The Bellville Countryman (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 24, 1865 Page: 1 of 2

                                
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BELLVILLE, TEXAS, JONE 24,
LATEST NEWS
Tbi HprcH mall arrived Jiist
sight bringing Houston dutea to the
S3d last There in no special news
udoUiMt. Orden  have buen issued
by Col. G. W. Chuk, commanding
the Post at Houston dated Jane 21,
1865, the sulotaued of which we give
«•follow :
Order No. It Assume* command
of the Post, and announces hi* staff
appointments.
> Order No. 4, announce® Captain
WUIhuu Boyle aa Officer of the Day
On til farther orders.
Order No. 3 dated June 23d ia
íollowa i
"The freodmen in and around the
aity of Houston are hereby diroete 
to reinan fcr the tlmu being with
their former owners. They are
Assured that by so doing they forfeit
none of their rights of freedom. An
ag-ut of the government, whose
business it is to superintend (he
making of contracts between the
freedmen and those who .desire to
employ them la expected here soon
In the meantime the freedinen are
Advised to be patient and industrious
No encouragement or protection
Vill be given to those who abandon
their present homes for the purpose
of idleness. If found in this city
without employment or visible menus
of support, tbey will be put tu labor
cresiling the streets, without com
peusatiutl. x
The l'rovost Marshal is chargec
wkh the execution of this order."
Oidor No 4 Is as follows:
"In order to carry out the provis-
iunp of General Order, No. 4t (lftted
* Headquarters District ' of Texas,
Galveston, June 10, 1865. First
Lieutenant William A Studer, 114th
Ohio Voluuti era, is hereby desig-
nated as the officer to take charge of
all public? property, such aa horses,
arm* munitions, . Sur, formerly be-
longing to the  o called Confederate
States and the fitate of Texas. Any
persons having <mch property In
his «r her possesalou will at once tura
It over to Lieutenant Studer, whose
office will be found si the od Court
House.
Order No. 6 Pur. I. states the
places where patrol guards have
their Headquarters. Par. II* ia as
follows*
"Unless provided with
by their employee*, negroes will not
be allowed to be At large after
«'clock, P. M. Guards will am
aB such persons found loitering on
the streets after that hour.''
Older No. 6 Ia in the following
 0eds i "A limited number of drink
lag saloons In thlselty (Houston
! «my Whpfened uMer the following
- ?*A tAX efts
jTOvoai
1>EATH OF ENGLISH KINGS
AND QUEENS.
Willin m the*Connnernr died from
enormous fat, from drink, and from
the. violence of bis passions.
William Rufas died the death of
the poor stags that he hunted.
Henry 1, died of gluttony.
Henry II. died ot a broken heart,
occasioned by the bad conduct of his
children.
Richard Cceur de lion like the
animal from which his h  art was
named, by an anow from.; u archer.
John oled, nobody know  how,
jut it is said of chagrin, which we
suppose -is another term for' a dose
of hellebore.
Henry 111. is said to have died a
natural death.
Edward11. is likewise said to have
died of a "natural sickness," a sick-
ness which it would puxzle all the
college of Physicist:  to denominate,
Edward II. was most barbarously
and indecently murdered by ruffians
employed by hia own mother and
her paramour. | ,
* Edward III. died of dótnge, and
Richard II. of starvation, the very
reverse of George Fourth
Henry IV, is said to have died
"of fits caused by uneasiness," on«i
uneasiuess in palaces in those times
was a very common complaint.
Henry V. is said to have died' "ol
painful affliction prematurely!
Tins is a courtly phrase of getting
rid of a king.
Henry' VI. died in prison by means
known then only to his jailor, a*d
known now only to Heaven. .
Edward V. was strangled n the
tower by his uncle, Richard III*
Richard III. was killed in battle.
Henry VII. wasted away as n
miser ought to do, and Henry VIII.
ird of carbuncles, fat and fury,
while Edwrrd VI. died of a decline.
' Queen Mary is said to have died
of "a broken heart," whereas she
died of a surfeit, from eating too
mnch of black pudding,
Old Queen Bess is said to have
died of melancholy from having sacri-
ficed Esaax to his enemies—her pri-
vate character not being above suspi-
cion.
James I. died of drinking, and of
the effects of a nameless vice..
Charlea I. died a righteous death
on the scaffold, and Charlea II." died
suddenly, it is said of apoplexy.
