The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, October 31, 1862, Image 2
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jna^rgr^^i^acribers from our books?and
none other will be received unless accompanied
Vnrith the cash. Three dollars is the price of
tho Confederate where it is not paid until the
' end of the year, as has been advertised during
the publication of the last volume. Our advor1
tising rates are $1.25 per square of fourteen
lines, ahd 75-cts. for each subsequent insertion.
Kleetlon for Major.
In another column, under the head of Announcomepts,
wi)!*be found?for Major of the
Lower Battalion, 22d Rcgt. S. C. M., the fol!
lbwing named gentlemen: Capts. A. M. Kennedy
and^ JV. E. Huohson. The o'.ectiori to
be hold oil Friday next, the 7th inst.
A Tote of Thanks.
At a meeting of tho Kershaw Aid Association,
it was resolved that a vote of thanks be
tendered to Mrs. Lemuel Boykin, for her donation
of 50 yds. of hair cloth, for clothing for
the soldiers. The cloth is of home manufacture.
It is a fine article for that purpose, and it would
be well for tho enterprising of our community
and district to examine it A piece for that
purpose will be left at Mr Kennedy,s store.
A Large Potato.
We have been presented, by our townsman,
Mr, C. A. McDonald, with a yam potato?
grown in his garden?weighing eight pounds,
in length twenty-four, and in circumference
sixteen inches. We hare heard of larger potatos,
but would rather have them presented
us,.before believing. This is certainly the largest
we have seen or heard of, from this year's
growth.
Chinese Sugar Cane..
Wo have nndftrsfnnrl tt?of *1.:..
VUUK MHO UOCIUI lllklCIO
baa been grown throughout our district and
State, to some considerable extent during the
year, and is being pressed by some of our enterprising
planters. As yet, we have seen none
of it?would be pleased to sample some fine
specimens for tlic benefit of some absent friends
who have corrosponded with us relative to the
culturo of the same, and who are anxious to
engage largely in the enterprise.
Cotton.
? This important staple has been the theme
of much discussion, and indirectly the cause of
much of the trouble now experienced. A
source of great wealth, and like other blessings
of a kind Providence, has been the occasion?
by putting two much confidence in it?of making
us feel that we have relied on it to our
injury* Should this war not end by the 1st of
February next, let the Legislatures of the States*
now soon to meet, pass tlic most stringent laws,
forbidding the plauting of a single seed of cotton.
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A Tropliy.
We Had the pleasure, a few days since, of
seeing a Yankee saddle, and ether accoutrements,
captured at the battle of Sharpsbtirg,
by an estimable young citizen of Camden?T. B?
Lee, brigade Quartermaster in the army of
I Virginia. It is a complete outfit for a horsej
man, with bridle, martingales, currying brush,
canteen and other essentials to the mounted
soldier?all of the best material?and as the
circumstances were related, reflects much credit
on Major Lee for his noble daring in the captare
of the invader.
Wheat and Oats.
Now is the time to attend to the sowing of
these important grains, and we hope every
man who has the land and the seed will see to
it that they put in all they can. And we ]
r would suggest that if the high prices paid is
I not sufficient inducement, then, for the sake of
the country; and select the best land and the
^ most approved seed. Last year the white
wheat the only kind that was not affected
with the rnst in onr section, bnt where that
cannot be procured, let others be used, as such
a failure ha$ not been known for many years
of wheat ordinarily sown in this country.
I We can but trnst better returns far another
[ year.
mor??gbtirg in Viigieia for ^months to com*.
The attetftiob of tbe^bQlition government will
I be turned to the coast with ell ihe vigor they
can command, from the vast preparations they
rhave made. Our own 8tate, and tbo City of
Cbar{enUtn especially, will no jdonbt hd .otid <rf
the chief objects of attack. While we have
every confidence iif the skill and ability of the
commanding general, and tho brave men he
commands?feeling assured they will defend
to tbo last the sacred soil of South Carolina?
an evidence of which the Yank's had last week
at Focotaligo?wo must act and beliove that
success will attend onr efforts, and that the God
of Battles will crown our arms with victory.
It becomes us to nerve ovrselves for the issue,
and be prepared to meet the result with the
firmness and determination of freemen who
have counted the cost, and cannot hesitate to
be martyrs for civil Liberty, rather than bear
the yoke of an Abolition despotism.
Fall of Galveston.?At length an event
by many anticipated, has happened. Galveston,
the beautiful city of the Gulf, has fallen.
The minions of Lincoln liavo made it their
nest, and, as we havo seen in similar cases^
there will bo hatched from it, if the utmost
vigilance be not exercised, untold miseries to
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between the enemy and the soldiery having
expired, they first assumed over it their hateful
domination. The armament employed by
them in this conquest we have heretofore
stated, ar.d we have likewise stated tliaf; it is
not their present purpose, as far as we are
advised, to garrison it with troops. All told?
their force on the fleet is said to be about 500
men.?Houston Telegraph, 13//t.
General John H. Morgan Hangs the
Federal Provost Marshal of Lexinoton.?
