The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 17, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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J. P. OSTKRHOÜT, Editor,
BdMDi^lUiila County, Tmuw.
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M -JANUARY 17. 1866.
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J. ThbOard of the Ffcnnin House.
#1¡appear this week. Col, Murray has
'«the reputation of keeping « flirt class
MM«i.
ii-h Tub Nbw Tbxa* Sbribb.—While
. in Houston last week, wo were pre-
J sented, by tlie Publishers, with some
copies of tliia,««ríe of School Books
• 'We merely wish to mention the fact
Jfcow. and shall take occasion liureai
4 ter to speak of them severally: ¡ W
•j think the Spelling Book, and the
. Header, models of Books for the pur-
eposes designed. We bare not yet
examined the others.
Retorvbd.—H. Millet:, Esq., re-
turned from Brownsville oti Thurs-
day last.^ Wh ars ind.vbt«d to him
for the loan of some Now York nnc
London papers. Somo of the New
York piptfts *cre dated as late as
fhe I0;h of December last. We
•lull feel obliged to any friends re-
turning from Mexico for a repetition
of such favors.
Gauubx Sebds.—At this season
%0f th i ^éar, there is a general in-
quiry for garden eedí ; ánd we pre-
sume many will be obliged to us, if
wo will inform them where they
can get good seeds and plenty of
them. Jamos Bnrke of Houston
has a Full supply ; and you can pro
Cure as man/as you want there
He has also a large amount of books
paper^lc., which he sells at reasons^
ble prices, fur the times. There is a
contipual run of customers there for
garden seeds, aud though we think
he will keep-supplied, yet to bo
sure áüd get your seeds in time, you
bad better not delay too ¿orfg, but
"linrry up your batter cakes."
We feel authorized to state that
no point on the Texas coast, will be
yielded to the enf>my In casé of ■ at-
tack In whatever force without
determined resistance, with, all the
means it is possible to . concentrate.
Every preparation has been made,
is "bung made, and will continue to
be made, to prevent their ever obtain-
ing any foothold on- our . territory.
They Will bo (ought a 1'outranct. If
any impression has existed to the
contrary, it lias been produced by
alarmists, or by those wholly unac-
qufdnted*witl¿ the facts, and with
the resolute n:id firm spirit Of our
military commander.—TV/^a^A.
The Rusk IfcusK, now under the
sole management of R. 0.. Love as
Proprietor, Ih considered one of the
♦est bouses in the State. In fact,
we think It a better b ouse now than
it bas been for many a day before
We have tried it.
From the Galv'n News. Jan. 13,J
¿'.«ftiMMffrfcmwrr Jan., lltb '65.
Dkab Níws t—Hood baa safety
crossed tbs Tenbessee river, whiere
j irobably lie wül take up his winter
quarters. Forrest captured tho town
of Lawrencébürg, Tennessee, with
it gOrfison of nvo hundred men.
Lawreuceburg is forty miles from
Florence, Alabama. r- - ■ M. E. |
From the Meridin Clarion Dec. 28]
The military bill which reéíMfly
assed Congress, places reserves, as
rag as they ere in the, service, iii
the position of regular forces, and
anbjects them to the same liability of
change of place as tin? regular army.
Hdqir's Army of Tenn., 6 miles '
from Nashville, via Mobile, Dec..
0th.1861. '
Ílotí. J. A.- Shddon :-rAbout 4
P. M. on the ígth we attacked the
enemy at Frankliu and drOve fliieim
from their ontw lines and' temporary
wo ks into their inner lilies, which
lliey evacuated during the night,
leaving their dead and wounded in
!ottr possensionnnd jetíeated ta $nsh-
vntó clopely persued by onr cavalry.
W;« captured several stands of colors
aud aoout 1,000 prisoners, Our
troops fought with great gallantry.
\Vt> have to'lamertt the loss pf*.maiiy
gallant officers and brave mert, ^' ,'^.
Major Gen. Adams, Gist, Sttohl
and Cranberry were, killed—Major
Gen. John Brown, Brigadier Gen,
Carter, Mongault.-Quarles, Crockett
aud Scott'were WOunded-^Biii'giGen.
