The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 6, 1863 Page: 2 of 2
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[From theTelegraph.]
UoDXBY, May 19—Ger>. Chamber-
lain A. Q, M. brings intelligence
from Port Gibson to-day tltjit ho
réftd a St. Louis paper, dated 12th
containing tlio Federal account of a
kittle fought on thu 10th inst,, be-
tween Hooker and'Lee, and calls it a
drawn battle and says Hooker was
driven back across the Rappahannock
at United Suites Ford.
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dead and ' Svónuded <n 'tin; field
Hooker then rocrossed the ltappn
bannock aud Lee attacked and drove
Rim back to the llapidau and Kappa-
bannock.
Sedgwick arrived and Attacked
Lee to prevent a defeat to Federal
arms. This report is confirmed by
two, sources.
A courier from Gen. Loring's head
quarters at Crystal Springs reports
that ' Lo'ring had lost ten or twelve
cannon.
Gen. Loving was ordersd from the
field of battle ttu Saturday and the'
fight was ended.
It is said we attacked theFederals
on three sides and at first drove them
back one mile, when sojne of om-
inen began to waver aiid fall "back.
'•Lotyjt was cut off'and had only one
road open. lie was in i tight place,
but Was saved by good generalship.
The enemy's cavalry followed
Lóring, but he turned on 'them again
. aud drove them back. Wo whipped
a cavalry force near lliiymond.
At Jackson, Ítiss., the- Yankees
had dug holes ready to blow up the
c>ipitol, when bearing that General
Johnson was coming on, they were
ordered to fall in and join the main
body of the army twenty miles south-
west of Jackson.. 15.
We copy tiie following from the
Shreveport Xews, May received
on Wednesday :
Brigadier General J. 0. Posignac
And his staff', Oapt. Ernst Cuculii,
('apt. S. Uucula,* and Lieut. W
..J^^gling,.iU'xi vutd loat ' evening,-... vi¿
Mórirot . .Tr""-"-'- ..- . -;■ • -
v « ¿A rumor.pvtrtwl* gMW'áUy- in town
that a Yankee force 15,000 strong,
attacked Port Hudson a few days
cilice, by land and water, and were
repulsed with great «laughter.
The old adage that "the farthest
way round is often tirttós the nearest
rcád"iíOmü" has been, verified in the
raid of Bank's army through a por-
tion of this State. Finding that be
could not reach Grant via tin Miss-
issippi river, on account of our defen-
ces at Fort Hudson, Banks, in acr
cordauce with the orders of Grant
■attempts to "go roubd them." This
•lie has succeeded in doing. He was
also instructed by his -superior olHcer'
to devastate the country all along
the route. This also he has suc-
ceeded in doing to some extent. Ho
has burned dwellings and other
houses, destroyed crops, pulled down
fences and forbid tlie negroes ..under
the penalty of death frgm putting
them up again, secured'pnd carried
off all the live stock within bis reach,
destroyed the sugar and molasses in
his way, selected from the negroes
the mechanics and forced them away!
burned the farming implements and
played the very devil generally, as
vankees are bound to do when they
have an opportunity. He was also
instructed to reach Shreveport by
land and sack the town, burn or
destroy the commissary and quarter-
master stores there and demolisVthe
"gunboats on the stocks." Tlift he
has not done, neither is he able to do
it, He began to realize his danger
loug ere he reached Natchitoches,
and put back to Alexandria. Whe.i
last beard from he had, also, evacuted
that town, and was skedaddling in a
hurry in the direction of Sinunsport.
This point it is feared he will reach
before our army can overhaul him.
If he succeeds from thence he will
embark to the aid of Grant. Of
course Grant will continue to block-
ade the mouth of Hod river as long
as be can, so as to cut off supplies
from Port Hodson.
Vallandighaih lias been taken by
the military to Newport, Ky. to pre-
vent Ma forcible seizure by the in-
dignant citizens of Ohio.
Gen. Frank P. Blair, the St. Louis
Abolitionist Was taken prisoner in the
recent battle of Virgin^ and has
taken the oath of alle^^B to the
♦ 'onfedcrate States,
There is great excitement in Ohio
Lincoln has called out the militia to
suppress the home rebellion.
A courier arrived in Shreveport on
thé Sjiid, with two day's later news
to the effect that Gen. Johnston had
whipped the enemy at both points,
Brandon and Raymond. Tuis is
reliable and glorious.
The members of Sibley's brigade
captured at Camp Bisland, who took
the oath in New Orleans, were Meyer
Levi, August Snyder a'.m L, (í roen,
all of Victoria, Texas, atul—-Fish of'
Texas.
