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IS PUBUSHEil^CAMbE'C
EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
BY
J. T. J^ERSHMAIT.
'J?LJ? . ,
[* om t)ie Cariiden Journal ]
6 Fortt.Kioht itoi'HslK a Trek Top.?Wv pluita.
* . fion is about tlirco Brileifrora Cumden, on tho Watereo.
Iulelligeuce reached mo en Wednesday last that the
river was rapidly liain^.i 1 took a bateau, in company
wiui a strong man s? rvaw ana pushed off to rescue
niy stock. While ongagi cj in capturing three fine
bog a the he?d dam od the frtjintation abovo, broke and
let loose a flood that swepteverything . before it, and
spread out about two mileB from bank to bank. In
nt tempting to ge t o'ut the bateau was washed by tbo
current ngairmt u tree, capsized and two of the pigs
drowned. Tho boat was caught by (he tree in mid.
ship, and we managed to get ontbe bottom whore wo
t-tood three feet in water. Our-frail auolior began to
giio way, but there was anotlieetreo ten leet distant
beyond our reach from the boHt. rrnwlirfg' ns far
ay wo could and then by placing cae tnd the boot
polo "in a furk of the tr?-e snd holdup the other end,
my companion it; distress made his lac pp, and in turn
' hej^e pole for me. It was a oj^on tree, seven
L inches at tho root, and nbjut forty foeikigh. Wo had
scarcely perched ourselves in its.boughalefore the first
tree und the boat wore swept away. we were up
a slender tree, with an angry torrent twStty feet deep
sweeping fiva feet beneath us, and an expire of tho
nver more than a milp on either side. Frtm this time,
. . Wednesday twelve o'clock, until Friday Vo o'clock ,
wc cloflg for life to these frail hut faithful uLbs. The
river reached its lu best on Wednesday efcning at '
i tfvepYloek, and-its roar end width proVenteAjnr cries '
from being heard until next day. AllthedAday and
night, and all the ticuud day and night wtribouted I
fc-?lwlp j and w* began- to give up l)op^\ mat. J
- ^ j.it 1 wo lost, and tho only way we: kept ouS^vpb '
' ' t re freezing to uenth was l>y violently and c<u!.^Untly
fctrildDg ftaph otifcr find iTfijkjpg the troc. 'Thuinby '
wigin.Kw hojinay, anu u was viyiiiuimc;ujty
I supported him and chv^rcd hlin iip from giving wit |
entirely. Wo tasted no food or water, and felt no I
inclination to do s^, but I occasionally momv.j,ed mv
lips, that I might hnl'^o tlio louder. The wovosvirged
about us nod we were-fearful the tree would be w*8hod
off, as the c-rrent seemed to be heaped up in t>v%
track iu which it gietv. Though almo t my entire
stock of mules, beef cattle, sheep, hogs, fodder,"' ifr.,
was swept away, yet so imminent w.ns the peril, I
ecarcely thought ot them for a moment. Every exertion,
was made to rescue us by several gentleman, hr.t the
torrent was too swift and Wavy for a boat io live. '.A
bateau with two negroes cmue within a hundred yur^s
nf the tree, tvlu-n it was swamped aDd they barely escaped
l^y clinging to another. About two o'clock on
Friday, Mr. Rush, tlio overseer on Col. Cuksnl't's
plantation, with two colored men, lead ed the iree
in aboot. He. with one of them, took our t luces on
the iroe, and we safely reached the shore, stiff pud
bruised from tho fearful exposure, 'i lie boat returued
end brought tho other partiep. My colored.boy is con
tined to bed, but is doing .Well; ho would have given
out in a few hours longer no doubt. 1 am sore in my
limbs, and hoarse, but suffer in no other way,, and with
gratitudo to a kind Providence for rescuing us from a
watery grave., I will ever remember the freshet Of
January 11, 18G5. ' '
The plaTitatiou is badly washed, and in BOine placeB
heavily deposit&d with sand. Every dam wtfs carried
away. The ru&r rose two or three feet higher than
any mark withiri^be memory of the oldest citizens. , I
would here express iny thanks to thoso who so nobly
periled their lives to%ive ours, and especially to Mr.
Rush.
My loss, in part, consists of elev< n head of horses
and mules; twojeneis; uooui twenty ueau.- 01 catwe;
eerenty-fivo head of hogs; forty-five to fifty Bheep; a
large amount of fodder, peas, 4c., 4 c.,-4c.
D: D. Hocott.
