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J. T. HERSHMAN, Editor. *4JLadics' Aid Association." We Lave received a full list of the articles received by the "Ladies Aid Association*' for Hickcrville Hospital, which will appear in our next, it having come to hand at too late an hour for this issue. Death of A. S. Williugton, Esq. AVo see l>y the Charleston Courier of Tuesday last, which conic shrouded in mourning, the death, 011 Sunday last, of this aged and venerable veteran of the press. A fitting tribute is paid to his memory in its columns, with which lie was so long connected. Arrivals from tlie Army. Col. J. 13. Villii'igue, who distinguished himself at Tcnsaco/a. where lie was wounded in the arm, from which, we arc glad to learn, lie has entirely recovered, reached home on Saturday last. Lieut. Leitneu, of Capt. Kennedy's Company, returned 011 Tuesday last, lie reports the hcafth of the men generally good. Elcetiou Result*. At. the pJpp.tinn lir*ld r?n snniiilon ,l..et l '.-.1 "Win. K. Taylor was elected a Delegate to represent the District of Kershaw in the State Convention?the vacancy having occurred by the resignation of Judge T.J. Withers. On the same, day Mr. Duncan Shcorn was elected Sheriff of the District?Mr. E. M. Sill having resigned. The News of Hi? Week. From Europe the indications arc stronger of an intervention 011 the part of the French and English Governments. From their want of knowledge of our system of government, we cannot expect anything favorable. Cotton has much to do with their zeal in the matter. Our true policy?which 110 doubt will l?e pursued by those in authority*?i* to nut J ? I V.W. fidcnec in European interference. Keep aloof until our rights are fully respected by the .Northern power. Much as peace is desirable we want an honorable and, if possible, a lasting peace. No hollow truce. ? Tlie ISmi'iismIc Fleet. How signally has th e hand of an All-wise Providence been visible in disappointing the large calculations made by the Yankees, in sending a storm to destroy so many of their vessels, munitions and stores. From their own account?and they never tell the truth against themselves?the destruction of ships and property must have been very great, and the loss of life considerable. Many of the crews were saved from the wrecked vessels. Enough is o known to hhvc crippled the fleet, and delayed entirely, we trust, their attempts to destroy our people and ravage our coasts. - ?* ? General Ilea 11 regard. The official report of this distinguished ofliccr, of the great Battle of Manassas Plains appears in the Charleston Mercury and Courier of the 4th inst. Its great length precludes its appearance in our columns. Although six months have passed since the 21st of .July? a day which will ever be remembered in the annals of the Southern Confederacy?there is no one in whose veins Hows the blood of a freeman, who can fail to read, with intense interest, this able report: showinff that he not. 1 O -- | ouly knows how to handle the sword, but the pen. With a just discrimination and great impartiality, lie pays a iltting tribute to the il- j lustrious dead, and the living heroes of that eventful day. All honor to the great General. May he accomplish the purposes of the Genferlornov wlinvn lm l.oo ?? ? ~ 1 ? wj J ?? ..V. v 11V 1KIO IJ W V? {^Ulir, <1111.1 soon be returned to his old command on the Potomac, where he is so much and so justly loved. The Cirsiml Finale. Not the least gratifying result of peace will be its effects upon the Yankee nation, whom it will leave high and dry, without a dime in its pocket or a friend upon the face of the earth. It will be at once the most impoverished and dispiscd of nations. It will he shut up to the cultivation of cod fish and potatoes, and the contemplation of its own miraculous imbc\cility. Its people will spend their days in cheating one another, and their nights in remorse, that, in making war upon the South, they "ca:t away a pearl richer than all their tribe." ? ii. -'- ... ^ IMPORTANT NEWS FROM EUROPE. DENUNCIATION OF STONE BLOCKADE. AN ARMED INTERVENTION PROBABLE. Norfolk. Fcbuary 3.?The New York Herald, of Febuary 1, has been received here. The Africa has arrived, with Liverpool dates to the 19th ult. In its snnnnarv of the European news, the Herald savs : The indication points to an early alliance bctw.ecn France, England, and, perhaps, other Powers, for the purpose of arresting the further progress of the war between the Northern and Southern States. The attempt to destroy the port ot Charleston, and the probability of similar "stone ileet" operations being essayed against other Southern ports, arc creating intense indignation throughout Europe. The subject of raising the blockade is evidently becoming a serious and pressing question among the European Powers. Later.?A coalition was about being formed between England and France for the purpose of armed intervention between the North and the South. The allies vehemently object to the stone lleet blockade of Charleston harbor. The entire sham blockade will, also, be itnnunrned with a view to its annihilation. Tim New York Herald says that England openly espouses the project of Anglo-French intervention or the pacification of the Federals and Confederates. The English journals all indicate that the Government