2I)C Camden Confcfccrntc.
VOLUME I CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1862. NUMBER 44
|je Cainfccit Cotifctifratr
IS PUBLISHED EVEKY FRIDAY 11Y
0". T- HErtSHMAKT, !
AT TWO DOLLARS A YEAR, <
PAYABLE INVARIABLY HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE. 1
Terms lor Advertising:
For onfc Square?fourteen lines or less?ONK 1?0LLAR
for tlio llrst, ami FIFTY CKNTS lor each suitsequent
insertion. (
f Obituary Notices, exceeding one Square. charged
lor at advertising rates.
Transient Advertisements and Job W'orK MUST UK !
PA1I? FOR IN ADVANCK.
No deduction made, except to our regular advertising !
I'it CI tlllS.
ADV KKT1SING TERMS PER ANNUM.
One Square, 3 months, $5 j
" 44 G ' 8 |
" "12 44 12 1
Two Squares, 3 months, ' - - - - S
" 0 " 13
;i 12 " 18 i
Three SquiU'cs 3 uio's., - - - - 12 1
" " C 18 ;
44 12 44 25 j
Four Squares 3 nios.. - - - - - 1G I
G 44 24 |
12 " 30 |
?3?" Eight dollars per annum lor every additional
square.
Businkss. and I'kopkssioxai.CaktwEight Doi.i.aus
u-year. All advertisements for less than three months
Cash. ll'llio number of insertions is not specified ?'u
inritiny advertisements, will be continued till ordered out,
and charged accordingly.
Announcing Canmiiatks, three months. Five Dollars .
?cer that time, the usual rates will he charged.
No advertisement, however small, will he considered
iiuui u square; aim transient rates cnargeu on all
lor a loss time than tlirce months.
to travellers:
:o:
?? ma mm ~maz ~w ~m mu ~wa ?z
OF THE
SOUTH CAROLINA RAIL ROAD.
O
NORTHERN ROUTE.
DAY NI01IT
TRAINS. TRAINS.
Leave Charleston I 7.00 a in R.15 p in
Arrive at Kingsvillc, the
Junction of the Wilmington
A. Manchester tt. It.. 2,45 p in 3,15 a m
Arrive at Columbia 4 00 pm 15.00 a in
Arrive at Camden 4.40. p m j
o
Leuvo Camden 5.20 am
Leave Columbia 0.15 a ni 5.30 p m
Leave Kingsville, the Junction
of the Wilmington
& Manchester Railroad.. G.45 a m 3.25 p. :n
Arrive at Charleston 3.00 p m 2.30 a. pi.
WESTERN ROUTE.
day mui1t i
a . trains. trains
l.eavo Charleston I 7.00 a m 6.30 p in
Arrive at Augusta j 2.45 pm |4.30 pm
Leavo Augusta i 8.00 a m | 7.30 p m
Arrive at Charleston I 3.30 pm i 4.80 a m
rilROUOH travel between acousta and kinsgvillk
day night
trains. trains.
Leave Augusta 8.00 a m 7.30 p m
Arrive at Kingsville 2,45 p m 3.15 n irt
Leavo Kingsville I 6.45 am i 8.25 pm
Arrive at Augsta I 1.15 p m| 11.15 pm
MID-DAY TRAIN BETWKKN CAMDEN AND
KINGSVILLE,
Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday,
down. i up.
LoaveCamdon, 11.40a. m. | Leave Kingsville, 8.5 a.m.
Leavo Boy kin's, 12.12p.m LoaveClarkson's 8.20 "
Leave Claremont 1.248 ' Leavo Manchester JuneLeavo
Middloton 1,10 " tion 8.38 a. ra.
Leave Manchostor June- Leavo Middloton 8.43
tion 1.18, p.m. Loavo Claremont 0.08 "
Loave Clarkson's 1.38 " Leavo Boykin's 0.48 "
Arrive at Kingsvillo 1.50, Arrivo at Camden, 10.20
Nov. 8?tf H. T. PEAKS, Gen'l Sup't.
Oats and Cow Peas
FOR SALE FOR CASH, AT THE 'OLD CORNER.'
November 1 K. W. BONNEY.
GuanorpwO
TONS PERUVIAN GUANO. ALSO A
X small lot of Patagonian Guano, for sale by ,
Fobruary 28 E. W. BONN IS Y. ,
Seed Oats.
OEED OATS FOR SALE AT THE "OLD COR- '
O ner," by E. W. BONNEY. <
February 28 ,
Tlic Niglil Attack on tlic Yankee
Camp oil I'inckiicy kland.
Our supposition, in yesterday's issue, in re.
;ard to the true locality of the brilliant dash
of Capt. Stephen Plliott and Capt. John Mick|er
against one of the Yankc% outposts, on
Thursday morning last, proves to have been
correct. The aflfair took place on I'inckiicy
Island. We have gathered the following additional
and trustworthy information in regard
to the light and its results:
On Wednesday night a picked party of
eii?ht" men from the Eleventh Uemmcnt, and
O * C5 1
forty five men from tho Beaufort Volunteer
Artillery, led by these gallant officers, started
for Pinkney Island, with the view of wiping
out the Yankees at that place. The point of
crossing was well selected between two Yankee
picket stations, and after midnight the force
embarked in such boats as had been provided.
