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IJlo.w Up Fort Fisher.?A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing about that torpedo tliat Admiral Porter had read so much about that he could not help trying One* says :1 . * Every appliance with scidhtiflrc knpwlede and ingenuity could device, an d enterprise and 4 manly daring execute,-were put in requUititon % to insure the'6ncccss of this novel and important'feature of th6> expedilbpr Tho boat selected for the pnrpdso Whs the Louisiana, a propeller of about three hundred tons. burd,en. Abojatonc hundred mid forty tons of powder, together with the necessary Gomez fuses and other appliances for insuring an instantaneous ignitipn of the vast mass or powaer toai was put oh board before tbo boat left Hampton Roads. One hundred and twenty tons more of powder were added at Beaufort, where she put jn,on )aer way to the scene of action,- < making, rri aFI, two"hundred- and sixty" vtoiig, -or ' 520,000 pounds. The aggregate cost of powder end boat-to^ the -government-waa-slightly..- in excess of a'quarter of a.rnilliou of dollars. The boat was painted whj^e, her general appearance being hot unlikefthat of a blockade-mnneivr though, to do her strict justice, a somephht more respectable looking craft. f w 1 ? Tdr Two Editors Captured.?Stoneraan reports that he captured two "rebel editors" in his recent raid and sent their presses to Brownlow as a Christmas gift. 'The two members of the editorial corps, who were so unfortunate as to fall in to the hands oUhe Yankee Philistines . were, the Lynchburg Vifgmihn supposes Mr. Sperry, of the Bristol Register, and Mr. Cole, '-.i 't!?J.. \\7n or iae Auinguun v ugiuiaii. a>iVn >UHt the respect.ve offices of those gentleman' were destroyed, and it is'not improbable that they themselves were captured at the same time; It was bad enough to lose their property and "their liberty, but for their presses to bo sent to the vile ohr Ishmaelite Br.ownlow, was adding intolerable insult to injury... ' Gen. Sherman on the War.?A letter from Gen. Sherman is in town, which treats incident- ! ally of our Admisfcration, of the war, and the' prospects of the rebellion, and which closes with a sentence that clang9 on manly ears with the ring of a viking's' sword leaping from its scab-, hard f "My idea is, that every young and middle iged man ought, to be proud of the chance to fig|?t for .the integrity of bis country.'* I, would like to see all trade and commerce absolutely, icchse until this conflict is ever: and all who can fight and won't, fight, ought td be killed,or banished; and those who won't siip^ port those who do fight should bd denationalized;"? Washington Paper. m%m . ^nql'^8H Hatked of America.?It is custom ip ^Euglania tp cel.ebrat'9 the 5(h of November,f^ay. Fa w fees' Pay," by bonfires ahd burning'the Pope in effigy, besides resorting tp other models of expressing joy at the escape of tinjg, ToTdB and :^diV)m6'ns,iVom destruction by gun pftwdej*. At the ,celebration . on the 5th November last, instead of the Pope, the President of the United States was burned in effigy. The figure, according to a fate London letter in a J{ew Aroi'hgb'urnal, is represented as having" been nideously grotesque.' . v9 " * ? . It is reported thai Lincol Oi has determined not to permit cotton to be brought out of the seceded States, except as a prize to,the government. ' No-further permits are to be granted to trade within the rebel lines, . and those which have he^etpiore been granted will probably be revoked. THE FRIDAY DIOBNl^l, JTA&-18. '% **'' '" 1 *11, ' "I ' ^ 'C a& The fltfcamer JTorlti ArofcHcan was iofciwobe^Yi'-; da coast on the 21st, and onc'lmndrod^^ninety-feur eick and furloughed YnvkeyioWert^^vSrotpped. RsiNrOfaCKHENTS if Gitl^^l^i^CcbrdiDJf to' the Charleston Mercury, a large nnfflbet^of reinforcenjeute liaiw ^v^:int|}si ^ Gold ntijr FTriTfTir^T^^ffniTliriMjlpfl^ linil ydvices v/ere reoei ved to_tlie effect tliat