The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-11-06

h"0W0'-A Sood oeal that way. Since the
war broke out the furrinors has quit comm
with their organs and monkeys.
! By Nh. Raymond.-How long do the rebels
think the war will last {?
Amsooer.-About 6ve-and-twenty year, unless
the flour and meal gives out.
Question.-I suppose they hate us very
heartily?
Answer.-Thcy don't do nothin' else; and
the little boys is worse than the grown folks
If they catches any of your men in the street
TRYING to get back home, they chokes 'em
down, and takes 'em in the back yard of the
cuIlered folks jails, and turns bulldogs and
blood-hounds onto 'em tell they tears ,cm to
pieces. Capn Alexander, at the Libby, has
got big hound that has eat at least two hun.
drcd prisoners alive. But they never lets this
be known. Intense Indignation and excite
ment especially among tbs1adcs
Q"estaom.-Money is very scarce in Rich
mond, isn't it
AnsDer-There is plenty of it, but it don't
buy nothin,' because the Govetumcnt aint got
the sense to manage its business. When was
in Washington, Mr.. Chaste larfed at his broth
er Secretary, as he called him, and said he
could wind him around his little finger lie
had been pattcrning hard after him, but that
had Just brought him into trouble, for the two
countries warnt in the same fix at all.
| This financial revelation of the Richmond
darkey was hailed as positive proof of the
great intellectual capacity of the African, and
elected many compliments from Raymond.
at least this is what the Yankee reporter says
Question By Gen. Nc Clellan, aoho had just
come M-How many troops are there in and
around richmond
-Ansacer-A good many, There is the Az
mory Band, and the city Battalion, and Gen
eral Browns horse company, and the militia,
and about thousand hundred niggers.
QneShon.-Arc the negroes armeds
-1nswer-Ycs sir. They makes out like
they was working on the Notifications, but they
has as many and good arms as anybody. |
seen em.
Question.-Who commands the whole force?
A"swer.-I haint sartin for sure, but l cx-
pcct Cap'n Freeman and Central Brown, the
Presidents fust cousin.
Here, says the Tribune reporter, the impor-
tant part of the conversation ended, and Mr.
Mcfarland opened his handkerchief and dis
posed of lot of hair trinkcts, made out of the
| capillary cxcrescence of the noted rebels male
and female, whom he had, at various times,
attended in lis capacity of barber. Most of the
articles brought high figures. A lock of j eff |
Davis hair sold for $lO curl of Gov Letch-
er's for So, and neat watch guard, made of
the plated tresscs of two kinds of beautiful
hair, one straight and the other curly, but
sweetly harmonizing, was knocked down to
Mr.. Greey ut $40. Bracelets made of the hair
of other sccesh bellies sold at less remarkable
rates, but Mr. Mcfarland must have netted be-
tween $500 and $4O0 by the nights operation
with "a few more left of the same sort" which
may be had on application to him at his lod-
gings, wih Miss DIX on East Thirty fourth
street The doxology was sung, the bcnedic-
ton pronounced by a clergyman from Boston,
whose name we did not catch, and the meeting
broke up harmoniously]
LADIES FOR THE ARMY.--A lady friend sug-
gcsts the propricty of Withdrawing at least
100000 men from the field, and recruiting in
their place the same number of woman. The