The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, November 13, 1863, Image 2
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J. T. HERSHMXnTEditor,
FRIDAY, TOTEMSE 3 1863.
The Ladles Benevolent Society.
We are requested to say that the Ladies' Benevolent
Society will meet hereafter, until further
notice, on tho Wednesday of every other
week?the first meeting to take place at the
Temperance Hall, on next Wednesday, the
18th instant* at 12 o'clock, m.
Robbery.
On the evening of Thursday, the 6th inst.,
between five and seven o'clock, the office of
Dr. T. Reenstjkrna was entered and a small
carpet bag extracted, containing a considerable
amount of money, in gold, silver and paper currency.
It also contained his foreign papers,
with several other valuables. A Colt repeater
was taken at the same time.
Dr. Reenstjerna offers a reward of $500
for the recovery of the amount taken, or $25
for the papers alone. He requests that the citizens
of Camden and vicinity would make inquiry
amongst their servants, to ascertain if any
such documents had been found, knowing that
they would be of no service to any one except
himself, and that the thief might have thrown
them away. They are written in the French
and Sweedish languages. Such inquiry he
would gratefully appreciate.
No Tax on Sorghum.
The Assessors of Kershaw District have informed
us that the molasses made of sorghum
is not subject to the Tax in Kind. The words
"molasses made of cane, refer exclusively to
the genuine West India cane.
Beast Butler has written a letter to the Yankee
Secretary of War, asking that Jeff. Thompson
be released on his parole.
Maximilian.
It may be safely assumed that the Archduke
Maximilian, of Austria, will soon be seated up
on the Imperial throne of Mexico.
Maximilian is a member of the Loraine
branch of the proud, imperial house of Hapsburg.
This is the ablest dynasty in Europe;
nnd its claim of "divine right" io dominion is
as firmly established as that of ^ny family that
ever ruled over nations. It has wielded the
sceptre over -different nations of Europe for
more than six hundred years. It has witnessed
the overthrow and extinction of many strong
dynasties. Various and powerful efforts have
been made for the destruction of the house of
Hapsburg; but it has survived every shock.?
Its line of succession k vet unbroken; its prestige
is yet potent, and even controlling, in the
haughty family of the kings.
The fall name of the Archduke is Ferdinand
Maximilian Joseph. He is the eldest brother
of Francis Joseph, tho reigning Emperor of
Austria, and was born July 6, 1832. When
his brother ascended the Austrian throne in
1848, he, in his quality of Archduke, became
Governor General of the kingdom of Lombardy
and Venice. He received a regular military
and naval education?has had some experience
as commander in the field., and is .Vice Admiral
of the Austrian Imperial Navy. In 1857,
he married Marie Charlotte, youngest daughter
of Lepold, King of Belgium.
Spkctaclk in Washington.?A Washington
correspondent of the New York Journal of
Commerce writes:
The present war is waged for freedom, as the
radical papers and orators of the day are always
telling us. I would not doubt anything
they say for the world, but a sight that I witnessed
September 25th, from tho City Hall,
had a tendency to shake my confidence in the
aforesaid proposition. I saw a company of
black soldiers strutting about the side walk
smoking, looking impudent, swearing about the
"copper-heads," and talking lovingly about
"Stanton;" while on the othcrside of the street
a dozen white conscripts with gyves upon their
wrists were being marched to the tented field
under a strong guard of bayonets. Now, if
the people of this country, the solid yeomanry
everywhere, enjoy this kind of spectacle, no
reasonable spectator ought to object. But to
my mind it is not funny. What one of the
white warriors remarked in passing I will not
repeat, because it was both wicked and disloyal, j
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Impresameuis.
Tbc power of impressment can only bo exercised-by
the Confederate Government by implication,
under the clause of the Constitution
which provides, that 44 private property shall
uot be taken for public use without just compensation/*
When exercised, it should be done
with all possible guards against abuse; and
such guards, it will be seen, are provided in
the Impressment Act. To this end, the act
declares, it shall be resorted to only in cases of
"absolute necessity," and when the property
needed "cannot otherwiso be obtained/' The
impressing officer is required to notify the party
whose property it is proposed to impress, iq
writing, accompanied with an offer to purchase,
stating the price offered and the mode of pay
mcnt, and that if the price is not accepted, he
will proceed to ascertain the value of the property
under the 2d section of the Impressment
Act; that is, he will appoint an appraiser and
the property holder another, who, disagreeing,
shall appoint an umpire, to ascertain aud determine
upon a price that shall, in the words
of the Constitution and the Impressment Act,
be "just compensation," die. This is the rule,
when the owner of the property holds it for
his own use and not for speculation, which tact
shall be declaicd on oath before the Impressng
Officer. In case of speculators the rule is
not so liberal?I might say?not so just, or
constitutional.
The very worthy gentleman who lately visited
Camden to impress horses, did not proceed
according to the terms of the law, or its spirit*
nor of his instructions. lie omitted to state to
parties whose horses he impressed, (or said in
his written notices he " had impressed,'') that
if they refused the prices ottered, it was "his
duty" to have the property appraised, die.?
