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>1 . > f . _ - c THE CAMDEN CONFEDERATE. ? ' A ; v . , . . ' .i??L?????????? II _ ... _ " KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND THE PBESIS THE ROYAL THRONE UPON WHICH SHE SITS, AN ENEDTHRON^ONABCH." - ? . 5* ' '? ' . r . x Vol. LIE CAMDEN, S/C., WEDNESDAY, NOY.2, 1664. CNo.31 Ck Conffkratt IS PUBLISHED AT CAMDEN, EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY J. T. HEESHMAN.' jag-Terms or subscription?Five |Dollars per annumjJgy-Rates of Advertising?Two Dollars, & a half per square of twelve lines, for firs insertion, and Two Dollars for each subsequent ofaeBSy Communications calculated to advancfhe inerestof our District and State, published free of barge. [From the Augusta Register.] TO "ASA HARTZ-" bt the author. [Supposed to be Jas. R. Randall.?Eds. Caro LIM A.S.J 0, heart of Hartz! how must it throb and leap . To hear the foot-falls on.its native heather; How must bright smiles 'cross Asa's visage creep And congregate together, To hear once more the good old Anglo-Saxon, Without the twang the snobbish Yankee tacks on. Come, tell us of the life where thou hast been? We'd have it all in thy peculiar stanza ; Thou canst <;a tale unfold" of what thou'st seen? Without extravaganza; 'Twould be a tale well worth a second hearing, * Then nib thy pen and give thy thoughts an airing. Has close confinement dulled thy pony's wing? if so, we'll take thy tale a little prose y? < Birds just from prison rarely care to sing? Tliy cage not over cosy, Perhaps 'twere well to jpwn-ish with thy punning, And in plain prose do up thy little funning. A man that laughs misfortune in the face, And flings his satire while her frowns are on liim, Must needs be ready for a bitter race With freedom's sun upon him, Then, tell us all thou hast that's worth themcntion, And what's the latest gotten up invention. What is tho opinion now about the war? What is the universal nation .tkinking ( About McClellan's prospects; or mayhap they nve All going to vote for Lincoln ? "What think they now of Petersburg's reduction ? Or what's the latest 'bout a re-construction ? Post know if Sherman yet has told th' "Marines'* How often they are like to hear it thunder, j>eiore me eouincrn snip ol" State careens And Rebeldora knocks under ? We know these things thou utterly abhorrests? But what's the latest trap for catching Forrest? How faredst thou in that island home of thfne? Was thy case hard?t 11 m igh t hatc been much harder, And praised be fate that 'twas not one of pine, For we opine thy larder Furnished no food for thy special wonder, And scarce as good as ours at Castle Thunder. But There was something charming in thy home To wing thy muse in spite of homely diet; It may have been the dash of Erie's foam, It may hare been the quiet, > 'Twas something?for thy witty rhymes assure us That thou didst live no whit too iicar Arcturus. But knowing, as wc do, that thou art free, We'H meet the Yankees with a heavy waecr That they were fleeced when we exchanged for thee Some azure coated Major? However Prentice rate,thee in his Journal, We hold thee, Asa, worth at least a Colonel. But curb the jest, while fortune deigns to smile, And let our musing fancy follow rather The longing for the fragrant flowery aisles; Where bends the yearning father, Eager to press, with fatherly embraces, The babes who dream, perhaps, of his caresses. An! he has sterner trials yet to brave Than was his lot within the moated prison, To weap?if that were all?above the gravo Of her whose life has risen Unto a climax, and has reached supernal Being in the light of life eternal. s auuusta, ucioocr z\). We read in a Sheffield paper that "the last polish to a piece of cutlery is given by the hand of woman." The same may be said of human cutlery, that "the last polish to a young 4 blade" is given by his mixing with female soCiety* 1 1 Ringgold is between Tunnel Hill and Chattanooga, eight miles north of the former and twenty-three miles south of Chattanooga. \ ~ * The way Negroes'are Treated in Washington City. A Virginian who left Washington city a few.days ago, gives a very simple explanation of the manner in which the Yankees contrive to fill up their armies with negro recruits. .It matters little whether the negroes have ran away of their own accord, or are kidnapped by imuuig paring s>fin< o.u1 expressly w garner them in. All are received and protected in the same impartial manuer?that is to say, they are slapped into prison and fe 1 upon wretched food until they arc forced to volunteer or dying of the diseases caused by insufficient and uuwholesome nourishment. Sooner or later all volunteer: but only the likeliest and most able-bodied are permitted to enter the army as soldiers. The rest are made cooks or teamsters, or packed off to i work the government plantat'ons on the Mississippi River, generally without a chance of biddiug their wives and children farewell. The- ! J I M 1 ? ' - ?.l women ana cuuaren tuus deprived of tbeir | natural protectors, are huddled together in ' what are called "Freedtueu's Villages," aud, put to work at various employments, on a daily allowauce of pay in shiuplastcrs, which barely enables theni to keep body aud soul together. The consequence is, the poor creatures become ^ the prey of home sjcliness (a disease which, as is weli known, has often killed scores of strong | men in the British armies, and which, in