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^ iUftDd pf itry com panifta ofa^H<^."^ co:nl|; gre&s. PeiPborton resigned ins# position, and K; then went to Richmond and tendered his sefvi* ces to President Davis, was accepted and gfren fe was afterwards made a Brigadier and sent to the Department of South Carolina.' No one every heard that he accomplished any brilliant deeds in thd^PepArtnient, but ho wt||$nn espo*i:< cial pet ofLWJs, and was soon after made a I Major General/" After a short time lie was sont to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and promoted to a Lieutenant .GenV . erafcy. Socially, Gen. Perobcrton is a brute. i v rf _i - _ --- HHIB ii you.uavc mvsincss q! a military Character he i H0K is approachable, but not otherwise. lie dresses' plainly, and his personal carriage is stiff and v* ungraceful. In temper, he is brutal ahtl ; unmanageable, cotitintially in a quarrel with his \ t Adjutant and Staff. Soldiers aud citiizens arc displeased with him, both socially and as a | military chieftain, and demand his transfer to some oilier department. The War Department at Richmond have unlimited confidence iu liim, however, and thero is 110 prospect of a change. The President, in his address to the faithful at Jackson, some time ago, spoke in * , extravagant terms of liim as a military man, and advised hearty acquiescence in all his plans. His personal characteristics are : height 5 feet 1Q inches; eyes, dark grey ; nose, keen, sharp _ y and straight; voice, coarse and rough, speaks quickly, and plumes himself upon his dignity *, is reserved in his manner; believes in General > Pemberton, and don't care a -rush for public opinion. I Brigadier General O. D. Lee is a South Carolinian. and vihnn lm Impomo o mKoi ??? ? u:?4 . ?-w vrwvwMtv ? i vwvif nna o j.'iroi Lieutenant in the-Federal array. He graduated at West Point, and bears the reputatioh of an excellent soldier. This officer commands the Vicksburg batteries, and all tlie artillery-in the district of Vicksburg. It is said that lie was so indignant at the recent running of the blockade by the transports and gunboats, that * he sent all the gunners with their officers in irons to Richmond. ' General Lee dresses plainly, and acts the gentleman. Jeff. Davis believes in Lee, and ascribes to him the^possessiort of extraordinary military genius. His conduct in the battle of Chickasaw Bayou is highly commended. Gen. I Lee is considered one of the rising men of the Confederacy. j & ' Dying Confession of a K. Q. C.?A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer furnishes tho following stateraent: A man ot respectable connections, who resided some years near Qillsburg, Pcnu., died a 'I ^ few days since at his home. A few hours preIvious to his death, he called a few friends around him, and intimated to them that he could not die peaceably without relieving his 1 conscience of a weight which burdened it. He confessed that he was a Knight of the. Golden Circle, which order was secretly and |l * extensively rAr?nnnn*/wl -J.. * vr -j ..r.?vun;u jii musi, nonnern cities. He stated that regular and general communication was carried on between the headquarters / of the "Knights" and the Cabinet .of Jeff. Davis. That ho was cognizant that the rebel War De^ parment had arranged with the organization u of which he was a member to evacuate Richj| . mond; for the purpose of drawing the Federal army that far South, and while their attention was engrossed, the rebel army, by a quick flank inoyemont, would descend in full fource upon " . Washington, and, aided by a general .uprising of the Knights in Pennsylvania 'and 'other P'i- Northern States, capture the city and seize \ upon tho Government by force, leaving onr I, army South at liberty to desolate at the expense of retaliation in their own State. This is no fabrication, but unquestionable an" tbority furnishes this confession of a dy\ng man, on a subject now familar to the residents of the district wherhin he resided. I H - ' < \ JL.- -5 cations *hd*otbor military work* within the State, or Wboee Jose baa tfe? occasioned by the said Employment, are made public for the intonation of* til concerned: ' ; -..' y ' -. V. , ' - v *, '., -y ,? " ; \' 1. The following resolution were adopted by the General Assembly of this State,*t the Basston held in Resolved. That in the opinion of this Oeudbd Assembly, it ie pr per uhd jtut > that the State should compensate the owners of slaves taken by the authority Ar,tu> P?