The tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, June 16, 1865, Image 1
VOL. I. CAMDEN. S: C? FRIEAY MOIIE'IAG. JU.NB 16, 1SC-3. " \ N0. 3g|^^M
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Foreign News.
The steam ship City of Baltimore, from
Queenstown on the 18th instant, arrived at
New York last Tuesday. One day'3 later news
than that by the this arrival was brought by
the steamship Belgian, telegraphed from father
.Point. The Uity of Baltimore - brings a tall
report, of.the. Parliamentary .'speeches of Earl
RfrsseU ahd .Lord Palmers ton on the subject
of withdrawing beligg^tft, rights from our
Southern rebels. , .
The aaswer of the Government was in effect
that by proclaiming a blockade the United
States had themselves accorded beligerent
rights to the Southern States, and that when
the blockade was raised beligerent rigbt9 would
also terminate.
By a letter addressed by the Foreign Secre
"tary to the. heads of departments, the Ofder
restricting the action of beligerent vessels
' m British ports has been withdrawn.
' -... KotbiPR^jLQovni.of the'.^hgpandQah^^Cr:,
t^epi^ laafc1OTe"Sritin reported onitfre Australian
i coast .
The reported enlistments for Mexico had
increased the depression of the British funds
already caused by the rumors of a gigantic Ml*
nre jn the Bombay'trade.
vf. The French ttpoque says:?"in order to
be prepared for all eventualities, the French
Government has determined to reinforce the
; naval stations on the American coast"
? ^United States securities had receedcd some.^Hrbat
from their recent advance. FrVe-twen'
ere unaltered. The rqbel loan was not
quoted.
News from the Southwest.
" . Caibo, Illinois, J nnb l, 1805.?General
* , .Canby will establish his headquarters in that
city in a few days.
* Five millions of dollars had been received at
New Orleans, by the steamer McClellan, to
pay off the troops' bf General A. J. .Smith's
nfefiAnaJ nvnnn/1 fialma a nrj MAnfrfrtm.
; ^ VUiy^ Dbauuuvu ^*IVUUU k/UitUH VIIW MVUigvuj-^
:rery.
v Thereoent expedition from Baton Bouge
captured Colonel Hatch, Collector of Customs
v at New Orleans under the rebels; also, all the
records .of the Custom Bou?e during his ad?
V ministration. Colonel Hatch says that the
looks and records of the Custom Honso prior
to secession are secreted in New Orleans.
: - Teh thousand Union prisoners from Tyler,
Texas, are at the mouth of the Bed Biver en
route North.' .
* The people of Northern Mississippi are represented
is greatly impoverished and destitute.
Tub National Bank.?Our townsman, Mr.
Geo. W. Williams, proceeded' to Hilton Head
last evening for the purpose of taking passage
on board tbe steamer Fullon, which leaves that
pkee for New York on Saturday. It is understood
that Mr. Williams' mission North is
to perfect the proper nrrafigomeuts concerning
the establishment of a*National Bank in this
city. Il is thought the .bank will be i n, successful
operation by-lie' af next month. A
number of our he>>vy HI. r kanis have tf.tpi tv.sed
tLeir desire to take shares.? Courier the Oth,
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CAMOESf, FRIDAY,, JIJiIE 1(|.
"General Debility," lftto of tlie Confederate 'ij-my.
is at this time sojourning in our midst, and is ranted
daily by tlio if. D.'s, of this placo. His condiitm is
bad, and like the Malti?ejach, is on the wane. I
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By despatches from New Orleans to the" Northern
papers we learn that another great land slide hai occurred
bolow Algiers, and a fearful crevasse 14 impending,
threatening jrnmenso destructioB of the crops
and other descriptions of property. , # j
Gen. Fobrestnot Dead.?It is announced ir.i the
NewOrleanB papers of a late date that Gon. Foirest
has not been killed, as was reported,J but has arris cd
safely in Memphis. !ftis will be cheeriugjnows to the
many thousands of admirers of the gallant chieftain.
The proposition of the editor of the New York jaTer(ild
to.pay off the national debt by subscription^ has
met with much favor in the pro ?t metropolis. Up to
the 1st inst., $2,650,000 l:ad been subscribed at tho
Herald ofiDce. Surely that is "a' new way to pay old
debts."
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The Tax Cojoiissioners.?The Charleston Courier
in response to numeVous inquiries giade regarding: the
payment of taxes, states that the Tax Office -has been
closed for tho summer, aud the Commissioners done
North, The office will not be reopened until November.
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The New York News states that Bex. WoohJ the
former editor of the New York -News, announeeaMiis
jatirement
paper?though he will . ?till rem nin its proprietor.?
