The Camden confederate. (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, April 06, 1864, Image 2
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J. T. HERSHMAW?Editor. j
I'amdcn, Wednesday? April (5.
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Salutatory.
We resume to-day the publication of
The Camden Weekly Confederate.
Nearly three years ago, when we first
undertook to issue a weekly paper, we
were beset with doubts as to the fate of
the attempt, on account of the condition
of public affairs and the exceptional state
of circumstances existing at that time, j
A short experience dissipated an our |
fears, and gave assurauce of permanent
success. Our readers are aware of the
circumstances which caused a temporary
suspension of our publication; and it is
needless to particularize the causes which
have produced so long a delay. We are
happy to announce that our arrangements
are such that the publication of j
our paper, in the future, is an assured
fact.
It may seem to argue great temerity |
to undertake, at this time, to publish a
paper, when one already exists in the !
town. But we believe in the first place
that there is room for both, and that the
demands of the times are such that both
can be supported. At any rate, in our
preseut attempt, we have ouly sot about
it wheu the success of it was put beyond
question.
In the conduct of our paper we will
be guided by the same principles as heretofore.
Strictly independent, we belong
to no party or clique?but we will continue
in the future, as in the past, to
ffivo our most ardent support to the ad-1
ministration of President Davis, believing,
as we do, that he is the right
man in the light place, and the best;
mau for the place; and that after all j
that can be said and proved agaiust him j
is allowed its full weight, he still stands j
forth as rim man of the times. Errors |
have been comm'itwd ; what man or administration
ever totally avoided them ?
The proper plan to arrive at a correct
estimate, is to oousidor our en>nli?i?n j
three years ago, the transaotious of tb<>
intervening period, ana the present proud
and impregnable position of the Confederacy,
and then answer whether or not
there appears marks of greatness iu those
who have conducted our affairs.
In our relation as member of the!
press, we anticipate, iu the intercourse '
with our brother members generally, and >
especially those of our town, the reciprocation
of those kind feelings which
characterize the courtesy of the profession
iu this State, and which has given
it the high character which it everywhere i
k bears.
Municipal Election.
At an election held on Monday last,
for Intenduut and Wardens of the Town
of Camden, for the ensuing twelve
months, the following gentlemen were
re-elected :
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jnieiiunni?oa.ues
Wardens?Roii'r. M. Kennedy.
D. 1). IIocott.
L. M. Boswell.
N. P. Baxley.
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Court of Common Pleas ancl General
Sessions.
The Court convened on Monday last? ,
Judge Ward lay* presiding. The Grand
and Petit Juries being impannellcd, the
State docket was called, and all cases
brought forward for consideration were
marked continued. The Grand Jury,
in their report on public buildings, presented
the condition of the jail as being
bad, and sadly needing repairs; after
which the jury for next term was drawn,
and the court adjourned.
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To Our Patrons.
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than the most of our cotemporaries, it is
not our purpose to deceive our subscribers
or others who may hereafter choose to
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towards our sustainauce, to reduce the
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ntiblipnt.inn tlmf. wo mnu -it nnv finin Kn
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a scarcity of labor, paper or ink may necessitate
us to adopt such a course. Hut
we have effected a contract by which we
will be regularly supplied for twelve
months with paper, so that at present we
need apprehend no such necessity. In
order that we may be able, during the
coming week, to perfect, as near as possible,
the condition of the imposing room
of the office, we will issue a single sheet,
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that the subscription money will be paid
in idvance. i
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News from Richmond.
Richmond, April 1.?An official j
tcleprrara from Mobile states tliat New j
Orleans papers of the 24th claim the capturn
of *210.Confederate soldiers on the !
21st along the Rayou Rapides; also four
pieces of artillery and a large number of ,
horses.
Commissioner Ojjld is expected to
return from Fortress Monroe to-morrow.
The object of his visit was to attempt a
settlement of the difficulties in regard to
the exchange of prisoners."
The flood in the James River is receding.
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Pleasant Tidings.
foittiest at work in* kentucky?gold
steadily rising at the north.
