The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, February 19, 1864, Image 2
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FROM THE SOl'TH vTfeST.
Newton, F? Ii. 12.?A column oftho'einmy
bore North fioin Mm ton, sending a special tietaelitneiit
to destiov the works at Lake.
Mobile, Feb. i3.?A special dispatch to the
Mobile Juvrt intt JVitvs dated Morton, Miss.,
13th inst., says Wirt Adams attacked a Yankee
wa??0? train near 1 lecatur, yesterday evening,
destroying forty wanoiis, and killing the
mules and drivers. The Yankee b t'antry coin
ing up in force, he was unable to bring off his
capture. His loss was six killed and woiituh d
JfASCAGOVLA, Fell. 10 ?S A. M.? IliTce gllllboats
and five schooners are in sight between
Horn and Petite Bayou island, and two sidi
wheel steamers, two nun boats and one sailing
v s-iel behind are towed by the former.
11 A. M.?All the fleet, including the flair
ship, have gone Eastward through the sound
in the direction of Grant's Bass. Four mort
gun boats and one brigade have just appeared
standing in the same course,
p Mobile, Feb. 13.?Meridian was evacuated
yesterday. The Government property was
saved. Advices from Enterprise to-day stall
the enemy have not appeared there.
Capt. Addler. ol Forrest's staff, has an:vet
here. He left Foirest at Oxford, on the 9fh
confronting a coluniu of infantry, G,00n strong
from Memphis via. Hernando, and twelvi
regiments of cavalry via., Collier.-ville.
Aifeii'ne finni Gen. S I) I.ee ivimit Slier.
Biari, 3*2,000 strong of :<ll arms, marciiinir ii
close orcl r. Let's cavalry is turn ring on hi:
flanks, pi-king up stmggiets. Persons repur
that they left the Big Black with twenty day'
cooked rations.
Gov. W.-ms this morning issued a proclamation
l> the citizens of Mobile, in which In
states Pjit the city is about to he attacked, am
> / '-^expecjsfilnon combatants to leav?>.
JBB - from richm. no.
Ri|HKd, February 10.?At auction to-day
eight^Bsnt; Confederate bonds brought 1 II
to 1-l^Brl interest; seven per cent, bond:
brought TOG 1-2 ; bonds of the fifteen inillioi
loan, with coupons attached, 173 ; bonds of tin
fifteen million loan, r-gistered, I6u; cotton loai
bonus brought 175, fiat.
Richmond, February 13.?There was a re
, . port last night that the Yankees were agaii
coming up the Peninsula, said to he prcecede*
by a i advanced troop of cavalry, supposed t'
be ; it? direction of Barhamsville.
ill- iM'i.vo, February 10.?Northern dates < >
tin iili and 14th have been received. A
C'iinecyi-nt Ueginieiit lost one hundred am
thiiv-en killed in the affair on the liapidan.fo-ir
hundred rebel officers, uVTtidiug Jett
Thompson and Captain Breckinridue, liavi
t t t r_ i..i '. i .i i . . i? .i
ueeu irnitMui.eu uvni ?ioiiii.-u" s i.sinnu ui uai
timore.
Hon. Mr. Garnctt, Representative in Con
federate Congress, died in Kssex County a tcv
days ago.
from florida.
Lakk Cjp, I'i.a , February 11.
To Gfncal Thorn s J? u<i -:
The enemy, as supposed, attached my com
mam! at nine tnd a half, a. in. After two ana
linlf hours sharp thing, we diovc lliein hand
some')*. They are at tJiis tnnc in full retrea
on Sander-on.
(S ? I) Jog. Fivnaoax,
15rioulierGener.il Cmm nam ling.
LATEST NoKVIIKUN NEWS.
