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?? II I'M - 1 J. T. HERSHMAN, Editor. FRIDAY) A Pit 11, 18, 186SI. Acknowledgment. The President of the Ladies' Aid Association of Kershaw District acknowledges the receipt of $20 from the " Ladies' Aid Society" of Lancastcrville, for the " Soldiers Rest also, two dollars from a friend. April 9th, 1862. Tlio Spirit of our People. There is none of those outbursts of noisy demonstrations at the recent victories of our army in the West, manifested by the ringing of bells and illuminations, which the North exhibited after the fall of Fort Donelson. The feeling is one of deep and intense gratitude, mingled with a sense of our great lossesMany of our best men have been killed?the lights of many households have been extinguished. We rejoice with trembling, thankful that God has crowned the heroism of our brave volunteers with success. The country owes them a debt that can never be paid. All honor to the Southern heroes that gained the victory at Shiloh. Prayer Meetings. 11 i*i < i iii . livery ancrnoon tins wcok me congregations, worshiping in the l'resbyterian, Methodist and Baptist churches, in this place, have met in their respective places of worship, alternately and united to suplicatc the blessing of Cod upon our country, our rulers and o^- soldiers. They feel it to be a time of great anxiety, and of consequence the most momentous. As a Christian people they desire to look to the Supreme Ruler of men and nations; that he would manifest his power in our behalf. The meetings have been well attended?a deep seriousness pervading nil, indicating the presence of God's spirit. May it be poured out in large measure. In the Episcopal Church, during the week. flioro lias 1 ??><>11 snrviei? il'iilr l)calli or Gen. A. II. (liliuldcii. With sorrow we heard, on Tuesday Inst, of the death of this gallant son of South Carolina. His devotion to his native State was first shown as a private in the Richland Rifle Company, in the Florida campaign of 1830. In that capacity he evinced the character of a true soldier in learning to obey, lie was ever at liis^post, ready for duty. His name is in the pages of history for his gallantry as Major of the Palmetto Regiment, in Mexico, and subsequently Colonel, after the death of Cols. Butler and Dickinson. His elevation to the distinguished position of Brigadier is an evidence o 1 ~ that his ability as an ofllcer was appreciated; and fully w as that shown by the great services that brigade rendered 011 the memorable day in which he received the wounds which terminated his life. ? Latest from ilic West. Cokimtii, April 12.?Despatch to {Savannah Republican.?No general engagement has taken place since the memorable struggle of the Gth and 7th. Wc still hold part of the battle iicld, and considerable skirmishing is going on daily, in which the Confederates nearly alw ays , .1 i j get tuc DCSt. The Federal official papers found on the battle field shows that their expeditionary forces on the river, exclusive of that of General Bucll's command, amounted to sixty-one-thousand. Dackagcs of poisoned balls were also found on the field among the amunition of the enemy. It has been definitely ascertained, by scientific analysis, that quantities of quinine, which the enemy allowed to be smuggled across the line into the Confederate States, contains poisonous adulterations. The towns of Iluntsvillc .and Decatur, in Alabama, have been occupied ly the enemy. This was expected by our Generals, and should create no alarm. When the Federals came to the bridge at Decatur the draw was raised by the officer in command, to prevent them crossing, whereupon the enemy threatened to shell the town if it was not let down. The citizens, desirous of avoiding the fire of the enemy, prevailed on the officer to let it down. l w-ii ..I.