Grenada, Miss., March 31.?The
Memphis Bulletin of the 29th has been
received here. It says : "The steamer
J. D. Perry arrived from above on the
evening of the 27th, and the City of Alton
this morning, bringing exciting news
from the rebel General Forrest's command.
Late last Friday evening, when
Lha Pern/ left Cairo, a despatch had just
bceu received to the effect that Paducah,
I\y., was on fire, and that fighting was
then going on there.
''The C(Vy of Alton, which left Saturday
evening, brings a confirmation of the
above. Pcducah was then in ashes, and
fighting was still going on between the
gun boats ami the rebels on shore. The
Union pickets were driven in at Columbus,
Kentucky, on Friday night, and attack
was also expected at that place. The
steamer Perry was fired at Hickman, but
succeeded in passing, having escaped
serious damage."
still later from forrest's command.
Atlanta, April 2.?The Nashville
Union of the 27th contains interesting
particulars of Forrest's advance into
Kentucky. Cairo despatches of the
20th state that Forrest arrived on the
20d at Union City, driving in the pickets.
lie also destroyed the railroads
and bridges eight miles from Columbus
General IJrayman, with several regiments
of infantry and artillery, went from Cairo
within twelve miles of Union City, and
learned that Colonel Ilawkins, with 471
of the Termcssec cavalry, had surrendered,
and that the Confederates, after
destroying the fortifications, returned
southward, taking their prisoucrs with
them.
The New York Flrrabt, of the 20th,
< 'lunula uu.^| raii;iiv;d u win v/ui;w i?.? vilCCt
Knrroct nttiiuhr J an J
l'aducah on the afternoon of the 2-3t!i
with 7,000 men. Three attacks on the
fort were repulsed by tlie garrison before
the place was carried, the rebels leaving
300 dead on the held. Tour gunboats
opened fire on the city to prevent the
rebels from occupying it. Turing the
fight, the rebels plundered tin. stores of
an immense quantity of goods. Several
women were killed. The Yankee loss
was fourteen killed and fifteen wounded.
A large portion of the city was destroyed.
The rebels retired at night, after burning
the depot and steamer Dwof't/i, and proceed
in the direction of Columbus.
The Memphis BuU>i!u of the 2Gth
inst., says : "From the officers of the
steamer Gasgow, which arrived at a late
hour last night, we learn that 011 last
Thursday morning a force of Confederates,
estimated at six thousand; under
General Forrest, made their appearance
at Union City, where was statiouod a
cavalry force of some eight hundred men.
For a time, there was heavy skirmishing,
but the odds being so great, and a flag
of truce coming in from General Forrest,
demanding the surrender of the post and
garrison, it was deemed best to do so,
and the post capitulated at 11 o'clock,
a. m.
Exchange of Prisoners.
::ourest\s expedition-?further northern
news.
Richmond, April 4.?The flag of
truce boat, with a thousand prisoners, is
expected here on Wednesday.
An ollicial dispatch from General Forrest
states that he moved in the direction
of Jackson on l'aducah, in fifty hours.
He held the town ten hours, and could
have held it longer, but, as the small pox
was raging, he evacuated the place, lie
captured many stores and horses, and
burned a steamer. Uis loss at Union
City and l'aducah was 25 killed and
wounded. Colonel Thompson, of Kentucky,
was amongst the killed. The
enemy's loss at l'aducah was fifty killed
aud wounded. Fix hundred Yankees
were captured during the expedition.
The Cincinnatti Commercial- of the
2tSth contains conflicting accounts about
Forrest's attack on l'aducah. They state
that lie captured the place after four assaults,
losing 150 killed and wounded.
The Yankee loss is stated to have been
but 12 killed and 40 wounded, with
Colonel I licks and 800 men taken prisoners.
Forrest burucd all the Government
stores. A telegram from Columbus,
Kentucky, dated the 27th nit.,
says that Forrest anil Faulkner were
between that place and Mayficld. Their
strength was much greater than at first
estimated. .Mayficld was filled with
rebel wounded. The rebels were, at
last accounts, marchiug towards Clinton.
