest bargain, the lowliest Word of
Jfjudiicss, as much as iu tli" gr.'Aid
songs of Hebrew bards and the pro
found teachings of St. Paul, the
A| oslle, those ancient headlands of
Christian thought.
ANNrtliNi'KMK.NTS.—We announce
t! is wi ek h vcial now candi
dates. Their names and the poet-
tiops (o which they aspire will bo
seen under tho proper head.
Tlflv Hfltville Kiicnmpiiieiit will meet
nt tlie usnnl pliiee tii readez\e1lH on
•Snturilny the IHtli di«) ot June, nt
!l O'clock. A M, tor tho purpoxe of ivor-
K'iairiiiH ; iiiiU rii) there I* a mitHcient iium
bor of uicinliein piesnut to eHoct ait- or
Kiiiirtitioa, the Kiictuniiaioiit will bb <Iík
baiiiled. , .lint * Hth ■ ■
«KS-lt. K. CLEVELAND, L'H| t
111)
«¿IÍ8., KEKKUVK COIP
ill
.. i rs, i
Houston, May vitith lSt>4. <
Upecinl Onlerrt No, 30.
1 Alf officers of tho State Troop ,
the service of the ('unfedciiite Slates
sinoe the 5th of Au^unt will Head I
these llend Qu.ir/eis their Post Office «d-
dresH at which coiinuuaicHtioiis will retich
Ihein. lljr Coiniiiiiiid of
MtiJ„(iou. MA(iKl!l Eli,
d37-'2t Joiin Savi.hs, A A. (I.
,\uli(C
LETTERS .ot aiiiiihii)iti'ii^iou were
uiider«i|tne4 at tlie May
of the County Court of
AiikIíii County, upon the Estate ol
J. «7. (Iroer, lute Of Hiiid (-on lit y tle-
ceHxeil. till persoiix liHvini; cIiií-iik HKáiPst
snid Estate,' will present thein, duly
authenticated Within the' time preseiibeil
by lsw '
J08E111 «KEEK, Adair. Estate
of Joseph C. Creer, deceased.
d:t7-0t.
ill'iinted to the
IVrin 18lit <i
AtaNOUNCBMBNTS.
Wo nte HUtliori/ed and roqnested to mi
noiince the Hon. Cko., W. SMITH, as I
eandidnlu for ro election to tlio o (lice of
District Jad|;u of tbe 1st Judicial- Dis-
trict. Election ia August next.
Wo aro nutborized nnd rc<juo«tcd to
auiHiuiice II. K. I'ili.KV aa a candid to
forConnty Clerk of Austin Couutv, at tlie
(tiisuing August election.
We «re authorized and requested to
siinouiioo John W. Mannino, as a candi-
date for re-election lo tbe office of County
Treasuror of Austin County at tbe eusuiug
August ejection.
1 aui a candidate for tbe office of
CniKK Justk'e of Aastiu County at tbe
ansuing August election. If elected, I
promise to discharge tbe duties of tbe
"office to the best of my ability.
J. P. osterhodt.
We aro authorized and requested lo
anuounco Col. Jour Savlks as a can
didate for Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court.—ted
IF We ara authorised to mum nines If.
B. WALLER, as a candidate for Judge
of the 1st Judicial District—etcction in
Aageat aest. [te^H-
ET We are authorized to aunoanea ED
WARD BAILEY, Esq., as m candidato
for tho office of District Attorney for the
1st. Judicial District—election in August,
next {till Aiy.
♦
HI . ^RM. RESERVE CORPS,
DIHT.TKXAS NKW Muimt Akizoma.
Houston, June '2nd. 1S64
GENERAL ORDERS No. 7.
I. The commanding officer of compa-
nies of State Troops in the service of the
doafederate State* since the Mh Ayr of
Augustus arill faraiab sach mea as have
not hee« aid, with Nnal stateasaota (For
66.) aeon Which they wilt he paid jr the
Pay Master Oeoerat J Hoaatea.
II. Offieersof the Mate Troops mm
reaeive the balance due them apea proaout-
ing their pay aepoonti to ilsj llalH««i
Pay Master fleimral. ñr Comntand of
MaJTDaa MA«RI7DER.
HXUt fvbn Say las, A. A. 0.
111). QRS, RESERVE CORPS, ^
• licitston, May 18th, I«01. \
(Jencral Orders, No. f .
