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% . . iljr dam torn (ffonfrteratf, a AT THREE DOLLARS A YEAS, TAItaslx invariably half-yearly in advance Terms for Advertising: For one Square?fourteen lines or less?TWO 1 DOLLARS for the first insertion, and ONE DOLLAR AND HFTY CENS for each subsequent. Obituary Notices, exceeding one Square, charged fo at advertising rates. - i - Transient Advertisements and Job Worx MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. ! No deduction made, except to our regular advertising patrons. 1 *T. T. HERSHMAN, Editor. FRIDAY, AIJGFST 7, 1863. i * - . ~ By reference to advertisment, in another column, it will bo seen that Mr. W. C. Ellerbe's Flour Grist Mill, are in fine working con ? I dition. _ We have received no return from the election which took placo on Friday last, for field officers for this regiment, to serve under the late cf\ll from the President. We will no doubt be able to givfe the result in our next issue. The President of the Soldiers Rest gratefully acknowledges the following donation : One bundle of rags, soap and sponge, from Mrs. Oppenheira, Miss Susan Lang 14 eggs, Miss Grant One ham, rice and tea. On the first page of the Confederate will be found the Proclamation of President Davis, setting apart Friday the 21st day of August, ensuing, as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer. A Word to Faint Hearts* Just so sure as God is just, says the Mobile Register, and men loves liberty better than subjugation, just so sure is this struggle to be crowned with National Independence. There * are not fools and cowards enough who dream of peace from submission, born under this Rah i V* AWrx AMM ? A *1 wuwciu ouu lu prevent it. mesc men may ? disgrace and damn themselves to eternal infa- < my, as cravens, dunghills, slaves if they will, ' but they cannot drag down to the same pit of < degradation the freeborn men and master race of this Southern land. The blood of the martyred brave which has watered the soil of every 1 Confederate State cries shame on those who talk or think of yielding?who dream of peace t except upon terms of the perfect and glo- * rious independence for which we Lave drawn t the sword. It is time for the true men of the > land to speak out and frown down the cowards 1 who think of betraying the country to the infamy and ruin of Yankee domination. We call upon the press and men of nerve and in-- . fluence everywhere to take their stand to rekindle the fires of patriotism, to encourage or i silence the weak-hearted and the croakers, to ^ make new vows of devotion to the cause, and to drive every skulker from the army to his ' duty to his comrades and his country. Up with the Southern banner, the cross and the battle flaer, and ero forth the erv ? ~~J~ 1 "Lay on, Macduff, . And damned be he who first cries hold, enough 1" m ^ rroR THE CAMDEN CONFEDERATE.J , Miss. Cuesnut, acknowledges the following \ donations for the Aid Association for July : ] ?150 from the young Ladies Tableaux; ?18,80, proceeds of a basketj)resented by Mrs. i Bouncy, raffled, and won by Mr. Willie Mc- 1 Dowell; So from a regular contributor; $2 from Mrs. T. J. Ancrum ; $7 from Alfred Doby; ?30, proceeds of a collar presented by Mrs. Bouncy, and won by Mrs. J. T. Hershman ; 1 55 cents from Joe Bonncy; 86,10, from Lizzie 1 Haile, proceeds of a seed basket, won by Mrs. ' Oppcnheim ; 83 from Miss, llabbersham ; SlO from Mrs. Rodgers ; 1 pair of socks from Mrs. '' DcIIone ; 2 pair of soqks from Mrs. J. Whita- ' ker ; 3 pair of socks from Mrs. McRae. 1 Resignation ?>f General Price.?The i Montgomery Mail, of the 1st inst., says: I We have learned, with great regret, that < Gen. Price has resigned his commission, and retired from the army in Arkansas. It is said \ m that being placed in a subordinate position to , Gen. Homes, he was unable to execute his plans ' for the liberation of Arkansas and Missouri \ from the preseuce of the Yankees. It is also ; said that despairing to received from the Pro sident*Davis the position to which he was entitled by his military services, he finally de- i termincd to retire from his command. ; a [rOR THS OAMDXN CONFEDERATE.] Camden, S. C., July 30,1863. To Miss Chernuty Presendt L. A. A.: ' In behalf of the Kirkwood Cavalry, allow me to return my thanks through you to the ladies of the Association, for the very liberal donation of clothing furnish my command, which was very acceptable and highly appreciated. These repeated acts of liberality furnished the strongest incentive that can move the arm of the loldier, and interest of our imperilled country. With the blessings of God, and smile, and active benevolence of our country women, a . conquered people we never can be. I would llAVP Onaworofl Kafniin U.?