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- THE CAMDEN CONFEDERATE. "KNOWLEDGE IS FOWEB, AMP THE PHESS IS THE SOYAL THBONE OTOH WHICH SHE SITS, AH ENTHBOHED HOHABCH." Vol. Ill] CAMDEN, S. C.. "WEDNESDAY, OGT.26, 1864. [N0.8Q Cl)f Ctrnfrtttott . , IS PUBLISHED AT CAMDEN, EVERT WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY \ J. T. HERSHMAN. jgf Terms of subscription?Five {Dollars per annumggT Rates of Advertising?Two Dollars, & a half per square of twelve lines, for firs insertion, and Two Dollars for each subsequent oneB?" Communications calculated to advanethp. fn crest of our District and State, published free of harge. . ^BBS TO ANYBODY. ~ ^ I was sitting, dear Annie, alone last night, Looking out on the-sky, ' 4 Where the stare were twinkling,laughing an3 brigh , And the light clouds drifted by ; And a sadness soft o'er my spirit stole, ' Subduing Eense and will, For I thought of scenes in the outside world. So hushed and still ! w I dreamed of a home where peace a id love, Their constant vigils keep? Where purity, like a mantle, wraps A gentle one in sleep. And I thought that ere her eyes were closed, , A prayer to the God of love, Warm from her heart, for au absent one, Went up Above! And I thought that when the morning sun Gilded the Eastern skies, His beams were not more bright thnu those That dwelt within her eyes ; And I thought those eyes a gladness shed O'er every face they met, As through the dews of love they beamed? I see them yet! Dear Annie! 'twas thy home I saw? ' Thy gentle self who slept; 'Twas o'er thy slumber peace and. love Thcir.Qeacelcss vigils kept; And 'twas thy heart that, breathed the prayer, Before you took your nap. By George! I wish I only knew ' 'Twas for this chap ! ASA IIAItTZ. Johnson's Island, Ohio. i ? PermanentExempt Men from Disability. * Adjutant Gen. Cooper has issued the aunexed order in regard to men w! o have heretofore been permanently exeumt from disabili ty: * Ganernls commanding Reserves in tbe several States will, without delay, select and sehd officers, one to each Congressional Dis' trict, empowered to summon, aud after inspection, forward to tbe caiups of instruction, nil persons holding certificates of permanent disability, and such persons assigned to light duty, as in his judgment appear likely to be adjudged qualified for active service. All stfch j ffe may, upon examination, be pronounced by ' select Medical Boards so qualified, will be assigned to duty in the field. Tbe inspectors ol conscription may be charged with this additional duty in tbe-absence of other suitable officers. Paragraph I, General Orders No. 77 (current series,) is amended by the insertion of "in * tbe service of tbe Government" between tbe words "employed" and "as artisans," &c. t 'T^e details of such men, called out by General Order No. 77, (current series) as are found by tbe proper Medical Boards to be un, fit for field service, may be received, and similar details may be granted to light duty men ^ not heretofore detailed, at tbe discretion of tho Generals of Reserves. Forrest, the Partizan Leader.?A Yankee officer WMB nolrnrt v." ? n-f?1 .... .uavu VI a lOUJf Ul \_7 i IU1 U , Miss., why General Grierson with his largely superior numbers of cavalry did not attack . General Forrest. lie said, "Madam, our entire force of seven thousand cavalry, would not fight one of Forrest's brigades unless our , infantry was there to support them. No one of our brigades would fight one of his regiments, do regiment a compauy, and no company would charge a pair of Forrest's old boots if they were lying ihe road." A curious circumstance occurred recently in Brussels, namely, the prosecution of a photographist by a gentleman for exhibiting his photograph at the shop door. He said that, /owing t? the circumstance and the ugliness of ; the copy of nature, he bad lost a gcod chance 4 of making (t rich marriage. i, . ' , ' * The Tadkee Prisoners at Florence. . One of the State Reserves, writing frorn ",Camp Prison, Florence, S. C., October 7," to the Yorkville Enquirer, gives the following interesting account of the military prison there and its inmates: Our men are called on to perform guard du ty every other day and night, as