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J? m t 1 13 _ Illlll - ?... - -- -- . - - - \ "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND THE TRESIS THE ROYAL THRONE UPON WHICH SHE SITS, AN ENEDTHBONMONA&CH," * CAMDEN, S. G^WED^IsDAY, DEG.14, 1864. 0*0.37 ' \ !.. IS PUBLISHED AT CAMDEN", i ET ERY WEDNESDAY HORNING, 1 - BY i J. T. HERSHMAN. < t6p~Tarmn of subscription?Five [Dollars per < annum- m \ jgyjtfctes of Advertising?T^o Dollars, & a half par square of twelve line?, for firrf inser- 1 tion.. and Two T>oTln.rH for each finhseniient. one- 1 (gf* Communications calculated to adranc t he in- 1 rest of our District and State, published free of 1 l?Vge. ..." < WHAT SOUTH CAROLINA HAT j EXPECT. i THE VANDALS IN MILLKDGEYILLE. i Millkdoevills. November 27. 1964. Sib:?Fo^ public information wcdrop^ou a line or taOj-irom this point, tbat it may be I known what the Federal army has done in pasting through this place. The first appear ance of-^Sherman's cavalry in our city was on ( : * be 20th, i?6t more than twenty men first ma- , king their appearance. .l*bey lingered on the , ontskirta of the town, cut the telegraph wires, 1 and after inquiring if any of Wheeler's men were~here, and being answered in the nega live, advanced through the streets with cocked nistols and carbines, seizinc horses and ejcci ting no little consternation and-alarm. By Monday afternoon Slocum'a corps began to . come in by wa y of Social Circle, Madison aDd Eatonton, and the other divisions, under him by way of Monticello. Sherman's forces catne in by the way of Clinton on Tuesday and Wednesday.. Tbe.col.umn8 visiting MilioUgcville composed the 14tb and 20th corps, and it is thought numbered some twenty thousand muskets, with corresponding jartillery and several thousand,wagons., TheSC wagons were' mostly loaded with provisions, the army subsisting on what they found on their way in the country. They . ' . . ' spread desolation broadcast?taking everything. in their way in the breadth of about twenty $ miles. Corn, fodder, menl, flour, horses, mules, "hogs, cattle, Bheep, poultry of every description, servants that could be cnticcd"aud forced off, and these hi great numbers. The last of j the army left on Friday! forenoon, destroying, i in its rear the bridge over the Ocouec St this place, having^ previously burnt tlic Arsenal with thfree thousand stand of arms iivit, blew i up tlie Magaaine aud bnrni-the Rail Road Dc- 1 pot. The Penitentiary was* burnt by some of < the couvicts, said to be the women. The pit i . . . , Toad has b.een destroyed for about two and a half miles from this towards GordoD, and fur about four miles from Gordon ?in this diree- ( tion. ' We are informed that the road between this , and Eaton ton was undisturbed except tho , - bridge across Little river, which was burned '] urith thc depot at Eaton t<jn. The State House, , the Executive Mansion, the Factory aud the , Asylum are left standing, though all but the* . latter dismantled. ; The Churches were entered and materially damaged. The only'private residences burnt* were those of John Jones, State Treasurer, and Mr, Gibbcs', formerly , Col. Campbell's. This was done, it is said, by a mob of .the soldiers, because hewas a , South Carolinian. All his household furni* , tare was burnt, and birsilrer ware taken to the , amount ot about $20,000. The city being one aaicamp, fences. became fuel, gardens and private yards became highways for horses and ! men?hence our city now presents a forlorn j appearance. The materials of the Southern Recorder and t Confederate Union were successfully concealed ' in the eountry, but some time mnst elapse be- 1 fore the offices can:fce .again put in operation. 1 We have now. no mail facilities except by cou- I riers to your city. As your city has been spared, we hope some T *-k method may be adopted by which the distressed / v with us may be supplied with provisions, as ! the community are left without food or means of transportation. We' "need not undertake to describe the v scenes of the past week. Godgrant they never ]j be repeated.