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1 ^ I , * * l)f Cnin&ru (Confrikriitc A? lUIP,rJB.DPH AU8 A TJ'.VR, { l'AYAKLE INVAKIABLV HALK-YKARLY IN ADVANCE , Jf * " 7 ; - ? v . . Terms lb'r Advertising:: Tor ?ono S^uunJ?-twelve lines or less?TWO DOLLARS far tho first insetinii, ami ONE DOLLAR AND MfcTY .GENS for each snbsoqubi.t. Ob:tuaky Notices, exceeding one Sn'iaro, cliArgeu to at advattiahig rates. ** 1 Transient Advertisements and Job Wor?c MUST RE PAID fOft IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our regular advertisin patrons. > *mmmmmmm J. T. HERSHMAN, Kditor. FRIDAY, NOVEJIBLR ?T .Hf863L | ilext Congi-cHH. The two houses of Congress convenes, in ! Richmond, on Monday, the first proximo.? Great anxiety is felt throughout the entire Confederacy, as to its action on tho present condition of our finances. To tho Patrons of tho Camden Con- | federate. Circumstances having transpired, during the j past few days, over which we have no control, we may be necessitated to "change out base" ot operations in the publication of the Camden $ Confederate. VVelnay he yet further necessitated to lose one or two publications, after which time we hope to be able to present to our friends a paper which caunot fail to ho acceptable to the intelligent portion of our community and district. Due notice will be given as to the time and place, during the next two weeks. At the present time of writing wc entertain no fear of losing an issue, yet it is possible. Tlic Caindeii Cemetery. The work of laying otl' and beautifying our graveyard is being vigorously prosecuted under the intelligent and active direction of Mr. Crainmpnd. We have, once before, noticed the call made upon the subscribers for this work, to pay up their subscriptions, in order that it may be dono as speedily and elegantly as possible. Not only to those who have contributed and are delinquents, but to thono who have not given anything, we would make an earnest appeal. Their failure to do so, we know, can only be the result of negligence and inattention?they have not thought of it, and consequently have not contributed their mite. The labor now being performed, is one which all desire to see, and w'lich, wc doubt not, all are willing to forward. Wo earnestly hope, therefore, that every one who has not already contributed will make it a special point to do so. If. is the labor of loving hands adorning and beautifying that " city of the dead," in which ail arc deeply interested by the tenderest and the strongest ties. Mr. It. M. Kennedy will receive all contributions for that noble work. 1 i'li IKkU'lo/lir^lllolia Tlic Aid Association acknowledge for the month of November: Fifteen dollars from Mrs. A. E. Peav; eight pairs woolen socks, from a gentleman in*town ; one bag flour from a gentleman contributor, for the hospital; also a contribution of meal. The Aid Association sent 011 Monday, to Dr. laBorde, for Bragg*s nrmv : Sixty-seven pairs of socks; throe blankets. To Kingsville?One bag of rags; three pairs of slippers; one bed spread. The ladies solicit donations of rags for the King.Nville Hospital. TI10 donations will be received by Miss Salmond, in Kirkwood, and Mrs. Bouncy, in Camden. Contributions in yarn is also solicited. . The Association has sent to Capt. DePass' Company, 12 pairs pantaloons, 4 pairs shoes, : 20 shirts, and 20 pairs socks. [FOR TUB CAMDEN CONFEDERATE.] To Mrs. Countr and Miss Chosuut, Camden? Ladies?Through the courtesy of Col. V. K Stevenson, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of 8248, in a letter from Mrs. Conner, contributed by the Ladies' Society, of which Miss Chesnut is President. This handsome contribution from Camden, S. C., will ho applied to the relief of the wounded soldiers of ' General Bragg's army, and will do much to alleviate their great sufferings. \^? the medium through which your funds will he conveyed, we beg to return our gratetV tanks for giving us the ability of doing j good. Very respectfully, ladies, vour obedient servant. JOHN W. DUNCAN. Secretary and Treasurer. > / ' ' . ' ' Contribution* to iho Ladles' BenirvdV lent Society, The ladies of Camden met in TeinporancQ Ilall, on Thursday,-the 22d.OclobeV, to fonnnv society for' tin? ri Hof of the -jwof of -tho tX>vt?