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COUNTRYMAN.
VOL. I.
No. 48.
J. P. 0*TKRHOt!t, Editor.
iilWlHIAnitln Oonnty, Tesu.
AUGU8T 3D, 1864.
A Mf.tiiouist (junrterly Meeting will
ewnmeiicc at thin place nejit Saturday
Sept. M.
Wf; life obliged to Col." 1.. W. Qrqqe
for a St. Louis Democrat ot tiuly IJOth
«ndMemphU Argu. of July J^th.
Cy* The Kill tor Laving been <l«wn with
tha fever, and the printer t.early hp no
paper wm iaiued la«t week. Sic^cia
will w$ tbink excuKe uv. AVe ore now
eMvaleacing. I
A New fiTííítoítfto'''('lijaruatioe 1 «f',V,tX! Captui JV. T. G.
baa ordered en election to lake place J Mnesville, Cook com
Saturday the ¡13 day of doptouiber, to ct«?-
cide the tie between Oftarbout and Catlin
or Chief Ju.tico, and to elect a coanty
clerk lu place of Z. W .Matthew*. aud a
county commU.ioner in place of J. C.
McDade, who have failed to qualify
Having been Kick, and itill too unwell
to travel much, we hope our uumerou.
friend will to work for us in fio various
parte of tfee County, for the otfic-o of Chief
Justice, that our caorasking will bo uh.
neceaaary. -We desire the office. Wh
want the «4i;¡ of every clique and party
in the cennty. At the laat eli^tiop ,we.'
needed but one more .vote to elect 111.,
Will|*l ome friend give ua that.voto thU A characteristic anecdote of Presl
thne1? ff wo arc elected, w« «hall bel'.deut Davis came to our • ears the
grateful for your i,uifia«eit and <J"or flii";'other day. >Vh.-n the battle of
evidence of j our favor. Monterey wan progressing most fierce
Por the Telegraph.
To tub Citizens op '¿'.reas :
The army of (Louisiana is ragged
and borefqoted ; winter is approach-
ing, an abundant ¡harvest will be
yonrs; yonr ho^e aro safe, and will
shield you from the winter's blast,
bnt the soldiers wity suffer unless
i'.lotbiiíg is prepared for them. They
need .especially nbirtH, socks, shoes
Qiant* and drawers. The supplies of
the (Government are inadequate.
You J.ave time tu make up these
articles. All clothing for Water-
house's Brigade, i cnt to the follow-
ing parties will be safely forwarded
to the persons for whom they are
intended : . , >
Judge J. E. Shepard, Breubam,
Texas ; Major Scurry, or Mr. John
Spann, Washington ; Lt. Ben Harris,
Bellville. Austin county ; Lt. T. B.
Yarbrongb, Jeflbrson, Marion county;
Lieut E. M. Green, Austin, Travis
Weaver
county ; (Captain
J. B. Hicks, «Beaumont, Jefferson
county; Captan M. Elk,ins, Seguine
Guadeloupe county ; Captain 'I. D,
Ledberry, Marshall; Captain Sam
Fleming. Bastrop, or to the under-
signed at Hempstead. All articles
should be uytrked carefully, and a
list sent w^th them.
Prominent cit frena in ench county
are earnestly requested to take tin
active part in this matte^. All clo-
thing font from Western Textw, or
from <vpuntieM Contiguous to the Rail-
roads may be sent to Hempptead
.qirc .tf * W. 21. REDWOOD,
Lieut. CoJ. lGtfc T. I.
Dr. Cocke «ayi the want of rag for
bandage*.} ow-h fait in I'lourna/'* reg
iment, and persona ha\~itp old mes on
hand would do well to bring them in for
the Docto.-. He Mya there ia .not mote
(ban enough on hand <for one nlore tight.
be wanta n good deal. The rag* chonlfl
be torn into atrip* from ono to four inchen
jwide and rolled for band&gea. The.v may
he left at the Co. Clerk office to be
¿orwa-rdad wjth tW clofhtog fit Ifcé regi-
ment. *
—S^TT—
On the 14tn 1'natr R<*a. daughter of
H. Miller, of thia place, aged about ti
yea ra.
