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VOLUME I CAMDEN, SO. CA.,FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1862. NUMBER 41.
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Nov. 8?tf H. T. P15AKE, Gen'l Sup't.
Oats and Cow Peas
For sale for cash, at the 'old corner.'
November 1 E. W. BONNEY.
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TWO TONS PERUVIAN GUANO. ALSO A
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February 28 E. W. BONNEY.
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SEED OATS FOR SALE AT THE "OLD COR*
nor," by K. W. BONNEY.
February 28
Morgan's ltdum.
A portion of Col. John Morgan's command,
consisting of the 1st Georgia Rangers aud the
Texan Rangers, returned to this city yesterday.
From Capt. M. C. Blanchard, Quartermaster
of the 1st Georgia Cavalry, we have obtained
sonic interesting particulars of the expedition:
Col. Morgan has returned in safety to Tennessee,
after one of the most daring and sue.
ccssful raids in the heart of an enemy's country
recorded in the annals of war. lie left here
with about 1,000 brave spirits, a portion of
whom were armed, penetrated 250 miles into
a country in full possession of the Federals?
this distance we give as the direct line, of
course the actual distance traveled greatly ex- :
cecdecl that.
He captured a dozen towns and cities, dc- J
stroyed Federal military stores and other pro-'
pcrtv, and railroad bridges, in all amounting
to eight or ton millions of dollars, lie took, i
perhaps, over a thousand prisoners, all of whom
he paroled. At Cynthiaua, he encountered a
Federal force equal to his own, who, after a
few hours' fight, surrendered.
At Lebanon, lie took between two and three
uutu, v?u j/??y tin; |>iiv;cs 111 tut? way 01 a iickci
to see the show.?Macon Telegraph
?.
Caught at thkir Tricks.?A man by the
name of Borden, formerly connected with the
Southern Express Company, assisted by many
accomplices, has been engaged in smuggling
cotton to the Mississippi river near Memphis^
and selling it> to the Yankees. A few days
ago,.they wero found with 30 mules and sixty
bales of cotton on their way to the Yankees.
Borden and one Rice, the ring-leaders, were
captured by Confederate soldiers, and carried
to Gen. Bragg, and we think it safe to predict
that they will test the tenacity of hemp. The
mules and wagons were taken into our lines
and the cotton destroyed.?Jackson Alissippian.
!
thousand stand of arms, half of tvliich lie retained
and half destroyed. Ilere, also, he
burned half a million dollars' worth of Federal
army stores, lie accomplished all this, besides
frightening the whole Yankee nation out of its
propriety, with the loss of not more than fifteen
or twenty men killed in all his engagements^
and betw een thirty and forty wounded, and has
returned in triumph to Tennessee.
AVherc he is at present, and what will be his
next daring move, is of couise, not a matter to
be divulged, but it is certain that he and his
brave rangers cannot remain inactive.
History will hereafter record this expedition
as one of the most remarkably daring and successful
ever made on this continent.
AVc shall endeavor to give further particulars
of the result of this raid, as the Northern press
styles it in a future issue.?Knoxvillc lie (fin tor
29 th.
Extortion.
An old friend blames us for not thundering
away more constantly at the extortioners.
There are two reasons for it. The first is, it
has done no good?never reformed any body,
ana, on tne contrary, made tlicm all worse;
the second is, that or something else has made
a thousand new ones, and now we rather like
the fun of seeing them cat up each other.
Extortioner comes into town with a load of water
melons and diminutive fowls, weighing perhaps
half a pound apiece. Eor the lirst he requires
one dollar each, and for the second fifty
cents. He sells out his wagon load at one or
two hundred dollars, and then, when lie goes
to the store and finds sugar forty cents a pound
?flour seventeen dollars a hundred?molasses
two dollars a gallon?there, you see, is "retributive
injustice at once." Like Suggs he is
"kinder tuck up short," and looks both ways
for Sunday. lie skins us?we skin him?it's
tail* all round, and when he gets home of a
night lie goes to b*d with the consoling reflection
that "lie's been done as lio's done to others."
As for us outsiders who arc skinned by
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Morgan's Expedition.
Kxoxyille, July 31.?Morgan's official report
of his expedition into Kentucky lias been
received, lie states that he captured twenty
towns, twelve hundred prisoners, destroyed an
immense amount of Federal property, took
twenty thousand stand of arms, together with
a large number of mules and horses. Colonel
George St. Legcr Greenfeltof the British Army,
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yiunuj uisunguisiiuu 111111 so11 in tne expedition
bv charging in front on nil occasions. He
w o o
was slightly wounded.
Threatened Suppression of tiie New
York Herald.?The New York correspondent
of the National (Washington, D. C.,) Republican
says:
The suppression of the New York Herald is
a good deal talked of. That sheet is out this
morning with a treasonable declaration that
this war has resulted from the invasion of
Southern rights by the Abolitionists. This is
the wholesale and point blank justification of
the rebels, and it is really wonderful that it
should have been turned upon within two days
after the magnificient demonstration in Union
S?] u a re.
The opinion gains ground that the Jefferson
Davis Cabinet employ secret service money in
subsidising Northern newspapers to distract
and delude the Northern public inind, by
eulogies upon Generals from whom the rebels
fear nothing, and by assaults upon every body
who favors an energetic prosecution of the
war.
A Gallant Fkat on the Mississippi River.?Oapt.
