Journal and confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, April 07, 1865, Image 1
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'. . .. 1 Operations
ofMahone'sBrig:
ade. .
kv "''. The Petersburg "Eppreap".has. been furnish^
ed with the following^ figures from the official'
report of Major-Genera 1 Wra." Malioue, giving
kthe operations of his division during tho caiu?*.
paigu of rl8?ifc from the time he assumed
commas d6wB>to the battle of Bnrgess' Mill,
v on.the 27th;of October. We publish them to
sbdw>tbe. puhHc what this command has ac^
co^plisbed ;; In appreciation of^heir^ services,
f|p Fetlreburg testified their gratitude by present
K '.v ,rog their leader with a . beautuul. sword?nt
$ emblem of the times.
fi- The command has. captured: Prisoners,
v6,704j pieces of artillery, 15; colors, 42; small
V; .a arms, 4867; horses,235; wugousand ambulan {v
ces, 49; slaves, 537.
According to the enemy's own statements,
to ocllect which particular care has beeu taken,
the losses in killed and wounded in those
commands which at different times fought Mabone's
division, sum up 11,000.
, By these figures, and for certain reason*, it
r; is believed that the Iopr in killed and wounded
i' is underestimated, it will be seen that during
the spring and summer campaigns of last year,
Gen. Mahone inflicted upon the enemy a loss
It of 17,704 men.
The loss of his own command duriog this
time, in killed, wounded and missing, was
^ 5,248.
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.-'..Patriotism of the True Grit.?A patriot4
io gentleman from Petersburg pmposes through
the Richmond "Sentinel," to bsj^ne oftweutyfive
to give $200,000 each, to-pay Gen. Lee's
army. If n6 others agree to this proposition
this gentleman authorizes the "Sentinel" to
saj, that the Bum of $200,000, proposed as a
gift by himself, will be paid by him to any
one whom Gen. Lee may designate. Surely
the Confederacy can produce twenty-four other
f . .... men who are as largo of heart as this noblespirited
gentleman, and who will respond to
{his geperous proposition.
W- " rm j tv..u l
F"- XiKJ ijeieuiaieu gueiuia, xsiva. x/aviB, luiJf^ ju
| prison at Memphis, has been hung by the FedK*.
erals. He-is reported to .have sent a. last
p.- -message to his men requesting them not retaliate
for his death. He is generally believed
K. to have Blain about seventy Yankees with his
K own hands before they canght and hnng him.
The merciless war waged by him against the
??'< Federals, all on bis own book, for lie bad no
commission in our service, was in retaliation
ML for their barbarity to his brother, a member of
the 2d.Missouri cavalry, whom they horribly
mutiliated after he bad surrendered himself a
CAMDEN'f#RII>AY, APEIL, ?
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Gen. SAM j^ERccsoN^i^ reported to be ordered with,
fiis brigade of cavajjy to the country. between the'
Pedeeand Santee. ;5-- ' I
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Itis rumored that-Gen. Portiest is ordered to re|
port with his opmniaa'd'to' Gen. Johnston. , .<
SHEalDAKi^rnovingeastwar^along the boundary
line between Virginia* and North Carolina, with a
heavy foroo of caValiy.
Gens: Braqg. BeacregardTmcLIw8 and Robertbon
are reported ic( have been relieved from.duty by
Gen. Johnston. .' ' ;
To Contrebtjtoes;??Tlie communication over .the
| signature ofyltorby'lhas been received, and will ap
pear in a feW^dnys. The crowded state of ouf cglumna
within the past -week or two hare precluded its appearance;
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I A letterfflgnedi't?afi^" has been .received, but .
decline pubbshing, n&'th'e toue and general character of
the subject icing thseussed is not conducive to the
interest of (jur. cause; .> We hove no dohbt Cnpt. Colcl/buoil
Kill'ftnndr the yen'//?naniwith a guard, if he
persists in penning such sentiments. ... 7
Destruction of Newspapers.?7 ho enemy have
jtado sad h'aroc anlong the newspapers of the South
recently. . The offices captured and destroyed or confiscated
include the Savannah Republican and News,
tbs Charleston Mercury and Courier, the.Columbia^
Guardjau and Carolinian, tbefioldsborq -Jqnrbgltjmd.:
class dailies. This
does not includes as many weeklies and job offices.
Pkrsoxal.?\Yo hud the pleasure of welcoming
into out sanctum Col. I ft P. ItiihTT, Jr., of the Charles
tou Mercury, who is 011 a visit of a fe#dnys to our
town. We have no doubt that the announcement of
tlie curly resumption of the publication of the Mercury
, will be hailed with delight by., the many patrons of
that sterling shitt, in this and other States. However
some may dilfer about some of the views advocated in
it, tbcjboldness, consistency .uod ability which have
ever characterized its articles and its long-tried faithfulness
to Southern rights and principles, make it one
of tliose*papci? which the Southern people would not
willingly let die.
