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FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1863.
Special Notice.
The Soldiers Board of Belief request the
Committees of tho Beal; Company Divisions,
wno have in charge the matter of procuring
corn, &c., for the use of the families of soldiers,
to make their returns to the Board 011 or before
Wednesday next, the 3d of June, by 11 o'clock,
a. m., when the Board wiLl meet to act
I thereon. J NO. M. DbSAUSSURE,
May 29 1 Chairman.
A Ood-Hciul.
We were blest, on yesterday, with a very refreshing
rain, greatly needed throughout Kershaw
District, as the wheat and corn was be- j
ginning to feel the effects produced, at this season,
front protracted dry weather. The present
rain will save our wheat crop in this section,
and we shall pray for many future like visitations,
for the benefit of the corn crop, which so ;
far has not suffered materially.
1 Ackiiowlctltfc'iiieail*.
Franklin, Va., May 13, 1803. j
To the Ladies' Aid Association :
Ladies : Your kind donation of clothing to
Capt. Cantey's Company, Gth Regiment South
Carolina Volunteers, was most gladly received
a month ago. The delay of its acknowledgement
has been caused by the sudden movement
of the company to the investment of Suffolk, ;
two days after the receipt of the package, ,
which it is to be hoped will furnish a sufficient
excuse for the seeming negligence.
The repeated gifts of material comfort to
the soldiers by your society evidences the enduring
patriotism or our women and their heroic
willingness to enact their parts in this terrible
war. To the members of this company,
these favors, coming from the wqmcn of his
homo, maiks their high appreciation of his conduet
on the field, and their sweet* encouragement
to a continuance in the discharge of his
hard, stern, but lofty duties.
While the women throughout the entire
Confederacy are unsurpassed in pure love of i
country, it is a proud satisfaction to know that I
the women of our homes are surpassed by none, i
In behalf of the company 1 tender you their
sincere thanks for your assistance and tangible
evidences that the soldier is still cherished in
the memories of the women of this broad land.
Very respectfully,
It. M. CANTEY,
Lieu't confg.
Camv Newville Inlet, All Saints Pakish' j
May lltli, 1863. |
Miss Sally Chesnut, Preset L. A. A.:
Your kind and welcome donation of shoes
and clothing, though shipped at Camden some
weeks ago, has just been received.
Accept again our warmest thanks for this
repeated instance of your consideration for the
wants of the soldier. Much that you send him,
in addition to its absolute value, he cannot buy,
though he may have the means, and in many
eases it is literally clothing the naked. The
time for idle compliment is long gone by
Nothing that 1 could say would add anything
to your own consciousness of devotion
and sacrifice in this our struggle for existence;
but we will ha o faith that with the " hearts"
of our women and ihe "hands" of our niei)?
("rod will defen - ri :ht.
Believe urn. ' and esteem,
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i .?>'( i>( YNIN,
( f ii demon.
Arrival at 1 3c. 1 'errlitter
says: "Th. .. . si. ^orday
morning wu . r ri.. 5la
was escorted out <x ;>? t r \4Uii<W
steamer Santiago d! - >!.c Mttir-rtA
stopped at the Moro by a Spanish guarda ccsta*
to see if her harbor and hospital dues had
been paid."
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[from o.ur special correspondent.]
ARMY CORRESPONDENCE.1
Camp Near Fredericksburg, Va., )
Army Northern Virginia, }
May 10, 1803. )
When I hist wrote, it was the morning; at'ter
jvir moonlight Yankee chase. We drove them
;o ie ven brink of the river, and there they
siurcmieied, tiiose who had failed to escape.
Tiles lay morning, the day I wrote, we were
marched towards Chancellorsville, in taking a
road to the right, some seven or eight miles
above Fredericksburg, we reached our line of
entrenchments, where Kershaw's Brigade was
placed. The same evening 1 was sent out with
illV com nan V and as inanv mr?r? ???n ?ll
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about sixty, to relieve the pickets in the front
of our regimental line. The night was exceedingly
wet and disagreeable, raining very hard
at times, and quite chilly. The General order
cd our picket lines to advance the next morning,
for the purpose of feeling the enemy who
were reported to be leaving their entrenchments?about
a mile in front of us. His instructions
to me, were to advance very cautiously,
which I followed to the letter. The
first prisoner taken, and the only one by my
company, was captured by Sergeant lluckabee.
He represented that they were all gone, and
quite willing tfere we to hear the news. We
moved on and soon occupied their position*
a very strong one on the bank of the river*
protected by any number of batteries on this
and 011 tin* other side. Thus closed the eighth
day ot the great battle on the ilappahannock,
resulting in a most decisive and glorious triumph
of our arms. To the Lord of Hosts he
all the praise, power and glory !
Wednesday flight we camped at our old
quarters from which we had marched eight
days before. Tuesday morning, the St.h inst.,
our regiment (4olli) was marched to this place
to support Barksdnlc's brigade, which lias been
much weakened by the fight Nearly or quite
five hundred of their'11 timber having been kill^,J
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nuiiuucu ur uikcu prisoners. i ney jougnt
at, ami defended the line immediately in my
front, and from these very heights upon which
I am now pleasantly seated one of the fiercest
struggles took place a week ago. Our men
were defeated by the treachery of the enemy.
