The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 4, 1864 Page: 2 of 2
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-'•iiy Ot ,
ranck o flirroBV.—"Tho
1 tbe text of a s*r-
cM before Wilcox's brig-
last Faa$ D*v, by K«v. Mr.
plain of iba IGth Alaba-
j a d published at the
lee and by tbe contribution of
who hoard' it.
lie author anotes the remark of
or Cousin, that history prove ,
even when viewed from a human
stund point of, that wars always ter-
Sate justas they should, nnd that
F results ara always full of bfoa-
r couiing generations"—and the
Rowing passage from Sir William
Lemple'i Essay on Heroic Virtue:
"The second observation I shallmake
on the «abject of victory and cou
<juest is that they have in general
Leen made by the smaller numbers
over tbe greater; against which
do not remember any exception in all
tlie famous battles registered itrstory,
excepting that of Tamerlane and
uia et."
in proof of the general correctness
of tbi* observation, the speaker says
the Persian army under Cyrus- wob
but a handfull when compared with
thfe vast multitude of Adrians over
whipn they were completely victori
Ous, and afterward these victorious
Persians, with ai*army of six hun-
dred thousand were beaten by the
Macedonians, who ware never more
than forty thousand strong. Tfae
little Athenian army of teu thousand
fighting for their liberty and inde-
pendence, as wé ore, drove back and
overcame ode bundled aud twenty
thousand Persians at Marathon. In
all the famous victories of the Lace-
demonians, they had never over
twelve thousand soldiers at any time,
thoughtheir-enemies had often twen-
ty times that nnmtar. Almost every
one of the celebrated victories of tn<¿
Unmans was achieved over far great-
er numbers (hnn themselves.
.The great Cmsnr's armies, wh *frh-
•■r in riiarsalia, Gaul or Germany,
Were in uo proportion to those con-
«|oenid by him. The army of M{iyiu«
v is never ovér forty tltou&umi, while
th«it*of the Cimbres, which lie co«-
cJtlieri'll.'W^fl three hundred thousand
The J.'uiums victories of Etius and
H^lisar'ms, over the biutmrouw north-
« rii nations, were won with numbers
ni-tutiisliiugly small. The «¡une , is
true of thf firs! gveat victories of the
Tiirkwover the F, rsján Kingdom,
itnd oí the Tartars over the Chinese ;
i;i ail fl/e. iuiuuirt ! victories of the
n-iiuwiud ScandirWrg over .the
Turks he nover brought together
ntom than sixteen thousand men,
tfeftugh his ene/liles often numbered
ov.+ « hundred, thousand. To coue
down to later finio*, the English vic-
tories tit Cresay and Aginenuri, «o
famous in hvtr ry, were both gnim d
with iu'credibb< d¡H>idvnnti)gi*H of
iiUimIhts. The xutne is true of tin*
j;rw;t victories of Charles the Vil,i
in Italy ; of Lleiiry the IV, in France ;
of irustii'vua Adnlphns hi Germany,
and Charles Xll,ol Sweden, in Den-
mark, Voland and Muscovy. The
king of Poland, who had an ¿l'iriy of
twenty-four, thousand, Mas defeated
aud driven from his thrope by .a
force of less than" twelve thmisnnd;
and the Russian army of eighty
thousand was beaten by biin with a
little army of only eight thousand.
He invaded the country with an ar-
my of aix-bundred thousand soldiers,
and wae finally eonpl«tely vanqnisb-
ed and driven But of the country, al-
though tbe Russians bad never, over
two* hundred «ad fifty thousand men
in tbe field at any one time—Rich-
fV ^ ÍW £ ■ - >«!
h courting
# an inter-
as much dif-
Vand an
in ciph-
double rala
ia like ant-
ra it
ratable to tba
a black crape,
[From tha Houston Telegraph.]
Thb Telegraph baa «never been
and novar can become the indiscrimi
naJtp advocate of {military meaaures.
The military shajlhave the aid' of
all the information, candor and ex-
pedience we can draw to their as
siatance from every quarter of the
State to mqke their measures of ad
ministration prudent, practicable an
useful. We yield to no oue in sol-
icitude or in hearty effort that those
measures shall not be oppressive . to
th# people. ,>••• v
But we aváil ourselves of this oc-
casion most distinctly to say, that
when it is sought to prejudice the
Telegraph by attributing to it the
design of auppoMing the military
authority, in this Confederacy, De-
partment or District, we admit the
tact. We have heretofore qndeavor-
ed—ana Bbáll hereafter continue to
give them a true, consistent and cor-
dial support* When we have cod
fideuce enough in our own judgment
to suppose that onr criticism, or onr
censure upon them will be useful to
the country, they will be promptly
given. It will be our object, howev-
er, to contribute to their .real strength
and efficiency. These cannot come
from unjust oppressions or flagrant
wrongs of any kind. But it is our
well settled conviction that the real
danger to the country, compared
with which all others sink?-to insig-
nificance, is that of our subjugation
by the armies of the United States.
