The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1861 Page: 2 of 4
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J. D. BAKER BEN. H. BAKER. . . . .A. H, BAKER
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EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
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AUGUST
17, 186 1
O" We wish it distinctly understood that we
do no work on a credit. Do notiask it of us.
O" Gen. McClellan has ordered the press to
he mum with regard te army movements.
O" See notice of M. Quin, Railroad Agent,
who will dispose of unclaimed property at the
depot in Alleyton, on the 27th inst.
ET The News office has samples cf silk agd^
lace cotton, raised by Mr. aBarziza on Turtle
Bayou, near Wallisville.
O* Hons. Breckinridge and Vallandigham
dined with the Secessionists in£Ballimore, a few
days ago.
ET Major Wheat, who did such gallant fight
ing at the battle of Manassas, is slowly recov-
ing from the wound received.
OFFICIAL VOTE OF COLORADO
COUNTY.
C hambei's 130 7 10 16 17 16 1 2 25
Lubbock. 78 27 67 48 1 2 1 3 23
Clark.... 50 17 7 2 1 21 0 15 19
Houston-.. 10 0 24 0 18 6 0 0 0
Crockett'. .228 25 91 57 32 36 i2 30 65
Foscue... 34 24 0 8 8 2 002
Crosrbv ... 195 43 58 26 33 35 11 11 44
Brown 64 43 1 19 1 3 0 9 18
Jones .... 14 1 27 3* 0 1 3 0 5
Harcourt .100 20 14 29 2 14 13 12 18
Russell... 129 1 93 15 21 10 0 2 20
Wilson... 35'23 0 16 8 1 0 2 23
Terrell.. .120*14 215 28 12 11 3 8 40
Redgate... 19 0 99 0 14 25 0 0
Davidson. 30 22 6 8 1 I 0 0
Darden .. 6C 1 2 5 1 0 11
Daniels ..19 0 6 2 0 0 65
Barnard.. 25 11 0 0 0 0 0 6
Tatum... 3 0 0 13 2 0 0 0
;. Which gives Chambers 236, Lubbock 250.
Clark 132, ¿Sam Houston 52 ; Crockett 566,
Foscue 76; Crosby 456, B.-own 119, Jones 54,
Van Vleeck 1|; Harcourt 224, Russell 297,
Wilson 1 ItP; Terrell 238, Red_r ate^l59, David
son 70, Darden 80, Daniels 42, Barnard 33, and
Tatum 30.
OLIO.
O* The Confederate Congress has passed an
act to prohibit the export of cotkon, except thro'
their own seaboards, and to punish persons vio
latiug the BauiQ.
,
IT We understand .thej" vote at Harvey's
Creek, in this county, waB pretty close between
Chambers and Gen. Houston, for , Governor—
Old Sam leading the way by a few votes.
Ü" The'Slate of Louisiana, according to th
Delia's statement, has furnished the Confederate
States over twenty;thousand troops. Texas has
we believe, t^irteen'thousand on duty.
C° Onr election table is as pear correct as we
can makeJt from the meagre returns we have
received. The returns, however, indicate the
election of Lubbock, .Crockett and' Crosby—the
two latter by overwhelming majorities.
CP Another war steamer has'made her ap-
pearance off Galveston, and look position side
by side with the Sooth* Carolina. She is sup-
posed to'be the R. R. Coyler, of 2040 tons bur-
then ; 245 feet long ;_42 feet wide ; 25 feet deep;
iron braced.
O* See notice of dissolution of partnership.of
Messrs. • Glcnns, Hartsficld &.fCo, in another
column. R. S. Hartsfield will continue the
business at the old stand, where punctual cus-
lomera can get goods'cheap. A liberal deduc-
tion made for cash.
O- The schooner Dart J we learn from the
Civilian* sends off marauding parlies to land to
steal, buy or beg potatoes, &c. Oue poor fellow
went to the house of a Mr. Collins, but could
get no potatoes. He asked the news, and Mrs.
Collins told of Manassas ! The man could
hardly get back to his boat!
U" It is really amusing to peruse Northern
accounts of the great affair at Manassas. They
tsay our men won'tafight on equal terms—not
even three to one—and that our forces were
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afraid to pursue the retreating Federa' army.
Siieli "facts" as these are truly edifying to us
" iíetels/'
!From a passenger on Thursday night's
stage, wc arc informed of a rumor to the effect
that the Federal Government has sent a train
of two hundred and fifty wagons by way of
Missouri to New Mexico, laden with provisions,
stores, ammunition, &c. This will prove very
acccptable to*" onr boys."
