The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 31, 1862 Page: 2 of 2
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Tub Appaib at Houma. .
Etc,Etc. Etc.
The Houston Telegraph gives tho
following particulars of the aííair at
Homm. • •
tb t the Federate had
> were nomo barges near
ingto the Confederates
*nd a party of 90 «midiera were sent
out to destroy them. They left 25
men at the depot atid the balance
went down to Houma. On their *r-
l at the bayou, they found the
i had been sank, bint they almo
1 a steamer there under English
colors, discharging powder, eto., which
had run the blockade. They seizud
npon the Teasel and carro. They
ifrst ordered the mate whom they
found on board to haul down his flag.
He refused,-whereupon they took It
down and hoisted the Federal flag in
itsplace.
They them learned ¡through some
traitor that they would bu attacked i
and at once sent four tften to the depot
for reinforcements; These men were
fired upon and two killed and «tie
severely and the other slightly wound-
ed The latter escaped in the^onids,
but was captured at ThiboderiifxviUe
and wns started off under guard for
our army. Three hours nfíér, a party
•of Federal arrrived at Thibodeanx-
ville, and linrrinc the facts, forced
the eapta>n to send after the prisoner
tinder penalt y of hanging.
Previom however, to the kil'ing of
these-men the military at Houma had
out. They were about
"But being nnaMe to
on of -operations,, fliey
A small partyi however
i mined to do something, #nd it
^ "-Iced the Federals
ided them. Oar
iien took the dead bodii's
them, and a physician
of the wonnded
ng he remarked
1 he Would take one
for his fee. This he
" i the hands of a friend
en from patsy. By
federáis had all left for
the captured Rteamer
> by thetailroa^j '
... ■ ^ a force of
came out from the*
take revenge on. the people of
-Arriving they found t|ie
i above spoken of. 'j'hey iramedi-
tfhéBed-Wdden filan to
E his house. This he cow^ld
They then made his negroes
■ him ont and lay hi in dfcwn in
" After which thrty set fire
. and burnt up everything
amises. -v'ts.f ',0' c4.!
committing other similar
y took the physician
1 others to New Orleans,
become of them, is not
They also seised fifteen or
' horses and all the saddle
find and took them to the
jg the announcements
1 the True Delta the following:
thomas u. laster.
UNION CANDIDATE
. For Recorder in the fourth District
f New Orleans- Ejection the firti'
[ouday in June next.
urges the deal rue
, declaring that by-.'
Ttem.
1 Delta says that Butler's
created a great panic
of Confederate notes,
notice several
' paper of
for Oon-
86th inst.
of this Ufe.
|hnj§p!
i everlasting
Tits an
..
His feel
[From the.Houston Telegraph.]
From iVew ¡Hexico,
B.utlb up Alui. urt.uui/'ii.
We have just received by mail the
following extract from tint olliial
report ot 11 battle, concerning which
we httty-iio further information than
is herein contained. We are proud
to hear so good accounts of our towns-
man and friend. Lieut. Roily.
a friend writes us from Franklin,
Texas, from the 1st Regiment, that
the regimeut is there/to recruit and
try it again, or go anywhere else,
ordered.
Extract from the report of Capt.
Coopwood of the-b&ttle of Albuquer-
que, n. m.. on April 8th 1862.
"Duriug the afternoon of the 7th
inst., the enemy's advance came in
sight, and about 2 o'clock p. m-, of
the 8th, the whole force appeared in
the valley below the town, and as
sodn as they could be formed in line
of battle," began to advance upon
my position on the outskirts of town.
Before they came in range of my
guns, the enemy's cavalry ¡deployed
to the right ana nntde «11 attempt to
lurnjny left and gain the plaga, but
•is soon us this was seen, i ordered
Lt. Belly, who had been placed ai
the Plaza, to move to whatever point
the mie.-ny might attack—>to move his
piece down the street int ) which the
cavalry Were entering, and at the
same time ordered Lt. jett to support
the gun with his co opany, and with
a celerity not to he expected they met
the cavalry, and with a few shots
from Lt Reiley's piece and Lt, Jett's
sharp-shooters, aud a cross fire from
Cipt Walker's company, they were
noun driven from the field. The
force however, coutinued to advance
upon my right, and us soon as the
cavalry hud retreated, i Ordered Lt.
Reily to my right, to join the piece
manned by Sergetit Fisher and a de-
tachment of mj\j. Tool's company,
to use the two pieces upon the infan-
try when in proper range, and soon
after he arrived, i ordered him to
open on them which he did \vith good
eiect.
