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\ l)f amifn tanfrtfrctf AT THREE DOLLARS A YEAS, PAYABLE INVARIABLY HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE >? Terms lor Advertising: For ono Square?fourteen lines or less?TWO DOLLARS for the first inseition, and ONE DOLLAR AND i IFTY CENS for each subsequent. Obituary Notices, exceeding one Square, charged to at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Wont MCST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our regular advertising patrons. J. T. llERSHMANrEdit oi\ FKIDAY, SEPTEiIS IJK 41 Ii7 1863. PUBLIC MEnTIXG. THE FARMERS AND PLANTERS of Kershaw District are requested to meet at the Town Hall, in Camden, at 12 o'clock m., on Mon day the 14th inst., to determine the amount of Wheat, Flour, Meal, Bacon and Beef Cattle that can be supplied for the subsistence of the army. By this movement it is intended and desired to avoid the impressment by government, of the above named articles Promptness and an immediate response to the appeal from government, is expected. JOHN CANTEY, Commissary Agent for Kershaw. September 4 2 , Watcrec in on utc<l Riflemen. We learn that Capt. E. M. Boykin's Company will arrive in Camden this afternoon, and after a rest of one or two days, will leave for Columbia, and from thence to some point in our mountainous regions. - The 4th Regiment. The 4th Regiment of six months troops^ Col. Witherspoon, left for Georgetown, by way of Kingstree, on yesterday. Judging from the company from this District, they are a fine body of men, and will do the State and the cause good service. Mr. McCandless' School. Wo would ?: ? 11 attention to the advertisement of Mr. McCandles?, in the issue of today. It will be seen that the exercises of his school will be resumed on the 1st of October next. The impatience of our young friends interested therein, will be restrained, we hope, with as good grace as possible, until that time. Sale of the DcKalb House. This fine hotel has been purchased by Mr. J. H. Jungblutii, 'lie present lessee, for the sum of $21,000. We congratulate the community and tho travelling public upon this event. For the past nine months, in spite of the hard times and bare markets, Mr. Jungblutii has kept up his house in a style of com- ' fort and abundance unsurpassed in the Con- ' 1 -l-j ' * jv^uvi dtu <iuu iirt* in at lie HQS per* manently located among us. Arkiiowlcdgmcut' Miss Cuesnut acknowledges, for the month of August, the following donations to the Aid Association : From Mrs. Seibring, $25 ; from Miss D., $5; from Miss M., $2 ; from a friend, $10 and 3 pair of socks; from Mrs. C., for hospital, r5; from B. M. Lee, $2; Mrs. Wm. E. Johnson $25, proceeds of fans presented to the association ; from Fannie McCandless $4.20, proceeds of a box?raffled and won by Miss M. Wilson; from Mrs. Adamson, $5 for vegetables; $32.50, proceeds of a hnx nrnsonto/l I . I by Mr. Alden, and won by Miss Dnnlap. One tierce and three boxes of vegetables were sent on Thursday 27th ult., to Miss DeSanssure and Dr. Bachman, for the soldiers in Charleston. One bale of goods sent to Capt. John Chesnut, in Virginia, containing 25 shirts, 25 pair of'drawers, 25 pair of socks, 6 pair of shoes.' To Capt. Cantev's Company, sent 25 slots, | '25 pair drawers, 25 pair socks and 6 ; of shoes. At a meeeting of the Association, it was r solved that the ladies would make an effort to procure shoes for the soldiers. Any donatio; s in money, shoes or leather, from the citizt ?i- . the town, vicinity or district for that purpose, I will be thankfully received. Progretof the siege. HEAVY BOMBARDMENT OF FORT WAGNER?AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MONITOR8?THE RESULT, ETC. Early on Sunday evening the enemy opened a vigorous fire on wagner front their mortars, and on Battery Gregg with their Parrott guns. No damage of any consequence was done to the work, but several men were wounded by shells. The fire from the batteries on Jarncs Island was occasionally very effective, and Fort Moultre also threw in a few well directed shots. Four or five men, whose names have not been reported, but who, it is known, belonged to the 32d Georgia, were wounded during this bombardment at battery Gregg. The casualties of