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y-f . - ' ' " ??i' \ y?>4 ? ? * smfm,mg^mPa'BSSsa ^ _ gaaiBiateae^MBBiajegetteaMatttg^ ~ HP v HP gp X. 4 She Camden Confederate. ..ii '. . g?ggessg' , ... ? i" . i i .'i i . 1 igaggggggggesseegi' * OLUME I CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1862. . NUMBER 51 ?wmmmmmm?mm????????^^ ? |t dam* Cottfebfrfitf m published evshy friday by at two dollar8 a year, ? payable invariably half-yearly in advance* Terms for Advertising: For oae Square?fourteen lines or less?ONE DOLLAR for the first, and FIFTY CENTS for each sabsequent insertion. Obituary Notices, exceeding one Square, charged tor at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Wor* MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our regular advertising patrons. ADVERTISING TERMS PER ANNUM. Oni Square, 3 months, $5 " " 6 " 8 " " 12 w 12 Two Squares, 3 months, 8 " " 6 " 13 " . " 12 " 18 Three Squares 3 mos., - - - - - 12 44 6 14 18 " " 12 " 26 Pour Squares 3 mos., * 16 44 44 6 44 24 44 44 1 2 44 30 I2T Eight dollars per annuru tor every additional square. Business, and Professional Cards Eight Dollars a-year. All advertisements for less than three montlis Cash. If the number of insertions is not specified in writing advertisements, will be continued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. Announcing Candidates, three months, Five Dollars over that time, the usual rates will bo charged. No advertisement, however small, will be considered fess than a square; and transient rates charged on all j or a less tiiue than three months. to travellersT :o: OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD. northern route. ? day night station 8. trains. trains. Leave Charleston. ! 7.00 a m 8.15 p m Arrive at Kingsville, the Junction of the Wilmington A Manchester R. R.. 2.45 p m 3,15 a m Arrive at Oolumbia....... 400 pm 6.0C a m Arrive at Camden^ 4.40 p m O Leave Camden 5.20 am Leave Columbia 6.15am 5.30 p m Leave Kingsville, the June* ticm of the Wilmington k, Manchester Railroad.. 6.45 am 3.25 p. aa Arrive at Charleston 3.00 p m 2.30 a. m. WESTERN ROUTE. TTZTZT DAT NIGHT STATIONS. TRAINS. TRAINS L?ave Charleston 7.00 a m 6.30 p m Arrive at Augusta I 2.45 pm 4.30 pm Leave Augusta i S.00 a m j 7.30 p m Arrive at Cnarleston I 3.30 p m i 4.30 a m THROUGH TRAVKL BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND KINSGVILLE DAT NIGHT TRAINS. TRAINS. A A AA ^ Sv OA _ _ .ueave Augusta o.uu u m i.au pm Arrive at Kingsville | 2,46 pm 13.16 am Leave Kingsville I 6.46 am i 3.26 pm Arrive at Angsta I 1.16 p m| 11.16 pm MiD-DAY TRAIN BETWEEN CAMDEN AND KINGSVILLE, Monday, Wbdnhbday, and Saturday, down. i up. LeaveCamden, 11.40a. m. | Leave Kingsville, 8.6 a.m. Leave Boykln's, 12.12p.m LeaveOlarkson's 8.20 " Leave Claremout 1.248 - Leave Manchester JunoiLeave Mlddleton 1,10 " tion 8.38 a. ra. I Leave Manchester Juno- Leave Mlddleton 8.43 tion 1.18, p.m. Leave Claremont 9.08 " iLeave Olarkson's 1.38 " Leave Boykin'a 9.48 " Arrive at Kingsville 1.60, Arrive at Camden, 10.20 Nov. 8?tf H. t. PEAKE, Gen'l Sup't. Oats and Cow Peas For sale for cash, at the <old corner.' November 1 E. W. BONNEY. " ' Guano TWO TONS PERUVIAN GUANO. ALSO A small lot of Patagonian Guano, for sale byFebruary 28 E. W. BONNET. Seed Oats. SEED OATS FOR SALE AT THE " OLD COR ner," by E. W. BONNEY. February 28 / The Military Exemption Act* The following is a copy of the exemption Act, as finally passed by both Houses of Congress: BILL TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS FROM MILITARY SERVICE, AND TO REPEAL THE ACT ENTITLED mAN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN PERSONS FROM ENROLLMENT FOR SERVICE IN THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATE8," APPROVED THE 216T OF APRIL, 1862. INVALIDS, OFFICBR8 OF GOVERNMENT, CLERKS, ETC. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enacts That all persons who shall be held unfit for military service in the ... rt.-J.M-- -1 !* uuiu, wj ivnovii ut uuuuy ur iiienuti incapacity or imbecility, under rules to. be prescriped by the Secretary of War, the Vice President of the Confederate States, the officers, judicial and executive, of the Confederate and State Governments, including postmasters appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate* and such clerks in their offices as are allowed by the Postmaster General, and now employed, and excluding all other postmasters, their assisfpTtta o nrj civfkf j ovnopf SUCt ?t??vC officers as the several States may have declared, or may hereafter declare by law to be liable ^o militia duty; tlio members of both Houses of the Congress of the Confederate States, and of the Legislatures of $e several States, and their respective officers; all clerks now in the offices of the Confederate and State Governments* authorized by law, receiving salaries or fees. VOLUNTEER T.OOP8. All volunteer troops heretofore raised by any State since the passage of the Act entitled "an Act to further provido for the public de fence," approved April 16th, 1862, while such troops