there are a I large number of prisoners at this point, and many more daily coming in from. Charleston, distant but 60 miles by railroad, dud Andersonville, Georgia. The prisoners are placed in an enclosure arranged in regimental order; this is made of split timbers five or six inches in thickness, well embeded in the earth : arouSd this nali i sading, enclosing some twenty acres, is fixed the platform or walk fop the sentinels, with >ccasional projections, from which - they can ;ok over into the camps and k$ep & sharp watch on the movements of the psisop^cs, in order that the latter may have no excuse for approaching the palisading,' a ditch 'is rnn around the camp, about fifteen feet fronr it, said to be like that of the Yankees at Hilton Head. The man who attempts to cross it, after being once warned, is shot if the sentry's eye falls on him, or without warning at night. Night and day a heavy guard is posted around, and lines of sentriep)?'with artillery and cavalry at eonveuient and important points, so escape seems impossible. The prisoners are divided into detachments' of one hundred (4eh, under sergeants of their own appointmtmT. The roll is called each _ : n 'JM-A . -a iL. L - a! 1 - o ?L uiuiiiiiig ui v u uiuub f at wic ueaung 01 ine< drum each detachment falls into line in front uf its row of tenfs or earthworks, dresses up on the sergeant, in files of four, when the Major has them counted off by the several Lieutenants called on to assist him, who drem it by uo means an agreeable employment, among so much filth and vermin, though the place ts, daily policed, and n deep branch runs through the entire camp ; they cook their own rations, which of course thev complain of, however plentiful they may be. They are not allowed to ConilU'iliicate with nnv hut officers- wlmnj the}' often importune for little favor.-, mostly lo take the oath or be paroled, or for tobacco. 'J he foreigners make many protestations of their disinterestedness, while the Yankees, most of whom were the denizens of the brothels atvd purlieus of Northern cities, pretend ?? believe our cause a losing oue, though they curse the obstiuacy of Butler in not effecting their exchange. Poor Devils ! they do not see that ouc Confederate is worth half a dozen of tbeiu, and hence their sufferings. While writing, a goodly number of foreigners.are taking the oath, which they swallow with avidity. The prisoners pay little regard to their personal cleanliness; as a natural consequence much mortality prevails, ten deaths being about the minimum of those daily occurring. 1 L_ !. 1 <? -l ? - ! a nuspuui kir me sick is outside ot the Btocltade, where they receive every attention, aud they are reranded when convalescent, but few having died in it. They are mostly scantily clothed, and uuless provided by their govern* ment will suffer greatly, when the cold weather sets in. i ... Devastation in the Valley. Sheridiau seems to have fully and thorough, ly executed the orders of his master, ^Graut,) to destroy everything, and ''make the Valley one barren waste." A correspondent of the Kichmood Examinpr, writing from Early's command, says: What Atilia and his vandals perpetrated in the beautiful plains of Italy haverheen re-enacted here by Shcridiun and his minions. From Mt. Sydney, ten miles East of Staunton, to Leetown. ten miles from Horner'* FVr*v. n distance of about oue hundred miles, it seems to have been literally blasted by this.bosoua of destruction iu human form. Not a mill is known to be left unburued. Every burn has been laid in ashes. Every wheat stack, tvery bushel of wheat and every hay-rick has been consumed by the blazing-torch ; horses, cattlej hogs and sheep curried off or destroyed, and multitudes driveu from their homes, helpless wanderers among strangers, in sorrow and distress, by these Yankee fiends. Surely God has some strange work to accomplish with us, or among us, else fire from iituven would eonsuQte-thcse iuexorable barbarians from off tho face of the earth. ? ? OIL _ XT "XT * T* ? ? - " j.ae new xors tteraia pitcnes into tne , World for its ntnean, sneaking and utterly disgraceful charges and insinuations against .the prespnt amiable, exemplary and esteemed lady of the White tlouse-" I'mden, Wednesday, October 26. J. T- HBBSHMAIT-Editpr. ~v ( Oua Armies.?The rank# in General Lee's ( army are. rapidly filling op, and the corps, di? ' visions, brigades .and regiments, depleted* by many battles, are assuming their former proportions. At dress parade, a few days since,' * s Virginia Regiment, which had^inscribed on* J its buttle flag the Dames of oqr earliest laities, ] turned out eleven . hundred muskets, and one 1 of our smallest divisions numbened seven thou- 1 sand effcctuttHMiu. It stated of our Western' army, that as- we 1 progress northward enr numbers increase*.? 