Cot. Cha*. Anderson.—A friend
informs ül H)1ítJ(tStíí ttniTt, who«e ¿panic
(if our last dispatches are to be ro-
lled on) will, in the future history of
tilia war, be associated with that of
Arnold of the revolution, was for-
merly of Galveston, and was a broth-
jar of Dr. Anderson, deooaaed, who!
jgmrrfed into a highly respectable
¿¿nily of that city.. lie was about
two years at West Point, and dqv.bt-
lesa this fact was the ret<;iumenda-
. tion of hia command to so important
* fort, do r as alwuys contydei d
very amiable, aud. wholly deficient
in the high qualities necessary ia a
commander of a fort. His regiu^ont
are Alabama troops. Last year,
after the fall of Vickabuig, Lis troops
mutinied, they were removed from
the lort and put on detached service,
bnt «gain scut back last Is 11 to the
fort.
i$*
[Election Sept. 3, 1864.J
Chief Justice
J P Osterhout y • *
J H Cetliu
County Clerk
;* IL R Pilley
John T Edwards
B Lee
ly, a party of troops with Mr. Davis
at their bead, succeeded in forcing
their way into a gfone hope wjierfc
t) i}V were stopped awhile ami com-
pelled to keep under shelter from
the furious storpi of j^ot and s^ell
which t^e Mexicans warn pouring
dop'u the parrow street. TJiere w,:is
a iearful p,iuse for a few moments,
the officers fnltered at the thought
of lacing the fiegr deaths hurled
withouf ceasing bctort the door, and
the men's cheeks were pale. Mr.
Davis stepped quietly forward, say-
ing in his usual kvv, tranquil voice,
"Gentlemen, some one must go for-
ward I Some oiio has to ¿id" and
sprang ¿tut of the door. In an in-
stant, every cheek flushed with gen-
erous shame, and wilh a shout Of
defiance, the little band rushed aftvr
him. Tho battle of Monierey *'as
soonlosi and won. v * : "
Ladies' Waists in Achica.—
The ¿innatural length and ridiculous
«inallness of their waists baffles de«-
criptioo. A waist that conld be
spauned is ari English metaplioaical
expression used in a novel; but is au
American fact, and so alarming doee
it appear to an Englishman, that
my f>rst sentiment on viewirfg the
pheaomenon was oue of pity (of the
unfortunate being who might possi-
bly break off in the middle, like
flowers from the si,alii, before the;
evening concluded. Not lew extra-
ordinary istl;.o size of the ladies'arms.
I saw many which were scarcely!
thicker than moderate «tee walking
sticks. * Yet strange to any", when
thene ladies pass the age óf forty,
thoy frequently attain an enormous
Size.—The whole eeonomy of their
structure is then reversed, their
waists and arms becoming the thick-
est parte of their body. Here is a
subject worthy jtjbe contemplation of
the ethnologicct. How comes it to
rM that the English type—wWch
presume haa not '
. ■■ IPltt .every case
been so affected by, the admixture off
others as to lose its one ida^titv—how luis been industriously
comes it to pass, I say, tj^at the
English type ip so strangely ultei
in a few generatious ! Í have
vanoos hypotheses ; umone- <
|Prom the Journal of "Commerce,]
So far as Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania are concerned, there is no Ion
ger any such thing'ax "gallant yeo-
manry," ready to spring into arms at
the first alarm. In Philadelphia as
we are told, the contrast between the
enthusiasm and excitement which
characterized the people oqe year
ago aro now, under the menace of
invasion, was apparent to every
one.
Since Qrant Cjrosse<yhe «^lapidan,
the public have beeu steadfastly de-
ceived day after day. We say with-
out hesitation, -that nine tenths of
the news .give ¡by the radical press
has been bogus news. The people
have not been allowed to know the
truth. The. reiteration that by
taking the overland route Grant was
enabled to destroy the northern rail«
roads from Richmond ho effectually
as to prevent the raid into Maryland,
was bosb. If the truth in relation
to the success and ■failures of Grant,
whole story, without varnish, which
is just as wall known in one newa
paper Ojfiice as .another, hod been told
from day to day—if the facts in re-
ration to the Southern railroads, the
results of various cavalry raids, the
general rtsult*ot all the campaign,
had been fairly and fully laid before
the people, gphl would, not have
goue up pne per cent, higher then it
has, and* the popular mind would
have beep calm and ready for au
invasion of Maryland, whether it be
a mere robbing raid,or a. great de-
monstration, and equally Jeady for
whatever may happen.