- K. M^ORME, Sen. a jNrA?V/c hear of- a great many private g dwellings, gin houses, and much cotton be.ing burnt by the enemy on their different routes ^ within sight Also that several privates were c ibot Jfrif, however, dno to tho Federals to ?' $.V .. . v * . v .. ' . - .. * i*4 * * " *' / -" . 'S, ' /.-r-v; :. , : - '*** r> , . .. , _ >rs^ " -.-j*k . * * - jM v " r' '; ' : v-A. /' ' '-- : say that they rcepecLc^faa|ih'c8 in our city, I giUiin doors, but *t the. samcjtime robbed them )f all without. In tlre-cortim^ families were frequently ill-treated, and their houses* also sacked. -I omitted to state io the proper place that she State House and Executive mansion were, ifter consultation on the part of Sherman and jo )thuT Generals, left Btauding, on the ground jl( that Georgia, within six months, wouldv be fe igaia a part of the Unitcd Stales throughState iction. ^ staff offietr repeatedly asserted that they knew thai the State would go back. We [>olieve Ihcy are mistaken for judging of thb a affect of-.thcir vandalism on Milledgevilte. We J] believe the State will be a unit, as we arc, in cl increased hatred to there. Loss of property has . only united and bound, us more closely*in de- c termined resistance even to death. E. M. 0. The Charleston Courier says with reference y to the above: ? r( The Mr. Gibbes alluded to by the oorrcs- ei pondent is Mr Josephs. Gibbcs, refugee from ^ cur coast, father of our fellow-citizeu," James S.- * Gibbcs, Esq., of this city. Mr. (HMfes is sevDuty-five years of age, qnd4jis wife is bind.? They had their iwo daughters with them when they escaped from their residence barely with ri their lives. Their furniture, clothing, silver j w plate to the amount of $25,000, were taken ^ from ll.era with one hundred and' twenty five slaves, v Lei every'Carolinian rc*rember that a< INIr. Gibbes' residence- was destroyed because be lie was a South Carolinian. Let this brutali- 0 ty to the aged and infirm inspire, the deeds*of ai our soldiers in the field. Let those'who njfusu to lend their State'their aid in any way, need- . cd, bear in mind that Sherman has declared that ho "would not^-af.. he could, restrain the t"i fury of his soldiers when he cnterod Sooth Ch- t< rolintv with his army." * ' "V _ - _ - p Tin: (irealcdt I)tict*i6n Record. The famous duel in which forty or more gen- tl tlemcn w.ere engaged, in 1S28, is still remcm- c bered in Natchez. Col. Jitn Bowie, the fa-, p mous fighter and inventer of the lenife which. t1 bears his name, used to spend a great-deal of a his time in Natchez.. lie was challenged by a tl gentleman of Alexandria, La., whose friends, in to the numberof twen ty-or more, 'accompanied a him lo Natehezto see fair play, knowing Bowie li was a desperate man, and had his own friends h about him. All parties, went upon the field. The combatants took their places in the centre, separated from their fiiends in the rear, far * enough not to' Endanger them with, tlitfff*" C O - ; ; 11 balls. ' , . Behold the battle array thus,': Twenty arnied Loujsianians fifty yards behind their chain- ! nion and his seconds and sunreon. and onnodtp n I?- tv-tj.,?; j # p ; ? ~ "i r thc:n as far behind, Bowie and his seconds and fi surgeon, twenty armed Mississippians. Be- ;t bold the heights .of Natchez thrdnged with ^ spectators, and a stealer in the river rounded 1 to, its decks black with passengers, watching u with a deep interest the sceufcr p The j)lan of fight, fos to exchange shots v twice with pistols, and to close with knives, p Bowie being armed with his own terrible weapon. At .the first fire both, parties escaped.? j? At the second, the -Louisianian'wos too quick, M md took advantage of Bowie, who waited the $ word. At this Bowie's second soon cried "foul o: play !" and shot the Lonisiaoian dead. . The second of the latter.instantly killed the ?Iayer of his principal. Bowie drove his knife oto this man.' The surrreons now crossed jlades, while, with loud'battle cries, came on ;wo parties of friend*, the light of battle in 8' iheir eyes. In a moment the whole number c< vere engaged in a fearless conflict. Dirks, 0 listols, and knives were used with fatal effect, a| mtil one party drove\tbe other from the field. ? do not know how many were killed and w vounded in all, but it was a dreadful slaught- h' sr. Bowie fought like a liou, but fell covered si yith wounds. For 'months he lingered at the w dansion House before-he fully recovered. ? of A drover in Cincinnati lost four hundred dol- n< ars, which a cow had swallowed, the fact being scertained by finding hi.her mouth peices of ^ reenbacka. He bad her killed, and there was w iiptpd nnt nfhnr fitnmopli un/1 nnt tAn.ntl.n_ ?; r- -6? 