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VOL. I. . . CAMDEN, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 26, 1865. . . NO 26.
" -J. T. HERSHH.1N .. .JD. D. HOCOTT,
EDITORS/
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* rne iron uiaauam.
We have been furnished (says; the Constita?
tionalist) by an exile from Savannah, with the
following oath, which is now rcquiicl of the
citizens of that place. We wonder how the
submissionists, if there be any in our midst,
Strill like this stringency ofthe Yankees.v
/! OATH.
I. do solemly swear in the presence
of Almighty God, that I will bear tr.ue
and firm allegiance to the United States of
America, and will faithfully support the Constitution
and Laws thereof, and that in this
behalf-I will to the utmost of my power opjHOB^aoddiscountenance
all secession, rebellion
fe..
' ly repudiate all allegiance to the so-called
Confederate States of America, or any other
power, State or Sovereignty, whatever, that I
will not; by word, or act, sign, letter or message,
give aid or comfort to any person or
persons hostile to the United States, nor hold
Any communication whatever with such person
or persons except through, and with the con.
fcent of the properly constituted authorities.
I do further promise and swear that I will
give to the nearest commanding officer of the
United States forces immediate notice of the
presence or near approach of any enemy, spy
.or disloyal person and of all matters that may
at any timo come within my knowledge in
which the interest of the United States are
concerned.All
this I do most solemn'v, and sincerely
Dmoor mifJiAnt nnr liocitofirtn m*ntul roooPTrn.
tion, or secret evasion of purpose in me whatever,
pledging ray sacred honor, my life, and
my property for the due and full observance of
this my solemn Oath of Allegiance.
I . Description of person appended.
Southern Editors appear to be particular obnoxious
to the Yankees. "We are informed by
a soldier who was in Fayetteville when Sher
man occupied that town, that the Yankees offered
a reward oi $10,000 for the body of E.
. J. Hale, senior editor of the "Observer." And
in Columbia, we learn they made strict search
aid enquiry for the Editors. If Editors do not J
care about visiting Northern prisons, they ,
must keep oat of the way of Mr Sherman.
The Editor of the Wadesboro "Argus" was
r captured by Kilpatrick's cavalry when they ,
', passed through Auson county, and pretty t
rohghly trhated. But fortunately he escaped t
near Fayetteville.?Charlotte Democrat. 1
s^, A romantic young man says that a woman's ^
heart is like the moon?it changes continually, c
has a riSh-io it. \
CAMDEN WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 36
The small pox rages in Savannah?371 cases at one
lime in tlie Pq?t Hospital,' >.
The Charleston Theatre was announced . to open on
the night of the 12th, with Tobias' Comedy of the
''Honey Moon.'1
Th6 Legislature of Georgia has appropriated $8,000000
for the benefit of soldiers' families, and $3,0'00,?
000 as a military fund for this year, The
Crops in Middle Georgia.-.-Letters from Middle
Georgia state that the wheat crops are looking
well?notwithstanding tho bad weather.
The Salisbuiy(N. C.,l Watchman says that a negro
woman, one hundred and twenty-five years old, died
recently in Davidson county.
Northern papers state that ton regiments have been
recruited from among the contrabands who joined
Sherman" in his recent march, and further additions
are expected to this force from his present compaign.
The notorious, if not famous, Gen. Dan. Sickles, is
on a mission to Aspinwull, Bogots, Lima, &c., to investigate
the management and tha,perquisites of the several
consulates in that quarter. The profits of. tho
trip, in the form uf liush-money, will probably be very
large. ' ~
Gen. Lee told two clergymen who had called on
him, and were conversing-about tho best means of pro
moting tho spiritual interest of soldiers, "that the way
to beiiefit soldiers and make tlieru willjng to jacaim..
roli(Tr,lig '"CP "'""nnr ,v'"~ f-1-? with
them." .
On the 20th March a cumber of negroes having
built, a rail on Briar Creek about 100 miles below Augusta,
floated out and attempted to navigate the Savannah
River and go to the Yankees in Savannah.?
The craft struck a torpedo and blew the raft to pieces.
No more of the party has boen heard of since:
Wo learn that all the rolling stock moved from this
place on Monday morning 17th inst, belonging to the
different railroad companies-^numbering 17 locoino'
tives and some 240 cars?were burned, near Rocky
Point, on Friday morning last, by the enemy. The
eutiro freight, consisting in- part, of 30,000 pounds
government sugar, large amount of peas, rice, &c.,
were totally destroyed.
