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WEDSB80AY. JüLY 15, 1868
^ J. E. Bailey & Co., Tremont
street, "Galveston, are our authorized
agents for Galveston and Houston.
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Seymour and Blair.
The National Democratic Conven-
tion has concluded its labors, and
Seymonr and Blair are pnt forth as
the nominees of the party for the of-
fices of President and Vice-President.
Their choice has met with the uni-
versal approval of the people, both
North and Sonth, and a firm inten-
tion to elect: the ticket next Fall per-
vades the minds of all classes. Bet-
ter men could net have been nomin-
ated.
Now istho time to subscribe to the
Countryman for the campaign now
opening. Every man in the county
should take this paper and by so do-
ing help himself and us. Terms of
subscription, 92 50, specie, iu ad-
vance.
Our columns are over crowded this
week with political news, to the ex-
clusion of much interesting and val-
uable matter. As the events daily
transpiring are of such momentons
import to the people of this section
we are compelled to decline sev-
eral communications addressed to us,
unless they deal directly with the
subject at hand—the welfare of the
people.
On a visit to the store of Messrs.
Thatcher A Springfield, yesterday,
we found them preparing for the re-
ceipt of a large stock of groceries and
plantation supplies now on the way
here, and which they propose to sell
at the lowest market price. These
gentlemen are among the most relia-
ble in the State, and we can recom-
mend them to planters who may
have goods to ship on consignment
or otherwise.
Match Him 7
When Grant was nominated the
Radicals supposed they had got the
pink of perfection, and that in the
whole United States a better man
than Hiram Ulysses Grant conld not
be found. We have matched him
and more than that, we have surpass-
ed him by long odds. Can there be
any comparison between Seymonr
and Grant? No; for the former is as
much superior to Grant as intellect
is to instinct. The one has been a
life-long and consistent Democrat,
while the other is a political sail
trimmer, with political principles to
suit anybody.
In the eyes of his worshippers
Grant has but one si.igle point to re-
commend him -his being at the head
of the Union armies. They do not
claim any other. Seymour, on the
other hand, is a patriot and states-
man, and such a man we want at the
head of the nation, not a dnmmy—-a
political nondescript. Seymour and
Blair, both earnest, true and patriotic
men, who love the welfare of the na-
tion and not of their particular party,
will, beyond a doubt, be elected next
Fall, and then for a reign of prosper-
ity unexampled in our history.
A two mile column ot army worms
asrc&iftt i Mississippi.
venrion, which met at
7th of this month, was
moot important which has
in TeXas. Com;
posed of our best and ablest citisens,
men who are respected and loved
both at home and abroad, and com-
prising mnch of the wealth and in-
nce of their respective districts,
>is Convention stands pre-eminent
for moral dignity and social worth;
and considering the vast interests at
stake, they proved by their course
that they thoroughly appreciated the
condition in which they stood. We
intend publishing next week a synop-
sis of the proceedings of this conven-
tion. We publish in this issue the
Platform and Plan of Organization,
and commend the two articles to the
careful and attentive perusal of «very
citizen of our connty and State. The
delegated in attendance from this
county were Messrs. H B. Waller,
Dan'l Landes, —> McCowan, and
Chas. A. Beman, five, the balance of
those electeJ not putting in an ap-
pearance. There were nearly 250
delegates present, representing some
40 counties of the State.
The platform laid down by the
Conveution is such a on8 that every
man can subscribe to, and the plan
of organization should be carried ont
to the letter. Now is the time to
organize and form Conservative Dem-
ocratic Clubs, for the ball has been
set rolling, and we must not let it
stop until the grand old Democratic
Party has carried the day, and res-
tored ne once more to that condition
of prosperity and happiness to which
we have been strangers for nearly
seven years.
Victory is within our grasp! Shall
we let it slip from our finger* by rea-
son of supineness and apathy 1 Shall
we let a class of men who are not
bound to us by any ties of affinity,
association, or intelligence—in other
words, carpet-baggers and scailawags
—monopolize the important positions
in our gift, and rule over a people to
whom they are utterly alien in every
thing ? Shall we let a race of un-
tutored and ignorant men, just freed
from a condition of slavery, hold in
their hands onr future political des.
