The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 8, 1864 Page: 1 of 2
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iÚ take place to-day.
■by Madam
ha fallen into
' <fce Ptdtorals, and that
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** «& * ''■fo ,.«*¡a¡t further
inteligcnce bf foty ¿uitiqg any faith
in such rejxj^B, y K ? :
wrwwriy a well known cituotr
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W malfM
(H at;eneny
l other good
qualities, and his death.^tf,' te re-
' *%lkw*bii w him; H«
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«•hiáWheí «id A* . ' " •• I,
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2 A?<I i''t iff' '¿"'''¡ijií.ii V* «V
I'TCTpeettfully
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art event that was no doubt
to the parties,^con-
■ aa itcwrtainly - was' to the
aMMikMt «i" Hrittéb#
th*er«w(oony. hywhich
rüwy \ : r a W:'-:}
l o'«I with Chipid's darte/'
ÉfáMl Sacrament
aáriunUge, ..with all th# solemnities
of the RSftil^j^^^,, Vnnal on such
ocotfiMTiMA • A i<
IPfco wefliie tH oUr young Mends
'¡F°uni U8
ana yielding up the delusive shadows
itebl^edness for the morp
• and lasting delights, of
•Ujaok dor stark, aid advisé thoao
•U-kacbelordom
leys of matrimony
conld.
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list, 1864.
RetthbU) HifoHnaHon is received
tha/bA ÁéWfflftn* Bluff is pip-
I £r tvotmhy wid on Monti
• fin?, .• 1' **
14 ftS.-U
vvmin <
calléA"'
'h
COI
two
(MottNftf EstftoQiC"'
barn and
«9it*V'4
ibcljiii i')U
Wittie-Whip-
WltS¿W.tó Up«a 'á'aiUt,
le, and wé believe, efficacious
andi advantageous solution of the
problem of .prisoners, and exchange
ot want of exabange, which has pnst-
zled Mk Commissioner Oultl, and is
otherwise perplexing. We do not
expect our solution to be adopted,
unlusl it percalsttttf through and sat-
urates all gradeaof opinion until it
rfe&he? some, favored'adviser or coun-
sellor, ithose advice will be taken.
Nothing thM haS been indicated or
declared or demonstrated by the
paw# as prpblem or expedient has
ever bevn done since this war open-
ed, we belIeW^ntitil it was adopted
and Urged in and froth some favored
quarter. tV'e therefore do not ex-
pect or desire any official attention to
be paid to tlie following proposition
and suggestion which we offer for
¡ttie sojfutími of the puzzling problem
loi .the
\V(i hay^ wo may say, 30,000
prisorierii, "be the same moré ot less,"
we ue?d not affect greater precision,
and to guard them requires a number
of good Confodecaté soldiers, 'inore or
jl^s,' and to feéfl them, ¿ven acc.pfd-
to tho 'Starvation bill of fare reported
b^' the Yankee office)?, who, lately
{through our foolish courtesy, passed
back to the enemy, requires some
things that we liávu not in 'wasteful
We. propose then that these pris
oners—the privates and non-com
ne no
Special changes aré pending for vio-
lations of tho regulations of war, be
dfachárged sent ftohui or turned
loose on and over our lines with
proper notice. Let each prisoner so
discharged be officially and distincly
told tfrlit he will not again be taken
61 treated as a prisoner of war if
found ^íthín our lines or in arms
againet us unless he ' can show a
•certificate of exchange.*
Let us keep^he officers we now
have and all others we can get, and
keep them safely and closely, with
no waste of champagne or courtesies
and with no comforts or luxuries that
wp ,do ©vé our own Boldiers, un-
less such as we permit them to re-
ceive from their friends.
We believa this plan of solving
the problem will wóík well in "inafijp ' ¡Resolved,'
ways, at holpe and abroad, and wUl
be followed by very few, if any conn'
teractiug evil? or ¡injuries,
It w\U he a prompt and sufficient
response to the clamor about ill treat-
ment and starvation, and in its proba-
ble effect abroad will be worth more
to ns than all the unworthy diploma-
cy and bqggtriy «Appeals which
Slidell and Mason can attempt or
exhibit at thp hack . stairs of the
tuileries or of I)ownjng afreet. Gen-
eman 4nd fellow-citizens, brethren
Áé pro^B arilá of tfaé 'household of
-(the faith' of the Confederate family
w^^rjrp.fo. ttia "j^an ?—Charlc -
'¡íoíi CWi«r.',li:i. m.a
It-r^f ft-.'ut
bed
¿¡Mtsitm
Uherson
HwwvitJLfi-Twfcs Get 24, •«.
At tile session o£ the Baptist State
Convention, the following preamble
.and resolutions were offered by Itev.
