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'J ^ vol xxn?no. 44. Camden, & c, fridaV, march 11,1864. new series?vol 1?no. Mmm i . gggg ?. & Bf"?. B. nOOOTT. Ipr XI SflCS 7- ~~ **** 5 " % -v ?^ I u ? & ?0 Rates fdH' Advertising: ? For qm 8qi?rt ?Imcsft or kan ? TWO POLLAES fbr i&R&rst iasertloo, *?d 0XB DOLfclB aad mrr C&TTS for t Oyrefjgr oof %wa, dmgfed - Wor* MOST &fc & "V-paid FOB i?j^gBateaga-. mi4k^rai|4 ?or n&^ulw adrert^ eg: pfttra&x, POET'S COEFEHmfhb M&; row. T&c oid mo **i hf fifelna*? *feJe~ If in tto* wm wrtekkd a&4 ?sa, Assd he feamnf belli jwwwfo s? fabs it&K cth ?ftM . * ^"SrsSK^A-, A?! a ?*??#. t i|r fifc&l '/r^* to *r?*?l\ *tr P. 3b* at*?*,. &??*# WU? oftifc. , .'P'.v'*^;. -if'^t?' "t'': J '"^iraihf '' '^: ::x ''-^'->t. ? -* 'J /. TV* tarns**! rrjwc pm&ftd &*k u* tiat h <* $?; iS&Wwd BfV* ****$?; Theft tat U? rw iti 4gtrtt To nrhm> to w?fcry *fe% it. ... . . - - w -. # w^tacxsi^jvxsrsoTjs. ; * / ; r?ff?cm?mw r/7Fip? 5| " Ti?c CbmfeffH'fit of On' Confederate of k* Kxofctkk'O* 9tod JodfcUi Depnrtnient*, m to mwe #gt-M of to ofcfdgt* eo?Sp0*iog \h 5 TbiftAffcneV ha* 3?^ti it? ojR=f*?iot* btii t|M* ?*?*, nod it ha* skoadv rnwrn1! it necr***? r j tbftl *fWr to war s* oicf, a CMfontioD of titer I hovtt&iSb Sf?tr? abouU! bo ealhrtf t%tilw to' dele name tu limitation*. Ito people and to Sfeteft ?w? Cft?rilljfig? In to lokfcf of the tr?r ; wow rm^mg bctwwo to Oonftontte StoU* 1 atii the Tutted Stpttt% lo dkpute or dour to power* to Gotmjromt <??" to Confederate Suie*it&# Jtfcwmird. When a *lnp k in n *u>nt?, | which *mht\$$r* the live* of aII on tocttnJ, pa**. ewgtra refuse to rc*e?t tndigfikktt pot j upat? tjjrato to captain or to ere*. At- j though toy ewnkJ hare ! hang a!) thrown ortr I board, it ? t*eilcr for them to watt until to fthip k wife in par*, And *0 it i* with toj WfltfM AAMtAMlbfl lk* ?v ?. * .* f 'Ittnf V?w*v>- !?? .' \,wt>(WV? ?' ? ?"* ? ?-????< ? btdo their trroe. Tli^y nirM drive their else* mie* oat of their Koniers and vindicate their j independence *go?na their otmi*l rag**? Ha trine aeeomphabed thi?% ihr? will tun* round ] on their agent* of |he Confederate 6^'?r#racW, | add *eUl" *?ib them on Mfetttil of their imir-J pattern*. There are three %ml jhsHHs on abichl U baa aaanmed qaetUooall* power*, Let u* j tmnnserate tlmta: . -* I? The Confederate (ioveroroent has *?&umed | the power of appropriating money ft-w? the Trwtfttyjp boiki ratliwad*. 1Im jnstsiication j *. fe-ffpfrIf it U good, then all j ^brawbe* oilnternal itt.provr.mcni, illicit faeii I p itato the transportation of troops or monitions of war, f itfeift the scope of appropriation* ^ by the Confederate OovemmcnL The Coo federate fifovcrnment b omoipoUmt over the whole mU&L * I, UedW the power giteo to CongrrM "to * * ffttse and ?Jpport armies* Congrtw* ba* claimed th* eon^ribe and OQt into tlie arm* &* Confederals States all the State oSiciaft '%f whkh the Stale Gorsrnme&u are carried Ilia, If <>ng!W|!0^^ then H L-^L...1.. . ~ J-'Li1 ..