A teh-iT' mi ('inn \\ a-li:e.g:itti, of the H'.li,
smv> parlies Iro n tin* front reprev't thai tin
Union lump- experit-i'i'ed eon-idera'ile. !>i-s hi
then ret-irn tonn the late deiinnatratioii on ti.t
Kaeidaii. No.lung of interest troin- the arnn
ol i'eiitiessee.
Congressional proceedings unimportant.
Gold 15b R 8.
Colt's nUtn! fr.etorv nt TT-irlfnrrl veni dr.dno
ed by fire on the 5th inst. *1 lie loss is im
rncnsc.
The late escape of a vessel from the port
of Richmond, with a cargo of one bundled am
fifty boxes of tobacco, has given rise to sevel'a
stories as to the p.nties concerned and the des
tination of the craft. The vessel, a single mast
schooner, had been heretofore engaged in tin
humble service of binding wood to Rocketti
from below, in charge of a .nan, who. according
to one storv, hired or sold himself and vessel
to five or six Jews, among them one Hem)
Jcnks^living on Clairch Hill, to carry a cargt
of tobacco to Petersburg. The tobacco was
shipped from the auction house of Messrs
.Robinson, Adams A* Co., put on board, a regit
lar cleaiancb obtained, and the man in charge
of the craft set sail, ostensibly for the "cockade
city," as his port of destination, it being understood
that the consigners of the cargo, or their
agent should proceed to Petersburg by rail,
and HWart the arrival of the vessel and tobacco,
But instead of steering into the Appomattox
river, the "supercargo" kept on with all the
speed that wind and sail could lend him, thinktin#
/)Anl,tli.ps ^ -- I-'-*' * - I 1 *
UUIII'IHW, in IIIIM il llCLIVl' tUUiUXO lllili'KCl
at Fortress Monioc than in Petersburg, with
the advantage of cash in git-en hacks.
The other story is, that the six Jews acootn
panied the craft as crew ; that .lie |ilan was
made up beforehand, and that vessel, cargo at d
Jews are gone. The above, is the fir-t regular
clearance front the port of Richmond since the
tttfc Hkhmor>d Jifamintr.
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FRIDAY MvK.MfIG, FEB. 50, l*Gi. ^
To Advertisers.? t hir advertising Trends wil *jei
oblige us by hnrnling in their advor.iseinents on or
1 belhre Wednesday Our p per is worked oil' on ,
Thursday evening. :uid. as We are >hon handed, it is (|jji
, impossibk* lor us to set up the adver iseineut-, if tiu. (
luerous. in addition to the yllier matter ueeess irily (
. postponed until that day I lerenfter, no advertise- tjr
tnenis, except funeral notices, will be received uii |
Thursday. ^ ele
1 PO-TPoX KMhXT. . ^:l
: We are requested to announce that the reprcsenta- !,W;
f firm rX tlx. O.r. t1.? I.W ... CVt
Home, is postponed unlit further notice, on account ot' 11,11
" the weather. ?' '
I ?-?? ent
, I he unusual pressure upon our coltuuus has so con. jj
traded the limited space devoted to our editorial luci
nitrations. ?liat we are unable to, tumuli our usual
| quantum ol matter. 0:i the whole, we think our
^ readers have reason to felicitate themselves upon the |l0.
, ci i cum stance, as we have been in a bilious and ma- | j.t.s
lignaut mood ever since the cold snap set in, anu | ^(j|
1 shoul 1 probably have written a crumbliug article: and
t grumblers are detestable bores. l0
, The \V atekee Mounted Uifles.?This fine corps the
originally rai-ed hv tire State authorities, having been ',al
musiered into t on federate service, we publish their
muster roll, iu another column, lor the information ot vv''
1 their fiends. sl'j
i gf.n. kehsiiaw's ukceptiox is columdia.?'w? |??
s mended to reprint. ??t ex'ente. from the Columbia pa- J
pcis. the accounts of '.lie public reception given to Gen. ("a
. Kerdiaw in tlmt city, but '.la? pressure on our column* the
?> rentiers it impossible. We give, however, in nnoilier tru
i column, a comicn-cd report of the Genera's speech, stn
w ic;i we linti in the Carolinian, and whicfi, we have his
no doui)t. will be read with interest by his numerous too
friends here. hill
J The speech of Col. Kennedy is described as "a pow- 111,1
s erliil and eloquent address," but it is nut reported; tK)
i which we regret.
