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payable half yearly in advance, invariably. AH Obituary Notice*, {<mr% one equate) to Ap ch*tped:ae<other otdmrnry odvertieino. *' transient advertising inserted without the money accompanying it. FrMay Lut Was observed by our citizens with that regard which is felt for the high authority from whence the request eminated. And a deep sense of our dependence upon the Almighty Arm, to deliver us as a people from, the hands of onr enemies. Daily prayer meetings continue to be held. They are well attendedMay His blessing, who alone maketh rich and bringeth no sorrow therewith, descend upon the community and the cause of our bleeding country. From the Army. It is gratifying to know that the fine spirit ^ a - mat animates our men, from tlie correspondence we see published, and from private letters, we have the strongest reason to believe, that in no time since the war broke out have our prospects been brighter. Let the croakers at home cheer up. The great mass of onr people have an abiding confidence in our success ; still, occasionally, we come across a desponding individual?but, we are glad to say, they arc not to bo found among the ladies. Viro We regret the loss by fire, on Monday morning last, of the Tcrebene Distillery of Messrs. Hooott & Sutherland, near this place. One of the firm, Mr. Sutherland, was present when it occurred. It was purely accidental. They succeeded in saving nearly all the barrels of Terebene and spirits in the building. The loss was principally in the injury to the still and the building, which will amount to between 400 and $500. The proprietors have gone to work'with renewed energy, and will in a few days, have the damages repaired?and Tere bene, which at this time is an article of necessity, ready for the use of those who burn it. They request us to return thar ks to the neiorhbora whn Uinrllxj ?>nt s ?? .j ovim aviTnun IU lUUir assistance. Sensation Reports. On Sunday night last a report come over the wires, announcing a great battle near Richmond, V irginia. It reached the congregation of the Methodist Church just before dismissal? and soon spread through the community, caufeinCT much anxi??t.v nmnrinr flm i?; 0 y VUV KUUICI V/llff Iltllir lies who have relatives there. It was a wicked and wanton fabrication. The author of it de~ serves pcnishmc-nt, and could he be known' should be expelled from the service of the company. All connected with the telegraph should be careful how they lend themselves to such miserable hoaxes. If the perpetrator of that rumor could have been found out, and been within reach of our citizens, on Monday morning, he would have received a traitors doonb Tbo Wheat frnn. . Sinco we mentioned, a few weeks ago, the fair prospects of this crop, much of it was taken with rust; though we are glad to hear that in most cases it was in the blade only, and recently there is a visible improvement, which we hope will continue until the time of gathering. Within the past ten days we have had good rains, with fine growing weather, which has changed, for the better, the appearance of the corn?our most important crop. As to the cotton, but little interest is felt in his majesty this year. Several who had planted not half their usual qnantity, have crossed that and put in corn; still we fear there are planters so selfish or regardless of the welfare of their country as to have put in nearly the same breadth of land as usual. To such we wonldsay, how dwells within your bosom the love of Southern independence? You either Jove snprevneJy the almighty dollar or have a latent hankering after old Abe and hi8 dominion. Those at home can show where their patriotism lies as effectually as the brave men who have taken their Jives in their hands and gone to battle for their rights. ihlBated in thi election oflfefl^wing named i gentlemen a* fiddfofficers S J&pVt, J- D. Kin i vut, for Cdlonelj Major A.vJ>. Goodwut, for < LieutrColonel; and Franklin Gaillard, for t This regiment has boon in active service some fifteen months, near fourteen of which j bare been spent On the soil of theOldDoroin- 1 ion, under the command of, Col. Jos. B.. Kaa- ? shaw, and doring that time has been engaged in all the battles fought and won by Confederate arms on the ^otomac and Peninsula, and nobly and gallantly have they sustained the reputation of our State for heroic deeds of valor. The Camden Volunteers was organized and commanded by our esteemed and talented young townsman, Gapt. J. D. Kknnbdt, and was the first in South Carolina to tender the services of bis company to the State for active dlltv. Wo cnncrrftt.ilInto thn nffienrs nnd anl ?J. ... p, -? ? , diers of the 2d Regiment in their choice of j snch a leader. At an election held for officers of the Camden Volunteers, the following gentlemen have < teen elected : ] Captain?W. Z. Lbitner. ? First Lieut?E. Niles. Second Lieut?J. D. Dcnlap. Third Lieut?J. J. Drakkford. j Since the above election was held, we un- < derstand Lieut. E. Nilks has been appointed Quartermaster of the Regiment. Officers of Flat Rock Guards: Captain?J. P. Cunningham. First Lieut?Jesse Truesdale. Second Lieut?Samuel Benton. Third Lieut?William Patterson. ^ 1 The rnemy in Stono River?Bom- i bardmcnt of Cole's