We are engaged in war—not a war
of diplomacy or politics, or for bal
anee of power, but a war for exis-
tence, such as Poland waged, and in
which she whs defeated and blotted
trom the notions of the earth; such
Greece and the Netherlands wag-
ed, and jn which, after the severest
'struggl'esTUid bitterest sufferings,th^y
were successful- With us there is
Uit one issue, that of life or death.
We believe our * Government and
laws, nnd institutions are equal to
the crisis. We believe them to b<
suited «at ny'iely to prosperity iu
peace, out to thai direst extre.nritjfsi?
in Wijrt,„J^Lipuhlican institutions and
a free people are capable not merely
of growing rich, ' ut of maintainiitg
independence and freedom, The
inniiitiufcnce of these now depends
alone on the military power ot the
Confederate .States, The army ' is
the hope of our salvittion. To in-
crease, strengthen and support our
unny is with us the cbiéir policy/ the
supremo object. We trust tliis will
be dime promptly, wisely and with
necessary vigor. Whoever may war
agninst tin army, ugaiimt him will
we war. Under whatever banner, or
in whaii Ver guise opposition in.iv
eone—foreign or domestic. Federal,
iStaie fights, clamor of oppression, or
iiaiividmd rights, we shall struggle
apiii;s. it wi.h that tenacity with
«hii-h we struggle for independence
ánd ileeilom,- , ;
We are asked, 'what worse we
have to left V Others may have their
own views, we'answer for otnselves,
that the support of our armies .may
have its ey)|s, but that its non sup-
port, its.-inefficiency and disorgani-
zation, as the result of interegfed,
selfish nnd tmrrow policy and the
dominating, tread on Texas soil of
Xeithern bayonets are consequences
to which many seem to be thought-
less, but of .which we have a dread
and horror above all other .
We are engaged in.no play either
of boys or grown uplhoys. War at
all times a solemn and terrible thing 1
becomes doubly solemn and terrible
when it is tfiged for existence.
Trifling at such tinpc is sickening to
the patriot. * ' .#
Beoause we bare here and there
won a battle—we are not to believe
that «be war is ovjr. Because for
the moment tbe dat%cr ot invasion
isswmoved frota n hero, Wjb ár# not
relieved from participado* ta tW
their Htclct arc all in the holler and
that aubjngntion it slavery nteh at
no negro ever suffered, sveh at wot
even Poland or Hungary ever dream-
ed of, to which the enslavement of
the Moors of Grenada even was free-
dom itselff and that nenr half a mill
ion of bayonets with a fresh levy ' of
a half a million more to back them
now surrounds them as a wall of steel
to press this degradation upon them'
Do they kuow that the only protec-
tion they lnrvu from this tremendous
onslaught is the army of brave men,
Hheir own sonb and brothers now be-
tween them and the foe 1 ■ Do the;
know that this army must be Clothec
provided with armB. ammunition,
etc., or it becomef powerless, ant
that while the military authorities
are moving heaven and earth to get
theM supplies, appealing to them by
all tne tnotives that ever influenced
honorable men and patriots to aid
them, going to the,, utmost limit of
the law to accotnpnijh this great pur-
pose of saving the country, the foe
still crowas down upon them while
they tbqipselves are what ? Clogging
in evefy way the efforts of the au-
thorities, and all the tiurc crying ouf
againq^fancied or pretended usurpa-
tion ? And will, they continue to
keep this up tut the j^ankée chains
now clanking all over Missouri, and
the other border State sare forg
ed upon their limbs, and they have
leisure under the sweet and "legal"
liberty of negro guards to pursue
their personal rights. *
Those who wish to do thi| may do
it. We have not been ready for it,
and are not j et ready for it and hence
the course we have pursued and
shall pursue.
