The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, February 12, 1864, Image 4
From tlic Mobile Advertiser.
THE HOUSE INFIRMARY IN GEORGIA.
Johnson County Ga., January 25.
Having ever felt a deep interest in that noble
animal, the Horse, and especially since the
commencement of the war, you will pardon me
if I ask at your hands space enough for the
following account of a visit I have just made
to the infirmary established in Laurens count},
in this State, for the treatment and care of diseased,
wounded and disabled, animals belonging
to the Government.
The infirmary is located in Laurens county,
ntfar the line between tliat^ comity and John
son, on the lands of Dr. Thomas A. Parsons,
and about twelve miles from Oconee Station,
on the Central Kaiirood, and one mile from the
Oconee River. The locality is healthy; the
land rolling and productive; the water facilities
excellent, and the pasturage very good in
spring and summer. The Government rented
3,009 acres of land from Dr. P., last summer,
and immediately began the work of erecting
stables, lots, corn and fodder houses, and oilier
necessary buildings. There is considerable
cane on the track, and over 200 acres of luxuriant
Bermada grass, both of which afford fine
pasturage for the horse.
Dorses that have become diseased, or been
worn down, or otherwise disabled in the publie
service, in South Carolina, Georgia and
Tennessee, are sent here for treatment. Large,
. comfortable stables and shelters, and high, dry
lots, have been provided for them. ' If they arc
suffering from glanders, or any other contagiious
disease, as farcy or distemper, they arc assigned
to a hospital for that particular disorder,
which is located at a safe distance from the
other stables and lots. If they have been
wounded or crippled, or have a bad case of fistula,
or scratches, each one is put into a comfortable
stable to himself; and so if they have
been disabled by hard usage, they are placed
in roomy stalls at night, and turned out to graze
and exercise during the day. Each animal is
curried and rubbed daily, his legs and feet
washed, and his particuinr malady or hurt
carefully attended to. Indeed, all the diseases
to which the horse is subject arc here thorougli?
Jy treated by experienced and piucliced
veterinary surgeons and farriers, whose zeal
" is highly commendable, and whose success
has been rcinaikable. The establishment
is svstcmaticallv arranged and managed, and
hostlers conversant with their duties are assigned
to the case of the animals, under the
^superintending care and direction of the farriers.
In certain diseases, a> in glanders and
farcy, gentle exercise is prescribed, and the
liorscs arc led or ridden for -hort distances.
The general opinion is that glanders is a fatal
disease, but f am assured that over thirty
cases of it have been cured at this establishment.
Of the whole number of diseased and
disabled animals thus far sent to the Infirmary,
nearly eighty-live per cent lias been saved.
Many of them, after being cured and recruited,
have boon returned to the army. Others are
improving rapidly, and wiii soon be in a condition
for service. The rule adopted by the
commander of the post is not to send back
any animal until it has been thoroughly recruited
and rendered lit for duty. Such as
can never he made available for active service,
especially marcs, are advertised and sold at
public outcry to farmers. Some ol the animals
were received in the lowest condition, but, under
the close attention aud skilful treatment
given them, they arc now doing remarkably
well. A number of eases of lameness sent to
the infirmary arose from non-attention to the
hoofs and feet.
'im.? i
O.JIV; i;vuuiiiiuu?iiii ui lUf ^V3|? I.I vn^mm v.
* G. McKce," of Columbus, Ga., an officer of rare
zeal and fidelity, who has been disabled in the
service. He is devoted to his business, and is
one of the most energetic men 1 have met
with in the public service, lie has in his employ
fifty negroes and eight white men. He
is now preparing accommodations lor 2000
more horses, which are expected to arrive soon
and this will render it necessary to employ additional
help. No white man is employed except
disabled soldiers and persons unlit for service,
bv reason of age or other infirmity. The
farriers and veterinary surgeons attached to the
infirmary are Messrs. W. 1\ Davis and J. Disbrow,
both of whom arc devoted to the horse,
and exceedingly skillful in the treatment of the
diseases to which he is subject. Indeed, a"!
the employees at the po4, white and black,
manifest a zeal and an earnestness that is. truly
refreshing in these days of sluitlling and affected
patriotism. The horse receives here the
same care and attention as the sick or disabled
. .I I! _ .1 *1... I : _!
SOJUicr uuca at uiu uu.^imni.
IIow much better is this than the practice
which has prevailed heretofore, and which still
prevails in many parts of the Confederal v.?
