The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1866 Page: 2 of 4
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J. P. OSTERHOUT, EDITOR.
BELLVILLE, TEXAS.
FRIDAY, MAY 11th. 1866.
The following persons are authorized
agent* for "The Countryman,'' and will
receive subscriptions and advertising, and
receipt for moneys due this office:
J. N. Daniel, Houston.
W. P. Doran, Galveaton.
Wharton & Sandcliff, 115 Common St.,
New Orleana.
O. W. Johnaon, San Felipe.
iksrsrawsraast&Eritf
Of Candidatea for State and Diatrict
offices, Ten Doilara; for County officea,
six doilara. Ticketa with the namea of
all the candidatea announced in thia
paper,—all the namea being printed on
the aame ticket,—will be printed and dis-
tribt ted to the several precincts in this
county without extra charge. For print-
ing names on ticketa without announce*
ment tha aame chargea will be made.
The Marshall Republican has
been somewhat enlarged.
iy We would ask Flake if that
material has been forwarded ; if not
let us know 1
[on. 0. C. Clay was released,
on parole, on the morning of the 18th.
This intelligence will be hailed with
satisfaction throughout the South.
New Ulum.—We are informed
that F. W. Dorbritz has been appoint-
ed Post Master at New Ulum, Austin
County. _
Appointment.—Geo. Heunings, at
the place formerly occupied by Capt
Voigt, has been appointed Post Mas
ter at Industry.
'We learn that Rev. Cyrus
Campbell will preach in this place
next Sunday, and Rev. Mr. Matthews
is expected to preach on the fourth
Sunday in this month.
GP^See announcement of B. Shrop
shire of Fayette county for District
Judge, making three of whom we
have official information that they
are candidates for that station.
Resigned.—N. Cloyd, Sheriff of
this county, has resigned his office,
his resignation to take effect on the
15th inst. Here is a chance for
somebody to be appointed to an office.
' Commissioners' Court will be
held at this place on the 3d Monday,
the 21st day of this month. Those
having business in that Court would
do well to make a note of this.
\
Thanks.—J. E. Mason, the book-
store man of Galveston, has our
thanks for late and interesting papers,
such as the New York World, The
Metropolitan Record, Herald and
some others. If you want late pa-
Sers and choice literature, call at
[ason's.
D. Richardson hss sold out
the State Gazette to Jo. Walker.—
The" valedictory of the one has ap-
peared, and the salutatory of the
other. Mr. Walker is a printer by
profession, and hopes to make the
Gazette equal to what it was in its
palmiest days. Hope he may. The
Gazette supports the State ticket
headed by Throckmorton.
An Original Story.—We have re-
ceived the opening chapter of an
"original story" written for The
Countryman. We expect to com-
mence its publication in two or three
weeks, and in the meantime would
request tl.ose who wish to enjoy the
luxuary of reading it to send in their
names and the money as subscribers.
We intend to make the Countryman
a larger and better paper, so soon as
our recuperating means will permit.
The author says the story will be
interwoven with the scenes and inci-
dents of the late war.
Partiei,
We ate sorry to see from the pros-
pect before us, a division of the peo-
ple into two parties, each endeavor-
ng to convince the "dear people" that
he success of the one or the other is
necessary for the temporal salvation
of the country. In this strife and
contention we shall foi the present
take no part. The persons on both
tickets, by whatever names they may
be Btyled, stand very high in the
public estimation, and it is not doubt-
ed that in the success of either, we
would make a good selection of the
executive, judicial and ministerial
talent of the State. But we hate the
strife of a party election. We can
not see that the people are to be the
gainers by this strife, while we can
see that bad feeling among neighbors
may be cultivated, without the ac-
complishment of any particular or
paramount good. Especially is this
the case in the selection of county
offices. "Is he honest, is he capa-
ble 1" was the standard of Jefferson,
and has been tried from Jefferson's
time to the present, and found to be
a platform broad enough for all to
stand upon. We want to see every
body voting as they please, and cast-
ing their suffrages for those they pre
ferfor office. The "whipping in"
process by the lash of party drill is a
system to be deprecated. We want
every man to vote according to his
likes, and when the election is over,
be satisfied with the choice made by
the people.
