The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, August 15, 1862, Image 2
.J; T. HERSHMAN, Editor.
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special Notice. <
All dbituary notices are charged for as ad- 1
ver'-ising, where they make more than one '
square. \Yc would like to feel oursclf able to <
give space to such matter free of charge, but I
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iiiv uoiug smaii, we cannot possibly do (
so; besides, ail other papers in the Confederacy I
are charging advertising rates for obituaries and s
tributes of respect. \Vc shall adhere to the i
rule, without any exceptions. Transient advertising
to be jtaid for invariably in advance. 1
yieloii Jell).
Wc h ave been shown, during the past week,
several fine specimens of molasses and jelly?
made from the pulp of the watermelon. For
the best, of which we are indebted to Mr. T.
AY. I'ecmks and J. Airmen. \Yc are informed
b\ these gentlemen that an ordinary sized mel
o?i wili yield near a pint of molasses, eou.nl to
tin* N' W Orleans svj >, and when reduced to ;
a rvsta'n/.ed state, ni-il.e an avcr.'ge of a half
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i >t tun respecting 'he ] 1 ce>s.
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1T.'I<?< lion
At an election licKl on Tuesday ln*t, for company
officers of first Corps of Reserves for
Kershaw District, the following named gentlemen
were elected :
('. C. IIA ILK, Captain.
Tiiomas J. Caitiikn, 1st Lieutenant.
S. ]). Hough, 2nd Lieutenant.
Joseph D. Brace, 3d Lieutenant.
Acknowledgment.
The committee for the "Soldier's Lest" take
pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of two
hundred and fifty-nine dollars scventv-fivc
cents, collected through Doctor S. II. Sanders,
from citizens of Statesburg and Rafton Creek.
Such noble contributions will add much to
the comfort of our wonrv, wounded, and sick
soldiers on their way home. Cod will help the
friends of the sick soldier.
[for the confederate.|
Mr. Editor: I respectfully decline running
as a candidate for Tax Collector.
Yours, respectfully,
August 14 J. A. BOS WELL.
l.atcM from tlic Valley.
Richmond, July 13.?The following despatch
has been received Kv
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< 'ooper :
General?On the evening of the flth (Joel
blessed our arms with another signal victory.
The battle was near Cedar linn, about six
miles from Culpepper C. II. The enemy, according
to statements of prisoners, consisted of
llanks, McDowell and Scigle's commands.?
"We have 400 prisoners, including Brigadier
General Prince. Our ioss in killed is less than
the enemy. We have to mourn the loss of
some of our best officers and men. Brigadier
General C. S. Winder, was mortally wounded,
whilst ably discharging his duty at the head of
his command, which was the advance of the
left wing of the army. We have collected
about 1100 arms, besides ammunition and
ordnance.
I am, General, your ob't servant,
T. J. JACKSON,
Biig. Gen. Commanding.
Tremendous Meeting in liidiunapo
lis, etc.
Mobile, August 8.?The Chicago Timet
says that not 300 recruits have been raised in
that city. The Democratic Convention met
at Indianapolis on the 4th, at which 50,000
persons were in attendance. This was the
largest meeting ever held in the State. Gov.
iiendricks presided. Wickliffe, of Ky., Ilioliardson,
Vorhees, Carlisle, and others, were
present. Resolutions were passed adverting
to the prospects of the war, opposing subjugation,
or coercion, denouncing emancipation in
ever" form, and calling for an r> *' > auge in
the admin?*traV? . '\ n-L'iile v-. v\as for
{Irion n inc. u . t c,) were not inter
fcred witli, but if rhe war was wageu to free
the slaves, not another drop of blood should be
npillcd.
A Hair* in Mew Orleans
Jackson, Miss, August 12.?The New Orleans
Dtlldy of the 4th inst., has has been rcjeived
licre. JJutler levies a tax oi? the corporation
and on individuals, amounting to $312,710,
and 25 cents to support the poor of New
Orleans. Also a tax of $29,200 on the cotton
r..,.* l i l ' rr"
emu uruKcrs iur me same oojcct. mo
iistinguished attention paid to this class of tho
business community is owing to their having
tided the Confederate Government, and advised
die planters to ship no cotton to New Orleans.