- L1?J 1 vjviiuiui *i HiiHuu 01 uiu ruuurai army, was killed in the late battle. An improved percussion-cap machine, invented by Win. H. Wash, has been manufactured in Lynchburg. It will make nine thousand caps per hour. A CARD. To the Subscribers to the Fundfor the Camden Volunteers : Gentlemen : Having severed my connection with the Camden Volunteers, by the tender of my resignation of the position I held in the Company, on the 13th day of December, 1801, and accepted on the 13th of January, 1802, on account of my inability again to enter the service of the Confederacy, from the effects of my wound received in the battle of Manassas, it is due to you as well as to myself, to produce some evidence that mv financial connection with tho said company has also ended, which appears bv the receipt below, to which & I ' JL > " reference is desired. Some of yon, perhaps all, arc aware that the fund so liberally subscribed by you, for the uses and necessities of the company, and which 1 collected, was managed and disposed of by a Board of Finance, consisting of the commissioned officers?Capt. .1. J >. Kennedy acting as Chairman, myself as Treasurer, and the Orderly Sergeant as Secretary, or with air thority to countersign all orders for payment of money, which rule was strictly adhered to. To this Board I submitted a report and an account of my receipts and expenditures as Treasurer, (before the acceptance of my letter of resignation by the War Department at Richmond) which authorized its Chairman to settle the same with me, which was done by him during his visit home. A copy of the report and of the account are in the hands of the Editor of The Confkdekate, an examination of which, is subject to alii whom it may concern. W. L. DePASS. Camden, S. C., March SM, l^G'2. 1 have this day settled a fund belonging to the Camden Volunteers, in the hands of Lieut. Do Pass, Treasurer, for which he lias thoroughly and satisfactorily accounted to inc, producing vouchers, receipts, etc., for every item of receipts and expenditure. JOHN D. KENNEDY, ('apt. Camden Volunteers, 2d Keg. S. C. V., and Chairman of Finance Hoard. - ?The Deserters at Aioista.?Yv'c published from the Augusta Cuiisti/utHniulist, a statement that certain South Carolina troops of Lythgoe's regiment, chiefly, it is said, from Edgelicld District, refused, in passing through Augusta, to go out of their State to light, on the ground that they had enlisted for local defence only. There is no reality in the ground assumed by these misguided men, as a justification for conduct so unsoldierly, so unpatriotic, so wanting in every clement of honor. The fair fame of the State is irreparably wounded by this wretched business. Tho discipline of the Confederate soldiers is deeply involved. South Carolina washes her hands of these miworthy sons, and repudiates their conduct. It is to be hoped that both the men who acted thus, and the ollieors who permitted it, will be summarily dealt with bv the military authorties. Nothing less will meet the exigencies of the occasion.?Mercury. The Casualties at Siiiloii.?Our latest advices by mail from the great battle near Corinth are from the Memphis Appeal of the 8th, containing a partial list of the killed and wounded, in she battle of Sunday. The Appeal says the Federal loss is estimated, on the very best official authority, at 12,0U0 to 15,000 111 killed and wounded; two or three thousand prisoners; aDout one hundred pieces ot artillery, and twenty thousand small arms, with tents, wagons, Arc. The same authority states that the Confederate loss in killed, wounded and missing, at 5,000. The New Adjutant Genekal of the State. ?Brigadier-General Wilmot G. DeSaussuro, recently in command of the 4th Brigade, has been appointed Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina, in place of General S. R. Gist, who is about to