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J. T. HERSHMAN, Editor. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1861. Special 3S"otice. Those of ours subscribers who will not have paid their half-yearly subscription to " Tiie Confedekate" by the first day of next month, will be required to pay $1.50 after that date, or $3.00 per annum. We have a lew subscribers names on our book for three months?they, also, will he expected to pay at the above rates, where they have not complied with our terms. There will he no exceptions made in these charges, for Ave care not to have the patronage of any who are so inconsiderate in settling their small dues. We hope all our good patrons?and Ave have nmnv?Avill take timelv warnim* J ? J 0 from tliis notice. Our Agents at Liberty Hill, Flat Rock, Tiller's Ferry, and other places, | will please act, on the reception of this notice, in accordance with the above instructions. All transient advertising must be settled for in advance of their publication, otherwise they may not appear. Yearly Contractors will have their bills presented quarterly, for payment. Camden, December 13, 18G1. Postage Stamps. We avc requested to state that a supply of Postage Stamps have been received, and may be obtained at the Post Ofticc. "Tlic Day We Celebrate." Beat No. 2, Capt. A. M. Kennedy, will parade to-day, at the usual hour, 1U l-'J o'clock, a. in., to commemorate the first anniversary of our independence from the old Government. Lancaster Cavalry. On "Wednesday next this Company, Capt. J. D. McIlwain, will be in Camden, en route for Col. Martin's Regiment, at Poeotaligo. We hope our citizens will not fail to pay that attention to them, which they are wont to do on similar occasions. They arc expected to go on the mid-day train. A Concert. There will he given, on Thursday evening next, a grand Concert, l>y Mrs. Bews, whose musical talent is well known to most of our good citizens, and to be assisted by Prof. Eckki., of Harmony College?the proceeds of which will be remitted to the Committee, in Charleston, authorized to receive aid for the sufferers by the late conflagration. Lieut. J. A. Sell rock, of llic Kershaw Guard. We were pleased to sec this gentleman on i a visit to Camden?the cause of which may not be so pleasing, as lie has returned with a view of recuperating, having been laboring under a severe indisposition, lie returns to camp in a day or two. lleportsthc health of the Company good, and well supplied with clothes and provisions?for which many thanks and kind re- j mcmbrances arc due to the good ladies of our | town. Soutli Carolina Conference. This body met at Chester C. II., last week? the venerable Bishop Andrews presiding. The number in attendance, we observe, is good, considering the state of the country. Next week we will be able to give the list of appointments for the ensuing year, having been ! received at too late an hour for this week's issue. Rev. Manning Brown, we learn, has been re-appointed to Camden station. This appoint, ment suits ourself exactly, and have no doubt will be like pleasing to all our Methodist church-going people. For the list of appointments we are indebted to the kind attention of Rev. E. A. Lemmond. I The Or cut Fire in Charleston. The terrible conflagration with which our commercial metropolis was visited last wcck? has awakqiied the deepest sympathy, not only in our .own otate, but througnout tnc Confederate States, and must tend to mitigate* to some extent, the sorrow of those immediately concerned, to know .how deeply their afflictions arc felt, and the general desire to aid them been manifested in u manner so creditable to our humanity and the enlarged spirit of Christian charity which so characterises these Southern States. Our citizeus held a public meeting on Monday last, which appears in another column, in reference to the subject* The ladies arc also engaged in the work together. The town of Camden and District of Kershaw will not be behind in this noble work. On our fourth page w ill be found a very interesting accouut of the fire, which we copy from the Charleston Mercury. Tlie Weather ami Christina*. The weather is clear and bracingly cold> and had we our many absent friends amongst us, and at peace with all the world and the "rest of mankind," we would say evcrthing indicated a line time for Christmas. Sausages, backbone pies, baked turkies, and sparelibs, loom up (in the distance) in anticipation upon the Christmas table. The 1 A children would cry, "Christinas is coming," and straightway prepare their stockings for the annual presents of Santa Clans. The cheeks of the little rogues dimple with smiles, and their eyes would sparkle with delight at the thought of the coming Christmas festivities. Wo arc fearful least we should be compelled to etfff-nog with some kind friend, who may favor us; for though we espouse the temperance cause, still we have a decided proclivity for a Christmas wo//. Tlic i20lli IK'ceinlM'r, 1MJO. It is one year, to-day, since South Carolina took the important step of severing her connection with the old Union. For what has been accomplished towards the great object of