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VOL. XXII?NO. 40. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, FEB#AKV, .1?; M64. ". fflff SERIES?VOL. : lgSO. 1. ' . ' '
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iiiMarmanaainiiim iiiiibi?
POET'S CORKTBR.
ilORGAN'S SCOUT.
l.
Drearily lies the way to-night,
But though the mr on uetiy
To our lonely tramp Iter loving light,
Yet there is a star still shining bright
From a watch tower in the sky.
' "
Look in thy heart to see its blaze,
And joy in the boon it brings;
'Tis liberty shining through all its ravs,
And wo who watch with a loving gaze,
Shall joy in the song she sings.
in.
Singing of home, and dear delights,
When the strife and storm arc o'er:
- - > ? i? ..ir-i .kin 1
Ana the tana wnicn never a mo .mn^u^,
t . And the Home secure through the winter night,
And love at the cottago door.
IV.
What though we traverse a tangled way,
And danger lurks in the brake;
Yet we grapple the toil with a spirit gayj
Aud desperate dash to the sudden fray,
For Freedom's and Country's sake.
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Nor need we a moon or star to guide,
While we joy in happy glow,
U home delights, and our country's pride;
And hear the treiuulpus vo'ce beside,
. . * -In r whisper thrt bids.us /'Go!" ' .
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That bids ns "go,"with a pang and tear,
. Yet bids us come with a laurel wreath:?
Hurrah, for the night, though dark and drear,
Of Morgan's Men shall the foeman hear.
As we .sweep them tit' vn to death!
totxcc* : yjm-. . .. ?? r?- - -
3^ISOEXjL-A.ISrEOXJS.
THE RLCHMOKD BLOCKADE It UK SEE.
The Richmond Examiner, in an editorial
which combines an amusing parody on the i
description of the ymniu in Mvrius, (oiieol'the |
five volumes of Lts Miserable.*,) with a pen !
and ink portrait of the blockade runner, as bo
Is known to the Richmond people, thus graphically
caricatures the species:
"This little creature?this Trochi his <>1>si~
dionalis?this blockade running tomtit?is full
of joy. He has rich food to eat everyday. Jle
goes to the show every evening, when he is not
? oh duty, lie has a line shirt on his hack;
patent leather boots onTiis feet; the pick' and
choice of a dozen houses. lie is ol any age?
chiefly of the conscript age ; ranges singly or in
couples; haunts auction houses; dodges enroll
ing officers; eats cauvass-backs; smell? of greenbacks;
swears allegiance to both sides; keeps
fail 11 with neither; is hand and odovo with Abe's
j v?? -- i ? - Ot ;
detectives as well as with Winders Plugs;
( smuggles iti an ounce of quinine for the Confederate
Government, and smuggles out a pound
of gold for the Lincolnitcs; fishes in troubled
waters; runs with the hare and hunts with the
hounds; sings Yankee Doodle through one nostril
and My Maryland through the other; is on
good terms with everybody?especially with
himself?and, withal, is as great a rascal as
goes unhung.
? * * * * *
"He has sports of his own ; roguish tricks of
his own, of which a hearty hatred of humdrum,
honest people is the basis. He has his own
occupations, such as running for hacks, which
he hires at fabulous prices ; crossing the PotoHac
in all kinds of weather; rubbing off Yanke<
trade-marks and putting English labels in
thei* stead, lie lias a currency of his own,
slips >f green paper, wnicu nave an unvarying
and wvjl regulated circulation throughout this
gipsy bhJtl.
* \ * * * *
"He is Kvcr satisfied with his pantaloons
unless they i^ve a watcli-1'ob, and never satisfied
with his \atch-lbb unless it contains a gold
watch. Somi:\ncs he has two watch-fob;
sometimes a scoK,
uThisrg^HgEg
of our social unrealities. He looks on ready to
laugh; ready also for something else, for pocketing
whatever he can lay his hands on. Whoever
you are, you that call .yourselves honor,
justice, patriotism, independence, freedom, capdor,
honestly, right, beware of the grinning
blockade runner. He is growing. He will
continuo*to grow.
"Of what clay is he made? Part Baltimore
_4. 4- ,i:_4 4 T T>r....? ,1 r.?^4
I btri'UL uII I) prll I cJftlUUd JU>Cl IIIUU, UCSI pai u I
and worst part sacred soil ol'^Palestine. What
'will become of hira in the hands of the potter,
chance ? Heaven grant that he may be ground
into his original powder before he js ?tnck up
on our mantle-piece as a costly vase, in which
the choice flowers of our civilization can but
wither and die."
GJl'SIES.