Previous to the establishment of this infirmary,
horses worn out or disabled in the service wore
turned out to perish around the camps, or left
behind on the march, whilst all animals having
the glanders, heretofore considered incurable,
were taken out and shot. The places thus
made vacant wore filled bvlh(jfj^i|MfiM^B
fine stalh^^Bv\'
gleeted, al used and disabled, and where, in thei
turn, m?ny of tliera finally perished. Tin
dram thus kept up upon the stock of horses it
the country has been enormous, the prevailing
idea seeming to be that the supply was inex
i haustiblc.
It had been fortunate for the Confederacy i
; the authorities, both civil and miltary, hat
| sooner appreciated the value of an able-bodiei
man and a good horse.
In a country like ours, bounded on one sid<
by a cordon of hostile States, and shut out 01
the other bv a blockade which effectually pre
| vents us from recruiting our wasted armic
! from other parts of the world, the worth of
I capable soldier or horse is incalculable.
| 13ut the authorities have at last taken a stc
I .1 . t a ai v.
in tJie rignt uirecnon. .lei mem ioiiow u up u
I establishing other infirmaries at points where
i as at this, there is nn abundant supply of cor
j and forage. There should at least be one i
| the Trans-Mississippi Department, another i
| Alabama, and another in North Carolin?
"Without the horse we can neithar grow pre
visions for the army, nor move its supplirs, no
j keep proper watch upon the eticniy. "Wlia
' further motive does sagneious and patrioti
government require ?
The common elder bush of our country is
grcfit safeguard against the devastations of it
sects. If any one will notice, it will be foun
tliat insects never touch cider! The leaves c
cider scattered over cabbages, cucumber:
squashes and other plants subject to the ravage
of insects, effectually shield them. The plur
and other fruits subject to the ravages of insect)
may be saved by placing on the branches, an
through the tree, bunches of the elder leave:
To Keep Beef.?A country friend says h
lias been taught by necessity, since the wji
began, how to keep beef without salt, and d<
sires us to tell our readers. According to hi
experience and taste, beef is never fit to b
eaten in steaks until a week after being killec
lie says that if it is suspended by a hook c
! string, in a cellar, so as not to touch the. wall,
1 will, even in the hottest of summer, keep IVor
| one to two weeks, without a particle of sal
and in winter for a much longer time. lie lis
j now some which lie has preserved in this wa
I ever since the 1st of December last, and think
i it greatly improved. It is more tender, pal a:
| able, and wholesome.
i Maximilian and tiie Mexicam Cnow.vj
The New York Courier publishes the fol.'owin
extract of a letter from the Archduke Max
i inilian to General Almonte :
Best assured, my dear General, that 1 done
! in the least hesitate ahout coming to you. M
I resolution has been finally taken : and, eve
! since the speech which I made October .id, Ik
j fore Mexico and the world, I have only lice
; waiting to tpke tip the reins of authority forth
| Inlfilinent of conditions made necessary, not b
mv own dignity alone, but bv the best interest
of your country, i have already assured yo
of this in my letters of October 9th, and it give
me great pleasure to renew the assurance nov
Vou may use this letter as you please to Jii
sipate all doubts which may be still felt i
Mexico.
(lood manners is tiic art of making thos
people easy with whom we converse. AVhocve
makes the fewest persons uneasy, is tlie bes
bred in the com pan v.
The Jackson St^atle.?A letter from tli
artist who lias been employed to execute t
statue of Stonewall Jackson, has been receiver
says the llichmond Sentinel, bearing dat(
"Xureiuburg, November yd." The cast in
will be done in a foundry about a mile l'roi
that eitv. The artist lias nearly complete
?...?< f . I " T.?l ,
anuuil'I' llie-M/.u HUM ui uunn.n untivMiu, i
serve as a model for tlie large statue, lie tvi!
first exhibit it, and invite tbe judgment of th
severest critics as to its merits.
The clothes of General Jackson, which h
took out with him, arrived safely.
A CAJLC, FOR VOLIIXTEER9
yoit TWELVE MONTHS' CONFEDERATE SEIi
VICE IX TIIH STATE.
Coll m in a, S. C., Jan. 22, ]sC4.
HAVING received instructions from the I!urea
of ('(inscription at Richmond, through the Com
niatulatit of Conscripts for South Carolina, to raise SH
COMI'AXIKS Ul' MOUNTED MEN for the purpns
of arresting deserters and delinquents from const-rip
i" in, and also for the purpose of resisting any "Iocs
invasions'" or r;rids that may he attempted hy the At
olitioiiisls. Such authority on my part is thus mad
known to the citizens of the State m order that tlii
most important service may lie rendered the grey
cause ot Southern Imletciidotjce
It is proposed 10 form the Battalion front " Fix
empts and XoncoiiM-nj'ts ' Each company to eonsis
of not less than sixty, nor mote than one hundred
rank ami lilt ;,ta elect its own officers and to l'urnisl
his own horses. Arms (sabre and carbine) and ac
coutreineiits will be furnished by the Confederal
Government; and persons desirous of joining tlieeorp
can report, either individually or in organized eompa
nies, to the nearest. District or Concessional Knroilittj
Ofticer, who is authorized to muster in and rcpor
them to mc at these Headquarters.