-E"! ha* fte'$|$rer, of abolishing^tbc Sutes The existence of Use Confederacy reqnires that tbia matter shall be rightfully settW. '* 3. Congress claims the power of laying direct taxe*-~t*xing land arid slaves. If this power t* i^onfitioc to exist without question in the QiMgmm of tho Confederate 'States, it mar abolish tSbrery by taxation. This is too vita) a matter to ho left in dowbt* To confer thdift three points, it appears to us a Convention of the States after the war h over, should bo called. Three Ssitc* ran srnnipun the. Convention. The ComtitatiOn f*$t\ H'pan ih#lems?ml of any three States legally a*iemhM in their several Conventions the *3i*U win* moo a fconrention e? a?! U?t State*, to t?ke into contkkratjH: toeh amend itienis to the Co&*titotk>o ** %e sakJ Sulci aball coscnr in tag?pe?iicg it the tsftite wbec ?th! demand f* made.* We b*? ihrown o^t these snggssfioa beearn* we *ee tlsait the Governor of Geoi^a ha* called the Leghfotnre of Georgia tios?r<ib<*r.~ deprecate an; action br the State* npo* the important matur* we have advert j<* ttfeii the mr h ww.?Ifahmwi wrt*p9*> JffiU - ' *!. ^9*+ * TIIK AxTi-Stf?srrrerk LA w\?-Ism|g*> P?wsoc <^f N. CV*a s i&bmt tt<rpvd$$tom which v? reecntljr tried before fcimT decided that the rcccni act of Co!^re? to cotucribe person* who have fcrrmbed for the w fe itncon*tjln< tism&L Thftjkk^t Pr&rm jm he has t - ? - - ? . _ - - .._ . i in*?je m* aTraitgrmem wmi U?T, uv$ Au?re*y fer the CoofederaUrSiate* | Bjr^^ *if? ufe n? the cm* o{ Walton, up?* j irbkfi the i%Qit&t?)* %etn m*d?, by &*forari ) U> She Itopreme Cmtri *bicb meet* in him. Aftd !$& ha? every smtahir emm bdbn him, Ua? reco^masd tii^ party in the ??m o to report htm*df to tb?>?foilbg: dlkci of jM* rmift? or di*trat within ibt&* dny# nftci the dre??W m Walton*# ca*e <h*U be road* | knouts i? Mm, hi caw? the decaion *M1 is | 1X? harfet < Mr. hictttt&ngtir ban ye! ! f&edecd t? that found ?t the eh*a of the poti) tion of a b?gg*r(js wd?i#fy?j>cciioeo) *bo *v I gouig nlHiCt the up-t??*n *5rt*;? \*U wi^lc. Th* | pctftMrti *ct forth lhat U?c tnwj'? beo*e had b**o bemi about t*o month* ago; that he wkj til difctrt**, necdvd aid, arid waa ?r$Hng to ukc j *?*$1, or cl<fthf fcg, or wen money.**?Jfntirry, | DfcVTit.?Mr Jo'*n M. Sitolt, the oM<S! I ;?rhter in (b United Suu>, died at hik red : deoee in /ewer i'itr i*n the 2Ut ulu He en a a ! tW^tiir Mmror ?f the celebrated Miranda e*? p<**!hu?n, flu?*! om in in Net? York Cii\ i *j?*sn*i the SuinMi Main, ht% with othei*, !?n? \1'1* l^'tj W*e$gkai it?l?4hs; ij^ir hy W|w?<?n' ? lnix?f ?. that llu'V WW* jjoing to NV?r Orh ??? j a* printer*. Mr. naif bag eatifced is ; a Sp*iu?h pr jjob. ! FKOMUL Qmtmtaat ai Yiwiwjuu,?A mgti of oppre^ba ha* Commenced at Ykk* btsrjj. The kikft^ that ha* rthihihs*] ; toward* the iftbabtUtlifz* hv the Fed?n|i wa> | merely the far that cotwvj Use tiger** eta** i The tmlmmaic people who are oidigrd t* j remain there ?ilJ find tkc tyrant's grip light | ened daily until it become* mi Wamble.' Sfere | b mi eweonnt of an outrage com mil led recently In thai unfortunate cfof: On Xlw Year** dav the Yankee* -conwatwi 7 ; to allott {'arson F?*. Wimo Omntr, to open | Ute Epwwpal church wid have vn ice, omit | tifX? tit prayer for the Preuhleftt of the Unite* i Stale* With this Ufidc?*tMidin'f. the church I : int% opened and a gTe?t nuiriMr of the oh I <$?bro* repaired there at the usual h?*ur, to at trml divine mrti?