The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 4, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 11, 1864 Page: 2 of 2
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[From the Télegraph.]
Sh bvepobt, Sept. 30, 1664.
Gbbnada. Miss Sept. 15—The
Memphis Argus says official bulletins
from (Secretary Stanton give aune
intoreating facts in relation to th.
c«U lor five Ijundred thousand men
Credit Status, for previous «'tenses
two hundred thousand, lenvijy^^liree
lmndred thousand to be ruined. Ont
third of lost amount will meet all re
({uirements of General Grant; the
other two-thirds will supply casual-
ties of battle, losses by death and
desertion, gar ¡son forts, fight guer-
rillas and keep open communica-
tions.
Mobile, Sept. 16—A gunboat yes-
terday cajne close to shore, near tlx
m«.uth of Dog river. Our field bat-
teries opened, giving a few shots,
when the enemy retired.
It Is reported the enemy have Yi
paired the guuboat Gains and put
her in commission.
The river expedition returned,
badly ppppered by our cavalrv.
PKTBR8BI RO, Sept, . l$.~War
ren's Yankee corps advanced west
ward, this morning, to Poplar Springs'
Church, two miles from the Weldon
It.- II. The enemy broke through
liutler's lines, but were met by (Jol.
Holbrock's brigade and repulsed.
Our loss was small. fJ'he enemy
commenced fortifying at the Church.
Prisoners state that it was an at-
teti pt to advance their lines in the
direction of the south side of Wehlon
It. R. Alt quiet in balance of line";
no shelling, aud but little picket
firing. .•. ..
Richmond, Sept. 15.—A special
to the Eveniitg Whig says, a force of
the enethy's ' cavalry and infantry,
supporting a raiding parly, advanced
from We Won on the road this morn-
ing iu the vicinity of Poplafr Springs'
Bhurcli, two miles west of the 11. 11.,
and iottr miles from the city. Skir-
mishing going on all the morning.
No particulars received.
IA:"' * K Tetter From ah ofliéer ill iJou-
mack's brigade, savs we drove the
eiietiiy througli Murt1n*btirg, tearing
up the: R R.
11 it'llRo.Yl), Sept. 10.—The obse*
fjuies of General Morgan took place
to-day, tin- remains being conveyed
to the Hollow Spring ' Cemetery,
and pjaced ill a vault. The ftuieial
cortege included a number af both
léiVilintiR and mili Miry officers.
New York papers of the 14th
received.
The Kailrond between Nashville
and'Chatanooga has been rAmifed
.«nil trains a e now running.
The Railroad irain Hi ar Hargetown
was captured by guerrilla on Mon-
Vhe N. Y. Tribune P'>ys the Jte*
tmblicanv have carried Maine by the
argvst majority ever given at a
Góberaaforial election. They gain
a member of congrci*, and have elect-
ed five-sixths of the Leg stature.
The draft is ordered to be eoni-
meaced in Ohio and aN the Slates
where the quota was not ¿lied upon
the 19th of September.
Several journals formerly Repub-
licans, have come out in favor ol
MeClellan.
The Cincinnati Times and Albany
St'ites-i an, both Republican, advise
Lincoln to withdraw.
The Boston Post says it is a great
relief to the Democracy to be lid of
atlch .enemies as the Woods, and that
if Vallandighflin chooses to folio*
them, he will have a rough road to
•rare!.
OW. Sejrmonr peremptorily de-
«liue# a reuominatiou fur governor.
ad vines the election
Seward, in a speech at Washing-
ton, stys that the draft would SttreU
me if (Jm people would not volun-
to
„ al ¿18 and advanced
deed at 224. pF
RiciAioMd, Sept. 16.--Official
aotuwf* given* that long date and
•' lmé$wW p> wilhdmwn
^if .* and
a hold,
emmeni
I lio
bonds
At
cotton bonds 108 5 four per cent cer-
tificates GO' to 06.
