The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 27, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 4, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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■ellvilU ,'Austin County, T U.
¿APRIL, 4, I860.
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We have heard the name
Robert J. Town of Austia
the present Secretary of StatfJ, spoken
of for Govenmr. IIh would «uit 11
' Though we made a Call for
■•me money, «orne weeks since,
candor compels us to say that we
hare not yet received the first dime
under that call.
"isr W« givo this week the new
exemption law as passed by the Con
federate Congress. It will he seen
that it makes some changes in the
old law. Pelrions interested will of
course give it an attentive perusal.
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foir the foe that they may be received
in a hostile manner. Lot them bf
welcomed with bloody bands to a
hospitable grave;"
Gen. Walker, by issuing an order
permitting exempts to join fof limited
fiodn, some of the old regiments
uow ¡u the service, and furnishing
them with nmtoUnifion, arms and
Nations, might, perhaps, considerably
augment his present force, in an
emergency. Wo think all the means
at our disposal should, in case oí
ati invasion by the enemy, bo brought
into the field. We are satisfied we
have the means, if we only had law
o enable, us to nse^ it to advantage.
From the Mississippian Extra.
CAPT. CLINTON FORT,
i. ,-. r,!'s ♦:• I
Pot several days past our city has
Contained several military celebrities,
among these, though the most unpre-
tending and unassuming, has: been
Captv Clinton Fort, the distinguished
ana daring scout of North Mississippi.
The Captain, though deformed and
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.—The public of this
vicinity are indebted to G. W. John
sou, thro' whose courtesy the mall was'
ln-ougbt from Brenham on the 2fith
ujt. ^ With that exception we have
had no mail in the past two weeks.
Tho high watjjr in Mill creek baa
been tho chief cause. . I
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IF TEXAS BB IN VADED.
We believe an invasion of the
State by the Yankees is still uppre
hended by some persons. Wé do not
profess to be sufficientlly cognizant
of the situation to give an opinion
in reference to the subject. Hut w(i
are satisfied that there is bone and
sinew enough left#u Texas to repel
any face the enemy may land here,
it we had a law requiring such bone
and sinew to be ol-gauized. Tho
Legislature was, in our opiuion, very
remiss in their duty when they failed
to pass « law organizing all the men
¡u Tixii iuto-compaiSes and battal-
ions, wUiwutregardtoage, calling or
exemption. Disregarding age and ox-
em ptiona there are yet able bodied men
onough in Au*Ua<county to make n
regiment. But law is needed to give
them form, substance, organization.
Some men of sixty, sixty-five, and
even seventy, are as aide to fight and
can stand a campaign of thirty to
sixty days, as well as
men- Age does not
provided the physical ability is suffi-
cient. We believe there .are not
more than forty men in Austin cotinty,
who are toó old to fight.
Wé aro inclinad to think the legis-
lature 4U1 yet have to be convened
for the purpose of organising the
State forces. Should wo wait until
SKETCH C
OF HON. HUMPHREY MAR-
SHALL, OF KENTUCKY,
Made in the Houte of Qefrexcnta-
tives of thi- Confederate Congress, ^°u
ISM, January, 1865.
to in-
uty on cotton and
tobacco. Mr. Marshall moved to re-
commit the bill, with instructions to'
the Committee of Ways and
to report a bill to take all the cotton
and tobacco in the Confederacy on
account of Government, and to pro
vide for making a 'just compensa-
tion" therefor to the owners.
The bfll ponding was a bill
crea te the export (it
\ M
' [We insert aportioñof this speech;
and commend, especially, that portion
* to the Constitutionality "
:¿-
bridge the sea of blood which w%
might all yet have to pasa 5' for the
people in thése States were neither
alarmed at what had occurred or what
Id take place, and they did
not
6r
mean to liv jr,. ;eitb
subdued. Who had been so
crippled bv the past scenes of the
War thijl they thought of compromis-
ing their honor or sacrificing, their
rights? And for what f IWhen in-
dependence is lost and honor gone,
What would remain worth saving?
