The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, July 25, 1862, Image 2
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v Special Notice.
L All ttbitnairv nadeck ira otiArirnd for an ail.
E er!isin$ where they make mdrt then one
V qnare.. We would like to feel ourself able to
jfv<3 space to snob matter tree of chatge, but
P the paper bbing sudall, we cannot possibly do
? so; besides, all other papers in the Confederacy
are charging Advertising rates for obituaries and
r tributes of respect. Wo shall adhere to the
rule, without any exceptions. Transient advertising
to be paid for invariably in advance.
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Union Prayer Skeetlngi.
Wo have been requested to say, that in future
the Union Prayor Meetings will bo held triweekly,
viz: Mondays, Wedhfesdays and Fridays,
of each week.
en _ S ? ? amr ? .. Hrt'..
vvnuvuviaiv it ar 1 Ul.
Wo would remind our citizens that those
who would avail themselves of the five per
cent, discount, must not delay payment beyond
the 31st instant. 1
Death of B. F. K^eitiicr.
We muck regret to learn of this sad cvont>
which took place near Richmond, 011 the 14th
inst. Ho was wounded on the battle of the
29th. Was a brother of Capt. Leitnkr, of
Company F, 2d Reg. S. O. V. ll c was a noble
nnd promising young man. We trust some
friend of his will fhrnish a fitlinrr testimonial to
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his memory.
Conscription* from Kcrsliiiw.
We have been kindly furnished, through the
courtesy of the Chief Enrolling Officer for
Kershaw, Capt. "Wm. M. SIiankon, with the following
statement:
41 Of one hundred and thiricen (113) pcrsons
liable to the Conscription Law, within the
Hfl&l
ybounds of Kershaw District, thirty-five (35) have
Ip^bocn enrolled; fifty-one (51) have been exemptbd,
from surgeons' certificate; and twenty-seven(27)
classed as appeals, from conflict between
Confederate and State law."
The above should have anncard in our last
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issue, but was misplaced.
Tlic Wayside Hospital at KiiitfNvillc.
The establishment of the above hospital has
been rendered necessary and imperative from
the great number of sick and wounded men
en route lor their homes from Richmond and
other points where our soldiers are stationed.
On reaching lvingsville, the wounded require
their wounds attended to, frequently having to
stay over from twelve to twenty-four hours;
hence, few places are more important to extend
Aid to our noble defenders, than this place;?
We, therefore, reioicc that the much needed
steps have been taken to relieve the sick and
aleviatc tho wounded. We earnestly appeal to
our citizens to supply the articles indispensable
for such a hospital. Lint, rags, old sheets,
and anything that will answer for bandages.
Also, whatever can be needed for their nourishment?chickens,
flourf rice, sugar, fruit &c.?
"Wb know full well that our friends and neighbors
have been liberal in their contributions
heretofore* but let us continue in the good
work, as we have begun* and prefer depriving
ourselves of home comforts* to aid those who
have sacrificed so much to gain our independonre.
Tif?t nil olinw a liKnrnl cnii-it
?W ?W ? n|/n i Vj rtiiu 1/UII'
tribute according to their ability. Our country
friends can spare much from their farms
and orchards that will be duly appreciated.?
The Soldiers' Aid Society will tal& pleasure in
forwarding anything sent to them for the above
fcbject. Contributors will please send their donations
to the store of Mr. R. M. Kennedy before
half-past nine o'clock Saturday morning,
as the box will be closed at ton.
Not Entitled to Discharge.?As a matter
of information to our military readers, we
copy the following late general order from the
Richmond papers:
War Department, )
Adjt. and Inbp. General's Office, >
Richmond, July 1, 18C2. )
General Orders No. 46.
II. Par. IV. Gcrieraf Orders No. 44 Current
Series, is hereby fecindcd, and the following
paragraph is substituted in lieu thereof:
Persons under 18 and over 36 years of age
who have re-enlisted for three years or the
war, are not entitled to their discharge undei
the Conscript Act. Persons of the ages above
mentioned, who enlisted fof twelve months oi
for a shorter term, will be entitled to their dis
charge ninety days after the expiration of theit
term of service.
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Roll of the Klrk??fP Chralry.
Wekve been furniahed by a friend, now in
eenrice, with the^llowing roll ofvofBeor* and
ik. ir;.t.AAj ru^.1? a n
iiiiiaran vi niv ?ii?itwu v/a'NTJ) 9< U. T ."~
This gallant cotyja has heen irt active service
ih Virginia "for the past ten mdntha, undor the
cotmnand of our esteemed townsman, Capt.
