The Weekly Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 19, 1862 Page: 3 of 4
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req"ire the change. or in case hedewe* to
aupado it by a dliferent great of tran«por-
rtiltfrt.'
0. Payments will be made by collections
, or iinifts ort, po-tniahter.*, or otherwise,
the expiration of each quarter—say in
February. May, August and November,
EggM The distances are given according to
will be allowed should they be greater than
advertised, if the w-ipt to^be supplied be
correctly stated. Bidder mat inform theuf
unites w this print, and also in rlf renctfto the
wegbt of tbe mail, the condition of roada,
hills, streams, <fcc., and toltbridge*, ferries,' or
obstructions of any kind by which expense
may be incurred. No claim for additional
pay, based on such ground, can be considered;
rt.r for al'eged mistakes or misapprehension
as to tbe degree «f service; nor for bridges
destroyed, ferries discontinued, or other ob
11 Ktructfons increasing distance, occuring during
the contract term. Offices established after
this advertisement is issued, ¿lid also during
the contract term, are to be visited without
extra pay, if tbe distance be not increased
II, A bid received after the lust day and
hour named or without the guaranty required
r by law and a cer ifícate as to the sufficiency
of such guaranty, cannot be corifidered in
contpetitien with a regular proposal reasonable
in «mount.
I first propose for service
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■iATUKDAY, ^PRIJL19, '62
>HS MAUSHALL, Krttt
KipeiluJ Hot lee.—-AH bnelneaf of t'ijo ftlat
Onwtte «••tabllulimeiit will be trnnwwted by THOMAS
>1 KkNT, aná lié Is alone authorised tu «'illect or
rtijtoipt for moneys of the offloe, and to appoint sgonts
purnoj® JOHN MARSH ALL * CO
r • • 7. •—-1. ■ ■" ■7"."" y ' . i i.. . ..
Notice to AdvcrtUir .--Tli, rv {fular atlnertlrtng
of Mu-Gáatte !« u pcii<l«d utitll further notion. Ad
veril tcni.U wlli bo pubHuiied lu the G.-us,Ue ar.Hl th,,
regular advertíalo* 1. renamed. t 12X cents per line
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strictly according to the advertisement, and
then, if they desire, wparatdy for different
service j and if tbe regular bid be the lowest
offered for the advertised service, the other
propositions may be considered.
IS. There should be but one route bid for
in ¿proposal; Consolidated or comnination
bids ("proposing one sum for two or toore
routes") are forbidden by law and cannot be
consdered.
14. Tht route, the service, tbe yearly pay,
the name and residence of the bidder (that is,
His usual post office address.) and those o<
each mAnber of a firm, where a company
offers should be distinctly stated.
15. Bidders are requested to use, as far as
practicable, the printed form of proposal fur-
nished by the department, to write out in full
tbe sum of their bids, and to retain copies of
thetn. " •
Altered bids should uot be submitted; nor
should bids once submitted be withdrawn.
No withdrawal of a bidder oí**guarantor will
be allowed uniese dated and received before
the last day for reotóving proposals.
Each bid must be guarantied >y two re-
sponsible persons.
General guaranties cannot be admitted
The bid and guaranty should be signed plainly
with the 6$ name of each person.
The department reserves the right to reject
any bid which may be deemed extravagant,
and also disregard tbe bids of failing contrac-
tors and bidders.
16. Tbe bid should bé sealed, superscribed
"Mail Proposals, 8;ate of —addressed
" Chief of the Contract Bureau, Richmond,
ta it AU Might 1 XSj.; .* &§
Will tbe Stale tíiizi ite ini.irm u« vjiat baa become of
¡trasa-
«(•ntleineti thai Upbraided o- for what wnaald iboui
<ll lujra!ty ti! Tr vt« ononiy Inform ti« whether thev
I * " at. a tfi eitl*M) of 'tbat cqbh'.v art ' ' '
totion to the of the conntn W
•«Id W .
their denlro for
iW their own..rld<* nt opinion agaliiat ti PPM.
iple people. and who, tó tJwjtr Jj «M orjhoart , woald
vtm the,r Ntl^r propbeala. of laat year
fulfltted vban oar..ooun ry osvéd I
We fear oárown friend thoro have allowed famili-
arity with disloyalty to lead them.to disregard It. We
bejr them to bo out, Into tbe ' oral dl«'rloie and refreah
their p*trlotS cn. They needn't eonte lu trnch «ecwsiou
bet bed* at waa Heunton aud many other of the lower
country dUt riots. Go to many of the tiernian neiirb-
boftooda, wbero the women and children/) ow salilvaie
the eoir Hoto ('
faith thi'
th S'üMi
ha nova thouaand men Í.
