The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-01

cd plottcrs OF secession knew this, and con-
flicl of arms was dccrecd in order that the
flow of human blood might madden and over
turn what judgment was left in the border
slave States. II was found fit that South
Carolina soil should be the scene of this
crowning outage; and in Charleston harbor
the ensign q the Republic received the first
wound, in bling lowered to armed lncratcs.
their countrs parricidcs. The scat of trca.
sons birth was thus made the scene of ifs
guilty triumph.
There is not only just rctribution to be rem
dercd in visiting upon South Carolina the
heaviest blows of this war, but there is excel
lent gcnNralship to be manifested in strikinp at
that Shtc. South Carolma as cordialy hated
at the SouM. No State would have SO little
sympathy and so little support from the other
States. In numbercss ways the fact has be-
come known in the progress of the war; A
few days ago the plckcts of PENNSYLVANIA
regiment had friendly interview with the
pickcts OF Virginia regiment on the Upper
Potomac. A discussion of the cause of the
war closed by an expression of regret on the
part of the Nirgnians that they had not q
regiment of South Carolinians to shoot at in
place of these Pcnnsylvanians And this is
believed tobe widespread feeling among the
Confederate soldiers. Is it wise to overlook
such an advantage as this in planning often
sivc war movements? Let Charleston be as
sailed, and feeling of qualification will pos
scss the htarts OF tbrec-tourths of the Conted-
crate soldiers, who for South Caroina's wrono.
now suffer hardshps in the field And, even
If ordcrswcre given to go quickly to the re-
lief of tilt original scat of rebellion in its
strait, miny mishap would occur to track
and train known to the common soldier SOL
dicr, if tot to engineer and waymastcr, to re-
tard thy expedition of the relief. Let the
prayer & Unonists in all thirty -four States
be hear for the early and unsparing chastsc-
mcnt 0! South Carolina.
TIE WAY THEY F1Gnr.-A person who
was in'the battle of Lexington, Mo-, relates
the following:
l sav one case that shows the Confederate
style of fighting. An old Texan, dressed in
buck kin and armed with long rifle, used to
60 VI to the works every morning about Sc
ven lclock, carrying his dinner in tin pail.
IakIg, good position, he banged away at
the .cderals till noon; then an hour, ate his
diner, after which he resumed operations till
6, pm, when he returned home to supper and
a nights sleep. The next day, little before {
sewn, saw him, dinner and rifle in hand,
truging up street to begin again his regular
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th surrender. {
Governor HARRIS, in his message to the Leg i
is'turc Of Tennessee, says: {
In the aggregate, Tennessee has contribu-
I'll thirty-eight infantry regiments, seven cav t
fry battalions, and sixteen artillery compa- )
| es to the common defence. Attention is l
lso called to the efficient services of the ]
'tate Military Board, whose labors are visible I
n results OF tangible character. One in 1
tance Of their utility is seen in the establish
icnt of a cap factory, which has already
ieldcd to the Confederate States over l2,OOO.-
90 of percussion caps, and is now producing C
early quarter of a million per day. P
WHAT 1T Cosrs TnzM.-The following a
Eatemcnt is made by "Ion," the Washington Z
of the Baltimore .Sun: a
"The war expenditures are now stated, up. u
n government authority, to be eight and a u
alf millions week. The naval preparations, y
nd the extensive militrry movements in the {,
Vest have, no doubt, cost more than was cx u
ccted; and, besides, the waste and loss in the :
ar must exceed al estimates. For instance. y.
nc capture of the military chest at Lexington ~
wolves loss of quarter of a million of !;
ollars in specie" -
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