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Tni Flood at A a oust aI?The iribst casual
observer cannot walk about our streets without
being deeply impressed-with the might.of the
turbulent tide that, during Wednesday^ surged
through the city. Upon every side are the
marks of devastation. .Fences are gone from
about dwellings?handsome yards havo the
shrubbery uprooted?lamp posts arc turned
topsy-turvy?trees thrown down?frame tenements
washed from. tbeir foundation?tvhb'lc
streets rendered impassible gullies?crossings
washed uw?y?lumber,' out-housed, <fcc., piled
in promiscuous heaps?all indicative of the immense
force of the current. .
The South Carolina Rail Road Rridge re- j
mains dntftct, and has suffered no perceptible
. damage. The track through Hamburg has,
however, been greatly injured.- For a distance
df several hundred yards the iron and cross
tics, were lifted from the trestle works and
indvotkia an entirely kr the fow grounds adjoining.
Erabankments have also given way,
#nd tbe-only; access to the trains-is by a circuitious
ronte through the mud and water that
still surrounds Hamburg. It will be some days
- befottf repair^ can be effected and tie regular
trains~rcnct tbe city.
Hamburg ytevord^ presented the spectacle
.of a complete wreck. one house?the
corner brick opposite Uammon^& lock's cotton
abed?escaped the invasion of the watery
foe. Fences arid out buildings were all gone,
and an especial spite seems to have been manifested
towards the temples of Cloacina, which
We saw scattered about in odorous profnsidh.
Hundreds of poor families suffered greatly from
the lost of furniture arnd provisions, and we
were pleased to hear fchat^Jieir more fortunate
neighbors were doing all tnat was possible to
alleviate tlieir wants.
Along the canal upon this side of the river
there1 is nothing but ruin. All of the bridges
were swept away?the beams were brokeu?
boats floated' off
The Georgia Rail Road has be,en a great loser
?the tank, b"dge3 and culverts having been
seriously damaged; Trains now come to within
a short distance of the Factory, at which'
point travefbrs and express freight arc received
and* discharged.
On Tuesday evening the Savannah was within
its banks, flowing with a steady yet strong
current, aniT mi conscious of the great mischief
. of which it has been the author. The mark
of the wagon bridge indicates twenty-five feet
above high water mark, showing a fall of
twelve feet since the flood commenced to recede.:?Constitutiomlisty,
14/A itisl.
Thk Horrors of W'arT?Now York, our
local news ofyesterday says, is overflowing with
. disabled and discharged soldiers. "Hundreds
are without any visible mean* of support, and
are compelled to resort to begging from door
to door to sustain life." Poor fellows! they
have reason to cursd the days that gave birth
to Abraham Lincoln, Lloyd Garrison arid Wcn.
dell Philips.?New York News,
Fig trees and cedars aro rarely srruek by
lightning; the beech, larch, fir and chesnutare
obnoxious to it; but the trees which attract it
s- 1
most are the oak, yew and Lombardy poplar.
Wfrericc it follows that the last are the trees
^rop^proper to be plaped. near a building, since
they wjll act like so many lightning conductors
j^ to it,^Again, the electrified fluid attacks in
such trees as arc verging to decay by
B^fl^^bsbn c&age or disease.
TflEvOAiilJy.MJSfiti'.
MOJVDAi ffiORMKO, SAT* ^
:
f The Potomac river is again navigable; altlio gh tlfere
is much Soaring ice."' " " i i-:*" Banks
is to rotnrn to New Orleans, and preparations
nre going on there to give blm a grand rocepqen..
Newspaper.?trictures do not change the opinion, or
. the President, says tho Macon '"CoufedetateJ" wbiie
they do have a depiessing effecl on the penpl?
At the rendezvous of the 22d Regiment 6. W.;
on Thursday lust, a Court Marshal was ordere&*to be*
held on Friday the 3d proximo, to try all defaulters for
_r -~a t>_. i j..i_ ?
ivii-pci.iwijiaijw ui m 11 j tid anu x?irui umj. .ia
The disasters to the shipping on the iwrthjSn Jakes
by tlio recent gale were very hepyy. 'A, Dettpit papor
estimates that a million dollars worth of property and
about-fifty lives were lost. .
