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T-^ ' , ? ? f ' ^ jjt * -- --- ,,,[,- ' /"' V PL. 1 CAMDEK, S. C., SATURDAY, JULY 3Q, 1864/ 3STO. 35. By, B. X>- HOOOTT. ? ? .. -= Terms of Subscription. Daily paper per month $3.00 " 41 for Six Months - - - $10.00 "Weekly, - - - - $5.00 I?,at?s for 'Advertising: For one. Square ? twelve lines or less ?TWO DOLLARS and FIFTY.CENTS fqr; the first inseN tion, and TWO DOLLAR^ for each subseqeuut. OBiTnxRT Notices, exceeding one Squoro, charged at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Wow MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our regular advortis, gp trons ALABAKIA. She has gone to the bottom! ?the wrath of the tide . Now breaks, in vain insolence, o'er her; , No'moro the rough SeaS, like their queen, shall she ride, White ?*- * "IIv.* * before ber I Now ci nt in doatb, ' Tbo 1 . ... 'id man her, Her dec - :>? ^...e's stirring breath Floutt: u u.oi\ ftoss of her banner. , tiUo is down neath tho water^ but.still her bright name Is in death, as in life, ever glorious, A.nd a sceptre all barren the conquerer must claim, Though he boast the proud title "Victorious." # Her country's lone champion. she shunned not the flght? Thougtrmiequal in strength, bqld and fearless, And proved in her fate, though not matchless in mighty 'V. ', In daring at least she was peerless. 4. ; fro trophy hung high in the foe's hated toall Shall Bpoak df her final disaster, Nor tell of the danger that could^iot appal, Nor the spirit that nothing could master 1 The doath shot has spod?sho has grimly gone down, But left her destroyer no token, And the mythical wand of her mystio renown, Though the waters overwhelm, is unbroken. ? *' ? For lo 1 ere ahja settles beneatli.the dark wave ? On her enemies' cheeks spreads a pallor; \ fiV As another deck summons* the swgrds of the brave , ~ To gild a new name witTi thhir valor f" Her phantom will yet haunt the wild roaring breeze, Causing fooman to start and to shudder, While their commerce still sneaks, like a thiel", o'er the seas, And trembles from bowsprit to'rudder. I Tlio spirit that shed on the wave's gloaming crest Tho light of a legend romantic, Shall live while a sail flutters over the breast ' /3f thy far-bounding billow?, Atlantic! And as long as one swift keel the strong surges stents, Or ''poor Juck" loves his song-and his story, Shall shine in tradition the valor of Semmes, And the bravo ship thut bore liini to glory 1 ? ? Novel Ceremony. On June 21st, at an early hour, a ceremony of a very peculiar character occurred at the West Bromwich t-Dg., Cemetery : "At about 6 o'clock Mr George Wilkes, an octogenarian politican, who had taken a leading part in affairs of a local nature for many years, accompanied by a few private friends, assembled for the purpose of laying the Jirst -stone of the grave intended for the reception of liis remains wbeu he has shuffled off this mortal coil." Mr. T. P. Brougb, the Fidas Achates of the expectant deceased, was selected to perform tho ceremony, and was pre^fented with an . /rlnviavnl/. " 1 ?1*^1- ' ' 1 ?? vmuvi(ivo oiivoi wiiicq Dtiu oecn exy>rcBBedly manufactured for the occasion. Mr. Brough, having received the tsowcl, after the usual formalities had been performed, read the following address: "In the name of the rate payers of West Bromwich, I do hereby lay the first brick of the tomb of our dearly beloved and esteemed patriot, Goorgc Wilkes, and wc beseech Thee* O Lord, that the little time ho ?as to live in this world he may live in the tear and the love of God, so that in his last, moments he may be able to say, "all is well, all is well'' and may his noble spirit ascend to that place where i8 love and harmony?Heaven and hft ablfi in nvnlaitn '*<>11 5- ^ .V - nil in wull. VJ, Lord, we beseech thee to fill this tomb yrith the love of the holy ghost.' After the ccrc-H mony was concluded, those in .attendance received the sacrament." In a Scotch church, a