The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 29, 1861 Page: 2 of 2
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john 1 . UBTKUllorT* in-u
toytBi; Wednesday.. May : 9. 1861,
Thi* fvlkurlu; ci'nilt-m.'n ttr. itmflnr: - -1 t ■
|et tw Ap iiti, take ittiiu.-y nn«l kiv.. i . r.-ti'L l'..r
j|Ucri|ill.i]i« in Till; llri.l.vil.K I'iiCK ;ItYMIV :
*• B. Will.', ftkvNiyV. 0.¡ yflm tiMtm A. llru
Kew riiii¡ r. W. l>..rUt¡lí, Nt-iv I'M) lt r
y°lf*, Imliwtryt U.iliirt Mitt*" , Imlii.try: I'
Knoll.', In<ltuiry¡ K. Kl«MIIIIh-Iiii; A. l:.
BtsrsroWi RtttrllUl,
crwe are authorized to announce
HILLIAHD J. JOXKS, l-¡-< I-, of Grimes
county, as A ctindiilnt^f.ir (:tiiiiu i issiwior
°f the General Lit ml TtflUv, nt the in'\l
election. i |
Mix>0(1 ¡"till ¡urns'"
m IIK l.mpwLitiit'o.
i!y order of'Iliiv
tin boats aro nil,:
Memphis, Touncs-
700 N'irjHutniij
duo Gen. 1
iSllcll fll Vol's
G?*Óur thanks arc
M. Cuny for lato news.
•hj highly approciatod,
Col. Young and Iiíh accom-
plished lady, design opening school
4M Monday next. The need of an
(Mtitution of this kind in our midst,
whew the youth of eithor sex may
bo properly fitted for society, wo trhgt
^>11 Boon be obviated. • Advertise-
ment next week.
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tí" Subscribers in the vicinity of
Bellville noed not take the trouble to
£allfortlie Countryman until Wednes-
day of each week. That is our day
for issuing, and we don't like to Jet
^e paper go out of the offico till, it
published. We try to have the
piper ont and ready for delivery as
jPgolarly on Wednesday—and not
¡War —as circumstances will permit.
lair District Court commences at
4hia place next Monday. We sup-
pose that-not much business will- be
We understand Judge
; is averse to rendering judg-
I'thaes during war times,
y W> Ae Judge is right. W^werp
hojes (here would be no 4ourtv
íhe people haven't mohey to settle
their tareiftt bills and for the
Countryman, too. And they 'need
the Countryman more than they do
.court.
Wonder if we can't furnish a
.candidate "for Oongwss - -from this
wwjty. -We have plenty of good
jMdea,i£.we
mprtrved
' pome other coun-
, J of less than half the populat ion,
• ■ ... fjgjfep tq,
the,
; and
which
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m
(that
f&Sm
nhw of the
lj«00 more
^ ,;Théy
I-Indicates
the
i tó' Bich-
ar 1>
r i
paiiniout,
pi
rl"j nr.- AV'il-
liipn-poi't mi the I 'Mumac. It i.~
lean tl that tjify int• -i.iti iffvaiMng the
southern ('art .it 'tf'eiíiV-yKaiiia.
Gov. Magoffin si ill . miicMly advo-
cates (In- aniu'il neutrality of Ken-
tucky. lie urges tin# c¡tizciis, Id as-
mime the aniioV and attitude of f-clt-
defeiico.
from Washington, we learn that
the const givird ¿learner got ashore at
«the ljiriutli of the Potomac, and was
attacked by a- propeller from Rich-
mond. Four government troons were
killed'nnd five wounded. The pro-
peller withdrew, pursued by an armed
steamer. A collision at Harper's
Ferry is daily looked for.
t> o n e t u n t t i; m s.
Dates from Liverpool to the 8th,
and Londonderry to the 9th, give the
following items :
^American affairs were the promi-
nent subjects.of comment introduced
it) the House of Commons.
Tho motions relating to belligerent
rights and the recognition of the
Southern Confederacy, had been post-
poned, Lord Palmerston stnting that
discussion oft the sivlijeet was untimely.
Active preparations were iu pro-*
gress to send a powerful liritisli
Squadron to tho American const.
The French Chamber of Commerce
had represented the necessity of a
liko measure for the protection of
French vessels. •
'fho harvest prospects of France
were looking bad.
A doubtful rumor was in circula-
tion that vessels had left tho port of
Liverpool with letters of marque from
the Confederate States Government.
Lord Derby expressed a hope,' in
the House of Lords, th*¿ the fortli-
#raing proclamation by the Govern-
ment will give emphatic warning that,
if British subjects join pViynteers, or
become involved on fithef side, their
blood would bo on their own head.
would no re-
England.
English navy
«,£ . ■ ^-^LP5werfn|l squafl-
*dw.is"sóoícoiilKgti) <Jié American
aide of the Atlantic.
The London Times says that the
United States have ^heretofore upheld
'privateering, and denied the right of
search, both of whi¿hr«uro noty turned
againjther. ' 1
PIBE AT et A L V Í3 8 T O 'jjfV,-.;
^ ve*y, ^e®trl,<5ti^^re oc.cUired iu
Galveston on Sundaj| last, causing
of alarge amount of property,
bMlde0 damaging * considerable por-
tion,; No doq^'is. entertained but
that it the w^. of incendiaries.
