The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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elte does. Somebody's penalfv for
the tiew trea><on—hanging.' Qnm.,
how many can plny at tlint gante?
One of .our* exchanges says
tVre i* a man somewhere In 'Texas,
who labors ntfder tlié/ delusion tlia'
'Hon.* placed before a man's nam
■tandil for honent. f.
We don't believe It J there'h not A
man In Texns, however Ignorant In
other matters who has not long api
been undeceived In fill* renpect~.no.
*ir \ we've had commissioners, cotton
Agents, and so forth In Texas, with
just such handles to tlieir harneo, and
their record* don't confirm n* In any
sue!i belle# ; that story may "do tn
teH" in some hit i laden but it wont
go down ©tff{ln
or We •••* by late papero that
the "reliable gentleman" I* at ltorg.'
of the "most
{\x-whip.) and impressive tableaux.
Conclusion of fitsr net, irrotrivabty
stuck fast in the mud. .
Of course i disqimuilcd, explored
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nia, with the naaál result—recognl
of the South by Eti^hind and
bodies of triNips ¡a Omi la —French
fleet at th mouth of the Mississippi
Viektbitrg and Port Hudson prison
ers exchanged—armistice, &i\, &c.
Much good may it do the public to
read it all—but we have no room
lor it at pnesent—nor *t oH till Well
and truly cninfirmed.
GT A fc inile correspondent of a
St. L mis p tp.tr, spe.tk* of n sl>ht
she luiw lately, th t tn ide lu*r oiuack
her Upi. It «eeins a "pity that la
din In that oity jiavn to smack their
own lips. Ill this latitude tht> gen-
tlHoiHii mtv always «ady to sav«
them that troubh*.—Exchange.
ty;A traveller says: "After ono
of tlm hottest nights I ever knew, I
roan a lltllw before day-break to take'
the cam for <? . Nobody had
reated during the night—all the pass-
atrf
Itkm of the
'fisSr*,l".
RT Tlje following illu trates
|ioiiion of the experience' of one Of
..ur—
"A«K/*¡vaA« Ta\vfeti.RR ."
"Were you ever in Arkansas?
Don't go, if you have in ver b. cn
here ¡ nice people, bur sharp—-rather
i fine win* edg *— y.-tf- a 'viatim*
here la«t winter— mo| i by an entire
ii ranger 1 Will tell you all about
it. Idingine a road in which the
nud was deep *r than ever Uuti^aii
I reamed the Hlongli of deepond was,
imagine me, a for|o.i Mr.iá¿er on n
r'nloi'ti horse, and An endh<s's react)
>f the above described ro id before
tfiid behind, and
"Water—water everywhere,
And not a drop to drink"—
lay declining—!r r"e ditto. Th it
was my situation to a dot.
"Uht liarle, what dismal sound
lireakson the ear,
As ;f the chuds its echo would
repeat?.
A turn iu the miry road, and th<
eaiise is revealed. Six oxwi, a wagon
four bales of cotton, one white man,
one iiiougrel and t wo full blinded
"Americans of African descent."
Grand chorus of profamity from th
wo legged, worse than an op -ra
great distress of qn idrup -dn—atti
nide by the leader with his "A,ito '
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BELLVILLE, TEXAS. JKPTEMBEIl
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Oiie m^- see with tyajf an ^ye
hat'this woild of ours is full of giva*
men. The great minority of this
cuninuiiy, have ti.*en heretofore
trudging along inthtH «l ly naiti ie
of |>usiiieds without suspecting the'
existence all around them of men,
who, by ih"|r vari .us qualities of
iuiiid, and by the prompt nud Jorci
tile maimer in w huh their physical
i t siionds to t i ir ^ntel It el un I action
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were ciitfstanij^r and jus iy (.') making
fie.ivy dr.ifis upon our ovg.ins of
veneration. It is to be ¡ r^goitéd
.hat until ilie present state of oar
nil d.iuI ft lira brought out some oi
i li. se ■men prominently before the
pa'dic, i he said public should have
•vm nued in such profound ignoruuee
•fthe tremendous intellectual and
¡diysical force so modestly held in
. eserv '— a .lie uiole, fon ver hui-
ro wing in dirt and d irknese, dreams
'not of iIm hriglit and glorious lumina-
ries that stud the vaii:f of h.-aven.