John Mitchell, late of tho Richmond Examiner, sue- '
it is reported that tho Atlantic telegraph cable will
probably be laid next month. , A private letter writtod
byMr.Cvnus IV. Field, the superintendent, says:
"We have now over twenty-two hundred -nautical
miles of cable completed, and ejrpiything is goinp on
welL We expect to sail tliej^ptt of Juno or early
ir Jnljr."
Eoyal^pnd Republican complimentary despatches
Kill be the first, we presume, to pass over the line.
We hope their morale" wQh be an improvement on
those said to have passed between the darling little
Vio and old uncle Buckv - ,
The Town of Camden GAEfasONEi-.?Many negroes
and others of our people, who were curious to
see a Federal soldier, congregated on the public square
on Wednesday evening, whero iheir heart's desire was
comforted in ogling two companies of tlie 25th Regiment
Ohio Volunteers, under command of Capt.-C. W.
Ferguson, who arrived early in the afternoon. ,Capt.
Ferguson assures us that it is not his purpose to interfere
in anywise with law-abiding citizens, and that
he would prefer seeing all kinds of business resumed.
On the second page of onr paper will be found several
orders issued by the commandant of the postr-also. a
proclamation and orders from Gens. Gillmo&e and
Hatch?in all of which our people aro vitally inter*
ested. " ' ' :
Jeff. Davis and John C. Breckinridge
Indicted for High Treason.?Washington,
May 26, 1866.?The Grand Jury of the District
to-day fonnd a bill of indictment againBt
-Toff "Davis atir? John D*."Rraflrin rid frp fnr Iiicrh
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treason. Davis and. Breekinndge are indicted
separately. The overt act "was the raid iij July
last within the District of Columbia and the
jurisdiction of this Court, the killing of citizens
and the destr uction of property* Breckinridge
being presefljfSn person and Jeff. Davis constructively.
District Attorney CarringtQn announced
the fact in Court, and asked for the
bench warrant in the case of Breckinridge, who
is still at large. He also^ asked that such steps
ir^ay be taken as'will bring Davis before the
Con# for trial,
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Davis Manacled, fp
! The Philadelphia Tclegrayh haa the following
special:
Baltimore, Thursday, May 25, 1866.
A gentleman who lives at Old Point, nod
who left here yesterday evening, informs me
that Jeff. Davis, the arch traitor, is absolutely
now in irons. Manacles nro attached to fioth
ankles, being united by a strong iron chain
some three or four feet long; joined tc this,
midway, is also another chain.
The process, or operation of putting irons on
the prisoner, was highly exciting, as related by
j those who performed the task. Two guards,
I well armed, were in his cell. It is their duty,
and those relieving them, to guard him thus
constantly day and night. :r
At a given hour the blacksmifc and his as
sistant, obedient to orderfc, enter the gredt
"Cotton King's" apartment. They^had ^ with
them the manacles. It was announced to the
ex-President of the caved in Southern Confederacy
that they bad come .to Put irons upon
him. lie looked at these sons of Vulcan with
all the sternness of his nature, and once proud
bearing and unflinching eve, telling them, it
could not be that they were going to treat a <
fallen foe thus," that he would not submit tout,
<fcc. Ho asked to see the commander of the
fort, asserting that there must be some mistake
iq the matter. He wanted to know where the
orders came from. * , . .
Tho oypniandrr ronldpot he awn, hatnpoa,
being tohPtbw orders were direct from Washington,
And"must be -executed, he still resisted,
threatening vengeance upon the men if they
attempted to perforin their, work.
"Kaibcr thai'submit to this," be exclaimed,
"Take my "life!" ''Order the guards to, shoot
tn<}!"?kc.'. f
Additional guards were called, and the work
was underjakeu. "His
Highness" struggled most obstinately,
until fiuully it became necessary to lay him
upon his back on the floor of the cell, and hold
bun there while the manacles were being rivetted
to.liis ankles, Aft^concluding the work,
owi^'to great exertions in resistance, the
^>*?fiighty fallen" was almost exhausted* Never
before was so proad a spirit, so strong" a will,
so completely subdued.
Li|te Cromwell, he might well repeat the
soliloquy: "Farewell,, a long farewell to all
my greatness." After being thus securely ironed,
and realizing that resistcnco was useless, ho
measurably subsidy into, a calmer condition,
thinking perhaps, of the .many poor soldiers
who suffered and were starved in his reneJ
bastiies, on his account, and by his order and
permission. Possibly ho came to a realizing
sense. J^at their conffort' and their lives were.