10 "fAiróT^^J^iíAteY Company.—
A compatiy of «i^oiit sixty men, and
called " Homo* Bangers,'' has been
Jwjojfgpniwí. In. rjno .Grove Beat, land
*' tetsen, l«t4i«jionant ; .T. II. White,
ad do.; .Lauk Springfield, 3d do.;
Philip M. Ottny, j*., Orderly sergeant;
R. P. White, 3d do.; E. H. Hod^e,
3d do.; H. Lester,. 4th do.; J. Mid-
dlébroók, T. Sinims, D. Seals, O. W.
Williams, corporals. The company
meets for drill and parade every Sat-
urday. The owlerly sergeant of (his
cottpany was educated at a military
school, and we are told is very active
and niwpful in instructing the company
in the drill. Cnpt. Oliver is a cleyer
gendeman, and makes A iino officer.
ET Perhaps,atho8o who have the
memorials for the new mail route,
signed by as many as are favorable
to the project, might as' well return
¿¡Maty to tbet Countryman office, that
all may Be fohrmtled together. This
route has been dblicited for a number
f years, but otjr servants, in the old
"i were unable to get the bill
passed. • If tbo Confederate Oon-
•grcss fails to establish it, our people
will havo some har¿ feelings. If
ihe proposed route should be ostab-
liahed, new poet oflfags will bc neaáed
atB.
May TV" .'.val rf Itaylov University,
i>J'firr.xiii'\t i;. ii;.\As. •.
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Still I
'ii. llüust.m ili livi i 1
- at Illile[te!i(letvce, oil
iluH in re'viev, ittj' ili>.
of the C'lllltrv, lie took
II ¡Iiil.l
the IS
OCIM.-IOII
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CorroN.—Last Monday.
pt. A. J. Bell of Forkston showed
tu n stalk of cotton about three feet
" jto height, very full of squares, with
. ' tefefol blooms and some bolls as large
As birds' oggs. The Capt. says lie
has abodt twenty acres of eottofi
as good as this stalk. This
Ml' is decidedly the most fur-
1 We Mvo seen. , .
CST Enoch Mathis has shown its
' ; oak branch, or bush, .which he
s a good specimen of the mast
If so, wo can but think
ill he nlentifW and cheap «his
to i-'ty Í
Tile t Cl'llM.X wliiell' e e.ivii" II|'|.|| I III.
enlliliuillitj HIT neisli.tr llti.'.Xpertfil tit l>ii\
iter >(<• 1 Ili I In ti lizi- nil tin. ti'trilile ■•mi.'
«'1(111 :ll|.f< JTt It. i-li-.il.' Sim-i- III. |.i gitr
'•rili.. Nri.f;"-!«ii ami Kutittui I If, l mu-
lililí I'llt lililí- III,I l ili!. nl:|liilit_l i■ I* nili'
ill-ilitlititwu. 'till' lnUiilltll«l'M ;--Villi-.l t.l
the Nurtli I'V ttiilt ttieiti.tit',., tlirntittli tin-
iiicelitivi' tu iiiitiwtlttM-iy lujt.ltlini, ami Mn-
i.|ielllni; «I'll viibt ti-i-'-i'-ii-v tn free "till
tleiiieiit, -were i<lieb I huí I K.tw llittt tin-
Smith «tMi 1.1 tn tin In. .tverHln«|{litMl ttiitltle-
|iriveil ot' i-i|tinlii; in tin" jm"riiiiii.lit—ti
lítate ni' ItiiiiL-' Itii'h tt ehivitlii'it |-< n|.li-
like i uW wtlulil (ml hiil.iiiit I ii. Vi'-t | i.. .
tereil t In- leiiííiin; litiee tlmt- «lien .-In* Nm lli
MIIW til.' -lbiuj;i:lt lit' llin'l||lil>1l 'Hit I..-lii-l.l
lite resolute p]i|iil wilh «liii'li our j)ei.|ile
liit-t the i««uo. Iiley \v..itlil*iiImutl.'iti jjifiV
ntufeKnive ]mliej- ;t|iil nlluw the cevem-
iiienl tn lie pn-MMTi'd muí iiilmini'ti-rutl in
ttm minie spirit with which etir liiiTl'tilii-rf
creiite.1 it. For this rein-nn 1 w:ts (.nntn-iT-
utivo. So Itittx «i there win n hnjti- oi eb-
tnitiin eur ri^hlit nml ti.i.initiiiuiuK uur in-
Bt-itilliiill thl'iii|i¡li nil tl|ipeiil tn the setntc'
el' j lift ire iinit the hi n! liiMltimd IM the
Northern people, 1 was fur ptv-i-n ill* tin-
Union. .'111.* vuit-e(iflinpt- WO* wei-lm Jtin-e
'tlriiiwi-trby thefiiins el'l-'nrt Sumter. Ii
in not nmV hi'itr.i iihiirt; the triinip nl'iiivn-
tliflg lii'iuit-K. The 111 i h m i i it i ni'tin. I'liitm
him ceasetl to lie oneol peaceitml fi|ii.-ility,
anil now the tlirii iilteniiitive of jiehliiit:
tiimety (tel'nrc liimtile ni'tnie , or nieetin"
the shock like freemen, in presci'teil tit.llie
South. Seotitmal prejinlices, secUumil
hate, Beeliotial iiíígramllíeliieiit anil ivc-
tiouul pride, cliuikt-U in the itiune it| niiv-
ernmcnt and Union, utimulale the Nort h in
primcciiting thin war .Thousands are>lup-
ed iiity its Bilppórt by zeal for the Union,
and royereace lor ili past asstiiiiitiiiliBj but
the motives of the A.lniiuistrnttiin lire too
pkiiu tn be jjnUlÚldcriítond.