íinv ? Shall we sit idly by and make
no effort to prevent ourselves from
being made bankrupt by the intoler-
able and oppressive burdens of tax-
ation surely to be levied shou'd the
party whose watchword is "rule or
ruin "get into power? If not, let
us make some exertion to help our-
selves. The ibsnes at staks are
mighty, and we must not neglect
them. Let us organize the rank and
file of the Democracy and use all fair
and honorable means to avert these
impending disasters.
We have an examples before us of
what organization has accomplished,
and we also have the result of
apathy and neglect—Mississippi and
Arkansas. In the one, by a strong
effort.. organization and a thorough
State canvass, the Democrats carried
the day by a majority of 25,000
votes, besides making a breach in the
Radicals ranks and taking there-
from almost half of their negro votes.
In Arkansas; on the other hand, the
people took no part in the election,
the Radicals were allowed to walk
over the course, and the Democrats
stood listlessly by, and made no ef-
fort to retain the prize within
their grasp. Now mark the result:
In many districts the Conservatives
were in a majority, but having nom-
inated no candidates, the Radicals, by
a minority vote, carried the election,
gained both houses of State Legisla-
ture, got their own men to represent
the State in Congress, and then dis-
franchised, by act of the Legislature,
almost every man who voted against
them thus puttingit entirely out of the
power cf the Democrats to again put
them in such danger of defeat. Had
the Democrats used their power such
a result would never have happened.
Are we going to let this same tragedy
—for it is little short of a tragedy,
as the happiness of a free and enliejnt-
ened people is at stake—take place
in this fair land, so dear to the heart
of every true Texan ? Mississippi
and Arkansas—take your choice.
East Hartford, Conn., hv; a seven-
ty year old Mason.
Paris eats two million pounds of
gingerbread a year.
All Connecticut is suffering from
mad dog excitement.
Nova Scotia bewails the flight of
its people to the States.
Baltimore will not employ colored
teachers in its schools.
Ten divorces in St Louis last
Monday, and not one marriage.
The country is flooded with coun-
terfeit $2 national hank bills.
Enlighten The Freedmen.
Fellow Citizens, we have too long
néglected this important subject, an¿
it is time we took it in hand., Upon
this subject we cannot do better than
to quote the words uttered by Mr. P.
A. Botts, in a speech made by him at
Natchez, Mississippi.
I ask you, my whits friends,
when did we ever make a determined
effort to influence the people 1 Never S
Wherever the effort has been proper-
ly made, in the late elections, the
Democrats have carried the day.
In a district of Georgia, where there
was only one white man to seven
blacks, the Democrats carried the
district by a handsome majority. In
Shreveport, La., which was afflicted
with just such another set of white
radicals as infest Adams county, and
where the colored people were in a
large majority, the Democrats, by a
determined effort, carried the elec-
tion. So it has been with several
other places, and so it will be every-
where if the colored man is properly
approached and instructed. We must
convince the colored people that we
—the Democrats—intend to protect
them and defend for them equality
before the law, and all the rights of
protection to life, liberty and proper-
ty which we ourselves enjoy. Make
this clear to them, and you will finitt
not so very difficult to convince them
that it is to their interest to rely upon
and stand by their old friends—their
employ irs, those with whom they
have been intimate all their lives, and
to whom alor.e in the very nature of
things, they must look for assistance,
homes, employment, and support.
The loJal attachments of the colored
man are naturally strong in favor of
his old home and associations, and he
has naturally a strong feeling of dis-
trust for strangers. We can cause
this distrnst to grow into the most
violent hostility, if we but lead the
colored man to discover how false and
hypocritical are all the protestations
of friendship made by these stran-
gers to them; how they have used
him for three years for their own ele-
vation and his ruin, aud how these
same men now ask him to vote for a
miserable constitution which deprives
their best and only friends —the
white citizens—of the right to vote
aud to hold office.
The truth is, we have heretofore
tailed in our duty of enlightening
the colored people. We h ive per-
mitted a set of scheming, money-hun-
ting white strangers to cvry on their
work without interruption. For the
past three years radicals have admin-
istered poison to ihe mind of the
colored man, and we have given no
antidote. A thousand well-devised
falsehoods have been poured into his
ear, and we have taken no pains to
correct them.
