Journal and confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, March 17, 1865, Image 2
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ITrks?The'first alarm of fire, given on last
Monday morrmg about Jour o'clocl(; was caused
l>y the liufiwd torch of some feind being placed
in a slu'd adjoining tlio pnhtrv or store-ioom
of tiie dwelling of Mrs.-Dr. Lke. Fortunately
the flames were discovered and arrested, with
but little damage to the building. The ravages
of the above had only been arrested, when
"an alarm was uiajlo from the lower part of
-.town, where Mr. Bon'nky'^ store-house was
.discovered "to be enveloped in flames, and total
Jy consumed, with the adjoining building, in
which was stored a large and valuable collec*
, lion of hooks?the property of KlVeU &
9 Jones?all of which were saved through the
?ixeriions of our citizens. A large amount of
cotton, furniture and others goods belonging
to Mr. IIon-vkv wits destroyed in his building.
'UIia rVmitik.arv ?tnri< m>Tt al>m'<> was <rnv.il Iv
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endangered, bat we b'elieve suffered no damage,
unly in the removal of the goods.
On yesterday morning the stable of Mrs.
Arthur was also burned, in which was two
* _ Valuable horses, both of which were lost. We
also learn that on last Saturday night, the
residence of Mrs. Joy, tvus'fired in the same
.way?r. torch being plated under the piazzo* j
Tis enongh to battle with a foreign foe, but
to bavo an enemy in your midst whom you
recognize as friends, ami who stab your vitals j
in the darkest hour of night, is too mucli for
us to bear. It would appear that wiiat^ the j
Yankees have left undone, those -kind friends
are doing for us. Good Lord deliver us from
such friends.
<a> If
we lose our independence, wc lose all our
propel ty, of eery kind, it the country?our
debt, our slaves and our land. Kut wo lose
oiiorc. The people of the United States have
a greater debt than we, and we shall not escape
without being obliged to pay our proportion of
"their debt. In what a condition will that
leave, us. with our proneity, our lands, bonds,
bouse* and slews, all gone, and the mighty dehfc
.............4 V.v ,i, . ,.i.?niv in 1,5* u-f?r for our Sub
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juration still to he home, in part, by us and I
our children. Then our subjugation, with all |
its personal evils, l in- lit fur (Icgrcimtiou it involved,
mu.-t be eonsideietl. t Subjugation?
.submission? jgcsciits tsn Jioju- j but in continuing
the .war it is otherwise. AVe eau sec
clearly the ei.ti and the evils of submission.?
It involves oi.r tlcgredaiion "and tlio turning
loose among ns v'u a footing 01 equality, to the j
<bst ruction of our society aou civilization,
millions of nrgtoes. The filial rcsuit of prosecuting
the voir is not now discernible, but it
... i-Ooiilv hohls oLll to US 110 ho',l?'.
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Tov.'Kii of skulls ?Laniartine, in his "Pilgrimage
l? tins Holy Luni," writes as follows:
'"When I was about a league from Nisx, the
'Turkish town almost on the frontier of Servia.
] **\v a large tower rising up in the midst of
tile plains as white as Parian marble. I took
the path which led 11 it. I desired a Turkish
lad who accompanied me to hold n>v horse,'
<ind sat down under the shade of the tower to
-enjoy a few moments' repose. No sooner was
j sealed than raising my uys to tlsc mouunient,
1 discovered that the walls which VI rnpposo to
he built of marble or of.regular rows of white
atone, were composed of regular tows of human
skulls, bleached by rain add sun, and
ssrnoutcd by a little sand and lime, formed entirely
the triumphal arch which now sheltered
>ne from the burning sun. There must be
from fifteen to twenty thousand. In some
places portions of hair are still hanging, and
wared like lichen, or rnoss with every breath
of wind. The mountain breeze was then blowing
fresh; penetrating the innumerable cavities
of the skull, aud Mounded like a mournful and
plaintive sigh. These were skulls of fifteen
thousand Scrvnns who had been put to death
by the Pacha in the last insurrection of Service,
however, is "now free, and this monument will
^ow teach their children the value of independence
by showing them tbe price at which
their forefathers purchased it.
Iu one of Napoleon's campaigns in Italy, < a
splendid flank movement was-attempted by the
cnemv, which would have been crowned with,
brilliant success but for the delay in it*, execution.
result was that the whole division that
undertook the enterprise was captured.
Napoleon njado this brief comment on tbe circumstance
: "These Germans do not understand,
the value of minutes." We commend the observation
to tbe Confederate Congress.
