Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

VOLUMET , CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1862. NUMBER 35 Cfre (tomliftt ttsafrirrstr 18 PUDLI811KD EVERY FRIDAY BY v J. T. EtEHSTTM A X, AT TWO DOLLAR8 A YEAS, PAYABLE INVARIABLY HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE. . ? ? Terms for Advertising: !For one Square?fourteen lrnee or lees?ONE DOLUjAR for the first and FIFTY CHTCTS fnr <u?r?h qhIv. sequent insertion. Obituary Notices, exceeding one Square, charged tor at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Wont MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our regular advertising patrons. f ADVERTISING TERMS PER ANNUM. One Square, 3 months, - - $5 44 " 6 - - 8 44 " 12 44 .... 12 TwoSquaros, 3 montlw, ..... 8 " ? G 44 ..... 13 44 44 12 44 - ... - - 18 '.Three Squares 3 nios., 12 44 14 6 44 18 44 44 12 44 ..... 26 T3 Ci n - rour raqunros a mofi., - - - JO " 44 6 44 24 4 4 44 1 2 44 30 ty Eight dollars por annum lor every additional square. Business, and Professional Caiu>s Eight Dollars n-year. All advertisemtffua for less tlian threo months Cash. If the number of insertions is not specified t'n writing advertisements, will be continued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. Announcing Candidates, three months, Five Dollars over that time, the usual rates will bo charged. No advortiaoinAnt- hnirnver mnnll )v> on?i8iiloi*iri less than a square; and transient rates charged on all for a loss time than three months. TO TRAVELLERS. :o: OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA HAIL ROAD. r_. m l ats r*gg-i-% i i? o northern route. c?. Day night 8tation8. trains. trains. Leave Charleston. ,r I 7.06 a <u 8.15 p m Arrive at KingsviUe, thei . Junction of the Wilmington A Manchester R. R.. 2,45 pm 3,15 a m Arrive at Columbia 400 pm 6.0C a m Arrive at Camden 4.40 p m O Leave Camden 5.20 am {Leave Columbia 6.15 a m 5.30 p m Leave Ktngsville, the Junction of the Wilmiogton A Manchester Railroad.. 6.45 am 3.25 p. m Arrive at Charleston...... 3.00 p m 2.30 a. m. WESTERN ROUTE. DAT NIGHT STATIONS. TRAINS. TRAINS Jjeave Charleston 7.00 a m 6.30 p m Arrive at Augusta I 2.45 pm |4.30 pm Leave Augusta .'...i 6.00 am | 7.30 p m Arrive at Cnarleaton I 3.30 pm i 4.30 a m rhrough travel between augusta and kinsgville = day night stat'?n8- . tbaiw8. tea1n8. Leave Augusta 8.00 a m 7.30 p m Arrive at Kingsville 2,40 p m 3,15 a m .Leave Kingsville I 6.45 am i 8.25 pm Arrive at Augsta I 1.15 p mj 11.16 pm MID DAY TRAIN BETWEEN CAMDEN AND KINGSVILLE, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, down. | up. Leave Camden, 11.40a. m. | Leave Kingsville, 8.5 a.m. Leave Boykin'e^ 12.12p.ra LeaveClarkson's 8.20 " Leave Claremont 1.248 - j Leave Manchester JunoLeave Middleton 1,10 " | tion 8.88 a. m. Leave Manchester Jane* Leave Middleton 8.43 tion 1.18, p. m. Leave Olaremont 9.08 " Leave Clarkson's 1.38 " Leave Boykin'a 9.48 " Arrive at Kinggville 1.60, Arrive at Camden, 10.20 Nov. 8?If H. t. peakb, Gen'l Bup'L Oats and Cow Peas For sale for cash, at the 'old corner.* November 1 ' E. W. BONNET. Guano TWO TONS PERUVIAN GUANO. ALSO A small lot of Patagonian Guano, for tale by February 28 E. W.'BONNET. * ' Seed Oats.V SEED OAT8FOR SALE AT THE "OLD COR* ner," by B. W. BONNET. February 26 [From the London Times, May 19fA.] Mr. Spence on (he fall of Ifew Opleans and Its effect on the Somhern . Cause. To tli? Editor of the Times: | Snt: The fall of New Orleans caunot but surprise those who have received recent assurances of the ample strength of its defenoes and the ability of its gunboats and floating batteries to repel any attack. This very confidence seems to have been fatal; for the South ern fleet, ?r so much of it as rendered the rest powerless, appears to have ascended the river to For Wright, and was therefore 800 miles away when so greatly needed at home. Unquestionably this is the most injurious blow the South has received, and in the present state of affairsjt is of interest to ascertain its real proportions and the actual effect it will produce. Prestige is, indeed, of little concern to men who are sacrificing their lives and property to prevent the subjugation of their country, but the material loss is important, the workshops of that city can ill be spared, and this success will reinforce those Northern delusions on which reason had begun to break, and thus will greatly tend to prolong the war. A serious result, not unlikely to follow in the end, will be the forcing of the entire length of the Mississippi. The supporters of North appear to hold that seme very dire result would flow from this. They describe that nver as an artery to open which would be fatal to the existence of the Southern cause, or as a great highway for the enemy into the heart of the country. In reality the Southern States consists of two regions?one, lying west of that . rr a v a river, jiexns, ivrK&nsas nna part 01 JLouisiana, I altogether apart from the serious operatsons of the war. The States which form the actual field of the contest occupy an enormous coinpact space, a rude square, bounded