J. T. HERSHMAN, Kditor.
FRIDAY, SXlU II 'it, llttH.
envelop* it! i;?iv? i<.!?( .:!
A small quantity of extra fine envelopes on
hand, and may be had by making application
at this office.
ltccruitliig.
Our streets liavo been somewhat enlivened.
during the past few days, by the presence of a
large number of our country friends, who visited
Camden for the purpose of enlisting
111 the service of their country. The requisition
for five Infantry Regiments, so far as the
number required from Kershaw is concerned,
will no doubt be furnished without the unpleasantly
attending a draft.
Speeial \o|iee.
We are requested, by Capt. J. D. Kennedy,
to say that he will accept twelve more recruits,
to whom a bounty of ?50 will be paid?also,
nAtn inntuf mil i<ir rut moc 111 \ tn lli<? limo rn.
qui rod to leave for service, which will ho in
eight or ten days. lie may he found at McKain's
Drug Store, hv any who are desirous
of enlisting, hv making immediate application.
Capt. Kkxnkdv has received instructions from
the Executive Council to secure such reel nils,
to the time of his leaving, as ahove stated.
Formation of a !\'ew Heal Company.
It will he sects hv an order troin the Execu- i
tivo Council, that all persons (not having \ol- I
nntcered) oetween the ages ot sixteen and mx ;
ty vears, are required to enroll tlieir nanus i
with the Captain of their respective heats, for
local and reserve duty.
Captain llt oiisox requests all such, including
those of the old heat, to meet at the
Market at 10 1-2 o'clock, a. in., (Saturday) 22d
inst., for the purpose of forming a new Meat
Company for reserve duty.
Spiimiii^ send WVsivine;.
We trust, all who can will not tail to make
clot li lor 11 km r own use. Wo are assured thai
many farmer's wives ami daughters, in Kershaw,
are at work in the old-fashioned wav.
Not tmlVequently we see our friends from the
country dressed in nice substantial suits home
made out and out. This is as it should be, ami
is one of the indirect benefits of this cruel
war. We have not. factories sufficient in South
Carolina to supply our own people. Let the
deficiency be made up, as far as possible, on
every plantation and in every household.
IVtitioii 10 lite llxecialivc 4'outsell.
We are much gratified to see that our eiti- !
zens are petitioning the Executive Coum-il for i
the privilege granted the c ities <>i" Charleston
and Columbia, t<> stop the sale of liquorin
the town of Camden, where its injurious effects
are as visible as in cither the oilier places.
Our soldiers are constantly passing to and H*?.
They need to l>e shielded from the inlhu'tiees
of the all-pervading destroyer. In no action
of those in authority has there heen a more
general acqniesencc of our citizens than in
shutting up the distilleries. Let it he followed
by closing the streams as they have shut up
the fountains.
I'liintiiig; Time.
The time has arrived when many have begun
to plant corn. \\'c would urge upon all.
as has been suggested by the Governor in his
Proclamation, to he found ii. another column, I
to give attention primarily to the importance |
of a largo grain crop. Patriotism and interest
& I |
l.^.i ii... . ? ? - - * I
nunc III Lllf IICCCSMIY ??1 IIIUKIIIg corn III |
the hitherto cotton growing regions. The J
large number of those in the army who raised
their own provisions make it more important,
their families to be provided, the government
to be supported, and those in the cities and j
towns, heretofore getting their supplies from
parts of the country now occupied by the enemy,
are sufficient reasons to weigh with those
who would be free from the Northern a oke.
Barbarism.?The Little Rock True Democvut
asserts that when the enemy invaded Renton
and \\ ashington Counties, Ark., the Federal
commanders took all young men they
could find, put arms in tlieir hands, and then
placed them in the front ranks and to!d them
they must fight. They were compelled to
take the oath.
The Atlanta correspondent of the Charleston
Courier says that that city is the great hospital
station of the Southern and Western armies?'
there being 3,600 sick soldier" there.
Tlio Soldier's Kcst.
The following has been handed us for publication,
by the ladies of the Camden Aid Society.
We think every good citizen should
respond to the call, as the cause in which they
arc so zealously engaged, is a noble one, and
well worthy the heads and hearts who have
instituted and are now perfecting their good
work.: ?