A large amount of property is advertised to
be sold for taxes. The (bogus) JJcltd claims a
splendid Yankee victory at liaton liogue, and
says the Confederates were from 5000 to 15,1)00
strong. It rejmrts Gen. Lovell to be killed
and Gen. lireekinridge to have his arm shot
c?tf. It admits a loss of 250 killed, and says
nothing of the wounded, but claims to have
captured three cannon, and boasts of sundry
bayonet charges. It adds that rcinfc.rccmcr.ts
have been sent up to Hat on liogue, and that
stirring times are expected. The Yankees say
they will "bag" the whole Confederate army.
James Hoggs has been sent to Ship Island.
A hatch of Yankee prisoners arrived here
this morning. The Southern pickets extend
to within a mile and a half of Galon liogue.
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From Chattanooga.
Ciiattaxooua, August 12.?Four Federal
couriers, with despatches from General Nelson,
commanding at McMinnvillc, to General l>ucll,
have been captured. In these despatches, Nelson
complains that his pickets habitually desert*
in order to be paroled by the Confodoiates,
and be represents affairs generally in his department
to be in a most deplorable condition.
The despatches have been placed in the hands
of the military authorities here.
ft-Toni Savannah.
Savannah, August 12.?The ollicers an*]
boat's crew of tlie steamer (ten. Lee were sent
to Hilton Head. Gen. Hunter examined into
the matter and relieved tliem. The boat returned
last night with all the parties on board.
Strange A Hair below Savannah.
Savannah, August 11.?The Pickets on
Wilmington Island report that the steamer
Gen. bee of Savannah, bearing a Hag of truce
was fired on from Fort Pulaski yesterday, and
captured, ('apt. Stuart of Gen. Mercer's staff
and Capt. II. 11. Fraser, of Augusta, arc among
those captured on board.
Hohuiui.e Murdkk.?We learn that a Miss
Vaughn, of DeSoto county, was outraged a
few days since by a negro, and afterwards murdered
ami thrown into <'oldwatcr creek. After
her body was found, the negro was traced
to Memphis, when he was demanded of the
Federal authorities. Incredible as it may seem,
they refused to give him up. In reply, the\
coolly said the negro came to them seeking '
protection, and he should have it. 'I bis is a
crime of the most horrible character permitted
to go unpunished, and other criminals in the
same position assured they can outrage with
impunity.?Appeal.
The General Draft at the A'orth.
The inevitable drafting order has at last
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fallen on the North. The following is the document:
War Department, }
Washington, August 4, 1802. j"
Ordered, First.?That a draft of three hundred
thousrnd militia be immediately called
jnto the service, to serve for nine months, unless
sooner discharged. The Secretary of War
will assign the quotas to the States, and establish
regulations for the draft.
Second.?That if any State shall not by the
15th of August furnish its quota for the additional
three hundaed thousand volunteers authorized
by law, the deficiency of volunteers in
that State will also be made by special
draft from the militia. The Secretary of War
will establish regulations for this purpose.
Third.?Regulations will be prepared by the
War Department, and presented to the President,
with the object of securing the promotion
of officers of the army and volunteers for meritorious
and distinguished services, and of preventing
the nomination and appointment in the
military service of incompetent and unworthy
officers. The regulations will also provide for
ridding the service of such incompetent persons
as now hold commissions.
By order of the President.
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War.
Tlic Sown from lliclimoud.
