VOL 1 CAMDEN, S. O;,. WEDNJ^Y,.DEC. 28 1864, TSTO'
Sy XX XX pCOCOTT;
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A SLATl! Itfi].
Tho Legislature ndjourned's/nc die, on Fridoy night >
?t a kite. hour. Tho following is a list of the Acts *
passed:
acts ? . n'atk: |
1. An Act to . r to require ihc ]
exemption-of cor other per.-ons 1
fYcm Confederate
a u \ /*t 1 a n * ?' - ?
- - ^wwv arieroi mo uoitoa
Planter's Loj . Fifth Congres- i
sional .District ol
3^ An' Act to a n Act to amend 1
an Act, entitled a unish the plant- i
ing and cultivator certaip quunti- I
ty of cotton durim. " ,
4- An Act to e Vet, entitled an <
Act to authqiizo 1.:. .. isrleston to is- '
she and put in eir jlo in taxes or
dues to the city. - i
.5. An Act to yt .. , of tho State in (
certain property, i ?. '.? iznbcth My res,
^ Ellen My res and C ft.
6; Art Act to pr ii::V' Courts of KqT (
uity by two Clianc one thousand '
?ight.hyr.drod and t
7:. An Act to pn . f / icnt^of.. Com. (
missionora eff the 1 : ; ' ' a tee,' St Stephens
and St: Jam 1 .
8."'Au Act to pr % '< iont of Com* *
missloners of tlic E or - a ?\m t
' 9. An Act to re] ?! - o .it . ?i . et to establish t
n sopnrate Court of Appear e v va lie Judges to ,
bo cftOFen from nm g ocitsua i therein de- .
scribed.
10. An Act to extend the tin] i filling oflicial '
bonds in certain cases'. J
11. Aft Act to ostablisb the Franco-Carolina bank. \
12. An Act to alter and, amend the n.ilitii laws of .
the State. " '
ACT? ORIGIN ATI.HO IS TI1JS HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES j
1. An act to rai?e supplies far the year commencing ,
in October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- [
four; . - ' |!
2, An Act tajnako appropriations for' the j-ear com- i !
mencing in uciouer, one thousand oiglit hundred and, i
sixty-fpur. 'j
3. An. Act to incorporate certain religiousnnd chnri- ,
table societies, and to-renew and rtmend tlie charters 1
of certain towns, villages and other societies, hereto- 1
fore granted, and lor other purposes. | <
A. An A.gtto provide for the fclicf of tho families of \
ipldiors, sailois and marines in tho sorvico oftliis State j
or the Confederate States.f
6.. An Aot'to.dcfino the rigliss^ptl liabilities of railroad'companies
and other common carriers 1
. G. An Act to procure supplies and furnish the tin i
pleraents of agricultural and manufacturing industry
for the stfldiers and people of tho Stnto of South Carolina,
by the purchaso Of a ship or ships, and tho importntion
nnd exportation of cargoes.
V An 'Act to amend an Act, entitled aiv Act to reg
plate the printing and distribution of the Acts and j
Resolutions of tlio General Assembly of this State, and
for other purposes. * *
\, 8. An Act to establish certain roads and charter
> certain ferries. ;-?> >
< 9. An Act to continue in forco an Act, 'entitled an
AcMo extend relief to dobiois, an4,..to prevent tho
sncrifiteeof property at public salca.
10. An Act vo incorporate the 3uth Mills Company.
11. An Act to appoint Commissioners of the Poor
for Darlington, Horry and Richland Districts.
11." An Act to incorporate tflt? Foot Point Lnxd
Company. ' '
.*.13. An Act to incorporate the Columbia and' Greenville
Telegraph Company. '? ' 14.
An Act to repeal the second section of an Act,
eotitled an Act to extond an Act, entitled an Act to
extend some of .tho prov isions of and' Act), entitled anAct
in refcrenco to tho suspension'of ap?cio payments
by tho banks of this State, and for other purposes, to
the lifstday of January, A. D. 1864.
