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VOLUME II CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1863. NUMBER 30
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T. T. 11ERS11 M A IS' . Editer
Administrator's SaleI
WILL SELL ON THE 30tii DAY OF MAY, JUS!
fifteen miles above Camden, at the mill of Thomas
Cauthen, the following property, belonging to the es
toteot'Thos J. Clybum, deceased, viz: One Turpentine
Still a lot ol Rosin, &e.. also a lot of Spirits o1
'1 nr. online, Bricks. Spirits Barrels, and one Watch,
at the Caston place. Terms cash.
15 3 S C. CLYBTJRN, Adm'r.
Administrator's NoticeALL
PERSONS INDEBTED TO TH10 ESTATE
of WM. F. PERRY, deceased, are earnestly requested
to c^nie forward and make payment?casli
preferred?and all having demands will present them
duly attested, to Win. M. Billings, at Camden, or to
the undersigned, at Flat Rock.
The credit--rs are anxious to be settled with, and I
am desirous of closing up the business of the estato.
M>y 15 4 D. D. PERRY, Adm'r.
Proclamation by the Governor.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE I)EPARTMEX 1',
Columbia. May 5, 1803.
VI7"HERF.AS INFORMATION HAS BEEN RE?
t ceived at this Department that "TE.'iHEL'* a
slave, the properly of C. F. llinson, of Lancaster District,
convicted by a court of magistrate and Freeholders,
on Saturday, the 25th day ot April last, of burglary
and rape ami sentenced to death, did. on hi?
way to the jail of the said Hist-ict escape from the
Constable who hat! him in charge.
' The said Terrell is srx feet three inches high, well
proportioned of black complexion and his front teeth
much decayed; quick spoken, with heavy beard under
his chain; the whitcsof his eyes inclined to a yellowish
cast; and was dressed in a frock coat of a dark color,
with pantaloons of similar material."
Now. know ye, that to the end that justice may he
done, and that the said negro. Terrell, may he brought
back to confinement to await the execution of the sentence.
I, M1LLKDGE L. BON 11 AM, Governor and
Commander in-Chief in and over the state aforesaid do
issue this my proclamation, offering a reward ol
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS for his apprehension
and delivery into any jail in this state.
Given under my hand and tho seal of the [n. s.]
.Mate, at uoutmpia, tins me nun aay 01 way a. u.
1863 M. L. BON 11A M
W. R. IIuntt, Secretary of State
May 6
jv^jjT* Lancaster Ledger will insert three times, end
all other in the state once.
TffATL OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ADJ'T & TNSP GENRRAL'S OFFICE, )
Columbia, April 30, )863. J
CIRCULAR.
IN answer to the many inquiries addressed to tlu
Adjutant and Inspector General in relation to the
pr visions of the Act of the General Assembly entitlec
" An Act for better organization of the Militia and foi
other purposes, passed at its Into session, it is hcrebj
made known that, according to tlio construction o
said act as adopted at this office, person only be'wcer
tho ages of eighteen and fifty years aie now liable t<
ordinary militia duty, which duty they are icquired t(
perform under the command of the militia officer,
without regard to the organization of companies forme<
for actived service, in accordance with General Order
Ko. 10. issuod Irom this office, and that the Pntrn
Laws have in no wise been altered by the recont acti
touching the militia.
A. C. GARLINGTON",
Adjutant and Inspector General South Carolina
May 15 1
J3T Papers of tho State copy once.
DR. JOHN UIcCAA
OFFKRS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITIZEN1
ef Camden and surrounding country.
Office two doora above the Branch Bank, Camden
So. 0?. January *0
Highly Important from I lie West.
? UEIORTED CAPTURE OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI,
DY THE ENEMY?SUBSEQUENT RECAPTURE OF
f THE CI. ?THE ENEMY DRIVEN BACK.
The telegraph, thus far, has brought us no
ti<lings of the capture of Jackson, Mi>s., by the
, enemy. Vague rumors of that disaster, however,
have been rife since our last issue. The
1
Montgomery Advertiser, which was received at
'' a late hour last evening, contains fome definite
, information obtained from an officer who
reached that city on Friday night. Ilis advices
1 from Jackson were derived from refugees who
' had escaped and telegraphed from Brandon
and other points. The Advertiser says:
" It appears from these accounts that the
5 fight begun at an early hour Thursday morn.
ing, some eight miles southwest of Jackson,
and continued nearly all day, our troops com1
manded by Johnson and the enemy by Grant.
We were finally driven back to Jackson, and
fought them through the streets until overpow.
ered by greatly superior numbers, and were
compelled to evacuate the city, the enemy's
force amounting to about 20,000 or 30,000,
i and our own only to about 9,000.- Gen. Johnston
then retreated on Canton, twenty-four
miles duo north of Jackson, situated on the
wagon road connecting thence by Vaiden to
the road running duo east to the Yazoo Kiver,
and leading directly to Vicksburg, same seventy
miles from Jackson by this route.
