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Return of llle Iron Acre. *
"Great men and iiainds, fls^dhe types/jind representatives'of
their race and peoplfe, grve.oplor
and name to the periods during whric^rthey
exist. We have heard of the (ipen with- the
i'iron mask," b,ut when we consider onr Pre'fti
dent, wo congratulate ourselves on his superiority,
in being iron all over, anBj' therefore,
having no necessity for a mask of- that metal.
We are told'-that ho is a man of {*iron will,"
4,ir<?n purpose" and ' iron determination*' hpd
wo believe it. We clpim.lpin as a tri,ie representative
of an iron, ag$,coroe again.- If this
tad not b6en au iron age, we could not have
endured rSvhat we have goiie through for threo
years. l?The actual presence or the attributes
df iron are visible everywhere, proving this to
bo an yon agej our peoplo and iron people, and
our President an'iron 'Prdiidefit., Most of our
oities have had iron thrown at them, and have
thrown^b^kj at a troublesome pardot of people,
witu yfhom^o^have been for some time"
interchanging "doli civilities." The iron" has
penetrated everywhere. It has'gone into the
Naval Department, ahd Mi. ilallary has sent
it out in iion-clads^ahd has then sent the ironclads,
either up or down, by the persuasion of
\ gunpowder. Iron lias invaded the post office; it
has gotten atpong the mail-bags, and the olerks
of the department have dropped their fpiills,'
taKen nned tubes of the metal and gofie to
Bottom's Bridge. . ^Ad thp consequence i?,
that we fear wo shall never see the botlom of
our. mail-bags, nor anguished dear ones at
bome the bottom of their sufferings, fears and
anxieties about loved ones in tho arrrry.
All this comes of our living in an iron age,
and having an iron PceT&iuent. . ftow, we!
gristly admire ifon, but we also do not like
J too much of iU .We praise tho President for
hayiug-so much, bnt wo think lie ought not.^?
be wholly iron. We think he should have,
"bowels of compassion," and not of. tho stern
metal, in order that* he may feel how our popple
want to hear from their children, father's,
husbands, brothers and friends in the army.
Iron should, by all means, be kept out of the
post office, and the mails allowed to go on.
Wo feel that the "hooks of steel," .which bind
Bragg and Pcroberton to our destinies, are too
1 fetrong to be broken, but we hone ^the iron"
has not''entered" too.deeply into the mailbags.
Wo know that the retnrn of the . ten clerks
* to the post office will jeopardize Bottom's
Bridge, but we have that, abiding confidence
in General Lee, which induces us to believe
that'ho can remedy this withdrawal of troops
from his command, by some species.of strategy,
at present unknown and incomprehensible to
us. The ten clerks at 'Bottom's Bridge are
said to be suffering much from mnsqUitoos and
t black*gnats, and their rest is much broken by
the nightly music of hqllrfrogs. We believe
i l*liey will be better servient*) th'o count * in
the poet.office,1 than at Bottom's Bridge' or
( any ether pons asinorum that Grant should
attempt to cjross.-r-IiicKirionit Wldg.
Switzerland, already bo tri'ch' irt beautiful
scenery, has found a new feature which adda
to its wonders of nature. tNear St. Maurice,
. in the Canton de ^aud, a grand crystal cavern
has j?cn discovered^ at which one ^arrives by a
boat on a.'subteWaneatidak'o. The cavern lies
1800 feet below the surface of the earth, and,
it is said to be beautifiit beyond description.
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RatheiI Touoii.?"What are you doing in
Congress ?" I inquired yesterday of a thoughtful
and moderate M. C. "Wo tried to confiscate
the property of the South," he said, "and
> a^-we could not do that, we are now confisca"V
, ting the property of the North.*"?Banto* Paper.
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< Gen. Polk.
; . The Correspondent of thei Augusta Cfonstilulionalist
writes r v* \
The death of Gen. Polk it Still tho theme of
conversation. It was announced in the Yankee
drmy the day after fit bccurrod.
At Rcsaca Gcn^'j'plk was more tbnn commonly
subdu'cd in spirit} < At first I attributed
L this to the- fatigue of his march from DemepoHs,
whifch had *>een long, wearisome and exposed,
but his'health and Vigor seemed very
tobvist, and I-Began'to be of the 'opinion .that
his mind was uneasy^about the situation. He
afterwards told me that lie had been in tho
greatest suspense all day on Sunday. "The
enemy, sir," said hoy "had.it iA theft power at '
any moment after the loss of those hills on
Saturday night, to burn our. bridges an% completely
cut us off; and I was r acked by the
thought that they would improve the* golden
j opportunity, licft God is with us, sirt> God is
with us.1' It WrtS on Sunday night that we rctrwitorl
frnm T? nr-nr. A 1?..i 1 J
v. vi?wwm itvua X1UUUU IIUUI1 lUilli URyt
the General,.took out his lunch (a bit of cold
bam rihd hm^l tack, and I believe a piece of
mutton,) and as I happened to bo near him,
| offered to divide. X thanked him',but declined.
