! .? X # r * VOL. XXII?NO. 41. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1SG4. NEW SERIES?VOL. 1?NO. 8 By I>, D. jBCOOOgT. ti TERMS. 12 ilfontli?i u u,.-. .... ......... .^.w . Like the ruin or ran-om of States. Then hurrah ! Tor the ri^'nt> of ike State, j 1' Then hurrah! tor the rights of the State, ; in Fond hearts will cherish, and bright eves look k*nd ! ;l, On those who abide bv 'he S.iate. -n . r MISCELLANEOUS. ,r. ADDRESS OF THE F RES ID EST TO TUE ARMY. j, The following is an a idless of the President | to the army. Soldier? to the. Armies of the Coof derail ' Slates: In the long and Moody war in which ^ your country is engaged you have achieved v many noble triumphs. Ton have won glorious victories over vastly more numerous hosts; you have cheerfuilv borne privations and toil to t which you were unused; you have readily sub- I , ( mittcd to restraints upon your individual wii1, ' that the citizen might hotter perform his dutv to the State as a soldier. To all these vou have lately added another triumph, the noblest J. of human conquests?a victory ovcryourselves. As the time drew near when you who first j. entered the service might well have heeii ex- V( pe'cted to claim relief trom your arduous labors and restoration to the endearments of home, j von have heeded only the call of your siill'viing i country. Again you come to tender \o ir ser- j viee for the public defence?a free olVerin*r | which only such patriotism as yours could ? make?a triumph worthy of yon and of the cause to which yon are devoted. I would in vain at tempt adequately to ex- >t press the emotions with which 1 received the i |-' testimonials of confidence and regard which tl you have recently addressed to me. To some ? of those first received, separate acknowledge- n me tits were returned. Hut it is now apparent is that a iike generous enthusiasm pervades the g i whole armv. and that the only exception to f> such magnanimous tender will be of those who, 1 having originally entered for the war, cannot ii display anew their zeal in the public service, tl l j It is, therefore, deemed appropriate, and it is o i J hoped will be equally acceptable, to make a n n general acknowledgement, instead of successive p special responses. Would that it were possible a to render my thanks to yon in person, and in e the name of our common country, as well as c in my own, while pressing the hand of each flfi war-worn veteran, to recognize his title to our e love, gratitude and admiration. a ^ v Soldiers! by your will (for you and the peo- ti feVpr i pie are but one) I have bccD placed in a posi- e on which debars me from sharing your dan- cl ers, your sufferings and your privations iu the s eld. With pride and affection my heart has v ccompanicd you in every march ; with solici- n jdc it has sought to minister to your every c ant; with exultation it lias marked your every I eroic achievement. Yet, never in tiic toil- t jiiio march, nor in the wearv watch, nor in c ic desperate assault, have you rendered a ser- t ice so decisive in results as iu this last displav ii I*the highest qualities of devotion and seif d icrilice which can adorn the character of the a arrior patriot. j' Already tin; pulse of tlic whole people beats r i unison with yours. Already they compare our spontaneous and unanimous offer of your ii res, for the defence of your country with the n siting anil reluctant service of the mcrccna- tl es who arc purchased by the enemy at the c rice of higher bounties than have hitherto p ecn known in war. Animated by this con- tl ast, they exhibit cheerful conlidenee and more c solute bearing. Even the murmurs of the 1 cak and timid, who shrink from the trials e hicli make stiongcr and firmer your noble na c< ires, are shamed into silence by the spectacle a hicli you present Your brave battlc-crv A ill rinrr loud and clear tlirourrli the land of tl ic enemy, as