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The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-12-15
AN 4CT!To$KLTER kND AMEND THE MILITIA
- LAMS. OLE r1E SrATE

LAWS, OF THE STATE l.:
SEC l.. Belt enacted iiy the Senate aud House Of
Representatives, now nct and sitting n General AS
seinoiy anu by tho authority Of the sulnc That from
anu alter the passage OF this Act all free male white
persons within this State hctwccn the ages of sixteen
and Glty not exempt from uctvc Service without the
limits OF the nistrctin which they reside, by the mill
tin laws OF this State, shall Le liable to active military
duty without the limits tho State ut the call of his
Excellsncy the Governor,
SEC z That tile Governor shall have authority
whenever i'll lis Judgments is necessary for the de-
cnce OF this State of the ccnr Stues to order
ont OF the limits Of the State such portion of those lit
Die to active mit,sy duty, and for such n length of
time as III his Judgment. the cxigcncv may rcaui,c-
And that in addition to tile other penalties prescribed
ny law for deiaulters the Governor Shall be a.noriz
Gu 10 order The arrest of all such as may bc liable to
military duty nnler this Act to the intent. that they
may ne compelled to perform tho duty dcvolvng upoi,
them; Prov1ded ncversleless That lie slnil ut no time
place such miltiabeyond Ills CONTROL so as not to be
ADO 10 recall them ut any mohent Whenever the ne
cessllies OF the State require it.
Sic. B. That MI free male white nersol,s-whn the
State between the ages of sixteen and sixty, not en-.
braced in the active militia, Shall he liable to military
duty III cases Of alarm, Invasion nsu recton or lis the
posse cmitatus anywhere within the limits of the
State - :
SEC 4. That the Governor shall have power to allow
M exemption or detail Ia such special cases either Of
necessity or of pubic interest IN his Judgment should
he made in either BtotA Of tho sand classes Of mill
tia. {9}g - -
;,n SrG s. That III As's or clauses ofAets
In the SenateaHorse, the sixth day Of December in
the year Of our Lori thousand eight hu,nired
and sixty-four aud the eighty ninth year OF the SOW
erelgntyapI independence al the Srale of S.utl Ca
ro.ha.-5S9Sy WM. ~. PORTER;
.;@s5Y President OF the Senate.
,rss5 r.. 3. BOYLSrON,.
sieclO-6t Speaker House Of Representatives.
ss5Aafthe papers iii tho State publish week.
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Slave Labor
FOR TILE COAST-DfyISION NO. Q

FOR TILE SCOAST-DfVISION NO. 2.
I COMMISSIONERS OF ROADS AND THE
Town Authorities within the Judicial Districts of
Lancaster, kerslaw, Chesterfield, Marlboro. Darling.
ton, Marion Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg and
llorry will fosthwth summon all shareholders within
their respective limits to deliver ONI-FOUREA ~ Of
nearest their residence TU ESDAY, the 10th day of
JANUARY next at o'clock M, there to await trans
poraton to Charleston for thirty days labor on tho
Notifications.
1t. Commissioners. of Roads and tho Authorities
above named, who have not furnished the Returns
called for in Circular Of 10th October last from tho
Office of Agent of the State are requested to forward
them at once as they wanted for immediate use-
ihese lteturns will give tho names Of all Owners and
the number Of their Road Hands,
r. B. JOHNSON,
Agent Of State Of South Carolina
Camsen December 4, ls64. ,sdec l3-6t.w.'
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Wanted to Purchase

LToR THE UEE OF THE CONFEDERATE &
IL States-Scrap Iron wrought cast, Tor which I
sPay fair price in cash. Or fprecrred will exchange
relied plantation Iron for the sumo Planters others
having any ofthe above to dispose ol will inform
Of tho fact NJ wish collect together speedily
- possible. D.. MERONEY.
Ssptcmber IT,
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Notice.,

T WILL HIRE on THE FIRST MONDAY IN
i January next at the Cou.t House in Camden, two
negro boys Spencer and Alfred belonging 10 tile ls
tate of William Wilson, the hircr to give bond and two
good securities, furnish two suits Of clothes one pair
of Shoes blanket quilt ono hat or cap, and pay
Doctors bill said negroes to be delivered to NE on
the first Monday in January, 1866 at the Court House
in Camden.
l will also rent, on tho same day all the lands be-
longing to said Estate, renters givo bond and two
good securities
J.J. GUCKADEE, Adn,r
December l-3t.
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which would insure u regular supply Of paper upon
account of the rrcgnlarty and crninty of trans
portaiun for tho Fic aud Fir9sde' Mt Augusta, Ga,
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eis, N g., have removed the "Field and Fireside" to
nlcgl and combined these two sterling Literary Jour
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mcnt when both papers will be resumed and continued
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STATE OFF sOUTis CAuOzSN q

