The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-20
Letter from the President.

GENERAL: After an examination into the
cause and circumstances attending your being
relieved from command with the army com
mandcd 10y General Bragg, l have arrived at
the conclusion that there is nothing to justify
Court Martial or Court of Inquiry, and there
fore dismiss the application.
Your appointment to a new field of duty,
alike important and difficult, is the best evi
dcncc ofmy appreciation OF your. past service'
and expectation OF your future career
am very truly and rcspc ;t!ully yours.
.tEEF. DAVIS.
1t is now pretty we'll uudcr+ ood that the
cartel has been dropped and no more prisoners
are to be exchanged during The war. The
fact is suggestive. Our soldiers will rrmcm,
Der. that capture means imprisonment till the
close of the war-pcrhaps for lie. They will
remember also that Yankee prisoners have to
be fed, and that every one sent to Ri"hmond
shortcns their ratons and increases the prce Of
food purchased by their wives and children.
We are bound by every obligation of humani-
ty to treat our prisoners we'll and the Govern
mcnt will continue to feed them with The best
it can afford, even when the price of provisions
becomes enormous that the. wives and chill
drcn of the soldiers will have to bc supported
by public charity. But what soldier will like
to see his own flesh and blood turned into
paupcrs, for the sake of pampering Yankeess
The more Yankees sent to Richmond, the soon
or will our women and children be compelled
to beg their daily bread We do not blame
the Yankee Government for its course; every
thing is fair in war; but we repeat the fact
that no more prisoners arc to be exchanged is
very suggestive, especially to Southern soldiers,
who Go not like long years of confinement, and
who have families not accustomed to the pangs
of hunger or hardshps and ignominy of the
poor housc.-Richmom IVhig
The difference in the style Of fighting be-
tween the armies of Lee and Bragg is said to
be remarkably distinct, the w cstcrn army, with
few exceptions, seldom charge continuously
The Virginia army rarely do otherwise. The
one are content to stand up and exchange shots
at long range; the other close up and dash for
ward On the one hand experience has shown
that the enemy stand fire as well as ourselves;
on the other, the Yankee pluck always fails on
the advance of cold steel.
Some twenty-threc negroes found in arms
on the river plantation of President Davis, at
Hurricane, thirty miles below Vicksburg, arriv-
ed In MERIDIAN, Tuesday morning. Ten of
them are the property of the President and
six belonged to his brother. They were cap
turel by squadron of Writ Adams cavalry,
under command of Lieut.. Harvey. The ne
grocs fired on our troops when they approach
ed, but fortunately inflicted no injury. What
disposition will be made of them is not yet
| known.
RESIDENCE FOR GENERAL LEE.-A rcsolu-
tion has been adopted by the City Council Of
Richmond, appropratng 100000 for the pur-
chase of house, TO be rendered free of rent.
to General Robert E. Lee, as family residence.
a Committee of three was appointed to select
a suitable building
TERRIBLE RIOT IN THE Coal REGION OF
PENNsyLvAN1A-A despatch from Philadcl-
pbia owes an account of terrible riot among
the worknen in the coal regions around Man
chebunk. -Four men, one a prominent cti-
| NON of Pbladclnhia had been killed and the