> Col. J. I>. Kknnkdy having hecircallod to the chair,.tjio meeting' opcificd with prayer by the Rev. Mr. IIay. Tim chairman; in 4 few happy remarks, enforced the duty-of relieving the necessities of those rendered indigent by the dreadful calamities which have conic upon us. The election of officers was then"*proposed, which resulted as follows: President, Mrs. Jos. Lkk, Vice Presidents, Mrs. IUohson, Mrs. Capers, Miss Lou. Kennedy. i Secretaries, Mrs. II. Conker, Jr., Mrs. Zacli Lsitker.? Treasurer Mr. It. M. Kennedy". Finance Committee, Mrs. A. I). Goodwyit, Mrs. A. E. Jjohv*. M iss C. Boy kin. Miss Ella Reynolds, M.ss Eliza I B.Lee. Rev. Mr. Davis then made some valuable suggestions in rcgaid to the eondmit- of the Soeiety, One dollar per month was agreed upon to constitute membership of the Society, which shall bo called " The Ladies' Benevolent Society of Camden." MEMBERS. Mrs A M Kennedy Mrs Alexander \Y Kennedy A M Leo "W K J- hnsen II Binir l.ol.-e-t Jolinsou Miss ( hesnut J Oppenheim Trapier ? uppcnlihm Mrs I, DeSaussure Roliert Younjr M McDowell Clinrlc-8 Shannon II Hinunon D M Lee (J Boy kilt i| 1 .1 M i o'miu suro Godfrey Tout Salinotid L Salmond A 0 Sulinond M lioykin K \V Uonuey Sue Bonney Gr Sli rw KmniH Reyno'ds nr _ 1 ? ? -* - - *? ,-iiininui Saliio Itevuolds .1 Wliitukei* Ullu Reynolds JasCuieton Kssie Reynolds .1 Sut' erlnbd KiiZii l< Leo lleiich Nit l<i Peas Lego 0 Gallic Duulap las t mil lap M Ancruiu Cr UeyaoltlH M 1 ee J as Pavis Kennedy L De an sure M Aneiu.n Zemp The following donations have been received: ' ol J P Kennedy $'2o() I S Pe!'n?s 0 Mr Aldcn 2'>G A 1? thvodwyn <50 Mrs -his Clicsmit 50 Koopman St >onimers 5n E A Salmond, lil'ty (J J Shannon 50 bushels corn Morris Meyer 2w J Whit ker, two bus .Tallies i*. Poliy 2u potatoes. 1 do meal J It Oureton 50 Mrs J) 1. PeSaussurc $5Riv Tlios F Pavis 10 A K Peay 5Mrs Jt>s Kershaw In J K Peny, 11 pounds liny 5 cotton J M DeSaussure 5 Mr P D Hocot $200 L DeSnussuro 12 James Punlap 100 llnghson 5 J A Young 50 Lego 5 J T Hershinaii 10 Peach So J K W itlierspoon, two IT W Connor 25 four horse loads wood Henry Connor 25 W 0 Gerald fc Co $10 Oppenhieiri 10 X P 11a.vley. three one Julius .Oppenhieni 5 horse Ion Is wood W M Sh iiiion 5 K Johnson $25 Hub' r Johnson 15 Cash 100 A K Doby 10 "W L Do Pass 50 I'm pier . 6 Robert M Kennedy 50 A D G"Odwyn 5 J F 'iiiherland 5o J N (Jamewell 5 \V Z Le.tner 25 A M Kennedy 5 W K Hughes 25 .) Leo ' 6 J L ?hulbr-1 20 !{ Flair 2 Pr Jo u McCaa 10 J.V Lyles 2 0 J Shannon 10 A M Leo 50 Mr J II Clnrk 50 a Lattu 1 W McKnin 25 .iss liiinia Reynolds 5 Pr I. li !leas I" l'!iI:. lii.viinl.lj i K J. Zi'inp 20 Onsli 5 Mr Wrn M Shannon 50 II Sim- nnn In W D Anderson SMnthesnn & Co 25 Tims K .'shannon 60Mr W'l, AlcCaa 10 Duncan Wliitaker 5 S t! DePass 5 T W Briicey 5o A T Latia 5 i Ct as Boflenc! ne 10 Cash 1 (J W II K Workman 5 .1 Young, specie 50 cis L M Bnswcll 10 Souers 1" .T A Bnswcll 10 J A i 'crry, 5 Win Kennedy, jr, 20 Jos M (lavlo 5 J M Oiuitey 25 T M Cantcy 5 S W Nelson 5 J II <'ppunliiom 5 0 A McDonald 5 C M Weinkes 5 Cash 5 M Drnckcr lo .1 M Bnum & Bro 50 S llnuanorslougli 10 A M Kennedy 50 A Wiskowski 5 It is necdlass to remark that such a society as we have established is rcallv necessary for the times. Want is staring in the faces of many of our virtuous and industrious poor; the high pric<$ of fuel and provisions are beyond their reach, and the greater portion of them are deprived of their stay and support by tlys cruel war. Wc earnestly hope that all vyijl come up to the help of this class of people.? It is encouraging to find so many already interested in this work of benevolence. 