well as our own; will silence the a lin glorious boastings of their corrupt parti- t< ,ns and tlieir pensioned press; and will do fr stice to the calumny by which tlicy socle to fi rsnadc a deluded people that you are ready ol purchase dishonorable safety by degrading n binission. la Soldiers! The coining spring campaign will 01 >cn under auspices well calculated to sustain p >ur hopes. Your resolution needed nothing tl fortify it. With ranks replenished under p e influence of your example, and by the aid ol your representatives, who give earnest of a' cir purpose to add, by legislation, largely to mr strength, von may welcome the invader u illi a confidence justiiiod by the memory of' In 1st victories. On the other hand, debt, taxa-' p >ii, repetition of heavy drafts dissensions,, oo- ! fi -T?J? m. ... | fthe >powsn^I^e, In" the thijst t'<>r the plim ; ol ilie pnbiic treasury:- and, above all, tlie ?i msciousncss of a bad cause, must tell with 0 arful force upon liio overstrained energies of d ie enemy. 11;? campaign, in ISO I, must > mil the exhaustions of his resources botli in el en and money, be far less formidable tlian a mse of tlie last two years, when unimpaired tl cans were used witli boundless prodigality, a id ivith results which are suggested by the ti ontiou of the glorious names of Shiloli and Ci errysviilc. ami MurfiveMturo, ami Cliickuiiiaut. and tlie ('liir.kaliominy, and Manassas, and redericksbnrg, ami <'haneellorsvilli*. Soldiers 1 Assured suecess awaits us in our >!v struggle I'll* liU:rtv and independence, ami j w i|' tin: pre>er\ation of nil that lenders life do- i J cable to honorable .men. When that sue-| ^ sS -iiiill Ih* I' MClscil. to vol!, vimr riiiiiiirv on- ami mile. under Diiino l'ro? ideitco, ' 1 . { ill lie due. I In- fruits of tint sui-t-i-ss will >i ! reaped !.y you nlmn-: l>?t your children, ul vmir eliil'lioil's children in lou^ genera iois to come, w ill enjoy hk-.-sings derived from ?ii that will pri'sci vc yonr memory ever living i| voitr In-art-. . Cirzen defenders of the homes, the liberties, " nl the altars of tin- Crwfederacy \ That the " o-.l w! otn we all humbly worship may shield x. m with hisFatherly care, and preserve yon ]' r -ate return to the peaceful enjoyment of our friends and the association of those you iom love, is the earnest prayer of your Com- c land . Ji-Cljiel. " JKFFKRSOX DAVIS. b UioiiMoxti, Febrnarv 0 18G-1. _ p UK S1/. I S/l/XG PO117-7? OF THE A RMSTROXG si S/.V llVSDUElJ PQVXDF.lt J The smashing power of Sir William -Ann- si nuig\- i'iOO pounder shot gun was tested on tl li.lav. I h'oeinl'or 11, at Shochuryncss, against s ii- WiinioiV float inn target. The target is an ti \act counterpart of the Warrior's side, and b leasures IS feet lour; l?y 10 feet in height. It t i constructed of iron plates of the bust homo- 11 cncous inetal, four and a half inches thick, u olted to a backing of teak 13 inches in depth, v uhiiid this comes two sets of three-quarter b ich plates, riveted to massive ribs of T iron, t at whole being shored up by slanting beams 11 f fir of immense thickness. The target was s icored at 1000 yards distance from the firing a oints of the 000 and 300 pounder Armstrong, | nd wooden targets for ascertaining the correct i 1 levation for this range floated close by, a little 1 J lear of the iron one. ! i The first shot from "Big Will" wasadmnmv 1 ast iron shell, weighing 000 pounds, and was j im cd with such unerring aim at the wooden .1 trgct as to smash it literally to powder. The I Icv.tion of the piece in this instance was 2|J leg. 5 m. and the charge TO pounds. The next hot was a steel shell, with a cast iron head, weighing G10 pounds, and containing 24 pounds f powder, which is only four fifths of the hargc. Before tiring the'shot, a consultation oolc place among the artillerists present as to he elevation to be given, it having been disovercd that the wooden target.demolished by he first shot had been moored at 1020 yards, iistcnd of 1000, as had been originally intoned. After some discussion, the gun was fired t 2 dog. 10 min. elevation, the shell passing ist over the top of the target a little to the L'ht of the central line. . 