descendant of Nabal having put a crown piece into "the plate," instead of a penny, and, starting at its white and precious faoe, asked to have it back, was refused; In once, in for ever. "Awccl ,awcel," grunted he, "I'll get credit for it in heaven":? "No, nn," said Jeems, .the doorkeeper, "ye'll get credit only for the penny." flfeiv^papero, Tlieir Cost, etc* . A Houston editor, writjngto Col. Thrasher, gives the following items of expense incident to publishing a paper in the Trans-Missis^ppi: * uTlic press of this department is laboring under burdens that I almost fear will siuk it.? My telegraphing bills amount to from $600 to $800 per Week. My paper costs me lromt'^18 to $26 per ream, (24x80,) ip Rpecie. lLam paying $4 per 1,000 ems for composition^. and .printers cannot live on that. Tlio Newi\ and Telegivpk have boen forced to comp to a specie'1 basis, but whether they will be suskainod by the people it is impossible to say yet. It. was their only alternative. Even to-day ' a lot of paper is offered me for which $35 w demanded Reduce this to currency at ? 35 for one,' and you will see the impossibility of keeping accounts in Confederate notes with our cusibniary notations." ' ' "An "Old Printer," in a plotter to the j Charleston Courier, says : "Newspapers are by far too cheap !. Nothing we enjoy costs so little. A few years hack, a daily paper was worth an elegant pair of boots ! Twelve bushels corn, pftas or potatoes was an equivalent! Sixty dozen eggs, thirty pounds of butter, seventy-five pounds of j lard or bacon would barely pay a yearV subscription. But, lo! now, the case is reversed. This.is|all wrong. The paper shonld command a support, to the editor and tis employ,i ees. hnd allow at least twenty per cent, profit tjl^hipleuiab materials, &e. To do this, the price should be. in proportion to pverything needed by the publisher, and no sensiejb or i just man will complain. The incchanid and farmer will pay readily, because fully abiif A farmer work'ng one horse can make scyentyfivc barrels ol corn, which, at $50 pen "bushel ?aud it is no.w even hicrher? brinmi SlR.!7'.fif? Certainly he can pay $T>0 or $00 f<?r-a tlftii;.* paper. A good housewife can sell three or ' four _Do.u ads of hutier. or.-fivo or aix_ponnds. aftor.iland pay lor her paper; the girla and hoys can si II a lew dozen eggs or a half a dozen chickens and take a <!aily. Snrelv, Mr. Editor, you arc losing money and living on short rations!" The Fayettevillc (N. C.) Obsr.rrrr savs: Not being able to procure suitable qualities of glue and molasses to make "composition rollers" for our presses, we ordered some from Nassau, through a friend in Wilmington. The. cost is $1,>>82,88 for a barrel of molasses and a ; keg of 44 1-2 lbs. of Irish glue, of which . $77o J is.for freight of the barrel and keir ! The I q freight is required in advance at Nassau, so that if the vessel had been lost, we should have lost that as well as the goods. Fortunately the ship arrived safely a day or * two ago. JJoforo the war the article would have cost us $40. Inferior articles wou'd cost about $3,000. Thus it is with nil printing expenses?from 5 to 40 times, averaging more than 10 times the old rates?whilst even our new prices of subscription will he but five times what they were before the war. ... - ?+?? Growing Civil and Civilizbd.?On the first advance of the Yankee army from Memphis, says the Mobile Advertiser of the 12tb, it is said that Gen. Forrest sent a flag oftriue to ask upon what plan the war was to he waged ?if the black nag was meant to be raised and the Yankee battle cry was to be "Fort Villow" and "No Quarter," he had no objection to meet me i anKee uoneraJ on Buch an issue, but he desired to know it beforehand. The reply was that the Federal Goneral had given strict orders to respect private property on the ftiarch, and that lie preferred to conduct the campaign on the huthane and civilized principles of modern warfare. He only required