The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-08-29
From the ines of the Rapidan.

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The latest intelligence that we have from the
Rapdan is contained in the following para
graphs which we take from the Richmond
Eromine,, of Tuesday morning:
"For two days past skirmishcs has been con
tnucd along the line Of the Rapidal The
enemy, no doubt with the design of disracting
our attention from movements elsewhere has
been trying to create the impression that he
meditated an immediate attack on Gen. Jack
son at Orange Court House.
Gen. ;Stuart on monday night, made mar
row escape from capture by body Of the en-
my cavalry Gen. Stuart, with his staff, was
at farm house, five miles east of Orange Court
House, and short distance from the Rapidan,
when the Yankee cavalry, who bad crossed the
stream and driven in our pickcts, surrounded
the house. Gen. Stuart by speedy back
door exit, escaped with the loss of his hat and
two of his aids
".Ihc trays of the Yankees are said to be
bold and cnterprising beyond precedent. They
attack our pickcts daily"
ANOTHER ORDER FROM BuTLEE.-An order
has been issued by Butler at New Orleans,
taxing those corporations who contributed
money for the defence of New Orleans before
its capture. The list is long one Messrs
Abat, Gcnercs e. Co.. subscribed S2lO,OOO
Their tax is $50 500. The trustees of the Nc
Donough School Fund subscribed $4,000.
Their tax is $4,000. The Citizens Bank of
Louisiana subscribed s3O6,OOO. Their share
of the tax is $4,000. Robert Gcddes gave
$4,000. He pays $4,000 And so on as low
down subscriptions of S25. The order by
which this immense tax IS to be collected, at
the point of the bayonet says that "it will be
impossible to make mistake, save in having
the assessment too easy, and the burden too
light"
The papers say that gold has been found in
the brick clay which underlics the city of Phil
adcl phia, to such an exten. as to warrant the
belief that, in the ten square miles area occu-
pied by the city, there is ten times more gold
in the city than has been found in California.
The experiment of the clay has been made un-
der the direction of an officer of the United
States Mint.
The Federal commandant of the post at
Nashville has issued an order, making it pen
atty for any one to pay gold and silver in the
purchase of cotton and other products Of the
South. The old Constitution used to read that
nothing but gold and silver should be a legal
tender. Singular discoveries have been made
under the reign Of King Abraham the First.
Andy Johnsons organ, the Nashville Union,
in leading article, recommended that the
bounty offered by the Government to rene
gades of Tennessee shall cease, and in lieu of
it a tao shall be laid on aceolthy secessonists to
support the families Of Federal soldiers At
beginning, The City Council of Nashville is
urged to act in the matter at once, and tax the
rebels of that city.
CoTToN IN NAsHVmLE.-Wc sec by the mar
ket report in the Nashville Dispatch of August
II, that cotton is quoted at "33 cents in gold,
40 in Federal notes, and So cents per pound in
Southern currency"
DEsERTERs.--It is really astonishing to be.
hold tho number uf dcserters from the Federal
army stationed in the neighborhood of Chatta-
nooga They arrive daily by Ones twos, threes
and in squads
TURNIP SEED.
ENINE FRESH TURNIPSEED AT ONE DOLLAR