The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, May 02, 1862, Image 2
J". T. HERSHMAN, Editor.
FRIDAY, HIA1T 2, 1862.
Acknowledgment.
Capt. W. L. DePass acknowledges the receipt
of forty pair of Socks from the ladies of
the Kershaw Aid Society, for which ho rotnrns
thanks.
The Daily Prayer Heeling.
It will be gratifying to our soldiers in camp,
to know that these meetings arc kept up with
unfaultering interest. The fathers, mothers,
wives and sisters of the loved ones far away?
exposed to the dangers of the camp and the
hazards of the battle-field?meet every afternoon,
to invoke the protection of the God of
Abraham upon them?who is the hearer and
answer of prayer. lie has never said to the
seed of Jacob?seek ye My face in vain.
The Wheat Crop.
We understand the prospect for a good yield
in the upper part of this and Lancaster District
of this important grain?especially in
view of the Dresent nricc of flour?is vnrv *>n
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couraging. A difficult)' in gathering, after
maturity, is apprehended, as there arc so many
in the service of the country accustomed to do
their own work, having exchanged the scythe
for the sword. We hope those who have
hands, and are at all convenient, will not fail
to send help to save the staff of life, so necessary
to the support of those at home, as well
as our army in the lield. We call upon all
who can, to give a helping hand in this important
work. Wheat, when ripe, cannot, like
corn, rcmaiu in the field without serious injury.
Our Condition.
While we regret the surrendering of so |
many forts along our coasts, and the taking
prisoners our brave men who endeavored to
defend thorn?many of which ought never to
have been attempted to be held, with the immense
disadvantages our enemy have over us
on water?there arc connected with them matters
we cannot understand, and will not find
fault, unless we could be assured on whom to
cast blame. But with all before us, there is
nothing to discourage in the accomplishment
of our great purpose of deliverance and liberty.
What are our enemies to gain from taking
New Orleans? Let the reply of Mayor Monroe
be the answer?with brute force the
Yankee commander could enter the city, but
110 citizen would raise his arm to take the Flag
of the government of their deliberate choice
down. The strong attachment of the people
to the new and detestation t? the old dynasty,
could not be changed by the presence and
threats of an armed soldiery. How many
men will it require to keep down the people of
that city ? and with the very great probability
of Yellow Jack amongst them, they will find
themselves in a condition more unpleasant
than before they passed Fort Jackson. The
fruit of their expedition will prove to them,
we hope, like the apples of Sodom. With our
large army yet in the field?which we trust
under God will be able to check the onward
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every Southern man be, "give me liberty, or
give me death," and strike the foe wherever he
appears. They will then find out the spirit of
the Southerners can never be subdued but by
extinction.
What Will Be the Result?
The Mercury of yesterday says: The Richmond
papers of Monday throw but little light
on the capture of New Orleans. The Examiner
surmises as to the direction General Lovell
will take. On the supposition that lie will
join General Beauregard at Corinth, it is calculated
that an immediate action will occur
there, or that an attempt will be made there at
once to move the forces under Beauregard
eastward. The situation is said to admit of no
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oiner alternative.
The loss of the great cattle country of Texas
is accounted as not the least disastrous result
of the ill timed fall of New Orleans; and i
some appreciation of this loss may bo made j
when it is known that droves of cattle to the |
amount of more than two hundred thousand
head were being driven through to New Orleans
at the time of its unexpected capture by
the Yankees.
It is understood that the subsistence of its
armies in the field is likely to be a question of
immediate concern to the government. Much
of the cattle country in Virginia is already in
the hands of the enemy, and the Examiner
thinks that a sudden concentration of our forces
in Virginia or Ao the eastward is among
the measures contemplated by the Government.
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From Richmond.
official intelligence gen. lovell evacuated
new orleans.
Richmonc, April 27.?Official despatches
received this morning state that, the enemy's
fleet approached New Orleans and demanded
a surrender. Gen. Lovell refused to surrender,
and evacuated the city with his troops, falling
back to Camp Moore on the Jackson Rail
Road. He first destroyed all the Cotton and
public property which ho was unable to remove.
The new iron-clad steamer Mississippi was
burned to prevent her falling into the possession
of the enemy,
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later from new qrlean8? interview between
mayor monroe and the enemy various
rumors and reports.
Mobile, April 27.?On the visit (under flag
of truce) of Mayor Monroe's Secretary to the
Federal fleet, the Oomodorc promised him to
make a renewed demand for the surrender of
the cit}*, but he had not done so up to 5 o'clock
this afternoon. *
The Confederate ship MeRae came up from
the Forts under flag of truce, having on board
forty of the wounded at the Forts. She comifmnicated
with the Federal flag ship, the re
suit of which was not l^nown. It is rumored
that the Federals refused to let her return.
The Foreign Legion are keeping guard over
the city and preserving order..
In a conference held with one of the Federal
officers, after the correspondence between
Mayor Monroe and Commander Farragut, the
officer left, declaring he would shoot down the
flag on the City Hall if it was not hauled down.