Geucril Roscncrans has suspended
the circulation of the Xew York Mi fropolifan
Record in Missouri.
THE PRISON ON LAKE ERIE.
Under this head the Louisville Journal of
tlic 2S:li ultimo, publishes the following lines,
written bv "Asa llartz," the correspondent,
of the Mobile Tribune. It may be not amiss
to say that "Asa llartz" is Maj. George McKnight,
formerly of this city, of Gen. Lor
ing's staff.?Columbia Guardian.
The full, round moon, in God's blue bend,
Glides o'er her path so queenly?
Dark shadows creep, fade into light,
And stars look down serenely.
A captive looks out on the scene?
A scene so sad and dreary ;
And thinks a weary captive's thoughts,
In prison 011 Lake Erie.
The happy, lmppy days of youth,
Flit by him fast and faster;
The joys which gave no warning note
Of manhood's dire disaster:
The days when joy, and peaceful homes,
And firesides bright and cherry,
Comeback to find 1 '.in sad and worn,
In prison on Lake Eric.
A passing cloud tlics o'er the scene,
The light, a moment banished,
Returns again, but now, alas!
The vision bright has vanished,
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The happy view of childhood's throne
Leaves but a picture dreary,
To rest the aching eye upon,
In prison 011 Lake Eric.
How manj' moons will rise and wane ;
llow many months will languish?
Ere Peace, the white winged angel, comes
To soothe n nation's anguish ?
God speed tlie long'd and prnyM for day,
When loved ones, bright and cherry,
Shall welcome us around the hearth,
From prison on Lake Erie.
ASA IIARTZ.
.Toiixson's Tslath. February, 1804.
Penalty for Failure to Deliver tho
Tithe in TimeOffice
oftiie Commissions; of Taxes,
Richmond, March 25, 18G4.
To the Editor of the 1)7(5/ : Permit
me to enlighten "A Fanner," whose
communication, headed "Who is the
Law-giver," appears in your paper of this
inurnidg.
The Tax Act of 1804 was re-enacted
with amendments, and approved on 17th
February, 1SG4. What was section 11
in the old Act is section 10 in this. In
paragraph IV, section 10, one of the
amendments is in these words:
* * "The said producer shall he
required to deliver the wheat, corn, oats,
rye, bucl?whcat,#ncc. peas, beans, cured
hay and fodder, sugar, molasses of cane
or sarghum, wool, thus to be paid as a
tithe in kind, after they have been estimated
as aforesaid, in such form and orrlirifivtr
inivl'AlnKlft nnnilitiiin ?ia inir Kn
ItlllMi J 111441 VVllMII I"il (tO IlKljr UV>
usual i:i ilio section in which they arc
delivered, within thirty days from the
da to of notice given by the agent of collection
that he is ready to receive such
m .. T..CC, (V .1i.t pi~0TK l.v4i II iPTTSrU.Ut'J M
be delivered in the manner and at the
times hereinafter provided,) at some depot
not more than twelve miles from the
place of production : and it' not delivered
by the times and in the order stated, lie
shall be liable to pay five times the estimated
value of the portion aforesaid," Ac.
This is the law, and Congress is the
law-giver. Instruction 0, which "A Farmer"
quotes, is a promulgation of the
amend...ent above quoted, and if he had
observed the heading of the instructions,
he would have seen that they were issued
as "additional instructions adopted
to the amendments of the tax laws of
1303," Ac. Very respectfully,
THOMPSON ALLAN,
Commissioner of Taxes.
Grant's Movements in Virginia.
Oraxc.b C. H., April 3.?Intelligence
from the Yankee lines represents Grant
as busy reviewing and inspecting the
Army of the Potomac. It is also reported
that reinforcements arc reaching that
army from the West. Meade still retains
bis command of the army; but
Grant will have charge of it in the next
fight. The cannonading heard in the
direction of Culpcpcr is* ascertained to
have been salutes in honor of Grant's
presence. Snow fell here for over ten
hours, but it has now all dissappcared.