1 When the army fell back to Atlanta numbers of men who' lived in the northern portion of ' -the State went back to their homes. They are now returning- to their color*; It is stated, J upon tha same authority,. th?t over one hundred deserters have returned' to their commands, from the neighborhood of Lick SkHlet ,-..1 "I- *T - * ' - ? a iicue vuiage in norm western tieorgia. JtfAR v dee's corps alone has been recruited nearly three thousand. . , v ; * * ' I , < Tue Hour of Trial'for Wilmington.? The Journal says : ".What has boeo so long threatened and sb much tallcod about seems to have crnne at last. The long deferred attack on Wilmingtbn would appear to bo at hand. We have good reason to believe, from | infdrnittion received* that an attack is immi-j nent?rouy be- looked for any day. The fleet j is assembling both at Fortress iMonroe and Beaufort Harbor, N. C. j< "Such information is regarded as authentic I _ ?? t I , by our military authorities, and they are ex- J ] tremely anxious, and indeed positively de.-ire ' that all nou-combatunts, and especially women and.children, sho-uld he removed before the at-' Tack actually docs take ''place*.' Tlfisls'deMred for their own sukes, and for the further reason } tlmt their presence would have th'c effect of j ei??b?rra?sMig the defence. Itis'expected that ' ull tire men who rcmaiu will bear their full 1 part in defending their homes, and in repelling j the invader* of our soil. Those who do not , make up tbeir minds to do what they pun in defence of their homes arc expected to leave, ( as we presume little sympathy or favor will be ' shown any portiou of the muio population who remain here *ud who do not array themselves j in defence of the place. Those properly class-1 ed as non-combatants who- intend to remove in 1 case of an attack had better do so before the ( pressure of an actual attack is felt,'as then the ' ] J ~? 1 1.-H in > uiuiv.ititjr vt n;iu?7ui; uwjj hmu . jpruuuuiy Win | be insurmountable." ; ^ A Roll Call.?The little Gcnixu, who, ' tbe report to the contrary notwithstanding, is \ not dead not- sleepeth, gives the, fallowing us a t ( roll call of the Baltimore. Yeagers; wbtch is ! composed Exclusively of Dutchmen, \rith tbe . ? exception of one Yankee : ] Captain?Sergeant Snovelcreuson, will call r do roll! . | Sergeant?Captain Creutseon !, i Ans?Dat ish me. . ' * < Sergeant?Leftenaut Eulerhorn ! | Ans?Yuu. , ^ i % c Sergeant?Schmidt! * I Ans?Yau. . wt ' ' Scrgeaut?Big Schmidt! . t Ans?Here him ish. { Sergeant?Little Schmidt! I Ans?Zee him here. .c Sergeant?John Schmidt ! . ' i Ans?Yuu. ? ; i Sergeant?Schmidt up de bill ! . ( Ans?Yau. ] Sergeant?Schmidt ud de York road ! n A us'? (Proxy.) Hiui e?d nau cum den, i him "vile hash vun pupo lasb nitc. c Sergeant?Joel Dernier ! t Ant.?(The Yankee jumps off a stump.) ? Well, neow, I rayther guesa 1'in bere. i It was Dow, jr.?sacred be his memory!? . who said: "Life is a country dance ; down j> outside and back ; tread on the corns of your c neighbor ^ poke your nose everywhere; all ,t hands around; right and left. Pop your j cocoa-riut, the figure is ended. Time hangs, up the fiddle, and death' puts out the light." i ' i * 22$ The Movement of Hood/ # The rapidity of late movements by Ae Arm/ *\| of Tennesee is uopanrlclled in .the histoiy of ibe Westerti Army. Without indicating directions, tho Columbus dun states u^on the authority At the new,* agent ,tl)o Front, that* the army ftas raarcfodf a" distance-' of one buodred and fffty miles ii> fcufteen dnjs, and ^qart its numbers hard iniircased oftdf its4 s/isit improve 1 ander these iftfcid diWdfteSt