"When heard from yesterday morning, the
enemy's cavalry were at Brandon, on the
Southern road, twenty odd miles this side of
Jackson, near which point we had a force to
protect the road. This fact is official and may
be relied on.
" General Johnston had arrived at Jackson
11 a. in, Wednesday, an J the fight commencing
so early next morning, left linn no time
to reorganize and concentrate the forces, and
lie no doubt made a desperate resistance under
. are at disadvantages. It is stated that sonic
' days before leaving Tennessee General Johnston
sent General I'eniberton an order to somewhat
change his plans* which was forthwith
! set aside by the latter as very improper dicta'
lion to so consequential a commander, where1
upon General Johnston received an order at
i the iasl moment on Saturday to go to Missis'
sippi and take command of the army. Lie left
1 the rarae day, and arrived in unprecedented
J. time, as before stated, Wednesday morning.?
i We are glad to learn that his complacent pre,
decessor had so far anticipated the evacuation
. as to have the most important supplies, and
the archives and other articles of value, removed.
Our army lias four months' provisions
' at Vicksburg. We have ample force in communication
in Mississippi, under the masterly
lead of Johnston, to meet and repel the invaders,
but it may require some little time to
put our forces in the proper position."
(The Latest.)
From trustworthy private despatches, rev<>&!
<>1715i V f>Vi?lillirr mul
j vv.. v-v. ; to wvv
i May 17, we get the following important and
j gratifying news: The report that a part of the
I troops from (Charleston and Savannah had been
i captured is without foundation. The Yankees
were whipped and routed from Edward's
, Depot.
j Lieutenant Colonel Ellison Capers, of the
24th S. C. V., was slightly wounded in the
leg.
f
1 The Evacuation of Jackson.
> Brandon, Mississippi May 16, via Mobile,
? 17.?Five gentlemen rode to Jackson to-day,
s and traversed the city. The enemy evacuated
1 it about 2 o'clock?supposed 40,000 strong?
| and retreated towards Vieksburg. Firing is
- m .1 . 1* . * / ? 1 TV I
heard in that direction. uencrai rcmuerion
is supposed to be in tlieir rear. Before leaving
they burnt the Confederate forage and depot,
the penitentiary, Greens Philips* factories,
3 Stephens' foundry, Werner's hat factory, and
the block of buildings State street, including
' ! th Medical Purveyor's offic e and other Gov.
v.
ernniont offices, both bridges over the Pearl
River, and desrtoyed severol miles of the railroad
track. It is reported in Mobile that some
of the burning was done before we retired. 1
The Confederate houses were burned bv prop- '
erty Holders. !
Mobile, May 18.?The special reporter of
the Advertiser and Regis try who left Jackson
on the 17tli, arrived here in a reconnoitering
train, lie reports the previous accounts of 1
the damages. The Catholic Church was destroyed,
the Mississippian office gutted,presses
broken and type thrown into the street. The
furniture of the Capital was badly abused and
the Governor's mansion demolished; ladies
were robbed of jewelry and money. All the
stores were sacked and the contents destroyed
and iron safes broken open. The railroad was
badly torn up for several miles and the telegraph
wires torn cjown. About 3,000 negroes
from Hinds County joindd the Yankees. The
country was plundered generally?damages
estimated at five to seven millions dollars.
There is much destitution and snfferincr. The
enemy evacuated the city on Friday and Salur
lay, retreating hastily.
No serious engagement occurred. The last
of the rear guard left about 2 o'clock. Our
cavalry pickets dashed in and killed a Federal
Colonel and captured two others. The Yankees
captured and parolled 200 South Carolinians
and Georgians. They left 200 wounded
at Jackson and 900 at Raymond. Grant occupied
Jackson in fail force. Ilis entire army is
not more than 50,000. General Loving on
Friday cut off at:d captured a Yankee supply
train.
From the Uniied Stales.
Richmond, Mav 10.? \Ye have Northern papers
of the 14th instant.
The Washington Chronicle learns that Vallandigham
has been sentenced to two years
imprisonment at Tort ugas, off the coast of Florida.
A minority of the Court were in favor of
sending him South until the end of the war.
The New York Herald pronounces, this report
of the Chronicle premature. It adds that if
the proposed sentence were carried out, Vallandighatn
would he sure to he Governor of Ohio.
A call for a Mass Convention of the Peace Party
in that State has already been published.
A ''Peace Meeting" is also to he lieid in New
York on the 3d of June. The address of tiio
citizens calling this meeting says; "We are now
for a vigorous proscetion of the policy of peace,
and while we will submit to no dismemberment
of the country and to no terms not justified
by every principle of honor, we will go far,
i ti a ertimt n<\ini i Il.it U\li I A t'Aof i\l<A t lin i i iiIah
Ml el rtjiiiic u i Luin-i i wiuwu, u/ iloi'/iv; tiiv; u/mvsu*
Eight thousand Germans held a meeting at
St Louis on the 10th instant, and adopted a
resolution recommending the removal of Ilalifick
from the position of Commander in-Chief,
and the promotion of Fremont or Butler in his
stead. The meeting was interrupted by Gen.
