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? . - . . ?!s3 j YOL. l CAMDE^.S P., WEDNESDAY, A/CTOUST IT, 1804L-. -SofSo, ' OBty 3P. X>. HOOOTT. <1 Terms of Subscription. , Daily paper per month $:5.00 44 44 ? for Six Montlw --- $15.00 Weekly,. - - - - - $5.0(1 Rates Xor Aclvei'l isixig: For one Square ? twelve lines' or less ?TWO DOLLARS nnd FIFTY UKN'l'S lor iho lirst insertion, and TWO DOLLARS for each subseqemit. Obituarv NoTiotla, exceeding ono square, elmrged at advertising rates. . , Transient Advertisements and Job WorK MUST P.Ii PAID FOR IN ADVANCfK No deduction'made, ?xcopt to .our regular udvertisng patrons. From Atlanta. Amid the contusion atjd the destruction, the loneliness and tlio weariness, - there rises one inspiring figure. Early or late, or -by llio branding camp-fires or the sun's first ray, may be seen a tall spare form, with a single arm and a Rinnrln lr?nr u vrwiitbfiil faon <iinl 1 ..... 1" .? i wuuiinii ."Hu ? ^ on the line of the front. Jt is Hood. Next, to the great Johnston?who is in-my judgment the bc.rt soldier on the continent, and who, if you will permit me to take issue with you, was sacrificed by the blindest personal rancor, I should select this young soldier to command c the afiny. He has the valor ot Forrest. Kirby Smith does not surpass him- in enterprise, nor Frank Cheatham in generous and kindly iinEnlse. To the energy ot'<tho border character e adds the faith of Stonewall Jackson, and the Culture, I was almost abobt to say, of Robert E. Lee or Ilardeo. In a word, without any signal speciality to mark as a Napoleon or Ilannibal, Hood combines some of the best characteristics ' of some of our best men, and is already exhib iting signs of maturing excellence, as be is growing in the estimation of the troops. He deserves all the support of the country. He deserves the man)' compliments which have been paid him, A gentleman and a christian, ha bids fair to prove himself a successful milita ry chieftain, aB the leader of an army ; the head of a department; the keeper of the destinies of ^ his people. There ia an absurd story goinjjj the rounds here, which has no foundation .in fact, that the wound of lit. Gen. Stewart was not received from the enemy, but. occurred in a private altercation on the bnttlelicbl. Aside from beiu^ ft man of quiet manners, of amiable temper and of perfectsoldicrhood, ( Jen. Stewart is an o\ein-, plary christian, inculpable of a brawl of any kind, much less a recountcr in the face of the enemy. I do not suppose lie has a private foe in the army, certainly not one of a. virulent description. The entire rumor is a fabrication, which could not pa&s beyond the mfnd of any one acquainted with the character or habits of the ofliccr iu . ' question. Rest assured that all is well here. Pin your faith not only to Providence, but to the excellent condition of affairs. There is no demoralization, there is no want, tlicro is no lack o. ability to meet tbe cneniv and to defeat him. T __i l :i~ ? .1 ' - jjuuk cneeruy upon uic campaign as it moves onward, and never cease to hope. Wo are resolved to conquer or to die in these ditches.?' Special Correspondence of the. Aue/usfa Constitutionalist. From Florida.?We shall not l>e surprised if before many days we have some stirring news from Florida. With a view no,doubt to create a diversion in that quarter or perhaps in response to Colonel Guulding's invitation that they should pay him a visit, the Lincolnites i have advanced a force of white and black Van- ; kecs to Baldwin, which place is now in their i possession, end wlicrc the Lake City Col urn- j bian says they ore strengthening their fortilicatioiiB. Gen. John K. Jaokson, a gallant and 1 experienced officer, is in command in Florida, j and, with the aid of the Florida militia^ who are organizing to a man all through the State, i will be able to give a good account, of the moil-. ] grcl crew whenever they give him an opportu- : nifcy. If the Yankees est lusto. should venture 1 the experiment of a further advance into the 1 land of Flowers, they