* ? ? ? w MWU f> VI V\4 WV 1VI UVfTj UUU 1 C" received the bale of clothing on the eve of marching orders. Nething more, but remain Yours respectfully, J AMES L. DOBY, Capt. Co. E, Holcombe Legion, S. C. Cav. m Extracts from a Paper Under Fire. Yicksburg Daily Citizen, printed semi-weekly on wall paper, and published by J. M. Swords, Has been discontinued since the fall of the citv. # " [t was rather amusing to read extracts from it. An "accident to the press" is accounted for in an editorial apology by the bursting of a 100 ll> shell in the basement. Here are some extracts: We are indebted to Major Gillespie for a steak of Confederate beef?alias mule meat. We have tried it, and can assure our fripnd9 that they need have no scruples at eating the meat. It is sweet and tender, and so long as we have a mule left >ve are satisfied our soldiers will be content to subsist on it. Another article states that M. L. Reiser, having on hand more corn than he will probably need himself, is distributing to the poor free of charge. "Porter," says our paper, "is enjoying a season of rest. On Tuesday he fired a few shells. The mortars have not been used for 24 hoursPoor fool! he might as well give up the vain aspiration he entertains of capturing our city, or exterminating our people, and return to his master to receive the reward such a gasconaiing dolt will meet at the hands of the appreciating Government at Washington." "We arc satisfied that many people have oreadstuffs secreted, and that-tlicy are dealing t out at most exorbitant figures. It is charged hat some arc selling fiour at ?5 a pound, corn 510, and molasses $10. If this is proved, let .he brand be placed on their brow, that humanity may scorn and spurn them as they would the portals of Hell." A Yankee Tkaitok Caught.?On Saturday last, C. W. Chapman, a Yankee schoolmaster in Columbus, Ga., was brought before the Examining Committee on a charge of disloyalty. He had written several letters to his friends in the North, and endeavored to send them to Nassau by Mr. L. G. Bowers, who recently left for Europe. The military at Wilmington overhauled these letters and sent them back to dolunibus. Their whole tenor showed Chapman to be an enemy to the South, but laying liim open to no specific charge. lie was released, but notified to leave the country in ten Jays. At his request, the time was extended to twenty days. But the Post Commandant, belintnnre 1n?v? 4- *>. l.~ -* ? ' 1 ' ... itini u/ du an enemy calculated to do great mischief, ordered 'his arrest, and lie is now in jail awaiting his trial before the military authorities. From Virginia. Richmond, August 5.?The central train arrived at a late hour last night, but brought 110 news of importance. It is reported that Meade lias crossed the Rappahannock into Culpepper. General Meredith is the successor of Ludlow is Commissioner. The Confederate authorities received yesterday official notification of the appointment. A meeting of commissioners take place this week. All the papers this morning have editorials strongly urging the people to respond to the late proclamation of )f the President. The New York Herald states that twentyrive negro regiments arc * organized and in course of organization for the Federal army. The Northern papers ridicule the idea that it is purposed South to employ negro troops, a9 asserted in anonymous letter to the Tribune, dated Richmond. Another Yankee flotilla in James River, two monitors and two gunboats. They came up as far a9 Sandy Point last night. y. Important from the West?Victory in Louisiana. Morton, Miss., August 1.?A large nujpber b of the chiefs and braves of the Choctaw tribe * passed through this place yesterday to visit u their "Great Father," President Davis, at Rieh- it mornl. ' I Grant has established a garrison of about 3000 men at Natchez. .fi Wirt Adams'scouts bring intelligence that 1 Banks attacked Dick Taylor at Donaldsonville, La., on the 22d, an<J was defeated with loss of 6000 of bis men, including 4000 pri- ^ soners. Taylor's.and Magruder's forces have since united on the Teche River, which, if true, ^ will enable Taylor to place in position the siege Q guns captured at.Thibodeaux. j Morton, August 3.?Our latest news from r the Mississippi represents the river above Vicks- a burg as swarming with gunboats and transv\Art<? 