The time liaii,coliie when n nmiiV M-e-
tien is his country. 1 staud by ipiiic. All
my hopes, my fortunes, my ajilectiniis are
centeretl ill the Sftutll, When I 'see the
llitld litr whose dofoiice my hliuid has been
spilt, nuil the people whose mrtunes have
been mine through mere than a q«i(rter of
a century of toll,' llirciitcliod with invasion,
I can but cust my lot-with theirs and await
the issue.
Uor years iWyo been denoivicid on.ne-
connt of my clt'orls to save the South IVnin
the consetimmecB of the Unhappy niotisjircr
which have brmiHht'destruistiou upoii tin-
whole coiiatrv. Whim, in' thu.fat-o oín|-
niost my entiro si-ciinii, and a pofl'to-fiil
Northern strenplli.' 1 opposeil the Kaiisas
and Nebraska bill,tlie bittunless ofhtiigutige
was exbuinletl lo decry and villil'y me —
^VlienT: pictured the eimseqaenecs of I hut
Wiisiirv, and foretold Its ell'ec.ts, I whs
unheeded. Now when every Northern nan
who supported that measure is dcHtantliiig
tho subjugation of the South, our peojjie
oiiu se« tie rail feelings \v hich nc.tuati'il
them in ',mpp rtinirit. Devoted J
to peace" and to the Unimt, I tniíe' siriií"-'
clod against the reiiliztisi.m eveu uf iX\
own prupheeies. Every result 1 forciiv
bus already oceitrreil." It was to brkig
wac^ ¿pA -jUvuatú t«< Um Swuth.. II J|U
tteuL'lit war, mid spread freesoil abniisffto
the ífwrtKein burder of Texis. All we."
do new is to slaiid Arm b'y wlfW woTiith it
ami be men. v. is,- in tjrp tlttui'e 1
The f rouble is upon us, am! no lii^flei-
bow It caaie, or who brouijht it na we
have ttuneet it. Whether we kavj; iifi]ái ed
tilia seaesíieu movement or favored it, we
lUUSt alike meet theeouseiiueiices. jsoliulit
calm aud pflltlout action. I .desivt J a
united and prepared South, if wo unUt
leave the Uliioti. Kutire co-operation may
not now be possible,, but we have ample
st rength for the struggle if we busbiinu it
ariglit We .mu t light uow whether we
are prepared or not •'
My position was taken months since.
'Tlioogn I opposed secession,' for the ri«fcs
sons mentioned, I saw that the policy of
coercion could not be . permitted. The at-
tempt to stigmatize and crush outHhis re-
volution, comprehending Stated* and mil-
lions of people, as a rebellion, "wmild shew
that the administration at Washington did
not comprehend the vast issues iuvoiveit,
or refused to listen-to the dictates bl res-
son, justice and humauity. A stubborn
resort to forco when niodoration-was
necessary, would destroy-every hope of
tienco and the reconstruct Ion of the Union.
Tllnt my'views oii this point might not lie
misunderstood,' I send to'thé Lesislature,
prior, to the pass/ige of the sereaniih ordi-
naooé by the Convention, a, message, iu
Wliich I said: «■' 4
*' Having called yon together to provide
for an eipression of the sotyreigu will of
the people at the ballot box. I also deem it
iny duty to declare lhat, while the people
of tho State ofTesas are deliberating upon
this question, no impending tju'eats ol co-
ercion from the people^ of another State
should be permitted to', bang over .thorn.
Without at least the conaem nation of their
representatives. Whatever that sovireign
Will nmV be when fairly expressed, ij must
be niáintaiued. "Texas, as á man, will de-
fend it. While the Executive would not
oounsel foolisli bravado, he,deems It ilduty
we owe to the people, to declare that, even
though their action shall bring upon us the
consequences which now seem impending,
we shall all (be our views Iu the past ami
present what they may) lie united.; '
Now that not Only coercion, but á vindic-
tive war is about to be inaugurated, I
stand- ready to redfiem my pledge to the
people. Whether the Convention acted
right or wrong is not now tho question.
Whether I was tivaleiljiistly or uiysstly is
not now to be considered. I put nil tlist
tinder my féet and there it .shall stay. Let
those Who Iflivo stood by me do t'n- silltio,
Jud let us till show tlmt at a. tbno when
fit'-ril environs our beloved laud, wu know
low to be patiiots.aud Texiaus.