Wk. M. Shannon. The company 'has ldtely
been re-organized, and is now commanded by,
and composed of the following named gentlemen,
all of whom are good and true men :
0ffi0er8.
1. JAMES DOBY, Captain.
2. Ushek P. Bonnet, 1st Lieutenant.
8. James 6. Jones, 2d Lieutenant.
3. James D. Matheson, 3d Lieutenant.
5. George W. Barnes, 1st Sergeant.
6. James L. Haile, 2d Sergeant.
7. John B. Lee, 3d Sergeant.
ft T a \tvo it IfinPhi afK
U. JM VA.fcEi/1, Ttlll kTOI
9. N. W. Thames, Glh Sergeant.
10. William WHtTAitien. l.st Corpora!.
11. James B. cufeeton, 2d Cbrporal.
12. Daniel P. Kirkland, 3d Corporal.
1$. II C Salmond, 4th Corporal.
* privates.
14. Jas W Arrants 46. Robt E McCoy
15. Henry R Rrowh 47 Daniel McRae
16. Williani C Brown 48. Virgil A McRae
17. Thomas J Brenuau 49. McPreist
18. Allen Brannum 50. John Mulholland
19. James F Burch 61. Thos S Murphy
20. Tristram Burch 52. Eli W Parker
21. Arthur G Bright 53. Benjamin E Perkins
22. Sidney W Capers 54. John W Player
23. John S Capers 65. Doctor Tom Player
24. C B Curoton 56. David T Rivers *
25. Robert K Charles 57. Samuel a Rosser
26. John A Davis 58. Joseph A Shannon
27. John T Davis 59. Samuel D Shannon
28. Henry Deas 60. Charles J Shannon
29. William R Dye 61. Wriltor Scott
30. Fcenas B Edwards 62. David H Smith
31. William A Graham 63. Ilenry Smith
32. John Griffin 64. Wesley Stokes
33. Hancock 65. W R Sikes *
34. Tilman Hinsou 66. Powel M Team
35. David Hemingway 67- Williarti K Thompson
36. William H Hocott 68. James W Treadwell
37. William F Jones 69. Allen Watson
38. William Kirkland 70. John C Williams
89* Thos J Keith 71. Klias J Wilson
40. A L C Kinard 72. Jesse V Wilson
41. Walter Kennedy 73. Ralph D Wilson
42. Saml B Lumpkin 74. Samuel Wilson
43. Alston Masscy 75. Anthony G Withcts
Al WiUimtl W vi,.fV.w *7C V Wi.t
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46. "William McKain 77. John H Young
Contribution for tlic Soldiers' Rest;
Camden, July 23, '62.
Miss S. CiiesKut, President of the Kershaw
Aid Society:
DkXk Madam : I take pleasure in transmitting
to you tlic enclosed $3, being the proceeds
of a public collection among the colored membership
6f my church, for the relief of the sick
and wounded soldiers. What injury can Yankee
emancipation do us when such feeling pervades
our colored population ?
Yours, very respectfully,
W. E. IIugiison,
Pastor Catndcn Baptist Church.
Our Rccciii Military Disasters.
[From Hit fceio Work World.]
It never rains but it pours. The check before
Richmond waft preceded by the repulse on
James Island, and has been followed by some
serious roverses in the West. At Murlieesboro'
two regiments and two generals have been
captured. Nashville is threatened and may
fall, since we arc in for a run of bad luck?
Baton Rogue has been re-capturcd and portions
of three regiments, fifteen hundred men in all,
surrendered with it. Curtis, if we aic to believe
Southern accounts, has recently lost a thousand
men, while guerillas swarm again in Missouri,
Kentucky and Tennessee.
This is not a pleasant state of things, but it
was rendefed possiblo when Gen. Ilallcck decided
to go into summer quarters with his army.
Had the campaign continued vigorously,
we should not have heard of the Confederates
being near Nashville. If We do not attack
them they undoubtedly will us, and we must
expect a series of reverses until our1 Western
army again assumes the defensive.
An Illustrmtive Anecdote.?It is stated
in one of our exchanges that some Yankee
prisoners, taken in the battle of Gaines* Mills,
meeting some North Carolina soldiers near
Richmond, said, " You North Carolinians arc
everywhere. We meet vou in every fight.?
We believe you would charge h?11 with Bailow
Knives, it Bethel Hill should givft the
I word." All honor to the dear old State and
' her gallant eons!