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*jfe :
A. Depreciated Currency.?The following
extract from one of Mr. Webster's speeches in
the Senate, in 1634, coutains a graphic description
of a depreciated currency: . "Sir,
the very man, of ull others, who has tfie
deepest interest in a sound currency,'and who
suffers most by mischievous legislation in money
matter, is the man who earns his bread by daily
toil. A depreciated currency, sudden changes
of prices, paper money falling still lower between
noon and night?these things constitute
the very harvest-time of speculators, and as the
whole race of those who ?yo nt ouce' idle atni
crafty; and of that other race, too, the Cutalines
of all times, marked, so as to be known
forever by one stroke of the historian's pen,
men srreedv of other men's property and prodi
g.d of their own. Capitalists, too, may outlive
such tim?s- The}* may either prey on the
earnings of labor, by their, cent, per cent. or.
they may hoard. But the laboring man?what
can ho hoard.' l'reying ou nobody, be become*
they prey of nil. His property is in his hands,
llis reliance, his fund, his productive free-hold,
his all, is his labor. "Whether he work on his
own small capita,!, or oil another's, his living is
still, earned by his industry; and when the
money of the conntry' becomes depreciated
and debased, 'whether')!. be adulterated coin, or
.paper without credit, that industry is robbed
of its roward. lie then labors for a country
whose laws cheat him out of his bread. I would
say to every owner of every quarterN section of
land in the West?I would say to every man in
the East, who follows his own plough and to
every mechanic, artisan and laborer, and every
| citizen in the. country?1 woufd say to every
man, every where, who wishes, by honest
means, to gain an honest living, beware of
wolves in sheep's clothing." Whoever at
tempts, under whatever popular cry, to shake
the stability o?the public currency, bring on
distress.in monev matters, and drive the
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COlHlll'V Hlicr ["Hjifi inujn^ , ouiw \ vni HIIVIV.II
wild your happiness to the liuart.
"The berd ol hungry wolves, who live ou
otlicr men's earning*, will rejoice in shell a
J state of tiling*)-. A system which hlisbrbs into
their pockets the fruits ? !' other men's industry,
is the eery syiyciu for them. -V Government
that provinces or countenances uncertainty,'
lincluatioiis, viol- ut rising and fallings in
prices, ami finally, ]?apcr money, is a Govertiincnt
exactly alter' their own heart. Jlcnco,
those men are always-lor chalice. They wilL
never let well enougn alouo.' A condition of
i.-t i..n i.v !< s?f.> indiist
Jllll'lll AU?III?? 41 $
ry certain of its reward, mid every man Mourn
in liia own hard earned gains, is no paradise
lor them. Give tiicm just (lie reverse of this
state of tilings; bring on change, and change
let it not l?e known to-day what will he the
vwluc of pioperiy to-ninrroiv; let lie nun he
able to say whether the money in his pocket at
night will he money or worth less* rugs iu
ihc morning; and depress labor till double work
shall earn but half a liting?give tlicui^lhis
stpte.of things, and vow give them the consummation
of their earthly bliss," - . j
A SiMJLE.?It is sai.i that when Ethan Allen
was a prisoner in England, lie had an
aud.etiee with*George the Third, tfho, anxious
to win over the bold American to hit. cause,
laid down the map of North America before
hiin, and pointing out particular localities, tendered
him the choice of certain possessions
-.?lav.., a? .arsiiu in t.hp'roval caiitic. He 1
uu gi;iiuiuuii v? ov> nw ?? ...
who had SumjneUed Ticonderoga to surrender I
"in the name of God mid the Continental Congress,"
paused a moment, and then broke out
into a hearty laugh, remarking to. the king:
"You remind me of a certain character who
took a certain other person upon the top*." of a
high mountain if he fall down and worship
him; when, in fact, the rascal did'nt own a foot
of it." The course of the Yankee Congress in
disposing of millions of our property without
onr consent is rery analogous to both the cases
recited above. A hearty "union of the people
of the fc?Quth aid such efforis as they are capable
of making, may spoil tho programme and defeat
it utterly. .
