The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 22, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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HT-1W« r*gret to learn that Oapt.
Shelton (Mirer, a planter ón the
Brasoa In this county, ¿led on the
13th i tut., áfter excruciating suffer-
ings for some weeks, from a cancer.
He leave a widow and three chil-
dren to umuiu their lose. '■
tíP We are indebted to Oom'r
B. B. Lee for bringing tu late papen
from Hempstrad on Monday last
These paper* eonta In much reading
of interest, bnt MHle news of
tance later than previously
There are some rumors
teerning Galveston, but to
would be contraband
1 we forbear.
at As several mistakes of figures
Él elctiiqft re-
turns published lasé week, we repub-
lish the table again this *eek.for the
benefit ot all concerned. It it right
IW Mrs. Atkinson, wife of John
place, died on
it aged; about 68
years. She had been a resident of
Texasjbr near thirty years. For
I past she was a member
of tin Bsptiit church, and her death
was that of the righteous.
BT JKon. W. L. Yanoey died at
his reslder ce near Montgomery, Ala.,
on the 28th of Jaly, aftet an illness
of four weeks, of kidney disease. ^
v unw<— ,ni «pprvuuim :¿au «OTO
will not be w«rth wore than ® dollar
The government, takfcg ,líh pay in
ktafc is out of themaifcet'*>f compe-
tition, and so'out 'of "the abundance
raised it ought tó'Wtffótfled to1 the
few individuals who ' have to pur-
chase, at ^reasonable rate. With
the abundance «tísed tÜis year, w*e
the currency at par, corn would
probably sell at twenty five cents per
bushel. As property generally Bella
for only about three times, its former
value,'we think corn ribould, and
probably will be sold at ode dollar'or
less per bushe}. The man who char-
ges more will have a very stretchy
conscience, a thing not unusual these
times.'
0T The cloth for those families
who had sent up their applications
to the penitentiary, arrived about ten
days ago, and all that has not been
delivered, is at the County Clerk's
office yet. It is proper to state that
the price of the cloth is in part re-
duced from what was first stated.
Families without; slaves get their
cloth at,fifty cents per. yard, while
those who have slaves pay eighty
cents. To the above price is added
five cents per yard for transportation,
a charge which is > very reasonable.
Those who have not made ¿¡ffken-
tion to the penitentiary, had better
do bo at once. Wonder if the State
Troops now in service are entitled
to cloth I We presume they are.
It is;
hecan
opinion
concedes that
4ien. Chambetw ls
Govern*. The editor Hays
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Ms « that Oapt.
Spkcmk.—So mnny wagoners re-
turning from Brownsville these days
seems.to have a lad, iustead of a
good, effect «pon the currency. They
almost; invariably want to make
specie the basis of ail -their dealings.
If yoU ask oiih to haltl you a load of
corn or w«,od or any tiling else, they
want to charge the specie price, and
demand epecie. or its equivalent, as
they term i J. in Confederate money.
Gód only knows what' Ike Country
is comig^ ft. U ^ people generally
r^tt payment In Confederate m^jiey
aud require specie only, for whai Is
to be bcinght and told >r .done. Under
such a state of things it will be<.\m
possible to keep our arm'ies flf the
field, and they will tten soon return.
We disJike to wrí^B ¿Üch sentiments,
but w« must .warn the péople oi
what tbey are d¿ing, and whither
their coudoct is tending, in Order
that they may pause before it be • toó
late. Jitter that Congress should
stop the Bio Grtódp.'trtde altogether,
than that itshonld - have this evil
-TWtoKk
of the iucendhttjr Yankees applied to
onr dwelling and houses, would be
a<
to
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Oentraetiee tfthi
providing for the funding of á certain
class of Treasury npíes, wé were
the cu
o reduce
and thereby not only
check its depreciation but enhance
ÜS value: The further effect of this
financial movement would be to bring
down the prices of all articles necces-
sary for the support and comfort of
life, and that thus the law would be
in every way and every where a
ppblic blessing, All classes and
descriptions* of persons would ex-
perience ita good effects. These re-
sults Were argued by the friend of
the bill. The relative value- of
currency and gold was at the time
about four hundred per cent, in favor
of the latter—that is to say a dollar
in gold- was worth four dollars in
Confederate notes.—Upon the basis
of t his enormous difference the com-
mercial and domestic markets -rapid-
ly advanced until tjiey soon got far
a head oi the gold premium- By the
day limited to the exchange of /Con-
federate. notes issued prior to Decem-
ber last for Confederate 8 per cent
bonds, the advance upon numerous
articles of prime ueces*ity had reach
ed a per cetitage of from 500 to
60001
The law was approved an the 23rd
of March last, and' a* it was designed
to bring down prices generally, by
a contraction of lite currency, every-
body, of course, way highly pleased,
and many iudulged the «giveable an
ticipniion that the desired object
would be accothplibhed.
