The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-17
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. !.

HEADaoARrERs, CHARLESTON, July Is, 1858.
To the Citizens Of South Carolina:
An immediate necessity exists for three
thousand laborers, in addition to those ordered
by Col. Shannon, for poriod not exceeding
one month. The Act oethe Legislature proves
insufficient to the procurement of the labor
asked for by the Confederate authorities. The
Executive of the State is, therefore, reluctantly
constrained to call upon the patriotic, who
have made already SO many sacrifices, to come
again to the aid of the State. This call is not
made without the fullest knowledge on the
part of General Beaurcgard and the Exec
utivc that the need is most pressing. Let
every citizen, without moments delay, send
2every hand he can spare. The safety of the
State may, and the lives of many of our gallant
men in the field will, depend upon the manner
) in which this call is responded to-
discreet oversccr to every fifty hands
should be sent. The hands should bring spades
: and shovcls, which will be returned and be-
supplied with three days cooked rations.
4 The Railroad agents at the Depots are re-
quested to issue transportation tickets, copies
of which they will furnish to Major Echols, to-
whom the laborers will be reported
The Executive ventures to say the negroes
will be properly cared for.
: Given under my hand and the seal of the State
at Charleston, this 18th day of July. A. d.
IL s one thousand eight hundred and sixty
three. Nj. L. BONHAM
VIM Il. HUNTT Secretary of the State.
Es5- All the papers in the State publish once
False Rumors-The Real Situation.
The Baltimore Gazette discredits and ridi-|
cues the extravagant stories put forth by the
abolition sheets of the ''repulse," "disaster,"|
"rctreat" "rout," of Lees army. In referring
to them, the Gazette says:
We give no credcnce to the stories now
! gafoat in regard to the dcmora,izcd condition.
1 OF his troops to the capture of L" acres of
Awagons"-a magnificent specimen of Mum
: 8chauscnism-to the many thousands of prison
ers that are said to have been captured, or to
Hthc one hundred and eighteen guns which one
( dispatch tells us fell into the hands of the Fed
erals. Gen. Meade lays clam to no such an|
array of trophies. 1t is doubtful whether ho|
has captured single gun. He speaks of-large|
numbers of battle flags taken, but is entirely
silent as to artillery. His prisoners amount,
all told, to between five and six thousand.-
How many stragglers may since have been
added to that number we shall probably learn
hereafter What number of Federal Prison
ers were taken by the Confederates has never
yet been stated, except vaguely and by way Of
comparison We learn, however, by tcc- |
gram from Harrisburg, dated yesterday, that
four thousand five hundred prisoners have been
|parolled by Gen. Lee, and forwarded to Har-
distinguishing those, wo believe, which were
|captdred during the fight on Wednesday,
That there were others taken during the two
subsequent days is at least highly probable, al |
though VIC cannot speak in regard to this with
|any certainty.
We also learn that the forces sent by Meade
froa Gettysburg in pursuit of Lee encounter
led his rear guard on Sunday afternoon, some
where in the direction of Greencastle, and
Monterey, and the latter being strongly posted,
checked the pursuit.
A telegram from Frederick last night states
that the pontoon bridge at Williamsport, which
General French reported was DESTROYED by