Davidson, the commanding officer of the Department,
who notified them that the discussion
must not proceed, as it was their duty to support
the President and his appointed agents.
Nevertheless, the resolution were adopted, and
the interference of military authorities with
freedom of speech was denounced.
The New York Herald, alluding to the death
of Stonewall Jackson, says that ''lie resembled I
Napoleon in his early career more than anv !
other General of modern times. The victory I
" 1
of the rebels at Chancellorsville was dearly
bought. Jackson was an universal favorite in
the rebel army, and popular even in onrowti." (
"1 ne neraiu gives a jcngiuy sKetcu ot ins
military career.
Tlic Washington Chronicle, in noticing the j
same event, says: "While we arc only too glad j
to be rid of any so terrible a foe, our sense of
relief is not unmingled with emotions of sorrow !
and sympathy at the fall of so brave a man.
Stonewall Jackson was a great General, a brave !
soldier, a noble Christian and a pure man. j
May God throw these, his virtues, in the scale 1
against the sins of the secessionist advocate of
tbat. national crime.'* ^
Ailack on l?orl Hudson.
Pout Hudson, May 10.?The bombardment
was renew at 15 minuets past 10 o'clock last
night and continued till half-past 11. Our loss
was one man killed?head torn off by a shell?
and one man severely wounded. At 4 o'clock
this morning our light bavtery opened upon tho
mortal boats, causing two of them to change
their position. A brisk fight and heavy fire ensued
hotwen our batteries and the sloop-of-war
Richmond, which continued up to 7 a. in. Wo
had?wounded, Lieut. Cavanor, of heavy artillery,
dangerously, fragment of stone on tho
temple. The damage done to the enemy is
unknown, but the mortar boats are certainly
injured.
[It is evident, from the foregoing, which .wo
copy from the Mobile Advertiser, that a fight
had been in progress, previous to the date of
the despatch.]
From tlie Wc*t.
Mobile, May 18?250 New Orleans exiles
arc at P.tscagoubi and 500 more are to arrive
" -V" ...III I... aonl t n tliom
to-night, uonveyances wm i??; oum v..
in the morning. A despatch from Pascagrula,
dated New Orleans J5tii, say* there isa rumor
that the Hartford wa3 burned by Farragut, after
being stripped.
The Adcertis<r avd Register lias n despatch
from its special r porter, dated Jackson, 16th,
which says a heavy and undecisive battle was
fought near Edward's Depot, on Saturday.
The Federal were driven back to their entrenchments.
Loss heavy on both sides. Gen.
Tilghmam killed.
E^liabflily of the Northern War Ac*
con ills.
It is quite time that the people of North understood
that the news which comes to us from
Rt he! sources, respecting military operations
in the West and South-west is the only news
that they can he sure is true. The telegrams we
get from Cairo and Me'mphis respecting alleged
Union successes arc almost invariably false, and
the information vouchsafed us from official circles
in Washington as to military operations in
the West is not a whit more reliable.
Within the past few weeks we have been
told that the Yazoo Pass expedition was a success,
which was false; that twenty odd transports
and 7,000 men had been captured at
Yazoo Pass, which was false; then Hainc's Bluff
had been taken and Vicksburg evacuated
which was false; that Admiral F u ragut's whole
licet had passed the Port Hudson batteries,which
was false; that the Indianola had been
recaptured as good as new, which was false;
that the Lake Providence canal was "all right,"
which was false; that the fautous "cut" off
was ready for service, which ?was false; and
finally that union fleet had reached the Yazoo
by means of the Sunflower river, which was
also false.
On the other hand, the Confederate reports
and dispatches have proved almost invariably
to be correct. Much of this accuracy is doubtless
due to the fact that the operations of the
Union armies and fleets are in the heart of the
enemy's country, while the Union news depots
are hundreds of miles away from the. scene of
conflict. But this fact alone will not account
for the utter worthlessness ot' the Union reports.
What inak -s the matter worse is that
they come to us u d .* go. ermnrnt indorsement
as not a wool is allowed t?? pass over the wires
without 'h? in of military censor ? Hew
Yo,k World) M <n h 31s/.
A l\i DERV as F.L"aNM.? IDC Uicninuim
JSxamhi-r% aftej i>i\ii?j ??ur total loss ns pro.
onI?ly 10,000, *i<I<is with regard to the loss of
the cnemv: "A gentlemen who walked over
the ground after the battle, informs ns that for
ten miles around ChancelJorsvville, tlie Yankee
dead almost literally covered the face of the
earth. From a casual observation, he estimates
the enemy's loss at five times greater than
I Oil!*."
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