shall be in active service under* State authority, provided that this exemption shall not apply to any person who was liable to be called into service by virtue of said Act of April 16th, 1862. TRANSPORTATION AND TELEGRAPH COMPANIESAll pilots and persons engaged in the merchant marine service; the president, supcrintcnj i *?.? - - ugiju), C011UUCUT8, treasurer, cuiet cleric, engineers, managers, station agents, section masters, , two expert track bands to each section of eight , miles, and mechanics in the active service and < employment of railroad companies, not to em- 4 brace the laborers, porters and messengers; the i president, genere) superintendent and operators \ of telegraph companies, the local superinten- i dent and operators of said companies, r.ot to i exceed four iu number at any locality but that ] at the seat of government of the Confederate j States; the president, superintendents, captains, engineers, chief clerk and mechanics in the active service and emplovmont of all companies engaged in river and canal navigation, and all captains of boats, and engineers thereon employed. EDITORS, PRINTERS AND PREACHERS. One editor of each newspaper now being published, and such employees as the editor or proprietor may certify upon oath to bo indispensable for conducting the publication; the public printer, and those employed to perform the public printing for the Confederate and State Governments; every minister of religion ' ?l . i - ? auinonzea 10 preacn according to the rules < of his sect and in the regular discharge of min- < isterial duties. i religious non-combatants. 1 All persons who have been and now are t members of the Society of Friends and the As- 1 sociation of Dnnkers, Nazarenes, aad Mennon. i ists, in regular membership in their respective 1 denominations, provided members of the Soci- < ety of Friends, Nazarenes, Mennonists, and 1 Dunkers, shall furnish substitutes, or pay a tax I of $500 each ipto the public Treasury. ' 1 physic Una. 1 All physicians who now are and for the last * five years have been in actual practice of their 1 profession. I SHOEMAKERS, *ANMERS, ETC. 1 I All shoemakers, tanners, blacksmiths* wagon I t * makers, milters and their engineers, millwrights, s skilled and actually employed as their regular r vocation in the said trades, habitually in work- f ing for the public and whilst so actually em- p ployed; provided said persons shall make oath g in writing that they are so skilled and actually I employed at the time ? their regular vocation v in one of the above trades, which affidavit shall v only be prima fade evidence of the facts therein t stated. e A PROVISO AOATNST iTTnuTinw ( Provided further, Thai the exemptions herein granted to persons by reason of their peculiar mechanical or other occupation or employ- t ment not connected with the public service c shall be subject to the condition that the pro- s ducts of the labor of such exempts, or of the i companios and establishments with which they a are connected, shall be sold and disposed of by v the proprietors at prices not exceeding seventyfive per centum upon the cost of production, or withiu a maximum to be fixed by the Sec- c retary of War under such regulations as he c may prescribe; and it is further provided that it if the proprietors of any such manufacturing c establish ment shall be shown upon evidence to * be submitted to and judged of by the Secretary a ofWartohavo violated, or in any manner a evaded, the true intent and spirit of the fore- c going proviso, the exemptions therein granted v shall no longer be extended to them, superin" a tendents or operatives in said establishments, t but they, and each and every one of them, v shall be forthwith enrolled under the provisions ii of this Act, and ordered into the Confederate t army, and shall in no event bo again exempted it therefrom by reason of said manufacturing es- o tablishments or employments therein. hospitals, a8ylum8, ac. All superintendents of public hospitals, Iuna- a tic asylums, and the regular nurses, and atten- d dants therein, and the teachers employed in v the institution for the deaf, dumb and blind, a In each apothecary store low established and o doing business, one apothecary in good stand- e ing, who is a practical apotheoary. si wool, cotton and paper manufactories, p Superintendents and operatives iu wool and e cotton factories, paper mills, and superinten. s< dents and managers of wool carding machines, r< who may be exempted by the Secretary of War. nrrtviflftd ihe nrnfifca nf annh oatoKliali. ** menu shall not exceed seventy-five per centum tl upon the cost of production, to be deter- tl mined upon oath of the parties, subject to the ?arae penalties for violation of* tho provisions herein contained as are hereinbefore provided ^ in case of other manufacturing and mechanical ^ employments. ^ EDUCATIONAL EXEMPTIONS. ^ All presidents and teachers of colleges, academies, schools, and theological seminaries who have been regularly engaged as such for two ^ years preceediug the passage of this act. ARTISANS EMPLOYED