Of course the transports were not of the most
convenient make, but as our boys have become
accustomed, from sheer necessity, to conduct
their naval enterprises in plain "dug out's'
they started in line spirits. Owing to some
cause, there was a vexatious delay in getting
some of the boats across; so much so, that a
portion of the force, being about 15 men in
Capt. Elliott's boat and about the same number
in ( 'apt. Mieklcr's boat, effected a landing in
advance of the others, and pushed on at the
"double (juick'' towards the Yankee camps.
Just as this advance Guard leaped ashore, one
of the enemy's pickets gave the alarm, calling
for the "Corporal of (he Guard" at the top of
his voice. In an instant our line was formed
in open order, and the command "forward'
started the men like deer through the woods
and across the fields. The distance to be overcome
was about 400 yards, and the ' made
was excellent, 't was a complete surprise.
The New Uamsnire men v..-re started out of
their large wall tents, just at the peep of day,
some of them iu their unmentionables, to find
themselves in the hands of a rough and ready
party. Surrender! thundered out the boys.
Some of the Yankees resisted; one fellow tried
his legs, but a load of buckshot stopped him.
A few had to he knocked on the head, and one
or two had the bayoxet put to them. Some
ludicrous scenes were then witnessed. The
Yankees surrendered themselves, and, with
their muskets, side arms, Ar., presented at arms
length, soon gave very heavy loads to our men
to carry. AVc heard of Adjutant Davis, of the
11th (a volunteer,) standing up in the middle
of the camp with six men and their "traps.''
Up to this time the whole affair wasa complete
success. Out of a company of seventy men,
who arc represented as having had this portion
of the Island in charge, one-third were
on picket duty and of course escaped. The
remainder, about 45 men, were either killed,
wounded or brought off as prisoners. Of the
latter 32 or 33 have been sent to Headquarters
at I'ocotaligo. The only commanding ofliecr
with the Yankee company, a Lieutenant, was
killed. Just as Capts. Elliott and Miekler had
succeeded in mastering the cainp, and were in
the act of receiving the prisoners, one or more
of our boat parties arrived within sight of tho
scene of action and fired a volley into the camp.
Capt. Miekler and seven of his detachment fell
to the ground, with as many more of the Yankees.
A\*ith great coolness, Capt. Miekler was
heard to say, "Boys we arc surrounded." His
voice was recognized by the approaching partv
(not, however until the fire had been returned
by the men in camp), and to the great regret
of every one, the fact became known that friends
had been firing on each other.
The arms arid equipments were speedily
gathered up, the prisoners marched under
guard to the landing, and our unfortunate
wounded were taken care of and transported
to the boats. Captain Miclcler received a musket
ball behind the knee joint, which burried
itself among the muscles of the leg in an upward
direction. He recovered sufficiently however,
to walk to the boat, and had the pleasure
of stcoring an elegant Yankee barge over to
the main Intnl. Our party took two of these ,
boats, which arc quite different to our cypress
canoes, and which will, no doubt, prove useful
in our next excursion on Jlroad Jiiver.
Our loss in the engagement was 9 wounded.
n D
'I'lie Strength of the Ihiciiiy.
Mit. Editor: The population of the North
is set down at 20,000,000, while that of the
South is supposed to be about 8,000,000 of 1
white population, and 4,000,000 of slaves.
The North is fully convinced that 20,000,000
ought to conquer 8,000,000, but these boasters
should take into the account that the whole
of the twenty and eight millions arc not fight- '
ing characters. Eesides, the calculation should
not be made between the twenty and tbe
eight millions, but between the twenty and the
twelve.
The four millions of slaves in the South are
not in the war, but they help to sustain it. \
There must be at least four millions deducted
from the twenty millions to stand against the j
four millions of slaves in the South. To carry J
on the farming operations of the North. This 1
... ...n i .i - .
\iuuiu rcuucc mcir twenty millions to sixteen, I
just double the number of the white population j
in the South. But the farms in the .North arc 1
smaller ami more numerous than in the South,
and it will require more white men to superintend
them than the farms in the South require.
Then tiicy need more men in the North than
we do for post-masters, merchants, printers, i
ship-builders, to carry on commerce, to manage !
railroads, etc. Count all these and their
families out, and the North cannot raise more
then fifteen millions against our eight.
C* O
Among this fifteen millions there would he
more under age and over age than among the
eight millions. Then there would be thousands j
in the North over forty years of age, that would i
not fight unless threatened w ith subjugation,
while thousands in the South from sixty to
seventy will enter the contest rather than he
conquered. Perhaps one-fourth of the eight
millions would eiiior the light rather than submit
to a Yankee despot. This would give us
tw o millions of lighting men. Not more than
one-fifth or one-sixth in the North will fight
for the "old flag,'1 or the negro. This would
give the North about two millions and a half
of w arriors. Can two millions and a half of
Yankees conquer two millions of South cm men
on their own soil? Time will show.? Carolinian.
