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SjjjfcUME II CAMDEN, SO- CA., 1H1DAV. JAN VARY 30, 1863. St'MBBK ?
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Obituaby Notices, exceeding one Square, charged
to at advertising rates.
Transient Advertisement! and Job Wok MUST BE
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^.deduction made, except to our regular advertising
Jv HERSHMAN, Editor.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY SO, 186*2.
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.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
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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The Hilton Ulead correspondent of the 8#tr Totit
films admits that the cotton crop of
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