The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, November 21, 1864, Image 1
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I VOL. 1 GAMDEJST, S. C., MONDAY, NOV. Ql, 1864. NOr 121
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Sensible Hiemarliii,
Tlic Selnfa Reporter, in discussing the present
condition ot' our country, makes the annexed
remarks upon the duty of the prose, the
power of the people and the road to peace : !
It "has been tjo much Hie fashion of editors
in the Confederacy, to drift passively with the j
current of events," instead of escrtingtheirpowers
of thought, and- by a twMer interchange of
ideas and opinions, reap the advantages of a !
ftwiftHnde of counsellors. . The direction of the !
WafWh's nffairs are now, and have been from
the beginning, substantially under the control
of a few men. There is but litt le freedom of
opinion practically, and the consequence is,
that the accumulation of ills are accordant in an
inverse ratio wi.h the anomalous reputation of
the maxim that the pcople^re the rightful sov-,
creigns?the arbiters of their own destiny. If:
it to true that the people are incapable of self'
government, tbo sooner we get rid of republi?
can government, the better fqr us qnd our posterity.
Let us have a hing?one who can do 1
our thinking for i.s?and submit ourselves to I
be driven bv Jrim, just as his inclination or
caprice may elect:
We seriously believe that our form of sov- 1
ernment is suited to times of war as #ell as
peace. But if we be in a vessel that is suited
only to sailing on a smooth sea?one that win- i
ftot withstand the fury of the storm ?then, we
: "* * repeat, we arc in a perilous predicament,"ami
should cast about us tor the first port that offers j
security. Let no man have the effrontery to
say that lie is the friend of Constitutional lib*
erty, while he ignores the right of free speech 1
in times like these. Now is the time, above
all others, when the people should think and
speak for themselves?nay, act too, if they
would save themselves troiu the perils that cn.
. viron tlieni.'
The sleek paragons of high schools mid colleges?
the retinno of pimps and mountebanks
that wait upon the heels of power, cannot and
will not save the liberties of the people. The
good old sturdy farmer, with rough hands and
honest heart, has a wealthy.brain, ajid his plain
common sense is more to be trusted than the
specious fulminations of gorgeous-rhetoricians
at the hustings. Onder our free Government
no man can presume to overawe the freedom of
opinion, he his position as high as it may.?
Nay, the l'rcsident himself! it should be borne
in inind, is but the servant of the people?the
same as the k>wc6t official that feeds on the
crumbs from his tabic.
TJicse are the. great cardinal facts that give
strength-and vitality to the body politic, which
under the enervating influences of military
rule, may yet become a soulless carcass. We
believe 4bc people of.tbc States have their destinies
in their own hands, the inalicnablo right
of self preservation remaining, despite all pow
ers delegated, or other abstractions standing
between them and peace. If Richmond and
Washington cannot consumnip'te an armistice
and a final cessation of hostilities, the States
can, and it should be done promptly and without
hesitancy.
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* Desperate Measures.?"Go forth my son,
says the sage, "and observe with how little wis'
V 'dona the world' is governed." The Confederate
Senate has before it a Bill to compel all
|r producers to take scneauie prices irom citizens.
Jm The result will be starvation?'nothing will be
s^> says ^acon Ttlerjrbph. How often
41 and how persistently have all.tbcsclaws to.prejBL
vent extortion beeu tried in ^nob of the Confederate
States, and every time- proved worse
than futile? Can. we learn nothing by experience
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L/iiUI/LMY WAIL I JUU11AAU
Moivte.n nioitiviKG xov. 21:
Wo would refer the Militia of Kershaw District to
General Orders No. 18. issued from the office or tlio
Adjutaut and InspectorGeneral, calling out the Militia
of the Stato to nssciublo at Hamburg, forthwith, alter
organizing, in company, at the bea dquartors of tloir
reapoctire Districts.
Satisfied.?McClellax, :t uppears, is *8ti?dled
with public office, and lias uestgned his military com*
mission. In.doing so lie probably only f.>rrestallod
the exercise of a little power at Washington, that
Will 1 Id linvp KiiiMfniiHlv rfiitni-sprl him fmm Hip apnrim
He acted wisely.
> roftafsu StaiItps.?It is stated that the contractor
for printing lostage stamps has given up his contract
and that until stamps can be procured, some of the
postmasters in the interior towns will mark envelope
' paid" for all who wish to save the trouble of paying
for each letter as handed into the office. Envelopes
by the dozen or hundred can thus be marked and answer
the purpose of stamps.
The Latest Army News.?By despatches, to be
fotmd in our telegraph- column, it will be seen that
Sherman*, oh Friday last, was with-rrt thirty miles of
Macon, and that Gen. BbauIieoard has issued a proclamation
to thc.pcople of Georgia urging them, to retard
the movements of Sherman by burning bridges,
and placing obstructions in bis way; also, that lie is in
the enemy's rear with un arnn-, and that if the people
be truo to theniselvesand obey his proclamation ho will
ruin tlio foe ere lie reaches ltil nlacc of destination.?