will speedily make objection to the blockade. The New York JIvraltVs Paris correspondent says that Napoleon will lead in the matter. The Confederate war steamer Sumter, Coin. Soiniucs, having been ordered to leave Cadiz, has gone to Gibralter. The Yankee Government has despatched four steamers and three sailing vessels to capture her. The steamer 1 Constelation is now fitting out at N. 11., with the same object. Aii overland expedition is now fitting out at the North, to attack Galveston, Texas. "General'1 Jim Lane is to command it. Gen Scott is gone to Key West to recruit his health. Picayune Hutler's expedition, with the troops on board the steamship Constitution, is now in Hampton Konds, and is expected to leave at any moment for Ship island. Captain Raphael Somnies, of the Confcd crate steamer Sumter, publishes in the London Times a long and deliant letter, offering to meet in battle any Yankee war vessel afloat, of the size of the Sumter.? Charleston Mercury. From KicliiiioimI. COMMISSIONERS FISH AND AMES NOT TO 1JE RECEIVED AN OTHER lll'MILJATION OF SEWARD SOUTHERN PRISONERS RELEASED?BURNSIDE DISAPPEARS FROM PAMLICO SOUND. Richmond, Fcbinary 4.?The Yankee Commissioners, Fish and Ames, appointed by the Northern GovcrnnieiU to visit the prisoners of war in the South, are now at Fortress Monroe. en route South. The Government here has decided not to allow them to carry out their IL ! 11 * ' * - ? . -mission or 10 conic ?outn at all. M. De Bibian, a French subject, resident in Wilmington, N, C., and Mr. Kerr, of Savannah arrived at Norfolk on Sunday. M. De Bibian was arrested last summer as a secessionist and sent to Fort Lafayette. Through the intervention of the French Minister at Washington, he was finally released, but was refused permission to return to Wilmington. He obtainded,how-! ever, a passport to go to Europe. Seward had j endorsed on it "It is understood that M. De Bibian is not to enter any of the insurrectionary States." M. De Bibian went to Paris and sought an interview with the Emperor, to whom he showed Seward's endorsement. The Emperor decided that lie should bo allowed to return to his place of buisncss, and the French Minis'.er ot Foreign Affairs prepared the necessary papers for the French Minister at Washington. With these. M. Do Bibian returned and again applied to Seward for a passport to Wilmington. Jle was again refused. Next day, however, the French Minister called on Seward and showed the papers sent by Trouvencl, when the desired passport was immediately granted. M. Do Bibian has applied to the Rump Congress for damages. A despatch from an authentic ivc says that 15 officers and 380 privates would be re leased from Fort Warren and leave Boston for FortJcss Monroe on tbe 3d inst. Our merchant seaman, now in durance, would also be released. At the last acconnls received from Pamlico Sound, none of Burnsidc's vessels could be seen there. From Nashville. gen. beauhegahd's movements?weather. Nasiinille, Fcbuary 3.?Gen. Beauregard and stall'arrived here this evening. Heavy rains fell here last night and to-day. ?These will probably interfere with the enemy's military plans. [for the camden confederate.] Dedicated to Distillers. " "What hast thou done : The voice of thy brother's blood crictli unto me from the ground.** Gen. 4th and 10th. Von arc making liquor; some one will drink the liquor you arc making; he may get dnunk, and while drunk may kill some one, or may kill himself. Let the text in thunder tones fall upon your ear. " What hast thou done?" Echo answers, "killed thy brother." And the voice of God, in tones of thunder, peels forth again?"The voice of thy brother's blood crictli unto me from the ground." "Well, if I do not still some one else will." Granted?and if you do not steal some one else will ; if you do not kill some one else will, and if you do not grind the faces of the poor, some one else will. Eeeauso others do wrong is no argument that NYC should do so. Must I murder my brother to keep some one else from doing it? The voiee of his blood will cry against me as from the ground. Once when traveling in the mountains of North Carolina, 1 overtook an old man, and in conversation lie told me substantially the following talc : " 1 am poor and have raised a large family. Once while thinking how I should support them, temptation whispered to me, 4 put up a still; corn is cheap, whiskey brings a good price, }ou have a good orchard, Arc.' I thought, this is the very thing; but conscience whispered, ' will this be right, is it not wrong, a moral wrong, one that effects not only yourself, but others?' The tempter whispered, 'if you do not still, others will and 1 compromised with conscience by saying,4 I will not give it to my neighbors; I will not retail it, but barrel it up, haul it to South Carolina, and sell it there.' Conscience whispered, 4 Suppose you do, the men you sell it to will retail it; some one will buy it, drink it, get drunk, and perhaps kill himself or some one else. You may never know it in this world, but in the Judgment, the souls that have been ruined by the liquor you made, will meet you then, and with eyes of fire and breath of flame, will point at you and say, thr liquor you made, sent my soul to I. .71 ' T 1 .1 V. - i* .Ml inn. i nam never inougiii oi stilling since, and have no