The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 27, 1864 Page: 2 of 2
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•ni'i;i,,.bor. '¿Uit L G
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at Posi,
condition
short
Kwiiig's speech, delivered
.July 29th, will ebow^the
of things in Missouri.
"To the rebel sympathisers I hav
n few words to say. You have here
toforo fed, sheltered, stood guard
and played spy i'orj tint ^guerrillas
and have dono thfrni as much good
and us as much harm us possible.
It has been impracticable for the
United títutes troopjB, at uemote sta
Uonts. to catch you |ntj|yourj work
Your loyal neighbors armed and or,
gnnized, Vill watch you now. If
you are guilty of a repetition of dis
loyal acts, they will detect you, and
you will bo killed as guerrillas; Your
friends in Platte and Clay counties,
Who have kept their sons in Price's
army since the war begun, and have
heen feeding and hiding Colonels
Thornton and Winston, and their
recruits all winter, are reaping now
<ho just reward of their crimes,
Look at the slaughter and lire and
panic among them; learn that the
*lay of forehearance with secret trea-
son is past, and determine whether
their fate «hall be yours. If you
do not want that fate, then help the
loyal men in restoring pence. This
is a question on which the loyal peo-
ple, when armed, win suffer no neu-
trality. You will have to aid them
or be treated as pnblic enemies. And
if the loyal men should fail to arm
nnd take your case in their hands,
the time has about come when the
military authorities must retaliate on
yon the outrages committed by your
armed allies. It must soon come to
this, that where the guerrillas kill
loyal unarmed citizen, one of
will be killed in retaliation;
where they rob such n citizen, your
goods will be taken to make good
the loss.
The General Government has not
troops unongh in the State, to spare
from the chief towns and depots, to
put a corporal's guard in each coun-
ty for Stunting guerrillas. •>- A remedy
offered you by this order—the
• inly effectual one which is or wUt.be
at your command. It you adopt the
proffered means and organize prompt-
ly and thoroughly, you will secure
safety for yourselves, your families
and your property. If you reject
or neglect them it is easy to tell vour
fortunes. Guerrillas will be invited,
by your apathy, to come liere from
sections where the people are armed
against them. The niost radical
M ill be killed or driven off first, and
the richest robbed. Your roads Will
be white with the xvngoiw Of loyal
Uten fleeing in poverty from their
lióme*. As your numbers and prop-
pert y become reduced, murders and
robberies will tail heavier on you,
until, in despair, the last .Union man
will abandon the country to that des-
truction which rightly follows the
expulsion or murder of the loyal
people by their rebel neighbors.
you
and
Hkbnham, Tkxak,Sept. 9th. ISGf
Kd. Nbww :—I send you a sample
| -of wool dyed by Mrs. Caldwell and
her daughter,,Miss Kate Caldwell.
It is the only hoine dye I have seen
that strong soap and hot water will
not fade.
I'ltoCKOS.—Take the pear from
J the large size cactus, bruise it well,
I put in a tub, a layer of the bruised
I pe/n> and then a thin layer of wool
I and continue that until the tub is
j nearly full, put R light weight on it,
I add no watér. set it in the sua or by
1 a stove fot six or eight days and you
| have the color of the sample. Noth-
tc is required to set the color.
J.K.M.
The siunple oan he seen at our
lee. It Is what the ladies call
Iferrsno color (we have no name
it.) St isa wádUl purple. Wo
heartily glad At etery success of
XL We become self
niniuf and self supplying, we
nerer.be a Oso j
- Ketn.
from the London Index.
J. E. B. S'^UAUT.
Since the death of Stonewall Jack
son, the Confederacy has sustained
no heavier loss than has befallen her
in the untimely close of the brilliant
career of Major Can. James K. B
Stuart. Both born leaders of men.
and inspiring their followers with the
same confidence and devotion, trod
the same path, fought the samo fight,
and have shared the same fate, struck
down in the front of the battle at the
moment of victory, with t^ie cheers
of triumph ringing in their ears,
fitting requiem. This terrible war
demands cruel sacrifices. The noblest
and the best freely offer Up their
lives to 1t.