Sunday at wagner will be found appended to this report. On the night of the twenty-ninth (Saturday) the Yankees had been much disturbed in their operation by the fire from Wagner. They attempted to advance their sap on the left side of the fort, but were compelled to desist from their work. Ilenee nrnHuKlv (to fnriftiia lmn?. MV... bardmenf of the following evening. About 2 o'clock Sundat night, the Steamer Sumter was engaged in transporting detachments of the Cist North Carolina 23d Georgia and 20th South Carolina, from Morris Island to another part of the harbor. It had reached a position, coming in outside of Fort Sumter, when by some unfortunate blunder, it was fired upon by Moultrie. A shot passed through its hull, causing it partially to sink, killing at the same time five men and wounding several others. Many of the men endeavored to escape by swimming, and of those twenty, it is said^ were drowned. Beiges were sent to the rescue, and six hundred were saved from the wreck. At an early hour on Monday morning the land I ait erics opened on Sumter, firing sixty shots in quick succession. During the rest of the day they kept up only a desultory fire. At 12 o'clock two monitors moved ^ip, the foremost taking position about 1250 yards from Sumter, and commenced firing on Sumter, Moultre and Gregg. Alter receiving several well-directed shots from the two last mentioned batteries, they retired at 12-40 p. m. Again, at a quarter to three, four of the monitors advanced in order of battle, and opened fire, this time directing their fire principally at Moultrie and Gregg. To this fire tlicy received a vigorous response?Sumter also fired an oeeosional sliot?yet thev did no1 retire until 4 o'clock. During the action they were struck, it is said, 28 times. One of them drew oft*some time before the others. It cannot be denied that the Yankee Captains fought their vessels with great gallantry. In the foremest monitor the Yankee Captain was descried on the turret, which post he did not leave while the fight lasted. At the same time a man was seen at the bow of the boat, very coolly engaged in casting the lead. It is believed, however, that this bravo fellow was hit at last. , Forty-one vessels, including the Ironsides, five monitors and other war vessels, were reported yesterday to be inside the bar. In the inlet there were seventeen, and in the Stono nineteen vessels, of all kinds.?Mercury of Tuesday. FURIOUS NIGHT ATTACK OF THE MONITORS ON FORT SUMTER. All day Tuesday the enemy's land batteries kept up a constant fire against Fort Sumter. The fleet took no part in the bombardment, and there was no visible change in the number or position of the vessels off the bar. Except the slow and monotonous fire from the hostile land batteries, all continued quiet until a quarter past 11 o'clock, p. in.; when the flashes and reports in quick succession from the Sullivan's Island beach announced to the watchers in the city some active movement on the part of the enemy's fleet. Soon afjtcrwards a dispatch was received at General Ripley's headquarters, from Colonel Rhett, commanding Fort Sumter, stating that the six monitors were approaching the fort. By this time Fort Moul rie, and most of the other batteries on Sullivan's Island had opened brisklv,an ! iho Jron-ehvls were soon mingling their tremendous fire in the dm of the general engagement. l atton Gregg, at Cumining's Point> | also participated in the melee. Our non-clad! vessels, the Chicoru, (.'hoi lesion and Palmetto tStuh i sdso moved up and took a position to engage the monitors, should they attempt to run the gauntlet of the batteries which guard the approach to tho obstructions. Fort Sumter alone stood grimly silent throughout the ordeal to which sho was exposed, and the dark outline of her parapet was lit up only by the frequent flashes of the oncmy's shells'as they burst above her shattered walls. The heavy and incessant firing qnickly aroused the sleeping community, and the battery promenade was soon thronged with spectators. The sceno was one not to bo forgotten. Tho moon shone brightly from an almost cloudless sky, lighting up tho whole expanse of our beautiful harbor,?and rendering Batteries Bee and Gregg, with the intervening forts, distinctly