The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, September 18, 1863, Image 2
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J. T.~lTk"risiIM AIST, Iklil or.
FBI 1>AY, 8CPTERIBFR 19, 1868.
Appointment.
Lieut. J. A. Sen hock lias been appointed
Assistant Assessor of War Tax for lvershaw
District.
Extra Segftion or the l.cjjMalurc.
The two brandies of the General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina tire invited, by
Governor M. L. Boniiam, to assemble in their
respective Halls on Monday the 21st inst., a*
V o'clock p. in.
Acknowledgcineiit.
The managers of the Soldier's Best, in Camden,
So. Ca., thankfully acknowledge the receipt
of Fifteen Dollars from the Ladies Aid
Association at Flat Bock, through Miss E. E.
perkv. ,
The Charleston \iglit Traill Dincon.
tinned.
The night Express train on the South Carolina
jviuroau uas ueeu discontinued icr mc present.
Also, the through train to Columbia, from
Camden, 011 Monday's, Wednesday's and Friday's.
Due notice will be given of any change
made in schedule.
Notice to Hxempts.
By reference to our special notice column it
will be seen that Dr. F. Olin Danxei.ly, will
be in Camden on the 29th or 30th inst., nt
which time all persons in Kershaw District
holding certificates of exemption dated prior
to first of March, 1803, are ordered to appear
before the Board fa'Camden for re examination.
Those failing to do so. be *av-, w il
be considered able for duty, and so reported.
Labor for Coaat Defence.
It will be seen by reference to our advertising
columns that Col. Shannon makes a call
on all persons in possession of slaves liable to
road dnty within the limits of their authority,
to deliver one-fourth of their slaves liable to
such duty at the depots nearest their owners
residence by 10 o'clock this day. Every planter
or slave-owner as therein mentioned will
find it to their interest to read and digest the
order for Division No. 2. Not only will they
una it to tlioir interest, Out n sense of duty
and love of permanent nationality should
prompt them to respond to this appeal without
delay, as such labor withheld at this time might
blight and ruin our most sanguine expectations
for the complete success of our defences on the
coast.
A false Impression.
We have been requested to correct an erroneous
impression, left on the minds of most of
our country friends, and others who may be disposed-to
butcher theii surplcs stock for the accommodation
of the non-producers of Camden
and its vicinity. The impression that those
butchering cattle, hogs, sheep, or other meats
for market, of their own stock, are subject to
a war tax of fifty dollars, is false, and we know
not its origin. We have consulted Major
A. M. Kennedy, War Tax Collector for Kershaw
District, who informs us that any one being
disposed to butcher and bring to market
any kind of meats he may have of his own
raising (not bought for speculation, or making
it a business) will be subject to no such taxation?the
only public expense being stall ego in
the market.
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Sentence Carried into Effect.?The ton
men who were sent from Richmond last week
to the army, to be shot for desertion and killing,
near Scottsville, Va., of Adjutant Mallett,
sent to arrest them, were shot on Saturday
last, in obedience to the sentence passed upon
them by a court martial. They belonged tc
Company II, 3d Noith Carolina Regiment,
'.tu art's Brigade, Johnson's Division, Ewell's
Corps.
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Critics and Croakcra*
At the corners of the streets in every town
and villa e, and every railway station and cross
roads in the country, you will tind men who,
in their own opinion, are moro competent to
administer the Government than president Davis,
and better qualified to command the army
than General Lee orGencral Johnston. Without
the slightest knowledge of the. theory or
any experience of practical legislation, they
pronounce judgment upon the most difficult
questions of State policy with the most ludic- i
rous self complacency. Without ever having ;
"set a squadron in the field," or indeed having j
been in the field at all, they criticise a cam- i
paign with as much confidence as Napoleon
Bonaparte. When a battle is lost thev can tell
you exactly how it might have been won, and
when a battle is won they are indignant that 1
the enemy was not annihilated and the war
concluded.