Bim.r.s rou tiif. Sot.nituis.?Attention is called to (|u|
the communication of the Rev. Mr. Boiler, on this wj(
<nbjcct. The headrpiorters of the Bible Society are
| now established, at Augusta. Ga.. and we are informed g, j
I that arrangements have been perfected for procuring Git
an ample supply of Bibles and Testaments fir our 1 '[*
soldiers. All that is needed now is money, and we So
p trust Mr. Holies" appeal will not be made in vain. Tt evi
k is unnecessary to enlarge, to a Christian community izii
| like our* upon importance of supplying the access- j \V
I ties nf our siil iiers. in tins particular. :t will be snf- 1 w
W C ilH" Mil", *J VmII 411 Iw , ( tl?v t |^(\t *4I?<
money is tiecle I, to ensure h liber,ii emtrihu ion, one l<>s
. worthy alike of the object an 1 of ourseiros. of I
Till-: 3IHLK SOLDI KRS. '
Mr. Kkmok: Whilst we sliouM rejoice that so much " '
i i? being done for the temp -rul wants of our soldiers. w'>
uv slio :d not lie uumiiel u! ol tlnir spittm! wants. friii
limy i.r - mi-diug tin* Holy Senpturo K> eointort tneui
iiini'l the rtri iK hi I it is t ;i irvii'-rnus Oiristian ;m |.
lie thiii we re I okitifr f >r:.iil to suppy :|ie n. Tiii<is
ai ni}> - t t work it sli uhlco.n ueii lu.-e f to ev -ri*
. one. ?o time shoiihl he lo<i in a w.irk like ih.s. Oiu
| M uy is needed now *o h Ipon the work. Kvery one to i
should esleeni i a priv lege o heln. .til can be do- j|)t,
invr something. The chaplains and Mission.tries who i
' are I ibor.uir ill the army re eoustau ly needing the ,
Scrip-ores lor d.sir.niiti'iu i:ii mr the sildiers, unJ Nc
iliey niust l>e su|t|died from time to t e. _ lirii
As I expect to be in anideu ?<? StUxtth ihe 21st tjnm>t..
t olii -i.iti- in the IVesliyteriau Clnireh. mid slta 1 1 j|lu
leiuain in the et. lor a fi-'v d njs. lor the purpose of
. iiiakuig e e eeiioii to ai I in -nppl-imr our I>r.iv de.
lend i's w.ili tu Wo I o i.od use p:-r-oiis wli i a I No
ill iv not rh.iii-v to n w 11 p ease s-ii I liieir eou ri- tle|
1 billions |o me. cire of M Kennedy, 1'1-q., and also j|l}4
to the Hank f an,den. ...
in e cry town and city of liie ''onieder.icy visited "**
uy me. I Imve imto.,o ii en most radially received I""
' v i e e- i/.ens, hat !i'? a I sums were given to aidtlie We
Bi'ih-soeieiy of the Cooleder.ite States, in the disiri- Ma
tuition of tii .tread I Lile to oiirsjii'leiiiig eoiintrviiien. a ,,
; It is h pe ' ihai your citizens may inn ate the hner.il .
