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AT THREE DOLLARS A YEAS,
PAYABLE INVARIABLY HALF-YEARLY IN ADVANCE
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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- '
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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
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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
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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