He actually brought liis ship in range, but has
not fired a shot thus far.
It is reported that several French and English
men-of-war arc below, and have entered
a protest against shelling the city.
It is believed that the Yankee vessels are
short both of provisions and Ammunition. We
arc in a state of starvation ourselves. The city
is remarkably orderly but the excitement is
intense and the feeling of deep humiliation
verv general. Further than this everything
is the same as when the enemy's vessels first
appeared. All are awaiting the shelling of the
city if the enemy have the courage to do it.
[Second Despatch.]
later still evacuation of tiie forts on
lake ponci1v ktrain confederate gunboats
destroyed?river boats burnt.
Mobile, April 28.?The Forts on Lake Ponch
art rain were all evacuated on the 25th inst.,
in great haste with a considerable loss of supplies.
The guns were all dismounted, not destroyed.
At Fort Pike all the buildings were
burned including the telegraph office. An
operator has gone to the extreme limits of the
city to open an office, if possible. All the gunboats
on the lake have, been burnt by our
people.
The Mobile river steam boats AVhitman,
Brown, and another name unknown, with several
others are engaged removing troops, stores
and ordnance to Manchac, East Baton Rouge
Parish, and Manchanc Bayou. [The latter is
a small stream forming the South boundary of
East Baton Iiougc, and communicates with
the Mississippi on the West and with the Amite
on the cast. Small steam boats ply on its
waters.?Eds. Courier.] It was feared all
the last named boats would also be burnt after
the removal of the stores.
The Yankee fleet at Ship Island are again
returning to that station.
From IliclimoiMl.
official dispatch from general i.ovkll.
Richmond, April 28.?The following official
dispatch was received this morning by Adjutant-General
Cooper from General Lovcll:
"Camp Moore* April 27, 18C2.
Forts Jackson and St. Philin are still in rmrwl
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condition and iu our hands The steamers
Louisiana and McKae aresafe. .The fleet is a',
the city, but they have 110 forces to occupy the
place. The inhabitants are staunchly loyal.'1
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Richmond, April 29. Timothy Webster,
the spy, convicted by Court Martial, was hung
to-ciav at uamp jjee, near tins city.
Sixteen Yankee soldiers, captured by some
of Stonewall Jackson's men, and eight Unionists,
arrived here this evening from the Valley.
Correspondence Between Flag Officer
Farragul and tftte Mayor of If cw
Orleans.
United States Flag Ship Hartford,
Off New Orleans, April 28,18C2.
To His Excellency the Mayor of the City of
New Orleans.
Sir: UpoD my arrival before your city, I bad
the honor to send to your Honor Capt. Baily,
United States Navy, second in command of
the expedition, to demand of you the surrender
of New Orleans to me, as representative of
the Government of the United States. Capt.
Baily has reported the result of his interview
with yourself and the miiltary authorities. It
must occur to your llonor that it is not within
the province of a naval officer to assume the
duties of a military commandant. I come
hero to reduce New Orleans to obedience to
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io uie mws 01, ana vindicate me otfended
majesty of the Government of the "United
States.
The rights of persons and property shall be
secured. I therefore demand of you, as its
representative, the unqualified surrender of the
city; and that the emblem of the sovereignty
of the United States be hoisted over the City
IIall, Mint and Custom House by meridian this
day; and all Hags and other emblems of sovereignty
other than those ol the United States
to be removed from all the public buildings by
that hour.
I particularly request you to exceTcisc your
authority to quell disturbance and restore order,
and call upon all good people of New Orleans
to return to their vocations at once.
And I particularly demand that no person be
molested in person or property for professing
sentiments of loyalty to their Government. 1
shall speedily and severely punish any person
or persons who shall commit such outrages as
were witnessed yesterday, by armed men firing
upon helpless women and children for giving
expression to their pleasure at witnessing their
j old Hag. I am, very respectfully your obedient
servant,
(Signed,) D. G. FARRAGUT,
Flag Oflicer Western Gulf Squadron.
Mayorality of New Orleans,
City IIall, April 28, 1 802.
Flag Officer E. G. Farragut. United States
Flag S/iijt llartford.