The term of service will be for twelve months, am
K, within the State.
EX J. GREEN,
d Enrolling Officer.
State publish one
ara their bills to th
1
Y -v
r COUS FOR SOLDIERS' FAMILIES
j BY virtue of the Act of the General Aesembh
i passed 17 th December, 18G3, "to make provision fi
r the support of families of soldiers of this State, &c"
the District of Kershaw has been divided into tweh
sections, with a member of the Board iu each :
f Section No. 1, embraces the country from Somti
i me to head waters of Swift Creek, thence to Hughe
1 Mill, thence to McKinuou's old stand, thence to Sal
dcrs' Creek, and down it to the river, and down ti
c east side of Wnterce River to Sumter lino,
n No. embraces the country from mouth of "tt'hi
Oak Creek to Beaver Creek Road, tliencc to Libcri
llill Beat line, to Lancaster line, thence to the rive
s These two sections will have a largo surplus
a grain derived from the two per cent. Tax in Kim
which niust be distributed to other portions of tl
p District, where there are large deficiencies, lying chic
. ly in the Eastern part of the District.
J From the best dn'a now to be had. it is certain the
:i will be a deficiency of over two thousand bushels
n grain to supply those persons in the District entitle
n ; under the act, at the rate of ten bushels to the pcrso
n The members ol the Board are required under tl
I Act "to draw his order lor said tax on anj* produc
'* | within his section, to lie delivered to such person
* | persons as may be named therein."
ir It would be execediitgingly burtbensome, if not ii
t possible, for many persons in the deficient sections
go to the river planters below Camden (where the gra
is mainly in Section-No. 1,J and from thence haul^h
small share. II she hires the transportation of
this would consume the small amount of money alio'
a ed her bv the State. The same state of facts exist
I- to persons going into Section No. 2, with orders frc
j the delurrut Districts, and would defeat the tbject
f the net of the Legislature in a large measure. Mai
females, with children, could not do this, ami wou
h have to go without the grain provided for them, ai
:s thus sutler, they and their little ones, and possit
n perish from hunger. This class nf persons are in<
s gent and necessitous?without slaves, and rarely ha
ing a horso. Some of these females may now he se
" walking the public roads with their allowance of mt
5. on their heads, carrying it for miles. Their male i
latives are in the army doing military duty and poi
c ing their lives to secure the property and the lives
i|. the men at home. The Soldiers' Board of Iioli? f, thej
( fore. request that the payers of the two per cent, tax
kind of grain, in section No. 1, will haul and deliv
ls that grain in Camden, and those ir, section N"o. 2, w
fc deliver their grain at the mill of Mr. John buskins.
], If the Hoard has to pay for hauling this grain
Camden antl Mr. (J a skin's Mill, it will largely consut
. the money at thcit^li-pusal for soldiers faiuil.es.
This Board appeals earnestly and warmly to eve
N tax payer In these two sections to rcilect and deci
t, for himself his duty in this matter. The "Soldie
^ Families' Depot." in Camden, will beat the store of
{ M. fiaylc, and lie will be the agent who will reeci
| the grain and give receipts therefor, and Mr. Gaskii
s I at Ins null, will also do so. Lists of the tax payers; 1
t- | their tax will be left at those Depots. This course w
save the necessity of giving orders on producers I
J small amounts of grain, ami keeping accounts.
Jn* order ot the soldiers hoard oi ttetiet.
.ISO. M. DkSAUSSUKK, Chairman,
a January 2!? _ J
?jl'U.4K, ('Ol'FCC, &<>.
rI>IIE undersigned wishing to close up his busine:
it JL oilers lor sale his stack of Groceries, Dry Gooi
y Ac., consisting in |>nrt ot
r 2 DULLS. GOOD BROWN SUGAR,
1 SACK.Bh.Vr CUBA COFFEE,
11 Nails of all sorts and siz.vS,
? J cans and lliunospiin,
.v Cooking Soda, Ac., Ac.,
51 Just received, and ;vil! be sold at as reasonable rat
ll i as the times will permit,
is I January 22 tf T. S. MYKHS.
jj TOWN TAXES!
