The Patriot. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1863 Page: 1 of 2
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MUSIC INSTRUCTION.
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district.
The duties devolving upon Major Bloom-
field being of the highest importance, all
officers of the district are instructed not to
interfere with him in the discharge of
them. . I ' ' , ,
"I love to gate upon the sea
f And ,hearken to the roar
-; Of dashing waves along the lea— ■
That break against the shore. P
Major and Chief Qnartermaster
Oct, Sth. 25—6t-1863. ‘ y
er;
atthcton for them it is the love-
linoss of your nature that wins, and
continues to retain the affections of
. 4 Houston, Sept 29th, 1868.
No 69 of official "Exemptions’* to par-
ties acting fob me in, the tiansportationof
cotton to the Xo Grande, has been lost
mislaid or stolen.
. Enrolling officers and all persons what-
quarters at such places as he may deem es-
sential in the performance of the duties,
le devoting himself at the same time to
his duties as chief quartermaster of the
the true breast where your head is
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OTFICE CMEF QUAkTERMASTEA:
District of Texas, NEW MEXI-
co ASDARAZONA •
Major Bloomfield is authorised to em-
ploy such persons as may be necessary t?
aid "him in carrying out these instructions
and furnish’such persons as may be of con-
script age, with an exemption trommilitA-
duty while actually employed in his
service in carrying out these insttuetions.
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• It’isnotyourdress, ladies, your
expensive.shawl or golden fingers
that aitraet the attention of men of
sense; they look beyond those, it .
is your character they study. If
'you.,we trifling an loose in your
conversation, no matter if you are
as boautiful as angels, you have no
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DROF. F W SMITH, having perma-
J nently located in LaGrange, will be
prepared to receive pupi" " * -he
beginning of September next.
to his task many years of experience
zihg to-morow. We do not refer to
the ultimate scrutiny of our deeds;
iih. precedes it and
forewarns us what its result may be
Well does Macbeth say r .
"We still have judgement her*.” ‘ ■
Tb^tday Morning by
W. fl McClellan,
the said exethption. No. 69, has. come by
the same fraudulently. Enrolling officers
are requested to arrest, and conscript said v
persons at once and notify me of. the fact.
. W B BLOOMFIELD,
"RFTHINGSNHATTLOVE.
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I love to seethe mgrning dawn
In floods of golden lights
And spangling oler the mossy lawn
AU beautiful and bright. '
Farewell! farewell to all I love!
To hallowed memory’s tie:
In, myrtle bower or cypress grove •
6 Loved ones in slumber lie. ,
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. Selected,
,. ■ Monongahela’s stream, ‘ . ".
And see the rippling waterglide.
And in the sunlight gleamr
from what will then be the past, to
torment dr bless us. Such a present
recievesa new glory in changing to
the past. r 7 .
Let the young and thoughtless
understand, at the very , outset of
their active career, that the evil
to-day cannot elude thescrutin-
nie“ s
XIV. Major B Blgomfeld will procure
by purchase or impressment. 6000 bales of
cotton and transport the same to Browns-
ville or King’s Ranchet He will provide
the necessary transportation by purchase,
hire, or impressment and select, Or open
such routes as he may deem necessary for
‘ e speedy ahdsafe transmission of tire cot-
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And evening’s silver twilight crown
‘The hamlet, brok and rill.
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Then darker, darker grows the shade
Around the place I stand,
AM see the twilight shadows fade,
Anc darkness veil the land. .
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it is weighed in the balance of Jus-
d not found wanting-rcan’t
be otherwise than consolatory. cou . wu, „p
But as the good we have. done each day,wal
grows ‘more and more comforting to -
us as we reflect upon it, so does the
evil we have committed grow in
horror as it glares uppn us from the
vistas of memory. ' j,.
We have our choise. We can be
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ful attention to those entrusted to his charge
to merit the coafidence of the public, and
begs to solicit a liberal patronage. :
; LaGrange, August 18th, 1868 y17-tf.
I love to hear the song of birds
Ring out upon the air 4
And see the lambs and lowing herds
Sport in the sunshine fair.
