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jr. T. HERSHMAN, Editor.
FH1PAY, MARCH T, 1862.
upi. J. D. Kennedy,
Of the Cauiden Volunteers, arrived on Wednesday
last, from Manassas, lie is enjoying
fine lieaitb, and reports that of his company
excellent. The object of his visit is to obtain
a few more recruits. We have no doubt be
will secure his number in a few days, as those
who know him, and for what purpose lie is
here, will readily respond, if they intend to en"
ter tbe servieo at all. lie may be seen at
McKain's Drug Store, from 10 a. ni. to 5 p.
m., daily. Those who wish to enroll themselves
with him, must make application without
delay. A bounty of $50, on entering his list,
and commutation for rations allowed until required
to leave for the Potomac.
Wayside Hospital, or Soldiers Real.
We have been informed by several ladies
that a Soldier's Wayside Resting Place was iti
contemplation, but those having the matter in
hand have not thought publicity through the
paper necessitous, or, perhaps, they have abandoned
the idea altogether?we hope not the
latter. And we have, too, many good charitable
people in our District who have no other
means of knowing the wants of our soldiers,
except through the press. If it is a private
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ur seieci matter, we hsk paruon ior naving
made refference to it at all. Tlic use of our
columns have, long since, been offered for all
benevolent purposes.
Why the Nashville Brought no Arms.
Some disappointment was expressed by almost
every one, that the Nashville bad brought
no arms from Europe, for ths use of the Government.
When, however, it is recollected that
the Nashville was tolerated in English waters,
and protected from destruction by the neutrality
and courtesy of the British Government'
our readers will at once perceive that to have
taken in a cargo of war material sneh as
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iias oeen uueruicieu uy tue queen's proclamation,
would have been a gross violation not
only of hospitality, but of courtesy and the
laws of neutrality. The Nashville, it must be
reraemlered, is a Government war ship, and
not a merchantman.
Affairs in Tennessee*
We have learned from good authority, savs
the Savannah Republican of the 3d inst., that
Johnston left Mufrecsboro with his forces some
days ago, and fell back on Stephson, where
the Nashville and Memphis and Charleston
Railroads unite. Wc feel assured that Johnston
is making the very best disposition possible
of the forces under his command, and have
already learned enough to convince us that
no fault lies at his door for any mishap that
may have occurred. Perhaps nobody is to
blame. We commenced the revolution against
a nation three times our number and completely
armed, and should not be snppriscd when
the reverses overtake us.
North-western Virginia.?A report was
brought down by passengers on the cars yesterday
that seventeen Yankee regiments were
at Leesburg; that General Jackson has been
compelled to fall back upon Winchester, and
that General Johnston was moving reirforcements
to him at that place. Nothing confirmatory
of this report had been received at
the War Department; but as it conies by a
gentleman who is well known in the city, and
was circulated yesterday very generally among
some of our public men, we mention it as not
an improbable story.? Richmond Examiner.
War Upon thr Distilleries.?Gov. Brown
of Georgia has issued a proclamation commanding
every distiller in the State to cease
manufacturing ardent spirits after the loth
Aiarcn instant, under a penalty of seizure of
the property thus employed. In case of distillers
refusing to obey this order, their still?
are to be seized and manufactured into cannon.
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Brig. Gen. Bushrod Johnson of Tennessee,
wno was among tne prisoners tatrcn by the
Yankees at Fort Donolson, succeded in making
his escape and arrived safely at Mufreesboref
on Sunday last. He states tliat on account
of their terrible loss, the enemy was not
at ajl exultant over their victory.
The snow in the Northern section of New
York is lying to the depth of five or six feet.
Fears are entertained of an inundation along
the Hudson and Mohawk.
News from tho Went.
The following is from the latest Tenncssoe
papers:
THE ENEMY IN NASHVILLE.
Nashville is occupied by the enemy's forces
to the number of 8000, commanded by Gen.