The Macon press tells us that the enemy has riot only
destroyed Atlanta, but Jonesboro', McDonough, Mont:cellO
and Ilillsboro', desolating every foot of soil
over which they trend. The Chronic'* < ' Sen'iael of
Saturday has reliable Information di 'ect from Stone
Mountain, which stat'-s that tlio Yankee column, in
leaving Atlanta, moved down the Got gia Railroad,
and divided at Docatur, one half taking the Covington
and the.* other the reockbridge noad. At btone Mountain
they burned *11 the un?cupib4 hor.se?< comprising
some two-thirds of the town, nnd wore. *yiitg waste
the countiy as they progressed. It is :;uiu '.hey march
in hollow Mpiarcs, with thcir-trnins in the centre ; and
that tfte view from the summit of tl e mountain of the
conflagration of Atlanta was awful Leyood description.
The Gate City was 'an ocean o! flames' as the
fiery waves rove and fell throughout in whole extent.
: If such has bee^ the fate of the pride of Georgia, What
I might wc ol Carolina "expect at their. hands, in the
J event of a successful inarch to the seaboard ? The
I Queen City would be razed to t!ie*grotuid. and notli'
ing left to show her' greatness as a commercial emporium.?the
classic soil being the only vestagc left'us,
with which to console ourselves as a people?an inheritagc
kit tis, as the inhabitants of Vhis ea:tfr.
A card.
A friend of the Confederacy, now resident in Europe,
has sent to one of the ladies of the eommitteo for the
Bazaar to bb held in Columbia, twelve " Cuisine Lo
ger,,: or Camp Cans, and it has been proposed by some
gentlemen that the ladies and children should at once
buy up, by subscription, several of these Cans for our
different Generals in the field. Our self-sacrificing
leaders would 1eel this to be a pleasnnt evidence of our
care for their eomfo t. We appeal to the ladies and
children to make up the necessary sums without delay
that our bravo Generals may enjoy the convenience
contained in the Cuisino Loger as soon as possible.?
They are valued ai $500 each, are rat.de in Paris, and
contain, in a very small space, everything necessary
for cooking and serving a meal in camp.
A particularappeal is made.to the people of Camden
j for Gen. Kersuaw. One has been sent to Gen Hamp- '
' to.v, by the Young Ladies' Hospital Association of |
Columbia; one to Gen. Forrest, by the gentlemen;
one is to sent to Gen. Beauregard, by the young ladies
of Charleston; three or four yet to be made up;
Gen. Lee, by the little children; Gensi Kersiiaw,
IIood and Lo.vgstreet, by the ladies.
Columbia, S. C., Xov. 14tb, 1864.
Acknowledgment*.
Mr. Editor:?I gratefully acknowledge, from tbe
ladies of the Soldiers' Afd Association, Liberty fiill?
Kershaw District, through Mr. Blodgott, the following
contributions to Wayside Hospitul, Kinirville, S, C., for
i the sick and wounded: uno largo box,' containing
flour, raeal, vegetables, sweet {jotatnes, sc.
B. F. CHAMBLTSS.
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LATEST BY TELE&EAM
IMPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered aecordirip to tlie Act of Conpress hi the year
1863, tij J. S. TilItASuKn, in (lie (lerk's office' of the
District Court of the Confederate States fiVr <he
Norlhtni District of Gcor pi*/
FROM VltCGIMA.
Iiicnmoni), Nov. 19.?.An official telegram
to the War Department says: Gel). Pickett reports
that on the night of the 17th, a portion
of the enemy's picket line in front was taken
possession of and held.- One Colonel, 2 Captains^
Lieutenants and 113 privates werfceapitiKCtl;
besides the:r dead and bounded left on
the ground. Our loss one killed and ten wounded.
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FROM MACCfi.
Maco^, Nov. 19.?The military authorities
are active awl vigilant, and every man is under'
arms. Confidence is being tfestofed. TUfrfc' tffonmr
nri? l>r*lipv<?rl tn lip mi on#- rwvlit. ulimit
miles distant. The city will be defended to the
last extremity.
PROCLAMATION OF GEN. BEAUREGARD.
We have-taken the following from a private
despatch :
Kingsville, Nov. 20.?Tlie Augusta papers
of to-day'contain a proclamation by Gcji. Iieanrcgard
to the people of Georgia?telling them
to retard Sherman by burning everything in
his front?cutting dowp trees, burning btidges,
and to hurras* him. That his army is following
hard after Sherman, and that he will ruin
Sherman if the people of Georgia will do a? he
request.
NORTHERN NEWS.
ihcumond, Nov. 19.?-The Baltimore American
of the 17th has been received. It contains
no news. Gold at the first board in New
York on Thursday was 221. Gen. Burnsidc
firmed nt Fortress .Monroe am! proceeded immediately
to the front. The oflieial vote for
Lincoln in Maryland is 37,000. For McClel-*
Inn 32,4C1).