There was nothing of interest transpired during the
occupation of the town by the enemy on the 17 th instant.
Guards being placed at every corner and in
front of many dwellings, those inclined to pilfer or
commit on trapes were restrained from their wanton
cruelty by the vigilence of the officers, who, it appears,
exercised the most rigid discipline. We have heard
of but one or two instances of cowardly intrusion,
where families were molested, and have been unable
to learn particulars. They, were in number some
twenty-live hundred.
Carding and Spinning Machines.?Any enterprising
mechanic or ariizan who can now offer or supply
a good cardiug and spiuniugmacliine?in combina- ,
tion or seperately?will earn and receive the thanks ot
the country, and especially of house-keepers and of the
5uuu wuiucu wuose enoris ana resources under this (
ivar have been limited, not by their own wishes, but by
.he want of racansand opportunities. The carding and .1
ipinning of cotton can be easily done on machines of !
imall space and compass. Several such machines [
vere used and approved in this couutry about the time :
if the 'second war," and old friends have told us that i
ifter the first year of the w?r many families were,
hrough their domestic efforts and resources, better .
lad- than they had previously been under importations, .
Vith cotton, the great clothing staple of modern histo '
Jit
ry, at our command,"we should not suffer for want of
coUon fabrics, or supinely leave all,the use and profit
and application of cotton to our foes or our ''so-called
mdntal" observers One-tenth of the energy, enter,
prise, determination and capital that have been devoted
most injuriously to blockade running and virtually,'
if hot designedly, against Southern independence and
8elf-relioncev if evon now directed by intelligence and
zeal, could in sir months supply many wanls and developo
new and encouragiugsigns and omens of success,
. Who will undertake to supply acardingand spinning
machine of an old and approved patteru, or with desired
improvements audm adaptation to the available
supply of materials? These remarks have been sug
gestca, alter many inquiries matte 01 us relative to tiie
manufacture of such machines. *
Wo aro pained at the necessity which requires at our
hands noticeiAnrl comment ilpon au outrage committed
in this tovtJJpffcw days since. We aro imt so ncuratqly
nod'SOTisfactorily informed as to the nature of
tliacrime as to enable us to determine whether the offender
deserved tho pupislupont imposed. Our judgment
inclines to the decision 'that lie did, but the manner
and place cf punishment, fortunately interrupted,
meets our entire condemnation. Sucli a scene within
ihe view of the windows of the residences of delicate
and sensitive females suroly brings reproach upon any
engaged in it, while the lawlessness of the act is repreliifiisible
in the&treme. "
J cense is as different from, liberty as day liorn
t, and yet they seeili singularly confounded in tJi?
minha of many of. our-people-. Valor and heroismlinfl
their titling fields on t])o battle g'.ound, not upon
aa^oua^here
u m il wwuin. 111 in* lurreA, nu'd when the country needs
tbeethor, regardless oi' the necessities of the case.
ft Is true that the citizens aud eousaiutcd authority
should assert their rights, not against the goverJfhieut
but against the lawless and violent who disregard all
law and all private right:
We are authorized by Capt. Colclouoii. the commandaut
of this post, to say that this matter caused
him the deepest regret, aud was onto: ed into without
his knowledge or consent, aud we are pleased to add
that orders from him fortunately arrived in time to put
a stop to the outrage.
From Charleston.?The Columbia "Phoenix" says;
We have, thanks to a friend, a copy of the Charleston
"Courier," ofthe 12th. It is every flatulent in the
nrlUnl-ifll ..nOI't In ATI t TV A Otflt.Vlpr 9 TWraOTllllll t.Allnll.
cuiiviiui - o- -r 0--1? -?""
ing a fire in Meeting, between Market and Ilasell
streets, which the reader will find more fully reported
elsewhere. We note the following well known mimes
us among the municipal pfficera of the post, viz :
Dr. A. G. Mackey, Inspector of the City. . i
Dr. George S. Peizer, City Register. .
Tim. Hawley, Superintendent of Streets.
S D. Kirk, Sub. Inspector.
i?. C. Prince, do.
* J- T. Milligan, do. ' 1
J. Shockle-, do. J
p. Brady, ^Superintendent of Scavengers. |
George \rtope, Clerk ot iMarket.