14 He that giveth to the poor leiu'eth to the Lord." Anv other donations in money or provisions will I e gratefully received, and can he left at Mr. Robert M. Kennedy's or Messrs. Gerald's. Mas J. LEE, Pres. lb Society. Camden, Nov. 10. \\ hv dot s a elo. K always present a bashful appearance ? liecause it always holds' "its hands before its face. . .. " * ; - T?T- ? Latest If art hern Newt. Richmond, November 28.?We bavo North i crn dates of the 21st inst. ^The papers contain nothing very late from Knoxville, telegraphic cortriminication being in"tbfrpptcd.' Browiifow,'in a despatch, dated BarboursA* iJUn,. Timn?? -Noyeiphej^-lg^ saysjthat fighting was going on all about lvnoxviLkv . A despatch, dated Knoxvillc, Nqvember 17, gives ! some details of the retreat of Burnsido to that place. On Monday morning ho evacuated Lenoir, but owning to the energy with which the rebel'pursuit was kept up, he drew up in lino of hattle at Campbell's Station, where a fight j ensued, lasting from late in the forenoon until | dark, when the rebels finally srcceedod in flanking Burnside's forces, driving them to tho cover..of their batteries, which opened a terrific nre. ueioro winch the rotiels retired, and foil back to tlio liver. They afterwards brought up threo'batteries, when Burnside fell back to a more desirable position and again gave them Imttlc. The contest closed at nightfall, Burnside being still in possession of his ground. But during the night he fell back, and by a forced march reached Knoxtillc early Tuesday mor-ning. Yesterday (November 10th) the rebel ad vance guard attacked our outposts, and wcro skirmishing all day. To-day the attack was resumed. Ir. the afternoon tho rebels brought forward a heavy force of infantry and charged our position. A terrific hand to hand conflict .occurred, and our men were compelled to fall back about half a mile, to tho second line of entrenchments, which they hold to-night. General Saunders, commanding the outposts, was severely wounded. Our loss in that fight 2300. Our loss to-day will not exceed 150. Another despatch dated Knoxvillc, November 17, says : The enemy has completely invested Knoxvillc. Gold in New York was quoted at 153-3-4. Important from Bragg's Army. Atlanta, Nov. 24.? Evervthing indicates the imminence of another great battle. There w;is heavy firing in front all ?la)r yesterday. The enemy has evaluated Trenton. Sherman's corps has fallen hack, and reached Chattanooga on the night of the 22d instant. A later telegram from the front says: uTho enemy formed in three lines of battle on our front yesterday, drove in onr pickets and attempted to storm our works. They opened on ?>ur lines at 2, p. in., and the musketry and artillery firing is still kept up." Bnrnside has entrenched himself at Knoxville. lie has only ten days' rations. ( The f,ate*t.} Atlanta, Nov. 24-8 p. in.?Yesterday afternoon the enemy advanced in forec from Chattanooga, drove in our pickets, and made a demonctrasion, as if for battle. lie was received with spirit by our lines. At dark last evening both armies were still drawn up in line of battle, facing each other. We have rumors from the front of severe fighting to-day, but no particulars. The Yankees at Knoxville have fortified Armstrong's IIiI', west of the city, Summit Ilill mimI tlx? hills cast of tlie city. Tliey have also mounted heavy gnus on the heights south of the Ilolston River. lirownlow fled, after publishing otic number and a half of his scurrilous paper. The Defences of Charleston.?The Rich- , mond De-patch says : "The defence of Char- , leston will always remain upon record as one ^ of the most brilliant pages of history. For ( four months have the Yankees been hurling , upon its fortifications a hurricane of the most , tremendous missiles ever used in warfare, and > for four months have they been met and baffled | by a devotion and heroism which they cannot equal nor overcome. I'he failuro of their com- s bined military and navai operations to aecoin- | plish their object covers them with humiliation , and disgrace. Wo believe they have done j their worst, and whether they have or not, j Charleston bid* them defiance and laughs } them to scorn. ( The valor of Carolina and the genius of Reaure- , gard will onlv be illustrated more gloriously j with every day, and week, and month, and i year, of the protracted siege." 