The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 30, 1861 Page: 1 of 4
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BELLVILLE, TEXAS, OCTOBER 30, 1861.
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A LVAH 0HE8LEY,
£*- Attorney and Countelor at Late,
¡Will practice in th District nu I inferior
OouiU, throughout the lot Judicial Dls-
tHot. Office In the southwest corner of
the Court House, BelWllle, Texts. [48tf
B
EN. T. HARRIS,
Attorney ami Couniclor at Late,
BSLLVILLE, Austin count;, Texas.
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May bsfou nd (it hi* resilience when not
jivoftwaiMiMtly «ugiged. [vání-ly.
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JJONNKY,
, „ Phytieian anil Surf ton,
Will attend promptly to all cull* in bit
iroffesston. Office in Hutchius' Building,
Isllville, Tfim. 2-itf
a. hahkis, c. t. kavanauqh.
| ARRIS &. KAVANAUOH.
Attorney* and Countrlore at Law
Will practice In the court* of the 1st nnd
H'
•3d Jiwiolnl Districts, uud in the Supreme
Court at Galveston. it
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*T H. BOONE,
XX Attorney and Countelor at Law,
HkmphtüMí, Austin county, Texas.
norl-J '6W-yl .
JOHN P. OSTERHOUT,
Notary Public,
BbixVillg. Austin county, Tex is.
"Moas of witnesses taken In any.,part
o county. Tim feci for summoning
(«, paying mileage, per diem and
foes, usually amounting to about
each witness, tn ensure attention,
accompany .he commission, if re-
>|e to any court beyond the limits of
enonty. <"?>
iy Nothing in the poetical line, i*
more benuiiful nnd apropos td the
time , tlinn llie following «tanzas we
•en floating lira rounds of our ex
changes, " The Brave at Home."-—
Truly tLe author we'l defines th
character of the maids and matron
of the Sou.h t
TH8 BBAVB AT BOMB.
The uiulil who bind* tier warrior's sssh,
lAn'l smiling, alt her pain illw-tnblrl,
And while beneath tbo drooping lash
Ooi' starry t ar-drop hangs and tremble
Tltougi) livsvuu alone r cord the tear,
Aod faino shall nvvor know ¿it story,
Ilur heart has shod a drop as duar
As evur dewed th« fl.U of glory.
The wife who girds her bnibaad's «word,
'Mid Ihtlo ones Who wttcp and Wonder,
And bravely ipeak* the ehotflng Word.
What tbo' her heart be rent usnndi-r—
Doomed nightly in ber dreams to hear
The bolts of wor around hlin rattle,
Has shed as sacred blood as o'er
Wtu poured upon the plain oi battle.
Tbo mother who conceals ber grief,
While to ber breiut ber son sho presses,
Then breathes a few brave word*, and brief,
Kissing the patriots brow the blesses,
With no one but her secret God
To know thu pain that Weighs upon her,
Rbsds holy blood as e'ere the iod
Received from Freedom's fluid of honor I
XfTciUrPELL,
JL™ • ' Attorney at Law.
BelWU|é, Austin county. Texis. Attends
Dm OinrUtawl ether e mrts of the county,
and the Supreme C arts when necessary.
jmrn* Mm
«TILWAM I. COCKE, M. D.,
T t PMyeician and Surgeon,
Ollce at his Residence,
BKLLVILLB. TEXAS.
seluvii.i.k, trxas.
now on hand a fine lot of Gold and
ret Watches, and Jewelry, which
low forcMh. He will also re-
Mir «atabes and Jewelry with dispatch
and gasrantees all work done bf.Wai. ■
^arolt 27, 1801-34-1 y
Stibfl eiupflfblt flA tcm
W StaMkum, <ur 9lf wahir ven
unb SAmuífadKn, lint ^nnrait-
r( anf fclnf ítrbfit. Wo. 35—1
a. i:. st¥r\i: \ 11 k k« ,
Wholes lie and K<ta I Dealer in
STAPLE So FANCY
,W... MOT esm.
