The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 14, 1862 Page: 1 of 2
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BBLLVILLK, TEXAS, JUNE 14, 1862.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1862
Special Notice,
A fti'f IIiIh iliitn ulluf lulvi'rtliwiiK utii Inwrtwl Ir th*
dvu:ilr¡fmnn ivIIIJh ctmrK1''! Twenty ce un yer Un*
tur t1 i¡ flr i hm-rfkm, uml Ten muí 'per Une for
• injli tubm ipii'iit tnwrlnn. Futrnym, mtvrritofd
l'jr ♦h<>.C<muly tilcrk, ivlll br itiurijiul Tino 1M-.
l'tre fur etíiu uuluiitl iu(v«n|fv<l Mny, 31, létál. t
'E3^ Attention Ih directed to the
Cnrd of Doctor Howard.
HP -The Confederate District
Court meets on iho 17 tli oí' Juné.
■i¥ l/ ic ni 0r, Mills' notice "To
tliu Public."
rr Thoa* who wish to procuro
rsubstitutoH ta serve in their pla( es as
Conscripta, woyhl do well to make
the fact known tliro' tilo <Jouufryman.
—Theru wiih no Diatrict
Court k'íld at this term in this county,
from «amo causo tliu Judge failed
to coiuo. We aro inclined to think
:• • i, . f |á| r.vsfoyuj, ' """ '*v ' > 1,"jf
ho intended to hold court at this
< orín* or lie would have sent word to
the cfmirnry, ;
Latest New .—Morgan arrived
at Oorinth ou the 24th iflt, having
hro't thro' to Cbatanooga 1500 Ken-
tuokiarm. 300Ó Federals stampeded
from Mitchell coinmaud at Florence,
Ala., ou the 18th. Jackson and
Ewcll have taken Front Royal and
Winchester, a complete victory, 4000
prisoners and more coming in.
All the enemy's stores were taken
at Winchester, our loss 100 killed
and wounded. The enemy was
completely routed, life gunboats
have been repulsed by the batteries]
on James river. Over live hundred
vessels were announced to sail tor
southern ports by the first of June.
Two hundred clearances for Cargoes
Of ice had already been takeu Oi
Three very considerable battles have
recently taken place iu the vicinity of
Ilichmond, in which wo wore victo-
rious every time, and took in one of
tlmm 1500 prisoners. #
It .seems to bo certain at the latest
date's that Vicksbtirg had not been
taken 300 wounded Federals had
arrived at tfew.-Orleans from Vicks-
Djtv.-—Tho weather \s extremely
dry'." The cattle anfl other Htock are
beginning to' suffer for water. ¿The
utreams ore failing comsiderably and
if we don't havo rain soon, they
Jiaix^;—
will
13^ Rev. Mr. Biel informa us that
a protvii^d.niooting will bo heltkou
Tiney. ncar Bollvillc,by tío (Teman
Methodist Society, commencing on
iho .21st inet. Ample provision will
bi> made "for all. Preaching in both
'German and English, All friends
aro invited to attend.
Holland, the Provost
Marshal of tJiÍÉ county, has gone to
Houston ou important business con-
nected with his ofiioe. lie will ro
turu to day,"and be roady for active
operations ou Monday morning. In
the meantime our readers-may peruse
his advertisement "To the people of
Austin county."
Appointments*—N Holland ha9
been appointed Provost Marshal of
that part of Austin County West of
the Brazos, with tho rank of Major;
nnd Capt. J. W. MoDade; Proyost
Marshall for that part of Austin
county East of the Brazos with the
rank of Miyor. The A are excellent
appointments, and will generally
id jet wiilt the approbation of the
■people. .Wn suppose the Marshals
will soon let their.intensions be kuowu.
Four regiments of our cavalry
are operating north of the Tennessee
river nnd among them we Terry's
rangers. They got Mitchell corn-
maud cut in two.
burg.
Tho boats sent from New Orleans,
for provisions for the starving inhabi-
tants of that'city had returned and
Gen. Butler had appropriated to the
use of the Federal soldiery, one fourth
of the provisions. The •planners were
so incensod that they retusud^to send
any moio.
There had been throe fights within
mix miles of Ilichmond, in which the
Confederates killed 20,000 Federals,
and took the balance prisoners.
Stonewall .Jackson is reported to
have whipped McDowell, and entered
Maryland with 50,000 men, and 5000
troops immediately joined him on his
arrival. 7 : 77^:^77>:
A portion of Parson's regiment
participated in a skirmish with the
enemy on the 20th. Maj: ItodgeJS
(Commanded them. The enemy ad-
mitted the loss of 125 killed and
missing. Our loss was Lieut. Mc-
Donald and three privates, the latter
Arkansas recruits.