The condition of the roads precludes the
possibility of the enemy's advance for a
week, at least; but all our information
shows that active preparations arc going
on in bis camps.
Capture of West Virginia Legislators
by Rebels.
Sin John's Hun, March 20.?Last
evening a detachment of rebels, reported
to be Gilmer's men, made a raid into
]>ath, a village of Morgan county, West
Virginia, two miles and a half from here,
and succeeded iu capturing Mr. Uechtcl,
n Wncf Y'irrrliiifi Ssmi'ifnr mnl Mr
?-?.V.OU . .. v.,
Wheat, a member of the West Virginia
House of Delegates.
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A New Point of Exchange.
The Richmond Examiner informc us
that Savannah Georgia, or some point
nigh unto it, has been selected as neutral
ground for the delivery and exchange of
prisoners of war sent from Richmond to
Americus, and such others as may be
gathered at that point. Maj. E. Griswold,
late Provost Marshal of Richmond,
has been detached from service there and
ordered to the above post.
The following, however, looks like
another hitch in the exchange business;
"The Washington Chronicle says that
General Wadsworthis instructed to state
that no more prisoners will be exchanged,
except upon the principle of man for man,
regardless of color."
Eighty Yankees were captured in East
Tennessee during the recent advance of
Gen. Longstrcet, and have been forwarded
to Richmond.
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A Proposition.
"We clip the annexed from the Rc/f/ious
Herald:
I propose that on the second Lord's
day in April next, every minister of the
" i *1.. 0?..iL
gospel, ol every acnoniiauou iu meouum,
preach from these words : 'If I shut up
Heaven that there be no rain, or if I
command the locusts to devour the land,
or if I seud pestilence among my people ;
if my people, which are called by my
name, shall humble themselves, and pray,
and seek my face, and turn from their
wicked ways, then will I hear from
Heaven and will forgive their sins, and
will liccl their laud."?2 Chrou., vii:
13,14.
Will not every newspaper in the
South, both political and religious, publish
the above proposition ouee and again,
and thus bring a subject of such vital
importance fully before the public mind?
The "locusts" and the " pestilence" are
ijow devouring our land, and here wo
have the explicit directions how to get
Irid of them. Let us obey God aud realize
the blessing.
A MINISTER OF TlIE GOSPEL.
[/ Vow the Cohunhin Cuartlinn.]
The Black Flag.
* We (iud no fault with the fact that
such men as President Davis and Gen.
Lee hesitate to commit their country and
her righteous cause to the atrocious warfare
inaugurated by the Lincoln?, Butlers,
McNeils, McCooks and Kilpatricks
of Northern chivalry.
Perhaps the bloody retribution which
Yankee vandalism challenges may best
receive sanction and disc jssiou around
the camp fires. That the soldiers should
j assume for themselves the responsility
1 which at best is theirs. They can make
the work sure and the shaft short.
Let them take the first step towards
righteous vengeance and prepare to go
i on as the case may demand. Begin with
those who arc responsible for their own
| deeds and who arc outlaws against a eom|
moil civilization. The negroes who arc
forced to the field by the bayonets of
their loving Yankee brothers arc not
: fitting objects for Southern vengeance.
| The Yankee Puritan who shows his faith
: by his works may be allowed the privI
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> i'rjv of excavating a retreat from prison.
i C....,: ,.)ir.Aen
j j;ui uiu iuiui^ii ii1vn.wiiu1il.-7 iiuu viiwflw
i to enlist under the banner of the beastly
j Lincoln, who Iiir: themselves to make
j the most attroeious warfare on a people
who have never wronged them. The
huuiuu birth who repay IiusuUality
with iirc ami sword, and who with
j the imported pack of hireling butchers
; have left their distant homes to fasten
i the heritage of shame upon the people
; (>f fr< e and independent .States, whose
! only crime has been the defence of their
1 well authenticated liberties against foul
oprcssioo. Let such as these meet their
reward without stint and without merry.
