The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 26, 1861 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME Y.
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COLUMBUS, TEXAS, OCTOBER 26, 1861.
NUMBER 2.
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Partington sayaj that nothing despises
her so mnoh as toléfte people, who profess to ex-
pect siNtioa, go to church witbfcul their parses
•when a recollection is to be taken.
A dandy, remarking one summer ¿ay that ihe
weathér was so excessively hot that when he
pot his head into a basin of water it fairly foil-
ed, received ffer reply, * 'Then, sir, yon have a
calf's head map at very little expense 1"
WOOL STATISTICS.
The following, kindly famished us by'a gen-
tleman véfetlréfy competent to make a correct
estimate, will interest all, and go far to dissipate
the erroneous idna so generally entertained, in
regard to the comparative demand and supply of
What must soon be a great staple {jibduct of
Texas, wool.—Austin State Gazette.
Mr. Editor: írom official reports febd bther
authentic sources I have compiled a few facto in
regard to the'production and consumption of
Wool in the Confederate States, which may prove .
interesting to tome W yodr readers. The num-
ber'df sheep in TexaB in I860, as Vhbwn hy the
census report Of that year, was 340,000. "With
those not then ennm&atcd, and those since
brought into the country, there may be possibly
be 160,000-thore, (a large estimate,) Which added
to the census rétdrns^ohllliiDcrease the num-
ber now in the State to 500,000. Of thése, at
least 300.000'are Mexican'coarse, wbóled sheep,
which will not average tabre than dne and a half'
pounds to the fleece, mdkiilg of cottrse wool
450,000 póuttds. Then 'counting the 200,000
Merino aiid othér improved 'flocks, lb average
three pounds to thefleecé,(a full estimate,; and
we have of fine W>1 '600,0(H) 'pounds, which
added to the coarse 'wool, will'make 1}05D,00&
pounds of Texas grdtoh wool. That the aboVe
estimate does not underrate the Texas wool
crop is-proven by the Customhouse statements
óf exports of wool froih our shipping p<rfts.
According to Mr. Henry Randall, df Nefw
York, Mr. -LaWrente, of Boston, and other wool
staticiarts atfd manufacturé , "there is próducéil
in till the Southern Sta'tes—-not including Texas
—10,000,000 pounds of Wool. Including the
wool crop of Texas, it nHH 'be perceived there is
annually produced in the "Confederate States less
18;OO0,*GÜO patod*—gast about half the
to of New York
ie 'calculations of
tbáfe Kre réquired
&c., hx pounds
in the country,
of the Gonfed'
ThfWá on trs Weekly Newspapers.—a
New Tork correspondent vdf the Cincinnati
Times writes : " I have íhéiitionéd'the position
of the iailles here and I learn that the weeklies
are suffering grehtly from the war times. Sev-
eral sensation story 'papers have, within four
mbnths, 'lost halt,- others three-quarters of their
clriéúlatien. The Ledger has been shorn Of a
few hundred thousand of its subscribers, and is
t
likely to lose a few'tndre. The Home Journal,
once a fine paper, but now anything else, has
been greatly curtailed in its circulation. On ac-j
coital of the disgniting sycophancy of Willis—
in every respect a pseudo gcntléth'an, and a re-
pulsive toad -éater—ito the South, it had many;
subscribers there, of which it is now deprived ;
and 'itshy¿iériic Condition is said to lie danger-
ous. The Home Journal ought to die with its
vulgir'twaddler, 'JN. P. W.," and its presua-i
tuous writer df doggerel, the dear General 6.
P. ('great poetaster) Morris. Certainly It would
he no lors."
than is produced.
South, waiolis the
have
• * í i *.. *) • *yIT- sl • 3
Wñsmmm
can ba^supplied
fourteen
com-
The soldiers of the Hébrlw faith at Ensacóla,
Gen. Bragg, celebrated lfae Day
Atonement in ca mp.
RichomndJdispatch of the 7 th instant says
Wise waidangerously ill and it
feared would not recovar.
he'll
of Alabama, has issued Bis procla.
an extra session of the Legislature,
on the 28th inift."
after telling that a dog was shot fen-
's leg, said it was a pity to «hoot
a dog with ünéh a fine taste.
recently arrested th New
band had frwad its way
fifty pockets during the day,
succeeds Gen. Bragg,(who lias
for duty with the army
,) in the command at Fe/wasok.
. sj¿ ,:
SuNsHiNT Hearts amo Faces.—Everything
animate and inanimate turns to ¿the sunbeams.
We instinctively avoid cloudy days and cloudy
faces. We give^a warmer welcome at our fire-
tilde indnur table Ho the nndispatations, than to
the'ihan that is eternally dissecting the skeleton
of things till his {charnel-honse eonverthtion
throws a chill over every warm, healthful feeling.
We giva the preference te« the-itiün who greets
the fifing sun with'emotions of 'pleasure, and
not simply as an astronomical phenomenon, and
whose eye, as it watches it vetting, has " no
speculation in it." In fact, We? prefer a -jolly,
healthy human" being.* The., disappointing
'chances of life have not left so many of them
that arte'can afford to let them pa*s withbut a
warm hearted grip, hhd, if occasion favor, the
interchange of such cbanee words as kindred
souls traveling to the same eteraál home may
sometimes exchange by the way.
THE CONSUMMATION.
