The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-07-14
The Last Of the Fan. v is Reb-
el Crescent Regiment.

from the' Trans Mississippi Department, ybo
were ol the small body OF survivors of the Cres-
cent regiment that left this city with so much,
eclat little over two years ago. The regiment
numbered IGG strqa@-, and was composed Of
the Sous ci our old citizens, manJ Of whom
; were taken from the schools hcf're they had
ever reached the higher classes. They had
been called ont fnr three months service, and
in the expectation that they y.would be released
at the expiration OF their term of enlistment,
many youths were persuaded to go who had
not attained an age and maturity suited for
military service. But tho termination of their
service occurring at moment when tue war
was raging with the greatest violence, few were
permitted. to return or were so inclined, and
the regiment was, therefore, rcolganiZel aid
enrolled for tic war.
From that time the Crescent boys we're sub
jected to series Of trials, lardships, exposures
and vicissitudes that told drcadfully upon their
once full and enthusiastic ranks. Engaged in
many of the most bloody. battles that
haze marked the progress of this sanguinary
war; tliis regiment has been several times SO
reduced or disotganizcd as to destroy its rcgi-
mental organization, and compel its coHsolida-
ton with other regiments. ut the battle Of
1abadicvillc the lieutenant colonel of the regi-
ment was killed and the whole regiment cap
tured. In the subsequent campaigns OF Gen.
Taylor, the regiment, having been exchanged
aud reorganized, was again severely cut mp
until at last, in the severe fight at Pleasant
. Hill, it was nearly annihihted, the c,loncl,
lieutenant colonel and many Of the officers and
three>fourths OF the .mei being killed and
wounded.
And now the war Closes and the proud, ex-
ultant, hopeful, 100 of the most promising
and exultant of our youths, who left the city
three years ago, so full! Of military glory and
ardor, return TO their homes reduced to the
pitilnl number of sixty y-onc-thc whole NUM-
ber left Of this ouce grand and splendid body
of.young soldiers. Such is one of the sad pic
y lures of the horrors of war! May it contribute
another to the numerous other lessons with
which tho history Of the last four years is so
fearfully rcplctc, to warn our people, in all
time to come, from ever embarking in so
bloody and barborous IN cxperiurcnt-V. o.
Picayune June IL.
Ret. Henry Ward Beecher owes al apology
to Gen. Hooker. lie took an opportunity, at
n temperance breakfast III London, when there,
to speak Of Gen. Hooker as having been intox-
icated at the time of the battle Of Chancelors
vile, leaving the inference, if not conveying it
directly, that that disaster was consequence of
the generals fault. The Committee on the
Conduct of the War investigated this allegation
against Gen. Hooker, and finding no evidence
to support it, applied to Mr.. Beecbcr for his
authority. This he reverend gentleman de-
clinci to give, but tells the committee that "his
authority in the case was such as to produce
moral conviction" The committee find the
allegation false, not upon negative but upon
positive testimony Mr.. Bcechcr had better
produce his authority, or stand in tile unpleas~
ant position Of personally slanderirg an able
and patriotic officer.
The Franco-Mexican loan, Notwithstanding
its gambling lottery features, cannot be forced
down the throats Of the French people. No