The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 28, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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Mr Buril, bu introduced
relative to extortion,
¿erred to the judiciary
A reaolntion has been
introduced íelative to disfranchising
all soldiers who may desett from the
army, also a bill suspending the
statute of limitation on tul civil rights
until one year after the close of the
war; also, a resolution thai Texas
will assume her proportion of the
Confederate debt A committee was
appointed o visit the card factory
in Williamson county and report.
A hill haa been Introduced an-
in the Senate a resolution to restrain
the exercise of illegal military au-
thority in Texas.. Senator Harcourt
has Introduced a resolotion relative
to monopolies, embracing the military
orders and opposing the same,
committee on Confederate
have reported a resolution
our Senators and Bepre-
señtatives in Congress to consider the
propHefy of repealing the exemp-
tions under the conscript act.
A bill making it á misdemeanor
to Refuse to take Confederate money
for debts, etc., was returned by Judi-
ciary committee, M M. potter, chair-
man with a recommendation that
the bill do not pass. Very properly
done. That is not the way to reach
the seat of the disease. ^ .
Mr. Slaughter, chairman of a
select committed reported a bill to
saataln the currency of the Confede-
e Stales. What the #
the bill are, does not appear in the
report /
A bill relative to the slaughter of
'cattle, and requiring butchers
fhter for any town market
sts of marks and brands and
t of the same under oath
clerk every month, was
to be engrossed.
Thb Ybab's . Work jn Virginia.
The last Yankee scheme for the
of Bichmond remarks the
Whig, was aa complete,
B and disastrous a failure
as those which had preceded it The
the Bappahannoek,
was expected to be
<T movements from
from Suffolk, and from
from the coast of North
Of these only Jhe last
to do mischief, and that
for a brief space. The
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they «to qui
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The following General Order from
the,War Department at Bichmond,
we insert for the information of our
readers. The 2d section of the or-
der is aa important one, and should
be rigidly enforced upon officers who
are guilty of harsh treatment to con-
scripta :
ÁDJT sad IN8PR GBNJEIUL's
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General Orders, No. }
followini
The
for the information of the amy s
I. All white male citizens of the
Confederate States between the ages
of 18 and 40, who are not exempt
by the act of October Jlih, 1IC?, are
liable to conscription, and all Inch as
have been already enrolled and mus-
tered will be held as thjAgh in serv-
ice of the lonfoderaflrotates until
otherwise ordered. Exemption will
not take place till after enrollment,
when enrolling officers Will grant cer-
tificates of exemption in all cases
clearly within the meaning of the act,
All doubtful cases for exemption will
be referred for decision to command-
ants of camps of Instruction, and if
necessary, by them to the Chief of
the Bureau of Couscriptipn in
mond. Such cases will not be
red .to report in person to the camp of
Instruction, until final action is had
on tbe same.
II Enrolling officers are required
to be vigilant in tbe discharge of their
duties within the districts confided
provisions to them, not only in respect to the
enrollment of conscripts, but also in
he apprehension and arrest of strag-
jlers and deserters from the army
to dome. The them
Virginia, and we think
** íb is ended for die
failure and
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their
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'omplaints having been made of
barsh treatment to conscripts by en-
rolling officers in certain- localities,
treatment la calculated to pftg-
udice the cause of the Confederate
State by encouraging opposition to
the acts of conscription, It will be thé
duty of commandants of camps of In-
struction to report to the Secretary
Of War for discharge from conscript
service, any officer whd shall offend
in this particular. It is required of
all enrolling officers to encourage ano
ptotnote a good understanding wild
the people of the district in which
they may be serving; and it is im-
pressed on them that firmness of pur-
pose, tempered with kindness and for-
bearance, will best promote die ob-
jects to be attained.
III. Enrolling officers will famish
to commandants of campB of Instruc-
tion, at the end of each month, a com-
of the conscripts made by
iniSfif toil
the month; ttneh
will also embrace the names of per-
i have been enrolled and ex-
that period. One beside &
of theBe rolla wUlbe immedí- good deal of
forwarded by the commandant some doub
of camps of Instruction to tbe CMtf and crewel
of the Bureau of Conscription In The
Bichmondforfileand fhturereference, but
IV. All oommt|Hioned officers be-
tween th« ages of 18 and 40, who
have become disconnected with the
by the operation of,the General
_ Brati
count of the
Warfcc.
The Liv,
subordinate
a friend at Liverpool i
letter the date of Oct. 80, ¿!
saying, dy'e see, when you
it; for, although I have H
and all the other con'
writing, there is no postoffice
Side into which I can convenieu
drqp it when written. There aró
few friends to visit tbe .Alabama, and
tboBe persons who board and ledge
with us for a time aré too much taken
up with their own affairs, and too
anxious about getting away to do a'
favor for any on^ eleé. Sbme of them
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taking well with b
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be more comfortable
though, from the
nature of the duties w
upon us, moro
duty aré eñfor
haps, get credit for.
plenty to drink, an
to do is the order 61 .
every day.
It would be
to attempt to g
line of the f«
we shall,
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of ' which Hot one
_^1 eft fastened to «¿Other.
Among the finest was a vessel bound
for Bremen, but not y MX heav-
¡afea*
Hammond^, tJ
N, York to Liv,
Stars, thale ship,
the Dunkirk, Capt
already taken about
laden with every
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 30, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 28, 1863, newspaper, February 28, 1863; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177084/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.