example of oth.r communities in giving to this llolv Wl1
. * Ctlll
Willi esteem Mini regard, cup
dust truly yours, rL>s,
. E. A. BOL. E;. , '
OtiAXGEUfRu, Fc'i tmry 1301. ' '
1 X. 11. The ('! rjry ol'.ill the cliur 'lies Onudeeir o
. will oblige me. if they will miiii u..uei.? t.iis Ugrega 7 e >>>(<
. tions the objeet uf my uib<i 1 i tile
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A Redckf. to Rkecmkr.?The rector of 1
' Liverpool has Mint the following note to the 1
: Secretary of the Emancipation Society : aI'l
I Ciuu.wall, Oct. It), 1SG2. occ
Sir: In reply to your letter requesting me il>''
' to inform my congr<gation that Mr. 11. \Y. sl"'
1 l?cecli?*r "will deliver a lecture in the I'hilhar- n.?"
nioiiic. Hull upon the American war and email
ei pal ion," I hog to inform you that I decline
' 0 invite my congregation to attend a lecture "t!<j
: upon that species ol "emancipation" which a"\
Lord Brougham, in my opinion, justly calls "a 1 M) '
hollow pivtense, designed to produce a slave ^l!l
1 insurrection." I 0111
1 return yon the platform ticket von sent
on-, not intending to atteinl the lecture, heimj
<>t' opinion iliat persons prole<siiig to lie the *""1
iir:ni>ters of" a merciful Go?l, the "author of a""
peace and lover of concord," might he heller -x011
e.ep'.-v-il ih in iii a<lvocatiiiif h fratricidal war, 10
accompanied by atrocities which, as Lord ar".'
I !r< mm 'mill >:i vs again,?"Chri>|iaii times have j
n<itliin?r to e(|iial, and at which tlie whole 1 V"'
world stands aghast almost to incredulity."
Your obedient sen-ant, 114""
Ai'GCSTl'S i'aMPBELU, ifcet. of Liverpool. I
Mr. Hour. TkuiflLr- j part
a i
y. KRUSIIA WS c PEECII AT COLUMBIA'
)\\ bcinic introduced by his Honor Mayor
odvvvn tu the vast nsscmbiy of ladies and
itlemeu who thronged the balcony of Janr's
Hotel and the street in front, General
itsnaw spoke substantially as foliows :
d v Fkllow-citizi ns : A demonstration of
? diameter was more than I expected on a
ttal visit to your beautiful city, and I am
Twhelmcd with emotions to which I am <sn.1,
I At tl... t
Jiis great revolution, I the honor to be
rated to the command of the Second South
lolina Regiment. Three years have rolled
ay?three years pregnant wi h the grandest
nits that ever occupied the attention of the
verse?three years prolific with the destinies
die human race?three years whose intiu;es
will either forever establish or destroy
grand problem of human liberty. During
s time 1 have been a stranger to South
lolina, and a soldier cilir.cn of our sister,
ite of Virginia. I thank <?od in my heart of
tris that, except as an invader, I have never
ted my foot on the dust of a frcesoil State,
leers. J Three times only during that three
it s have I returned to the land of my nati'.ity
enjoy those associations which are dearest to
: human heart; buL while I stand here, 1
?-c the consolation of knowing that my
cade ?voui sons. and husbands.mid brothers.
oin it is my prom.' privilege to command?
I occupy their places in the front; a wall of
riotic hearts'between the invader and your
nes. [Cheers.]
Since I came among the people of South
rnlir.ii, I have learned, for the first time, that
re were some here who were desponding,
uiiilnys and doubtful as to the result of our
iggle. I thought I was acquainted with the
tory of the countiy during the last twelve
uilhs. I had been a part of it, I had bce.mic
liliar with the sentiment of the army, but I
st confess my surprise, nay, my nior.ificaii,
that here, in South Carolina, in Columbia,
: hot-hed of secession, the spirit of the people
> sunk so far below that of your brave defens
in the tie'd, as to make it almost doubtful
ether you are kin to that glorious coinniiiniwho,
at tht; beginning of this war, initiated
s gigantic struggle, j Profound silence in
hat's right."] 1 'roii<I I am to come from
ntli Carolina, but Go<l lorhid tlmt I slioul*I
r stand the representative of sn< li deniorab
ig sentiments as those to which I allude.?