8h nough to amount to one hundred and eightyIx .dollar*. . h< * ^ ...f - ' - . V ' ' V ' 'M. :V'r'x .* -7 ' ' ' - 'V: \ ' $ *? * ' :V. ' ' > >- .. ,.v. ,'Jris.z" ' \-fJ. -" ' * V Vivv;l. . ' .. V:- :&H * ? " ; v ' W : - " -i- ; i n"m jv Vr i laniden, |Wednesday, December 14, ? : J" AN-Editor. w In compliment to the "Murat of the army g Tennessee," the station on thd Georgia Rail>ad heretofore known aa "16 Mile Tost," wilt jreaftcr bear the honored name uf "For The Yankee papers profess to have discorconspiracy to assassinate Gen^ Rosecranz, [cNiciL and other officials at St. Louis. Sev- ca *al arrests ha*-e been made, including- two su erks in the British Consul's office. av ? . re Fro"M IIood's An.stY.?A gentleman who bt rriv$d in Augusta Thursday afternoon, from be [aeon, states that an official despatch las bean aa sceived there from Gen. Hooi>, sajhng'he had 1D ngaged the enemy in the neighborhood of fasbville, gaining a victory and capturing w ,000 prisoners. _ ol . ??> 1^- ? ^ The Russian Government encourages mar- th age among its soldiers, provides the couple ith a house, supports them, rears their cliil- '**e rcn, but take^ away all. Jtho boys at a tender and sends themjto military garrisons, tberafc ) be trained for the army. There are 300,- bi 00 ofrthis kind* of soldiers now in-lbe Russian rroy. . hai v< Brovnlow seems to -have been greatly hi oublcd about General Vaughn and .the Ilols-- 0< 3D ?East Tennessee) Methodist Conference. 11 IVquote a spiwiincn of bis abuse and blasr- tj. he my : It scents mat t>cr.erai vaugun cattqu upon lie Conference to pruy for liim. The liypo- s? riles and traitors in the Conference of-course tl rayed for liiut the two days intervening bosreen the request and the Morristowu light, ffi nd the result was, that their Master allowed licm to bo most terribly thrashed ! if these 01 everend bush whackers and ontljftrs bad been hi Mowed two more days of prayer they wonld ave liad Vaughn and his whole command in h ell. si Toe An.my of Tennessee.?We have en- st enraging reports from this army. Equiptents for recraifs arc being sent forward every ^ ay, and Ifooi/s force is already large enough c( ) march triumphantly through Middle Tenessce, should ilie weather and roads prove st Ivor ablet The impression prevails wirh well ^ t formed parties connected with the army, that r rnetivillA will k^> /innhirftit ViofurA PMiriatmnn .. I Uv*i T 11 iV || . VHIJ/kUl VVI MV?U* W w??l ^ nd that should -Breckinridge's 'new catriaign prove successful, Chattanooga and Knoxille will be evacuated much sooner. .The re- ?' orts we have been receiving for several days aJ ast relative to large accessions to the army w om the citizens of Tennessee, have much jundation in truth. The attempts on the part 1? f the Federal authorities to- enforce the draft ^ i Tennessee and Kentucky can have no other jj sndency than to increase Hood's army. tl Garibaldi.?The last European advices oi ate that. Robert McTear, who dated his Dinmunication at St. Mary's Hall, Glasgow, ^ 'etcher' 16, writes to the.Glasgow Herald ^ bout a visit he has just made to Garibaldi, it, fiom, he says, he found iu perfect healtb{ and w; iving recovered from his woundS except va ight stiffness in the ankle. Mr. MoTear rites: ^ He expressed great regret at the continuance ty '.the struggle in America, and said he did foi )t believe that the North desired the cxtino- aft on of slavery, or the war warcarried on for in at end. It is a war for power, and to satisfy mi onnded pride on their part, and one of self- - ifeuce on the part of thd South, which has town the truest patriotic feeling, the greatest ^ avery, and the finest generalship. He abjts slavery-in eycry fonn; and believe# it has - 4 . ' ' ' "v. " ' v ' ' V:' it :?? -!