The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 2, 1865 Page: 2 of 4
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THE 8P0RTS OF CHILDREN.
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ic of Iter
motherhood. Sports, then, aré ^offumühing ntct ary ,up.
foreshadowing of the future life.
Nowy <he i fjrture life includes the
eternal state. Education is also
tip boy or rill U to 1«) IwreaiW;
Put these thoughts together, and
you wtH ev>oke the ^ thattlje
•porté of* cjiidrqn aire good means of
conveying religious truth. A boy's
Paying at marbles with his fellow
boy , gives tooiri fbr liiin to indicate
the bent óf bis nature. fietace parents
should be on the watch for the dis-
po dtions of tli¿ír ohildren, as they
may be indicated in their plays.
for the purpose of making the play
the vehicle of the religious instruction.
In other words: play Is natural to
children ; in play they reveal their
characters—what they may be'in the
fntur/j; and, therefore, their plays
afford the opportunity of fostering
what is good, and of correcting what
is bad ha their character.
If thi^ significance and advantage
of children's sports be neglected,
and if education is divorced fron
plaj and embodied in a set of formal
rules and studies, the tendeucy is
' towards the introduction of a dreary
and dwarfing mechanism of our
own, in place of the ¿cheering and
progressive met hod of life.
In this view, the love of children
for spurt and play attains an essentia)
importance. If, ou the one hand,
the *portiv« nod playful disposition
is too. itttlcli checked j or if, on the
other, it is not made the médium of
religious inptructtion, a great mistake
i$..cujrwnitted. The repression of the
dispositinn to play is to prevent the
child t'wrtn giving the parent nature's
opportunity of studying Lis character,
.and of bringing religious truth to
bear upon it; and Um neglect of the
play oí his children, by a parent,
attains by neglect the same object
which the other and more severe
method ivachen t>y severity.
The sanctity, «r the interest in
business affairs, which is above this,
is unworthy of on* and women of in-
telligence- The fact of a man's being
too busy to attend to the games of his
children, is the severest satire up-
on his manhood.
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Further; it is clearly deducible
trom what we have said, that if the
sports of children are not made the
means , of' their religious instrution,
no other method of essential improv-
ement can fe substituted. As there
is no way of curing little girls of
tjjeir love ofd^ls, <* little boys of
their, fondness for marbles nad stilts,
so thejre is nO way of Inventing
media of ttUcation' * which wlU
supercede these sports.
[ílexat Christian Advocate.
A* h ■ >•;■ íiü'lfl ,.! ' lii-ifnti T ,,
Tim ««tamiit StKrmk snd
Mitlob^TW Washington corres-
pondent of tboFtólaftdiitibíLadgw
arriba* - «? phjt*,}.
. I am fcnabled to Man you, on the
htyhect authority, that #*ringthe
■Íai$ intta^Uw on boirdlW "Elver
IS*"- omi of the
ídída*«ureMT.Seward[tt*y State of the Confrdrracy bor-
" ROÍ ' bullion.
U to the Caafadaiate
• the bank that !
such eSinor bullion ¿hall be
a credit for it against its tlafotke
The New
it the foil.
rate£irtates
[lew :i
liV ACT (to raitt Ootn far
York papers inform
•wing Act «Mta
hree mi
t be cons
rea8ury
pliet for the Army.
The Oongress of the Confederate
States of America do enact, That in
'jin«0«ier te procure the means of pur-
chasing supplies for the army, the
Secretary of the Treasury, under the
direction of the Pieaidéht, be and he
i* hereby authorised to borro# of
any bank, banking company, asaoeia
tion, or persons, any sum or anms in
coin not to exceed three millions of
dollars in the aggregate, and to se
cure the repayment of any sum or
snms so borrowed at snch times as
may be agreed upon, not to exceec.
two years after the ratification of the
treaty of peace between the Confede-
rate States and the United States 5
to cause to be issued 1 the bonds of
the Confederate States lb such con-
venient sums at may be agreed upon,
payable in coin, and to bear interest
at the rate of six per cent, per annum,
payable semiannually in speciej and
to secure the repayment of the sums
so borrowed, with the interest there-
on, the said Secretary be further au
thorised and empowered to pledge,
in such legal form as may be agreed
upon, any cotton oj tobacco owned by
the government to the extent in value
of any such loan so obtained, or the
proceeds thereof when sold, or to
convey such cotton or tobacco, or
any part thereof, in absolute of pay-
ment of such lotnTTwith the right, on
the pari of th< lender of such coin, to
export or transport such cotton and
tobacco beyond the limits of the Con-
federate States, froe from any moles-
Wtion on the part of the authorities
of the Confederate States, or the pay-
ment of any duties except to the ex-
tent of ono^eight per cent. now im-
poned by law.
