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VOLUME I ^ CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1802. NUMBER 46 1 )t i?)r? Confrteretf 18 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY j. hbhsh:man, At TWO D0LLAR8 A YEAS, TAYABLK INVARIABLY HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE. Terms for Advertising: For one Square?fourteen lines or less?ONE DOLLAR for the first, and FIFTY GENTS for each subsequent insertion: Obituary Notices, exceeding one Square, charged tor at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Wonc MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our regular advertising patrons. ADVERTISING TERMS PER ANNUM. One Square, 3 months, $5 6 " - . m-tikr m Jiri. m 'at are 44 44 12 44 - 12 Two Squares, 3 months, 8 44 44 6 44 13 44 44 12 . 44 18 Three Squares 3 mo%, 12 44 4 4 6 44 18' 44 44 12 44 25 Four Squares 3 mos., - - % - 16 44 44 6 44 24 44 44 12 44 ..... 30 jy Eight dollars per annum lor every additional square. Business, *and Professional .Cards Eight Dollars a-year. All advertisements for less than three months Cash. 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TRAINS Leave Charleston 7.00 a id 6.30 p ra Arrive at Augusta I 2.45 pm |4.30 p. m Leave Augusta i 8.00 ami 7.30 p m Arrive at Cnarleston I 3.30 pm i 4.30 a m rilRODGH TRAVEL BETWEEN AUGUSTA AND KIN8GV1LLK STATIONS. I NIGHT TRAINS. TRAINS. Leave Augusta 8.00 a ra 7.30 p ra Arrive at Kingsville 2,45 p m 3.15 a m Leave Kingsville... I 6.45 am i ?.25 pm Arrive at Augsta I 1.15 p mj 11.15 pm MID-DAY TRAIN BETWEEN CAMDEN AND KINGSVILLE, Mondat, Wednesday, and Saturday, down. | up. LeaveCamden, 11.40a. tn. | Leave Kingsville, 8.5 a.m. Leave Boykin's, 12.12p.m Leave Clarkson's 8.20 " Leave Claremout 1.248 ' Leave llanohester JunoLeave Middleton 1,10 " tion 8.38 a. m. Leave Manchester June- Leave Middleton 8.43 tion 1.18, p. m. Leave Claremont 9.08 " Leave Clarkson's 1.38 " Leave Boykin's 9.48 " Arrive at Kingsville 1.50, Arrive at Camden, 10.20 Nov. 8?tf H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Sup't. Oats and Cow Peas For sale for cash, at the -old corner.' November 1 E. W. BONNEY. , Guano rpWO TONS PERUVIAN GUANO. ALSO A JL small lot of Patagonian Guano, for sale by February 28 E. W. BONNET. , Seed Oats. CiBND OATS FOR SALE AT THE "OLD CJORner " by : E. W. BONNEY. February 28 \ / Proclamation bjr the President. To the People of the Confederate States: Once more upon the plains of Manassas have oar armies been blessed by tbe Lord of Hc&ts with a triumph over our enemies. It is my privilege to invite yon once more to His footstool, not now in the garb of fasting and sorrow, but with joy and gladness, to render tl^nks | for tho great mercies received at His hands, j A few months since, and. our enemies poured forth their invading legions upon our soil* They laid waste our fields, pointed our alters, and violated tho sanctity of our homes. Around our capital they gathered their forces, and with boastful threats claimed it as already their prize. The brave troops which rallied to its defence have extinguished these vain hopes, and under the guidance of the samo Almighty hand, have scattered our enemies and driven them back in dismay. Uniting these defeated forces and the various armies which had beer, ravaging our coasts with the army of invasion in Northern Virginia, our #cnemics have renewed their attempt to subjugate us at the very place where their first effort was defeated and the vengeance of retributive justice has overtaken the entire host, in a second and complete overthrow. To this signal success accorded to our artns in the East, has been graciously added another equally brilliant in the West. On the very day on which our force were led to victory on the plains of Manassas in Virginis, the same Aimighty arm assisted us to overcomo our enemies at Richmond, in Kentucky. Thus at one and the same, time, have the two great hostile armies been stricken down, and the wicked designs of our enemies set at nought. In such circumstances, it is'meet and right that, as a people, wo should bow down in adoring thankfulness to that gracious God who has been our bulwark auJ defence, and to offer unto Him the tribute of thanksgiving and praise. In His hand are the issues of all events, and to Him should we, in an especial manner, ascribe * the honor of this jrreat deliverence. & r Now, therefore, I,'Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, do issue this my proclamation, setting apart Thursday, the 18th day of September inst., as a day of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God, for, the great mercies vouchsafed to our people, and more especially for the triumph of our arms at Richmond and Manassas; and I do hereby invite the peopie of the Confederate States to meet on that day at their respective places of pdblic worship, and to unite in rendering thanks and praise to God for these great mercies, and to _ i tt: a - i i i _ ^ ? 