The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1866 Page: 1 of 4
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BELLVILLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1866.
UL. 6.
lof
jre Cwratrpan.
J. P. 08TEBH0UT, Proprietor.
ornccovER enoblrs's store,
BXLLViLLE, AUSTIN COUNTY. TEXAS. \
QvasvassoiDar
—CASH —
Specie—Single Copy, 1 year $3,001
" " " Six months,... 1,501
Fifty numbers make a volume.
SABBATH EVENING.
by L. m. w.
Soft the evening shades descending
O'er the quiet Sabhath day,
Crimson clouds, with purple blending,
In the twilight fade away. ,
shouting, "Gut oat of the way, qigger
«ad Yankees; thin is the white man's
day once more in Washington.**—
Let ns celebrate the white man's day
n Iudiana. Let them take their aide
of this Í3sne and we will take stirs.
Let them tie to Congress, and we
wiU, step by step, keep equal pace
wise raeai
curled
Bv tbe crispy Western air,
While the sun with banners furled
Still leaves his glowing footprints there.
And tbe waveB are lightly
stern t
luwaiBwissst raguas 5
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IS"" Advertisements inserted at 15 cents
per line, for first insertion, and 10 cents
for e;tch subsequent insertion.
J3T No advertisement inserted for less
than $3,00.
CP* A liberal deduction made on year-
ly advertisements.
«9 ««ft
gy All kinds of Job Printing executed |
with ne itness and dispatch.
Advertising per Heath er Tear.
-SPECIE-
HP A Card, not exceeding the space I
occupied by ten linea, brevier, per year, |
Ten Dollars.
Hark! the evening bells are ringing,
Calling to the house of prayer;
Ah ! what oflering are we bringing
To lay u;ion the altar there 7
Do we Coupe with sorrowing heart,
Mourning for our inward sin T
Or do we act the Pharisee's part-
Outward life, but death within?
In the village church we gather
When the day in twilight dies;
Meet us there, O Heavenly Father,
As our prayera to thee arise.
And while we hear thy holy word,
May thy grace to us be given.
To feel it is the house of God
And the very gate of Heaven.
isceliaatfltts.
3 m'ths.
1 column.— <$2500
1 " .... 1500
1 " .... 1000
6 m'ths.
$4000
2500
15 00
12 lu'thn. I
$7500
4000
2500
ALL legal and transient advertisements
chaned for by the line, and to be paid for
in advance, in Specie, or its equivalent
E8TRAY
Advertisements handed in by the Coun-
ty Clerk will be inserted st ihe price fixed
by law, vis: Two dollira for each horse
or work ox estrayed.
grafessianal fairs.
A. P. A E. W. THOMPSON,
at Law.
Bellviliíe avu Houston,
A« Ua So. U Arris Co.
TEXAS.
D« W. Voorhcei
Was elected to Congress from
Indiana, but the election being con
tested by his opponent, he was oust
ed from his seat. He returned to hi*
constituents, and was present at the
State Convention of his party at
Indianapolis where he made a speech
We extract from his speech a portion
relative to the President's veto, the
President's 22d February speech
and the President's policy:
Mr. Voorhees then considered the
character of the Freedmen's Bureau
bill, and extolled the President for
vetoing it, saying:
luson.
with the wise measures gt
country by Andrew Johu
will go no fsster than he goes.
1 will give my opinion that hi
rich
t
Will practice ia tbe 1st, 3d A 7th District. , I «m not for past affiliations, 1
1 bailed him as a friend of the people,
as taking a step in the right direc-
tion to preserve constitutional liberty.
