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J "I>KE*S1N4? FOR CHURCH."
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Has anybody licard the bell ?
' You have? dear mo, I know full well
I'll never dress in titno.
For mercy's sake, come help me, Jane; i
I'll make my toilet quite plain, \
(This for the sake of rhyme.)
Here, laco this giater for nr.?do;
4,A hole," you say? plague take the shoes!
Please, Janev, tr^ and hido it. ,
I know it 8 Sunday?but my soul,
1 can not wear it with a hole I
The meu will surely spy it.
Ther'ro always peeping it our foot
(Tho' to be sure thoy need'nt peep
The way we hold our dresses)
I'll disappoint them tho' to-day, 1
"And cross myself," pray, did you say ? i
Don't laugh at my distresses.
How beautiful this silk will rustle :
(Please hand my " self-adjusting bustle,"
My corset and ray hoop.)
There now. I'll take five skirts or six ;
Do hurry, Jane, and help me fix?
You know I cannot stoop.
"Ilow shall I say my prayers to-daj-?"
As if girls went to church to pray !
How can you be so foolish ?
Hero damp this ribbon in cologne?
"Whaffor," to paint, you silly ono?
| Now, Janoy, don't bo mulish t
^ It s no moro harm than "Lilly White"
(Ploaso soo if this cheek's paiuted right,
And my box of chalk.)
Now damp tbo towel, Janey, dear,
n Aud wipe this eyebrow?much I foar
H I shall be late to walk.
9 Now then my bonnet, if you please? j
* The thing's as big as all out doors,
The frightful sugar scoop !
Thank heaven, iny mantle's handsome tho,"
It cost enough to be, I know,
(Straighteu this horrid hoop)
j My iiandkeichiof and gloves you'll find
A J ust i? that drawer?you'ro vory kind,
/ (Does my dress trail '/)
It's all the fashion now, you know,
y (Pray, does the paint and powder show
f Thro'this laco veil?)
^ Thank you, my dear 1 I boliovo I'm drossed
The saints be prosed I tho day of rest
Comes only <>n?j in seven ;
^ For it on all tho othi-r.six
IThis trouble I should have to fix,
I'd never get to heaven.
An Act.
To provide for Volunteer Companies of MounYted
Infantry, and, for other purposes.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
| House of tiepresentatives, now met ana sittiny
\ in General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That the Governor be and he is hereby
authorized to accept as many volunteer companies
of mounted infantry as may be offered,
to consist of not less than sixty-four nor more
than one hundred men, exclusive of commissioned
officers, who shall be authorized by him
into battalious or regiments, by the election of
field officers, if the number of said companies
sufficient for that purpose, and said companies
shall be called out at the discretion of the Governor
to suppress insurrection, or to repel actaal
or threatened raids of the enemy within this
State, and shall be discharged from actual service
whenever, in his judgement, the actual necessity
for such service has ceased.
Skc. 2. That for the purpose of suppressing
insurrections and repolling raids, the Governor
be and1 he is hereby authorized - to enroll all
white male persons in this State between the
ages of eighteen end forty-five years, including i
all persons who have furnished substitutes in '
Confederate service, resident aliens, and other I
persons who have avoided Confederate conscrip- '
tion by reasot of any civil employment, con- ]
tract or engagement, and excluding all who 1
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nave oeen ueciareu exempt, irom actual military
service beyond the limits of the Districts in
which they reside, by the Act of the General
Assembly, entitled 44 An Act for the better organization
of the militia, and for other puposes,
passed the 6th day of Febuary, 1863; and also
excluding such as have volunteered, or may
volunteer, in the companies of mounted infantry
provided for by the first section of this Act;
and for the purpose of making said enrollment
the Governor is hereby authorized to appoint
r>nc enrolling officer in each Judicial District in
this State, and as many surgeons as may be
necessary to examine persons claiming exemption
from service on the ground of physical disability,
and the militia officers shall report lists
of such persons as arc liable to be enrolled as
aforesaid, whenever required.
Skc. 3. That the effective men so enrolled
shall be organized into companies, battalions
and as inanv regiments of infantry as they arc
sufficient to constitute, and be placed at the
disposal of the Governor for the purposes aforesaid,
and be kept in the field as long as he may
deem the same to be necessary for the public
safety, the company and field officers to be
elected by the men, at such times and places
and in such manner as the Governor may direct;
and on the failure to elect said officers
when ordered, they shall be appointed by the
Governor.
Sec. 4. That the Governor be also authorized,
from the persons enrolled under the second
section of this Act, to organize one or more
companies of artillery, to be used for the purposes
provided for by the third section of this
Act
Sec. 5. That nothing herein contained shall
be construed so as to prevent the Governor
from exercising the powers conferred upon him
by the eighth section of the Act of the General
Assembly, entitled "An Act for the better organization
of the militia, and for other purposes,"
passed the 6th day of Febuary, 1863,
or from carrying into execution any of the provisions
of said Act which arc consistent with
the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 6. That all persons liable to perform
military service under the piovisious of this
Act, and wiio shall make default when summoned
into such service, shall be subject to the
pains and penalities provided for by the
eleventh section of the Act of the General Assembly,
entitled "An Act for the better organization
of the militia, and for other purposes,'?
passed the 6th day of Febuary, i863, to be imposed
by a court martial appointed by the Gov
i / * i
vernor aiiu v^uiuiiiaiiuur-ni-vvuii;;.
