The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 13, 1862 Page: 1 of 2
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hiugr was. empanelled, sworn
jy fcis honor, when
to **inq«tre in and for
jituKin couñt)'." The
ssssion un-
'* ' ' -when they were
• found only ton
< J. W. Bethany
sen aa tore mail-
ing wat held also on
i way* And. mean*
j wants of soldiers fam-
tfoftbe meeting may
__i.fi pWt -under tho proper
, the court gave way
fop the citizen to hóld a Currency
may befonnd in this paper. After
wbieh the conrt decided the case of
Pri Aer and wifa vs J. 0. Wade,
admr. in fitvor of the dependent. ; '
Out Wednesday in the case of J. J.
Jackson vi W. W. Cochrane and
ethers, being the report, of coromsi-
sioners upon the p«t!Hdnr"óf lntid
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Dec. 2d l?r,2. J
M«. COUNTRYMAN Í
■pf4, ' Our company - (B,),
latelyJMta "detached from the
t'at Vi- Pt., and sent to the sup-
port of lliis fort, and hits just got
comfortably situated. a-
bout 8¿ o'clock, a party fif VMp4
landed on the wharf at the city"an
Were plundering,\ when they were
fired on by —well, it don't make
*uy difference by whom, for We pre-
aume they were out^.of their latitude,
'this created inteuse fexcitement on
hoard tho gunboats, which immedi-
ately opeuedV brisk", fire>ponr the
city; some 30 or 40 shots were dis-
charged and receiving no reply we
pvesuin<« they became disgusted .and
ceased firing. Some few houses
were damaged and a .number , of the
helpless women and children greatly
alarmed but as yet we have not
heard of auy one beiug "hurt on our
Bide." It is thought the reason why
the Fetls opened upon the city tliat
tbey believed our whole forces were
over theru and that by raking the
oily they would ,'get n few* of the
rebels. We imagine they will feel
very much ^¿hagrined ' this morning
when it comes to their knewledge
that they have been bombarding a
defenceless city aiid¿uot a rebel in
miles of it* This argues well for the
untiring vigilance of . the. commander
of the Federal, fleet'; and , the boys
ha*e determined to award him a
medal in thejforin of a brans button
and send it over te him. This; affair
wUTeause a great many more tbap
would otherwise leave'tbe city. The
fort has been busy >ecelviug'tafld,. f <>r-
wardinglfircight of every description,
every train is laden down. The troops
in the fort have had plenty of 'fatigue'
duty to do.
This fort ^s well suppled with
ammunition and if the yank* pay vM
visit you may set if down that "Home-
body's hurt" Previous to the bom-
bárdment nO*s *as received at the,
fort through a reliable channel that,
attacked, WO were
ata«ly. inarched out and given,
orders in case of an adyattce, drity
n the plan of action Much
tfooluiite was exhibited in the iictioq
of all óf the troops in tho, -fort,; tha
ers particularly desirva much
the prompt manner in which
aiind the gups. : ^ I
' pother news of interest,
Ténrsas ever,
PICKET.
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,At a meetii^g of the cittzeps. or
A4iet.iu cpunty Tex&s held in J^llvilla
ou the 9th day of December. 18G2,
Jp(3geAE. VKallw was . called to the
was
request,
lam-
as called ty
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iiaii
appointed, Secretary.
Cól. J. Q. Boqjje apd ot
thp object)} of the milling to. be
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hers ox pin i
iWing_to,.;l
expression of the sentiments of.
the citizens"of Austin couuty in refer-
ence to our Confederate money "and
those refhsing to takt* it, or in any
wíbu causing its depreciation,, and
also to appoint Delegates to a con
vention tobe held in the city of
Houston on the 1st Monday in Jau'y
next for the purpose of duvising ways
and means to prevent such .teprecia-
tion. On motion a committee wbs
appointed to draft reselutions, com-
posed of the following named citi-
zens viz. E. Knolle, Dr. McK.
Johnson, Capt. J. W. McDade,
lion. J. H. Catlin, H."Miller, H. G.
W. Chiud and E. Cleveland, and on
motion the chairman, Secretary and
Hiram Waller Esq., Were added to
(lie committee.
The corn puttee, to whom was re-
ferred an expression of the sentiments
of this.county ou the subject of out
Confederate carrency, and those re-
fusing to take it for debts or propei-
ty, beg leave to reportjthat theyjhavo
had tho subject nearest thoir hearts
for ma y months, and looked with
great anxiety to the last session of
onr congress to pasa a Confederate
law making it a legal tender, for how-.
ever unconstitutional such a measure
might be aa a State law, theyjffenow
of no law of the Government op'posed
to such a measure, and no úságe or
law of civilized nations violated by
it. Pisappojnted as we ¿ll nave been
in procuringfire paaáagé-of suchrk
law, it romaipa for tlie loyal oitizens
of each Stats, county and community,
to resolve and practically :iticidohte
the doctrine, that onr Oonfedewte
Treaeury Notos are good, par fwkds,
and lawful money.
'I4ie people of the Confederaoy, ae
a whole, through their legally áppwint-
ed agents, havfng created thip mecfiura
of circulation ou tho basis, that each
individual member of - the same is
bound.in píropdwtión to rhis prospects,
for its redemption, and that likewise,
the Confederate States, ás a nation
are bound so that the whole property f
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committedoandidlW^sneve that .nc|
friend of tire Gov't, will,
refuse to take it at par. and
have before thepi the names r
nent business meu of Hotstón,
names we are ready to give,
after long years or prosperity and
peace undor the benign influence
the .Góvérnment and laws, now
sailed, hfiVt* .aocumulated large ' for
tunes, and who, now when, the firsi
opportunity offers, to show their
gratitude for the blessings ! b>ey hav^
enjoyed among us, refuse thoir qwii
country's, money, and lend the in- ;
flnence they hayo acquired by monied
mono ply, to Strike her in her m<
. •, V< V
elégateS to
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fi^st Méi
the J
fir
luntíiy ni
of our curt
struct our sai< , „
bfesf efforts lb adopting sórbé c
that will, cHiise these men who
refusing to ' tsfko.-*our Contedarate
irionny, or who ar« üáw wjirdutóg j#
«hall hereafter pursiwi unv coartw^^i-
culated to vdeptrecidÜtK^e «amento
dusist from their course or submit to
such treatment as an outMgied com-' ^ ftPl
munity may sie cause to inflict ; w«
fürther instauct our said delegates ' to
use their influence in said-convention
to ascertain the namei of such metk i u,
as are refusing to receive Confederate
monely st paror in anywise dflftwpiaV
ting the valtie of the fiame
them published' to the woridv iimt
wo may kn<iw who our eneniit* are,
ánd we further instruct ourtsaid dele-
gates tp'use their influence with the
convention to petition our . Confede-
rate a^d State Governments-to adofct
such ineastu-es as .will secrire the
objects contemplated ijti the foregoing
resolution. . .y;..;
Resolved, that We ue^ply nigret,
the chango we see ift rijó..vJuny¿ of
the Houston Telegfaph, a Nawt)paper
n strong twnsi any attempt to d«-
reiiate the Contedla cuiTeiicy,
ut in its la^ti issues is ./«^denitly ot-
empting to '
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viz, Hon.' E.
McDade, E. Kno
alter,
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 13, 1862, newspaper, December 13, 1862; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177073/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.