At the la3t meeting of the Ethnological Sc
cicty, & paper was read "On the Origin of the
Gipsies," by the President. The origin, as our
oiu Jingnsii nas it, or tiie "ouuanuisii pcrsous i
calling thcmselve of wandering impositcrs and I
jugglers," is at least a subject ofgrcat curiosity,
not to say of ethnological import. Although,
though tlieir first appearance in Europe was coeval
with the century which witnessed the discovery
of the Nmv World and the new passage
to the Indies, no one thought of ascribing them
a Hindoo origin, and this hypothesis, the truth
of which the author now proposed to examine,
was of very recent date. Their Hindoo origin
was not for a king time even suspected ; he has,
however, of late years received general credence.
The arguments for it consist in the physical form
of the people in their language, and in the his?
tnni.u
lAJYy Ul UIUII 111 i?;i rvui'u. . Tuawii vi iiiwov
the author examined sopcratoly in detail. The
conclusion that the anther came to was that the
Gipsies, when above four centuries ago they first
appeared in Western Kuropc, were already
composed of a mixture of many different races,
and that the present Gipsies are still more
mongrel.
In the Asiastic portions of their lineage there
is probably a small amount of Hindoo "blood, ,
-Hut fb.ia h~<!;thought was-tiia-wosL-iiiat .can ho.f
predicted of their Indian pedigree. Strictly
speaking, they are not more Hindoos in lineage
than they are Persians, Turks Wullacliians or
Europeans, f.>r they arc a mixture of ail these,
and that in proportions impossible* to he ascer- (
taincd. Dr. Short also read a paper. entitled j
'An account of the Yenadis of the (.'hinglepnt
District." Interspersed over not onlv this district,
but also over most parts iff Southern India,
is a rude class of people, by some supposed to
have been aborgincs of the peninsula. This
tribe is known by the names of '"Yenadi,"
"Yiileo," '"N ader" atuK-'.Marannr." The word
ICUU'll IS a COiTlljmuil 1>I .iiiiiiiiiwi, ui .1 I
man who has no guardian or guide. Yilloe i
and Yador mean heaters and savages. Mara- j
nur, hnntcis or savages who live in the woods, i
These people speak the language of ihe dis'rict ;
in which thev are located, hut somewhat corrupted.
They for the most part foilow no trade
or occupation, but generally gain a preearioi:living
as wood-cutter?, or by selling dyes, rduis
and medicinal herbs, collected in the jungle.?
In the Xellore district, they go about with long
bamboos sharpened to a point, with which they
transfix hares as they squat in the bush with
great agility. J Jr. Short had made a trial of
some of the these people as servants, and thinks
that these, as well as the Yeandis of the Striharcc-cottal),
might be made in a few years
through philanthropic efforts interested in agriculture,
and so redeemed from their arbarons
condition.? Liverpool T'nncs.
"When is a plant like a hog? "When it be
gins to root. And when is it like a soldier?
When it begins to shoot. And when is it like
an editor/ w ncu it oegins to mow.
Esope of Prisoners.?A dispatch from !
QueboCj Canada, says : Marshal Kane of Baltimore,
and thirteen rebels, mostly escaped officers,
from Johnson's Island and Camp Douglas,
left here this morning by the Grand Trunk
Railroad for Kevicrc du Roup, to take the overland
route to Halifax.
A duel was fought in Texas between a Mr.
S. K. Shott and A. W. Knott. The result was
that Knott was shot and Shott was not. Under
these circumstances we would'nt rather be
Shott than Kr.ott ??John Happy.
A Mr. Shott and a Mr. Willing also foil edit,
a duel, in which both were wounded. This
circumstance gave rise to the following lines: |
Shott iic! "Willing did cngajre,
In dud fierce and liot:
ehott shot Willing, willingly,
And Willing lie .shot Sliott.
The shot Sliott shot ni.'Ij Willing quite
A spectade to see,
BSmfe. willing shot went right
Shott's anatomy.
. l. ILLEGAL IMFHESSMEXTS.