Gen. Mouton it is said has got in
the rear of Banks, aud has burnt the
Vermillion Bridge. Gen. Kirby Smith
went down t.o Grand Ecore on . the
Sad. Something is up, -
The following is the latest news,
gleaned from papers and our Shreve-
port cm-respondent.
Faykttk, May 18.—Mr. "Wexler
just from Brookliavcti, brings infor-
mation that a courier had arrived
with news that Jackson had been
evacuated by the enemy, they going
towards Brandon.
They burnt the Penitentiary, the
Confederate Houso and destroyed
the lower portion of the city. They
also attempted to blow up tlio State*
House, but did not succeed.
Gen. Johnston has whipped them
badly at Raymond arid Brandon.
The enemy have two columns
advancing; one of which was advanc-
ing this side, and the otlibr of which
evacuated the city, going towards
Brandon.
G en. Johnston has cut off their
retreat to Port Gibson.
(¡en. Maxey left Brookhaven yester-
day evening for Jackson, with five
thousand men. He also says that
the Hills, with about forty thousand
men, had arrived at Meridian.
M«>\roe, May 21—The steam-
boat A'ipo, arrived here from below
at 12 last night—among the. passen-
gOrs Gen Albert Pike. fflie pásséll-
gers reporiTtlw following i>ews to
havo been received at Ihuirimiliurg.
in an extra of the Natclies Courier
of .the 18th : After pome skinnish-
ing on Monday, and the three flavs
following, last, week. the Federals
took possesion of Jackson Miss.
On Saturday (Jen. Joseph E. John-
ston, commanding in person, was
nthusiastiéally received by the
troops, and attacked a column of tlio
nemy at Raymond. Miss., inflicting;
upon them a severe loss, forcing tliein
to evacuate Jackson, which they did
destroying, the. Confederate House
nd the Poifiteutiary. '
An effort to blow Up the State
Capitol proved unsuccessful, (¡en.
Johnston was in t bo rear of a' second
column of the enemy", between them
and the i'ivei'i and a decisive general
•engagement was hourly expected.
Bethel Hill was with, our troops.
Gen.pemberton was in arrest, by
General Johnston's order for matters
connected with the capture of Jack-
son.
The Yankee fleet opened a furious
bombardment on Vicksburg at 3 a m
yesterday and continued throughout
yesterday and last nighti *1
The News from MissAnfiftregar-
ded in a very favorable light by mili-
tary men. Grant having risked all
"upon the hazard of the die," his
army at once thoroughly defeated,
ho becomes a fit subject for utter
annihilation as the Mississppi river
ms fallen so low that their guuboats
can be but little if any use.
Gen. Grant has commenced* his
movements from the river, and de-
veloped to some extent his immediate
programme. We learn he has chang-
ed hi" river landing from Bruinsburg
to Grand Gulf, and that his advances
are made eastward on the south side
of the Big Black, from the Mississip-
pi. The troops have all left Port
Hudson.
A movement by one column of the
Federal army was made in force
yesterday towards Edward's depot.
TBeir strength has not been stated.
At 4 o'clock p m ,our forces, then on
the spot, were prepared to hold them
in. check until other plans to repulse
them could be consummated. At a
late hour last evening no collision
bad taken place.
At dark last night couriers arrived
from Raymond, reporting a serious
skirmish near that place yesterday.
We have heard two ór three different
accounts from gentlemen, and as
they correspond in%ijptt of the casen
tial particulars, Ave presume the facts
¡fíe about as follows :
Gen. Gregg, with an infantry force
of about 5000 and a portion of Col.
Adam's cavalry, occupied a position
aboút a mile southeast of Raymond.
Early in the morning u Federal force
between eight and ten thousand
strong advanced upon' them and
skirmishing commenced about Í) a m
Tho*bnemy continued to receive
reinforcements up to 1 o'clock, when
be opened a heavy artillery and
musketry fire upon our lines. Tlijs
was replied to with'small arms alone
two hours, when Gen. Gregg receiv
ed intelligence that heavy reinforce-
ments were about to join the o..einy,
and he withdrew his men in good
order.
The troops were fatigued from
previous exertions, nnd so much ex-
hausted by the fight, that a with-
drawal from the field was a pruden-
tial step, especially as it was known
to the commander that the enemy's
reinforcements were about, ready to
attack, while his own could not
posi-iby lreacli him for a few hours.
A gentleman who left Raymond at
4 o'clock informs us our troops were
marching through the town, in order,
and slowly, at that hour. The en-
emy were pressing up, also, and.
their shells were falling in the
suburbs.