Did any one imagine the possession
and retention of property would be
compensation to us or to our misera-
ble posterity ? No. He would rather
see every city and to>nn heaps of
luldering ashes, and every hi
to the ground,' the
wbwreT^!^<
home lean to
manufacture*, and
went stimulate them
Soduction
ect
the home
dea of establu
making Confederate Treasury Notes
a legal tender. These are
the views advocated by us
years ago; and tte are glad.
these views being put forth in
Confederate Congress, by so able a
man as Mr. Marshall It may not
be too late to retrace our steps, and
to dQ now what should have been
walking with difficulty—being better
known Dy tbe sobriquet, of the 'club-
foot Captain" thanjany othername-ha«uwho profeaiied to be so timid on the
been an active participant in the wa# f. , ,, ^ „ ,
done at the beginning.
men
from its very iiicipiency. A native
of Tennessee, but a Texian by adop-
tion, he waB a member of the Texas
Legislature whim Gen. Van Dorn
called Upon the people of tliat gallant
State for aid to recapture the United
States regulars, who, after bent
paroled Jtn the interior, had morel
to Indianola and there thrown up
entrenchments and shown fight; he
quickly volunteered his service?, wat)
elected Lieutenant of a company, bit
the regulars surrendering .again, the
company wws disbanded.
We next find the captain in Vir-,
giniajn 1861, being one of tho first
of the sens""of tho Lone Star Stiitife
who went to the help of tlui 'Old
Dominion.' He rendered most effi-
cient Service there for six months.
In tho fall lie returned to Texas to
arrange his private affairs, but ill
the spring of 1862, ho waB again in
the saddle, scouting for Gen. Beaure-
gard's headquarters then at Corinth.
After the battle of Shiloh he was
captured by the enemy while ifpon
a scout, carried up the Mississippi
river, when watching his opportunity
he jumped overboard at Cape Girar-
deau, swam near two miles, making
his escape and walking all the way
to Hernando, lu this State. 0'$:
He soon went to Bcouting again
with a squad of detailed men, and
has been so engaged in the vicinity
his for over two years, lmv-
" the last six months, raised
a company of his own of some 40,
composed of boys and men who had
iver been in the Bervice. He has
ted and equipped his company,
even nearly subsisted them from
captures made of the enemy, only
drawing ammunition from our Gov-
ernment. During the losl six months
he has captured and delivered over,
«tars, Ufa Yankees, (cavalry)
des what he baa killed and badly
their
' is invaded by the enemy,
Re in Georgia and !South
, it will then be too late to
Mug. The country will
in before It has luid titile
it. The people generally
are not going to turn out to meet the
enemy, unless «11 are made to do so.
expected to leave
1 while anoth-
us have uniformity
evasion to avoid
their country. Four
would b« ready to
'fifmf idl9
But
•MR
wqnnded in battle, secured
horsea and equipments, and only
loBt two men himself during the
whole; time.
The following extract from the
orders of one ufour Genehds to him,
shows in what light he is regarded by
those, who Wiow nim; -
"The General havingheard of your
thorough knowledge of the country
and active and efficient operations
against tho enemy, he desires to
seoure the benefit of your valuable
services, Set."
Captain Fort is emphatically the
Moaby of North Mississippi, and the
greatest terror to the Yankees at
Memphis, who never come out to
liouse
question of making Confederate notes
a legal tender, may 'now see that
there are other persons in the Con-
federacy who bold views not dissimi-
lar to those advocated by the Coun
trypan over two years ago. We
yet have faith that this* measure
will meet the approbation of Con
gress.—Ed. Countuyman.]
chances of battle had been
more frequently determined ior us
than otherwise, and on this score
there was 110 foundation lor loss of
confident But, even were
case, there coiild be .10 shirking from
the contest. The Southern people
are a brave and honorable people—a
considerate people. They mi
to die, but tliey cannot afford to sur-
vive their honor and good lame.
