The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, September 12, 1862, Image 1
VOLUME I ^ CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12,1802. NUMBER 46
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* Arrive at Kingaville, the
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Nov. 8?tf H. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Sup't.
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November 1 E. W. BONNEY. ,
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February 28 E. W. BONNET.
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February 28
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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.
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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
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doing might be usefully bestowed on the rebel <
cavalry." f
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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