[/row the Camden Journal.'] "
Tbe "FltEsksT.?il:p to this hour we havei beeft un
aOlO lO DUIO nS?iuii.6 v<icu?uju&u Uunp
by the lute freshet. Jt is impossible to particularize,
with any degree of accuracy, and only givo.yorao few
instances of disaster,, as related by friends. Tho injury
done fhe Camden branch of the South Carolina
Railroad ja Blight. Two culverts, near Kingville, wer*
xvasbeflW^ both of which, we learn, jrill be r.epo*ed
io day," if tbe water recedes sufficient to tho
Juiipdsto work. At and near Kingville tho loss su<>
. \
^ y .
tim.d ,r t!,^raiTO;id c^;^-^iQ ^ - r
>v o.jitf of lfcfi^)Iauba? .a^^E'd to
tupDSf. -Nearly5)1 the OWgS^SfiSft^ '
and f^ica-hiils ond other nl ^ fow cccxipsW > _
what wan oore Uic mil.o;:.l ? ^t^vlnWnU ~
The mad b: (ween Xuicrviflc 11V,
?res-?ilc"'"- 'jjf
with .1 portion of the trestle, ny5been Jt
away. The lots in stock is sniuLlknprocedititifed^ rt
iu thift peotion. , Meesrs. Batf.r Ufen; at Kiu?-1 a
vlllel suffi-rfttl hrrpelj, tlio An nierVL ti? havo Uvt 0
$30,000 worth, of live t-toek oij^^iUtrTtatian. | {
AitionRrt the sutfi rcrs in onr ovnYric*. wo Icaru !
that Majyr J. M. DeSal'SSithf. nnd JlVhi?s Vrt!*n-i
lust nearly their entire stock of hogjh'ho editor of
tho Jvunutl lias lost by tliis-oame fres oo*mcon?id- | *
Qrable amount?at least r.s much'as i wo know o* c
up to tliis time. ; 'i
Wo l.nvo no communication t&tk.. C leston, either | {
by railroad or telegraph. The te pgr*. lino bet vein
this place and Kiugrilie ami Columbia ?11 in g >od
working condition, but the Charley^nd s nlicrn !
Iinc3 are grounded in tho t'ongafeevjoinp. Tho |
trains riuuiing to and from Chariest ?u Id Columbia j
will tfe unable to cross the Congareriwi safety Ibr j
^omo daya yet. tho hands of tlie-i>ii;d coiotmny j
are engaged repairing the ioad,? under ic energetic i
and efficient siineriulondenca of V.r .hu;Tin<?nni.t. f
Mr. McKkwn-, :ui ezp^rienood ra.i:0.-i(l}utmcle#,*'? |
engn^ed on the main toad, and wilt ml. ubt repair i
nil damages in a lew days.. i
. We are informed by an old gentleman! i>ver Hfitt
years residence in this dist ict, tbbtibpre h ^.ver been j
known such a freshet ir? this Bection'ofiS State.
" '' tfJh
Strei.t lvrics.r-thymj^hhh^r i
the very
panorama as
in
her by
in ijiij 11H i in 11 ii BWHMHi
ire ratker dangerous
to Tier
Hosts ladies?
wearing
UiCEtiing
burs1' c.r p< reliance
the "stars.'' "What u.epu fellow '.
l?n'< l,c n catch ! Fire enoilgh But him to
kindly \it,y (hatch." ^
Then th'ctr dirfscs swooping ju*? a foot bo I
bind, look like tbty might spare a Jittlc "lax
in kind-'' Sobcrsnlcd fogy ^u^rulj-r.tly mutters,
"Father costly riggiug, h>r s\irG<Vptng owe
the gutters." Lady tartly answers?throwing
off-.pnia airs?that "the men had better mind
their own affairs."
Gerrtemen in trade terribly do b'eker; gentlemen
ji jtjray, dreadfully in liquor; geutlclucn
in anpes gazing at the feet, .t|hen a skirt
islifted a<ross a muddy street; gentlemen in
stars talking politics; gentlemen in jeans, tight
as any britks. ? . - >
GeutleumujAk bcavcx perched upon, bis
'ifeid ; soldier kindly asks him if bis cow is
dead ; geudeman in beaver, soberly, replying,
rather thiukl stujjs, as the calf i? crying ; soldier's
visagu changes, grinning rather bread,
uhjonsly he's feeling be is kiud o' "cbawed."
* Sanding on the corners,- men of ^evory station.
givg their candid views about- the situatitty;
wish they had an army upon the Yankee?'
track, and wondering if Mister Sherman
will.be back; say it'e their opinion there is
' something rotten?would lihe to buy some
gol4 and wbat'a the price of cotton ?
l^gilistic fellows growing bellicose?like a
cold toreastor,, come td^licavy blows?local is
abroaf? doesn't like to slight 'em?rushes tc
his d\p\with a thrilling item; writes it in a
hurry,b^his midnight taper, fears it# is too
Jate for th\mornrug paper. " ,
The LonAio Post says, it is impossible uoi
to recognize^i the recent operations of tin
Confederates*bat superior strategetic skill, at
S?ell aa-fp^o^y, which hare so long enabled
thei^tC) Itfwarflfeveiy design of the Federal
uo^ervnnw.. Hey liax$ not intffely 'me!
jfieerjorce sucoessfyily by*- sheer forc|, but bj
sagacity and shall hita arrested the most for
midahlc of the attackexiitherte directed agains
j ^hcir independence. \
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;.J. T HEE.3HMAN?Editor. J:
" 1 m j -' . l. .. ^ 1 " 11 ?
