The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, November 30, 1864, Image 1
"KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND THE PRESIS THE BOYAL THRONE HPON WHICH SHE SITS, AN ENEDTHEONMONARCH."
Vol. III! ' ; CAMDEN, WEDNESDAY, KQY. 30, 1864. pSTo;8S * ; "1
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IS PUBLISHED AT CAMDEN,
EtERY WEDNESDAYMORNING,
BY
Jk T. HERSHMAN. aSfr-Temsof
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Communications calculated to advanc the inorestof
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j^'ifriohtjrxjl Tragedy.-?A frightful tragedy
was enacted on Monday last hear Tibcc,
tbe^particulars of which*we learn from a gentleman
who resides in that vicinity. The pcr
.fit. -i -* -
pr.littvut vi iuu xuut aeea was a man Dy tnc
name of.Robert Whitfield. For some time
he has been trying to get a divorce from bis
wife in order to marry ajpin, but failed ; and
at "the time of the deed was living separate from
hej-. On Moudav last bo hired a negro boy to
go. to bis. wife's house and murder bcr. The
boy Went toi'the house and calling Mrs. Whitfield
to the door, first choked her down &ud
then drew a knife and indicted many frightful
gashes on her head and throat after which he
tied thinking her dead. The news having
spread through the country?Mrs. W. having
recovered sufficiently to give information?a
search was made for tho negro by the neighbors.
During the search Suspicion rested on
Whitfield, bis house Was visited, where ^e
wan fnrind mmnanv *??tVi n onn'i* - i
?j ?- - iu.<tn wno
*was living with him. During the conversation
"with the partv h* hetr&yc-u signs of guilt, and,
' ? fifter their departure he remarked to the young
mail that he would'have to kill the negro (wly
^raq?tticu uuUcr Ills 'Iiuum) t(T*8aVc pimself
from trouble.Accordingly,
be next tnorniog took the ncout
and "shot him with two londs of buckshot?one
through the heart and the other
through the head. He was present at the inquest
next morning, stated tnat it .was the negro
who bid attempted the killing of his wife,
- and that he had caught and killed him. He
was there arrested-and the above facts brought
forward^ in. the trial duly dondfuctcd by the
citizens ; he paid the penalty of his crime on
a ijraroby. Whitfild has long been'regarded
a bad1 man, and has been several times
implicated in deeds almost as dark and terrible
' aa ' this one, but .has heretofore escaped his
. J-"-'- '
uuuui. n.ib wiie, tnough still alive, is in a
dreadful conditions But little hope is eutpr,
taiued of her recovery. She is represented^ to
us as a good Woman.
, ' Columbus {Miss!) Republic,
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Rail Road Accident and Loss of Life.?
The Greenville train on Saturday evening,
*. when about twenty miles from Columbia, at a
point known as Wallace's Farm, encountered
one of the severest and costliest accidents that
has oQcyrred in the history of the road. The
rear t'rucl: of the-third car from the engine
jumped the track, and all which followed it?
. some five or six, as we are informed?met J
with the same fate. Three passenger cars were
smashed. Among the passengers was the company
of Capt. ToWnsend, from Union. Of
these,, a young man named Crawford was killed
outright, and another named Mitchell sustained
a compound comminuted fraoture of the
right leg and right arm. It is thought that he
will not survive. Two or three others were
injured) but not seriously. Our informant
paid b high compliment to conductors Medloek
and Walsh, who were on the train, for their
coblneBs, skill and energy^ in allaying fears,
restoring order. vli*entont?i;n? ?-1- ?J
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rescuing thoso who were hurried beneath the
. ruins. The engiue and obe car arrived ip the
P s - . City about dark, bringing the mails. It is said
that both, the sufferers were standing on the
' platform when they were .crushed. Another
warning to travellers who indulge in this habit.?
South Carolinian
*
Ar. Important Event toMqvppn Two years
hence?The date of the end of the world is
satisfactorily fiscd for the year 1866. There
is hn auciejat prediction repeated by Nostrade- (
rnus in his "Centuries," which eays that when
St; George aball crucify the Lord, when St. ,
Mum skill misa TTim T.v "
_______ ?uu wv. duim snail as- ^
8isfc 'ascension, the end of'tbe world j
shall come. In i860, it will happen.thai Good j
Friday shall fall on St, George's day, Easter ,
Sunday on St. Mark's day, and Holy Thurs- j
fcy, or'Ascension Day will als9.be the Feast ?