rI"WI K Books will he opened to receive Taxes on t
n 1 2ath inst.. at the office of James Dunhip, ai
will renuriu open until the 1st day of, March ne:
when the books will he closed ami defaulters dual
e taxed. JOS. D. DC NLA P, Collector,
r January 22
JLUSX,
ON l!ic cars between Camden ami Ohirernont,
Buckskin I't'l'rfK. containing a note !->r a
on J. D. I>inkiiis. drawn pay a bio to .!. M*. Buckner
. bearer. The public is warned apda. i tr. din;-' for sa
'< note, bearitur date. December t), I .-a;:;, as payment
i stopped on the same. J. U\ BUCKNKlD
rr January 8 if
j NOTICE"
4 LL persons having claims tvminst the estate
0 J\ J;.u? Vt'iisun, deceased, will present the same d
II ly attestaj to inc. and alt persons indebted to said i
e tale will please make payment to rue ol their respc
live indebtedness, at an tarlv day.
" J.J. Iirt'KABKK,
c January 1 Sra Administrator.
SLAVE L4BOK FOE! THE COASTDfl
V ISIO.V *0. 2.
ITIIF, Commissioners of tlie Bonds and the Toe
Authorities within the judicial Districts of La
caster. Kershaw. Citestertieid, Marlborough, Darlin
tou. Marion, Sumter, Cltiretidon, Williamsburg at
Horry, including Upper All Saints, will forthwith sut
u moil all persons in possession of slaves within the
' jurisdiction to deliver ctie-fourth of their slaves liab
^ to Head duty at the Depots nearest their owners''r
e sidence, on MONDAY, the -2d day of February proj
' at 10 o'clock a. in, there to await transportation
'' Charleston, for thirty days' labor on the loriiMention
II. Tlic Commissioners ami Authorities nforcsa
<- will. at the same time, imj:re<r? ami ibrward one f(>nr:
s of all male free negroes between tlic ages of sixtec
I and lifty years, resident .within the limits of their ni
thority.
III. Tho owners of only one Road hand are exeni]
' by law.
'i " IV. By tho Act of December last, tho said Anthn
II ities were required to make lull returns to me of a
road hands liable in thirty days. That duty has bet
3 partially and very in:perfectly done?in many iostai
s ecs the return giving no indication, not even bv i
" postmark, ol the District from which it t uinuatcs.
? The whole scheme of the amndraecnt of Deeemb*
t turns on these returns, and unless they are compter
tho system must fail and the labor be su| plied entire!
' by impressment.
WM. >r. SHANNON',
Agent of the State of South Car^ggd
Camden, S. C., Jan. 20. 1S64. ,g^|
3 January 29
e All the papers within the Divisien^jcMO '
wec? for tour?ivecks. /mi? I
* HI t v
IT,
>T CAMDEN; S. C., Feb. 2, 1364.
? T IN pursuance of General Order No. 2, from the
rC JL Adjutant and Inspector General, all male white
persons in this Regiment, between the ages ol 16 and
GO years, who are not actually in Confederate military
-r service, are required to report in person for enrollment
s' to the State Enrolling Officer of.tho Judicial District in
q. which they respectively reside, at the Courthouse of
je said District, on or before the'10th March next, and
to give the said Enrolling Officer their names, ages
^ and the Militia Bent in which they respectively reside.
tv II. All persons, except those above the age of fifty
,p years, claiming exemption from State military servico
! are required to present their claims to the District Enr|
| rolling Officer, on or before the day abo~c Mentioned,
] or they will be liable to forfeit their right to file same,
iu pursuance of the Act of the General Assembly?
ami persons claiming exemption on the ground of
rc physical disability, will be examined by the Surgeon0j.
of the District at such times as he may publish m or,f
ders, 011 or before the day above specified.
n III. Persons holding certificates of exemption from"
I " the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, will exer
liibit the same to the Enrolling Officer of this District,
or who is authorized to hear evidence in relation to legality
of the same, and all such certificates as prove ?
not to be in accordance with law, will be revoked.
t0i IV. Persons who have been exempt from L'onfedcrate
service are repaired to show their certificates of
er i exemption to the State Enrolling Officer, and if they
. are not also exempt by the laws of the State, the/
,v' will be held liable to State service
n * V, Persons who are now in Confederate service for
||n six mouths or a longer time, are required, at the expi0[
ration of tiieir term of service, or on leaving the
i service, unless enrolled as conscripts, to report to the
l'j District Enrolling Officer for enrollment.
|(Cj | VI. Officers commanding Militia Beat companies aro
, 1 hereby ordered forthwith to return to tlie Enrolling
'l'j_ ! Officer of the District the names and aires of all perv_
situs residing within their respective Beats between
^ Lhc ages of sixteen (1G) and sixty (GO), designating the
,.(l age of each person: and they arc authorised to put
v. anJ' person on his oath as to his age. or require other
il- l'ro?f? !,s they may decide: and you are also required
(j.j on a separate list, to return the names of all persons
j residen s of your respective Beats, whot'have gone
[(i ; into Confederate Military service since the beginning
j ot tlie war, not includiug the Reserves and Six
,|U ; Months' Troops.
