The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, March 14, 1862, Image 2
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J, T. HERSHMAN, Kditor.
FRIDAY, iHAItill 11, istw.
Envelope*! Envelopes!!
A small quantity of extra fine envelopes on
hand, and may be had by making application
at this office.
Tlie <*iiBi-boal Subscription.
The ladies of Camden and vicinity are engaged
in making a fund for the building of
the gunboat " Palmetto Slate." The cause is
a good one. May success crown their efforts.
A New foinpnr.y ISciov tlrgaiii/efl.
"We understand that Messrs. T. J. II. Jonks,
C. Shiveh, E. G. lloniNSON and S. C. Clvlii'kx,
are engaged in organizing a Company
of volunteers for the war. e hope they may
1 TV.! 1* , 1. n ?l. ...... ......./..I
BUi'CUUU. I'* II iii'i" t?i un; ii ci i i \ vi
men mav l>e seen in Camden, or at their respective
homes, by any who are disposed to
enlist with them. A iJounty of Fifty ]>ollar>
paid.
The Horn* of TriuS.
As lias been trnlv remarked, the day of trial
has conic. The gathered hosts of the usurper
and despot tire moving forward from the Atlantic
to the Mississippi. Our fii>t real offensive
attack was made on the 8th iust., with
what success all our readers have alreudx
heard. And now, since we have inaugurated
that which might have been adopted long
since?an offensive warfare?we mav expect
r..,...-. ii,,. ..i'
otoi l ? vm."' iivui i 11 v. rv m vi ???ti in ?jmi* i\
succession. Nothing hut the special interpositioti
ot' the Almighty can avert the horrible
consequences of great battles fought. The
bootn of cannon will pass from lull-top to
bill-top along the \ast line of military operations;
ui:cl the rattle of musketry, the clash of
bayonets, the shrieks of the wounded, the
groans of the dying, the shouts of the victors,
the curses of the vanquished, and high
above all, the wail of the w idows and the ci v
of orphans, will fill the intervening vallev>:
and be the result what it may. the land will l?e
clothed in gloom, covered w ith desolate homes
and filled w ith suffering.
This is the day of trial. It the grand ar
lines now bein<jj pressed torward 1?\ the ciemv
be beaten, the war may shortly be at an end
another like effort to eru>h out the .South
would not be made. J?ut let not oiu>e]\cs he
deceived, l'lace no uuder-estimate on the
prowess and endurance ot' the vaiidnl> with
whom we are contending for all that is cherished
and held most dear by ci\ili/ed inankind
?our liberty and independence?but rather
prepare to meet a barbarous inhuman loe, from
whose hands we may expect 110 quarters.
Napoleon the lirst in all his oral id luilit;ir\
career, or since, was never charged with permitting
outlaw's on iii 11?>? ?_* 111 w omen and children,
neither impoverishing helpless and unarnied
families, but indicted the nio>t severe
punishment on the perpetrator of any outrage,
either on person or property. His mission
was to fight regularly organized annics, n; <i
subdue governments in the manner nre^'ri! e !
for warfare with all civilized ? '
If one or more of their a'tempis prove successful,
the contest, will he retiewed with rdoubled
fury everywhere; new life will he
given to the war, and new scenes of ldood will
burst upon our startled vision. The disaster
at Fort I)onelson and the capture of Roanoke*
admonish us that the conflict must he h!< od\
and desperate, that at many jdaces it will he
douhtful, and that we should he prepared unreverses
and at least partial defeats.
The strategetic positions occupied h.\ the
Confederate (leiierals can never he taken lathe
enemy. There are several points of vast
importance in the Confederacy we behc\e can
defy the numbers, skill and resources of the
North, now and forever. I *ut there are intervening
ones, important, but not \it:11. where
' n ? t
our defences arc weak, and our imans of resistance
inadequate : and at these, the Yankees
may achieve such successes as an i! 1 give encouragement
to the people of their section,
sustain the Administration for a time, and
stimulate their generals to renewed efforts to
bind upon their brows the laurels of vietorv.
There is bloody work to be done. We sav,
again, let none nnder-ostimate its importance
or its difficulties. Let every heart be steeled
and every muscle set; for the danger is ;it
band, the day of 11ial is upon us, and we must
be worthy of the cause we have espoused, or
pay the penalty in the horrors of a prolonged
% contest brought nearer to 0111 homes.
Explanatory.
\Yc have been interrogated by many of our
citizens, if the recruits ifew being taken for
companies already in service, will be included
in the number to be furnished by Kershaw
I >isirict for the additional live regiments of
infantry. We have the best authority for stating
that they arc iueludcd, and that the olliccrs
so recruiting in the District will be expected
to return the number they each receive,
with the name of the recruit and number of
I the Ueat to which they respectively belong, bv
' the '201 h inst., to the.Colonel of the '22d liegi!
incut.