?f St. John the Baptist. t
fttiiet bf A. War (ft Show.?-".^rtemus (J
Wartf" is - nOw tratellng wiih ^panorama of =
Mormon Stsedefij tfhioh he explains in his lecture*
The pt-ogramtoe of Hie exhibition coo- *
tains the following "Ituies bf th? Housfe:*'
"I. Artenms Ward is compelled to charge V|
one dollar for reserved seats because oats which
two years ago cost 30 con to per bushel, now j
costs 5175; bay is also 575 per owt. formerly-, tl
50 cehts. <- - v<
7,II. Persons who think they can enjoy
themselves more by leaving the ball early in
tne evening, are requested to do so with as Q|
little noise, as possible."III.
Children in arms not admitted if thfe ?|
rods are loaded. ^
"IV. Children dhder one year of age not jc
admitted unless accompaaicd by their parents, n,
or guardians.
"V. If any usher employed in the hall
should assault the audience he will be repri- ^
manded. If the same conduct be frequently
repeated he will be discharged without a certificate
of character. * it
"VI. Ladies and gentlemen W$i pleasu re- cj
port any negligence ot jiisobedienQe oq. the ^
part of the leccncer.. < .. g
. "VII, Artemus Ward will not bo responsible
for any money, jewelry, or other valuables
left with . him?to bo returned in a week or d
so. p
"VIII. The manager will not response ^
for any debts of his own COn*rac^lng- (.
"IX. If t)ie audio'.Vce do not leave the hall ?
when this ? il- 1,1 n
??>^uigui. is uvui j tuey will DO I i
put oil*, oy t-'ue police."
ItSTALIATION BY COL. Mo'BY.?The following
letter, written to Geireral Sheridan by p
Colonel Mosby, will show that the murder of a
our men by the Yankee cavalry in tbe Valley T
has not gone unavenged. It is brief and to
the point, and Vijrtbjrdfthe writer: ?
November. 11,1864. ?
II
"Major Oe/ieral P, H. Sheridan, commanding .
- Untied States Fo>'ipt in the Valley.
"General : Sometime in the month of Sep- b
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VV1X1 UliJ | UUi ujguiy noscuce irum my command, l t(
six of my moo, who had been captured by your C(
forces, were hung and .shot in the streets of
Front Royal, by the order, and in the immediate
presence, of Brigadier-General Cluster.
Since then, another (captured byga Colonel
Powell, on a plundering expedition into Rip- P
pahannock) shared a similar fate. A label, tl
affixed to the coat p/ one of the murdered men, c.1
declared Hbat^his-would be the fate of Moeby g
and.ail bis men.'
't^jnee the murd r of my men, not less than J;
seven hundred prisoners', idcluding many offi- &
cers of High rank, captured from your army-by n
this commffnd, > have been forVarded tojtich- n
mond, but thg execution -of my purpose of re- #]
kaliation was deferred, in arder, as far as possi- ,
ble, to confine its operation to the men of Custer
and PowelL ^.ccorditigly, on .the 6th in- ?'
stant, seven of yoar men were, by my order, n
exeouted on the Valley pike, your highway of a!
travel. tl
"Hereafter any prisoners falling into my
hands will be treated with the "kindness due
to their condition, unless some new act of bar- tj
barity shall compel me, reluctantly, to adopt a
line of policy repugnant to .humanity.
Very respectfully,
your obqjjfint servant, V
JOHN S.*0SBY, i?
Lieutenant Colonel."
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The Washington "Chronicle" contains an
article on President Davis,?krwhioh it says:
We desire to do justice to tbis'remarkable 0
man; and in" doing so, we may find the secret rc
of his recent remorseless confessions. If there
ever was a public character who seemed to be ol
careful to preserve the reputation of a gentle- tl
man, it was Jefferson Davis. . He was an bon- al
ored Senator and an incorroptibleCabinet Min-N tl
ister, scorning alike the ^political parasite and tl
the se.lfiah. jobber. Nobody, friend or foe, doubt"-,
ed his persona] integrity. He had, it is true, rfi
the hauteur of an educated slaveholder; but
he epuld be as gentle as a woman; and he bad a
the manliness tn ? 1
JW..IUV >v au cucuijr, auu
to retract an offensive "allusion, if convinced ^
that he was wrong. * ni
The Washington "Qonstituti^al Union/' in '
copying this/ says: - .
We might have hesitated to pen such an article
'or fear of. the consequences. But ex- 4j|
trading from such a ruling authority, our mo- m
tivns will be-easily understood. We have no ^
intention of1 joining in a eulogy of Jeff. Davisj.*-^
we wish but to rescue a oojtemporary journalist ^
from the imputation of constantly and uncon- ^
scionably misrepresenting, political opponents, ^
md of misstating facta in political history. c0<
amden, Wednesday, November 30.