It is no wonder, then, that the poor
black man, just turned loose into the
dazzling glare of freedom, has been
gradually deceived into paths which
lead him to destruction. The only
light held out to ¡ruide his path for
the last three years has been the light
of radicalism, and he has constantly
been taught to view the Southern
man with malice and distrust.
When I consider how strong and
how constant have been the banetul
influences to which for three years
these people have bien subjected, I
an full of wonder that they have not
yielded themselves in a greater de-
gree to lawlessness, violence and ma-
lignity. In this fact alone, we have
proof that the black people are by
nature very kindly disposed ; that
they are slow to accept the teachings
of strangers, slow to be led into the
commission of violence. Now shall
we admit that a few vagabond car-
pet-baggers can exert a greater influ-
ence with the colored people than we,
whom they have known from infancy?
Certainly not.
Let us then, do our duty to the
black man. In all kindness and pa-
tience instruct him about those things
of which he has been deceived in a
false view. Tear away the fli.nsj
gauze from before the scenes which
radicalism presents to his wonder-
stricken aud transported gaze, iu at-
tractive but false colors. Let him
see the stage as it really is—and as
he mast find it. Show him the fear-
ful gulf that lying radicalism so art-
fully covers with flowers. Convince
him that he must live here with us;
that his best interests are centred in
the prosperity of those that own the
land. He can be made to understand
that it is only natural that the white
•nan shall remember kindly
those colored people who stand by
him in this hour of distress, aud not
natura! that he should care to employ
or aid those who prove his enemies,
and go bliadlv forward at the bidding
of a few strangers, to achieve a com-
mon destruction*
Do this, my friends, and you shall
find many colored men left who have
wUl of their own enough to keep them
from voting for a constitution whieh
strikes a fatal blow at the prosperity
of white aad black, while it gives the
black people not a single .right they
do not already enjoy. We shall thns
wield the power to avert the dread-
fnl calamities which the adoption of
that instrument would euiril upon
us.
New York Convention.
The number of delegates present,
including t&e Southern States, wa3
317.
The resolutions endorsing John-
son aud applauding Chase on im-
peachment, created applause.
A resolution urging universal am-
nesty without any exceptions, was
uuanimonsly adopted.
The Soldiers and Sailor's Conven-
tion presented an address expressing
no preference for candidates, and
breathing harmony and ¡confidence in
the result.
Resolutions from Alexander n.
Stevens were read aud referred. The
name of Stevens was cheered.
The platform was adopted amid
immense cheering. Slaverytand se-
cession are regarded as dead issues.
Bonds are payable in lawful money
uuless their face calls for coin. Equal
taxation of all property, including
coin. One currency for all. Econ
omy. Reduction of the army and
navy. Abolition of the Freedmens
Bureau and the inquisitorial means of
collecting the Revenue. A tariff' for
revenue. Subordination to civil au-
thority. Restoration of all States.
Amnesty for all political offences, in-
cluding restoration of suffrage in al
the States ; the control of suffrage be
longs exclusively to each State; Con-
gress has usurped it, in violation ot
the Constitution ; reconstruction acts
are unconstitutional and void ; thanks
Johnson, and invites «ill parties to
unite on this platform.
On the first balht Pendleton re-
ceived 10Ó votes. The southerners
nearly all voted for Johnson. Second
ballot, Pendleton 99j. Packer 26.
Johnson 52 ; others scattering.
* O
Seymour received 9 votes on the
3d ballot, when ha again positively
refused.
Tho tenth and eleventh show little
change. On the eleventh, Chase re-
ceived one and a halt. ( Great ap-
plause, and some hisses. ) Oil the
12th ballot, Pendleton receivey 145J,
Hancock 39, Hendricks 33, Chas ^ a
half and McClellan. (Cheers.)
The 13-h balljt shows but little
change beyond McCIellan's name
don't appear. Franklin Pierce re-
ceived one vote.
New York, July 9.—On the 19th
ballot Pendleton was withdrawn.
Ohio voted for Packer. Iowa ad-
hered to Hendricks. Tennessee vo-
ted for Hancock, Result: Hancock
135.} ; Hendricks l07¿ ; others scat-
tering : California voted for Field,
and Missouri for Blair.