Buell. The invadors are quartered in the Capitol
and all the public buildings of fhe city,
over all of which the stars and stripes are waiving.
They are rapidly erecting fortifications?
guns, batteries, &c., at every point of approach
to the city. The city appears almost literally
deserted. Ladies arc never seen upon the
streets, and the inhabitants keep themselves
close. Neil S. Brown and several other prominent
citizens have been arrested.
Gen. Buell has entered Nashville, and made
a speech to the citizens, in which he disclaimed
any purpose of molesting private rights. The
U. S. flag was hoisted upon the capitol, amid
the cheers of some of the traitors who remained
in the city. Buell had issued a proclamation,
in which he offers amnesty to all who
wiil take the oath to support the Federal Government.
HOW THF CITY WAS SURRENDERED.
The accounts which wo get of the surrender
of Nashville are most humiliating. When
Mayor Cheatham first offered to surrender the
city to the Federal officer in command of the
Lincoln cavalry, lie declined to accept it, stating
as a reason that he was not authorized to
accept it. Scouts afterwards went out, in various
directions, hunting for a Federal officer
with power to act, but after going some twenty
or thirty mile9 they could not find a Federal
soldier anywhere.
At last the city was formally surrendered by
Mayor Cheatham on Sunday. It is true that
the Federals had not previously entered the
city, but a regiment of cavalry had encamped
in the town of Edgefield, a short distance from
Nashville. It was to this point that Mayor
Cheatham repaired, and formally tendered the
city with all the public stores it contained, to
the commander of the Federal forces. The
Federals seemed loath to believe that the citv
had really been surrendered, and accordingly
only sent over fifteen men to take possession?
and even these seemed to be on the lookout
for a surprise of some sort.
There was a large amount of bacon and
other army stores in the city of Nashville, and
Col. Forrest, of Memphis, was engaged up to
Sunday afternoon attending on the saving and
transportation of the same. While engaged
in this service, Mayor Cheatham opposed, and
told him to desist, he having formally given up
the same to the Federal officer. Those of us
who know Col. Forrest can imagine what his
reply would be to such an order. He told the
Mayor that he ranked all officers then in the
city, that he was a Confederate olficer, and that
if he did not desist from interference, he would
take force. Subsequently, a lot of low flung
characters about the city commenced a scries
of dcpradations upon private property, and the
M: lyor being powerless to repress them, it is
reported that Col. Forrest took a detachment?
and meeting them in the public square, killed
five of them before they were dispersed.
A Chattanooga correspondent of the Knox-:
ville Jleyister, in giving an account of the panic
at Nashville, says:
It seems that Gen. Johnston informed the
authorities of the city on Sunday last, that he
could not hold it, although no enemy was near,
or threatened it. Immediately all was consternation
and alarm. The Governor and Legislature
fled panic-stricken. \\ itli this example
set them, nothing better could be Expected of
the citizens ! Mr. V. K. Stevenson, Quartermaster-General,
and President of the Nashville
and ChattRliOOfra Railroad, etc.. fled. Earlv
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Monday morning he loaded several cars with
his personal effects, including his own sacred
person, and hastened to this city, where he has
ever since remained. By his direction all the
rolling stock was hurried to this end of the
road, and no effort, or next to none, was made
to bring any of the Government property from
the doomed city. Nearly a week has elapsed,
and no enemy has approached. During this
time every pound of bacon and ordnance and
quartermaster stores could easily have been removed
to Murfresboro, if not further. Instead
of this being done, the doors of the storehouses
were thrown open, and the people invited to
carry off all they wished, and tiie torch applied
to the rest! Was ever such wanton abandon
ment and destruction of property ? The rail
road bridge at Nashville and the suspension
bridge were both burned.
Clarksville has been formally occupied by
Gen. Foote, who has issued an order promising
not to interfere with the business movements of
the place, and to respect private property, and
holding the municipal authorities responsible
for the good order of the place. He also requires
that all the Confederate property be surrendered
up, and that his operations be not interfered
with.