fears of meeting sonle in the day of judgment, that have been ruined by the liquor I have made." "The sweetest cordial we receive at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past," An Old Son. A Call for Seward's Removal.?The Roston Traveler, a prominent Republican paper, indignantly calls for the resignation or else the removal of Secretary Seward. The ITovidpncc Post, a democratic paper, heartily indorses the call of the Roston Editor. Among the reasons urged by the Traveler for the removal of Seward, arc his alleged ' O mismanagement of foreign relations, the "additional causes of distrust which is felt in regard to his temper and habits," and the alleged fact that "the country is disgraced by the low tone of statesmanship manifested by Mr. Seward." The Charleston Courier suggests, as a means I . to bring the war to a speedy conclusion, and i to give satisfaction to all concerned, that nil ! Generals now in the fiekl resign at once, and that their places be given to the editors of Richmond and other captious papers. Lincoln's New Secretary.?The Cleveland Plciindealer says of the new Secretary of war : j "We know Edwin M. Staunton, the new appointed, well. lie has more of the Bonaparte in his composition than any other man in America. The army will move on now, if 1 it goes to the devil." Llucolii'tf Secretary. It appears that Cameron did not^resign, but avas discharged by tho Kail Splitter, who consoled the deposed Secretary by offering him the honorable retirement of the mission to St. Petersburg, which Cash. Clay desires to vacate. Editorial Convention.?It has been determined that the proposed convention of Editors and Proprietors of newspapers throughout the Confederate States, shall meet in the city of Atlanta, on Wednesday, the 12th of March 18G2. KEPORTED rlGHT IN THE OULF. A friCIHi writing from Bainbrsdge, Geo., 27tli instant says: "A report says they had a figlit on James Island off the coast, near Apalachicola, by which 00 thieves were killed and 37 taken prisoners?13 of our men killed; enemy routed." [Savannah Jicjntblican, 30th inst. Wc ljavc the pleasant news this morning, that a fine steamship has reached one of the Southern ports in safety, bringing 10,000 cnI" 11 _U1 ,1 dfin/ift ,1? ,1 11U1U I mt'b ill* Vl UV,VUV fJUUIIUS Ul guiipuw uuu The arms are already in the hands of those who know how to use them.?Mercury of the oth instant. Immense quantities of cotton seed, to be converted into oil, are daily arriving at Memphis. The Argus says that after being pressed, the oil cake is used for fuel, and it is an excellent substitute for coal. It is reported that there are 2,000 Smiths in the Confederate service. "Who says the Smith family isn't patriotic? The Penalty of Truth Telling.?Several young officers at Washington have been cashiered for saying 44 the South can't be whipped.'* OBITUARY." Died, in this town, on the morning of Wednt?l a\r Ton 'A(\ Afv VI I T VpTP.l T V HVU(? y y v Mil* i.!A J. XI U iJ X I XUUXJJL IV' U iJj in the G8th year of his age. Mr. Villepigue was one of our oldest and best known citizens, lie removed to this counrry from the AYcst Indies early in life ; settled first in Charleston, and came thence to Camden about the year 1825. Among his sons is Col. JohnB. Vili.epigue, at present commandant of Fort Mcllae, in the harbor of l'cnsaeola, and whose skillful and heroic defence of that hotly assailed Fortress during the recent bombardment, has elicited ' such warm and admiring praises. The deceased, in his capacity as a man of business, ever manifested a rare uprightness and integrity. Beneath a plain and unpolished exterior, he possessed a shrcwed intellect, a firm will, and a kind heart. In his peculiar department of trade he stood in the foremost rank; and no man in that line was so serviceable to the wants of his fellow citizons, or would leave a vacancy so diflicult to supply. ins uiseasc was paralysis, under winch his iron frame gradually and slowly sank, without acute suffering. Special ISTotices. NOTICE. AN ELECTION WILL I3E HELD ON SATURDA 7, the 15th inst. for a Warden of tlio Town of Camden, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. D. M. Rodgers. Win. M. Billings, S. Hammerslough and W. C. Long aro appointed Managers. By order of Council. February 7 2 ,T. W. McCURRY, T. R. KERSHAW LODGE, No. 20, A. F. in. A STATED COMMUNICATION OF KERsliaw Lodge No. 20, A. F. M., will be held at their Lodge Room, Tuesday Evexiko next, 11th inst., at 7 o'clock. By order W. M. February 7 1 JAMES JONES, Sect'y. GARDEN SEEDS, OE THE GROWTH OF 18G0. A FULL SUPPLY for sale at the POST OFFICE. January 17 IOOO BALES COTTON WAflTEIK WE WILL BUY ONE THOUSAND BALES COTTON. M. BAUM & BROS. January 17 MILLER'S ALMANAC, FOR 1MH2. PRICE?FIFTEEN CENTS. FOR SALE AT THE January 3 POST-OFFICE. I'OST OFFICE NOTICE. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, THE MAILS WILL be closed daily at 8 p. m. Tho office will be opcued from 8 a. m. to 12 m., and from 1 to 3 p. m., and for one hour alter opening of the mail in tho evening. For tho mid-day trains, the mails to Richmond and Charleston aro closed at 11 a. m.; and for all the other offices at 10 a. ra. Letters dropped into tho offico for delivery, must bo prepaid, two cents each. No letter is delivered unless so prepaid. T. W. PKGUES, P. M. lb tf |