-.K? -..tu ? ? *? ?. W vwn nn in* puiMIW IwrTIW, YY11U J1HVO UIW ITOVk diseases contracted iu said service, and whose death or loss has been occasoned by reasoifot Said service. Resolved, That the several claims now before the Legislature, as well as others that may hereafter arise, be presented to Jateea Tupper, Esq, State Auditor, to be audited. Also, that said Auditor be authorised and required to calf for any additional proof that he may deem necessary to establish.said claims; and that lie report to the' next session of the Legislature each claim allowed, with the evidenccr^n which his judgment is based . < < II.* All claioos how on file in this office, or which may be hereafter aubntitted for audit under the? forgoing resolution, should be supported by the affidavit of the claimant, which affidavit should set forth as many of the following facts as the said claims con make oath to according 10 his knowledge, information or belief^ 1. The name and residence of the owner of the slaves. , * 2. The name, age and qualifications of the slave, and his condition of health at the tiiue of impressment by the authority of the State. 3. The time when; the agent of the State by whom; dad the period for which the impressment was made. 4 The location of the fortifications or other public works on which the slaves was employed; the duratiou of said employment; and the name of the officer or other person having the charge of the slave while in the public service. 5. The circumstances of the loss; 11 oy death, the nature of the diseases; when and where contracted; "by what physician (if any) it was treated, and when and whore it terminated, if by escape, when and how the escape was effected, and whether to the enemy or otherwise. III. The statement of the claimant as to the ownership, impressment and loss of the slave, should be corroborated by affidavit Of at least ono disinterested person The fuct of the impressment should be verified, whenever practicable, by the agent of the State by whom the impressment was made, or by one of the Commissioners of Roads for the Tlistrlfct or Parish from which the slave was taken, or by the officer or overseer havitig charge of the slave while in the public service. The circumstances of the loss should be establised in caso of death, by the attenditig physician, if one was employed, and his testimony can be obtained; and in caee of escape, by the person having charge of the slave at tho time of escape, if his evidence can be obtained.. iy. In addition to the foregoing proof, the value ounesiave a.( toe time or impressment should be assessed by two disinterested citizens of the District or Parish from which the Have was taken, who shall bo fint sworb to Appraise the said slavo fairly and impar tially. & ugL V. If the owner ol' the slave is dead, or is laboring under-any legal disability, the evidence tending to establish the ownership, impressment t\t^d loss may be adduced by the proper legal representative of such owner, who should make affidavit of the facts indicated I in Section 1L according to his knowledge, information 1 and belief. The affidavit"of the owner, or of his representative, unsupported by other evidence, will not betaken as conclusive of the facts stated therein, un less it shall appear that other and higher evidence cAnnot be obtaiu, which fact should be distinctly set forth in the affidavit of the said parly. And the officer taking the affidavit should state in his certificate of authentication whether, in his opiuion, the said party ^s or is not entitled to oredit VI. The followiug form of certificate of authentication is suggested: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, District. I, " . , Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions (or other officer authorized to administer oaths) ot said District and State, do liereby certify that the foregoing affidavits of and apprftisment by . , wore sworn to before me by the said parties, whose genuine signature are subscribed thereto; and that the said affiants and nnnraisArn ai-? waii knnnm tn. nm i be persons of veracity aud credibility In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of said Court, [l. s.] (or my official seal) at , this day of , 13G3. [Signature and t?tle of officer ] VII. No provision bus been made by Confederate Government for compensating owners for slaves lost in the public service prior to April, 1863. The recent Act of Congress " to puthorize and regulate the impressment of private property for the use of the army and for other military purposes," applies to the future, nud has no retrospective ofiect This Act, however, recognize the principle of compensation by the Government for Such losses; and it is