. Wilmington.?The Mercury of Thursday lays: A
street report was in circulation ycstorday, to iho efleot
that the captnro of Fort Fisher had been followed by
the fall of the good town ot Wilmington. Thp report,
we believe. is at Iea.vt premature*
The Northern Government has recently cofnmonced
the leasing of all abandoned cotton plantation! in South
Carolina within the Union lines. TUe Tax CommisI
sioners aro now at Hilton Head for the piijpoee of
negotiating witb losses. ^
.We regret to hear of tho deatli one of our jnoat esteemed
ami useful citizens, }lr. N.D. Baxiat,cashier
of the Braucli*Bonk of the State of fouth cjijrolina at
Camden. Mr. BAXLEY dkd at his residrticewis morn
?ng:about five o'clock, after an il'ltfeda of onij^^a few.
daya.,( The fitrneral Borvice?, we learn* will-ttike place
"at 12 tb-mdrrCftf, (Tif^ay^atihtr AferbMHw'Cburfclrof
tit is placp. ' i: *
Which Accounts for tiie Milk in the Cocoa nut?A
correspondent of tlie Wilmington Journal, speaking
of the recent proposition of tno Richmond Euquircr
to omancipato the slaves of the South, says:
"The editor of tlie Knquirer, I regret to say, has lost
his own negroes by the war, and like the fox who had
hi# toil cut off, lie now desires everybody elso to be
placed in Uio same category."
From the Lines Of to* CojiirAHEE.?The Mercury
of Thursday says: A dispatchTtmu the Combnhce, doted
yesterday, says:
"The enemy yesterday mhdo another demonstration
on Combahee Ferry, but again retired without efKFfctiog
anything. This is believed to be only a feint. ' All
has been quiet to-day." .
Sherman's Movements.? The "Chronicle & Senti.
nel" of Friday say b : .A corrospouent writing from
Effingham county, Ga., .^ntes that it is believed in
that section that Gen. Sherman is advancing slowly
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and surely towards urancnruie, wmi u iareo oumticuC
to take the place, bold it,, and operate on Other parts
of importance.
Movements Beeow.?The' Afernry of Friday says'
Tho enemy's movements below,-since our last report
have been mainly confined to tho operations of "foraging
and scouting parties. At 9 a. m., on Wednesday,
a heavy column of infantry was reported to be marching
on McPhersonville. Sherman und Howard are both
said to be ii\.Pocotaligo; Tho Fifteonth Army Corps
is at Beaufort, and the Seventeenth Army Corps on
the Mam. The Yankees have burned the residences
of Mr. J. W. Gregorio and Mr. Wra,. Heyward, near
Pocotaligo. . (
1 From tho report of the Northern: Secretary of the.
Interior, we learn that only Are Revolutionary pensioners
now survive and 1418 widows of Revolutionary
soldiers, who are receiving pensions. The wbele
umber of pensioners, on the 3Qth of June last, was
51,135, requiring for their annual compensation. ?4.
595,376,33. More than $7,000,000 will be required to
;satisfy the clmmg.acaruing under the pension laws during
the current fiscal year.
Tue provisions and table supplies that have been
seized, stolen, or destroyed by the Yankees within two
months, and thus lost forever to those lately claiming
and holding them, would have relieved hundreds of
families who would have purchased at fair rates.?.
Nothing that can be said or done- by citiaens can so
surely strengthen and encourage our soldiers, veterans,
regulars or reserves, than good provision for the actual
wants ol their families and for themselves, when sick or
wounded?of course, including rations for tbern while
n the field.
.The 7tii SC. .fl att Air on.?Onr^ utigbborof the Covfederate
has favored us with'tbe pbrtaalof a letted
received from UaptWil.' Clybiie.v, .dated from, Fore
Anderson, in which it is .'stated that (lie ''Old Seven fh'V is
yet safe, butcame very near gold# rnj>, with' Fori..
