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"V"OL. 1 CAMDEN, S. C./MOKDAY^ JULY 11, 1864. NO. 8.
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A lSultlc in Ahini
DEFEAT OF THE KINO OF DAIIOMFV.
Correspondent.of llie London Tint's gives
the following interesting account of a battle in
which the redoubtable King of Dahomey has
been defeated :
ll may not be uninteresting to you to learn
flTllU Alllt U'lwk ie eto.imno^ /Vn !>?..
V>?u > IIU in uivmilllli^ \M? 111.-) W il v ihmiic-,
wards from the West Coast of Africa that the
long vaunted expedition of the King of Jkthotncy
against Abbeokuta and the lighas has
been underttikeii and lui& conic to a disastrous
close. You recollect, no doubt, that the King
dwelt very stoutly on the expedition at. the
time when Cuininodorc Wilmet paul his last
memorial visit to A homey ; and jliat no arguments
of the'gallant commodore could dissuade
the royal savage from his deterraination to pour
fottli the vials of his wrath on Ahheolcnt^. . It
would appear that on Monday, the loth -of
March,- the Dahomian army, with the King at
its head, encamped at OwiWi, which is aU>ut
twelve miles from Abbcokhta. lie lore G o'clock
on Tuesday morning the frequent reports of a
gun fired at Aro', one of the five, gates of Ahbeokuta
gave warning to the Kghas that the
Daliomians were in sight. Tlih "Abashorun"
signifies the principal chief. As this word is
curious in composition, I may as well explain
that its literal meaning is "A King of Heaven
opening out everything." The encfuy approached-.holdly
enough.. He. hai-thrce biasofield
6 pounder pieces, hearing the inscription
Upon the breech of "Moxico, 1815. *
? advanced in a column 3000 strong with
in ;.'s 01 the wall of Abbeobuta, then
suddenly -played hie flags, extended- his lines,
ar t marc apidly towards the wall.. The Kgiias.
iinmc n My opened a tremendous lire on
the serried <v..v>, and arrested them at once.
In the adva.;-. ng column were Amazons, who
fought bravely and desperately. Many of the
furies climbed the wall, which is more than fifteen
feet high ; but as soon as they had reached
the top, the ICgbas dragged them over and
slew them* One of the Amazons, who had one
of her hands cut off in her efforts to clambtfover
the wall, discharged her musket with the
other hand and shot an Egba. She received a
severe blow from a sabre, and fell backwards
into the trench. The Dahomians wore utterly
defeated. In fact, they have never met with
such a signal defeat, not even in 1S51. They
lost upwards of 1000 in killed and the number
ot prisoners is said to exceed 2,000. The
whole strength of the King is stated to have
been 10,000 men and women. The Dahomians
fled in two divisions. In front of the division
which tnnlr first fr> fl Irrl i f
himseif. The Egbas pursued both divisions
and slaughtered the fugitives without a pause.
Seeing the discomfiture of the King, the inhabitants
of the neighboring crootns turned out
and joined heartily the general massacre. Out
of three field pieces, the King had the misfortune
to leave two in the good keeping of the
Egbas. I may now, perhaps, bo allowed to
lefl you that the wall of Abbeokuta is fifteen
miles in circumference, and that the population
is scarcely less than 200,000 souls.
The futnrc Express of mexico has written
and privately printed ^Souvenirs do Voyage a
bord do la Fantnrsic," and "Un Ilivcrdans
I'fale de Maderc." The illustrious writer is
granaaugnter of Jjouis I'lnllippe of France,
daughter of Leopold of Belgium, first cousin
Victoria of England, and sister-in-law of
Francis Joseph of Austria, llcr names aio
Maria-Charlotte Amelia-Auguste-Victoirc-CIcmentine-Leodoldinc,
and she was horn in June,
1840, and married in July 1857. Moreover,
she is said to he one of the best looking among
the royal ladies of Europe.
The New Yonic Seventh.?The New York
"Seventh" still keeps out of harm's way, as will
be seen by the following, taken from the New
York Times of the 8th :
The 7th rogimcnt, Colonel Lcficrts, proceeded
yesterday morning to East New York, for field
oxercisc. Tho men were dressed in fatigue
uniform and carried one day's rations.
it Ilnni Cliiti'ge'Wili? Yankees.
