The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, August 12, 1864, Image 1
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;/ ' The 5'a?kce]Iiac at Pttewburg.
J A correspondentof the Now'- York Herald,
' '** attached tp *bc Nfntb Army corps, tfcns ile
. scribes tie Yankee mining operations at Peters(
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. The work was commenced bp- jfye S5ttf* .of
Jun6 iaai, as previously ' Such wa
secrecy .with -wiiicb it .was condncJe'd. th.it, % a
long time the project wis miknowh eveii to
those ?x 'u"Jidse?fci'Jc it jvap going on, It is true,
that reportf-wertfdn circulation of a mine; but
nobody coujd spesk certainly of the roattoJ;.
So much doubt was there, indeed," that i?r a
v tiiae it wasdisbefeived that any.such undertaking
was on "foot. One soldier in the breastworks,
by whose-sidea ventilating shaft emerged,
v told his comrades, in tbo most surprised .manner,
that "there was a Tot offell6ttWpd^\Uito
a doingsomething': he knew there was, foj- he
a'. wt'1' t Ts&wId'heaT*otn,taflk- "" ;
To guard agaiD^tJtidefiCrctio^ c^-llie'paTt.'of
the picket?, to present; any meeting of our
.diets with tho Confederates, widreby the secret
of toe mine inignt be bo.-istinglvpr-impfndenliy
tinuall/. Hence the - never-ending fnsiladc on,
the frotrt of-.the Nipth corps, bo incoraprcfien.*y'
sible to the other corps, acJ which was often
referred to in newspaper paragraphs.' The-enemy,
doubtless, suspected at firft tliat the an*
dermining was going on;1 but when strve;al
wcoks elapsed without fe'ny demonstration, their
suspicious began to vanish, especially as their
' engineers tfiougbt thp.plan vunfea^ibie.
The progress, of the work was necessarily
very slow, and it was not until the 25th cf July
?just ono month from inception?that itywas
completed. "vAt*the'outset one of the most jm
portant points was to ascertain "the exact distance
and bearing of the Confederate lbrt.
The excavation was'corumenccd in the side
of the hill where an exterior line of works run.
Tho tupnel, or, to use the techuial term, "gallery,"
is about four and a half feet high, nearly
as many feet wide at the bottom, and two feet
wide at the top. The usual army pick wns not
, . ' suited to the \vork, as its flukes were too broad
to permit their swinging in -the tunnel. This
difficulty was easily overcome by filing down
the flujjC3 fb the size of the regular imping
, picks. Water was met with not far from the
advance, and'for a time gavo.no little trouble.
1 The floor, however,, was planked, and the sides
and cenling s"hoved up. A quicksand, was met
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' Willi, ana to oovjuiu it, tuo xaugo vjx luuuei whs
ourved upwards, so that the. latter half was
several,feet higher than at the entrance. Tho
ooziag of the water formed mud in several
.. places, so that the regiment came .from their
daily labor bespattered and stained.
. , 41 At length the'end was reached, and the triangalation
was abundantly verified in the noises
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everpuaa. xne nailing 011 nmoer ana pianos
could be distinctly heard, and left no doubt
that the men were directly beneath the Confederate
fort. The enemy were evidently mak?ing
a flooring for their artillery. As near as
could be ascertained the distance from the tun.
nel io.thejort >vas "twenty feet.
' After it wa& sufficiently evident that a point.
' directly under the fort was reached the construction
of the mine was commonced. Tho
* angle^if thodort projects towards our lines, and
under this angle the tunnel diverged into two
galleries, each running, as nifar as could be as,
certftioedj under each side. It was the inten'
tion to make the mine consist of eight magazines,
placed, at intervals along these branch
galleries, so that the entire length of the fort
.might be blown up, "fa place of one spot. '
Preliminary experioiehts were made by Col
onclSPleasapts with cartridges of powder, which,
he inserted in the earth and igrifed by a fuse:
He ascertained that the work of making a breach
would be more effectually secured by distribu.
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i 'ting life powder instead of putting it- bi'Silff
. J n-. tin? latter case the explosion res"tted Si a
deep and broad (.-rater; in,the,former KflSfcide
chasm.'. Whore the enrtridg&fr?hia mi:.:
. magazine?were not discomieot.c'.l by ptojiing,.