will be sure to meet with 1 another Ofustc reception. The line of tele- t graph between this city and Baldwin has been cut by the enemy.? Savannah Jfevts. A letter written by General Washington ac- r. knowledging. the freedom of the city of New j York, which was voted to him, was sold in that r city for $2,2f>0. ' 1 'camdkFdaily" jouWaI: WUDMiSOAY jniORNlIKCit.AVO. 17. ' * JJ.fTl.njVs Hkmovai,.? Amid all llio darkness that envelope a (I airs in Virginia, there is ono sOlitnrj- gleam of light?a radiance which shines forth like a single star Seen through a rift in the clouds of a storm. Tt is that Butlkr has been removed from his command in the held, and sent back to J-'ortress Monroe. Could the same hat. which has removed him -also bring back to life the thousands of men whom he has | led, or. rather, driven, to useless .slaughter, there I would bo iuliuitc cause for rejoicing. But this of! course eanooL lie; but while we are forced to mourn that so many men have given up their lives as a sacriliee to his incompetency, we can rejoice that the futurtfSvill no more lie cursed by bis ignorance and obstinacy. i lJy his removal, liio men formerly under his command have extended their lease of life. Yesterday lUrn.rcit was in command, and they were like prisoners condemned to death ; to-day .Puti.hr is removed, and the same pen which signed tlie order of removal at tl o same instant signed a reprieve which extends their lives indefinitely. ^ J Jut, while we rejoice over the osuapc .of UrrMilt's I soldiers from a seemingly inevitable fate, wc are sorry for the women, tlm children, the unoffending citizens, ilie dogs, and.the clergymen of Norfolk. When llurLKU Wtjnt into the field tliey were reprieved, as was hoped forever ; but now, alas, the original sentence ig about to be carried into execution. If thero is rejoicing at Hermmhi Hundred, there is mnnrning at Norfolk. It. is sad to reflect that deliverance could not be extended to men Without precipitating niistortuno and sorrow upon woman. 'Therefore is our joy tempered, with grief; thenfoie it is that if we laugh with tlie j delivered soldiers at Bermuda Hundred, wo must I weep with the oppressed women of Norfolk. Let every woman in Norfolk seal her lips and voil her eyes, lest by word or glance she offend flic loyal licfl.KR ; let cvdry man in that city swear to t oto for Lincoi.x, and give to Uutlkr all his worldly posses?! l-i - ' ' s " sinus ; iul every clergyman hi mat place pieacli .Iohn I Jlitowx and litin hanged in Virginia,' ami pray con- ; stant'y tliat. Old Am: u ay he prospered in hisetlbrts j lor re-election ; let every dog in tlyit precinct tie* liini- j self to a millstone and consign himself In iho hottom i and fishes oT Kli/nhi tfi lticer. I.el all these do these i 11 lings, for I'.rn.igt has retnrned, and iT they do not i do theni, it \vi>uhl he latter lor iliem had they never j b.-cii horn. . * I for fhis deed will the people loigive ( Skant nnndi ; I if lie failed to take I.i'.g, ho has at least captured JJrr lk;;. To route Lkk would only rejoiee the Xortli; hut to have eompiorcd Uuti.ku is an operation wliich will nlVord delight, (o the whole ei.vili/.od world. The capture of 11 iclnnond WOlllil l:n n nnri-ou- 1. ? - - ? , itiniiijHi ; | ihc capture of 15i:ti.kr is a triumph to all humanity. If lit; A NT takes Richmond, it will bo a glorious thing for him ; but if site fail*; lio will still have the supreme satisfaction of knowing that it was lie who removed liirriiER. Upon such a reflection, whatever disaster innv hereafter bef;\U him. he can pass happily, and proudly the remainder of his life.?Chicago Times. Tn tin:- correspondence of the Savannah Iicpublican, ft run liichiiiond, ("1*. \V. A.,") we find the following'upon the Johnston-] lood question, which, as containing the whole thing in h nutshell; T do not know tlnilGen. Johnston had ol> | tained his own consent to nhandou Atlanta, but I am informed bv persons who. can hardly' be mistaken, that such was the painful conviction forced upon the mind ot the President by his nets ami