You indorse Congress, do you ! J Cries
of "No, no lMj 1 was sneaking of
the convention that met here some
weeks ago. They indorsed Con-
gress. Let them indorse the Freed',
men's Bureau if they dare. I will
pay any man's expenses who will go
with me as far as the President said
in his speech of February 22. 1 am
in the held once more, and will dis-
cuss tkat bill before the people.—
This little Fieedmen's Bureau bill
called for an appropriation, not six
weeks ago. of $12,000,000 of the peo-
ple's motley to support niggers and
the agents of the bureau. Will some
loyal, patriotic man go with me tode-
feud Congress by telling the people
that it is their duty to work from sun
to suu, denying their children the
comforts of life, for the purpose of
supporting the able-bodied and strong-
boned negroes of this country in idle-
ness? They wanted $12,000,00$ of
this overburdened people's money-
more than it cost John Quincy Adams
to admiuister the Government year
by year.
My friend Ross, in the House,
moved to set aside one day in the
week to attend to the white man's
business. 1 saw one such day. It
was when the President gave to the
country that uoble veto message, not
merely crushing a monstrous usurpa-
tion of power, but enunciating the
grand and wise principles of just
government.
On the 22 of February his friends
rallied to that great meeting which
closed by himself stepping out and
laying aside the Presi 'ent for a while,
telling these scoundrels that they
were traitors to their teeth. Men
walked tbe streets that day with
tears in their eyes for glad:
A. P. THOMPSON
Will •rgus and britf cases in the Supreme
Court at Austin, Tyler and Qalveiton.
,-apr20 If
A. CHESLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas,
If Office in the Court House JB
aprl3 ly
BEN T. A CHARLE8 A. HARRIS,
attorneys at law:
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
aprl3
1. O. SEARCT...OIO. w. CARTER H. M. BOONE.
SEARCY, CARTER A BOONE,
Attorn kys at Law.
•O ALVESTOH AND AKDERSON,
Grimes county, Texas.
feb2-tt-ly.
J. P. OSTERHOUT
A T TORNE Y AT LA W,
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas.
feb3-M-ly.
B. F. ELLIOT i\
ATTORN EY AT LAW j
—ANI>-
Lfcad Agent,
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
febl6-*Hy.
Z Hunt N. Hollavd
HUNT A HOLLAND,
jTTOHNBYS AT LAW,
muMux.
v«n te the
We
But
will
astonidh you with the speed and
power with which he will make war
upon thetn.
A man, who elected by a party
could in six months make himself so
secure an to .take off his coat and walk
out and call the men by their trae
name, of traitors and disunionista—
this ig a man not to be trifled- with.
Iu all your calculations take him into
account I know it makes onr Re-
publican friends sleep bad of nights.
They have not only drawu in ele*
ihant, but an uncaged Numidian lion,
ike Bekhazzar, they have tbeir
feast before them. They legislate
for the principle of hate, and upon all
such Providence visits a just retribu-
tion That which sweetens the cup
I drink now, is that which most em-
bitters the cup now pressed to the
lips of these Radicals. It is the
thought 1 have heard them utter
about the President's speech. "Just
to think that we elected him." Yes,
they elt-cted him. They cslled him
into Presidential existence, and he
is a retribution tor their crimes. He
uses up their grim and terrible de*
stroyer, denounces and scatters them.
Why, they plod along the streets,
chattering and gibbering like ghosts
at daylight. Don't let these men for
a moment imagine that they can cry
good God and good devil, «'You can-
not serve God and mammon." They
must come out for Johnson or for
Congress. They are in a death strug-
gle.
I think I know br that presence
of looking into a brave man's face
thst Johnson will succeed by making
terms with the Postmasters, the Col-
lectors and Assessois, District At-
torneys and United-States Marshal*.
They will stand by him on the low
basis. The Democracy ask no pat-
ronage at his hands. I have told
him so, and told him that he had no
office he could give me except whst I
could get from the people. We are
willing the President should bestow
his offices upon the men with whom
he has affiliated for veers. If he
cannot find enough of them that have
latriotism sufficient to hold the offiées,
will have no trouble in finding
men who will take them and not steal
the money, as mnch as Cameron and
that cines of men did. Let us go
forth in the canvass united by the
immutable principles of right. Let
us take ear stand under the banner
of the Constitution, where we heve
always stoo<f, and wherever ,we find
men ready for co-operation, whether
Presidents or privates, lot ns embrace
them in this great forward movement
of restoration and constitutional lihev
ty. Upon them, my friends, and to
the breach once more for constitution
al liberty and law.
