Bellville Countryman
Bellville, Texas
July 31, 1861
The citizens of Port Lavaca, says the Victoria Advocate, have established a foundry for casting cannon, and also procured machinery for the manufacture of small arms. An old nine pounder, long located in Victoria, has been sent down there to be rifled.
The Reagan Guards and Texas Guards, from Anderson county, Texas, arrived in New Orleans on the 8th.