"X.ut, tyt," said lie, "I sfeo from your hungry
faCo that yon have had no breakfast, ajid I insist
upon it?there's quite enough for both of
us." "Very-well, General, but suppose I look
'us up a safer place."
The old man looked above him and. a brace
of shells came screaming along not far off, "cor-'
tainly, certainly that will bo rthoTo agreeable."
I found a tree frnder,the'hill, fcamo back and
1 repdrted, and we sought the shelter, where wo
set to over the luncheon witfr lively appetites.Presently
a shrapnel tore the branches just
above us from the trunk, exploding and sfcnd-.
its leaden, entrails about us. "Uruph!" exclaimed
the General, shrugging his shoulders,"you
are a nice fcllqw' to send out after a Safe,
placo. I guess, we'd-as well movo back ttf tho
front." . ' -
, ' llie day before this he had rriade a very nar-.
row escape from the encmv'i sfi'nrn.Rhnr?t/>A?
He went riding with Cnpt. Hunt, of Hardee's
staff, and several of his own militrfty family at
<tho time. They wero passing down'Cheatham's
line, jvnd the. Tcnes^ecans, tvith whom
Gen. Polk hnct ajways been a gfeat favorite*
were oheering him* Tue party paused in
front pf a regiment, and a group collected,
which attracted.the Yankee fire. In an instant,
Capt Hunt's horse fell dead on one side
of the General,- and the horso of a courier di-.
rectly on the other. "HaVthat is paying pretty
dear for a littls hand-shaking^' said the General,
"good daj'f Colonel. Pick voarself up,Hunt,
my dear felldw, and let's get out ?f
tins."
*Thc last time I ever paw him was at New
Dope. lie wa^fnll of business, antl talked little;
What a bereavement and breaking up to'
the most charming military family in the arttiyt
The Vanish War.
The sittiftg of the London Conference is adjourned
until the 16th of June. * " |
A Copenhagen dispatch says the D&nlsh
notables, in an address to the King, intimate
.than the personal union of Scklcswig and Holstein
with the kingdom would entail the loss
ofSckleswig, while the incorporation of the'
Constitution of Sckleswig witty that of the kingdom
would endanger the independence of Denmark.
The continued prolongation of the armistice
ir imnnRaihlfl nnlnea 4V>? - ??
1 .""woo uuu unsia VI 21 BitL"
isfactory peace is proposed.
A Copenhagen journal, calls upon tbe Government
provided that the support of Engand
and Sweden aro withheld on the resumption
of hostilities, to seek support from the revolutionary
elements of Europe, and to accept
Garibaldi's offef. It also urges the raising of a
foreign legion.
A telegram from Frankfort states that the
plenipotentiary of.the Germanic Confederation
made a declaration at Thursday's sitting of the
Conference,in wnich he assertained thcprincnplo
that no part of Schleswig can be ceded to Denmark
without the consent .of its population.
. It is rumofed that England will propose a
new line of demarcation, but Denmark adheres
to the line of Denneworke. The Daily News
sayB that the. prospects of poaco aro as remoto
as ever, as the Germans, continue to hold out.
The Paris Constitutionel, contains art" article
showing that England will be compelled to
take part in the Dano-Qprman war while
France can remain neutral.
CAMDEN, DAILY JOURNAL.
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WJCi)IfESDAY IHORiHING, JULY .13,
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Poicolian -WotkB at Augusta, Geb'tgia, manti-'
facture pitchers,'bowls, plates, cups and saucers, ahd
many other articles usefhl to housekeepers.
'file Losk of the? Alabama.
The pfeople of the Confederate' States will read wiih
profound regret,' the announcement of the loss of the
famous cruiser which* .has been so longthe terror of
the Yankees,'-and the-pride of the Confederate Navy.
The only accounts of the engngemerft, which wo liavo
yet seeu, ronchcd us through Yankee^ hands; but
meagre, unsatisfactory and probably garbled as they
are, wo yet glean from them two important fafcts.
The Alabama was unscaworthy when she left JiOrt,
and therefore overmatched hv thn "Kenrsmrn* nrirt v#?r.