#. A* Mr. Fox *a* obotii ; entrinjr the milpit, *ome Yankee officers ad Imo&idied litm a* he valued his life not to oeiii prefer for Iincola, ami the old gtntfenuitt at their merry, in the course of thcser Ice prated for the Pf^lcet of the United I Sftatfi*; *herc?p>n *cr< ml ladies left the rhurrh | This, of totirsv* infuriated the Yankee*, anc [ t?o hours afterward* the provost marshal itt I formed the bdic* that every one who left th? church would I*? allowed forty-ei^ht hour* u ; ksave the fcfarn, and if caught the** after thai ' time they would be remanded to the count] jail The bulk* iromediatelT prepared to leave ; and,?! the expiration of the time allowed, eurn i one of them vdi out of Uie Hoc*. Get). M pf ?* too caused printed placard* to be posted ai through the city, warning Uie bunts o! Sia^ir i>an | ifthment and the time given them to get aw at i Northern paper* confirm the dtahftttdiftg ft Wilcoi*i *ix month* corp*. It re-cnh*ted un der the offer of titty day's furlough and foa? hundred and seventy five dollars boucty. :W'V< ; t GENERAL CONGRESSES. i A* a General Congress ? shortly to be held in Europe, it is a subject of historical curiosity : to look bad afid see when and on what occa ?iona those convocations which have changed i the international relations of Enrope have l*cn held. The approaching Congress prormfc* to effect iumc important modifications these relations. The first General Congress was that at > which the treaty of Wc*tpbella (164$) became the public law of Europe. ft composed the religions dissensions which, arising out of the Uebad torn and afSicted Europe for I rfdrty year*. It produced this great change; > the religious pa^ions ceased to agitate Europe ' The object* and occasions of hostility became, ' subsequently, commerce and the extension of > territory. * ^ ? The Congress that formed the "treaty of tJtrecbt (1713) was the nest occasion of a great - change. It closed the war of the Spanish snct cession, ami retrained the ambition of J-oui# Xl?# ttnd made cxk*d*e changes in the tern> toriijj relation*,of Europe. 'Hie treaty Pans (1 <33) was not prodac* five of farther r?cmha than to close the seven years' war, and no farther to affect the internation il relations of Europe than to confirm the i < -. < *?. . . J claim trt i? uie nunc 01 * nrg^jgw pvwrr, The General Congress, thai ?*t!?s ' ment of 1815, upsetting all the ddefWpoteoo4* ' territorial arrangement*, **m the mo< i?ij>orffest after the treatj of Utrecht in the aotiaii of diplomacy * The relations towards each other of the ' States of E?rope, as they ?to?J before Bonaparte made the changes that followed bis 1 triumph#, were not restored to the condition in * which thev stood before the French reflation. Hew adji&tment* were tpade, A different i Mtntliirfinm fa* mfiUkbeti. Denmark was dt??*ted of fforway and it wju transferred to r Sweden. Tim balance con^aentty, bet wean lhe Seanufinasian Slater w? destroyed. A re jmhlie, tha*of Wir?w, wa? ?subJ$hfeJ in Po\ t*ml ami the wrong done to thai power by the partition partially redressed. Tfie German . Confederation was amende^ with other chan**^ , which maternity altered the territorial ami t other relation* of the European State* towards ? each other. I' * What w ill be the character of U?? changes made, if any, by the approaching C<mgrefcs H i* inipowdblr to forecast. That Loot# Napoleon contemplate* eome important modification# ol that ?i*ui?>0tcnt ? hi^hty probable. He has tommonedmi the State* of Eorope, large and small, fo participate in it* tfcffir ration* Ilia i gonitis in diplomacy *ill be hugely exercised 'I -**? ?t?? Aj?i)au!AH 411 il k dtllL i.Xf(t tttftvll' k | V?l *?