J. T HE ES HM AN?E ditor*
=?aM?fc=: . . ",i V? ir i . ,i, 1 ... - ..ill
The Foreign Element.-?Only 18,00
Dtes were cast in tbe combined armiesarouu
:ichmand and Petersburg. __ We should sa;
iat Grant's army was either very small o
ery Hessian. . " \ y. . > .
Look out Jbt thenI.?We Understand tha
ae of the Yankee deserters who took the datl
F allegiance to tbe Confederate Goucrnmen
as captured Wednesday, while en r&u$,e t
tin Sherman's army in Georgia. Ho gave hi
ime as Jfhh. Smith, and says he had dove
ssociates who escaped. He wis dressed i
onfederate uniform, . ' - - '
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Sy reference to onr Special Notice column
will be seen that CoL Jones issncs an ordoi
idling on all those enrolled or liable for Sbrvic
1 accordance-with the organization, of th
tatc Militia on the 13th of September last,.t
e and appc?7 at Vue railroad' depot, at Cam
CD. on. Vne evening of the 6th proximo, to r
ort to Capt. J. H; McCaskey, and be pn
ared to le,im flip nevl m<xrnin? fni> lloml.ilf.
. C. The Beats included in this call is No:
? 3 and 6, in this regiment.
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On Saturday last a' man wearing the. un
arm of a Confederate Boldier?claiming tt
osition of a Lieutenant .Colo.nel of Artiller;
nd calling himself Major Maury, T. de Ei
ella, and several .other names, which wc ai
t this litfte unable to* ?all to memory,- wi
rrested as a auspicious character, and. confine
1 jail. He is supposed to be an emisary <
be Lincoln government, and will no doul
e sent to Richmond for trial. It becomes" i
3 be vigilant,"and always on the alert, for ou
3untry, at this time, is certainly infested wit
nch characters. ,
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As.a genera! rule, (says the Savannah "lb
ubJiean") we believe that editors, if they d
heir duty, can effect far more for a strugglin
auso with the pen than they can with th
word, and such opinion has dictated the pa:
olicy of our Congress with regard to then
ut in extreme oases requiring the aid of ever
)?n in the field, we always believed that th
lembers of the Press are as much bound t
boulder their muskets, fts anybody else^ Th
ay of the pen will have paBsed, and the swor
ad bayonet must take its place. It is hi
ome, his rights, his liberties to be defended
nd be should not hesitate, under any pretext
> take up arms against .the invader;
The Columbia "Carolinian" has commcpcei
le publication of a new.Christmas story, .b;
Pilkje Collins, entitled "The Stolen Mask/
he story will appear in the issues of Sundaj
Wednesday and Friday, of'each week, until i
finished. The renowned reputation of man,
ears of the author, will certainly elicit an in
irest in the "StoJen Mask," and will.add, i
ossible, to the interest.. taken in the perusa
' that valuable journal. The "Courier," i
iferring to the publication, says t
"Those who remember the ^striking passage
' "No Name" and "The Womanjn White/
le fine sentiment and grapbio delineations g
I of Wilkie Collins' characters, will enjoy ii
le "Stolen Mask". a repetition of some o
leit rarest pleasures."
Could not our neighbor of tli'e "Carolinian'
publish the work in hovel form, and make i
profitable investment ?
Another Scare at Memphis.?The "Cla
on" learns that when Forrest was lrtfelj
ovmg into*West TgDnessee, the Yankees be
me very much alarmed nboutthe safety o
emphis/a feint having been made in that di
ction by the 1 Wizard of the Saddle" to cove
a real movement^ The Yankees commencec
aking all preparations for Forfest, by digging
le pits and throwing up barricades at tht
xioiis crossings of G-aydss? bey(5*, taking uj
e bridges, apa urging forward,^ work upoi
e foor new forts in process of .ereWton^lyiDg
yond the bayoa. One of these /ortisys ror
mpleted, and the others yery nearly so/' IIh
ione just completed is South of the cipy; bud
c intended to prevent our troopi from forcing (
their way in .through Memphis, and thus cut-.
