The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, February 21, 1862, Image 1
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Nov. 8?if H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Sup'l.
Oats and Cow Peas
I^OR SALE FOR CASH, AT THE OLD COKN KM.'
. November 1 E. W. BONXKY.
uutxuc*
I HAVE TUTS DAY, OCTOBER 24, SOLD OUT
my oiilire stock of Goods, Wares and Merchandise,
in the town of Camden, to J. M. Springer, Esq., who
will continue the business at the same stand 1 have
.occupied heretofore in the said town. All persons
who are in anywise indebted to me, will please make
payment of live samo to said J. M. Springer, at an
early day; and all who huvo claims against mo will
present them to him for settlement.
December 13 R. SPRINGER.
Charleston Correspondence.
Ciiarlkstox, February 13, 1802. j
Our people?that is the people of this Con- j
fcdcracy?have not, until very recently, realized
that the war, in its most frightful aspects,
was at our doors. From the inception of this
great struggle for civil and religious libcitv,
we have been building (clutteaucn Jfspui/uc)
"castles in the air," and trusting too much upon
probabilities. Instead ofueling, we have been
speculating, and our bloody foe has taken conn- !
oil of our folly, and profiled by our dillatorim???
Tl.? '
?..v, vi..|...i.iuiitu iiiii^ii.iiuiiiiiv anu chivalry
evinced prior to and at the tall ot' Sumte.
has crippled us not a little; and to the exercise
of this spirit, wc owe it that we arc without a i
navy,'and therefore powerless on the seacoast.
The many steamers Hying to and from this
port and Northern cities, those at Savannah
and elsewhere, could have been detained, possessed
and converted into formidable war vessels.
Chivalry and magnanimity gave them
? O ?' n
to the enemy?Southern Stockholders were :
told to whistle for their Shares, and these very
steamers have been blockading* our ports and
shelling our towns. While the cneinv worked !
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day and night to add strength to his navy, we
slumbered. The moral of the foolish and
wise Virgins comes in very well here. We i
could have procured oil for our lamps; we |
could have built many war vessels in the time |
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uuvicu , urn, ?e wi'ic speculating upon the <)>- !
tcntion of the loo, aiul looking hopefully tu '
European Nations for recognition. l?lin<l;
blind have we been; aiul even now, when every
breeze w hispers fresh disasters, and desolation
marks our bordei vpur people arc not J till;/
aroused.
1 am no General and am very modest in unpretentious
to military knowledge, but 1 have
my opinions^ and these I hold dear. It is a
sweet privilege that we may think without mo
testation; and give away our thoughts for whatever
value the receiver may feel disposed to
accord them?much, little, or naught. I have
eagerly watched the progress of the contending
ho-ts, have trembled with anxiety when uir
army advanced, and < xultcd over cverv victory
obtained. 1 have grieved over our inactivity,
ami want of discernment in certain localities,
and sbed tears over defeats consequent thereon.
In this progressive age, when every man is
striving to outdo his neighbor in inventions of
death dealing engines and iniseilcs, four or
eight walls form but. little else than man traps,
be they composed of gianite, brick or earth.
Ilalteras, Port lloyal, and Tennessee have spoken
plainly on this point. We have built batteries,
with the certainty that we would be
shelled out of them; and we have sacrificed hundreds
of lives, when wisdom dictated that no
such sacrifice was necessary. If homb proof
forts could not be constructed, why have expended
money, labor, and sacrifice of life, to
make tenable untenable works ? The Stevens
J lattery placed 1200 yards from the terrible
fire of Fort Sumter, resisted its heaviest shot.
It was tenia/, and proved to be the thing.
Have any like batteries been erected elsewhere?
The Floating Battery was a success. Would
not three or four such in the Tennessee J liver,
in addition to Forts Henry and Donelson, have
sent the enemy otf with a Ilea in his ear.