, A Northern paper says that Parson BrownJ
low has repeatedly assured Prentice that he
r never swore an oath, never played a card,
> never took a drink of hqnor, never went to
r the theatre, never attended a horse race, never
- told a lie, never broke the Sabbath, never wore
I whiskers, and never kissed any woman but his
wife.
' l^ler?MlBs
tr?n TIekifcnif.
The Mobile Advertiser make* tbo following
extract from a private loiter from Yickaburg.
It h suggest!vo of some important matters of
whifch we are In ignorance hero. Can it be,
(hat l^tltAn tthmin Jo ?
IO A V^WVU^/iWI <1* IU r Oil II1U
denials from New Orleans ? Tho New Orleans
papers of thb latest^Jates liavo confessed to a
scare, And that a Maine regiraont was sent up
the river in hot haste. Farragnt's request to
be permitted to pass the batteries is repeated
in this letter in conditidnS greatly atnplified.?
If half what is suggested by tho writer be con.
firmed, the Yankees are ccttaiiily lh a bad way
on the Mississippi, fthd Butler was right in
thinking that u groups and crowtlk in New Orleans
were dangerous to the public peace."?
But to the extracts."
VifcfcstiURG, Jujy 13.
W'c have lust received oxeHin<r now* f:em
C*
our batteries. A Yankee flag of ttuce has arrived
to request perinission fbr their gunboats
to pass our batteries at Vicksburg and Baton
Rogue unmolested* and that they will evacuate
New Orleans and the river. It is said that
Gen. Van Dorn has refused the rbquest, for he
says that befor? ttvo months he shall have the
whole of the Yankee fleet bettveen Yieksburg
and Baton Rogue.
Gen. Breckinridge has command of the
troops on the opposite side bf the river at
Monroe, La., and is marching to capture the
Yankee batteries over there, and tb prevent
supplies reaching the Yankee fleet. The whole
of the Yankee flbct went down the river yes
terdny, for the purpose of securing Our batteries
at Baton Rogue, but I am happy to say
they have a very poor chance of demur so n?
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we have re Occupied the batteries on both sides
of the river and are mounting mote guns and
erecting hew fbrtificationsk There is no doubt
that v/b tnadc a brilliant stragetic stroke in the
recapture of that town. Mcanwkilo a large
light artillery force has been stationed bn the
banks tif the fiver, with orders to attitck all
transports and Yankee bottts that attempt to
pass. So ybu sec the Yankees have "got their
paw in the wrong pot" this time.
5 p. m.?News has just arfived that Van
Dorn sent the following answer to Farragut,
commanding United States fleet above and below
Vicksburg :
Siu: Yout communication, under flag of
truce, has been received. In answer, I beg to
say, that the only wajr you shall pass mv bat
tcrics is at tlio mouth of the cannon.
(Signed) k E. Van Doiin."
Tlie troops arc looking for orders evfcry
minute to cross the river and attack the Yankees.
Brilliant Uiuili in middle Tenflestice
?Recapture of Murfrcsbdro.
Atlanta, July 18.?Murfrcsboro, Tennessee,
was captured, on Sunday morning last; from
the Federals by General Forrest's command of
Confederate troops. A courier, who arrived
at Chattanooga on Wednesday night, reports
the facts! That. G P.li Fnrrnat. nttanl'-i/l !?/* WJ
v W<I> m. V V MVfcl?\#nVVI tllU 1' CVi
erals in Murfrcsboro on Sunday Morning, killing
and wounding some 200 of them, and capturing
the ballancc of the garrison, numbering
some 1200 or 1500, including five pieces 6*
artillery, all the enemy's camp equipage and
stores. Our loss was five men killed. No
wounded reported.
Another account says that "the town was
taken, after severe fighting, with considerable
loss on both sides. The Federal Gem Crittenden
was among the prisoners taken." The
forces on bdth sides were nearly equal at the
time of the recapture. We learn, however)
that there has been an uprising of the people
of that section of Middle Tennessee, which
bids fair to largely add to the numbers of our
forces.
Later.?A gentleman direct from Murfrcsboro,
say8 that Colonel Forrest, with 2,000
cavalry, entered that place on Sunday last, at
5 a. m. The fight lasted five hours. More
than a linndiWl Yonlo?? ? ? 1?n ' *
? - MHonvo ?tcio Kiueu and a
large number of prisoners t captured?General
E. B. Crittenden among the number. Otu
loss was about 25 killed and some wounded.
