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^ J.T\ HER3HMAN, Editor.
Friday, juIvb ??, i8?3.
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Op the 21st inst, the lower part of this Din- <
trict was visited by a severe hail-storm,with
heavy wind, prostrating a great many fences
and injuriog considerably the growing crop.
The plantations that suffered mostly, so far as
we have been abie to ieam, belonged to the
estate of W. A. Ancrum, Col. T. J. Ancrum,
Major A. H. Boykin, Col. J. D. Kennedy,
v and others whose names we coold not hear.
Death of C. XV. Peck, Esq.
On Friday evening last this sad event occurred.
Althongh Mr. Peck's health had been
feeble for some time, such was his energy and
ppwer of will, that he continued to atttend
to his labd^ious duties until the last. He was
a devoted and faithful teacher, and our com'
mnnity has sustained a heavy loss in his removal.
On Saturday afternoon his remains
were followed to their resting place by his affectionate
scholars, and hi* brethren of tjje
Masonic order, of wh:>b he was,a member.
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War
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The newsfi-om Vicksbnrg and Port Hudson
continues, encouraging. With the forniej we
have reason to believe Gen. Johnston bascommunication,
so as to enable him to act efficiently
when the proper time arrives. The numerous
repulses of the Yankees must tend to cool
their ardor. Their situation cannot be a com*
fortable one. We can only wish it was a thousand
fold more so?that they, had no water
to quench their thirst, and the heat so intense
as to consume their vile carcasses. From the
army of Northern Virginia nothing positive is
known.
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A|i ?ngli?h Opinion of Gets. Stouc
wall Jackson.
He was animated by the spirit which rendered
the soldiers of the Commonwealth irresistable
in fight?which carried Havelock
through incredible dangers to the gates of
Lucknow in triumph. The Christian and patriot
soldier achieve the last at?d greatest of his
successes in dying for his country. He perished
doubly a martyr, and in his last breath attested
the righteousness of the cause which he sealed
with his blood. Tho Northern Republic has
produced no heroes of the stamp of Jackson.
One such man might he the salvation of them
yet. Blatant demagogues at home, bragging
imbeciles in the field, afford a spectacle so absured,
and yet so painful, that Europe knows
not whether to laugh or weep at the degradation
of her children. The Northerners want a
man to do a man,8 work. Tho only great men
of the war have been developed in the South.
It is very difficult to-explain this. Some may
call it a fatality, some a providential arrangeimnnf
TKat if ia Q it of rvsAOAnf I
pmvmwi <v ?o ? iwvw ?W c\w VO\/U V ^IJUUgll
for us.?London Herald?Derby,organ.
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"A Spirited Dash."?Yankee papers of the
11th, in noticing Pleasanton'* passage of the
Rappahannock, says: "The fords were captared
with out loss. Beverley's Ford was taken
by a spirited dash of the 8th Illinois and 8th
New York Cavalry Regiments. We were on
the south side before the enemy were aware of
*<." This is almost as idiotic as the telegraphic
dispatches from Jackson. Two regiments take
# a ford before the enemy are aware of) it, and
? that is M a spirited dash." A lonely Bedoum
, cornea to a pool in the middle of the Desert of
Sahara and wades leisurely through it, and that
is "a spirited dash." A strong man, living .in
a deserted house, with all the doors locked and
barred, goes at midnight -tito a cjdsetand ?rops
a pebble Vito a tea-pot, and that is ua spirited
dash." Robinson Ctusoo penetrates the depths
of a great forrest on the island of Juan Fernandez,
and there sticks a hatchet into th&side
of a soft tree, and that is "a spirited dasn.,:?
Richmond Whip.
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the president to d^ i? h? j
WethiftK di^cfetion W wisely exercised. ,
The war entbnisasm, which Animated many to
volunteer in the beginning, baa, in the natural \
course of events, subsided. It is not in barman
nature to maintain so high a pitch of entbhsi- ]
asm as then existed. Both the mental and |
physical man would have given way under such ,
a tension of the spirit and nerves. The war 1
has become a stern reality, a matter of sober ,
juugmont, and nupibfers will not volunteer to 1
grapple with tho realities of life, particularly
where life and death are in the scales. Volun- '
teering having, almost entirely, ceased, ?nd the (
list of persons, under 40, subject to cooscrip
tioa being nearly exhausted, it becumes noces- j
sary to call out al^over 40. It indicates a de* ,
termined purpose of the President to prosecute |
the war with the greatest vigor, during the ,
present Summer, and to follow up the victories ,
already obtained, until "tho last armed foe ex*
pires," or?is driven from our soil.
* . Brownlow's Son.
A letter from Shelbyville.Tenn., in the Mobile
Advertiser, says:
The most daring and dashing of the cavalry
leaders on the Yankee side in Middle Tennes- ,
see, is Colonel Brownlow, of Khoxville. He
is young, rather hansome, a great dandy and
lady's man, and, like his father, a gas pipe or 1
blow-hard of the most terrific description. His
Lieutenant Colonel is Andy Johnson's son?
two .nice young men for a small teaparty, truly !