They came undo flag of truce and asked permission
to bury their dead, which was grantedThey
had the opportunity ot seeing the smali
force at this point, and availing themselves of
this, they threw a heavy Hank forward and
came up in rear of our men and took many,
of them prisoners before they knew of their
danger. But we paid them hack that very afternoon,
Sunday, at Salem Church, five miles
above, where our brave boys fought them so
successfully, killed a great many and drove
their column hack for some distance. This
morning I attended service at the Methodist
Church in this city. liev. Mr. West, Chaplain
13th Mississippi, preached to a crowded
house.
What a contrast between this bright, beautiful,
calm, quiet day, and the last, when the
thundering artillery, and terrible conllict of
anus raized with mad violence- nnd it in wli/.ln
atmosphere was filled with smoke of ha'tie.?
The dead and dying strewn upon the right and
i left, and everything in the greatest commotion,
j Now a Sabbath stillness reigns, save an oeca|
sional signal for duty, from our or the camp of
the enemy in our front, who still occupy the
j Stafford Jleiglits, although it is said they are
j moving hack. However this may be, Hooker
will find Gen. Lee on hand wherever lie may
go, ready to give him battle, and of course to
whip him worse than ever. General Robert E.
Lee is the greatest living General, and our late
battles have added another unfading laurel to
the chaplct of our great second Washington,
I can scarcely imagine a more charming
view than that now before me. As far as the
eye can reach we have hills and valleys coveccd
with the beautiful garments of spring. The
luxuriant grass and clover abounds in the valley,
and the cattle are brousing most vigoursly
j upon it. The city, with its turrets and spires,
is jufet before pie- "distance lends enchantment
to the view'," and conceals the innumerable
sca^s which the h-i > ' u ' n ruthless and barbafoe
has inflicted upon this once beautiful
mi?l lovely place. Is it not a sad and humiliaJ^.g
thought to contemplate that, whilst " with
jav ish kindness the gifts of God are strewn"?
that man, made in the image of his Maker and
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a little lower than the angels, should be the
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only being in Jehovah's great domain who persistently
and contumaciously blights, ruins and
destroys the happiness of his fellow man. Let
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VIIVy VUUIVII VVIIWUUV IV cai IICSllI^ 1U[' tUHIl
auspicious day when "the kingdoms of this
world shall become the kingdom of our Lord
and of his Christ."
Monday, May 11.?The great, the noble,
the immortal Jackson has passed to his rest,
and is now free from war's alarms. Ilis pure
spirit went to God who gave it, yesterday afternoon.
lie had finished his work, and he
did it well, and a gratified country reveres his
memory.
But another will be raised up to supply his !
place, and victory will yet crown our arms with
glorious success. W.
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Testimonial to Col. W. I>. DeSatissiarc.
The. officers of the 15th S. C. lleigineut
have presented their Colonel with a splendid
horse and equipments. The# following is the
correspondence:
Fkkdkkicksih'rg, May 9th, 1803.
Colonkl : It gives inc very great pleasure,
as the organ of the otliecrs of your command,
to present you with a horse and -trappings, in
token of their esteem and appreciation of your
ability and efficiency as an officer, and of their
personal regard for you as a gentleman. We
have the pi olid satisfaction of knowing that
you have never shrunk from the prompt and
manly discharge of duty on any occasion;
and in the midst of danger, most imminent,
your coolness, self-possession and courage has'
cheered our hearts and elicited our highest ad- i
miration.
The horse is the gift of the commissioned i
officers, and the trappings of the Sergeants of i
the Regiment, who desired to join in the testi- j
monial. *
Accept them, sir, as an earnest of our well
wishes, that a kind Providence which has of- ]
ten ''shielded your head in the day of battle" 1
may continue, and that your life may he spared,
now so necessary to your bleeding country and
its sacred cause.
I am, sir, very truly,
TilOS. J. WAliUEX,
Capt. Co. 1), 15th Regiment S. C. Y.,
For the Committee.
To Colonel \Y. D. DuSaussuke, Commanding
loth Regiment S. C. A*.
Headqvautkks, 15th Regiment S. C. V., )
May 9th, 1803. \
ISiu: 1 accept, with unfeigned pleasure, the
magnificent charger and equipments presented
hy the commissioned officers and Sergeants of
the loth Regiment S. C. V. They will be ever
prized tar beyond their intrinsic value, not
only as an evidence of personal regard, but also
that in the estimation of the oflicers .and Sergeants
of my command, I have faithfully and
impartially discharged the duties of the oilice
to which they elected me.
Accept, Sir, my thanks for the kind and
Haltering manngr in w hich you have discharged
the duties assigned you.
1 am, most truly yours,
W. D. DKSAUSSURE,
Colonel loth Regiment S. C. V
! To Captain T. J. Warren, Co. D, loth RcgimentS.
C. V.?Chairman of committee.
'for the confederate.