Colonel Forrest burned lip three locomotives
and tbeir trains; also 65 wagons all laden with
stores. lie also burned the depot, which was
filled with commissary stores, and captured
495 mules and horses; also a battery of foui
brass pieces. The Yankee soldiers were pa
roled. The officers have been sent to Chattanooga.
Yankee Tynuwy *t HnrHrfukw#. ^
The following^* en jpfder iaaed by the Fee2
?rtlii In lliA nonnUnf Mnrfrcihoro.'rflna. 1W
nil refund to take the oath, with but one e*:
ceptiou. The merchants closed their door*,
the doctors refused to practice, and the ministers
to preach. In such a state of affairs we
may imagine bow heartily the approach of Forrest,*
cavalry was welcomed: / '
Hkadquaktkrs Ninth Rko't. Mich. Im'y, )
MurfhksboIio', Juno 17, 1862. y
Whereas, it is not the policy of the Government
of the United States to encourage treason,
in open rcbollion or in secret conspiracy
against the laws; Therefore it is ordained
that all traders, merchants, druggists, grocers,
shop-keepers, school teachers, preachers, law
voir and others, in tbo city of Murfresboro',
who solicit the patronage df tho public, be required
to subscribe to the oath of allpflrinnoe to
the Government of the United States, and, iu
case of their refusal to take tho oath, that they
be prohibited from practicing their trade or
profession witbili the limits of the city of Murfresboro*.
Capt. O. C. Hounds, Provost Marshall, will
"sec that this order is enforced.
By order of J. G. Parkhurst,
Lieut. Col 9tH Mich. Int'ry Com'dg,
Military Governor of Murfresboro'.
W. A. Hull, Acting Adjutant.
Important from Kentucky.
Ciiattanooga) Jul}' 20.?Andy Johnson had
mined the splendid Capitol of Tennessee?the
j finest of the kind in All the States?and swore.
; lie would blow it up if there was any serious
| danger,that the Confederates would recapture
the city. Tlie capture of Murfrcsboro' lia?l
a stunning effect among tlie Federals at Nashville.
(The Latest.
The Baltimore Sun, 6f tiio 18th instant,
6tates that Col. Morgan has occupied Frankfort?
the Capital of Kentucky, and that thousand
of Kehtuckians had joined hihi. tereat excitement
prevailed at Louisville and Cincinnati.
We are on the cVe of lively times in the
West
In continuation of the above, the Atlanta ?
Confederacy says: "Passengers by the State
train last evening report that Morgan rushed
into Frankfort, Ky;, seized fifty loads of Federal
guns, captured Governor McGofiin, and then
fell back to Richmond, in Madison count}', and
established a camp,' where lio issued a proclamation
to the people, calling upon them to
rise up and throw off the yoke of the tyrant?
and that the people were flocking to him by
thousands, We have no positive confirmation
of this report. Of this we arc sure: Morgan is
doing a good work in Kentucky.
The News from Richmond.
Richmond, July 22.?The following army
changes have beecn officially made.
Maj. Gen. Holmes is assigned to the command
of the Tran.j-Mississippi Department.
Brig. Gen. R. H. Anderson is promoted to
be Major Genera), and assigned to the command
of the division lately commanded by Gen.
Hugcr, who is assigned to duty in this city as
, Inspector General of Ordnance.
Col. Jenkins, of the Palmetto Sharpshooters^
S. C. V., is promoted to be Brigadier General,
vice Armstrong, promoted.
Col. Martin J. Green, of Mo., is also made
Brigadier General.
The resignation of Brig. Gen. J.R. Anderson
has been accepted.
A general exchange of prisoners has been
agreed to, the surplus on either side to be paroled.
The terms of this agreement are those
of the Cartel of 1812, between the United'
States and Great Britan.
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Cannon.?Twenty-two pieces of artillery^
part of tho eighty pieces taken by the English
i from the Russians at the battle of Inkerman,
and prcsonted to the Confederacy by British
merchants (brought over in the Nashville),
Vlquo Qi?riiiorl -? * ? ?1
??,v .....twu my awvr. xuvy near eviuence
of having seen service. With some alterations,
, they will hereafter speak for themselves.
Some thirty-eight pieces more arc expected at
k the same place.?Mercury.
i Run the Blockade.?We have trustworthy
i information that the steamers Nashville and
I Kate, which recently brought valuable cargos
. of arms and amunition into a Southern port,
have succeeded in again making their way out
' to sea in spite of the blockading squadron at'
the point where they escaped.? Mercury of
Tv redan.
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