That Letter.?We publish to-day a letter from a
Yankee to his wife in Boston- It is nndoubledly
genufue, and will serve greatly to dispol the last lingering
belief still remaining in some deluded minds
that the plundering and thieving of ihe Yankee army,
was, if winked at, certainly not shared in by those in
authority. -We see from this letter that from Sherviv
himself down to the lowest drummer in Bsmr
the plundering is conducted on system, aud the booty
shared upon established principles. We do no.t think
that anything is necessary to'produce .a correct conviction
of the Yankee character in this community,
where it is everywhere written in characters so plain'
that he who runs may read, but as one of the curiosities
of the limes wo thought it not unworthy of insertion.
From Johnston's Army.?A partial engagement
took place near Sraithfield on the 17 th ult., between a
portion of Gen McLaws'Division and the Pth and
20th (Yankee) prmy corps, under Slocum. Our loss
about 500?Yankee lo&s about 3500. A general
engagement on the 20th, in which Sherman was driven
with lintu'v loss into the swamnsof the finrte Frnr
where he entrenched liimself. On the 21gt JohDSton
stormed the entrenchraents.aud captured many pieces
of cannoD, several thousand prisoners and routed the
remainder of his army. Sherman's losses in the three
fights estimated ut twenty-five thousand. After the
third engagement he was supposod to be retreatiug
towards Wilmington. Another engagement is said to
have taken place on Monday last, near Raleigh, in
which the enemy was completely ronted, with heavy
loss.
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/v'Wsguo FcairivEs.?-The Coiumfcia Phoehfa says: It
v( reported that some tbreq hundred negroes, "Chiefly;
women and children, were abandone.' - by Sherman's
atoy at the passage of the Catawba'and other- -rivers,
-and that in.the effort.to follofr the enemy Oil a ra^j
'tie poor wretches drilled dQwtt,:streapied and .were
rpO?tly drowned. It is sai^ pat Sherman adopts this
ppliay wherever his ' t^nsuniwa and. supernumeraries
aire too numerous for hip provision ifagpus.. He vrill
1 >tthem occupy one of h&''bciat8, then atttft,
Irving- the miserable wretches,- when he has seduced,
f r- torn from their homes^ to ilh'd .their way. as they can
'< -and to the bottom,'whether,'they wflTdr 'note; This!
t inder mercies of .the wicked aro' eqpeoiailj^penal
,< jorne to thoweak andsiily.:
The REPisTAwm-z5het^nmbia*^ P/iornix \&a.jw:
lyiH wt?u jkuowxi uiuc BDW9 BWO iiunareu ur
'women and cWrdren^nnJist^^ofiXaptce origin.and!^
fifties, went off wUh Shbbiu'ij's army- when. he:/jdffc
ifat city. Some o?lheae.^tiBs ^erena^r^ylfliBTes,
3'me?poor (Wtures?wore scared otftv of their1 wits,
d moved to fly hy false repopta and representations
earnestly thrust into their eprd :by the 3Faukeesthem-'
sfclt'es. .In one instance, oneflady traf told that her
h&band?fin officer in the Confederate service and.absent
from home?had been mride a prisoner,. and was
falljTin a Koftherp nrison j' It was quite* natural,
r hearing this tbotflbe should eagerly seek' aa'.oi?
jaedjppportunity to mdke.l^way t6j:4him. For 'feo
gutter number, there is nafciexcuse. We -now lenrn,
aijtithe information comes from Geo. Hampton him-;
rTBfoitnt 'thr'yfTnriHrr'nVhnirinnn mniyashamed ffltfT
thoroughly repentant of their error, and throngli Sherman
under a flog, made an application to Gen. II.. to
suffer their return to Columbia. Sherman reportedthe
whole parly as thoroughly tired, if not repentant. Ilut
Hampton was inflexible to his refusal toeranfthn ilr>-.
sired permission, and we may fancy them still trudging
on in their way to their promise laud May they enjoy
the privilege vouchsafed to the Israelites, and consume
forty years iu their pleasant pilgrimage. If the
report be true that Hampton, in a sudden dash dopnved
them of all their vehicles, they will need a formidable
supply of shoes for their continued progress.
A Villianous Yankee Letter.
SOUm^IlOLINA,
Camp Nkar Camden, 1865.
My dear Wife :?I liav^Prtime for particulars.
Wc have had a glorious time iii this
TTnrnstrictpd licence to burr sn.l r!lnn_
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der was tho order of the day. The chivalry
have been stript of most of their valuables.?
Gold watcheB, silyer pitchers, cops, spoons,
fofks, &c., &c., are as common in camp is black
berries. The terras of plunder are as follows
The valuables procured are estimated by cornparties.
Each Co. is required to exhibit the
results of its operations at any given place?