It was in 1854 that young Stuart
received his commission in the United
States army as second Lieutenant in
a mounted rifle corps. A year later
htí was transferred to the 1st regular
cavalry, with General Johnston, now
commanding the Confederate army
in Georgia, as his Lieutenant-Colonel,
and Sumner, who died lately in the
Federal service as Colonel.
When the present war broke out,
lie ceased to hold a commission in
the United States army, notwith-
standing the offer of a captaincy by
Mr. Lincoln's cabinet, and was one
of the first officers appointed to the
command of a Virginia cavalry regi-
ment. At the battle of Bull Run Tie
was placed at the head of the small
cavalry fil-ce co-operating wijth Gen.
Johnston; and in the desultorv fight-
ing which took place in Virginia
after that battle, he at once estab-
lished that superiority of the Confed-
erate cavalry over their opponents,
which, despite heavy odds and many
obvious disadvantages, has never
been doubtful in Virginia. His first
great exploit, however, and the one
which brought him nt once into not'o
as one of the best cavalry, leaders of
the day. was his famous ride round
McClellan's army, in the IVuinsnla
in the month of .June, 3 862. With
force of about GUQ sabres and two
pieces of flying artillery, he sallied
from the Confederate lines at lticln
rhond, reached the I'amunkey, des-
troying supplies, making captures
and creating consternation wherever
lie went; clearing all obstacles, charg-
ing wherever an enemy presented
himself, and finally crossing the
Chickahoiniuy at Bottom's Bridge,
after having riddenrotmd McClellan's
enormous army, and ascertained all
that wiis necessary for the execution
of that brilliant, movement which
resulted in tile defeat of McCleHati
and his ultimate withdrawal Iroiu the
Peninsula, Once again Stuart was
the herald of disaster to the army of
the Potomac, in the month flf August,
lHfiá, when General Pope Was in
o'inmaíid. With a comparatively
small force lie niade.a dash upon the
ght Hank of the e.iemy, penetrating
to the headquarters of ( en eral Pope,
capturing all his papers, his dress
uniform, several of the officers of his
staff, and destroying a vast amount
of military stores. On this occasion
character, and then
by settling up.
as in the Peninsula, his bold raid
was but the precursor of Stonewall
Jackson's attack. In both cases it
was Stuart who led the way. end
Jackson who struck the blow and it
may be doubted whe.her the dashing
cavalry raid or the brilliant infantry
attack had more to do with the.suc-
cessful result. Later in the- same
year Stuart performed a still greater
feat. .
Whilst McClellan was pursuing
Lee southward after the battle of
Antietam creek, Stuart, with 2Ó00
picked troopers and a half a dozen
light guns, stole round the right wing
of the Federals, crossed the Potomac
a little north of Williamaport, en-
tered Maryland passed rapidly through
Mercersburg and OhambersWurg, and
finally («crossed the Potomac about
fifteen miles from Washington, far to
the left off McClellan'a army, with
the loas at one killed and seven
wounded. The retails of hie raid
were the captare of number of priso-
ners, the destruction of ▼««* stores o(
tgpliee and arms, and the transfer
of two or three thousand
to We given a marked
► Confederate strategy
which'has over and over again been
the bulwark of the Confederacy.
Personally, J. E. B. Stuait will
bo, perhaps, more lamented than any
Confederate General who lias fallen.
His noble features and manly figure,
bis easy carriage and fine Beat, his
never-failing spirits, his personal
gallantry, his daring enthusiasm, his
unfailing devotion, endeared him to
his men and all who knew him. They
will hear no more the ringing 'Charge, ~
thet made every man of them grip
his saddle more closely, and cleuch
his hand more firmly on bis sword
hilt. They will never see again the
gleaming blade that so often led
them safely through the thickest of
the fight. But his memory will be
one more prize to the chivalry of the
South, and his loss will be avenged.
But Bohiewhere in Virginia there is
a home that will know this fearless
soldier no more, and there will be
sorrow that cannot be comforfed.
God grant that the days of peace be
not far distant,(and that the blood of
this Virginia hero, sprung " from the
race of kings, and in his death wor-
thily redeeming the splendid memo-
ries of an ancient dynasty, has not
been poured out in dain.
