The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, July 04, 1862, Image 2
fe' S CmpUWu. M. Shammom has been appointed,'
by tlie Confederate Government, Chief Enrolling
<MBc4r for Kershaw District, and may be
fcsnd at his office for the purpose of 'receiving
al| applicants for exemptions, and the enrollment
of all conscripts, until the 8th infct.. Sec
. advertisement, in another column.
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- ' Read Dr.T. W. Salmokd'S cord, to bo found
under bur u Special Notice" bead.
We would also call tbe attention of our
readers to General Order No. 27, issued from
the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office,
relative to conscription.
In another column will bo found tbe advertisement
of Jamxs H. VAuqHN, who has just
fitted up bis flour and grain mills.
Paasports.
It will be seen, by reference to onr advertising
columns, that Mr. J. M. DsSaussure, of
Camden, has been authorized by Government
to give passports to all persons travelling out
of the State.
Death of Lieut. IV. M. DeSiussurc.
We are pained to hear of the death of our
estimable young citizen, Henry M. DeSaub.
sure, killed whilst in command of Capt. ?. B.
Cantky'b company, in the late engagement
near Richmond. His bereaved family has the
sympathy of our whole community. We are
fearful that ere long we may have to record
the death of many other of our gallant friends
now so mucii exposed to the destructive missiles
of tbe Yankee invader.
Ladies' Aid Association.
The Ladies of the Kershaw Aid Association
> will in future meet every Wednesday morning,
at 10 o'clock, at the Temperance Hall. They
return their sincere thanks to Mr. Dunlap for
the use of his rooms during the past winter, and'
to the ladies of the community for their prompt
response to the call made upon them in behalf
of the McPheksonvillb Hospital.
The following is the list of the articles sent
us: Wine, of various kinds, honey, vinegar,
preserves, rice, coffee, tea, loaf, crushed, clarified
sugar, 3, lbs sugar, from little Dick and
Harry Walker; $1 from Miss Maria Douglas;
isinglass, rice flour, wheat flour; 1 ham, herbs,
of various kinds; one bushel of buiscuit, the
proceeds of a rafile, by our young friends; in
cash $63 50.
Kirkwood Cavalry.
The following is a list of the officers of the
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v. vavnuj, ?s re-organizeci in
Virginia:
Captain, James Doby.
1st Lieutenant, U. P. Bonnet.
2d " James Jones.
3d " Jas. D. Matheson.
1st Sergeant, Geo. W. Barnes.
2d " Jesse Burcii.
3d " James L. Baile.
6th " JonN B. Lee.
5th u Harvey McRae.
1st Corporal, A. W. Thames.
2d w Wm. Whitaker.
3d " James Cureton.
4th " Daniel Kirkland.
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List of Killed and Wounded in the
Battle of Chickahominy.?The Montgomery
(Ala.) Advertiser has prepared a table of
Confederate losses in the battle of Chickohominy,
of which the following is a recapitulation :
Killed. "Wounded. Missing. Total.
Alabama 287 938 CI 1267
Virginia 108 703 44 869
v North Carolina 122 601 C5 778
South Carolina 85 614 45 744
Georgia...* 95 440 35 570
Ifiaaiaainnf K11 nB
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Tennessee.. 43 227 16 28f>
Florida 34 168 .. 187
Louisiana. 30 120 .. 150
Totals.. 867 4207 266 5330
in addition to the above, there are two Alabama
Regiments, two Virginia, one North Carolina
and one South Carolina, which were in
the battles, of which wo have seen no report.
Onr lose in these battles will not, therefore, fall
far short of 6000 in killed, wonnded and missing,
while that of the enemy, according to
their own showing, cannot be less than 10,000.
gaged, Ihe wrtiou1 became"general and lasted
several hours, with heavy loss ' oil our side*
The enemy was driven hack. About two milos
further down, Jackson's forces > ware engaged
with a column of the enemy, and captured three
batteries.
Tho 'Enquirer states that a Federal officer
brought in yesterday, reports McClellan inortolly
wounded, and the Yankco army entirely
| demoralised.
Richmond, July 1?5 p. no.?The fight yesterday
took place on the Darbytown Roads
about five miles North-east of Darbytown. It
commenced about 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Tho forces engaged on our fide were Gen. A
P. Hil's Division, embracing Kemper's, Prvor's,
Picket's and Fentherstone's Brigades. The
Yankees made desperate resistance, but were
driven from their entrenched positions and pursued
two miles. They were heavily reinforced
and checked the further advance of our men,
but the arrival of Magruder's Division about 9
o'clock^pat theui in motion. The darkness prcvented
our troops from following and routing the
enemy 1 Our loss was very heavy, but- that of
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vuv a numvvo him iivuicuuuus. TV v CHpilirCU six
hundred prisoners, who have arrived in the
city, and twenty pieces of cannon. Among
the prisonors is Maj. Gen. McCall, captured
by Lieut. Rawlings, of the 4Tth Virginia.