3 ting off the troops in (h'c city froiu Fort
Oj Cfering, tike both in detaH and'et an*adyhn?agei;
r] The regiments of enrolled militia were also en-, ' -
gaged on the. fortifications. All through tfrcr. .. ?\ *g
?_ city the street* wefts barricaded <
r bates,' and all preparations ft>r a
fence were made. The military^ stores, cart,
etc., at White's Station, were'brought to.-the ' :i?
t city; a'number of black regiments tbrowh-intp
ij Fort Pickering, and outlying regiments thrown .
neajer town. The militia patrolled the streets, '
^dragging in service overy man capable of car0
rying a gun, -it was discovered that blue and ' . ^
S white signal lights were bcinjj; sent up by some
n parties in the city to ad visa bur forces, pad
-Morgan L. Simth^jnuF all flS^carslSasfc of tbn -
bayou ran into FoH Pickering withT.he storea
iing in the vicinity. After reaaimng^in. tho- |
Ruches some days they heard from Forrest?,
'' at Jolinflonvillc, . " - "
P' , Slick io. the TrWA!?Was an officer above *
e lieutenancy ever-convicted of drunkenness id
o our army t '"Will liquor make all officer dwiix ^~3|jp
o at all ? Wc should say not, judging from thd
j. quantity consumed'by'many of them, vrhOj a<}-- -jM8
C'r.iihg to reports, ore never drunk. "
"P. W*. A.," of the Savannah "Repttblicatt/'
3" | tvhoso exact and fearlear.truthfulness i? ?
? del for corresp(wd<fDU ,1^* Mporters, writer J
s. lately r 1
"Brigadier-Gcber'aJ Battfrbj of Alabama-whom ' j
some anonymous writer has recommended fot , '
i. the positiou-of Major Genoral?comes out in a
l(j card, to the. Richmond Whig,. iti' <fhich- her
tabes -occasion to express bis opinion npon
?> matters and things generally. Analog other
8- topics, he refers, to the Army .of the Vaffey, to
e which' he is attached, and says the charge of
j ally withdrawn," &c. "In this General Battle
! is mistaken. I made the charge, and have*
| not withdrawn it, and shall lint withdraw it,
it l because it is truo. as nuniied tn thp hicrh nfil- .
is^ cere in tbo army; and I am sorry that one who
[r should be'considcred by any one worthy to be
. ? Mnjor-OcDerul, should attempt to screen.
tbeuik j
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Clearing Out a Nest of dfcsertfe&s.?
1 The deserters who form themselves into band*
o in 31ississippi to.rob the country do not scem>
g to have a very . quiet time pf it. 'A letter to
? the Mobile Advertiser, from Gainesville, Mississippi,
gives an^account of SeaLYband, in
5t Jones and Perry counties' It says :
ij "Seals soon came across two soldiers, Daniel
y | McCall and John Knight, who had been enp- #
e | tured at Fort Hudson and paroled, and lately;
exchanged, and tqld them that they should
join or leave the country. Thejrleft, but noon
e returned and captured four Of his men, two of
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u ^iiiuui JUuugj UUU DUUU jtiilS1 ''
g encouraged- the citizens, who soon organized!
I and went in: pursttit of the outlaws In their*
' first day's, scouting tbey captured fire?two*
' Smiths, ofie Leonard and one Ho]leman?with
stolen horses, cattle, bed-clothes, and beddifig
in their'possession. * They* were tried and sen*
tenccd to -be snotr. These men made cohfesy
sions, implicating some forty-two others. The;
next day, they captured two and killed ?
r '-One of these, named Stewart, was a native of
' Hancock county, who has been buying Btolfiito
horses and cattle from the deserters and ship*y
ping them to New Orleans. Another, Danted1
i- Moody, of rcspe?.-tabrd 6onn^ctions?was taken
f with thirty head of beeves in'his possession.;?
j I believe this was his first offeirce,imt the sen??
ten ce was inexorably executed. In all fthero"
Q have been ten shot and three hung, and fbun
are still in the hands-of the.ciliwhs^
, -?Linco ii carries every &ta(e hut 'th ce.?Lin..
coin is unquestionably re-clected, carryings eve
" ry Sta/e of Yankcedom but t/iree. The Ber1
a# sums up the resujt ot th^Erradfiirtua.
, contest as follows,
. 4'We- hare received*' sufficient* return #thfcr ''?$&!
t recent Presidential-election from all the States*
to warrant the announcement that Mr. Lincoln
has oyer throe hundred thousand majority# *jjg %
- the popular vote, ifbicb is a Republican, gain
r since i860 of four hundred thousand y that he
- has carried all the States voting but three, audi;
f tlfh.t he will have one hundred and*jn^y-two
majority, in' the electoral collegcljmhcat inr
eluding Tennessee. It'is thcretOT?%hBepe?K^ '""Sb
1 rv'ttf vo fkrUiAK'.iWjA