of tbclr áountry, Go anjwhero, everywhere, oat «f
the poboued atmosphere of the Mipltal and drink itt
—MUiliHÉMfidÉiiiillÉiifi ;
hloh
We may 1
mIR PHP
with the hlr of hen vim refrefhlt-c draaghtaof patrl itiam
whteb now pervades tbe whole State :
Ihoaewhot
o< to It We do not obey the" a"o?^tiona of Sbhfaí
r«g tonine Oar information come front moderate, ,nar,1 41!
dlanraet, and obsei vintr people who, after aojimrnlng a ínf? ever ,eac"c<1 our I**©n f Ail your eBVi
daya In Au-Ut. lotve, In ujore 1 -rtanot* than out, * * * *
0 thlnn'a we liked eol to hear.
'« have been urit -d not toape k o boldly, leatt the
ny might hear that he ba* friend among na. We
tell inore whoMbink ao, thai the enemy already Khowr-
't ter better thtvn we ournelve* i
Wha' If their numbers.few-; by «o much the hotter
can they machinate ¡«t «eeret for our HJury. Bóppoen
mug,... "
hero be hot half a d
Virginia," and sent by mail, not by or to an
agent; and postmasters will not enclose pro
's fot letters of Jmv kind) in tbeir quar-
- returns.
17. The contracts are to be executed and
retained to'the department by or Before the
lii day of August 1868; but the service mu-t
ba commenced on the 1st July preceding, or
on the mail day next after that date, whether
tb<# contracts be executed or not. No propo-
sition to transfer will bo considered until the
contracts are executed and received at the
department; and then no transfer will be al-
lowed unless good and. sufficint reasons there-
for are given, to be determined by the depart-
ment. In all cases the retiring contractor
will be required to become one of the sureties
on the new contract
18. Postmasters at offices on or near rail-
roads, but more than eighty rods from a sta-
tion, will, immediately after thi? 30th of March
next, report their exact distance from the
nearest station, and how they are otherwise
supplied tirith the mail, to enable the post-
master geuerai' to direct á mail-messenger
supply from the 1st of July next.
19. Section eighteen of an act of congress
approved March 3, 1846, and the 2d section
of an act approved 15th March IP
bidder tendering
guaranties
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hete lam, bid* that promie to trail*
: tht mail with u celerity, certainty, and necur
having bun decided to be the only legal
, are ámtírwd an providing for the cm
, however large, and tehatever maybe
r of Conveyance ntceetary to instm its " ce-
i¡h certaintv^nd security and will have
n of a
- regular
for
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din atiyfef i
ii ism tautiount to % iicw Li
received, so aa to interfere
" r the Imt^hotw set
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the northern counties that bave pouro.1
r BoaU to the aupport of Van Dcrn Go to
,1) what, we aay. bet the volee of
ir chanoeto know than wo,.lmi
%&£* ít will be remembered that
Bull-son, of this city, the Agent of the
dier's Aid Society,occupied quite a prominent
position about a year ago in the patriotic
arena. Nothing at that time could exceed
the martial fervor, the generous and disii
" philanthropy an<f the almost '
aPffilflll,,,1,i..,4UJi IIUI.i w ■■■I,....,... I .111 lynn-
eloquence of this apostle of the clothing bu-
reau; day after rifty and week alter week as
the pantaloon; pvercoat and blanket agent, he
continued to shout in the ears of our citizens
tbat now was the timo to unfurl their woolens
and their ebttonades and wrap them about
the shivering forms of our soldiers of our
common country. " Common," be added pa-
thetically, at the same time laying his hand
«•ver the region of his heart, * because it is
yours from birth and mine from choice." We
15AIWUHTF
HRMjf Cuiau%u. iuian.f *
diers of the army of t
^ I have put yon in motion to
the invaders of your country,
tion and diseinlined vain-- V
fighting as you are, for all 1
ing for, you <$p jSat i
over the agrarian me
sent to <|espoil you of '
prosperity and yonr hon"
volved in this contest; remember ifch® ,
dence of you mothers, your wivei. your
sisters, and your ohildren, is uooit the result.