visible along the misty horizon. Every moment the broad flashes of the guns could be seen, now far away on the extreme right, where the Yankee land batteries kept pounding away at Battery Wagner, now on the left, from Moultrie or the batteries near by, and anon, at regular intervals of six minutes, from each of the monitors, which seemed to be drawn up in line of battle just off Sumter, but at what distanco we could not determine with any degree of accuracy. It is certainly a fact, however, that the reports of the fifteen inch guns of the monitors were heard in the city with a distinctness never known during any former engagement. Whether this result is due to the stillness of the niglu air, or to the proximity of the turrcted assailants, wo have no means of judging. Many persons in the city imagined that the enemy meant to test, at once, with his iron fleet, the solidity and strength of the obstructions across the throat of the harbor; but the fact that the attack was begun when the tide had been ebbing for an hour, rendered this supposition rather improbable. The firing after one o'clock this (Wednesday) morning slackened very perceptibly. The monitors seemed to l>e directing their firo chiefly against Fort Sumter, and at tire hour at which we. writc(four o'clock, a. nr.,) they are still pegging away "at the stately and still defiant Ruin."?Mercury of Wednesday. Highly Important from East Ten lessee* OUR FORCES EVACUATE KNOXVII.LE THE YANKEES REPORTED IN POSSESSION OF TIIE CITY. Rumors have been rife for two days past that the Yankee forces have occupied Knoxville, East Tennessee; but the only definite information that we have from that quarter is contained in the following, from the Atlanta Ap peal of Monday evening : THE EVACUATION OF KNOXVILLE. There can no longer remain any doubt as to the evacuation of Knoxville by our forces, though up to our latest accounts the enemy had not made his appearance in the place. There is some doubt as to whether he will do so, until lie can see his way mor<? clearely. Its evacuation is regarded by many as analogous to the invitation extended by the spider to the fly, the acceptance of which might prove fatal. From all we can learn, such judicious disposition is being made of our forces as will roll the efforts and purposes of the enemy to lay his clutches upon the Switzerland of the Confederacy, East Tennessee. Neither Cumberland nor Wheeler's Gap, as we under stand, have been evacuated, and it may be the policy of our Generals to draw the Federals into the country in order the more effectually to conquer and overcome them. We cannot persuade ourselves that Knoxville would be so readily given up unless some ulterior purposes of this sort was had in view. In the army, with both officers and men, we have the satisfaction of knowing that all is hope and confidence as to the result whenever the pending struggle shall take place. Our soldiers will go into the battle with the determination to win the victory, and, if possible, to make it decisive. They are tired of victories half won, and drawn batteries, and will make a clean job of it next time, if they are given a chance. With such m ami-it ?rwl .? Mjn. iv nuu on ? UIHI^ like equal advantages, they will prove invincible. More Prizes on the Rappahannock.? The Richmond Examiner informs us that our daring forces, operating on the Rappahannock have since their last report of the capture of the gunboats Satelile and Reliance, captured the gunboat Ohuckaturk, of still increased armament, mounting eight heavy guns. It seems that our forces, after taking possession of the ' ti I JI ' , 1 III ' ^ above-mentioned steamers, manned them, and proceeding to the month of the Rappahannock, took possession on Sunday night of tho steamer Chuckatuck, Sixty two prisoners were secured with tbe steamer. The capture partook of a surprise, and we lost none as far as we have learned. The Dispatch says that Lioutenant .J# Wood has also succeeded in capturing the lino bay steamer Louisiana, which used to run as a passenger boat between Norfolk and Baltimore. 'v The prisoners found on board are stated to bo on their road to Richmond. There is a decided "raid" going on upon tho Yankee- i steamers. 