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l|e (Camfcrit Cuiifeiirratr ;
at three dollars a teas, j
payable invariably half-yearly in advance j
Terms for Advertising:
For one Square?twelve lines or less?TWO i
DOLLARS for the first inseition, and ONE DOLLAR ]
AND MFTY CENS for each subsequent.
Obituary Notices, exceeding one Square, charged *
to at advertising rates. <
Transient Advertisements and Job Wora MUST BE 1
iaiu run in auvawua.
No deduction made, except to our regular advertising '
patrons.
J. T. HERSHMAN, TJdiioi*. :
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, I??3. |\
Frost.
We have been informed by manv of our *
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country friends that tlicy have, during the past j 1
week, been visited by heavy frosts, which has no
doubt proved very injurious to the pea and 1
other crops, throughout the district. c
Tax inKind. ?
By reference to our advertising columns it
will be seen that the Assessors for Kershaw j
District is now prepared to received returns for (
so much of the present crop as has been se- ^
cured at this time. The Assessors will be
found at the War Tax office, at the usual hour
for such buisncss.
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Tlic laic Buttle in Tennessee.
As yet we have been unable to receive any
correct list of the casualties, in the late battle, ^
which suspense causes a great anxiety in our
midst. Amongst those we have heard from, *
are Capt. Joseph Dunlat, wounded severely
in the arm; Lieut. James Riddle, severe flesh *
wound in the leg; Lieut. Daniel Kirkley, se- j
vere in the leg, causing amputation. Of the 1
killed, we hear the names of Sergeant Reuben
Gerald, Benjamin Arrants, Sergt. Richard ]
Kirk land and Frank Die Vine, all of whom j
were good and true men, and rendered efficient "
service to their country, and their loss will be '
is e I l i .
mourned oy many menus ana near relatives, i
Adjournment of the Slate Lcsixla- j tiirc.
The Legislature of South Carolina adjourned i *
on Wednesday last, having past the following
Acts: ]
To prevent desertion from service.
To provide voluntary companies of mounted *
infantry.
To provide for the election of members of (
Congress, and
To amcud tho Act to supply negro labor for 1
coast defence.
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The Siege. i
The Yankees reopened, on Tuesday, upon 1
Sumter, with what effect we are not informed.
On the day before there was but one casualty
at that fort?a negro man was killed by a fragment
of shell.
Our batteries on Sullivan's and James' Islaud
kept up a steady fire upon the working
parties of the enemy, who, despite the accurate
practice of our gunners, has near'v completed i
t /? 1 _1_ 1 il ...1. tV. .J. T _ 1 1
nis lorraiuame eartuworKS upor :rv ismiiu.
A largo force of negroes is engage.-:; \v,?-' n these j
works under the supervision of wbh?- dicers,
who can be plainly seen by means of a good 1
glass directing them in their labors. Several
new embrasures have been opened at Gregg,
and have assumed a definite deveh prur -it fo-'
wards the city. Wc await the adven; of
enemy's iron messengers of death i ?- r> ction,
confident that, although he i< y lay n
ashes our beautiful City by the Sea, h<- shall j
never pollute its site by his tread.
There was a report current upon the streets j
in the course of the afternoon that the Yankees {
had landed in force upon John's Island, but up '
to 6 p. m., no information to that effect had
been received at Headquarters.
The enemy is gradually enlarging the circle
of his fire, having on Wednesday not only bombarded
Sumter throughout the day, but also
thrown several shots at Fort Johnson and battery
Simkins. He has completed the covered
way between Gregg and Wagner, and his
working parties, with teams and wagons, now
pass in comparative safety between the two
posts. Our batteries, nevertheless, still maintain
a not ineffective fire upon both points.?
Mercury of Thursday.
From Hragg'a Army.
Atlanta, Sept.30.?A staff officer, who left
the lines yesterday afternoon, reports that
Rosencranz has sent in a flag of truce, and af
ter considerable correspondence, Bragg consented
to exchange wounded prisoners. They
have about 600 Confederates, and wo have
5,000 Yankees. We exchange conditionally,
rhere is no change in the condition of affairs
in front df Chattanooga. Kosencranz received
his supplies by wagon train from Steveoson.