gol^d 'decHncd In Ricliiaghcl'to thirty,, . Both Houses ofConmess have wuatod. itt extend ing the time for the redemption ot the bM issue of Treasury: notea trutil Jpjy rf;. .? It 1s stated that tbetUfreUiTOM ve ao^ sue of ?560,-1 000,000 torpurchaae the Bubsuttence trffbrjied br tboee acts. This fact atone Vindicates tbe and pbi? Cjr of those enactments. ^ For Savannah.?The CliroUtcre 4 Sentthehdf Wed*^ nesday sayB i A boat.left here on Tuesday,^'fojp..,8aV varnish, to meet a boat coming up tbe ffiver^^iutffigj flag of truce, with womeripind children v?m.: htyre^ tlie city for Augusta. It jaitated they four hundred. . Important RtfMdH.?Tbe Charleston vwsr .asfyf' a gentleman of high position in Georgia reports' wtfl? the President has under consideration &.joint t/ttez from England and Franpe to^guaranteo ence, provided the ne^oba te emanclpate^^.the ewr oif fifty years. Thi? may occQunt for the^pid; dehi?of the Yankees for onr ports of entry. * -it - may shir account ^ landfive men were found gnilty oTdesertion, and condemned to bff sfibt with musketry. Among'tliemii re three brothers, the only rem aining m?le members of a respectable family. We have not Jear^ed at; what time the execution. . <r-:y > . From Westettn North Carolina.?Several weeks ago a party of to'jr raiders^committed depredations on the plaatntioh of Dr. Mi$s, some eighteen miles from Spartanburg, S. C. . A few.^nrs since, the ringleaders, were traced to Columbia, Polk Co., N. C. A bodyof men started to arrest tilero. The tory leader was shot, and five of liis comrades kiiied. The leader of the- attacking party was Ntwice wounded. Captured correspondence implicates oUier parties. The Nb\v;s prom the Savannah River.?The JItrM.^11 rvP Wr/lnftrPaf. Oord A ws-wrvek /tiirr/ir.l ir^atur vU'y Ui " vvrwounf, ca^g a I l |A7rw irnxrtu>ivuv j'gnbr day (for the truth of which, however; we cannot vouch) thab Sherman's advanced forces on this side of -the Savannah River bad gone back and recrossed that, stream at Screven's Feny." ' ' We|earn that communication with the enemy. will, take place this-day (Wednesday) on the Savann>b Riv;er, near Puiysburg, for the reception of such people' of Savannah, its have notrcho?en to remain within the Yankee lines.? Tns Feeshet?No News.-t-Hjo-" oldest inhabitant' informs us that he has never before known such a freshet fn this section of the country.. It can be said in truth that we never have, after a residence '.of sixteen yea re?the freshet of August -1852 being the. most destructive, and covering s larger area of the low lands "than had occurred for many years prior to that date. 3o far we have been unable to learn tbe extent of damage, but will no doubt furnish our readers-with some particulars -for Monday's paper.' Tbe water,'-fat this time, is receding from trie hanks,, and-will hive ebbed sufficient by this evening to permit,, planters and others, residing on the other hide of the river, desirous of communicating with Camden, to cross over. lu consequence of the high water, we. are without any hews from the coast?the wires being swamped, Slid no connection made fb favor of the Charleston or Augustia mails. The Congaree river bridge and" the trestle above being inundated, no Charleston papers was received on laBt evening. A* Western Miutaby Aspirant. ?We are fndebt ed to an esteemed friend for the following characteris. tic speech delivered by a western aspirant for military position. It will pay to read it: Fellow Oitizena and Soldier's: I h'av^done myself the hoHor of comin all the way Atom Pike, jist to address you. I am a candidate foe-the office of Erigadeer Gineral, and altho'T do not expcctjto git any votes here, I thought it my duty.to com and let yoa. see .the' man that, is to command you/tyr as sarttin as the sun ahineq I api your. GinenL FeUow-citheta aaa-oohliwrf of If iikjnsop County, is it possible, is it possible that ? %r ' . . - bate the honor'.to address in rich fine hoQles^ p^ul-hav|MivMl^nt1irms. Fellow; citizens, and ?aa^:i ora l(oyrgive.ytyi a brief' history of hiyself^aj rtaa^way iromiDy Jtf'aUicr vrlieri.'I was hut a sftirt tail toy .