all know how he fulfilled bis commission— th^happy'homes^ind'the*ties that^wouid"^'
how, fixing his eyes upon the naked forms of
cttr brave boyn in the trenches at Manassaa,
be struggled on with bis cohvoy of clothing
floods and
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how politonoos njt«m
. What a aloud overhao<a tbe
it where they are located1 How terrible the deelruo-
moepber I their
'oiitbeyarom
They hare vuluntart
nlMzen* lp in the
.Ms tMtwvowa. „,..rnipi p ,m
nfederate States Whatever thwy think agalnrt the
vertiment la a trtítofon themahi. Wttatevar they
• an)nat It i*a tniltcrooawor^- a- * • '•
tlr hand airalnetM and they will eo
treaaon tliut will ootiMgn them to
through ioe, snow, mud, mountains
drouths .until he laid our ~
bleiedtag feet. But *Jiw,1py w
place not your trust in princes said the dying
Strafford—place not your trust in tbe fickle
fleeting favors of the vox populi.;, O Bull-son,
for thou may'st put a score of ooata upon tby
balance of the soldiers dot^ tato^t^^-
cio^ 1 ockets, and yetveiily the ingratitude
of tbe people will pierce through all to thy
patriotic back.
Down slanderers ! who told you the cloth-
Jfflfe
ómed shafts' wfil fall harmless from the proad
breast of our clothing hero, the first to throw
tmusell into the great Southern war current
when it assumed a woolen aspect. If there is
any thing needed to fill up the picture of this
man's disinterestedness and patriotic glory,
md bow down withriUime your slanderou*
their ■
P&&PVMN|HM|
by the law Itaelf.
dome of the e men to
and Jet I bom but lilt
eornmlt the overt act
tbe tr Itor'a doom
m ¿ML WKSWmX
vtfwod their e «e In thiallghtl A good pa'riots aawe
know nine tentba tf not. nlnety-n n- hundretiia of the
oltlwntf of Tr«vt« county to bo—we ask. tt'em If It.ban
oonurréd >othi.m thai men who thlt k treason, and pri
vaiel- hv*ok trea-on. may not be treasonable "A* *
s TBlSlUlTH IN VI IMtl, • IS Hi." . .
HbeVe. and all e.ae w® bave a1d, la «object to the
-Hon that If w4 have done any ro*n injuxtlee, wo
y be too ready to render all due apolo«v wheu
laabown Until then let it atf.id -Houston
ThltgrapK.
The Union *hriekers of tbis city may be
divided into the deceivers and the deceived—
the number of tbe former perhaps remain new
th«* old srandard, those of the latter have
dwindled to less tbaa three score and are still
dwindling-—the deceivers are soiptails' and
prefer whining, wheedling and lick-spittliut.,
t.. a l ol.i, upright, manly course- the. deceived
are brave, patriotic and ready to fight under
the banner of the Confederacy. We have
«vt-ey confidence In tho patriotism. ¿Ofcet
immature company" of thirty-five, and in
their Captain, who, we bolieve, could succeed
in raising a full company if the soaptail influ-
ence tould be shaken off. The soaps hold
them as a rosarte fiom-which to procure sab-
stitutes should any of their number be drafted
This h iding in cbeck for a* time, to wswer
their ©Wis selfish put poses, few brave spirits,
anxious to rufeh into the fight, is about the
sum and substance of the treason of the de-
ceivers—the soaps. TttHtors! do you seriously
and without jesting Mr. Telegraph eall such
things traitors 1 Why Arnold though a
traitor was a proud bad man, and a distin-
guished soldier. Judas, waa a bold, daring
politician,- who,^believing with the rest of the
apostles, that Christ came to establish a tem-
áissolved and desolated by our
, Tlle eyes and hopes of eight millione of
tfeopie rest upon yoii. You are expected to
show yourselves worthy of your race, and
your lineagej worthy of the women of the
South, whose noble devotiens in this war has
never been exceded, at any time.
With such incentives to brave deeds, and
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in the trust that God is with us, your Gen-
erals will lead you confidently to the combat,
fiilly assured of ultimate and glorious succeaa.
HKSTOK, Gen. Corn'g.
i enemylrave
ttuell is report "
shore of the Ten:
with a column from Nashville.
The Confederate army is
trating, and ar^confident of
MdiSttBjHHitH
be near the eastern br$ÍÍ
river, in conjunction
idly coi
By Wednesday Morning's Mail,
MORE OF THE O HEAT VICTOHTI
Second Bay'a Flghtlnf on Tetan., River I
—
OVK 14 8 UKAVT1
finrmy Driven Across tit* ]
beads, go to the State Department, or Adju-
tant General's offlcj, and you will there find
that the Cosmoplitan heart of Capt. Bull-son
beats over a latter surface than this pent
up utiea of Southern States, andthat clutching
with both hands the union jack of old Eng-
land, he prays to be exempted from the perils
of Yankee bullets and the privilege of defend-
ing the W of his choice.
