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VOL XXII?NO. 37. CAASDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1864. NEW SERIES?VOL. 1?NO. 4.
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vm&mbm; these eaJatuitie# <rae be repaired,
fe Ml' that (Stw ieMsew have hwt their im
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tis6 W?*k*?* is ;fe ibair tan, ffce*? am tl
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wilhi <?& ifi4 dsfiow 'iitoti'jiiiitii
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4?kgbt??fiM9 i? poar?rt aor bltm! to faal
intern#*, trkkli ihry fe**e mt&ftUpuir w
te&UxL T&k i^niaf ?? eevcu aatkir Ihc o
torwa^Ufttrt? jooraah ami iu anelc
freedom frwo |f?n^ iMMckJUot$? k a feature
it which w* do not mopa*? U* aUndea. 1>
to err is fcaaam, ami w? are therefore dhpo*
to make all aStowance# for the men at the h&
of oar a&ilttt ?pon wboarfimeh mpOf&ibtHt*
bare Wa cast as oottf Wfor* &S to the lot
pobik men on this continent, and fareSy w*
. petwie tofm in the history tf the world. T1
s Am&M %90hJlh*ti *j? me#* cbii<f? ph
compared tf'the gigantk ^toggle which tab
# lag waged on Urn K# largest i
saywoofd scaweljr ha*? the adr*a
geard of on# of one mighty host*. The not
v hissed military and t?*?i power brmight *gai?
ft daring tbe^rboto ??r t>v Grant Italian dot
grafted thai which assailed the ?iogk> town
Yiebboig. A nation has been horn in a da
and, at the instant of its birth, it has been ct
ed open to do the work of a pant. When t
* co&tfder the oempsrattve strength of the t%
eemhatasu at the beginning of this war, wh<
*? imr ?a wiiws mi eaiy ui? u ifcprttporuoio
p^paUlioo, aad of military tad &**al arm
bat deplorable ddieteaey of in
chaatf&l labor i? lhe South, w? a
filled with ftmafanent a* the molt wbfcfe ha
Hea aceowpliahtd, aoditwuad of dcipftiir
over the kaa of ao roucb-of out territory, wo
dot, and thaek a fcmg&sst Prtrndtaee, tbi
a?y of it fe .Wh. The p&qth aad Ike Gorer
gooat of the South hare aocoioplttked more
^ th?wmr thaa any other poopk ?sd Go*cr
aaeat iw^Ktioaed io the aonafe of snaokii
it If w# had pmemd the men and mean*, if o
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neepte coniUMJea jmjmwc, ear tun
\ feeeoiftfa&bie and rarer made *m?!ak
tfea war might perkapa Late bee* ended U
' jeftf* ?g?* Bat wbo can say Uiat, if it &
that ended, its fraita would not bare bee* 1cm
Wfeo can s*T that w? might not even now
<c?n**der i*g ith? $Ofi?twn of reconstruction f
We bad io#nd the indepeadwe w promp!
and eaaly obtained, it would hare been t
firtl instance in 1% history of Use world wh<
[ a BdUoe which baa obtained its independen
L with facility baa sot lost it ? easily m it a
pioeawd We d? not make tbeae remarks
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?? palliate the political 'and military blonde:
54 frhicb have caused oar misfortunes, but to tug
gc*t to' oor people that Providence may hat e
beneficent design in protracting tins itrug&!<
, and intern! thereby to reader our separauc
from the Sbrth complete and eternal.
p Bat, admitting that our Government hi
^ committed errors, are not these errors excef
h* trotia! W Are not its intentions patriotic f Ca
^ we tingle out in our (wn mimi# any man wh
would have done better than President fDariij
IB and who, even if be had avoided the errtn
* .which he ha# committed, might not hare folic
**" into others of equal magnitude f h it r ea?i
m alter event* have ttansphed, to show whs
ought to have been done. But, in the Confod
orate Government ha# eel the gift of foreknow!