Would not twelve of them at Port lloyal, have :
been of effectual service? Would the price have
been too great ? The planters left cot'on and
other hropcrty to the Yankees enough to build
zo or ?JU ot them.
These are my njl(clions. 1 am 110 dietatori- :
al scribbler, and do not wish to he enrolled
among those fault linding Editors and correspondents,
who are recommended to the posi- i
tions of Major Generals. It is well for to look
upon the past, and wherein we have erred, let
us set about a reformation at once. God grant
that our eyes may he opened to the great dan- ;
"ers which menace our wives and little one>,
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our homes and our country.
This war has entailed many evils upon us?
not tlic least ot" which emanate from a class of
men, who have proved themselves as dangerous
as our enemies?extortioners! men without
hearts, who have sold themselves to the
devil by their acts. 1 know of parties
selling tea at ?.*>.50 per pound which
cost them V 5 cents; others arc offering
paper at ?15 per ream, which cost ?2.25, and
other things in proportion. Salt, which was
laid down here at 02 1-2 cents per sack is selling
at ?25. Is this not virtually taking advantage
of the necessities of a community i
One honorable exception I take delight in
eing. Mr. Hknuv S. Tkw, at Mt. Pleasant,
<Parish, i- retailing salt at the same price
it cost him, for the benefit of the people. He
will dispose of hut one quart at a time to any
one person, and no inducement can force him
to violate his rule. ]>v this generous proceeding
the families of Mount Pleasant are
exempted Irom imposition. It is not aIo.no in
the artiolc of salt that Mr. Tkw's honesty ex- '
tends?but every artielc is governed by a very
modest profit. 1 have jjone from {.lie city
stores to Mount Pleasant to make purchases, j
knowing that I had an hom-al man to deal '
with ? more than 1 can say for the majority of |
.-lore keepers.
Among the many Southern enterprises put
in operation since the war, I must mention
that of 1 >r. Wv.. .1 ki son, of this city. At his
Laboratory, corner of Tradd andPhurh sts.,
lie puts up thousands of gross of a really valuable
medicine for children, compounded from
native productions, which has found ready
sale here and elsewhere. It is caller' the
" Southern Soothing Syrup," and puts in the
shade the far-famed Mrs. Winslow, who had
such a run prior to the blockade. Some par
ties (evidently Yankees in disguise) have endeavored
to revive Mrs. WiNsi.ow's medical
i'uiiiiui^ v>ji .hi urucic s;vii'ii
''Mrs. Winslow a iSottl.'/crn Soothing Svrup,"'
in apposition to 1 >r. .J.:t son's article. J?ul
the Southern people are not. so easily gulled as
in days of yore?and as Mrs. W ins low hails
1'roin Massachusetts the counterfeit " won't go
down."
AIligator hoots arc ail the go now; and
these hitherto worthless and detested divers are
above par. Messrs. ]?kown A: Uvams arc offering
a large lot of tanned skins for ss le. Mr.
Ci mmin(C Tannery is turning out these and
calf-skins in large quantities. The Messrs*
Reynolds aie busily engaged in the manufacture
of ]loots and Shoes, and other l.i-iiwti.w m'
industry arc in active operation. The war has
thrown the South upon its own resources; and
those who predicted that we could not get
along without the 44 great Yankee nation,'"
have been ioreed to swallow their assertions.
1 do not doubt that the South will ultimately
triumph. When peace shall have spread
her pinions over us, the black traces ot the
invader will remind us of our duly?that of
shunning the serpent, and building and working
among ourselves. The darkest hour is
just before the dawn; and though surroundings
are <yloornv. vet] look for a hrillinut cnn
O O ' ^ " "" k,u
lo illumine our political sky.