I. IWík- (!cn. (irciT, *Cliii;f ot the
Hnreinl otCoiiseription. TrniiK-M¡s«ÍHK¡|ip¡
Departnieiil, having directed Eiirollnig
Officers to proceed .lunnedjHlely to exe-
cute (.¡cneritl Orders, No. -S>, ft'oin his
llcad (Quarters, and having also extended
the time ffir the organization of volunteer
companies, for the Reseño Corps, com-
posed of persons between tlio ages of 17
and1H, mid 45 and GO, until the Itith of
June,the time for the organization of
volunteer companies, for the Reserve
Corps, under (leneral Orders, No. 1, from
these Mead Quarters, is extended until tbe
Kitli day of Juno next. Tho Muster Kolln
will lie made out in Quadruple, ouo copy
of which will be forwarded to Brig. Oen.
Creer, Chief Bureau Conscription, Mar
Khali,Texas, aud two copies to- these
Head Quarters, and iitio copy toJie re-
tained by the Cnptain of tho cnHipainy
t'ompaiiies will be organized at the Bat-
talion Camps in nccordahce witli Oeneuai
(Orders, Tfo, 1, on"ór bi-forf| tho Kith of
Juiavaud will march to the points Hinted
in km id orders. Persons between the
ages of IH and 45 will not lie permitted
to join companies •formed under this
order, Ity Command Of
Mi.j, Ceil. J. H. MACRl'DER,
JuiiN Sivi.Ks, A. A. XI.
(I:i7-v t.
Xl>. Qi-'H's Df.r'T Tr.vss-Mi# !^
6'hveveport, La, Maf. t4v
Specinl Ordcrt No. Ci. , Ufe«í
XII. The -Tex&a Cotton
tmunecd a« tho purchaking biiremt allvl
supplies to bo procured for tlie arin/V
through jImi luednnu of cotlonlu thto' Dn-
triet of Texas. '•'«>
Tho aiithotity of all a«enta;in the .W
triet ot Texas, empowered topiuchl
obtain sntmlies with cotton,-except
appointed by tho Texts Cotton
hereby revoked; fnd hereafter no.
agents will bo appi inted except WJt
Cotton Officer uudcr authority Iron I
Heudutiii tors. Hy eoiumakd of
Lt. (Jon E. KIRBY SMITH..,
" 8 S. Anukiuon A. A. OÍ/.^
Shrererort and Texas papers copy 'loaf
times.
dtf.Mt
HEAU QII'K DKI'N'T TsANS-MlhSIHHIPM (
Shrevoport Lr., Feb. litth '#4. \
QENEHAL ORDERS, No. L
.No impressment of-property, witlnn tbo
Trnns-Mnisissippi Departinmit, will be M
msdo without written authority from the ~
Department Ccinmsndei, Uie Dist.nvt
Coiuinnuderb within their lesneotive Dis.
trfcts, or the commalidiug officer, of h«>*
army in the field, lu all eases of |mpM>M<>A
uiuut, the authority must be shown by theV
ttirticK iaipreiviag.
Bv command of
Lieut. Cíe p. H. KIRHY SMITH
S. s, .Andkkson. 4 A (5
Louisiana, Arkaiuuts itimI Texas V^peM
ci'l y ojioiiiuijtli <l«-4t
- *•- :— * « — *i
Hi), Qn's Dk-PM'T Tit xxs-MtsaWNHTi, Í
slucveport, La., Feb, jWh. J
[kxtrait.] ,
SPECIAL ORDERS, No! *i.
' • «, •
XVlll- The provisions of I'uragrnidi
II, üeneral Orders, No. 4, Current Se#es
from Department Ni( ilquarlcra, are modi-
lied so un to permit, person* in the Dis- '
triet of Western lioulsiiina, until tlio 1st
f March, |Hti3 to enter the Louisiana
State (iliard on lirst being enrolled snd >
tlion detailed for the service by tlio Parlih
nrotliuK officer. / •
By coiiiiiimimI of
Lieut, den E. KIRBY SMITH.
S. S. Akhkhmon, A. A. O, • •
Loiihiuna, Arkansas and Texnt papeVa
i.py three weeks. iti7-8t. •,
Male of Slate Bonds.
Executive Omen, t
Shrcvcport, Feb. ÜIW, IrtOt. )
In Hccordiinco with the provisions ol an
A ct of the Oeneral Assembly of tho State
of Louisiana, entitled ; An Act 'To au-
thorize, tho Salé of Bonds for tho relief ol
the Treasury, aud. final liquidation of the
principal uud interest thereof," approved
February Wth IH(>4.