>?? ? W r- ?-^T^y 9>** ? -r- . j Urt| lo attend, ejeept Great Kritam. That m>* . | eomplieafton* will ajb*, we think pM> , J bnble, and ihc osScwihsc jrctpppraijfej U)bc j appeadni pafekms that threaten in I 11 new c?a3?i*ratM>?, ma? not only not to atcomj plkfwx!, hot fre*!i ui<d added to ?ho i^eo?l<Jcr | ifig fift* a ?*. > l ^ : - . j P** PictrnR op Motif^lle look* no ham [jdiichi^C Of medium *tat?|r?s? delicate, iitfw ?l form, brown hair, bine cye<ao?I a roo&tackt* w? and ?n ripre*?h?i* the sntipodx* of fi'nsften#, kt i! cviitrf* :;o phyaka! token* dgftnlimg the anila* Ieion* am! ?te?e*ifnl parthan leader he tv. H? w** ?lrt*KHi in a trbfrl major* foil draw oni I form. He gave a* b? hhrton1 tefo*$ ami do | ring the **r, and it was a mo?t agreeable re | dud. He acted and tpoke a* n gentleman ? * *?* - - . . _ ? wisii up mow l>f vuipuwj pr 'ouinirg cnn?iu .; or lurking ?nren at hh victim*. At time* lit I ?on Id not Mmprcsa a chuckle over bit succe**^ i | in accomplishing certain capture* and avoid i j imce of Wng captured himself; but Urn Wat \ very natural. l i "Voti must bo quite a lien," I remember re . marking to him, "particmarly among the ladies I ?o naturally worshipful of heroes of youi , | school f* j "Well, well,* be?a?d, stroking h U moustache I "I roar a little." m "???# " mmwmrn I Moas TarniTtiA# Potmr.?A lady of thii city, writing to her friend ?n the country, says j j "The great boa of our city, at present, is aroum > I the "Bee-hive." The rulet of the crowd arc? \ 1 ptuh, jam, Kjueexe, pinclfc :hoke* stick with pins r stab with your elbows, and giroaa marhimpa* , denee as prwwdb'e. It spoils a woman's temper f patirfKe. pride and cJothct. Don't come, if yot can poesible stay away. Buy your good* hi 1 1 * *' * ?A?f h?n^<i!iw<t j preiV, ^1''' If UlAi j'lUJll |'ninnivvi>n If you arv frantic to try the experiment* hovr . ever, tub vonr face wit)* a bra? candlestick be f re ron atari, with Tour pocket*. honrrtifnlh f *::ppJ''cd *ith Confederate note?, a little silvc on t!i? tongue, iron in the heart, hra?a in th< r face, and lead in jour boots, von mat venture j but tbaae irtijsdU^wablf * ^CsrpumktH, <- * r: ' " .V The New York Bakes.?The Bank Prea ' r#:;| idcnts of Niow York and Albany/have had a meeting, in which the national system adopted ? by Secretary Chase, was bitterly opposed.? .. \ 'H It was cla'raied that the advantage given to national banks in relief from taxation, etc./ . ' , / * | would drive the State banks out of existence. One of the speakers urged that the new system ;/ | would prove not only dangerous, but in the cii<* ruumu*, uxiu uiuiiijHcu uuti ?? "vmv? <v.w? va wa* of that no sooner was the war ended than a financial revolution throughout the North would fWicw. AH of the speakers ' urged State protection, and showed tiiat the bank* ol New york held some 24,000,000 of bulKon* which the* could sell at an enormous profit, hut kept as a balance-wheel, whifc .the nafioual hanks were not called upon to keep specie to r*?d?xrm their notes, and had nothing to &11 back upon. j Mr. Coe, the engineer, /? he ?styled, of the ^ | tfanfc of England, fca* invented a'O&nx note wr ^ - a } that institution with a fegree "pattern which j cook] not he counterfeited, bet it costs too touch to ho introduced into tec. The notes of the * Bank of Bengal arc covered on one ?d* with * gg what appear to be mere lm?