CoLrAmA December /, 1854.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 49,
PARAGRAPH OF & ENERAL ORDER5 NO.
Il Is current Series. from this Office requiring the
ssnpnnies organized for service beyond their districts
aud persons liable to said scrvc, Dut not enrolled in
companies, to proceed to Charleston, js hereby cou,-
termanded, and they will proceed to hamburg r. c.,
and report to Lieut.. Col. ". G DeSaussure, A d. c..
as heretofore directed.
H. Paragraph Of General Orders No Is current
scroa, from this once, requiring all persons c,inng
exemption from it'a service OH tile ground Of ply
sical disability, TO appear before the Examining Board
es Columbia or the Surgcoutiencral at Hamburg, S.
e, is 80 far modified that persons who have been re-
Gently examined by The boards Of Confederate Surgeons
and exempted from Confederate service OH the ground
OF permanent disability, will not hc required to appear
before the Board at Columbia the Surgeon G. cncral
but will transmit cpics of their certificates through
the commanding officers of companies formed in tor
regiments. to the Sirgeotcnerr Of the Statc-and in
regiments whore mo companies have been organized
directly to tho -tirneral-the comics OF said
certificate to bc certified by magistrate or mays
trate .er o6ci,.
by order: A. c. GAHLlNGTON
AdJt and Inspector elerai g. G.
Dso. St
Papers Of state publish one nesi
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sTATE OF soU:Tsa CAROLINA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT., ,

: =, COLUMBIA, s. G., December I, 1864 !:
nIsHE ACCOMPANYING ACT, RATIFIED BY
the General Assembly, the 6tll instant is pub.
llsledlor the inflammation Of tile militia Of the State.
& By9rder OF tho Governor
3ssSs B. F. ARTHUR,
lsi, i953at sE,.% =. Private Secretary.
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Notice.

NUV1CVs
4 NURGENT CALt Is MADE ON THE FARM
"a ERS for wagons for few days l must deliver
ct tho Depot within eight days 10000 bushels of corn
have full powers to in,press-tlc corn must be de-
livercd. J. II. DEFEREUX,
L. dec. 7-3t. Capt. and A. G. 8.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-08-09
DIED.

August 9th, EDWARD ELLIS 57o:3 -;
HUTCHINSON aged one year ana . d r3?n:3s
the beloved son Of Ann and Isaac Hntcnlnao@
rs The friends and acquaintance are Ess2e.s;'
fully invited to attend the funeral from n q ~
Jefferson street, tomorrow afternoon rs '"".e'
o'clock.
Dearest Eddy thou has left uG,
We thy loss most deeply. feel;
But it's God who has bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal.
Farewell dear Eddy we must 3s:,:
But only for while,
Lonely the house and sad the !louic,
Since thy sweet smiles are gone.
At IL O'Clock to-day, MARI Va VA 60,
Mankin, aged years and months: ~ r.: n
friends and acquaintance of the family sES -
Vited to attend the funeral from their .e::aenc@
No. "a, Patrick street, tomorrow eYe1i'E5 ~ :,
O. clock.
In this city, Aug g. after pa1nto- =; ;tls ~
GEORGE W., infant son of Waite: :, a.,
Ella c. Gillingham, aged four monthS
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sent through the mails, is tam pered with, and
that this criminal act is connved at by the
Post Office Department. Postmaster General
Blair. in letter to Mr. Wakeman, which the
World publishes, denies the allegation, not
onlv as an impeachment of its moral but It's
business integrity.
A collision occurred on the Washington
Branch Railroad yesterday, near Annapolis
Junction, between two passenger trains which
were not at full speed The baggage master,
Jacob Croft, of the train from Washington,
was killed, and also soldier of the 9Th lndl-
ana, on the same train. Ten or twelve per-
SONS were very slightly injured; none seriously.
The trains we're considerably shattered, and
the locomotives crushed.
Mr. Skates, president of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal considers that the damage done to
the canal and to the boats during the late Con.
federate raid will keep back over hundred
thousand tons of coal from market this season.
Workmen have been employed upon the badly
damaged section of the canal at Antletam, but
the Confederate forces in the vicinity have
driven them away.
In relation to the application from Michigan
for negroes to work on the military wagon
road in that State, Secretary Stanton has de-
cided that none of the contrabands can be de-
tailed for that purpose. 1t is stated that such
negroes as cannot perform military duty, but
are able to do other kinds Of labor, are all ueed
ed for the service of the Government
It is stated that the u. S. Secretary OF the
Treasury will take measures to pay OF the
soldiers in the field to whom from tour to SIX
months wages are due, as soon as practicable
giving them The preference over contractors
and others who can better afford to wait
Col. McCandless Of Pennsylvania having
been rendered Generalship declines the pro-
fered honor, saying: "the pest of honor, as
the war is now conducted, is in remaining
private citizen" He is president of the Key
stone Democratic Club, Of Philadelphia.
A Cairo dispatch Of the LIST inst, states that
ssEx. Senator Sebastian, of Arkansas, with his
family arrived at Memphis on Friday morning,
their home at Helena having been demolished
and the furniture demolished by party OF ne
gro soldiers,
The damage done by Stoneman and McCook
to the Macon Railroad was SO trivial that 1t
u,ac ro,,,;,od ;,onoo1;o+oIu Three DAVIS later
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The Louisville papers continue to chronic]o
the arrival there Of women and children seized
by Gen. Sherman in the various factories
which he has destroyed on his route. Beside
the numbers Of those unhappy people noH in
Louisville, it is stated that there are now ST
Nashville fifteen hundred women and children
who are in very destitute condition, having
been seized in the manufactures at Sweet
Water The Washington Constitutional
Union further learns by the same papers that
when these women and children arrived al
Louisville, they were detained there aid advas-
tised to be hired out as servants, to take ,hs
place Of the large number Of negroes who
have been liberated by the military aut5ori~
ties" It quotes the following advertisement;
as sustaining the assertion: Notice. Fam.
lies residing in the city or country, wishing
seamstresses or servants, can be suited by ap~
ppying at the refugee quarters, on broadway:
between Ninth and Tenth. This is Sane,
toned by Captain Jones, Provost Marsha.
The Macon Confederate says: Cen cHp,
ston is to be seen every day riding about t:4
city. Wherever he goes all eyes are turned Oh
him with respect and admiration, and msa2 {
veteran on crutches feels the moisture it IL
eye as he gazes on the noble features o. as
beloved commander. General Johnston 5tll;
holds large place in the affections o ;ao
soldiers and the people. He will 57c:2:o'?
remain some time in Macon.
General Candy the Federal conh1anc2r =
New Orleans, has issued an order for Gna -
mediate enrolment into the State miilE3f g.
Of Louisiana Of all able bodied males oa.|6a:'
eighteen and forty-f five, within the lines o. ;n1
Trans Mississippi Department, not excepting
neutral foreigners, who will be required,
whenever necessary" to perform the GE'>>e~
of local police or constables.
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OH alsxa11flria Gazette
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9.