take the field as Brigadier General in the Confederate States army. General DeSaussore is peculiarly fitted for the duties of this office, and we have no doubt but that his administration will be satisfactory to the Military, which, at this time, is the State itself. ? I)uc notice will be given when the new | Adjutant General assumes the duties of Ins office.? Mermry. The Board or Exemption for tbe-92d Regiment s. C. HI. The Board of Exemption held their last sitting on Monday the 14th inst. It consists of the following named gentlemen : Col. B. I JnVlTfl 1 .lilllf.P.AlAnAl W*f Tlx VAV MniAt? W?f AJlVUk X/VIV1IVI ? ? i?I JUXAUIlj 1UOJVI 11 ?! A. Ancrum, Drs. John J. Trantham, D. L. DeSaussure and Judge Advocate Joseph M. Gaylk. A complete list of exemptions will be found below, numbering in all 112: heat no. one. 1*. I). Hammond, A. 1). Jones, jr., W. C. Cunningham, Joseph Simpson, J. G. Richards, D. Harrison, R. C. Patterson, J. D. Standly, Tlios. McDow, John MeCaa, J. Vinson?11. uk at no. two. J. \V. Ford, J. L. Downs, E. Gaskin, Wm. II. Martin, John S. Fletcher, G. R. Miller, J. L. Stover, L. 13. Stevenson, I). G. Lanier; S. J. Truesdel?10. beat no. three. J. R. Sowcll, J. S. Hough, L. 0. Jones, J. A. West, C. West?5. beat no. four. s m J. A. Kirkland, A. J. McDowall, Richard Hocott, Isaac Owens, James T. Truesdel, A. A. McDowall, W. W. Gardner, A. J. Uaile, J. Shailor, J. 13. Gaskin?10. DC.A1 I\U. r 1 Y h.. AY. C. Gerald, Jas. AV. Team, II. F. Ilodson, J. AAA I)oby, Clias. Gooding, (1. M. Turner, J. A. 1 loswcll, Ii. MoCatidlcss, C. II. Peek, Rev. ,). S. Hankie, Rev. S. J I. Hay, Jos. Sonimcrs, F. L. Zcinp, Dr. D. L. DeSaussure, J.K. AA7ithcispoon, Duncan Shcorn, AA'in. R.Taylor,Monroe C'rowell, AA'in. Ostcn, J. 1>. Hammond, Adam Team, George Taylor, Thos. Davis, Jr., AA . Koopman, J no. Nettles, Rol>t. Robertson, J. J. Thompson, J. M. Gayle, J. A. Perry, J. M. Rodgcrs, N. F roleieh, T. L. Shiver.?32. HEAT NO. SIX. L. MeKinnon, Peter Stewart, J no. Bairficld, Harwell Outlaw, John Brnnnuni, J. A. Elliott, Moody Ingraham, M. McGougin, AI. K. Ararborough, Samual Cato, AA iley AA'atkins, Bently Outlaw, C. P. AI lingo.? 13^ HEAT NO. SEVEN. J no. Kelly, Nathan Umlrccs, J. J. Titlcr, AA'. Blackwell, AA'm. M. Kelly, J. Kirby, A. J. Melton, J. A. AA'. Perry, Thos. Holland.?9 HEAT NO. EIGHT. Isaac Shirah, J. Morgan, W. J). Morgan, D. MeCloud, ,1 no. McCaskill, ^ml. Brannum, Jas. Motley, Allen Young, A. L. Gattis, \Y. LCook, .las. Kellcy, David Robertson, A. Rabun. Joel Gardner, J. J). Jsbcll, Mason D. Wood, Will. J. Ross, Wm. Christinas, Wm.R. Jenkins, A. A. Iluckabce, J. J. Nelson.?21. l*:?MNSigo of tlic CoiiM'r|>1ion Kill. Richmond, April 15.?The Conscription Bill passed the llousc yesterday. It bad previously passed the Senate. It is believed that Congress will adjourn next Monday. No news here. liioalli of ilien. Ciladileii. Savannah, April 14.?A despatch from the I correspondent ot tlie liejmBticau, tinted Corinth, April 12, says that Con. A. II. Gladden died on that day of wounds received in the late battle. From Gi:\. Beauregard.?The Lynchburg Virginia>t, ol yesterday, says: We understand that a messenger from Gen. Beauregard passed through this city yesterday, reports that we captured and sent back 88 guns, of the most beautiful pattern. He mentions that one battery of eight pieecs, was of rifled cannon, 24 pounders, lie also says, that it was for want of transportation that the cap tureil stores had to be destroyed and were a loss to the enemy. These statements conic to lis from a source entitled to the highest credit. Sterling I'ri. p whs horn about, the year 1810' in I'rinnn K.Kvov.l i>nnnn> \* ? ... ? .......... v.Ml.ll), ? 