How a Union Soldikr Died.—
"Carleton," of the Boston Journal
describes the death of Edward M.
Schneider, 57th Massachusetts, son
of Dr. Schneider, the venerable
American missionary at Aintab,
Turkey. Young Schneider left Phil-
lips' Academy, Andover, to enlist.
He was only 17 years old:
"On the march from Amapolis,
he (young as he was and unaccustom-
ed to hardships) kept his place in
the ranks, not once falling out, from
the encampment by the waters of
the Chesapeake to the Rapidan. He
was slightly wounded on the North
Anna, and was sent to Port Royal
for transportation to Wasbington, but
of bis own accord, return to his regi-
ment, joining at Coal Harbor. While
preparing for the charge on the
enemy's works on the 17tli, beyond
the Dunn house, he said to the chap-
lain, 'I intend to bo the first one to
enter the works.' The charge was
made, llow grandly they moved
through the woods! How quickly
they swept up to the rebol line of
defensive works, like an ocean billow
upon a break water, rolling over it,
nnd engtilphing all beyond! The
brave young soldier tried to make
good his words. With eager feet lie
led the advance bieaking out from
the line and keeping a rod or two in
advance. He was almost there—not
quite—almost near enough to feel
the hot flash of the rebel musketry
in his face—near enough to be cov-
ered with the sulphurous cloud from
the cannon—when he fell, shot
through t!,ie body. He was carried
to the hospital, with six hundred
and fifty of his division comrades.
He lay all night with his w ,unds
undressed, waiting his turn—not a
murmur escaped his lips. Sabbath
morning came, and with the coming
of light he passed away."
WHKRRAS,atthé JaJjr Term 1964 of
the Hon. County Court of Au«tln county,
the undersigned. wm duly appointed
Administrator of the Estate of William
Sasseuberg, Jr., deceased. All p«Moui
having claims against «aid estate are re-
quired to present the saiue for allowancft
within the time prescribed by law. Aug-
ust 2d 1864. WM. BáSSENGBERG
d45-6t-#
Administrator* Notice.
Whekeah, at the June Term, 1864, of
the Hou. Couuty Court of Austin oounty,
the undersigned whs appointed Adminis-
trator of the Estate of Michael Nawrath
deceased. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to present
the same for allowance within the time
proscribed by law. August 2d, 1864,
d45-6t-* FERDINAND NAWRATH.
HD QRS TRANS-MISS DEPT.
Shreveport, La., June 1 '64.
TO TJIE CITIZENS OF THE
TRANS-MISS. DEPARTMENT
I have deemed it my duty to issue a
GeAeral Order, directing the purchase,
and if necessary the impressment of one
half the Cotton in this Department to
•upply the pressing wants or our armies
in the field.
Your soldiers are the sole reliance for
the defense of the country from invasion
aiul desolation. They have recently fiir
nished you a signal instance of their will-
ingness and ability to defend your homes.
Without munitions of war, clothing and
medicines, they cannot be kept in the field.
These articles can be obtained only by
importation. Cotton is the sole means of
pnrchase. In the same lofty spirit of
latriotism which leads your sons aud
irothers to offer their lives for your pro-
tection, will you not sell to thfe Govern-
ment tho only product by which their
valor can be made effective against the
public enemy ? s
The impressment of Cotton will be
avoided, if possible. But supplies for tho
army must oe had It is left with you to
determine whether, for tho preservation
of your homes, ynu will force the Gov-
ernment to resort to impressment.
E. KIItfiY SMITH,
General Comm • nding.
From Porto Rico.—Tne British
schooner Saladin, G'apt Marsh from
Arroyo, I\ 11., at this „port. reports
that tliero was a general opinion
throughout tho island that there will
be a bountiful crop of sugar nnd
molasses next yeur, as a great deal
of rain has fallen sooner than was
expected; the can< looks very thrifty.
[Ar. Y", Journal of Commerce.
A Female 8py.—Yesterday, Mrs.