THOMAS C GREGORY P, M.
LaGtag. Oct Sth 1863 —26-3.
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HEaD QR's DEr‘, TRANS-Mres,, >
Shreveport, La., A'ug. 14,1862 ; J
General Order, No. 36.
II All officers and soldiers belonging to
the garrisons of Vicksburg and Fort Hud-
son, previous to the surrender of those pla-
ces, who may be wilhif the Department of
Trans-Mississippi, either by furlough or
otherwise, will repprt by the th day , of
September next, or at theexpiration oftheir , ‘
furlough, at one of the tollowing named pla-
ces, Viz.*—those from Arkansas, at the camp
of instruction at Washington'. Ark, Mrom
Missourj, at Little Boek, Ark, from Lousis *!
ana, ( at the camp of Instruction near
Shreveport, La. from,Texas, at the places
directed by Major Gen Magruder.
The Quartermoster's Department will
furnih necessary transportation to officers
and men reporting in compliance with
this order. *
By command of U
Lieut, Gen E KIRBY SMITH.
S S ANDERSON, Ass’t Adj’t Gen*!.
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and loved hyany, you can’t be sure
that this untold bitternose will ne-
or be your portion. 1 While any are
left to delight in war sisters must
yield,their brothers; wives their
husbands, and mchers their sons to
be butchered on the field o^ battle.
Not one is safe, nor will be; until
through all the wgrld is feit and
practised tho spirit of •-good will to
man.'' M c.. ‘n sce
by sword, spear and shell, and think
of that poor heart beatmg slowly,
irs dying.throbs; think of his gasp-
iug breath, his gazing eyes, his dy-
ing unatteded agony upon the field
bo th lost and -won,. You cannot-
bea! it? You refuse tp harrow up
your feelings by sch Uivughte,
Bat, lady, if you uannot endure the
bnge imagination of the thing, how
think you that they on whom such
fate has fallen have endured there-
ality? ' And while war is justified
I love-to sea the rainbow span
The summer evening sky—-
How beauti ful! • to sit and scan •
The beauty of its dye.
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( I love to see the sungo/ down '
Behine the far-off hill.
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And thus I love to sit andmuse
O’er other, days gone by,r
And see the ever-cm
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Professor F. W. Smith has rented a
music room near the Academy 80 that
every facility will' be afforded 'pupils for Jr
studying muic, R.PDECRERp. 4
( • ■ J. R. CASSELMAN, s
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MEDICAL NOTICE. . .
What a vast proportion of our
livesis spent ih anxious and useless theispeedy ahdsafe traasmisaioi
forebodings concerning the future, ton to the points Gesignated.
—either our own, or that of our dear
conscience on points of moral right,
■Sb to consuit his lawyer on points of
law, how much misery would be not
escape both ih his life of action and
his life of afterthought. ' .
•HOW TO DEAiWITH A CROSS
' v PERRONS.
We know of no better rule than
that the consideraions of both its
wants in reference to the poor is a
8 matter of ehrstian and human du-
a- L,
U THE LESSR,EVIL.
2 War, bloody and 'cruel as it is has
I | yetits advocates. It is the “lesser
17 evil" they say. But what then
‘ ’ might the greate'evil be? What is.
r that unimaginable horror which, is
i worse than the wholesale slaughter
[ of-man by his fellow man? Wrse
Lz- than thesandingof tens of thousands
to keep one's temper under prevoca-
tion;but this we know isavety dif-
ficult thing. Refect eilnce ia the
only way some people can keep
their tempers,and that to a cross pr ‛
son is often but adding' fuel to* the
flame. A ittl unexpected act of
attention, or kindness, at such'a
time, will sometimes surprise your
opponent into good humor in spite
of himself, and start repentant tears
'from his eyes. Happ^e who can
do this, for by every such act of.
magnanimity does he. diminish the
distance between himself and heaven
prevented; but Oh! that it should be
at such a cost! ’
wme Look. sister, at your strongyoung
i strong brother, just on the verge of
1 Amanhood Do you love him? Are
you proud of him? Is he not noble
in your eyes? But how should
s shrgly come as ever, -yonlike to offer him to the Moloch
at hand. Win- of war! It might be a fine thing
,________- fir" acene of enough tohave his manly beauty1
green fields And mottled wods, the set off by the gay dress of a soldier.