In view of the requital we have received
at the hands of these felonious
bauds, we blazon on our banners, So
j Quarter! We solemnly ask, is nut the
' retribution just as to all Northern troops
I of forei gn birth '! We have fed Hie fain'
ishing poor of Ireland, who sends in retutu
for cargoes of food shipped from
; .SoutlicninMXs two Irish brigades, led
by Shieflw^and Meagher. We have
: rebuked into defeat Hie thraldom well devised
for men of foreign birth by such
j men as Seward. We have refused to
disfranchise fiecincn for conscience sake.
i We have dealt hut. Christian charity and
: niagnauimous forbearance to these mis,
ercant ingrates who have come to stir
insurrection in our borders, to pilfer and
burn the houses which they defile without
shame and destroy without icmorsc.
To such demons who have cursed all civ|
ilization to its teeth, and spurned from
their path of blood every law, both
II 1 . .1 L -
numan anu tuvjnc, \vc say mere can oc
; but one law of war?t he parole of the bay;
omt on fh" fu ll a no' everywhere. Let
; the world know the Southern soldier's
vow, and let all men judge of its justice.
I We demand that that the Yankee in
j vapor should tight out alone his own hellish
platform of rights and liberty to its
I consummation ; and if Kurnpc flings
her hordes in the scale, we shall slay with
: out remorse these venomous serpents
who sting the bosom that nursed them in1
to life And to all we say
Fiat Justitia Huat Caslim.
The Carolinian says: Since the siege
j of Charleston commenced, the Federals
<i.Hn.?n on noo ct,?iio ?,?i ?
Fort Pumter, 3,000 at the city, and some
70,000 <4 Wagoner and Gregg, making
over 100,000 shells, mostly 11 and 15I
inch?300, 200 and 100 pound Parrotts
i ?a number that has no parallel in any
! siege in history. Averaging the weight
of the shells at 150 pounds each, al,
though they will come nearer 180
i pounds, the aggregate would be 15,000
, pounds of iron hurled against this devoj
ted nest of rebellion and its defences.
| Ennui is a Frcuch word for an English
malady which generally arises from
the want of a want, and constitutes the
complaint of those who have nothing to
, complain of.
Extraordinary Sermon from Henry
Ward Bcocher?The Rebels Eulogized.
ltcv. Henry Ward Bcccher rather
startled his hearers at the Plymouth
Church, in Brooklyn, in a eulogy of the
rebel troops, in the course of a sermon
designed to show that the price of liberty
was not only eternal vigilence, but eternal
self-sacrifice. " Where," exclaimed
the speaker, " shall we find such heroic
self-denial, such upbearing under physical
discomfort, such patience in poverty,
in distress, in absolute want, as we find in
the Southern army ? They fight better
in a bad cause than you do in a good
one; they fight better for a passion than
you do for a sentiment. We believe
them to be misguided, but wc must do
them the credit of saying they fight well,
and bear up under trouble nobly; they
suffer and do not complain; they go in
rags, but do not rebel; they are in earnest
for their personal liberty ; they believe
in it, and if they can they mean to
get it."
Mr. Bcccher also denied that slavery
was dead. " Dead !" he exclaimed, " we
know that within the lines of the frontier
army there arc yet three millions of
slaves. As yet, wc learn that they are
docile, amenable to the will of their
masters, patieut and subservient. Don't
be deceived."
It is scarcely necessary to add, that
not a few of Mr. Beechcr's flock went
home that night astonished.
Important from the North.
Richmond. April 3.?Wc have Northern
dates to the 31st ult.
A collision occurred on the 28th ult.
at Charleston. Coles countv. Illinois, be
twccn the rebel sympathizers and the
Abolitionists. The fire of the latter
killed 14 of the rebels. The latest accounts
say that the rebels, 300 strong,
were entrenched at Galliday's Mills, under
command of the Sheriff. The 53d
Illinois regiment, 400 strong, were
marching to attack them. Mattoon,111.,
was threatened by the rebels from two
adjoining counties.