Notwithstanding the enemy's hav-
ing opened with a 24-pot}tlder, hurling
shell around our position, they were
soon repulsed by ihe fearful accuracy
with which Lt. 11 -ily placed his round
shot mining them, and during tin
whole of ihe time the enemy was
before us, the officers and men uiider
ine conducted themselves in a manner
very creditable to themselves, and
tile name usuuly borne by Texians.
Much credit is due them for the firm-
ness with which they took and held
their position iu the tace of such
superior number*. Such officers and
soldiers cannot be too highly esteem-
ed by those who love patriotic ,and
brave men.
[From' the State Gazette.]
Every man enn make his own
leather. Mr. Editor, 1 wish to make
known through your paper an im-
portant discovery,".which i give to
the public for the good of the State.
How to get leather and shoes is' a
fiientiou one hemp froul every one
he meets. All who are iu reach of
cedar have «tw ot the best tanning
materials in the South. 1 have not
tried pine leaves, but 1 believe they
"<£do just as well as the cedar.
They can be gathered when the tim-
ber wns cut Inst winter or gr««n. If
the timber'has .been cut long enough
for the loaves to bo dry, the best way
to get the loaves, is to take a large
sheet and pile the brush On it and
beat them with sticks which will
cause the leaves to fall off. If you
have to get them green, cnt off the
liinbs, and tben cut off or pnll the
leaves See. Small twigs: If you
need tbe leather soon, you must boil
the loaves; if you do not need it be-
fore fall, you can lay your bides away
like you would bark. The best
way to prepare your bides for She tan
to use ashes ond alittle salt instead
lime. If you use Hine, yon mtwt
( I it all out, to make good leather.
,f yoii have Sumac or.bark you can
■ jjc ¡t. ,yifci' • '■
•' liis is no Yankee humbug" that
will cost from t60 to $-000. I wisli
very paper in the Sonth to cony
this. . J. R. SIMMS,
' A Practical Tanner.
■' —0,
— A cunning man overreaches no
loo* half so HHH-h as himself
YankioOpsratioai in North Alabama.
a correspondent ol a northern paper
writ.-s-
Our leaders have been considera'
bly exercised concerning the where-
abouts of the divinen of the army
uhitei Geo. Micl.ell. He has bet
heard from at luka, .Miss. It wi 1
be recollected that he left Nashville
and proceeded Southward, by way of
Mdrtreesboro,' at the same tune that
Buell started across the country from
Nashville to Columbia and Pittsburg.
Nothiug was heard from him for
several week , outside of military at
least. Yesterday intelligence was
brought that he had arrived at Deca-
tur, at the head of Muscle Shcals,
forty-four miles by railroad above
TuBCumbia, where there is a bridge
across the Tennessee river, used by
the Memphis and Charleston railroad.
Crossing this bridge to the western
side of the river with hu diviaiou, he
burned the bridge an.d thus destroyed
the communication with Virginia,
whence the rebels have for weeks
Justin-ought and
arge number* of troopi. " i'lie bridge
across Bfcftr. Creek had bcejJ previous-
ly destroyed by the gunboats Lex-
ington and Tyler, aud a detachment
of troojjs from this post, but the break-
ing otl ot the communication was
iieSessuily but temporary, as the
Stream was comparati vely an iusigniti-
i-ant one. and could l>e easily spanned
hy a tempoiary str cture, or, it neces-
ry, forded.
the destruction of the Decatur
e must be exceedingly annoy-
iug to the rebels, necesitating the
eiuployinent of steamers and flatboats
to ferry over their troops. a gentle-
man familiar with the region informs
me that t^ere are three steamers
above the shoals, und any quantity of
barges, so that the mere destruction of
the bridge does not absolutely destroy
communication, Gen Mitchell, to
m ike the work nlt« gether effectual,
has torn up the railroad track as far
as luka; which is 20 miles east of
Corinth,' near the Alabama line
From Decatur lie proceeded to Flor
ence, and destroyed the railroad
bridge there. The wreck has been
floating down the Tennessee for
twenty four hours, furnishing inco 1-
testible evidence of the thoroughness
of its destruction. '
Gen. Smith (Padttcnh Smith) is íh
command o the Post at Savatinah.
h" has been on the sick lis for some
lime, and until quite lecently has
been considered convalescent. i un-
derstand to-day that his dit-e.i e has
taken an unfavorable turn, ai d thn
tei rs'are entertained for his recovery.