1? /yn nlvAn4n n n/1 f nr* tun o ur Ai*A j?v/t wo. juigui ^uni'uni? auu tcu iiaucpv/i to "viv counted last Friday between Vicksburg and 7 Natchez. Tim, however, does not cut off our i communication with the Trans-Mississippi I>e- 2 partment. Tho accounts from that side are _ cheering, but, as yet, contraband. The enemy has placed a garrison of 2500 men at Carthage, ^ a prominent point on the river. Logan is v watching the movements of the enemy, aud we 11 expect to hear from him soon. No Yankee c troops have gone up the river, excepting Mc- ^ Phersou's corps aud part of Burnside's com- j mand. c Richmond, August 4.?Authentic accounts f of the battle of Manassas Gap, on the 23d in- * stant, states that Wright's brigade, after about j three hours fighting, was compelled to fall * back about four hundred yards, but rallied, and ^ in turn drove tike enemy back, completely I routing him and holding the position until relieved after night. Our loss wa9 165 killed, t wounded and Missing. The enemy's loss must r have been five times as great, inclining some * field officers, who were seen to fall from their , horses. General Ewell, in his report to Gen. 1 Lee, compliments the brigade very highly for its gallantry. 1 The following promotions have recently been 1 made : Brig. Gen. S. D. Lee to be Maior Gen- 1 eral; Col. O. S. Strong, of Tennesee, to bcBrigadier Genera!; Col. James Deshler, of Alabama; i Col. Lawrence S. Baker, of South Carolina; Colonel Lumsford L. L. Lomax, Col. II. D. Roddy, of Alabama. We have nothing from Fredericksburg today, except that no Yankees are in that vicinity. i Safety of Morgan.?The Knoxvtllc Chronicle learns that without doubt Gen. J. II. Mor- i gan has crossed the Ohio Rivet, with one thousand men and his artillery. The crossing it is said to have been made somewhere in the vicinity of Blannerhasset,s .island?into Virginia we suppose. Our last Northern telegrams state that Morgan was evidently aiming .to cross the Ohio above navigation. In this it seeina he has been successful. Tire island where he is reported to have crossed is not far from Parkershurg and the mouth of the Kanawha River. This information is taken from the N. Y. Herald of the 24th. The Heraid admits that Morgan crossed with one thousand men and his artillery. We are right glad of so much; but we have little doubt that the truth will be much more crratifvine1 when we i y o " got it. The Lynchburg Republican records the following affecting incident: In the fight with the Yankee raiders at Wyth eville, was a Methodist preacher who made hijnsclf quite conspicuous for gallantry. During the melee he singled out his men and fired, and at the crack of his gun the Yankee fell. Horrified at shedding human blood, the preacher rushed up to his fallen foe, and grasping him by the hand, with tears in his eycs? implored his pardon for having shot him, and finding the man was mortally wounded, fell upon his knees and offered up a solemn and fervent prayer, during which the spirit of the wounded Yankee winged its final flight to the bar of God. The incident was affecting in the extreme, and is worthy of record. Yellow Jack Among tiie Yankees.?The Mobile Register of the 24th says: "The yellow fever has broken out at Fort Pickens. Barrancas has been turned into a hospital. There are eighteen ships of war in Pensacola I harbor?plenty of food for "Yellow Jack." ?> i r , ' . - 1 - . . 1 1 .i i' \ . ii i 1 ,J ; From Morrli Island. There was scarcely any firing down the hafor yesterday. The enemy's fleet and batteries rere perfectly 6ilcnt during the entire foreoon. 'Soon after twelve o'clock*a single monor steamed within ratf?e, fired a few shots at lattery Wagner and then withdrew. There was some slow firing last night, chiefly om our battery at Shell Point.?Mercury of Vednesday. <? The Cincinnati Commerical says there are wo reasons given by anti-draft men why the raft should not be made. One is that itisiralossible to pat down the rebelion by force of rms, and therefore that the war should at ncc be stopped. The other is that the rebelIon is so far 6ubdued that no more soldiers are iccessary. MAIlRIE:D Married, at the residence of the bride s faiher, on 'hursday, 30th July, by Rev. J. L. Suuford, Mr. M?. KELLY to Miss ELIZA A. It. THOMPSON. OBITTJAX^Y. Died, on the field, at Gettysburg, on the 2d of July, 863, ('apt. JOSKPH f\?CUNNlNG I.IAM, Company }. 