Sin: In pursuance of a resolution which lie
thought proper to take, out of regard tor the
lives of the women and children who still crowd
tins great Metropolis, General Lovell lias evacuated
it with his troops and restored to me the
administration of its government and the custody
of its honor. 1 have, in council with the
city fathers, considered the demand you made
of me yesterday, of an unconditional surrender
of the city, coupled with a requisition to
hoist the flag of the United States on the
public edifices and haul down the flag that
still iloats in the breeze fiom the dome of this
hall; it becomes my duty to transmit you an
answer which is the universal sentiment of my
constituents, no less than the promptings of
my own heart, dictating me on this sad and
solemn occasion. The citv is without, moane
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of defence and utterly destitute of force and
material that might enable it to resist the overpowering
armament displayed in sight of it*' i
I am no military man and possess no authority
beyond that of the execution of the municipal
laws of the city of New Orleans. It twould be
presumptuous in me to attempt to lead an army
to the field, if I had 0110 at my command,
and I know still less how to surrender an undefended
place, held as this at the mercy of your
gunners and your mortars. To surrender such
a place were an idle and unmeaning ceremony;
the city is yours by the power of brutal force,
not by my choice or the consent of its inhabitants;
it is for you to determine what will be
the fate that awaits us here. As to hoisting
any Hag other than the Hag of our own adoption
and allegiance, let me say t.Q you that the
man lives not in our midst whose hand and
heart would not be palsied at the mere thought
ot such an act; nor could I find, in my entire
constituency, so wretched and desperate a renagadc
as would dare to profane with his hand
the sacred emblem of our aspirations. Sir,
you have manifested sentiments which would
become one engaged in a better cause than
that to which you have devoted your sword. I
doubt not but that they spring from a noble, ;
though deluded nature, and I know how to j
appreciate the emotions which inspired tncm.
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You will have a gallant people to admiuiatcr
during your occupation of this city?a people
sensative to all tbat cad, in the least, ctieet their
dignity and self-respect. Tray, sir, do not fail
to regard their susceptibilities.
The obligations which I shall assume in their
names shall be religiously complied with. You
may trust their honor, though you might not
count on their submission to unmerited wrong.In
conclusion, I beg you to understand that
the people of New Orleans, while unable
to resist your force, do not allow themselves to .
be insulted by the interference of such persons*
as have rendered themselves obscurely contemptable
by their dastardly desertion of our
cause in the mighty struggle in which we arc
engaged, or such as might remind them tfco
painfully that they arc the conquered aud yon
the conquerors. Peace and order inay be prcseved
without resort to measures which I could
not at this moment prevent. Your occupying
the city does not transfer their allegiance from
the Government of their choice to one which
they have deliberately repudiated, and that
these could simply render obedience which
conquerors arc entitled to expect from the conquered.
Respectfully,
JOHN F. MONROE, Mayor.
Late Northern \cw?t.
Norfolk, April 29.?The Philadelphia Enquirer,
of the 28th ult. says : We learn that
Lincoln was received on the 26th with all the
honors of the crowued heads on board the
Frnnrli Frifrntn (insapndi at. Wjntliinnrtrm
Count Morcier was present.
CHicaga papors, of the 27th, state tliat Beauregard
is evacuating Corinth and going to
Memphis. Buell and Beauregard have effected
an arrangement for an exchange of prisonI
ers.
Butler is busy preparing for an advance on
New Orleans.
The Federal General, Clias. F. Smith, died
I from an accident.
Washington, April 26.?The ratification of
the treaty agreed upon by Seward and Lord
Lyons for the suppression of the slave trade
will soon be exchanged. The main features
arc, a mutual right of search, and the summary
punishment of those engaged in the *
trade.
Baltimore, April 26.?Our dispatches from
Yorktown state preparations are rapidly making
for an attack.
A special dispatcli to the Chicago Times
says, that Gen. Mitchell's Division had arrived
at Tuscumbia, and lias possession of two hundred
miles of the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad. Large reinforcements arrived at
Pittsburg on the 22d.
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i\k\v i okk, April v. i.?Advices from iNassau,
N. P., state that the steamer Nashville returned
to that place after an unsuccessful attempt
to run the blockade of Charleston.
One of her paddle boards was badly injured.,
She has a full cargo of guns and ammunition
brought by the Gladiator from England.
Fall of Fori Macon.
Wilmington, N. C., April 29.?Fort Macon
| surrendered 011 Friday the 25th inst., after a
bombardment from the land batteries of 10
1-2 hours. The batteries were placed behind
heavy sand banks, the breaching battery being
distant only 1100 feet, the mortar batteries
14U0 feet. These batteries were so arranged
at- to be entirely concealed from tbc view of
tbc fort. Our loss during the bombardment
' wl^7 killed and 18 wounded?two of the latter
mortally. The enemy's loss is not known.
It wamUpulated in the surrender that the garrison
should be allowed to retire on parole,
with all honors of war?the ofliccrs retaining
their side arms. Col. White and 155
of his comjoa\<d arrived oil' this bar yesterday
afternoon on bjbard the Yankee gunboat Chippewa,
were trans erred under flag of truce to a
river steamer, anc reached here about midnight.
Col. Whjitt is said to havo saved all
the public papers,of the fort. The rest of the
garrison were hp the sound from the fort
fwricE.
Bank of CAmLen, S. C., April 18, 1862.
THE ANNUAL MElKTING OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
of this BankJLill be held in the Bank
Parlor on Monday, thec?h day of May noxt, at 10
o'clock, a. m.
April 25 1 \Vle WORKMAN, Cash'r.
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DURlKCi MTsaii^fNCE, MR. .IAS.
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March 21 j Wit^W>MAS J. WARREN.
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