W. Carey Crane, D. D., and unani-|
mously adopted .:
Whereas, The mqral support of
all Christian patriots is essential to
the efficient conduct of the war now
being waged by the Confederate
States in defence of the rights, liber-
ties and territories inherited from our
forefathers or secured by the valor of
oarfellow-cititensnow living; and
whereas, the#* rights, liberties and
onr territory are ínyadéd by our
northern foeB, without cover of au¿
thority, either frQm atty American
constitution or the laws of nations;
and it is requisita that all men,
either as individuals or members of
rellgiqtts or political (societies, should
yield without hesitation their confi-
dence to their chosen leaders: t!here-
fore.-
Resolved, That this convention
takes pleasure in welcoming1 Major
Gen. J. G. Walker to th^ duties of
commanding general of the District
f
Respectfully inscribed to his friend
• O SiiL'cK8, Esq. ;
Three morion horseback were re-
cently Been, juet before sun-down,
to approach a residence on the east
bank of the Hondo. They were
wrse huntets. They had jemrneyed
over the.hills from whieh issue the
streams of the Atascosa, Ohio*
Francisco and Bkdt Oreeki without
seeing anything theyi were in search
of, although the gráas -Was excellent
and seémed tb invite the grass-eátióg
animal to «orne; forward and fill
themselves and frow fat. Not a few
of the bovine genua accepted thé in-
vitation, and climbinglthe highest
hills sought the untrodden, Sweet
blades, and occasionally caused the
hills to resound with their mellofw
lowing. 1
Here's the place to get yttur
money back ¡" exclaimed one of the
horse hunters, whom I shall intro-'
Vliir^ ía tto «Wpr rin AM^l fitch,
of T<fxa8, New Mexico and Arizona.
Resolved, That the past history of
Gen. Walker, in the various posi-
tions which successively he has held
and in which he lias added ilustre to
our artns and naíiófcal^heiícfcv is a full
guarrantee that he wjll discharge all
liis duties, bóth in their civil and
millitary hearings so as fully to main-
tain cmripreSefat freedom from pur
northern invasion and equitably to
distribute among our fellow-citizens
the burdens whieh ' of; necessity| a
state of war must impose.
Resolved, That it gives ut
ure to learn that in Gen. Walker we
havo a chief among us whose urbani
ty of manners, equanimity of temper-
ament and assiduous attention to pub-
1¡¡C affairs furnish, a ready welcome
to his headquarters of all whose
necessary business compel attendance
upon his thAt pistols and butcher knives
Resolued, XTiftta copy of these, ^ ^ ,in „
resolutioes be attested by the presi-
dent and secretary, and furnished to
Gen. Walker, by the following com
mittee:
Henry L Graves,
I W Terrell,
W Carey Crane,
J W Barnes.
ffr'Croa-
court at
i expects io <
¿d offea¿¿.''
R E B Baylor,
G W Graves,
E G Mays
J H Stnbling,
Item, Houaton Telegraph, Galveston
NeWB, Texas Ranger, Slireveport
Southwestern, and all papers in Tex;
and Louisiana, be requested to
publish these resolutions.
A true oopy from minutes. f
H. L. GRAVES Preside^
Geo. W. Gijavbs, Skic'y
ibv pity,
ptLvrmm. -*
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^ANUS BOWBKTHORN.
Esq., a determined bachelor, who
dreams of future wealth ib a stock
of horses—fand then—he may take a
wife. . ; ■''rv. -tí/íí'."
We had now reached, thé house of
Mr. Broomheath and had vsfreehed
Ourselves with the eOúJ -^atér from
bi^'Well, And had'taken seáts in the
hice cWan yard on the shady side of
the house, when he said,'Gentlemen
Strip your • liorees and spend the
night."' <■ ' ■ >i
The invitation was given in bo
wiupm a tone that we readily accepted
and a half hour afterward Were dis
cussing among other things, the sweet
clabber and butter and biscuit of the
kind Mrs. Broomheath
"Did you hear what a blow up
had with Capt. Bigfoot V' said the
elder Broomheath—there being two
young,gentlemen, his sons, present
We were éxpeétittg to'Bear that
wéajé
the order in that ''blow up." but
were soon relieved from the misap-
prehension as Mr. Brpombeath con-
tinued—
"I told Capt. Bigfoot that lie. must
leave my house. I allow no bache-
lor to stay hpre longer than one
night; but a man of famjly can bring
2?
the
much of his time in
l,oS.fn,md™r«l.«oii.:
"Ton b3t, I made one ftjü^- íewe
quick the other flay . ■ He wjjs ^ust
fixing to shoót a fát hog, whep I sur-
prised him by appearing j .wity my
rifle drawn up."