- * ceived its death bio* in Ametica. He de- - * ed moat emphatically that he ever Werod hi* rvices to the Federals, and Said that he did >t sec how he could konsistfctitly:hare fitted ~ rcd in the quarrel uuder the circumstances: encral Turr told too precisely the sawd in?. A COSSACK BTHER, . A Siberian Cossack, fifty "years of age, whd id already killed thirty nine Leafs, weftt oifi jgflj kill the fortieth, accompanied bj Ms ton, a I 1 . I . ' ? .J ' A - ' >ung mnn 01 twenty, mm arioea witit ms mzo k. stead o?r a knife. He Lad taken these pre- ^ . otions Jbecause the; fortieth bear is generally * ?^ ippoaed to be fatal to the sportsman, ana * etiges Ilia nine and thirty brethren. The ason for this is very simple, the huntsman dieving the myth misses his bear, bat tfcft ;ar does not miss him. Well, thon^the Coa* ^ ck set out with bis son, bur [instead of find- , - ^ g n l>car, they came across a magnificent leotrd. The young mnn, wbe had never befdrn en so formidable an animal, was terrified, and ben the leopard attacked his Father, instead ' assisting him. he rnn-awav. The Oossaek* ith the coolae88 of an old huntpr,, waited till r ic Animal wo9 twenty paces frosa hi mind red. Tht Sanixnal made a gigantic leap ami 11 'dead. The Cossaclc ttrfned to "his eon to fceeh'f, 6fl ic sound.of firing, he would not ctfne back ; lit the youhg man did not even ttfrn kia head, it continued to fly. Then the Cossack reloaded his gt?D, put his . uife . between his teeth, and went up to the T1 A 4 Aolr rff tli'o eMti nnV) li Amo j i tilth i, iig luua vii niv. r/> ?u j p.c u? uymy^- < 1 ? ;ry thoughtful. H& meditations were grave; ,<4 b was,asking himself what punishment the.- * >ward deserved who'quitted his friend in the lornent of danger, aod added : 'The spn who abandons a father is more ; ian a coward?he is a traitor." When he reached b(taie h$ had ^uitfe'deei;d. He went to bis son, who had shut him* tlf np iu his room, and ordered him to open - I ?e door. . 8 krbe young man obeyed, sod fell at his . Hut the father without giving any reai|fi8t "J rdercd him to take a pitk and follow him*)' - X7 e also look one himself. ^ He led his son a quarter of a vcrat from the ouse, aud be traced on the ground a space x feet long by three w'de;j then he lcgan 8 reaking np the ground, making a sign to his ? J >p to do* the same. .* : .8 Tlin vnnmr mon itKa lior^ r\ n i Ao>\ urtin Tm jl ub jvutijj U^auj TT uw imu uv lugu iriiuv ijo ^ M as.doing, set to-work. At the ct?d of two . * ours thcv Had dug a hole iu which a man . 1 )uld. lie down.. \ ' That is well," said the father, rising; "now " ly thy prayer." , The young uian began to.understand. Yet JH jcrc was such decision in the accent with j hicb the words were pronounced that ho at:uipted no resistance. . He fell on bis knees and prayed. . The father granted hint time to say his prayr; then be measured the diBtanee from which e had fired on the leopard, ^inied at his son,. adjudged a ball in bis head, just at the spot here he bad struck $ e animal. '^fl The young man fell stone dead. The father "*1 id him in. bis grave, covered, him with earth, ? -J ion, dressing himself in his Suuday clothes, _ _ j <?nf snid InlrJ thn indoA all that. t??l mwiittM) . tS ie was seat to prison, and.ordered to await J ie judgment of the Governor-general. He _ .. >eyed with perfect calmness. The Governor rdcred the fol.owing sentence : . ^ "For three days and nights the father will 'J old {on his .kofigfch'n aoo'-a: head, separated^^" am tne body. If he d ie8or^oei4nfd;,trwi!l i the judgment of Heaven. If he survives ^ AM , ho will have judged, not according to th* *""* rath of man, but the conscience of a fatli- in The judgment was made known to the old Afl jssack, who performed the task wjth perfect at 'W noqujiitj/and was immediatefv aL liber* JH | ; He reached the age of eighty, killed hiojflP^^P rtieth bear without any misadventure, and\. ter that a great number of others. He died - j(f 1851, without evincing the slightest re- s /-i r* rw - mi UEN. V/0BB8 rtARTATiov.?iue enemy, m ^ eir recent inarch, destroyed everything ypon in. Bobb's plantation, with the exception op^yi i negro cabins. MgBSKm