Av'nl/irnH'a uric t/> llnrf.'vntif
I vWJt?, pAr ^4 U U11 V'i HIO KAyiWAVi X ?wy<^<(?a - . c rry
first hole. Hence kb rcmt*d to ^packing
between the magazines, or, tm it is teohnicaJjy.
kKowTj;
The rpive ajg charged to-day. The qwntity.
of. powder used Mag *jx tons! J :msp.-?uini
thiak of it. Six ipiis. Evolve thousand jKdsl
i'.'j taagmiM
resemble tiJ^m in s:;^ ;!f.i el vi$
'pbv- vo'.i wi.I .bhvo an idea of/the
"mie..
fteyoptitm of l*ii> Euipc. ir *&?IC
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/'^..snre.-unye rcacxie^wjis
city : R? '
row Tpm Vera Cruz to tie cap./Ul; stappj^at
. various'tbwufltaid.vilLi^v.s, apd.-recoiTiftgray *
>*"* ^n^:t.ihtiQii ofMexioa< ;&qi?W
?** ? ?i v n* mriir no f?'A hlinr rcn .miZAUHW
no'rsobac^'ftwcf two hundred chaise*, ^wjUBuog
principal abd richest families," coiiv&prtg* gJfefcK ji
a"bi^ eight inndrdd-pexsb'tTB, went out to $ject'
them. A Northern paper'deseubing
tioC,SHjt :* " .'*?
These tltineea'- iraDcred- represectatiTMrof
{he Mexiqjm people were not ail that hastj?jyi
to tho w-their lojalty. Dignitaries of the .
. D-archbishops, bishops and priests wer^tiggfc ''
and with the poKticaWeicopxe^hlc^ltl^, 1
Welcome of religion. - Fatigued with tho ^o'
whelming demonstratioa,.thffir.imperial. dj?^08-' jj
ti$ Tinted in the suburbs, $iid the peitj^y
made tlicic- entry 'into;the imperial city. TEH** ."
j more redresses and more' eccles
gratelations, audits the loyal cortege pa\s--d
. through iLy city, Vhy roofs and balecniti^V : ;
| all tjue auxiliaries nfcpessary to make up' a show i
I according to French usage.' The ladies' of Vera i
1 Cruz having rCcfeiVed the.Fmpre.ss coldly, their (
1 neglect, which has been ascribed to .their ingno i
! ranee of monarchical customs, was atoned for ,
j by the homage of the fair-daughters of Mexico.
j Thoj delivered to her highness a handsome ad- t
dress,-which was received with gracious benignity.*.
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'Aftyr describing tjie welchmo, the same pa- ,
per says'! /.}'
Thus far everything has ?d off happily,
Jmt "alt is well that cnd6 wo,. The .utmost
part of the chroniclers of these scenes bjis been'
unavailing to conceal the coldness of the welcome.
The city of Mexico probably has a population
of one bnndred anil seventy-five .thou
' sand inhabitants; and if {here* had been the
interest in the appearance of the. new ruler
which the account would have Relieve, instead
of two thousand persons going out to meet him,
twenty thousand would scarcely have been tbo
! proper enumeration! - Instead of there being
plenty of room f,>r regal procession to. pass along
the streets, the surging crowd would have
blocked up the way and there would hav.ebeen
such an enthusiastic reception astho citizens oP
London gave to Garibaldi.
The Austrian nominee of the French Emperor
probably had b 't little'cause & be pleased
with his reception.; It was correct in form but c
deficient in eai-nestness. A few days'may en-,
lighten him further as to the peculiarities of fc
tho people whom fye has undertaken to go*fern. c
They may be 6\ibinis3ive under the admonition -a
of French bayonets; there' are bitter memories j
to contrast with their pVesent conditio^. They f
are restless, changeablo'and treacherous. Eveu a
? If they had received their foreign potentate ^
with satisfaction thcro would be groat risks of t
sudden changes in their feelings. But cpm- t
ing as Maximilian does, the nominee of a .for- g
eign power, he is seated upon an uneasy throne,
' the supports of which* may yield at any mo- e
raent, and precipitate him into thp mad abys3 v
of revolution. , . <
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Acquitted.?The caseofThos.B. Thnrstdti, t
Postmaster at Greenville, indicted for cmbez- c
zling postofficc funds, was tried at the August ^
term of the Confederate Court for South Caro- (
! lina District, held at Greenville. The case was a
taken np on the 4th of August, and the Jury b
honorably acquitted him on the otli, tkero beiDg ^
no evidence produced of his guilt.
This prosecution was instituted by Col J. D. .
Ashmore, lately Special Postoffice Agent, for r
alleged defalcation in 'newspaper postage ac-, I
count. ' * t
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mm DAILY IMNAL.
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Trhjay JtoasVi\a, Hvfi. iav
Tho wife#of Mr. AbPwCham Louoerback, of Hickorjr .
township in this county, says tho ecuylor, 111., Citizen,
gave birth a fow weeks aince to twin daughters, ^frs.