3 view Of the body Of James ii. jackson, then
wing dead at the Marshal House, when the
i,,rv rendered their verdict III these worlds
ssThat the said James FL. jackson was killed
BY an armed force Of Federal troops While ne
was in the defence Of his house and his private
rights" The Court ordered the expenses
Of the inouisitioIn, as presented by the Justice,
to be paid. The proceedings and verdict OF
inry Of inquest, together with the particulars
Of Can't. ,Jackson's death were published IN
The Alexandria Gazette of May 25th, 1861
The Democracy Of Kentucky have outwitted
General Burbridge. 1t was noticed some time
since that he had ordered the sherltts not to
allow the name Of Judge Duval, one OF the Su-
preme Judges, to appear on the poll books tor
re. election. Burbridge had the force; and the
election OF Benton, Duvall's competitor was
deemed foregone conclusion. Suddenly
Judge DuvalI declined, and the Democracy
day OF two before the election, concentrated
their votes on Mr. Robertson; and although
he was not allowed to receive a single vote IN
Kenton County, where Burbridge held his
headquarters, yet in the district he was trlum-
phantly elected.
Greenback manufactures of the denomlna-
tons Of $50, 500, and $40, and so cent curren-
cy notes, have been discovered at ST. Louis,
Covington, KY, and Nauvoo, ILL.,, while the
principal establishment was at Indianapolis,
Ind. A very large quantity of the spurious
paper has been secured and is in Washington.
Much of the same manufacture has found its
way into the hands of soldiers in the West,
agents for it's sale and circulation being estab
lished in various localities The precise extent
of the fraud is not yet known, but it's believed
millions Of the counterfeits are In circulation.
The latest adyices from Hagerstown and
Harrisburg represent all as again becoming
quiet in Western Maryland and Pennsylvania.
The Contederates are reported to have recross-
ed the Potomac, and Hagerstown is said to be
again occupied by Federal troops On Satur-
dav afternoon, it appears, small party OF
Confaderate cavalry returned to Hagerstown
and arrested several prominent citizens there,
- ha held as hostages, but in the evening they
.o1aosad and the Contederates evacuated
the town. -----
.ooo,t from Roanoke Island, states that
- Federal gunboats off Plymouth, in Abe
III Sound, intended giving battle to the
naa+.aarate ram Albemarle, yesterday. Last
sonaag night, it is said, she ATTEMPTED to sur
10 Acct, but being discovered, went
back. -----------
~ Visited States Government has com
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