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' VOLUME II CAMDEN, SO. OA- FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1863. NUMBER 10 ~rr , < ? - * ' $Jje CmitDrn n?ff terete, At two dollars a yeas, PAYABLE in v Altr a HI. v ii i i.r.vb i n I v t*i f T , . , ?. a A n Terms lor Advertising: For ono Square?fourteen lines or less?ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for the first, and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for each subsequent insertion. Obituary Notices, exceeding one Square, charged fo at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Woric MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our regular advertising patrons. 1 j. T. HERsralvrAJsr, realtor. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1S69. Acknowledgments. . Tho Ladies' Aid Association acknowledge tho receipt of the following articles: From Mrs. John "Whitaker, 18 pair socks; Mrs. James Cliesnut, 12 pair,, do.; Mrs. W, E. Johnson, 5 pair socks, 3 bundles yarn; Mrs. David Robinson, 3 pair of socks, $5 cash. The Aid Association will meet at the Temperance Stall, every Tuesday, at oleven o'clock. The mem* bars are requested to be punctual in their attendance. The ladies of the town and its vicinity are invited to join it. Casualties in the 2d S. C. Regiment. "Wo have received a complete list of casualties in the 2d S. 0. Regiment, Col. J. D. Kennedy?but wo &fe unable to give them in full. In our last issuo we published tho wouuded in Capt. Leitnkr's Company. In the Flat Rock Guards?Capt. J. J. Cunningham ?there were only- threo woundo 3, viz: J. Ilerby, severely in nock; E. D. Williams, severely in arm; J.. <4. Uranton, slightly in lioad. The list of casualties in Captain T. J. Warren's ' Company, in the battle of Fredericksburg, are as follows: W. J. Spradley, H. Scott, John Bradley?all of whom were slightly wounded. Lincoln Refuses to Accept Burnside's Resignation.?Burnsido arrived in Washington on the 20th, ond tendered his resignation, which Lincoln refused to accept. Burnsido left for the Army of tho Potomac on the 22d. According to the statements of Gov. Buckinham's message to the Connecticut Legislature, the draft has proved a failure in that State?most of the men drafted having deserted. The New York Herald is not very hopeful of an early termination of tho war. That paper talks about wha^ tho man elected in 1864 will do if Mr. Lincoln does not succeed. Grkkly Calling for an armistiok.??It was but a short timo since that Greoley, of the New. York Tribune, was wishing the subjugation of the South. Ho .isnow calling for an armistice. .He says that 500,000 men hnve been killed in the Federal army since the war commenced, ai:d still their point is no nearer gained. He also makes a speech of the some character in New York, urging on the people the moral necessity of an armistice. A Card of Thanks. I desire to acknowledge with sincere gratitude the receipt of a package containing blankets, shirts, draw" ers, socks, Ac., Irom the Ladies' Aid Society of Camden and vicinty. This donation came in most opportunely and gratefully, whilst our men were beginning to experience the severity of winter in this high region, where the snow and winds are enough to chill the body and freeze tho patriotism of all save those fighting for homo and life. We aro standing sentiiiel at tho post of duty face to face with the intruder, whoso torch lias been annlied alreadv t/? nnr ., ^ ? ? """I"" ' door," and whoso polluted trend has despoiled tho homos of our people in Fredoricksburgh within tho past six days, but ho h as paid dearly for his insolent intrusion, and his thousands of dead and dying on our plains and in our streets, attest the torrible truth that tho battle is not always to the (numerically) strong, but God setleth up one and casteth down another.? Wo hove had a most signal and glorious triumph over tho (oe, and he now skulks back to his hiding place behind the neighboring hills ot tho Rappahannock, to hit}? bin) from the ^fliamo and disgrace which has so recently covered his presumptuous advance towards our aubjugation and ruin. " Thanks be to God who giveth us the victory," and in .His name will we set up our Banners, for, when tho enemy came in like a flood, then did the liord raise up a standard against him. . E&I would have acknowledged the favors received from .Gift ln'Hha -??^ ? - ^ , ? ~vciinvrtl'uiib ^or ino recent battles through which, as a company, we have passed ' almost unscathed. ' Thomas J. Warren, Captain Co. D, 15th Reg. 8. C. V. Camp xbar Fredf.ricksburo, Va., Dec. 17, r62. . .WW.V.