Nothing will appease their righlcqus indig- 1
nation but the sacrifice of sonic shining victim. 1
The President or Secretary of War should be 1
impeached, and a host of officers brought to *
the block and decapitated. Nothing pleasccs
them. They pertinaciously refuse to be comforted.
According to them, the country, by which
they mean their own little village or
farm, is always about to be over run. The ]
truth is, these men are croakers. Like a disconsolate
crow upon a dead tree, or a melan- J
choly frog in the dismal swamp, or "a moping ,
owl that does to the moon complain," they fill :
the air with their evil prognoscations. If the
law of conscription could be so amended as to
include the critics and the croakers, it would
not only swell the ranks of the army materially, (
but our women and children would sleep more
quietly, not having the fear of nightly Yankee '
raids before their eves and ultimate subjugation
daily.rung in their cars. ^
Away then with croakery; it docs no good j
to ourselves or others. The times demand
that we should look calmly at the dangers that
surround us, and as good citizens and true
patriots perform our respective parts in the i
great drama which is being enacted. If we
are strong enough to light let us take the field, ;
and if we cannot fight let u? be cheerful and
hold ur> the hands of those that can fi^ht.
A! ove all let us look aloft and keep our eyes
upon the. Pilot who stands by the helm and
willing to sink or swim with the ship. i
A letter was received in this city, yesterday,
says the Lynchburg Republican, from the Rev.
Dr. Kcrfoot, of St. James' College, near JIa
gerstown, Maryland, announcing the death, on
the 29th of July, of Mr. Augustine Leftwich, !
of the Beauregard Artillery, lie was wounded
in the lungs and shoulder, in a skirimish, several
weeks previously, during the retreat of
our army from Gettysburg, lie received at
the College Hospital every attention which his
situation required, and was buried with all due (
respect in the Episcopal grave yard. The day i
before his death, the IIolv Communion was ad- i
ministered to him. The clergyman above men- <
tioned sends to his parents the comforting assu- j
ranee that their beloved son died in a state of i
hopeful preparation for the solemn change to j <
eternity. * I ?
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j Oil the 12th of January, 1818, (Appendix i
Cony regional Clobi, Jst Session, 30th Con- j
' gross, page 94,) Abraham Lincoln, in a speech j
1 then delivered bv him, said:
4'Any people, any where, being inclined and
having the power, have a riyht to vise up and
| shake off the existing Government, and form
j a new one that suits them better. This is a
I valuable, a most sacred right? a right, which
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I wc hope and believe is to liberate the world#
i Nor is this right confined to cases in which the j
whole people of an existing Government may
choose to exercise it. Any portion of such a
people that can, may revolutionize and make
I their own of so much of the territory as they
inhabit. More than this, a majority of any
portion ot sucii people may revolutionize, put. j
tine down a minority intermingled with or
! near about them, who may oppose their movements.
It is a quality of revolutions not to go
by old lines or old laws; but to break up both
and make new ones."
From Clist011.
Charleston, Sept. 1C.?There was cor.sidcr
able firing to-day from our batteries against the
, enemy's. A magazine at one of our James
i j Island batteries exploded accidcntly this morning
killing a Lieutenant and five men.
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. From Virginia.
Richmond, Sept. 14.?The report from Fred- :
ericksburg of a. threatening attempt of a force i
of Yankees to cross the river at the place is" a
not true. Nothing additional from tho upper
Rappahannock except a report of a renewal of
the fight at Culpepper to-day. '
Richmond, Sept. 15.-?-In tho fight at Brandy
Station on Sunday, General Stuart loss two
pieces horse artillery. The enemy has advanced
to the Rapidan, and skirmishing was
going on all day yostcrday between tho cav- tl
airy and sharpshooters. It is thought that a ^
final engagement may occur near Orange p
Court House to-day.
Latest Northern Xews.
Richmond, Sept. 1G.?The Baltimore Amcri- 1(
can, of the loth, lias a telegram from Chatta- n
nooga of the 11th, giving details of Gen. Neg- ^
ley's engagement. From all that can be gathered,
the casualties were light. Neglev retired
three miles to the foot of Lookout Mountain.