. Let us have no past) except the- uWinus
p|mt, whose heroic' deeds slml* 'iitMHllati-
os to resistance to oppressio" Vfitwrong,
and burying in the gravo frtyilillvion all
Í0X past ilitlieulties, iet us go forward, de-
tiTiiiinetl no); to yield fimMthe. ——us—.-
which the people have "JfliKil
independence is adg>iupedge«>iibr If not
ackiiowlodged, wriMt from our enemies
tho force duMfillor. It is no time
bad^P^Hlie people havo put
theWtud® the plow—they must gti
f-n-vvataPlpfWeill- AmiiiI.I ho worse than
igpominy. Sitter meet \vnr. ill its deadliest
simpo, tnnn eringe before a u enemy, whose
wrath wo have invoked. I make no pre-
tentions as to myself: I have yielded up
otAeo iiml sought rotlriiiiieiit In preserve
peaci among, the pe(ij>le. Mj services,
perhaps, are not important enough to be
desired; others are perhaps morn compe-
tent to lend tho people through tills re-
volution. 1 have been With tjicin through
|he fVlery ordeal once, nod I know that
with prudence and discipline their courage
will surmount alUobstacles. Should the
tocsin of war, calling' forth tho people to
resist the invader, rench Hie retirement to
which 1 sliuil go, I will heed ¿either the
dennnriiitions m mjr enemies or the charms
of my own firesidebut will join the ranks
of lily eiinntryin«n to defend Texas tnioe
•gain
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In-ra i i-d in \ .iiii,iu)ij.i-.irmi^Mvi}] be h a-tr.l
ill lii-^ii-le s ent'-ipi Ir-I'| tie S-nili. eltiv-
.ill ic. ll I'll VI' l.lt.l I lllp. '1 ll'l.' 11 s lis It is, lltll-t
-i.l.l I-, tin- .- -liribiii'es of ,,ic., t|„,r,,ii |,
ili-eiplnie, .n disMt.-r «ill cuín.-.upon Un-
«■.'iiiiljy. The Nnr hern peopje In 1 heir
n il ni' ' atj.l nriujpitttoii nr.- iinlioriHiiate to
older. 1 lie) ¡Tve capaide of cri-.it <-lt.lt:-
I'tlllCf and a lii-_jli stnt..' „f diSt-.tpline. A
goiiil uiotlu for a soldier i«. never utiileiT.ili'
tin' sITi'tiglli id') tir . in-iiij. 'I'la- >i.ntIi
claini.-i'superiority over theni in point ot
fe ' •
ir-less courage. Kipntl them In po'tiit f
-eipliue and there will bit iin d inger.-*■
DrutiuBe yoftr forei-ap yield óbe'dh-iúN'tu
orders from Ill-ad quarters, Uo'iiot w.is1!-
your eituigica in utmntlioriiHd .-xptnlit innsj
Out in nil iitints eon form In law and order,
and it will In: i.mi tintes butter thai: running
hither tiltil thither, spending inmii-y am!
time, without acfnmplish'uig ai^. ol the
plan ufa eiu:t|iiiign, which your leaders
have tmirketl out. Oillit! organize, staj
o'l't'iiiiizt't!.
Jjoiiiit lie making eompaiiti's In-dayjiittl
Itmntiking llieui to-inorrnw. if yull are
dissatisticd will: your captain, wait until
lito battle tiny cuines and lie gut.-.' killed oil.
Then Jon cull gilt aitetber. II is better In
light uptu him and get rid of him ill thiit
way, than to split ntl'und ilinkn a new t-niu-
palij tu be split 'Up in the saute way. .1
give this tid: ii'nus an old soldier. I know
I he vjilue of silbordiiiatiiii) and tliseipliite.
A goou cit i/cii 'W:|ui has been Iil'i'ditut tn
law itnil civil authority, always maketi a
good soldier. 1 have ever been conserva-
tive, .(was conscrtaiive.is lung us l lio Union
la,«lid—an: a ctnt.-ei-va,live citizen of tin'
Sbuiilerii Utuii'ederncy and giving to the
eoii^Litill ell itti'.hiiftties tilI hi- .country, civil
nil,/ military, and the government which
a 'majority of thy people have approved
and acquiesced ill, tin luWst oheiliellce, 1
feci that 1 should tlo less thill: illy duty,
ilidl hi it press upiin til hers the inipf.: :¡ i •, ■ •
of regarding this, the first duty of ü ¡¡«'.c
citizen. '
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c>iiistilút in!: utii ii i:
fl:e SiiiitliHui instituí
« e lilt In-ivliy ileplnr.
:ilwil v.- ft#eu iléciilt
Alitilitiniii m. mill m
higher- tle^t^e than t
Ami \Vit::t:i:\i«. tlic I!
e'niis, wit'i tiii-fV
i.'lt til- If T- i
Xtilt li, Vvl.i- ■
is f i, til.- ü-'
-ti i if .-!avt ty
that We liá.vi
I i-u.'Hiie-- i.
■ >.t intw, in i
i"i-r;
luck I'e]iilltli
trinciples of Ali >
t tit.- V,
Former!)', Northern journals
headed their war nrticle? " The Ite-
bi'llion." Now they sny, nuire aen-
sibly, " The. War." - - : .
From - the Fairfield' Proimr.
wit learn (llal li. F, Moore, (t hotel
keeper ,at Owt^nnville, I^oberteon
county, exchanged shots'.at. aixty
yrirds with Mr- Olay, the old sheriff
of that county, a fuw dnys eince, and
Mr. Clay was killed. Moore was
thought to bo justifiable. .
tuluntíams from ttm fíálfrit.
