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Vol. Ill] . CAMDEN, S. C.5 WEDTSFESEAAf, vFA.NT.ll, 1865. CNo.40
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Cl)f Ciiiftkratt
IS PUBLISHED AT CAMDEN,
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
BY
J. T. HERSHMAN.
Jit WIFE.
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' IiY MA JOJt GK0I10E M'jiltfDT.
Ye soft winds sigh your mournful"song
Above tlio bed
Where sleeps the dearest ono anion?
\ The myrtiid*dend & * "
Sweep gently o'er the graasy mound,
fhoq peeping wijlqw,
Wliere ir.y own loved and lost hath found
A dreamless pillow 1
# Ye sunbeams j as ye play upon
Tlie hillock green,
Ppceail o'er the slumber of this one
i, Yoitr Uightpsi Bl^apnl
i'arliDgj I lovo thee as I ne'er
C'ao love anothor;
And jnourn thee in thy Jiappjer sphere?
My children's mother.
A Story ef ??. Sherman..
The Baltimore Clipper tells the following
story
A distinguished official -who was lately at
the hsftdquartcrs of Gen. Sherman, gives us the
following apecdote.of the l*ttpr, in the ncccesi:
ty under ybipb hp lay of sitting in judgment
on a class of men in Atlanta, when that place j
xrnm ncurnoforl Kw VIA !a! ?
botb bis armsat fuIl leDgth before biro, but
-unluckily^Wcfoor which stood half open, passed
ieeubis htfEfda 'and struck him a woful
,.blcrfupon the noi?e. *
' JDfiokcns"!'' muttered bo when he recovered
bis senses aiittle, "I always heard I had plaghey
long nose, but 1 vow ,1 never have
thought before, that it was loDger than my
arm;'
nuiW V I MVWWWU J VUO UUitVUS* ' VV rill UQ US^
our friend says :
Let me give you a little incident which
, took place in my presence at Sherman's headquarters
in Atlanta.
You will remember that an order was groraulgated
directing all citizens to'leave Atlanta
(North or .South) within twelve days. The
day of its issue, a gentleman entered Sherman's
oj&ce and iuquired for the general. The latter
apswei;ed jn this w&v, very promptly, "I aui
Qerieral Shorraan." The colloquy was very
nearly as follows :
Citizen?General, I atu a Northern man,
from the State of Connecticut; have bceu living
in Atlanta for nearly seven years; li'dre
accumulated considerable property here ; and
as I see that you have ordered citizens to
leave within twelve dayj, I came tq see if you
would ,not ma&e ap exception in my case. I
fear if I leave, piy property will bo destroyed.
.Gen. Sherman?What kind of property do
vouown sir?. perhaps I will make au exception
in your case, sir. . ^
Citizen?I own a block of stores, thrgfc'dwcllincr.
a nlaniatinn tivn miloc mi* nf .....l -
foundry.
i:Gen. Sfierman?Foundry, oh! what have
you been doing with your foundry ?
Citizen?Have been making castings.
nGeja. Sherman?What kind of c^siipga ?
dBhot and s^iell, and all 4h.at kind of thing f
'.Citizem?Yea, I have ma<Jc Borne shot and
shell: ;
.Gesp^jShexman?You have been making
shot 'JQ*. JBliell to flpgtTAy
"jou Tand'you still claim favor on the account
of beitlg a Njorllxeru^ xuuu? Yes, sir, I will
.make an.exosption .inyo.vtr.case ; you shall go
South to-morraw morning at sunrise.
tajpt?, fee tbat this order is carried out. Or9diiflj,
4hoVv; fjiifli man the door.
" Citizen?JJ'ut, general, caa't I go North ?
Gen.. Slwrman?No, sir. Tgomany of your
elaas tbere already,, sir.
A gentleman havifag put .out a candle "by
accident, one night, ordered his map, who was
a simple being, to light it again ip the kitchen.
"But take oare John," said hev-t'that .you do
not fni y'p&feif agiins' anything in7-the dark."
.ftf tbs cautjon, John stretched out
J. T HERSHMAN-Editor.
Camden, Wednesday, January 11. r
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insertion, and $4 for p?fpl} subsequent. j
It is said that all nf (*phf>ral Oir.inr.vs' SfifT" '
who vrere with IIood's army in the battle "
of Frankville, were either killed or wotpjppd. n
A letter from Londou in the New York ^
ill- 0
Ilcald, says : "The hard times nro easier.? \
Rebel bonds arc going up, and greenbacks I
down. Interest has fallen, nnd the severe c
prcssuro seems to bo over. B6t few failures
lately." *
The New York "Herald" says grass will be b
growing in the streets of Atlanta in three C(
months. " ?
We suppoSc it thinks.blue grass will spring jv
up from the large number of blue bellies that <y
were planted there.
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Cotton in Savannah.?The Southern a
Covfrderucy loarus from a high official gojjrce
that there were about lo0,000 hales of coftqn fl
in Savannah at the tiiiie SilKit.man ontcrc^-U.