IAT8* CAPS, soots A SHOKS.
ara, Cutler)-, Guns 4k Pistols,
11 Mates, Nails, Iron and Stei-I, Stoves,
-' &.c. Crockery, China and Earthen
*/Drags and Medicine., Groceries „f
, Juir as, I860. I4f.
HENDERSON'
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interior, that
tari I
them, it la
From be B >w'sR.'vi< w, of August 1B6I.
tynethiag about Artilleoy anl Artil-
lory Prastiea.
Ouns, Howitzeiv, Uoliiinbiads and
Mortar*, are the artillery pieces em-
Inyed in laud service, nnd they un
isiiiiguished a« Sea-Coast, Garrison,
Siege, and Feld artillery. '1 how* foi
field tiervice only are made of bronze
or brass, because, with less weight, it
lius greater tenacity and afreiigiti
than lion. Iron is less expensiv e nn<i
more capable of continued filing with
heavy charges. Experiments show
that bronze at three hundred yards,
can only lire one hundred und twenty
rounds in twenty-tour hours, whils;
iron will support three hundred mm
sixty rounds for tlii-ee time that din-
lance. The bronze pieces incuso are
from six to thirty-two poulifters and
twenty-tour pounder (Joehoru mortars.
The touch-holes are capable ot being
bushed when enlarged fronr constant
firing.
Artillery Is rendered unservicnble,
when about to be abandoned,by driv-
ing in a steel spike or nuij, and clinch-
ing the inside with the rummer; by
driving a ball into the bottom of the
bore ; by bursting a shell in the lions
by firing a sl|ot from ihem with largi
charges ; by tiring two pieces' ol units
■le to muxsle, etc. There are meth-
ods of remedying some of these mite
chiefs which every artillery officei
understNndK
Tue Guns are a long ennnnu with-
out chambers, nnd use tor pii(jectile
solid shot, sph. rical case, grape and
canister. They are mounted on siege,
barbel t« or enseumte carriages. The
Uowitxer is a chaiuberetl piece ol
larger calibre than a gun of like
weight. It projects larger cjiells thai,
the guns, und is well adapted for des-
troying field works alid selling tin-
to buildings. The Uolumbud is ot
much larg>-r tuilibie than the ordina-
ry gun: the older patterns art* cham-
bered, but not ihe new ones, lie
carriage gives a vertical range of fin
of fmui 5° to 39v elevation, and «
ire- sheila, fire ball*, carocasae* and
stones.
Sea-coaat pieces of artillery ari-
•nuuuted, in forts, en barbette, tlmr
having the sweep of the horiaon { on
unsenmte audcohunbiad carriages, etc,
Tim- proportion observed in tlx
manufacture of Gunpowder are, in t|n
United States, seveuty-five to seven-
ry-six parts of saltpetre, fourteen t«
lifleeii of charcoal, and ten of sulphur.
Charcoal is the combusiibie ingivdi
ent; s iltpetre furnishes oxygfU 1<
•'upjmrt combustion mid cliai.ge tit,
whole in o gis: sulphur ndds coiisíh-
fency and intensity to the Mame. b<""
sides repelling moisture. Thefolhiw
ing is the plan of manufacturing pow-
der by the pounding mill ; The char-
coal, in small pieces, is first put in tin
inortars with a quunriy of water, hih;
pou Vdec1 lor half an hour; after wli.fh
lie sail petre and then the sulphur,
pulverized nnd sifted, are put. in, and
the wholu inixed wi h the hand. I>
is then pounded in the inortars, and
at the end of each hour the compo-
sition is passed from one mortar to
the next. At the sixth or eighth
charge add half a pint of water, I.i
is then pounded two hours without
changing the mortars, that it inay
t'onn into cake. It is then dried,
partially, nnd grained in a sieve, or
passed between wooden rollers. The
different sizes nf grains are then sort-
ed with a sieve. It is then glazed
in barrels which revolve fifteen or
iweniy limes a minute. A charge
live hundred pounds is thus treated
for twenty-four hours. The powder
is then dried in the open air or in a
drying house. It is then dusted
lirougli fine sieves or bolting cloths.
