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VOL. 1- CAMDEN, S. C./ g^jgBDAY, AIO'G-TJS^D 13, 1864; 3STO. 37'.,
Byjp. P. HOCOTT.
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No deduction made, except to our regular ndvertia-iug
patrons
Wliy Vicn. Dick Taylor was l-clieyed;
Several cases have been assigned for (Jen.
Taylor's being relieved of his command, misun^
dorstanding with Kirby Smith, imprudently
publishing that he Was about to start for NewOrleans,
becoming milled with General. Smith
for disannroviniT <if his ovnoditi.-m
W..|>wti(lktvu LV/ 11 l?H V I ~
XX O I
leans and refusing tlie rcinlbrcemcntsjic cnllcl
for that expedition. The most probable and
doubtless tho true reason has eoiue to our
knowledge. It seenis that he fought the battle
of Pleasant 1J ill contrary to orders, whereby he
failed to have in the light about ten thousand
x>f his army. ' lie was ordered to fall back and
toll oil Banks till lie got to a range of hills about
sixteen miles in tho rear Pleasant 11 ill, a
most admirable position. Here lie could have
had tho additional ten thousand men alluded to
iu the action, and Would almost certainly have
. been able from position, and numbers to have
annihilated tho Ynfikee army.. He gave battle,
too soon and without his strength, and although,
a great victory was achieved, the large bulk of
Hanks' army escaped back to Aiexauchia, and
dpring the retreat laid waste the country.-?
Again, Gen. Smith's plans were laid not only
to utterly destroy tho army; but to capture the
Yankee gunboats and transports nbovu the falls
a 1 --i * "
xjiuA.tuuij.i, wnir.n could have boon done |
if llio buttle liitd come oft* in the admirable position
selected. With thntnnny destroyed and
the possession bt those gunboats, the Mississippi
cquld have been restored to our control, including
New Orleans, Raton Ko.uge, Port Mudson,
Natchez, Vioksburg ynd Memphis. It is
obvious to every one what a change would have
been wrought by following out the. campaign
planned by Gen. Kirby Smith. Its.eftbct upon
the future conduct ol the "war cannot be over
estimated; it would have proved the ground
coup.de clat of the war ; and. in our opinion
would havc.done more to bring about an early
peace than anything that has. It is not worth
while to eliminate, for its'Jntportant bearing is
potent to all.?Ofontr/omrri/ Advertiser.
; ?
We find, in one of our exchange papers the
* following scrap of consolation for the wearers
of dilapidated garments:
lmiseiiibs of a New Coat.?No lovei of independence
ventures voluntarily on a new (tout,.
This is an axiom not to be overturned, unlike
\ the safety of stage coaches. The man who piques
himself on the newness of such an habiliment-is
?till time hath "moulded it into beauty"?its
slave. Wherever he goes, he is harassed by i
the apprehension of damaging it.- Hence ho |
loses Lift sense of independence, and becomes
?a serf! How degrading! Tcr succoinb to
ono's superiors is bad onongh, but to be the
martyr of a few yards of cloth ^to bo the helot 1
of a tight fit; to be shackled' by the ninth 1
fraction of a man ; to Co made submissive to '
the eur, the dust, the rain, nud the snow; to
be panic-stricken by tbc chimney-sweep ; to bo 1
scared by the dustman ; to jghuddor at the ad- 1
vent of the bukcr ; to give ffroecdomee to the .)
onnifrt??<^* * -1 ? * '
at.uruni^it, lo uuuccuu iiio wuii to a peripatetic 1
conveyance of eggs; to look up with awe al *
the apparition of a giggling servant girl with a 1
slop pal! thrust half-way out of a-garret win- 1
(low; to coast the gutter with a horrible an- (
ticipation of consequences ; to faint at the visi- (
lation of a shower of soot down the chimney ;
to be compelled to he sit the mercy of each and <
all these contingencies?can anything in liu- |
man nature ie so prepusferou?, so disgraceful ? ]
A trnlv great ini nd spurns the bare idea of such ^
slavery ; heneo according to the "Subaltern,"
Wellington liberated Spain in si red coat extravagantly
over-estimated at sixpence, and Na- r
polcon entered Moscow in a green coat out sit s
the elbows. " * [
Ad raitor is good fruit to hang from the boughs
of the tree*of liberty.
CAM1M MlLY~MiNAlT
SATlljtDAV ilIOHNK^O, AIKi. lit.
Gtix. Joseph K. Johnston was In Richmond at, last
accounts. *
A new planet lias bo en discovered between "Mercury
and Ycnns, whose annual revolution is about !)5 Jays.