that his negro soldiers, if captured, slrould be treated as prisoners of war. Thus Gen. Forrest has taught one Yankee General the language of moderation and humanity. He has done it by forcible deeds and the terror of his name. The Government journals of Paris announce that the Mexican army is about to be rcinforcod by two thousand picked men recruited in Boligium by General Chapeller, formerly Director of the Royal Military School at Brussels. The organization of this corps ia begun and the men will sail fqr Mexico in September. It does not clearly appear whether this auxiliary force is to be under the orders of the French commander or of the Emperor of Mexico. CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL' . SATURDAY WORW1NO, JULY 30. Prince Napoleon is writing the lives of the Bona partes. ' The Great Eastern has taken in 3,000 tons ot coal, and is getting ready to lay the Atlantic cable. BrigadieriGcneral R. E. Colston has assumed com. mand of the city of Lvnchbuvgand environs. It is stated that the ontire number of prisoners, now held Nortl^nd South ia\ery nearly equal, the excess, if any, bei in onr favor. Prussia intends possessing all the Dutch Islands, and afterwards attack Copenhagen. The Press says that King Christian personally requested Napoleon's protecting intervention. His Excellency Gov. Joseph E. Brown, Gens. JosK. Johnston, B. Bragg, Anderson of Tennessee, w ayne ana hindman, were all iu Macon on Sunday. Gov. Brown's Proclamation.?Gov. Brown has issued a proclamation, ordering all aliens in the State who refuso to volunteer to defend the State which affords thom protection, to leave the . State within ten days. He respects no favorites in civil persuits, when their services are needed in tho section to whichjthey beloDg. While it is not his'purpoeo to cripple, in any wise, the purpose of th6 Confederate Government in procuring necessary support for tho army, he will insist on executing the Jaws of tho State. Ho denies the Government the right to direct the State jurisdiction over the whole militiu. t Arrival!! at the Soldier'* Rest ON FRIDAY EVENING. JULY 29. John Lanoy?Waties' Battery of S. C.?wounded? from Lancaster. Joseph Adams?Co. A, 1st S. C. Infantry?sick? from Lancaster Uriah J. Stephenson?Co. K, 5th Texas?from Champers Co., Texas. Sugar un ait Illciuenl of Nutrition. vimurcn ana tuc lovers of sweetmeats will be under many obligations to Mr. Pridges Adams, who tells them that their taste lor sugar is sotnetbing more than a more appetite. In a recent paper on the '"Uses of sugar in assisting assimilation of food," he rays: "I know by experience I be difference in nutritions effects produced by the flesh of tired cattle on a inarch, and I hose slain in a condition arising from abundant food and boaltby exercise. In a fornicY case any amount might be eaten without. the satisfaction of hunger, while in the latter a smaller amount removed hunger. Jlii.t I discovered that certain other food of a d if ferent quality, such as grape, sugar and fruit, would help the tired meat, to assimilate, und thus to remove hunger. Puddings ?md fruit tarts are not, there fore, simply flatteries of the. palate, but digestive . : I..j _i .1 ' - h^uiii.* , jirovmuu, iiiways, mey ai;e not t/JicmselvcK made of rebelliously indigestible matcri als. The reviewer alludes to the fondn/css of the artisans for confectionary, and .of patients just discharged from the hospitals asking, for "sweets" in preference to "good, substantial food," as examples of a correct installed'. There i6 no doubt but that in children, in w'bom the requirements of growth call for a rapi< J and effioicnt transformation of food into ti ssue, the demand for sweets is very imperious*; and parents should understand that the jam. pot will diminish the butcher's bill, and in crease the amount of nutrition extracted from beef and mutton "?Louisville Journal. - ? Intuoduction of Rail Roads into China. ?The rice fields of China, like tho jungles of India, will soon echo to the snort of the locomotive engine. The same masterly mind which has achieved such successes in ope ning tho British East India possessions to co rmuercc and civilization, through the instrumentality of modern rail WAV inmrnv/inmnt. 