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- ABMlf CORRfiSPOltDE^CE.
Camp Nrar Frrdkricksburo, Va., )
ARMT NORTHRRJJ ViftOINJA, V
April 17, 1863. )
Another heavy and continuous rain of some twenty(bur
lioura, lias plaoed a barrier to active operations,
anmafinm vpt in tllR fu til re. The riux)a in fliia auotinn
have been almost impassable, and must continue in
this condition until tlie .weather becomes permanently
settled.
Another sensation was -felt in camp on Tuesday
?vemog, by the report that the onemy had made another
demonstration in large force, at Kelly's Ford,
and that it was possible they might attempt to como
in on our rear. Additional pickets were csiablishod,
and nothing more was heard of the movement, except
that the enemy attempted to cross the Rnppahnupock*
and were repulsed, as usual, by our men.
The fight was between cavalry, and of comparatively
small proportions. One man is said to have
been lost on our side, whilst the enemy were pretty
well punished.
From Petersburg wo learn that Lokgstreet had
got in the rear of the enemy at Suffolk, and broken
the railroad to Norfolk. This, if true, promises iro?
portfut results. The name of Longstreet is the synonym
of victory. Tho battles from tho first Manassas
to that of Fredericksburg bear attestation of this fact.
With such chief leaders as Lee, Longstrbet and
Jackson, is it any wonder that the army of Northern
Virginia should have proved thus far invincible ? This
army has defeated and whipped the Yankees in over
twenty pitched battles, and, under the blessing of Heaven,
we expect to repeat the lesson.
Nothing has afforded me moro sincere gratification,
or given stronger grounds for hope, than the moral
and religious improvement recently exhibited in our
army. Over two hundred conversions have taken
place in Fredericksburg, and the good work still con*
tinues.
In Gen. Kersuaw's Brigade there is a decided in*
terest awakened, and our faithful Chaplains, Rev'ds.
Messrs. Smith and McCallcm, are zealously at work
for tho spiritual advancement and welfare of their
charges. Wo have meotings every day. and there
seems to bo deep concern felt among the meu upon
the subject of religion. Last Sabbath six persons
wore received into the church upon their profession of
faith in the Saviour. In the afternoon the rite of baptism,
by immersion, was administered to two personsby
Rev. H. B. McCallum, chaplain of our regiment.
Our regular drills, twice a day, have commenced.
Wc arc to have twice a week Brigade drills, Gen.
Kershaw commanding. He is a very superior and
accomplished officer, and much esteemed by his command
as a courteous gentleman and an efficiout conimnndor.
He is a prominent Brigadier for the next
Major-Generalship from South Carolina, and is entitled
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LW II*
Everything is quiet to-day along our front. The
weather is quite cloudy, and thero are prospects of
more rain. I saw the Yankee's balloon up this morning,
but this is nothing more than the usual gassing
among that race of human bipeds that ought long ago
to have received the execrations of civilised man. A
more contemptible aud treacherous set of villians do
not live on tbo face of the " wide wide world." It is
humiliating that we are obliged to fight such creatures,
and that they shuld bo the instruments of death to so
many of the best men that our country lias produced.
The status of the Southern and Northern army is quite
different. But this is one of the sacrifices wo aro
making for the cause of our beloved country. Every
patriot is willing to bear all and do all for the accomplishment
of that object upon which our all of earthly
hope depends. We are ready and willing to meet our
enemy in the front, but the most ungrateful reflection,
and UQkindest cut of all, is, to have one in our rear,
at home, whose rapacious cupidity is absorbing all that
comes within its reach. Shame upon those who arc
sneaking behind exemption, avoiding their duty, and
growing corpulent and rich upon the necessities of
many a poor man's family, whose all is in the army
fighting for the homes of extortioners and villianous
speculators
Wo have in our Brigade, as surgeon, Dr. Todd, a
brothor-in law of Abb Lincoln. He certainly shows
himself to bo a true man, when by affiliating with the
Abolitionists, and giving in his adherence to that government,
he might have received a distinguished position
from his brother Abe.
The success of our arms, thus far, at Charleston,
fills our hearts with sincere gratitudo to the Giver of
all good. Let us humble ourselves before Him, in
whose hands ore the issues of this great and momen
tous struggle, and who will, I trust, soon give us the
victory over every foe.
I regret to state that another member of ray com
pauy died recently in hospital. ilastrn Ammons,
a native of Sumter District, enlisted under my command,
at Camden, on the 19th August, 1861, and was
uniformly a good and faithihl soldier, when his health
enabled bim to perform the active duties of camp.