We have it upon what we deem very reliable
authority, that after our army fell back from
Perryville, General John II. Morgan dashed
into Lexington and hung, in tho streets, the
Provost Marshal of that citv. It seems t.hn*
this dirty tool of Lincpln had notified the
mother of General Morgan that she must leave
Kentucky, and in the event of her failing to
do so, would resort to some severe measures
to make her go. Iler noble son, learning this'
resolved tlfcit he would take his life at al
hazards. This he did, as reported to us by
truthful Kentucky gentlemen, in a gallant style.
[Knoxville Register.
Confederate Naval Movements.?A private
letter from Liverpool assures Horace GrccIv
of the great activity of the secessionists and
their friends in England. Three or four vessels
cleared at Liverpool about the middle of September,
intended to run the blockade of the
Southern coast; five steamers were in that port,
one of them the Ernestine, having on board
800 tons iron plates, and the other four were
ready to load, and three others were purchased
within a day or two of the date of this correspondent's
letter, all having the same destina"
*ion. There are, moreover, savs the same authority,
three iron-clad naval vessels now building
for the rebels at Liverpool, and another on
the Clyde.
South Carolina to be Auctioned off?
The Cincinnati Gazette nnhliaVma t.hr? fnllnw
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ing special dispatch from Washington:
Washington, October 9.?Dr. Wm: Henry
Brisbane, formerly of Cincinnati, and three
others, of Wisconsin, have been appointed Tax
Commissioners for South Carolina, and are
here awaiting final instructions before sailing
for Port Royal. It is understood in some
quarters that they are to proceed to open officos
and assess taxes 911 the whole taxable property
of the State, i/thc planters, through the part
of the State under rebel control come forward
and pay their taxes, all will be well. If nott
the commissioners will proceed to sell their
estates for the taxes; and in the event of there
being no bidder at rates sufficient to pay the
taxes, will forfeit tnem to the Gevernment. If
this plan is really to be adobted, it is, of course*
but another name for confiscation.
Gen. Jeff. C. Davis has received an order
from the War Department, releasing him from
the arrest under which he has been confined
iince killing Nelson.
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The?noxviile of the 29tb, eayte^
Kentucky Con^aj fn affirming jhat thia retro,
grade movement of Gem Bragg is a wfi* onof
and that his sole purpose is, as lrf>om sug ge?tcd,
ta select bis own field for a decisive
battle* which ho will gain with almost absolute
certainty. would place Bnell nthcre
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ne couiu neitncr retreat to gun-ooats, as Mai*
leek did at Corinth and McClellan at Richmond;
he would have him in such a position
that defeat is annihilation.
It is said, too, that means and transportation
are being collected near Cumberland Gap.
This will bo needed for the removal of tho
army stores accumulated by Generals Bragg,
Smith, Chcathaui and others, in their several
successful assaults upon positions held by the
enemy.
The despatch from the West, advising us of
the evacuation of Tennessee, may be nearer
the truth than many were led to believe on
yesterday. The movements which wo witnessed
here and those of General Bragg are
as consistent with expectations of victory as
of disaster. Kentucky will not be evacuated
till another battle-field is made red with human
gore.
Yellow Fever in Wilmington.
We hav# got no reports of new cases or
deaths upon which wo can rely. There is,
we think, a falling ofF in the number of new
cases, and the report for yesterday, laid on
our table, shows three deaths and six new
cases. Wc know that eleven white peoplc
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nvic iiiiui i i'u veskumny, ion 01 uieiii m v^aKdale
Cemetery, and one at a private burying
ground. The mortality among servants has
been merely nominal within the last week.
Why is it that the doctors cannot or will
not report fully? We know that they do not.
If they did, it would save a great deal of difficulty
and trouble even now.
[ Wilmington Journal, 24th.
Jere Clemens.?We learn that this person
was beaten within an inch of his life on the
streets of lluntsville, the other day, by Augustus
Withers, Esq., a- brother of Gen. J. M.
Withers (and uncle of Hon. C. C. Clay.) Mr.
Withers was one of the twelve citizens incarcerated
by Mitchell, and their prison window
commanded a view of the Yankceizing Southerners,
of whom they kept a list. Thcv had
spoken very plainly about these individuals, of
whom Clemens was one, who, coming behind
Mr. Withers, snapped a pistol at him. Withers
turned and beat him, as we have mentioned,
disfiguring him frightfully.?Mobile Regis
ler.
Lower Virginia.?It is stated that there
are some twenty thousand Yankees at Suflo'.k,
and about half that number in the immediate
vicinity of Norfolk. In the fonner place, especially,
the people are experiencing the terrors
of Abolition rule, and many families have
been turned out of doors to make room for the
wives of Yankee officers. A skirmish occurred
a few days ago between Franklin and Carrsvillc,
in which three of the enemy were killed^
three wounded, and two taken prisoners. Our
forces were commanded by Col Ferriber, who
lost not a man.?Richmond Examiner, 24th.