Sec. 7, That the troops called into service
by the provisions of this Act shall, whilst in actual
service, be subject to the Articles of War
and army Regulations of the Confederate
States of America, and shall receive the same
pay and allowance as Confederate troops of the
same class are entitled to receive.
Sec. 8. For the purpose of equipping and
supplying said troops while in actual scrvice>
the sum of $500,000 be and the same is hereby
appropriated fiom any moneys in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to be drawn by the
Governor.
Sec 0. That such persons and employics in
each paper mill and newspaper or printing establishment
and iron manufactories as the
Adjutant and Inspector-General, with the approval
of the Governor, may see fit to exempt
from time to time, from military service, be ex
enipted.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Post says that there will be a new draft
6f 600,000 men, from which the Government
expects to get 200,000.
The Mexican Question?Maximilian Ac- i
uepts tme Throne.?A Paris letter says: |
l4The Count Motholom will start on tlic lOtli
for his new post in Mexico, and it is not a little
curious that, having been so lately employed
as French Consul General at New York,
he should ardently recommend the recognition
of the South."
The London Times' city article says : "It is
not believed thai anything is really known of
the plans couiteinplated by the French Govern,
mcnt for establishing the future financial position
of the Mexican Empire.
It is, however, reported that the nearly isolated
peninsula of old or lower Californa, divided
from Sonora by a gulf 700 miles long, called the
Lake of California, or Vermillion Sea, will be
the territorial security ceeded to France. It
contains some sixty thousand square miles. It
bounds in silver,gold, lead and copper mines,
and islands covered with forests of cedar trees.
It is, moreover, the nearest point in Mexico to
the French possessions in the Pacific.
The London Morning Post of the 12th has
special telegram from Paris, announcing that
the Archduke JVlaximilliaii lias postivelv ac- j
cepted the throne of Mexico.
The Times, in its city article, says that there
is no reason to anticipate any trouble from the
manner in which the United States wiil regard
the proceedings in Mexico. It quotes from
tho New York Journal of Commerce to sustain
these views.
A Horrible Scene.?A correspondence of
the Columbus /inquirer says
I have been on several battle fields, and
have read many descriptions of them, but none
that 1 have ever seen or read of can compare
with that of Chickamauga. During the fiercest
of the fight on Saturday evening, where
our division (Stewart's) was engaged, the woods
took fire and spread rapidly. The killed and
wounded suffered from its terrible effects alike
It was enough to make one's heart bleed to
witness the agonies of our wounded comrades
as thc\' laid upon their backs utterly powerless
to lielp themselves, while the consuming element
had fast hold on some and was rapidly
approaching others. May we be spared the
necessity of witnessing such another sight.
_ a?, - - Farragut
Not in Command ok the Charleston
Fleet.?The New York Times, of the
25th ultimo, savs that on the previous day a*
public dinner was given to Admiral Farragut,
by merchants and other citizens of New York
DEKALBHQUSE,
Camden, S. C
1*1.1 li* OrTDODDlDVl) TKTVADUO TIIU 1?T? T l?VTfVCJ
uin ouiiouiviujiiv inrunno 1110 rivir^\i;o
and tho travelling public that ho has leased this commodious
HOUSE, so eligibly situated in the growing
town of Camden.
His personal superintendence and host efforts, aided
by competent assistants, will be devoted to the comfort
and satisfaction of guests and visitors. He confidently
asks a continuance of the favors of all who
have visited the DoKalb House, and calls from any
of his friends who visit Camden.
January 16 J. H. JUNGBLUTn.
Change in Schedule of $ C. R. K.
On and after Thursday, 2d of April, tho mid-day
train down from Camden will be altered as follows:
Leave Camden 12 30 p. m.
Arrive at Kingsville 2.45 p. m.
Arrive at Camden 5:40 p. m.
Arrivo at Aucusta 3:45 p m.
Arrivo at Columbia G:0o p. m.
Tho time of departing from each oftlio above named
places?with tho oxception of the down mid-day train
rom Camden?have not been changed, and will coninue
as heretofore, until further notice.
Baffle
All AG-NIPICBNT SILK DRESS TO BE RAPfled
for the benefit of the soldiers so sood as
chanees to the amount of $160 can be made up. Tho
dross can be soon at Mrs. Crosby's, and list for chances
at Matheson A Co.
July 31
STATE OB SOliTil CAROLINA. I
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. '
CliARLDSTOX, August 25. 1808. \
; MTHEREAS, THE rRliSKNT CONDITION uC
tlio country requirres the organization ofuu 3c
tive and efficient body of troops, who may ts.ko th??