16. An Act to provide for tho appointment of Commissioners
of the Poor for Lancaster District.
16. An Act to incorporate Knhnia Willw.
17. An Act to repeal-all Acts and parts of Acts
horotoforo passed by tho Legislature.of this Stnto on
tho subjoet of furnishing slave labor on tho coast and
toftitications within this Slate, antf* otherwise to provide
for furnishing such labor.
Tlio following is tbo exemption Act:
An Act to authorize the Governor to require the
. j&xeniplion of certain State Officers and
other persons from Confederate Service.
section 1. die it enacted by the Senate and
r lfov.sej>f Representatives, now met and sittiug
in General Assembly and by the authority o,
the wiwir, Thsrt the Governor be and is liercbj
authorized and required to claim the exemptiot
from Confederate inilitaiy service of the offi
cers and members of both branches of the Gen
cral Assembly -of this State, and the following
State officers, to witi. Lieutenant-Governor
Judge* of the ^Courts of Lab' ft n'd Equity, At
tornoy-Gcncral and Solicitors, Secretary o
State, Comptroller General, State Auditor anc
two assistants, Treasurers of the Upper anc
Lower Division, Adjutant and Inspcetor General
and one assistant, Quartcmastcr-Gcncral,
Coinmissaiy-General, State Engineer and one
assistant, Aidos-de-Oainp to the Governor (not
to exceed one to each militia brigade,) Private
Secretary of the Governor ami hi* MWL- Sho.-.
ifts, Clerks of the Court, Ordinaries, Masters,
Registers, anil Commissioners in Equity, TaxCollectors,
President, Cashier, Rook-keeper,
and one Teller of the Rank of the State and
of each of its Branches, Ofiiccrs and Cadets of
Ihc State Military Academies, Professors Of the
3olith Carolina College, Superintendent, Physician,
and Keepers of the Lunatic Assylnm, and
Superintendent, Steward, and Teachers df th c
Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
Sec. 2. That the Governor be and iiu is here
;>y authorized, it the same be in liis judgment
necessary, ami millet* suc.li regulations as he
may prescribe, to .require tiro eJceniptiOn of the
following State officers and other persons to
nit : Members of the Hoard for the Relief of
soldiers' Families, (who are over forty-five
years of age,) President, Cashier, Book keeper,
ind one Teller now in the employment of each
jf the scleral Banks in the State, the Prcsilciits
and Treasurers now in the employment
}f the two Savings Institutions in the Statei
inch Deputy-Sheriffs as may be iudispOnsable
.0 the execution of the laws of the State, (not
o exceed one in each Judicial District,) State
\genl for the supply of slave labor, one editor
or each newspaper being published at the
:1111c of the passage of this Act, and such princrs
and pressmen as said editor may certify
ipon oath to be indispensable to the pnoilca,ion
of said newspaper; the Public l^fintcr of
die State Government, and such journeymen
printers as said Public Printer shall certify
ipon oath to be indispensable to the public
minting; the Chief of the Sou'li Carolina Hospital
Bureau at Richmond ?n.l l?ic n^ia-ini
the officers ami members of the Police ami
Fire Departments of Charleston and Columbia,
Hid such artizans, mechanics and persons of
scientific skill, and other employees as may be
indir-ponsablc to the carrying on of tho inaiuifaetovies
and public work belonging to the
State; the professors and teacheis of all incorporated
colleges in the Slate; every minister
of religion authorized to preach according to
the rules of his eh in ch, and who was, on the
first day of May, 1SG1, midlist the passage of
this Act shall be regulary employed in the
discharge of his ministerial duties, and is not
engaged in any traflic.
Skc. 3. That for the proper police of the
country, the'Governor is hereby authorized,
render such regulations as lie may prescribe, fio
require the exemption from Confederate military
service of such persons as he may adjudge indisnnnsnblo.
fur ?? ~L' 1
j .w. uuu gvrviuiiiuiii ui ine staves,
and the protection of tho citizens- ami property
of the State: Provided, That such exemptions
shall not exceed, in any District, one for every
two hundred slaves in said District: And ]>rovided,
further, That the rights of overseers now
having both Confederate and State exemptions
shall not be change] nor altered by the provisions
of this Act, nor shall such persons be
included in the estimate of tho above proviso.