• Golusuoro, N. C., Sept. 14.—The
State Government lias the following
Irom Plymouth : 1
Pilot Hopkins of the C. S. ram(
Albermarl, with eight sailore and
eight soldiers, captured and burnt, on
the 9th, the I! S mail steamer Fawn
plying between Norforlk and ltoa-
noake Island, killing two, wounding
four and capturing nineteen, exclu-
sive of the negroes, and including
Lieut* Colonel, Major and Lieuten-
ant. No loss 011 our side.
Pbtrbsbcro, Sept. 16.—In a
skirmish, some 8 miles from, the city
eight of Warrei\'s corps were sur-*
prised and captured, near Davi¡
house, on the Weldon railroad, this
morning. The prisoners have arriv-
ed here. With thin exception oil is
quiet along the lines. The enemy is
frequently shelling, and this evening
threw several 15 inch mortar shells,
loaded with, glass, brass, copper,
iron and lead. They fell in the city
but did no damage. Our troops are
in fine spirits and eager for the
fray.
Macon, Sept. 17—It is reported,'
with a considerable show of truth
that Sherman has sent in an infor-
mal request tor Gov. Brown, Vic '-
President Stephens ond Senator H.
V. Johnson, to meet íiim in Atlanta,
continue to come into our lines.
Several hundred families have arriv-
ed iu ijjie most destitute condition
imaginable. \
Generals Hood and Sherman have
agreed upon an especial exchange of
2ÓU0 prisoners—700-of the number
will be forwarded to-night for that
purpose. CONSCRIPT;
A correspondent of the New York
Herald, writing from Grant's army,
gives the following account of "the
suffering" among thcoflicevs of Grant's
army. What a difference there is in
the life-led by the Yankee officers,
mid those in our army who are the
same as our soldiers :
•How we poor soldiers suffer" is
faBt becoming a stereotypisni in the
army. It is true mir poor soldiers do
sufler. and there is noble heroism in
their patient endurance of all the
pains, privations and penalties inci-
dent to the soldier's lite. These
heroes of I he trenches, of the skir-
mish line, of the battle's front, de-
serve all that can be said oí them.
Bui the remark I have quoted does
not come from these. Officers( in
boots ol shiny glossiness, with pants
striped with golden colored lace ai d
paper coll is of immalculate white-
liess are tile Utterers. Let it not be
understood as an earnest, complain-
ing utterance. Not so. It is apun-
gent bit of delicious sarcasm, apd
nothing more. There is a variety
of circumstances under which it is
littered. I)ri p in at, sotjtm headqliar
lei:?. Mid there {nines an invitation to
join in an iced cobbler, than w hick
uoye better aru concocted t at the
Maison Dorce ; or lag r beer on
draught, as frothingly cool and tempt-
ing as can be obtained from any
Teutonic temple lo Gamtirinns in the
liowery 1 or bottled ale with the
pure Caledoiran slump upon jit ; 01
claret of sworn Gallic vintage; or
milk punch whose lacteal ingredi-
ent is genuine bovine; or, if w« are
not fastidious, plain distillution of
juniper berry, or plainer Bouibou or
plainest,commissary; ond with the
invitation comes the utterance—'How
we poor soldiers suffer.'
A box of elegantes is passed, and
agaiu these significi lit woid —'How
we poor soldiers suffer.' Seated at
dinuer, whose openiug course is
*onp,jmd pie, pudding and water-
meloif, the triple dessert, and, as front
i he force of habit,, from lip to lip
passes the.emphatic and unvarying
declaration—"Hqw poor soldiers suf-
fer." C-iil to pay your regards w
an officer, and as you find him supi-
Adiniulitratorf
Hon. C. C. Hukbbrt. our Itepto
sentative in Congress, was lioro on
Friday last, on his way to Richmond.
Congress assembles ou the first M011
day in November, lie looks in
good health, has nearly recovered
from his severo indisposition, and
will be at Richmond, no preventing
Providence, to attend to the interests
of his constituants during the coining
session.