It was discovered in-its transit across the sun's disc,
anil has hitherto boon supj osed an .ordinary spot en
tho sun's surface.
^ue Knemy M inixo at Atlanta.?The Macon Telegraph
says i hat private letters state that the enemy
aro now busy mining the salient at the head of Ma- t
ri'^tta street, and wo may very soon except a rcpeli- i
tiop of the Petersburg 'explosion.
N.\TcnKz; To rk levaol'A'I i:i).? A gentleman just \
from Natcho/-. siVtcs that tho Yankees ate preparing to !
evacuate NaiehiVi. All the horde of lomsls who j
* *
upeueu meir snaps mere, under Yiuikcivauspiees. wen0 !
nailing up their boxes, closing their stores, ami getting
ready to move to sonic, qther quarter.
'Another Raid in Mississippi.? From preparations
being made iu Mississippi, it looks as if the Federals
wo re ,abo ut to start on^mot her grand raid through that
Stato. Tho papers say that our guerillas are fully
prepared to meet them, and will give thorn a warm reception
when they make their appearance.
Wit.itvuy (Ju angus.?Major General Maury, of Mobile,
has been.ordered to take command of tho Department
of Alabama, .Mississippi, and Mast Louisiana?a
place mn'do vacant, by Gen. S. ]>. Ly.u being assigned
to the coinirfand of Uoon's corps in the army of Tennessee.
Gen. LItogins succeeded Gun. Maury iu tbo
Mobile District.
Raio ruo.m Fknsacoi.a.-^-Tl is definitely ascertained
that a Yankee raidiug party has left lVmsacola, Flo.,
and las advanced up the line of the railroad. At last
accounts they were at Gonsalia,\l\veh!e miles from tho J
place from which they started. Tito foreo is said ro*be >
supported by artillery. Tin? member of the i nctuy is j
not ascertained.
... . I '
The Commwi'ul ^ UUerti.sci', a Uepuhlicnn.i
paper, nialces t.J>c* following lcmnrkson the aub- j
jectof the mpclv]>rnrluniation :
'Lhe siuthor or the bogns proclamation lias j
had the satisfaction ot seeing all tin- main -featuros
oi' that document ratified by I lie Provident, i
and can now justly chiim release.' from Furl I
Lafayette. We- have had the 'juoclninatioii for ,
a day of lasting and prayer, and now conies the !
call Ibr move troops"?the only dillereiua: in the '
calls biting that Howard* was issued on the j
lrtih of.Amy, a*nd oallcd'inr four htunlr.cd thou
satul while the President's was issued on the '
I8th of July, niufrgoes one hundred thousand I ]
hatter. Uowartl, like his friend Fremont, lias
had to sutler for attempting to lead public
opinion instead- of following after it. As things
have'turned out, it would have been about as
well to let the bogus proclamation stand as j genuine,
for in that case we would have been <
in a fair way of filling our quota by volunteering"
before the oth of September, whereas now ^
it is next to -an imnossihilitv Sm-irtiiwiir I
t T ?-'Vl Vll-I ? | U1I3
new levy for live hundred thousand men at the 1
present season of the year is no joke?albeit it i
comes from a source given to jokes?and it he- ;
hooves our citizeqs t,o speedily bestir themselves i
to meet the emergency. "
What could exhibit a morodantasticnl appearance
than an English beau of the fourteenth f
century? lie wore long pointed shoes, fastert- ^
ed to his knee by gold or silver chains; ' hose
of one color on the one leg, and another color
on the othershort breeches which did not r
reach to the middle of his thighs ; a coat oneiialf
white and the other-half bine? or blue ; a
long heard : a silk hood buttoned under bis "
chin, embroidered with grotesque ligurus ofautritkli;
ilniininf* inn" X. 1 ' "
... vy, luku, <inu sometimes orna- 1
inehled with and nrceions stones. This }
Ir^ss was the height of the mode In the reign c
)f King Edward III. t
hen. Pemhinski the Polish patriot leader?a
soldier of lh" French army under Napoleon the (1
first, :md Kossuth's Commander ih-Cliieioflhe
lungarian revolutionary f'orc?\---has just been
uiiied at Paris, lie was eighty )e;irs of age. !
Mr. Antrobns, t' o Chicago artist, w/o v.;as I
lommissioned by Congress to prepare the 'do- I
ign for I ho/our thousand dolhir gohf tnedal to n
)e presented to Ccn. Grant, is in Philadelphia, | a
uperintcwiing the construct,iotr of the medal Jit d
he mine, ' 1
vtk rtarc*r^rn^l3?c??r?-r jy murtyrr3rstx*?im*JL-:*x-,*rr?