At the last accounts, a force of the enemy
was approaching Paris, Tenn., being only seven
f. .1 T1!.~ /~v r.J i
iiincn iiviii iii-ic> jl lie eumtuciaic e??aii<T
force which has heen stationed there since the
Fort Henry affair, had left those parts; hence
the advance of the Federals upon the town.?
That they will take it, there can be little doubt.
There is, therefore, another panic at Paris.?
The people are fleeing in every direction. A
number of families came down upon the train
last night, and a car load of negroes.
Majok H. W. Fry's P. P. C. to the Yankees
at Roanoke.?From Saturday, the day
of the surrender of Roanoke, till the following
Wednesday, Major Fry was confined in a
room in the house of Dr. Kitters, on the island.
In this room the Major discovered a
portion of a keg of power, the private property
of Dr. Iliiters. On Wednesday morning, understanding
that he was that day to be removed
on shipboard, the Major took about
twenty pounds of the powder and rolling it in
a sheet, made a sort of a cartridge, and rammed
it up the pipe of a stove that stood in the
room. In the course of an hour after com'
pleting this job, the Major was removed, and
his mind being otherwise occupied, thought
little more of it. From some of our wounded
who had been left at Elizabeth City, and who
arrived here last night, we are informed that
one rainy day last week the Yankees, for the
first time, built a fire in the stove. In a few
minutes the explosion took plane, blowing the
house to ruins, and killing and wounding fifteen
or twenty Yankees. The accuracy of
the above is beyond question.?Richmond
Exa miner.
Nashville News.? A gentleman just from
Gen. Critenden's command at Mufresboro'
communicates the following items of war news
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which we think may be relied upon.
Gen Buell has emen d Nashville, and made
a speech to the citizens, in w hich he disclaimed
anv purpose of molesting private rights. The
i United States fiag was hoisted upon the capitol,
amid the cheers of some of the citizens, who
remained in the ciiv. Gen. IJuell has issued a
proclamation, in which he oftcrs amnesty to
all who will take the oath to support the Federal
Government. Such proclamations were
issued, is will be remembered, in North-Western
Virginia, and in the Virginia Peninsula.
We know how the vandals kept faith. Can
there he Tennessceans so gullible as to swallow
this stale bate ? ? Knoxvillc Register, February
nth.
Death of Willie Lincoln.? W'llie Lincoln,
second son of President Lincoln, died on the
evening of tlie 20tli. Inconsequence of this
event the public buildings and the private resiliences
of the heads of departments in Washington
were not illuminated on the evening of
ol the '22d ultimo, as previously arranged.
I The youngest son was dangerously ill and it
! was feared could not recover.
j Aukest or "Union Men" in Richmond.?
' The Examiner says that John Minor Botts,
Valentine Ileckler, Franklin Stearnes and
several other "Union Men" have been arrested
in Richmond and confined to jail. Many
other arrests will be made in the next twentyfour
hours.
Run tiie Blockade.?The steamer General
Miramon, it is stated bv the Mobile Rpuistt/r
I has made a successful entry at New Orleans
] with arms and munitions.
The actual number of prisoners taken at
Port iJonelsoii is 13,.300. Among them is
Gen. West, who has not previonsly been mentioned.
Major General Loring has been appointed to
J take command of all the forces near the North
j Carolina coast and South of Norfolk.
| " I'm getting fat," as a theif said when he
wait stealing lard.
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Announcements.
Mr. Editor: Please announce the following gentlemen,
as most suitable, (in these trying tiroes, when
every interest should be taken in tho welfare of our
town) to till the offices of Intendant and Wardens of
Camden, for the ensuing twelve months:
Fbr Intendant.?JAMFS DUNLAP.