Thosk Kntitlkuto Vote.—Th
following States ótily are entitled to
vote at the next Presidential election,
C<«igres8 having decided that none of
the ¿Jtstes formally declared ,in in-
surrection shall be allowed that priv-
lege till re-admitted lo Iho Union :
' States. Electors.
Mniiio
7
New IFanpsliire
3
jVIassacliusetts
12
Itliode I island
4
Xvonnectlout
ti
Vermont
5
New York'
New Jersey
7
Pennsylvania
2<\
Delaware
;<
Maryland
7
West Virginia
r>
Ohio
si
Indiana -
"n
Illinois
id
Michigan
8
Wisconsin
8
Minnesota
4
Iowa •
8
Kansas
3
Kentucky
11
Missouri
11
California
r>
Oregon
n
Total (24 States) Electors 241
Necessary for a choice 121
This number
by two Or three from the new Tern-
W,WV, M wp /WW ""V ou
nely stretched in his cot, under
ounow of musquito netting* reading
fir idly dreaming the bours away,
aud this opening salutation gnwts
you—"How we poor soldiers suffer."
Add so at card parties, so at festive
when music aud senfi-
•bg give tMr contribu-
tions 1(0 tf Convivial circle, so ÍU
hospitalities
" t' words,
may be increased
rom i
lories.—Cincinnati Dollar Turns
Thk Anciknt DRt:ii)8,—No sys-
tem of idolatrous worship ever gained
greater ascendancy over the minds of
men than thai of tlie ancient Gauls
and Bretons. Ííongh. reckless and
barbarous as they were, their | riesis
led them as though they had been
lambs.
These priests possed both civil
and criminal jurisdiction, and lin y
were exempt from the danger' oi
war and the demands of taxation.
They imposed the most rigid laws
upon their subjects; and severe and
terrible were fli ' punishments they
visited uponihé heads of offeiideis.
The awe which they inspired was so
great that, although 110 other gtuird
than thai of the deep forests was
thrown around the tr« asures which
they accumulated, no lol ber was so
daring as to mob st their spoils, or
atteii^fto make them his jney.
These priests practiced the shed-
ding of human blood at their sacrifi-
ces, The inmost mystery and glotim
Seemed always to hover abont iheir
liáittits; and their altars were the
shrines of violence and murder.
Such were the Druids ; and the in-
fluence they exerted over their follo-
wers extended into «nother World {
for they taught the doctrine, of the
iransmigralioii of souL'; and (hat
.1 heir power to inflict putiishtm rit did
not end with the present life of lin n
victim. But dark and terrible as
w ts the sway of the Druids, it liad
its use in restraining tjiat wild and
warlike people. When that use was
fulfilled, they were swopt away.
They had Killed by violence' ano
blood, and they were violently des-
troyed ; for their blood quenched th
the fire of their burning homes, as
hey dhft by the aworcl, amid their
consecrated groves and altars, in the
reign of the Emperor Nero.
- —i*—• •• • •
To the Citizen* of Anstin
County.
THE member* of Conipnny O, 5tl
Ke«jinent, (Orcen' old lte«t.) f. M. V.
are in need of cletbiim to «hieId tliein froai
the piercing bluet ot the winter. The
underiighed. member* of thit eompanj,
have been detailed to procure frtpi tne
people of AumUu county, clotfina for the
compaiir. Bach pwk*ce «liould be
ed With the name of the Individual for
whom ft is intended, and ma be left with
the County Clerk, with Mr. T. Cochrane,
orB- B- Grave, by tlie tóth of OoLin.t
There are leveral member* Of the company
Who bar* no relatives. Iters, and contribu-
tions of clothing lor their bsnefit will be
thaalfhilf deceived. ^ m
•«1 1* t\ .1 .- ■'*
e8-tf. M. L. W.