A. Peurifoy, Assistant.
J. C. Welton, Superintendent Artesian Well. '
James Douglas, Superintendent Tidal Drains. <
FntE.?About 9 o'clock Sunday night, fire was dis- f
covered in the range of stores West side of Meeting, (
between Market aud Hazel streets. The first floor of
tlio store 149, formerly occupied by Hyde, Gregg & v
Day, was found on tire in two places, and ao doubt is
Bntertained of its being the work of an incendiary. The J
flames spread with great rapidity, and, notwithstanding ?
the prompt arrival ofthe fire deportment, the building
in which the lire originated, together with the adjoin- c
ing building of R. A. Pringle A Co., were totally con. 8
5umod. The upper stories of the stores of John G.
Milnor 4 Co. and George S. Cameron were also con- a
siderably damaged. The property destroyed belonged E
to Miss Jane .idger and Mrs. Cameron. The fire extended
back to the roar of the stores on King street, 1
which wore saved by the great efforts of the firemen. v
All the rear buildings of the stores on Meeting street n
were also destroyed.?"Charleston Courier, 12th. (
To(oca' Suuscridehs.?Having no niail fiieilhiis
whatever at this time, our renders .must be indulgent.
Wo are entirely dependent on friends returning liomp'
from tbo seats of warjfor the intelligence we furniali _
?there being published only four papeitJ in tio "StaW
at this time, aud not accessible to us. i '
Our post office and other subscribers abroad will,
please cull at tlie priming office for their paper, the
po<,t office department being in somewhat, demoralised
condition, since the occupation of'tho town by the
onerny; and we are unable to saywh-n the" pdst master
will foci himsolf.nb!exto resume business. Tccli.
nidliy speaking, the Yankees hare knocked his distributing
matter into "ni."
One Way to Win one Kind of Victor
ries?Rather Severe.?One of the most pro.*
lific sources of demoralization is the 'absence
6?-5t> many officers from their commands.?j3j|iy
are to be found in shoals in all our town]*
aud citioa?nay, there is no'scarcity of thefn ^
in our smallest villages,-and o\her nooks ar?d
corners, where they can sport their brass buttons
toy advantage. They arc, for the most
part, love-sick swains and dashing gallants,
monepolizo tfte society of the softer sex. They '
have been billing ami 'cooing ever sinco/ this
struggle cuninicnced, and scores of then*/ have ...
wo'n laurels in the wars of Venus besides;' -y?
which bloody wreaths are a me^cirnimsr?tiice,
Indeed, thev a re .having a Sue time; with the
ladies, it being >o msioh mare /eomforiiiMtf to
ni?i ?(? ? 1.11Ti 11111 ' ft yiMTfr ftmii to fill: e .
the rough and tumble ofa Imrrihlo campaign.
The dear oreaniii'c ivho dailv sot' s<? mncli of
these gcutlrnmii sli ?ni-l. hv /ill tiiea.-.s, ilc'aiu
them from the lield by M.e \vitci,er\> of their
smiles, for should.ilwv let rJi?rii gn y/liere dutv
calls them, they might imoc re tarn ! "A
bird in the hand is w.vrtli two in the bush."?
Yes keob them near yon, ladies?t!>?t is the
way to subjugate them in more sense than one! '
More numors or intervention.
. 5
The London correspondence offtho New
York "Vindicator" contains evidence of tlie
most startlinir character with regard to the
?w , ?
question of foreign intervention; hut. to our
mind the most suggestive circumstance is the
appointment of Count de Montholri* from the
Imperial Court of Mexico as Minister of France
to the United States. There seems to be a
special purpose in this; and the whole affair
hafl,?$ is said, created a feeling of great uneasiness
in administrative circles at Washington^
[t is regarded by many as a direct rebuke or
. .1-1 -i ?? T; ' I
tne uemy ni ivjr.. jjincom in recognizing tiicEiupirc
oC'Wexico, which has been recognized
jy nearly all the Governments of Europe.
The last arrival from -Havana, dated from
;hat city, March 22, gives the following piece
if intelligence, which %dds another to the
nany reports we have had recently, all conirming,
more or less, the confident expectations
mtcrtained of the imminence of foreign interrention:
"Maximilian is to recognize immediately the
Southern Confederacy/and open to tberu the *
)ort of Tampico, or some other, in which to
arry their prizes, there to be adjudicated and
old* j t
We give this report.'without vouching for its .
.cenracv : hut it. is-a fact rliat the. M -
j. ?- - ,~"T. ""?e> +
lition by the Washington Administration of
he Mexican Empire has been productive of '
ery unpleasant feelings on the part of Maa^ailian
towards the United States.?Avgtfiw
Constitutionalist, \5th: ' If
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