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VOL-1 ' CAMDE1SI\ S. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1864. . 2STO. 36
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FROM THE GEORGIA FRONT.
Macon, July 29.?The latest advices from
Atlanta by the train apd telegraph yosterday
evening. We learn by the train which
left at nightfall that the enemy attacked our
left extending from the city towards tha Chatr
tahoochie yesterday, and were repulsed and !
driven about a mile. Late last evening ordors
? were received by telegraph to send cats to bring
the wounded to the rear. A telegraph dated )
yesterday, from. Atlanta, from a high odicer, to
Gen. Johnston, received here, says fighting is
now going on. We have driven them, but de- |
tails not-known. Stewrrt, Loring and Walthall J
are 'reported wounded. A private telegram
from Griffin reports Wheeler also wounded. A I
cavalry force of the enemy, strength unknown,
struck the Macon and Western Railroad below
Jonesboro this morning, and are reported
tearing up the railroad in this direction. The
other cavalry force of the enemy, to-day reported
near Atlanta, are moving toward this
place.
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.FROM TB$ TRANS MISSISSIPPI. !
Mr. Warren Adamg/tvho readied the city
this morning from Houston, Te.xas, which place
he left on the 4th of the present month, reports
all quiet in that quarter. Be is *under the im*
pression that there is not a Yankee in the State
of Texas, if it be tfue, as-was reported and believed,
that they had evacuated Brownsville.
There are no Yankees in Arkansas. Banks'
forces have nearly all left New Orleans?it
was supposed for Fortress Monroe.
The crops?in Texas especially?are magnificent,
the oldest settlers not remembering a
more "prolific yield ofe very thing. The people
and the trans-Mississippi array are in'the finest
spirits.
# He also brings us the gratifying news, that,
on the 2jd insfc., a large .steamer loaded with
medicine arid powder, reached a Confederate
, port not often visited by blockaders.?Ru'.H.-,
mond Whig, 2 6 th.
PROM JHJROPK
Richmond, J uly 29.?European advices of I
tbe 16th are at hand. A deputation for obtaining
a cessation of hostilities in America
waited upon Lore Palmereton on tbe 16th and
urged the Government to meditate for a restoratiou
of peace between the belligerents.?
They argued that the independence of the Confederacy
was virtually accomplished, and any
prolongation of the war would only result in
mutual slaughter. Palmerston, in reply, said :
"They who in quarrels interpose,
"Will oft wipe a bloody nose."
He was not afraid of a bloody nose, but feared*
mediatory proposals wonld be premature. .
News from the continent indicates a peaceful
settlement of the Banish Government question.
The Confederate loan has further advanced
and ix7An Knrwanf
FROM THE NORTH.
Richmond; July 29.?TJie New York Herald
of the 27th has boon .received.
The enemy are again threatening Penusyl
vania and Maryland, and there was considerable
excitement at Baltimore yesterday in consequence.
The intelligence from this invasion
is .scattered and unsatisfactory, but sufficient to
oauBe uneasiness jn "Washington.
HUNTERS TERRIBLE * DEFEAT? THE TRUTH
AT LAST.
The 12th Ohio, veteran regiment, came
down from the Kanawha country on the Allen
Collier yeateraay. They, are about to be
mustered ont of service. This regim<*nt was
with Gon. Hunter in his late Lynchburg expe
ditiou.' Tho rebels poraued Hunter in his retreat,
af?d a series of engagements were fought,
n which our loss was at IcaBt 8,000 irt killed,
wounded and miRsing. On the retreat, it is
charged that Gen, Hunter filled the ambulances
with negroeR, to the neglect of the
wounded white soldiers. His conduct is bitterly
denounced by all the soldiers.^ . |
It is Also said that Gen. Crook has preferred |
charges against Gen. Hunter for incapacity !
and cruel troatment of his men. As an instance,
it is charged (we hope eutircly 'untrue,
for it is almosf incredible,) that Gen. Hunter
cow-hided a man personally for ordering a nogro
to get off a horse to give place to a wounded
soldier.
At Connellton, the li&ul of the navigation on
t.Ko O nnn ?-f-i
o,uuu wijTiuuiHi were placed on
barges and lowed down iho riv?r. ri'lio sufferings
on the retreat were terrible, and a half
dozen soldiers died per houF during the last
two days from starvation, fatigue and exposure.