{just aagood and valuable'as bis own.?fc.?
He can now, in his hour of solitude, ruminate
upon the "ruin he has wrought," and
'draw the contrast between iiis own measurably
light suffering compared with the wailings of
thousands upon thousands of onr noble Union
boys, who have had their very manhood starved
out of them while his prisoners.
"Man's inhumanity to man makes countless
millions mourn."
' Liko "McFingal's gun it has recoiled and
^ J. ava* ^ rinnrl ' flnliotanfiol
KUUUikCU' tuu UII UWi VIWI? VVVU|, kiuvuiiuuuiui
soldier fare is given to the prisoner, jost as it is
distributed^ others. As he has grown somewhatmisanthropic,
indicative, to a certain
degree, ot' desperation, it is thought best, in
order that jostsce may not be cheated by suicide,
^o'keep all od^e tools and destructive weapons
out id bis reach.. Hence a-solitary silver
spowu, to f.u-iiitatc the eating of soup, ia the
j only ornament of his festive board. His hands
l are left free of baudcufs, that he may better
.
Lspoon rip when wishing to regale- upon"-'
, another account.'
Baltimore, Friday, May r'jj
Whilst our soldier* were
nelc Inm he struck one of the' men,:
doavored to get a bayonet from the
is supposed with suicidal purposes,
finally thrown down on the bed in bis col^'M^^'
the irons closely riveted to bbtli ankles,/ ', !''
Loss ok the Steamer GoverorV
?The.Rtcainer Governor Troupe, with about4
three hundred passengers and a ear go of three
hundred bales of cotton, left AjsgqSta for Sfc- ' : ; *
varnah; When about Half Moou, or-Bendec** x''
I Cut, some eighteen, miles froni.Sevabuah, fire# ;
I broke, out among the cotton babes, believed to
havo been caused- bj the sparks. In less tliairv ? f '.
I jive minutes thej^bole was one sheet of flames, *
A general .raMPWa8 made for .the abor*. For- &
tunatcly,4b?ijplAce where the disaster occurcd? . ^
on botli sides of the river was a narrow opjpn-- ; ;
ing, which facilitated the escape of"the pisi&fc. %
gers. Ad it was, Abont six persons
drowned. The boat.*iid cargo is a total 'jossr
The passengers saved l?ut very little ofi tl^eir .?>
baggage.? Chorlcxton Courier of 5t1$
Thb Editor and tHb pakjiisiwrrblai^,
\ theedttpr of the Horning Chronicle (*'Sco,teh':^n'^
^ BJ^,"* aa ^ohbett pscdi,.>;to atyie bitoj)'
"Mr. Black, you are the only p&son who
comos to see me, who . forgets who tI am,?
(Editor looks astounded.)?Yon forget that I
am the Prime.Minist-er; emybody 'elsc takes '
especial care to remember i?-=?to ask mo for, ?
places and favors. "Now, Mr^ Black, von never
j ask ine for anything, and I wish .yon would, *#.
for, seriously, I should be most happy to do
anything in my power to servo yon."., ' ' ;
"I am trnly obliged,- mjr Lordsriid MrBlack,
"but 1 don't want anything; i am editor
of the Morning Chronicle: ,1 Tike my businessrand
I live happily on my income."
"Then," said tbo Peer, "I envv you, and
you are the -pnly man I ever did."
The 'amkksjpt Proclamation* Does nqt"
Restore Citizenship.?tWashingtonj May . 26,
1805*?The. Attorney General has just .
made a most important decision. He affirmstbat
the Amnesty Proclamation wfs a means
only to secure a specific, purpose, whieh was the;
suppression of the rebellion. The rebellion
ended, the amnesty is voidl It does not restore
citizenship, property, or vested rights..;
The President has no power to pardon except
for what is past. The executive'element
cy cannot stretch to the future. .Therefor^ *
decrees of confiscation there must'stand. ;The & .
decision will be given to the public in a few days.
Assignments of Major Generals for the
Regular Armv.?Washington, May 29r
1865.?The following is understood to be the ;
disposition of the Major^Senerals in the-regular
army which has been determined npon:
. General Hallech taki's command of the Pacific
States. . .
4 General Sherman of the military division of
the Mississippi, composing the States of ObioJ
Kentucky, Tennessee and probably Ldhisiana.
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. General Meade of the Atlanta* States.
Gejieral Sheridan of the Trams-Mississippi.
General Geo. H. Thomas of Virginia^ North
Carolina and perhaps other Southern States.
- Integrity, however rongh, is better, than
smooth dissimulation. * > '
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