XT Tom Lubbock passed through oar town
on last Tuesday night's stage, on his way out
West. As he was in the big fight at Manassas,
and was the hero of several daring exploits pre.
vious to the battle, he was the " observed of all
observers," during the ftay of the stage. His
accounts of the battle, incidents, etc., were
highly interesting. He has fought both Mexi-
ftniB and Yankees, and says the Mexicans are
tfc'c best fighters,
i Columbus, Texas, Aug, 15, 1861.
: Messrs. P.diters : Will you. indulge a few re-
marks on the temper of the times? It occurs
to me, who am no inattentive observer, that there
is prevalent too'much anxiety about persuading,
and in some places, almost forcing men, ¡by
means of a factitious public sentiment, ito go—
nolens Tolens—to the war. Extremes are ever
dangerous, and all exaggerated circumstances
and representations have their recoil, injuring, in
their rise and fall, the foundation of the social
fabric—and this, damaged beyond repair, wheth
er by peact^or war, all is lost. By many it
seems to be entirely forgotten that " They who
stand and wait, also serve the State."
It has been remarked by a poet, in derision of
calculations of certain astronomers, that it is not
impossible for a " wild colt" of a comet to
strike this planet and ¡shiver it, and all it contains,
into " brick dust." So, agaiiist all reasonable
calculation, the present war "between the North
and the South n;ay proceed. To me, however,
it seems highly improbable, for these reasons:
1st. The meñ who now govern at Washing-
top are without character or influence in the
world—without means and without credit—un-
acquainted with the spirit of the age in which
they live—who can neither judge of tho present,
nor foresee the future—who are alike dec-titute of
the tiercs courage which incites to undertake,
and of the iron nerve which ena&les to persevere
to thr bitter end.
2nd. Their Commander in-Chief, Scott, has
only a fictitious reputation, is incapable of con-
ceiving or executing any grand military opera-
tion ; ^feHs superannuated, imbecile, without one
spark of genius—the merest martinet.
3rd. To*co«quer and subjugate a people rich,
braAe, intelligent aud vigiiant of their political
rights, as the southerners are, scattered overa
country of vast extent, producing in the greatest
abundance évefything necessary to its inhabi-
tants, dotted with lofty mountains, intersected
aiid traversed by the largest rivers on the globe,
has never yet been done ; and the attempt at
th is improved age is utterly preposterous
4th. The people of the Northern States are,
in no acceptation, a martial people, but rather a
puritanical-hypocritical-moncy-making-dime-sav-
uig race, whose ideas are ignoble — whose
thoughts are groveling and " donward bant,"
never once dreaming of glory or conquest—to
such people ány grand military achievement gs
impossible. In all their past history no stite's
man—no wairior —no scholar—has appeared,
and never will, until their habits aud modes of
thought are changed. " The former vain to
hope, argues as vain the litter." They are a
demented and doomed people—let the lurics
have them. ~
I desire to have these conclusions published
not with a view to relax any efforts made to re-
pel attacks from the North, but to remind the
citizens of the happy South of the duty they
owe to íhcir.selvi s't > ma ntuin, ¡it every hazard,
social order, contracts, and civil obligations, in - '
tact. The man who would advise, at this junc-
ture cf affairs, suspension of enforcement of
contracts under serious apprehension of invasion
by the North, ought not to be regarded as a
sound or sane patriot. To do so now, would be
to perpetrate the greatest act of. injustice upon
a numerous class of worthy Citizens, who have
sold their farm and negroes and other, property
on a credit, and who will have no other means
of supporting their.families if tliey should be
deprived of the usual remedy to compel payment
of their just dues—it would superinduce dis at-
isfaction and strife, anarchy and contempt for
all laws and constitutions. It would wound
liberty—undermine justice—destroy public mor-
als : because every stay-law must partake of
the cssencc of ex post facto laws, aüd every
retrospective law is plainly violative of the first
principles of liberty aud private rights. W here-
ever such laws are tolerated or submitted to—
whether tn Europe or America—there is despo-
tism, and freedom is extinct. They are not
only unjust, but always impolitic. In France,
from 1/90 to the winter of 1799, no civil con-
tract could be enforced before the tribunals—
they became inoperative, and crime, injustice,
contusion and bankruptcy run riot all over the
country. But neither th% Convention, General
Assembly, Council of Ancients, nor the Direc-