The wounded are dying at Savan
oali at the rate of eight or ten a day.
Morm kiu.i.\n in McLennan 0<>.
—Ageutlematifrom the neighborhood
of Bold Springs, McLennan county,
informs us that his neighbor. j t.
Russell, his son Henry Itussell, and
son-lü-law c. t. Tin-dey were all
three killed on the 23(1 tilt., i or having
maliconsly hung 0 Mr, Wood, an in-
ocent mau, on the Thursday previous.
The circumstances as we • received
them, are as follows: Wood was
accused by Russell & Co. of being
an abolitionist, heliaving been horn
in the north, but a resident of .Texas
for many years. He was a printei
ind worked in Waco, while hid wife
aud little son kept a sheep much near
Russell's. Upon Rnssell's complaint
of his being an abolitionist, i1.1 was
visited by a committee ot respectable
men and exonerated from the charge.
This exasperated Russell aud his
friends and they determined to take
the .matter into their own hands, and
on Thursday night the 20th ult., re
i red to Wood's house, six iu nutn-
r, besides two negro fellows, dragged
him out, tearing him away from his
screaming wife and little son to tbe
nearest tree and hanged him. This
outrage being more than the enlighten-
ed community of McLennan and Hill
could bear, tíiey immediately armed
themselves, and accompanied by tin
Sheriff 61 MeLeniinnt arrested tin
three'meü meinloned ; and upon r
riving at the county line, the Sberit
of Hill takihg th«tn into eustod;
desifed to oonfine iheir hands. whe>
they resisted, aud the elder Rossi.
tired a derringer at oneofthbeutnpam.
wherenpou the threw men were literal
ly riddled with bullets by the enr«g
ed citizens. '
The fonrth man, name not remen,
bwmL was liberated noon ioininc tbe
army for the war, he having been
forced into the mutter by the Russels.
Ihe other two escaped. Two by
tho name of.Thompson were bung in
the same vicinity a few weeks since
for horse stealing; thus making six
men deprived of their lives in oue
neighborhood within inonth.-PVenew
Mi:tint: 11.—Mr. James Hurley, of
Lampasas county, pursued Mr. Jas.
Warron, on last Saturday evening, a
few miles from this city, and shot
him in a most cowardly manner.
Hurley made his escape. Tbe only
iiroyocntiou, we understand, was his
being {orlad to visit the bouso of Mr.
W., where he had been paying atten-
tions to his daughter, Mr. T. M. War-
ren offers a reward of 9500 for hi-
prehension and delivery to the sher-
of Travis conuty. It is to be hoped
that if the reward offered by the above
party, does not bring tho offender to
justice, that the Governor will offer
an additional reward. Crimo is be-
coming of too frequent occurrence,
and if inore stringent measures are
not adópted, it will continue to in-
crease. We ore coming to a nretty
puss when the right of 4 father to
protect his children is denied him.
No Imp- ore entertained fer the re-
covery of Mr. W.—State QazeUc.
BT If some stray Printer would
happen along this way and help us
cast a new roller, wesbouhl be glad-
Patriotism.—Last Sunday morn-
ing the streets of Houston were filled
with conflicting rumors. a bombard-
ment of Galveston was expected be-
fore night. Our readeis are aware
tiia't Armstrong & Bro, have a néw
four story, iron front building on the
Strand, one of the finest there. Both
brothers «re in the service. William
was liere and Tbaddeus at the Island.
We saw. the first iu the telegraph
office here. we aa.ed to look at the
message he Will seuding doWn. It
read as followst "Hoist the South-
ern flag on the top of the building,
aud let her ftp How many vessels."
" What do you say about it i" said
the wr.ter to Col. Tip Walker yester-
day. lie replied, "All 1 am w« fib
•in the world is hi Galveston. i hope
it will badestroyed before the eneui}
gut it. i sent down yesterday and
knocked a hole in the bottom of my
cistern. 'j hey shall not have as much
as a cup of water from uio to saVe
them."
\vo could relate a hundred remarks
like lliey? (hat go to show tho spi'h
of the gallant men of Galveston who
are indeed with nsi Alas! would
1 luit tliprn were no other side t) this
pict III eof that populat ion!-Telegraph.
1 hereby notify Tod forwarn all
persons not to credH my wife Jemima
Norcross for anything whatever on my
account, «8 she has voluntarily left
my bed and board, and ceased to act
the part of wife to ine. I will not be
responsible for any debts she may
hereafter contract.
