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FRIDAY, jrrWE 5, 1863.
Ladles AMI Association.
After the 1st of June the Ladies' Aid Association
will meet every Thursday from ten to
one o'clock.
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Acknowledgement.
< The Ladies of the Aid Association desire to
acknowledge the receipt of $20?the proceeds
of a palmetto hat, presented by Mrs. Hammerslough;
Mr. James Jones. $25.
For Hire.
A No. 1 Cook, Washer and Irohcr will be
hired from the 1st of next month for the balance
of the year. For particulars apply . at
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Luis uuice.
Chief Collector C. W. Tax of So. Ca.
We Ijjarn Jos. D. Pope, Esq., has been reappointed
for South Carolina. .He is an effi-,
cient officer, and vrill discharge his duties faithfully.
The Seasons.
' The rains of the last few days has made a
visible improvement on the crops, and has been
of great service to the gardens. The first of
last week how anxious were the clouds watched,
that some token of a shower might be seen,
< but to human appearance there were no favorable
signs. How true it is, man's extremity is ,
God's opportunity.
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Shoe Pegs.
We are pleased to state that there is a manufactory
of this very necessary article at Lib
erty Hill, in this District?the invention of
Mr. R. C. Patterson, who says in a note to a
friend of outs, that he is arranging the machine
to run by steam, when he hopes to be
able to supply the demand.
A sample may be seen at our office, which,
however, ho says is not a fair specimen of what
he can make. We wish him success, and a
profitable reward for his labor.
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Vicksburg.
All eyes are turned to the devoted city,
whose name is already illustrious. On the result
hangs consequences the most momentous.
We have a strong faith that our noble army
will continue successfully to repel the invading
hosts of our malignant foe. The slaughter of
the Yankees seem to be fearful. What a commentary
upou the character of the commanding
officer, is the leaving of thousands of their
dead on the field, unburied. In another column
will be found the latest news from Vicks
burg and other posts where our armies are
stationed. We have received no telegraph during
the past two days.
Card Factory.
A short time since we noticed that a meeting
was held at Greenwood^, in Abbevjlle Bis.
trjet, in furtherance of the much needed and
praiseworthy object, to obtain cotton cards at
a reasonable price. From the names of those
engaged in it we have no hesitency in saying,
that all persons disposed to assist this laudable
ebterprize, may be sure their money will be
properly applied. The aim is, to import the
machinery, which at present high rates of ex*
change and freights, will require a very considerable
amount to do thio
Contributions arc being inade in various
parts of the State. Cannot something bo done
in Kershaw District? We will receive and
forward any sums left with us, cither to Rev.
S. Donnelly or Mr. Tarrant.
If it be true that Gen. Price has retaken
Helena, we would still hold the Mississippi at a
most important point, even though Vicksburg
should fall. Tho enemy had a full division at
Helena, several hospitals, and a very large
quantity of valuable stores. If the place has
fallen into Geo. Price's hands, we feel almost
certain that many valuable spoils have been
taken with it. . 5 ' '. ' .
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.~Jth . 0
i sUpt death of eleven negro?a, and mortally
injoringf several others, occnred to an extra
train q? box cars, having oq board froln five to
tix hundred negroes. The train was from .Augusta,
and the negroes belonging to General
Wade Hampton and brother, were mroute
frqm Mississippi to Columbia, S. C. The accident
took place near Bamburg on the Angnsta
Road, about fifteen miles from BranOhville.
It appears that several of the cars on
the extra train became disconnected and were
left standing on the track, the negroes inside
being asleep arid totally unconscious of their
situation. ?
The down passenger train which was running
on schedule time, came up and the brakes applied,
but too late to prevent a collision. The
engine plunged into the train of cars, running
over and into them, making itself and two of
the cars A complete wreck.
. The scene that followed was indescribable.
Assistance wa9 sent for to Branchville, and
everything possible done for the relief of the
sufferers. Only one, a colored fireman, was
injured on the passenger train. He attempted
to jumped off, and had his leg slightly sprained.
In addition to those killed on the extra train, jt
is thought three others will die "from their injuries.
The passengers are warm in their praises and
exculpation of the Engineer and Conductor on
their train, as they made every effect to reverso
the engine, &c, but found it impossible.
Yankee Raid at Comsahee Ferry.-?a
despatch from Pocotaligo stated that at an early
hour yesterday morning the enemy made a
raid towards the Combahee Ferry. They destroyed
the pontoon bridge at tbe Ferry, and
set tire to many dwellings on the rfter banks.
Three hundred of the Yankees landed at Field's
Point, supposed to be a division of their force?
to protect the marauders. It was reported that
they had visited several of the plantations in
the neigborhood, inflicting all the damago in
their power. Passengers by the Savannah '
Railroad, saw the blaze of the burning prop
erty on their way to the city yesterday.