William III. died from consump-
tive habits of body, and from the
Stumbling of hia horse.
Queen Anne died from her attach*
ment to "strong water j" or in other
words from drunkenness, which the
pkysicUns politely called dropsy.
George I. died of drunkenness,
which his physicians as politely call
ed an apoplectic fit.
George II. died of a rapture ol
the heart which the periodicals of
that day termed a visitation of God.
It ia the oolr instance in which God
over touched hia heart.
Geoége III. died as he had tyved,
madman. Throughout life he Was
at least a consistent monarch.
George IV. died of glu ttony and
drunkenness.
William IV. died amidst the sym-
pathies oi Ms subjects 
From our extra of
HT M<jor General G.
Ia pursuance of orders from the
Military Division of the South West,
dated Orleans, Juno IS, 1866
of the Die-
iiij
saloons will be
.'Slock, P.M.
Met si Texas, and laiasd
'" dated at Galveston, June 10,
1866.
Order No. 3 informs the people o
Texas, that in accordance with a
proclamation fiom the Executive of
the United 8tates, all slaves are free*
"This involves An absolute equality
of rights, and rights of property be-
ween former masters and slave8
are dissolved 1] and the connection
heretofore existing between them
ecomes that between employer and
ree. laborer. They are advised to
remain at their preBeut homes and
work for wages. They are imformed
that they will not be allowed to col-
ect at military posts, and that they
will not be supported in idleness,
either there or elsewhere."
Order No. 4 says;
"All acts of the Governor and
Legislature of Texas since the Ordi-
nance of Secession, are hereby de-
clared illegitimate. All civil and
military oiiiueis of the so-called
Confederate States government, or of
the State of Texas, and all persons
iurmerly connected with the 0onfod;
erate Stales Army, iu Texas, will at
OJce report for parole at tht follow
*ug placeB, or such others as laay be
designated hereaiter, to the proper
Uuited States officer, to be uppoiuted;
Houston, Galveston, Bonbain, Suu
Antonio, Marshall, Browiisville.
Although their loug absence from
their homes, and the peculiar circum-
stances of their State may palliate
their desertion from their organiza-
tions, this order will be strictly and
promptly complied with.
The above mentioned and all
other persons having in their possess-
'ou public property of any descrip-
ion whatever, aa arms, horses, muni-
ions, etc., formerly belonging to the
o -called Confederate States or the
State ot Texas, will immediately
deiiVir it to the proper United States
officer, at the nearest of the above
mentioned places. When they cau
nut carry it, and have not the means
of transporting it, they will make to
he same officer a full report of the
Character, quantity, locality, security,
etc. AU persons not complying
uomptlywith this order, will be
Hent North as prisoners of ^prar, for
imprisonment, and their property
forfeited. All persons committing
acts of violence such as banditti
guerrillas, jayh awkers, horse thieves
etc., are hereby declared outlaws and
enemies of the human race, and will
be dealt with accordingly/'
Order No. 6 says
"Until the jurrival of the proper
Treasury Agents in this District, all
cotton may be turned into the Quar-
termaster's Deportment, for ship,
ment to New Orleans or New York,
there to be sold to the United States
Purchasing Agento.- In case of
such consignment Mils of lading will
be given, and tho owner* will be per-
mitted to accompany his property
for tho purpose of effecting its sale to
tho Purchasing Agents. No
OT Other products of Imne
SU ** "Wpped on Other con-
Rioht or Rbsistb.vcb.—-It is true
that to trace the exact boundary be-
tween rightful and wrongful resistance
Is impossible; but this impossibility
arises from the nature of right andy
wrong, and ia found in almost every
part of ethical science. A good ac-
tion is not distinguished from a bad.
action by marks so plain as those
which distinguish a hexagon from a
squares There ia a frontier where
virtue and vice fitrfe into each other.