The very latest telegrams, dated Springfield,
111.. March 30, say : "Col. Oaks,
Provost Marshal General, started for
Charleston last night, lie telegraphed
to-day for the 41st Regiment. Gen
Ileintzlcman has also been requested to
send 5000 troops from Indianapolis."
This indicates trouble of a serious charactor
in that section.
TLo Now York World has a rumor
trom Washington mat the enure or<*anO
ized malitia of the North is to be called
into service for six montns, to hold certain
points during the campaign against
Richmond, which is soon to begin.
A Cincinnati despatch of the lGth
says : All steamers as far down as New
| Orleans, have been pressed. An iuipoi!
tant expedition, under Sherman is afoot.,
I the destination of which is conjectured to
i he Mobile.
The Committee on the Conduct of the
U'.it- fuel ovhl/^n^o nn.'iinat f~Ir>ner!il
I Meade.
The Government is issuing one thousand
rations daily to indigent citizens at
Tvnoxvillc. They are required to go
North within fourteen days or stop drawing
rations.
Scouts report the rebels maliing active
preparations for an advance into Kentucky.
There is no doubt but their cavalry
is in good condition, and two divisions
of infantry arc mounted.
A telegram from Fort Smith says the
army of the frontier is in motion.
Supposed destination Northern Texas.
The reorganization of the Army of the
Potomac was progressing on the 29th.
Gold fell to 04 J, in couscquencc of the
issue of gold certificates, but rallied and
closed at 60.
I Three boats were attacked on the 14th
on Cumberland River, above Nashville,
and completely riddled. A gunboat
arrivoJ and iliiporeod tbo guerrillas. The
loss is not reported. The guerrillas subsequently
captured and burned a train
on the Louisville and Nashville Road.
aud hung three negroes.
An order of Gen Price is published,
in which he assumes the command of
the Department of Arkansas.
More Confederate Captures.
Two Yankee adventure, on the part of
twelve members of the 15th Virginia
cavalry, has resulted in the destruction
of two valuable Yankee schooners and
Schooners Seized.?A bold and successful
capture of a large amount of
valuables. The parties proceeded down
one of the rivers emptying into Albertnarlc
Sound one night during the past
week, and, at an opportune hour, boarded
the schooners and disarmed the crews.
Doth vessels were loaded with coal, cotton,
and salt, and all the coutents were
saved and sold, after which the vessels
were burnt. On one of the vessels the
Captain was relieved of a fine gold watch,
twenty, S20 dollar gold pieces, and a
stout roll of greenbacks. The cargo of
one vessel realized 823,000 in Confederate
currency.
A New Wrinkle.?A new "wrinkle
" in the gas business is an attachment
of a small marine clock to street lamps,
whereby the gas is turned off at precisely
the moment desired. An arrangement
of this kind is being tried in
Springfield, Mass.
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From the North.
The Northern papers of the 22d instant
contain a few brief items of intelligence:
THE EXAMINATION OP A BANISHED MINISTER.
It has already been announced that Butler
i i -r? T rv A a T\ T\ _
nils scnc jl\cv. jus. ij. -nrmsirung, u. v., 01
Norfolk, Va*, to work upon the fortifications
at Hat terns, as a punishment for being "disloyal."
The following is the official report of
the "examination" of Dr. Armstrong:
Question. Do you call yourself a loyal man
in letter and spirit to-day ? Answer. I prefer
not answering.
Q. What is the name of that gentleman who
had taken the oath, and while coming out of
the Custom House with you made the remark
that he "would like to spit upon Northern
Yankees," or something to that effect? A.
I prefer not answering.
Q. Have you ever in your pulpit alluded
favorably to the Southern cause ? A. I
preached a sermon on the recommendation of
the Southern Congress.
Q. Did you object at that time to doing so?
A. No, sir.
Q. Have yoit, since the commencement of
the war, preached in your pulpit a sermon favorable
to the Union cause?one that would
please the loyal and displease the disloyal ?