A report reached Dalton yesterday, that
Sen. Jones has occupied Ivnoxville, Burnside
laving retreated towards Cumberland Gap*
Hie report is credited in official circles.
Tlic Confederate Society.
Among the cheering instances of the times,
vc notice that a movement has been inagurated
>n an extensive scale in the community ot Mo>ile,
lor the formation of a society to promote,
>y steady and mutual effort, the following ends:
1st. To place Confederate notes and bonds
in a par with the non-specie paying bank notes
if the country.
2d. To put down the traffic in gold, silver
md bank notet.
3d. To reduce the high and exorbitant prices
11 produce of every kind;*such as Merchandise
if every kind, manufactures of ev-r\ kind,
ransportation of every kind, rents and comliissions.
To endeavor to have removed the
mpcdimcnts in transportation, raid the petty
icizurys of provisions in transit. To sustain the
government, and to aid tiie necessitous wives
md children of the soldiers, until an lignoiaile
peace has been obtained.
The object is to intersperse these Societies
hrough the entire Confederacy, and to bring
ill the gicat interests of the country under
licir influence, to aid our country and the people
until our war is ended, and not to be driving
at every point to make individual fortunes.
We arc glad to see that in several of the lead;
ng business communities of the West the procct
has been taken up with an earnestness and
unanimity that give promise of the speedy and
asting benefit to the cause.
After We are "Conquered."
When this war first broke out, tho New
fork Courirr and inquirer was the chief or*an
of Lincoln, Seward and the prominent
Abolitionists of New York, who had the shaping
and control of matters in Washington.
That papor qublishcd tbo programme intended
to be carried out at that time. The programme
mnounced by the Republican leaders at pres3ut
is more inhuman than the one they started
with at first. Here is the way they intended
a frnnf tlin S?Aiifli itKah ilin nrn?* ,1
<v viv/UU mv wvutu ? U^II Ulli " rtl
"The Ringleaders of the rebellion must be
tried for high treason, and convicted and punished
with death, if not commuted to other penalties.
All those who have voluntarily borne arms
against the United States should be sent to
penal colonies in the far-off West and Northwest,
or be held to labor in building the Pacific
Railroad, and should be deprived, for a
certain time, of the right to vote and to carry
arms. The grants of land which our volunteers,
after the war, can justly claim, should
bo taken np within the limits of the Southern
Confederacy. The large cities of the South
shonldcd be garrisoned by negro regiments, tc
be furnished and paid by the South herself.'^
This, says the Chronicle and Sentinel, is the
original punishment intended for the South and
In r bv ui sons. Time, however, has made
je t jiing* 01 the war men of the North more
bitt*. and tliOr intentions, as how announced
bv their presses and acts prove that nothing
but the complete devastation, as well as' sub
jligation, of the South will satisfy the fiendish
passions tha; bum within tbeir breasts.
One uay last week, a pretty Jittle Georgh
girl dressed up in neatly fitting male habila
unentf, applied to Lieutenant of Gen. Gist'i
command at Rome, Ga., to be enrolled ant
mustered into the Confederate service. He
request was complied with, and she was abou
to be sent out to camp, when some one. susni
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cious of her sex, suggesrtM that little ruffle*
petticoats and a more feminine occupatioi
than that of the manual of the piece, would b
more appropriate. She was accordingly, asw
learn from the Rome Courier, sent before Ger
Gist, to whom she confessed her sex, said sli
was from Gainesville, Ga., and that she had th
consent of her parents to disguise herself i
male attire, and enter the army to revenge th
death of her brother, who, poor fellow, wa
killed in Virginia. She was sent to Atlanti
under escort, but bausincc made her escapi
From Southwestern Virginia.
Lynchburg, Sept. 25.?An engagement
took place on Tuesday, at Blountsville, between C
a detachment of our forces and the enemy.
We fell back. Our loss as heard from was ono
killed, eight wounded, and fifteen prisoners.