Reports from Gen. McCulloch say
that he had got as far as tho- «Missis-
sippi and could not get across. He
learned there had been a heavy battle
at Oorinth, in which our troops wore
victorious. McCulloch expected to
bo at Nacogdoches on tho 3d to con-
sult "with Col Carter.
Tho Steamer Gen. Rnsk ran the
blockade at Galveston on the 8th
inst. in open daylight. Tho Santee
fired about 15 guns at her but they
full far short.
It ¡8 thought that Napoleon will
interfere in American affairs, so soon,
as M. Morcier's dispatch shall rpach
France. The. \ Confederates were
willing to accede to the terms propos
ed by Mercier, but tho Lincoln gov-
ernment declined it on the terms
specified.
Eleven Federal regiments who
'were cn route for TexaB, had recross-
ed the Mississippi to re-inforce Buell.
The editor ot the Marshal Repub-
lican writes to the News, that news
reachaed tluxt place that French and
English fleets had blockaded the
mouth of the Mississippi and would
not permit tho ingress or egress of
Federal merchant rebels, unless the
port is opened to the commerce of
the world. '7'7;; '
The President as well as {he
Governor and Legislature of Virginia
and thfli people had determined that
Richmond may be destroyed, bu
shall never bo surrendered.
that
■Bouthera
Charleo
has
has called for
in
these six
fenaite,
but u« planters J to haug
A few days ago a piece
artillery in skillful hands
of flying
■PPHH. . .. rank two
of the eaemy'a transporta in the
vicinity of Grand Gulf. The Fede-
ral* in retaliation burned the town.
The editor of thff
Tho intelligence received tut night as
■bove giren i« nltosether «Í a eheerlng
character. Our fortini* are beginning to
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our vietoriooa colamna will be
_ into the eneity'a country. When "
oecurt there Will be a few traitera W
men Who were never st heart
'
with u«, and who, when the «lay of trouble
came, made fair Weather with the enemy.
North Alabama ia aaid to be fall ef them,
and among them 1 be found I learn, with-
out NurprUe. the notorious Jerry Clement.
In this connection I will mention
that there was a traitors' convention
held at Nashville On the 12th, who
very kindly rewarded Teunessee back
to the old Union. Among the men who
figured in that body were the follow
ing: Wm, B, Campbell, President;
W. H. Polk, W. B. Stokes, Edward
Cooper. W. A. Weeman, Russell
Houston, J. Stokes, John Trimble,
Allen A. Hall and W. B, Lewis.
I predict that' in less than sixty
dayB, those men will have to leave
Tennessee or be taken prisoners. If
they fall into our hands, thuir career
will terminate very suddenly.
Cotton'.—The Flag(Brownsville)
speaks of the order prohibiting cotton
from crossing the liio Grande as hav-
ing effectually stopped tho Yankees
frorn getting their supply in thatcw^y.
We always had a suspicion, says the
Galveston Nrwx, that mta-h of that
cotton went pretty dirtet to New
York, Boston and other Yankee ports,
greatly to the relief of our onumies ;
and now this prohibition of a trade
that has been giving aid and comfort
to our enemies, is endorsed by the
Flag, which ought to be well informed
on tho subject, in the following lárf-
of this order is to piit
an immediate stop to the "trade which
has been earned on between this place
and Boston and New York, by men
who wore only restrained by the flim-
sy obligations of an implied oath,-
from send ing cotton direct to Sumner,
Giddings, or old Hale himself. Gen.
Bee has issued the same order in the
interior, and the parties sending cot
ton fl-oin the Western Department of
Texas will hereafter have to make a
clear showing where it is going to
befóte they will lie allo'Wed to send
it abroad. * '
Iu fact, if the government would
seize all the cotton within reach of
navigation, it would at once place it-
self in a position to treat directly
with Europeans alone, and by taking
bonds of purchasers, it could at once
stop the lankee supply, and close up
the Victories of New England so tight
that owls would refuse to roost .iu
their deserted rooms. The idea of
feeding tho enemy as we have been
doing, and receiving their giincraqks
in retum, was suicidal iñ tho extreme,
but martial law is curing that as Well
as many other evils. Now let the
war rago till an impassable gulf of
blood separates ua from the northern
people.
Yankees and Mules.—It is said
that the Yankee officers bear with
great resignation the loss of their
men, bnt that they aic inconsolable
for the death of a mule or a horse.
They are said to declare that they
wonld "rather have ten yniikees killed
than one mule." The reason of this
is because of tlio value of these
animals to them in transportation,
upon which they are obliged to rely
in their long march of injtfte, And
which becomes more difliflHhd ex
pensiu the farther the^Edvance
The mules, horses and wagons are
their vulnerable point, and the attacks
of our guerrillas should be -directed
against them night and day. Wo
should make the mu}es and hóroeB
and wagous onr chief aim, becftuse
the loss of them will bring with it
the ruin of their army, whereas for
i kill, there are two
other vagabonds to take his
who the North is glad to get
on, any tonus. We are sorry that the
into the war against their n
pacific inclinations, should be
to such a fill
av bo effec
ft la no
discomfitting their
[ From the Galveston News of the 7th.]