To the Eilitor of the Mercury : It is to be
b'Qped tbatf the synopsis of that portion, or the
report of the Secretary of War relative to iraprlssrncnts,
and the harsh and illegal manner
i ri^rbich the Itppr<&me'nt Law is "so frequently
eiScnted, a9 it appeared iiutbe i^erCniy" 'of a.
recept <htte, has been read and re-tead!byevery
rnkn in the Confederacy," and particularly by
that cl.ass";pf individuals knotfn as-^Impressing
Agents. 'T'lie Secretary of War, Jn what Liesa^bat'expresses
the views of hif^coantrymen
atjargq!',; The proceedings oLimpressing-agants'
afd^b^y'-'ilfegal- iii ma* 'd list abbes, 3>nt.
summary andyinquisitorial.. If snch 'pfaccecl-.
ings'werc practiced only jr> regard .to .tha-* pppciiy
of men who, from not being in the" inilitait|;'?emce
of the country, are at home to see
th^t'their rights are respected, it might, peril
a|)6, lessen, at least to a"Jimitod extent, llic
wring and injustice attending tliern ; but when
thpy-tnkc advantage of the absence of soldiers
ininic army, in order to practice them successfujly?as
is not unfhiqiiently the ease?the
injustice of their conduct amounts to an evil
winch cannot and will not"be-submitted to.?
Tips feeling is shared by. very many in* the
arpy,-and the writer of this, in the name of iiis
comrades-in-arms, as well, as in bis own behalf,
warns persons claiming to be impressing agents
(ajiargc majority of whom ought to be in the
find) to beware in future as to the manner m
wiicbvthey impress the property of soldiers,
ar i tliaC.for any injustice or wrong sustained
at their hands, they will not only be reported
to 'the proper- military authority/or a violation
of fche Impressment .Law, but will be,made
amenable.to a civil tribunal for tbeir conduct.
T e.Impressment Law, though hard apd exacting,
will, nevertheless, be cheerfully -submitted
to :df properly executed. Soldier.
Pocotaligo, January 30th, i864.'
The,Law of War.?The law of war between
ni lions, a law illustrated in every page of histcry,
appear to be^this?that wars are few .or
fr^.juent in proportion to;the destructive- pow't^gLoLthc
annViii usc.iv..Wlicnr the, club, was
thli only weapon <>r ntirifk and delencc, more j
w;.s no peace: every knave had iiis club, ami
clul. law \va> universal. When the sword and I
buckler took it> place, war came and went with
the season. s 'on a- the harvest was sown,
tin- Uoinait wenf out against his neighbor ?>r
liis ncitrli1*'?r advanced against. liiia. Gunpow-j
der w:ls a great peace maker. Jt", with that in-1
ven-ion. war beeain." more destructive, it reu>ed j
to l>e the norma! condition of mankind. It |
j*rew more and morn teriihlu?more brief, j
Nations t<*11 how ijrcnt the loss must be ol a
collision, and statesmen began to a?k them- j
sdves if I lie |>os-i!*!e <rain would eijual the in-'
rvita'ole h>ss. X<? ?! pasrion, ignorance. j
j i'rsonal eupiility, often over-leapt the bunds of
reason, and plunged all Europe into horrors;
hut the violence never failed I obtain the ro[roach
of public opinion?the brand of historv.
.,nd no rnier. however poweriul, can dispense
villi the in- \-il support of pill die opinion ; and
hence, however warlike, the most passionate
lever of war will hesitate long, and resort to a
thousand tricks, as iiouaparte always did, rather
1 hau appear to Europe as the open aggressor,
of blood.
r- _Vv*? P,,.di<li I
ii?\UliIOU V/ll All.1V/ I UIHO I IV?." " t *. .
arc not a verv emotional ]??. ?when we
do foe! very strongly, we nevertheless think it
?ooil breeding to,betray nothing of the matter.
We are apt to treat even a great feeling as the
Spartan hoy treated the fox hideti dttiidcr his
garment, suffering it to prey upon our very
bowels rather than l?y any word, gesture or expression
t"> discover what we are harboring. j
This is our insular characteristic. Wc all of,
us have it, more or less, from the duke to the
footman; tin; excess of outward indifference '
being the allowed test of the highest breeding.
Educate a man into the insensibility of a post '
and vou make him a perfect gentleman; ron-!
der a young lady seemingly pulseless as a prize I
turnip, and she is the perfection of the very I
choicest female nature. This is (be discipline J
ot high life in its very highest; but the frost
descends to the very roots of society. We
button up our hearts as we button up our great
coat-, all the more resolutely if our hearts, like
oar great coat pockets, happen to have auy- i
thing valuable in tlicm.?JJouriias jcrroia,
Many of our exchanges conic to us with an-1
nouncetnciits of murder or robbery The war |
has been a sad demoralizer in our communities, j
and God alone car. foresee the horrible condi-!
lion of alfairs that will follow the declaration !
of peace. Bibles are better than bayonets ;j
and nothing but an elevation of army sentiment I
an 1 an improvement of army tnords throtK^f
Divine agencies can save ns from the
enrse of a nation. ? .