tory dared to propose a suspension of the laws-
it was^doue by a sort of tácit understanding be-
tween the Jacobiu clubs, rowdies, robbers and
Judges. Under various pretexts the Judges
Sailed, evaded, or flatly refused to pronounce
judgment- lhis condition of thi^s continued
till that great lover and dispenser of Justice,
Bonaparte, overthrew that paitial and corrupt
government, and forthwith order sprang oat of
chaos, credit out of bankruptcy and confidence
from despair, by his commanding the Judges to
proceed with the causes before their respective
courts, and to pronounce judgment^ right or
wrong, so that their decisions could be carried to
the Courts of Review for final disposition. He
forbade the' Legislature to pass any retrospective
or obsliuctive law; announced as a principle,
that nó new law should disturb the contracts, of
the past, or impair the remedies for their en-
forcement. From that moment confidence was
restored, all binds of business revived, and Lib-
erty phouted aloud for joy. France was regen-
erated- at once by the fulfilment of contracts
between citizen and citizen. In 1810-'11, the
whole civilized world; was áí war against, or
hostile to England. She had had to sustain the
bulk of the expenses of all the wars of all Eü
rope for the preceding twenty, years; but did
she resort to the suspension of the ordinarv
remedies for the enforcement of contracts?- No!
the base thought never^entered her noble, just
and wise head. To obstruct the collection of
debts is at once to impair credit, destrpy justice,
to convert riches into poverty, abundance into
want, and to drive every dollar out of circula-
tion. In none of her exigencies did she have
recourse to such a suicidal policy.* She tri-
umphed. CAA1B ACERES.
G3° Washington Oily is said to be full of spies.
CP The Be'.ton Independent learns'that a
m an bykthe name of Grissom ^confessed to have
murdered a Mr. Triplett in the upper part oi
BeH'cquuty, and was hdn£ by 'the citizens, a
few da "8 since.
[fr* A Federal prisoner at Richmond stales
that the 32,000 handcuffs captured, were to man-
acle Southern prisoners, and in case of a battle,
to place the prisoners before them a3 breast-
works f .
OCT Th"? Independent has the vote^of Bell
county, which shews the election of Flint to the
Legislature; and forj the Senate, Houston "got
337, and Dalrymple 185 voleé ; for District
Attorney, Faunt LcRoy received 329;_Gordon,
133; Hume, 60.
O"Tyler, son of ex-President Tyler, anda
Lieutenant in the Confederate States' Army, has
been arrested in Cincinnati. He went there
after his wife. She had sent him despatches
not to come, but he did not recieve them. He
failed'to get off on parole, and is confined in
prison.
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(" ICF'We publish, in full, the accounUof Lieut
Col. Baylor's brilliant achievement, in whipping
out and ridding Arizona of the presence of Abo-
lition troops, taken from the Mesilla Times,
exlraj of the 29th ult. Col. Baylor has ",cov-
ered himself all over with glory." and rendered
service of incalculable value to tho Confederate
Stales. The Times estimates the value of Fed-
eral ^properly taken at half a million dollars!"
FAREWELL TO POST-OAJK POINT!!
bt abraham %vis ghimtttb.
1'
The West's fair fields before me eprékd.
Her fields «f fame and honor bright;
And there 111 lay my burning'head i
Perhaps in endféss night!
I bid farewell to those I love—'
Though they $ e hot a
And often wilt I think of Umib:
I know they all are3true,l
I bid farewell to Post-Oak Point!
And all its natives, foo !
Now I must leave yon far behind
And bid you all a*long adieu!
No tears for me will 'ever fall.
Though I should bravely die;
I know you'd laugh around myatomb
Like ot her passen-by Í
ARMY ADDRESS,
p • t • *
Hbadqua^tkrs'of the Army ofth« Potomac, >
Manassas Junction, July^28,1861.£ £
Soldiers of the confederatk States-^-
One week ago a cojntless host of men organ*'
ized into án army, with all the appointments
which modern art and practiced skill could de-
vise, invaded the soil of Virginia. Their peo-
ple heralded their Approaches with triumphant
displays of anticipated vicftory; their generate
came iu almost regal states their Ministers,
Senators and women,Vame to witness the immo-
lation of our people, and to celebrate thee* with
wild revelry. It is with the proftrandest emotions
óf gratitude to an overrating God, whose hand is
manifest in protecting- our homes and yoor lib-
erties, that we, your Generals commanding, an
enabled, in the uame of our whole country, Uf
thank you for that patrioti^pourage, that heroic
gallantry, that elevated darnig, exhibited by you
in the actions, of the 18th and 21st of July, by
which the hosts of the enemy was scattered,
and b. signal and glorious victory was achieved.