It is time now to estimate correct-
ly the strength and force of the re-
bellion. It. is • time to nnderstand
plainly that there is no such place
yet visible as the last ditch. It js
time to nerve the people to a tjisk as
herculean to day as it was three years
ago/ If we goon now"in tlv* same
{old .error with which the wo* began
he error ot thinking that loyalty
consists in despising tfce enemy and
underrating his power, ¡then the war
stretches quite as far ip.fo the future
as it has already extended since it
was commenced with the proclama-
tion for 75,tj(Kf men? . ; ,' * :
Washington Correppondeiice ol X.
Y. Hernld.
*' * * Tht'irlow Weed
proposed to call upon Mrs. Lincoln
and pay his respects to the wife, of
the I'resident, and accordingly fcwsh-
cd'hinisejjf ¡up and called for that
purpose. It appears, however, that
a short time previous a proprietor of
tone of;lie leading hotels in yo^ir
city, in the pre*.e;ice ftf Weed nnd
three ^j- four other ¿rentlemón, said in
a joking way when asked if ' there
was itify news, "that it was reported
that Qeu. lialleck and the Secrc/ary
ot -War (Stanton) had decidí^ to
remove Mrs. Lincoln and Hend her
home to Springfield." Weed replied
"That he did not know whether the
report $'jis tjfiie or iOt, but she
ought to have >be.en en^ away Jong
ago."
Mrs, Lincoln, it seems, waa stop-
ping at the Metropolitan at that time
and a person who hvacd the state-
ment informed Mjs. Lincolu. The
result jyais, when Jlr. Weed called
upon her ladyship, after hia proposi-
tion to the President, she accused
him of poking thst statement, and
refused fcu alfcpr him to Bit down,
aud turned him ont of the house.
Thia is the sequal to the story that
circulated
socretWIn regard to Mrs. Lincoln
using the broom sticfc to Mir,
the habits of the people, the dry eli- Hampatead 'üoapital, roqueata u« to
mate. The effect of the latter on an
constitution would have
to be sufficient to accotAt
singalar conforyuitiou, if 1
;n perstuided by nativea of
ntry that the «¿all waist is
jatio|. Thia
owing to tight
h it i« said, la persevered in *d, b«t the
'; and, if report wagon with
f/tture
than
Waed.
R BapMKn, Purchaaing Agent of the
ture hi t&aaka to the people of New \}ba
and vicinity for the liberal donatio*, made
Vy them to?the aiek i¡oldier«,'' H^
¿hey told *im at Uempetead that it was no
iN^br him to go among the "Putei" for
contribution. He wya be went to New
tat
that the the aoldisn,
in pay for them. All honor to the Oer,
mana of New Ula What neighboihood
will next load Mr. Baruet't wages,7
General Election.
OmcÍAL~ VOTE
ok
AUSTIN ^COUNTY•
Ei.ection, Aüoi;kt 1st, 18C4.
STATE TICKET.
. Treasurtr.
C H Randolph «15
CqmvtroHer
W L Robaras 416
M F Locke. ............22
Cliitf Justice, S P
O M Roberts .498
J H Bell.............¿IM
A*SQ. Justice
John Sryli's.. r........
0 W Buckley...,,
R A Reeves. ....,
I' Atty. General
B E Tarveri
J W Stell.
District Judgfl
Geo. W Smith
H B Waller............
W J Darden
pift. Atty.
W S Delancy,.........
E Bailey
COUNTY TICKET,
Chief Justice
J fl Catlin - - ^
J p .Oaterhout
J .T, Jackson .•
B L Cheek.....
(fainty C/vr/c
Z W Matthrws. .. .... .364
M II Pilley...., -,,190
A Rpbii v?n ,..,,147
S II Nichols 89
T J Kerr.... , 19
N CtOVD. , í -130
W L Slielbnrn........... 3,'JO
L if ; Swearingen ..,. 164
County Treasurer
,J>V Mannino..
,J G Bell.....
t ComftiitpioMert
,u McDade ..mio
N IIollano.a' --i-iSil
, j wcmwr.;. v•' • •'• '¿..'ai
E K\(>i.i.h ,
Win, ^ehli"i ic.r, ..
W (iuvler.. -.: - -
BB Lee...
V Peters ...... ..
J Hetthley .