WnKRRAs, at the Ja y Te^m 1864 of
the lion. County Court of Au*tih county,
the undersigned wss duly appointed
AdmiuUtrutor of .lie Estate of \Villiaui
SiiHHuuherK, Jr., deceased. All jut son*
ImviiH! eluini* n^iiiiint enid estate are re-
((uired to prrgent the suuie for allowance
within the timo prescribed b/ law. Aug-
ust iád 18U4. WM. 8A8SENGBEKG.
d4j-llt *
Administrator Jt'oticc.
>ynKRKAS, at the Juno Term, 1864, of
the llou. Couuty Court of Austin conn!),
thé liiidSwigiléd wan appointed Adininis-
frator of the Estate of Michael Mawrath
deceuaed. All penon. having «laims
ng iiaSt si|id estate ars required th prrtjent
1 he sinne for allowance within the thin
prescribed by law. Au«ust 'id, 1HIÍ4,
d45-0t-* FERDINAND NA>\'KATH.
IID QKS TIIAN&M1S8 DEPT.
Shreynport, Lin, Jumv l *(J4.
TO THK CITIZIOXS OF THE
TUANS-M1SS. DEBAUTMENT
I have deemed it my duty to ¡nsun n
General Order, direi ting the purchiiR ,
and if neeosmiry file iuipi-esmueiit of one
half the Cotton in this Department to
supply the presbing want* ot our armies
in tile field. fr
Yimr «oldiers are the *ole reliance for
<he defense ol the eouutry tVom invasion
and desiilation. They have recently fur-
nished you 11 «igniil ins anee of Iheir will-
ilignes« and -liility to defend your homea.
Will «ut munitions of war, clothing and
medicines, they cannot he kept in the'fhld.
These articles ciin be tibtiii|i<<d only .by
importa) ion. Cotton is the sole mean ¿of'
parchase. In the same lolly spirit i ot
pntriiitism which lend* your win* aud
nrolher* to nfler their lives for your pro-
tection, will juu not -«ell to the- Govern-
ment the oflly product by which their
valor can he made effective agaiiiit the
public enemy Í
The lhipjesfmioiit of Cotton will be
avoided, if possible. Hut nuppHca-for Iho
army must be had It is leit with you to
determine wlnMher, for the pn**ervalion
of your homes, you w ill forcé the Goy-
erninent to ívsórt to iinpressmcnf.
E. K1KHY SMITH,
General Comtn nding.
IIP. QHS.THANS MISS DEPT. )
Sbreveport, 1j«., June hit, 'WM. ' >
Geucral Orders No, 34.
THE piessing necessity ol' the armies
in the field make it absolutely necess-
ary that the Government should use one
half of the Cotton in this department tor
the purchase < f naval and military stores
required for the defence of the cenntrv.
Discreet and proper'bonded and com-
;oi«sioned oflicera have been selected,
who w ill purchaae, if possible, the amótilit
required. If it cannot, lie obtained by
|iurchitse, they are tiüthoriücd to iiuprers
it in strict accoidaiice with the terms
of the i|i>prcssment act and the gelicrul
orders issued oil that subject
District Commntidenewlll furnish them
Mich assistance a* inav bo needed in exe-
cuting this order.
Any attempt at illegal iinpresiiiiclit
will be promplly punished 011 beiitg re-
ported,, with Katislactory proof, to district
or'rtepíirtwont hciuiquaitcrs.
The following i fficcm arc charged w ith
the cxecuti. 11 of this order:
Mujer A. 8. t.'abell, Maj. W. TMMiiglm,4
Capt. K. J. l.vfrch.Capt. It. Hlirop*hire,
Capt. W- W. Harrett. Capt. N. A- Hirge.
All coiton procureil by I hem in TexaF
will beplaced under the con rol of Lieut.
Col. W.J. iliitcliia*, who will use it
Bolely in procuring army supplie*.
Hv eolumund of
General E. KÍ1MY SMITH,
S. H Anderson, A. A. G.
Louisiana,.Texa- and Arkansas papers
copy four time* d4l 4t.
it. O. I.OVU.