Brig. Gen. Meade was also captured. This
morning, Magruder went in pursuit of the Yankees,
but had not overtakon them at 8 o'clock*
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when our informant left. The engagement
yesterday is represented to have been the
most sanguinary of the series of conflicts before
this city. The valor of our troops is beyond
praise.
Latest from Itlclimond.
Richmond, July 2.?All accounts agree that
the contest on yesterday was the most sanguin
ary of the war. The enemy held a very
strong position, and maintained it against the
assault of our troops for several hours, having
concentrated their entire army for tho last
desperate struggle. Heavy rain falling this
forenoon, and believed not much fighting today.
Artillery fire heard occasionally in that
direction. The enemy were retreating at last
accounts. *
To Make Blackberry Wine.?To every
three pints of berries add one quart of water,
suffer it to stand twenty-four hours, strain
through a cullender, then through a jelly bag^
and to every gallon of the juice add three
pounds of good brown sugar, the white of two
eggs beaten to a froth, and stirred in the juice;
a little spice, with two dozen cloves beaten together,
and one nutmeg grated, should be put
into a small linen bag and dropped in. After
all are mixed, put it in a stone jug,' filled up
and kept full with some of the same juice reserved
for that purpose'until it is done working^
which will be in two or three weeks. Cork it
tightly and keep it in a cold place for three or
four months; then pour it into bottles with a i
little loaf sugar in each bottle, cork and seal ;
close. If the wine is kept for twelve months,
it will be still better, and will continue to im i
prove with age.
The Enemy at Holly Springs, Missis- (
8ippi.?The Memphis Appeal, now published ,
at Grenada, Mississippi, says that the authorities
in that city have received information that
Holly Springs was occnpied by a considerable
force of the enemy on the night of the 18th. (
Thev made their anDearnnnA ?nrlrioni?r
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out any previous warning to the citizens, and, .
of course, much confusion ensued. The Provost
Marshal was among the prisoners taken.
I A train was about ready to Jeave for the South
' at this time, upon which many citizens attempted
to take refuge, for the purpose of escaping.
The crowd was fired upon, and Lieut i
Hall, of the Confederate army, and others,
were killed.
No public stores remained at Holly Springs,
and the fruits of the inroad will be worthless, '
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vavv|/u ov mi ?o jl hiia^v \ic8iiu iur UIOOQ 18 satr 1
isfied with that of the defenceless inhabitants, <
who are so indiscriminately slaughtered. 1
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Orr's Regiment of Rifles went into action ^
560 strong. 74 were killed and 228 wonnded
JPasse*ger? from vik^oi^thto morning
tnport that, on ye*erd*y mornfag, fOven Federal
vends succceeded in passing np by our
batteries, wlien a severe bombardment com
menced, lasting two hoor^. between the
fleet and and our batteries ota toe Louisiana
shore. It is understood that several vessels, including
the Brooklyn, were badly injured, with
heavy slaughter among their crews. The Confederate
loss was * nine killed, including one
woman. Our batteries are uninjured. Their
fire was principally directed at the city, and
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ov>?i?i uuudvg were BUMfcerca. 18 supposed
that the enemy will not renew the conflict for
several days. A deserter reports the epemy's
loss heavy, and that they expected an easy
capture. '
Latkr.?-We learn from Vioksburg ?at the
enemy is slowly bombarding the town from
his mortar boats to-day. The telegraph office
has been smashed..
A gentleman from New Orleans savs Butler
has issued orders levying a tax of two millions
of dollars on the city.
Mobile, June 30.?A special despatch to the
Advertiser, dated Jackson, June 30, says the
Yazoo correspondent of the Mississippiant
writing under date of tho lfth, says two of the
enemy's gun-boats were rcconnoitering in Yazoo
River, when Commodoro Pinckncy burned
tho Confederate gun-boats Van Dorn, Polk and
Livingston. This action is considered unnecessary.
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property is heavy.
Gen. Van Dorn issued an order on the 28th,
to the army, declaring Vicksburg should be ,
defended to the desth. The Federals can never
occupy Vicksburg. The fleet appears too
much crippled to engage in a successful tilt
with our batteries. (
"A British "War Steamer in the IIardor
of Charleston.?On Satarday evening, the
the British steam sloop-of-war ltacer, Capt.
Lyons, crossed the Bar, and steamed past Fort
Sumter into the Harbors of Charleston. She
now lies at anchor off the Battery, a .short distance
from the city wharves. It is currently
reported and believed that a French man-ofwar
is outside, and will, likewisof presently enter
the harbor.
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??iino cuwiiii^ liic porij 14 8iiol wes thrown i
across the bows of the Racer from the Beauregard
Battery- She displayed her colors, and i
was permitted to proceed, in accordance with i
orders issued, and without saluting our fortifi- 1
cations. We are informed that, by application i
of the British Consul accredited to the United 1
States Government, the Confederate Gove?n- <
raeut has assented to her ingress and egress, as !
may prove convenient, without the etiquette '
of recognizing our authority in our own <
waters.? Mercury. <
Yankee Loss in the Second James Island
Fight.?A private letter to the editor from a
young soldier of the 47th Georgia, who was in ^
the fight df Monday, 16th, on James' Island
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Bays: "We have buried three hundred and
forty-seven Yankees killed in the fight on ^
Monday last, and have some sixty prisoners *
counting the wounded. Their loss was double <
that number. As they carried off all the dead T
and wounded lost by them in the first two {
charges on our battery, we only got those killed ^
on the last charge. x
"Our loss is fortv-scven, killed, wounded and
missing?only one from my regiment." t
This estimate of the enemy's loss in the fight t
of the lfth, corroborates the report which had I
reached the Yankee garrison at Fort Pulaski; t
that their loss in killed, wounded and missing a
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uckwwiu cigat nundred and one thousand. ?