Even the most intelligent parties jhcre were not
aware that they had any alternative but to submit
to the prices offered, however inadequate
positively, or relatively, to prices offered
other parties; or however arbitrary the dis
criminations in taking % one person's property
and passing by another.
The Impressment Law is cautiously drawn,
and manifests throughout the purpose to secure
to owners of property " just compensation"?
that is the actual value of the property in fair
and open market.
But says a party who lias no horses liable to
be impressed, then the Government will get no
horses,ox such prices will break it. However
embarrassing to the Government?fatal to the
Treasury such prices may prove?yet no reason
can be given why the owner of a horse should
not be paid five, or ten specie prices for his
property as well as the owners of corn and
wheat, and bacon, and beef, and cloth, and
leather, and cveything in fact the Government
needs, are paid Tor their property.
Nothing is more certain than that the Government
will fail financially, if it continues long
to pay the prices for property, now prevailing
and daily rising. But such prices can and must
bopromatly reduced., by reducing the currency to
the normal, healthy amount, by. untieing the
gordian knot, or, cutting it by some decisive
stroke?involv- ing no gross violation of laith,
or,at all events, no injury, or loss, to any holder
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Inauguration of Gov. Brown.
Milledgevjlle, Nov. 9.?Joseph R. Brown,
Governor elect of the State of Georgia; for a
fourth term, was inaugurated at twelve o'clock
to-day.
President Davis and Gen. Pemberton.
?The last number of the Brandon Republican
says:
During President Davis' visit to Brandon wc
had the pleasure of meeting him at the residence
of our fellow townsman, General Patrick
Henry, and in a conversation with Major Maxey
concerning the fall of Vicksburg, we heard
him say : "My confidence in General Pemberton
has not abated in the least?"he is One
of the most gallant and skillful generals in the
service." Vicksburg was not surrendered because
of the want of provisions and ammunition,
but because the men were exhausted."
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The bushwhacking in East Tennessee is still
on the increase?brother bushwhacks brother.
The Union men shoot a loyal citizen every
chance they get, and a member of Morgan's
disbanded men, or stragglers, in their turn,
bushwhack the Unioniste. Neither party show
much mercy. '
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War Tal Office. 1
Columbia, S. C.., Nov. 6, 1803.
J. B. DuBosf, Esq-, Assessor:
Sir: Yours of the 2d instant baa been re* 1
ceived. With regard to the assessment of the <
Tax in Kind, you must use your best judgment *
as to the most appropriate time to assess cotton 1
crops in your District, and you aro quite cor- *
rect as to the best mode of proceeding. <
In taxing horses, lay the tax on every thing
that is not used in agriculture. All carriages >
buggy and saddle horses are assessed and tax- 1
cd ; they are not used in agriculture. Nor is
an overseers horse exempt. The Act contemplates
only such as are actually usucd in tilling ^
the soil. Mules, oxen, wagon and cart horses,
and those used in the plough, ?fcc., and none
others, are exempt. You cannot inspect and
value every horse. You must, therefore, arrive
at a fair average of this class of property.
Horses includes all marcs and colts. Those (
possessing peculiar value?such as a race horse j
or blood horse?insist be assessed according to (
their intrinsic value. So, too, with the tax on ^
neat cattle. This includes all cows, yearlings (
and calves; all milch cows included of course.
The Act makes no exception. The value of
all beeves sold prior to the 1st of November,
from the passing of the Act, (24th of April,
1863.^ shall he taken neenrrlimr tn tlm nmco
f/ ? ? b ~w *"v b,voa i
proceeds of such salos?making such deduction
as the Act specifics; and such sales shall be added
to income.
With regard to potatoes and all other crops,
the act lays a tithe upon all as well as
golhered. If an estimate can be formed of the
ingatheicd crop, the tithe to tho Government
can be collected from that which is gathered.
I have received so many letters on this subject'
that 1 shall cause tliis to be published, and send
it to all the Assessors as the cmbodymcnt of
inv instructions. Very respectfully,
JOS. DANIEL POPE,
State Collector.
Giuerlllus Agulu at Work In Kentucky.
The Louisville Democrat announces that a
force of guerillas are again at work in that
State. They number from 200 to 700, and are
commanded by tho "notorious" iiichardson.
It says:
They entered the town of Columbia, Adair
county, on Tuesday night, robbed the stores
of their contents and stole all the good horses
in their neighborhood, when they left in the
direction of Greensburg, Green county. They
also robbed the stores here, and carried off all
the good horses in the neighborhood. They
robbed the bank at this place of $1G,000 in
Kentucky money, and $9000 in greenbacks;
after committing all manner of depredations
they left, moving in the direction of Bardstown.
At a late hour Thursday night, they reached
Bardstown and entered the place without opposition,
as no Federal troops were stationed
there. Here they burned (as our informant
states) the depot, together with a locomotive,
five or six cars and some ten thousand bushels
of wheat, besides a large quantity of produce
and provisions. Here, as elsewhere, they entered
the stores and robbctl them of everything
of value that they contained. They cut
the telegraph wires, but did no damage to the
train. Early yesterday morning they left
Bardstown, but in what direction they moved,
we have not been informed. It is the general
belief that they moved off towards Lebanon
branch of the Nashville road.