LATEST BY TELEQE.APH
RKPOHTS OF THE VRKSS ASSOCIATION.
Entered uccvtrdiity: to tho ,\ct of Congress in the year
I8f>llI by .1. r>. TjiRA.sbiilt, in the Clerk's ollioe oi'lhe
District.' Court of tho Confederate States" for the.
Northern District of Uebrgitt. '
' FR(hr MOBTLl-].
Monrtc, August 11.?Unary liriiijr has been
reported at. Fort Morgan <ui Tuesday, Wednesday
and to-day. The t,e.'e?rnph wires were out.
bel.wetih the city and tort.. There, are two vessels,
oil* Dorr Uiver Ddt this cvunino". The
I Jay shores are eovered with debris of Federal
vessels. Lai'o'o ipiantitics of tar, pitch and turpentine
lias been burned, to prevent the enemy
front ifettinjr tip. More troops are daily ar- -
riving, and a good feeling exists.
Cliswn, IKli via Moiule, 12th.?XcwOrleans
papers of tin? Ulli lias been received.?
Thev'say the Tecu-ah struck a Torpedo opposite
to Fort Morgan;- artd went down immediately.
All on boayd polished, ine. lading the
Captain. except 1) prisoners. After passing the
Fort, the Tennessee came up, through wooden
vessels of theMlect, delivering broad sides aiitf
looking for, the Hartford, Hag ship of Farragut,
when the Mo^ougahela bore down and stiuek
the Tennessee amidships. The Tennessee and
Hartford then got side hv side, the former
pouring full broadside into the Jlartford\s port
holes, causing (a.-. True J delta says) fearful doss
of life 011 the vessel. The Laikawuna and
others came up, and fought until the Tennessee
surrendered. ' ;
? The papers report Admiral. Buchanan*:? leg
will l?o saved. Jle told llieui ho would have been
w: I! ? ij jx b? die in, two minutes. if ho could have
sunk tiio 11 nit ford, l.iciit. CoiiistocJc, Confederate,
sunt Lion!. I'rortiec, Yankee^ ?re both
reported dead. '
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rnoM AMA WA.
'August, 12.? Urisk skirmishing on the extreme
left.. The batteries on the. Marietta'and
Hast Slate Koad opened on the city al. one
L?'oh?:k this, morning, and continued up to the
present timt,.striking a number of houses on
HeDanough St re,.-J. X<> casualties reported.
I'lio enemy still reported massing on'the left
but making no cherts to extend their l ight. j
*KOHTHKRN XfiWS.
U'ciiMoxn, August 12.?Special to the Yfhig. j
Northern dates lias been secured at i'ctcrsburg *
A' the 10th:
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rriie rebels were completely routed in the 1
ight near Mansfield, with a loss of GOO priaon;rs.
They were pursued by Averil! 2.Y miles. '
L?rady Johnston and Mall", colors, artillery train, }
ind a quantity of small arms were cnptuied.? \
dcCasland barely escaped. Johnston wore no ]
nark of rank, and consequently escaped. I
The campaign opened actively in Florida,
md is prosecuted with great success, under
Jen oral Kainey.
'Nothing from Grant or Sherman. All quiet >
it lYtorsburg. * {
TY/rKitsuCku, Aug. 12.?The Commercial (
Idtrritser oJ the 01 li says: Sherman aud j
I'lioma.s have both Telegraphed to Washing- o
on thai. Atlanta will.fall this week certainly. c
V rebel wagon train numbering Itb wagons /
aptured in London Cojmty. Nothing from .
he. army of the I'otomac. *
An expedition is to enter Florida with a view 13
>f destroying railroad*, burning bridges, and
0111 in it t ing ether depredations,
liold iii Now York -78. * j
A YnicH fkom ' tim ? i'Lv-l'resident ^
tueliauan is writing let-tots urging the muni-' h
athui of Judge Sajuuel Nelsini tor 1'resident, '
ml Mr. \ obrhees, of Indiana, forN Viee-l'resient,
at, the Chicago Convention.?New York- r
krald, * .
mi \
A Cm hazi ly S?cuc.