'I'llt* •folli.nung iajtfi'oin tlin Wnghhijj-
't itti, curresjioi id out of tho New York
Ifqi'i^il!
i'oii.r correspondents here, have as
usual, telegraphed to you eVery item
of intort'St, Hut we telegmpfi liert
iituli-r dilficúlties, and it is iuipossible
lor us to any how much of our de-
spatches go through. At the office
h% ' -1;
Tin-re's a nice little Colonel
Who sits up aloft
to scratch out nuything obnoxions in
the despatches. And there's another
colonel in Baltimore. And another
at Perryville. And another at l'híla-
delphia. A nj titiléis else where. We
don't know our own. news after it
gets through these military sidings
and into type. 1 suppose all this is
very right on the part of tlm Govern-
ment ¡but. doesn't it oe#ur to you
that it is a little like locking the
stable door after the horse is stolen'/
Nominally' these oriticnl colonels
only strike out such portions of the
■despatches as. would convey informa-
tion of the movements of troops and
the plans of" Gen. Scott, llealf^f
however, our reviewers obliterate any-
thing which they don't," like, for pub-
lic or private reasons, and- sometimes
squash A whole despatch on ¿«count
of some obnoxious sentence. The
worst Of it is, the,despatch,l sénd to-
day may be perfectly au fait in Other
i'esneclB, but may contain one line
■riving one of our coíouels a bit of
.Jessie, (ritle Frumont's ca|npaign.)
Then it all goes to the waste basket.
Won't somebody please to tell ns
vvho their eolonels are 1
"A Ri5t(in ok TiíÚiíor."—The
Boston It<rorder sava :
In truth, we at the North, for the
Inst twenty years, liare had a reign
of terror—more lnihl, subtile and in-
visible, than that which is said to
pervade the South, but no less real.
There has been a World, of effort,
through resolutions in <^oclesiastic:il
and ministerial bodies afubhenevoleilt
societies, to manufacture**!: jgAu-
opinion that shall compel mimffrs
in iheir pulpit * to agitate against
slavery. Aud so far havo these ef-
forts succeeded, that in tunny plifre's
iLhas ri nuired more tirniuess tliaii is
joor htuntiii nature, f. u-1 ,ue
minted that the Scrip,
ullow such agitation—¿o
ace anil not join in it,
convictionaJlL his con-'
u tjletmii
llli.inisin, will Wot let ns scei'tle
from the I'tilnti, but treat its like
sultji cti'il j>ro'\ ltíco3, and make the
atttunpt to coerce usintotbe l'nien;
Therefore, as a part of the sovereign
people of Texas, we declare that
we are ready to oppose such vlula-
tlon tif'our sovereign rights, villi
1 artas in haud-^-aiid I'm' that pur?
jtitse organize ourselves in tliu f"l!
lowing ii'anner, to-wit:
1. Jletiiitficd. "i hat llie settlement
lie divided into five districts.
"■i. liesufred, Tliat lítese live dis-
tricts clióosii separately iheir respec-
tive leadeiv, who eoiistitule a coill-
niilte:i.
3. lie-wired, That if any of otir
troops shoiiUl ]nlss through this sot -
tlénieiit. iuid have to beHiipnlieil wit)i
provisions,which retlViiiu uiipaid for,
tlien it shall lie the duty of Said com-
mittee to appnrlióft to each citizeti t "
ajr Aioinumnity his sharo of expenses
litis -arising, according to the taxes
in* bat to pay,
• 4. ¡UMrHl, Yoinig niel, wlto htiv
no taxable property, inay join this
orgtiuizatii.ui without beaviiig a sliar
of the above mentioned expenses.
5. ]temh't¿d, Tliat the orgnuiy.eit
'part of our inhabitants be divid
into two fcoinpaiiios, the nanies til
which'be chosen by Cacll oi' the re
spectivo coinpani*s, one to be forliii'd
by pilose th'at are altóve 4 years ot
ilge, or iuvulids, and the ol hers bii-
iouging to the lniliiia- constitute the
second rotnpany.
0. Ri'xu/i'vd, That these two com-
panies connect themselves with tin
-Xew Ulni Schution'company, (i'illt
ct^n'pany,) already organized, iuu
tlijit the throe companies elect one of
¡thejr number ns coinmander-iii-cltii'l'-
7. litMjfrcily That it is ulso til
design'of this orgáuizatioi} to protect
.our st'ittleineiit agrtihKt .liegjp'i' iiisiirrt't-
tlous, &et
Ou-moiion, it w^i finally.
.. Ritolred, Tluit tie nnoiyedlois ol'
the irtiiuting be published in the UM-
vifie' fSotnif
Whoreupoñ, the meeting ml journal.
F. HA^IiOU), C'li'in.
A. WanokmakV, Sec'y.
r'-ttiotis StATisTK,si—According
to tne American Encyclopedia, tlie
nuibber of languages spoken is 4,164.
The number of men is about equal
to the number of women. The ave
t'fige rtf human life is about; thirty-
three years. One-qiinrter die before
the age of seven. Oue-half die be-
fore seventeen. To every one thou-
sand persons; only muí reaches one
hundred years. To every one hiíii-
^u^i only six reach seventy-live
years; and not more than one in five
hundred will reach eighty year?
There are one thousand million of
inhabitants.. Of these 33,333,8SÍTdio'
every year ¡ 01,824 die every day
7,780 every hour ¡ 60 every minute,
or one every second. These Josses
arcf about balanced liy an equal liunv
ber of births. The married are longer
lived than the single, and above all,
those who observo a sobor and indus-
trious conduct. Tall men live' longer
than short ones. Woman have moro
cliimces of life previous to the age of
fifty years than men, but fewer after.
The numAcr of marriages is in tho
proportion of seveiity-six to one bun-
divtl. Murringes nni inore frt'qneut
after tho equinoxes—that is dtiling
the months of .Iptie and December.
Those born in tho fipring are gene-
rally more robust than others. Jlirtl
and deaths are ilioriijjj^u^-ut. by
night tli'án by day ^ "
tnnn
whir was
tures do
hold hit
against
science.