•r *M - . —2-------d--1 He would look well, nodoubt, moan-
OUR pWoLrES."
We all'live lives—a life of
action and a life of forethought.
The man who lives morally, use-
fully, 'intellectually— who . is good,
does good, and turns all his mental
and moral faculties to god account
may be said to live two Self-satisfac-
tory lives in one. io.
His life of Acts, made up of the
porformahce of his obligations to
God, his neghbor and himself; must
in the main be happy?
His Life of Afterthought, in which
memory summons hi 3 Life
tion to the bar of Conscience—where
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Well has it been said, “greater is he
that ruleth his spirit than he who
taketh a city.” It would be well,*
too,in case of conversational dispn
tatjon to stop till you have stated ________ _______- ____
your definition of thesubjectinhand soever are notified that any "perbon using
as often After along* sharp skirmish, the ceid au-hutin* Na heoe w
eager disputants have found, to their
astonishment that they perfectly
agree as to essentials. There are
some persons who always take the
contrary side, because it is cotra-
ry, andiwho will neither yiold, nor
angine hues " agree to differ, but Mldw you like
a snarling cur, and like it, only make
themselves a laughing-stock for.
their/peevishness and puerility. Special Orders No, 241. -
Treat such as you would the cur;— -r" --- " “
shut your door in thir face, and
"eun
the heart. Young ladies adly miss
it who labor to improve their out-
ward looks, while they bestow not
a thought on -their minds. Fools
pay be won by gew-gaws, and fash-
ionable showey dresses, but- the
wise & substantial Are never caught
by such traps. Let modesty be
your dress. Use pleasant and a-
greeable language; and though you
may notbe courted by the fop; the
good, and truly grat will love to
linger in^your stops._________
■ Nature' is a false teacher, and
she opposes all her children into the
perfection of their being. The lit-
de bird comes out from the nest; it
does not understand the doctrine of
bajaucing; it clings convulsively
with its little feet to the swinging
spray. But, for all that, Nature
not hold it gently ih her hand, for
she tosses the brapch bravely this
way-and that. The bid does not
fall—it only flutters; and, swayed ._______....
into the doctrine of balancing, the. but to that whi
---------.---------- next one sees of it,it is sitting and
ofrinful, unprepared souls, Swelling singing upon the topmost billows of
with furious passions, and reeking the'green pine. * >
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ones.. Present joy, present blessings
slip by; and t e lose bait their sweet
flavor, and all for want of faith ih
Him who provites for the tiniest in- ry
sect in the sunbeams. Oh, when L—-— x, .. ,-g, .
■ shan wo learn the sweet trust in God ■ Major Bldomfeldmav. makebisghedj
that our little children teach, us, ouarterssatssuch Places sshemay.deeme
, ala yuol evry a, by their confiding faith
e of Acs ‘in us? We—who are so mutably
so faithless, so irritable, so unjust--
and He—whois so watchful, so piti~
ful, so/loving, so forgivingl jWhy
can’t we, slipping or hand in His
walk trustingly over that
day’s appointed path, thorny; 9r
flowery, crooked or strait, knowing
that evening will bring us sleep;; &
peace,an d home.; Wby toil distrusts
fully to gather up mana for days Malanqe JIaU &Bemale
yet to come, when every dewey
morning shall find it freshly sprin-
kled at our feet? When we co get
near “Our Father,” how wonderful
seems this, our distrust—how our ,
eyes overflow, that we could make
so.mean a return for that all-embra- )
ing, all-bountiful, generous kind-
ess, which is measureless as the 0-
cean, though our short-comingstere
numerous as its tossing waves.
I love to quit the haunts of men ■ 1 .
with nature to commune,. ,
And rove along the sylvan glen . .
Whefe naught disturbs the gloom.