^ edp a* well as iafollibility, attributes whir!
J IrXhrt' naif lu God. which of oar other citizen
11 am hv dmm io Aad, H tli
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lrtffiarAJ3*eai im? occb si uuhi, can me |***p?
^ *ho* clean Immki Ate they MarncWl JUv
if Ui*ypreferred the purity ami patriotism whbl
^ ammalcd ibtm at the beginning ,of lh? *irog
tt gl*f Oatbe contrary, bA* Dot a tmivot*
m m*ducs# far greed ami gain seized uppo the er
^ the population f Have not the cHica rtin wil<
*?ih (?tcula&on and rx?<mion, and the farnacn
r? once we proverb ^disntcreaeJaa* and pa
imtbm, demanded aoch enormous priaA (b
j? their ptoddvUon* that ihe efficiency of th
jt anay and the welfare of list country have bcci
&5 bulb put in twf j Who, *&n raw* bb hand
^ at ?hb wdeftib btfnr, m all the broad limit* c
Jp 5fc#*onMry, am! **yb* u Wamclcia I Wba
^ &as of Cot federates bai the annr, can rib
R. thdr hand* to Heftttflt and aar : IkhohTthMC
b. There b oo hiood oa those baud* bm the blow
n j of the tamk$ of cooiitrjr! there i* no pal
^ j M&tfoti il?e?ehr?m bat limf wbteh beau fo
^ fc*r**J??re!
t<? {ft the name of all that ? good and bolr, fo
^ the oafec ofour ?ru&e? and our liberties l*i o
^ bfe&tdi the fell spirit of dbcond lod rtaad bj
of oar teasttrjr and our Government Np earth I;
;0 good, nothing bu^ cril, rofr&rtune, fisitt. cti
m como from crimination* and roewmiftathwoi.?
I>m 1 tin it* tttlMftml Kmrttl* ti
? S Dili Ml IMW HHMIVU . U|F ?M? ?????? ? tftwn* >
"4 * mal1 Hk? Lined*, who * not tin
m chek*? of * majority of hi* people, its the wori
q* of twlgugpfittg Use Confederacy. (Via ?we too
of tapper! inch a man as Dim* m the work c
M defending <Kir heart!** ami bonusf If Us;
- wrong rtwia t? I'ftfident, vko }t*i km tier*
Hi Who ekmcd him uattsitnouth I Lc} 0* b
efmritaUe to Use child of oar own crcation.For
<mr owe part, with all bn error* we beliefi
J bho otse of the foremost men of the contWn
^ in i administrative rapacity, and ft? porcr pairio
14 IMp? Ko ether man Is** a* much intorcu a
Ul be its faUbfafly porformiftg hi* doty. Let e
in only ctereito ?t grtH?roi? confidence so him am
Bt each ether, Jet **?vcrnm?mi and people tt\
~if dearer in the fittnre to aroid the error* of th
a ? * -? ?< t * v a m*
fiftd UiC fulunr will Ue ? Ongm un*
m ?heerfa1, the winter of our dUeonteoi will pa*
of ?**vt *?d * gkm?i?*prifig rrjoice oar hcarti
>fit# ' \ ? ?