A. No, sir,
Q. Where were you born ? A. In New
Jersey. I came to Virginia when nineteen
years old.
Q. Have you determined in your mind not
to pray for or allude to the President of the
United States, the authorities, the armies and
navies thereof, that they may he successful
in all their efforts to put down this wicked rebellion
? A. I have.
Q. Do you think this a wicked rebellion ?
A. No, sir.
Have you, since Iho commencement of this
war, opened your church on any fast or
thanksgiving day recommended by the President
of the United States? A. No. sir.
Q. Dili you ever open your church 011 Jeff.
Davis'recommendation ? A. There has been
meeting for prayer.
Q. Should the President of the United
States within a short time recommend a
day of thanksgiving or fast, with a view that
Christians would unite in prayer forthc overthrow
of all rebels in arms against the Government
of the United States, would you willingly
open your church and take charge of
such meetingsto that end ? A. I should not.
Q. Do you look upon slavery us a divine
institution ? A. I look upon it as allowable
Q. Did you look upon the hanging of John
Brown as just and right ? A. 1 did.
Q. Would you look upon the hanging of
any of the prominent rebels, Jeff. Davis, for
instance?as just aud right ? A. 1 should
not.
Q. Arc yon religiously aud morally opposed
to capital punishment? A. I am not.
Q. Do you look upon Jeff, Davis or any of
his Confcdcratcsas deserving any severe punishment
for their public acts against the Government
since the commencement of the
war ? A. 1 do not.
Q. Do you sympathize with the Union
cause or with the C'onfcderrtc ? A. With the
i onicucruie.
Q. Do you look upon Jeff. Davis, AVigfall,
S. M. Masou and their former colleagues in
the United States Congress just proceeding
the year 1SG0, as perjured men, and deserving
a traitor's reputation for all time, until
they show works meet for repentance? A. I
do not.
Q. Did or do you now regret the Federal
loss at Smithfteld a few weeks since ? A. I do
not.
Q. Do you think the attack upon Fort.
Sumter by the rebels justifiable in ever having
fired on the old flag ? A. I do.
Q. Should yo*> know of any blockade runners
or secret mail carries to or from the rebels,
would you give any immediate information
thereof to our authorities, that they might
be detected and punished as traitors deserve?
A. I would not have anything to do with if.
Look at This.
Tho Savannah Republican has just
received through the blockade the following
extraordinary document, of which
thousands of copies are floating over the
kingdom of Great Britain and winked
at by the British Government:
To Gallant Young Irishmen, Germans
and Others :
The war contractors of New York,
Boston and Philadelphia arc in want of
a few thousand enterprising young n.cn,
to join tiic glorious army of the Uuited
States.
The profits of the business are so
, large that the country can afford to pay
handsomely all who will speedily enter
, their noble service.
j Camp life iu America is remarkably
: salubrious and enjoyable, and offers im!
nicnsc attractions to the oppressed populations
of Europe. The troops will have
| FREE LICENSE WHILE OCCUPYING
THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY, ami
the ESTATES and PROPERTY of the
vanquished rebels Kill /*> divided by a
ijrateful nation unwmj its heroic drfen >
elers.
For further particulars, apply to the
Contractors' Lecturers, now in the mission
to Britain, and to Messrs. John
Bright and W. F. Forster. Ranters'
Hall, London.
New York, September 1, 18G3.
Sad Case.
Ellen Welch was recently fined fivo
dollars and committed to Bridewell for
ninety days, in Chicago, for drunkenness
and vagrancy. The Chicago Journal
says that she is the niece of Daniel 0'Conncll,
the daughter of his sister, Mary
O'Connell?and that she could claim as
her father the lord of Kilarncy Castle,
Slip plnnpd with n vrmnnr nfflnnr on.l
-r? - j "?& ura
couple came to Philadelphia, where they
resided one year, when her husband died.
The widow came to Chicago, married
again, lo$t her husband, got into disreputable
company, and went from bad to
worse, until she brought up in a polico
I court,
A