Lottderbaok isaerenty-eig^t years of ago.
escaped pbisose'hs eecaptcred.-i?-mr. joseph
Rabree, Dr. Wit R. Snots, and Mr. wnalatf Christ
ius.oapLnred yesterday, in Wateree Swamp, abont ]
fire "mile* below. Camden,- two Yankees who wero
probtbiy escaped p'nsonlrs, making their way to -the
coast. On being searched, up Capt,. Lectners office) j
there were found upon them, anwng ?ther thingB, two ^
w^U executed maps?ono of the Georgia, Rail Road,
and the other of Jbe country front .Columbia to .Beaufort,
S: p. Ttt prisoners vote lodged provisionally '
in tbe jail, ?nd forward^ in Is morning, uuiier guard, 4
to colurrf&ia. ; * .' ' , I ,
Xue Ebsult.?The following very remarkable arti- j j
cleajjpeared iu tbe dfikrial organ of the Yankee Ad- j
quinistration edited by John W. FoaNEY : " y
"-ffoj man wlio fancies that we ar6 going, to get (
Richmond without further and more desperate fighting .'
is mistaken. The mei^ who .fight are" AmeriCana?t
They are frev-born citizens, and of the proudest of the- 1
proud. The Veble army of Virginia is .composed of the
sUto oftfieSouthern people. .Itreckons- in it3 ranks
iiocn of education and position, full/of the pride df family;
and accustomedfto exault courage in.to a ' God-like
virtue. ,Tiicy'aro burning with a pafisio%;e antipathy
to a people .vharri they have thdrjughiy nysunder-. '
3?ood, forperly despiseaj-but are. now learning to rea- '
oect They, are not. to . cowed- though,-, when
jhoroaghly vanquished, t^oy will .hav'o the manhood
to own it. But, until they-jare vanquished, they wijl- '
fight wjth ah. energy and a dtspfcratioh (hatjnust,c6mmandlbe
admiiitioh of every heroic spirit, 6ven while
jsed to efposure, cnurcd-to discipline, qnd are un"
tfiaken.by tho thunders-of battle. Such troops,' says |
:ho .Petersburg Exptess, can be beaten odly by a sue- ]
:e8?ion of desperate struggles. Nor aro they likely
io become demoralized. They will yield to inevitable necessity
only when they recognize it as inevitable;- <
that, they will bo made to feel this wo have not-the ;
slightest- dbdfet.'' " ' >\.j
"What a high compliment to the morah oi the South" i
em army, and wrung reluctantly from that inveterate J
Southern bater, Joex W. Fohnet : And-what tfio, '
nust be the feelings ofPoiL\"?Y and his Yankee friends, 1
when ffe compares the.material of the Yankee army, (
with that commanded br Gen. Lek. Would that he'
oul$ have stood upon tbo streets of Petersburg, as tvo
lid yesterduy, and have seen the sco prisoners captiir:d
by our forces oh Saturday. The mean, lo'f, contemptible
looking genuine Yankee;1 the rocenUy iru- 1
Darted Irish; the sensual looking Gcrrnhn; tho tawny |
Indian, and lasty-but not least, tho ^ealoboahin, situ on-' j
juro negro, about two hundred of (whom were sprink. ^
odthrougli the motley crowd. A byetanderremarked,
lot inappropriatly, that Luccoln had scraped tho world
with a fine tooth ccmb t? procure men to make up bis |
iriny. This is the stuff which the iUtect' the Southern ^
leople are roquired to J3ght, nnd which by the help ot
Umighty Godj they'invariably vanquish in battle.? "
lore than ever aro wb convinced of tfio truth, "that
he race is not to tho swift, nqr tho battle to the
trong;" and "if God be for us, who can successfully '
ontend against us ."?Petersburg Expjcss. '
Keeping ^Down the Prices'?T'ho Virginia papers ]
lave of late to'eined with complaints o( the schedule
if prices established by tho Board of Commissioners c
ppointod to regulalo impressments in the State. The
armers and'producers themselves patriotically came *
oriyird and denounced the rates of the schedule as .
Jtogether too high, and insisted upon a revision of tbo
rices fixod. The result is givon in the following in- r
ereBting extract from a letter from Secretary Tren-.
iolm, dated July 31st, #p.d received in Charleston ou ^
Saturday last: .
You will bo very glad to hear that the Commissionr?
fof this State (Virginia) came together to-day, and
ery patriotically determined to put wheat down to
17.SO nor bushel (from S30) for Aucust, and"S5'for C
September; corn at $G for August, and.$-4 forSdptemier,
and so on. In this tbey are backed by tbo whole'' -l
ountry. The farmers ield meetings everywhere and J
[enounced the July schedule. . ' j,
Do have this reduction noticed in the JferJun) and t|
Jourier, suggesting to, and urging the Comnjilsionors jj
ud farmers elsewhere, to follow this example; $2.por Y
iushel for whet^, nnh $1 for corn, in ether States,
vould not be any lower than the rates paid here, are
Virginia under existing circnmstanccs.