Rain and Crops.—We have had
some rain for the past three or four
days, which has fallen in moderate
showers and almost insures a good
crop of corn upon the ground planted
There are fears, however, that a suf-
ficient number of acres have not been
planted to supply the wants of the
country. But the deficiency in corn
for bread, may be made up in a meas-
ure, by flour which is now brought
from the old States; Of the cotton
crop, We hear from nearly every part
of the county, the most flattering
prospects. The freedmen are doing
better than was to be expected, while
our returned soldiers have gone to
work with a vim, and all seem to be
doing their "level beet" to make a
large crop.
The Old Guard.—The May num-
ber of this sterling periodical has just
come to hand without our having
seen its predecessor, the April num-
ber. The number before us has a
beautiful steel engraved likeness of
Lieut. Gen. R. S. Ewell. We find
some excellent articles in this number
of the Old Guard, such as "State
Sovereignty not dead;" "General
Sherman's officers among the Ladies
of Raleigh;" "Bertha Seely, the
Heroine of the Old Dominion," etc.
The price of this magazine is only
$3,00 per annum, and it is worth the
money. We are sorry we did not
get the April number.
The Meeting.—Hey. Dr. Baker,
the minister in charge, has been hold-
ing a protracted meeting at this place,
which closed on Monday night last.
Several persons were converted dur-
ng the progress of the meeting as we
are informed, and the Methodist gen-
erally about this place much revived.
There were considerable additions to
the church, both white and colored
persons. Dr. Baker is a zealous
preacher of the Gospel of Christ, and
quite popular among all classes of
our people.
Those who are sufficiently in
terested to want the candidates for
State offices placed upon the tickets
to be printed at this office, can have
the same done by making up a pony
purse to pay for doing so; otherwise
we shall leave blanks for writing the
names of the candidates. We are
not sufficiently interested in the suc-
cess of either party at present, to
work for them without pqr. We
shall print the tickets immediately af-
ter District Court. All whose names
are not "in the pot" will be left off.
GP*The cholera is reported to have
made its appearance in Matamoros.
It will be seen by looking at
the right place, that we have two
candidates for District Judge; Col.
Garnett of Brazosia county and J. T.
Harcourt, Esq., of Colorado. Both
are well qualified for the position they
seek. We also have announced a
candidate for County Surveyor.—
Read all the announcements from top
to bottom, and vote for some of them
if they suit you.
«
The New Braunfels Zeitung speak-
ing of the resources, business and
population of that city, says, that iu
trades, occupations and professions
New Braunfels has 8 carpenters, 9
wheelwrights, 8 joiner, 2 coopers, 5
saddle tree and stirrup makers. 2
turners, 1 wooden bowl maker,
(Holzloeffel,) 8 blacksmiths, 2 gun-
smiths, 1 tinner, 1 founder, 7 masons,
8 tanners, 7 shoemakers, 6 saddlers,
1 colar maker, (Kollermacher,) 4
tailors, 7 butchers, 11 grocers, (scheu-
klokale,) 1 barber, 1 coachman, 32
retail and wholesale merchants, 1
flour dealer.
There are also, 3 cotton gins, 1
cotton factory with 21 looms, 1 grist
mill, 2 flour mills, 1 window maker,
1 wool carding machine, 1 brewery,
1 distillery, 2 brick and lime kilns, 1
printing office, 2 apothecary stores, 1
cochmaker, 1 house painter and vara
isher, 1 peddler, 3 physicians, 3 music
teachers, 2 lawyers, 3 preachers, 4
churches, 1 public school with five
teachers, 3 private schools taught by
ladies, 1 post office, 1 telegraph office,
3 dancing halls, 1 theatre, 3 billiard
saloons and 1 ball ally.
The population is about 2,000
souls. This is doing pretty well for
an inland city of Texas. The popu-
lation is, we believe, German. If
there are so many trades and occupa
tions carried on in New Craunfels,
the wonder to us is that they do not
advertise more in the Zeitung, and let
the world know what is doing there.
The Zeitung says that James
Calhoun, one of the early settlers of
Comal county, died on the 17th of
April. He was formerly a member
of Jack Hays1 noted Ranger comp-
any.
The Zeitung states that a great
deal of rain has fallen there promoting
the growth of garden trupk, but in
juring the wheat and causing it to
rust.