CamifcV, -WrdntsdsiTi Jnjinarj .1
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The-House of Reprt'S0ittnJa*;s of .the Con der?l?'"C'-?r.)-rers
have eon'curred in'the joiufr
'snlntion for the observance of rbe'22-} Fibrurr
an n day of faviin^*, htwulietion and prayr.
Titfc inereasin? the pay ??i pot-tmasr>is
?Vm route a; en's was ps.sord*
Evacuation* op 1 o^otmjgh.?Inform**
ion was .ictSeived in Charleston Sunday that
air forces abandoned Poeotali^o Saturday
lijvlit, luiuinz the Sul lit etcher Bridpje and
ailing l.v:Ti toy his p:**c of the S.t&ehajchic
ivcr.
Ii whs reported Saturday morning tl: ?f n
henry force of the en- rav, estimated- at fifteen
rhi ii-iiiiiJ men, under the command of General
PoS'FF.u, were advanciojr 1:1 Pocotaljgo. TTio
enemy encountered or.r f rees gear.'-the old
ba lie ground at 0' 1 Pocobdigi A light ou
sued and 'he enemy w< re held in check until
dark, when our troops, in ace 'Mnnee with"
previous arrangements^ war.; wi hinwn to o"ui;
>r_~ t _k;?I .1... * All ihn rv>m.
11 UL'> UL'UIIIU Iliu uuinvuuiv,uiv. . ?,..w- v?...
tin>sary, stores, &c., at Pocotaligo were
b'rouglu off safelj.' No particulars were received.
' i
Tuk Roll of Honor.?\Vc'areii;(lcliW t?>
M or John W. DeSaussurk lor a jenpy ,>t
the report of the agent of State tor collecting
;and reporting the vmvka of deceased sohii^s.
rjumT)<: fall'H iluLi^jiie
4tacJ.i iJ?W.c-TT^ffetlirr l^ueii^fnby
disease in hn>|.ital,. *nr accident,
which wCjCXiraeUa^ ft w siatisbies. We arc
^awjvre of the nu-ny .disadvantages incident {,
the co?i|'ilai?o:. of surir a vuJnme, thmiVli
! there srcms to lie man) coin}:!./.n;s v.i li iv!ier<
i encc to it.i inucomac). Tl.o statements, "as
foun4-i''i Mr. Johnston's ivpnrt to the
luturo at its it-cent session, has been deemed
deficient ,.md r. ioctcd by iliar august body.
W e ii<? imt pn.?un!f to rectify iuudvrrtnni
j j.iiscalctil-tit'UH of the agent, tut :vfc I* nrl'u
! that, from the report before us, there may bt
| J:v?t grcrtiud of complaint.
The f'.ilowb.tt 'll?. -t rcrc.ipUuIaiina of tl;<
whole lbs*, flJHtflussificd by -tVc agent in 'tin
report referred to:
Brigadier General-. i
Colduels.
Lieutenant Colouels. . I.
Majors . 1'
Captains. 12;
Lieutenants. 31
Stuff OiWrs ' 3
'Non-commissioned officers and privates 7;07
*. Total 7,62
* 4f
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
'EXPEDITION TO PASCAGOULA.
Jackson, January 13.?Private advices froi
Ne* Orleans to the 4tli instant have been r
1 eeived. Preparations were maki^ for an e:
pedition of fifteen thousand m3n to Pascagonl
"* A Fair for the benefit of Confederate prisone
was held in the city, the proceeds of whi^;
1 were $8000.
k- Many old business men were emigrating 1
Mntnmoms.'
TJn; Yankee lines have been stringent!
closed nntil {liter {lie 4t.li of jklarcb^yjpsiepur
^ cd reason is feacsjd' tronbles" in the Nort!
' west. .
FROM LOUISIANA.
1 ANOTHER YANKEE EXPEDITION,
b CtiKTiiK) January 14.?A large number
l troops from Nafibville, estimated at fromfiftet
to twenty-ffve thousand, recently passed dow
the rmr to New Orleans. It is helieved th
1 j an expedition is orgarnzindg cither to attai
I Motile or to go up Red River.