the case of the negro woiueu^and children, is much 1 aggravated by tbe coutact of large numbers i crowded together) and hundreds of tbem per- , isb literally of broken 'heart. There is a Freedman's Village on General ! Lee's estate at Arlington, near Washington, J which is crammed with negresscs afflicted with nostalgia in its worst form. Occasionally a womau prj.'a disabled mau manages to visit c Washington ; and our informant stateB that it i was most affecting to witness the joy displuyed < by the poor creatures whenever they happened ^ to meet a gentleman or lady with whom they j chanced to be acquainted. Kotliipg, not'-even the presence of the Yankee guards, can restrain 1 them from running up to such persons and t begging the privilege of shaking bands with "some body from borne." JNor do they sciuplfc to express aloud tbcir | 1 "wonder if we will ever meet again anybody , like home folks." llu-y declare openly that \ thousands would gladly to turn to their masters and mistresses if they were permitted to 1 do so, nnd do not hesitate to show by word 1 and gesture how utterly sick they arc of Yan- i kee land. But neither prayers nor entreaties avail with their stony-hearted protectors, who aro determined at all hazards to keep them iin- ' prisvoed in Freedmeu's Village until death , releases them from their sufferings. . . 0 ( Richmond hxaminer. Brig. General Conner, of S. C-, and Col. 1 Rutherford, oi the 3d S. C. 1 We extract from a private letter, from the ? Valley, the following remarks on Gen Conner 1 and the late Col., Rutherford, of S. C.: ] "We lately had a very handsome affair, on the Winchester side of Strasburg. We planted a battery (Fry's) at a convenient point, on ( the ton of a llill. bv the Vallev Tfirnnilre anrt . r , -? . ?J , , -a- ] began shelling the Yankee camps. This soon produced a stir among the confident Yanks, 1 who bad no idea of our having come down so 1 near and close to them. They soon turned out i a strong brigade, (by the bye, the Colonel \ commanding .that brigade was killed and fell into our hands,) which crossed Cedar Creek J and formed in line of battle, with the view of ( carrying our impertinent battery. These fel-. Iowb have, of late, been so successful in cap- c taring pieces of artillery, that they entertained no doubt of making a new addition to their park of artillery With that view, and the < hope of instantly turning those pieces against . us, they todk with them artillery officers and men. This, however, was not to be. They were confronted by Conner's brigade of South ^ Carolina?that is, Kershaw's old brigade?and i although the enemy had the advantage of a stone fence, the fire of our ran -ketry was made < so hot that they had to break and run% We \ captured sixty-five prisoner!, among them a ? captain of artillery. Most of the dead and i woudded were left in our hands. The fight < was short, but vigorously conducted on both j sides?our loSs 132 killed and wounded, none ( missing. The killed outright arc only 22 in t number. e 1tt , a Can't Receive Tiiem.?Tho address of ' Northern M-ethodist bishops recommends that, c hereafter, no ministers or members, who are c either "slaveholders or tainted with treason," c be received into fellowship.?Christian, Index. ^ 0 Camden, Wednesday, November 2. if. T. HEB.SHMAN?Editor. - , , !' Arterous Ward is lecturing in New York oo j "Life among the Monhons." He sends com- | plimentary tickets to editors, inviting them to ] coine to his show and bring otic wife. ! I ?T"-?7 1 Deserters in Florida, who have recently rOA J A. ? _ 1 - - . V ?1 lurnea 10 our sine, report tnac Dearly ail or; ( the enemy have left Jacksonville and St. Johns, ! i to reinforce Grant. - ^ The next ox second session of the second 1 Congress, will commence in the city of .Richmond, on Monday the 7th inst. f The Presidential election in the United f States takes plaoe on the first Tuesday afterthe first Monday in November, which will be s dd the 8th of the month. i ' ? ' t The Union Prayer Meeting meets every Monday, Wednesday and Fiiday, comnjeucing j for each wee"k in order at the Baptist, Presby- r tcrian aud Methodist Churches. e \ ***?: a Court of Common Pleas and General sessions.?Last Monday being the day fixed 1 'or this Court to convene, the Grand and Petit i Juries were empaneled, but there being uo 1 Judge or Solicitor present, the Court was id- 1 ourned. The Irish Legion, which was raised for, Cor- ? ;oran, and succeeded the Irish brigade, coins I man Jed by Mfengliey, now scarcely numbers ( )nc-third of a full regiment. Nearly all of 1 ;hu 155th were taken prisoners in one of the 1 battles around Petersburg, and at presort there o ire hut twenty-seven men in the 107th reginent ! t ISIr. Fillmore, in a late letter, says bo sec g no reasonable prospect of a restoration of the Union, without a change in the policy of the Administration. Hh looks upon the election { [>f McClellan as the last hope for the restora- ^ lion of the Union, an honorable peace, and the ( security of personal liberty. ' <( The Concert on Last. Friday Night.? ii ni j, t < n. * ?? me "jjone otar .uiustrcis -^-composed oi col- j t 3red boys belonging to our town-^-gave a very j n entertaining exhibition, for the benefit of the ! ? m 'Soldier's Rest." Tbey were encouraged in c jieir patriotic enterprise, by the attendance of tl i large audience. The proceeds, we under- S stand, have already been banded over to the ji