, WILLIAM NORCROSS. ..
Austin co., Nov 19,1861. |l7-6m
BEN. T. HAKR18,
Attorney *ni Counttlir
BELt.vn.LF., /nutin county, T
pro:
«i la m
Texas.
Mi y he fonnd st his reiideuce
profesiionally engased.
'tmpitead,
ideuce when a
[*2n8-ljr.
Ami.
ben not
JC8X RECEIVED
. DRUG8, MEDICINES
LARD. OIL, STARCH
MURIATE. OF TIN, SODA,
PEPPER,.SPICE, SAL SODA
FINE LIQUORS.
CHAMPAONe BRANDY WHIKY
WINES SHERRY & MADEIRA
PIE FRUITS, FRUIT IN OAKS
SARDINES
TOBACCO. SNUPF
B LACKING
BREAST PUMPS,
PATENT MEDICNE9
CHEROKEE LINIMENT ETC.
PAPE R-P ENS-INK.
At the Hempstead Post Offce.
Vol. £ No. S6,; tf.
Taken up by A/fron Logan and
estrayed before B. F. Elliott J. P.
on the 26th day of April 186S, a
light sorrel American horse about
9 years old 1 i 1-8 hands high—left
hind foot white Branded M. L.
appraised at $80,00.
Z. W. Matthews C.O. 0. A. 0.
No 98. 3w.
WM. Uiiady, J. T. Diuur
Wm. Brady Sc Co*,
COTTON FACTOR i
AKD
COMMISSION MER CHANTS,
Office on Franklin st., next to Rusk House.
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Prompt -and special attention dren te
the celling of cotton In the Houston sod
Galveston market*. Advance* made oa
consignments for «ale, or «liimnent to our
friend* in Liverpool, New York and Boston.
a good article of bagging and ro;
and lor customer*.
DIED.
ther I Heinp«tend, on Sunday,the 18th
iiiHt., ofconKéHtion. E. H Kemper, aged
about 02 y mrs; -late a member of Capt.
J. W. McDade's company, Confeder-
ate gtatex Army.
I hereby forwarn a]l persons not to
credit my wife, EvA BA|tcHA* on my
account, as she has voluntarily left
my Bed and board, and ceased to act
the part of wife to me for the last two-
yéars. I will not be responsible for
any debts she may hereafter contract.
STEPHEN BARCHAK.
Bellville, Feb. £0. 1808. 29-Bm.
urn
My wife Af iry E. Bouldin, having left
ny bediind to ird without any just csuse
'•r pWnociition, all person* are hereby
orwtiiiied iiK iii*t tru*tia« her on my
ccoutit, a I will pay no debt* 1 ontracted
by her u"len* compelled by law.
Nei.rl'nvt* M .y. íWth 18flü.
4¿—¿w—*, R. G. BOULDIN.
NOTICE.
Caught by win. E. Munger, at 8au Fe-
lipe, one Ferry Boat, about ixty two feet
ong, mude of cedar and decked with ce-
dar : had «n It bridle rope*, two blocks,
1 Wo crow-bar* 1 tho owner will plesie
•eme forward, prove property, pay charge*
oid tuko it away, or I will tell tbe
<ume to the highest bidder.
wm. e., munger.
San Felipe, Hay, 8, 1862. [40—3w
Administrator's ¡It ti<cc.
Letters of Administration on tbe
Estate of John H. Trusdtl, was
granted to>me, at the Marcl. Term
1862 of tlie County Court of Faydtt5
I'onnty, Texas and all persons having
lnims against said Estate are raquii
d to present the same witliu tb
i me prescribed by law.
Vpril 27th 1862 L B. Harrisoi .
So. 89. 6w. 84.00 Administer
1 1 «i. in ■ (|h
i o holders or COUKTY <wraramm
Those holding County
«r war pun,«as, can
undedina lip, whii
rith.for all c
rope 1
4 (f-Jy
on
Busk House,
MRS. C. HULBUD, PROPRIETRESS.
M. F Thompson, Manager,
Cerner qf Franklin and Travit 8u.,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
Nothing shall be wanting to malntala
the reputation this house hss slwsys borna.
4fi-ir • •
Joseph Ptnika,
Dealer in
WA TCHE8,
JEWELRY,
CLOCKS and
FANCY A
Haix Strut,
Watches. Ctapiu "
repaired and ^
. .. of watch
46-ly etc.,
mtt
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 31, 1862, newspaper, May 31, 1862; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177047/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.