Wcalso had one gun dismantled, and one wagon,
four mules and six horses captured. b;
Seven prisoners, wounded and paroled^ arrived
here to-day. They report the enemy's ^
loss at twenty-six killed, and one hundred Gj
and fifty wounded. The greater part of Blounts- y,
ville lias been burnt bv the enemy. Nearly all jj,
our casualties and prisoners are of Davidson's d
Lynchburg battery. cj
The cars went through to Bristol last night, tl
No news from Zollicoffcr.
Yankee Reports from the West. m
Senatobia, Miss., Sept. 25.?The big Champion,
with a full cargo of government stores,
burned up at Memphis last night. Guerillas
fire into all boats passing below Memphis.
Five regiments of Indiana troops left Indi- tc
anapalis for Kentucky, on the 18th. The 11th
Missouri regiment mutinied on its way from St.
Louis South, took' command of the boat and
went back, refusing to do duty. Part of them are
under guard, the rest scattered. No troops
are called for from Illinois in this draft. ^
Federal papers report that four or five ves- j0
scls had run the blockade at Wilmington. o!
The draft is ordered to be enforced at once
in Missouri. ID
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The New Orleans Bee, of the Oth inst.,(it 111
was in other papers also,) gives the particulars
of a treaty of peace and commerce between
kUon. John Slidell, on the part of the Confederacy.
and the Emperor Napoleon, and that ~
one ot our Commissioners was to accompany
Maximilian from France to Mexico, with a fleet T(
of French and American vessels?all to sail on bi
the first ofOctobcr.
This news, it is stated, completely changed
the programme of the enemy respecting the _
attack on Mobile. Thirty-five thousand men
are now on their way up lied River, enroute, ^
it is supposed, to the Mexican frontier. It is
represented, further, that there are now about j
twenty-five thousand men in the different bar- n
racks around New Orleans, and that all the P
steamers in the rivers, schooners and other
crafts in the lakes, have been seized by the
Government, and all provisioned, with wood, -
water, <Ssc., ready to sail at a moment's warning
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Burning of the Paragon Flouring Mills,
Augusta, Ga.?The Paragon Flouring Mills r
were totally destroyed by fire last night., together
with their contents. The firo was discovered
about 9 o'clock, and, notwithstanding
the great exertions of our firemen and citizens,
the flames could not be subdued until every- [
thing of a destructive nature was destroyed. 1
The mills wore owned by A. Baker, Esq. t
Loss about $200,000. Insurance only $10,000.
There were several reports that the mill had
caught fire from one of the elevators. Upon
inquiry, we found these statements incorrect.
The machinery had not been in motion since 1
' one o'clock, and several persons had been at i
work around the elevator in which the fire
was first discovered. If there had been any
fire in it, would certainly have been observed t
! The fire was, undoubtly, the work of an incen- j
diary. The loss of these mills is very great to i
' the community. In fact, their value cannot be
' well estimated in times life these.?Augusta
Chronicle.
1 ?7.
John Morgan.?This individual, whoisnow
confined in the Ohio penitentiary, because of 1
i his purposeless raid through Indiana and that j
- State, has, although he lias got his head shaved,
s a stock of chivalry about him. We arc inI
l* J 1... ~ A O a a ? nr? .i
i iorniuu uy a umicii outics army oincer tuat '
r when he reached Versailles, Ripley county,
t this side of the Ohio line, he found in the safe 1
- of the clerk's office three thousand dollars done J
I up in packages, sent home by soldiers in our
II ranks, fighting for their country and our own
e glorious flag, to their families. Morgan had
e the monev in his hands, but, understanding
i. from whom it was and what was its destination
c immediately returned it, remarking that if it
e was Uncle Sam's money he would take it, but
n never would he plunder any brave man in the
e field, conscientiously performing his duty as he
is understood it. There is a streak of honor and
i, chivalry abont this "thiei" called Morgan, as wc
5. have before remarked.?Indianapolis Sentinel.
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The following refreshing conversation hereon
a Federal prisoner on the cars and *
on federate officer, at the Marietta, (Ga.,) dcot,
took place on Monday J
Confederate?feo yon are bagged, are you?