I The editor of the Banner has just
talked with one of the best planters
in Washington county, in regard to
the crop prospects for the present
season. There has recently been a
general conspiracy of the elements,
wind and rain and frost, against early
corn and cotton, and the result is
that those who were first to plant,
are having their superior^ industry
and diligence rewarded by the neces-
sity of planting over. This duty
they are now energetically perform-
ing, and if not destroyed late in the
season, by wormB or drought, Wash
ington county will yet turn out a
magnificent crop of cotton. As for
corn, that is a staple of which we
I always make enough and some to
spare.
The gardens hereabouts, are doing
remarkably well. We are no great
shakes-of a gardener, and yet it
would surprise some of our neighbors,
perhaps, if they were only to see
what we have done in the way of
Irish potatoes, peas, beans, radishes,
beets, onions, lettuce, and other kinds
of "sass."
Gen. Churchill, when in Marshall,
just before the surrender, deposited
with ub, two sacred mementoes, which
we are anxious to deliver to the per-
sons most nearly interested. They
are locks of hair of deceased Confed-
erate soldiers.N 1st. Second Lt. J.
V. Wells, from Ala., 8th Confederate
Cavalry; died at Fort Delaware,
April 21, 1863. 2nd. Lt. S. B.
Greene, Co. K„ 9th Texas Cavalry;
died at Fort Delaware on the same
day. Will our cotemporaries give
this matter notice 1 Perhaps these
soldiers may have a mother or sister
living, to whom these relics are valu-
able. Marshall Republican.
(fait feitenwrt!!
The Union Is Restored!!!
koch&Tkopish,
Determined to keep even
step to the music of these eventful timeB,
are now receiviug a new and splendid
stock of
SPRING & SUMMER
CRAWFORD HOUSE.
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Opposite Catholic Church, fronting on Church 81,
and running back to the PnbUe Square.
Mr IV CBAWTOBD * SON,
(Late of Hempstead)
PROPRIETORS.
BY THE PÜRCHA8E OF
the lease of the Thompson
Souse, this establishment has
>een considerably enlarged, and «
has now the capacity for accommodating
iv number of guetít.
The House is well located, near the
Hisiness part of the city, the rooms airy
and newly tarnished, ana the Table suppli-
ed with everything the Market aflora*.—
~ts situation makes it most desirable for
families. Attentive servants always in
attendance, and every convenience to
nsure the comfort of guests at hand.
TF* A trusty watchman always on duty.
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I. L. TOMPKINS.
Late of Brown's Reg't)
Texas Cavalry, J
exactly suited to the wantB, tastes and
wishes of Candidates, Voters, Ladies,
Mothers, Wives, Daughters, Children,
Freedmen and Freedwoman; to all of
whom they wish to SELL on very reason
able terms. Among their DRY GOODS
they have every variety and style, such
as Black Silk, Muslin, Lawns, Organdies,
Ginghams, Poplins, Calicoes, Cottonades,
ladies' hats,
the very latest style and finish. And an
abundant supply of
READY-MADE
clothing!
SUCH AS GENTLE-*
BB men's fine silk and cotton
Undershirts,Coats,Vests^"
Pants, Shirts, Collars, &c.,
with Hats, Boots, Shoes, Gait-
ers, Slippers, to match.
They have also a general variety of mis'
cellaneous articles, such as horse collars,
hames, chains, horse brushes, curry-combs,
cloth pins, indelible and writing inks,
sohool books, stationery, hoes, cooking
utensils, pottery, oils, turpentine, paints,
Patent Medicines, saddle bags, preserved
fruits, oysters. And a large variety of
0MQ&&Z
And in fact so many things that if they
were all enumerated there would be no
room )eft in The Countryman to announce
candidates. Come and see us; we make
no charge for showing our good
ellville.""
Bel
May 4th, '66-fl7-tf
W. A. McDADE & Co.,
hempstead, texas.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
mmmu*
Have constantly on hand,
COFFEE, FLOUR,
TOBACCO, SALT,
CIGARS, NAILS,
-AND-
everytliing in the Grocery line.
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H. L. WILLI FORD,
Clock and Watch Maker
—AND—
Bellville, Texas.