The New York News edited by Bex Wool),
denounces Firnando Wood for going over to
the Republicans since the peace mission exploded.,'^
bring, of Missouri, lias tecently arrived in
liiclimojul, having escaped from prison 'in S^'
Louis, and having made lii? way through the
Federal lines in Kentucky Capt.Sebringwas
teonfincd for a long time in McDowell's .old;
college in St. Louis, it having been converted
ihto ?,prisoD, and during five months of his
captivity was kept in a dungeon, fettered to
two irou balls, and constantly in handcuffs. For
eight days during this period be was fettered
to a post for, twelve hoars each day; and
while enduring this torture, thus exposed to
the winter's cold, he bad his hands -and feet
butli frost bittcu. lie was charged with being
a spy, and was sentenced to be shot. On the
night which proceeded the morning appointed
for his execution, be made his escape by adesDL'rat#
enternrise : nine of the orisoners oveT
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powering twelve of the guards with arras id
their bauds. Two of the nine.who made this
desperate assault were killed, and two woruidThe
names of the killed were Cole|a?ay a
jtFrtnchmnu, and a person of the name of
Sbulty. ' " '
(Japt. Sebriqg says tbere are now in the
prisuns of St. Louis at least five hundred Confederate
soldiers whose status is determinedby
Yankee military commissions as that of criminals,
on various charges of bushwhacking,
violating the oath of allegiance, &c; and that
at Alton, Illinois, tbere are about fifteen hundred
men congregated tbere who have been
aoleetcd from'the different Yankee prisons, ?to
be degraded from the priviliges" of prisoners of
war, apd'hcld under special penalties as criminals.
The practice of converting the relation,
between an eucmy and a prisoner of wan tothat
between magistrate and culprit, is one
which is practically entirely at the discretion
} or caprice of the Yankees ; and the extent to
! wlyoh it is pursued is bub iittie imagined by
i the Confederate public, as these victims are
! placed in circumstances where tbey cannot
i effect any communication with their friends- or
cuuutryinen, and their story is never known
unless through the rare accident of tbo escape
I of some of them. . . .
Fnou Cheraw.?Hardee's troops crossed
! the bridge at Cheraw on Thursday 3d iDst.,
j and Sherman's urmy (3 corps) entered Cheraw
: dn Friday morning and' continued passing
I through the. town until Tuesday morning,
i The wagon train was seven miles. The sol.
! diers were guilty of no disrespect to families.
! 'J'licy burned the whole of Front street and the
i 11. It. Depot and buildings in the i^ighborhood.
! Aii accidental cxrdosion killed OiRnd wounded
! 40 of their.>m:n, and btokc all the in the
town. Their forc-i was estimated at (j0,000
! men, exclusive of 15,000 who passed 9 miles
above Clieraw. They took all .'rim provisions
' and whatever else they wanted from private
families. There were,many families iroui dif!
ioreot parts of the State following the army.
' ?St/mlcr Walcjmun. a..
! Kwa<iR)Bg.'j?" ^ j
j Special Notices. |
! C'AKD OF ITUMHS. ' " ''
| MRS. 1>R. .r. LKE, MOSf GRATIFL'LLY UK-j
; TUilNS her thanks to those kind friends, and servants,'
j who arrested the (lames on her dwelling en Monday '
! juoniing 13th iust.
j Mink 10 "
"" VVASIED,
j at xnK PIKST SO. CA., hospital, camdbn
i So. On? seven ladies of rcspectabililty to act as niu!
trims ; six washwomen. References required.'
Boarding and lodging furnished, with liberal wages.
Apply to any of the Surgeons in ciarge_
March. 1G ,
^ROLLING OFFICE,
- * Camden, March 16,M65.
ANY IT. It SONS HAYING GUNS IN ThEIR
j Dossceuion, l'urnivhed from this office, are requested to
return Lb?m immediately.
alex'dr'colcloo;gh,
March 16 Capt. and En-Officer of K. D.
'T7" Notice. ^ ; "
headquarters post camdix, i
Xl March I?, 1865. f j
THIS CERTIFIES THAT PERSON! HAViJfG
reported to me that they had reason to beliey# that
goods taken from stores iuAlatnden, could be found in
tlie house of Meudal Smith, aud a warrant haying
ueon procured of search for the same, nothing was
lound, and Mr. Smith is released from all suspicion,
Ac., whieli bare.arisen about him. '
AIKXDR. COICLOUGH, '
' Capt. commanding Post.
Fire Insurance
.COMPANY., .
THE UXDEfasiGNED, AS AGIST FOR THE
aboTO ' Southern Insurance Company, is
prepared to issuo policies of Insurance against
loss by Fire on all buildings Ac.
' "W. L. Defass.
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*. s&ro..