s? ;;; ^ svbjvca mm
?y To the lUwIcM of fiiaory, !? the c*!m phtloi
opber, wiio hxi# pondered ortr the page* c
n* bttloffc J<tW-~*Ho baartood among the craw
e* Miit^wtlUofunhtppy l*o!a?d, or amid' Un
?* dewdate ruin* of oppreaied Ireland. and loaka
tat fcr back adown liWkMg v?to of depart*
fcf yean; who ha* wn there the ttnloM tmierto
of of sut^ugaud people*; to *ueh a one there i
y, aomeUiing ipdefCTibabljf^erriWe in the won
ft* ^subjugation.** Ilejmjaentatioo in Irgidati*
re httU* dented, the religion of the people inter
to dieted, ndiook abolished, the bug eMabltub*
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"rights Of pnwp|feoiuin inmpied uncer jooi
of education interdicted, property destroyed *n<
wr wealth confiscated, children forced to testif
to- ngiinrt their parent#?the celebration of r*
? Jig-too* services ihe education of children, ante
the holding of property pufttthablo with death
ng Soch were wmie of the biUcr frotu of su'dugi
n- tion in the conquered lands of the Ea*V * \r
it the Southern people ready to submit to *abie
n- gatkm! Forbid it, Heaven I In the Jaaguag
in of the Sunthtrn Literary Mmrnyt^f |? ^
w- "ready to give up bouse And Mod*, dare* an
k*. cattle, and wander boroefeas to the end of th
or e4urth ; to sln&lder the Yankee debt of tbr*
?r* thousand to pay u*ea, without U?
** I of win* them; to make brich withou
wo) *tr*w; to mr wives and daughter* go to lb
ad kitchen and the waahlnb; to see our roothei
rtI serving as waiting ms&U to the wives of Yah
be kee generals; to sec our ?ns drafted into Yar
If kee armies, and compelled to shed their btoo
tlj to otdorciag tire Monroe doctrine gainst, th
he French in Mexico; to have every newspaper i
?re the land edited by a Yankee; every pulpit an
ee ever)' school filled by an Abolition fanatic; t
ras have our children tanght to detest Ixe, Jacl
to son and Beauregard as rebels; to have a
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. Hgj|^ - Jg
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* offices and occupation* of honor, or of proHt, j
I nionopoitml by Yankee swindler* and accursed j
a Southern panned wh/i lm?c gold their sosU
for gain; to adopt an anti-damy Bible and
n antWatcry God; to welcome Free Love m a '
v near dispensation; to ace all trace* of Southern
i* ancestry and heritage obliterated, all &milicf
>- scattered, and all social h?litutw>r? destroyed;
n to fojget thai ladies and gentleman existed; to
o forego the pride of a good name and an ansa!* j
f lied reputation, and to worthip an aristocracy
* of wealth acquired by cheating T
s *' Ife! a thousand tiroes no* Fight on, %ht 1
U ever, until independent ? achieved, or the
? la*t drop of Southern blood haa been spilt in,
I- the endeavor to obtain iu Bouwe art not at;
I* those who ara wiUiout hope. Believing in the ?
b goodncM and justice of God, we have ercry !
* reason to hone for wcttsa. Let t?> tbcu, hope I
a tmr- nni? for tndfbttndent *
-j ? T'irrj 'r -?\ r--v $
c peace, awl S^lit for mdepenaont pctce-Hr*- J
. SdU?tta, ^
fi . ^Frwdoaf* MU* cw? befraa, w *. . .
v from feteedfof;; tin to too,
j Tbac#h ba&*& oft, (9 ?w won f
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^ fOizH&eriitg thai if me are hot tree to comltr#
1 if wo we worth? of the liUrtv for which
it me ?je Mrug^ling?a fiwl *ik! jo*t mr ideate j
- wdlfirelv give uathe tie ton-. Let as, then
r loath# and apera ail idea of saljngatios, or?
e *nbmi**tofi to fenlcce role, and renew 3poa the \
n altar of oar coootrj oar row# to cornier oor ,
a icdcpcodeacc, or pemb with the temple of oar
f[?H- I
e T!ic Eagle Mills hate:
i! detcrmititt! le establish a free school for the!
J poor of o?r dir. TW hoard to which they \
k hate its management comwls of Ret.!
r Mr. %rMeiiii. Wise ami Wilcox, ami Dr. j
Wortintg; ?ith Ret. Mr, Detotie as president*
r For temporary purpose* the ilcfWiftf
? chnrcil near the JftUsee mill* has been secured,!
r mod Mr. Suit well, well k&owa among oar!
t eitireas as an able ami attentive mitracter, ha&!
