The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-06-12

and acknowledged. That he has committed
errors we shall not attempt to deny; but whom
it is considered what q herculean task he had
to- perform, how stupendous the difficulties that
doomed up before him, how small the force un-
der his command, and how long he managed
without re,nforcemepts,,t to keep an overwhelm-
ing force at bay, the liberal minded will pause
before they condemn him.
After the enemy had been repulsed several
| times, he spoke to his troops substantially as
follows s !, ~ M,
@You have heard," says he, athat I was in
competenr and a traitor-that it was my inten-
ton to sell Vicksburg. Follow me, and you
will see the cost at which will sell Vicks-
burg! When the last pound ofbeef, and bacon
aud -four the last grain of corn and COW and
hogs and horse and dogs shall be consumed,
| and the last man shall perish in the trenches,
then;nnd only then, will sell Vicksburgm
We n.that this heroic speech was re-
ceiyed with .trnbounded applause and enthusi-
asm by the whole command. His veterans at
Vicksburg will stand by him to the last
DIsLoYALTY IN ONO. AND INDIANA.-The
following is an extract from a private letter
from an officer of high rank in the Depart
ment of Ohio, giving reasons for Gen. Burnside's
arrest of Vallandigham:
"You have no ides ofthe amount of open
anG bold d:sloyalty-not simply disloyalty by
the Republican standard, but by shat of any
honest man existing in Ohio, Indiana and IL
linois, among the Vallandigham party. IT
must be stopped and put down now-not six
months hence-and military tribunals are the
only ones that can do it. 1t is that, or the loss
of the cause. The course of these men pro-
longs the war, costs lives by thousands, and 1
tell you either they or the Government must 90
down, and that speedily"
Abolition papers estimate the amount of
property destroyed by the alabama and Nori-
da up to the latest advices from the theatre of
their operations, at twelve millions of dollars
When we take into the account the injury
these cruisers have done to the shipping interest
of Lincolndom, by the increased rates Of in
surance and the number of vessels that lie rot
ting at their quays the amount of loss sustained
by the depredations of these gallant ships is
swollen to frightful sum.
No wonder all Yankeedoodledum is mad
with rage, and that all the papers chide the
gallant Wilkes for not capturing or sinking
the offensive privateersmen. !
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i BRIG. GEN. EvANs.-This redoubtable hero
of Leesburg fame has reached his gallant brig.
ade of South Carolinians, on the east side Of
Pearl river He expresses every confidence
says the jackson Mississippian, in the speedy
expulsion Of the Yankees from our soil. We
are last accumulating an army, which will be
led by the best and most experienced Generals
among whom Gen. Evans justly ranks conspic
nous. Mississippians know how to appreciate
him, and he knows something of the valor O
our Mississippi soldiery. It was Mississippran.
mainly who fought and won the brilliant battle
of Leesburg.
The New York Herald wants the negroes tt
be crucified--says 1--WE have no need of ne
. groes at the North. Let the whole race bt
! sent South. If they will not fight, they will
do well enough to run away; but we hope the,