JJV C'UtlHIKlIlii l.UJ. .JUIIt'3.
February 5 2 J. II. GAYLE, Adj't.
ne MKJJICAL .TlO'J'JC'E.
1*X conformity with what has been done in other
parts of the Slate, our fees for the present year will
be genet all v doubled.
r? * L. II. DOS. if. D,
D. LDESAUSSUHE, M. D.,
Vte B. H. MATHKSOX. M. D.,
IS; JOHN .Mt OAA, M. D..
'!' W. It. SYKKS, M. D.
or *VhrlJnr.r ? tf.
ESTATE NOTICE.
I WILL sell on the 10th day of February next, at
her residence, in Fairfield I'islriet. till, the j roparty
of the late auiw Be!!, consisting of Negroes, M tiles ;
a line let of Cattle, Hogs, Bacon, Cotton, and J'lantation
Tools. Ac. Terms made known on the dav of
sale. 11. II. BELL. Adm'ris,
Febrnary 5 I "JOIfN J. NISLSOX, Agent.
MISS ALE X A15MlB
IT'ILL resume the exercise's of her MUSICAL
T T CLASS as soon as she can ascertain whether a
sufficient number of pupils can bo obtained to induce
Iter return.
Pupils desiring to continue iltcir lessons will k-avo
tiieir nanus with Mrs. McCaudless.
us Terms per quarter $4.S. 4
Kol.ru tv u k tf
sTiLU liO Oil ?TOLE.\
T^ROM the subscriber, nine miles above Camden, on
|1P S the Lancaster Road, three Milch Cows, two Fry
1(- lows and t'.vo Yearlings, marked the figure ^ in t!:c
r riglit ear and tt swallow fork and umlerbit in the left.
,jp It is believed tluit tie- above cattle have been stolen,
as the milch cows left their calves at home. liberal
reward will be paid for information that v-ijl lead to
their recovery, or for lite detection of that thief, if
stolen. ' JAMES LOVE.
Voliritom* " tf
al : ' - : "
NOTICE.
"l W 1!" 5n'1 A- A" TIircKAK|,:l':- wil1 nct M ni7
T 7 Agents. during mv absence from the Slate. '
ls January 22 4* " J. J. 1IUCKAUKK.
FOUND
JN" the street. opposite Col. Dickinson's Monument,
n small POCKKT HOOK imarked vXotes'1), con"
i tabling eight dollars. The owner can Jiave it by payu"
ing lor 'his advertisement. Apply to J. K. \Vith?rspuon.
Telegraph OlUce.
L" January 22 tf
3CEAL ESTATE SALE.
_ South Carolina?-Kershaw District.
? ]j ) Y order of Alexander McDonald, Ordinary for
O Kershaw District, I will sell at public outcry, to
the highest bidder, at the Court Mouse in Camden, on
1 the first Monday in March next (sale day): Two small
Tracts of Land, belonging to the estate of Hardy
Thorn, d ceased, isnid land or tracts sold for division;
n. and a tract containing 3S acre, more or le.-s. lying and
ir situate on the head waters of Tine Tree Creek; the
]e second tract, containing 38 acres, more or less, lying
e. on the head waters of Leaver Dam Uraach, both joinin.?
ifin.k of t'liarles Perkins and otiiers. Terms cash,
purchasers t<> pav lor papers.
s? February 5 *C DUNCAN SlIKORX, S. K. D.
'[l MX;USOMS E'UK SBS JSK.
FOR the vear, a likelv follow, a comolete gardener.
?ALSO?
Two women?A Washer, Ironer ami Sempstress.
Febnimy 5 tf WM. XT "SHANNON
3li?GRO GIBSE. FOR MLE.
r* i NKfillO GML. 19 years of age. a good Cook,
" ,*"\ Washer and House tcwant, generally. Torpor11
i tieuh'rs, fse. apply to J. M. G.tViK.
[" February 5 .2 ^
J JhirispOL L, AKsTeri-; WAIt
r j ' j>11 ! * above re ward will be paid for lie detection of
e, I I the rascal vho cut the gin-band o'lhc subscriber,
7 | on ovoitig shoe shops
I w^^|^HHBKQKKflfeM|^?ther to