The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, August 02, 1862, Image 2
J. T. HERSHMAN, Editor.
FKIVAY, AUGUST it,
<ipeeial Notice.
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give space to such matter free of charge, but
the paper being small, we cannot possibly do
so; besides, all other papers in the Confederacy
arc charging advertising rates forobituaries and
tributes of respect. We shall adhere to the
rule, without auy exceptions. Transient advertising
to be paid for invariably in advance.
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Wc are indebted to Major John L. Jones,
of Liberty Hill, for a basket of most delicious
Chinese peaches.
To tlio Ladles of Camden.
The ladies of Caindcn and vicinity, arc invited
by fhc members of " The Kershaw Aid
Association" and " Soldiers' Best," to join these
societies.
Our Kcpreseiitatlvca in the Field
The citizens ol Kershaw District cannot but
feel an honorable pride in the part her sons
have taken, and the high positions assigned
'hem in th. great struggle in which we are engaged.
We have three Brigadier Generals?
all natives of this place?now in service, viz:
Gen. J. JB. Kershaw, J. 15. Vii.mpigue and
James Gantry. Of tTie first, his reputation
from the commencoimmt of the campaign in
Virginia to the present time, ranks him
amongst the best officers in the service. The
appreciation of Gen. Villipiguk is fully shown
by the presentation to hiin of the sword to be
given to the bravest man in the army. The
appointment of Gen. Cantey is quite recent,
owing, in a great degree, to his efficiency with
Stonewall Jackson in his memorable campaign
in the Valley of Virginia, and gallant co-operation
with Gen. Lee; in the defeat of McClellan,
before Richmond. Since this honor was
conferred on him, he spent a few davs with
his brother, Major J. Cantey, at llobkirk, on
his way to his new command, to which, we understand,
he has been assigned, near Chattanooga.
He shows evidently the marks of hard
. and continuous service. Although he commanded
a fine regiment from Alabama, where
he has resided several years, we still claim him
as a son of old Kershaw.
Besides being represented by three Brigadiers,
our town has furnished the talented and
accomplished Colonel of the gallant Second
Regiment?John D.Kennedy?who is at present
on a short visit to his native home, with a
view of recuperating, his health being somewhat
impaired bv constant and assiduous s^r.
vice in the various engagements since the
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spring campaign commenced, in nearly all of
which he has been engaged. He has quite recovered
from his severe indisposition, and will
return to his Regiment, in the 4th Brigade,
early next week.
To the above named gentlemen, we may add
nine Captains, with their full compliment of
men, in active service?several of whom have
been actively engaged in the conflict, since the
first war-cry was heard 011 our coast or border.
And all have sustained well the reputation of
the section that gave them birth, as well
their gentlemanly and soldierly deportment as
individuals. Their commands, too, have been
and are composed of men whom Carolina will
always delight to honor?the intelligent and
honest yeomanry of our District, who sacrificed
their homes, their families, their every personal
interest, at the altar of independence, and are
well deserving the highest encomiums to be
heaped on their loyal and patriotic heads.
Last, though not least, our District has furnished
the Chief of the Military Department,
in the person of the Hon. James Chesnut, jr.?
Carolina's distinguished statesman and former
Senator.
The distinguished positions assigned the
above named ercntlcman. have been
not solicited by them, as each, in himself, is
modest, unassuming, and w ithout aspirations or
pretensions, and who have attained their present
high positions through merit and talent as
gentleman, ai d efficient competency as soldiers
and officers. Men who have the will to acquire
knowledge, to think, study and observe
the ways of life; are men of large and varied
information, and extensive research, and fine
mental acumen?eminently so.
We have now more than our voting population
in the service.
The Soldiers' Rest.
There is co place in the Confederacy, we
venturo to say, better attended to or better provided
for, than tho Soldiers* Rest in our Town
Hall. The situation is admirable, roomy and
well ventilated. Every attention is given by
the ladies, physicians and nurses. It has been
of great service to many of our sick and
wounded men, some of whom had been received
there in rather a hopeless condition, and
by the careful and assiduous attention of thoso
in charge, have been restored to health again.
True, we are not in the situation to have as
many recipients as some other localities, but
all who do pass through must have a grateful
recollection of the ladies of Cainder. In their
ministration they feel that they arc but discharging
a duty they owe their country?depriving
themselves of many little home comforts,
and many leisure hours of enjoyment, to
stand by the bedside of the wounded and dying,
minister to their many wants, and whisper
to thcin the joyful consolatiou of an immortality
beyond the grave. How beautifully have
the warm sympathies of our wives, mothers
and sisters been called forth in deeds of charity
and kindness. Truly it may be said, under
God we will owe our independence, in a great
decree, to the women of the South from their
zeal in our struggle at its dawn, and continued
interest in its onward movement.
Envelopes ! Envelope;* !!
An extra fine article of envelopes, for sah at
this offjee.
Casualties in Captain E. U. Carney's
Company.
Below will he found the list of casualties in
Company " C," 6th Regiment, S. C. V., in the
following battles, since the commencement of
the spring campaign :
BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG.