¡&T At 11 o'clock, A. M., on Wednesday,
divige service was held in several of our
churches, and tt anksgiving offered for tbe
signal victory achieved by our troops at
Shilrth The bell óf Sj. David's, the Episco-
palkn church, rang joyfully the night before,
in commemoration of the same glad tidings
—the first time that it has so sounded since
the commenrement of the war. There was
not a UniQh Shrieker present in the large
eoocouree that crowded the church of St.
David; perh i« they were by tbe banks ot
some imaginary Babylon, with tb
upon the willow, and weeping bitter
over the destruction and demolition of hopes
nerér tobe
TBS THOUSAND
* -
Klgtateen Butte
PRISONERS
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Capiat
FROM MISSOURI !
TABfiSl
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Csptarvd: ':mɡ
¡Éiji
HsHi
[emphis, ApíJil f
The enemy's
day afternoon b^
Airy, which captured a
■ drove '
MrikiaHiai
Forest was
'!or troops
ibi
are^minpup. A part of them arrive
M ce of Gen. Hardee suffered t
in the recent eBjragement. . There were 1
<p ^ nMmmmmmmm
ceived here last night Irom the battle field
on 7th, at 2 p. M., states that tho onémy was
reinforced by a division 4of seven thousand
strong from below, and engaged us again in
the morning at: sunrise.
A desperate battle followed.
morning our center and left were
The enemy was driven back,
the attack with great vigor wit
consisting probably of Buell's colu
The battle was raging and the fire was
terrible.
Our loss was heavy. Gens. Bowen and
arid Clark were woanJed, and Gen. Cheat!
injured. Col. Bloythe, of Mississippi, kill
and Sanfotd's battery capti
in killed and wow
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tottóei ^
loosa, Ala. |
emphis, A|nl^9.
"STthe^th!* He
-ed, and would
Battíe
7th, (via Corinth, Ai
compelled to fall back
site of the enei
on account oí i
(TiinhdAts Qjv] MI
g 8ÍKty thousan
As we go press Heaven's artillery
and the merrv prattle of túo rain, gives us
warning that the blockade wiiffail to accom-
plish its cruel mission, and
the State—li
providence.
See «tvertisement
for msnnfacturing oil .eat of
tried it, and can recommend K JLr J ,
to any we nave ever used. Give it a trial
tar coi. A. M
at Houston, has our-
poral Kingdom, and tired of what be deemod
the irresolution and inactivity of his Master, ^
thought he would bnng matters to a crisis by t>^t mpf i |? A DTi
enabling the jews to arrest and tt> attempt to JJ X X Ilti^rJUlvaX XJL'
punish htm. lie thought the Christ would
annihilate his assailants, declare himself the
Messiah and establish his earthly throhej but
having discovered in the condemnation and
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be necessary to provide for ".the due celerity, hi# mission, and his own calamitous error, he
.^u„nrM,,h r,a„ ™,.Kr;„n->S threw the money to the dogs he had hoped to
I to destruction, and then, In the extremity
Ms despair, deprived himself of life. l>o
lead
of his despair,
not these sámeles from the pages of traitor-
dom speak tmmpet-tongued against your sus
picions? What! a soap tail, a thing destitute
óf p«lit¡cél sex, neither pro nor con, for the
war iói'lpinst the war, do you seriousfy uJl
it a traitor'? Don't, fear for u#- Mr. Tele-
graph, hearken not to the voice of the so-
journer for a few hours in our city. Our
air is pure, our soaps
> soaps in all other parts of the
harmless, innoxious, and ready
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failure to enter into or f
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ÍmusT^ally wkh ítí
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Smld of Q
in l
o'clock this afi
This second day's l
test conflict ever
tódwiwiilaffi
p.
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wounded from
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waving
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day and two
across ^
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By Satt
IMTERKSTINO FÍ
.beáte-iw
captnred 18 bat
We |re indebted
Austin for the
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. A. 8. Johnston*
liATBMT FROM BO
bloody
Mérkfti
ed. The
unhurt^.
To Dr. W. G. At
«tai
as follows from the
of last Staturday
xcept from
arrived
ípL pin
found the
aation ens
great defeat of
outini '
to the
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Marshall, John. The Weekly Texas State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 19, 1862, newspaper, April 19, 1862; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth182326/m1/3/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.