Who has ever been able to define
the exact boundary between courage
and rashness, between prudence and
cowardice, between frugality and
avarice, between liberality ana prod-
igality 1 Who has ever been able
to say how far mercy to offenders
ought to be carried, and where it
ceases to deserve the name of mercy
and becomes a pernicious weakness 1
What casuist, what lawgiver, has
ever been able nicely to mark.-"f.-Jlitf
limits of the right of self-defénfce'1
All our jurists hold that a certain
quantity of risk of life or limb justi-
fies a mau in shooting or . stabbing
an assailant j but they have long
siven up in despair the attempt to
describé in precise words, that quan-
tity of risk. Tbey only sav that it
must be, not a ¿light risk, but a risk
such as would cause serious appro
hensiou to a man of firm mind; and
who will undertake 11 say what is
the precise amount of apprehension
which deserves to be ealfed serious,
or what is the precise texture of
mind which deserves to be callet
firm ? It is doubtless to be regretted
that the natnre of words und the
uature of things ¿lo not admit of
more accurate legislation; no* can it
be denied that wrong will oflteft be
done when men are judges in their
own cause, and proceed instantly to
exocute thfoir own judgment. Yet
who would on that account, inter-
dict all self-defence T The right
which a people has to resist a bar
government bears a close analogy
to the right which an individual, in
'the. absence of legal protection, has
to slay his nsailant. In both bases
the evil must be grave. In both
cases all regular and peaceable mode
of defence must be exhausted before
the aggrieved party resorts to ex.
tremities. In both , cases the bur-
den of the proof lies on him who has
ventured on so desperate an exnedi
ent; and, if. he fails to vindicate
himself, he is justly liable to the
severest penelties. But in neither
case can we absqlutely deny the ex
istence of the right..
A man beset by assassins ia not
bound to let himself be tortured and
butchered without using his weapons
because nobody has ever been pre-
cisely able to define the amount
of danger which justifies homicide
Nor is a society bound to endure
passively all that tyranny can infiic i
because-nobody has ever been able
precisely to define the amount
misgovernment which
lellioo.—Memcunly.
A lover gased in the
mistress until she
Bold Robbbby.—On the
of the cars Thursday lsst a
entered the passenger car and
therefrom a carpet bag belonging to
One ol the passenger*, Mrs. W, B/ *
Sorleyi containing 1900 dallam to '
gold and1 some jewelry. Tho man
was seen and known, his name ia
Geo. W' Fugitt of Limestone eounfy,
he haa been arrested and will have
an examination before His Honor
the Mayor this 'morning.—Jtolfeir ./
Up to this dáf aboút 400Ó iatei
of cotton lave been received by the
Cotton Press Companies. The Com*
pames are prepared to store st
pressed hot band to bU
said. "My looks havTp
present 25,000 baltís. The com-
iresses aro being fitted up and will
soon bo ready for use. The baling
iressef are already fitted' up and
ready for putting in order and . to
weigh and sample all cotton that
may arrive.—Qalrtxtop Buletin.,
Tub Houston Mbbtjno.—In
the Houston papers of last week w v
find the proceedings of a meeting of
citizens .from various parts of the<
State, to take action in nfowAce to'
the "resumption dl ear polrtfcal and
civil relations to the United StAtiB 
Government." In the report of the
names of the committee appointed to
draft resolutions "expressive of the
sense of the meeting" appears tha-
name of "J. P. Osterhout,of Austin.""
We deem it proper to state that our
business at Houston was for tb«
purpose of attending the Masonic
Grand Lodge, and not to represent .
the county in any political sssembly.
We supposed at the time that the-
meeting was to be composed only
of the citixens of Houston. We did .
not there'ore deem it proper for us-
to participate in it, much Ins to-
profess to. represent the Comity of
Austin. Being otherwise engaged**
we did not attend the meeting ait all¿
and had no participation in tho pro-
ceedings. We w^re surprised, there-
fore, to see our name «s one of the.
committee on Resolutions reported tor
the printed proceedings, when w6
were not so much ss even present at
the meeting.
The resolutions probably expresa
the feelings and opinions of those
who passed thenf * for we sre told
that they Wera unanimously.
PerhspsS^
ings of all
Whether
en tho eoastef
mtftffS.w/er ft*'
the
tin otitic hi
IWÉ'
ditions."
The above comprises all the or
FkkaV. 
suyst We are
Peebles is sick at
His Isdy is hsto
portanity toJslM
'•A-
The Busk Bouse during last
isk was crowded With auesta.
Many members of the G.L.; numy
who were thsri to Atteod fhe
tfons and make «hliisAdlntii rich t
ssme whaweAl ta Houston to see,
sAd others to be seen, knowing ho#
to sélost « good plae^ijÉt Wpat the
Well, p
■éd thoss who stop at
not doomed to
' *4*
of that
tho Miyoíi
chargeable