T was twilight. Seated on the door of a moss-
covered cottage was the pride of the village—
lovely Pheebe. "Her finely moulded form, her
exquisite and voluptuous bust, her classia and
beautifully chtseléd features, her sweet lips,
teeth of-pearly whiteness, and such eyes! two
drops of liquid azure set in snofo ! All combin-
ed, 'twas enough to melt the Very soul of an
anchorite!
Beside this a%el'knelt k youth, whose cheek,
pale as the ashes, told the tale — he was m love I
" Tell ihe," said he in trembling accents, " tell
me this'hight lay fate. 'Seep me ip agony no
onger. Tell ttte 'What sacrifice 'I shall undergo
for you—you my soul's idol! Command me to
perform a pilgrimage around this earth on burn,
ing coals, and it shall be done! Anything,
anything ! but cast me ntrt dff! Plant a dagger
in my JhéBSt, but "kéep in suspense no longer !
Say, lovely PhcBbe, will you—will you be mine VK
He trembled, his heart throbbed, she saw he was
ready to «woon-~a "crimson flush manteled her
cheek
" Like the )ich stttíbét 'neath Italia's skies." *
She pressed his his hand in her tiny fingere, pat
her smiling lips to his ear and whispered, "Obed*.
I shan't be any thing'else ! "
Tfcx Christian Soldier.—Christian risen in
our armies Aouldlabor with redoubled dilligence |
to connteract the spirit ef liiténse . Which .camp
hfe is sure to engender. There is abnndant
offices ef sincere de-
votion in all the departments of military duty.
A man wife be a better soldier, abo, if he & s
good christian. The prayer meetings which
the noble liaveloak ased to hold among his men
nerved their arms*nnd bis arms with wotfdroin
vigor. It was the praying Puritans who ma
the armies of Cromwell invincible. It wae this
trust iri God that gaVe our Revolutionary
strength in the day óf battle, and
which went beftx* them like a visible presence,
in all their sufferings and toils. There is no
why our armies should not be pervaded
with this same christian spirit and christian trust.
huaaau Yóa Fatrtte I—Three more Compa-
nies in the field /—^Mi last Shturday, Captain
Killoagb's company of mounted men left La-
Grange for San Antonio to join Gen. Sibley's
Brigade. On yesterday morning Capt. Tate's
and Capt. Shropshire's companies left far 'Gal-
veston to join Gen. Nichols' regiment for the
defence of the Island City. These cuittpat
aré composed of the bone and sinew of our
'county and wiH do to rely upon in any emergen
ey, even where the caiftlons roar the loudest and
the leaden hail falls thickest. May the God of
Battles go wfllh'thein.—True Issue, IBM.
PoSTar-fcT, st, &c.—A Western poet 'wit.
a pugilistic encounter, Which he thus
immortalized :
"And Isaac he pitched ia'to him',
! iiymn pitched into he;
The way they fytta if was a aits
And horreboi to seeln
Á daily paper taa3 has been 'established be-
tween New Iberia and Ñiblett's Bluff, Mr>
PewelH «f Alabama, being the tontra'ctoi.
A Kili wo.—We learn that John'B. Meredith
was shot on Tuesday evening, about twilight,
the 1st inst. He waa sitting on the gallery at
íome, playing the fiddle, and his wife was near
him. While tuning his fiddle, faóttte person or
persons came to the fence and'fired at him,
several buck-shot taking efléct'in his breast and
abdomen. He then arose and turned to go into
the house, and as he did ta, another gun was
fired several shots taking effect in bis side and
, aw,'had as 'he was ltiflytíhínéti around, another
load took effect in his'back and loins, Not-
withstandirtg these severe wounds, he lived soma
ten htiuiB after. Who the guílíy -parties are who
have dune this, has ndt yet come to light. Mer-
ith was considered a desperate man, and we
are Trbt^prspared to say that his death will be
much regretted.—fieüvillc Countryman,. _
The fall was a step downwards from ¡hnocenck¿
but it was a step onward—a giant step in humkn
progress. It inado'goddness possible; for to know
the evil, and to conquer ft and choose the good,
is far flobler than aatate which only conuist^ in
our ignorance of bbth.
love is dependent njxüi form
—courtesy of etiquette, guards and protects court-
esy of heart, flow many hearts have been lost
irrecoverably, and how many hv&ted eyes and
cold looks have been gained frotn what seemed
perhaps but a trifling negligerfee of 'forms.
We regret to learn that üar'friend M.R. PiH
had the misfitftttlie to have his house burned up
a few. days smee, together with his entire fur-
niture, fcóoka. &c. The house was oh Mre.
Ghatñbers' plantation. How ft caught fire is un
known.—Bellville 'Countryman.
v« MamJná," said a yonfeg lady'to for toother*
"what is emigrating?" "Emigrating, dear,
a young lady going to l:vein Australia." "What
is colonizing, mamriia ? " " 'Colonizing, my
dear, is marrying there, ttfd having a family.
" Mamma, I should like to go to Australia!"
The papers relate aft anecdote of a beautiful
young lady who had Wome blind, having re-
covered her Eight after marriage. Whereupon
Snooks wickedly 'observes that it is no uncom-
mon thing fot people's eyes to be opened by
matrfenotey!
x,
An Irishman in New Haven, befing called
upon (of his excuse for net enlisting in Lincoln's
ertny\ responded that he " couldn't run wqj^
fié was passed over as wholly disqualified i
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J.D. Baker & Bros. The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 26, 1861, newspaper, October 26, 1861; Columbus, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177636/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.