Reinforcements were met by the
Couriers about four miles from town,
and it is expected n now position
would be taken as'soon as our 'forces'
root.. /;■'
The loss is estimated to have
been considerable oil both sides. A
few of our metí had been brought to
town, but our informant heard noth-
ing of individual casualties.
The Troubles in Northwest Georgia
A short time ago, we published an
account, of a successful trip of Col.
I .ee, into some of the border conn ties
of Xoi-tliweKt Georgia, -wnongst «
mkti of traitors and di'SVrtcrs. The
movement has resulted in much good,
as will be seen froth the following
xtract from a lengthy account of
the affair which we copy from flie
itlaiita (¡mifcderacy :
lit conclusion wo will statu that
nt Jíotijlny last we saw nearly . one
hundred lyieJóoking men at one si;
ffoim '
to ( oí. I.eü's (ifiiei
come down from N E. Georgia,
ro/uii'ecrs—'to enter the army, and
tin- Colonel assigning tlieui to the
service iii any company they chose.
A similar sight was witnessed several
times on Sunday and Monday, and
they have been coming in by dozens
every day this week. We think we
can safely say that between 400 and
000 men have.come in and volunteer-
ed within the last four days. Nearly
all these riven were of conscript .age,
who had never been enrojled and'
were resolved never to be enrolled,
if they could help it, but who are
responding by hundreds, and soon
will be by thousands, to Col. Lee's
invitation to volunteer.
Many of these men bad been elud-
ing the enrolling officers, and some
Were in combination to resist con-
scription. They had not been told
by the enrolling sfRcers that they
could volunteer under the conscrip-
tion act, and had not been invited
to do so. The truth is, the Govern-
ment, as well as the enrolling officers,
"has not, since last April, taken pains
to keep this feature of the act promi-
nently before the public ' and invito
volunteers as it should do j but the
conscription act having passed, all
efforts tojjot men iuto the army
other than conscripting them, seem
not only to have been abandoned
but utterly ignored.
These men are not done coming in
but will swell the ranks of our army
by thousands in a few days more.
We have late news from that section
which warrant us in making this Re-
mark ; and we here take the respon-
sibility of saying that no men in the
service will make more faithful or
efficient soldiers if their officers will
do their duty to them. The policy
pursued by Col. Lee, and its results
so far, show conclusively that noth-
ing is lacking to get men to do their
duty, but to treat them properly, and
that no amount of wrong doing or
improper feeling can avail anything
with our people.
A steamer from Mobile, by way of
Nassau reacljpd England about the
first of March, with 1300 bales of
cotton) aud £600,000' il á^ecio.
We are inrfHifiod to learrr that large
meetings aro being held in Ireland
to express sympathy with the Lin-
colu government. At Mullingar.
West Meath county, f ,000 were
present, and resolutions were adopted
by acclamation sustaining the United
States,. Theije are,the repealers,-
wl*Q, while they profess to be anxious
for a repeal of the union of Ireland
with England, want to maintain a
union which to us is more hateful
than theirs.
Judge Kinney lias been re
moved from Utah, upon suspicion of
being in partnership with Brigham
At [the rcmdencu of tlio bride'* father,
tiotir ImluHtry, April üGtli, lHOIt, by
¿utuitel A. O intii ng*, fiisq., Mr. Tlietniis
M C'riblirtmo of Co. (J, (rixea'a Keui-
íaeut; Sibley Drigiule, Id MiasSuruh A.
«iuuKliter of Capt. A. J. Bell.
for Male or Tr «lc,
U AO ACIMAS of hi ltd at Snti Felipe u
l UO part < f the Town tract, lá acres
of wliidi are enclosed, wtili a Rood fence.
There are oa tlm place, a good, largo,
rVkOmy dwelling house, niuoke houso Well
of good''-water, convenient lotn, «te. For
suit* or ti'tule—each or credit. Call on
the premiscH or nddres
J. B. BltOOKSHIKEi
Sau Felipe, Texas.
otS-ów.* May i>:W IStfl.
"pKOM TI1K
Kuitawny
SUnSCRIBKIl on or
nbout the;8th duy of Muy, a fnuill
r.orrelt, tritn made horse, about nix yenrs
old, with Htnall blaze in the foreiiend,
iiitddle uinrked. cut with the rope between
the ears ni^il eyes ; lirtuided on tlie slioiil-
der with a luirse Rhoe' and a biir across the
open pnrt ot the shoo and letter IV inside.
A liberal reward will be paid for informa-
tion t hat entibies me to get said horse.
1 .litters may be addressed to F. B. Iteef
or liivselfai Hemiironius, Tcxuh.
c4v¡3t-* JOHN W. liEEBlv.