Federal?Yes; bagged, what of it ? j|*
Confed?Nothing; only Longstrect's corps
as gone to Bragg and trill bag your tea party; W
Federal?You can't tell me anything about |
ongstreet's men. They have made mo trot I
ften before this. But my rebel friend, I'll tell I
on what is the fact. I came through your ar- f
iv on my way here, and your friends up yon- '
or are needing help badly. You can do youf
uise a great deal more good up at tho front j|j
tan down here quizzing prisoners. I
Offi.-in* <l!cnm\narnil ami U'ATlf nff in /llflToP.
V/Allvvl Uion|/j/vnivu wnvt ?? v??w v?? n
tit direction. m
Special ISTotices. |
school. notice. 1
THE KEY. L. It. STAUDENMAYKR INTENDS 1
? open a School for tho admission of pupils in Eng- J
sh, Mathematics, Ancient and Modern Classics.
Terms of Tuition and location of school will bo an: ' ^
Duncod in the noxt issue of this paper.
October 2 * 1
"school notice.
THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY IN- *
mis his friends and patrons in Camden, that having
ined tho army he can no longer discharge the duties
f the place assigned him by their confidence.
They will generously excuse the breach of engageient
thus involved in the performance of what is
seraed a rnoro imperative, and on that account only
lore agreeuble duty to his country.
Those indebted to him will pleaso make payment
> the Rev'd. Paul Trapier.
R. J. MIDDLETON, Jr.
Flat Rock, N. C., October 2 1
tax in kino.
THE UNDERSIGNED ARE PREPARED TO
iceivo returns for so much of the present crop as 1ms
oen secured at this time.
Wm. McKAIN, Assessor.
J. A. SCHROCK, As't. Assessor.
October 2 '
taxi*a ye rs taken? tic e.
ALL PERSONS IN KKRSIIAW OR 17th COL(Ction
District S. C., who have a Registered Business. f
re required within ten days after the first of October,
863, to make a return of the gross amount of sales
iade from the first of July last to 1st oPOctober, atul
ay the per centago upon the same. I
A. M. KENNEDY,
War Tax Col. 17 th C. D.
October 2 3
school notice. h
TH E FX ERCISES OF MISS DeNOON'S SCHOOL, V
or Girls and Boys, will bo resumed on the 1st Octo- flj
ier, and will continue until August 1st, 1864. Pupils fl
eceivod from 5 to 13 years of age. H
Terms mado known upon application.
September 25 I V
aviiwwu liw* THE
EXERCISES OF MRS. PECK'S SCHOOL,
or Boys, will bo resumed the first Mondry in October,
n tho Academy next to the Presbyterian Church.
Terms, Fifty Dollars for tho session, closing on tho
irst of July next. k
September 18 3 ^
I)It. JOHN McCAA
OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE CITIZENS j
>f Camden and surrounding country. k
.Office two doors above the Branch Bank, Camden ?
?o Cn. January 30 ^
9IED1CAL. NOTICE. ^
DP. RKENSTJERNA has removed his offico to
"r . building occupied by Messrs. Hammorslough A '
vlcCurrv, and offers his professk>nal services to the- \
ttiblic. M
September 18 ^
OIFICE <tl]ART?Rm[ASTER, r
Charleston, S. C., October 1, 1862. *
MR. A. M. LEE IS APPOINTED AGENT OF
Lis department, for the purchase of Corn and
Fodder, in the Districts of Kersllaw and
Lancaster. \
Planters desiring to sell, will communicate with him.
Particular attention must be paid to the packing o ,
;he fodder, and no water must be used. During the past
pear the Government experienced heavy loss from
improper packing, and all such will be hereafter rejected.
MOTTE A. PRINGLB,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.
The subscriber can bo found at his residence
DeKnlb street, next west of the Presbyterian Church
October 10 A. M LEE.
TO THE TAX PAYERS OF KER* ,
SIIAW DISTRICT.
I WILL ATTEND AT MY OFFICE ON TUESDAY'S,
WEDNESDAY'S and THURSDAY'S o i
each week, commencing on Tuesday next, the 22d
inst., until the 24th of October, for the purpose of
collecting tho money on the returns made. All who J
fail to pay will bo Double Taxed.
A. M. KENNEDY, T.C. 17th C. DSeptember
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