The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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BELLVILLE,
TEXAS,
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bterestia* Letts **tt<ta a*y<¥*
them in no other light than as the
acta of the nation, and every man in
the Fed*
ana lam sore.,we
work to recover and
property left there by the F
ace,
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the
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of com
pany "*M t|he Poet saved #76,000
worth of Valuable property for the
Confederate govennent
Squthbend, Arkansas Rivkr,
March 20th 1863.
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sorivffle,
A Ü8TIS COUNTY—TKXAB. '
.If rial Notice
Afterthli ¿ato all ««is advertisements inserted Into
CnalrMM . irtll be charted Twenty cents p*rh*
h" Int Insertion, M Ten cni per line for
cbvrgnd Two Del-
- 4'Telaae.
^ SUMCKirTIO! -.-¿*¡0 per year, If
I 1* I ad (ranee, or befo the 13th number t $3 00
If paid after the 18th number and before the alow
of the Tear; *4 00 If paid after the elote of the
year. These terms will be slrtetly adhered to.
Fjr AUvertles meats .must be handod la early
Wednesday morninf to'asare Insertion. • * '
We are authorized to announce Gen.
T. J. CHAMBER8 aa a candidate for the
office of Governor of Texaij,
From a Federal paper, the
Memptys Bulletin, there is; a report,
of a battle going on at Murfreesboro
on the- 21st nit. The Federal Jobs is
pat down at 500 and the Confederate
at 1000. The battlp was represent-
ad to be still going on.
BT We are glad to hear that
M^jor General Samner of the Yan-
kee army is dead.* If all the Yan-
kee Generals would go and do
likewise, the world would be the
gainór.
BP News from the Wheat regions
o( Texas says the crops look fine
and promise an abundant yield.
Dear Sir
Thinking that
company "F" would
tnethtag from
be interesting
ythSoüSty'swtders, I have concluded to
^ write you a short letter,, an 'I see,
nothing very reliable in your paper
from this quarter. I must be brief
because my stock of paper is very
low and the difficulty to obtain it,
even at the most exorbitant prices,
admonishes me to the strictest econo-
my in its use. This that I write on
you see is a «art of a merchant's
journal, pürchawstl at the tlighthj
remuneration price of two bitt a
sheet.
All is quiet here now. Our cavalry
scouts skirmish occasionally with
marauding parties sent out by the
enemy or attack the Fed'l transports
as they pass up and down the Missis-
sippi river. This kind of guerilla
warfare rather gets them—they
don't know how to take it. In their
eageruebs to be revenged for the
successes obtained over them in this
way, by onr boys, they often wholly
disregard all the -laws of civilized
warfare, and show themselves totally
devoid of all those qualities of mind
and heart which are such prominent
characteristics of a great, good and
brave people. They often commit
acts of cruelty and baseness that
would blacken the darkest pages of
savage history. A few days ago,
failing in en attack upon Capt. Ken-
ney's company, they turned their
guns upon a dwelling houBe on the
bank of the river. Two or three
defenceless women were its only
occupants, and they, relying upon the
chivalry and gallantry for which
Americans have been so distinguish -
ed, thought that it was only necessa-
ry .to show themselves tó pttt a stop
to the shameful attaok. But this
only drew the fire of the Feds upon
them and they were compelled to
seek protection from the bombs be-
hind the levee. Last week a young
man, John Cleveland of Capt Rusk's
company, (Travis county,) Col. Car-
ter's regiment, was inhumanly Bhot
by them after he had surrendered
He was sent out to decoy a detach-
ment into an ambush, and his horse
unfortunately fell and threw him so
violently that he could not recover
before the Feds ""had completely
surrounded him.A^He saw that
resistance would be useless and sur-
reiftiered; they asked him a few ques-
tions and then shot him and left him
wounded and half dead,. lying upon
the spot, where his friends picked
him up a short tim« afterwards. He
died the next day. I might mention
«uunerous other instances of « like
fase and atrocious character. If
saeh atrocious acts were committed
only now and then, and the United
States government would take the
proper stops to
probably find
ia the fret that there an in
«Mkless characters who
BVWHVIOT mm w
both the law of God ami
Judge G. W, Johnson, Ord<
nance Officer of Flournoy's Regiment,
arrived home from Arknna^a, one
day last week. The Judge is au-
thorised to enlist recruits for any
company of the regiment. He will
remain at home about thirty days
GT We call attention to the ad-
vertisement headed "Waller's Bat-
talion." As a large * proportion of
the men of this command is from
this county, we trust there will be a
large attendance on the occasion.
Give the boys such a benefit as will
make their hearts feel good. Their
late brilliant achievement' in the
capture of the Diana is worthy of a
noble response from the pet pie of
Anstin county. rr~
HP It is said that Lincoln will
call for more troops in a few days to
reinforce the South-West. We shall
pretty soon see whether the North
west will submit to Lincoln's con-
scription. We believe they will.
There will be some resistance, but
all such will be put down by the
strong arm of military power and
the west will bend its neck to the
yol ..
CP" Persons in this section who
expect to visit the Wheat region
with their hands to assist in har-
vesting the crop, would do well to
make their arrangements according-
ly. The harvesting will commence
la a few weeks.
arc complaining
intfca west because Col. G.* W.