Among the dwellings destroyed, it is sai^is the
fine residence of A. W. Burnett, Esq. Our
troops in that direction are on the alert, however,
and ready to meet the enemy in any force,
so that a sudden check to his depredations
may be expected. Up to a late hour last night
we were unable to learn any additional particulars.?Mercury
of Wednesday.
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Ahead of All.?Many are the jokes got up
in camp, but we think this one will "extricate
the dilapidated linen off the shrubbery."
Since the publication of the chaplain's story,
last week, a friend told us the following: Col.
A. and Col. B. were commanders of rival regiments
in the same brigade. Each 'anxiously
watched the other to prevent being outstripped
in efficacy. One day B. was startled by hearing
that a revival was going on in A.'s regiment,
and learning that fifteen had been baptized,
he ordered the Adiutantto make a detail
of twenty men to be baptized forthwith, for
says he, "I'll be banged, if I don't get ahead
of A. this time."?Vicksburg Whig.
A Quietus in the Substitute Business.?
At last a panacea for the ills of Substitution
in the army has been found, which, if it does
not check it altogether, will go far towards
snppressing the frauds by which so many persons
are swindled. By an order from headquarters
promulgated* yesterday, all substitute
papers, to,be valid or of any avail, must be
countersigned by the commanding General of
the army to which the substitute is sent As
Generals don't care to have their commands
encumbered with substitutes, the substitute*
market may hereafter be quoted as "dull, and
few offering."
[Richmond Examiner.
Suicide.?Third Lieut. Jarret, of the 23d S.
C. V., committed suicide yesterday forenoon,
about 11 o'clock' in Society-street, near East
Bay, by shooting himself with a pistol through
the head, causing instant death. Lieut. Jarrett
was from Darlington District, and it is said that
a disappointment in a love matter led to the
commission of the fatal act. Coroner Whiting
held an inquest on the body .?rA^ercury of
.. Wednesday.
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render of Vick^org
days. Pemberton wants but fifteen minutes,
and says'he wilt die in the trenches first. The
Federal troopasTQ demoralized,, and refused to
renew the attack. On Saturday,, 'ie gun boats
were firing hot shot. ^ The Federal loss is 25,
?00 to 30,000, including Generals Keer, Lay,
Burdridge and others. Port Hudson is invested.
8j1ll later. .
Shelby ville, June 1.?Alt quiet in front.
The Nashville Dispatch contains the following
from Vicksburg: ; y
"On Saturday Grant drove* the robels back
to their entVenchraents. The Federal loss
severe. Twenty thousand of the army heretofore
occupying Jackson have reinforced Grant.
On Satliwlow Avoninn tVin nnnmtT van fKrnwin?r
v.vu...B .uv ..vtv ..tvirM.g
shell from their mortars and had captured the
batteries above and below Vicksburg.
The Chattanooga Rebel thinks that there
never was a more, favorable moment tba"n the
present to finish up Mynheer Rosencranz. If
a simultaneous attack upon the weak Federal
garrison at Nashville by our cavalry, attacking
from tho West, with a vigorous assnlt by
Bragg's army upon the enemy at Murfreesboro,
we believe the most amusing Yankee panic
would result that has occnred since the first
Manassas. Nashville could be captured; the
stores destroyed; the garrison paroled; and our
boys would then mount their horses and come
up in the rear of Rosencranz before he could
says "Jack Robinson. "
High Prick for a Useless Animal.?
Amongst various articles of real and personal
property exposed to sale at public vendue, on
Monday, at Halifax Court House, was a billy
goat, raised at South Boston, by Mr. Samuel
Edmondson. The bidding for this comparatively
useless animal was spirited, and at last
reached the extraordinary figure of $1,030,
at which price it was cried out to Mr. Samuel
Moon, Commissioner of the Revenue. Money,
judging from the above, must be plentiful in
that region.?Richmond Dispatch.
Furlough Granted.?Gen. Rosecrans, a few
days ago, received the following pertinent
letter from an indigent priv.ato:
"General.?I have been in the service eighteen
months, and have never received a cent.
I desire a furlough for fifteen "days, in order to
return home and remove mv family to the
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poor house." The General granted the furlough.
It is said that the tremendous repulse and
slaughter of the Yankees at Vicksburg on Sunday,
was due to a stratagem of General Pcm
berton, who made a feint of evacuating part of
his works, when the enemy rushed in, only to
bo met with immense slaughter from artillery
placed so as to take them with a raking fire.