Near 120,000 bales of this amount belong to ^
foreign uxyebants and cahno/. ??c interfered 0i
with. The remaining <3Q,00Q belonged to ai
American incrchauts. h
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A letter from -Wilmington to to,e London
Times says : "If, instead of ;ndalgiog spite le
against Charleston in April, 1863, the whole p
power of the Federal navy had been turned u
agaiust Wilmington, tjhc coi^sc of the war
might have been more influenced than by bur- jr
ning ten cities of Charleston or capturing half g;
dozen Yicksburgs. Wilmington, being uumo
lcsted, has grown ii^to such a fortress as to de- j;1
fy the utmost efforts of Yankees from the sea." ^
From Gen. TIooo.?Gu official information m
the Montgomery iscuaLJed ic olatetbat H1.
General llooo, with his army, is once more
ou tliia side of .the '.Teuucssee Kiver, which he ^
crossed at Bainbridgc Ferry, on Monday and
Tuesday, 2@th and 27th. No p^rticujajs be
whatever are given, though we arc inclined ,to_ 8'
think, from the tenor of recent Yankee des
patches, that he was not very closely pressed 5 jj
by Thomas, and infer t?at, with the exception
of some stragglers a,nd the severely wound- to
ed, lie hps.br.pught his army out entire. There le
is little reason to doubt also that he has lost a
considerable portion of bis artillery, though
.this can easily bo replaced. A few days, how- c|,
ever, we hope, will place us in possession of all wi
the particulars. Altogether, we can but regard ce
this as an ill-starred campaign, though we feel ^
great relief from the knowledge that be has j0
succeeded in again putting the broad TenneB- wc
ee between himBelf and the enemy. lal
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The Attack on Wjlminoton.?Admiral
'ORTF.u in his lengthy report pf the Yankee Tt
eversc in attacking W^hpington, acx^doyfle^gea
he following disasters iD-a single paragraph : v1'
"I regret, however, to liaye to report sotoe *e-1
evere casualties by the bursting of iOQ npup- * i
cr Parrot cannon. One tnrst on board the A
'iconderoga, killing six of thecrcw and wo^id:
ng seven others,'"'"^pother burst op the ian- .?
ic, killing one officer apd two meu. Another '11
u the Juniata^ killing two officers and wound- ?
ag and killing ten others. Another on the .
lackinawj killing one officcrand wounding five ^al
tlicr men. Another on tuo yuaker (hty,
founding, I believe, two or three. Anotl^r
n the SusqlfcliMinab, killing and wounding '1Ta
even, I think. -s
'l^be bursting of the guns?six in all?|p^h vv
isconccrtcd the crews' of the vpsscls wKerc sea
ho accidents happened, and gavo one and all
great distrust of the Parrott 100 pounders, D'?
ud, as subsequent events prove, they yvere
nfitfor servifjp, aud calculated to kill"more of ?
ur men tli^n those oftliq (jqemy.
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Gen. Sherman.?The jjneon correspond- *a
nt of the tycmpbi^ Aygta\x -speaking of this Pa
elebrated Yankee General, says : ji0J
"I native an ill-titled and injudicious arti- a t
lc izoinfr the rounds of the Dress entitled.
a a x /
Sherman an Insane Man." A friend rclaiked
to me, on reading it, that lie 'wished
re had a. crazy man to send after him.' So
o I. And so do we. Sherman has taught jjD
ur gonerals a lesson they ought to'- profit- by. a|j
Vre haven't a general iu our army, from Gen. ]Qn
Jo down, who doesn't constantly entertain j1Q|
hronic apprehensions about communications Qn
ith his rear. This ig sheer, unadulterated
I'estpointisro, which it seems impossible for ^jj
ur generals to get rid of. Sherman throws i
STcst Point to the dogs, cuts loose from his
asc of operations, swings clear of all lines of jjmmunication,
and marches from Chattanoo- fa
a to the Atlantic ocean, fighting his way as j:j
e goes. There is a spice of Napoleonic gen
is and daring in this which is admirable,
vcu if it is displayed by a brute. ^
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Gambling in Blood.?The liiclftnond Ex- wh
miner says of Grant: rcn
Jo him war is analogous to the game of f<r
). Persons who have seen hiin playing at J
je latter game say rule is to light a cigar, ?1
>lec? two or three cards aud put down his cce
loney'on them, no matter whether they win j j
r lost?, until his last ce.at is gone.' As soon
? his purse is absolutely empty he rises from'
is chaiy, lights a fresh cigar, takes a'(fig drink
f branny .and water, and walks' out of tjbe
ambling bejl as cool and impertuyba^e as
lough nothing had happened. ,l3ut he never.,
laves the table while there is a dollar in his '
ockers. Faro was Grant's bane in CaliforLa,
ftnd ^ar will be h'is rain yet, if y.j?;t(ohj
bin game well. Men are 110 more to him wc
inn so many "chips," and all our commandig
General has to do is to put no limit'on his -Ha
.inie and. he will soon sacrifice his last man as
sa^ily as he has .done his last cent a tho.psar^
mes at faro. What commiseration docs he
el for the myriads of wretched privates nn- .c
jr his command ? laJbe not to be the wr*>at,