AmM$ Sossty, Texas.
I
type-setting business, or in
Ming others who are. and he told
that be bad juat returned from a visit
to one «I the cemeteries of the city.
"1 went oat there a great (ferny years
Woman.—When girls are gro
np thev begin to be courted and
caressed; then they hink that the
recommending themselves to the af-
fections of the men is the only busi-
ness they have to attend to and so
presently fall to tricking, and dress-
ing, and practising all the little en-
gaging arts peculiar to their aes la
theso they place all their hopes, as
they do, all their happiness in the
success of them. Bat it is fit they
should be given to understand that
there are o'her attractions mnch mot*
powerful than these; that the respect
we pay them ia not due to tbeir beau-
ty so much as their modesty and in*
nocence, and unaffected virtue. And
theso are the trae, the irresistible
charms, such as will make the surest
and moot lasting oonqussts.—¿Sp-
MfcfVt.
GOSSIP IN HIGH LIFE.
The Washington correspondent ef
the Nashville Banner, in Ma letter of
the 21st Inst* tells the following racy
piece of gossip:
Yon remember Robert Lincoln, son
of the late President f He was gen-
eral! v liked here as an amiable and
intelligent young gentleman, not quite
equal to his father in ability, but of
auperior culture. A story is just now
current in which his name is in freely
bandied, and so universally that, see-
ing that all the partiea are of pubUo
notoriety, there may be no improprie-
ty in alluding to it. Nearly two vears
ago, so the story runs, Robert ml in
love with a young lady, whose father
was at the time out of ofioe and out
of amney. To be la this conditional
Washington is next to being convic-
" forging a Government bond or
murder in tne first degree, and the
idea of marrying the lady in that
condition wss not to be thought of.
So the amiable Robert set about
mending the matter, and made a des-
perate effort to secure the proposed
father-in-law a seat in the l<ower
House of Congress. He failed in
this, however, and was at a dead halt,
when luckily a member of the Cabi-
net died. Here waa a vacancy, and
the lover, "speeding on the wings of
{Mission, amorous," flew to the Presi
dent snd stated the whole caseto him
with great fra kness. "1 like your
way of doing things, Bob." ssid Mr.
Lincoln, "and, if possible, I will work
the thing for you." To cut a long
story short, he did "work it"—the
b oken-down poliii i in became
member of the Cabinet; the young
(¡fianoe was suddenly converted into
ale derof fashion,snd all went sweet
iv as a marriage bell toward the wed
din* day. But the adage never falls
to hold its own, and in thisflas in
evety other esse, the course of true
love did not run smooth. • The hsnd
of tbe sssassin interposed. The
young gentleman found himself bereft
of father, of fortune and of place at
one fell swoop. On tbe other hand,
tl«e Cabinet member, created by his
interposition had experienced a
change of fortune, for, having shuffl-
ed bia cards skilfully, he was just re-
turned a Senator iu Congress. The
lady wavered; the nuptials were
postponed ; and finally, aa visions of
a gay career and better match began
to Hit across her beautifrd blue eyes,
she resolved that she was not so much
in love as she bad been, and ao broke
off the engagement altogether. 1 tell
\ou the tale as it was told to me. It
is iust now- the gossip of the hour,
and as I have no doubt It will appear
in print—such secrets being too valua-
ble and too notorious for a poor devil
of a letter-writ* r to keep—I give you
the benefit of it. It is sn apt illustra-
tion of the way of the world and the
fiekleness of womsn-kind.
