The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 11, 1862 Page: 2 of 2
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[Kroin ilio WiuUiugton (Ark.) 'lVligruyl!.
"A Touch efKTa^nrr^|naUcs the whole
A Bubacriber lias pu ub in poa-
ession of tbo following letter, -written
by. a lady o Mississippi totho bereav-
ed widow of one of our Arkansas
volunteers. It is a plain and mod-
■ «st epistle, poured fresh from a Jeel-
ing heart. Although not. intended
for any other eyoB than those of
the afflicted family, it is so full of
deep humane sympathy, no redolent
. of all those puuu and noble emotions
which niaketbo true woman angelic,
that wé cannot doubt its public inter*
est. It will reach the heart of every
wife, inollier and sister whose bus
band, son or brother may. ISj in the
army in Mississippi.
Choctaw AokncV Miss., 1
Juno 2i), 18g2. i
Hns. Mary A. Daniel,
Dear Friend:—I write you by the
earnest request or your dear husband
who God in his allwise providence has
.. removed to his bright home above !
and while I record his death to orie
sp loved by him, tears of true sym-
pathy flow from my sad heart, • and
<>h! when this reaches you how bitter
Will be the anguis^ of your soul.
On the8thof June my father found
hiiri on his way to a hospital, and as
he was too sick to reacli it, lie was
brought here in a cai'rii§te ; when lie
came tve gave him a nice bed and
sent immediately for a good physician,
but he told u.-i h^.knew lie would die,
¡13 he had been so much exposed
•wutm we Were retreating from Cor-
' ifltll. :
Good many attended his burial.
He was laid in our family grave-
yard, as be asked me one day, "if you
have a place where any of your fam-
ily are buried, please lay me near
them, for you are such good people."
He also boid, "I want my funeral
preached." My Father made Bome
remarks at his grave, and put up a
touching prayer in behalf of the
widow and little orphan cnildren.
\Vo'thought you had better have his
funeral preached where he had lived.
I know you will miss your dear hus-
band; but this wnr lias taken f*> many
good men away from up. A year
ago I had two brothers, a dear cousin
and a faithful servant to leave hora
to battle for our country, all of them
have died but one of my brothers,
and ho is a prisoner at Sandusky,
Ohio, was surrendered at Fort I)onol-
sen* Wo have so much trouble
since the war. I hope God will sup-
port you in this great trial, that yon
will think your husband is a bright
Angel in Heaven, that his suffering
Soon next morning I-went to
See
him and lie askt'd irte ph ase to write
to his wife, and Jet her know be was
sick and had gotterf to a good plac&
to rest. We did everything 1 hat
could' be doné for him,'he could not
eat much, but my mother gave liiui
black berry ■ cordial and nice wine,
wlucb lift wniild say, "oh.
good." . I never saw any one more
thankful than lie was. lie came
here Sunday evening. 0:i Wednes-
day liK.rii'tog he thought lie was
dying, and asked mo to please
write down your name and Tost
Office, and said, "tell my wife I am
going to Heaven and. want her and
my little children to meet me there."
He said he had four ^ood children,
and he called them Fannie, Bnddip,
. Johnie and Sissie, be wanted ro see
you very much, lie had, camp fever
and I'noumpni.i and often while
suffering would say, "I would be
Bo much better off if I. were dead,"
•he would pray to God, and seemed
so willing to die. I wrote to a cousin
of his, Mr. George W. Murphy, and
asked him to get a furlough and
come'to see Mr. Daniel, but he did
not come. On «Friday I saw him,
and he sain ','1 want you to promise
me one thing," I told him I would;
he said, "write to my wife until you
hear from ber, then you will know
she has gotten your letter." We
had five other soldiers here who sat
up with him and some of our servants
were always by him. My mother
was with him nearly all the time, he
said he had learned .hef step and was
so glad when she came, and asked
"please not to leave him," he was so
polite and so thankful. We all loved
him and did everything to get him
well. He died Sunday ISth^a week
after he came here—was dressed in
the nice clothes you made him. Ma
made a pillow and nice sheet which
had beautiful flowers on it; oh! he
looked so naturaland calm, and wo
could Aul from his face, "Swedt
peace,Vrrow no more." He brought
no money with him, but said he left
it with Mr. Dumas; we asked bow
much it was, he said he had been so
sick he could not remember. 'j
c;-
and sorrow is over; While
luvwouhl call ^lary Ann nnd all of
his little children's names, he said to
me, "Oh, there is so much trouble in
this world, so fnany little children
starving, and said I wonder if my
dear little ones will ever want iiny-
ting." He was bnried in a suit of
clothes.—Ma cut off some of his hair
for yon, sends some and keeps a lock
for fear it may never reach you. We
live near the Mobile and Ohio Kail-
road. You must write to íne so that
I will know you have heard from me.