lAWf' tion of the artrij (wO will nbt sWjtftfbat' jiortitttfy onr specify particular corps, foF i^aao^s whifch1 are obvious), marched- along the 8&t?e rood! 1 imd Have destroyed many sectfons of it. Bat little fighting b*s occurred, the orders probably being to ru arch* around all strong^garrinops, but to strike and dcsf-oy' the ri4jad bctyreeo them. It is understood ftifct General Beaure-, ? ' 4 . * , gard i* ifith the jfnnj, and thaUbe yi inspiring: v its movements. - v,* The special correspondent of tjie AiJcertlxr,' writing from Jacksonville on She flth, gives^ as' the details of the capture of Dulton by Ge^ , oral Hood, on' the 13th instant, together wH& lofnft otlijpr particulars" of the operation* of our urtny i?. NorthwWte'rn Georgia. ^ The news >? sheering, and will serve" to t'elieve the anxiety of the public as to'what bas'been ^?ing on ; * . Ja'cksonvflle, October 17., ? General Hood inyVate(i Dalton on lsfjt Thursday, and at Once sent in a flag of friicfe and * demanded its surrender- C?douol Johnsbtt, ' the1 Federal commanded, came in person to see our General. "Will you," said tin:, CoJu?elM "treat the garrison as prisnrters of war, if L 4 surrouder ?" ">fo, sir." "Will you parole it ?" "No, sir; $ will allow you live minglta^* . ' fo surrejider, aud if not comjftied witlr I will? put the garrison to the sword." The Colonel observed that the terms were bud. but that ; u- JL i-i* :?*L v. . iic n>'uiu .-uutumr, wuii.il wun St IIBt'e U'llie. J'he pri.->ot)<-rs captured were as fdW* : ?*)0 ' uegruus in Yankee, uniform,- 25.0'wbitc soldiers,, one batter)' of six gnus, tit-Id artilleryv and 81X_ awnlcyf .Utgeditfr-wH#- i*W-.d pm*"mounted ?* iu the*ft?ila, a large quantity of *iore<r, iiiamuustioti, saddles and blanker*. : The negro soldiers were at once'd^ycstjcd. 'of their blankets, j>vercout*, shoes, hats, and in ; many cases, their breeches, and under a. strong guard with horse whips, put to work ten ring Lip the railroad. And this ne^ro garrison mm the reason that General Ilood refused their white Colonel thCsOrdinary tenni of capitulation. As a general thing, the men of the i irtny were iu favor of hanging the last one of- , t lie in on^hc nearest limbs, and as it is, if is tvry questionable if mawy of theui are carried! Far as prisoucrs'of war. At Tilton we. captured 350 raenTwithoutt Siring a.gun. At Dug Gag, Major. Faleonfer, Adjutant General of the ar,';jy, and'Major Ulure n?de# out for the pu recoDUOUsancp.^, J hey? taddtfily came upon a, tmdy of tlie enemy and heavy volley wt: ired at them. Major F. was soot through , the thigli and Clare's-horse killed under him. i'lie courier reports thart Col.- Reck, rif the 28d ilabaW was killed, hut "does not state how >r where. After lYalton was captured a fiprtioo of our rrroy -was sent to make a demonstration upou Etesaca, which is strongly garrisoned, and the-' . emainder sent towards Ohattanoogo, which it V jammed by six thousaud negroes and white* nen^ chiefly negroes. I haadly think, how- . jver, that any attBi-k will be made upon that )lacef as it can be easily turned by the army :roasiug.the river. ' Well, you will ffnd out. >efore a great while. Whilst all this was going on oo the railroad, wo brigades of our, cavalry were amusing the *reat and immortal .hero and strategist, W. T^. ; Sherman, with his whole army at Rome. H? lrew up bis army in front of ibuttowo in reg-< liar line of batplc array, threw up entreppbr ? uents, put out flunkers and *kiru>i.slii?ra nmdr. # ^ r?/ ~r-r?v ill utl^cr uecc.-sar.y urrniigt'ipuDU for a general) \ itched buttle, thinking that Hood was tberq, vifb bis whole length of rebel*. Our caval^ y, however, gave lmu n fight, which lasted twq, lap, und whi n shipped they retired .-With col?k ?rs flyiug. The llih IVxhs aDd'^lst-Arkuo-; us llegiuieutsgrc'uily distinguished themselves ^ u thai buttle. The courier from Hood's headquarters re-. )orta thul Forrest bad captured a train on t-a . Nashville and Chjiuunqo-te fjulroad with eight- 1 uilflons greenbacks. He isnid it was ifreely ?tw?? ..If' i"* B.acw. v/. u. uwtu^uamcio ttuo generally Pflti.; t> .' jeved. The news' needs confirmation. 4 The spirit of the army excels aDjthi'ng erei;\ teard of. s ; . ytk'' : ' ' " 13