What is a Darling /—Some one
asks ''What is a darling ?" and very
prettily answers the question. No
one but a father or mother could have
w !tt n ti
A darling is a dear little beaming
ri who meets ono on the doorsteps;
ings her fair armsarouud one's neck,
and kisses one with her soul of
love; who seises one's hat, who re-
lieves one of one's coat, and hands
the tea and tonst so prettily; who
places her elfish form at tho piano
and warbles forth, unsolicited, such
delicious songs; who easts herself at
one's footstool and clasp* 1 er hsnds,
and asks all sorts of queer questions,
with such bright eyes and inahlng
face; and on whoso light, glossy
curls one plsces one's hand and
breathes 'God bless her/ as tho ffciry
form de|iarts.H
mM*, what is hush f
14 Why, my d ar, why do you ask f*
M Because I aaked sister Jane, yes-
terday, what made her dross (f) stick
out so, sod shs ssid, "hush!"
I NO- 16.
Old Hays, Look Ont ¿-Tho Now
York Mercury baa the following:
While on my way to anppvr, last
evening, I walked np street wi ti aa
old gentleman whole engaged in
ago," said he, "to help burv a priu-
tnat bia grave
Now, In-
ter, snd 1 remember
whs the tenth one there.
ten, i find thsw'iimsst a
thousand; and when 1 looked abroad
this svening over that lktle wilder-
of green hillocks, and thought
of tbe many tears aud breaking hearta
that have been sinoe 1 stood there at r
the burial of that poor printer long
years ago, it mide mo feel ladfcr 4
and I was tempted to say I Would
not swesr any more." I replied that
the thought waa rather a solemn one, '
and if it should cause him to break
himself of the, ugly habit of swenring,
his visit to the cemetery would turn
out to have been . tbe best Sunday
evening's work he had ever doue,
"Ah," ssid he, "yon never acted aS
foreman of a newspaper office, or yfcu
would know that a sight of all tho
graveyards in creation could not break
mo of that habit. Why, sir, if there
had been a printing ofiice in heaven
and Lucifer had been the foreman of
it, I'll be d d if he hadn't fallen a
thousand years before ho did 1'
An immigrant from the onion land
wis.
Si
who arrived here a few weeks ago
and went up to Red River to live got
a horse tbe morning after his arrival
and rode out. He waa not seen again
for two days, when he returned much
bruised '*whar he sot,** and stated
thst ho wont out to see the orange
Eoveo of wild sweet oranges, "grow-
g naturally so," and aa he did not
find them at first, lie went on Sua on
all 'day, or orther until ha tiresl out#2
and stopped for Ihe night at a bouse
where lie made inquire s. He found
out then that the orange gtoves were
confined to the immediate residences
of our more Southern plantations, nd
result of cultivation an4.«
were the
care, and t|int they did not
wild in upper Louisiana, and I
urned a sorer and a wiser man
O. Picayune.
oW
rs-
•N.
Counterfeiters Arrested*—A for-
midable gang of counterfeiters tyas
been arrested in Louisville. Over
fifteen thousand dollars in spurious
currency were found at one of their
haunts. The principal of the party,
CarL Lntrunaa, had frequently pass-
ed through Louisville daring the past
r, ana waa known to tho doteot-
year,
1 ves.
He was, ss'
tya the Louisville
Journal, in the service of a band of
counterfeiters in New York, and |tia
duties were to circulate tbe ródnndaut
issues of tbe "bank" in New Orleana
and other remote parta of tho Coo^
UJ' ,
An English astronomer, Mr. Geo.
F. Burder, of Cliuton, writes that a
spot, or rather a cluster of spots, of
very unusual sise, may now lie seen,
on the snn's disk. It is so large aa
to bo conspicuously visible to tho
naked oye when the aun is looked at
through a colored or smoky class, or
through a fog of suitable density.
Tho Philadelphia Ledger says that
tho white paper thev uoe in printing
the Ledger coots tnem one hundred
dollars s day more than tho salsa of
the paper amount to. Its proAta are
derived exclusively from its ádver-
J$sk Billing's Maxims.—!
only ono advantsge that I _
in going tew the devil, and tlat Is
tho road ia 0My, and yn are oars té
git than.
I am violently mosed t*w
•piritaaaa beverage, nut ft 11 _
turing purpoaeo 1 think a leetWbv k
tastos gooo.
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Osterhout, J. P. The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 27, 1866, newspaper, April 27, 1866; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180233/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1865-1876: 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.