deliverance and liberty, let us thank God and 1 take courage. Few were prepared to believe that in the, bosom of the Northern tribe, who claimed all the piety and virtue of North American people, there lurked such deadly enmity : such malignant venom. That we did not leave them too soon, subsequent events have abundantly proved. That we will, in common with our sister States, when destiny is now ours, ultimately triumph, and have a well established government based upon the Constitution, as adopted by our Confederate Congress, we as fully believe as we do in the existence ot that God who rules in the heaven above and among the inhabitants of the earth beneath. For next AVcek. ^Ve have been favored with tin- perusal of a private letter, written by one ol oei young friends from Camden, now in the service in i i Louisiana, addressed to his father?a valued1 citizen?from which we have been permitted to extract; but after examining its contents wc find ourself unable to extiact, without omitting interesting portions of it, and have, for want of space and the lateness of the hour at which we received it, deferred its publication lor our next issue. It contents being general I would be read with interest a month hence. [kok tiik confederate.] Camden. S. C., December 10 1801. In pursuance of a notice from the Intendant, a meeting of the citizens of Camden was held at Town Hall, this day, to adopt such measures as might seem proper for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire in Charleston, S. C. Whereupon, on motion of Mr. .1. S. PePass, Mr. James Puxlap was called to the Chair, and John J. Workman requested to act as Secretary. The mooting having been opened by prayer from llev. S. 11. Hay, and its object explained by the Chairman, it was, on motion of Mr. A. M. Kennedy, resolved tliat a coiimitttec of five I be appointed by the Chair to prepare suitable resolutions for the meeting. j Messrs. A. M. Kennedy. O. J. Shannon, E. W. Bonnky, Dr. J. S. JJankell and Rev. S. II. IIay having been appointed on said committee, retired and soon reported the following : The citizens of Camden arc convened to-day to give expression to their feelings of sympathy with their neighbours and friends of the city of Charleston in the great calamity that has befallen them in the terrible conflagration of the past week, by which so vast an amount of property has been destroyed, and ao many of her citizens have been deprived of their homes and reduced fiom comfort to want. We would mingle our grief with theirs, and express our heartfelt sorrow of the severe or. deal through which they arc now called to passm *11 11 il 1 . r% icrriDiy seourgcu Dy mis destructive conflagration, and menaced by an insolent foe who would delight in the entire ruin of the city, we would fain solace them with kind words of comfort and would show by our deeds that we appreciate their sufferings and would alleviate them as far as in our power. In the Public Buildings destroyed we had with them a common interest, and especially in that Hall in which was performed the important act of signing the Ordinance which severed our connection with the odious tyranny of the Northern Government. An event we ever will cherish with emotion of liveliest gratitude, trusting that the same Providence that has so signally blessed the initiatory steps of the new Government of the Southern Confcderacv will sustain and strengthen our fellow w o citizens of Charleston, and that a few years 1 _ _ l i e * ? iiencc sue may ne ioumu enjoying not only her ancient but a greatly increased commercial, social and Political importance : Be it Resolved, That we offer our sincere adn heartfelt sympathy to the citizens of Charleston in this the day of trial and suffering. Resolved, That a committee of five for the town of Camden and its vicinity, and a committee of three for each Beat Company in the District, be appointed to solicit subscriptions, cither in money, provisions or clothing, to be forwarded to the relief committee in Charleston. Resolved, That a committee of tliroc be appointed to receive the contributions in provisions and clothing in the town of Camden, and to attend to the forwarding of the same. Resolved, That the Chairman of this meeting be requested to write to the President and Directors of the South Carolina Bail Road Company, ashing free transportation for all articles for this purpose. Resolved, That these proceedings bo published in The Camden Confkdkhatk, Charleston Mercury and Charleston Courier. On motion, Messrs. A. M. Kennedy, Tiios. Boykin, Joiin McRae, E. \V. Bonney and John Wjiitakek were appointed the committec for the town of Camden and vicinity, to solicit subscriptions ; and Messrs. J. Dtnlap, Geo. Alden and U. M. Kennedy, tlie committee to receive and forward contributions in provisions and clothing in the town of Camden. Mr. Hews, on behalf of Mrs. Bews, proposed to give a concert in connection with Prof. Eckel, of Harmony College, the proceeds of the same to bo appropriated to the furtherance of the object of the meeting. On motion, the meeting then adjourned. JAMES DUN LAP, Chairman. John J. Workman, Secretary. A Di el at