on two of its sides by the Aljanlic and the Gulf; on the other two by the Ohio and the Mississippi.? Hence, the latter, so far from being an arterial stream in the centre of the system, is, as regards this contest, a boundary line, and will simply place the States that lie upon it in the position which those of the east occupy on the ocean. All the large rivers that intersect the country below Cairo run from the west into the Mississippi, and instead of bringing an enemy into the heart of the country, would carry him away from it. It is true that if a series of years could be devoted to the conquest of the South this river would become invaluable as a road to the various points of departure for the interior. In that view of the case, too, each town occupied would represent a further step in the long reckoning. But in forming a judgment of this war the condition must bo kept constantly in view ?time and cost. Unless made quickly the conquest can never be made. The patience of Europe, shut out from two-thirds of the Ameican coast, and deprived of materials absolutely esential to its industry, is now becoming exhausted. Whatever the meek resignation we are expected to exhibit, for the fortitude with which our workmen are to smile upon a diet of bread and water, it is very certain this will not long suit the French temperament. In that country hunger is a politiaal question. It is one that was never yet safely trifled with. The politicians of Washington could hardly assume that the Governments of Europe wonld permit hundreds of thousands of their people to exist in compulsory idleness and want for just so many years as their convenience might dictate. It has been their plea in reply to this, th'at the time would be short?a few montns, yu days. ?nis is tticir engagement to Europe, end they mast keep it. The question of costs is of still more certain effect. According to the latest estimate presented to Congress, the North is plunging into debt at the rate of half our national debt per annnm. After allowing for all existing income, , $3,000,000 per day, borrowed at 7 per cent, in- I terest, will work ont that incredible result No i such reckless gambling witl^the industry of fu- 1 - . y' * tare years was ever recorded of any people.? Congress, too, employs itself in framing bills of confiscation to allure and sweeten the return of peace, while the famous Tax Bill, that was to hold out some promise of a provision for payment, appears all but certain to be thrown over the session. By dint of such contrivances as "certificates o^ indebtednes" and "quartermasters' vouchers" the day. of inconvertible paper has been staved off cleverly; bdt the ultimate effect of theso measures will be that, instead of a gradual depreciation, the collapse, when it comes, will be so much tbe more aud/1am on/1 viaIonf HPK? ...CM v>w> nuu ivivuu. A uv iivnuuilici V* 111 Bill 11 c at this. During the railway mania, those in the excitement of the pursuit smiled complacently upon the few who asserted the hollowness of the bubble. The day came, however, when it burst. Each month brings nearer the inevitable crisis, and the battle must be fought out before that hurricane strikes the ship. It follows that the events of the present war can only bo rightly judged when tested by the standard of their cost in time and money. A blundering player at chess may capture half a dozen pieces, and discover that he has employed himsolf in losing the game. Taking a broad view of the subject, what is the aspect of the war to-day as compared with its promise, on the 1st of March? The issue depends absolutely and entirely, so far as the Northern progress is concerned, on the fate of the main armies in the field. All the minor occurrences at the extremities must follow the fate of decisive events at the coutro?the branches must fall as the tree falls. Now, the Eastern campaign opened with an enormous host at Wash ington, well drilled, admirably equipped, and to all appearance, able to annihilate the weather-beaten forces, thinned by a winter's' hardships at Manassas. Tho Southern army was to be driven out of Virginia as a matter of course. Wo now approach the end of the spring, and find the great Northern host broken up into pieces. The chief of these is so placed that the enemy might have guided it to take the narrowest road , the sickliest locality, and to run agarost the very strongest wall it could find. Of the other corps, that of McDowell, still breathes the air of tho Potomac, while that of Gen. Banks devotes itself to an incessant march, first tp the west then to the south, and now eastwards. Meantime*the Southern army, greatly increased in strength and placed jtj a viviiiujniiuiu^ ^lusaiuu, JUBlCaU UL IIS original inferiority, appears stronger than any force that threatens it, and, so far from being driven out of Virginia, seems very likely to inflict disastrous loss on its assailants. Should the main army of the North return for the third time to Washington, what value will attach to successes on the coast? Passing to the Western campaigu the Federal troops advanced in