I have also recently heard of the death of private
Thomas S. Shayler. He died in hospital last November,
and we have but lately received the intelligence.
All who knew him will unite in saying that
>he was a capital soldier, and when able wus always
at his postWe
have lost a number of our host men, either
killed in battle, or from disease. The best go liret,
and our mother State, to day, weeps as a mourning
Rachel, for the many noble sons of her soil, sacrificed
an defence of her rights and honor. A nd there are
'many still who are ready to do or die, that our homes
*?ay be free. The sacrifice may be great, but 'tis better
that it should be made now, altho'
'Twere the last libation Liberty draws,
From hearts that bleod and break in her cause."
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PUBLIC HEET11VG.
The Secretary of War and the
Quartermaster of the Confederate
Government for Kershaw District,
have requested^ a meeting of the citizens
for the purpose of fixing the
price at which corn is to be furnished
to the army by the citizens of Kershaw,
and to appoint Committees in
every Beat, to aid the Quartermaster
in procuring the surplus corn of the
District. By this movement it is intended
and desired to avoid the impressment
of corn by the government.
A meeting of the citizens is therefore
requested on Wednesday next,
the 6 tli May, at 12 o'clock, m. at the
Town Hall. A. H. BOYKlN,
D. D. PERRY,
J.M.DeSAUSSURE
May 1 1
PUBLIC IVDETIKO.
The " Soldier's Board of Relief"
request the citizens of Kersliaw District
to meet at the Town Hall, in
Camden, on Saturday, the 16th of
May inst., to adopt measures for supplying
the Families of Soldiers now
in service, with corn.
J. DUNLAP, Cli'n. Pro Tern. '
May 1 3
Acknowledgment.
The Aid Association acknowledge the following donations,
from Camden and its vicinity, for tho Charleston
hospitals?A lew stores consisting of wine, brandy
sugar, rico meal, corn starch, coffee and homony;
$321.10 in cash. Also, a doll?presented by Mrs.
Conner?raffled for $26.50, and won by Mr. John
Witherspoon.
The funding of Confederate notes in eight per cent.
Bonds closed, according to law, on the 22d inst. The
Columbia Guardian reports that for the last week tho
deposit* for funding in tho Bank of the State were
$5,000,000.
Moutgonierj' (Ala.) reports nearly $8,000,000.
A Wail from tiif. Tribune.?A Hilton Head correspondent
of tho New York Tribune writes: The
attack upon Charleston has been made. Our force of
offence, collected during the last three months, in the
waters and upon the sea islands of South Carolina,
have been fairly tried and found wanting. Instead of
the pleasant duty of chronicling a triumph totheUnion
arms, which I had lervently wished rather than hoped,
the thankless harbinger ofill-tidings devolves upon
me. We have *-xperieneed a bitter repulse. Tho
iron clads have disappointed the expectations ot oven
tho most confident, and wo are now mourning over
tho apparent certainty of an abandonment of the
enterprise of which the country, with more faith than
reason, hoped such good result.
AIV ORDINANCE
rpo AMEND AN ORDINANCE PASSED ON TIIE
A 8th day of May, 1862, imposing a tax upon country
produce,"poultry, &c
Sec. 1. Bo it ordained by the Jntendant and Wardens
of the Town of Camden, in Council assembled,
and by the authority of the same, that from, and after
the passing of this Ordinance, the following Tax shall
be levied upon all Country Produce, Provisions, and
Poultry herein enumerated, if bought for salo in
other markets, when the same has been purchased
within the corporate limits of the Town, by any resident
pr non-resident, or when such has boon purchased
by any citizen or transient person from any party outside
the limits of the Town, who may bo on their way
to this market with the intention of exposing the same
for sale. t
Fiour per bag of 08 pounds, . $5.00
Corn per bushel, 60
Peas per bushel, 35
Oats per bushel, 25
Turkeys each, 75
Geese each, " GO
Ducks each, ' 60
Chickens each, 60
Eggs per dozen. 25
Bacon per pound, 30
Beef per pound, 20
Mutton, per pound, 20
Pork per pound, 25
Sec. 2. Any person violating the above Ordinance,
or refusing to comply with its provisions, shall be
fined in a sum not less than Five Dollars and not exceeding
Twenty Dollars, in addition to the tax?the
same to be collected by Coiyicil, whon within their jurisdiction,
otherwise by duo course of law.