44 The ladies and gentlemen of Camden have
established a 44 Soldiei's Iiest," next door to the
PeKalb House. Many of our brave volunteers,
when returning home on sick furloughs,
.1 i . n i? . i
pass mrongn our town, ooiiic 01 tnese nave
not means to procure a night's lodging, and,
perhaps, (as has several times happened) they
are too ill to leave the next day, and have need
of careful nursing tor weeks. Surely it is the
duty of those, in whose defence these men are
willing to peril their lives, to procure proper
accommodations for them at such times. All
will agree that it is not light to leave the burden
of providing for them upon our hotel
keepers, when it should he equally shared
amongst us all. Mr. IiOdukrs, the kind and
obliging host of the DoKalb House, has engaged
to take charge of the establishment at
very moderate rates.
The ladies of the Aid Society, assisted bv a
Committee \?f gentlemen, will have a general
supervision over it, and will provide nurses
whenever they shall be needed.
They earnestly request donations, either in
tnotiey or provisions, from the citizens of Camden
am I Ke rshaw J)i>triet. 1 hose iuav be
sent in :it any lime to Mr. Unix; hits, at the
i JeK.dk House.
Camden, March 17, 1802.
?
The IS;ifll<> in At'ktiii*si*.
Fort Smith, March 12. ('apt. lingers has
arrived h re in charge <?t" the ammunition train,
ami the official account ot' the hatlle at Elkhorn.
The fi??litini*1 was terrible. The Confederates
were mostly armed with rifles and
shot guns. They charged the enemy again
and again, clubbing their guns, and driving
them back t'.iom their first position. The enemy
had taken a second and stronger position.
When it became known to his troops that lien.
McC'ulloch had fallen, they were frantic with
rage?fighting like demons?charging and putting
to flight five times tln ir number. IVarful
that McCulloch's tloops would be disorganized.
Van J >orn deemed it advisable to withdraw,
lie renewed the attack next day, ami retired
in splendid older, under rover of his artillery.
The attack was considered a brilliant manoeuvre.
Mcintosh, at the head of his command,
fell early; also Herbert. Prisoners report the
Federal loss at six thousand. Our loss was two
thousand. The Confederates attacked the enemy
on all sides, passing around them. Van
1 torn says he is not whipped, and cannot be.
We will soon have the Confederate train on
llvston Mountain out of reach of the enemy.
I'iii'IImt Detail* of I lie Itattle at \evvhern.
Wii.minotox, March 17.?-The reports vary
materially in details. The most apparently
reliable are that our forces constituted five
skeleton regiments of infantrv and a few artiI
lory companies and a hatallioii, which came
just in time to help cover our retreat.
The force of the enemy was 22.000, with formidable
gunboats on the flank and formidable
field batteries in front, with a heavy reserve.
Our entire force was about o,000. Our troops
held their ground five hours. The militia first
gave way. Our loss in killed and wounded is
estimated from 100 to lot). The enemy's
loss is variously estimated at from 500 to l,0o0.
The only troops engaged wire from North
Carolina. Col. Avery and Maj. Ilokc were
both killed. Lieut. Col. 11 a} wood was not
kil'ed, as formerly reported. A llag of truce
has gone down and will return soon, when
a lull report of the casualties will be obtained.
? Carolinian.
?
In H i ed inc from flie WH,
LYNCiim'.RO, March 18.? A gentleman who
arrived here this morning from Kast Tennessee
I states positively that the enemy have crossed
Cumberland mountain at Wheeler's ( Jap, and
are now at Jaeksonboro, about forty miles from
Knoxvillo. The country, however, renders it
difficult to advance further, ami it is not inipos
sible the whole force of the enemy will be captured.
the report of the capture of two of out
cavalry companies is untrue.? Carolinian.
Capture off Three Federal Officers.
Charleston, March 17.?Three of the Frog
Level Scouts?Kibler, Sbcely and Carson?of
the llolcombe Legion, on Edisto Island, yesterday
baggad Lieut. Col. Bennett, of the 55th
Pcnsvlvania, Lieut. Kirby, of the 47th New
; York, and Willis, a cotton agent from New
; York.