IVoiiee.
J WILL reeeiye Confederate Treusiirv
•Notes at par, in payment tf -ih'bri-'
liinde nt iiiy store up to the J5tli day of
June next. Those who fail to settle up
by that time, will be required to execute
their notes payable in currency, fix mouthr
tiller peace is niade. 1 return thank to
niy 1'rit'i.ils and cnstoiners tor tl'élr pat-
ronage, and in ii few days aller the 15th óf
June iM'xf shall, withmy family, bid them
fareweir. *
J- A. ECKLAR.
f mlii-trv, May J 3th J8ÍCLJ. cHi-yt-"
«jíírsíilute WaíjlcdU
, .SI 'J^STÍTIÍTE, IS WANTED to
1. serve in the o'Onfederate arniy i lie
will lie allowed the privilege to select bis
company, l'ieuse enquire at this olHee.
c:tó-Ht.
NOTICE
To Tax-Payers of Austin County.
' YOU AliE hereby notiiied tliut i
attend at the follow inii plaeCH oil the dates
mimed, to colleet all taxes due for ls'tW
iukI jirior veafs : also, to make assessment
for W0U¡
MAY.
New Ulm. tlie 1st and ad; Forkston 5th
industry, (ith, Ttb and 8th; T .eo. Hardy's
)2th; Av. J i. Witte's store, the J 4th; C
Siierman's store, 15th and 10th; Moss Oak
scliool bouse, the yttth; Hetnpronius, the
.silat aml s^M ;Tr«vis 1'. O.,25th. 20t)i, and
and !¿7f h; iiellviile, I'll ■ l¿^tli, üütb.aiid líüth.
J l'NH
(!. Koch's store, tile iid.
March \!1, l^f.J. 8, UliEVVKlt,
<•:? I--I . As. 'r & Col'r, Austin Co.
Notico of Final Sottleltaont.
■TUB STATK OI' TKNAH >tu Coiinty
CIII'MJ of Al'sriN )AprU term Jfefltl.
Jolitiuiin IJuseher, Ad nix., of theestatOof
11. J, 'Fookiii deceased having filed her
accoiint for tiiial Bettlement of said iuc-
cesston, this is therefore to notify all per-
sons who may feel Interested in tlio same
to be and ap;iertr 'ut the .June Term of the
County court of Austin county to beholden
at the court house in the tow n of Bellville
on the last Monday of said month A. I).
Jho:í then ami there to contest the said
account if they see proper.
Civeii tinder (ny hand mid the seal of
(X K] said'eourt this the SHth day of
Atiril A. 1). 1 '
' B. HOWARD COCA O.
elü-nt. Jty 15. F. Elliott,deputy.
IVotfce*
X VI. M.iltl..,wa nnd II. T. H.rri.
Judge George W. Johnson, Dr. E. T.
Bouncy, and Francis M Clond, who are
all in the army—1 am tally authorised by
pojrcr of att'y to attend to the bosiness ot
these gentlemen in their absence, and to
receive and receipt for anjr and all debts
that raav be due to either of them. If the
patriotism of anr one indebted to either of
these soldiers shall prompt him to cntne
forward and pay npt I ran be found at my
office in Bellville ready and willing an>l
eager at all limes to receive the money
June 28-V4C. tf N. HOLLAND
S——sa^——ssassss
Edward bailey, amn* and
Counulor at Law—'Will prsence iu
the District and inferior Courts of the 1st.
Judicial District.
11BFERIHCKM!
Hon. R. Ti Wheeler, líen. R. E. B.
Baylor, John Bayles. Esq.; C'óL J. D. Mc-
Adoo; O. A. Norwood, Esq.; J P. Oster-
liout, .Es<l.
Bellvllle, Oct. ÍS 1802.
Cte
HAVINO
PERMANENTLY located
in Bellvillu resprctfully offers his profess
iomil.services to thepuolle.
April 1 ith 1W13. c3C-«m.
RAGS! RAGS I RAGS!
17MVE cents per pound will be paid for
. cotton or linen rags, delivered to tho
undersigned in Austin, or to Dr- Theti.
Koester in'New Braunfola.
These rags are wanted to make paper
with, aiidjis this is a new ciitiTjirise in
Texas it is to be hoped every family will
provide thu.Lselves with a rag bag. Agents
to collect rags will be n]ipointed in each
county, of wh,ich duo notice will be giveu.
Texas papers generally are requested to
copy, and those who make a charge, will
publish three times ami send bill to
; D.RICHARDSON.
Austin March 31 ld03, cUU-tf,
Rusk House,
MRS. C. HULBUD, PROPRIETRESS.