to be presumed that provision will be made by future Congressional * legislation for their payment. The mode of proof indicated in the foregoing articles conforms in all important particulars to the requirements of the Impressment Act of the last session of Congress, and agrees in its main features with (ho provisions of the Act of provisional Congress, approved 30th April, 1863, for " perpetuating testimony" iu cases of slaves lost during the war. This conformity is deemed important, in view of the character of the proof which the State will be required to make, in establishing her demand against the Confederate Government for money advanced to her citizens on claims for which tho said Government is primarily liable. JAMES TUPPKR. State Auditor. May 22 1 All papers in the State will copy 4nce, and send bills to the Auditors Office, Columbia. E W BONNET, INSURANCE AND flANK AGENT Bro&d-st? Camden, S. C. March 13 I at thaC^ 00^ prioe will be paid. * . ? 1 ?' ?'. ' . .. . ? -- |k * i ? -2 ; 5 a - i 1 ; B 2 ~ >|. Ut ?'QC ?j ? mM ? >* ! g, " S s S is .* ! J&g 2 a i ? 22 -mt f '# 44 ? j H W ?> & s 'J 3 a-frill' -1 K ?3r i h <j 9 8 . S3 ? J I m 3 ?- ?& 3 G H 9 h ?3 h 2 g 3.1 h SB'S ill! ri " h e25|, ? x 11 ^ |u ns * ? ^ <* s ^ ^ Be 12 s I j St I g .. ? i . ?* g ?o| W g g gj; fe ? a 5 ? U <3 W J; 0 B ? & I g S ggs ? ? S 3 : ' T ? ______ Camden Hotel Companysubscribers to tiie capital stock of KJ this Company, who are yet in arrears, are requested tocorae forward and pay up the' balance duo on their subscription and assessment, and receive their script By order of J. Whitaker, President. April 27 3 C. BELL, Sec. A Treae. Notice ALL PERSON'S HATING DEMANDS AGAINST the estate of ELLEN W. CHK8NUT are requested to band, them in legally attested, and all those owing said estate will pay. April 17 * L. L. W'HITAKEIt, Adm'r. ? to "O "3 ss 5 * g Urn ' ? - ? CS ? ~ & ? - I . - I' ,H g <2 S >t I ? ' <S -S . Q ? U 2 .2 M H 8 ^ S ? W , H-. g M .2 Mm 2 kJ |b C ? 5 ? w z 5 5 " .2 "s H ? 2 s < i 5 w ^ 5gS o aj u ;= " g ' P5 b o o "ti H 3 r= IS! 5 SS O fc "? p ... |6i ^ _i O t ? * M 5 ^a r H H & S <j Ja t) *- 2 ^ "E o ? ? *-J ? .as " l ?'*. I .2 .fraS < I ? e ? ? a G c tjo ^ I A S c M ^ J2 o w ?< ?; ?* ? 1 I * -'' HS O ft ?r o J3 o 0 Q S 2H tn S5 ? j= o a. <1 -5 S3 ^ fe; g I S o * a g 3 S 5? ? O C ? 9 ? g -Jgg % o 7? 33 s a % s ? B C s ? 01 O * M 5<5 W ? JqS S s ^ Ph 3 fe ^Runaway?$50 Reward Kuinaway? MY NJ5GR0 FELLOW, BEN, about 25 years of age. 5 feet 6 or 7f inches high, in fcolor a dark mulatto, and weighs about 160 pounds, and bis left eye-tooth is out He has been out since August 1861. The above reward will be paid to any person apprehending the above named, and placing him in the jail f 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 uearthe city. Address Joseph k. kirkla-nd, April 17 3 Flat Ropk, 8. 0. ? 1? ; . Bonds WantedCASH WILL BE PAID FOB APPROVED, well secured BONDS, that have from one to three years to run. Apply at Ate "Old Corner." May 22 E. W. BONNET. # mhu^aSnohCKNo. 5.~Tbb6odfederate offioere end men have been duly exchanged, end are hereby go declared: > " * * * || 1. All officers and men Who here bean delivered at Crtty Poiot at any time previowto Why ItW. , w 1 All offioere captured at any place before the let of April, 186A who bare been released on pirole., > 3. All men captured la North Carolina pr Yiigtnfe before the iff*March,1863, who hare bben releartd on parole. 'v 4. The offioere and ?en captured and pAroled by Gen. a P. Carter, in hie expedition to East Tennessee, , in December last.7 ... 5. The officers and men captured and .paroled 1pr Lieutenant Colonel Dickey, in December, 1862, Jt? his march to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and irr v . Captain, Cameron, of Corinth, * Mississippi, in Decern-, ber, 1862, ' jB. The ofjeers and men paroled at Oxford, Mississippi, on the 23d of December, 1862; at Deaark, Arkansas! on the 17th of .January, 1863, and at Baloa Rogue, Louisiana, on the 23d of February, 1863. . *: , I. All persons who have beef! captured on the sea, or the waters leading to the' same, or upon, the seacoast of th* Confederate or the United States,, at: any * time previous to December 10th, 1862. x 8. All civilians who have been arrested at any tlm* before the' 6th of May, 1863, and released on parole,, are discharged from any and evory obligation contained in said parole. If any such person has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States, or given any bood, or if his release was accompanied with auy other condition, bo is discharged from the same. * 9. If any person embraced