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^ ' * SjjjfcUME II CAMDEN, SO- CA., 1H1DAV. JAN VARY 30, 1863. St'MBBK ? fJfcCiWriaCiKfftor?tf, rgjjtjti > AT two DOLLARS A YBAR, rantil'IKVAKIABLT TV iTkvi?n? .-.-tsefww " ??- "" " "?nvin . t 1 v.? " Jgrm? for . .advertising: jofom Square?fourteen lines or less?ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for the first, aiAtgjBCJSNTY-FIVE CENTS for each subsequent '"TTfitwm ' . ... Obituaby Notices, exceeding one Square, charged to at advertising rates. Transient Advertisement! and Job Wok MUST BE PA1D.AGR IN ADVANCE. ^.deduction made, except to our regular advertising Jv HERSHMAN, Editor. h ?: Hi FRIDAY, JANUARY SO, 186*2. *?'? -I V ? .Special > ollce. The exercises of Mrs. McCandless' Academy for yoang ladies will be resumed on Mondny next, the 2d inst. House and Lot for Sale or Rent. Pqrsops desirous of purchasing a commodious.an<J..well-finished duelling house?situated in Kirkwood?with all necessary out-buildings, viz: carriage-house, good stable, servants quarters, &c., con do so by immediate application at the Confederate office. The above is on it iwi? containing mrce acres, with good fence. To an approved tennant, the house may be rented for the present year. Honorable Exceptions. It seems that in our article of last week, herded "Patriotism vs. Kxtortion," that we trespassed upon the feelings of some of our mercantile community, and others.4mich we much regret; and it affords us pleasure to disclaim all intention of any vuoh object. We had no individual or particular number of individuals ?.in &ur mind at the time, nor did we have any particular town or locality, but had reference to the country at-large." The pulpit, the Dress and th? ma trums?indeed the whole country has been much agitated upoqjtjiis subject,- and wo wore deeply impressed with tbe. enormity of the sin ourself, and taking, as we endeavored to do. a-great philosophic view of its bearings uptjn society, we were led into the error of using terms designating classes, too general and sweeping in th^ir gharacter, without making due exceptions, for, it is jtqo,.notorious for doubt that there ore many hc^ abi^^Kcoptions among our mercantile and other classes throughout our country; and we are] free to nayvthay in our immediate community, we have suffered less fVom the exactions of the extortioner than any otfte^ of t^e-aam^ size within our knowledge. We hope this disclaimer will satisfy all, that .we had no intention ot being personal, or of injuring the feelings-of any. ti ; i. Fire. % On Thursday evening, the 22d iust., a fire was discovered in tho cotton house of Mr. Geouge S. Doug< as, which Wj|8. burned to tbe ground before the flames ceuld be srrysted. The house coutaine>l 317 bales of ?? - A-i-i ' ?- " - y*myv wmb a mjuii loss; xio 01 wnich was nearly covered by insurance; 40 bal?-s insured in full, and 10 having no insurance whatever on it, belonging to Mr. MA8ST of Lancaster The building was owned by Mr. Douglas, on'which there was no insurance Origin of the fire unknown. ^ Thanks. Mossrs. W. C. Gerald k Co. rsburns their sincere thanks to the firemen and citizens generally for their untiring an<J.successful efforts , to save ,his cotton house, and other property during the fire of Thursday evening, the 22d inst. Mr. Douglas algo requests us to $xtond his thanks to the community it Iftrge for the manifest anxiety and promptness, with which they rendered valuable servieo, in saving his property adjacent to the burning building. i- . i H i .i" i ii ? Death of Henry t*. IKcKagan and o:.: James fll. WlUierspoon* .. Those two gallant soldiers?members of the Camden Volunteers?died from the effects of the WQunda received at the Battle ofFrederickabprg. Their remains were brought home and interred with their kindred dust. Both of them were of the original number who went with Capt. Kewkkdt to the taking o?' Fort Sumter, from thenoe to Virginia, where they underwent all the sufferings and privations endured by KkMHaw's Brigade. Nobly and honorably they did OtAiv wtUk kl/wl # ? ^ wwug nikll fiiyutViWU HIOU WTO lot Southern rigbte and independence. Their families have the sincere sympathy of the community. J The Legislators ef Mississippi bss pu?