-to yearn my'li^te/ A hftVo. fonttfcfc-" v ; r Vr" ? - >rj*j tattles of ray-country darfQ'ffielasfc war*-I rhiye fout the-Savages, and flOis engaged An the bn^re^ ^Ta^ lagega. Since then-I hawfiJtf^foTi^^n^^^tatg," qaietly-persuing the a vocations of n pi'anteh arid vocca9k>i$Jy-dni?-the in'the' tigfiffr;tnre. Yea, fellow citizens and'soldiery, and h'a.ye .a^ed^ t|iere" with your ^ lion. .iiegra^enreid<i^ irid - alf.. Mortis nrrjixL ^rin blttdtriosawJUStoj^d*^^ li&Tboy wwfc$>n:b0ef.oiit .teatS -{krefy^. watered" of softie, ond h o w ver saidi' t^fey ;Troce.-i-'; Feliq^Mlilerii.^Ijjras';y&ur Gfiiera^ ,T'wdofd*not> ^a.jfoua; Xo," I would always dm'de'with- a ioldlor. -FelloW-soldiers if.I am elected your Giner.'J you m^bb^welj, JbrMhtnake you Xrack like a >new' -tra^rpoB wlie?florl'llbe obeyed- .Dunn the last war." oo?r girarpand old as i^ijjgj^djci a pi^a kac^ ^grecit^. joy hgels with of the inemy. ' of ' the Jaeksop i^iss^ppialtt ftttralias;; had a (^nvertatjon' iwifli Capt. rWilli?in Tofrcs^-^bi^Jh^r pf^thV * Wuszard of tb* SaddTe, Vh!o'jstatJ^ilfaC i?V had di^tcbea ffoia ^isiil^ES^Sproi^M^ ;and j&8>}weiy jdttjjwv that th'ere( was -any fgrquod-Aff.tfe the? Ge&efkl,?iHi 'ftnfcof&fs ^^epus-reportthathe;&a<l I PtWCuiifcd^-ke ; stop to the plundering of our people by bancb*of cavalry calling themselves Cofifederatc^sbb diers, the days of the Confcdc cy'ar&H^ ed arid thVfr b'e few. if :h>j 4 \ "J: '. ,-ti TRIBUTE OtpltESPEeT. | - . - . y . pM * " Kershaw District has lost*many^noble and gnilnnt soiib iu iiuu w;ir. j.n.eir Oiiiiius hihu iiitjinurjauuuiu evor be cherished whilst liberty,.right and justice have a place among us.- -Prominently ,a7nqng her worthydead, should ever aland, tliei natac and memory of Lieut, Wm.*M cSWK4ij5>'^S.^!|??j tie was truly pgtiiotic,- and manifested nounbeconi, idg asmnttioa (or office. The earnest of his'be'art, was faiftlful performance of duty, arid he did his duty, his whole duty, and laid down his life-co the altar of his suffering country, lie was a good officer- Whilst he shewed zeal add devotion in our righteous- cause, he never failed in acta of kiudnass and genbrostiy le the. Wumblfest private^ -Tcs, it; did-his noble generous 3^ turte goodfuo i>elieya' lilie Want'< and privations ol^fie 'soldier, and'the day ^approaches when "Billie's grave" will be moistened with the soldier's tears. The wound which-caqsed his death was recoived in "leading his. > men forward in the successful reptiles of the enemy be r __L All? L \ti 1. 1 u.. jj.J lore reierttuurg, 1 u iuaiuu luau- ac uicu- *u shortly'after, receiving the tonindv We hnrebo doubt this event, though so sad and.afflicting upon his sisters and aged parents, was to him eternal gain It was a. wish qfhis own und that of his relatives, that -his body might have an abiding nest neaf llirowii' Carolina home. .Accordingly his remains were recently disinterred from the banks of majestic Roanoke, and placed where lie had selected his place of rest. , The many sorrowing friends around his grave testilied. full well, th e affection and esteem felt for him. Llis death 'is a heavyjoss to the community in., which he^ lived, and to his immediate relatives! irreparable. But lie is dow no more. This warinity pass away, but the tears, and soi roWB ifcliaajnade will b^.. with us for., u^any days to come. ~~FaTewell BjJHe"! farewell 4tind friend! Thou art gone, but we^wnthink of Thee. "'-1 Then art,nofcdead?tlion art not dead No, noble soldier, no! trough lands of light where heroes tread ADd homers etheral blow. / i ' Thy gentle spirit now is lead. ' - xny up wnn iip eternal iea, r Forgets all taste of woe. *?' ' 0 ' "Where hearts like thine have Woke br bled, Though quenched the vital glow * Their memory lights a flame instead, , Which e'vdfrom out the narrow bed,Of death its beama shall throw. Thou art not gone?thoq art not gone ^ . No, gentle spirit, never- no. Thy naqie by pany said and song,, Ought from age to age to go, , Lopg^as Scotia hjpors the bra ye. - / Or Carolina's waters flow^.. .... . Or Bruce jar Wallace naffh is rung. .?">>. ^ ?"