The cylinder or rolling mill is now
u.-ed for the purpose m> s generally,
títere aje two cylinders of marble
liiiSl iron, of about five tons each, roll-
ing in a circular trough of the" funic
unterial. The cylinders revolveren'
imes a minute. Gundowder is grain*
I. to taciliiate tlm tiausmission of
flame. Glazed powder is not so
wou'ldresnectlUllystats !,,,ris,"Unl « 360". Its Wejglil
l\illy pn'p ired to do an is~-telt inch, 14,400 pounds; eigh
iwtit, 9,*40 pouuds. Length of t|j.
leu inch, iwti hset six inches. The
Mortal is the shortest piecv in service,
wiih a gn a bore «ud a cliamKr. | >
principal advantages are in re chmg
objects by a vertical fin-, such as
tow ns, ha tvriea etc., which «júp ot
be injuntl directly ; disniountit.g th.
enemy's aitillery 5 overihmwi .g
buruiu y4 works; blo " : *:
Ami c
lUrtMB
Doundsi
MÜH
ipt to ahsojjrb ino'iiílure or break Up
in transportation. Good powder ii
free from dust, uniform in grains, nil*,
guiar, brownish black or salt color,
not easily crushed by the fingers, and
wlien flashed in small quant ¡lies on
copper pliite leaves no foulness or
bead.
, The.ordinflry shell is a- hollow
¡diere of cnst^iron, containing pow-
der ignited by a fijse, and intended to
Inn-Hi over tht* heads of troops, or to
icochfr iii front ot troops and piling*
info the column, or burst after petie-
r ttiug buildin g*. The spherical case
.s a thin shell, filled willi lenden bul-
lets, and a charge of powder. Can-
ister shot an* cyliid.ical fin cases,
with ii-on heads, filled with cast iron
halls, arranged in tiers, and packed
in with dry saw-dust. ' Grr.pe shot
are a certain number, generally nine,
if irou balls, kept together by means
d Iron bands. A grenade is a shell
o lie thrown from the hand, or hi
oaskuts flout the stone' mortars.—
I'he hand grenades are thrown dowlt
upon besiegers from para|a<tt}, ram
parts, etc. A carcass is a spherical
nhfll, having three additional holes
which emit Humes, and is used In set-
ing fire to shipping. A, fire hail is
(ht-uied of canvnss sacks "filled with
c )tn btut i bles, aud is used to
emsmamn
u the rear of tfte trunnbma two
mÉWH
'M r
• mil'-
"Tht
hté the 'fójtp
tl«i*.frorp
is ex
I
miiawu-k. give® some
#h ir designa; «
gentlrmás-just ft
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cowelfrtn
There,lire maps-iu
iKfe uüíhbei"l)f 1j
of eyery inlet
..wyL- „„
additional layen of material arc ap-
plied. Tlje rear end of the gtin h-
Ctive a screw which passes against
a movable plug or Stopper. The
•"¿•tew in hollow and turned by a han-
dle. "" ■jJ.BSüiÉwrwrw .