'Jftc next two shots?live steel sli|fis, similar 1 *1| respects to No. 2?HomonsjPted in a lost surprising way the wonderful accuracy of lie gun in obeying the slightest change in levation. For shot No. 3 the piece was dcrcsscd to 2 deg, 3 min., the shell passing lirough the exact centre of the t get, and ariying away a piece of a semi-circular shape, "he fourth shot was fired at only 3 min. less levntion, and struck the target as near the enlrc as possible, making daylight throught it, nd exploding a: the very moment of impact, i hole two feet by twenty inches yawned in ie four and a haff ineb plate, level ywith and few inches on the left of the bull's eye. The ak backing was splintered into fragments om the size of the cocoa nut to the merest lire,* and the three-quarter inrli plates and otic f the ribs were completely torn away like so uiell paper. In front, below the hole, there iy n huge mass of iron plate, weighing three p four hundred weight, and looking like a iecc of crumbled black rag. The plate above ic one which was pierced was started from its iace and bulged outwards, nearly the whole f the bolts holding it to the target being torn way. In fact, all present allowed, tha* since the rent battle at gun ve>xus p'ate had begun to e waged there had never been such a eomleie triumph for the former combatant. At !-t ii had hem iult.nded-t?rtrr ifrr* juitiVuJC'V'iip'Ui the Warrior target at Dli'l yards, buithe first blow at 1000 yards so isabled it as tli render a new target, necessary, hi returning to the tiring point tiie 300 poutier was next tr'ed?four shots being tired ; but. wing to several causes only one of these took fleet, striking too right top corner oi trie plate, iid smashing bpt not penetrating it, owing to ic target having been slewed around to an ngle of nearly forty degrees with the line of re hy tlie fourtl: sli^ll of "Big Will." This oricl'ided the firing lor the day. London Times. . THE FUSEL'A L OF Til A CKEhA Y. On the 20th nit., the remains of Thackeray ere interred in Kenso, Green Cemetery, near iiiitdon. A, London paper thus diMr.u> ic funeral oh>eijines of thi> hriiliani wriiei : '1 ia-re was.hut one inonrnmif eoa.-li, no in lis and the succeeding carnage, winch was hi private one o! the deceased, were seated ic Jtev. J*'. St. John Thackeray and Mr. James [odd, cousins of the deceased; Captain Shaw, is brother in-law, and the J Ion. K. Curzon. lie remaining carriages we.ro those of .Mr. lartin Thackeray, General Low, Lord Gardi er, Sir W. Braze r, J Ion. B. Curzon, EarlGranille, and Messrs. Bradbury and Evans. The moral service was read by the Chaplain of the loiuctery, the Jtev. Charles Stewart. When the cofiin was placed in the little ha pel of the burial ground, a strong desire was mnilestcd l?y nearly every one to enter the nilding, but the space inside was soon occuicd us far as it. could he conveniently, and the crvading reverence lor the departed was quite jflicient to prevent any unseemly piessurc. tftcr the conclusion of the first portion of the jrviec, the inass of those present proceeded to lie grave, which is in a quiet spot on the left iilo of the ccinc'try, and not far from the enrance gate. In looking around men were to e soon on every suit, whose writings consiiuue ho inoiitiil food o! our people?the muscle ami esli of our literature. .Mr. Dickens was natrally present at the .solemnity. Some who ,-cro aware of the long established friendship ictwecn the deceased and the author of "Saror ttesartus," looked t??r Jiitti, too, in the group) nit Mr. Carl vie dislikes crowds and is all but a cptuagunarian, and he was not recognized .moil!