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Klnlc ;t<!verliM'ieiniiM.
We have beta eoinpelled to appropriate a
hirsrc uortiou >}' our paper. this week, in State
Ir* i ii' '
many now orders of importance
11: i \11 u "been issued within the past few
<lay>.
11! ??:ir I :?|M r (if last week, the Covei'lior's
proclamation, calling for tive athlitionai regiments
of Infantn, read as prohibiting recruiting
for eompanit's now in service, until the
reijuisitiou was .tilled. N\ e are pleased to
state that the error occurred in the paper we
copied I'tom, 1 nit was corrected in their next
number, and now reads, 44 No man liable to do
duty will be allowed to enter any other company
now in service for any term /ess than the
inir, until this reposition for live Infantry
ilegimenls be complied with.''
Vititmiion of il:e Confederate War
Ti?\ of Steisluiiw l>istrict.
We ha\e been kindly furnished the following
\a?n?iti(in of the Confederate war lax for
the district, by our esteemed fellow townsman.
Mr. A. M. Kknnkhv, who lias been assiduously
engaged. for the past few weeks, in receiving
the returns:
Ileal ustatc, ... - ?l,ljM0,3>]ii
HoT 1 slaves, - I11 (J
MeiehaixlUe, ... - 1
I tank Stork, - 450,000
1 ?ri*.U;e Stock, - - - - 10,000
Money at Interest, - ],507,S04
< a>h on liaiul, - TJ,1 17
Morses, - - - - 5S5
'J 50 <;,?!,! Watches, - 'Jl,l00
<iukl aim.1 Silver Plate, - - 27,-05
01 I'ianos ... . 17,405
022 i arriat^es, - 01,55s
Corporation Stock, ... 0,070
Total amount, - - *s J82,555
Percentage, - - - ?42,4 J 2.7 7
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iihtiikk paijtk ! i.aks ok the oukat x.wai,
VKT<IK V? DKSTUI ( TION OF J 11 K < 'I'M UK I!!. A N D
COXiiRi:", \NI> OTIIb'U VI>sK!.S?tih: stkam
l'IU(i AIKS MINNESOTA AND ST. I. AW PENCE
AOPOKND AND I> Is A III.Kl) TIIK KltliK'SSON
ltAT'lK.PY IHtlVHN HACK- DKSCPIPTIDNS OK
TIIK Ml PltlMVC AND KHIC^ON, KT(KTC.
\\>i:i oi.k, Suml.iv Morning, March ?
/ J/i rtn i'rl<ir/,\- A inc.?.scnger\s boat lias just
conic up. The MeiT'innc aii<l Jamestown have
' hi'cii lighting the neinv's iron batten* ever
since ;? a. in. The hat'ery being of light ?lral'l
1 1 . *! I - 1 *
aimi rapiu motion, win noi |?er:iui tnc .Merrimat*
!< yvt at close <|unrtors. This Kricxon
hjit 11 i \ proved a far more formi lahle opponent
to the Mt rrimac than all the other vessels of
the eiiemv eonil?i!i('i 1. i he Minnesota is stiil
a.f.M'< >111 a 1. < apt. I * . i?- h a r an > \\n;;!n| compelled
hiii' t<> !:11><i. ( ate-l>\ Jones i> in charge of
the Meirilnae. A y ilihoat of ,he ei einv was
sin k \( steii!a\ . ! In- ( o11egress hlew np at
I 1 isi 11ie 1.*, a ! many <>1 hei crew ha\'o
arrived here. ! I;t.' eiie!. \ t i i ^: 11 11 i the how
mm of tin- .Meiiiinac \e-terdav and killed four
of iu-r el ew. 11< r ('apt. (1 Juehanaii) w as sliyht!\
wounded. Another of our steamers lost
tour men. Th? re was <yreal slaughter on hoard
1 I' i ( ' 111111 it a-! mi H I " the ! i ii >vt ill tier frew n nvi.
either shiin or drow lied.
It is ascertained that < Ion. Ma^rudor lias
thus tar made n<? land attack on Newport
News. The liyht in the 1 loads, however, is
still 1'iirionsly <*oin^ on.
[IScconti Ihfjm fch.)
The tiling ecased at 12 in., and the Kric?-son
i hatterv retreated to 1'ortross Monroe. At I 1-2
o'clock to day our whole Moot canto into our
harbor and went uj> to the Na\y Yard. Tlic
Morriinao is leaking and is just now jjoin<^ into
, dock. She is otherwise but slightly injuied.
< Mir other hips sustained but slight injury.
An ollicui*from the Mcrrimac reports that her
iron prow was broken otV when colliding with
the Cumberland. She ran into the Ericsson
battery once to-day, but having lost her prow
and not striking fairly, did not in jure the batteiy
much. She is not leaking badly, and until examined
to-morrow in the dock, we cannot say
how long belore she goes down again?it is
now thought in a few days.