A generous aiul'^|a^Vic foe should take
pleasure in oh roniclir.g, a. tbrwte and desperate !
deed of daring of. bi? c^Gfliy^'oycn though it}
he unrivalled by any act of prowes of which he
himself can boast.- ' ,,V
On Sunday morning, the enemy lniving doubled
their lines of skirmishers, advanced thein
to within one. hundred vards of our strong
works near New Hope. Oliureh, tiring with
great spilt without receiving a response, from
those dumb Schaslnitolis harriers. .This thick
line however, though .<sustained by three lines
of battle, hrolic in the greatest confusion, and
spite of the remonstrance mid curses of
tlit-ir officers, failed to rally. The first line
of battle then advanced to about, the same
. point, ahd without being tired al, broke and
run. The second line advanced with a doublequick
and veil, and after leaching the same
magic posit ion, it followed the roll eating footsteps
of its illustrious predecessors. 'I he third
line, ur.l Iiimr v...l ...l. ' 1?1 -1 1
, - ^ itvnani;v;ii 11,1 mini ilIKt
steady step, charged and took the wofks, which,
without a single < 'onfederate soldier being in
tliem, line! repulsed a thick advance oj' skirmishers
and two solid lines of battle.
The truth is, our force had evacuated the
works the evening before, to meet a movement
on our right Hank, and there was no torec
within four miles of the place, except a few
cavalry vidclts, who were on a hill in the rear,
admiring spectators of the desperate daring
and unrivalled success of this daring Yankee
charge. It is unnecessary to state tljat, when
the Yanks ascended the embankment in front
of the works, tliey cheered lustily; and that
wln n their ensigns planted the star spangled
banner on the cinty Confederate trenches, the
welkin rang with the applause of their comrades,
fcho, from their ftwn works, vi'fcwcd with
patriotic-satisfaction, the success of the magnificent
charge; and that the air resounded with
the sweetest strains of the martial airsol'Yankeedom,
discoursed as their colors were raised
triumplr'antiy over the Captured rebel strong'liolcf.?
Atlanta Appeal.
* ~
-I'tttt' of Tlie A?lisoOH Save
'M li*? Queen."
The following extract is from a work by
Charles Head", entitled the "Kightli Commandment
llunrv Carey was man of genius. Ilo'wrotc
for the tlnT.tre xyith immediate and lasting
success. NeSt. ho handled satire, and Pope
took his verses for Swift's and Swift lor Pope's.
Lastlv he settled do.wn to lyrical an; and a
rare combination of two rare, talents, he invented
the immortal melodies, and the imnmrt-.rl
words to tiV&n. 'lie wrote the words and melody
of the National Anthem: for this he deserved
a pension and a niche in Westminister
Abbey. In a loose age he wrote chastely. Me
never failed to hit the public. Lie was of his
age, yet immortal. No artist can do more.
]>ut there wcre.no copy rights in songs. Mark
the consequence of that gap in the law.?
While the theatre and the stieet rang with his
lines and his tunes, while tiddlers fiddled and
were paid, and the songsters sang him and were
riehlv paid, the genius that set all these empty
music pipes a flowing, a million cars listened
with rapture, was fleeced to the bone.
All reaped the eorn but the sower. For
...1. .. 1 MM. _ - - *
uuvs iikj sower was an aiUlior. an inventor !
Ami so in tlie midst of successes lliat enriched
others and left him hare, in the midst of the
poor, unselfish soul'g attempt to found a charity
for distressed performers, nature suddenly broke
down under the double agony of a heart full of
wrongs and an empty belly,and the man hanged
himself. Tliev lound him cold, with skin on
his hones, and a half penny in his pocket.?
Think of this when next you hear "Clod Save
the Queen."
Chinese Jews.?A recent discovery has
brought to light t lie fact, that, .lews are very
numerous in China. A Jewish olTiccr in the
British n;wy estimates them at one million.
It was bv mere aeeidenf tlisit c
v....' ? VI.H..UIIII \ <?|
Oriental China .lows was discovered. The officer
referred t?> WQnt. up one of their rivers ami
observed a large. town <>r eity. He was not, at
first- cordially received ; hut. finally, obtaining
an interview with the chief he lauded under
]lis protection, and found, to his astonishment
an immense population of Jews.
]iiuTiis in CriiA.?It appears by a communication
to the French Academy that the climate
of Cuba is exceedingly favornblo to
fecundity. Very often twelve, and sometimes
more than double that number of children are
found in one family. Many Cuban beauties
become mothers at thirteen and rc-appcar in
that character up to the ago of fifty.
CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.
MONDAY MORIMNC., JULY II,
A negro colony has been established on Gen. Lee's
Arlington estates.
The Slate Convention of the Baptist Denomination
in South Carolina, will hold its annual nine-ting at Greenville,
S. C., beginning on Friday, '20th in.st.
The Enipcoor Napoleon has restored to Masonic fraternity
of Fiance the ancient prerogative ol selecting
their own Grand Master. This act. was hailed with
! groat pleasure by tho order. The practieo in France
as been for llie Emperor to make tho selection.