1 field upon n moment's notice, to tneet with prompt
! ness anu sudden incursion which uiay b?* undo by tie
enemy into our State and, whereas, f-r the purpose ot
defending our homeland liresides, it is deemed advisable
that the entire arms-bearing population over 1(1
years of age, not in or liable to Confederate service, or
exempted therefrom for public purposes, should bo organized
into companies.
Now, therefore, I. MILLEDGE L. DONIIAM, Governor
and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Stata
of South Carolina, call upon the people of the Slate-to
at once organize themselves, in accordance with tlio
i orders hereto annexed from tlio Office of tho Adjutant
I and Inspector General, so us to afford our own and
; the women and children of our bretheren in arms tho
1 most effectual protection and security. The second
i organization called for is in accordance with the re- .
i commendation of the President, to the Governor, and
is approved as tlio best organization for all who may
' not be hvdilded in tho organization of ' Volunteer
! State Troops." ^ M. L. BONllAM
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, >
Adjutant and Inspector General's Office. [
Charleston, August 24. 1803. j
[GENERAL OllDEliS No 30.]
I. TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE FOREGOING
Proclamation of his Excellency the Governor, it is ordered
that the following Volunteer State Trnopa be
accepted into service viz:
One Regiment of Mounted Infantry, to consist o
ten companies; two companies of Cavalry and one company
of Flying Artillery. The companies of Mounted
Infantry to consis! of not less than seventy eight (78),
und not more than one hundred men, exclusive of commissioned
officers* of Cavalry, to consist of not los*
than sixty (GO), and not more than eighty (80) men,
exclusive of commissioned officers; and the company
Artillery of not less than eighty (80). and not mora
than one hundred (100) men, exclusive of commissioned
officers. When the companies of Mounted Infantry
and Cavalry have been organized and accepted
Field Officers wdl bo elected under orders frcui thia
office. * *
II. The Companies authorized to be raised under
the preceeding paragraph of this order, will bo composed
of effective men who ore over the ago of
sixteen years, who are not subject to, or who are exempted
from Confederate < onseription, and who do
not belong to the organization lately ordered of troops
for local defence and six month* special service. Tbeso
troops will be armed by the State?the artillery to
haven battery of four pieces?but they wiil provido
themselves with horses. Their pay (to begin when
they are ordered into actual service) will bo the same
as that allowed in Confederate service, including forty
cents per day for each horse. They will hold thornselves
in readiness for the field at a moments notice,
and to do service in any part of the State under- the
orders of tly? Governor. The Companies will bo ae- *
eeptod in the order in which their rolls and lists of
officers are presented at this office, and they will bo
attached to the Militia Regiments in which they nro
raised until ordered into actual service.
III. In addition to the above organization, companies
organized in accordance with the Act of Congress
of the 13th November, 1862. herewith published, will
be aeeeptod on furnishing their rolls, as required by
Sjid Aet; and one of the said eompanies in each Judicial
District, consisting of not less than eighty men,
exclusive of officers, and having its placo of rendezvous
at the Court Ilouse of tho District, will be armed
by the State; the remainder of the companies will provide
themselves with arms; ammunition, as far as tho
means of the State; will pormit, will bo furnished to
all the companies.
By command: A. C. GARL1NGTON,
Adj. and Inspector General, S. 0.
September 4 3
?o?
[No. 29.]
AN ACT
TO AUTUEItlZE TiIK FOliMATION OF VOLUNTEER COMPANIES
FOR l.OCAL DEFENCE.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America do
enact. That for the purpose of local defence in any portion
oft ho Confederate States, any number of persons,
not less than twenty, who aro over the ago of fortylive
years or otherwise not liable to military duty,
may associate themselves as a military company, elect
their own officers, and establish rules and regulations
for their own government, and shall be considered as
belonging to-the Provisional Army of the Confederate
States, serving without pay or allowances and entitled,
when captured by the enemy to all tho privileges
of prisoners of war: Provided that such company
shall, a* soon as practicable, transmit their muster
roll, or a list of the names of the officers and privates
thereof, to the Governor of tho State, the Commanding
General of the Department, or any Brigadier General
in the State or Confederate service, to bo forwarded to
the Secretary of War; but the President or the Commander
et the Military District may at any time disband
such companies; Provided, that in the States
and districts in which the Act entitled ' An Act to
further provide for the public defence," approved
April 16th, 1862, and tho Acts amendarory thereof,
have been suspended, persons of any age, resident
within such States or Districts, may volunteer and from
part of such companies so loug as such suspension
may continue; Provided, that no person shall become
a member of said company until he shall liavo first
1 a ' " - ?' * v?.. a?1a?ia4a cioha
laKon mo oam orai?*Kiuuw w tut- vuunuvinw ohiu-s
of America in writing, a copy of which shall be Ullei
with the mu9ter roll of said company as above prescribed.
yy Papers of State copy three times.
Soot. 4 3
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October 2 E. W. BONNTKY