Sec. 3. Free negros shipping any of the above articles,
shall be charged double the rates specified;
Provided there is nothing in the abovo Ordinance
to prevent regularly appointed agents from shipping
provisions for the government, or parties from the
country from shipping their own produce.
Any ordinance or part of an ordinance hitherto in
force, and repugnant to the above, is hereby repealed.
JAMES DUNLAP, Iutendant.
R M Tfwwvnv ReMrHpr
May 1 '
Found,!
A GOLD PENCIL, WHICH THE OWNER CAN
have by proving property and paying for udver'
tising 2 May 1
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1 Special !N~otiqes.
han(e in Schedute of C. R. R.
On and after Thursday, 2d of April, the raid-dny
train down from Camden will be altered as follows:
Leave .Camden 12 30 p. m.
Arrive at Kingsvillo 2.46 p. m.
Arrive at Camdon 6:40 p. m.
Arrive at Augusta 3:46 p. in.
Arrivo at Columbia 6:00 p. n>.
Tho timo of dopnrting from each oftbo nbovo named
place#?with tho exception of the down raid-dny train
rom Camden?have not boen changed, and will continue
ns heretofore, until further notice.
nCRICAL NOTICE.
DR. W. R. SIICES TENDERS HIS SERVICES
as practising physician to the citizens of Camden and
vicinity. Office on main street, in the rooms formerly
occupied by Dr. T. J. "Workman.
February 27
ihedTcal notice.
DR. T. REENSTJERNA, oilers his services to
tho public in quality of Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur.
OlTlco over the store of Messrs. Gaylo tfc
Young.
May 30
OR. JOHN ItlcCAA
OFFERS I1IS SERVICES TO THE $ITIZ1CN8
of Camden anil surrounding country.
Uffiee two doors above the Branch Bank, Camden.
So. Ca. January 30;
Bank of Camden, So. Oa.,)
April 13, 1863. }
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK*
holders of this Bank will bo held at the Banking
House at 10 o'clock, a. rn., on MONDAY, the 4th day
of May next, according to the charter.
April 17 3 W. H. R. WORKMAN, Casli'r.
OFFICE (tlJAUTERinA^TGR,
Charleston*. S. 0 , October 1, 1862.
MR. A. M. LEE IS APPOINTED AGE NT OF
this department, f?r the purchase of Foi'ii acid
Fodder, in the Districts of Itemliaw and
Fa nciiMcr.
Planters desiring to sell, will eommunicato with him.
Particular attention must be paid to the packing o
the fodder, and no water must bo used. During the past
year tho Government experienced heavy loss from
improper packing, and all such will ho hereafter rejected.
MOTTK A. PRINGLE,
Captain aud Assistant Quartermaster.
pg" The subscriber can ho found at his residence
DoKalb street, next west ot the Presbyterian Church
October 10 A. M LEE.
IRALBHOII
Camden, S. C
THE SUBSCRIBER INFORMS IUS FRIENDS
and the travelling public that he has leased this commodious
HOUSE, so eligibly situated in the growing
town of Camden.
His personal superintendence aud best efforts, aided
by competent assistants, will be devoted to the comfort
anu satisfaction of guests and visitors. He confidently
asks a continuance of the favors of nil who
have visited the DoKnlb House, and calls from any
of his friends who visit Camden.
January 16 J. H. JUNGBLUTIL
Camden Hotel Company
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF
tnis Company, who areyot in arrears, are requested
to come forward and pay up the balance duo on their
subscription and assessment, and receive their script.
By orderof J. Whitaker, President.
April 27 3 C. LELL, Sec. & Treas.
Commissioners of Roads:
rpHE COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS FOR KER,
1 shaw Districtwill meet in Camden on the 1st Monday
in May, at 11 o'clock.
April 27 2 COLIN MACRAE, Clerk.
RAGS?RAGS1
1 ft ftftft p0unds good clean linen
_L and Cotton Rags wanted immediately
at the Confederate Office, for which the highest marke
price will be paid.
Runaway?$50 Reward
Runaway?my negro fellow, ben,
about 25 years of ago. 6 feet 6 or 7 inches high,
in color a dark mulatto, and weighs about 150 pounds,
and his left eye-tooth is out He has been out since
A unmet. TSUI The flhovo reward will he naid tr? #nr
person apprehending the nbove named, and placing
him in the jail of Kershaw or any other adjoining district,
so that I can get him. It is thought that he
may have found his way to Charleston, as reports say
he has been seen seen near the city. Address
Joseph k. kirkland/
April 17 . 3 Flat Rock, 8. C.