My father and mother send you their
love, and their prayer is that God
will be with you and enable yon so
to live and raise your, little children
that you may meet your dear hus-
band in Heaven. His grave is near
three of my brothers, and shall never
bo -neglected. Write soon and be-
lieve me, Vutir unknown, but_ true
liiend, *'MOLLIK F. J.OJ3B.
Flies, it is said have an aver-
sion to leaves of elder and walnut
trees—-especially the former. One
laid upon a person's head will keep
thene 'pests away. If true, the use of
them might be of great comfort to
sick and wounded soldiers as well as
other people.—Ex.
.— ¡
Definition of Military Term*
Am de Camp.—An officer who re-
ceives and communicates the orders
of a general officer.
líiiioADiKú General.—The gen-
eral officer,who commands a brigade,
whether on horse or foot.
Brigade Major.—An officer ap-
pointed by the Brigadier to assist
him in the management and ordering
of brigade.
Colonel.—The chief commander
of a regiment of troops, infantry or
cavalry. He ranks , next below a
Brigadier-General.
Lieutenant Colonel.—Is the
second officer in a regiment, and com-
mands during the absence of the
Colonel.
Gbnebal.—The chief commander
of an army. To distinguish this
officer from other Generals he is some-
times called General in chief.
Brigade.—An indefinite number
of regiments, squadrons, or battalions.
Brigade of artillery—six pieces, with
140 men. A brigade of sappers is
six men.
Battalion.—500 or 800 men ; a
body next below a regiment.
A regiment consists generally of
two or more battalions.
Squadron.—A body of troops in
any form. The principal division of
* regimént of cavalry, from 100 to
200. - « •
From JLouisiana.—The following
extractfrom'the'NowjYork Herald's
New ©rleanslatter, shows .that our
friends in Louisiana are not idle:
"The State of Louisiana and some
others of tho Southern States ore
divided into parishes. I shall take
one parish*as 11 type of the rest. Well
iu this parish there is probably a large
planter, the leading man in the com-
munity. Call him Jones, if you
please. Well, Mr. Jones 1ms great
influence among his fellow parishion-
ers, and he uses that influence to
induce his neighbors—say from thirty
to fifty^men—to arm themselves, each
with his shot-gun, riflq or whatever
weapon may be handy in the house,
and to take his horse with him.' As
soonas a vessel is seen approaching,
aiul even before—for swift horses are
kept constantly running to give infor-
mation—Jones and his men are con-
cealed in a favorable spot—aay under
shelter of thick woods or behind the
levee, aud when the vessel approaches
idle is saluted with a volley ofinuskot
ry, sometimes with flying artillery,
and before the fire can be returned,
if tho vessel, attacked proves to be a
gunboat—they are off, nobody on
board knows where, Similar ope
rations aré .carried on landward. If
they ire chased by a superior force
•each man separates from the vest and
flees homeward. Pursue one of them
itnd ho dodges you through the woods
turns his horse loose on approaching
bis hoUse, and hides his euJdle where
you cannot fiud it: and when you
get to the house, you find Mr. Guerril
la complacently seated on his piazza,
philosophically smoking the pipe of
peace, and presenting the appearance
of innocence personefied. This is a
correct picture of the manner in which
the guerrillas ary oiigaiiifci'.d in this
State. I received uiy iufóruíation
froin a native officer of rank, wlr i>
thoroughly -posted -4« --the-- matter
through long service on the Mieeissip-
pi river.
P$ach Leak Yeast.—Hops cost
two dollars per pound, leaves cost
nothing and peach leaves make but-
ter yeast than hops. Thus: take
three handfulls of peach leaves and
three medium sized potatoes, and
boil them in two quarts of water until
the potatoes are done; tako out the
leaves and throw them away, peal
the potatoes and rub them tip with a
pint of flour, adding cool Water suf-
ficient to mako a paste, then pour on
the hot p.eacli leaf ten. and let it stand
for about five minutes. If you add
to this a little old yeast, it will be
ready for use in tjiree hours. If you
add none, it will require a day and
night before use. Leaves dried in
shade are as good as fresh ones. As
this is stronger than lisp yoast, loss
should be used in making up the
dough.—Excha nge.
" Recipe for Dving Slate Color.