Island?Evacua- ( lion of our Position. l I During the forenoon of Tuesday a courier, ^ from Battery Island, brought the news that ^ the enemy was making a demonstration in that neighborhood. In the afternoon the steamer ? Marion, Capt. Flynn, reached the city from t Stono river, bringing the details of the move- ^ ments of the Yankee gunboats in that stream. ( It appears that the gunboats, four in number, r and all being small and schooner-rigged, having ( sounded and bouyed out Stono Inlet, crossed t the bar about ten o'clock on Tuesday morning. One of them while passing in, got aground, and t remained so; the three others succeeded in en ^ tering the harbor, and immediately opened a j vigorous fire of shell upon Cole's Island. Pre f vious to the appearance of the gunboats, our defensive works on Cole's Island had, by order of General Pemberton, been dismantled; and r the guns removed. When the enemy had opened the attack, Colonel Capers, the com* * inander of the post, carrying out his instructions, burned the barracks, cut down the flagstaff r and with his forces evacuated the Island. t The enemy's gunboats, finding that our men had retreated, steamed slowly up the river, i - i keeping up a rapid fire of random shells on either side as they advanced, and finally an- f chored near Battery Island and Legareville. Upon the approach of the gun boats, our positions on Battery Island were also evacuated t and the quarters were burned. c Other rumors are afloat in regard to this raid , of the gunboats, but the above comprises all the t authentic particulars that have reached the city. The distance of Cole's Island from c Charleston, as the crow flies, is about twelve t miles.?Mercury. Important Naval Nkws.? From late North- j orn papers, which we have received, we get the important and gratifying news that the Captain and crew of the fine British ship Emily St. Pierre, which was captured off this 0 coast some time ago by the blockading squad- e ron, rose upon and overcame the Yankee prize ^ crew, during the passage to New York, and r p<u)tr?vafl flin vaburl tn i.ivornnal a rlnma 1 vv ? VW.'V? JUf> ? V?|/VVIt xiunui^ tu tj Yankee Minister, had, at last accounts, de- * manded from the British Government the res- * toration of the Emily St. Pierre, for adjudica' 8 tion in a Northern prize court. We have also c information that the pilot boat John C. Calhoun, lately known as the schr. Mary Theresa, c has been captured near this bar by the Yan- 1 1 I 1 _ _ 1? -1 Kee DIOCKHCHT8. The blockading squadron off Charleston bar yesterday consisted of ten vessels. It is generally stated that some boats from the Lincoln fleet were sounding ont Stono bar 1 on Friday last.?Mercur*/ 19 th inst, t It ^tTS* ?m& |rifl^M09 to ?or advert* ling oolDinna, tbefcMr. A. M. Kknrsdt hi* te?*> appointed Ageif^ . in Camden, for the ?b<m named Company. rue Crtele eftke James ?lver?Inlcr- 1 estiny from tbc Norih. PvTRnaniTDd Mav 1 O a. n A P tl>A -.-.WV-WJ *VJ ? Wi MIU Monitor's crow came ashore at Ci^y Point, on the James River, at three o'clock this afternoon, rhey were surprised by our pickets and order- 1 sd to surrender. Nine of them, including four officers, laid down their arms. The others ushed to their small boat and pulled for - the Monitor. Eight of the fugitives were killed, uid the other had his arm shot off. The Montor opened lire with her heavy guns upon our men, and prevented the capture of the boatand unarmed survivor. The nine prisoners captured, reached here about half past six o'clock, nod marched, surrounded by a great crowd, through Sycamore-street to Gen. Huger's headpmrterB. One of the captuaed officers was a Paymaster and the other three Midshipmen. J None of the Confederates were hurt Late Northern papers report that Jeff, j Thompson's cotton-clad fleet had sunk the Yankee gunboats Mound City and Cincinnati. The Benton (flagship of Commodore Foote)wns dso badly damaged. * < The Yaukees acknowledge the loss of 1000 < killed, 2500 wounded, and 600 prisoners at t Williamsburg. < ' 1 Important from Corinth. 1 CoRiNvn, Miss., May 18.?Heavy skirmishing 1 ;ook place on Purdy Road, yesterday. The j inemy attacked the pickets thrown out in our J centre. Manigault's and Lytbgoe's S. C. Regi- < ncnts were engaged. None were killed. In he latter regiment John Ilcnry Gherkin, of i Charleston was dangerously wounded in , the < 'orchead. Our cavalry had forty killed and I wounded. We took several prisoners. A t reneral battle is imminent. Captain Avery, of the Georgia "Dragoons, 1 mcceeded in penetrating the enemy's lines ,wo nights since. He discovered that the < whole Federal army is moving from the river i tpon our position, fortifying as they advance. 1 They are also bringing up siege guns of im- < nenso size. There wa9 a considerable rnovenent of the enemy on our right last night. 