Captain Buchanan and Lieutenant Minor
were wounded through the treachery of the
enemy, who tired on the Morrimac with inns"
kotry, as the Mcrritnac approached to take
possession, after the white flag was hoisted.
Captain Huchanau was shot in the. thigh with
a lniiiic hail.? He stood on top of the Merriinac,
outside, during the whole action.
The enemy are now busy lightning the Minessota,
and it is feared they will get her off tonight.
We have nothing vet from Mao-ruder*
~ C* CJ
( Third Despatch.)
Nonfolk, Monday Morning, March 10.?
The /)">/ Hook of this morning savs that the
Virginia sunk the Cmnberland after fifteen
minute's fighting. She ran within point blank
range, fired her bow gun several times, and
then struck the Cumberland with her iron
; prow, causing her to reel, careen ami sink.
; The officers and crew of the sinking vessel
[ escaped in their boats, but manv were captured
! by our small steamers. There wore numbers,
i also, drowned. Three ot'the enemy's wounded
I went down rtboard the Cumberland.
The Congress was next attacked and made
a gallant resistance, but was forced to run
ashore and hoist the white ilajj. Her crew
j was taken oil by 1 lie ('onfederato gunboats.
The Yankees lired with their Minio muskets
| while lending: assistance to the Congress. One
of our shots dismounted two ixuns, killing sixteen
men and tore the Congress t?> pieces.
W hile the Virginia was enjjfa?;ini* the battcrv
at New port News, the Minnesota came up and
enjjfa^ed our batteries at Sewel's 1'oiut, where
she e'ot aground. She was then tiercelv attacked
by the Jamestown and the l'atriek Henry,
and was much damaged in the melee.
The 1'. S. steam frigate St. Lawrence then
came up to the rescue of the .Minnesota; hut
the St. Lawrence also ?rot aground. The < *?nU'l'ess
was set oil tire 1>\ oar vessels a little before
midnight, on Saturday. I he explosions of her
inaoM/ines was territic. Several of the eneiuv's
" #
I smaller tuos and steamers went to the assis|
! tance of the Minnesota and St. Lawrence,
i Imt con Id not succeed in hauling them oil' the
har.
The enemy's Joss in killed and wounded is
verv ti'reat; ours is nine killed and twelve wounj
dial. There were twenty-three prisoners hiouylit
I up to Norfolk on Saturday nij^hl. The \ iro-inia
had two men killed ami live wounded.
A small ankee sehooner was captured and
sent to Norfolk. Two others were also captured.?The
Kriesson cneaufed the \ ir^inia at
v . O
: the distance of from thirty to forty yards.
The Virginia having run aground, the Kricsoii,
taking advantage of her 'Mix," poured sliot
after shot into her without the least cttcct.
\ t'l I I ( H ? I: < > I ill llw \ 1 ! ?? ? 11 1 ? I'M II ! 1,1, * ill..
1 Kriesson with In r prow, and the latter loolc to
Iot heels. Many o| t he enemy's e-unhoats w ere
disabled. The Minnesota is completely riddled,
and the St. Lawrence disabled. 1 he eficinv's
loss on hotli days is variously osliinated at
Iroin can i to 1'JUO. < hit of oOO on hoard tlie
< aimherland, about. I on only escaped. All
the batteries at Newport News except one,
w ere silenced.? ('/torhshut Jftrct/rt/,
lluiciiatioii oIAaavporl Aeu-s
XoitFoi.K, March 10.?A messenger jnst
Iron i Sew ell's Point reports the Minnesota
at Fortress Monroe, hut badly crippled. It
was one ot their jjunboats which was burnt.
Lieutenant Taylor died of his wound this
morning. Ho was treacherously sliot yeslerdav
i by tlie enemy under a wliito f!nlt- Caotajn
! Hmhanan ami Lieutenant Minor, who wore
| both shot under a whitening, are improving.
Nothing from Magruder 011 Saturdav.
j lively gun at Newport News, except one,"
; was silenced by the Morriiiiac, and the entire
' garrison c\aeuated. The excepted uain would
I have also been knocked over, but the Merrii
mac could not get aim on it. She lav for an
; hour within two hundred and fortv vards of
i the fort,? Curat in iau.
From Richmond.
lilt jjuoNii, March l(>.? Oongress, to-day
was discussing the operations of ?icii. Albeit
Sidney Johnston, in Tennessee, during which
n warm and lengthy debate ensued. Mr. Adkins
said that nearly every member of tho
Tennessee Legislature signed a petition fotf the
removal of Johnston from tho Tennessee Department.
The petition has been presented
to to the President.