M. F. TIIOMI'SON, Manager,
Corner of Franklin and Trái ia Sts.
HOUSTON, TEXAS. ~
Nothing shall bo wanting to mnintnin*
the reputation this house has alway s borne.
41 ly
Amendment of the Ccnstitntion.
Proclamation or the (¡ovElton OF TJ.XA.s
WH KREAS, The Constituí ion provides
that "the Legislature, at any regu-
lar biennial session, by a vote of two-thirds
of each House, may propose --amendment*
totllieCiibslltiitMi, whli'li ph.poBut Siiiinilnii ni<
shall be duly published ill the public prints
of the State, at least three inohtliH before
the next general election thereafter l< r
uVpresentiilives to tho Legislature, for the
coiisider-'tii n (if the people, ai.d it shall
be the duty of the several returning (flieei s
uf said genoral election, to ojien a poll for,
and make li return to the fc'écietnry of:
State of the number of votes cast at suid
vle.-tion for and agninst said amendment,
and if it shall appear from said return that
a majority ot the votes cast upon said ptiv
nosed iiniendment or timcmlments have
■'ci'ii cust in fuvoi' of the sum ., „rid two-
' .iííl t Jus; •
ni thu next regular session thereafter,
shall ratify said proposed amendments, so
voted upon by the people, the same shall
be valid to all intents and purposes, us
parts of the Coiisti titioii of the BtatO i.f
Texas;provided that the said proposed
ame nd mi ut or amendments shnll, t.t each
Of said sessions, have been read 'oti'llhrc
several days iu eaeli House of the Legn.
lat lire, a ml. the vote thereon shall hav
lieeii tnheu by yea mid nays. v\t,l nje-
vided further, that the rule in the iJÍi mv
proviso shnll. never be sinpcfided hv cither
of s.;id Houses."
And whereas the 0th Le^isliiturc at the
reguliir biennial session, by a vote < t'two-
thirds ot each House, and in the^i .liniu r
prescrilied by the Constitution, piisred n
joint resolution proposing itn aiiiciulmcnt
to the constitution, which Was npt, „Vnj
by the Governor the J Ith day of I;ecei(i.
her,- 1HU1, mi I which joint resoliitjoii is in
these words: "Joint Resolution proi osiiiu
¡111 amendiiieiit to the .State Cotistiti. ¡, n "
Bimt i{i:soi.vi;)i nvtiu: Li-uim,'.t uy
OK TUB S'1'ATIÍ OF Tkxá , That the :td
suction of the 10th article of the I . nstl-
t ill ion of tho state shnll be so uiucm i (| un
to read nS follows, .viz :
SEC 3. All public binds which have
bepii heretofore or muy hercufter be , rfmt.
ed for public schools, to the various . ..un-
ties in this State, winy " he sold b\ tho
county courts of' each county to which
the lauds.belong, or by such ffíbUnn! «s
may succeed to their jurisdiction, bv ,•on-
sent of a majority of the legal vot'ei • in
said counties, ami under such general i; es
us tlio.i.egislatitro miiv from time to i t i,.
presenl«¡\ provided, that tho proceeds of
the salt) of such hinds shnll be retailed
aril invested lis a permnnent school ft i d-
for the countiesowniiig the same."
Now, therefore I, F R. Lubbock (. v.
ernor of tho State of Texas, do ii Kiie i is
my procbiuiation, enjoining upon
editors nnd publishers of itli the i I i„
prints in tlie State to pnblish the sni-e,
their respective papers until the 1st j
day in August next, to the end Hint |h«
people limy be ndvi«ed of tho ehnti eter
ot tlio proposed uiiiondmcnt, and ickn
into consideration tho propriety of í otinu
for or HKiiinst it. *
Aud 1 do require the Chief Justi,-,, ,,r
ever)'county in the State to enus,. „ „()t
to be opened nt the several precints ii bis
county nt the gcnural election, to b, held
for Representatives to the Legist,. re
the first Monday of August next, and the
names of nil electors who shall vote for
nnd agninst naid amendment, to ft* « h
ten in poll books, to be kept for t .nt
purpose and the Chief .fnitice w"ll
promptly thereafter make a return to the
oecretnry of State of t|lt, „u„,ber
In faith whereof I have signed
^ > presents, aod caused the
\ r"f}- 5 •«,l "f State tojbe affixed.
. . at the City of Austin 4his
fourth day of April, A. D. 1863. «
By tjie Governor, T. R. LUBBOCK
ri^\ n0TNK'l' *tar,' ',f
víXnntU ÍÍÜm J,BrP,r% pUbli"h OOM
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