In the lattst ropier ts of deaths in tho Atlanta llosj
I'ilals, we notice the names of L'. S. Mitciikix, Co. A,
J 1JM.1i 1;. C.; and M. Oil'KNS, Co. 1), 10th ?S. C.: A. J.
| IjAMM, Private, Co. F, TOtli S. C.: Lkvi Knox, Private,
j Co. K, 9tli S. C.; F. A. Mooiik, Private, Co. ft, l'Jili
O. L.
Tiib Tuans-Missi.^H'PI.?Our latest advices from
tho other sido of tho Mississippi river would seem to
represent that the Confederates are having all their
own way in that department. A lorec of twenty
thousand cavalry under General Wiiakton* arc"said to
have moved into Missouri, white General SllKl.liY,
with twenty-five hundred men, is already in tt;e State,
and General I'uieft was hastening on with the artillery
and infantry to tho same destination This is a
movement wo have anticipated ever since the defeat of
Panics and Steki.k, and wc doubt not that General
ruicn is going into Missouri with the intention of
stay ing there, lie will no ljoubt bo enabled to add
greatly to the strength of his army in that State, and
I S*. Louis will hardly be considered safe v'hilo he
is in its vicinity with so formidable a lorec.
'iTlic Concert. i
The proceeds of tho concert, given on the 2ntli ini
stant, for the benefit of the Soldicis, amounted to 011i
ly $1110,00, while tho expenses were $111,50, making
a loss, to.the patriotic and benevolent musicians,
of$S.50. Mr. Scnoici.i.Kir, however, dote:mined that
hi:; enterprise should not bo wholly fruitless, and, with
j commendable libera 11 .'v, presented $25 to the Soldiers'
?w '?~ "*
The ill success of to* concert is to he attributed to
the fact that suitable arrangements bad nol been prc;
viously made : for we are not prepared to admit that
tho citizens of Camden lack either musical taste or
.'oat riot ism
: We wore not able to'attend the performance <>i;iSelves,
but luive competent. testimony to its excellence.
Much pnii.se hnsbCen awarded, in particular. to a flitted
lady who volunteered her service as a vocalist. Mr.
PcikVki.i.hi rci|nest's us to return his thanks to Messrs.
| A. M ,t 11. kknntii)v, to Mr. .ioNi::?, and t<> Mr. ?Ti:xfi.
ui.ut.1 for their kindness.
I S;."tie lime ago a military commission was appointed
in Doddlcdom to investigate certain alleged fraudulent
tfaasaet ions in the west, in which military oil:
cers of rank were implicated. (r'en. McDowell, tie
hero of tho 1st Manassas, was resident of the cmninission,
and his report, which has been recently subiniltcd
to the Lincoln governrtknt, makes soino rich
J developments. The Washington correspondent of the
i. New York Herald gives tho names of divers Major
j and Brigadier Generals who were shown to have been
implicated, and concludes b}* stating that" permits, for
trading in cotton, were shown tfl have been granted by
Generals CIkant, Ccutis, Stilus, Ookman1 and WASHburn
k.
I uuMiiiiuiu mining ciisi.-, ci corruption m lugli
places', lias just been exposed by one of llic civil Courts
in Cincinnati. The facts, as developed before the
Court, form a striking commentary on the war, and
upon the spirit in which it is prosecuted by tho Yankees.
The}' aro as follows:
Jkssrk It. Gilt a nt, tho father of Ulysses, contracted
with a lirm in Cincinnati to procure, from Gen*. Grant,
n permit to purchase cotton, to provide transportation
for the same, and to secure such other facilities as
might he required for successfully speculating in cotton.
l'or these services Grant ' was to rcceivo one
fourth of tho net profits. Grant performed his part of
the contract, and tho enterprise was brought to a successful
termination; hut the Cincinnati linn refused
to account to him for tho stipulated sharo of tho profits,
amounting to $40,1)00, and Grant had tho shameless
audacity to bring suit for tlioir recover}. Judge
Stover, who tried tho case, and for whoso lovnlte to
tho Lincoln government llio paper, Which reports
the proceedings, vouches, remarked, in dismissing the
plaiut ill's petition: "I feel constrained to say that tlio
whole of the trade, as disclosed in tho proceedings, is
not only disgraceful, hut tends directly to disgrace tho
country. It is tho price of blood." Truly out of their
own mouth do they comdenin themselves. Conimeni,
on our part, would he superlluous.