NoticeAll
persons haying demands against
the estate of ELLEN W. CHKSNUT aro requested
to hand them in legally attested, and all those
owing said esiato will pay.
April 17 4 L. L. WHITAKER, Adm'r.
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English Shoes for Sale.
I^IOHTKEN CASKS OF KNOL18H BROGANS,
on consignment, for sale by the case, at
Apr?l 17 MATHESON A CO.
Council Notice.
INFORMATION HAVING BEEN* RECEIVED
by the authorities, that certain parties are in the
liabil of injuring, and defacing ornamental and shade
trees, on the public square* and stieets of the Town,
by stripping them of bark tomak dye stuffs.
This is to give warning tliat all persons found guilty
ol this mi8demeapor. snail bo prosecuted to the utmost
extent of the law, anfi a reward of Five Dollars will
l>e paid, to-any one giving such information as will
lead to tlie conviction of the offender.
Surely there are trees enough in the wood, without resorting
to such wnutounesa, as the destruction ri some
of the handsomest oaks within the limits of the Town.
R. M. KENNEDY, Recorder.
Council Chamber, February 26, 1803.
March 13
Council Notice
ALL PARTIES INTERESTED, ARE HEREBY
requested not to lay off any lots in the Cemetery,
on the new ground, north of the gateway,(Without permission
of the Council, until the grounds nre properly
laid off, which will be done as soon as possible.
By order of Council.
R. M. KENNEDY, Recorder.
Morch 13
Runaway.
/"COMMITTED TO THE JAIL OF KERSHAW
District a Negro Boy, who says ins name is
JOHN, and that ho belongs to Robert Oliver,^ of
Goorgotown, SC. '
Said Boy is five feet five or six inches high, wi'l
weigh 150 or 60 pounds, had on an old black coat, and
grey satinett pants, and a Confederate hat, made o
wire grass. The owner is requested to coino forward
prove property, pav expences and take him away.
DUNCAN SHEORN, Jailor.
March 6 '
E W BONNET, ~
INSURANCE AND BANK AGENT
I3road-st? Camden, ft. < \
March 13
Cash Store
SWEET,
FIR El', AND
NECESSARY.
1 AAA DOLLAR'S WORTH OF SUPERIOR
lUUU MATCHES;
8 barrels Crushed, Clarified and Brown Sugars;
20 reams superfine Bath Posts Writing Paper;
8 boxes choice and common Tobacco;
a tierces fresh Rice,
Cayeune Pepper and Pepper Sauce ;
Capers Worcestershire do;
large lot Jugs and Jars ;
1 case 199 lbs. very choice smoking Tobacco:
November. 14 A. T. LATTA.
Notice.
npHE STAGE FARE TO LANCASTER WILL BE
1 raised to $5 00 a seat, and thirty pounds baggago
allowed.
Volunteers going or returning, will be charged
$3 00.
Any package to or from volunteers will be taken
aud forwarded free of charge. All others must be
pi e-paid. McCUKRY & HAMMERSLOUGH.
November 1
WE, THE OWNERS OF THE OMNIBUSSES
running to and from tho depot, feel compelled
to advance our rates, its our expenses are much heavier
than heretofore. From this date the
F re within the Town will bo 76 cts.
Faro to Kirkwood 41 $1 60 cts.
J. K. WITHKRSPOON.
E. g. ROBINSON.
April 10 6
Negro to Hire.
\ no. 1 FIELD hang "WILL BE HIRED FOR
l\. the present year. Apply to M. BAUM A BROS.
April 10
Country Bacon.
New country bacon for sale at the
"Old Corner" by E. W. BONNEY.
April 3
American Guano,
FOR SALE BY THE BARREL AT THE "OLD
Corner," by E. W. BONNEY.
January 30.
Closing up Business.
Being anxious to close up my present
business, tho rematnder of my stock will be disposed
of at low rates for cash Persons wishing supplies
would do well to call and look at the goods.
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fuurutiry A. TV, DUDXIOX*
Notice.
All persons i ndebted to the estate
of the late WASHINGTON MYERS, are requested
to make immediate payment, and those having
claims against said estate will present them properly
attested.
February 27, T. S. MYERS, Admr.
Wanted?Wool!
For which the highest price will be
paid.
-alsocotton
and woolen home-made jeans
and plains, at
McCURRY A HAMMERSLAUGH'S.
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