I.vsiruatioii of Hew Madrid.
Augusta, March 17.?A special despatch
to the Savannah Republican, dated Memphis
15th, says that New Madrid was evacuated bv
the Confederates on Thuisdav night. The
small arms and ammunition were saved, but
the artillery was lost. The Confederate troops
went to Island No. 10 and Tiptonvillc.
The rabinet.
Richmond, March f8.?The Cabinet is formed,
the Senate having confirmed the appointments
this morning. (J. \V. Randolph of
\ irginia, Secretary of War; Titos. II. Watts, of
Alabama, Attorny-t Jeneral; J. P. Benjamin,
Secretary of State; C. G. Memminger, Secretary
of the Treasury; S. R. Mallory, Secretary of
the Navy; John JI. Reagan, Postmaster-General.
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jm mm-%. m?m%Bun if I | Biv Mil PI AidllM J*
From a late Northern paper we learn that
the Ericsson was armed with balls of wrought
iron. The article taken from the Scientific
Aim dean is short ami we give it entire:
Em'knsivk Shot.? The Ericsson iron plated
lloating battery, at (been Foint, has been armed
with two 11-inch eolumhiads, which have
been furnished w ith -100 wrought iron shot, each
ball costing ?4 7, and weighing 1<S4 pounds.
These balls were made l>v forging square blocks
of iron at the Novelty Works, then turning
them at the lathe. The cost of the 400
amounts to ?18,800 and their total weight is
73,000 pounds. Cast iron shot are liable to
break in pieces when fired against thick iron
I... ... ti i . i
11in(?.:>. j iicm' >vnniwiu imu siioi arc ior sniasiiing
through tlic sides of such secession batteries
as tlie Merrimae at Norfolk, and Jlollins'
Turtle at New Orleans.
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Exclusion of Northern Mkn from Citizenship
in Florida.? The Florida Legislature
lias added the tollowin<r important aineiidiiieiit j
i '
to t lie State < oust it ulioii ;
/)'< if <tr<I<tnnd, <( < ? That no citizen of any '
of the States ?>r Territories ol tlie I"nited States |
wliieli an now at war with tlie Confederate
States, shall ever he adinit ted to the rights
of eitizeiiship in this State; no sueli person
| shall vote at an election, be eligible to c.llicc,
| hold real estate, exercise any profession or
trade, be engaged in mechanical, niai.ufactur- j
, int?-, eomniercial, banking, insurance, or other
' business, under pain of confiscation, to the use
: of the State, of all property held by such persons
as shall violate this clause of this Consti
t u t ion.
Our Citizens will doubtless be startled to j
learn from the Augusta CoHstt/u/iouufist (the
('/rinii'lc has also a similar statement), that "an
iron-elad llritish steamer has arrived in a Con
federate port, loaded with muskets, lilies, powder,
blankets, shoes Are., all tor the CJovernmeiit,
and under the eh a rue ofI.ieiit. Fanntleov,
of the (\mfederate States Navv. A part of
the eaiyjo, 4(',00(i JCnliehl rifles, .*>< tons of
powder, and a ijnaiitity of pistols."?Mercury.
LlQl'OK 1 >KSI I5OVK0 IIV I.A 1)1 KS.? SoillC
twet'tv ladies ot Statesvilh* N. < proeeeded in
a l?odv to the railroad depot of the tow n, a few
days ajjfo, and with hatehets and hammers
destroyed five or siv lenreU of ul.lctni- -
? - ... . - .. ' i ?? ii I.-iw i jlllU
poured tin* liquor poison upon the ground; m
fitting lihratiou (>;i\s tin* Iredell J'.xjticss) to
the ihvil and his imps Iroin the hands id' patriot
ie women, whose mission, pending the war
is ''to go about doing good."
Change Bills.? The city of Charleston has,
says the Macury, at last commenced to issue
the small hills, the privilege to do which was
I granted at tlie last session of the Legislature.
The hills have hoen executed l>v Messis. Evans
& Cogswell, and arc of the denomination of
five, ten, twenty, twenty-five and fifty cents,
and ore and three dollars. The three dollar
lull is ornamented with a truthful likeness of
the Mayor, I Ion. Charles Macbeth.