_The editor of the Petersburg Express Ha'a
visited the chasui near that city, caused by the
enemy's explosion. It appeared to be about
forty feet in depth, mid some 200 foot in circumference,
and resembled morc^what one
would imagine to have been the effects of terrible
earthquake than anything-else to which
we could liken it. Immense boulders of earth
were piled up rudely, one above the other," and
great fragments ofboijib pi oofs, gun carriages,
limbers, etc., were lying promiscously in every
direction, One nian was caught between two .
honlders, near the surface <d" the ground,' and
literally crushed between them. He still remained
m this painful position, with -only his
head and neck visible, our men not having had
the time to extricate him. Life had long been
extinct, but the ghastly lookiug face was unmarked
by a scratch, and the head perfect, but
'dirrl.tlir 41 1 1-1
J Ull IIIC SIlOUKier.
. The sides and bottom of the chasm wore
laterally lined with Vankco dead, and the
bodies lay in every conceivable position. In
one spot we noticed a corporal of infantry, a
sergeant of artillery, and a big, burly negro,
piled one upon top of the* other.' Some Jiad
evidently been killed with the bnts of muskets
as their crushed skulls and badly mashed faces
too plainly indicated, while the greater portion
were shot, great pools of blood having flowed
fnnii their Avounds and stained the ground.
Uvfcjvcen our breastworks ajid 'the enemy's,
largo numbers of dead and wounded were * still
lying, the latter begging pitconsly for water,,
and praying to'be cared for. Our men could '
not relieve thcui, as tliey were in full range of
the otiemyVsharpshbotcrs, w-lio had not ceased
their liring, Oven under such appalling circumstances
ay we havt: described.
Grounds for E?kmi"iion.?AYo have hoard
#.?!' many grounds upon which application for
eveinotinn worn Vi??c<>/1 - ?1
- ? v. v ?> v? w i-miocM} I'Ub wu 11 VJ \ l_" I U L'HI U U 11 "
til the other day of a lnati being exempted be-,
cause of his charitable and benevolent, disposi-"
lion. This is certainly the case with the mem
her.of a >-'< !i known business (inn on Main
street. The books of the Conscript .Bureau
and the .enrolling officer pxj^-ssly sot forth
that Mr. is exempted from service in ?
the ('onfederate States army bv reasons of his
acts of charity, wirich are great. Here is a fine
chance for gentlemen with 'more money than
they v.aut, to become. charitably inclined, and
escape the army and their duty to their couu1
ry.?Richmond Rxa>nincr.
The latest novelty in London and "Paris is
the photograph letter signature. Note and letter
sheets ;iro gotten up with miniature oval
photographs of the persons using them affixed
to the right liaiftl lower corner of the last page
alVr the words, ''Very O nly yours," which arc
printed in the usual place. They are getting
to be quite as fashionable as the cartes de
r 101 LC"j
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Mule Bpkds.? A British paper gives n reportwhich
will bu interesting ti? many readers of the
Courier pruno to bird-fancying or ornithology
or spurt or science : In an aviary ' at Christchurch,
Hants, belonging to Mr. Hart, tlie natirahVt.
ami taxidermist, are three mnlc hybrids
>etween the pheasant and bantam. Their
damage is very beautiful, partaking of both
rarcnts. The birds are quite tame. %
in i mi i
Estate Sale.
I VY OKDIfll OF A. L. MoDONALD, ORDINARY
y of Kershaw District, I will sell, on the 1st
ilondav in .September next nt 12 o'clock, at the Court
lortse, in Oanujon, to the highest bidder, a tract 01" *
and in said District. Iwlontrinir to the eslai.wif w t?
aston, (ioeeasod, containing ninety three ond 1-10
crest mora or le.s*, houndc 1 by land.of the estates of
\ MeRae, M. AV. PcSaussuri) and others, 011 n credit
f three years, with bend and mortgage, and so much
ash as will pay cost. , ]>. SHEORN,
August 13 3t , Sheriff K. D.
_ NOTICEr r ~ ^ .
^\N AND AFTER THIS DAY, I WILL SELL MY
^ / loaves of bread at AO cents?the price hcrotoforo
eing 5Q.
August 12. dt( "W. DA AS C If.
Garden Seeds,
A SMALL SUPPLY OT-r THE FOLLOWING
V Garden Soe<Lt are for rale at the Post Office :
KurlyYork, Drumhead. Savoy and Enfield P.ihhago;
rrl!i<\v Paul;, AV'.ito Stone and Red Norfolk Turnips; .
loots. Caret and Par. nip. ~
These Seed were imported hy the Confederate Gov
rnmdnt, and are behaved to bo fresh and genuine.
?ai.SO?
luta Baga, White Norfolk and country Turnip.
July 2t) 3