-IU & I' [pen tub camdfJs confederate.] Mr. Editor?Your correspondent "Civt#" is quite pointed?Almost personal?9nd certainly decidedly partial, in his labor qf love towards the extortioners? whose namo is "lqgion." Wliy did the princely planters escape a touch of his censorial lash, whiltt the small and humble class of shod dealers arc hit so sharply? Tilts he might have done, but that he should not have led undone. Surely no class of men are more vulnerable to the shads of the censor than that which has a monopoly of the soil, and consequently of the bread of the country. The shoo dealer has tho pretfiYt. nt. loan* of Onornlttr. lm* fl>o *-*1 ' "4v.?-.? - ?J .?v. wv/?> vtvj | muv viiw piaiibci a UHI UB aiiu | grnneries are bursting with abundance. The one pinches the feet of the poor in this biting weather?the other tho stoniaclis of men and beasts. A man or woman?the wife, or mother, if you choose, of somo poor sacrificing soldier, may live without shoes?they must d ie without bread. The planter's who have a monopoly of corn are essentially in the same category with the Jorcstaller who monopolizes some necessary of life, and holds back till the ca'ls of nature "constrain his victims to yield to his extortion. The planters corn costs him, it may be, not more than lift}* cents per bushel to produce it, but ho and his class, by consort, seemingly?as in the case of firewood, defying their creditors, some of them, through the invidious protection of an unconstitutional, unne. cessary and demoralizing stop law?hold it buck till they screw from their neighbor, and, perluips, creditor, two or three dollars per bushol. Hut "Civis," shrink* ing, seemingly, from the impartial infliction of the censor's whip, stands dumb before this master class of the country. He handles the shoe dealer with glove* off, whilst another?quite as chivalric?selects a poor and friendless sou of Abraham, persuing his vocation and ,striving to live, for his subject; placards him on the bulletin board, and calls for recruits to inoh him! A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." And forestalling and extortion are not less odious and oppressive when practiced by the plathoric planter, than by the needy Jew. 4iIIe that withholdeth corn, the people will curse him, but blessing shall be upon the head of liirn that sellttli *t." In the flnal reckoning men shall be judged by their character?not by their class or their faith) and whether Greek, Jew or Barbarian, planters or shoe-dealers, or mehiber of a combination of land monopolists to raise the price of firo-wood inordinately, each shall verily get his reward for the oppression of his neigh nor, poor or rich, soldier or citizen; and for the damage lie is doing the cause of his country, by the dangerous discontent he is exciting among those who are sacrificing their health and spilling their blood, whilst their wives, and children and mothers are pinched and suffering for want of the commonest necessaries of life; and for the inevitable bankruptcy and ruin of the government, which such enormous prices as are demanded of it must surely produce. Let there be no delusive hope on this point; the danger to the Confederate States '^financial-, and there can be no escapo from bankruptcy and I total overthrow, but by stopping the issue of Treasure I Notes, and inking in kind what tho government needs at reasonable prices, to be paid for, not in currencg, bnt in Bonds. To this complexion it must come at jast?come cpiickly, or the cause is lost! Randolph. [for the camden confederate.] Camp near Fredericksburg, Dec. 17, 1862. Miss ChesTiut: Madam?I beg to tender my grateful acknowledgments to yourself and through tou to the Kershaw Aid Society, for the very handsome donation of clothing and blankets which you have so opportunely sent to my command. The articles were much needed, and consequently aro highly appreciated. The valuable aid your society is rendering to the great cause in which we are engaged encourages us to persevere, while it will ever be hold in grateful remembrance by tho recipients of your gouerosity. I am, madam, very respoctfully, James Dobt, Captain. Lincoln to the Army. Lincoln has just issued the following address to the Yankee army, in which it will be seen he attributes tho recent defeat at Fredericksburg to accident: Executive Mansion, Washington, December 22, 1862. To the Army of (he Potomac. I have just read your Commanding Genral's preliminary reDOrt Of thft hftt.tlA r?f *1 r m V* * (VMVI ivnouillf^* Al" i though you were not succcesaful, tUl attempt was not ! an error, nor tlio failure other than' an accident. 1 The courage with whioh you, in an open field, maintained the oonte*t against an entrenched foe, and the consuroate skill and success with which you crossed and rectossed tho river, in face of the enemy, show that you posses* all the qualities of a great army, which will yet give victory to tho cause of the couutry and of popular government. Condoling with the mourners for the dead, and sympathizing with the severely wounded, 1 congratulate you that the number of both is comparatively small. I tender you, officers and soldiers the thanks of the nation. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. . ' . L i i The Happy Family. We take the following excellent and severe?but not too severe?description of the present condition ot i the Abolitionists, from tho Richraorad Examiner. It 1 contains, also, a timely admonition. < "Discord reigns in tho camp of Agramqnt." Chase * has tendered his resignation and declares that he will t not remain in the Cabinet if Staunton continues in office, or Halleck retains tho post of Commander-in- i Chief. A caucus of Abolitionist Senators havo passed, by au unanimous vote, a resolution requesting T.inpnln tn mmrwlol l?So 1 '? 1? ?... ?vujvv?vi mo xuiuisti ji tniU| ?jy a majority* another resolution requesting him to expel Seward only from his councils . On that hint Seward and bis 1 son resign; but their resignation is not accepted, and Lincoln tells Burnside that he is not to be lectured by Senators. Meantime, the star of Fremont rises to light the troubled waters. Whether ho is to be the successor of Halleck or burnside does not seem set- 1 tied, but the New York Herald announces that if ho is the future Commander-in-Chief, six powerful States will withdraw their forces from the Federal armj*. ^'fhese things may ripen into revolution. No defeat which thoy had yet received has caused such commotion in the United States. Never did despair produce such ugly and odd phenomena. Abolition is in revolt against Seward; the engineer is hoisted by his own petard. Who would expect to hear him charged with want of disposition to subjugate tiie South and crush its people beneath the heel of tho North? If the render 1ms looked in tho dog-catchers enrt after one of his periodical rounds, when on tho way to the place of canine execution, and witnessed the extraordinary battle that exists therein among tho companions in miser}', ho will have seen a fair exemplification of the Dolitical crisis at W?Rbinor#nn Kach lays tlio fault on tho other, and every ono fastens. his teeth in the throat of every one. Nor are they all in error. Not one of these men, the instigators of tlie war and tho perpetrators of its infamies is other than the guilty cause of tho calamities under which tho Nortnern people groan. The ontiro nation is particeps criminia. The whole business is a stupendous crime and folly. Kvery step in it has been a blunder. Every day brings new punishment to its authors. Kach year concludes with a disaster, and the wholo will end in a catastrophe unparalleled in history. Lincoln, Seward, Chase, Halleck, Sumner. Wilson, Greeiey, Bennett, do well to snarl and snap ana grit their teeth at each other. Every one is tho hang" man of every other, and the Pit yawns for them all. But the day of rotributiou has not yet arrived. Tho North has to fill up its cup of sin, and tho South has many hard (rials yet to puss. Unanimity will again be restored among those miscreants; and the vast resources of tho nation which they control are not yet exhausted. The South has reason to bo grateful to Providence that inspired them to the attack lately foiled at Fredericksburg. Burnside's army there de. livered itself up, and is just so much absracted from the vast host which the Confederacy must resist and destroy, or be destroyed, by it in a few months moreFor this work lot us now prepare. The Brute Rebuked. Wo find the following in a late issue of tli? New York World. It is from a ladjr, and unless tho vile creature she denounces is totally lost to every sense of decency, his bloated cheeks must tinglo with the blush of shame when he reads it: OEK. BUTLER To the Editors of the World. I tliauk you in the name of Woman, as well as of humanity, for daring to speak the truth of the unmanly wretch who commands New Orloans.?The name of Man is disgraced when applied to him. My cheek has burned with shame that Americans (who are certainly ordinarily a chivalrous people) have not made such an outcry against his course that be should shrink out of sight like u whipped cur. I am a Northern woman and loyal, but I could no* be a womon and not feol detestation and contempt for , the cowardly creature who will war upon women* Words are impotent when the feelings excited by this commander of the Union forces are to bo expressed. It is enough to make disloyal the warmest defender ot the Union to know that those who havo our fate as a nation in the their hands, play with it so childish- 1 jy?so madly. "How long, OLord, how long'" must we be made the sport of imbeciles and such men as i Butlerf Hew York, December 9,^18G2. From the Weil. Murprksboro', December 30.?The day has passed without a general engaement Since 9 o'clock, however, a brisk artillery duel was fought, occaaionionally