Pwjf *tr\';i ifo.vT7. *'*3r^^W\
*k 1 V i
' AiiufVAt or fran's ,f: ntArrc." / \
Riouflox ry Jftj'V.ary. 12.?Frank Pi r
arrived in (h:jr< it;v yi*trjd??, aijd i* stayingat, V . *.$
prtv >'! '' qnn'rtts.' TIio rvr-trinjs uWhig^. $sya
tiiit it K rrp'-itcil that be 1?nd ati irittq-riesJ^L^. -V^
night wi'i; ti.*\ S\crefnry of TVnr, hnt tb&care , 'V
'no developments in regard to the object of hiq, ^ ^
vi*'k , ' In
tiic Virginia {Touse of Jjdegates. tn-dtiv, ' v %
*"'4
rcsout onswv.c s?hu>ittQ(] for the appointment :y$ %
of Coinmis^iPpoffc to JoulVr n ill, tjje mithoiitfiiiL
of the other States .'for Cointiiukoiit'Vs from the
Uriilcd*Sfc>t? s, as tt> be?t iriode of mitigating f!
the lioi ro'rs of the. preset:tv war ami brirfgfng r *
an Isonoraftfc k'rmiiuiiitrfj of {' >?> saM.e^ y ?
Txfo resolutions wore indefinitely postprimary \
jmi- lul to iijjys 2*. ? , -' A
J R6M WJLMIXGTOX. U& . ;
v r, _ > ' a y
flit'liXfuM), 16.?Tlic fallowing ofcifll
dc?|fritc!? was reooifc-d this morning, dated , , , ^
hemlijiiurieiv January 16. .'To Hon. J. A~. . 1
<S'niton: -Cuoi, Hragg re^brts'tliat the cnehry 1
had bou?t?: rvi (l Fort Fisher furiously all day . v s
1 ^ A * ' * " ? inAii.f,i? A.mu n *
\ CS^'! i i\l> i JU.jTJLII.Ul I > I iiI<1 i n j wnuiv ut^T*-jv
m to assault', iiiij a heavy demonstration at tho- ?t
'same hum being inady against "their ruar.by. . 4 ' .
, oar troops. At half-past sir p. m^Gen. Win"lipg'ri'portcd
ilu ir attack. fisdTitilcdy'ajid "the. ( "
garrison as hcifig"*- g> hen el - with Jrcsfcl
htovips. Abo^^-'^io^ tho I'ort wtexfip--^'. _
(^ojbrth'r pnl^^ush^"! ^ 11 rncched. ^
FROM CHARLESTON. ~
i s? CuAKi.Ksyos January 17.?A Yankee jhoru- .
tor on pitket d '.v betweoy jorts Moultrie and
: Sumter was sunk I .ft login.?it Hippos d by a
. torpedo. The >mokv s>ta; k is all that is left
1 above The wates. A doserfi-r reports the forces I
on the.line-i>?*Si4j?fn^ie, to consist o! the 17th i
aud'part 'cotps?their destination
t Chariest*-ft-. -A considerable bbdy.ot the *rre?- ^
> toy's infantry moved tip about noon within two. [ gt
am! a !:a'f mi'es of Corttbahec, but afterwards j
xoirruFRX XRU'1 .
f J/cksos, January 17.? Memphis papcra of
J the lUih riJtV' i-cuis received. lucre is innch ^
^ suffering for provisions. Brig-Gen.Gary talles"*
? .command of Savannah. Sherman is nicviw'on
>} ... ~
o Brntiuhville, and the federal troops correeotra0
ti-'jr at Florence and Athens. A large nnmocr
i of troops are passing down the Mississippi. Tbo
~ steamer Sea King bad destroyed three Brigs,
0 loaded, and two ships. Stanton has telegraphed
to Grant that Blair"* as going to jI^ioinnOTKl,
and that the responsibility of the tffort to rc)(
store "the Union rested -vitli himse't Grant
e- decided to pnss them. Sin^c Blair's retnrn, he
s- intubates that -the rebellion is not whipped"
a. enough for peace negotiations yet. * t rti
A late lelogfcrm fromJGoshville says r!iat-the "- .
ti -eftilroad'south "ia'vcrv loiif?. and rennm>? rrrant
n v "J ov? 1 - .b'-T"
nnntfk r* of troops to. ?uard. The railroad to
to Louisville is?often cut The Chicago
says: Shonn^tnakcs no disguise of the fac?
ly that his destination is Charleston. Lincoln is
t- determined to seize and sell all cotton at Sayitii v
h- nail, and it Foreign Subjects prove their claJwL?* '
thoy'will be paid the proceeds. Simon DrajiSp/. ^
has been sent to Savannah to transact thesbaB-'
mess. - ' ^ "
Senatobia. January 15.?Memnhi*
w, - , - * ?i? * " i ;
?n the l$th say: Fort Smith has been evacuated ? .
rn by the Federals. The Confederate
^ infantry and artillery got'below it,-c.aaew^h^/^
evacuation necessary. ' ?
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