The J'resident sent a message to Congress ?
to-day, stating that he had suspended (Jenerals
Floyd and Pillow from their commands till
they could give more satisfactory accounts of
the action at Fort Donclson. The President
is dissatisfied with their rej?orts.
? ? ?
A Long and Obstinate Engagement.
ISY LAST XKiillT'S in All,.
\rL-x.,,..,o Afotv.l, 11 bVxvt / A ? !- \
i'l r4 .m i iunivu a a i \/n ^Maaiiia ^a&a
intcl 1 iufcucc of tlio Oth inst., states that our
troops under (*eiis. Van I >oru and Price en1
gaged the enemy for three days in succession,
! iitli, Gth and 7tli ilists. The battle was fought
at Pea Kidge, P>cnton County, Arkansas, near
the Missouri line.
Our loss is heavy, including ( lens. McCulloeh
and Mcintosh, who were killed on the 7th
j instant. (Ion. Slack was also mortally wounded.
(ion. Price was wounded in the arm.
{Col. 'McUae, of Mississippi, was killed.
' Col. Sims was wounded in the arm. Our
I forces had got in the rear of the Federals and
' were driving them Southward. Thcv were
: sanguine of success.
The bodies of (Jens. MeCulloch and Mclntosli
lisui been brought forward to fort Sinith
1'or interment.? Courier.
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M A RE I EI).
' Mai 1:11 n. <>11 the -llh inst . l>y the Rev. a. J. Cnuilun.
Mr. .1 \mi:s It. Im:1 oAeui:. ol" Barnwell, to Miss
; M aui \ K. ('oeiM.T.l.L, of Fairfield. S. ('.
.
< >BLT1 JAH Y.
MAitTllA BKLTON. widow and relict of Major
.JOSKI'll M 1CKLK. Tne venerable lady whose name
is iihovo. died on Sunday, the ltilh of February, in the
Selli Veer of her nee
Mm.' wns I Ik* only surviving child of .lolm Bolton. of
Camden. Ih r lather was an eminent surveyor, who
died early. Hi r hnsbancl \vu' a man of great vivacity,
and was romnrl.nhle for ;;rent personal activity, lie
was a Major in the war of 1812. AVlien last 1 saw
him ho said to mo "It seems tome 1 can never die.*'
la a short lime afterwards 1 heard of his rather suddea
death. No one mourned his death more sincerely
; than 1 did.
Mrs. Miekle wns the mother of six children, who
i liveil to maturity?Mrs. 11 ice lMilin: Mrs. .lames V
I .vies. and ("apt. Joseph T. Miekle. lived in (Columbia,
wla re they are known and prized; Mrs. J. ,T. Nelson
still lives at the old homestead : Mr. Hubert Miekle resales
in the neighborhood, and ('apt. John Bolton
M'ek'eis a well known and honored citizen of Kershaw.
She was a faithful mother and a kind ucigh
bor. She reared her children in beautiful simplicity,
..,.1 i....: i <i . i - -- ? i --- 1 -
.in., ii.inn-.i UK-Hi u? ii- iiM-iiu men una women, S>li6
j lived to (In- great age wliii.-li I have mentionod without
;111 enemy. She died from the Micro lapse of time,
u ii font any particular disease, ami without a struggle,
: > ii nature was worn out. She was a constant reader
ul i lie liihle, and when her time eaiao, seemed fully
prepared lor her departure.
It might he said of her ' May 1 die (lie death of the
right! ons. and may my latter end l?e like hers.''
she was tin de.-eeridant of the lirst settlers of Cnmden.
ami was a connection by hlood of the Knglishes,
lUihv's. ('melon's. .1ones', (loodwvn's, Kelly's and
j < ' Ne ill's.
lh-r life will he chronicled by the remembrances of
; her kindred?her grave hedewed by their tears.
lJc-t. aged saint, in everlasting peace.
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.A i i i lo'uiiceiiieiits.
Mi:. Kimtou: Please announce the following gentlemen.
as most suitable. (in these trying times, when
every inter, -t shonhl lie taken in tlio welfare of onr
own) to (ill theoHiees of Inlendant and Wardens of
Camden. for the ensuing twelve months:
F?r luleiidint?J A MFS Dl'XLAP.
I'm' ll*it Fil'tiis.?A. Me! X >X A LI >.
P. ]?. IIOCOTT,
RolIERT KKXXEDY,
W. I>. Mo DO WALL,
A nd ol.ligo M A X V FRIENDS.
March 7 -1
Si >eeial IFsTotices.
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A I'I'.W KPSIIKLS OF FIXK SEED IRISH POTATOES.
For sale at the POST OFFICE.
March 1 I
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.C U T T UII
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5 O O 13 ale >s
OF
GOOD COTTON
WANTED, fop which the highest market price will
he paid in CASH, by
MATHESON & CO.
CnnulcD. March 10 j