0 , * doing might be usefully bestowed on the rebel < cavalry." f * Iiupioru A11II1 to UUIIUUCt OU1 tUUIIUJ ajllCiV j through the perils which surround us, to the I final attainment of the blessings of peace and j security. ? % Given under my hand, and the seal, j- seal of of the Confederate States, at v?' * Richmond, this fourth day of September, A. D. 1862. Jefferson Davis. By the President: J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State. . j * ^ ? A Naive Suggestion.?The New York Herald correspondent suggests that "General Halleck should at once apply to Gcq. Stuart's rebel cavalry the same rule which he has en- 1 forced against newspaper correspondents, and that they be excluded wholly from the lines of ( 9ur army. They certainly got a great deal more valuable information than our press could give them, especially if the report is truo that I" they dashed in one morning and seized all * Gen. Pope's baggage, private papers, charts, 1 maps, <fec., including General Hallcck's des- < patches, plans of the campaign, and specific i instructions about newspaper correspondents. 1 Something of the energy and vigilencc so lav- J ishly used in preventing the loyal . people of the country from knowincr what their army is \ The Laieal Newt from the Meat of War In Tlrglnla. Richmond, September 0.?One hundrad and sixty prisoners, including sixty-two commissioned officers, arrived this evening from Manassas. Gen. Lee, in a letter to the President, says: "We paroled sevon thousand prisoners, captured about the same number of arms, and thirty cannon." Gen. Kearaey was killed by the 49th Georgia Regiment. Pepe sent a letter to Gen. Lee begging hitn to take care of his wounded. . September 7.?A letter from God. Lee to the President, dated Chantilly, September 3, says that on Monday the enemy attacked the front of our advancing columns, with a viow, apparently of covering the withdrawal of his train along the Centreville road, and masking his rntron t Ann *? ?.? %v% I ?*!? ivi.iv.iiv> viii jivoivivii v><ia niiiiiiiitiucu miu slight loss on both sides. Mnj. Gen. Kearney (Yankee) was killed in this affair. On Tuesday, about noon, the enemy evacuated Fairfax Court House and proceeded towards Alexandria. AConfederate force has occupied Winchester, Va>, capturing 90 prisoners and a large amount of stores and amunition. Gokdonsville, Scptemper 6.?Jackson, yesterday had another skirmish on the Little River Turnpike, to the left and in advance of Ccntrcville. lie drove the Yankees, who were supposed to be the rear guard, covering the retreat of their army, for a considerable distance. Our loss in killed and wounded was 200. The enemy's loss was greater, including Gen. Philip ivearney, snot in tnc Dack. The enemy evacuated Centrcville, leaving behind him 15,000 blankets, and large supplies of sugar, coffee and liquor. One thousand more prisoners have been brought in. The enemy is now removing his valuable property from Alexandria. Tlio chain bridge over the Potomac, live miles above Washington, has been destroyed. We are paroling the rank and file of our prisoners and sending back the wounded. Pope telegraphed to washington that lie had whipped the rebels, driven them into the mountains, and held the battle field. Twenty car-loads of "citizens" caine out from Washington to celebrate the event and care for the wounded. Wo captured fifty of them. The enemy's loss was from 12,000 to 15,000. Ours is estimated at G000. Colonel Means is dead. Ilopes are entertained of Col. Moor's recovery. Major Miner, of the Holcombc Legion, is wounded in the right lung. Lieutenant K. L. Stevens is shot in both legs. Thk War to end by Spring.?The New York Herald now thinks the war can easily be ended by next spring. It says: In order to make sure of the desired result, our army will not take the offensive till it is fully recruited, and the six hundred thousand new troops swell it to a million by the first of November next. By the same time the ironclad gunboats will have been finished, and the 11/1 A *11 I. __ _ 1? iV _ _1 /*? mniieu neei win nuinDer some niiy vessels, sumcient to capture Charleston, Savannah, and every port on the Southern seaboard, during the winter months, when such operations aro more practicable, in consequence of the milder temperature. These invincible vessels, moreover, can penetrate the interior of the country by the water courses and aid the movements of our armies in the Gulf States. The armies, put in motion by the first frost will sweep in such overwhelming force over Virginia and the entire South that effective resistance will be impossible, and the rebel forces will all be surrounded and captured or disorganized and dispersed, so that by the middle of January the rebellion will have received its death blow, aud the republic will have vindicated its title of "one and indivisible." 