adies of the "Rest," and amounted to two ft Hundred and fifteen dollars. e: Wa see by the Barnwell Sentinel, tbat our listinguishcd citizen, Gen. James Chesnut, las been announced and bis claims urged for v ;he position of the Chief Executive of our State, 01 ;he election to take place at the ensuing meet- ^ ng of the Legislature. We heartily endorse ;be nomination by the Sentinel, and would be tc pleased to hear of bis consenting to enter the cs jontrol?though we greatly doubt bis willing- 'a less to give up his military position for any w livil office?however honorable?at this time. (I, A Tiiaksgivino Proclamation from Lincc :oln.?Liccoln has issued a proclamation ap- a poiuiing the last Thursday in November next <h to be observed as a day of Thanksgiving and th Prayer ip the United States. The following vc s an extract from the proclamation : It has pleased Almighty God 1o prolong jur natiodal life another year. Defending us pith His guardian care, against unfriendly de? Cr iigns from abroad, and vouchsafing us, in His ^ nCrcy, many, and signal, victories dver. the ;nemy (u ho is of our household), it bag also Pe :>leasec| oup Heavenly Father to favor as woll >ur citizens in their homes as our soldiers in m! heir camps, and our sailors on the rivers and , leas, with unnsual health. He has largely mgmentad our free population by emancipaion aDd by immigration, whila He has open id to us new resources of wealth, and has rowncd the labor of our workingmen in every lepartmcnt of industry with abundant re* . be A Biblfor Arming Negroes.?We un- ? derstund ffom authority which we regard h9 iltogethcr reliable, that the features of a'bill [or arming the negroes and pAacitig them in :he field, is being" canvassed by a circle of politicians prior' to its introduction before Lhe Confederate Congress. The bill pro roses : v 1st. To'eonscVihe all-the able-bodied negroes f *L. * - - * " * " >i me country eeiwoen tne ages ol 2t> atid 4D, espectLyely. 2d. To organize -this force into regiments, irigades and divisions, and to arm aod equip bem thoroughly as srildiers. 3d* To officer ,the force thus organized from ? peritcrious soldiers and subalterns now in the ield. 4th. To offer each negro who serves fuithully to the end of tlie war his freedom. It is assumed by the friends of this tneaure that its passage will at once supply two lundred and fifty thousand fresh troops; that t will avert die necessity for an extension of he conscripj^ry limits ; that it is essential as he only means of.immediate relief; that it s justifiable as an expedient; that it will be lopular abroad, and tha't, in shdrt, it will nsure a successful repulse to the swollen trmier of the North next spring. The bill will be presented to the House " >y one of the most eloquent and influential of ts members, and'Si is likely to form a probinent arch in the debutes of the session upon uilitary affairs. Spirit of tub. Press.?Time matures the trength of nations, as of individuals, says the lichmond "eutinel. So .will it strengthen our Confederacy. What is to become of'the Unied States, is a problem for their own people o solve; our duties, at present, lie within ur own Government. From the organisation of our Government o this lime, we hate been greatly encouraged y the success of our arms. Though we havo uffered reverses, our means of.defence have tendily multiplied, and the confidence of our flldiers has largely increased. The greater he efforts of our adversary, the more certain is ultimate failure. The. larger his armies, he less effective his fighting. The old saying, the more the merrier," may be strictly true ti song, but not necessarily in battle. Let he morale of our army be preserved, the high icrits ot bur officers be appreciated, and tbe rd.ir of our Soldiers be encouraged,1rand their * amps supplied with the best we can furnish hem promptly, and soon ibe renown of the out hern Confederacy will equal that once e?>yed by the United States, and her people, eed from the evils of* fanaticism and miseegnatiou, enjoy peace, prosperity aud bappi088. Cindeiulla's Slipper.?The Dublin UdU ersity filuytzinc, gives the followiug account E the ylust slipper : Two centuries ago, furs were so rare, and ierefore so highly valued that the wearing of iem was restricted, by severe sumptuary laws, i kings and princes. Sable, in those Jaws illed vair, was the subject of countless regutions. The exact quality permitted to be orn by. persons of different grades, and the ' -ticles of dress to which it might be applied, ere defined most strictly. Perrault's talerof Cinderilla" originally marked the dignity inferred on her by the fairy, by her wearing slipper of vair, a privilege then, confined to e highest rank of princesses. Ac error'of ;e press, dow become inveterate, changed iir iuto verre (glass), and the slipper of sable as suddenly converted into a glass slipper. From the Trans-Mississppi.?The sugar op of Texas this year, it is said, will turn it 2,500 bogheads. Trade with Mexico, and rough M-exico with the outside world, aplars'to be unrestricted. The people of Texas seem to be getting on ill. Crops were never more abundant. ie Confederate Commissioners for the State ,ve fixed the prices for bacdb, for September, fifty cents a pound, and other things in prortion. The Aueusta Register sava if a o ???wuv? io uperog against Sherman's rear, it is only what cry honest boot in tho land should have en doiDg long ago.