*d a bill providing that net over three sores of cotton shall be plantod to the hand, under ft penalty of $600 pei acre, half to go to the informer, ft Death of Capt. Boykta McCtia It is with deep regret wo leam that C ?pt. B. McCaa died tn,the 2d inst., from a wound received the day previous, while lending the Regiment in a charge upon the enemy at Levorne in.several instances honorable mention have been made by hie superior officers of bis gallantry. He was a brave and meritorious leader of a fine Cavalry company. v. He was the eldeet son of Br. J. McCaa of this place. A few years since he moved to Alabama, where he leaves a widow* and seven children to mourn their loss. To his aged mother, brothers, sisters, and nurnerous relatives in this community, it is a sad affliction. _ ? . a ?m Farther Epro^ean News. The Peris Monitntr publishes an aocount of the battle of Fredericksburg by an eye-witness, who says that the rapidity of the movements of the Confederates was marvellous. Napoleon has again turned his attention to American affairs. Steps are being taken <o resume the ovei* tures made to the Lincoln Government, and, it is believed, with a better prospect of success ? I The New YoVk Times, speaking ol the batle of Mur- ! frcsborp, says: ./'The rebels have seldom fought with such fury; never with stjch tenacity, They were hanI died by their Generals, Jobnstou and Bargg, with coni miniate skill." [FOR THE CAMDEN CONFEDERATE.] Famine '.-Treason ! It is stated wpon reliable authority, that there are plariters iu Kershaw?many of them?having enough of Corn to meet three vears c ?nsumntlon who <tininr? their purpose to sell none of it, and "spread" themselves upon Cotton I Are they mad men or vfery wicked men who talks thus? If right in them, is it not right in all? If all pursue the same course, will there not be absolute famine in the midst of abun- > dance ? W ill not the poor starve and the Government be bankrupted, and the Yankees become our masters ? Such planters must be regulated by law or by farce ; the government and the famishing people will take if they cant buy. Let those concorned take this CAUTIO.*. Important trout the North. another battle impending on the rapahannogk? burnsides address to his army Petersburg, Va., January 25.?The Jlew York Tribune of Friday last, January 23, has been received j here. Burn side has issued an address to his army dated the 2Uth instant, announcing to the troops that they ! "are about to meet the enemy once more." He says: "The auspicious moment seems to have arrived to strike a great and mortal blow to the rebellion, and gain that decisive victory which is due to the country. Let the gallant soldiers of so many battles accomplish this achievement, and fame most glorious awaits them." The Tribune's correspondent, after referring to the movements of the Yankee troops preparatory to the attack* says "An unusually serious feeling pervades the officers oi the array. It is felt to be the critical period of the war. The tone of the troops has been . despondent for the last two weeks, and another repulse would bring results unpleasant to contemplate." The Washington Star of the afternoon of the 21st says that General Hooker's division had oertainly | crossed the Rappahauoock. The event caused much excitement in Washington. Gen. Fitz John Porter has been found guilty on all the charges brought against him, and dishonorably dismissed from the Yankee service. From Bragg'* Army. Chattanooga, January 26.?Gens. Wheeler and Forrest nre reported be off on a grand rampage As a response to the brilliant cavalry exploit on the Cumberlond, John Morgan made a dash upon the en emy'g baggage, between Wurfresboro arid Shelbyville. He captured and destroyed thirty wagons, took the guard prisoners, and rode away with several hundred lead mules. r The rumored reinforcements of Rosencrans do not exceed, as the most reliable opinions berlieve, sufficient artillery to supply the place of that lost at Mur, fresboro. No stir is yet manifested in the way of an , advance. Hew* from Galveston. ' Mobile, January 23.?The New Orleans Delta pub* lishes a letter from Galveston, dated January 13. Its ' correspondent says: "The rebels now occupy the city with a force of 6O00 to 7000. The city is well forti ^ fled And surrounded by batteries." Fro an North Carolina. i Ralbioh, January 26.?The Kinston correspondent of the State Journal says that it is reported, that the enemy if advancing from Newborn in two columns? one towards Kinston; the .other towards Wilmington, i General MeClernand has superseded Qfn. Sherman on aeoount of the Vicksburg disaster la As latter. 