1-5 and first choice falls to the share of the
Commander-in-Chief and staff1-5 to the
corps commander and staff; 1-5 to Field Officers
ofi Regiment, and 2-5 to the Company.
Officers are not allowed to join in these expiditions,
without disguising themselves as privales.
One of our corps commanders borrowed
cnit nf rouch elbthes frorii one. of my men
and was very successful at this place. He
got a large quantity of * silver (among other
things and old time silver milk pitcher) and a
very fine gold watch fam a Mr. DeSaussure at
this place. DeSaussure is one of the F. F. V.'s
of S. C., and was made to fork out liberally.? 1
Officers over the rank of Capt. are not made
to put their plunder in the estimate for general
distribution. This is very unfair, and for that
reason in order to ptotcct themselves, iubordj|J
b?tfl9f*bm<$^|rK^nj^rivates--jKe^Jt>aQlc;<froi^tfafiigv"'"':.- ;
Ifrefc tljgy. caji, carry /about thcirvpcrsons~-scclr ??'^
whicfyif.FJfaesto get 'liV^/;t:r1i?yo ;&<wfegr?.' . '
^partf-' kani iibf jokiag^IjlT^y^ftt qi^P&' : '
of jewelry for joy '^d>l^fltie'^^^-?rid sota?^ x-'rj<
^ri(?pin8 ajrfohg
; Gen. Sbcmaii ?(^i sflVer a^; 'g?9a-5,enougfrjf>
start a! Back. fBis:share .in: goftf-w jitclies i^fi<i';*'-/_ ' /
ofefmT a|o6e?-?t^Co}um'b^WalvVtWo>Modr?C:' **'
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' k,'- Bnt T saiii T conld Viet trdlro&rXra^niarii' *' -Ai:
ATI the genera! officers,"
have valiiablr s of every description down to em^
have mj ?hare of t^^ t(^)i;*'We took-'gold .
rflio?^ilver e no.ugh fro in the '<^4 *ebe^;tq.baye.
redeei'Ded tbVifc^^ '*v$r.\-'
; gPfife .<'.
' it>ve ba^iijjL, ^te^cdnsj^^'d^i^^t^-Fbrth'...
0*? ^ \r / .
. Twish;allvtUejewelry thfs' army bjs vcenlfP
be qujped. to (he "Ord ^ny. Staljei'- It* would; v
deck her outifrgloriousstyj'd} rbpt alas. itowi]!.' 4
.be scatterecl ill. over tbe' North abd middle^
State*.-' The damned niggcrt,t ' general'.
rtile, preferred to star '. at: Tiome^jpartieplarly1
after they found out fha^we only--wanted-'the'"
-kf? :/*?a tfpKli w.. A^?*?ni:Z
aujc-uuuicj iiicir ^tiiu wi icii villi uic Muiiit uiu
youi^est aijd. Ijest rjookiiig woTnen.^ y -Some.-,
.times we took whole' fa mil iw? arid .plants--; '
jtiir^of--niggeTs;--'>y.wHy of repaying 'some iiv>
j-?ar^of;.- 0 ,.
these "we soon manage to Jose?sometimes in.
crossing rivers?sometimes in other ways.
I shall write to you. again from Wilmington,,
Gohlsboro or some place in North Carolina. The?
order rin march has arrived and 1 must, closehurriedly.
Love to grandaiother and aunt
Charlotte. Take care of yourself and the*
children. Dotu show thi.t' letter put of the.
family.
Your affectionate husband,
TUGS. J. MYERS, Lieut., &c.
P. S.?I will send this bv the first flaff- of
truce to be mailed; unless I have/in opportunity
of sending it to Hilton Head; Tell Sally E
am saviDg a pearl bracelet and ear-rings
for Iter. Bob Lamber^got die necklace and
breast pin of the same set. I am trying to
trade him out of them. These were taken
from the Miss Ji masons, daughters of the '
President of the S. C. Secession Convention.
We found these ladies on our ,trip through
Georgia.
From Georgia?Suffering at
Atlanta.
A gentleman from the vicinity of Atlanta
reports that the suffering for food in that section
has been heart-rending. He bad charge
of commissary stores, and bis office is almost
constantlj7 thronged with women nnd children
begging for bread. They do not ask for meat,
but are satisfied with bread aloDe. During the:
late wet weather females walked as far as six-v
teen miles in the mud for the purpose of "getting
meat, which they would carry home upon,
their shouldcu^^
Tne railroa^^Rely destroyed in Georgia bySherman
har^PIn repaired with great rapid~
ity. The "Georgia road" has been repaired,
and the cars run from Augusta to'Con/ers
station, and the remainder of the road wmjK . '
probably be completed to Atlanta within two *
or three weeks at farthest..' Other roads are
undergoing repairs, and promise to be. ready
|pr travel very soon,, *
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