Sue. 2. In the event the Secretary
of the Treasury shall not be able at
once to obtain coiu to the amount of
three million dollars under the pro-
visions of the first section of this act,
then, and iu that event, a tax shall
be levied and collected of twenty-five
per cent., upon the amount of all gold
and silver coin, gold dust aud bullion
and foreign exchange in the Confede-
rate States payable in kind, which
tax shall be due and collected on the
1st day of April next, or as soon
thereafter nft possible ; provided, that
the above tax shall not be levied
upon the gold or silver coin, gold dust
and bullion and foreign exchange so
owned ór possessed, when the amount
shall not exceed two hundred dollars
in value; nor shall the said tax be
levied on gold or silver coin, gold
dust, bullion or foreign exchange
which within thirty days after the
passage of this act shall be lent to
the government under the provisions
of tho first section of this act; nor
upon the gold or silver coin, gold
dust, bullion or foreign exchange of
any person who has made a loan to the
government, according to the -1st. sec.(
of not less than tárenty-five per cent,
of the gold or silver eoin, gold dust,
bfcdHonor foreign exchange owned
dapoaaatoed by such person at the
of this act, sad
iMiapMgrd* «toarte*
throw,
roelA feeA It
This tot you eM Mljrafa
I Natchuockct Timet.
also, thát the dtlsy ei
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(Oorreipondunc* of the Countryman.)
H'dqrs. "Co., A," 80th Jtegt.t v t. I
Galveston, April 18, 1865. f
Dear Editor:
Being quite at leispre, I resume
my pen for the purpose of troubling
you, and the readers of your interest,
ing columns with another of my ill
written communications. I do this
at the request of the company, that
their friends may know how we are
getting along, and standing the tug
of toar, which to us, is the great
difficulty of dispatching the beef we
get, in the mannor it is designed we
shall dispose of it.
The health of the company is ex-
cellent, all the boys who fell back
on the soldier's winning trump, (sick
list), to avoid going on] general re-
view by Maj. Gen. Magrnder, on
last Saturday, having reported for
duty. We this morning report
seventy (70) enlisted men for duty,
out of 73K total present. We are
receiving furloughs now in the ratio
of one to ten pre&ent for duty; six (G)
of our boys have their papers all
right aud will start up by to-mor-
row's train. So it will not be long
till somebody's heart will bo made
glad by the return of a loved son,
sweetheart or husband: these three
classes constituting the squad that
will leave the company on 24 days
furlough in the morning. It is
currently reported, and generally
Credited, that the illustrious 20tb
will leave here soon, for some point
as yet unknown outside of official
circles. The command, considered
in mass, are highly elated at the idea,
of leaving, and the boys are already
posting advertisements, propos-
ing to sell on easy terms their
surplus goods and fixings, consisting
chiefly of the following articles,
eminently useful in camps, vis:
feather beds, mahogany bed-steads,
chairs of all descriptions, settees
with mohair bottoms, folding leaf
tables, wardrobes without any cloth-
ing in them, trunks ®f all sises and
shapes, and just any kind of a chest
that the most fastidious house-wife
could desire, and a large chest of
miscellaneous tricks, from wbich
a man of any avocation or profession
might'get almost any instrument or
mplement ho might desire : MhM-
dition to all this/ we have a beaoti*
ful centre table, with SS
of chess-men as ev^r elicited the ad-
miration of the devote* $ that inter-
esting game, of which we wish to
dispose in case we have to leayi
here. If any of our friepds ,ia t
country wish to strike bargaina, I
early as practical. W#
in of Aostftl
In to*a from tut Baj
this morning, fie left on die
did not have the
the Judge, as he
and we
drill tnWe a
it entirely
him at htostopping phi ft
We tartar the Jndge oar eompH*
did and he waa as pretty as ever—he
is known in the Regt. as old Oapt.
Daniel, or by the appropriate toui-
rifuét, of tM pretty captain. If we
eaptafatf
ing a greater amount offered as loans
or accruing under this set; provided
that the tax impressed by the pro-
visions of this set upon gold ^nd
silver eoin. gold and ailvar bullion, oould do without bim
gold dnst and foreign exchange when
sold, or the amount thereof loaned in
pursuance of the first and second
sections of the act shall be in lieu of
all other taxes imposed on the name
articles by any other act
we
would present him as a suitable
man for our next Governor, but we
can't do without him as oér íeaptain,
at least we can't bee how tire could.