The lottent wiu long, horrible and disastrous in
the extreme. ? Cincinnati jEnquirer.
Fighting in Florida.?Passengers who arrived
in Savannah repoit a fight, at Brandy
Branch, in Florida. On Sunday morning last
the enemy burr.t the bridge over St. Mary's
River, six miles above Baldwin. A light took
place on Sunday between the enemy and our
iroops under Major G. W. Scott, who commands
a battalion. The result is not known. Our
inforumnts learned that on Monday last the.
Second Florida Cavalry, un der Lieutenant Colonel
McCoymii-krengaged the enemy nt Brandy
Branch, and at last accounts the. fight wa; still
progressing.
' The Woiide'rfHl Cabiue,'.
The New York Jlcvald savs :
The latest novelty of Barnum's Mmeum is a
highly successful exhibition of .mechanical skill
in the shape of what is called the "Wonderful
Cabinet." Out of n hox four feet, six inches
high are taken material from which furniture
is made to cover the stage of the lecture renin.
Chandeliers, tallies, stools, a bedstead, dining
tabic, a large throne, a cradle, boxen, books,I
etc.. are spread around in unlii'.ited quantities.
The wonder at first scenic to he how so nmoh
| could ever have been placed in the little .box,
j hut as the process goe* on the only question is
I how the stage is going to hold the number of
I orii^loQ icliinli ' *'
...vii gvcry sine nve springing lip'
almost from nothing. . The inventor, Uerr Nadolskn,
a Pole, is present at the exhibition, and
shows his mechanical skill nearly as much in
putting together his'stock of household furniture
as he did in the original const ruction.
The Cabinet, measures only 4 feet. 0 inches
in height, is 3 fret wide and 2 feet thick, and
| contains 200 varieties ftf elaborate, full sized,
I strong and useful pieces of furniture, including
a dining table 12 feat lopg, with 24? covers laid
complete, 18 other tables, 9 garden chairs, 7
other chairs, lamps, a chandelier and candlestick,
with candles lighted, a full bed and bedstead
with hangings complete.
A Spunky Darkey.?A Indicrous incident
occurred between the Yankee General Hunter
and an old negro woman while t.be former had
'his headquarters at the residence of Major
donrrrn fl- JTiit.tov nan- *U:_ m
?. .?..vol outs uiiy. ine cabin
ol the old negro woman, it appears, wasrinraded
by a number of Hunter's vandels, who
were in the act of stealing everything, when
the old negro rushed to the front of Major
Huttcr's residence, where Hunter was sitting
in the porch, and thus addressed him in a very
excited manner : "Mister General Hunter, your
men in my cabin trying to steal everything I
got, and if ybu donTt keep 'em out I'll kill some
of 'em sure." This speech only provoked a
laugh from the worse than vandal^ when, the
old woman, worked up into a .furious frenzy,
said to him, in a stentorian voice: "You
need'nt laugh, Mister Hunter, for I he d?d if
I don't git the. axe and smash the brains out
de fust man come in my cabin." The manner of
the old negrcss impressed Iluntcr with her
earnestness, and he. at once ordered a guard
around her cabin, which secured her from further
interruption.'?Lynoiburg Republican.
Collodion has by a new process of treatment,
found out by a photographer, been turned from
its photographic use into first rate leather.?
By certain chemical treatment it becomes as
trong and durable as ordinary leather, and
impervious to air ana water.
[CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.
MOiUDAY MORNlKft, AtJGlJ&T I.
' Brig. Gen. JElltoti.
"We learn by private despatch, roceived tbiB morning,
that Gen" Stephen EllIott, although severely
wounded, ig doing well.
The Battle at Atlanta.?Wo have seen nowhere '
so full, graphic, and satisfactory an account, of the engagement
of the 2'2d ult., as that, given by the Atlanta
correspondent of the Savannah liepublican. And wo
may remark, en passant, that that journal is peculiarly
fortunate in possessing a corps of correspondents
whose accounts of military movements are always
clear, comprehensive and accurate. The letters of
P. \v. A. are, unquestionably, tho bout* which liavo
| DQflQ written during the war.