in any of the foregoing sections, or in any section of any previous Exchange Notice, wherein they are declared exchanged, are in any Federal prison, they are to be immediately released and delivered to the Confederate authorities. ROBERT OOLD, Agent of Exchanges. Richmond, May 9ib, 1863. , II. All porsons, whether citizens or soldiers, are expressly prohibited from usiug, or in any manner interfering witti fuel, or wood cut and delivered for the use of railroads or railroad companies. It is of the* first importance that this order should be observed, and it will be strictly obeyed and enforced by the army. * By order, (Signed) S. COOPER. May 22 Adjutant and Inspector Gen. _ CIRCULAR ANR APPEAL, FREE MARKET OF CHARLESTON, lb the Citizens of Charleston and the People 6f South Carolina Generally, and to the . Farmers and Planters , especially, from the mountains to the seaJboard The Free Market of Charleston, one of the noblest and most useful charities extaut, after xnpre than a twelve month of successful operation, is in danger of suspension and even final stoppage. It is an institu* tion, founded by priveto patriotism and benevolence, endorsed by the city authorities of Charleston, and recognized and encouraged by t!\e Legislature of theState. . Its great and highly useful purposes is to supply provisions, free of expense, to the needy familias of soldiers and seamen, fighting the battles of their coun- ' try, or dead in lior service; and upward of eight hundred families depend on its bounty for their daily bread. It has become a great publio necessity, and it is the duty of "every christian and patriot, male and female, rich and poor, young and old, to contribute to its support, in proportion to moans and ability?the rich man out of his wealth, the poor man ont of *his ffoverty, the widow with her mite?every large stream should pour, every little rill trickle its refreshing waters into this great reservoir of patriotic beuevolence, to be dispensed in God-blessed bounty to the wives ar.d children, the widows and orphans, the sisters and other female dependents, of our bruve soldiery and seamen. The final stoppage, or even the suspension, of this charity would be one of the direst calamities that could befall our City and State?it wonld- inflict dis"' tress, suffering, and even starvation on numbers now comfortably fod by its bounty, and perhaps, lead to bread-riots, in our conservative city, to her serious injury and deep disgrace. Come, then, fellow citizens, * to the rescue, promptly, liberally, efficiently, and not only save the Free Market from destruction or suspension, but sustain it, in healtkfbl vigor,' as a God blessod and man-blessing institution. Let donations in money and in kind pour in lavishly from every quarter of the City and State; and the consequences will be happy indeed. Not only will bread, and meal, and meat be eustainingly furnished to soldier's and seamen's families, but the heart of the warrior will bocheered and his arm nerved to victorious battle against ? the vandal and ruthless foe, by the comforting oonviction that his wife and little ones are patriotically and sufficiently cared for, by their fellow citizens, at home. Let our fanners and planters especially, in every section of the State, send liberal supplies of vegetable* and provisions, from their gardous, their fields, their barns and their smoke houses; and swell to overflowing the great reservoir of Free Market charity. Charity is twice blessedr?it blesseth him that gives as well as him that receives?and blesses the giver even more titan the receiver. Come up, thon, one and all, to the hallowed workr and not only earn the soldier's and seamen's undying gratitude, but lay up treasure in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, nor thieves break in and steal. i RICHARD YEADON, Chairman ) WM. B. YAJTKS, [ Committee. JOHN PHILLIPS, J N: B.?Country exchanges are requested to copy 'the above circular and .appeal, gratuitously. Council Notice All parties interested, are hereby . requested not to lay off any lots in the Cemetdry, on the new ground, north of the gateway, without permission of the Council, until the grounds are properly laid off, which will be done as soon as possible. By order of Council R. to. KENNEDY, Recorder., Morch 13 Notice. The stage fare to Lancaster will be raised to $6.00 a seat, and thirty pounds baggage ^ allowed. V Volunteers going or returning, will be charged ? $3.00, ' Any package to or from volunteers will be taken and forwarded free 'of charge. All others must bepre-paid. IfoCURRY k HAMMERSLOtJGH. November 7 V \