Far Wardens.?C. A. MCDONALD,
" " D. D. HOCOTT,
" 41 ROBERT KENNEDY,
" " W. D. McDOWALL,
And obligo MANY' FRIENDSMarch
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Special ]N~otices3.
KERSHAW LODGE, No. 20, A. F. in.
A STATED COMMUNICATION OF KERshaw
Lodge No. 29, A. F. M., will bo held at their
Lodge Room, Tuesday Evening noxt, llth iust., at 7
l o 1- 13.. TV \i
1*4 U WlUl/IV. JL?JT VIUUI ?*
March 1 1 JAMES JONES, Sect'y.
Bank ol" Camden, So. Ca.,
February 25, 1862.
THE HOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE ORDERED
that a dividend of $2.50 per share, of tho
Stock of this Bank, bo paid on and after tho 28th inst.,
at the Bonk of Charleston, the Commercial Bank of
Columbia, Merchants Bank of Chernw, and at tho
counter of this Bank. This is intended as a pro-pay
ment of the next July dividend.
W. II. R. WORKMAN, Cashier.
February 28 1
CIRCULAR IDDRE^SED TO EACH
TAX COLLECTOR IX TIIE STATE.
Coi.lmuia, S. C., February, 1892.
]>Y VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY
vested in the Chiefs of the Treasury .Department,
under a resolution adopted by the
Governor and Council, you are directed to as
certain the amount of gold and silver plate belonging
to the citizens of your District or Parish;
and for the purpose of effecting this object,
you arc instructed to inquire of each taxpayer
in your District to make a return to
you, on oath, of the number of pieces of gold
or silver plate, the weight of the said plate,
and its actual value, as near as can be ascertained?the
said return to be made at the same
time and place that the annual State tax return
is made.
Upon the refusal or neglect of any person to
make a return of gold and silver plate, accordiug
to the terms of this order, you are required
to report to this Department the names of the
persons so refusing or neglecting, as your books
are closed, and the ordinary return of the State
taxes is completed.
The method of proceeding will be, to put to
each tax-payer, or the party offering to make a
return of the State taxes, the following dues
tions:
What number of pieecs of gold or silver
plate do you, or those you represent, own ?
What is the weight of the said plate, asccr
taincd bv actual weighing the same, or according
to your knowledge and belief?
What do you consider the true value of the
said plate, as a marketable article or articles ?
You will procure a suitable book for recording
the return of gold and silver plate, separate
from the ordinary tax book?for which you
will be paid?and insert the name of each taxpayer,
with the number of pieecs, weight and
nib ui nit I'irtic, ins name, uppo*
site the name of each tax-payer who refuses or
neglects to return plate, place the words, "Refuses
to return Plate," or " Neglects to return
Plate," as the case may be. Upon completing
the return, and closing your books, you will
forward it to this Department, signed by you
as Tax Collector of your District.
By order of the Governor and Council.
WM. II. GIST,
W. W. IIAllLLEE,
March V Chiefs of Treasury Department.
Each paper in the State will copy once
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
By permission of wm. m. bullock, ordinary
for Kershaw District, he will offer for sale,
at public outcry, at the late store of Paul F. Villipigue,
deceased, on Thursday, the 20th instant, all the personal
property, belonging to the estate of, the said
deceased, to wit: Two Wagons, one small and ono
large wagon, ono Buggy and Harness; also, the stock
in trade, Ac., Ac.
Except the negro man Jim, and the Cotton on hand,
Terms Cash JOHN KIRKPATRICK,
JAMES D. KIRKPATRICK,
Adm's of the est. of Paul F. Villipiguo, dec'd,
March 7 2
A 1>NI X 1ST R A TO US' X OTICE.
All persons indebted to paul f. villipiguc,
dec'd, will make immediate payment to.
the undersigned. And those having doinands against
the said doceased will present them duly attested.
JOHN KIRKPATRICK,
JAMES D. KIRKPATRICK.
Admr'e of the est. of said deed.
. March "7 3 mo