here exists the cause. of this despondency ?
elve inontlis ago yon were full of courage
I U'l.y .!, .nl.tj^^JiWe have
t Yiekshurg, but what was VTetfdmrg ? One
two outposts on the Mississippi River, whose
"et was, first, to impede navigation on the
er, and secondly, to prevent the enemy,
o had ob'ained possesion of New Oilcans
in holding intercourse with the people of the
rlli by the river route; in hrief. to make tie
iseeiit<'Ity the harreii fruit ofvi-tmv. 1'ort
d-ou and Viek?l<iiig have fallen; le.il is the
intty lost heeaiise a lew goti-lmats continue
ascend and descend as they have been in
liahii of doing? Is not commerce lestrii:?
J)o vessels pass at will trom St. Louis to
w Oileans? Does not every newspaper
ng uuing< id y??:ir ours or orave men opciar
along the hanks, and as effectually baring
imvig-.ition as it' a score of Vick.-luirgs
toil si ill i \\ Int. tli -ii, have we hist there ?
thi.ig. If you think of tin- Tran* M s-is-ippi
lurtniunt separated from u-, rutin inl?er that
t department lias done ten-fold belter since
ii before its isol.itioii. W hat else exists to j
tiuco despondency ? Wiiv, the people stv |
linVO lost l'eniiessi.. Let us see how We j
lid there. At the beginning of fall, we had
lorioits .victory, and the advancing enemy j
e rolled back to the point, from which they
ted. The whole of Last Tennessee was oeiied
by Federal troops, and what was the
lit there ? They succeeded, as ihev always
in making of traitorous Union men bad ;
itliernors. Soon afterwards, Longstreet went
i that section for the purpose of driving out
Yankee liurn.side. .Meanwhile, our army
rout of Chattanooga was driven hack into,
rtlicrn Georgia, ami yet, in the face of this
larent. misfortune, our Western arm v. to-day,
upies a position which, in every military
ect, is oipial to that which we held on Mislary
Uidge. And we now invest Chat La-!
ga, in fact, more advantageously to ourselves
n was the case before the last battle of
ckainaiiga. Longstreet still in Last Tensee
occupies n large Federal force there;
I trust that the next campaign will result,
ar as hi? corps is concerned, in some of the
ndest victories that have ever emblazoned
standard. 80 much, then, with reference
I ._ .? ! ..1 I
no causes 01 urspuinieucy.
wrnil I not care one iota about the comli
i of affairs at home, if it <Ji<! not affect tlie
iv. But your conversations, your Ictb-rs.
r influences ami your actions arc calculated
lemoralize ami destroy the most patriotic
y that ever took the field, and yon who reii
at home demoralize your brave dclers!
[Tremendous cheering.] 1 tell you
. such a late as lies bclbrc this people if our i
ies fail, cannot be depicted by human !
giuatioii, because earth has never seen a
illel. I>y all uteaus, then, fellow-eitizeus, |
strengthen the hearts of vonr brothers tn the
lield. Pull out your last dollar?lay down
your last bushel of corn?your last bale of cotton?your
Inst package of merchandise?everything?yes,
lay down your lives?before you
give up this fair laud to the invasion of such a
5 horde of demons as are clamoring around the
borders of the Confederacy. to day. [Cheers.]
Drive out the enemy in'your rear; crush, out
that class who are worshipping at the shrinC
of Mammon, croaking in your thoroughfares,
abusing your President, restraining your energies,
blighting your prospects, and, in a word,
who are doing everything against and nothing
M'l ill G ffdtlCU CilliM' c 11' t L IU\UJ\U> (ill Liint UWirwGS
life worth the living. [Great cheering]
m
The llirstir Spirit.?The following is an cx I
tract from a letter of an officer in the field to
his son in this city. It breathes the true spirit
of our brave soldiers everywhere :
i Charleston must he a sad place, When even
you say that you are "demoralized" about tbe
war. For Heaven's sake, let me not hear that
word again from von, nm- from anv of mv kin.