* Thou aft not dead?thou art not dead ' ?, - . .MpK . No, iniie,.it ne'er can b? ?o. . A. . f. SO. CA. MILITIA. , ' -, / ' r * vfflm iw&rj. 12, ii?,;. v ,1 - ." ;GB^m.L O hDEMo^^ ..; ." '. , . . $C 'M PURSITANCE OF ORDERS FROM ADJO*' ), Xl^^A^T? at?dIn8peolor0?jeral^8kQr,;tl?fe'I^p',; i '>. ;' meift Is fK-reby ordered to. parade the! C^rt ^Hooarti.'. v? In. Gamdbn, S C.j oi^Iimreday the 1Mb- ins^Tjilly. .y'\ * ; ojtlpck.a.m. A . )i... '" - II. Captains or. of^re']^^dhai^ l^aVobr^nleitV.* : wflljiave warned all white male nqraawkitt.' apectivc bents belWfep^Uift ogie^ of >*(&&) jDd-*Bixy';',. y'eam^ofage. Ex^txmly jWrsottjtw^. httVft : s\j tfl, .or Uie Sta t^' B^rcL ol Surgeon sat Col^biai, 8.. ^Mj.apltu iiiliufffifro^^cer^lbhoDpOTaical d.Bhbilhy,1>ut wjijj'have not certifl^tea fitftw 7?"^ lliefiurgeotf GeneraVotthp S^te, or the ;<StaW;/Boanf. Z'. .1 offfiir^OnV^T^ntStoffc, yill?ieverthclesa . be . roll^LnoiJ bo oxamiuedi>y tl^e DiaUlefcffargeon ' her?~ '" ofter~ft*be appointed, V.J ' . IlIL^Officers commanding beat companies will.have \ all *u<9nt pfficers.Tn their-respective comioanda tilled ^ , vT* Sffran'Qlvsf(^erafcotfletl&K fca triiq 01^ ti heraby.ccsiiitejfmanded. - . ' i&YJv Cient- CoL;Wib/JM*ouj;J|wor J5r MiSXe&nedf; .v J.'/Putterabi^Il ?al^riery^ -il^^^li-P^iloiigtyTdWaa^blsom, d5. Pftrkocaiid* . tb^prompt . - B^ohjmald'of^df.iEfi- JaNEa: mBb? m*m & &:& : . * ; jForSale; b Sfe AKjGrB^rBO^P SAFE..4.PEPk CjiNT CEBTIFI-'' ?&.';' , :/'V..C A TES, iGVwYet^ ,,'/^re or ftmr . fihb'tnjjclr cowa; WYcctedJTro'm. ? -'fine. ..' r ' - ' ^ ? To the Planters of Kershaw. A PPENDEI) YOU WILL SEE' THAT A COM; f\. MITTEE composed of liters. A. H.Boykin, K"' * Parker, W. Dixon, L. VV. RvBIrtir, Jno. M.'DeSaussurc:' have by my request and in accordance wUh the Secretary of War, orders "to pay price-for corn- fixed by lo-? oil appraisors," set tbe priec at $12 per bjosliel at your barti-doors slielled t.ud sarkecT. Tl.is pn<g is dei-thcd? ample and suffideut, and I now appeal toyoatdne upr all to call upon my Agent Mr. Bell at Camden fn?1 jbwqks, and fill up my slore liouse witlmlit delay, as dty^nuies iu'Yirgiuia are mucli ip want.' - A 'word to Tlio^nse is sufficient. * " i ^ Ycry respectfully, i " : Vour ob't. serv't. L * JAMES SOWERS. * Capt. & Div >lQ. Master. ^ ' ; (?AMDEN,3S. C. Jauuary 2, 18C5.' In obedience to llie request of Cupt. Sowers, Division Q. M., we assess the price of corn to bo paid for by the Confederate Slates Government in Kershaw District, for ihe month of January, 18bo,i at '*$12 per bushel, of 5C pounds.' ' j - A. II. BO Y KIN) E. PAR KB It, " Wu.4lJXOft L. W. R. BLVIR, ' ' JKO. M. DESAUSSURE. Jan. & . 6 War Tax Office 4 CAMDEN, S. Jan. 6, 186^; RETAIL DEALERS AND OTHER REGISTERED persons, iucluding Millers, Tanners, &c., are hereby required to make their returns within the next twenty .days/of sales for the quarter ending 31st ult. 4.U persons""wboihaye.not made their return or prop- . . rerty for the ad valorum tax'would do will to attend to. ", it promptly, as we are abotfrte close the books. JOHN OANTEY, ) ors . R. M. KENNEDY", f AS3e860re' Jan. 0 ? -tf Dissolution of Copartner- / ship. rpHE FIRM OF 3I.ER0NET k BOSWRLL WAS.. I dissolved by mutual, consent on the 1st .day of. January^ 18?5, Persons holdihg claims of any descrip-' tiou against said firm wiil present the same for-pay-i' .raent. ^ M;ERO^EVJHg9a^tlr. ^ January'6 * ' Imo?tri-w k V * ? JDUUiVi?. Levrrktts school arithmetic,, Tike's uO., aDd Key. ' h Bnllipn's English Grammir. Prir^era, Spelters and Readers. ' w "Bibles, Hymn's and Prayers, .J; C h i s ol m' a. Military^Surgery. Cap, PoSt ana Note Paper. ?nvel6p0i;. Pendls." ' SchbolrS&tea and Pencils. Jan! 6?ftf J. A. YOUNG.