The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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4 VOL 5.
BELLVILLE, TEXAS, JULY 15, 1865
itl Ilunteville Item. I tuio^-toodle tnodlu, lutu tnm—toodlel What do you think of my ran-1 Namks ok tiihm y-skvkn P«i
Uy Pfcov. Snail. 1 toodlej tutu torn—toodlo toodle, turo ning\tbr the lepifdalnre 1 J have nbnt Rkbkis ikpictkd fox Tbka
My hou\ has been u lum ? *«"'1lhe dauce , frequently thought of late of seuding Wx.~The foUowing is an official
exercised of UudBwh,S}u8 theniselves «bout in divers yon up some fine tobacco. 1 am a statement of nameta oí «hirty-aeyen
QN DAKCING-
r. Robinson |
3y paiuvd and exercised
«vil nnd iniquities of ,hH|<1,"^,"5nti,tudM* "ml Some-[perfect tébacco-wonn myself and]persona indicted for treason in tbe|w«*k
time*, üpou which w« h0VJ«nies a couple would prance up to imagine that every body else must I United States District Court, sitting I d
Most prominent «¿King these <*c > <* •«'. th«n W would be as fond of it. I at Norfolk, Virginia: Montgomery IH 0*,
'7L'1 ■ «1 él * ' " ■ 1 i> MI i • in A. ^JmSmtSKfteSsai lit-. ■Cu'rafcisAW^iaHw ■-^K'
would
I . ¿ADciiig «ud j.jiuwkiue.1""™ >«* • «■ "7 , ,
fctli l tnillÉi tn i .class „fjPru"ct- np *£*"' and shake hand*
notoriously dissolute and law- wi,L «*«*' *' d «** mnd
the form * to a certain gay ¡H' tak« 0,.Ltr
nlnthig set, to be fouudll*nd* Bnd ®*i g-——but
lly in citi b .and' vi llaces, I i at her f what do 1
iny own part 1 /have always taken M*" ™o*gtt them T
the position that the fiddle is the j pride of the
devil's own Instrument, that the
naya:
"Not P* 0°**°' '*te Major General Ittthe.|en bt)died
both
tnercifuf
now
Peter,
The London Times > t« ¡ -* vm -.• vhw-is
even the grand army of Napoleon
| himself could count a series of
brilliant victories than the
more
drews, Henry B. Taylor, Oharlea Hps of the
J awes Faulkner, late United StajM^ Haan«t _
rrlí! I wWch. raised chiefly from the high- Ministro France J Win. McVeigh, I expect Aoas
^ Í spirited popuUtion of Virginia, W|of Alexandria; K. 8. EweU and Ja ball km, the esse
church —Peter whom ^ 80 mauy invasion of thej^' l®to Lieutenant Generals J the
*Mk<r1a the devil's own agent audi'"? own hands in Richland creek
f""0"' TrWT,°'7v V7«r 717|State. and crushed the hopes of «,1^ the rebel army 5 Wm, 8. Winder,|results
twoyears bvfon, I had baptised wiUi|_ Korthero ^ 1Vy|sonof
many
altar worship those
wer to
times;
the late General Winder}! The sword
Commissioner of Ex- rebellion la
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v.. ... I wun. victorious until victory was nol"OÜ1, uum' ^ominiMiouer m «*• ireoemon iss
«Momey.imd that tbo dimceif a^U'iHer, whom raly the Snndny befool. ^ tQ ha nchÍBVtid by lmmanIchange oí Prisoners; George Booker,Iof the Unite
the deluded victims whom the wick-H1'1"1 ^ted c,erk otw church, 1 ^ ^ feU ^ ^ „ Cornelius Boyle, a Washington se-|ed throughout die National
ed one, through 'snch instrumental!-^ ou,y membórsufficiently ^ ^ ^ ^^. cessionist; W. H. Payne, Thos. P. and society is struggling to
tie«i,1l^íeparlngfor eternal burning, hirned tp keep our records correct. ^ ^ j0arned jTnrner, James A. Seddon, late rebel itself«
And I go even farther and wiy, that And there he went, capeting íPun<1- ct eacll ot w Vttlor/. It ndá8 Secretary of War; Wm. Pasten [order
dancing being an abominable sin (all] ®wue8t th« Ba,# ,lkw * gw d«f J* •||¿lrt ,he officers on both Bides haveJ Rlc,,ard8 Jr- '< Wndo Hampton, late who J
jdoai clergyinflm agree in this), it] thunder-storm. I grew pick at heart conclusion of boe,ilitie« ^^^^ triuoij
severely Und my h,,d beting i«y at ^ ^ iUrf
Iteavenly Father I turned soi-rowfully away atfdl^ ¿ m&M, Jioañ o{ Wm. B. Taylor. J
punished', --if our heavenly Father[-«g ' 1 80,T0WtuUy away.^^ J B. Taylor. jJohn Debree; Jas.Ud
* * tlwwgl. a ^ peoplel^^.^
Irejoko at this."
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army ; Boht. E. Lee, lktg General in rebellion, her ihinist'
Chief of rebel anny; Oscar J. Bax- must share these
ton ; Wm. Mahone, late Mnjor Gen'l I or.
J whoever soys lf« does I was again promptly taken.