The two affairs of the 18th' and 21st were but
tho sustained and continued efforts of your pat-
riotism against the constantly reearring colors
of an enemy fully treble your aumbets; and
this was consummated on -the evening of the
21st, with a victory 'so complete, that the ma-
rauders were driven from' the field and made to
fly in a disorderly font back to tbeir entrench-
ments, a distance of over thirty-eight miles.
They left upon the field nearly every piece of
their artillery, a large portion of their arms,
equipments, baggagi,' stores, and almost
every one of their wounded and dead, amount-
ing, together with the prisoners, to many thou-
sands; find thus theNorthern hosts were driven
by you from Virginia.
holdiers, we congratulate you on an event
which inures 1o the liberty of oof country. Wé.
congratulate every* man of you whose glorious
privilege it-was to participate in this triumph of
courage and truth — to fight m the battle of
Manassas. You have created an epoch in the
history of liberty, and unborn natrons will rise
up and call you blessed. ContinQe this noble
devotion, looking always to the protection uf a i
just God, and before time grows much older,
we will bis hailed as the deliver of a nation of
Ten Millions of Pfeopfe. ; (
Comrades, eurjbiothers «viro have fal!en bavo
earned undying renown, and their blood, shed in
our holy cause, is a precious and acceptable sacri.
fice tu the father of troth and right. Their graved
are beside the tomb of Washington, their «pirita
have joined his ih eternal commnnioa. We will
hold the coil in which the dust of Washington
is mingled with the dust of our brothers. We
drop fttie tear on their laurels, and move forward
to avenge them;'; V ■■ ,
Soldiers, we congratulate you on a glorious
triumph and complete victory. We thank yoa
for doing your whole .duty in the service of yoor
JOSEPH B JOHNSTON,
country.
G. T. BEAUREGARD.
IHF Tom Lubbock and Frank Terry, who dis-
tinguished themselves, in Virginia and in the
battle of Manassas, are raising a regiment dT
cavalry Those joining, furnish themselves with ' . .
¡ puns, pistols, clothing, bridle, saddle, spurs, &c. I enemies of human happiness *och
1 *■ 1 < u a. ,u k 17 * I human liberty—onght not to live.
furuished to the boys m Vif- • T iu „r «f Right and Justice
O" Lord Lyon's despatches to.his government
with regard te the battle of Manassas were re-
garded by the Lincoln government as contraband
of war, and he was forbidden to send tbeia i
He asked foe his passport, whereupon lie woo
allowed to send them!- Was e^era greater set
of asses permitted.to role over a nation ? How
true it ia that vfhen foóis role^h^people meum !
Lincoln and hi? Cabinet* a fe^r cien, dressed in
a little brief authority, have clothed thirty
millions of people in saecioth and ashea! Soch
traitors to
The horses will furuished to the boys in
ginia. No doubt the gallant Texans will
make up the regiment.
soon
O* A few of the counties West of us were
running Hon. M. D. K, Taylor for Lieutenant-
Governor. Mr. Taylor declined to run some
lime bc'ore the election ; we presume, like
the people in some portions of Tennessee who
still voto for Jackson for President, under the
imprcssiou that he " still lives," these counties
gave-their sufirages to Mr. Taylor, thinking
him still a candidate ! Oh, for a telegraphic
line from Marion to Bexar!
Liberty, of Humanity, of
down "with them 1 They ought to be driven
from the habitation*o£,men and made to eat
grass, as was Nebiichadnexer, King of Babylon.
The Richmond correspondent of thai
Delta writing under date of the 1* insL,rtj r
■ Up to the time when the Secretary of Wir1
prepared hie report, 310 regimedte had
mustered into the service of the Confe
States# This, at an average of 800 tneiv
give an army of 168,000 or now about "
It ift understood that he recommends an i
of 360 regiments, which, at an average of
will make a total uf 448.000 troupe. It >i
1 posed this cfcn be raited without any difficu
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J.D. Baker & Bros. The Colorado Citizen (Columbus, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 17, 1861, newspaper, August 17, 1861; Columbus, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth177629/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.