Some time previous, itlie Captain
made a Mexican deliver tip a' henut
.. , i i. j • - V' • ' ' ,,Tr
which he had impressed. ( ,
CBN. EaBLV.—"Phiax," who is
lately; from thé Army of Virginih;
contributes to,tbh íBOkel the follcwang
sketch of theidsstinguiabed. c*jpm*w
dor. who is opposing fíheridán the
Valley J
«Old Jubal Early*.or, as Gem iáé
calls him, his 'bad old imanabas *fon<
a name, during his ¡ s<9«íurn> tin the
Valley of Virginia, of - which Het is
welljjflerthjir-';!':# -¡.¡iiitnii yn
Did ypi^ipver see -.hlm f ilf/ IDbOti
you have mjwed one of the greatest
curiosities of the war. iHo.ib a man
of considerable corporoeity, A Wi(h, *
foil face, whiftk hflB ¡ the appearance
of; the full moon, ^hen it iB i «t iits
height in rodnees. He is abovit, sijc
feet high, and of4^^f eo ..«tjfnetum.
His voipe Bomids, IfkeTTrricracked
! iese fiddle, and; comes „ from his
mouth somewhat in the*
hard shell Baptist, with *l0ngd a*3t
accompanied with an interpolatipa iOf
oaths. In tl^e Winter h^i head lis en-
c^ed in a npt Mripfd woolen , tksll
cap drawn dawn, over-hia-ears, wljile
his body;ii# cpntairjpd within the em-
br<ictjs of a Virginia cloth .oveicoat
striking his heelsp His legs are cov-
ered by leggui8 ¿t the <*sfte material,
wrapped from the foet upwards aS
high as the knee, with white ' tap..
He isas brave as. he .is Uotnely, and
them" inm' stay as long aS
iff]
A negro boy called Jackson, belong
ing toaMr. Jackson near Márlin
Fatts country, and employed hy
Government, was tried yesterday
morning bofore bis Honor the MfeyOr ,
and Justice'J. W.' Modify' on tfi¿ | lkeath?
charge of * attempting to rape.
. >! " ®eyon;, married ,
appeared and testified oaehited evsry
one thafcthisne^lád atMÉlpttoá t'O
rape her^-in ofté .Me he had
ceeded in hip hellish design.
Court committed^ the Bcoundrol to
appear before the next
eases
What wlílyou do w;ith Mr. Fitcli,'
ikiquired Bowertliorn.
'lip must leave in
these, bachelors should find no rest-
ing place, until they get wives and
homes of their own.' f
That suits nie .precisely," said,
^ Iras'11
the
Mr. Fitch, casting a sly glance
handsome black-eyéd widow,
daughter of Mr. Broomheath. . The
widow blushed; and Bowerthorn
changed the conversation. t'}>' ■
"You married esrhr. Mr.niBroOtt-
i,( y 1;'; i' 1 fl#
Yes—I wá¿ only 6fteen^-my 4Se
two years older, if a man wants
?tj0 etyoy a iet him
Vtfo tíldéi- thai
top'iee-tlyi thentake*
the lead, anda*W Wi*
t .Ifsust tell.guMi of' ánU
Oftbe eapi-
YHfll >i .IS
y .A .A sossjiora
'KH >'T .Wltftj
he saw
«ááLwj
nun« t
m -«'(i;
rlflif |l
iii <t; v
«JÓttbn in feinsloa and
¡HM
.tCAn '
Sat attic Majesty
his personal appearance. There'^Stfe
many anecodotes ^ related of .Tubal,
but 1 cannot at present call to memo-
ry but one; during the battle in the
Wilderness on o¿e|occasion a xegi-
hient froirf' Sbúth' Carolina was o^er-
ed to charge tbe 'eñeimy,' For somp
reason they faltered. v if '*
eearing of it' rltóé up to the , Lend of
the cóiumii, aiíd in that peculiarity of
torie for which he is noted, cried' out
tilBrfo-foftiis voice.
got tia into this d—d kcrap^, and W.
G—d you shall help up óus. Chái'ge!'^
the morning, kThe regiment w'eie so cut by the re-
mark that they rushed upOn th'ef
driving hiriS frató Wéry" position.*'
The New York Tribune charge*
that McClellatt is supported b«th 'as
a wa^; and, Peace candidate^ aád^sayfri'
4 It is tttrely poeeible that the rt^fc^
ty ¡of the voters of North' may he s0
i lately.Kmswíne tcévpiá
dillftteeo, Ked .ihtov-«ttdSMuMuMg
c t crí)u^ «A. «*nlLai®t beMsve it
t l,pwr«d. XN^WhU^tMfyadl tot*
do tneans Untried to etposé i
i^Ms .iWJy/ fcrerf*
i laaj^thgT/lniahr denflUli
1 laxlmillan ..has agaats fi
ibGéktíüíy.^lfopff
<<if«éítídtoti6nlteisti'
m ointgranoil
Un lh^r MPorts by
" ' , ^Ce the sgenW
!«átes ^rt'iWrtuí 1
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 8, 1864, newspaper, November 8, 1864; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177162/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.