?Savannah News. i
Can't Stand the Climate.?A Northern
paper gives a specimen of what a Yankee cor- ^
respondent thinks of the climate in the South- *
west:
"As we advance into these regions, a varioty
of diseases are becoming roinnnalv
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Fever and ague, jaundice, diarrhoea, and many
types of fevers are thinning the ranks of the
different regiments fearfully. I trill not attempt
to describe the pictures of the poor men
S8 they drag themselves through camps. The 1
toughest looking ones seem to be the jj
greatest sufferers.
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tit Tennessee wveiT af Ffcreocc. +Ivty Wo
oowttftratiog at BridjSport, t*irt>ftror miles
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ment of artillery over Battle Creek yesterday ~
Brig. Gen. Helii baa been assigned to the command
of Chattanooga.
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A Bath at the Eneuty In the Wert.
Mobile, June 28.?4 special despatch, dated
'Grenada, June 28, says that a courier from GenVillipigue's
camp had just reached that place,
bringing .the news that Jackson's Confederate
cavalry last Thursday made a dash on the
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uicui^uiB ?uu vunrivswii rwauroaa, Durupa me
railroad bridge eleven miles from Memphis,
captured, seventeen cars laden with commissary
and quartermaster's stores, and over forty Yankee
officers connected with the departments.
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Wonders will Never Cease.?The New
York Journal of Commerce furnishe? one of the
most remarkable items of the present re~
markable times. We could scarcely believe
it, if we did not know thattho Journal of Commerce
would'nt lie about so serious a matter.
"Last Sunday, (says the Journal,) the Universalist
Church on Broadway, presented the un.
usual sight of the Editor of the Tribune, Horace
Greek, Esq., of white hat and greasy coatfamo
in the pulpit. Mr. Chapin, with his gouty leg,
was too unwell to preach, and Horace officiated
in his stead." This is what we call literally
stealing the livery of Heaven in which to serve
Via flnuil
Important, if true.?-The Tallahassee Floridian
of Saturday says: .
Reliable gentleman who arrived in Tallahassee
on Thursday, bring the news that English
and French war vessels are not only blockading
the entrence to the ports of Fernandina and
Jacksonville, but are actually capturing Northern
merchant vessels which attempt to enter
those ports. This, we suppose, is what diplomatists
would call an armed protest against the
course of tho Lincoln government?or, as others
would term it, hostilities without an actual
declaration of war. We give the repoit as we
heard it
One hundred and two Representatives and
thirty-seven Senators have signed a paper, started
by Wilson, of Iowa, asking Lincoln to make
an arrangement for releasing, by exchange,
alj Federal prisoners in Confederate hands.
The Conscription Law.?Wo may state for
the benefit of persons claimed by the Government
as conscripts, that the enrolling officers
have been instructed by thoWar Department
to pay no attention to certificates of disability
from physicincs at home, or surgeons in camp,
or discharges from the service prior to the passage
of the Conscription Act, (except from
wounds received in battle.) Conscripts will be
ordered to the camp of instruction, where they
can be examined by surgeons detailed for that
special purpose.?Richmond Examiner.
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-fVJVUTHEK XANKEE JVlURDER A CASE FOR
Retaliation.?The New York Herald, of the
18th, says:
Col. John Owen, a notorious rebel bushivhackor,
was taken on his farm in Monroe
Donnty, Missouri, on the 7th inst., and in ac;ordance
with the orders of Gen. Schofield, he
vas fastened to a stump, and the contents of
siglit muskets fouud their way into his body.
Ie begged hard to be treated as a prisoner of
var.
Dempsey Phillips of Lancaster District, lias
be honor of having ten sons in the army of
he Confederate States. Dempsey is beat.
Jr. Wilson Birt, of Barnwell District, is the
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he father of fourteen children?two daughters
ind twelve sons. Three of the sons are in tho
leventeenth Regiment, S. C. V., and the other
tine in companies elsewhere.
Lord Russell's Impromptu, sent to Uncle
lam in reply to the demand for tho Emily St*
?ierre:
My first word's mv lnafc.
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You'd Miss Emily fast,
And you might have looked after her better.
But now she's eloped,
Or as you would say, "sloped,"
Pray, 8am, don't you wish you may get her ?
[London Punch.
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[HAVE RECEIVED THE WAR TAX BOOKS,
and will be found at McCurrry A Hammerlaugh's
store, to roceivo taxes. H. PATE,
July 4 2 T. C. IUD.
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