Sealed proposuls will bo received at my
office, iu tho city of Shreveport, until the
1st of September next, for the sale or ex
chango of State Bonds, having not lesj
than twenty nor moro than lifly years to
run from their dates, «ad to he issued in
muomita of not loss tban two hundred, nor
mora than, one thousund dollars each at
tho discretion of the Governor, with six
per eolit per aiimim, payable semi-annually
at tlio office of the Stato .Treasurer.
These Bouds will lie sold for the bene-
of tho State, or éxchauged for any ol
the Confederate or State Treasury notes.
Tho Ueneral Assembly, iu authorizing
the sale or exchange ot those Bonds, has
rovidcd for tho puvnieut of tbe carrelit
iitorcst si'ini-anmiallv, and tbe rcdeinp
tion of tbe bonds at maturity, by the ore*,
tiou of an ample sinking filial.
On tho first Monday of evoty
the sealed bM«received, will be opened
aud tbo bond* awarded to thh > highest
bidder at the discietiou of ttH> Governor.
HENRY W. ALLEN,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
All Louisiana and Texaa papers insert
three months and send bill as above.
d£)-3ui
1ID. QRS. TRANS-MISS. DEPT. I
■ Caipden Ark., May 'Jd, JSC4. )
Soldier* of the Tg*n -Mi**ii*ippi Depart-
ment. , ' w 1
OUR ARMS in I.ouisiank have again
been erowned*with success.
Victorious st Clontierville; we have
captured a gunboat and transports,
driven tbe enemy deinoHlh ed a d
iog within tbe shelter of liis
menta at Alexandria. % v
aud euergetio Chief. To Ma jteriow M. •*
victories atMaHMdand Pleasant Hill,
utderPBMrMMM >tho «access of thi|
yjasaar-s^
We MT0
eatrcDW-
llD.QKS. TRANS-MISS. DEl'T. Í .
Camden, Ark., May :t, 1^4. \ '■
Soldieri of the Trnn -Mississippi Utpurf-
mail. •
ONCE MORE in tho hour of victory
we are called upon to liHftiru tlio In*--
roic dead. Generals W,' R. Si l BMV nnd
llotiM'K Kamial, have fallen upon the
field (ft iiouor. At Jkeikins, *I>VriY tlu/y
offered themselvos up, preci.ius vicltuiH oil
the tillar of Liberty.
Moiton mid Gkkkn are g<-ne; sci nttv
aud BakhaL have followed on Ihe same
glorious path. Be it ours to criinlutc their
virtues aud villor, and to act as men . not
unworthy to associate with such heroes,
The colors of Iheir respective Brtgpdes
will be draped ft noniriiiug lor thirty
days. , E. K1KBY SMITH,
General Comiirinidifig.
Shreveport and Texas' inipers publish
I tiiue. , d;(5-lt.
_ c^crLA|t
HD QRS, DEl' T TRANS-MISS. { "
Shroveport, La., April I, IMi4. . \
Applications for invitation to «p. -
pear before tbo army Medical Ihiardr
will lie made to tho Secretary of Win,
through Surgeon Jólo. M llunleu, Chief
of Medical Bureau, Trtma-Mississipwi
Departineiit.
The ajipliennts will stafo llieir liajlies, '
—Christian and fiirDume—iu tall, age,
length of time they have Ihvu in. pi artice,
in what school they graduated and when,
and the position applied f r, whether sur- .
noon or assistant-snrgeon. The ¿nppHcn>'
tion* must iu aRf-asc* bo naci mpauied by ,
testimonials as to moral character, and
aot by reference. By éommaull of
Lt. Gen. E. KIRBY SMITH,
S. S. Akiierhok, A. A. G
Louisiana, Texas ami Arhatwnw papers
copy four timas. , d <ó-tt. f -r/j,--
Coronaf Ked r
TO the ^V1 "f Austin county on the
Cday of ltajrr MM, bavin* been ta-'
tie ia about sixteen years of - a«at dark
copper color; four feet nine JncP— L l
says bo belong* to John. "
Hockley.
Tho obiter will prove ^14
charges and take awajr
be othervftae dtspoaat of ll
law. Bellvil'e Mst^KHh l(
éJb4í'
A«l ait in intra I oi'V
AT the May term A. D. 1
JY tbe County Court utjpm
letters b( a¿minutniMoi w«ro art
the fodeiaigaod oa tbe eétate of Hi
Honniaer,
againnsai
Comer of1 Jet
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