filé
be
hore. The bom is three inches in
diameter, and is rifled with thirty-
lour small groove*. I; is widened at
ihe breach one-eigbih of an inch,. 10
enable the project^e to e ter freely
and choke at llie commencement of
.he gioovesi The largi'St' gtlH y^V
cousnucted wasonrofsiaiy fivH cWt;,
throwing a shot of oye hmidmMl
pounds. The greatest range attained
is neuiiy fivtí ai)d one fourth mile*
I'lie t welve-pftttnder field piece IÍÍ16 a
range of Í.9S0 yajda, at an elevation
>f 6C. Projectiles have ,be«u fired
oy this gun through a n^tsa of oak
limber uiue feet ill lliicknep*. It
must speedily SÚpersede, as the Army
Hoard in 1869 reported, the smrtoil
bore fyr sieve and garrison Services '
WASHIKUTCN. CITV STRÁÍTk —
The Kichmond: correspondent of t lie
Memphis Apical writer op the l/5|h
mst:
There is a positive necessity that
Washington should be speedily re-
lieved from llie straits in w'hicli it Iriis
been placed by the closing of the 1 i v
er, Kvcry bale of forage and eyery
bushel of coal, since the destruction
ot the railroad and canal nt Harper's
"Ferry, has been transported to Wash-
ington via Chesapeek Bay and 'the
Potomac, for the w hole rolling siot-k
of the Bait ¡inore and Ohio road is
scarcely adequate fotlie transportation
of oilier supplies upi n which depends
the daily eXfritenctl of 170,000 troops,
and the population of the .three cities
if Washington, Georgetown and Al-
-xandria. This line of communica-
tion passes through the country of a
down-trodden and therefore hontlfe
people, and might be interrupted by
aiy sudden ^jafl^ng. Siu:h is ¡ tlpi
jdarjn already felt hy the admini&i
tioii concerní lig the isupi ' ""
drw
that ilivy fcaV?* purclinsKÍ at heiV,
cost, all the wooded land In the v
cinity of BlndeMsb.nig for lliéipttfpoRe
of cull,ing the tiinbcr. It will be
seen lliefcfore, that a fight is ahnost
forced iijion them, and, under sncli
compulsion, otir own gefterali W<iuld
seem lo have the advantage of choos-
ing ihe ground
r Lincalnilrm M a Kentucky Mpii j
The ltev. H. A.' R1 Henderson, of
oljj^t is J«4eiitr9y; Jtke,
. lliCTe ought, tn
qini'tl.al
ñepwblisliTnji
*ry MaV stij^':
Will'Wot all 8*mth>m
attach it lle'njHelsrei in milit
what nr i.atou may h«
to the góVérimíént" Uf
tjtr others-in timé of
can fight, however wiQiri'g¿ .
knows Low to fight. It will be too
late .to learn whín thtí soWid If^tha
eneniy'a ^anp-^eet iAul eéi«/«')l «'1
f N¿ CltóÜi.'iÁfilE„P¿rJ í i
following ilrtejVstiftg ll/foiRAlfiflw
jpNlf ti hiw II (| jiiat f
proclamation of Frenu
most disastrous t-flvcf i
cause in Norih-Wi'firern
has dfiten nertrtyTifHW
fáMu# r';
«It M
Missoun bor,...
eighths of )tie
ion Kith^atmés
t e ,
the Cí'i fedfrntrs have all Boui
ern and liflrtii 1wrítt-J
lirtt f ilian
the enemy'a wolks. Tltey contain lo the courss* of
dso a shell, A sin-'ke hall is of simi-
lar construction, and is. iut^ndi'd te.
.-uiíicale the enoiny'a niiners.
Hide cannon have ' y niMnbet of
spiral gi-oovee, giving arotpti< li 4o thf'
oa|l wUn || c Us s it lo «HiVf through
from which we make file following
extract :
To give you the animus of;the
Northern Methodist church in JsLen-
tucky, allow ihe to:tefl! your riwHers
about onellev. (?) MÚ Black, station
ed in N,ewpo^, oppfinite CjOfi
On tme ^abbaihj
ornamented w ith u, O. dugs in
fi gles J his fhyiiink Wi rii rlf
Spangled Mw'tlnW,1" «'Míe 1
and* Blue '' andi ail
He prayed t^ tlm; X
preserved, '• wen tlmr
coméOut of file wine
to ihe hofsesM
a tlHiusaud audefel I
men, piiora>nn<Pi
y^«JjeskapeiW//a«
North Carolina t
Yankee veSeeL
lie air lit ih
sistance. ai
I'lle i
criptt.m, mid is
c i.tipoaed of w
laeut feature iu
utg ihe oouihii^uf-i1
t irs. Which aye tujsl
ral tubes and tht
.uering. From tl
niooa the gnn te
m 1 :S¡m8
i
*1 «ru^t
wipe out
though it'cii
under arm's,
ard be ca
I be ran
this d.s-
iug. it
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Kimbrough, J. T. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 30, 1861, newspaper, October 30, 1861; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177020/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.