IN Bli^Lf OP TfjB CITJZl^l#fcil&N?
and .^cmi^ snj ?nd AtUl pww^ In^g "pro.TisIww * .? 'jn
their pwatssyware earnaa^'ip^aVpCnd to -Bent " V'\>??y
their stirplu* to this jrtint for gals or distribution to? . the
needy. ..--It ii known to M* ? . .' .
course loft.T?rj lew honea or mules, and'lb many
pltMi all tko prorhriou were uiken ;'?o' tliatr'.thoae- ,
who raiiy have a rarphu to aispooa'afhaTt ao
of.felting it to mftket*. 7 V J fT/ ^
There area largo number of person* litibf id tin ?"' '
town abla to purthaaeauppllw, but they ttrW-tttitrte*bobadat
any price, -anti unlosa -<bilp bonnJ ftiim:;i," ' j
broad great suffering must in?oe. ' \ 1
P<ruu can delirerprorisions of 907 kind on. the
llailr.iad and they will be brought up and de]iT0C& tot"; ?, *
Vr. James Dunlap, lateudant of tha town, who wilt J;;
sell or distribute as the owner may direct " ' * - ;; 1/
It iu requested also that parson's wear the W&Z*: S
will send up wood by the trains, as it ? impossible
for wany to be supplied by the few wagons around.'' '
All articlos .sent up to Mr. Dqnlap will W prbn'pUy '
attended to, as above mentioned. '>:r V '
Citizeaa below Catufon: the facts are'before you,
and your suffering breiiveren appeal ipjou for assistance.
Are yen unwilling to 1
for yourselres, and your hearts mnH'beumli->?k < '<
AliEX'DRjCOI^WUOHi ^ . :
March IT . Captain commanding Poit.n.r
ST JLTE C^KOL'liVl < '
EXECUTIVE ?
Spartknhuru,. March bf 1S65.
I. Tbo Militia of tlio State between the.
ages, ot' 16 and 17, who hare reported for dntyi,' 'i
and those who havo not reported; those hd*J
absent by furlong I ior with leave, those who1
bate not been able to rejoin their' command,:
and all others of thjs age/who from iny'WneQ ^
whatever are abscnt'from dutjr: will" aesemlblo
at Spartanburg, as soon after ' notice oF:\ffl?
order, at is practicable. : itr.VII.
When nsMnbled here ilicy will be pjacv '> .
cd in a Camp^f tnstrnctioni *ndSpti;piLti^itit -?
such servicers the defence of v 4
il. . '' ) . s ,;^ks9?
Til. As soon us it cao llo done, the . m.; ' Cadets,
attached to the.Citadel;-.At Cbarltfltdq
and Arsnal at Columbia, ^iU,.bia |>We<i ia >
charge of this Camp of Instruction; 'anil' the/ 7,
diseiplipe of these Academies "toiirBe exter.ded *.
over and embrace this*portion of
IV. -The officers of these inatitatfons'.-iwill t
be charged with the duty! of, gijsjn^, jt??e *> *??. 'y-\
troops not only the jJIilitaiy.. tfainiDg^ifhiC^*?
will enable them to be efficient j - '
itut saoh educational advantages jjr can be^f- "
forded; aud by w hicMbc qualities'of th*^'ci!izen
will be developed. *.- v
V. The Quartermaster (General wifcpiaie
provision fortlJe accoinmo<l^ti<^i|p?t^e%Qops, 'v
and the Comnwsary Geqerfll wijj[ ..tyafce all :. ^
proper arrangements for their subsistance.1 . p
VI. The servico for wlrich4 those lrdfcp?.w;,,'.
are intended, it the-defence of the -State; nnd*^' "r'\
i it is hoped Mist norite will h'esitnte or delay- in -.iM
I offering themselves , for:; that- servk&^jyTboy '
preservation and care of fHo youth p^cS^te^. . %
their improvement so fir as it can t be.Sccpnfi."* '
plished under existing disadvantages; and, Tl(o f
effort and inteption^p do good" to there, While > \
they do good to their Statek jure. declared; to ;:pr
bo the purposes which shall ^lua^jj^rikler..
whose care these you.tbMge' / ->>3
VII: The Ob^jjriuau and Visltgi^^f.the. <;'
State Military Ae^etnies are.ibTyftcij; a^kist) ' *'f|j
ih the organization oftheite trqc*e? $ 'i 11* # *' .*
. VtlU T?h.til oth^wise'did^lw, tJbh iflead-.
quartera?of this comtnaW ^IJfybe atSpfcftato.. > * ' '& *$J
burraH.c;';,
By the - Governor, '. ": ?| - . r.v*
, \^G;magba3?:- -?fl
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