—Equal portions of the inside bark
of sasafras and willow, boiled in a
brass kettle; strain the decoction from
the bark, and odd to two gallonB of
the fluid a small table spoonfull of
copperas, the same of felum, or a
•mall table spoonfull of copperas, the
same of alum, or a «mall portion of
the latter. Hare the wool well scour-
ed, and taken out of a clean soapsuds;
wring it dry and put it into the dye,
let it boil a short time, raising it out
to get air frequently; dry It and then
wash it in sad until quite cleansed
from the smell of dye. It is a per-
manent color, and doés not take a
great quantity ' of the bark above
named; it Is richer than almost any
other bark I ¿ate ever used.
The black jack will dye a good
slate color, prepared in the same way,
but not so permanent a color as the
other.
County Court.—This body has
beon" in session four days this week,
and the business transacted, by it,
will, it is thought, bo of material
benefit to the county, especially to
the destitute families of our soldiers.
1 he Court has ordered, that four
thousand dollars in County Treasuiy
notes, to be denominated " Bounty
War Scrip," be issued in bills of $6,
for tlm benefit of all soldiers gone
and going to war from this county,
Who have not heretofore received a
bounty from the county. The County
bounty to each soldier is <¡¡15. This
scrip is redeemable in 1865, and will
also be receivable for the county
taxes of 1864.
The Court has also ordered that
eight tltousand dollars in Couuty
Treasury notes, to be denominated
"War Tax Scrip," be issued in bills
of one, two and three dollar bills,/or
the benefit of destitute families of
soldiers gone from this county.—
These notes will be receivable for
all county dues for tho year'1862, or
redeemable at maturity in such cur-
rency as 'may bo iii the Treasury.
These Treasury notes, both "Bounty
War Script" aud "WargTax Script,"
amounting in the —4- •*'
$12
On the 14th ttlt., by Ber. JohnKiliau,
Mr. Charlea W. Liebscher to Ml Mary
loots.
COTTON AND HIDES. *
1 will pav the highest market price in
CASH or Good for Cotton • aud Hide*,
delivered to me at Hefflpstead. Oot 11th.
etl-4t. E. a. METCALFE.
oo b . w —
000, aro in addition to tho 10,000 in
change bills, based upon and redeem
able iu C. S* Notes, ordered at the
last term of the court.
Tho Court has ordered that a dis-
bursing agent be appointed in each
Beat,'who shall take charge of the
money set-apart, for destitute families
of his neighborhood, and pay it over
to tho beneficiaries, who receive, for
tho'year, from $24 to $120, owing to
means of subsistence and number íd
family. This, incisure Will doubtless
bo approved by a great majority of
tlio people of Fayette, as it will give
comfort to manyv a mother, and bread
to her children. It is due the soldivr
that his family be provided for by
those at home, while he is off in hi«
country's service. We are glad they
have thus been cared for by oar
county,
The public school fund was dis-
tributed at this term of the Court,
each scholar receiving U) i.-nte, I' v
day, the maximura allowed by law,
leaving n balance' of 8X05 ami f-otar
ceiU-i ¡)f tliis fund "in tho Treasury.
[ Le (Jrange Trke Us ie.
By the Central train to-day we
hear that MeÓlellan attacked Ifil!
with 80,000 meu, at Sharpsb'.ij'g, being
reinforced by Longstreet they drov?
McClcllan nine miles and took 3,000
prisoners.
This, of course, is an altogether
separate afiair from the Harper's
Ferry victory. In tho latter Jackson
seem3 to liavo taken rear 12,000
prisoners and 2,000 negroes, with a
very trifling loss.
Middleton and Boonvillu aro on
the old National pike (Cumberland
road.) Middleton íb about seven
miles acd Boonesboro' about 12 north
west from Frederick, and Sharps-
burg is nearly due west from Harper's
Ferry, and is about 15 miles from
Frederick. It seems to us that
Frederick must have been' left by
our troops before McCléllan could
have got up to Sharpsburg. We
are in doubt whether the report of
McGlellan being in command thew is
not a mistake after nil.— Telegraph.
Useful To House Kkp.pers.-Re-
cent experiments in more than one
family in this city, have established
the fact that, the plant commonly
knowu as "water pepper" or "smart
weed," which may now be found In
abundance along our ditches, and
roads, lanes and barn yards is an
effectual and certain destróyer of the
bed bug. A strong decoction is
made of the herb, and the plaoes in
feeted with the insects Washed thor-
oughly with It. The' plant mat also
with much advantage be staffed in
the cracks and oormrm of the taoin.
Elderberry loares laid «pon . the
shelves ora safe or cupboard will
also drive away roaches and anta,
while the common hause íy will n6t
ventare in amelling distance of them.
■These eimple remedies, should .be
extensively used.—Exchange.
Pnrtipan Ranger / '
HAVING rocqWed authority lrutn Mnj.