1 ; I * . A Tvrliable History. We publish below a chapter of Chronicles, written* by a Yankee after the defeat of McClellan at Richmond, and primed in a Yankee newspaper called the "Funny follow " The paper from which It"la extracted waa taken fiom the pocket of a dead Yankee in the streets of Frederiekxburg: And it came to pass in the days of the Great Rebellion : Being in the year two of the Confederate States, That the hordes of the North came rushing down upon the Capital, even upon the royal city of Rich ? J - UlVliU I Coming by way or the Chickahominy, j Led by a mighty man, even McClellan, Who, it is said by somo, and by others denied, was recommended that way by one 8tanton, and who advised a sea voyage that the health of-his men might improve. And whom it has also been wbirpered, in the dark nforetimes, leased of the Ruler of the South a certain swamp for a national cemetery And the men were landed on the Peninsula, even between the rivers. And they went down towards the city; Even toward the Capital of (he Confederate States. And they came so near that they could hear the decks strike. Zew, it was even averred that watch.es could be heard to tick in the fobs of the F. F. V's, And that babes could be heard crying in the nursery, refusing the maternal breast, but leaping with joy at the sigltt of a pistol. Like unto one Beauregard, a valiant Captain. Now it came to puss in the days when the warriors of the North came so near. And had even tilled several corner lots in the before mentioned cemetery; That the anger and pity of the South were arousedBut their wise men and great warriors said one un~ 10 i lie omer, This thing shall not be : Selah 1 Our lieaits ache for them; yet,lo! they are our enemies; That, though we welcome them to a resting place, we want not a Golgotha among us. And our anger is stirred by their coming'so near. Now it came to pass that a warrior arose in their council and?8aid: Lo I I will go in behind them and see what there is to hinder their going back. And this warrior's name was Stuart, even a horse' man. And he went, And he returned and reported that there was nothiug in the way. Then the chief ruler said: Ariuft oil va valiant, anitla nnH dn'?o lV>?m VibaV And a righteous man, the follower of the great Jefferson?even one "Stonewall"?aroee and went forth) "With many others, And did the bidding of their rulers. Then the Chief of the Northern's said: Lo I I have changed my base, and have done much harm to the enemy Orlando F. Glascock, "Grampion." August 29, 1862. The Negros at Washington?A gentleman recently from Washington, D. i , brings information to the Examiner, that the sto en and runaway negros from Virginia to the number of three thousand and upwards, are encamped on the "Slashes," within th6 Northern precincts of the city. They are badly clothed, wor*e fed, and their scanty tents fhrnish but poor shelter from the warrinur elements at thin inniamant season Many have died, and numbers are dying every day from pneumonia and typhoid diseases, in. duced by their exposed condition, and the emaciated state of the survivors; and the squalor and tilth pervading the encampment beggar all description. The effort* to procure employment for those who are able and willing to work have been ineffectual, as the menial places about the Government Departments are filled by hungry Yankees and housekeepers, who refuse to hire the "runaways," even when offered for their victuals and board. The New York Herald says "Vioksburg has witnessed another and this time a very severe Union defeat. An army of forty thousand men, assisted by a formidable fleet of war vessels, after a week's .terrible fighting, have failed to take this stronghold.? The failure too seems to be a bad one. We have certainly lost five thousand men, and many valuable officers, and the troops were at last accounts on board the transports, in no condition to renew the engagement" Thk Trrkatkkfo Seaports ?The Chattanooga Rebel has the following: "In a recent note, General Beauregard says to a friend and officer of rank : The i position of Cbaiieaton and the other coast oitiee may { be considered m proof against such of the j Yankee wry m theyasn now brisf ecainet ue^' "Aid and Comfort to the Enemy Wf Wholesale." Under the above singular caption, we find the following in tbe N. Y. Herald. tip? of our Abolition organs of this city published a loiter yesterday purporting to come