Humiliating Thought.—A few
friends will go and bury us; affection
will rear a stone, and plant a few
flowers, over our grave; in a brief pe-
riod the little hillc ck will be smoothed
down and the stone will talk and nei-
tier friend nor stranger will be con-
cerned to wk which one of the forgot-
ten millions of the earth ^'as buried
there. Ever^-vestige showing thai
ww have ever Jjvcd upon the earth
will have vanished away. All the
little memorials of our remenbrance—
he lock of hair encased in gold, or
i«portrait that hung iu our dwelling,
will tbase to have the,slightest inter-
est to any living being.
Administrators
WHEBBA8, st'the Jajr'Tei
the Hon. Cjfmaty d
EAS.at the Ju.jr"
County Court of
undersigned wu dnly
Administrator of the EiUte of Willi*
Saitonberg, Jr., deoeaned. AH persons
having claims agsinit said eaUto are re-
quired to present the aame for aUowance
within tbe time prenoribed oV law. Aug-
ust 'id 1U64. Wit. 8A8SENQBERG.
d46-fit-*
Administrators IVotice.
Whebeas, at the June to, 1664, of
deceased,
against said
HD QR8 VRAN S-MIS8 DEPT.
. tihreveport, La., June 1 '64.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE
T11ANS-MIS8. DEPARTMENT.
I)ia*« deemed it my duty to isnuo a
Oenernl Order, directing the purchnsa,1
nnd if necessury the impressment of one
half the Cotton in this Department to
supply the pressing wants of our'armies
in tne field.
Your «oldiers nre the sole reliante for
the defónse of tUe country from invasion
and desolation. They have recently ftvr*
nished you a signal ius'snce of their will.
Incness and nbuity to defend your homes.
Without munitions of war, clothing and
medicines, they cannot be kept in the field.
These articles can be obtained only by
importation. ' Cotton -is the sol? means of
purchase. In the same lofty spirit pf
patriotism which leads yortr sons and
brothers to offer their lives for your pro-
tection, will you not Oell to the Govern-
ment the only product by which their
valor can be made effective against th«f,
public enemy 1 « ' ¡
The impressment of Cotton Will be
avoided, if possible. But supplies for tho
army must be had It ia left with'you to
determiné whether,Jor the preservation
of your home , you will force tho Gov-
ernment to resort to impressment.
E. J0J2&Y SMITH,
nerld Co
>1 person, having claims
te are required to present
within the timk
. st«d, 1864,
ND NAWRATH.
■ the pu
to be p..„..
mediuiu of i
trietol
ttbUdn *u
iippoim
reby revoked; and h
agent will be.«^wintei
Cotton Oflieer under aul
Headquarters. Bye
Lt. Gen E.
S «. A
Shreveport ana Texsi
times. . d>SMt
Head qii'f dw«'tt am^-m
GENERAL QlfijEKB, No. 6.
No impressment of property w
TruiiB-MiHsissi|kpi Department,
mudo without written authority 1
Department Commander, tn
Commander* witlnn their I
trtets, or the oommahdlng
army in.tht) field. In all cuse of i
meat, the authority inuit be shov
sartiei impressing..
By command of < —^
Lieut. Gen. B. **"
8.8. Andehson, A. A.
Louisiana, Arkansas and Te*
copy oi^ month
Hil, QH'S DUPM'T Til
Shrevaport, La.,
[ktbact
jn&B ¿'JfyT
8PEC1AL ORDERS, No.'4«. «
• 1 • * •
XVIII. The ptoviiiohi of Ps¡
II, Genera^Ojtder , No. 4, CuiTeat
from Department headquarter , are' I
fied so as to permit persona la t
ct «4'Western Louisiana, until
Mareh, 1863 to enter the
■te.Guard on Ajr t being enr^
dwiid uwiu vu fir t being. i
then detailed for the «erviee 1
ennUing oflieer.
4n!3S.i. kibby amp-:
S. 8. Andersok, A. Ai O
General Comm nding.
Administrator's!
U - - - -1 ••-'•v
letters of adminiatrstion'
*iy i
■aVibed bj luw,
dU7-6t
HD. QRS. TRANS-MISS 1MVT.
Shreveport, Ln,, June l t, 1864.
General Order No, 34.
THE pjeasing necessity of tlje armó
in the tield make it absolutely) nece -
nry that the Government should u e one
half of tho eotten in thi* department tor . . ...
the purclmse of naval nnd military «tore Administrators Notion*
required for the defense of tbe country.
Discreet «¡jid proper bonded and coin-
tiflieor have been
firnfiwrn
M. SUÉRTH,^'
Admlalinriitur!' rv''
District Court cpmnieined in
Bretihaui yesterday, Judge J. E.