. The lacemakers of Nottingham, England, Oar7
on'their business, day after day, in rooms
teated to a temperature of one hundred and
weuty degrees. , \
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LATEST BY TELEQEAPH.
REPORTS ^Qlf THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered acconHo^ to Iho Act'of Congress in the year1863f.by
J.'j. raftAfiHSR, in the ^lerk'a offlee ofrbe> .
Diatrict Court-of the Confederate Sbtos for the
Rorthem District of Georgia. * ' ~ , ! * # ?
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' FROM RIOEMWD. . .
Richmond, August 11.?On Tuesday last
Llie Orduante Depbt, at City Point, e*plodedf foiling'a
large number of Yankees. . TThe
New Yoik Tir\es says that fprces are >
sonc^ntfaling on the Upper Potomac, to ope- *
rate against the rebels in that section.
'Grant and staff visited Harper's Ferry last
Sunday* ' , \ ...
Private advices, represent'Kentucky quiet.
[{evolutionary1 sentiments are progressing rap. ?
idlyy'ahd prominent citizens, heretofore Unionis,*
are now-operating with the peace party. ' :
The residence of tho widow df Major John ;
Seddon, (brother of the Secretary-of War,) was . "
tvas burqed by order, in retaliation for the
burning of Montgomery Blair'atboose.
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The. following correspondence, says ' tho
CharlbttoviU'e Chronicle, was captured in the? ?
recent assault on General Johnston's lines: ' ';>* .
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y \ ruou gen. sherm^n tq gen. grant.
^ Sir 1-1 find it very hard to get to Atlanta,
Your*,.
W. xV.CUMSEB SHERMAN,
To which Get). Oraut replied :
Spr : Yon ought just to come to Petersburg.
. V- In haste,. ' "j *
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A. house has been uncovered, which, io judge,
from the splender of its interior, and its almost
perfect furniture, must have belonged t<J a Very
wealthy proprietor. The dining room is paved,
with mosaic. The completely served table' is
coveredwith petrified remnants of dishes; and
around it are found three divans, or t-ablebeds,
of bronze, richly adorned with .gold and silver,.,
upon whi^h reposed are several skeletons. A .'
jreat maav precious jewels were found near
!,hem. On the table stood, ambng oth#r orna
nei)ts,a very beautifully .worked statue of Bac- :
:hus,'ia silver, with eyes'of euaincl, a collar of
eivels and precious arrulets. . y .
~7"!:irrT^ ABBI ED/
On Wednesday evening, August 10th 1864, at the
esidenco of Mrs. M. L. ITailo} in Camden, 8. C., by
ho Uev. Samoeiv IIay, Pastor of the Presbyterian
Jhurch iu this place?Uapt IIA P.TIN V. MOORK, of
ithN. 0. Cavalry, to Miss SALLiE E;. daughter of the
aia Isaac Le.yoib, Esq., of Sumter District, S. C. , %
NOTICE. ~ , * " .
?N AND AFTER THIS DAY, I WILL'SELL MY
loaves of bread at 40 cent3-rtlie price heretofore ' >eiDg"
60." * ' .
August 12. ^4t W. pAASCH. ,
. Gardett Seeds. *,
A SMALL SUPPLY'OF THE FOLLOWING
Garden Seeds aro for sale at tho Post Office :
TTonlrr 'MmimViAar? nnd Fnfiflld Cabharre;
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fellow Dutch, Wkito Stone and Bed Norfolk Turnips;
3eots, Carrot and Parsnip.' . t '
Those Seed were imported by the Confederate Qer '
rninent, and are believed to be fresh and genuine.
?also?
luta Baga, "White Norfolk and country Turnip.
July 29 , 3
FOR SALE OR JBARTER.
rWO doors above the Post, Office, Cotton,Cards \ '
Rice, Liverpool antfQohst Salt, Nails, Tobacoa .
lot ton Tarn, Flour, Bacon, and Lard, 6y '
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
ADJ'T AND INSP. GENERALS OFFICE,
Columbia, Aug. ,2* 1864.
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9.
EXTRACT. . , '
f MAJOR GENERALS AND BRIGADIER GE N- s
1 . ERALS of thfe Militia of tfiig State, claiming to be
i commission, will roport to this, office the da tea of
:ieir commissions, with their postoffic^s prior tt> 12th'
is tent, as on that date orders will be issued Wflll all
acahcies. , 0 ,
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iBr command: ' % t'v
(Signed) , , A- C. G ARLINGTON,
* > Aijt. tod Inipeotor Gen. S, E
VJLUUUU . ,
G. A. Folun, A. A. Gen. ' ,
August 6 . 1
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