1 It appears, from the accouut referred to, that, the
most of the flchting waB done hy Cheatham, Habere
and Whef.lf.U ; the division oF the latter being dismounted
and aetiug as mfantrv. HxKDEEand WiiKKLj
er moved arround Shermans left, attadking that wing
iu flank and rear, and almost annihilating it. Simultaneouftly
with this movement, Cheatham, in coniinaud
of Hooii'm old eorps, advanced upon Sherman'.*
front, driving in the skirmish line, ynd forcing back
his main linp of battle a mile and a half beyond his
outer line of entrenchments. Stewart's division took
no further part in the fight than to repel a feint upon
their lines.
j Our#correspondent thus sums up tiro results of. tho
j battle:
j The results of the day linvo been n\pro than gratify
ing. While iho buttle has not heeu so decisive as
I was com tempi a ted in thu "plan of the eommanjler-iti:
chief, it has nevertheless crippled the enemy, humbled
j his pride, destroyed his morale, noarly annihilated some
1 of his commands, partially destroyed his organization,
' and reduced Ins numbers, it. is believed to, something
I '
j unu jut tquamy wmii our own. On tho nlhur liaud i
J our men 1 nvo learned that they have'it leader on
. whose judgment lhey can implicitly rely ; that breast- j
' works are not so tearful tocucouuier as they imagined;
| that tin. ir own strength is yet equal to every omer-I
I gency, and titially. that by th<? blessing of Clod they j
I may yet conquer tho Federal army tout has defiant- I
l ly pushed-them back into tlu: heart of the Kinpiro i
1 tiiate of tho 8 u'.h. The battle has been a hvnetit. It J
| has proven an inspiration; and if called into '.he liold
i again t.o-inorfow or the next day, tho men of tho army
! will show how more noblv thatt ever they are deterni!
iued to^crush the*hated "cuea v whose presence stains
j oar soil.
I In practical results, few battles of tho war have a
| better showing. Hardee captured Jrorn 16 to 20 guns,
i and Chenthcam's oorps eight or ten, besides battle
| flags and regimental colors. ]n prisoners we cannot
have leas than from twenty-five hundred to three thousand,
among whom nro a considerable number ol' Colonels
and snbordinato Held officers. They are stiil
touting in.
The flvnk movement of Habdke and Whef.lkk took
| fhe Yankees oompletely by stirpiieo. They did not
j appiecintr* tlio teckloss daring of floon, anil did not
j dream that hq would venture to detach a whoJo corps
while he wan so fiercely threatened in front. It was
a bold and hazardous inorf, but success approves it.
As the correspondent says: 'Tluck wins."
We have space for only one more extract, in the
spirit of which we heartily concur.
It is but a tithe of the tribute which Gen. Hood deserves,
when I add that for an officer to enter upon the
command of au army that had retreated nearly a hundred
miles, in three days to make himself acquainted
with every detail, while the enemy's guns were hourly
booming in his ears, and their lines more closely investing
his own, and within one week thereafter fight
two important battles; I repeat,-for a General to do all
this is a mark of genius, judgment, promptness and
| self-relience, of which the annalB of war furnish but
| few parallels. I need not tell you that the tido of enthusiasm
now runs in his favor, with a force that is
gathering strength tifary hour. "Pluck will always
| win."
j We, in common with the great majority of our confreres,
regardod the removal of Gon. Johkston n* n I
deplorable mistake, and wo have seen no reason, as
yet, to ehnngo that opinion. But we are frea to
confess that our uneasiness In regard to the fate of Atlanfft
has been in great mensuro allayed by the vigor,
promptness and judgment displayed by IIood. 'Reinforcements
from S. D. Lee have alroady reached liira ;
othor troops ar& 011 tho way, and every indication* is
given that the co-oporation withheld from his predecessor
will be afforded to Iloon. And with these,
the prestigo ol his victory, the enthusiasm of his troops,
his confidence in himself, and his heroic courage, tho
new commander of tho hrmy of Tcnnesseo may accomplish
all that his friends expect and tho* country
hopes.