Fishor, as it was supposed.- The grijdnds rfor" pr&Ji{ja-c:
ting the fate of the'baitalion was, such as .to leave the
impression thai the wiioioofHAGOOD's brigadj^badarrived
at Fort Fisher prior to tho capture oflhat strong
hold: The only interposition, "and that no doubt of a
kind Providences-was, tbit on thd arrival of the, battalion
at Fort_ Andcreon?three miles from Fisher?
the aliening- became op teriific, as to deem it advisable
to remain for the time at Anderson, which- place they
yet remain, up to the date ofCapt. clyburn's/leltej.
Tlie portion of the brigade that had-succeeded in las&~
iripr nttho ill-fated fort were all taken prisoners?but
the battalion waa not amongst theto.' " The letter also
st;itea that, where they ore (Fort Anderson) -they art
far from.bcingsnfe, as the enemy's boats were moving
up the river, and the point where they are stationed
a weak ono Cut all are determined, as they have'
ever beoti,. to contestevery inch of the sacred soilCarolina
ayo, the Coufoderacy, can boest of no truer,
nobler chivalric sonsitjhan compose tho 7th South CardUna
Battalion. It is, for tltg,-mofet part, cofnfiosed of
tf?S yeomanry?the bone and Sinew?the stalwart
sons of our beloved State?four large corapariioB of
which hail from Kershaw District, and lead by officers
having the interest of their country ujways at
heart, and knowing no fear where the cause of; their
independence is the stake. '
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f A Little Plain Tale.?Adropds of the
complaints, that have appeared concerning
drunkenness of officers and soldiers as a chief
cause of defeat and disaster, wc offer the following
comments as a continuation of our. remarks
on drunkenness as a ^Natipnal Sin."?
The Mpbilo "Tribune" says: A
"It is dcclarod overy where on the streets
-thathave Jost something in hi iseissippi from
no lack of valor, bnt actually from drnhkenjness?meir
resolvod?ready tot and eager to
meet any dauge'j which menaces?yit these
ready and willing men have, so report says^
: been whipped, ami all owing to. drunkenness.
\ "To speak it not protancly, the country may
after aWhile go to lull drank. It cannot go
thither sober. Anil if there ho. any power any
where in Congress or in the President, or the
legislatures of the States, or any where else, it
is now the time to use it. Tbd man who goes*
.-into battle so drunk that lie cannot escape if a
retreat were sounded, ought to have no command.
lie ouglrt to be put instantly into the
ranks and-iind time there to repent of his own
disgrace ar.d th<J'cviLth}it he has done to his
country.
"It is said that Congress, kuowing thnt tl.tis
is a disgrace to our army, i9 afraid to provided
the proper remedy for it. We trust that this
is not. true, for if it be we shall ba^e to bend
onr necks to the voke of a master?we shall
have to abandon ait those notions which we
have entertained of superior valor, a'nd fall
down at the feet of the enemy?lost by drunkenness?drunk
like Alexander after his victories,
but Alexander too strongin his purpose to
be drunk when it required sobriety to win
them.
"It is shameful, pitable, makes a true man
hang bis head despair, when lie goesnbout the
streets and listens to the stories which are told
every where.
Reynolds, the-dramatist, once met a free and
easy actor, who told hfra that lie passed three
festive days at the seat of the Marquis and
Marchioness of , without an invitation.,
He had gone there on the assumption that; a&'
my lord and lady wero hot on speaking terms,
each would suppose that the other hadHuvitedt
him, and so it turned out.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
REPORTS 01' TIIE PRESS ASSUCIATIO^.
Entered according to the Act of-Congress in the year
1863, by J. d. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office oftb.6
District Court of the Confederate States for the
Nprthe'rn District of Georgia.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, January 16.?Judge Haliburton
has awarded a writ of habeas corpus ordering
the Provost Marshal of Fredericksburg to
bring Hon. II. d. Foote before biin on Thursday.
, VI?G^NI4.v.. r;. .
lias b<?en observed on the lines here,. to-dejf
and white flags have been Jyipg at difffonjs v ' V'
pafticT goi ngfihj&gfrti*
Ifnes^riordiirg; .-'^ .
Richmond, Jgo?wr^te^Foote
that lie be trough t; before Judge HdKburton.'"