They hud better die all freetnen
than live all slavws. They will never
be whipped into the surrender of
their liberties and independence as a
people while thtiy deeferve to have
them. They should feel that they
cannot, dare not, abandon rights
which they bold in trust for posterity
as the priceless legacy bequeathed
by our forefathers—the reward of
their valor and their toil through
seven years of terrible war. Would
to God (said Mr. M.) my voice could
reach every hamlet in this broad
land—would to God I had the op-
portunity to speak to such as are
inclined to despond, I would appeal
to ¿11 to know whether they, who
first defied -the sword of power,
wotlld first shrink when gouts of
blood were dripping from its point,
tbe heart'b blood of their ownfathers,
brothers and sons ? Would they be
so bask as to abandon tho graves of
those who have fallen before the
brutal enemy who makes this cruel
ashes,
gron-MMHHV
„ J its primal state of
wilderness, and the people indepen-
dent and free, than to live in a State
shorn of its honors, and a home of
gilded slavery. As to talking ab
the exhaustion of oUr resonrces, it
was but the cunning device of startled
timidity, or the suggestion of avariée
trying to consolidate the frnits of
Speculation, or of natural cowardice
trying to save a worthless carcass
from the deadly missiles of the foe,
Our resources -were' not only not
exhausted, but they are not ser
impaired. Talk of exhaustion, when
lam to-day urging you to take
hold of untold millions of weiUtb
which lies within your grasp, and
upon which you can
ial pu
m
war without excuse, except that lie wT*,;i ' «
means, by force, to compel involun- Put IC servants1?
taiy obedience on our part to usur- A
a substantial public credit Í ;
Mr, Ayer, of S. C.—If you
the cotton and tobacco from people
whp have it, what will buy "
bacon and bread? What wi
pay tbein with ? . ' , _
Ml'. Marshall. With paper mono
resting tor its ultimate redein] "
upon the faith and honor (ft their
own Government. Is that not enough 1
Is not the life of the State worth
mpre than all else besides? In sav-
ing that, ^ire we'not saying tin* lives
of all—the property of all—the
honor of all, and establishing the
prosperity of ¿ho children who av«
to have this land for an inheritance ?
Símil we hesitate to offer up the
fruits of a Reason or t wo to gain eilch
a prize? The propoaUion w¡?Vi r.ot
unworthy of discussion. • If an;
man is unwilling to incur such a fa ¡
fice of his means to save his country
from the impeiidiug peril, lie did not
love his country, and he (Mr. M.
would handle hito without glove*,-
Mr. M. said ho would, at once de
by law. the Treasury Notes ierv.nl
by the Confederate States a le^siK
tender for all debts ooutracted sinci
the wai- began and lie Wmtld keep it
¿legal t(*ndos after the war ter-
minated. It ii the.people's war-issued
upon their collective property—rest-
ing for its redemption upon* their
pledged honor; apji
measure of value, i
or anything else, andjt should not
be discredited, at least, by the peo-
ple who iásue it. It should not b
flepreciated.at least in the trade o
this country. He would iorbid that
byhffimd.|r^
1W.- In v* J
+ac.t, as n
pations without right on his part
their wish for peace been
I ed -by the sighi of fields
ravaged, homes desolated, mills and
ouses burned, citieá laid ii
ashes I Had their good temper beei
propitiated by the shrieks of innocent
women
cenarieB
from mer-
EjjgBio
soldiers, who Mond
mm
enem!
your brave troops wi
thought they dwervi1
irst of all, and tw^—w
íoped to see'was that
■aised by the sale of cottc
>acco would . be paid to
and officers of tbe army
hat it might,' through tl
e-enter the channels of 1
or the communit;
There wáS an impression i
iad not a rignt to make
but gold and silver a
but this is a mistake.
ment has no restriction uj
though the States have.
haS a right to coin mot
regulate the value thereoi,
ke its ovín I
money—that which it
money—a legal tender in _
without any restriction
the Constitution. IV
this step, and he was i
It., Congress bad
and public faith to me
every dollar and eve
Congress should live up to
iuate we had placed upon 1
Speculators and traders *
should have a law before the
they would be afi id to c
You forbade the trade in the
notes of tiie United States, <
ceased, except when permitte
the Executive. Why """
compel the same peof
the . i ate of their own mom
between themselv^b? Iteras
either to compt-1 this or t
upon the capital of the c
pay the army in re/il iuone
existing state of affairs ca
tiuue; it was not just to tl
live upon salarias and wi -
the civil administration; 1
it. is,not just to tbe great I
the people, Who will "
through 'takatí*
amassing through excessive
tljis paper 1 endered - "
by the operatidns <if bl
extortioners' and ~
are.at hoiiio growi v
upon'the necessities
are nobly performing a duty.
Mr. Marshall liad no| dv^gni
at hirg« into a disc
ditions of the coum
say before rest;
the highest, j
strengthe
ihemmii
uri'dtfl
Hie anq
with^he cr
been' touch'
ttitig M'.
seU for I
votes his
lie defense
little ones'
Wo'
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