9 The Health of the City.?The sanitary condition of Charleston at this time is a subject of just congratulation to its people. The official report of the City Register for the last week in August gives 9 total of only fifteen deaths?two whites and thirteen blacks. Eor leveral weeks back the deaths have been equatI e Til l 1 J 1 1 r-11 1 ly lew. xt una ueeu iungr iiiueou, omvo vunnw:on, at this season of the year, could make so Favorable an exhibit of the public health. And when we remember the large numbers of troops in our midst, and the not very cleanly condition of some portions of the city, the absence of disease is all the more extraordinary ?nd gratifying.?Mercury of Saturday. i HgaggggF?HW Norihern View* off (he Great Battle* The "great battle" which was to coqae ia thus spoken of by the New York Herald: Bat with all this good and certain news we have yet to fight a battle that is to be the decisive one in front of the National Capital, and it will undoubtedly be one of great magnitude and importance. The Government takes this view of the position of things in that neighborhood, and, to meet the emergency, it is announced that McGlellan takes the immediate command of the whole army of Virginia, with Pope and Burnside at the head of two auxilia tv armies 01 Hie KnppaUannocJc nod l'otomac* Our abolition disorganizing radicals may sneer at this reorganization of the several armies of McClcllan, Pope and Burnside; they say that the best we can now look for is the retreat of all these armies behind the fortifiications at Arlington Heights, the dropping of the muRket, the resumption of the spade, and another winter siege of Washington aud blockade of the Potomac by tho rebel army. But we expect nothing of the sort. There is to be active and sharp work. The fortifications in A front of Washintgon are the base, and onward is now the word. The question which presented to Gen. Leo is not how is Gen. Pope to be moat effectively put out of the way, but how is an engagement to be avoided without having to fight the superior forces of Pope, McClellan and Burnside combined? This is the battlo which we now anticipate, with or without the choice of Gen. Lee, and there is no reason to apprehend any other than the best results. It is not,likely that if Gen. Halleck had any misgivings, whether he would permit at this crisis, regiment after regiment to return home. The three month's service of theso regiments has expired, but we know that they would promptly and cheerfully consent to remain near Washington ten, twenty, or thirty clays longer if called upon to do so. In fact that thev have not been thus called upon, it is evident that Gen. Hallcck has been satisfied tha4. everything is safe, and that tho general plan of the campaign has not been disturbed by these late rebel operations around Manassas. The issue will be settled within a very few days, and we expect the most glorious resnlta to the cause of the Union. 4 f Compliment Wrong from tho Enemy. From a Yankee pamphlet recently published by Frank Leslie, entitled "Heroic incidents of tbo Civil War in America," we find the following complimentary mention of the conduct of our fellow-citizen, Beverly Kennon, of the Navy, in the great naval fight of Fort Jackson, on the 24th of April last:?Mercury. The Grit of a Rebel.?It must by no means be supposed that all the gallantry and bravery of the nation is4oyal to the Government,. On the contrary, the South possesses a fair share of these qualities, and future historians will admit it as a paramount claim on the part of the North, that we were able to reunite our severed dominion in spite of the courage pf our rebellious brethren. Beverly Kennon, who was in comxaand of the Governor Moore, one of the gunboats opposod to our fleet in the battle on the Misaissip pi, below Now Orleans, whatever bis political and morAl errors may be, is a thoroughly bravo and gallant roan. When bis craft was actually sinking, riddled like a sieve by the ordnance of the Oneida and * other vessels, Lee, who was in command of that gunboat, shouted out to him, pointing as Via AiA irk fho ctar? anH hum wKiiaVi still' streaming upon her deck?"I say there* haul down that d?-d rag, will you?" Tin d?d if I do," yelled Beverly Kennon in return, UI will see you in hell first" Improbable as the meeting thus proposed may be, none can deny that the sinking rebel showed ^is possession of considerable "grit," or will be disposed to regret that he had a chance presented him, albeit agaiost his will, of improving the acquaintance so agreeably commenced, in bis subsequent compulsory visit to our fleet Hi: a