Wo will as assuredly whip the Yankees as there
is a heaven above us. We will never stop
fighting until the last enemy is driven from the
last fool of tenitory. belongim; rightfully to the
Confederacy, and the Lou] our God will assist
us. l'liosu cravens who at iy at home would
fain make peace if tin y only could save their
worthless carcases, or their ill-gotten pains; but,
now that thev have to nine out and meet the
enemy, they cry out "Peace ! peaee! on any
terms." Out on i:! I am- sick of the cowards*
Thv-ically they do in > pood in the army; but
our noble veteran* Jwill fight more with a will,
if thev see these miserable eicatnres brought
into the field to taste a little of our hardships,
j We will do the ' fighting ; they may stay in
camp, meanwhile, and cook for us, if there be
anything to cook. Cod bless yon. my hoy. If
; you were only a little older, I would take you
tu the field at once.?Mercury.
o
j Incident of the "Swamp Angel."?The
battery from which Charleston was first shelled
is situated in the marsh snd is called by the
soldiers "The Swamp Angci." The following
incident of its construction is rciatcd by a Moi*
ris' Island correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer :
"Colonel Serrell, of the New York Engineer?,
Ii.nl il;e charge of 'lie construction of the
'Swamp Angel,' and heingofan energetic constitution
himself, anil not afraid to enter swamps,
yon can imagine his surprise when or e of his
) ih-iiteiiants, whom he had ordered; to take ' *
twentv men and enter the swamp, said that
In cmild not do it?the n:nd was too deep.?
Col. Serrell ordered him to try. He did so,
and the ienteiiimt returned with his men covered
with mud, and said :
"Colonel the ni'iil is over my men's heads,I
can't do it.
i " l lie uo'onel insisted, and told the lieutenant
tn make a requisition for anything that was
necessary for the safe passage of the swamp.?
, The lieutenant made hi.- requisition in writing,
and on tlie spot : "1 want twenty men eighteen
, feet long, to cross a swamp .fifteen feet deep.'*
| "The joke was a good one. It secured, how!
ever, not a euhit to the stature of the lieuten
| hhi, but rather Iiis arrest lor disrespect to bis
j *t:per?dr."
Naval Recognition. - The Nassau Herald
says:
Notwithstanding tiic fact that the great
European lVuvers still withhold the political
recognition of the Southern States of America,
iu every other respect they, lire fast receiving
the justice due to them. Socially they have
been long recognized by the civil and revenue
regulations of all countries, their commercial
S status is universally acknowledged upon the
same basis as an independent power (by being
recognized bcligcrents,) and we sec by the last
number of Marryatt's naval signals tor 1SG4,
just received in Nassau, that their different
standards are engraved and, displayed in that
work along with those of other independent
powers, a? entitled to respect and recognition.
This latter fact also embraces the privilege of
insurance and the maritime rights consequent
thereunto.
Never was the true old maxim that "revolutions
never go backwards," better illustrated
than iu the en.-e of the Southern Confederacy.
Tlioir credits and commercial relations long ago
established aliroad, are developing tlieir effects.
After all. commerce is tlie great king, and a3
we see its various departments wheeling into
line, one al't. r another, admitting the indisputable
existence of a nation, it will not le long
belure the bands of red tape will iot out, and
the political schemers give way to the triumphant
march of Truth and Justice. The Confederacy
has had two battles to tight?one with
1 i :.i.
IAT C fll'II I ICS, it'ivilit'i 11 iiiyiiviot ?? w
hope before many iiionliis pass, the latter will
he wiw, ami tliat accomplished, the history of
the past ihr?-e years guarantees the triumphant
anil successful result of the former.
All of its who are worth anything, spend our
manhood in unlearning the follies or explaining
the mistakes of onr youth. I
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