On the 13th ballot New Jersey
i gives Hancock 3, Illinois votes solid
for Hendricks. Result ; Pendleton
55, Hancock 144, Hendricks S7. To
day's ballot shows nothing defiuite.
Hancock's friends were confide.it of
a favorable result on the lStlp ballot,
but this event discourages them very
much, and they reluctantly yielded
to adjournment,
0 i tli" 21st, Missouri voted for
II ancock. Tennessee split, giving t >
! the President five votes. Massachu
'setts gave Chase four votes [ tiisses,
: drowned by tumultuous applause].
Result; H mcock, ] 35.} ; Hendricks
132 ; English 19 . Chase, 4.
Oa the 22nd ballot Ohio declared
1 for Seymour, aud Hendricks gained
I heavily.
Seymour positively declined the
! nomination. Vallandigham insisted
| that Seymour must yield to the detn-
! onstr-ition in his behalf. North Car-
olina, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri and
others changed votes for Seymour.
Seymour is nominated!
The delegates, all over the hall,
arose to their feet, crying "we change
onr votes."
The excitement reached the streets
and cannons heralded the news.
Seymour received the unanimous
vote.
The Convention then proceeded to
nominate a Vice President.
12:45 P. M.—Vallandigham and
Kiernan insisted on ^Seymour's ac-
cepting the nomination, willing or un-
willing. Pennsylvania and Massa-
chusetts changed their votes to Sey-
mour, in the midst of the greatest en-
thusiasm and cheering.
1 P. m.—The liali is one scene of
excitement. Each State is anxious
to n.lme Seymour, and tlitre is no
opposition. Pennsylvania, Iowa,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Virginia, Ken-
tucky and Indiana have pronounced
in liis favor, and all the others will
follow.
1:10—As each State records her
vote, they are received with tremen-
dous applause. The various chair-
men prefaced their State's vote with
a few remarks. The endorsement ot
the Southern and Western States
meets with the most hearty applause.
1:12—Mr. Tilden of New York,
was the last to speak, and thanked
the Convention for the honor confer-
red on New York. The nomination
i was ratified with three cheers.
1:16—Ail the States have voted
for Seymour. Iutense excitement
j prevails. The audience and dSle-
; gates are standing, cheering and wav-
i ing their handkerchiefs. Cannon are
bcoming outside.
1:25—The vote <317) for Sey-
mour caused the most enthusiastic
applause. The Vice-President looks
very like Blair.
1:2$—The Pennsylvania delegates
have agreed iu caucus to vote For
Blair. He or Ewing will get it.
During the recess 10,000 persons as-
sembled in front of Tammany Hall,
Speeches were madb amidst continu-
ous cheering. • .
2:20—Gen. Morgan, of Ohio, is
named by many Southern Delegates
as the candidate for Vice. He, Blai-
or Ewing will be nominated.
2:30—Illinois names Gen. Mc-
Loud, bat he withdraws.
3:28—Iowa names Dodge.
Wade Hampton's speech was made
amidst the greatest excitement and
applause—cheer after cheer rolling
np when he declared for Blair.
F. P Blair was nominated on the
first ballot for Vice President a'mid
immense applause.
The soldiers are jubilant.
The ballot was unanimous for
Blair.
3:15—Mr. Tilden concurred for
New York in the nomination of Blair.
Immense cheering.
3:20—The closing of the Conven-
tion was of the most pleasing nature.
The officers mingling freely, and.
pledging each other to work earnest-
ly for the ticket.
After Gen. Hampton's speech all
the Union Generals present congrat-
ulated him.
3:22—Gen. Forrest,ot Tennessee,
cast the*vote of his State, making a
few remarks, which were received
with shouts of applause.
2:25—The streets are crowded
with people all pleased with the nom-
inees. The best feeling prevails.
The ticket is considered sure iu No-
vember.
Platform of the Democratic
Party of Tex£\s.
The Committee on Platform and
Resolutions instruct me to report the
accompanyiug resolutions as a plat-
form of the Democratic party of the
State, and recommend the adoption
of the same by the Convention. All
of which is respectfully submitted.