1 have just rend an excellent article in that
popular paper, (ot the Iflth) the Charleston
Courier. It is headed " Our lievcrses.'' A
Christian spirit ami a lofty patriotism pervades
every line. I opine it comes from the poo of
Ilex. I . Sinci.aia whose heautii
, a* il able articles have graced the Courit r\i
columns lor some time past. I hope to see
the article in ijucsticn, as well as Sir Jamf.s
J;kkoi son\s 44 North and South" article (in
Hlock wood) copied in The Confkdek ate. In
the language of the Kichmond Whit/: "This
article is the best and most dispassionate view
of the contending parties which has been pre
sen ted to the European mind, and cannot tail
to produce a favorable impression in behalf of
the South."
hen. Johnston's appeal to the twelve
months volunteers on the Potomac, will have a
good effect. The language is irresistible ; and
I am satisfied McClelland will be disappointed
in his expectations of their going home.
This month will be pregnant with events,
and big with the fate ol this Confederacy; and
hourly do we look for a gleam " on our side,"
and the deepest anxiety is everywhere manifest.
Doubtless ere this reaches you, more
disasters will be chronicled?perhaps to the
enemv. 'Tis a consummation devoutly to be
wished. Rambler.
I'roclauiutioii of tlic Federal "Governor"
of Xortli Carolina.
State of N. ('., Executive Department.
IIatteras, January 22d, 1S02.
To the people of 2for(h Carolina.
The invincible arms of the Republic at
i length revolt against popular rights, and tho
I national authoritv which has essaved to rob
you of your American citizenship, and to cn1
slave you to the will of relentless domestic ty~
rants, the holy banner of the Union, consecrated
anew through its baptism of tears and
blood, is borne by loyal hands, the symbol and
pledge of your final and complete enfranchiseI
meat ? Your silent and tearful prayers to God
for rescue from the despotism that enthralls
you are heard, ami the hour of your deliverance
approaches.
: The brave men who come among you are
not foes but friends, and their mission is one of
mercy and relief. The war they wage is not
upon North Carolina and her people, but upon
the rebels and traitors who have invaded your
territory, ami who hold you in constrained
and protesting submission to their arbitrary
power.
To cc-opcratc with those who now proceed
to join liberation, and who seek to restore to
you your ancient and inalienable rights, is
! your sacred duty, and a privalcgc which you
will accept witjh eagerness and jov.
A portion of your hrotlierNorth Carolinians
arc already rejoicing in the restoration of their
freedom under the hrotecting ensign of the nation.
Side l?v side with that glorious Hag they
place the re-crected Standard of loyal North
Carolina, and acting in concert with citizens of
other sections of the State, they have proclaimed
a Provisional Covcrnmcnt for the Common"
wc altli.
An opportunity will soon he offered you to
barticipate in the enjoyment of these precious
and long accustomed privileges. And that
there may be 110 complaint in any quarter
that your brethren first liberated from rebc
thraldom have forestalled your action or anticipated
a decision in which you had a right
to share, I do now, by these presents, notify
and require the voters of this Commonwealth
to attend at tlie usual voting places as established
by law, 011 Saturday, 22d Febuary, 18G2,
an anniversary second in hallowed memory
only to"that of the proclamation of our national
independanee, at which time the ordinances
of the Convention of November 18, 16G1, a
draft of which is hereto appended, will be
submitted to the people for ratification or rejection.
Ami in order tlmt the State may forthwith
resume her participation in the Councils of the
Union, 1 do furthermore direct that, upon the
same day aforesaid, the polls be opened for the
election of representatives in the Congress of
the United States to fill existing vacancies.
In witness whereof 1 have hereunto set my
hand, and cause the great seal of the State to
be affixed, at Hattcras, this22d of January, in
i the year of our Lord one thousand eight lmn.
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the United States the eighty-sixth.
MAU15LI?XASII TAYLOR.
The Empress Eugenic has declared that
court dresses of ladies must ho hereafter two
t'e.-t wider and longer than hitherto. A now
kind of court dance adapted to this expansive
garment has been invented. The new ordinance
is not received with favor In the wives
of the under officials.