interrupted with sliarpshooting. The firing gradually closed about about five o'clock on both sides, and the casualties amount to almost nothing. Evidetiy the desire of the enemy is for us to attack him, but failing in this desire.and havmg placed hie forces in position the battle will open at daylight in the morning. Our j artillery and sharpshooters were alone engaged to-day < ?with the exception of about ono hour, scarcely any , mall arms were used. , Utmt.?Hnrrah lor Tennessee! We are vlcto- ] rious. The Battle* before Tlcfcilrarf. Vick8burq, December 30.?On Saturday, the enemy made four separate attempts to force pur lines on the Chickasaw, a distance of about.ten miles from tho city, but were repulsod with heavy loss each time* On Sunday morning; the enemy again attempted W force our lines, and wero repulsed with heavy lose. Latelt.?Severe fighting is going on now, and will send particulars after it is over.' Eighteen Bedel Iron Clads.?A letter from tortdon to the Rochester {7hton says- "I know beyond peradventure, that not less than eighteen iron olsd steamers of various kinds and dimensions, are being built in Knglnnd and France for the Jeff. Davis ;:gov" orntnent." Somo of these vessels are nearly finished* and will be launched and abroad doing their work of devastation before the new year." " 1 The Exploits of Tau Dorit [audi Forrest in tbe West. Grenada, December 28 ?General Van Dorn, in his lato expecytiou, captured and paroled over 2200 prisoners, destroyed over $3,000,000 worth of Federal stores, burnt 1000 bales of cotton bought by the Yaukees. took 1000 army revolvers, 6000 stand of small nrma flfth ? 1 * ?' ??, www iiuinca niiu uiuit-8, nnu a large amount of other valuable booty. General Van Dorn did not go on to the vicinity of Memphis, as that place was too strongly fortified and garrisoned. For the same reason he avoided Bolivar, but he captured all their pickets, and burned tho bridges aud trestle work on alt his railroad lines of communication. Our total loss did not evccod 30. Van Doru's whole foroewas 2150men. The reported attack on Memphis was a partisan ranger raid, giving the Yaukees a big scare. Reward. A HANDSOME REWARD WILL RE PAID FOR. tho recovery of the following lost Articles : A Lady's Geneva Watch, one sido blue, the othergreen enamel, with pearl sprays on both aides?chain and key attached ; Ring?five diamonds attrronndinga ruby; Pearl Ring?Lady's Signet Ring, ciphered with the owner's initials; a pair of Shell Earrings, striped across with blue. For further information, apply at this office. January 2 Taken Up. ACHE3NUT SORREL MARE, WITH A WHITE blaze face, and one of her hind legs has a little urliitn nt>An ?f A %? ?* * " * ,Tvu iv. xi ii v poi Huu outlining Bucn animai, will call and pay expenses v JONATHAN PAGE. December 2 To HirefPVO SERVANTS, BOTH OF WHOM ARK. JL No. 1 Field Hands For further particulars enquire of J. M. Gayle, Camden, S. S. January 2 . For Sale. i A very neat and,well finished cotTAGK, situated on DeKalb street, nearly opposite the Presbyterian Church, containing live rooms, with a good well of water and all necessary outbuildings on the premises. For further particulars applyto mrs. e a. Cunningham. Janhary 2 Notice.Having sold out my entire sto^k of goods, all thosfl indfthfoH In ma V-~i , utu ujr UVU& Ur open account, will please oall and settle with me at my private residence above the store, or with If r. S. Hammerslaugh, in my absence. H. SOMMERS. January 2 3 Wanted to Buy. A YOUNG AND LIKELY NEGRO GIRL Nurse and house servant?one of good characterr. None other need apply. Enquire at January 2 3 H.WB0MMER8'. Sugar, Pepper, Rice, &c. Brown sugar, pepper, new rice, old Country Hams and fine Lard, for aale at the "Old; Corner," by E. W. BONNfiY. January 2 Liver poo Salt 2 BUSHELS REAL LIVERPOOL SALT. ALSO, boat quality Wilmington and Charleston Salt, foeBale, at the 44 Old Corner.4' K. W. BONMEY. January 2 South Carolina?Kershaw District. BT WM. M. BOLLOCK, B8&UIBS, ORDINARY. WlHEREAS, T. S. MYERS, APPLIED TO me for Letters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chatties, rights and credits oT Washington Myers, late of the District aforesaid, deceased : 1 These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all, sad I lingular, the kindred and creditors of the said deoeas- I 3d to be and appear beforo meat our next Ordinary's I Court for the said District, to be holden at Kershaw I Court House oa the nineteenth day of Jannaty imt^. E to show oause, if anv, why tho said adiwlnistyaypn ihould not be granted. iji I Given under my Hand and Sssl, this JKUh iay December, in the year of our Lord on* Ukntfmjri I eight hundred and sixtv-two. and in thn jrear of the Independence and Sovereignty ofth* 1 State of South Carolina. . .t m Januaryii } W1L BULLOCK I 1 -r jS I