2d Regiment S. 0. V., in the 29th year of his age? alued and beloved in life, in death most deeply lamented by all who knew him. Immediately after his graduation at the 3outh Carolina College, ho devoted all his energies to the eon;enial pursuits of agriculture; and although yet quito oung, eminent success, both in South Carolina and Arkansas, crowned his intelligent and well-directed >nr rgy. Unambitious, save to do right, and to bo right, he bund his duties and pleasures in the planter's nvocaion, and in the sweets of social life ; but at the first lote of war ho promptlj' laid aside everything, and oincd tho "'Flat Rock Guards." Kershaw Distr ct, Captain liaile, as a private, and was immediately made Orderly Sergeant. This company joined Col. Kershaw, vhen foaming his regiment for Virginia, and was a jart of that nucleus on which was formed the glorious ' A rmy of the Potomac-'' In every field from Bull Run to Gettysburg, that rlorious old Regiment has borne its part, and young Cunningham was ever at his post. First Manassas nade him Lieutenant?he was promoted to ihe Capaincy at the commencement of tho campaign in tho . Peninsula, in April 1862. In tho battles on tho Chickihominy, in front of Richmond, on the Potomac, in Maryland, at Fredericksburg and the Wilderness, ho ?ver led his company most gallantly, ar.d *yet passed .hrough all these fiery ordeals, unscathed, llis noble ife nobly closed on the hard fdlight field of Gettysourg, while it was yet a victory. The names of his battle-fields aro too numerous for this brief sketch. It is a matlcr of just pride to have been a member of the Army of the Potomac?a Captain in the glorious " Old Second"?much more so, never to have missed a duty, and to have had his share in every field. Alas! that so much rich experience, so much usefulness should perish, with so much yet to do. Captain Cunningham was unmarried, but in tho eirclo of his brothers, sisters and friends ho filled a place made terribly vacant by his death. Useful citizen 1 gallant soldier! true, generous friend 1 devoted brother! manly hearts heaved deep * sighs as they depo-ited thy noble form in ft hostile so l, and saddened faces marked their comrades loss, as d< fiantly they strode back to tho Potomac, and in thy loved "Carolina tender lorms are now bowed down with irrief. and will miss thee snritv in -ill - - .?? ? ijivf, until tli.v smile shall greet them in that happy land to which thou hast hut "gone before." S. ??i??? i ii n i Special ISTotices. it i:?: k ii'rTwA > xi: i>. ALL PERSONS DFSIRING TO .JOIN A GOOD and select company of Cavalry, now on duty on tho Peninsula, in Virginia, will do well by^naking application to me, at the branch bank, Camden, S. C. All recruits must furnish their horso3 and equipments. For further particulars, address mo at Camden. JAMES L. DOIJY, Co. E, Ilolcombo Legion S. C. Cavalry. July 31 , 3 ATTENTION! CONSCTI II?TS. ALL MALE RESIDENTS BETWEEN THE AGES of 18 and -15, not legally exempt, will bo conscripted on the 20th of ^August. Previous to that time they are allowed the privilege of volunteering in any branch of the service they may select?and upon volunteering will rccoivo Fifty Dollars bounty. At and nuer uie 2Utn August they will not bo allowed this choice, and will receive no bounty. I will remain in Camden two weeks, to receive recruits for Company C, 6th Regiment S. C V., and will pay the above bounty to all who volunteer. R. M. CANTKY, 1st Lieut. Co. C. 6th Reg't. S. C. V* July 31 2 rail, Camden, S. C ?o? THE SUBSCRIBER INFORMS HIS FRIENDS and the travelling public that he has leased this com modiou3 I10USE, so eligibly situated in the growing town of Camden. His personal superintendence and best efforts, aided by competent assistants, will be devoted to the comf}rt and satisfaction of guests and visitors. He confidently asks a continuanco of the favors of all who have visited the DoKalb House, and calls from any of his frionds who visit Camden. .January 1C J. H. JUNGBLUTIL