FROM WILMIFGTO^^0^-fiM
. ..Wilmington, January 19.?: *
tercst transpired to-day save shciKng^@^- '
w ood ? war Fori Abdefcon. h Tallahaa^Wraf ' M
Olustee, was captured' last night/in attomptin'g t
to run in at New Inlet. ' * x 5 .'
? ? <'< >' I. ?r??
FROM THE COAat^:^ .
Charleston, J-armaiy 19.?Abo'nt mid-da^/y-/ ,/jwf
ifll the vessels of the fleet raised their flags and . '
fii*cd a-salute. There has been ntfnsnal acting ^
displayed amongst the fleet to-day atfd Qir
Morris'Island.; The number of monitors/ has. ' increased?tyere.arc
-now^ight off Morro' Jsr / '
land. . ' * . C; - ^ V. /:
Nothing of Sherman's movements,. . ?
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NORTHERN. NEWS.
Richmond, January . 18.?Northern papers . / . v
of the 16tl? have been received,, EdwardEverett
died on Sunday, of apo|ylex?y. '* ? ' \
The State Convention of-Tennessee . ohanv -si
motisly^passed a resolution' rtbqljshing /.ajavery
in the State and abi ogati ng * tlj e ordwfbce "*oF^v **^5
secession. Bmwiilow was nominated' for Governer.
lie accepted the domination. >/'
The steamer Clyde sailed'from New-York on : /'?Sut.iirflnv
dcAnlp l.ldpn wrtii nrm-icmnc fnr- '
J J --"J' 'J ' ^VMJ.VMO IV* bUV -3*relief
of the citizens of Savannah. She itns :^.r
gaily dressed.in colons, and was greeted with y~'
cheers and salutes from all sides. . vLv'v
& Cairo telegram says Thomas and staff
were ai Vaducah a-iitw days ago.
Gold 219 at the first board on Monday. . . ^
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Special ISTorices1
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FU.\ES4I MOTICE. ?
THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS ANl) ACQUAIN-iANCES
of Mr nnd Mrs. N. D. BAXLEY are re- ^
spectfulljr invited to attend the.Funeral Services of ' -
the former, to-morrow morniiif ITiirv^rlnrl nt tlm \
Methodist Church? at 12 o'clock, m. - ' - *
>ttbUg Sale.
*\y"\71LLB8 S0LD AT ON- WED- 0.
W NEBIMT next 25th inst., a \*ery-tiojU8a(Idl& .
nod ibamess mare?a handsome carriage, nbd
strong two horse wagon.
* J. K. WITHERSPOON,
January 23?2 ' Auctiorifcei!!. . -, - 'r.
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Headquarters, 111
22d EEOniKNT SO CA. MILITIA, V
CjiKDBX, January 23, lS86k" ' >
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 1. . ' ^
I A COURT MARTIAL WILL CONTXH*
the Council Chamber in Camen 8. C., oq. FRdaj; >
the 3d day of February proximo, at 10. o'clock a. m^T -.')
'to try-all defaulters;for nou-perfbrmance of Militia andr.J
Patrol duty. . . - . ^ rV.'O:
II. Captains or officers commanding Beat corop
will have warned all:defanlters to "be and appear- as ,
above, before the said court martial. i-C.'
The Court will consist of: Lreut. Col., Wm. $>ixoo," Csn
President; Captains E. Parker; A. Teani, 8. H. Gray, '-pi
J t ?..? a tv tah: a-wvfc.uir '--i'l /!"?
jut. v. Jk ovvoicvu, kj. iiyu^u, Auumo xynftHSf MIJU> V -fZSj
Lieuts. John A.' Young, D. T. Mahaffey 'o$j" T,"Hi
Gayle, Judge Advocate - . ' Z-.
Supcrmimerous.?Lieurenante "W. D: AndOrton and'
J. J. Thompson. . . , "* >
By command of Col/B. Joxjes : vv>-ik*-''J
J. y. GAYCRJ. / . k?
Jan. 23?2. Adjutant!
ggy Camden "Confederate" copy onee. ... . "'{ft
NoticeAll
persons indebted to the .subscri- . vj
BER for work done during the war, are requested
to come forward and sottle without dvlay. Teribs'.;'' ' *"&
cash, unless by'special contract. "V" v
January 6-3* ' SAMUEL SHITm v