Mr. Editor: A few days ago, an old lady,
a citizen of Camden, was grossly insulted on
her own premises by a pretended officer of the
town. In cleainng out the Big Ditch, lie ordered
the bands to throw the dirt over on her
planted garden. She romonstrated with him,
and objected to being thus injured. Notwithsanding
this, and in her presence (she being
unable to protect herself) lie ordered the bands
to throw the dirt, and let her know that he
would do as lie pleased. Now, sir, I am liappy
to say that a gentleman of the Council, on being
sent for, rebuked his insolence, and ordered
him forthwith to remove the dirt that he had
thrown on her garden. It is to be hoped that
j such petty acts of tyranny in this understrapper,
will be properly rebuked by the Hon.
Council, and that in future no unprotected female
will be thus grossly . and wantonly insulted.
" CITIZEN.
j Grant telegraphs Hal leek that "his right
wing rested on Haines' Bluff." lie will have !
to take his "wings," we reckon, and fly away
from that section, before cither one of them is
sufficiently "rested."
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Latest from the Scene off Action.
Mobile, May 23.?The speecial reporter of
the Advertiser and Register, at Jackson, 23d,
says: The latest from Vicksbnrg is up to
Thursday night. Our loss in thq late fights is
reported slight; and the injuries to the batter- ^
ies trifling. The garrison is well supplied with
provisions, and are confident of holding the
place. The enemy failed in all his efforts.?
His dead strew the ground in front of our
works. One estimate of his loss is ten thousand.
Firing was heard at intervals last night an<i I
to-day. The enemy is supposed to be sliclling . /
our works.
The enemy is reported at Poncliertrain, hav- I
ing reached that far from New Orleans on the |
morning train.
Tullahoma, May 23.?The rumor in circu- |
lation of the capture of two of our regiments
in front, with one piece of artillery is not true. /
The enemy did surround and capture a small
outpost of some forty men. All quiet in front. <
Mobile, May 24.?The correspondent of the . >
Rironiiur Ni*wc writinrf fmm Tonl-enn f>Qrl envu ?
V VHIU^ V II Uy H living ! VU1 vnVAOV/llj 4>V/Vlj ?Jl?J 1
troops are continually arriving, and will soon
have a line army. The city is being fortified.
The Mississipian says on Saturday, the enemy
attacked at Vicksburg six times, and three
times yesterday, and each time were defeated
with immense loss. General1 Stevenson says
lie can hold Vicksburg indefinitely.
A special dispatch to the Evening News,
dated Jackson, 24th, says firing was heard tili i
9 o'clock tl.is morning, but nothing since then.
This morning, the 20th Mississippi dashed into
Raymond, capturing 400 prisoners. Fourteen
were brought to this city; the rest were sick
and wounded, and were paroled.
Jacks- x, May 25.?An officer from Vicksburg
Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock, says the
enemy attacked the left and centre four times.
The first, attack lasted thirty minutes, the secone
twenty, the third fifteen, the fourth nine*
Then; was great slaughter. Our loss was
eighty men. \Yc took four stand of colors.?
A column of assault was brought up on Wednesday,
the officers leading. The troops broke
and the column dispersed. On Thursday, the
enemy kept up a continued shelling. The Fed
oral dead were unburied on Thursday night.?
Our works towards Warjenton were not menaced.
Tiie Federal line of investment was
imperfect. Federal prisoners report Gen. Steele ,A
killed. ^
ii'roia Elie .toa-ila.
Richmond, May 25.?Advices from the
North of the 23d instant have been received
here.
A correspondent says Grant's primary object
is If ay no's Bluff, as it is regarded the key
to Vieksburg.
The Chronicle says a junction with the force
awaiting him at the Bluff to march into Vieksburg
cannot be prevented.
Several ironclads are stationed at several
important points on Red River?cutting off
completely rebel communication with Texas.
A Cincinnati dispatch says the President has
changed his sentence on Vallandigham. He
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will be transported through the Federal lines,
and will be delivered to Koscncrans, who, under
Hag of truce, will deliver him to Bragg.
The news from the army of the Potomac is
unimportant. General Humphrey's division is
broken up by desertion from the last nine
months' regiments belonging to the fifth corps.
It was rumored at Bermuda that Captain J
Semmcs had resigned the command of the ' ^
Alabama, to take command of a fine Confederate
ship, mounting twenty-two guns.
The officers in charge of the flag of truce
yesterday from Fredericksburg says, Grant has
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Vicksburg,and that his right wing rested on
liayiie's Bluff.
Yankee correspondents from the Mississippi
state that "Grant'sprimary object is the capture
of Haines' Bluff, which is regarded as the
key of Vickslnirg." If it is the "key to Vicksburg"
it will not be of any use to Grant as the
key-hole is stopped up, and the burglars will
hardly be able to pick the lock of that strong
hold.
On Saturday all the sugar in Atlanta was
seized by the government. The Confederate
Commissioners under the Impressment act fixed
the price of sugar at 75 cents. It will go very
hard with mahy parties who held it from 90c.
to $1 20.