ienJ^dTrt^Te^^f^co.^yia.nding all the aries
of the United States, and must he not bo '*
,one
nused (
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F.unny Olp ,Gal.?A Canada paper tells c^i
ie following curious story: ^he<
few days ago an old woman died in* the the
aall town pf Lievik^ee, on the banks of ,tbie Wai
sheldt. The old lady was regarded by her bus;
triple neighbors as .being only'a few removes star
om positive poverty; !but she died, and as the
ie had always had her will during her life- lpek
me, she left no will behind her; to tho as- any
nishment of her neighbors, "what she did the
ave behind her was cash, bank notes and shoi
ook, amounting in value to about two mill-, sent
n guilders. There were pots full of gold
id silver, of withdrawn and forgotten curren- T
ss, which had been hurried for years. There long
is ft -box full of Austrian and other stock Scot
rtificates, tho coupons of which had not of tl
en cut off for a quarter pf a century ; whjle .man
a tin canister, which might have been tto "or e
rnestic tca-caddy, was a quarter of a million's that
nth of bank notes, musty with the accumu
ied damp of years. they
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Sherman Complimented.?Tho Macoi^
legrujih relates the following:
\Y^le the Yaukeo troops were at Milledgcle,
a lady residing two miles from town,'
it'a note to Sherman requesting liihi fo Beri'dj
juardto her house to protect it from pillage, "
faithful old negyo named Daniel, was thp|
arer of the noje. Upon nrrjyjpg at the
use where Sherman was quartered, Dan was
>wn into tys presence by a gnard, and talcing
his hat, presented the missive. The Yan.
J .L . 1 t ?
3 ucuurai reau iuc note, ana lOOKing up,
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wT?kc (j seat, old gauJjcnnn, take a teat.'.'
"Jjfo, tank ye, masse," Mid Dan, "I'se jjis?
itiu' for cle answer\o missus note." '
"\Ve art about to dine," said Sherman, "and
II be happy to have jour company.. Tako a
it-M " .
i'Yah, yah ! massa, yc make fun wid de old
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i*I insjst uporrit.., You must dine with cfle.
hall be much pleased to talk with you."
in vain Dan protested. Sherman- insisted,
i the result was, Dan teok dinner with the
iikee General. As soon as he could'eseane.
returned to bid mistress. ' Sherman
has goed cause to boast of the
nor done him. It is rarely he has as honest
an as Dan to sit at his table.
"afcl Sorts of Ladies."?A sign painter,
ng called upon to letter the front of a large
leral clothing establishment, finished one
e acrois the whole front, thus?"Deader in
sorts of Ladies, and finding his ladder ten ig
to pajnf; tfie next line, returned to ni'4 use
to get one suitable length; but stepping V
a stone, it turned his foot up, sprained hid
lie, so that he could: tiot finish the lettering jM
the next day. In tlie meantime, the pco1
stared at the new sign, and many of them, V J
owing the character of the man to be strictin
keeping with that o?.agood husband and
her, it was unaccouutable, as "all- sorts'0!
ies,'" comprised commodities in their autL
Jcs, tfic bcsp an(J "woiat on earth. The ^
glrborsma<?c the^sejyes busy that day inraises,
scurrilous remarks, and injurious
ziiug ; which coplii ' hardly lie overcome ^
cn the finishing lettering, "and geut'leraen'ii
dy made clothing," was added.
\ Quick way of- Popping the Question.
father a bashful acquaintance of ours sucded
a few weeks since in performing that
icatc operation in the following handsome
nncr:
'Mitt, arc you a good grammarian 7"
'Only moderate."
,'Can yon parse kissing 7"
'No, sir."
'f!&n vou rbrHne mntrimnnT f"
'No, sir." "" " "* .
'Well then, we'll go to house keeping next
;k."
5he blushed, and simpejed, "All right."?
iron Telegraph.
[*he Desolation of War.?A correspond _
of the Indianapolis Journal paints
ing picture of Nort.Vero Georgi : ^
to you wind I'nrough the forest, ravine and
n country; from llesaca to "Dalton, the utionclincss,
the want of hnman life, strikes
with a feciing of desolation. The fences
gone, the houses arc deserted, the bubj>
spring on tho roadside shows no happy
d drinking or paddling in its waters. -No
p graze in the fields, no cattle browzo in
woods, not even the crowing of a oock is
rd. The beo hive is deserted by its once
y tenants, and the ruined mil) is still. So
uing is tne utter silence, that even when
i^jld bird of the forest carols a note, you
around surprised that amid such loneliness
living being should be happy. This is
result of war?stern, desolating war ! And
ild the rebels succeed, our homes will prea
similar picture.
he highest legal tribunal of Scotland^ not
; since, decided " that, according to the
ch law of marriage, consent is the essence . L
te contract,' and is sufficient to constitute A
riage without aDy ceremony or publication,
ven* without the ' parties livibe1 together:
if the parties seriously and actually cento
be mau and wife, from that time fortfc
are man and wife, in'Scotland. 2
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