1 - 1 j ?j.. . vtiivuuj, jjiujjus es to waKe op the sleepy followers of Confucius by the use of similar means. Sir Macdonald Stephenson is now in China to see what can bo done in this respect. Gen. Banks had a good deal ojf tact as speaker of the House of Representatives. Why did not he, when Dick Taylor wasj moving upon him, cry out, mallet ir hand, "Sir, your motion is out of order!" Thus questions Prentice. J,Jut Miggs says Banks had already moved to ojdjonrn, and the motion had been carried. [ i - I LATEST BY TELEGRAPH FROM THE VIRGINIA FttONf. Richmond, July 28.?The public interest is" again directed to tiio North aide of the Jaracs Iiiver, below Deep Bottom, by the presence of a large portion of Grant's army sent over, for the supposed "purpose of preventing our field batteries from firing on their transports. Yesterday morning, under covyr of a fog, n.1 force of Yankees flanked and/captured four guns belonging to the Rockbridge Artillery^? During the past two or three days sharp skirmishing has taken place, an<b active operations* in that quarter are anticipated* A despatch from Harrisonburg, Va., dated J'to-day, says that our force's met the enemy near j Winchester on Sunday/ afternoon. Brcckini ridge's and Gordon's divisions were chiefly engaged. The former led our skirmish line. The i enemy soon broke and. fled in all.directions. Wo pursued tlicm ^welvc; miles below WinchcFtcr^ capturing from 150^ to 2000 prisoners. The enemy burned his wagons and threw away his guns and knapsar.ks. It was a worse stampede than that of the first Mamfesas. The victory was complete, mid tli$ prisoners are still' coming in. Our 1 oss, in killed and wounded, was not more tha?j 50 or 60, of whom but 10 or 15 were killed. The. force of the enemy i3 estimated to h:ivo been about 16,000. pETnasnmiG, July 28.?A tfelegrani fronj Gen. Eat)states that the Yankees have, retreated a eross tlio Potomac at Williamsporty abandon ing over 70 wagons .-and 12 caissons. Our for ees hold* Martinsbnrg. The Yankees, retreat'k1 in great dispv^cr.^ .,.^' ,, h Fro f,)i the ndrtti^si^if brj^rncs'Ttivei wo liave nolhn.jg beyond the fact that the enemy's cavalry are on the Charles City Road. Every thin r is quiet here. /J/. ?ORTANT NEWS FR OM MISSOURI?LA TEH NORTHERN ITEMS. 'Morii.k, .Inly 28.?Wo have the Memphis - Irgns of the 2(5th. It contains important advices from Missouri. The rebels had captured Platlsbnrg and Marion. The latest accounts represent, them as moving northward, towards I the Hamilton and St. Joseph Railroad. Their force is estimated at 20,000, and .this being rapidly incrojised by accessions from the people. The rebels are threatening- Fort Siott. Five thousand of Price's men are supposed' to he-in Missouri. Sherman claims to have gained a victory and taken 4,000 prisoners on the 20th. Five thousand rebels are reported to have again crossed into Maryland on the 23d. Secretary Stanton has not resigned as was reported; nor lias any demand been made upon the English Government for the dolirery of Captain Semmep.? Guerilla fighting was going on near Henderson, Ky. JUST RECEIVED. Superior Eng. Long Cloth. Mourning Prints.. Alapaccas. Fine French Bombazine. And other articles of Dry Gkxttfo. ALSO. Black Pepper, Candles, Genuine Spanish Ca?v ' tele Soap, Ao Sec. R M KENNEDY. July 28 6d Wheat Mill. . I AM NOW PREPARED TO GRIND WHEAT AT .short notice. My Mill is in good ordor, and produces ns line flour as can be desired by any one. Parties sending wheat to me may rely on my personal attention. . J. H. YAUGHAN, Juiy 28?6d 6 miles above Camden. ~ WANTED^ A A BUSHELS of Sorghum Sood, for which thet) v"\/ highest price will be given. Apxil 5 D. D.HOCQTT..