private dispatches. The President Joes not place the same estimate upon the abilities of Johnston that others do;'but those who believe or assert that he has withheld from liiin the support which he could have given to liim, and would have given to others, do him, I tirmlv believe, gross and cruel injustice. I ?m, as you well know, not a partisan of the President, hut T feel bound to defend hini i igainst. a charge so foul and monstrous.? < While 1 have not been able to approve of ;vll i lis acts of" administration, I must, neverlhcoss, accord to him. true patriotism, pure iritcn* ions and great, abilities. ' Coin in abundance may l?e had in and I ironud Montgomery at four dollars,per bushel. < The papers of that city report it dull at that 1 irice even. 1 In Columbus, planters and deal- < is;arc demanding eight and ten dollars per 1 nishel. [1 * , ! ; i TiATEST BY TELEGRAPHHlirOUTS O^TUK PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according lo Uio Act of Congress in ibe vear 1SGM,- by J. S. TiiKASiiKK. in the clerk's office .oYlbo District Court of tbo Cmilbderate Slates lOr tin* Northern District of Door iria. FROM AT0BILE. . | Moru.k, August 15.?This evening two monitors mul f) gun boats crossed Dog 1 liver J Jar, routing "up within two miles of the obstructions, and opened lire for three bonis on our batteries and gun boats, doing no dalnnge?our gun boats,replying handsomely?after ' whichthe batteries silenced and the enemy's Coats b auleil oil*. \ Special report (o the A\vrixtri-: H . " *' On the I tLb Chnhiicrifdiuslicd into Abbeville, whipped the enemy, captured 25 prisoners, and then fell hack four miles. The encinys attack was repulsed. Our loss 5 killed and 25 wound- i ed. Tl^c enemies Joss 50 killed and 25 wounded, with 40 prisoners. Firing heard in the direction of Fort Morgan this morning. - X011 TIT ISIi2f XE WE. Riciimono, Aug. 10.?The .Baltimore cm-' respondent of the New York 1'ost says : Winter Davis has written a call for a national convention, to meet at Bntlalo in September, to nominate a President. Released prisoners report the Tallahassee commanded by John Taylor Wood. The Post says that the McLean meeting did not express its approbation 4b f the leaders ot' the dot hoe racy. ,, . The Indian troubles are giving the North great uneasiness. - . 1 . FROM F OUMOXT). J Rich mono, August JO.?The Y{inkers are I 11 nilS'lll \' /Inimtncleolvfi. AC . 1 . wwiiiwuououn V un C \V AUI'II KCI 1'OtU I^ below the City, to-day. 1l is reported they arc attempting a flank movement,- w Inch will probably lead to active^ operations ia that ?juarter. ... - -4?'?2A-> ? X ?3 envy "Wager. The San Krunciscb g !/?'</ ghestho t'olluHing account oi a strangely constituted wager. 'About, ten mouths since two getrtlonu'ii of that city agroi*K to tlie following e#u-j ilitiou : If the Federal force did iiot capture Rich-i moml within thirty days from tJial date, he 1 was to give his opponent a single sound ia'alde apple ; if Richmond held m:t sixty, he was* to give him apples, and so on. doubling the number lor each month until Richmond was taken to the. end of time, if that event did not occur before. Nine month# have passed since the first, apple was handed over, ami the list of apples delivered at the end of the successive, months is as follows: 1, *2, -1, !S, JO, 02, C I, 128, '25C,?total, 511. Thus far it is all a good joke, pud the loser has paid forfeits regularly with a good grace; but yesterday it ruined a $10 piece to meet the demand (apples are 15 to 20 cents per pound, and it took a fiftyjxnind box) Should Richmond be taken within ilm .?-.o...ii. i.