1 One of Morgan's men, just arrived, reports i hat Morgan lost 20 killed and wounded and 10 prisoners in the recent at Lebanon, < ?y. Morgan's force killed 60 of the enemy ( icd captured 140, but toas compelled to retire \ ? a heavy force of Tfankees being near by and > ipproaching to the attack. Morgan's missing ncn are coming in. rhe Enemy's Gunboats atVicksbury. V ick8buro, Miss., May 19.?Five of the eneny's gunboats arrived here about noon on yeserdiy. A boat bearing a flag of truce was topped by our batteries a mile and a half bcow the town. The ferry-boat was then sent lown, and returned immediately with a sumnons to surrender the city. The Mayor redied that tho city was unprotected, but that ie would never surrender it Colonel Anthony, he Military Governor of the city, and Gen. Smith, commanding the forts, answered that 'Mississippians never surrendered." Later in he afternoon, two additional Yankee gunboats irrived, when the fleet moved over to this side >f the river, behind ihe Point. All is quiet his morning. k Success In Sonthwestern Virginia? 1 Eighevn Hundred Prisoners Captured. Richmond, May 20.?The Lynchburg Virginian of to-day says that about 5000 of the >nemy were caught on Sunday between the brces of Generals Heth and Marshall, near the larrows of New River, in Giles county, Va. The Yankee troops, seeing their predicament, >roke and fled without making a fight. Eigheen hundred prisoners were captured. They urrendercd their arms, and .were then released >n parole. f It is believed that this news is confirmed by >fficial despatches which were recei^d at the 1 ^ar Office this afternoon. f 1 ? tVi. The Lateat Northern News. Richmond, May 20.?The Enquirer of this norning has extracts from Northern papers of l he 16th, bringing European dates up to the 1 Anting on tho 29th of April, says: "Jfotcshave Mien passing between t^s two Governments ^ithin the past week uitipelation to this matter. There is no doubt thaMhe Emperor still says No." The Enquirer says, editorially: ,4Our extracts From tftfe last European intelligence received'at bhe North, indicate on tho. part of England and France a disposition to interveno for tho restoration of peace on this continent. The feeling Bxbibited is altogether in favor of acknowledge ing the claims of the Confederate States." Lincoln has issued his proclamation^ declaring that the blockade of the ports of Beaufort, Port Royal and New Orleans shall so far cease and determine on the 1st of Juue9 that com* mercial intercourse with these ports, except as bo persons, tilings and in^ymation contraband ot war, may from that time be carried on, subject to the lawsof the United States.? Charleston Mercury. Important Ifews from Corinth? Atrocious manifesto of the Yankee Commander in New Orleans. Corinth, Miss., May 19.?A general order rf General Beauregard was read at the head >f every Regiment of the army, at dress parade, to-day. The order includes an atrocious proclamation, dated May 15, and addredled to the adies of Now Orleans, by Benjamin F. Butler, .ho Massachusetts General commanding the "orces in that city. General Beauregard adure9 our troops to avenge the insult which Butler has offered to their mothers, wives, laughters and sisters, in the brutal threat that, "If any female shall, by word, gesture or Movement, insult or show contempt for any jfficer or soldier of the United States, she shall >e regarded and held liable to be treated as a voman of iho town." General Beauregard's order, after reciting die proclamation oi Butler, closes as follows: "Men ot the South! Shall our mothers, wives, laughters and sisters be thus outraged by the uflianly soldiers of the North, to whom is given die right to treat, at their pleasure, the ladies )f the South as common harlots? "Arouse, friends! Drive back from our soil diesc infamous invaders of our homes, and diaLurbers of our family ties !" A heavy skirmish took place last Saturday ivening on Purday Road, between a portion of jreneral Smith's command and the Yankees inder Sherman. Our loss was six killed and # vounded. The enemy's loss is not known. rhe eneiuy is busily entrenching on our right, ilong the Monteray Road, two and a half miles rom Corinth. It is said that ho is erecting uortar batteries. General Mitcliel's column rom Huntsvillo is reported to be this side of Florence, Alabama, marching towards Pittsburg Landing. It is also reported that the enemy's savalry are within nine miles of Pocahontas, which is on the Memphis and Charleston Rail oad. Yankee prisoners say that the men of 1 _ J J IV 11- 1-1 -1 ueir army ureau our ianing oacx more tnan a >attle, as they cannot stand the climate further South. They hope to starve us out by a long liege, and thus compel us to surrender. A ikirmish took place at one o'clock this morning, n which a number of Yankees were killed and rounded. Another shirmish took place this ifternoon on Bridge Creek, a mile and a half rom our lines. Several of the enemy were dlled; no loss on our side. Forrest's cavalry, Kennedy's Louisiana, Benton's and Mississippi egiments displayed great gallantn. The New Orleans Cresoent has been suppressed by the Yaukees because the proprietor, ]. O. Nixon, is in the Confederate service, as Lieutenant Colonel in Scott's Cavairy Regiment. m m Latest from.. New Mexico. Richmond, May 21.?Our army in New Mexico have met, whipped and entirely routed he enemy. Reinforcements sent by Oen. Uanby were all kslled and captured. We capnroH nvpr KOft r*ri?onp.rs. Thft battle took jlace 23 miles east of Santa Fe, which place s now the headquarters of the Confederate irmy.? MARRIED. Married, on the rzth inst, by Rev. T. F. Davis, jr.* It. RICHARD T. WALKKR, of Charleston, to Mrs. 3. M. HOWARD, of Camden, S. C. ? *