'OP WI:MTI:I(!«
n replya letter in the
Tim#? to the
fl
in. Theh J will imk those who I
siic.l me wilh innligiiity, nud wlm l
unMtnced me'its n traitor to To mot nml
the Month, fa prove themsBlvos moro true."
when the bnttlo shock sli.-tU «imii'. Old
•nS trorn •• I nf, I «halt not be lapqard.
Tbxas Tkoo>8.mii
Oil tile iwh, at Now
followinaToxns veil
Were miistered into tile 0,
for twelve months:
Tho Marion Rifles, Cnpt. H. IT.
Ilia'ck, three lieutenants,foHrceineftnts
and four cor|)ornls, and 8SJ Movates.
The Livingston Gunrds, Ortpt, 1).
D. Moore, the snme number of Other
ojicers ns tho Rifles, anil a full iinm-
Imm- in tlrt ranks.
A tíiiiih. compnny, also from Polk
enmity, wnh to lie mustered ill the
evening of tho 18th, and the three
companies to form a battalion. They
wi to the Arkansas frontier with OoJ.
lluboft'l I/jaleUua n^buent.—
Tim
Tunas.
New Ygfk Timet , to tho effect tlmf
the^prmans in Western Texas,
tmuMHng some it,000, with 15,000
iii^Bu r parts of tho State, propos(t
Ve en mane tó .Mexico or C'en-
t America." because of their dis-
Ike to the pnlitieal position ol' Texas,
the Snn Antonio Herald says :
" The Uermnn* in Western Texas
nre ns loyal to the South as otlieir
classes of qpr citizens. HÍhuld Lin-
coln, in pnrsnnnce of his insane de-
termination lo suliiueato the South,
send an nrniv of hi hirelings to
Texas, ho will find the Germans still
here, and ready to give them such
recontkm ns they deserve."
The Snu Antonio Ledger concurs
in this opinion. Tho (iemians in
and near San Antonio havo changed
materially of late, ruul nre wirin sup-
porters now of the cans# of the
Bouth.—Qah <*f<m S'eim.
it
it iirg
íinptifliim
4 ¡ill
inn
f Vil'... . i.
!.-.-:t. It is le]t ylt-.i ill. -- A
¡ii"i'i n intend to --tril.! l-:m
¡army r .11 ns rfvtlt -■ rt• r. I'■ i' 'hi- .
I pt-ob.-Jilv iv.it.nti-. \t .h- e. I'-liet
lite lit',) .-...lit tl'Ollbb
eil upon, tin- (i-iy.-riim.-ht
O'l' inviiil! . t '"t- I -ei
iitllsels, to i■ - -, 11 : ■■ : o wi.1 h
It o i.il jit in the n't 1 ..I'- hi--: i
in ili t :t • \- tnleiits. IJi- pi'ini-titiM'.-ti hill'
i lie. llrsf soldier 111. íumI . tie
.•lnt'iil that hi- sefil ■ - liímlil I'"' si'-,
iured at any price. I it ace e,- !,-:net
with this _i'i C'iiiinii-nil,'it'..in, lA ertiiri-f
were ninile tut 'ol. j.e iicciJuip't'ii' tl
liy the liit.s) t. nijitilig offers ol' mili-
tary raújci anil, in ilu.e. by other in-
lin fluents that few men could have
res't-ti'd. 'f he,-e . oilers were nil -tln-
lini'd ly ("ol. Lee, alnl he is now at
the hi'i'tti of tlie .irtliy tif \'irgiiihi.
Col. Lee graduated tit Wrst- l'oiiit
with the highest honors óf bis' claP,s.
in 1>;:l, anil tlieu entered the engi-
neer, corps, inheriting the great mili-
tary genius fit' his father, fliii. Henry
the friendi itild.eulogi> l ot'JW'.ash-
ington. lio devoted liiiiisell to th
lighi'v duti's of *llis prol'e-siiiii with
•harnet.eri.-tic asi'iilnity. lie visited
France ami other'pnrls_.nl Europe,
to secure those advantages lTi.r iiti-
prinl'iiieut \\hich could not be olt-
taluetl at hotne, and his eli'irai.lt inntl'-
ni't's nnd profound acquirements se-
cured him the entree to tlio, Iiouses-of
llie: great euviuis and '.military men. of
all nations resident iu I'atfs; nttd his
marriage with the daughter of Mr,
Ciistis, the representative of Wash-
i.igton. iileiitiliecl himself still inon
•liiM'ly with tlii- great chij't'^tlian did
lis ih's.ce^tt from the .great..,,cilvalry
ollieers of the lievoliilion, '(nlready
mentioned. Uy jhni márringii lie be-
(¡nine, at the de^tli óf Mr. f'tistis, tin
proprietor ol' the splendul tloiiiain oi'
Arlington •House, and other great
estates in Virginia, among thehv the
patrimonial estate of Mrs. Washing1-
toil, in the countj of New Kent
During the "Mexican war lie was
entrusted by (i em. Sot'itf and Tot ten
with the_ important charge of the
Knginiiering Departinenf iil 'the army
111-Mexico. From the ciipture of Sati
.ftiail de Ulloft,. up to the storming of
the capital of the Mniitosettmns, the
geuins of Lee was triiiinphniit óvVr
'"••"•ry-■ nlisfMele.jjiti! to him. in mill
(¿ry ,circles, lins Tieen"* I'lletiT'Tullji' ac
corded • equul credit with Scott liiin-
self for the'stieei'ssftil cptíduct of thifl
liiiitlioriiblo cainjinign. WTh-u tl
two IJiiited States cavalry ri'ghuents
Were organized, he was offered aj'teii
tennnt colonelcy qf file second, which
he accepted, resigning bis post Of
ofiptain of engineers. His son,,Cua-
tis Me, who like bis father, gradua-
ted *t'the bend of his class, is now
lietileiinut of engineers, lint will proH-
ah! y soon resign and follow tho for-
tunes of his father. # '
Col. Lee was for aeverot years at
tho henfl. of the United States Mili
Ury Academy at West l'oint, anil it
is feared that the Southern officers
who .were educated there under his
regime will all imitate his example,,
regarding him as fllij.Iiayard of lb
American arniy.