I love to cast a lingerihg glance
Around the old play-ground—
Where sprigtly forms in glecgme prance
W ith fawn-lke steps didheund
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ils ku music at the (
.. BringiaA TFHE undersigned, having roturned 30
w uza onuy yuue J. --perience Mil LaGrange offers his profexsipnal^aarviee
teacher, heexpects, by a strict and faith- to his old patrons and others,, and hopes
" ns < ....... . by a-faithful discharge of his duties to
merit arenewal and continuation.of.their
patronage. DG. GREGORY, M. D, •
LaGrange,< June 4th 1868—-7-m.
- JF, OF LETTERS "remaining in the
the 81st December 1868 willbesentto the
dead letter office at Richmond Va,
Almonde John, Bruse Mrs Polly. Bell
A J, Cross Mrs Julia A. Forbs jessee 34
Gebert Fed, Glasgow L, Harrison Cant
William, Harris Pincknie, Hightower Dr
J C, Halk J, Jones * Tweatkan. Jone, f
Mrs MA, Johnston W W, Meyer MrsH
“----*— T-ine, Nottingham Mrs L
-M,RsimDrw,stin.
man C. Seward G:R, Warren MrAllice
Zumwalt Master Robt D.
Persons calling for letters in the above
list will plesse say fadvertised" as such
letters are kept in a sperate box.
ted on a Righ-spirited battle steed,,
with arms at his hide, and plumes,
upon his bend; but these are not tie
things to onsidor. Think, for a
moment, of that white brow pressed
heavily upon the blood-tained sod;
think of those active and graceful
’limbs streched stiff and gory amid
heaps of slaint; think of those bright
ipping laughing eyes glaring/ ghastly and,
nd Wilf dim, from out the tangled and mat- ■
-- > ted locks of the skiughtered in bat-
‘ tie. All’this has.bhen the fate, of
HkadavAtrens, DISTRICT W TXX As
NEW Mexico asp A±zosa,
NEAR MrLLWAN, September 5th, 1863
twice ‘ * blessed or twice cursed.
Blessed in doing and in thinking of
what we have done, or cursed alike
in the act and .'afterthought. We
can people the pf esent, with pursu-
ing fiends or ministering angles,
who will come to us in the future
2000..
-TGzrid
. Bycommand of,
, Major. Gen, MAGRUDER
(signeg) E P ‘IvENSR, A A G.
Sept 9th, 1863,—22-6t.
with human bipod, into the presence j
of that holy God who has comma n -
ded amid fire arid tempest “Thou
gu-ag ©y guscprzozgshalt not kill. ' ‛ ...
ONE FEAR $s- ONE QUARTER >1 bo- Certainly, it there is any greater
Afl pastmsters in tho State are suthor-evil than war it is well to have it
g iedtoactee Agents,,,," "miim "3
f. aitMbscriptions, in allemses, incorsd-
2 *ly in advance.
mereeemeemreernon
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h:e but
• But
toooaid tnay mgnt be more estectively
» rendered, with no mnore’cstand but
little more trouble to the givers.
Let each who aidsw help the needy
within his orhen immediate vicinity
.6 of whose real circumstances he or
she can be assured. By this, cours?
i thousands 9f"professtonal" add not
needy beggars will be foiled. In
giging, give money only when food .
I raimhent or fuel will not meet /the
| want. There are too many tempta-
| tions to misspend the money given
I clarity. By practising these
ef two rules, or cautious, one-third
K "orereal aid may be expected with
M te same means. Winter is so near’
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I love to beat the siver sounds
Of brook and dancing rill.
My heart with rupture then abound/.
Hy hopes a«d fears are stil-
j; I love to wander ’long the brook,
My youth fill stories tell: . * v
And gather from each hidden nook * ,
Tho flower and pearly shell.
ACADEMY, |
{KFILL be open for the reception of J
'W Pupil* the, la Monday (the 7th) ot
September, 1863. No change in Tuition
from last yfar. “Currency'received at
current rates.” . Pupils charged irona date
of intry till close of term.