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lier noble commander managed to prolong ,lhe contest
for nearfy two hours, and struck his flag only Wh6n
his ship was actuallj' in a'sinking condition
Tho universal Yankee nation will doi^Jless rejoice
with exceeding great joy ; Lisqoln will make Winston
an Admiral; and poradven'ture a solemn national
thanksgiving will bo doclared. But theif jo}',- wev
fancy, will be short lived. The Alabama was but so
much wood and iron-articlos Replaced with little difficulty.
That which made her a "living terror," to seafaring
'ankeedom, was the genius which animated
her senseless timbers, and breathed into them the
breath ot life. The daring courage, the consummate
skill, the untiring^energy of SeIiues remain to us in'
tact; and we have no idea that-theso brilliant qualities
will be permitted to rust in inbetion. We trust and
bolievo ho will soon be afloat again-with a vessel worthy
ofhis genius and fame, anil better fitted to cope
with the crack cruisers of the Yankees. Even ifdis"
appointed in tttfese hopes, wo l$Vo yet tlio oousolatlon .
of knowing }hat tho Alabama bad fulfilled her mission.
Her name has become histprical, and-as long as the
recital of brave deeds has power to ^tir the human
heart, so long tyill the career of tho Alabama! challenge
the admiration of mankind.
ThcBoiirtiardmftiit of Fort Sumter.
The Richm/ynd Disnatch li.ia si?in Rr?m? inU'r^tinir
statistical labl6s descriptive, of the different kimfa of
missiles thrown at Fort Sumter, and other -matters
connected with the protracted bombardment, a brief
summary of which will doubtlejjg provo acceptablo to
our readers. The missiles embrace almost every dos.
Cription of shells, shrapueUi bolt and shot, from 10 to
23 inches in length and from 3 J to 15 inches in diameter.
The heaviest sho? fired weighed 425 pounds.
A classification of the shot fired by the cliemy, from
Apr), 1863, to Fobruary 21, 1864, shows the-tbllowing
results: From monitors,' 1,443; land guns by. dayf
14,225; land guns by night, 4,402; mortar3, 7,167;
total 27j247 ; of which number 20,216 struck and 6,964
missed. Yet, sbatterod.and crumbling tinder the
i hailstorm of iron hurled against it, the enorgy and
skill of southern engineers has raised a new fort like
a Phoenix from tho dobris, "whose resistive strength
defies tho utmost hialico of tho foe. Tho weight of
metal fired hy the enemy against the fort is estimated
at 3,627,990 pounds, or nearly' 1,620 torts. The number
of men killed was'41, of whom 13 wero killed by tho.
falling of the wall of tho garrison barracks, hnd 11 by
tho explosion of tho inagazino, leaving 17 killed by tho
enemy's shot.
Tho'writer 'gives an estimate showing tho amount
of metal thrown by tho epemy to capso the loss to^us
of one man: 41 men killed by 3/127,990 pounds of
metal, that is, 88,187 J pounds, or 39J tons of iron to
tins-man. Deducting tho number killed by accldonta,
24, it leaves 17 men killed' by 3,627,990 pounds of
metal, that is, 213,411 pounds,, or 95? tons of iron to
tho man. The following is on OBtimnte showing tho
number of miles of railrtmd tralck th6: amount of metal
wasted od Fort Sumter would hnvq laid. A single
rail woighs 60 pounds to tho yard, which would re
quire.80 tons to lay a track ono mile ; therefore?, 1,620
tons, or tbp amount thereon, would havo laid a
track 20i miles.
Tlio writer proceeds to givO' an account of tho sovoral
assaults upon tho fort, and,' in conclusion, says :
"It will thus be seen what mighty efforts lmvo been
made by-the enomy to roduco this noble fortress, involving
them doubtless in six Of seven tiipes tho expense
of her-original construction. Twenty-seven'
thousand of the most destructive projectiles have been
hurled against her from tho heaviest -ordnance ever
used in war, and still to-da)' sho stands proudly dofiant,
and stronger in her defensive qualities than evoj1
beforo. Tho kind providence of Cod has Wonderfully
Shielded her and her garrisOn in thoir Jiohra of trial,
and to Him would wc confidingly leave her futuro
history, in tho hopo that, as in tho post, 6ho may ever
dwell under the shadow of the Almighty."
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Ackbow^cdfgcnieiit; sN
ThOijPresident of "Soldior Host," gratefully aiknowl
edges th'e following articles, through Mrs. Jamed
JbheB of Camden: *
From' Mfs. Perry and Miss Lizzie Brown,* of Liberty.