, Richmond, August 11.?Northern papers
of the 7th inst have been received here. An ]
iimiieuso war meeting was held in Washington
o c*
on last Wednesday. Lincoln was present, and ]
made a speech, lie referred to the quarrel j
betwecen McClcllan and the Secretary of War:
and said the dispute was not so serious as was .
supposed, and arose simply from the question ,
as to how many men McClcllan had?many |
supposing that the Secretary of War had not i
reinforced him to the extent that he might
have done. This is not so; the Secretary War j
had never withheld any one thing that it was in
his power to give, and lie was not to be blamed ,
for giving when he had none to give. In
conclusion, lie referred to McClcllan in complimentary
terms; lie believed him to be a brave
and able man, and took upon himself what had
been charged upon the Secretary of War,
the withohling of men from him. Speeches
were also made by (Jen. Shields, and Hon. Ib
J. Walker, Senator Harlan, and Ex-Governor
Boutwell, of Massachusetts, General Sheplcy,
the Military Governor of Louisiana, and others.
On the conclusion of Shepley's speech, it being
announced that he was the man who hung
Mumford in New Orleans, for hauling down
the Yanke.c Hag, the meeting gave three cheers
for him. Sheplcy disclaimed the credit of the
act, and said the honor belonged to Butler.
The Northern papers of the 7th contain accounts
of the skirmish at Malvern Hill. They
represent it as a great victory, and say that the
rebels were put to llight and pursued to within
ten miles of Richmond. They claim to have
taken 100 prisoners, and set down their own
loss at three killed and eleven wounded.
The Editors of the ITarrisburg (Penn.) J'afrint
have been arrested for the publication of
seditious articles and sent to Fort Mellenry.
Knoxyillk, August 0.?The enemy's loss in
the battle of Tazewell was 30 killed, 120 wounded,
and 50 prisoners. Our loss was 8 killed,
and 30 wounded, which fell mostly upon
Vaughn's Third Tennessee Regiment, who behaved
heroically.
(Jen. Forrest arrived here to-day. On Wednesday,
two hundred of the Federal Second
Kentucky Regiment left Rock Island, Tennes.
sec, and came over the line. Desertions from
the Federal army are continually taking place.
The Federal ofliecrs have no confidence in the
troops in Middle Tennessee. Buell's and Nel.
citnv fnrpnc ?i*a of \fr?\f i?? A 11 *
I7?? u IUI v.v.7 iliu <>1/ 7llV.1l Mill t INW. i \ i i UIC llllllpike
roads between Murfresboro' and McMinn.
ville are strongly garrisoned.
Brutality.?Evidences of tlio brutal proceedings*of
tlie Yankees in Culpepper county,
Ya., accumulate daily. The latest case reported
is that of Miss Ella Slaughter, an accomplished
voting lady, who was grossly insulted
by a Yankee soldier, when she drew a pistol
and commanded him to leave her presence.
The ruilinn immediately took his departure'
but soon afterwards returned with an ollicer
and a tile of men, who arrested Miss S. and
I imprisoned her in tho county jail, where she
remained at last accounts subjected to the fare
and treatment of the most hardened criminal.
The high-handed deeds of Butler in New Orleans
will hardly bear comparison with the
attrocities of Pope and his men in Northern
Virginia.
Cure for Whooping Cough.?Dissolve one
ounce of Assafoedita in one pint of Jamaica
ruin?mix with a little honey or syrup, and
take a teaspoonfnl after each paroxysm of
coughing until three or four have be?n taken
during the day.
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The Tyranny at Memphis.?'We learn thnt
three white men and sixteen negros were shot
by the Federal guard at Memphis on Friday
last. Their crime was refusing to work on for"
tifications. The sad affair was coolly treated by
the authorities, who seemed to look upon it as
a business operation, necessary to the continuance
ol their power, to commit such outrages.
From Jueksoii.
Jackson, Miss., August 10.?Twenty-seven
Yankee prisoners, takon at Baton Rongc, nr.
rived here this evening. The enemy are visiting
the plantations on the Mississippi Itiver,
and are indulging in general and indiscriminate
plundering. Several of them have been captured.
The Confederate guerillas arc very active
and very successful in Arkansas.