A Harp* Hit.?The Raleigh Confederate li'dr
the following hit:
We learn that the Government agents are
impresaii g apple brandy, and that it is-the intentioiYot
the authorities to take all there is in
the county for the use of the Governmertf.?
Was there ever a Government as dry as ottrs?
ever one that required so much brandy Md
whiskey ? Men are detailed to sell1 it, impress
it, and we suppose men are detailed to drink
it. If taken* for medical purpose, predict
that most or the sickness win t>c amoTJg tne orBeers
and their clerks, attendants and ftworitcs,
and that the weather beaten soldier? tfill get
but precious little. We honestlv believe that
if the importation, sale and manufacture of spiritious
liquors was prohibited altogether, that it
would be all the better for otir cause, for
drunkenness among Government officials has
become so common that it has ceased to excite
the wonder of any orifc.
Maximilian's Coinage.?The New Orlean
Picayune *avs; We have been shown a Mexican
picayune of the Maximilian' issiv, a very neat
little coin of silver, on one side of which annears
...w.w - y#- ? ,?1 ; r i?~4
tlie familiar eagle of the Mexican Republic,
with un Imperial crown upon his head, and surrounded
wdh the u.Impeno AfrxicanoOn
the reverse, between two laurel breaths, is the
inscriptions w5 Cents 1864,M."
A young woman in Jackson, Michigan, has
been carrying on the recruiting business in an
original and highly peculiar manner. Marries
a man on condition that he will enlist and gire
her his bounty. She being striningly handsome,
the poor dnpe consents. After he :s gone, she
marries another. Four men has she thus weddeu
and sent to the army.- On the fifth occasion
alio was detected.
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STATE OF -StfTTII CAltOLISAi
ADJ'T & INSP. GEN'LS OFFIC#
Columbia, Nov. 18, 1864.'
GENERA L ORDERS NO. 15. "
:r THE.COMPANIES ORGANIZED fa .
I * crcry Militia Regiment of tliis State will
forthwith proceed to llambnrg, S. C., and rc- '
poit for duty to Lieut. Col. WilmotG. DeSaussurc,
A. D. C. s'if-rft ?V
II. The commanding- officers of said com pa 'J
nies will immediately summon the members of
their respective companies, as well as all persous
within the Militia Rcgimeiitr.to which they , ,
belong, aftd who have not been enrolled, but ^-r
ho wr'tf liable to duty beyond the limitsr'of M
iheir Districts, to assemble at the most convenient
points on tho line of railroads, prepared ?
to proceed at^pce itp Hamburg. f A .
III, The troops wiirprovide themselves witlt' r /. .
haversacks and lour day si rations, and such ' \
supplies of clothing and cooking ntchsils as are
indispensable for their comfottin the field, Without
encumbering themselves with such articled
as are no't absolutely necessary.
IV* I \-?m n? n tr aH^h<>i>c nrn fv* inoiifl
I - x * V"iii|'nii| V'UIw-m niv nuiiiuiiAUU IV i?wut
certificates for the transportation ot'iijcmbcrs of <.'1
their respective command*.
V. The persons.liable to this service are all
persons between the ngos of sixteen and seventeen
years, and all persons Ijetwccn seventeen
and fifty years of age, who are exompt from
Confederate service, "but who are ,uot exempt
bv the laws of thia State from State service,
which includes, amongst other classes, tttflboiH u
dc-.l agriculturists who have been exempted by ' *
Confederate authority as owners and manager*
of their own plantations. ?
VI. Companies, convenient do Harnhurg w^''
select their own means of transportation to that
point. . * - s VII.
The commanding officers of Ilegimentaf - *. *
and all general officers, as well as the officers V- *
commanding these companies, are charged with ". ; the
immediate extension of these orders without
further notice. ? -*
VIII. The "Battalion'of State Cadets"; 'and ?
the companies of Mounted Infantry, conjiitand^ ,
ed hy Captains Frederick and Fcrcival, will Imld
theiuselvs in readiness to take the field at the '
shortVst notice. * ,
1 V Thf> (-invf-rnnr nrid
enjoinn, as a matter of the utmost importance
Tor the public defence, the pfompt execution of ^
these orders, ami the assembling of th^jUfftoprt;
at the places designated .without d'elnjRPSf * '
by command : & *
A. C. GARLJNGTON, l|
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Papers of the State publish'one weefeNov.
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' Exchange- '
J WILL EXCHANGE TWO MULES for good* ' ^
. m iltih C0W9. R. b. johnson.
nfr?l 8?3t-fm.w.
noticeT
The subscriber will receive a limit-;
ed number of Hides and Tan them roR ojte vnmgf;at
his Tan Yard on his plantation, four miles eafFSfc
Camden. . r
The Vats and 'Leather House are secure and nnd?r
the charge of a watchful and reliable overseer, but as
this arrangement is made for the accommodation of
neighbors and nut with the view of profit^ Hidaa will'
oDly be received - at the owneb's bisk. Those who
bavo left Hides there recently will removritheta-unless '
they assent to tbase terms. * *
Wtf. U. SHANNON.
Camden, Nov.-18,1864. . 3.
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