Though commanding a. regiment, Brownlow is <
nearly always out at the head of small scouting '
parties, trying to ambuscade our boys, and leav- <
ing saucy messages in writing for t.hem at homes
on the neutral ground. In ono of the mesages j
about a month ago, he offered $5,000 if 100
of the best men of Pa^erson's regiment would <
come out and fight him and 100 of his men on
open ground. Col. Patterson refused to allow
this braggadocio to be noticed; but Lieut.
May offered to come out with eighty men and
meet him ont, just for the fun of the thing. ,
Brownlow didn't accept; and ever since then ;
May has been trying to catch Brownlow, and
Brownlow to catch May. May very nearly succeeded
one day. He got on Brownslow's trail
and came up with him, their parties being <
equal in number. After a brie'f carbinic and
pistolonic interchange, Brownlow aud his men
fled, aod May and his party pursued. May (
tpok individually after Brownlow, but the latter
had too fleet horse; he, however, left his cap
and telescope on the road, and May now has
them as keepsakes.
Latest from the West.
Jckson, Juno 23.?Col. Wirt Adams, caval- '
ry attacked 400 of the cnemv's cavalrv atB??r '
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Creek, near Mechanicsburg, yesterday, routing 1
them, capturing their artillery, and killing or 1
wounding 100 of their number. Our loss was
25 killed and wounded. Amongst the latter i
was Capt. W. Yerger, who distinguished himself
in tlio action.
While the Yankees wefe at Panola on Friday,
Chalmers attacked the 2d Illinois Cavalry
four miles south of Hernando, at daylight, killing,
wounding or capturing all of them except
one company. Gen. George, with the State
troops, aud McCulloch, are four miles in the
rear of the Yankees, who are now marching
northwards.
Jackson, June 23.?A bearer of despatches,
who left Vicksburg on Wednesday, reports that
the enemy on that day made a desperate assault
on our centre. The engagement lasted
four hours, and the courier escanedthrrm?k
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enemy's lines during the melee of the battle.
He knows that the Yankees were repulsed with heavy
loss. At the time he left there had been
nodosa on our side. The assault was more vigorous
than any of those which has proceeded it
The rout of ihe enemy was complete. We
have no further official, details in regard to
Saturday's fight
Osyka, June 23.?Heavy firing was heard
this morning near Clinton, La. it is supposed
to be a conflict between Lyons and a portion
j of Ranks' array.
On r forces have fallen back from Milliken's
Bund, being unable to take all the enemy's
stockades. The enemy are burning all the
small water craft in the neighborhood ofNatchez.
Persons from Memphis say that many are
taking the oath for want of means to come
away.
Sown reports tbat wso Wared near
CHnton, on 8*trirday eveping,wi|b his foraging
trains?62 wagons of commissary stores,
208 males, 30 Yankees, and; 82 Bfegroes. Fire
negro deserters and one Yanked prisoner arrived
bore this evehing from Clinton.
A private letter from New Orleans reports a
terrible mortality amongst the Federals there.
All the public and many of the private houses
bave been converted into hospitals. < .
Jackson, June 24.?Several private letters,
received from "Vicksburg, dated Juno 17, stato
that the utmost feeling of ponfidence exist in
their ability to (esiht any assault; that our entire
loss, including Wednesday's fight, is 625'.
Among the killed is Col... Garrett and Capt.
Gould; of the 50th Alabama. The shot from
Graft's batteries never injured one?many go
over the city and plunge into the river. Even
ladies come out of tli&r boases at night to witness
the bombardmeut, which is represented as
being perfectly grand. All concur in the statement
that the garrison is bountifully supplied
with provisions. Full rations are still issued.
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xueru was ncavy nnng in tdat direction last
night at 10oTclock, and still continues this
morning.
Gen. Taylor had a skirmish with a small
force of the enemy at Richmond, La., on the
17th. ;
The firing at Vicksburg still continues. It
is far heavier than any ever heard.
Official despatches state that Gfin. Chalmers
mnk three transports below Memphis on the
20th, and disabled another.
From Virginia.
Richmond, June 23.? Sixteen hundred Federal
prisoners arrived here this evening from
Winchester, including two hundred and eight
officers.
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It is reported that Suffolk was evacuated
Mid burnt by the Yankees yesterday.
About 1,000 negroes were taken at Winchester;
also, a number of tories and leading
Yankees.
Richmond, June 24.?Reliable information
has been received that Hooker has crossed
the Potomac. Other news indicates that the
next battle will be fought in Maryland. No
important-engagement has occurcd since the
affair at Middleburg.
Vallandjgha*m.?The Wilmington Journal1
of Wednesday evening, says :
We trust that interior cotemporaries will at
last stop blowing and talking about Mr. Vallandigham.
There are some things ?f which the
least said the better, and appreciating this,- we
have sofar said nothing about the movements
of this very clever gentleman from Ohio. We
would now state, however, for the benefit of
whom it may concern, that Mr. C. L. Vallandighom
is no longer within the bounds of the
Confederacy ; also, that he is the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Ohio; that he it a
strong Union man, but does not think that
re-union can ever be secured by coercion, but
goes for peace, hoping that Union may result;,
bnt, at any rate, he goes for peace, preferring
even separation to subjugation or extermination.
