The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-02-13


ern Legislatures to see what shall be done.
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From the West.
PORT HUDSON, February 10.-Information has fust
reached our pickets that portion of Sibeys command
encountered the enemy at Indian village totally rout
ing him, aftcra severef fight The enemy admits loss
ofone thousand killed, wounded and missing:
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ANECDOTE or WENDELL PHILLrPs-Mr Train In 4
speech in Music Hall, Boston, speaking of Wendell
Phillips, said:
That distinguished Abolition ist went to Charleston
s. Co. once before he was very well known. and put
up at hotel He had breakfast served for him at his
room and was waited upon by a slave. He embraced
the opportunity to represennt to the negro in very
pathetic way, that he was man and a brother and
moro than that an Abolitionist The negro seemed
more anxons about the breakfast than he was about
his relations and the condition ofkis SOUL and finally
in despair, Mr. Phillips ordered him to 90 away say.
ing THAT he couldt bear to be waited on by slave
Excuse me, massa, said the negro, must stay here,
cause am responsible for the silver ware"
GROUND ARMS We were informed last evening by
reliable authority that four whole regiments of Fed
erel troops had lain down their at Baton Rouge
their officers having all resigned without exception
We commend them for the act; knowing themselves
engaged in dishonorable career they have volunta,i
ly abandoned it, and should now be recognized as
''white men" wheresoever dispersed. The Federal
authorities seeing the beginning of the end-the
handwriting upon the wall already speaks in trumpet
tones, weighed in the balance aud found wanting
| Port Hudson Courier
STATE GOVERNORS The following is a list of the
Governors of the thirteen States composing the Con-
| federate States Of America
Alabama. G Shorter
Arkansas-H. Flanagan.
Florida-John Milton Hsa
Georgia-Joseph K. Brown.
Kentucky-Richard Hawes
Louisiana-Thomas O. Moore
Mississppi-John j. Pettues
Missouri-C. F. Jackson
North Caroina-Zebe B. Vance.
South Carolina-M. L. Bonham.
Tennessee-Isham G. Harris
Texas-F. R. Lubbock.
Virginia-John Letcher.
In the Indiana House of Representatives a motion
was made to adopt Gov. Seymours message in lieu on
Gov. Morton,s, which had not been furnished; also,
resolution to suspend hostities and call convention
The latter was referred ss,......ts.
We are told that the stories about Mr. Stewards
heavy drinking, so rife the last year. are declared to
grow ont of the fact that he drinks largely of cold
tea, without milk, out of black bottle
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Nalandingham has consented to candidate for Gov
ernor OF Ohio. We suppose he will be elected He
will certainly test the opinions of the people of the
State in relation to the war;
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They have an automston figure of a man on exhibi-
ion in in Paris which talks 1t was constructed by
NJ Faber, late pro fessor of Mathematics in German
University. @ -"
The Northern papers say that all the officers wives
at Port Royal have been ordered North in view of &C
tive operations from that point against Charleston
NEwsPAPERs IN TExAs--The San Antonio Herald
says 1--WE cannot count more than ten papers now
published in this State out of some sixty year ago.
War and blockade are death to newspapers"
Meaghers Irish Brigade which went into the bat
tie at Fredericksburg with five full regimsnts has now
less than three hundred men at for duty. So the
Northern papers say,
The library of clergyman in England was valued
at 10, while his wine was estimated at E3O0. Some
one observed that he must have thought as the Apostles
hiatt fho latte