1 ~QgITUARY. ~~ Died, in Camden, S. C., August 4th, 1863; in the 60th year of her age, Miss FANNIE AUG1ER. The deceased had been a worthy member of tho Camden Baptist Church for more than forty years, during the whole period of which time the service of God was her Chief delight, and when here end drew near, she approached death with undaunted firmness and unshaken confidence in her Lord and master, looking* upon it as the gate to endless joys. *ij We doubt not but that now she is where the ^ wieked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest. An affectionate sister, with her lamps trimmed and burning, awaits the sum moiis to join her who- has gono before in her Heavenly Home. * Oh! had we seen thee when the veil withdrew, And thy freed spirit from its spirit Hew; What floods of glory burst upon the sight? What sounds melodious ring the ether bright, As Heavenly spirits led thee through the sky, 'Midst blazing stars, and rolling worlds on high. While joyful friends throng'd thick the Heavenly way,And hailed thee to the bright abodes of day; Tl?en joining in their songs of triumph high, The loud hosannas ecbo'd through the sky." H. Special 1ST otices. j Office of Subsidence Department,) DIVISION NO. 3. [ Columbia, 8. C, Sept. 1863. ) JOHN CANTKY, AGENT FOR KERSHAW. , The above appointment being mado for Kershaw District, with the sole authority to purchase and impress Subsistence Stores for the Army, all other | agents aro prohibited from purchasing in said District, except agents of the Quartermasters Department, who will also bo restricted to the schedule of prices estab. lished by the Board of Commissioners for this State. The army of Charleston demand an imxnediato supply of Grain, Flour, Bacon, &e.. and it is expected and earnestly solicited, that planters will come forward and relievo the wants of the army, by sale totho agent ot this Department, and avoid the necessity of impressment. J. D. WITHERSPOON, September 4 3 Captain &. A. C. SCHOOL NOTICE. 7 _*m*. THE EVRRHIRES HE MP Mr-n \ vn . I JfJfo ^ LESS' SCHOOL will be resumed on the October, and will continue until July 1864?showing a short vacation at GstJr Christmas. Terms, $175 lor each pupil?cash in advance. This-will be insisted upon in each case. Children of refugees will be charged $19 per month. Fuel $2 each. None will be admitted into the school after the 21stof October. In case of suspension or expulsion no part of the tuition fee will bo refunded. Kutranco condition the same as usual. September 4 6 War Tax Notice MX) THE PAYERS OF THE 17th COLLECTION 1 District of Kershaw ?I will bo at the following places to receive returns for the War Tax of Kershaw Disiiict: At Libertj* Hill, on Thursday the 10th September. At Flat Rock, on Friday the 11th " At Buffalo, on Saturday tho 12th " ai Jjtzenoy's on Monday llio 14ih " At t'ehrock*8, an Tuesday the 15th " At Cureton's Mill, on Wednesday the IGtli " wm. McKAIN,. Septemder 4 6 Assessor for Kershaw District' ESTATE SALE By permission of a. l. Mcdonald, onmnary, I will sell at public outcry, on the 24lh inst., Corn, Fodder, Hogs, Cattle, Sheep. Horses, Plan tution Tools, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and a ^|# set of Blacksmiths Tools, at the late residence of the Rev. S. P. Murchison, deceased. Terms cash. ISABELLA MURCHISON, Adm'x. Septemder 4 2 South Carolina?Kershaw District.. BY A. L. MCDONALD, KsOl'IRK, ORDINARY. "f^HEREAS, W. Z. LKITNER, APPLIED TO T me Tor Letters of Administration on nil and singular the goods and chatties, rights and credits of T J. Warren, late of the District aforesaid, deceased : These are, therefore, to cite and admonish nil, and' singular, the kindred and creditors oi ihe said deceas ed to bo and appear beforo me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to bo holden at Kershaw Court House on the 21st day of September inst.,. to show cause, if any, why the said administration < should not be granted. Given under my Hand and Seal, this 2d dhy< of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand. eight hundred and sixty-three and in the eighty-eighth year of the Independence and Sovereignty of thoState of South Carolina. September 4 2 A. L. McDONALD, 0. K. D. For Sale or Bent - /, A HOUSE ON LYTTLETON STREET. APPLY at thin office. September 4