A Calamity.?'The Powder mill located
about fourteen miles from Charlotte, 011 the
Catawba river, \*as blown up on Saturday morning
about five o'clock.
The President, S. W. Davis, Esq., was not
in tlic mill when the explosion took place, but
five of the operatives were killed. It is impossible
to account for the accident.
The mill house is entirely destroyed, but the
principal portion of the machinery is uninjuried.
Severe on Banks.? Tho Boston Commonwealth,
Senator Summer's organ, makes the.
following ungracious allusion to General Banks:
The rebels have set a high price on Butler's
head; if they will only take Banks' head for
nothing, we should thank them. It is not
much, to be sure; such as it is, they are welcme
to it
KERSHAW LODGE WO. 39, A. F. W.
A STATED COMMUNICATION OF KERSHAW
Lodge No. 29 A. F. m., will be held at their Lodge
Room, Tuesday Evening 9th inst., at 8 o'clock.
By order of W. m. J. JONES, Sec.
June 5 1
Notice.
rpwo breast-pins are in my possession,
I which the owner can have by describing them
and paying for this advertisement.
June 5 .N. d. baxley.
Silk Gloves
Ladies and misses blaok and white
SILK GLOVES, at
June 5 mrs. campbell'S.
insist, wten,reports (hi part) frota tbe ^committed
in, the Beatf Compfcniea wd landed to
them, which show the following contribution :
Two hundred and twenty bushels of corn given
to tho board without compensation?to hi distributed
as they deem beet. Five hundred and
fOrty-four bushels cornj to be sold to soldiers
families at one dollar, and one hundred and
ninety three dollars in money to buy corn, and
forty bushels of wheat. ;- 'v ' ') .
Ibis corn is now on deposit in Camden, ait the (
mill of Mr. Jolm Gaskins, Granny's Quarter
creek; at the mill of Mjr. J. H. Vaughn, on Sanders'
creek, and at the mill of Captain E. Parker,
over tho river, can be obtained by soldier's * i
families by application to Mr. .Je?e Truesdale,
Flat Rock; Mr. J. Ross Dye, Liberty Hill; Mr.
James Team, over the river; or James Dunlap
nr t.hp. undprfnemed at Camden.
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The board will meet again on the 24th iYist."
to act on thfi subject of the supply of corn to
soldier's families, and earnestly request that ,
all tho committees will report by that time. |
The quarter beginning first of July is the trying
period to soldier's families. Tlie evidence before
the board is, that suffering now exist, and
will extend to other families, after first of July.
The effort of every man in the district might bo m
well applied to procure the corn to support these
suffering families.
By order of tho board.
J NO. M. DESAUSSURE, Chairman.
June 6 , 2
Special USTotices.
DR. JOHN McCAA
OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS
of Camden and surrounding country.
Office two doors above the Brand) Bank, Camden
So. Ca. January SO
. MEDICAL NOTICE.
DR. W. R. 8IKES 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
INSURANCE.
HAVING BEEN APPOINTED AGENT FOR
the Insurance Compifny of the State of Virginia, J am
now prepared to take Risks
Against. Doss or Damage by FirePersons
wishing to insure their property, will have a
favorable opportunity of doing so, in perhaps as safe a
Company as there is in the Confederate States.
May 22 N. D. BAXLEV, Agent.
'? mATRUHONir."
TWO YOUNG MEN OF GOOD DEPORTMENT,
Intelligent and Refined, are desirous to open Corres*pondenco
with Two Young' Ladies of the same qualities,
with a view to matrimony. Any who are desirous
of doing so, will address, with real name,?to
C. A M. D.,
Company " E," 2d Reg't. S. C. V..
Kershaw's Brigade, Richmond, Va.
May 15 2m
MAUD,
Camden, S. C **
THE SUBSCRIBER INFORMS HIS FRIENDS
and the travelling public that ha has leased thjs 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
and satisfaction of guests and visitors. He confidently
asks a continuance of the favors of all who
have visited the DoKalb House, and calls from any
e _ ?1_ - **
oi hib menus wuo yisn uamden.
January 16 J. H, JUNGBLUTH.
OFFICE (tUARTERMASTER,
Charleston, S. C., October 1, 1862.
MR. A. M. LEE IS APPOINTED AGENT OP
this department, for the purchase of Corn Alld
Fodder, in the Districts of Kershaw and
Lancaster.
Planters desiring to sell, will communicate with him.
Particular attention must be paid to the packing o
the fodder, and no water must be used. During the past ,
year the Government experienced heavy loss from
improper packing, and all such will be hereafter rejected.
MOTTE A. PRINGLE,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.
t^TTho subscriber can be found at his reSidenco
DeKalb street, next west of the Presbyterian Church
October 10 A. M LBK