*> best under the microscope they are found to be repetition* of the value and denomination. Faxct axo Fact.?Yankee girl to her Yankee , Wan?"When do yoo expect to get to RichYankee Wan?"^Vb4n the spring fee tottm, gentle A wm.n # * \ : Confederate girl to her Confederate Seau?, * "Wbeu wit! you leave RichmondT <Nli t ? orcr. * Axrcdoi4* or Gr*. WtwL?We heard a day * * ?, or two ago, wfi the PeUmlmi^ Erprm* a good story told opoo jfecu Wise, wfeieh we be- * . \ f Itaee ha* new been in prist Whilst encamp! * . ' *d ?t? lb? Pcnim*!* no one. $$f *? frfmg J; ** ' j afcmg WRsie toad t? tho-ndmtf of Hi garters, - ?> and came open one of b? wagon* which Was , '*. J faH stalled. The driver w*? **? white oaj. Upbc seeing th? spectacle he reified oa hit 1 bene, and Ic&kiag tspon John,, said: "Here is & ntic wagon and team going to destruction for 1 nam of a dri*cr.,T The latter, fixing b? eye * apoo the (faMtajf, instantly retorted : *Ye?, m j** ^ ' and tare h a eery floe brigade, io<v going to | destruction for want of a Brtgodief" The 1 ] Geneta! tooa resomad his journey at a' qoick-' ;jmdp??e. . r _ |js 1 A correspondent, of Uie lircrpool Post, giro tyflfeUowinw antttsmj? account of the manner f | fn w^b C?pt Semitic* traM a Yankee ia i! Use Straits of Sands: 11 W* ma little excited with intcnigece* ? |S| ' j ft#m Petuiag that the Cos&derate States stea* miif Alabama is era&mg about thtro. S^e L took two Yankees b the attaU* ofljaada, and f| *?punned by the Yimtlerbilt Wbec eight | ' came on, the Abfcams ww about tm%im r. | aheedL and under carer of darknessahe a&daip- r ship wa% th^ajyot abot5i*asd stood m ihj| ' direction ?fwhero^hey bad ht& teen the Ysu* ' derMt? At d*ybre&4? im witMn a m * | of the Vaaderbtlt who bore down ?d r qnircd If they had seen alau^e steamer fading' ' f to the northward. Captain Setavm tepitea t ' "Yes; she was gogpjg aheadlMf speed and mxm, n%, * be one bndrwi aum ***/% $>&" Y$* Van-. ^ ? dcrbilt immediately put on in stem, and west ; ?W * on *VtId goose ch**i\ while Setamot quietly [ shipped hU funnel, and bore away in an oppo^ 1 site direction. It was reported last night thsbV^I: ^ t Uic Alabama was out?ide ?>f Amherst * Ge*. Fircitovx. itencnn nn^n, MH? UW ^ r of Lake City, i* an Irishman by birth. In early life he enlists! a* a prirsU in the United $tatea ^ 1 ? rcpa'ar army. After hi* discharge be <1 emoted ? j to Florida, where he became employed, wc are | informed, as an engineer. By intelligence and \ '-Mm 1 good conduct be prospered in ht$ affront, roar* * ri?d eligibly, and bccanro a leading enwen, Since I the breaking out of the war he hft* rwn in the *. Confederate atfrricc to the rank of Brigadier * %'' v General; and he ha# just won a viciorv which * makes him famous at borne and honored * throughout the Confederacy. In biro we have $ * 5 J another reminder of the gratitude wnich we r owe to our #ohitm of foreign birth, and of the wki..k W? lUnW ntiniW to tlrtfiL attlUUW n?utM nv mi'v-w ........ > . l*jircBf? Armt.?The last accooetf Topmost r Gon. Price to ta oak a few fottes lick of, ? r Washington, Ark, with a fine army?JHuaben* a it i* needless for well known reasons to name* Tneartnyisia fine plight and moat nswtUeof* 111111 "* " . ^ .J - ~'