P. S. Since the aho^b was in type, wo havo learned
that thorlottor from which we quoted was written by
PEitsohNE. Wo infer from a paragraph in tho Guardian
that tho letter was furnished simultaneously to <
both tho Carolinian dnd tho Republican. But we got
it from a Georgia ox-change where -it was headed :
"Correspondence of the Republican
Arrlvftli at the Soldier's Rest
on batultday evening, july 30.
J. f. T. Baker?Co. E, 2 2d Begiment S. C. V.,?
wounded?from Lancaster.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
FR Oil PETERSBURG.
Petersburg, July 30.?On Thursday morning
the Yankees mined and blew up General*
Beauregard's works near Petersburg, with a '
large number of forces in them.
Tho Yankee artillery opened on the Gap,and
assaulted the works, and took soine piiso
ncrs.
Beauregard attacked the enemy furiously
drove them-out. and re-took the work?, and recaptured
all tlic guns, and took several bun
ilred prisoners. We also took 20 stand of
color*.
Our lpss was about 1,000 -killed and wounded.
Amongst the wounded was Brig. Gen..
Stephen Elliott, severely through the shoulderSi^eof
ClisirleKton.
.THRICE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIFTH DAY.
The eneinv fired during Thursday night one
linndred and ninety-live shots at. Fort Sumtcrr
and sixteen shots at the city. During Thursday
one hundred and fifty-five shots wero lirpd at
Sumter by Battery Gregg and seven shots by
]lattery "Wagner. Our baticries on Sullivan'sv
Island returned the fire of the enemy, firing one
hundred and twenty shots during the dayThirty-eight
shots were also "fired at the city
from cicrlit A. M. Thursday to eight 1'. Mi Friday?making
in all foitv-two shots at the city
* O ^ f
since bat report. AYo have heard of no further
casualties at the fort. The enemy's battery in .
Light-house Inlet fired seven shots at Sece?-'",
sionvillc yesterday ruorniug.
Tu our report of tiring in Friday's paper- wo - ^
attributed the firing of Battery Chores io Haskel.
This was an error. The firing from the
enemy on the Uwtll was very vigorous. Two
men at Battery Chores were slightly wounded,,
viz : a Fergeant, in the shoulder, and Private
J. B. F.ikins, in the arm and hip. Batteiv
(Jhevcs is?nnder the command of Captain \\ .
'M. Hunter. It. ??? lliin linUm-w i. m
, -- -- ,...w .'MWVIJ |V II |l?l? 111.^
mounted two guns a! Battery Gregg.
H a hi) Case.?A poor young woman, einployed
in one of the Government Departments
at the. beggarly salary of 84,o00 per annum,
went to the. Old Market on Mrmday morning
with the intention of laying out $400 in veal
cutleta, tomatoes, and a few small potatoes for
her dinner, when a miscreant of a hoy, about
twelve years old, who hadn't tasted anything
but corn bread for three weeks, picked her
pocket of every cent she had, and but for the
fact that a gentlemanly and kind-hearted
bntcher offered to trnst her for five pounds of
meat, she would have been reduced to the awful
necessity of dining, that day, on bacon ,cfgga
and dry bread.?Richmond Whig,
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Alapaooaa.
Fine French Bombasine.
And other artloles of Dry Goods.
ALSO.?
Blaok Pepper, Candles, Genuine Spanish Caslele
Soap, dp Ac.
R M KENNEDY.
July 28 6d
Wheat Mill.
J AM N(tW PREPARED TO GRIND WHEAT AT
_jl Muon noncu. My ami is in good order, nnd produces
as lino flour As can be desired by any one.
Parties Bending-wheat to mc may rely 011 my personal
attention. J. H. VAUGHAN,
Juiy 28?Gd G miles abovo Camden.
Garden Seeds. A
SMALL SUPPLY OF THE FOLLOWING
Garden Seeds are for sale at tho Post Office :
Early York, Drumhead, Savoy and Enfield Cabbage;
Yellow Dutch, White Stone and lied Norfolk Turnips,
Beets, Carrot and Parsnip.
Theso Seed were imported by tho Confcderato Government,
and are bolioved to be fresh and genuino.
?AT.SO?
Ruta Raga, White Norfolk and country Turnin.
July 29 3 ?
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