Bui We confess we have been,
good deal disappointed by it prac-
tical results, so fur, and have lost
some of the confidence with which
we looked forward to the expected
reaction in the markets, ,aW«a are
not aware that .a_ siogle article of
domestic consumption has'eXjferienc-
ed .any depreciation. Baton, lard,
sugar, molasses, corn, meal, flour,
shoes, leather, soap,, cotton fabrics
and yarns, -fuel—all, all the indis-
pensable articles for «Ubsfeteftce and
comfort, aré higher tlipn they
were at the time the W *as passed.
And yet there can be no doubt t that
the Notes issued before-the 1st 'De-
cember lasK have been nearljr (
absorbed in the 8 per cent bonds,
and what few of them are, / utst*nd-
inc will be gradually . absorbed in
«the 7 per cents by the 1st of Adgust.
The direct Abject pf ^
been efiected. but the ^uajjy imp9r-
tant incidental. «lyMBl, «kwh> it (Was
tfelieved. would also bWattaiúed^bhs
iktofc been even partial^ up. -fte
domestic markets 1 *
but defiantly
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BAWuu W'HfeiiUftA.^LWe "mfc
tmbttfd tití AHÉÉkii' ^pifttidt (Lit-
tle Rock,) <rf jdly a8th. 1>-Th<i' - lead-
ing editorial gives an accbunt Of that
most unfortewAte biHHe of Helena
in whieh Onr «rodpk sufferéd so much
to «o Irttlb' pwppdée. - The edttOr
says BdenU'iéonettflthemostsüottg-
ly fortified places to be met-fWith.
Itutaud* cto-fhíTbabk' <tf the Missis-
sippi encompassed all arOnbd, except
on the river.*ide, with high hills,
upon which are forts furnished - with,
heavy ordnance. These forte are
again protected with rifle pite, front
and rear, while. aU the! avenues of
approach were obstructed with filien
timber for half a milenr more. Out-
troops had to ascend theee < bills over
these obstructions in the fiice of a
most deadly fire, dad without the
least chance lot inflicting the slightest
injury on the enemy.- The editor
remarks: .'-We had no use for Hele*
a in the first ph^ in the ' second
place, we could not.take it; aid in
the third place if given to us to-day,
we could not hold «t an hour." . We
make one more appropriate quotation
and leave a| comment to othrn :
"Ot' all things in the world, keep
fools out o^ the army.. If they a
be providedior, send the# to Qon-
gietss—marry tbem off—give them
higyouteaets to go - to Europe^-or
auything rather íh*n the opport««jity
to waste away-and sacrifice oor .ar-
miesí Tho editor remarks that Jt is
4reported that- Gen* Holmes had aU ^<Pf
peremptory order from the Secretary
of War or Gen- Smith to tak Hele-
na. The editor does not believe U,
uor do we.—GalcMo AVwa. H
The Situation
The Pri
from Gen,"
W JÍ4BVLAWO
e, on Saturday, whitf*
MM "rjplftiop
puts to rest
to the si^at^ut
land, and confirms
which have
armyjbas bqen^
in its encounters
iu Pennsylv^ lett#r
in effect tb?t the,
Gettysburg resu\i *
enemyjconipU
m
the^tun
r$m
onr army
d*>ntial move,
ftec^eaalDU^
and not rt
of contii
insure his ai
I gist of
•hut the '.My
nton
■H ..Ttll
ittor ,
this á^ct ih the C
gress. We feel w
his claims, not
his brilliancy, I
R fo J
■*4 ni
.«♦wj
course
Our acquaintance wiíh
was more intimate 1Ü the
36 and-37. We then
a volunteer iia the i*exas .
also as a member of the C<
and the first Congress of the young
Republic. His course as a soldier
either branch of duty—a strong and
manly firmness with compression
oH^FH
thrffughont.
One act of his life, <
fidence to,
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satisl
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WMKv ,r
Jhe government
without means or,
pro tem. of the
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 22, 1863, newspaper, August 22, 1863; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177109/m1/1/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.