.;..484
....230
.-,..19-
,438
...46
...582
...298
...36
...390
...388
.331
.331
.146
..23
.452
.348
£
.31!
.¿..302
,.,.275
...... U1
......99
- - • 2^0
. ....132
C C Koch.., ..
porontr
H IÍasslkr ..
11 Ernst.........
HJ T Terry..,.
J P Ferrell....
t3P Nameg
elected.
BEA'jc1 OFFICERS
Justices ok tub Peace euecteh
in
small
.;...308
.....131
87
254
Caps ar««
jfyeat
No. 1—1 W Pitts; J W Allen.
•• 2—B S Harrison, H Whitley,
•' 3—G H Bader, C Ohlendorf.
•• 4—1) E Bhrtl^y, J R Montgomery
•< —F E Didkebut, A Shank.
" $—Wm Cooper, J M Hemslv.
" 7—J H K rancher, A Regenbrecht
•< 8—E jQ WHliamaan. % A Shel-
burn
" 9—E. Wttageman, A Klump
.. 10—P H Pearson, B F Foster
Constabli^i Elected.
, Beat
No. 1-T. R. WttflT
« 2—John R Campbell
«. 3—H Neu^ian^
' T .
The great narai d'lfl,
off on the 19(h of ^une, wi
or fen miles of the port of CI
between the Confederate^
Alabama and tne Federtl
Kearsarge caused morí ea
in England and Francé tl
other event which has . ..
longtime. A1Í European v
are filled with accounts of it
manyare the incidents related in
connection with the affair. As
have already given the ofRdlu:
port of Capt. Semmes we wil
add such particulars as have aince
come to hand.-—A wi.
Gallgnaul's Messenger says that
before going into the engagement he
deposited in the hands ór the Bra-
zilian consnlliis mqipy—eight mill-
iq£ francs—and that or his crow, his
will fcis ships papers, find 45 ooronor
meters which he füad taken from
captured vessel?, "As the jKear'
saree jhhd arrived opfsjde the port in
ord^r to attack the Alabama jrhen
she came out, this jitter determined
to go and meet her openly."
ft was the intention of Capt. Sem-
meB to have boarded the Kearsarge
at once, but failing to do this Jho waa
compelled to fight it o?t. The Kear-
sarge suffered terribly, having receive
ed iw less tjban twelr% *hots in her
bull. Mrs, Semmes was iu Paris on
the 19th of /line and left on the 20th
for London ¿0 see lier husband..
From the I^idon Times.
Exactly at) liour elapsed from fho
first to tjie moment when it her
came ooviotnn that the vessel waa
.sinking, whefi, incW'd, the rudder
was broken and the fires wert< put
ont. • • * * *
The Alabama fired quicker, in tdj
abont one hundred and filth rounds..
The Kearsarge fired abo^t one hutir
tired, chiefly eleve|i-inch fliells. On*
of these shells broKe the Alabama's
rudder, and compeled lw to hoist
salj. By this time, however; after
about an hoilrV work, t)u; Alabatnti
was sinking; nnd could only - mak^
the bea^ of her way in the direct^
of $herl>onlg,
The men were alj tjrue to the Jn.t;
they only eeeeed firing when the
water came into the iliuisirieH of tliel?
guns, and as thvy swam for life all
they cared for was that their c«>m-
mander shohld not fall iato Federa)
bands. lie reports tlint lie owee his
best men to tne training they re-
ceived on board tj^e Exeellehf, To
till appearances tli^ superiority fif the
Kearsarge lay parfly* in her g^Min,
and ot course somewhht in her ffififn
numerous crew, bpt not leM in tier
more powerful piacbinery, wliicji
enabled her to move quicker an^
manaevfe more etyiily.
Tbcr^e appears to have been ^
very respectable allowance of killed,
-Wounded and miasing, and among
the latjter is an English surgeon,
who i« supposed to have gone to
the bottom in the R^dst ot hfs bleed'
ing patients. We shall know very
shortly whether the cbaiim blnig
outside the Kearsarge a
To njl appearance tlpjf
but tor the melancholy 1
of tfie Alabama's a
hav/e gone dogr with .
wogld probabjl^have been 1
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command, afe
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■trim now^ _
office, 1 soa your head
at the window.""
muchjjlory^and so
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 48, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 30, 1864, newspaper, August 30, 1864; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177152/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.