On a time during the ^American Revolution
(as the story once went) General Charles Lee
hi ito of o rvnKlio A I ? 1- ? -? ?
Tvno nv c% liUUBU III AlHUHIUflj ID COIlip^tiy
with an old officer who was a native of Scotland.
After drinking together pretty freely,
Leo observed to his companion, " I have one
fault, which I hope, Sir, you will forgive."
" What is it?" asked the other. "Why, to be
plain," said Lee, M it is exactly this. When I
am mellow with wine, I am very apt to abuse
Scotchmen."
441 too have one fault," replied the Scotchman,
"and if you will forgive mine, I will lorgive
yours." " And what is your fault?" retorted
Lee. " It is, Sir, exactly this.?When I
hear any man abuse Scotland or the Scotch
nation, I am very apt to lay my cane over his
head."
Mrs. Pembrrtov.?The deserter Douglas,'
whose statements figured so conspicuously in
the papers of Saturday, asserts that Mrs. Pcmberton
was killed in Vicksburg by the fire of
the Yankee batteries. This is a lie out of the
whole cloth. Mrs. Pemberton has never been
in Vicksburg, and is at this moment, and has
been for months, safe and sound at Hainesvillc
in Alabama. She is a Norfolk lady, and we
publish this statement to relieve her friends
from the terrible anxiety such a report must
ereate. We assure them our information is
accurate.?Richmond Dispatch.
THE DIRECTORS OPTHTSBAikHAT^
ordered that a dividend of Two Dollars per aJupfArAT
its stock, being. at tbi rate of 8 percent, per anaumr v|
be paid on and after tb* 1st of Julj next The iatoo
will be paid at the usual places, to-wit: At the Merchant's
SAnk of Cheraw, Commercial Bank of Colombia,
Bank of Charleston, S. C., and at {he Counted <**" '
this Bank. . . W. H. R WORKMAN Cashier.
June M . 8j
CO*If FOR SOLDIERS fAKIUlESThe
toldierVbpard of relief met on the 3d
instant, when reports (io part) from the committees
in the Beat Companies was bftndedto
them, which show the following contribution : *
Two hundred and tyenty bushels of corn .given
o the board without compensation-~-to be distributed
as they deem beet. ; Five hundred and
forty-four bushels corn, to be sold to soldiers
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families at ono dollar, and one hundred and
tiinety three dollars in money to buy corn, and
brty bushels of wheat.
This corn is now on deposit in Cafnden, at the
mill of Mr. John Gaskins, Granny's Quarter
creek; at the mill of Mr. J. H. Vaughn, on San-*
dors' creek, and at the mill of Captain E. Parker,
over the river, can be obtained by soldier's
families by application to Mr: Jesse Truesdale,
Flat Rock; Mr. J. Ross Dye, Liberty Hill; Mr*
James Team, over the rivoi1; or James Dunlap
or the undersigned at Camden. /
The board will meet again on the 24th inst.f .
to act on the subject of the supply of corn to*
soldier's families, and earnestly request that
all the committees will report by that time*
The quarter beginning first of July is the trying,
period to soldier's families. The evidence bofore
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 be
well applied to procure the corn to support these
suffering families.
By order of the board.
J NO. M. DESAUSSURE, Chairman.
June 5 2 - ^
ITMANCE.
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HAVING BERN APPOINTED AUKNT FOB '*
the Insurance Company of the State of Virginia, 1 am
now prepared to tako Risks .
Against Loss or Damage by Fire.
Persons wishing to insure their property, will have a
favorable opportunity of doing so, in perhaps ns safe a
Company as there is in the Confederate States.
May 22 N. D. JUXLEY, Agent.
DEKALB,
Camden, S. -C
THE SUBSCRIBER INFORMS HIS FRIENDS
and the travelling public that he has leased this commodious
HOUSE, so eligibly situated in the growing
town of Camden.
His personal superintendence and 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 DeKalb House, and calls from any.
of his friends who visit Citmden.
January 16 J. H. JUNGBLUTH.
OFFICE QUARTERMASTER,
Charleston, S. C , October 1, 1862.
MR. A. M. LEE IS APPOINTED AGE >T OF*
this department, for the purchase of Com mid
Fodder, in the Districts of Kershaw and
Lancaster,
Planters desiring to sell, will communicate with him.
Particular attention must be paid to tho packing o
the fodder, anefno water must be used. During the past
year the Government experienced heavy loss from
improper packing, and all such will bo hereafter rejected.
MOTTE A. PRINGLE,
Captain^and Assistant Quartermaster.
The subscriber can be found at his residence
DeKalb street, next west of the Presbyterian Church,
October 10 A. M LEE.
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two young men of good deportment, (
Intelligent and Refined, are desirous to open Correspondence
with Two Young Ladies of the same qualities,
with a *i6w to matrimony. Any who are desirous
of doing so, will address, with real name, to
C.AM.D.,'
Comptny " E," 2d Reg't. 8. C. V.,
Kershaw's Brigade, Richmond, Ya.
May 16 , 2m