Manassas.?A correspondent of the Columbus (Ga.) Knquirci\ writing from Ccntrcville, November t27tli, says: A duel was fought yesterday morning at Mitchell's Ford, on Bull Run, between Maj. Seibels (brother of Col. J.J. Seibels, of the 9th Alabama Regiment), and Captain Bland of 7th South Carolina Regiment, in which the forinci gentleman was badly wounded, the ball entering his right side and coming out on the left, though not penetrating the cavity. Major Seibels is a large, fleshy man, and his wound is a severe one, having been made by a large size pistol ball. This unfortunate affair grew out of a game of chess. Maj. S. fired at the word one ; his antagonist took deliberate aim and fired at the word three! Both acted with great coolness. Spies at Headquarters.?A New York paper of the 17 th inst., contains a list of the regiments battalions and companies in the Confederate service, with the names of officers and the places of encampment or duty. The Richmond J)isputch says: It is a far better list than any journalist of Richmond could prepare from data to which he _ ! l "r t - - ,? al.owcu access. >ve nave suspected that there were persons in oflicial position who would not scruple to betray the country into the hands of the enemy if opportunity offered, and this remarkable publication goes very far towards confirming the theory. Of what use is it to hold secret sessions of Congress, and place injunctions on the Southern press, if the abolition papers of the North are to have their agents installed in convenient positions in Government departments.. 1 BY LAST NIGHTS MAIL IMPORTANT FROM EUROPE! ENGLAND RESENTS THE SEIZ URE OF THE SOUTHERN COMMI SSI ONERS, H ?o TIIE INSTRUCTIONS TO LORD LYONS. ?o? PEREMPTOR Y DEMAND FORAP OLOGIES AND THE RELEASE OF MASON AND SLIDELL. ?o? tiik london times predicts the immediate end of tiie blockade and tiie recognition of tiie south. O Norfolk, December 17.?The Day Book of this morning publishes later advices from Europe, contained in the New York papers of the loth instant. The news of the seizure of the Southern Commissioners from the deck of the English steamer Trent, had reached England. An im- 4 mense public meeting immediately assembled in Liverpool, to givo vent to the general feeling of excitement and indignation. The steamship Europa arrived at Halifax on the 15tli inst., bringing the Queen's spccia 1 wtaouii^vi, uvniiu^ 11iijuji n?uu uuibiai ut'Sjnucilcs for Lord Lyons. By the tenor of these despatches he is instructed to demand, peremptorily, the immediate restoration of the persons of Messrs. Mason and Slidcll, the Southern Envoys, and to'call for such apologies for the outrage, as the occasion warrents. These instructions arc explicit, and have received the unanimous concurrence of the Queen's Council. The London Times, in its editorial com- j mcnts on the affair, predicts that three results will immediately follow, viz: First. The destruction of the blockade of the Southern ports. Secondly. The complete and effectual blockade of the Northern ports : and Thirdly. The recognition of the Confederate States by France and England. The Northern papers arc terribly indignant at all these manifestations of sentiment in England. The funds at London snddonlv liopnmr? nnitn ... J Hat, when the intelligence of the San JacintoTrent affair had transpired. k The bark Helen, Captain AVcstcndorff, from Charleston, loaded with navel stores, had arrived at Liverpool, affording further evidence of the utter incfliency of the blockade. LATER AND HIGHLY IMPORTANT. Decrmiiek, 17.?Six o'elock p.m.?The Baltimore Sun of this morning has just been received. The Day Book publishes an Extra containing the following summary of later and highly important news from Europe, as published in the Sun. The Paris Patrie says that France will side with England, ana take a decided attitude with regard to the difficulty. The Emperor Napoleon has tendered his services as "mediator." The greatest excitement prevails throughout Great Britan and on the Continent. Heavy bodies of English troops have been ordered to embark at once for Canada, a ship is now loading at Woolwich with Armstrong guns and 80,000 Erfield rifles. Confirmation of tlic Al>ovo Despatclics. Kiciimond, December 18.?Official despatches have been received here by the Government confirming the news of the arrival of the Europa, with the Queen's messenger bearing despatches for Lord Lyons in relation to the Mason and Slidell seizure. England demands the unconditional surrender of Mason, Slidell, Eustis and Macfarland. The special despatches to Lord Lyons require him to call upon the t r n a 1.1 u. lo anora tucsc parties safe transportation to England ; or, in the event of this being refused, at once to demand his passports. France co-operates with England, and all Europe is in a blaze of indignation at the outrage of Commodore Wilkes. School Notioe. THE EXERCISES OF MR. McC AN DLESS' SCHOOL will bo resumed on WEDNESDAY, January 1, 18G2, Pupils will be charged from time of entrance to the close of the session, which will bo 91 months. Terms of tuition made known on application to the uudersigued. December 20 L. McCANDLKSS.