8 j been c^ploved *? teacher, ??d the schopl will"!
- I fce offeW ucttM*?day weak.
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81 poetmuty for Ail utc poor youuis 01 par caj 10
B | be educacd, end then become ornament* to
i Aor society or commnnRy.
j *Tbtt praiseworthy scheme, we understand,?
f originated with Ifplft. Guoby, Brown And ;
8 Voting gentleman of ester* jre mean* And Urge j
. hearted, full tooled philanthropy. Tb? school
a ?* the mod J**ting monument ?hich could be J
- erected tc< their mpMpHc*?one thel will en-1
e dure, while proud mausoleum* erst in bio into
t dtUL.
t The ililK a? soon ?i possible, will erect a j
* suitable building.? Cirfmmbut Sao*.
j Ftusjat* PttACK.?The movement in tho j
k Northwest, seconded At Washington, to bring 1
c out ex-Prcsidect Fierce in? opposition to the
j Black Kepubiicjtoft for the Presidency, U the j
i mod hopeful ?%n of the returning reason of
t, Northern Dcmv^mK
l.*n Pirwn ottrt thft Vfl* Ainalt fitimhcf
of Northern pobhc men?wo am only name
k two allien, Thoro? Seymour, of Connecticut,
|f ?n4 Ben. Wood, of Now York??bo have
(. new wavered on the quctihtft of she abconui*
c totionality end wickedness pf coercion of the
I Southern States* They bare ncm gieoa into
j the ibus policy of wkil ire termed Wir Be#
partmenta, nod ooter prated of the &rs? of
? carrying on the war for the restoration of the
j Union, and of nco?4itmk>mit war, Tbcy *n
R for pease; immediate and tmcoodtiiouah nod
v for tcUin^f the Southern State# decide for themj
solve* upon the (|uostton of hmumtion or sc-1
^ ptration.
{ Hjmp beat God speed to th? movement* There
r k peace in no other directum and the Northh
era friend* of Northern a* well a? vwiibefn
j liberty, roitrt see that there i* no other t?>ad to
L peace?that it is impossible for the South to
h dream of taring down its arms or of treating
e for terms of peace so long a? the power* ot the
h Federal Gotrratneni are in the band* of dcad0
It enetok* who have sworn our destruction, J
? and devoted our liberty and property to ruin,;
j | ttkl oorciri! aad roiliurr Je*d*r? to impn*onc
moat, Unttbtmnf, or the scaffold, according to
^ J the tender mcrcMa of tncb philanthropist* a*
c \ Lincoln, Chaw, Lovcjoy and Huttcr. We rekt
peat, God *|>N?d the movement. It w the first
e ret roK>:ie in the right direction.
_ I Mobil* Adf*rti$rr.
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Woman U like irv?the more vou arc ruined
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I : the closer ebo cling* lo you.
e Some era My bachelor, who should be comn
polled to inhabit the bleak world of bachelor- !
j dom alone, adds :
J Ivy ia like women?the closer it clings to!
yon the more yon are ruined. Poor rule that I
]] j donH work both ways.
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A Yaxkxb Account or Tar TruuTKxrr or
Confederate F?503fx?i,-.Tbe Chicago Tim**,
give the account which follow* of the treatment
of our soldiers at Camp Douglas* We give the
paragraph in foU : * ' ~ *
Reports have been circulated round the city
daring the past few days to % effect that tho
prisoner* in Camp Douglas were being shot
mm, a mmamaiml iv*. *).?
UV"? ji?v>??wa?WY BMVi l?iUVIKi?Wt WJ MtC
soldier* of the gnard, without real cause. It
was not for some txpt possible to trace these
rumor* to any reliable murcc or to ascertain
the exact extent to which these abases bare
hctn carried. A little inquiry has. however,
developed the fact that, whether the reports be
true or not, there k at least very strong reason
to believe them so.