Whits Is impressing beeves for the
without paying frill
for their benefits a
♦ é'fclV
the Northern army ought to be held
strictly accountable for them.
The principal part of' the army of
•ithe west" is lying.at *PLe-«Bluff
and Little Rock awaiting the course
of events. Gen. Kirby Smith, who
supersedes Gen. Holmes in the com-
mand of this department, has arriv-
ed at Little Rock. Cols. Garter's and
Burford's regiments have been or-
dered to——. Parsons wilh continue
to operate below here on the Miss,
issippi, White, and Arkansas rivers.
Company "F," with eight others
detailed from our (Walker's) division
is acting as sharp-shooters on the
Ark. river. Our company is quár-
tered about ten miles above Arkansas
Post, at Mrs. Jordan's plantation.
We have splendid quarters, bigh
living,—milk, honey, t rkey and
fish—and nothing.to do but eat, sleep
and drill. We are rapidly recovering
from the effects of the hard service
and exposure of the winter campaign
haven't a sic*? man in the company-'
The whole army is very much im-
proved in health. Rest and this
invigorating and exhilarating spring
weather are having a fine influence
upon the health and spirits of the
meu. We are pretty well acclimated
now, and I think, will stand the
spring and summer campaign well
The general bad management of
aifairs here dtp-tag the winter and the
signal failure of the campaign, caused
a great deal of dissatisfaction and
some desertions among the troops
Of couráe no truly patriotic and brave
man, who feels that he is in the
right and has anabiding confidence in
the final result, "v^fll desert his coun-
try in her darkest hour of troubles,
because her armies have met with
reverses, whatever taay hsve causied
them; but th* causes which I have
mentioned may extenuate, toa some
extent, the baseness of the crime
and serve to relieve the severity of
public opinion. I would not justify
desertion under any circumstances.
Punish the deserter with the utmost
rigor; this is necessary as an army
regulation, but at the same time don't
forget the extortioner and speculator,
who ire equally or more culpable,
really than the .Unfortunate soldier
who, in an evil hour, yields too much
to the influence of those sentiments
and feelings which act so powerfully
upon the human heart—home remem-
brances and affeetion for wife and
children. The one falls ,undei the
sentence of militaiy law, the otherq
can only be reached by public' opta
ion and legislation; let a punishment
adequate to the exigencies of tha
esse snd commensurate with the
baseness of their acts be meted out
to them. Two deserters aré to be
shot to-day and four o then next
Friday; they all belong to Eastern
Texss regiments, Waterhouse's and
Roberts'.
. In the "Gmntiyman" of the 81st
of Feb I see thatParsons has
recaptured Arkansas Post and taken
twaJMcnl " *
"BuílyH for Col. • Parsons; however
WC hadn't heard óf this "1
afidr" until we
Compondent of the Chicago Times
Helena, January^18, 18r6f
Since the 1st Of jkfyuary the
children of Ham are having a hard
time of it. They are free with no
one to care for them, nothing to live
on. hall clothed and Worse red. God
ónly know® what will become of the
poor creatures,
Prompt, courteous and business like,
he is a good man for the portion.
Every day, negroes are coming tata
his camp With their little bundles,
claiming peStectionand foód. Thurs-
day afternoon the following actual
event, took place.
J. B. Pillow, brother of the 'rébel
General, who has a beautiful planta
lion a fe* miles from Helena, anc
who was worth a half million of dol-
lars previous to the war, cams into
camp, through the lines, with 183
negroes, of both sexes and of
es. At the head Of his serva
wbo followed in single file, he well
to the Colonel's headquarters where
the following conversation tookjtlace:
"Good morning, sir." 4k
"Good morning sir."
"Where is the conftnaadsnt of the
post."
protestations of M™.
only robbing the lady of a
rels for flie ftse of the ííoét,'
threw WW * land
"Before you, sir"
"Well, Cttlonel, here
is my small
charge, in the shape of free Ameri-
riea
can citizens of African descent, which
I deliver oVer Jo you. Here is a
correct list of'*their names, ages,
sexes and occupations. Please send
them on to the President, with my
compliments, and say to him that if
he wishes anything else under my
roof, on my grounds, or in m;
ets, áll he bas to do is to
receive.'";
.¿'/•Mr. Pillowi
these people, I hfve
them—have nothing for them to do,'
have not food anough for ota
hardly." \
"And 1 cannot use them. I
bacon to keep them' on, but it . .
been gobbled. Now, I have nothing
for them to eat,, and ¿s Lincoln has
turned this army into a nigger board-
ing house, you will please seat these
ile at your table." ,
"Then give them work.
fail to manage them I Will
The art can be learned fc
years."
"I have nothing for th
"Nor have I. Yon
them
or six-
unable
Slbltey to set a*
accordingly
woric aínd
and watch
should 'order
M*
1
doWn thd.íj t
Skéegs sugar
torsdfrritfe.'
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Major Boone, in
the engagement i
in the 1
Battery, four
mand ofLifeut.
in codiims
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Regiment* commanded
Abtiey.
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1863, newspaper, April 18, 1863; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177091/m1/1/?rotate=270: 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.