J, T. Brady, Chairman.
The Democracy of the State of Texas,
by their delegates in Convention
assembled, declare—
1. That the conservative people ot
the State believe that the principles
of the National Democratic Party
contain those guarantees of constitu-
tional liberty and regulated govern-
ment essential to the maintenance of
the Union under the Constitution,
and that the su cess of these princi-
ples gives. the only assurance of
averting radical rule, anarchy and
despotism, and we declare the Dem-
ocracy of the State ait integral part
of the Democracy of the Union, anil
and chat we will rally under i¡s time-
honored banner with all the energy
and enthusiasm of a people who hope,
through its triumphs, once more to
enjoy the blessings of civil govern-
ment and equality iu the Union, and
to escape tha disfranchisement, ne-
gro supremacy, degradation and ruin
now threatened by the radical party.
2. That we acquiesce in good faiih
in the abolishment of negro slavery,
the repudiation of tli war debt of
the State, and its abandonment of (he
doctrine of secession as a peaceable
remedy, for Stale grievances, as re-
sults of the war finally tettled, and
do not p-opose to disturb or change
the result.
3. That it is our purpose fo adhere
in good faith to our renewed allegiance
to the constitution and government of
the United States, and to cultivate
fraternal good will with the peopl.-
of all parís of the country ; and we
repel with indignation the charges oí
disloyalty fniseiy made against us by
the radical party for the purpose of
perpetuating military despotism over
us, and as a pretext for the disfran-
chisement of those who do not agree
witn their political opinions, and to
maintain themselves ia political pow-
er, in disregard of right and of the
popular will.
5. That we earnestly desire the
restoration of the Constitution of the
United States to its original suprem-
acy and vigor, and the faithful en-
forcement of the federal laws within
their sphere in all the States of the
Union ; that we earnestly seek to be
restored to all the rights of local self-
government ; that we earnestly de
sire the re-establishment of the civil
law administration by constitutional
courts, and to see its supremacy es-
tablished over the military ; that we
are unalterably opposed to the con-
solidation of the powers of the federal
government iu the legislative depart
ineut, or to the encroachment of tli
legislative upou tba executive and
judicial departments; that we de-
plore the unlimited and irresponsible
military despotisms which now exist
in the States of the American Union,
and we earnestly appeal to the peo-
ple ot the States now represented iu
Congress to remove this odious and
oppressive tyranny from over us;
that we declare the practical opera-
tion and usual effect of the Freed-
inen's Bureau established amongst us,
is to cultivate and stimulate discon-
tent, with both the black and white
races, and calculated to promote dif-
ferences of opinion and coutests be-
tween the races, which may prove
most disastrous to both aud highly
injurious to the whole country. That
we declare it to be our deliberate
conviction that there exists no neces-
sity for continuing the disfranchise-
ment of any portion of the white peo-
ple of the Southern States, aud that
the continued disfranchisement «f the
larg«j number of intrfligeut classes
now deprived of political rights,
I while the rights of suffrage and the
holding of office are conferred opon
all the negroes, must, in the.uature of
things, endanger the stability of gov-
ernment, the peace and security of
society, and prove destructive to good
order and happiness amongst us.
That we entertain no feelings of ill
will or hostility to the negro race
amongst us, and that we desire to see
them protected by the laws of the
State in all their rights of person and
of property, and will do whatever we
can to promote their improvement in
knowledge and virtue, this being
alike necessary for the general wel-
fare and for the happiness of both
races.
5. That we adhere to the constitu-
tional doctrine that the power to reg-
ulate the question of suffrage in the
States rests exclusively with the
States themselves, and we therefore
deny that Congress has any consti-
tutional power whatever to enact laws j
on that subject.
6. Thai we need mora population,
labor and capital, as well as peace
and civil government, for the devel-
opment of th 3 resources of our great
State, and that our true policy is to
invite immigration an i capital from
the Northern States and Europe, and
to insure them of a friendly welcome,
and we declare that statements that
immigrants from the Northern States
are not received with friendship, and
cannot expect security for life aud
property amongst lis. are made by the
radical party foi political effect, aud
are wilful perversions of the truth.