' It k said that Col D. Land km imced orders
that if anjr prisoners shall fail to. comply instant**
with my requirement of a soldier belonging
to the guard he j&ail bo shot down.
Tim regulation may be necessary enough in Ha
strict accctgatton as requiring obedience to or
den of a dwdpfiaatj; character, bat k exceedingly
ii&ble to abuse when the guMrdwg soldier
a made the judge of what constitute* an act
of inaotordi nation, acd ? permitted lo rareage
nofc-compfiaece with commands emaiuti rig from
himself ami not from Urn bilker in command.
It is charged that the aboac of Urn power has
not beea Btjfrc^&enU ^ It & said, for instance,
that a boat four weeks ago one of the prisoner*
was kindling hk 5re, which act be had a right
to perform, when one of the guard accosted
him w;th, "Here, what are jroa doing there V
The praooer replied, *Tbat a cot yoor bed- .
ne#s when the guard instantly drew bis musket
and shot the fellow dead, It k said also
thai a mulatto boy, a servant of one of the
Confederate captains add, of cotme, a prisoner
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ef war, wno was wtu Known so nare a paea w
go anrwhcre within tbe lines, *&$ walking inside
the guard limit* about a day after the
above occurrence, when the guard commanded
htm to halt He did not stop, and was iastaniIjT
kHicd bj a bullet
ft fe aho charged that, at the time the discovery
was made of an attempt on the part of
aorne of the pmoncri to escape, a party of three
or four hundred was huddled together and sur~
founded by a guard; that one of them waa
pushed by a comrade and fell to the ground,,
and that instantly the unfortunate man was
shot, and that throe or foot other* were wounded.
It is further stated that it is no uncommon
tht&g for a soldier to firs oa the barrack*
without any provocation whatever, and that
two men were thus shot while sleeping in their
bonks a week or two ago, bo inquiry being
made into the matter. No court martial has
been held, no arrest has been made, though
within the past month ten or twelve of the
psisonm have been thus put out of the way.
Another instance need only be given : Ooo
of the prisoners asked the ffcanl for a chew of
tobacco, and he received the bayonet in his
bre**l without a word.
If the above report* are true, a reform might
be i?*UuUj instituted. And if thej ire untrue
then Use public will be pleased to be informed
of thai &cb It M difficult to believe
them otherwise than untrue; jet, if the charge*
hall be sateuotiated, the very occurrences
specified above, shocking and shameful as thej
mar be, trill nevertheless he not a whit tno?e
disgraceful to the American people than maoj
other cruel and atrocious deeds exacted daring
this unhappy war by the armies of both section*.
Tn* Nkxt Smuto.?The Yankee journals
thut tbcy will give the rebels a final
quietus in the spring. Their preparations arc
so be on ft gigantic *e*Ie. They proclaim that
they ?re piling op sum* and other accessaries
lor Grsnt a arrov aluK*t an high m Lookout
Mountain. Goliath, of Galb, was not more
confident of smashing to atoms the roddy
stripling that disputed b? progress than the
Wk*r* of Grant are of his annibiialinz the re
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bcllion in the spring campaign.
We are not dispoe&l lo underrate the magnitude
of the solemn crisis which a at band.?
A coloawtl danger threatens bat we mast
meet it like men. We must emulate the Yankees
in the foresight* the calculation, the system,
the untiring labor of preparation for the
decisive hour, if we do Info, if we leave nothing
to chance, if wc are as circumspect and
prudent a* we are brave and determined, then,
with the blessing of God, the huge straggle of
next spring mil break the backbone of this war
and inflict a fatal paralysis upon the energies
of t{ie United States. We look forward with
hope, w ith confidence, with a firm belief that
every man in the Corifedraey frill gird up bit
bins for one ^rand and crowning effort for Ufe
salvation of his cou & try.?Richmond Dispatch.