The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, November 27, 1863, Image 2
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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.
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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.
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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
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*? ,-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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The result of the campaign may be briefly
stated in the defeat of the enemv at Ccttvs*
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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.
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