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I - - - '* ' -7w." tm IIUMI .1 LU?LLLB? Jlf . II .1 nt I J !] i I IM ? WW?? ?I)C Camden (Confcfccrntc. VOLUME I. Q AMDEN, SO. OA., FK1DAY. APRIL 18, 1802. NUMBER 25. ljc Comiicit Coufrkratc IS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY J. T. HERSHMAN, AT TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, PAYABLE INVARIABLY HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE. Terms ior Advertising: | For one Square?fourteen lines or less?ONE DOL- I tAlt for the first, and FIFTY GENTS for each subsequent insertion. Obituary Notices, oxecedinjr one Square, clianred lur ni uuvcrusing raios. Transient Advertisements and Job Wor* MUST 1JK PAID FOlt IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our regular ad vert ising patrons. a: vbrtising terms per annum. Ono Square, 3 inonllis, $5 " 41 6 u 8 " 41 12 " 12 Two Squares, 3 months, 8 44 44 G 44 13 44 44 1 2 44 1 8 Three Squares 3 mos., 12 44 44 G 44 18 44 44 1 2 44 ----- 25 Four Squares 3 mos., Id 41 44 6 44 ..... 2-1 44 44 1 2 44 30 E55?" Eight dollars per annum lor every additional square. 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G.45 a m 3.25 p. m Arrive at Charleston j 3.00 p in 2.3u n. in. we8tkrx route. day might stations. trains. tuaims Leave Charleston I 7.00 a in j6.30 p in Arrive at Augusta J 2.45 pm |4.30 pm ? v . Leave Augusta : 8.00 am | 7.30 p m Arrive at Charleston 3.80 p m i 4.80 a m rilUOUGII TRAVEL BETWEEN AUGUSTA and kinsgv1llk ? day night stations. trains. trains. .Leave Augusta 8.00 am 7.30 pin Arrive at Kingsville 2,45 p m 3.15 a m jLeave Kingsville I 6.45 am i 8.25 p m Arrive at Augsta I 1.15 p m| 11.15 pin MID-DAY TRAIN BETWEEN CAMDLN AND KINGSVILLE, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, down. 1 up. LeavoCamden, 11.40a. m. | Leave Kingsville, 8.5 a.m. Leave Boykin's, 12.12p.m , Leave Clarkson's 8.20 " Leave Claremont 1.248 ' Leave Manchester JuneLeave Middleton 1,10 " tion 8.38 a. ih. Leave Manchester June- Leave Middleton 8.43 tion 1.18, p.m. Leave Claremont 0.08 " Leave Clarkson's 1.38 u Leave Boykin's 0.48 " Arrivo at Kingsvillo 1.60, Arrive nt Camden, 10.20 Nov. 8?if II. T. PEAKE, Gon'l Sup't. Oats and Cow Peas ]70R SALE FOR CASH, AT T11E 'OLD CORNER. . November 1 E. W. BONNEY. Notice I IT AYR THIS DAY, OCTOBER 24, SOLD OUT my entire stock of Hoods, Wares and Merchandise, in the town of Camden, to J. M. Springer, Esq., who will continue the business at the same stand I have occupied heretoforo in tho said town. All persons ' who aro in any wiso indebted to mo, will pleaso make payment of the samo to said J. M. Springer, at an early day; and all who havo claims against me will present them to lun\ for settlement. . December 13 R. SPRINGER. / STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. | EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER.) April 4, 1802. f ; TI1E FOLLOWING LETTER OF UESTG * NATION, and the resolutions adopted by tlic Govcrner and Council in reply thereto, have been ordered to be published : * * * * STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) j Adjutvnt and Inspector Gen's. Office > Columbia, April 8, 18(52. ) To Jfis Excellency the Governor and Council: ; Gentlemen: Having accepted the commission of Brigadier General in the Confederate service, 1 have the honor herewith to resign mv coinmission as Adjutant and Inspector General, with which I was invested by the General Assembly of the State. In taking leave, officially, permit, me 10 express my thanks for many acts of kindness and the uniform courtesy which has been always i extended to me by each member of your lion- i orablc body. With the kindest regards and best wishes for your success in the great work before us, I have the honor to be, very respect; fully, your obedient servant, S. lb GIST. Brigadier General C. S. A. | V v? % ? ^ EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBER,) April 3, 1862. } : Jtcsnlrcd, That the Governor and Council accept the resignation tendered by General S. It. < Jist as AdjutJfiit and Inspector General of this State, and request that he will act as A .1 i ri1 i ?*:i i-- ?i? ii i \ vjj 11 Lei 11 l iuiu iii>j?n,iwi ' iL'iiri.u uniii nu Mian receive orders from the Confederate authorities, or until the Coventor and Council shall appoint his successor. Resolved, That the Governor and Council sincerely reciprocate the kind feelings expressed in the letter of (Jftn. Gist, and express their regret at being compelled to separate from him. iJy order of the Governor and Council. F. J. MOSES, Jr., Secretary. April 11 1. STATE OE SOUTH CAROIJW. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBEE, April 4, 18G2. rpilE FOLLOWING PREAMBLE AN])! J- resolutions, adopted by the Governor and Council, have been ordered to be published : ft % ft ft Whereas information has reached the Gov; crnor and Council that sundry small vessels have, from time to tiine; carried from the port. of Charleston cargos of cotton, which the Governor and Council have reason to believe have found their way to the enemy, and which ccr- i tainlv have not brought back return cargos of arms, munitions or army supplies; therefore, Resolved, That during the continuance of the present blockade the exportation of cotton from any port in South Carolina is hereby prohibited, unless by the express permission of the Confederate State authorities. Resolved, That an agent, resident in the City of Charleston, be appointed, who shall be authorized to grant permission for the exportation of cotton on the terms hereinafter prescribed, to wit: Atnciavit snail be made mat 110 part of the cotton exported shall, with the consent or connivance of the exporter, find its way into the enemy: and bond, with good surety, shall | l>e given that the full amount of the net proceeds or the sale of said cotton shall be brought back into the Confederate States in i arms, munitions of war or army supplies, unless prevented by successful interpotition of the enemy. Extract from the minutes of April 4. F. J. MOSES, Jr., Secretary. ^!^*A11 papers in the State copy oucc. April IX X Surrender of Fori l*ula*ki. Savannah, April 12.?The following is from the Savannah Jtcpvblican, of this morning, and is fully credited in official circles: It is with sincere regret that we learn, since our country edition went to press, that Fort Pulaski after a most gallant defence against guns vastly supcror to our own, surrendered to the enemv at two o'clock p. in., yesterday. Corporal Law, of the Phoenix Hides, stationed at Thunderbolt, brings the information direct, lie reached the Fort at five o'clock a. m? ves tcrday and started on his return trip after the tlag was struck. The surrender was unconditional. Seven large breaches were made in the South wall of the fort by the batteries of eight,Parrott gun* at King's Landing. All the barbctt and casemate guns bearing on that point were dismantled. Three balls had entered the magazine, and a clear breach had been made in it. The balls were conical ar.d steel pointed, and were propelled with such force as to pass entirely through the wall at nearly every lire. No lives were lost. During the bombardment four men were wounded?three had lost a leg and one an arm. AJI privates, and no names given. The Oglcthorpes oceu]>ied the most exposed position of the fort. Lieut. Ilasscr was stunned, but not seriously hurt. Col. 01 instead sent no ollieial despatch, but a verbal message, that the garrison had done all that men could do. lie attempted to signal toCaustoids l>lufT, yestcrmconing, hut such was the tire that no human being could stand on the ramparts for even a moment. Nearly a thousand shell of the largest si/.c were thrown into the fort from the Federal batrcrics. It would be gratifying to know, that though much exhausted, all the garrison were well, except the four wounded. We think that this report may be relied on as correct. We could obtain no further particulars. The above is coroboratcd by another witness a signal man, who went down and returned in company with Corporal Law. In addition to the above wc learn that the enemy brought two of their large vessels into the river yesterday?one anchored well abreast of the fort, ami the other opposite their battery at Oakly l'oint. Tin; Fight in New Mexico.?In the report of Gen. Sibley's victory over Col. Canby's forces, it is stated : " The enemy were repulsed with great slaughter and retreated to the fort?our brave and heroic Toxans capturing the entire artillery? seven pieces?one 24-pounder, three long twelves, two long sixes and one small howitzer. This battery was actually taken from the enemy by Howie knives and six-shooters! An achievement before unknown in warfare." 