Srcc. 4. That all officers and persons who
shall he so required by the Governor, pursuant
to tho provisions of this Act, be and they arc
hereby declared ro be exempt from Confederate
military service-during tho period for which
heir exemption shall be so claimed.
It was said ai .Southampton that Sernmcs
new privateer, the Sea King, had been wrecked
near the Dcsprt Island. The London Timer
does not credit the report, which it thinks originated
in the fact that a number of the intend
cu crew ret used to serve tinder the rel>ol commander,
and returning home in the Laurel
were set down as shipwrecked men.
A salt lake has been struck near Grand Uap
id?, Michigan, at 700 feet from the surface.
f CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL
- WI I)M>I)A1 XHOItKlKO !)K . 2?.
5 Mr. and the MUscs SLOMAN was greeted on last
, evening by a very clover audience?the house being
j. well filled. The second concert takes ^Trice Yliis even1
ing. A choice bill is presentod, one song of winch
I alone (by Mr. Sl.oMA.tf) will be well worth the price of
I admission.
Thk Key-Stone.?"Wo are iudebiedto tho enterprising
publishers, W. 11. Smith &, Co., of Raleigh, N. C,
i for a copy of a very neatly printed monthly, -entitled
| i4Thn IvOV-Q" rt
j I. iiuaumu lilUgUKinC. ffc would
> recommend it to tlio fraternity in this section ns being
, a valuable expounder of everything pertaining to their
interests as masons.
Terms, $10 for six months.
The following judicious selection has been recom.
mendod by the Kershaw delegation ns suitable por.-ons
to eonstitute the Soldiers Board of Relief for the dis_
trict:
Juo. M. DeSnussure, James Dunlap, 15. VT. Boimey
J. Boss Dye, Edwin Bnrnott, James Team, W. D. Hogan,
G ilia til Sowell, Joseph T. Mickle, John It. Jlhuwi
Jesse Trucsdcl, W. D. Gaskins.
Cattlr S'i'kar.lno.??To tit? long eatologue ol crimes
committed in these degenerate days, cattle stealing
may 'Very well be added, judging from the Irequeut
rnmnlfiinlo .J
, w. n. uwuurg. in met wo nave been recently
victimized to the amount of n tluc_ yearling.?
The proprietor of a Que, fat, .sleek cow, now feels uneasy
whenover she is out of sight, so desirable is an
animal of that character. It is said?and we quote the
Bible as our authority? thrit the "ox kiio'\frfc'tli his own
er,Vmd.tiiO ass ins master's crib." This proposition nd"
mittcd, is it not equally as probable that tho cow is as
intelligent as hia ox-Ship or his ass-ship. This proposition
also adipitfed, would it not bo a good idea when
you see a stranger wlftijdpes not look liko lie owns a
oow, driving an animal of'this kind that don't wnrit to
urn?that, mroii to tho right and then to the left?tosses
her head franticaltyttVirteuL^ nrid shows Iter
gfcnorall}'?to stop and enq ' . .
?where he isgoirg to?w!c . . ,u. i
what he is going to do witl '
.
FI:OM StiKRMAX AND S. . . :l, .
Mtticttry of yesterday says: ' -i; '. ??
from Sherman at this lime
, vague and uncertain cliarac
that it is pretty well ascorl: . .
undertaken no uew movctni ....
Unit ho has reinforced i'osb e : . ,;il; .
Charleston and Savannah 1? r ;? . ,* >
army is encamped about i; hv.
while a smali garrison sufTn - n .
in the city.