Recognition of the Confedfracy.?The
Richmond Dispatch says that a rumor prevailed
extensively Saturday, that intelligence
had been received that Belgium and Spain
had recognized the Southern Confederacy as
a free and independent nation, and that the
President would issue a proclamation to that
effect. Up to last evening this rumor had not
boon authenticated.? Camden of 29th.
The race of mankind would perish did they
cease to aid each other. From tho time that
the mother binds the child's head, till the moment
that some kind assistant wipes the deathrlomn
fi'nm Kmu; n /Irin/v urn /uinn.At I
Urtiujv I V??J Vt?v VI Vff VI vuv UJIIJ^ nu t'AIIUUb
exist without mutual help. All, therefore, that
need aid have a right to asl^ it from their feh
low-mortals. No one who holds the power o^
granting can refuse without guilt.
Sir Walter Scott.
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Gen. Bragg to be Superseded.?The Montgomery
Mail says a report has reached high
official quarters in that city that Gen. Bragg is
to be superseded by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston,
who will at once assume the command of the
army in Tennessee.
Asm.-. a-r&ijj,, > m?n-trinivftribt itii ' *'
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\ Richmond, October 2?.*^i?/4Sw*^?rk
ber^ It contains no now# of special Jp^or XA
large and enthusiastic Democratic meeting
was held at Brooklyn,IN. Yn on the night
of the 22d inst. One of the resolution? denouncing
tho Emancipation Proclam^t iibn/was #
loudly cheered and adoptod.
Tho Herald is still urging McCdelan to push
onward to Richmond.'* ^ <* ^
The New York Board of Brokers decided (
on tho 22d instant, by a very .largo 'majority
not to allow any further transactions in gold or
demand notes within the Board after tlie 27th
inst. Gold accordingly fell to 120; but everybody
rushed in to buy, and rates advanced
again to 183.
Officers Out of Place.?A correspondent
of the Miesiesippian writes what no doubt has k
occurred to the minds of many readers:
It is astonishing, disheartening, mortifying^
tn nKsOfvo of ounpu ?o?1mo/1 J
?w vvuv.. v vivij kimunu bini/iun, hi every I ?
village, in every city, at every hotel, eating I
house and drinking house, crowds of officers I
in the Confederate States service, paid from I
the public treasury, honored with titles, entrusted
with authority, depended upon for the
defence, of the country, who arc lounging,
loafing, idling, loitering away their time under
one or another of a thousand pretexts, while'
true men are in the field with harness on battling
with the invader.
Capture of the Steamer Scotia.?The * 1
British steamer Scotia, bound for this port, |
was captured yesterday by the yankee block- |
ading fleet. The Scotia entered Bull's Bay j
before daylight and got aground. When the 1
Yankee vessels saw her they made towards I
her, but the Captain and crew abandoned the I
vessel, bringing with them the mail bagst
papers, <fcc. Some of the crew reached this
city last night. The Scotia's cargo was an
assorted one of articles now much needed in
the Confederacy.? Charleston Mccvry, 25th.
A Devilish Invention.?We havo been
shown by Gen. Evans one.of the poisoned balls
used by the Yankees. It was picked up on
the battle-field of Sharpsburg by Lieut. Evans, . I
and is quite a curiosity in its way. It consists
of three seperate pieces, one of which is poisoned
and another charged . with fulminating
powder, so placed as to explode when the ball
strikes. It is the most perfect specimen of diabolical
ingenuity that wo have ever seen.?
Augusta Chronicle. 1
Refuse to be Exchanged.?Capt. Clinton,,
a native of Indiana, and a Quartermaster in
lin ITnifn/l A *
uiHtcu kjbntvn unnj, ?l prcsiini a prisoner
of war at the "Libby" Prison,* Richmond, has
refused to be included in the lint of paroled
and exchanged prisoners, having determined
to cast his future lot with the South. He date8
his conversion from the publication of Lincoln's '
emancipation proclamation.
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Tiik Southern Express Company andGovernment
Funds.?We poblisli, for the
benefit of all concerned, the following extract
from General Cooper's General Order No, 77*
dated Adjutant and Inspector-General's Office,
Richmond, Va., October 2fcd, 18C2:
"The proposals of the Southern Express
Company to carry funds for the Government i
having been accepted, all officers are hereby. \ I
forbidden sending persons for funds in cases l
where the Express Company can be used."
Calling them by their Right Names.?
We learn that an order from Gen. Beauregard
was read to the troops of this department
yesterday, at dress parade, setting forth the
late proclamation of Lincoln, and enjoining
that in all future references to, the troops of
the United States, they be styled the Abolition
forces, and not tho Federal forces.
[Savannah hepuplicany 24/A..
From Northern Virginia.?- Advices frotn
Winchester to Tuesday night, represent the ^ \
armies of the North and South in statu quo?
that is, watching each othor anxiously from
opposite banks of the Potomac. -J:
[Richmond Examiner, 24thr
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A correspondent of the Afiieissippian says '
that from 3,000 to 4,000 bushels of salt are
being made every day at the springs of Lake
Bistcneau, Louisiana.
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