Large numbers of deserters come in r<
lailv. Three hundred of the 19th Tennessee
Regiment came in a body. ^
Gen. Crittenden is reported to have occupied
Lafayette to-day, and the army is again con?Atil
no I oJ
of flic Vickwbiir;; Garrison.
The Atlanta hitellir/inccr lean's from Col. '
llcnson Blake, of Mississippi, that the garrison 0
>f Vieksburc arc exchanged, and will immcdi.
r r<
itclv be put into the field. si
From Cliak'lcston.
Charleston, September 10.?Weather lamp
and misty to day. Very little firing.
The enemy still working hard on Morris Is- ,
and. . D
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Akkivkd Safe.?The guns and machinery j,
Vom the captured gunboats Satclitc and lie- c
iance have arrived safely in Richmond. f?
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Yankee Chaplains.-?The chaplains of tho
Army of the Votoinac held, a meeting recently
to discuss their grievances, the chief of which
was.the deduction of their pay during sickness,
and another the insult to which they were exposed.
The Tribune's correspondent, in this ]
report of the meeting, relates the following in- p
cidcnt: * a
One rough and ready speaker from a Venn- c
svlvania regiment said he had lately had the j.
Colonel's list under his nose, and that he drew
oft' and threatened to make guano of the Colo- p
nel, or any one else, so help him G?d, who c
obstructed him in the discharge of his duty. a
lie moreover informed the Colonel that he 0
had once been a blacksmith, and cautioned l'
him to keep away from his "sledgehammer." "What
a people!"
Something to Rear in Mind.?We must keep'
before us the fact that this is not a war of con- tl
rjucst for the gratification of the ambitious, but ?
\ war upon which hangs the destiny of every *
inhabitant of the Southern States. If we are
conquered in this contest, (says the MissLssijy- t)
oiant) the last hopo of liberty upon this conti- y
ncnt will have expired, and wo, with future if
Tpnomi5f?ne will ?lrk<Mnn<l ~ if
.VVIHVIVOWJ ?f MV \? WlilVU tv/ 1 IT V/ II IIUl/l (V J
lcspotism worse than any in the Eastern
World.
Wc must, not wait to count cost?all that
we have is at stake. If we are victorious, and have
lost our money, we arc independent, but
if we have our money and are conquered, then
wc arc slaves.
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"A Private" writes from "Bivouac near
Fredericksburg," to correct the exaggeration as
to the number of clerks in the Commissary and
Quartermaster service in the field. The number
in Lee's army is not over two thousand. n
lie says the duties arc so arduous astorequire t<
hale men, and that the comfort and welfare of
the army depends upon it. ?
A Good Suggestion.?In view of the fact. d
that the enemy in their raids could destroy but: ^
little corn if not cii 1H.< d, wc heard a planter ?
suggest the other day (says the Kosciusko Chronicle)
that the present corn crop should
be left ungathercd in all the exposed localities,
until wanted by the Government. a!
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ralkioti runifttwh tlin *i.:_ ni
4>1V VUltVI VI IIJIS
journal announces his purpose to remove his
printing establishment to the city of Petersburg,
where he is to issue a daily and semiweekly
paper, and perhaps a weekly, under ol
the name of the "Register." 3,
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OBITUARY.
DIED, in this place, on the 28th uU., WILLIAM
10BERT, infant sOn of J. R. and Susan E- Arrants,
ged 1 yoar, 6 months and 29 days.
"I tako these little lambs, satd He, #
And lay them in my breast;
Protection they Bhall tlnd in mo,
In me be ever blest.
Special IN"otices.
I MEDICAL NOTICE.
DR. REENSTJERNA has removed his offico to
lie building occupied by Messrs. Hammerslough A
IcCurry, and offers his professional services to tho
ublic.
September-18
SCHOOL NoficET
TIIE EXERCISES OF MRS. PECK'S SCHOOL,
>r Boys, will be resumed tho first Mondry in October,
i tho Academy next to. the Presbyterian Church.