I\ i 11 oil tinno
Wounded?Corporis A. Wittkowsky, dangerouslj',
in tlic leg.
Private, J. Robert Seay, slightly in the arm.
44 J. Benson, 44 ^44 thigli;
44 R. Phillips, 44 44 head;
W. J. C. Bass, missing in action.
BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES.
Killed?none.
Wounded?Sergeant J. A. McLeod, slightly
in the side;
Corporal J. B. Arrants, severely, in shoulder'
Private, J. J. Motley, dangerously, in foot ?
44 J. Bedon, severely, 44 44
44 M. Baum 44 44 arm;
44 J. J. Brown, 4* 44 44
44 B. Pough, 44 44 leg;
44 J. Jackson, 44 44 thigh;
44 J. Cotton, 44 44 hip:
44 C. C. Stuckey, slightly, 44 arm ;
44 Z. Shiver, 44 44 44
44 W. Martliers, 44 44 side;
44 L. Watts, 44 4 1 thigh;
44 W. L. Moyc, 44 44 leg;
William Stewart, missing in action.
BATTLES OF 28TH AND 30TII OF JUNE.
Killed?Lieutenant tJ. YV. DeSaussure, a^
the time commanding the company ;
Wounded?Lieutenant A. Brevard in the
liand and breast;
Private R. Oxindinc, mortally;
" W. Hough, " in leg and thigh;
" J. Robert Seay, severely, chest and arm;
" J. P. Wesbcrry, " head;
" L. C. GcraJd " thigh;
" W. R. Watts, slightly, arm;
" F. M. Stokes, " hip;
" C. Stewart, " leg;
" H. A. Barnes, " hand;
E. B. Cantey, Captain.
The Yankee Supreme Court.?The Yankee
Congress has passed a bill re-casting the
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different Justices of the Supreme Court.?
Among other Districts the following are coolly
named :
Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North
Carolina, Chief Justice Roger B.Taney; South
Carolina, Ceorgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi,
Justice James W. Wayne; Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, and Kentucky, Tennessee
Justice John Catron.
The New York Herald, of the the 16tli, contains
the proceedings of the big Union meeting
held the day before, in which Dr. Francis Lieber
fierured. while his noble son. Oscar, was
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dying, a martyr to his father's folly, in Richmond.
Important from Tennessee.
Chattanooga, July 28.?Col. Lawton, of
the Georgia Cavalry, arrived here to-day with
three Yankee Lieutenants as prisoners. They
were captured near Nashville.
Gen. Forrest has burned three bridges over
Mill Creek, on the Nashville Road, and had an
engagement with a party of the enemy, killing
10, wounding 15 and capturing 8. Aj last accounts
he was within three miles of Nashville.
Great excitement prevailed wherever he appeared.
Tho patriotic ladies made his progress
a grand ovation along the entire route.
Latest from llie North.
Kichnokd, July 27.?Northern papers of the
24th report that Gen. Ilalleck has been apnointeil
Commandfir-in-flhiof nf tl?? wl?r?lo
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land forces of the United States.
Gen. Popo has issued an order, requiring the
arrest of all male citizens within reach of the
army of Virginia, and requiring them either to
take the oath of allegiance or to be removed
beyond the Federal lines. This order has produced
much excitement in Fredericksburg, and
a number of citizens arc leaving that neighborhood.
The New York Herald, of the 24th inst.,
says that Seward has threatened to retire from
the Cabinet, lie objects to the radical policy
partially forced upon President by the Confis
cation and Military-Bills of the late Congress.
The New York World says that the report is
unfounded.
Ex-President Van Buren died at Lindenwald
on the 24th instant.
Gen. llallcck has gone to Fortress Monroe
to have a personal consultation with McClellan.
Iu New York, on the 24th inst., gold declined
two per cent., closing at 117. Foreign
Exchanges were much unsettled; in the afternoon,
Exchange on London was quoted at
128 1-2 a 129. Flour declined from 10c. .to
20c. per bbl. The arrival of $878,000 in bullion
from California, and $2,000,000 by express
from Kentucky and Ohio, had an influence in
depressing the gold market.
Important from tlic West.
Jackson, Miss., July 26.?Both the fleets of
the enemy have abandoned Vicksburg, the
lower fleet passing Natchez yesterday evening.
This ends the two months' siege, during which
all the casualties among the Confederate forces,
land and naval, sum up thirty-three. The
damage done the city amounts to between
$30,000 and $10,000; to accomplish which the
enemy have thrown fully $50,000 shells. The
contents of the captured letter bag of the
Yankees, admit that they were thrashed by the
Arkansas^ and that they are unable to capture
Vicksburg.
The enemy is now threatening Camp Moore,
80 miles this side of New Orleans.
The Louisville Journal says that if the Federal
Government don't take speedy action, 30,000
men can't hold Kentucky. Brownlow
also writes to Washington that he fears Kentucky
will soon be occupied by the rebels.
A depatch, dated Washington, July 20, to
the Chicago Tribune, says that McClellan is
greatly dissatisfied at Hallcck being put over
him, and that no good feeling exists between
McClellan and Pope.