Gov. Letcher, of Virginia has given notice
. in his call upon the militia of Virginia, that
substitutes will not be accepted.
Federals In possession ofMueksonvillc
Flu.
Augusta, Ga., March 15.?The Savannah
News of this morning learns from reliable
sources that two thousand Federals occupied
Jacksonville, Fla., on Thursday last, and are
throwing up breast works. They have pickets
out two or three miles, who captured four guns
near the city.
The Republican learns that the Mayor of
Jacksonville issued a proclamation advisiug
the citizens to stay. The steam mills, lumber,
foundary, and Confederate girnbort were burnt
bv the citizens. The Mavor escaped.
The gnn factory at llolly Springs, Miss., is
now turning out 40 muskets per day. It will
soon be able to turn out 100 per day for the
Government. Muskets are the best weapon
for three fourths of'.he army. It shoots strong,
far, accurate, and never gets our of order.
The cheapest of lawyers?keeping one's own
council.
BY LAST NIGIIT'SUIA 1L.
Tlic Casualties in tlie ltattlc near
Newbern.
GoLDsnoRo', March 11).?A flag of truce
boat brings information that the Confederate
loss in killed, wounded and prisoners during
the recent battle, was 500. Burnside admits
that the Yankee loss in killed, wounded and
prisoners was 1,500. Major CarmichacI, of the
20th X. C. Regiment, was the only field officer
killed. Col. Avery was made prisoner.?
Afercury.
Affair* Below Suvamiuli.
We learn from the Savannah JYews, of yesturduy
that the enemy have erected a battery
on theMartello Tower, on Tybee Island, which
will throw shell over Fort Pulaski. They have
also ereted a battery on Descent Creek, Southeast.
of Fort Pulaski, near Lazaretto Creek, on
an old hulk, which it is thought will also throw
shot on the fort.?Mercury.
~ OBITTJARY.
DEATH OF BISIIOP MEADE.
The Right Rev. WILLIAM MEADE. D. D., (lied
in Richmond, Va., on the 14th. in the T.td year of his
age.
lie was a most exemplary and conscientious minister.
I lis last ecclesiastical sermon was on the occasion
of the consecration of Rev. Dr. Wilmoiik to the
Episcopate of Alabama, lie was then in such feeblehealth
that he could with dillieulty get through that
portion of the services which fell to his lot It was
e' ident that while the consecrating hands of the presiding
Rishvpot the Episcopal Church in this country
were laid on the head of a new leader of the Christian
Ik'twt til/, a/.i.L .ill./. I.o^.l.. ..C .1.,. \ ^I* Tt .il
n,..-,. 111v VV i >11 iiijl; lulling ?i| niu .V II^CI Ul iJC'illll
were descending on lii.sowu white locks, and preparing
tin in lo receive tlril crown of glory winch is the reward
of him who is faithful to the end.?Richmond
Difjmtch.
zVm i < >iu icements.
Mu. Kiuroit: Please announce tho following gentle- x
men, as most suitable, (in those trying times, when
every interest should bo taken in tho welfare of our
town) to till the offices of Intcndant and Wardens of
Camden, lor the ensuing twelve months:
Fur Intendant.?J A MI'S DUNLAP.
Far Wardens.?C. A. McDONALD,
a ti ii iinrnri'
ROBERT KENNEDY,
" ;i W. 1). Mc DO WALL,
And obligo MANY FRIENDS.
March 7 A
Special jS^otices.
?l!l(l\?i ,1V AISMiXK, MR. .IAS.
DUN LAI' will act as my Agent.
March 21 THOMAS J. "WALREN.
NOTli;E~
ALL THOSE WHO HAVE JOINED CAPT. CAXTEY'S
Company,are required to be hereon Saturday,
20th inst.. at f? o'clock, by order of Capt. Cantey.
March 21 3 M. BAUM &, BROS.
lltlKII 1'OTATOES.
A FEW LUSH EDS OF FINE SEED IRISH POTATOES,
For sale at the POST OFFICE.
March M
COTTON
WAKTTBD.
oOO Bales
OF
GOOD COTTON
WANTED, for which tho highest market prico wili
bo paid in CASH, by
MATHESON & CO.
Camden. March \0 <