Sherman is evidently dm
pie of Savannah. Atallbn .. r
private,.where* there has b
trouble, lie has stationed a g ' '>
ho scorns doing his best to r : .
their j'oke. tic does not, Ik . >
disposition towards tho So 'irv.-.
neither he nor Tiis ?ubordiili
nity of vowing vengeance, d
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LATEST'BY / 3ABA&5
fltiPORTS OJf THE PI^.00 aoouoiATION.
Kntercd' according to the lilt of Congress in. tho year
i 1863, l>j' J. d. Til rasher,-in tho Clerk's offloo of the
District Com t of tlio .Confederate States for the
, . Northern District of Gfeorgin.
FROM [Virginia"
F'uedkuicksbuko,/ Dec 26.-r-Thc gallant
Mosby received a dangerous, but not fatal
s wound last Wedncsda".* Efe ia in our bands,
1 and well cared foiV : A raiding party entered
AVest Morelaud, and committed many deprc,
dations.
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1 FROM WILMINGTON.
i
Wilminc#ton, Dec. 24.?Seventy vessels of
. the enemy's fleet are' reported oft* Fort Fisher
this morning. No demonstration of landing
yet. Weather mild. -Wind west by north
west. A Yankee gunboat ran aground last
ni<rht. noiiv Vni't Iftclmr ?/ao KlAmn '?>
? V " *U?*V? afUU H wa WIVII II U|i uy
- the enemy.
Wilmington, Dec. 24.?The Yankee gunX.
-. (V
LoatS" wefo , fe^njaed six miles below For/.
Branch on Roanoke River, oy ,Friday. Col *
Whit ford was seriously wounded.'- The figfitfc
expected to lie renewed in the morning.'
Wilminoton, Dec. 24.?The enemy's flecf
drew up in line of battle off Fort Fisher, and
opened on the fort at half past one o'clock; ^i."
m., with the Ironsides and fiftv one other vessels.
It is reported, but not officially, thai'
several monitors and iron-clads arc among
them. The fight is still progressing at three
o'clock p. m. Our people are quiet:
I w ' - - - -
it itMiNUTON, l/ec. 'J4, y p. nr.?The following
official dinpateli h:i6 been received, dated
Fort Fisher 0 p. iir. "tlic bombardment conmis.
Weather rough. No attempt to pass the
bar. No death casualties. Firing fiom the
Fort slow and deliberate. Men in good spirits.
Fleet drew off. Could not see that they ;
went west.
Wilmington, Dec. 24.?The bombard incut
of F'urt Fisher re opened this inoruitig and continued
furiously nearly all day. About three
b'clock the enemy landed about two and h
half iiiiles from Fisher, and continued to send
troops to land under a heavy fire, opposed
by our forces. Two brigades so far arc an
land.
Wilmington, Dec. 27.?An official dispatch,dated
ti o'clock p. m.j to-dav, says : The cr.einv
- ' * - - J
have evacuated Fort Anderson, and rc-emlmrkcd.
Fort Fisher is uninjured. The immediate
danger has passfcd.
NORTHERN NEWS.
Tho Washington "Chronicle" of the 24ih h<*5
been roceived. No news of any importance; ^
Wild Korcr, Litile Hattie, Kanshce and Agnes
had arrived or vassan f,
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Married, on Sunday the 18th infct.. at Iho rosidouc
of the bi idos mother, by J. T.- Barker, Esq,, Mi
JOHN WEST to Miss CIlARITY HOUGH, youngoju
claughtor of Wm. Hough, dec'd., all of this district
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I BEAT WO ft, S. C. M
f ALL PERSONS BELONGING TO BKA ?
tlfo. 5, S. C. Militia between tho ages of ma
tecxi' and sixty nro hereby ordorotl to nppor
at tho Market Hotlse on Saturday iliomini
3lst mat. '
By order of
A TKAM, CnptaitJ.
December 28^-4
TUT-m TUT;?.? m
JL71J. I diiu me misses oiumai
WILL GIVE ANOTHER GRAND VOCAL AN
INSTRUMENTAL ENTERTAINMENT In Carmlt
this WEDNSSDA Y EVENING.
Full particulars given in futuro Advertisement..
December 28?tf. j
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