Gordon captured. f
(Signed) J, B. HOOD, Gen.
lu a subsequent telegram' from
Gen. Hood,.he soys our lots, in ofli
tere is excessively large in propor-
tion tb the loss of men. Capt. Ed-
ward Collier states that at Jackson'
Mississippi he saw a dispatch dated
the 24th December, which stated
that the Yankee accouiit of the de-
feat of Hood wab greatly exaggerated
and óot credited. On the 26th a
body of Federal cavalry supposed to
lie five hundred strong, su
tttrned up at Verona on the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad* fourteen utiles
above Okalona, capturing the place
aud some few prisoners, Mon
night tlifey camped five miles from
Okalona aud Ou the 27th, engaged
our forces in that vicinity—result
not known. , ' , .! , <
Troops were hurried to the point
In sufficient numbers to drive the
ei>emy from the place and restore
communication wi|h<Goiinth
. RicHMON P, Dec. 19—The House
of Delegates of Virginia unanimous-
* a series of resolutions (9
ti'.1
The following
Mrs. Norton' beaut:
"Bingen ob the Rhl
set to music. The Mobile
says it is from the pta of G:
Bi'BOBSf, Esq., a young KentUcl
While it does'not eqnal tito noWe
original—parodies. seldom or néyer
lo—it certainly catches much of its
spirit, a.id is harmonious both in
measure a: d in rhyme* ¡a a mat-
ter of some ngret that the necessi-
ties of the latter gfvé "i6 the Word
""JaUies'f a provincial and strangely
uprpmaiitic pronunciation, as in tfct
third, fourth, sixth And eighth stan
«AS,vwhere it ÍB. made to ríiy*mo with
"dreArns," "gleoinb," "thenies'V and
RICHMOND. ON THE JAMES
RT We are indebted to James
Burke of the Garden Seed Store
Houston, f ir a copy of the Con fed*,
rate Álmannc for 1865. It is welt
got op and gives all tbe information
necessary ill an Almanac, besides a
good deal not absolutely necessary
but very Interestlngand useful. Price
twenty five cents.
IVntlce thinks tbe stream of
e/tbat flows fmm WaAington
0 ;fi
IN THE CO
BV EXII.E.
mm
A soldier boy from Bourbon lay. gsnping'
011 the field.
When tl.'o bnttle ahóok wan over and the
foe wSs torced toyl(;ltl 5. , f, "
Ho fell a youthful hero hsforo the foe-
itirtii' liimtr;
On a bloiMl-red field ne|iV Itichmond—oe«r
Klchinond on '-*
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p - •B'l/v,.-,
atííid'bfoNóihs ín^ leaves, in shadow
and sunshídíl; ib moonlighi and stárr
light,J^jainVW)isi;''d(tfw, Jrost
aud drought, btit in thé open cam-,
wiign. fchd tUideir flie'wue' dome that'
s bounded \fy ttíe lloViK^i only. It
is'á'good thpg to liave a well , 'with
driiipitig buckets, ájporch with honfy
dial nrnssed'rtvi'r. iVV lib the ■ eaves,
curtains of dimity, a iuníbler of/reeli
flowei-s ytuii1 lied-róom, a rooster
on the roof and ft dog under the
ie«.
1
the
IPe ««Id. "I charge thee, comrade
fribnd in daya of yore,
Of the fnr, fur dintant dear onea thst il
ihall aee no more,
Tbu' Keatc* toy lipa cun wljiaper their
dear and well Known names.
To bear to them my blessing front Rijrh-
mond on the Junius.
'•Bear my good sword to my brother, and
the Binlao upon my breastv,
Tothe yoiing and gentle siatertliut.I Used
to love the best; , u, ,, ,
Bnt oóe t< ek from my fo ehesd giro the
mother still tlmt djeiima
Of her soldier boy n nr UicUmond—nomj
llichuiond on .the James. .
"Oh, I wish that mother's arm were
folded round me now,
That her' gentle hpd ion id linger one
moment on my brow ; .
Bnt 1 knbw that shn is .praying where,our'
blesced hearth-light gleams,
For her soldier's wife ret ui^i from Eieh
mond on the James.'
. .
"Aodoti my .henrt, -lear eomrnde, elo e
lay tb ese tint brown braids
Of one thrttwfts the fairest of all our
village tntii''* ;
We were to hnve heen wedded, but death
the bridegroom cínims,
And She is fiir that loves ino from Bicb
i,v mond on the James.
Ob does the pale f ee haunt; her, dear
,that Ipil en thee t
ighiiig, singing, in carelcus
at lo iks on thee t
day, dttclttri^c that Virginia remains
unshaken in tier purpose neprer to
submit to tbe despotism of the North,'
and that it is tliw duty of the pOh*.
federate Government to continue to
devote its energies to. a vigorous
prosecution of the war, as only by
•the suco * of iritis ¿an wv obtain an
honorable peace htid preserve the
sovereignty of the States and people,
and that the General: Assembly will
not listen to any propositions for
suffering any negotiations inconsis-
tent with the Confederate Constitu-
tion.