Clocks,watches,jewel-sv
ry, etc., repaired at short notice,fltadfc
and satisfaction guaranteed.
Shop, south side Public Square, at the
sign of the Watch, up stairs.
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GEORGE BUTLER,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
(Established in 1847,)
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Cotton, Wool or Hides received on
Consignment for sale in this market or
for shipment to New York or New Orleans,
and advances in Cash made on the same
when required.
refer to
Hunt & Holland, Bellville; J. D. Gid-
dings, Brenham.
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G. L. MACMURPHY.
{Late of Terry's Reg't
Texas Bangers.
TOMPKINS & MACMURPHY,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants
KUHN'S BUILDING,
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Galveston,
LIVERY STABLE
AT
HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
THE undersinged
has established
Livery Stable at
the above place,
where he hopes to
be able to supply a want demanded by the
rablic. Horses, Buggies and Carriages
always on hand. Travellers visiting any
>oint on the railroads, can leave their
íorses at this- Stable with full confidence
hat they will be well cared for. Charges
reasonable.
G. B. DIXON.
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Citation.
Atkin Ward, ) Brief of Petition and
vs. > Citation for Publication.
T. J. Kerr. }
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
To the Sheriff of Austin County, Greeting:
YOU are hereby commanded that you
summon by publication, T. J. Kerr,
whose residence íb unknown, to be and
appear before the District Court, to be
holden in and for the County of Austin, at
the Court House thereof, in the town of
Bellville, on the 9th Monday after the 1st
Monday in April, A. D., 1866, then and
there to answer the petition of Atkin
Ward, filed in said Court against the said
T. J. Kerr, and alleging in substance as
follows, to-wit: That defendant is indebt-
ed to plaintiff the sum of Two Thousand
Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars, besides
interest; for this, that on the 21st day of
April, I860, D. Y. and Rebecca Portia sold
to defendant labors Nos. 5 and 6 on the
east bank of the Brazos river, said labora
being the separate property of said
Rebecca, wife of said D.Y. Portis, and that
in consideration of said sale, defendant
executed and delivered to said David and
Rebecca Portis his two several promissary
notes of tenor and effect as follows, to-wit:
$1000 Austin County, Texas.
On or before the first day of January,
1861,1 promise to pay D. Y. and R. Portis,
or bearer, one thousand dollars part pay-
ment for labors Nos. 5 and 6, on the east
bank of the Brazos river in Austin County,
Apiil 21st, 1860.
Signed, T. J. KERR.
$1850
On or before the first day of January,
1862,1 promise to pay D. Y- and R. Portis,
or bearer, eighteen hundred and fi fly dollars
in part payment for labors Nos. 5 and 6,
on the east bank of the Brazos river, as
per deed executed the 18th day ot April,
1860.
April 21st, 1860.
Signed, T. J. KERR.
And plaintiff avers that for a valuable
consideration to them paid by plaintiff, said
D. Y. and R. Portis by indorsement and de-
livery transferred said two promissary
notos to plaintiff, whereby said defendant
became liable to pay the said several sums
to plaintiff; but that defendant, though
often requested, fails, &c.. to pay. to
plaintiff's damage $5,000. And plaintiff
claims a lien upon said two labors Nos. 5
and 6, on the east bank of the Brazos river,
in said county, as being the consideration
of the sums specified in said notes, and
that he is entitled to have said land wld
to satisfy said demand.
Plaintiff prays for citation by publica-
tion, for judgment with damages for de-
tention, and costs, and a decree that said
labors be sold to satisfy judgment and for
relief, etc.
Herein fail not, but have you then and
there before said Court this writ, with
your return thereon showing how you have
executed the same.
Witness, J. R. Montgomery,
Clerk of the District Court
of Austin Co. Given under
my hand and seal of said
Court, at office in the town
of Bellville, this the 17th day of April, A.
D., 1866. J. R. MONTGOMERY,
C. D. C., A. C.
By John W. Goode, Deputy.
Issued April 17th, 1866.
J. R. Montgomery, c. d. c., a. c.
By John W. Goode, Deputy.
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Osterhout, J. P. The Texas Countryman. (Bellville, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1866, newspaper, May 11, 1866; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180235/m1/2/?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.