....... ....W. J. Id'JOINO
ICllMk IIOIINCS
IIOI.'HTOX. TIÍXA8. '
'LOVE & DIC'OIXG,
PROPH1ETOKH. ^
id accoimnodations for ladies,
d4l-tf.
IID. QKH. TKANH-MI8H DEPT, I
HllttCVKronr, La., July til, Jtíü4 J
GENERAL OKDEH8 NO. 60. t
I. ALL officer* and men captured Nit
Vich*burg. who have ri^nrted at Kilter-
prise, Demopoli|| Vienna, Nnchitocheg,
ghrevepert and Alexandria, lit any thne
prior to the first of April, f*X$4, have been
declared duly ex changed'by the Cotnmi**-
inner of Exchange. •
AII,tho*ejin I hi* Department who are
embraced in t hi* .list, will immediately
rejoin their commands in tbe field.
By command i«f
Gen. E. KIRBV 8MITIÍ.
8. 8. Avoersom A. A. O.
« Louisiana, TeXu* and, Arlun*
copy one month.
hreveport,
Special Order* OT.' <T5.
XII. The Texa* Catioi. Office i. kn |
noujiced u* the purchasiog buresa for all ,1
supplies to be procured for the «ruy. ]
through the medium of cotton iu the l)is I
irict of Tesa*. J
The authority of ail s«euU> is the pis*' I
trict of Texas, empowered to uurontM or
I
obtain iiiiipiie* with cotton, ixcept
apptiiiitod hy the Text* Cotton, V-
hereby revolted; amf hereafter no iush )
iigenl* will bo appointed except hy tbs
Cotton Officer nailer authority Irnm-Dcp't >
Headuuarler*. By command of . I
Lt. Gen E. KiHBY SMITH. *
8 i*. Andkiuor A- A. G. '
Shreverort and Texa* paper* copy ibST /
time*. da>H,t
111-:ah (jit'HDn*n'TTcAN8-Ml8(iisaiepi ^
8hrevep rt Lr., Feb. 13th '64. i
GENERAL OKDER8,No. 6. '
No iinpressiuent Of property within th#,
Tri)n*-M^*ii>sippi 1j, part incut, will be
mude without written aiithorifv from th* !>
Department Cciiimaudfr, the Distjit
Commander* within their retuectiye Dis-
tricts, or the ciiinniahding offlcer ef ah
ari.iy in the fiejd. In all ewe* uf Kspre**-
ment, the aiitlioiity uiu*tbe sliowu by "the
sartics impressing. ■'
Bv command of
Limit. Gen. E. KIRRY SMITH.
8. 8. Andeusox, A. A. G, ,
"liOiuiianiij Arkansa* and Texa* pipéis
copy one month di¿7-4t
Hu, Oli'H Dl:l-M"i; Tiiaks-MirniksiWj, t
iShrovcport, La., Feb. Übth. IeKJ4« J
[ KXTit ACT, ]
HPECIAL ORDERS, No; 48.
# . • . • •
XVill. The prcviíion of Paragraph
II, General Order*. No. 4, Current Serie*
troni Dcj artu rut liciu1qitartei*, are modi-
fied so as to permit j craon* in the Dis-
trict of Western Lou! iiitna, until the l t
id'March, 1H03 to enter the I ouiaiana
State Guard on drat bei< g enrolled sad
then detailed for the service by the PaiUh
enrolling 1 fficer.
By ceminnhd of
Lieut. Gen. E. KIRBY SMITH.
K. S. AN'iic.iisoK, A- A. G. .
AdiuiniiitratorV Kotice#
AT the May term A. D. 1864, 0*
the Count) Court of AuÑiip couafr.,
letters of iidiiiliiiNlration were granted to-
t lie undersigiicd on the estate «I Ml#.
ileuniger, dee'd. nil person* baviiigriitfMfc.
auiiinst said estate will present th< W|T|)>
orly iiiitlieuttciited within the time m'
scribed by law. M. SL'ERTH,
Admifilktintór. "
dur-tit
m
Adiiiiniwlratortt IVotice.