Strau to raiie a Company of Partiliut
Ranger for Baylor's Brigade, all dc irin¡;
to enter iuto active service will come for-
ward and bo enrolled. The men will t\ir-
nish their own horses, «addles, and such
serviceable arms as the/ may possess.—
Xhey will* receive fifty dollars Uiunty on
being mastered in, and regular cavalry pay,
and be entitled to all the rights and privi-
leges ot Partisan Rangers. Conscripto-aro
permitted to volunteer la this service, nnd
all soldiers discharged for disability tiro
liable to conscription if the disability no
longer exists. -
The Company will meet at BeHrille on
Saturday, Ootobor 11th, 1862.
c-10-2t* , J. A. 8TÜART.
A DM INIJ8TB A T OK'B NOTICE.
A Having been appointed Adiqinistrutur
upon the estate af John T. Edwards, de-
ceased, late of Austin county, by the Chiet
Justice of said county of Austin, at the
September Term, A. £>., 1862,-1 liefebv
give notice'to all persons holding claim
against said estabmto preseat them, duly
authenticated, within the time prescribed
by law. —
E. CLEVELAND,
Administrator.
Sept. 30th, lt?62. e JlM5t
li'li'lcesi IDollariiReward!
STRAYED OR STOLEN from my
place, Sorrel more years old, star
in the face, one himl foot white, up to the
SOBterni branded with n half cirole nnd
ot under it, on the left shoulder. Al o,.
a sorrel roan mare, 24 years old, sniall
white in the face, some white on her hind
feet, same brand. I will pay the above
reward for. both nnimnl , or ten dollar
ibr the fir t and five dollars for the second
or halt' the eamo for information that
enables liic to get them. Address.
V. S. REES. «•.:
f-tn j un;\.i,AvftiiCo. Texas,
c—Í)—Mt.
ivotICET ~~
ALL PERSONS are hereby notified not
to trade for a note oxecutod by me in
favot of W,iliaco Osterhoutfor the«uin ol
t lx h-indr^l dollars, as the purposes for
which t d note wa given have not bees
fitJSIleii.
P. S. CLARKE.
Hempsti'iCd, Sent. 13, '62. c-7-tf
i.'
\
$25 REWARD!
QTHAYED OR STOLEN from Dr. W
0 I. Cocke sometime in May Ihst, one
buy in re, abo.it eight year old, right esr
A'of.efted, branded on the left ide, near the
backbeii!' and ne r the hip, titus Í
wi!J puf twenty-five dollars /or her delivery
to roe at '['ravin, Austin comity, Texas; or
a reasonable reward for information so that
1 get h«<r. Said aniutal belong to the
widow Miller, at Buekhorn, in Austin Co.
E. CLEVEI -VJiD.
Sept. 4,186¿.W c-7-4t-pd
A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTK' K .-The
Jr.L undor igned, appointed at tlie June
Term of the Couuty Comt of Au>:in Co..
admipiatratororthe estate of J. C. Taylor.
late of Bellville, deceased, and having
qualified Onder said appointment, nil per-
sons having claim agaisst said estelo, are
required to preseut tie same for allowaaoa
within tho time prescribed cy law. ''
J. P. OSTERHOUT,
Aug. :W,'62. c-5 6t Ad.a'r.
$10 Reward.
I will pay tea dollars freward for tV
return to mo at Bnckliorn, Austin
comity, of a horse 8 or 0 years old, brown
8olor, hip shot, brnndod H in a dianxmd.
aid bene escaped from me while at ( amp
Carter near Hempstead, last April.
e.-4—tf. Morum L. LOCKE.
Ifotlce. '
t T6^Tírc.M,FPíW,u,..
í Z. W. Hatthom And If. T. Hank.
Judge Oeorjge W. Jokason, Dr. K. T.
Bonney, and Franeis M Cloud, who are
all in the army—I am ftflly authorised by
power ofatfy to attend to the business of
the e gentlemen In their' absence, nnd to
receive and receipt tur any and alt debta
that mar be doe to either of tbom. If the
patriotism of amr one indebted to either ol
these sotfliers shaM rfrompt him to oome
forward and pay «p, 1 can be foon*^ at ay
office in BeHrille ready aed-willing ami
eager st all times to receive the money
June 28—b 46. tf N. HOLLAND...
AIMBTCALPB, ' T
If engaged. . fr*ta8-]y.
;TH ATAPfl* ttf/Vi
nndersigned
by the Chief Jus
Adminístratela upon the
row, deceased, notiee *
srHE41 '
prescribo!
Cohmbaa,
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Osterhout, John P. The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 11, 1862, newspaper, October 11, 1862; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177065/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.