W.-re it oiir intciuiou to extend this
iriich sufficiently to include a fuH
• lisquisi ion Upon each class ot great
.lien, ilitt Black Sea would hardly
■nifti.ee for our inks;anil or the eter
mil snows of i lie lJ dar Jjt 'gioiis for
ourcliirt upo i which to sketch tlieir
ynrtotis trlai.ii8 i o; ptddie conshjlerat«lff.
A nine mention of a few fow of t hem
aud some remarks on one or two
classes of our possible public, beue-
wHifiitdgns, any
hundred of these gentry
administered spiritual cniibolation
to the leader of the train ill the shape
•J forty drops of real old B mrbnn
The stranger took it sliglüly. H,
.raised the b >ttle to his whistling
piece, nn I gtvidu illy increased tin .
angle of elevation uiitU 1 becam<
#eriously alarm -d, but his bellows
failed, and there Was a wee tya¡>
left. He was a beauty in his way
the proprietor of th* cotton hags
rather above (he Ohesterfieldian
height—'in fact* about s'x feet font
and a qinrtei. lank, and dreadfnlh
leiny. He had but one ej*«, bit
that one bored like a gimlet—hU
hair was like the hftrveit cbrn. | art
of it stnek up ihroiigh a hole in his
hat; like a plume, snggestk||^ ideas
«f military life. 1 was weak enough
to attempt a j dee with him, and sn
unsophisticated as to proponnd the
the qiiuatioi.i, wheth r ho h id seen
any hats flo itlug on the surface of
the mad "a token and ■* sign" that
nnfitrtnaate travellers Were beiieaih.
r He looked at me, and I wilh-d
beneath the glare of his eye.
!! • sp >ke ;''stifanger. if yon want
to see that ar right yoa uiaa* ga ■ tin-
other road." rf
Great ineii may be very properly
ilivided inioiwo ire«f chifseS;—-t.
11.nse v I'mi huvi ¿111lit «i <1 in brii g
i«ig their chtiais pioii.imntl^ líefoie
tliw pub ic, «lid—2. t hose vlio Ititvi
wot. Tbest two clawM'S are igaii
sii.-cepiihle if iiluosl ii¡fii,iie sul.tli-
vision, illus.ruled Jin*tety as followv.
CiiASS tin;-—Great " I'aiHoVs ; is
illusirated liy those* men *of diAlin-
guisheil ability who are extiemély
willing nay anxious to serve theii-
count iv. pro titled it can be done
v.i.hoiit going into the raiiks—ikíj
ó h^rmise. UM^iol it will OeVei
lofor Men to contaminate -their
dainty fingers with the touch if the
plt'bi-ian musket—ntr *nlly their
iv< ry by masticating the Old tmile
they alrttstfalty
nf^Wr
chaos to ord^r
us that aU the wife the
and-die n
ami ai* «yrNs and
i a cheap Ihxnry g<
only ask yOttr voti
tije honor ' aiid all that sort of ih'tng
.r. entirehr below ihf plane Of their |
vision. The , will take thé mtion
though and in the twínkHri^ «f 'an
evt lin.d lis on the othi r shAre Of the I
R'-d Sea of our trouhh s. !
Clas* 4li—(íréat á:.«ó<..XÍr's
confined chiefly to tin
and tlieir i;rmy correi
you waWt *to know all
Lee's plans for the m-xf
fiitd
dre
yon if r'iiy aiily Vil.
Cl.Ass 5rh—Great Fighters; JLjj,
| composed of j hose men, any one of'^
whom, two years ago, cónld "1
from five to a dt.ztn 1st kies
tore breakfast any fine
They are the S imsons of this
and fight wiih !he same , weft^t
J did their illustrious prototype. "
Class Gil*—Great legislators;
is made up tit those illustrious indi-
viduals who make laws decliniiig
shall not lie compelled to serví
i .
• Cass 7tih—i\ niim|-|-ops
fMrwwttfal philosfíp
ing about two and a -h!>U
years ago proj.-eted ffoia
pnt-ious iliioats.vast qu;
Harnnu)b|e a:i 1 explosiv-,
beeii ever since en,
|ance, mind yon) the effticts- of ttyei
eJtpi'l iinelits upon the political at-
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vtid "the1.*
too often have to emteunhem^dvesi
even When the laiid Is replete wilt,'
gtuid wholesoilie ftsid. But put Mm
oa tke trail ^4- a --^nmiwi^fllH^tlo «ho
mattwr how Cold anil «N m#ldoH(l
liounds of CuIhi, nil the WofVeS if
plains, are not a "circuiinitai ce"
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 12, 1863, newspaper, September 12, 1863; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177112/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.