Two millions worth of dimonds was imported
into the United States the last year.?
So says a foreign writer who has been reading
on the subject
LATEST BY TELEGSAPK
Fiioir Tiu<] THAxs-inssissi/iPj':
. Clinton, .lulv 8 via Moiiii.e, July 0.? .'V
gentleman of this to\vn just arrived from the
other side of the river says, that Little iioclc
has been captured by I'rioo, with all of their
stores and supplies, ammunition and arms. The
Yankocs have been entirely dtiven from Arkansas,
except 4,000. Our army is under Kirhy
Smith. The Yankees occupy Helena.?
This news was received ollicial I?v Hen. Kirl>\ .
Smith, has ordered the impressment <>f half the
cotton in the Trans-Missi-sippi department, iur
the purpose of bringing military supplies.
Fit OM Gil A It LEST OX.
Ciiaui.eston, .Inly 0.?We attacked the enelltv
Oil Johns Island ;it. <1:1 v-lio-li I Mini
them from their line of entrenchments of yesterday.
Loss not yet made public.
FROM PETERSBUllG.
J'etkhshviiOj July lu.?About 5 o'clock on'
Friday evening our artillery along tlic whole
lore opened on the enemy, ami atone time our
men mounted the breastworks and defied the
enemy, who sought the cover their entrenchments,
and replied with artillery. The tiring
lasted about.30 minutes.
The enemy has made no assault on our
lines for a week past, and the impression is
that ho has drawn off his force from our front.
For several nights the rumbling of artillery and
wagons has been heard all night. The enemy,
hoewver, still kcop np a show of force along*
our lines.
FROM RICHMOND
llrciiMON'n, July 0.?Intense < u . . vails
at Washington.* from an v.
that 40,000 '/chols wcrc.npproai . . . . * .
"' Lincoln had galled out the m i* tiio
joining States.
A telegram.from Ilnrrishurg : vs tin- < :.
eitement there was intense, in \;<w of a re
mor that lJr'ccifcenridgc was igov * g *>n t:s direction
of Chamhorsburg. On.; report sivhe
has 'J 0,0 Of) men, and has whim-'.; S<* g !.
I'ktkkshi itc, July 9.?The V- ;:<>u
Chronicle of 1 li?> 6th says great ( \o!' ??iv-:11 c..v
ists ill. the NiSfth, in eoascijueinu of ;hu i\ !? -'V.
raid. M:ii I in I ui i<>- Iirul boon '".'oil uii'
large ipumlitics of supplies. J, f. / i
Tlii' Ikiltiniorc niol Ohio Kail <; bceiV , '
hadly injured.
GlCKEK MIM (IliKKK.?The folh .M! I-N
tract, from a private letter writ to: .<!v in
i the Trans-Mississippi Departtnen . e t.nmail
in Shnbuta/Mississippi. It a i r ?. c
of the misfortunes, so many of wi.i have occurrcil
in the Virginia arniv :
" A sail misfortune occurred at, t lie battle of
Pleasant JI ill. A large battery of the enemy's
had been playing on our ranks for some time,
committing terrible destruction. Col. Parsons,
vrho commands a brigade of Te.xans, com* .
llllMICPll !l mnVPIlliMlf lr\ i.lioi'rt'.. oinl e<.11.:..
battery, lie succeeded in capturing it after
a desperate struggle, and immediately turned
it on the Hying foe. Cenoral Churchill, commanding
a brigade of Arkatisinns about the
same time, commenced a charge on the same,
battel)', he thinking that the enemy still bold
it. -Parsons thinking Churchill was the enemy
attempting to retake .the battery, turned
the guiis upon him. A desperate light ensued.
The mistake was not discovered until Gen.
Churchill arrived at the battery, and saw the
colors. The loss here was heavier than at any
other point on the battlefield."
The Raleigh Confederate, of the Gth, says: A
gentleman on the train brings tlie information
that. Grant has withdrawn bis army from the
South to the North side of the Appomattox?
thus abandoning his attack on Petersburg, and
looking to another advance on Richmond, dcI
A> if ir. I A? 1 1 * 1 "
, MiMimjAt 10 ir> .-Niiiu, iu cumi>ino Willi ins land assault
:m attack by water?unless the stubborn
I works at Drewry's lllulVnnd our iron el at Is
should dispute and prevent, his passage.
The young; Kbit? oHireeee, in a late inter
view with Admiral Kanaris to whom he presented
his portrait, set in diamonds, was iu return
kissed three times by Mrs. Admiral Knnaris.
Thereupon his youthful'majesty shed a
profusion of teats.