Judge Magrj^h, of- Charleston,
knef been elected Governor of South
Carolina.
Gen.' Hood fell bock from Nash-
ville to protect his communication^
as be learned Xhiit tlw enemy were
landliig forcea in his ¡rear on the
Tennessee river, ,M. E.
í HoodVLatb Disaster.-t-Gen.
Hood dfitat-hed Gen. Fom*t,; villi
the whole of his cavalry and a part
of his own infantry, to strike a blnw
at the Federal force (5Q00 or 6000
strring) upder the command of Mllroy
and Rneseau at Murfresboro'. The
Federals taking advantage of thlsij the magnify
division of our nrmy, mad« a furious ghis country
assault upon otlr forces before Nash i* fi.Jt ibaf t r
*jjle, and finally compelled them to thatlhen-cent
0¿ U shi" lii!..
girlish gtoo ?
It mav be she is joyous and loves but
joyous, themes,
Nor dreams her love lies bleeding near
Richmond on the Jame -.
"And thoueh I know, dear "Comrade
thou'lt miss me for a whil !. 1 '
When their face?—-all . that kived thee
•¡I again on thee filial! smile;
~ *hOi
Again thou'lt he th • foremost in all their
riufe'neajnlkmond-nearEkh-
mond on the James."
And far from^all thnt lov'd him that youth-
Unknown ^amon^ th/thousands of those
his eoun'ry weep ! j i i'
Bat no higher heart nor ¡braver than his at
.i wv sunset's beams, .. iV. .„ , „?■.;
Was laid that et* near Richmond—near
Richmond on the James.
The land Is filled with' mourning, f)rom
hall an* eot left lone,
We miss the well-known faces that listed to
greet • ur«Wn¡
And, long poor wives and mothers shall
weep rnd titled dames
To hear the name of Richmond—of Rich
mond on the Jame .
..
Tirst wo
neiglibor^hoi %t.
Fiwnliy/w.¡
• When Mi-s. Spnrrowgrass pnd f
tnoV>'d'info the ¿bitiury, with our
^"'1 of fresb butter . and co(>i'
itiii
n good laying % fupply with
freih eggs ' eVery mdrniDg; when
Mrs. Sjiiniovvgiuss mid I moved in-
to, the countiy, we 'found some pre-
conceived notions had' to be aban-
doned, and some' 'departures made
fi;o,m < lio, plans we had laid • now it in
the Ijjttle back parlor in Avenue G,
pQikt óf tbeMhÉr1
the Counf^y is ^nr ^
Itiiktriwith'themm-*-^w. . -,,.111
is ou the grass, "under the open eye-
lids of the morn'," and so forth.
Whfit enh be done with five or six
o'clock in the town? Wliat can bo
doase with fliose hours in the coun-
try i With the hde,' the 'rakb,1 Hie
^pade,'the watering-pot I To plant,
to prime, drill, transplant, grwjft,
trim and sprinkle I Mib. S. and 1
agrded to íisé early in the
■A;friend lec&mtneitds Vnft to send
for some vety prolific potatoes—the
real hippopotamus breed* Down
Went my man,' and with expenses
of liorsu hire, tftverti bills, toll-gate,
and breakinga wagon, the hippotumus
cost as much «piece as ipino apples,
'''i'"" were h|ie potatoes tliongli
iuíjt recovering frr:m, /i
jimbas torn up t^jpatc
been sown for our spf
A,good. strong gate,
strong, heavy
uoge,* 0 lliat U wjillnHJ
nor shut. Sucha one :1
year. -The grounds befoi
«rt)'«ll :ih common,'jitid'«1
bors' cowb pasture íhére I
ec to Mrs. ®. as l.storid «ti
^''in Juné«Jsrt .h«WIpl
picturesque the caflle look
¡trilled aloubr.<ccdpj«ng.'itfl
jijrbtige. - Nexí moinitig l td
iniíocent creatutés in< ^iiy'
They lntd.jaot Jeff a gfrwi'mhinj
itji The ,corq in tbe ¿wlk, the b
on the pqjes, the Joung cabbng
the tender lettuce.,,oVrt the
shoots 011 my young trees «liad >
¡shed. Alto there they «vdft , - Tool
with comply fontute^,(nud large lan-
guisl'.litg e)fS, that promised increase
of family without delay. As 1
worked my own g«rdeii, (t'or which
1 hired a landscape gardener nt ,t>vo
dolíais por day to give ' me iiiSt.ruc
jtibris;) 1 concluded that my fi;
perience in early rieiiij* : 's|iou
the planting of thé
ex
, o'amnses.