Latest Nkws.—The train frotó
Beaumont arrived last night at
o'clock. Col. T. Rock, special agent
to Carter's Brigade, gives us the
following information:'
A courier arrived on Monday
evening last at Camp Wilks, near
Nacogdoches with despatches from
Gert. McCullough to General Carter,
to the effect that there had been n
severe fight at Vicksburg, but the
city was finally evacuated, and the
gunboats of the enemy had passed
up the river, *
Thy dispatch also states that a
great battje had come off at, Oorinth,
in which the Confederates were victo-
rious. No particulars afe given,
Tho authorities at Shreveport Jwd
called for troops, expectiiig momen-
tarily an attack. Gen. McCullough
was unable to cross the Mississippi
river, having failed in the attempt to
do so, but promised to be in Nacog-'
docbes on Monday or Tuesday to
hold a consultation with Col. Cartor.
I Two gentleman report that the
enemy, 22,000 strong, passed through
Little Rock, on their way to Slireye-
port7 ' " v':'i
Two men, named Hutchinson aud
Klopponbiirg, were arreted at Wood-
vjllo, on Monday last as Federal spies.
retended to have escaped trom
New Orleans by strntegem, and had
in their possession papers from the
Provost Marshal of New (Means to
leave and return. They made.many
enquiries in regard to" the cotton
crop* lvloppenburg stated that, he
wauled to purchase it on speculation,
thatjhe had the tunda to pay for it.
$25{)0 in Confederate notes was found
on his person. Subsequently it was
liiflcOvei'ed thtft they also had Con-
federate papers from the Provost
Marshal at-Beaumont, imd nlso at
Liberty. They were previously sworn
by Col Hall, the Provost Marshal at
Liberty^ to whom they solem'ly declar-
ed that they had no other papers ex-
cept those from. New Orleans. They
Were held in custody at Woodville.
The Delta of tho 20th came through
by this train. No mention is made
of the Vicksburg fight.
Baton Rouge was fired on by. the
Federal guhboals, destroying the
Harney Hotel and a large foundry;
Some six or seven shots only were
fired. It seems that about twenty
Federals wérelttempfing to land for
the purpose of taking possession of
the fcity, but were fired on by the
citizens, and nearly all were killed
and wouiided. •' §Ék|
A report of a battle on James
River, near Richmond, j'b also re-
ceived, in which it is said.the Monitor
and other gunboats were budly crr
ed, and the Federals were re
wiih great loss, being compelled to
sea| t,o Williamsburg for aid to bury
'fhe following additional'
genCe was kindly furnished us
Telegraph, gleanod from tlie
Orleans and other papers received.
A party of Federals from Gen.
Bank s diviaion had á skirmish with
thf Confederates, and were repulsed, flam
.The Feds rqnofrt it only a part of a
nant
suatain
members i
Theípe is rio other news <
tauce,'except accounts of starva
in Europe-great
the operatives,
garding Mercier's'
condition of things:
represented as veiy (
believed the Emperor j
a move in American a
• It may be remerolt
above account of the ref
Federal gunboats (
Monitor and <"!«"
invulnerable,) is
themselves, /ÍVTe may the
elude that tho Confedera
below Richmond have i
memorable triumph.
The silence of the New Orle
papers in regard to tho capture
Vicksburg, as reported, see
leave someroo;m to question the
We are left entirely to cor
as regards the reported great
at Corinth. The report i
derived through F " '
whom it was "
cross the Mississippi.
course, ample room t o
reciñes*.
The Telegraph say
ieved in New Orleans
company.
isa
ral i
10th, in
eight iron clad
Davis' flotilla
vigor with
of the
of the
thai
say
Farragut has been captured.
Telegraph extra. -
following from the Ne^
pers in relation to the
Federal fleet below Richmonc
A dispatch was received at th'0
War Department on the 17th,'from
Colonel Davia Campbell, of tjie 5th j
Gftvahy, date i at Williamsburg, and
ot&oftoftd 'b^feÍM^ '*
effect that ou Fridn;
of iron gunboats—til
Nangatuck, Aroostc
o p t"feC;
milesbelowRi
gonce crtme froin4Jeut
Port Hoyjil, who sent
burg for assistance to liuj
The 100 pound gun of the
exploded at tlie first fire.
Wefe buried on shore, and
that a number of wo urn
board tho boats, some o*
returned to Jamestown
Williamsburg.
that the Bchetw
attempt to open int
country, and to setitl ^ out
every direction.^ The
many of tre men
to come «p on tl
conclusive proof of'
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 14, 1862, newspaper, June 14, 1862; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177049/m1/1/: 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.