11 UUWIIiy i which also gave birth to General Joseph E. Johnston, another of the most distinguished hcros of the war for Southern independence. Official information has been received here that the enemy's attack upon Forts St. l'hilip and Jackson, at the Passes of the Mississippi below New Orleans began yesterday. ^A^nriouricerriexits. \f l> Wl.ITATJ. Plnnoo " n" > ? - "UI1VI1. i IVIIOU 4III1KMIIIUO Air. W M. XVI, lilliLINGS a candidate for Tnx-Collector of Kershaw District, at tho ensuing election, and much oblige April 18 MANY VOTERS. ! mm i n i ?mmm ??iluhwimi?iim ?mi LATK5T BY TELEGRAPH. From ICiclimoml. Richmond, April IV.?Official despatches last night from Lee's Farm, ir. the Peninsula,state that the enemy commenced bombarding our lines yesterday at half past eight o'clock ( a. m., and continued until seven, p. m. The attack was on our centre, and was splendidly repulsed. They tried to force Gen. Cobb's position at Lee's and Winn's mills. They waded up to their arm-pits, but were driven out and repulsed with heavy loss. Our troops behaved nobly. At 10 o'clock our loss was 20 killed, including Col. McKenzie, of the 15th N. C. Regiment. Not over 75 wounded. Eight battery horses were killed, and one howitzer disabled. Special ISTotices. MEDICAL CARD.T DR. R. "WILSON BEING DESIROUS OF RESUMING the Practice of bis Profession, respectfully offers his services to the citizens of Camden and Kirkwood, on and after Thursday, May 1st, he may be found at the DcKalb ' House. April 18 4 C 0 T T(IN WAISTTED. ?o? lOOO 13 a 1 e s OF GlOOn HATTON V A V/ V/ -X_v V/ V/ JL JL V7 -L 1 "WANTED, for which the highest market price w bo paid in CASU, by WM. J. GERALD. Camden, April 18 2 CALL FOIL VOLUNTEERS. * HAVING RECEIVED-A COMMISSION FROM the Secretary of War of the Confederate States of America, authorizing me to raise a corps of Cavalry for three years or the war, all those who are desirous ol joining said corps of Cavalry, and will furnish their horse, bridle and saddle, cau enroll their names by calling at the office of the Editor of the Camden Confederate. T expect to be at home in the course of ono month, when I will be able to attend to it in person. April T> W. Z. LEITNKR. DURING ITIY^BSENCE, MR. JAS. DUN LAI' will act as my Agent. March 21 THOMAS J. "WAi REN. Election for Guardmen A N ELECTION WTT.T. TU<'. TTl?T/n at tim.^ jt\. Council Room on Wednesday, 2 4th inst., for four Guardmen, to servo for the current year. Applicants will hand in their letters addressed to Council, in their own hand writing, previous to that time. J5y order of Council. It. BI. KENNEDY, Recorder pro tem. Council Chamber, April 10, 1862. 1 Notice. Council Chamber, April 10, 1862. On motion, it was ordered that the following section of a Town Ordinance, relative to slaves, passed Juno 4, 18.14, be published in the Camden Confederate, and the same enforced from and alter publication of this . notice: Section 2. Slaves shall not occupy any house, outhouse or kitchen, not connected with and under tho supervision of some white person. Penalty?Such slave shall bo committed to jail until discharged tby tho owner, ?ii, ins cost. i'asseu .IU110 4, lbi>4. April 18 Notice. M R. A. M. KENNEDY WILL ACT AS MY Attorney (luring mv absence from tl?o State. March 28 2 J. D. KENNEDY. Coperas. Three hundred lbs. of good coperas, for sale at a low price, at tho " Old Brick Corner." January 31 8mo T.S.MYERS. HARDWARE, CARPETS, RUGS and CRUMB CLOTHS, for sale at the " Old Corner." K. W. BONNEY. January 24 NOTICE. /"1APT. J. J. NELSON WILL ACT AS MY " I authorized a^ent during my absence from tho State. W. W. McCOY. April 5 4 NOTICE. J^URING MY ABSENCK FROM THE STATE mr. .lonuiiian rage win net as my aiiinoriiou agent, April 5 4 W.T.ALLEN. For Sale A N EXCELLENT ONE OR TWO HORSE BUG-, tx Gy, with top; and also a good DUMPING CART and ({ear. Apply at the Bank of Camden. April f> 4 Clothing A LARGE LOT OF SUMMER CLOTHING FOR Men and Boys, on hand, and for sale at low prices by E. W. BONNET. April 11