"N,
Cotton ' Uureau is id cjljbtpn.?A corres
pondent of the Mobile Reyisit^ writing from HonstoDj-Texas,
sap: ' ,y
"General*Kirby Smith, .bj^: advic&J dt .
many of our leading citizen^hae organized "a . (
cotton bureau in tbis city, composed of Lieut.
Colonel W, J.. Hutcbins,. assisted, by George ...
Ballj-B. A^Sbepbenl, Jatbes SoFb^ and-W". J,
Kyle.. Itis the design of the ^oard to.-pur- >
chase for the Government one-balf of all the , *
* cottonin. tbo State,-.giving certificates kof. ex- ^
emption from impresstncntipr.tbe o^ber. halt (. .
TlrAw riS'Anrtcft tA r*orr frvr rt in thft
*v* " .<~w> ~?.:~:
est of which at a fair per cent. - willj jpe.paid in
'Specie,rprbyided tbcy'cah.'securo anacfoW3on- -1..';
.'gres^,for the purpose?. Cottonis., nbtr -
here 45 a' &5.cents per pound. This boardjjj
peels to pay iromv12 to 15 cents^ and it is 'believed
that one-half of the cotton will beV - j, '
cheerfully-sold to tbeiti at that price. They " ' ' $
will export the cotton, either through-the blockade
or to Mexico, and in' return' secure'ample .'
supplies for the depariment It - may be14
thought that the Federal possession of tb"d A v
nioutii of the Rio Grande will prevent this. A *
glance at the map will slio'yy. that the Federals '
have not men enough in tfie Trans-Mississippi * ,
Dcoarlihent to occnov the wh'cl'e Rid Grande . '
valley; and if.tbey had they could not feed
them. Once on Mexican soil-cotton eari bef
hauled at less than a pent a pound* $er one
hundred miles. Hence it is that the holdingof
Brownsville was deemed of.so litUeimpbjrtauce
'.to us. . .
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The crrareicy >nd TaxAtio? Measures.
?The Richmond Examiner of'Friday.-says;
"It has already been mentioned that the ' Cur- . '
tency Bill passed the House of Representatives
in secret session, last Saturday, it was considered
by the Senate on Wednesday." .and re
ferred to the Finance Committee. The .Finance
Committee still have the.bill before tberaj
and on yes terday xtcre excused from attending * * * *.
the session of. the Senate, that their time might
be devoted to this important, measure.
"The bill, it is said, proposes to rednce the
TcdimdnV.'trcmrwey by compulsory fuMingand
heavy taxation. Treasury notes now outstanding
are to be fundable, for the first month after
the passage of the Act, in six per cent., bonds ;
the second month after in five per cent., and
so on : and all those not funded before the first
day of next December, shall be not only no
longer fundable, but sisal! be repudiated and
declared of no value.
"it is reported that in the matter of taxation
the bill eut> deep, the tax on the value of all
personal property being ten per cent."
\hrests i.v Nsw York.?On the 14th inst.;
Collector I >urne\\ of New York, refused ? eloer.
ancc to certain goods to Nassau, per steamer
Olympus, viz: Gunny bags, liquors, leather
and other articles usually dealt in by blockade
runners, and which were consigned to Alexander
llahwing it Fro., an agent at Xassau of J.
C. Kaiiwing, now in Front Lafayette. There
is a good reason to suppose that the goods
wore fjf the rebels.
Malcolm Campbell, a prominent member
of the New York bar, was arrested trh the 15th,bv
order of Gen. Di.v. He actod as counsel
for Win. Benjamin, who is charged with shipping
contraband goods to Havanna and Nassau,
and the Government desires possession of
certain books and papers belonging to the latter,
which Campbell refuse to give up.
t* t
.&AST J.ESNES3EIS. UUI1 JUUIIgsu'CCb SCCLUS IU
be doing a very handsome business in East
Tennessee, lie has re-occupied the greater
portion of it. and is now in a position to threat^
en Knoxville, the only stronghold of the Yankees
in the Valley of the JLTolston. At last
accounts his cavalry were only a few miles
from Knoxville,. to which place ail the enemy's
forces East of the Holston had been driven.
Longstrcet's successes have resulted, no doubt
in his securing a large quantity of meat and
other food supplies for his anny, in which that
rich country abounds. Beef, pork and bacon,
wheat, corn, fodder and forage, were much
needed by his army, and be has no boubt avail- .
ed himself of every opportunity of gathering
up these necessaries. His further operations
will be looked for with great interest in every
part of the Confederacy.
The Sword Bayonet.?A general order has
been published at Richmond that the use of
the sword bayonet having.been generally disapproved
by the Board of Officers in the field,
to whom the question of its usefulness was re
^^^^k^nanufacture has been ordered to be
dM^g|^"bbayonet will b*