"kill, 2 narn^ 21 eggs, peck of rice, peck of wheat forcoffee,
andicom meal : one jjafllon eyfup. . k
Wo hope Our 66'imtry friends tvill corttinue to re-_ #
member U3. Arty article of fdbd will bo acceptable?
as wo have soldiers at our Rest all tho ^imo.
^ The enormous accumulation 6f debt incurred by this
war is beginning to arouse serious attontion in the
North. "A writer in one of tho New York papers " ?i
makes an elaborate review of the finances of tho
Washington Government, in which, after proving it '
Ktr (trrnuno lift -?rrt * v
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The nn'mml rate of expenditure is now at least one
billion dollars per annum. There are sagacious and
well infoVnaed meir who insist that it is not less than
four millions a day. Of present reduction of oxpendi- '
turo there is no possible prospect. The taxation'
which Mr. Chase invokes, as essential to insure suecoss
to .the finances c f the Government, is not loss than
five hundred millions i>f dollars a year?that is, flvo'
hundred millions of fixed, permanent-revenue are necessary,
even if there be a military success. Otherwise'
j "nlbiuoasuregvill fail." ....
It requires military succcssmow to make fiyo hundred
raiilit>n,s'6f taxation sufficient to carry on the Government.
That, too, be it noted, will b6 for a pea
establishment. What would b6 needed for a cont
ued' war establishment if success .shall not come
time, and so completely as to close. up the war i
atop the expenditure, Mr. Chase docs not profoscompute,
for it iB plaiily in his thoughts that, pr
the war bo thus finished the present year; the Got
moot is bhi^krupt. . '
LATEST BY TELEGRAJ
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J FROM THE GEORGIA MONT.
JulJ 9^-r-The enomy crossed tho Chattahooo it
miles1 ftorthof Atlanta, near Roswell, this mon , in
heavy /orce, supposed to bq>ono corps, drivin > our
pickets. Cleburne and Cheatham have gone ' mer >.
them.""Tfiero has been heavy cannonading
"Tight all day. Nine prisoners w^re brouj Y Everything
is working right. The utmost < i >
prevails.
Mr D'buglas, of Col. Clark's Missouri co. u >
the tra*s:Mississippi department, says hp rl . I
cial despatch m tho St. Louis Republican 0: 0 '. '.
which says Price had capturod Little Rock, :i . v-f)
prisoners. Steele made his escape.
Marmaduke at tllb narao time captured rv.-r f- 1'
and itrt garrison consisting of two rogtmeata.
Tho last oflicial news Cant. Douglas' had
he was at! Duball's Bliff. * ?.
Siego of Charleston.
TIIRBK IIUNDRKD AN'D SIXTY-EIGHT : <
Nothing of special iniportarico occurr- . .'
day. The bombardment of Fort Sum \
tiuues without intermission day and night 1 >
Gregg and Wagner. From eight A. J-i. to ;ix
1*. M., Monday./one hundred and twe; \ 11 ? <
shots were fiVcd at the fort. Twen er'
shots have been fired at the city since '
port.
Tho enemy we learn have abandon- !.
John's and Battery Islands, and gone J l
Island, burning: the stores before Jcavin !']? ?
last position on John's Island given iij .V
enemy was exceedingly strong.
From desertcTs and prisoners taken,'- u -.-n
that the enemy had five days rations w: tlin.u
with a view of a forward movement, w!o,-li iv.u,
checked by our; attack Saturday morni
A letter picked up on the field says
move was made with the view of drawin ; \
frdbn other points." T^hc general impr i?thai
it was an attempt to erect"batterie V m
filadc and shell our works on James' Is
The Monitore in Stono- have been to ei i
round inside the bar ; one certainly in a9 disabled
condition. Si^Ionitors were reported .
inside the bar Monday evening.
1 .l.ill. il a- .t
-nip muiiuer pi'siiuiis uuown 11110 ine cny
from the'commencement of Bic bombardment
up to Saturday, the three hundred and a^xty
fifth day, (one year,) is seven thousand and ?
ninety-one. * * . >
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Another English houso engaged in blockade
running has recently cdfmeMo grief. Brandon'
it Ndah, shippers and specul ators, are declar- ^*
cd bankrupts, and one pf (he causes of their
faJure is- blockade running, or rather beingcaptured.
A law has just been passed in Mecklenburg,
which permits any seiguionr to inflict twenty'
-five lashes on every man or woman on his estate
at discretion. Is Germarfy rctrogading f