like manner in overwhelming force. Bowling Green was abandoned, Fort Donelson taken, Nashville occupied: Here, again, the operations commenced with a promise of continuous triumph ; yet at the end of two months the army on the Tennessee is employed in recovering from a disas trous blow, and in seeking for further strength, while the weak and scattered forces of the South have become a powerful array, full of spirit, and under a General who alone had acquired a reputation in the field. In the im- , pending contest, should Beauregard gain a victory, the invading troops will be driven out of Tennessee, and a garrison in New Orleans, entirely isolated and exposed to the effects of a J summer in that climate, will prove but a very i disastrous advantage to the North. And, in J r.r?n?idftrir?<* tli? a*ncu>t e\f ?noir> rations, it is necessary to keep in view that the real* hardships of the war are yet unknown to them. They have travelled, so far, as cabin J passengers, and have fought under die wing of 4 gunboats; but before such a country is sub dued, many a footsore inarch most he made to battlefields away from rivers. The commissariat and. the hospital services have net yet ' spoken out The truth is, that during the past winter the Northern people, having no external hope, applied themselves to form an arm/with admirable energy and great success. The Southerners, on the other hand, were thoroughly convinced that the pressure of the blockade and its inefficiency, as reported by all the European consuls to their respective governmental, would enforce an intervention of the Great Powers. This conviction lulled them into inaction, especially in the West, mod the consequences were plain at the commencement of operations. The delusion passed away, the reality aroused them to action/ and we see the result in the relative condition of the main armies. At tbe end of summer their effietfive forces will probably be the more numerous of the two. That nnaififtnc >> ?- k-Jl~ j, <? woii uauiy held and some mistakes committed can not be surprising. We jndge with a European standard, but the half-disciplined troops, whether of the North or Sonth, cannot be expected to oppernte with the judgment or resist with the firmness of professional soldiers. Here is a people shut ont trom the world, deprived of all the -comforts of life, starting without tools, money, credit, ships, or soldiers, disappointed in their political calculations, their commerce annihilated, the value ef their property extinguished, over matched in men and means of warfare, assailed with torrents of abuse, and depressed by a long course of adverse events. "In the face of such difficulties as these tlicy have now 350^000 men under arms, and in the two great actions of the war they have taken home the prisoners and the * guns. Is this the scheming of a few ambitious men, or is it the movement "f a resolute people ? And if such a people are to be subjugated, and such a country is to be held as a con tjuorcu province io gratily the ambition #r swell the profits of others, for whom are liberty and self-government to be preserved t But such an event may be regarded as an impossibility. The power of a resolute people against regular armies has often been proved on a small scale?La Vendee, Switzerland, the Tyrol, Holland has exemplified; on a scale such as this,9 what army, American or European, could deal with it? New Orleans is taken only in name; its trade was gone, and its people unchanged. By a singular fatality ita people had no chance to fight for it?a keen humiliation to a race whose courage amounts to reck lessness of life. All this will not ifi&ke them loyal. In every community there will be found some few craven spirits to run up the flag of the conaueror or trade with hi* nil*** % ??? _ _ ? A/uv IU UTC" ? ry country the great majority have some respect for the land of their birth, and,- whatever their original sentiments, they cannot welcome those who come to rule it as a conquered province. The people of New York are elated, naturally', but they forget the fact that their own city fell into our hands in a manner hot more glorious. New York and the Hndson were quite as important to the colonists as New Orleans and the Mississippi are now; yet our possession of them had no effect in subduing the country, and in spite of it the 44 rebels" obtained their inpependence. Why mar not the same iwnk follow now? I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool, May 16. V S. Notice. ON AND AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF JANUary, I will Mil no goods on credit CMh sales iniy?and invite all those indebted to me to make toil ediate payment, 'or failing to do so will find i?tea and accounts in th* hands of an attorney for soliection. Immediate attention to the above ia re[uired. * T. S. MYERS. January 3 3 mo NOTIOR p|UBING MY ABSENCE FROM TUB STAtB L/ Mr. Jonathan Page will act as my authorised gent, April 5 4 W. T. ALLEN. For SaleAN EXCELLENT ONE OR TWO HORSB BU6ClL Or, with top; and also a good DUMPING J ART aad Gear. Apply it the Bankef Camden. April 5 - s 4 vt