Terms, Fifty Dollars for the sessiou, closing ou the
rst of July next.
September 18 3
BltlDOE NOTICE.
THE REFUGEES FROM THE LOW COUNTRY L
isiding in Cumdon or the vicinity, are invited to ox- .
?nd their pleasure rides across tho Bridgo over tho
i'nterce River, at tlicir will, free of charge.
By order of Directors.
JOHN M. DeSAUSSURE, Prcs't.
September 18 2
"special XOTICE. ~
ALL PERSONS IN KERSHAW DISTRICT,
olding Ceritifieatcs of Exemption, dated prior to first
f March, 1863, are hereby otdered to appear before
10 Board, in Camden, on 29th or 30th September, for
^examination. Those failing to do so will be condered
able lor duty, and so reported.
P. OLIN DANNELLY,
September 18 President of the Board.
TO THE TAX HAYEKS OF~ KERSHAW
RISTU1CT.
I WILL ATTEND AT MY OFFICE ON TUESAY'S,
WEDNESDAYS and THURSDAY'S Of
tcli week, commencing on Tuesday next, the 22d
ist., until the 24th of October, for the purpose of
Electing tho money on tho returns ntado. All who
lil to pay will bo Double Taxed.
A. M. KENNEDY, T. C. 17th C. O.
September 18 3
Olllce of SiibsiNtciioo Hcpiirtmeiil,)
DIVISION NO. 3. [Columbia,
S. C , Sept. 1863. )
JOHN CANTKY, ACrENT FOR KERSHAW.
Tho above appointment being niado for Kershaw
listrlet, with the sole author^* to purehasi and iinress
Subsistence Stores for the Army, all other
gents nro prohibited front purchasing in said District,
xcept agents of the Quartermasters Department, who j ^
rill also bo restricted to tho schedule of prices cstab- ^
islied by the Board of Commissioners for this Stato. |
The army of Charleston demand an immediate sup- !
ly of Grain, Flour, Bacon, Ac., and it is expected and J
arnestly solicited, that planters will como forward I
nd relieve the wants of the army, by sale to the agent '
t this Department, and avoid the necessity of iinrossment.
J. D. W1TH KRSPOON,
September -1 It Captain & A. C.
OFFICE <11 A KTEIC 71 AST UK,
Chaklestox, S. C., October 1, 18c2.
MR. A. M. LEE IS APPOINTED AGE XT OF
lis department, for ilio purchase of Corn an?l
'odder, in tho Districts of lioriiliuw and
Lancaster.
Planters desiring to sell, will coramunieato with him.
Particular attention must be paid to the packing o
le foduer, and no water must be used. During the past
ear tho Government experienced heavy loss from
nproper packing, and all such will be hereafter 10scted.
MOTTE A. PRINGLK,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.
Tho subscriber can be found at his residence
eKalb street, next west of tho Presbyterian Church
October 10 A. M LEE.
1EKAI.B1H11 SH. r
Camden, S. C
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THE SUBSCRIBER INFORMS IIIS FRTENDS
nd t'.io travelling public that ho has leased this comlodious
riOUSK, so eligibly situated in tho growing
Dwn of Camden. '
His personal superintendent and best efforts, aided
y competent assistants, will bo devoted to the com
m. iinu snusiacuon or guests and visitors. He confiontly
asks a continuanco of tlic favors of all who
ave visited the DcKalb House, and calls from any
f liis friends who visit Camden.
January 16 J. H. JUNGBLUTIL
iUCDlCAL NOTICE. ' '
DR. W. R. SIKES TENDERS HIS SERVICES
i practising physician to tho citizens of Caradoti and
icinity. Office on main streot, in the rooms formerly
jcupied by Dr. T. J. WouKMAN.
Fobruary 27 ^
OK. JOHN IflcCAA
OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS
' Camden and surrounding conntry.
.Office two doors above the Branch Bank, Camden
t> Ca. January SO