WitKitKAs, nt the Jnntlnry Term. 1864,
of the lion. County Court ot Auttiu
county, (lie undersigned wn* duly appoint-
ed AilmiuU.rutor of t he e*tutc of JoM ph
11. Campbell, deceaacd. AH persuing
having claim* againsi said estate are re>
qiiircii lo piesent the same Icr a 1 In wan 0*
v% itliiii llii- tiltiu preiicriiicd by law.
Travis, Auutiát vd ltMV4. ' ■
d45-flt* john r. CAMP^EUa ,
hi), ¿ivh. 1 IsK \K fU-filiit!
m.-nuur or 'I mas.Si wMixivo auvái.iio
-HoL'hTON, June ]&lh, 'lé(i4.
General Order*, No. 1). *
Brig. General Greer. Chief of tfiS
Hureaii of Cou*cription, Tran*>Missi*sip^|
Dcpaitineut; having extended the I inn* lor
the cnrollineiit ot | crniis betw'cftJ tfié
age* of 17 and ih. and 4fi and fit) yeailv
until the Jst i f July m-xt, tl.cliine lor tl.
orgaiiiüatioii ot volunteer eiiiij aivit s for
tbe Reserve Corp*, under General OidaTB
N"o. IÍ fri m lí ese Head Quarter*, is here-/
I ) extended until the 1st dav of July, at
which timecompaiiies will l>e orgaliise^
at the llntlalio'i Camp* oí' their |espec
five districts and iaiit edlatfly thereafter
4iike up the line of march deaignated for
I lie Begiiueiital Orgi nizatioii iu ncc(^r>
dance with Genral Onier* No. 0,
By CoiMnand of
Maj. Gen. magrijder, ,
i|ic-<?t John Savi.rs, a. A. ft' *
HD. QR8. TKAN8-MIS8. DEPT. )
SiticvBPOKT, La., Juty vi, lf64. j
GENERAL ORDEITK NO. 56.
I. In accordance with an act. of Con-
gres* entitled: An art to intrtnth tht
of tilt trpitjbg thr. etiptnymrnt <Jf
pre Murom anil ulttru in rertain fapmtu >
lie*, unproved February 17th, 1864, i^l) I
uiah- free negroes and other poriiiiyi of I
color, not including Jho*u_wlin «re I
nndei the treaty of Pari* m IHOSor ue4ir|
the treaty of Spain of 1819 resident io¿tyS |
Coiif< derate States, between the aac
18 and DO yeahi, wj'l be In nu din/ely
rolled under Ihe directinn of tbe B
ol Omcriptlnn. ■
II. ('■ Th« Bureau of Crnsrrif tk n wfll]
take the l ei cujn y itcpi Ihrm gh ti e Ba
rolling Officer*, te ciimIII imts 1"" *-
fif) b «f allUie n'ale *lrve«, *
n est, bctfre
years,
zxr
LOOT O «TOLES,
On or abmit the líth ef April laat, a
note executed by Anton and John WotlpT
ka, payable to JoIhi Sblapota, «r orden
payable to Wi ..
for ihe sum of J(3A,(KÍ. in spMis. Said
not - «ras execiifeirin October' 18M,1 and
payable one day after daNf,' All
are cautioned against trsdisg for
■?:: :ílaí
^een the •|Ss
i'UFrrij iH n fflll
es&saM\
1,1s tlTf V^et>att.l
Hf 18 SN 461
year*, j-
111. All free negroes srd slaves j
Snrol'ed «III he sei.tto' rendezvouses M
mated hy the Ccmmstiflsfits of tie
laher for the oeversl ttalN. scesihpaii
hy descrlpti*# rolls* <
be^defe !
labo/ of the semsl.l
Sf. AU OOcew
Government ia
id*h monthl;
theMsve.'
muster rails
z
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