Alite Gordon Bennett was received
in this city from the front, to be
tried aa a rebel. spy. It appears
that a few daj s since she made her
way through our lines near Atlanta,
and under disguise, bad severa! com-
munications with tho offioers in com-
mand, after which she endeavored to
make her way back to the South,
While endeavoring to through
the lines, she was arrested and sent
to the City under guard. She states
that her husband is on the Wynona,
one of Ooihmodore Farragut's fleet,
and at her own request she will be
sent to New Orleans for trial.
[LouitviUe Democrat.
. ■
tap* We leam from our exchangee
that the Republican and
a sssw t W ■■ M *l 111
San Antonio Herald, pefers that
have been suspended for sometime
peat have been revived again. Haveft't
seen 'em yet.
IID. QltS. TRANS-MISB DEPT. I
Shreveport, La., June 1st, 1864. J
(¡enernl Orders No, 34.
THE pressing necessity of the armies
in the field make it absolutely necess-
ary that the Government should use one
half of the cotton in this department for
the purchase of naval and military stores
required for the defense of the eoniltry.
Discreet and proper bonded* and com-
uiinsioned officers have been selected,
who will purchase, if possible, the amount
required. If it cannot be obtained by
purchase, they are authorized to impress
it in strict accordance with tho terms
of] the impressment net and the general
orders issued on that subject
District Commanders will furnish them
such assistance as mav Be needed in exe-
cuting this order.
Any attempt at illegal impressment
will he promptly punished on peing re-
ported, wit£inti*factory proof, to district
or department headquarters.
The following officers are charged with
the execution of this order:
Mi\jor A. 8. Cabell,.Maj. W. P. Baughn,
t'apt. F. J. Lynch, Caiít. H. Shropshire,
Capf. W- W, Barrett, CapL N. A. Birge.
All ciiftoti procured by them in Texas
will he placed uudcr the control of Lieut.
Col. W. j. Hutchins, who will use it
solely in procuring army-supplies.
By command of
General E. K1RBY SMITH,
' 8. S. Anderson, A. A. G.
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas papers
copy four times d41 4t.
Special Order
XII. The Texss Cotton Qfbe Is aa
nouneed aa the purehssldg'bému for all
supplies to he procured lee the *1
through ih
trlct of Te
| j| jHHMn
o medium of eotywln the Die.
trict of Texaa.
The authority of *11 agents, in the Die.
trict of Texas, empowered te parehase or,
obtain supplies with cotton, sxoept those
appointed by the Texss Cotton
iked)
Offiee, is
hereby revoked) and hereafter ne seek
agents will bo appointed except by the
Cbtton Officer under authority from Dep't
Headquarters. By command ef
Lt. Gen £. KIKBY SMITH.
S M. Anderson A. A. 0. ,
Shreverort and Texas papers eopy foer
times. d!ttMt
Hea1> Qft'sDSTN'TTSAMS-MlSSlSSWri )
Shreveport Lr., Feb. 13th 1W. \
GENERAL ORDEB8, No, 6.
No impressment of property withirf the
Trans-Mississippi Department, Will he
made without w/itten authority from the
Department Commander, too District
Commanders within their respective Dis-
tricts, or the commshding officer ef sa
army in the Aeld. In all cases of impress-
ment, the authority must be shown oy the
sarties impressing.
By command of ■
Lieut. Gen. E. KIRRY SMITH.
S. 8. Anderson, A. A. %
Louisiana, Arkansas and Tsxss papejs
copy one month. d87-4t
ÜD, QR'S DEPM'T TllANS-MtSSISSIPPI, (
Shreveport, La., Feb. 90th. 1864. f
[EXTRACTO *
SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 49.
• . • • •
XVIII. The provisions of Psragrsph
II, General Orders, No. 4, Current Serie*
fVorn Department headquarters, are taodl-
fied so as to permit persons in the Dis-
trict of Western Louisiana, until the lit
of March, 1863 to enter the Louisiana
State Guard on first being enrolled and
then detailed for the service by the parish
enrolling officer.
By command of
Lieut. Gen. E, KIRBY SMITH.