Shepárd pm-iding, Several Habeas
s0//iu* '?as(!s:J Ve tp be tried before
him, but whether tried or not, or the
willts we have hot been informed.
The Judge was so indisposed last
week as to he uuable td try thes !
cases on Frjflfiy, tin; <^ty appointed
for the hearing. Twoour county
commhwlonei's havt sued out writs of
Habeas Corpus.
n
■í.' **
Floub, it seeytiis to us, is selling
enormously fc|h in these partb.
Why can't somebody {iring some
Hour down from th# wheat regions
and afl'ortf to sell it at a reasonable
price ? Most people like some "flour
doings" occasionally, but at the big
prices tlie artiele is selling for now,
it is mighty apt to ]i<{ heavy on tbe
stomach. It ia cruel to sell flour at
á price which interferes with the
digestive organs.
At a recent festival, a married man,
Who ought to have known betterpro-
pqped, "llie Ladies-^-the beings who
divide our sorrows, double our joys,
and treble our expenses."
To the CUizepi of Austin
THE members of Company G, 8th
Regiment, (Grcau' old Regí.) T. M. V.
are In need of ekithiftg to shield them from
the piercing blasts ot the «Inter. Tbe
ttdeireigoed. member of that cofapany,
have been detailed to procura 'from the
rlth the name of the individual for
rave* by the 8&tli of Oet. inst ka.ps
I Several men'
i a6 relative*,
eS-tf.
missioned bfflcér have been selected,
Who Will purchase, it possible, the umoun
required.' If it cannot be obtained by
nurehnse, they are authoriied to impre
R i ii/1riot aecotdanco with tho tonus
of the impivKtmeiit act nnd the general
orders issued on that subject
District. Commander will ftirnUh them
such assistance a mav be needed in exe-
cuting this order.
' Any attempt at illegal impretament
will he uroinptly punished on V-ing re-
ported, with sntismetory prodf, to distriit
or department hffviqiiflrtcrfl.
The following ofticera are charged with
the execution of this order:
Major A. 8. Cabell, Mnj. W. P.Bnughfi,
('apt. F.fJ. iJÚK'h, C'apt. B. Shrosahire,
Cífpt. W- wTlflirrett, Capt. N. A. Blrge
Ail colton
will be placé ^
Col. W. J. Hntehiim, who
solely in procuring army supplies.
By eaminand of
General E. KÍRBY SMITH,
8. 8 'Anderson, A. A. G. ~
Louisiana", Texas und Arkansas paper
copy four time d41 4t "
Whereas, at tbe January Term, ItHM,
of the Hon. Couuty Court of Ay4iii ■
bounty, tbe undersigned ws* duly appurirt-'
ed /Muiinisi.rator,of the eatate of Jo«e|>W
H. Campbell, deceased. All persoa*'.
bavinu claim againit said eipite are t*-J
quired to' present tbe same for a
within the time toreaoribed by taw. '
Pl TftlST
HD.' RÉ8Í.iitVfe- d'^í M
uvt or Xr.xA ,Kswi(nne« ¿
•CW+-J
.KKWMuaoO ÁKBÁJ
Hot'SToa.June 16th, 1^64.
General Orde^i, No. 9.
Brig. General
apt. N.
n procured by them in Teins
jea jiuder tbe controjjof Lieul.
use it
B. 0. LOVE............. W. J. DUJOIMQ
Rusk House,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
LOVE & DUCOim .
PROPRIETORS.
Splendid accommodations for Ladief.
an-tf.
Bureau ofConscrlptlon, Trati -Mls
Department, having extended the time
the enrollment of person between 't
ages of 17 and 18. and 45 a
until the l t of July next, t
organisation of volunteer- i
the Reserve Corp , under General
No. 6 from the e Head Quarter*, i«
by ex tended until the lafc day of
bve district
take up the 11
the' Reglmi '
dunce with
d40-8t
HD. QRS. TRAN8-MI88 DEPT,
Shkevepobt, La., July 21, 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 66.
I. ALL officer a nd men captured
Vicksbnrg. who have reported at Eat
prise, Demopoll ,' Vienna, Naehitoi
Shreveport and Alexandria, at any,
prior to the first of April, 1864, have 1
declared duly exchanged by the CodUi
ionerof Exchange. m/Xt-P*"
All those in Ms Department who are
embraced in this list, will Immediately
rqjutn their command* ia the field.
By command -of ,,
Gen. E. KIRBT SMITH. •<-
& 8. Anobrmst A. A. 0,
Louisiana. Tnai and
■ 5*
LOST OR STOLEN. *■ ■?
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