Ih^:
i->utitii ':
'it MM.I -
m Edit
l ..t Ilili'l
V, "ll.-.N I
,lt t '
i Íítüce,
•tlVl'lllpt
tt'oUi' A
says tho
iijinieice.
I.y iiiail.
- I,ore the
anil
loubrth.rt it
i\. S. ('., Apil 1
•('ll.
STOV OUR MULE i
$1*7 Be ward.
Stjíayki) (ruin the cubiorl.ber nt Tlcll-
villn Austin cuntity, nboiit the ltttli tif
Mtircli Inst, u initrtt lttiile, limr years nltl,^
ol it buy bruWn milor, btniiévtl oh the left
intuí in -
in:\ Ifltt'i', ¡"lie is very tall, nottrly nix-"
teon hiltbls lilj(li, jibiitbi to ride uud work,
it ltd is u I'nsf iMilhi.r, Shu" is MÜjglit ly_simk
ill the loins, has white burr nun ks un the
liase', milite It} n rope hilltiir nml probiihlv
Stldtlle uinrks. I w ill (tayflve tlofinrs for
iiiliirinfttiiiii tlmt will l#s.t ¡oher recovery,
or tifleen tlolhtrs I'ur her return to we.
When lost heiirtUfrom, sin: was «hove Tra-
vis on her wny townrds llrctihnm. If Hot
inkeii up, she will jiWibnbly (to to l'ond
.creek near Gtmn l'ust (IJJicii, I'nlls county,
ns she lurinerly rim there, Address
JNO. i'.BSXEiiiíoirr.
Bellville, Texhs. 43-tf.
ai'i'uaiianci-: «if tiíi¿. mnx.áin.vt
South.—Tho New Yor)^ correspon-
dent of the New Orleans I'icayuni
says r
A vast-numbWiOf those who havt
Jftlie ifortli tu iiiect their SoitiAern
dialled in a hostile strife, are no
more Til for tlie undcrlakiiig than bi
fants. in their cradles. .And inore
particularly is this the cas,.- with
scores of the volunteers which I have
«ecu on their way to being equipped.
Instead ot being, alilt;-bodied nml
healthy, tliey have deep lines of sick-
ness firmly eugraved upon them;
while as regards sti'ength, a inarch of
five miles on a warm day-would wilt
them almost beyond recovery. The
most of these Jiowe^er, liave'c.nlisted
iccniisd of tho want of better em
lloyineBt; they had nothing to do,
and the feeling hern is so strong flint
the S'(iiilli will he etiiti/f/'te/iijifird, that
the risk ol liti-on (lie part ot tho eli-
jtjjprs has been thought to be small
iideed.
I'n ttm regular companies that, have
gone, there are also many totally un-
fit for the arduous duty before them.
The
iitlunúiisijj of the hour, liow-
anjl tno belief in only a short
from home, ha^arriod them
to the unholy strife, ' Now mark
Jjiy prediction. If these men aro
'Soflt to your soil to mepsiwe ai-ms
with you on your own territory, not
hall' of them will ever agnin lie heard
from. Eitlier as food for powder or
af victims to tlio scorching heat and
fever of your latitude, these now
arduous dolbnders of their country"
will puss away to tin: unknown land,
their ilcntlr itrnggl- n in It i e,i liutini^
keen by the thought that they rashly
left iiM that wns dear to tb ni to make
War upon their own count'ytnen.
Cozzens (Sparrowgrass) is captain
of the Homo (iuards of i nkers, N.
Y. 'i'hey havo resolved i'l to leave
the State any way, and «|l to leave
Youkcrs " except in case ol mvaaion."
Their Wotto doubtless ii, Soldieni
in pence, in war citir.ens."
fy Col. l'orBhoy's Miíi y Insti-
tute has suspended, In onl to allow
the students and cadets t v-jlnnteer
in tho «iHrieo of thci cyn ry.