Baton liouiik.?A correspondent of the
Mobile Tribune, writing from Grenada under
date of August 1'2th, speaking ol the losses
sustained at Baton Kongo by each army, says:
Our loss at Baton Kongo is now ascertained
to be about '250, including one Brigadier and
three Colonels wounded. Col. Allen of the
4th Louisiana is reported to have been reduced
to the necessity of having both of his
logs amputated, and will now probably not recover.
The enemy lost one General (Williams)
and two Colonels, killed outright. They acknowledged,
under a flag of truce received on
the 10th inst., that their loss of men was
about 1,000.?Your readers can thus judge for
themselves what is the nature and extent of
victory that is claimed for our arms at Baton
Rouge.
Yankkk Love for the Nf.oro.?Several
days since, the Yankees in Winchester went to
ni '
the house of a irentleman who is now in this
city, and took from the service ot his family,
three negro girls, who were attached to and
desired to remain with their rightful owners. (
So great was their objection to leaving those
who had eared for and protected them, that
they endeavored to conceal themselves from the ]
Yankee thieves, but on being found were car- j
ricd off. In a day or two they all returned, i
having been sent back by their inhuman cap- j
tors. One of them had been terribly beaten 1
by the wretches, because of the exhibition of
an attachment for the family with whom she
had been raised. j
From I lie V lues of I lie Rapidan.
The wires between this and Richmond being
down yesterday, no telegrams could be received
from the quarter which a^ present absorbs
the larger share of public attention.
The latest intelligence that we have from the
Rapidan is contained in the following para
graphs, which we take from the Richmond
Kxtttninu\ of Tuesday morning:
"For two days past skirmishes lias been con
tinned along the line of the Kapidan. The
enemy, no doubt with the design of distracting
our attention from movements elsewhere, lias
been trying to ereate the impression that he
meditated an immediate attack on Gen. .larkson
at Orange Court House.
"Oen. Stuart, on monday night, made a nar
row escape from capture by a body of the cir
my's cavalry. Gen. Stuart, with his staff, was
at a farm house, five miles cast of Orange Court
House, and a short distance from the liapidan,
when tlic Yankee cavalry, who had crossed the
stream and driven in our pickets, surrounded
the house. Gen. Stuart, by a speedy back
door exit, escaped w ith the loss of his hat and
two of his aids.
"The fra\s of the Yankees are said to bo
bold and enterprising beyond precedent. They
attack our pickets daily.''
Another Order from Butler.?An order
lias been issued by Butler at New Orleans,
taxing those corporations who contributed
money for the defence of New Orleans before
its capture. The list is a long one. Messrs.
Abat, Gcnercs ?fc Co. subscribed 8210,000.
Their tax is 852,500. The trustees of the McDonough
School Fund subscribed 8340,000.
Their tax is 885,000. The Citizens Bank of
Louisiana subscribed 8300,000. Their share
of the tax is 870,000. Robert Gcddes gave
810,000. lie pays 82,500. And so on as low
down as subscriptions of 825. The order by
which this immense tax is to be collected, at
the point of the. bayonet, says that "it will be
impossible to make a mistake, save in having
* / o
the assessment too easy, and the burden too
light."
The papers say that gold has been found in
the brick clay which underlies the city of Philadelphia,
to such an extent as to warrant the
Ifclief that, in the ten square miles area occupied
by the city, there is ten times more gold
in the city than has been found in California.
The experiment of the clay has been made under
the direction of an oflicer of the United
States Mint.
The Federal commandant of the post at
Nashville has issued an order, making it a penalty
for any one to pay gold and silver in the
purchase of cotton and other products of the
South. The old Constitution used to read that
nothing but gold and silver should be a legal
tender. Singular discoveries have been made
under the reign of King Abraham the First.
Andy Johnson's organ, the Nashville Union,
in a leading article, reco*nmcnded that the
bounty offered by the Government to renegades
of Tennessee shall cease, and in lieu of
it a tax shaft he laid on. wealth n ser.psftinnisfs tn
support the families of Federal soldiers. At
a beginning, the City Council of Nashville is
urged to act in the matter at once, and tax the
rebels of that city.
Cotton in NasiiVili.e.?Wc sec by the market
report in thf Nashville Dispatch of August
17, that cotton is quoted at "33 cents in gold,
42 in Federal notes, and 55 cents per pound in
Southern curroncy."
Dkskrtkks.? It is really astonishing to behold
tlio number of deserters from the Federal
irmy stationed in the neighborhood of Chattanooga.
They arrive daily by ones, twos, threes
end in squads.
TCRXU?SEED.
IjMNE FRESH TURNIPSEKD, AT ONE DOLLAR
per pound, at the Old Corner.
\iigusi 8 * K. W. BONNBY.