S. S. Anderson, A- A G.
Administrator
tBON, A,
'• -It
•«ce- m _
ii 4,.of«a
AT the May term A. D. ..
the County Court of Austin cUOhty,
totters of administration were kmtated to, *
the undersigned on the estate of Mí . Fred.
Henniger, dee'd, all persons having claims
against said estate will present!
erlv authenticated within
ribed by law.
d.'ir-Ot
_ the
H.sus: |
Administrator.
& .
Administrators Notice.'
• ^ (
Whereas, at the January Term, Iftty,. \
Couuty Court of Austin
of the Hon.
coi
ed
county, the undersigned was duly appoint-
Adminlstrator of the estate of Joseph,
ii. 0.1.0vk....
■ W. J. DtJOOINO
Rusk House,
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
LOVE, & DUCOING,
PROPRIETORS.
Splendid Accommodations for Ladies.
HD. QRS. TRANS-MI8S DEPT.
Shreveport, La., July SI, 1864. j
GENERALDRDER8 NO. 66.
I. ALL officers and men captured at
Vieksburg. who have «sported at Enter*
prise, Demopolis, Vienna, Naehitocbes,
Bhreveport and Alexandria, at any time
Srlor to the first of April, 1864, have been
eclared duly exchanged by the Commiss-
ioned of Exehsnee. '
All those in this Department who are
embraced in this list, will immediately
rejoin their commands in the field.
By coitimsnd of * 4
Gen. S. KIRBY SMITH.
8.8. Ax«>nasos A. A. G.
Looisisns, Texss snd Arkansas paper*
copy onf month. el-4t.
H. Campbell, deceased. All per
having claims against said estate are
quired to present the same for aliottraSM
within the tiuie prescribed by law.
Travis, August 2d 1864. 4 a . ,
d45-6t" JOHNR. CAMPBELL *
QRS, REHEKV^
,CO*K
«D AK1ZOK
HD.
DlSTHIUt 0.K TF.XAR, NKW MKX1CO A MS i
' Houston, June I6th, J864.
General Orders, No. 9. *
Brig. General Greer. Chief of t|(k¿>. ,
Bureau of Conscription, Trans-MississmT ' ■'
Department, having extendSi the time lor
the enrollment of persona "between the .'
ages of 17 and Ifl, and 46 and* CO yeariaS' i
until the 1st of July next, the time for tke' J
organization of volunteer conipanies üf-
the Reserve Corps, under General Orden ,
No. A from these Head Quarters, Is here*
by extended until the 1st day of July, at
which time companies will be or|
at the Battalion Camps of their r<
tive districts nnd immediately thersal
take up the line of msrch designated for
the Regimental Organisation in sectr
dauce with Genrsl Orders No. 6.
By Command of
Mqj, Gen. MAGBUDER,
d40-2t JOHN saflks, A. A. G,
HD. QRS. TRANS-MISS. DEPT. I. ' f
SnaKVEPORT, La., Jnty SI, 1864. ) ,
GENERAL OKDERS NO. 06. ,
I. In scctirdfaeewlth an aet of Oe i
gress entitled: *An aet to inertmf*
fJUitncy of the rnrmpk§ fJkt tmp/opnunt
Jrm negroti and limti in nrfmn
tit , approved February 17tr
i free negroes and other
' ' LOST OB STOLEN.
On or about the JTth of April lset, $
note eseeatad.br Anton end John
ka, paysble to Joba Shlspota,
á-ÍSíKñ
ir® Motion^ ful* i***
MitlKsim, Sept, Tftth 1
al-Utpd. JOHNSHLAl
mslc
color,
color, not including tbnse wl
under the treaty of Pasts of ISwur ub él -
■ir
imtJhüih SU*
tbs treaty of Spain of M19
Confederate States, Mtwsen
18 ind 60 yesiCiHll be inimediste]
rolled under (be direction, of the 1
of Conscription- '/
II. The Bupfinaf Conssription
take the necessaiT steps through the
meet, between the a«Se of IS aa
ysers. ■
III. All free negroes sod slaves so
enrolled trill 'he seat to readetvewes dea-
iSISSTi....
8.8. AsMSko*, A.
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