J. P. Scales, of Starks' cavalrv, and
his company, left Jackson last Sunday morning,
looking as game as fighting cocks, and since
that time have given abundant proofs that their
looks did not belie them. It is with profound
iilon>jnr#? llmt ?? 11
J. . W V???v tt V ?. <l>VOU ^ailAllb iuat
achieved on the Mississippi river by them, on
yesterday morning. The facts nre reported to
ns to be as follows:
At Greenville, about forty miles above
Vicksburg, Capt. Scales discovered a Yankee
steamer, unattended by gun-boats, steaming
up in the direction of Memphis, containing the
Northern mail from the fleet at Vicksburg
and below, and many stores, all of which lie
captured together with twentv-cight commissioned
ollicers on furlough, and a United States
llag. The steamer was then burnt. There
wore many letters containing descriptions of
the various engagements of the Yankee fleet
at Vicksburg, and particularly that portion in
which the Arkansas figured. All honor to
Capt. Scales and his gallant band.?Jackson
Missippian.
Thk Exciianok ok Prisoners.?The Washington
Star says:
We take great pleasure in saying that we
have been authorized to state an agreement
for an immediate and general exchange of
prisoners has been consumated between Major
General Pix, on behalf of the Federal authorities,
and Major General Ilill, on behalf of the
rebels. The detailed terms of this agreement
are not yet known at headquarters here, but
the Government is prepared to carry them out
without the least delay.
The Cincinnati Commercial of the 16th ult.
was filled with accounts and telegrams in regard
to the movements of Morgan and Forrest.
Great excitement existed in the city. Mass
meetings were being held, <fcc. It also contains
an editorial commenting upon the fact
that several of the citizens were arrested for
cheering for Jefl. Davis and Jack Morgan, and
asserts that no doubt there arc thousands of
avucssiuii sj ulitis m wu cii-<y.Owing
to the scarcity and premium of specie
in the North the Yankees have resorted to all
manner of means for a circulating medium.
A Brooklyn paper says a lady purchased an
articlo in Fulton street the other day, when
she received the following as change for a one
dollar bill: Ferry ticket, shinplaster, counterfeit
penny, car ticket, milch ticket, butcher's
I. O. U., grocer's I. O. U., bread ticket, throe
cent postage stamp, one cent postage stamp,
and an ice-creaiu ticket.
A Night Attack upon RcClellan's
Fleet and Camp on the James River.
The Petersburg JExpress of Saturday, says;
A large number of our citizens were aroused
from their slumbers yesterday morning, about
half past twelve o'clock, bv the loud and rapid
discharge of artillery. Tlio night was very
dark, but the flashes of the guns were distinctly
seen in a northeasterly direction,, and plainly
indicated that the cannonading was on James
river, in the neighborhood of City Point. The
firing continued incessantly for about two hours,
when it measurably slackened, and in a few
moments ceased entirely.
The cause of the cannonading was a night
attack upon McClcllants fleet and camp from
the south bank of James river. The guns intended
to operate auaii.st thn fleet were placed
in eligible positions about Coggin's Point, and
those designed to rouse up the sleepers in the
grand army were located along the bank of
the river at points below Coggin's. The first
discharge was from "Long Tom," of "Walker,s
battery, which was the signal for a general discharge,
and instantly a fringe of flame lined
the river bank for a distance of three or four
miles. The roar was deafening, and the echoes
reverberated for many miles around. After the
first round from our pieces, the many lights
which twinkled from the foremasts of the Federal
fleet suddenly disappeared, showing, that
the enemy had been aroused, and knew that
danger was about. The extinguishing of the
light* made but little difference, however,- as
our guns had been sighted before dark, and all
that remained for our brave boys to do, was toload
as rapidly as possible. Parties present
say they distinctly heard- "crashing" on the
rives, but whether caused by our balls, or the
colliding of Yankee crafts in their efforts toget
out of the way, it was impossible to telll
One thing is very certain, that if we did not
sink many of the enemy's transports, we certainly
produced great consternation ameng
them, as tlio entire number,, supposed to be
largely over one hundred, had weighed anchor,and
were nowhere to be seen yesterday morning
at daylight. It is thought to be a matter
of impossibility that we could- Have fired somany
shots, into so large a number of vessels
and so crowded together, without inflicting serious
damage.- But unless the enemy tfells the
truth, which is something they rarely do,, wo
shall never know what damage our night attack
inflicted.
The enemy's gunboats replied promptly,-out
were compelled to shoot at random, and therefore
did us but little damage. One of the sheila
from a gunboat exploded among a portion of
the men attached to Dabney's Battery. William
T. Dalton, of Louisa county, was struck
about the throat, and instantly killed; Thomas
Farqnhar, of Richmond city, was wounded severely
in the left thigh;: and Patrick Graham?
also of Richmond, was wounded slightly in the
left shoulder. The only other casualties that
wo have ascertained, were caused by the premature
tiring of a gun attached to Page's Battery.
The piece becoming rather hot, the man
whose duty it was to prees the vent, withdrew
his thumb while the men were in the act of
loading, and the gun was discharged. Alexander
H. Thacker, from Hanover county, who
was ramming the gun, had both hands shockingty
mangled. They were amputated subsequently
at the wrists. John Brooks, also of
Hanover county, was terribly burnt about the
face.
It is- thought that such of our guns as were
placed to command portions of McClellan's
camps must have caused great injury to the
Hessians. They were all sighted by daylightr
and the camps were in fair range.
AH was quiet in the river yesterday at last
accounts from there.
Lost, Stolen, or Strayed,
From camden, a light red cow (white
spot on forehead) and her heifer calf (nearly
black). Also?a small Cow, spotted white and black.
A liberal reward will be paid for the restoration of
the same. Apply at this Office.
July 28