ON "GOVERNMENT WORK." ^ All artisans, mechanics, and employees in the establishment of the Government for the manufacture of arms, ordnance, ordnanco stores* ^ and other ronnitions of war, who may be certi- g Bed by the officer in charge thereof, as necessary for such establishment; also, all artisans* mechanics, and employees in the establishments ^ )f such persons as are or may be engaged unler contracts with the Government in furnishing arms, ordnance* ordnance stores, and other ^ munitions of war, saddles, harness, and array supplies, provided that th? chief of the ord- p( lance bureau, or some ordnance officer author- be zed by him for the purpose* shall approve of ;he number of the operatives required in such ^ establishment; all persons employed in the jj? nannfacture of arms, or ordnancs of any kind cl >y the several States; or by contractors to far- dl lish the same to the several State Govern- w nents, whom the Governor or Secretary of ^ State thereof may certify to be necessary to r the same; all persons engaged in the construe- In ion of ships, gunboats, engines, sails, or other ah urtiolea necessary to the public defence under ? ;he direction of the Secretary of the Navy; all i itt .tujr * upenntendents, managers, mechanics, and' ainers employed in the production and raanuactnre of salt, to the extent of twenty bushels er day, and of lead and iron; and poisons enaged in making charcoal for making pig and >ar iron, not to embrace laborers, messengers^ ragoners, and servants, unless employed at rorks conducted under the authority and by he officers or agents of a State, or in works mployed in the production of iron for the* Confederate States. STOCK RAISES. One male c;tizen for every 500 head of cat- . !e, for every 2o0 head of horses 01 males, antf no shepherd for every 500 head of sheep, of ucfi peisons as are engaged exclnsively in raisng stock, provided there is no white male dult not liable to do military duty engaged nth such person in raising said stock. OVERSEERS ON PLANTATIONS. To secure the proper police of the country, me person, either as agent, owner, or overseer, >n each plantation on which one white person s required to be kept by the laws or ordinanc8 of any State, and on which there h? no rhite male adult not liable to military service, nd in States having no such law one person, a agent, owner, or overseer, on each plantation >f twenty negros, and on which there is no rhite male adult not liable to military service; ,nd, furthermore, for additional police for every wenty negros on two or more plantations rithin five miles of each other, and each havng less than twenty negros, and on which here is no white male adult not liable to milLary duty, one person, being the oldest of the wncrs or overseers on such plautations. SPECIAL EXEMPTIONS. Also, a regiment raised under and by the nthority of the State of Texas for the frontier lefonce, now in the service of the said State, i miiv 111 ouvu uvi ?iWj nuu ouV/ii i/UICI |ICrZfUlJB s the President shall be satisfied on account f justice, equity or necessity, ought to be exmptcd, are hereby exempted from military srvice in the armies of the Confederate States} rovided that the exemptions herein above numerated shall only continue whilst the per* >ns exempted are actually engaged it iheif ;apective pursuits or occupations. 2. That the act entitled "an act to exempt artain persons from enrollment for service in le armies of the Confederate State*/* approved le 21st April, 1&62, is hereby repeated. n? r nlttle for Lincoln's Administration The New York Independent, Srhich is largcd by its cotemporaries with belonging > the league for the displacement of Lincoln* as the following complimentary notice of the orilla: We have no doubt whatever that Iff. Lin* >ln means well, and tasks himself to do well >r the country. But he is an overmatched lan. lie cannot carry the Goveffchient in lis great exigency* * * * * * ? * But there is a country aa well aa a President* ifi a cause as well aa an very prudent man foresees the otter exhatison of the country if We have oifb more such year as the last Yet we have the same ? abinet, the same floating expedients, the same ationary Generals* It is notorious that the Generals who control ie military affairs of the army are pro-slavery their beliefs and sympathies. One drop <yf v >ison is a match for the health of a whola >dv full of good blood t The South is jubilant. It is the North that ssponds. They have leaders who know bow control difficulties?to coerce unity among iterogenius materials. There is will in tta? lair at Richmond. There is will in the sade beyond the Potomac. Oh, that slavery as as poorly served as liberty is 1 Richmond determines, Washington reasons, ichmond is inflexible, Washington vaacillatea. ichmotod knows what it wanta to do, Washgton wishes that it knew. Richmond loves ivery, and hates liberty, Washington is mewhat partial to liberty and imtfcot dislikes , j avery. Rebellion is wise and sinfeL fiov. nment is foolish, 1 tl i'fL- : * '* XI. J . , V.* ? ? * . J . . . : i i' *