1 atcorditlgTy rosy |ho Uex't .day nt
0, and it rained ! I roso « the next
day at'5, and it rained ! • It rained
for two weeks! We had splendU.
potatoes iH-oi y day for dinner,
j "My dear,-' said I to Mrs'.- Spar-
■ A.-t. . ■' * ou éet'these
v L',:
o,wgra 8, "where did
fitie potatoes'?" "W
iiiliocently, "out of that
punish conspiracy
federate State*,"
CP* The Confederate tlouse of
Representatives has passed a bill to
be entitled, ''an act to define nnd
SÍMÍ11 w;
The pebnlty >a •
i)g (45000. and im-
exceedirtg «Vé yéárii.
Tbe SoAóÁ TiynV ; In an I
headed 'Cotton,, says: Lonking
* e cotton rrndt
withdrnw, but nbk "with, •
like the Iqiss mentioned by "
In bis rejjort, and with eevere loss nn
his own aide, Tbe St. L^Wj .pemo-
H
to
frtrftm ih
4. *ati«
eritrt"
flaw
■ .
been attended withsolitt!
téí, and should Ae TeW weeks
pass off, aa there is unison to bope fcjtfil
tany resulta wf á cbawcter
comu
■ ty will have groum H|
in th« stability tbat has been sh(
Dpi
tht
Wild she
iket /rom
, , '!<{ '■' ■
j The last of tjie hippotamuseS were
before mé, pealed and boiled ami
mashed and baked, and with a nice
brown crust 011 the top. I was more
successful afterward. I did get sqine
tine Seed potatoes in the ground
Bnt s^ihething was tbs matter; at
the end of tin) season I did not get
as many out as 1 put in, •;
Mrs. SparroWgri $ í wtio wás
notable house-Wife, said tó ■ me one
diaVi "Now, my rieár,
have soon plenty of eg
been buying a hit of y01
• j There they were, eá
nt ny^iathers as a
iiot loiuler.
forward with
M) 11m"period" Wheti ~t
should announce the :
warmly deposited in
we had provided bount
grew finely, and ftiu tlft.,
to remark tiiat oifr henB' had remark-
ible combs, to whicb Mrt Si replied
"yes, Weed,- she nl *
Wanted a real li
ip early in tbe
I jCTOW/1 ...
4'«¿row,"said i.
mm
ing qidetly at the .rum they had
made. Car watch dog iorcgatjiering
with fhem. It was too much, bo I
got a largo stick and drove, them till
(M,, except a young heiftr, which I
chased a/i;ov<^ iI «,jBí'1 <'1Í1a'^, bri-ak-
ing .down my trellifls. inv rosi s and
petunias, ^litil I coim-red lo r in a
hot bed- I liad to call'tdr nSrisfiUH'O
t<^extricatujier from the sofhes* an«f
her owner Sued me. for damages a id
recpwri'd. 1 believe I shúll inovo
>9•' ; •'w||K'
Bivalve R-a« up at Shr. veport last
summer and hn« givei\IU3 SOVHO of hift
profound vivtys oif matters m'id thing* '¡¿M
in that liipli military Vegion. í.le Vim
:fitJ¡«íHhg in front of a iivei V stable
Aen lM, spied a dai^y ^ittg a*
wiih ti glass m his hi'nd. fn.eaid ^
was n goodly-^ portion i/f brandy f
a fair proportion Of ice. li. was it*
itive enough fo osk for w)i. |n irw« h a
luxury co\pd lie, and was ,tpld tk*t¿" it
was to cqol the coppers.off, an officer
who slept around t.hp ?pnvr. Ho
iurlher was Informed tli^t wdjl ofijeer :
re^uifed ono ^uvli drijik Lefwe h«# ,
tould get uji, and two mine byfore lie
collid ed his .breakfast. i«'lt the- "
Sfobtesnnd" was poofi ni'S^'ed; by
Officer of Ills acquaintance («f t1
á^me grade,as t)ie former ;ó«e, *1
Citf'ain) and ,}nxit,«4 to take a dnt
iÚ .view of the, ice,, hp jcpusentei'
before, they' were
others which made five wlw 1
dfi'ik-at^ho Citptnin's m
^ltowjng question was
suggested to the mW
receive h'snlairy of Que •
thirty dollani per
government, wicli nmouB
tVy/beii
that some font, or
tltdf aftef- k "
maArOdfil
and
HI
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 17, 1865, newspaper, January 17, 1865; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177172/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.