The Tiger Still Alive in Richmond.?
The Lynchburg Republican has the following
paragraph about the tiger in Richmond, which
was popularly supposed to havo died under the
threat of that cruel cowskin :
A gentleman just from Richmond informs us
of a late dodge practiced l>y the gamblers
there. With great caution and in secret be
was admitted to an apparently deserted house,
and, after climbing various flights of steps, be
was usbered into a room filled with fpersons
playing against the " tiger." The dealer sat
behind a table with a wire mask over his face
which completely prevented recognition by his
most intimate friends. At bis back was a flgbt
of steps which would enable him to make bis 1
escape by the back way should the police force
Wake an entry in front. A fine supper and
liquors wero in abundance. All laws against
gaming can and will be evaded as long as bet- 1
tcrs can be found. <
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Siege?One HNndred and Twenty-third
Da jr.
The enemy's bombardment grows more and
nore languid in spirit. Gregg fired on Tucslay
at intervals of half an hour, and the inoniors
assaulted the fort for a space of two hours,
browing, perhaps, about twenty-five or thirty
ihells. We are unable, however, to give tolay
an accurate report of the number of shots.
Our batteries continued to direct their fire
igainst Gregg, and, it is believed, not without
effect.?Mercury of Wednesday.
From the West.
Lynch burg, Nov. 10.?The special correspondence
of the Virginian give some particu
lars of the late fight twenty-six miles west of
Lcwisburg. 5000 Yankees, under General
Averill, who came from Beverly, attacked
Jackson. The latter fell back to the point
named, where he was joined by Colonel Ech[>ls,
and a severe fight ensued. Our loss .was
heavy. Among the killed are Major Daily,
commanding the 22d Virginia?his body is in 1
the hands of the Yankees?Captain Reedcr,.* '
Cnptain Henry Rrffner, and Captain Thompson,
all of the same regiment. We lost one
piece of artillery, but saved all our wagons..
Echols, hearing their force, supposed to be under
Scainmell, was approaching from Kanawha*'
to cut him off, fell back towards Salt Pond'
Mountain, passed through Lcwisburg Friday
evening, and the force expected at Kanawha*
arrived there next morning.
Atlanta, November 10.?Nothing new
from the front to-day. Gen. Hood left this*
evening, with Gen. G. W Smith, for Richmond!
via Wilmington, where they will remain -a few.
days with Gen. Whiting, Gen. Hood's" wound.
is doing well, and he is in fine tone and spirits*.
Front Richmond.
Richmond, Nov. 10.?There seems to he no*
donbt that Meade is advancing with his whole
force, and a battle on the Rappahannock isdaily
expoctcd. Our loss in the late affair at
Kelly's Ford, in which two brigades were engaged
with 15,000 Yankees, has been greatly^
exaggerated. The loss in killed and wounded
will not exceed three hundred ; our loss iu
prisoners from six to eight hundred, including;
Colonel Penn, 7th Louisiana. The Yankee
loss is heavy, including several prominent officers.
Latest from ttie United States.
Richmond, November 9.?Tne New York.
Herald of the 4tk instant has been received.
The New York election resulted in an overwhelming
Abolition majority. The City of
New York alone gave 15,000 Abolition majority.
Governor Andrews (Abolitionists) has been
reelected in Massachusetts. The Abolitionists
made a clean sweep in the State.
The Abolitionists hnvo also carried tho Maine
and Wisconsin elections. In New Jersey; tho<Democrats
have, made large gains.
The despatches from Washington all indicatethe
probability ot an eaily advance of Meade..
All the able-bodied men under Gen. Martindalc,
at Washington, havo been relieved from duty
there, and ordered to the field.
The latest Yankee ad vices from Charleston
state that the design of the roncwcd bombardment
of Fort Sumter is to prevent the construe-,
tion of new batteries and covered ways on the
channel side of the Fort, by demolishing. tho
gorge wal and levelling its foundations to tho
water's, edge. . \
Gen. "W. T. Sherman has been appointed to?
the command of the Army of Tennessee.
Gold in New York, 145-3-4.
Later.?The New York Tim#* of the 6th;:
has been received.
Gen. Thomas officially announces the capture
of Bragg's foraging train, with its escort,,
and its arrival at Chattanooga. The train was
seized in front of Bragg's position, in Lookout
Valley.?Various unimportant skirmishes im
Tennessee are noticed, in which the Yankeesclaim
the victory.
Three out of five Lineolnitcs are announced/
as elected to Congress from Maryland.
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Firk in Granitkvillk.?The drying room,
of Vancluse Factory, Graniteville, was destroyed
by fire on Sunday morning. The fire caught
from the stove. Loss about #20,000. Fortunately,
there was no wind at the time; if there
had been, the factory itself would have been
[lestroyed.