Ml, la'an infidel and will he himself | V,nBt V tur ed out of! the church ;
r i.i>i jniiilsln fly thrn T wty that j®nd accordingly^^wo had Isil citedl Texan is emphatically the sheep ^ ^
the pioua and go^a should 1mv« the 10 appearbefare us to %answer |he[raising State, and doubtless, now L,^ nBny. Wm. Smith, late rebel |tl0 accepUhe
l^ege oí punishing the sinner in heinous offence of dancing. Well.jthat the war is over, a frest impa- Governor of Virginia; 11. M. T. dence in becoming
this world. Such privilege^ would Ion tlie d*y 9{ ,rial Peter appeared, I tus will be. glveu to that i>ecaliar I LIunter, late member, of rebel Cou- it ministers do not teach,
P^kMAv to m in these dark wHh fifteen witnesses, all of whom UpA of ' agriculture. We have gresé from Virginia Roger A. piyor, to the "powers that be," wi j
Jays of tribulation f id sorrow. I F«¡™ ,httl 00 t,lc' n561,t oi the party J fteqneutly heard those who have 1 late high private in the rebel army; I church •
Uxp.ict to be a candidate for the Hike's be (Peter) had uot eSe- been engaged in tHe 1>w«¡ih«s. on a David R. Bridgefoid. Charles K. apostacy from <w
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sUU m to'pmiUlndánc'-1 P'«cti(ed by any danci^g-n
ing j penihy for first offence fifteen Christendom. 1 told them it
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yearn confinement at hard labor
; we tm, dm
cuted a solitary step ever known orj comparatively small scale, complain I Mallory, George WT Ci Lee, son of hopeless. Bnt
master jn of tlie todiousness and killing ihonotu |Gen. Lee, Samuel Cooper, late hope. #We beleve there are
wm any of following, daily, aherd of sheep Adjutant and Inspector General Ml sands of sincere Chriatk
in) miserable evasion which would by [feeding ou the hills and prairief, and the rebel army, and formerly Lieuten- South, and hundred of
IfWtl loyalty to the
for second offence!"0 means answer the ¿barge. Peter I to all such we commend the follow-|HDt Colonel in the United
i¿éktilIdead{whlch|,lw,^lfok*l « ,pp^tlon that daring ling trifle, which, on jaractice, might | amy} Wm. Uenry Fitxh .xzH—mm
•might be commuted by the J tl>« exercises of the evening, under | prove worthy of their consideration ¡Igon of Gen. Lee ; U. A. Wise, ex-1 ment/and as soak ! "fc
> to solitary «onfinement for]>he nmiM 01 Poncing, he had not | "The pup is taken from its mother Governor of Virginia, and lat« Briga- people b^ck to their
cell. Such heinous ««wed his legs a single time, and|before its eyes are opened, and put dier General iu the rebel army >|they were active
harsh ntUpi *^ ,0 <0 My whether, ac- with an ewe to suckle. .After a few] Benjamin llogan, GeorgeiW. AleX-(the Confederacy,,
the llanda of offended and pious com-]cording to ¿be traditions of thejtimes, the ewe becomes reconciled to ander, Richard H.Booker, Fitxhngh to cuftlvato
muuities; and I hope, Mr. Roblnsoo,]church there could, be any sin in the pup, which follows her like a Lee, nephew of (Jen. Lee, and tale peace and harmony, to
yod wHt use the influence of your dancing, without the crosaing ofIlamb,grows üp among and remains!Major General in the rebel army;Lrous sympathies, to
pitgwr to have me elected, .and ihusjl^gs T 1 told him that If he had not I with the flock, and no wolf, man or|Tbos. S. 13ocock, late Speaker of cheer to society, |
prove yonredf a friend to Zion. I danced as others had done, it was I strange uog, can come near the sheep, I the Rebel House of Representatives, I tribute to ^ "
For two thr.i twenty yean our only because he did not know how, and the dog will bring the flock to formerly member of the United wealth, |
little church of Little Bethel, on and that ho was guilty in his heart [the fold regular! v at lialf-past 7Uutes Congress. Tha
Richland Creek, li&a had bnt one of having tried to dance. He I® **I «unmoned on the part c
i ofdanciug In It f and Oat We| took down the Bibfe and read "there |tbat hour- ~-£x-
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got rid of in double ^#lck time, Ilia a time to weep, and a
jdance," dfce. 1 told
nH you. I álíttdf' 4o the case
Plungein, who, up to]
his fall from grace, here-
stood as lair as
tn the
timo
him
to
he
Icntlonriuld who
( Tk. TWHl^lppJ DulWln
says j "The corn crop bids fair lot
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schools, pecret j
Raina have been abundant, nnd the
crop, though late, is of line color,
con-l
! never have learned such
nptlbfo qnibbha, and suth mlsera-
£ told htm, to be
wan * time to dance,
. land very promising. West of the!
*ty the country is suffering much
row, Francis
Jv, 8. Garrison,
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Jii
...
« dteenting
driven the gi
i out of the fold, our tittle flock,
, has not bean troubled
W, lliotnaR, Isaac
If. 1*. tirona.
ateaottl
FaATEtOMt.—Wo learn that two
brjthera named Magraw, 'Hying *
few miles south of Huntevifle, got
litto « difilenhgr « the Sod tdnife
ifstMl them Pkriiam Htimw
(both/ the other. > Ho lingored
the 4th, when death took
II Is n foarlul thing to forgot
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 42, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 15, 1865, newspaper, July 15, 1865; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177196/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: 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.