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yruth Jmtiee—IMerfli and Law.
LIGRANGE,TEXAS,THURSDAY,OCTR81863
Rememberancergoes hike a resur
rectionist to the graves of our past
errors and crimes, and .shows us
their skeletons. The conventional*
robes in which we dressed them to
make them seemly are gone- the
tinsel of subterfug and sophjstry
with which w bedecked their loath-
omenesshas fallen away--self-de-
ception is no longer possible, and w Moore Mrs Oathri
shrink from the foul offspring of our A 2, Newman.W
misguided souls, but' cannot, dare
not repudiate them.
If the young doubt the vraiseme
blance of this picture, let them ask
the old, and they will learn that its
drawing is. correct and its tints
true. Ah, if the man of the World
were only as careful to consult his
? . bysyupathyto aid the poor 'and
suffering, to Eo arrange and distrih-
r* uto their aid that itmdy most eas
| the pinch of went add do the grat-
f ebt’good,- In our city’there is an
n t entllees call upon Uenevo lence, as
" well as an gaero.s tisupo proper
ty, in belif of poverty andmendici-
1 tynd it is to the honprof human-
1ly that the call is most bountifully
answered. No community supports
L public, or practices private charity,
F mre generously than ours-not
E tonly to soften the rigors of Winter
•2 hhn* through all reasons of the year.
there is much of our benevolent
at might be -more effectively
WINrEu, ASP its Wants. <
P Goldeplynsthe Autamnmay
I ride out Its eareer, the cold, biting
1 Winter will 2
I Jove to see the lightning’s flash! >, r
And hear/he thunder roar Ae
And see the"foaming waves that dash
On Allegany’s shore. ‛0-" ■
I love tosit rta dowh besda
many a brother, as young, as noble, •
a dear AS is your 'own—and how
can you urely know that this may
not y^t be the fate of you?' brother?
Qh! sister, you. may well fear and
hate the name of wm; And wife,
think of him* whose arms -now en-
circle youj^l^ng supinely ona the
earth, his soul going forth fre hie'
andbleedhg body, think “of
,hc J
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: LOVELINESS.
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- deuce during the kindler seasons
5- makes the Winter dpubly severe.
I’ All suehifthey were wise, would
3 3 imitate the "busy bee" and the prov-
| " identisquirrel. which improre the
P, days sunshine and fruitage, and*, gushed and bleedfg body, think of
I . comfortable to hedge them- t —ggsieulan
r helves, ageinst the waste and mW* lying, scarred and stabed and torn
jK ronncssefWitr. But the improv- .
5 ideut are not gfven to wisdom; their
g, common proverb is, vaufliiert for
" day is the ev il thereof.” : lhpir
knowlge of wbat mnst come, is
1a, no warning, so dhpg A .they are pot
- 0, bsolutely driven tofjhe,wall; theu
l. all their repentau" and regrets
ar unavailiug it is. a strange itaet
' se jthat th e poorer classes, very w here,
s v’are the lenst, forethoughtful and
251 provident. If would(acem often as
a• though a blind, passive fatalism
23. wasthe inspiration of their lives.
■ But such boug thel inevitable
M. case, it the diore behoves all those
.s Qo are habitually taxed, or called
KSBB'*
K and is eVen now clos at hand. Win-
A tershiftting out thet
■ green fialde and mottl ,
ibrooklet and the bird-song, and all
■ ■■ 'ba gay belonging* of the sed-time
I e and harvest seasos. And with its
I vailing of the earth's “milder loyes
g Jness," Winter willbringnew want'
I to all, and a timozvf sore sufering
| to tho poor.. Many who are now, heavily u
: rpmforiable in the sunshine, subnis-'-hi-l-
2 tingrou chances and charities, care-
less efthe morrov, will soon find a
hk subtle and bitter foe in the "nippin
P trost," and sleet and snow—and Wilf
5 have tn ereep shivering into wha
over shekter may offer.
Multundes, the world over, can
( byn'o foresight escape the severer
burthenssotWintei but there are
y: other multitudes, iyhose improvi-
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