from the "TfdSltf quarters of the Army of tbe Potomac," which is a contribution by wbolesaie of* "aid and'oomfort to tfett enemy." All tbe declared treasonable or dlsloyfclpubKcationa of all the newspapers heretofore suppressed by Government amount to nothing compared with tbe mischievous disclosures if true, of this sensation letter of our afbresaid Abolition contemporary. It t&lis tbe world and the rebe l arm^ in front of oars rf Fredesicksburg that the "Administration looks with distrust on the Army of the Potomac," and that that army "looks with distrust on the Administration;" that den. Halleck has denounced this army as "disaffected and dangerous," and that, in fact, "the Army of the Potomac has ceased to exist;" that "tbe animosity in Washington towards the army is amply repaid by the bitter ness of the army towardi the Cabinet;" that Gen. Bumside bad been ordered to move against the eriemy "last Thursday week," and that the order wad termanded with the di<corery that some of the Generals "had no confidence in4?un;M that'tl.e army is demoralized and in a dangerous position, and that the Cabiuet is debating whether to break it up, to appoint a new commander, or to try another advance under its present organization and leader and so on to the end' of the chapter. Important [.from ?avarin<ifa? imrtfnieiit of iFort AcAHiiel*. Savannah, Tuesday,1^January 27.?The enemy'o gunboats this morning approached Fort McAliater, and opened against it a furious fire of shot and shell. After five and a half hours inoessant bombardment, without making any impression on our works, they withdraw. Not a man was hurt or gun dismounted' on our Bide. The damage to the fort can be repaired in a day. The New York Herald, of January 6, commenting, on the battle or Murfreaboro, oonfeasea that "Bragg, after inflicting upon Roosencrans a loss of ten thousand of his splendid soldiers, several hundred wagons and thirty cannon, retreats more with the air of a conqueror than with the evidences of a serious deJbai" Thus the truth leaks out notwithstanding the most studious efforts to oonceal the facts. The battle of Murfresboro was a drawn battle. Bragg attacked the enemy, but failed to route him, and retired in his own tirao, with all the suosiantial fruits of victory, prisoners, arms cannon and stores. Rosencrans has tomoved his army further from his base of supplies, bnt has not strengthened his own position or weakened the forces of Qen. Bragg greater than his own have suff-red. lie dare not follow Bragg, and will not attempt to do more pillage and plunder the unfortunate people now within his limits. Lincoln again in Doubt.?A newspaper correspondent tells the following: Some one sent President Linooln a batch of newspaper criticisms upon him and his conduct of the war, Innt WMlr Tn ananlrincr annul it fn a fpinnH lfr T iA. coin's* id: "Having an hour to spare on Sunday, I read this batch of editorials, and when I was through reading, I asked myself, "Abraham Lincoln, are you a man or a dog?" * The writer does not statp what conclusion Mr. Lincoln arrived at, but leaves us to suppose that he regards it as an open question. [Scene at a Hotel.?Time, midnight?parties arriving by train. Belated traveler speaks to lucky one, fixed snugiy in bed, and not anxious for morrf company.] First traveler?"Is this .bed you're in oeenpM, stranger ?" Voice from beneath the quilts?"Yes, sir." First traveler?"How many in it?" Second Traveler?"About 15,000 I reckon, from the way they" cravoir [Exit first traveler with baggage.] The New York Herald says that three htfafifred thousand of nine months men and two years men go out in May, so that whatever the Federals do mnst he done by that time. Thad. Stevens (Abolitionist,) from Pennsylvania, proposes to fill their place With negtoa. The state of things in the Mountainous region of North Carolina, bordering on Bast Tennessee, is becoming quite alarm ing. In the fastnesses, deserters from both armies, refugees from Southern conscription or Northern drafting, desperadoes. oouatAffeitara Aa find hiding places and security, and from these they issue forth to plunder, annoy and tfot tAflteptenfely murdei tbo -loyal citizens. It is facetiously suggested that the reason so nwury Yankees were shot in the bead, ia the deairs en the part of the boys to get clothes withotit any bdlab In . " The Hilton Ulead correspondent of the 8#tr Totit films admits that the cotton crop of 4