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Latest Hews from Europe.
Ba'ltimoiie, July 24.?The Etna has arrived
off Cape Race, with Liverpool dates to July 17.
The fighting before Richmond is largely
canvassed by the English press. The London
Times is particularly bitter and sarcastic, and
treats the matter as a decided Confederate victory.
Tho Times thinks that there arc good
evidonces in the North that the beginning of the
end is not far off. In another article it denounces
the insolence of Butler in his intercourse
with the Foreign Consuls.
The Morning Post (Government organ) says
that affairs are approaching a crisis, and neutrals
cannot much longer remain positive specT*
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iawi.1, -1U pyjiuvo iv ujc Jinsi jiunuy oi J'wllglanu
in recognizing successful opposition, and says
tb at, if the North would take the [initiative,
and sail with the current which it cannot stem,
neutral States might be saved the disagreeable
necessity of discharging a most disagreeable
duty.
Lord Palmcrston, in a recent speech before
the Volunteers, spoke imprcssly, and some
say significantly, of the importance of maintaining
the cfFiioency of the volunteer movement.
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Tl?e Cotton Market was buoyant. Prices
from 1-4 a 1-2 higher. Advices from M*t>chester
were favorable, cotton goods and yarns
being firmer, with an advancing tendency in
prices. Consols closed at 92 7-8 for money.
Latest from lUcClellaii's Army,
Richmond, July 29. The opinion gains
ground here that Gen. McQlcllan. is gradually
evacuating liis position at Berkeley, and is reinforcing
Gen. Pope with the bulk of his army.
The number of Yankee transports in the James
ltiver is immense, and great activity is observ"
able amongst them.
'We have no nows here to-day,
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RicCIcllmi's Losses.
A gentleman who was recently at Fortress
Monroe, mingled freely with the authorities
there and heard much of their unreserved conversation,
says it is known that McClellan had
00,000 effective men, when the recent fights
before Richmond commenced. Of this number*
it is positively asserted that he lost exactly onethird,
30,000. This loss was from all causes
viz: killed, wounded, missing, sick, and those
so worn out from exhaustion as to bo totally
unfit for service. This statement is confirmed
by an acknowledgement of Lincoln, when
pressed by a distinguished citizen of Ohio, then
in Washington, for the whole truth. Old Abe
confessed that McClcllan had a disastrous defeat,
and that he had asked lor reinforcements
to the extent of 50,000 men.
A gentleman from Richmond yesterday, ascertained
from sources entitled to the fullest
credit, that as some of the fruits of the recent
victories around Richmond, we have secured
33,000 stand of small arms; over 60 cannon,
the greater portion of them superior field pieces;
between 700 and 800 horses and mules; thou,
sands and thousands of bullets; a large quantity
of powder, but slightly damaged; pickaxes,
shovels and spades, almost beyond computation;
overcoats, India rubber and oil cloth blankets,
knapsacks canteens, etc. So it will be
scon that, after all the falsehoods of the North,
em journals, the defeat of McClellan was most
signal, and his losses immense. Rather an expensive
"change of base," we should think.?
Petersburg Exprces, 25 th.
In a late speech of Chandler, of Michigan
in the Rump Senate, it was stated and proved*
on good authority, that 150,000 of the best
troops that ever stood on God's footstool had
been sent to McClellan, and that all that McClellan
had asked had been promptly sent
liim.'* Chandler also stated that McClellan
bad lost in the trenches tivc men for every one
that had fallci^ by a bullet from the "rebels."
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Slidell in Paris.?The Paris corrospond
cut of the New York Post writes under date
of July 4th:
Mr. Slidell still lives here in style, in a department
costing 18,000 francs?though we
hear he is looking out for a cheaper order of
liinnro 1 ^ ?- - 11 1
vm i x od ?f rt piauu who caueu upon Imn
yesterday. Visitors enquire at the door for
"Monsieur le MinistresdesEtats Confederees,"
and the footman replies that " Mousieur 1c
Ministre is at home." We are told he is looking
very despondent, hut says the Confederates
are doing very well at present, and that the
war will not be ended as soon as people think*
IIard Bodies.?A few days ago, while the
friends of some of the brave men who recently
fell victims to the insane fury of Lincoln's
myrmidons were searching in the neighbor,
hood of Gaines' Mill for their bodies, they
struck on something which had such a hard
feeling that, though duly labelled as a Pennsylvania
Colonel, they were induced to
the body, which proved to be a splendid 24pounder
brass howitzer. Several other Colonels
of a similar kind were afterwards dug up*
[Ricmond Dispatch.
Chinese Dispensation of Justice.?A
letter dated Shanghai, May 31, states that the
keeper of an eating house in that city had, a
few days before, charged a visitor with eating
Cf
a quantity of rice not paid for, when an angry
dispute arose. A Mandarin was sent for, who
ordered the victim to be ripped open to ascertain
whether he had swallowed the food.. It
was done, and.no rice found. A false charge
had been made; and to put things to rights
(according to Chinese ideas) the bead of the
accuser was quicklv tatcn ofT, when the tuagis'
trate was ready for another job.