on Trite,,', r:
i,, nth ¡i. '—I >tt In-half ot the South
i .ti,il¡i.i Volunte- is. I ;ll|i deputed to
, j 11,: i ;.IV, Anili'i'W. of Massachii-
- •••-. tht'oiigh v - ill. that the military
, i:' uf vonr State he sent to
S ,:• it ('arollna.. In -liuikHig this re-
,-ili-st. 1 ; volt I hut express the
y\ i-1i ot' i vt-rv luán, woman and child
|'ii . ni\r State. We nunjljer about
ltMinu lii. ti, well oOicoiv.l nud accou-#
tr. il, and iitixioiis for a tight, ami cor-
dirijlv invite any-number from your
sectil in to give us a meeting. Do
not. howeVer, send tbein in the fleet
that appeared oil- Charleston harlior
during tin; bombardment -of Fort
Sumter, for fear their timidity will
interfere with their Inmling. Seiid
all Massachusetts men—none from
Pennsylvania, for the regiment of
that State Jhnilnd at Cerro fiordo ;
nor from New York, for at Churu-,
hunco, (although they ciahued and re-
ceived the right from' the 1'ill met to
keginii'iit.) at the first lire the gallant
New Yorkers tell hack, and hill be-
hind a Imrn; nor from'Indiana, for
at Huella Vista, the nin,,'de regiment
from that State lied in inglorious con-
tusion. Semi y otir Sumneisu yonr_
Wilsons, your fiurliiigames, and a.
liosl -of sin lila r notables, and wt pledge
our honors, our lives, and allvtbat wo
hold sacred, that hone other but "tho
I 'almeno Hoys shall interfere with
illehi. We want them exclusively
for our own use.-
This request is made in good faith,
and on signifying your acceptance of
our offer, every arrangement will by
made to give yon a passport to our
shore. O.V lluhai.p uk TUB
S. C. VlH.untkkils,
We have not the slightest doubt
but tlmt the letter is genuine, and
that the writer .'meant just what ho
says, as the Sentiments expressed aro '
generally entertained in that city.
C.a.'VjI
vVit'i
A'ii Hr AD I EHTJSEMENT'S
«10 REWARD.
LOST on tliu San UsrnoFd, on tho e*-.
iiedltion to Irtilinnoln, n dark brown
or bl.tck It or f>, live years old, one or both
hind leet w hite, hrioided oil the left •luiiil-
der JC, ii ud shod before. I will pay tivo
■InlhiiK lor siiuli i n It nni ii t Inn ns will load
tu llie rerovery of the horse or ten dollars
for t he return of tlie horse to me, or Jttryy i
Obnid. llnmiistoiid, Austin county, May
aUth'81. 43-tf- (IKO. W. CLOUD.
$3 Reward.
ST li AY TCI) 'IVnm'Qoorao W. llsn-oy' ,
lieni'.Travis, abont the 1st of Mtirch,
ti Ii ti ht buy MA KR, very ninnll iter in tho
fnrehcntl, some white on tlie feet, bmudud
w ith ii -I with a «t'lni-circln over ¡t,bétwi*)n
4 áiid-5 yours old, medium slxe. I wil(
pity the, above- fowia'd lor the retnrn uf tbo
iiini'e, or fer InfnnnMinn «ii thiit 1 can get
her. Addresti li.'CAMKKON,
411-4w Travis, Austiif county, Texas.
Runaway «lave-
-JlMITTKD to
the jail of Aiihtiu .
tsJb
\ Uunneta. 1ft was
comity, o|ith«2:itl day
of Muy, 18(11, DILL,
who sitys he beliinus to
John Cotton, abort:
\Vuc0. Hays his mas- _____
tor bought him of ltnl Uiinneta. fR'wss
taken up cumiiig-dowii the rivor Braliis on
ii riift. Hill is ubout 45 yenrs obi, abiait 6
feet I or 'J inches high, dark complexion,
w-eiiilut^froin i:iO to 140 pounds ¡ several
teeth Oitt of his upper right jit w. Tho own,
cr of said negro will nune and prpv^ STVar
snld slave and pay clinrg.-ji, nlherwiis M
will "be disposed uf necuruiog tt* law.1 1 '
fimmpf's Omi t:, (
Uellvlllo, Muv «: , imi. (
JAMKh .1. JACKSON, Sh'ff. A C, .
4^tf Uy J. W. M iNNisii, Dep.
^DMIMS'l'UATOH'S NOTICEr
Whereos, lettisrs of administration hav-
ing been grnnted to the undersigned on
the ,-^mte of Sarah WhittlngtOn, deceased:
ni the May Term, A. D 1HII, of thiv-Goin-
¡y Court of Austin county, sll persons
hliyiug clitims against said estate are reí
quired to 11 resent the same wltbin the timo
preserHieil by law-
OIIO. W. SI
Uy IlKN. ,
rtellville, May Sill, IHIII.
SITIKLpS, Adm'iv
K*. T. 11 AKitis, Aif'y.
4Mw
^UMINISTHATOWa NOTICE,
Letters of a,Inilnhtration, with fhe will
,10*1x1, having been granted to the under-
•innnfl '
ijiuilf, iteccnsed, nt the Mny lenii, A. I .
isftl, of the County (¿ourt of Austin coun-
ty, nil persona having claims against ssitl
estate are required to present tho santa
within tbo lime preserihiHl hy law.'
\V. B. WITTE, Adm'r.
Ky Hr.x. T. H ARRUt; Att'y.
Bl'Ilvillo, Jfay WO, lf(l.1 ■ jt:t6w
O Ml SIS Til A TOR'S itOTICB.
A
Letters of ndinlniittratlon havbig been
grHiit.il to the undersigned on the aetata o(
.1. II l.ui'hrs, doecaseil, at tke May Tern,
A. D. 1MUI, of tho ('ouuty Court of "
eounty, all persons hsving cl '
said estate, are required to
same within the time prWfrttied by taw!
•IACOB SINN, Adm'r. •
„ nr.n. T. IIsams^Ati'y.
Bellrlll®, fllay HO, 1881. "
Court of AmMii
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