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LiitONt l'rom the North.
PfiTKiisnuita, Va., August 11.?The Express
newspaper lias New Ybrlc dates to the 8th inst.- '
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Francisco on July 21st, for Panama, with 200
passengers, and $1,114,000 in bullion for New
1'oik, and $270,000 for England, was burned
tt sea on the 27th ult. Ono hundred and
figlity of the passengers, and the whole of the
treasure, were lost. The disaster caused quite a
lensation on Wall-street.
(Jen. McCook, of Bucll's army, while riding
in an ambulance near Salem, Alabama, on the
5th iust., was shot and instantly killed by a
parly of guerillas. His body had reached
Nashville. Capt. Brooks was captured.
T1 ic lion. A. O. 1\ Nicholson has been ar"
rested at Columbus, Tennessee, and placed in
close confinement on soldier's fare, by order of
General Xcgley, lor sympathizing with the rebellion.
A despatch from St Joseph's Missouri,
dated August 5, says thsttlic guerilla leader,
Quautrill had seized a steamer going down the
river on Sunday evening, and brought over
1500 Confederates to this side. The military
authorities at, Fort Leavenworth, hearing of the
capture, and not knowing Quantrill's strength
sent 100 men to intercept him, all of whom
Quautrill captured, and marched on to the
town of Liberty, which he also captured. Col.
Penrick, the commandant, had previously evacuated
Liberty, escaping with his comrimml into
Kentucky. Quautrill expresses the dctermin"
ation 1o inarch to the banks of the Ohio.
A despatch from Cairo, III., dated August
says: A skirmish took place yesterday near
Point Pleasant, Mo., between the citizens and
the State troops. Several were killed on both
sides. The citizens had formed themselves together
to resist the Enrollment Act, and troops
were sent from New Madrid to enforce the
law.
The steamshm Arabia lm? arrival r
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ererpool witli dates to the 27th ult., one week
later. She brings no news of importance."
From Tupelo.
Tupelo, Miss., August 8.?Gen, Armstrong
returned here to-day, bringing a number of
arms and a quantity of Yankee stores, comprising
ten wagon loads.
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Yankee Deserters Branded.?A correspondent
of the Philadelphia Inquirer, writing
from Waterloo, July 30th, gives the following
account of the branding of Yankee deserters:
Yesterday and day before I witnessed the
unwelcome spectacle of branding deserters.?
By the decision of a court martial of which
Lieutenant Colonel William Leech, of the
Nineteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,
of your city, was President, three members
of the Nineteenth, who had deserted and
were retaken, were sentenced to be. branded on
the left hi}> with the letter D, an inch and a
half long, and ten days thereafter have one
half of the head shaved, forfeit all their pay,
and be dismissed out of the service. Several
others were ntinisherl cinoin.o. ?
j. *vi utvfiun^ tillll UtiiCl
offences. Several members of the Twentysixth
New York and other regiments were also
punished.
Our Fleet at Mobile.?The following despatch
to a Chicago paper, dated Memphis, July
20, created a terrible llutter throughout the
North during the week subsequent to its publication:
"Late advices from the South by the rebel
sources are important. Iron-clad gunboats,
built in England, and fully equipped, have arrived
off Mobile harbor, and three more are on
the way. These constitute the lleet ordered
by the Southern Confederacy to be purchased
They mount from ten to thirty guns, and arc
said to be mailed with six inch iron. The gun
boats are said to be commanded by tho old
officers of the Federal navy, who have gone
South, and are now without commands. Three
hundred and fifty seamen have been furnished
by (Jen. Bragg. The blockade was run onenlv
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by dint of superior strength and weight of metal.
Mobile is now considered open to the
world with the support of her newly acquired
power."
For Sale
A HANDSOME ROSEWOOD PIANO, OF FINE
tono and nearly new. It may bo seen at the
DE K A TiB HOUSE, and wdl be sold at less than cost,
tho owner expecting soon to remove.
August ir.
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