/ the spectators. Among other mourners were Mr. Tom. Tayur. Mr. fthirlov .Brooks, Mr. Mark Lemon, Mr. ' *' 'I' ... , x,_ ii OilII JA'OCii, Air. icmtu'i, ,ur. jjuiauuiu.ijuii.., n short, the whole start' ol contributors to Clinch; Mr. liobt. Browning, the poet; Mr Viithony Trollopc, Mr. Theodore Martin. Mr Ioliii Jlollingshead, Mr. (i. II. Lewes, Mr- T>al a-, Di. W . Itusscll, Sir J ames Gannicliael, Mr. J. (Jolc, Mr. llobeit Bell, Mr. Creswicki. 11. A. i Miv George Cruikshank, Archdeacon Hale, Mr; E. Piggot, Mr. Louis Blar e, in . w. T I bringing the snow in such quantities ~ covnr the floor and beds upon which thx".,..jad to I sleep. So desperate was their condK _f) tliat ! they were compelled to sleep by rcfffol Di; riding off into squads of four, two v/oitjjwgctire j to their cold berths, covering with the WjnKets ! of the four, while the others kept up the 18^* I Thus in turns, of four hours each, did hose poor * { mortals attempt to brave the raging of the j Pterin. In many cases, the snow had freqnentI ly to ho shaken from- the blankets of the sloepj ers. With all their ingenuity, they could not 1 keep-wiiYTrrrwTv/* 'hi'- ' '! .ufTcr t j from the exposure of this dreadful storm for all , time to come. To add to the horrors of their * ' ? * 1- 1 i.1. _ j situation, many ot tiictn were siea, am; uie | wailing wiiu! ami searching cold added lresh ! terrors to their sufterings." THE W.AH CLOUD IS' EUR CPE. | The question of the Dutohies of Sleswick ; and Iloistein seems likely to disturb the peace 1 of Europe, and bring on the collision which tho l'tdi.-li question failed to produce. These j Ifutcliies are attached to the crowd of DenI mark, but not, as they contend, lo the Kingi dniii of Denmark; the King of Denmark only 1 fxerclsino authority in Iloistein or Slesvick, as Make of Iloistein or Duke of Sleswich. At any raie. tin tub* of succession is different from that prevailing in Denmark proper, as in the . 'it liii > tlie Saiie law pre*.v:s, v.'hn'h prohibits ? icee>-ioti In the female line, a>it: the etise in I. r, i > ieiiM'ii of which, on the accession . of Qtti uit Victoria to tiie English crown, that ' of Hanover became separated from it, and dej volved upon one of the King's brothers. It becoming apparent, during the life of the j late King of Dei.mark that, in him the direct i line Wits likclv to fail, lie made a decree to render I lie succession in his different possessions, the Dutcliies as well as the KincriJom proper, uniform. A member of a junior branch of the louse of Aiignstctiburg was agreed upon as his successor, by a convention i lie hi in London, and this action was accepted | by the Danish Parliament; but tho people of the Dntehies contend that it was not submitted to them, nor consented to by .them. They' ' with the German Confederation, of which they i claim to be a part, support the right of Prince . Frederick, the head of the elder branch of the house of Augusteiiburg, and the German Fedcj lal forces arc prepared to enter the Dntehies I to enforce their rights, as members of the Ger! manic body, and opposed to the consolidation | proposed by Denmark. This involves the powers who were parties to the Convention of London; especially England and Itussia. It seems that hostilities are inevitable, as neither Denmark nor the Germanic body will yield an inch. Those Dutcliies have been long attached to the crown of Denmark, although strongly Gorj manic in character, llolstcin became a de1 ' 1 T"? 1' ia -,0 7 liji inrr the pl tUICir Ul J/ciiiimi IV 1.1 ........? revolution of 1848, Sleswick and liolstein revolted from Denmark to join the German Empire, but as that project fell through, so did the revolt in the Dutchies. In Petersburg, Virginia, Dr. C. Marshall, re ccntly collected from the citizens, in a few . hours, 810, 000, to be devoted to procuring ari tificial limbs for mutilated soidiers.