If there are any yoang ladies In
Austin Co. that sre tired of single
blessedness, who prefer the loom to
to the Pioao forte, and the work
room to the parlor, myself and two
other members of this Company want
wives of that sort. As ever,
NON COM.
What may paralyse smsll minds
may incite larger ones, as the bresth
Vhic"
which extinguished the candle will
kindle and strengthen the flame upón
the hearth stone.
Knowledge may slumber in the
memory, but never dies; It Is like
the door mouse in the ivied tower,
that sleeps while Winter lasts, but
awakens with the warm breath
Spring.
It is the work o* a philosopher to
be every day subduing his passions.
The Houston Telegraph says:
Our stores,, where boots and shoes
are sold, are visited by many soldiers
who want to exchange shoes. Those
dealt out to them by Government
employees are, in numerons intsahces,
either too large or too small. If they
do not succeed in exchanging them
for something they can wear, they
are sold for a mere song. All this
is wrong. Pains should be taken
to furnish soldiers with proper sises,
by those who have the matter in
charge. It can be done aud should
be done.
all *
flc&t
unfltneM \
.ked,
deUilq
ad <
where that — — .
listed in the orderbf detallj clerks, .who
of the P wt Office, Ti
Ow««W>
saa
treasury i
III I Mia1
banles and perseas
jy Deserters, in order to receive
tho benefit of the amneBty proclama-
tion, should return to their commands
by the 13 th of May, when they will
be put upon duty without trial or
punishment. Will nqt those who
have friends or relatives hid. in the
bushes, inform them of the fact 1
NOTinfi ofriNALSSTTLeierNT
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Auitin.'
/a County Court, to Term, Í
JAMES W. WADE. Guardian of the
Minora, T. G. & Alexander Wade,
deeeaaed, hsrinS filed his account for final
settlement of said aueoession; this fa. there
fore, to give notice to all persons who may
be Mteréated, to be and appear at the
May Term of tho County Court of Austin
County, to bé held at Bellvllle, on the
last Monday of asid month, A D., 1606,
than and there feo contest said account, if
they seeprobef.
Giren under my hsai and the iaipiess of
ife11ífACo,,rt'tte **"
v Z. W. MATTHEWS, c. c. e. a. e.
^d.QRfltBANé.MlSS.toEPT,]
.( 8IIRBVKPOUT, La., Feb. 13, '66. J
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meat.
it.A nfiil*nru,\r¡
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aa#a,^rlMh«#f<
WrtlofU 'lrra«el, aw
one ooi
oattle.'hi
indispeni
another! artisans', ^ „
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5s
and whoae individual attention is fiTSU
thereto.
III. OfBosrs are not permitted te
relieve men regularly detailed to them.
When they wish details rsvtikei, applies
tion must be uguterly made stating the
resrotas.
IV. Men whose details are revoked
for mlseonduot or negleU of duty, will
not be again snMeet to detail during the
remsider of the teem of aarviea.
V. No detailed man will be feriouthed
unless be has a certificate of a Meaieal
Board, or is recommended by . the officer
with whom he is serving, Iter extraordinary
skill and attention to duty'. .
VI. Able-bodied agriculturalists who
are detailed from Department Head
Quarters, and whose details are hereby
"" " of
without delar.
Mes detailed ss mechanic*, arti-
VII.
aans or
in the
allowed until the 1st of May
of skill, other that thMe
rvlce of the Government, will he
have their details renewed, if sot re-
be sent
1666, to
I
te
newed by that time, they will
their commands.
VIII. Leave of absenoe and Airlaaghs
granted by Brig. Gen. H T. Hays. P. A
C. S. for thirty days will be rsapsetsd.
By comman^of^ SMITH,
S. 8. AXDSSOM.
Assistant Adjutant G
Louisiana, Texas and Ark
publish four til
HD. QRg. TRAKS-MISS. , DEPautmbst J
Shreveport La. October 87, '64. j
General Orders Non86. :j
To the end tbst the sceounting offieers
of the treasure may he enabled to set ad-
visedly on the claims of psy due deceased
officers, and to prevent the possibility of
erros or fraud, in twice pa ing for the
same period of service, allQuartei
charged with pay fanda will imn
are and transmit te Hoa.D. F. Shi
M., st Marshall, T
or list of OH offioers to wheat they
have
prepi
Auditor, T.
stofdl.JL J[ RIR ,
tofore made payments on oeooont el
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 31, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 2, 1865, newspaper, May 2, 1865; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177185/m1/2/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.