1 ?T * Wrote an enthusiastic young cavalier, after a glorious dash of a few hundred miles through the enemy's country in Ohio, "Solomon, in all < his glory, was never on a raid like one of t these." 1 t* * . Plucky' Women. In hh Hccount of the late artillery fight between tho Yankee* and our troops across the Tennessee river, a correspondent of the Atlanta Appeal relates the following incident: The occupants of Craven's house aro mostly females,. and, although, the p!a.:o has been persistently shelled since the Federals opened fire, and from ten to fifteen projectiles have passed through the premises, the Indies have determined not to budge an inch; and you know the couplet?. 'When a woman will, she will depend on't And when she won't, sho won't and that's the end on't." In this case "she won't." Yesterday, while tho shelling was heaviest, and our men wero "skedaddling" across the line of fire as industriously as their locomotive apparatus would permit, the ladies wero coolly preparing for dinner. One of the surgeons who was in tho house, says that while he was there a fragment penetrated one of tho rooms. Without being in tho least disconcerted, the Tennessee matron spoke up in a tone very much like that in which she would reprove a servant for breaking a china plate?"Eliza, go in there and see what's damaged this time.'' Think of that, ye weak-legged, faint-hearted owners of corduroy and Confederate rags, who dodge like "dancing jimmies" every time you hear the shriek of a shell, and take pattern after this bravo, undcmoralized, impregnable bomb proof, Western mother, and don't get "frightened before you're hurt." "Official" Correspondence.?The NewYork Afercwtj gives the following as a copy of an "official" correspondence winch is said to have passed between the respective commanders at Charleston. James Island, August 23, 18G3 ? To General Beauregard.?Dear Sir: I respectfully ask you to allow the United States forces under my command to occupy Charleston. General Gillmork. Charleston, August 23, 1803.? To General Gillmort?Dear Sir : You shan't. G. T. Beauregard. James Island, August 23;.? To Geucial G. T. Beauregard?Dear Sir: t * lit 11. General Gillmork. Yankee Version of the French Action about the Confederate Hams.?A telegramfrom Washington, dated the 15th instant, says:The authorization which was granted by tho French Government to Mr. Annan for building and arming ships of war at Nantz and Bordeaux, was obtained by him on the false ore 1 tenees that they were to be sold to 1 lie Cliineso Government, and to he used in the waters of China. It was not known nor suspected that these vessels were designed for the rebels of the United States. Information of that design was obtained by this Government only a short time ago, and the French Government promptly revoked the authorization when that information was laid before the Emperor. Justice to France requires that this statement should be made to correct misapprehensions on a subject in regard to which France has acted with good faith towards the United States. General Meade's Official Rf.port ok the Battle ck Gettysburg.?General Meade's official report of the battle of Gettysburg was made public in the North , on the 11th. He assigns as a reason for the delay in making it, the failure of receiving the reports of several of the corps and division commanders who were severeVfefr on ruled in battle. It occupies two columns, in small type, in the New York rimes. Meade gives the grand result as follows : The result of the campaign may be briefly stated in the defeat of the enemv at Ccttvs* * tnirg, his compulsory evacuation of Pennsylvania and Maryland, and his withdrawal from die upper valley of the Shenandoah; and in die capture of three guns, forty-one standards, ?nd 13,G21 prisoners; 24,078 small arms wcro jollected on the battlefield. Our own losses vere very severe, amounting, as will he seen >y the accompanying return, to 2,834 killed, 13,707 wounded, and 6,643 missing, in all >3,186. On Dit.?It is stated that Miss Slidcll, the laughter of the rebel Ambassador, is shortly o be married to M. Erlanger, the Confederate oan contractor. J