7. That we are iu favor of an eco-
nomical administration of the govern-
ment—State and National—and are
opposed to a greater collection of taxes
than will support governineut so ad-
ministered.
8. That a well devised system of
internal improvements by tho State
i* necessary for a speedy aud proper
development of her great producing
interest and the general prosperity of
her people; we therefore deem it to
be the duty of the State government
to adopt such a liberal and enlight-
ened internal improvement policy as
will best secure these blessings iu the
shortest time possible.
9. That we are opposed to and
condemn the present radical scheme
for tbe dismemberment of the State of
Texas, which is sought solely for
party purposes and plunder.
The following íesolutiou was intro-
duced by Mr. Norwood, and was
passed, and incorporated in the fore-
going :
Resolved, That while opposed to
the ratification of any constitution
embodying the sentiments and de-
signs of the radical party, yet should
the reconstruction Convention, now
assembled at Austin, assume to create
a State government, and to provide
for the election of officers, it i>¡ expe-
dient aud proper that the people of
the State participate in the same, and
endeavor to prevent the control of out-
local affairs passing into their hands, i
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW.
J. HARRIS CATLIN,
ATTOliNEY-AT-LAW
hS Travis, Austin Co., T«ai.
J. P. OSTERHOUT
A T T ORNE Y AT LA IK.
BELLVILLE.
Austin County, Texas.
eb2-ft-ly.
xt. WOODWARD.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Red River Street.
Hmpstah, Tías.
In the same room with Mr. Clint n Fori-
CHAS. T. RAVANAUGH
BRENHAM.
Texas.
JJÍO. T. JOYCE S. REESE BLAKB
JOYCE if. BLAKE.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
Over Kemper Stone & Co't., Drug
Siw\
J. W. OLIVER,
Atlorneyat Law.
HOUSTON. TEXAS.
JACK BELL.
ATTORXE Y AT L A If.,
NELS ON VILLE,
ArsTix CorxTY. Txa?.
Post-office address, ludustry, Austin C«
g30tf
I. G. Searcy, H, 11. Booxb
SEARCY i BOONE.
ATTORNEYS A T L A IT.
ANDERSON,
Grimes County, Texas.
feb2-ft-ly.
B. F. ELLIOTT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
HEMPSTEAD,
g24-tf Anstin Couaty Texas.
A. CHSSI.EY. G : >. W. JJHN5'JS
Chcsfey & Johnson,
AT TO R XE Y S AT LA \V
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas,
CP Office in the Court House JF\
decdl If
SAMUELT. CUM MINGS,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
!i3 In:lustry P. O., Austin do. Texas
Z Hitnt N. Hoiaasd.
HUNT Si. HOLLAND,
«4 T TORNE YS AT LAW
BELLVILLE,
Austin County, Texas
fsh-2-ft-ly.
1). T. & C. A. HARRIS,
A T TORNE YS AT LAW
BELLVILLE, *
Aunün County, Texas.
Bj)rl3 Jy
i tv. m. pili'.kinft,
n. 1
chants.
Eastern Texans are growing vine
yards, catawba aud •'scupermong."—
(X. Y. Herald.) What's that 1 1" bVleuU'S™,*
A new íailroad bridge over the ^ ^' "ti
Mississippi, near St. Louis is talked
of.
Louisiana has n debt of $13,332,-
<301 exclusive ot convention expen-
ses.
Immigration into Kansas this year
is estimated at one hundred thous-
and.
General Longsfr^ot is spending
the summer at Valheruioosa Springs,
Alabama.
Minister Bnrlingame and the Chi-
nese Embassy visit Boston about the
middle of July.
There are one hundred aud seven-
ty-one German papers in America,
forty-six of them dailies.
There are nine colored schools in
Baltimore, with an average attend-
ance of eiirht hundred scholars.
s. m. swenson
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to.
I 1IAVE now on f gency many choice lots
mid tructsofLand for Sale here.wliicli
are offered 011 easy terms.
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Capt. N. W. Bush, formerly of Austic
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HEMPSTEAD, TEXAS.
O (lice at Kemper, Stone & Co's Drug
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arday. gtM-tf.
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Osterhout, J. P. The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 15, 1868, newspaper, July 15, 1868; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180302/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.