'j* Confederate Office it Condemned to p.c Shot in Missouri.?The Louisville Democrat, of the 4th instant, savs: Colonel Kbcnczer Magoffin, a Missouri rebel, and brother of the Governor of Kentucev, has been tried at Saint Louis for murdering a United States soldier, and for violation of parole. (>u the first charge lie was declared not guilty but was convicted on the second, and sentenced to be shot at such time and place as the commanding officer of the department may direct, and he confined at Alton until his execution is directed. Bethel, Manassas and Siiiloh.?It is a little remarkable as we heard remarked yesterday, that the scenes of three of the most noted battles of the present and t>f the most brilliant Confederate victories should bear such solemn and impressive scriptural names as those which stand at the head of this notice. And the most solemn and significant of all is that given : to tuc nattie 01 last aunuay, being mat by : which the Hebrew prophets referred to the , coining one the hope of the nations, understood by christians as pointing to our Saviour.? Wilmington Journal. Tlie lluttlc of Sbiloli. The Atlanta Commonwealth says: AVe have seen and conversed with a gentleman who left Corinth on Wednesday night, in company with fonr thousand of the prisoners, bound for Tuscaloosa, Ala. There was severe and sanguinary fighting on Sunday and Monday, but had been none since, at least np to the time of the departure of our informant. The loss of the Confederates in killed and wounded, np to that time, was between four or five thousand, and that of the Federals was / I ininfo/l of J A _ I VI-KMIIUI/^VI OK HUDIIl incuiv UlUUSilllUa AS j graphically expressed by our informant, "There was a perfect sea of dead Yankees on the field." (The entire loss of the enemy, in killed, wounded, drowned, and prisoners, we learn from another source, is estimated at Corinth to be thirty thousand.| Up to Monbay night our men wore too busy attending to our own wounded to give any attention to those of the enemy. Up to the time our informant left, seven thosand prisoners had been brought in, and large numbers were continually arriving. The division under General Polk drove five thousand of the enemy into the river, and it is estimated that not less than two hundred found a watery grave. Among the enemy's killed is Gen. Wallace, and among the captured by our forces are. General Prentiss anrl sovf>r?l Pnlnnolo acting as Brigadiers. The former ot whom is reported being quite insolent in his deportment.. Before leaving Corinth on the cars, he remarked to the crowd assembled that if lie had time he would make them a speech, and make them good Unionists in ten minutes. In reference to the death of Gen. Buell, it is stated by five Confederate soldiers who had been taken prisoners and escaped, that the colors of the Federal army were draped in mourn ing lor ins loss, and that lie was killed early in the action 011 Monday. This is confirmed by the admission of six hundred prisoners *ho came in 011 Wednesday, and by a despatch received here Ly private parties from Mobile. In consequence of these disasters the Federal army ir reported to be in disordor. Mutiny Among Federal Troops at Nashville.?Dispatches received in Congress s4.ate that a serious mutiny had broken out among the troops in Nashville, in consequence of the late Abolition message of President Lincoln. Nineteen Federal oflicers had resigned. A Kentucky Regiment had mutinied, and a portion of them had succeeded in gettingoft' after a bloody contest with two Indiana Regiments, who had been sent after them. This report is credited in ollicial quartet's.?Richmond Examiner. Akrival of Prisoners.?Twenty-two Yankees, including two nogros, were received from Columbia, S. CM yesterday, and lodged in the C. S. Military prison in this city. The most of them was the crew of the Oceola, captured on an Island on the South Carolina coast, whileon a marauding expedition. There are now 125 prisoners in custody here, of which number435 arc Yankees, and 232 domestic traitors.? liichmond inquirer, QUi inst. The Enemy Leaving the West.?A gentleman from the Kanawha Valley informs us that the enemy is leaving Western Virginia with great celerity. All his storos and army provisions are being removed, amd the redoubtable Pierpont is speaking to tlio peoplefrom the stump, urging them to defend the country, and to rely upon their owu powors. I and resources.?Richmond Enquirer. It ;o tl.-t tl. - XT? ii ia aimuu mitt tut; itnMiviuu was ?avcu Irom the enemy at Beaufort by two young lads, the sons of Capt. Pegram and Sinolair. On hearing that the Yankees were about to invade the town of Newborn, they "drummed up" a crew, ran the blockade' and arrived safely in another port. The daring of these two . young men, following the example of their illustrious fathers, caunot be too highly extolled.