~ i'<< ?vuv iin'iiiji nu would get back all of the apples he has lost and one more, which as the price will then be at. the very highest notch, would inakc him more.than even ; but should it hold out a year longer* and he continue' to pay his losses, his i last payment would cost him $-10,950, and he would he $81,900 out; in three months more he would be out $080,940 ; and should the war last lVom this date as much longer as it < has already lasted since the commencement, no nation on earth should begin 10 meet the terms of the wager, even allowing it to be reduced to a cash basis, and the payment to he made in greenbacks. A Singular Scene.?The. Realm, an English paper, describes a singular scene. Some sotton has lately been imported^ into Karrmgr ton, where, the mills have closed for a considerable tinu . The people, who were proviousy in the deepest distress, went out to meet the , jotton, the women wept over the bales and cisscd them aud finallv sung the doxologv over the welcome importation. i * ?* v. ?7? (Georgia >t))U Iht? iroti Imprest. J>r. John Percy. in his volume oaN iron, lately i published in England, thus refers to the I "American question :" 1 Northern (.Jeorgiu tiow furnishes the rebel, lion with rails, machinery, locomotives, tteld siege guns and small arms, As well as articles I of manufacture not requiring iron. Atlanta is j the heart And hinge of the rebellion as Richmond is its brain. The workmen at Atlanta have succeeded in doing what is perhaps a unique feat in ironwork ; they have machinery lbr cutting out the ruined parts of a, rail and I inserting a new piece, j The 17nit's remarks : I On the subject of boat plates,' which i-s the I commercial term for the rolled plates used in 1 the construction of iron ships, I)r. Percy makes j certain other remarks which it will do our j manufacturers some service to ponder. 0\Ving | to competition and the onttino- ilmvn r, ....... ... t'> ?*-"?-> boat plates have acquired an unenviable notoriety h>r badness. Security of life, to say nothing of valuable cargoes, is of prime importance, j and it is scandalous that such plates should be | tolerated. There are good I.oat-plates but the j bad ones, predominate. l)r. l'orcy expressly ! and urgeully points to a specimen in the 'Swc dish department of the 1 ntcrnationnl Exhibition of 1SG2, whieh'was a striking illustration .of-' what a good boat-plate should be. He refers' to the fore part of an iron paddle steamer 200 l'eet long and of 1*20 horse power, which during a fog in September, ISfiO, and while going at the rate of Vigkt or nine knots an "ho'ur, struck on a rock. . The part struck, was crumpled up like paper, and yet the vessel got off and proceeded without difficulty to Stockholm, about 100 miles distant. This reminds us of tho well known boast, of Sir datnsetoio Jeejcebliov, "Mr ?hips?strike on rocks, by gum, the rock has the worst of it.*' The plates, in the case of tlic Swede, were made at the Motalft' Iron Works and there was nothing more interesting or important to us, as a great maritime nation, than the sureinien in question. It attracted, says Dr. -Terry, great'attention, and has been presented to the South Kensington Museum,, where, notwithstanding its ugliness, it is to he nopod it will hc*ear<;full\- preserved nucl cxbihitoil in a conspicuous place. The authorities op' that institution may he assured that in thewhole collection there is not an illustration oft more substantial practical value. Lincoln says he will p-o down with colorsllvinp. So did Satan when lie tell from the empvl ean heiplits.? A/oout ('<>nl< ih'rutc. Tax in Kiml "KTinf.-iAA ? W UAVV/I WAR TAX OF KICK, [ C AMOKS'. S. <!., August. ] r., 11<()(. \ 4 LL rA KM Kits AXD LANTK1M OF K KK1. \ 811 AW J>islriel. are hereby notified that J win now ready t? receive returns of the following jiroduets, viz: WIIKAT, OATS, RYK, CI7KKP UA"\V:iinl WOO!.. 1 eniuestly request that producers ho prompt in making returns of l.lio above. on or before the 'Jlsl of August. instant, us that is tlit* tiitnj limited by law. W. WALLA OK, Assessor, Tax in Kind, Kershaw Pistriet. August 1G . Gdlw. NOTICE. OX AXD AFTKR THIS DAY, I WILL 8F.LL MY ' loaves ot bread at 40 cents?the price heretofore being 50. August 12. 4t W. DAASCH. ;jepot Soldiers Board of Relief. Camdbn", S. C., August 6, 1861. OK AXH A FT Kit THIS DATli AND UNTILfarther notieo m.v regular days for delivering corn, Sc., will boon Tuesday and Friday of each week All persons interested will govern themselves accordingly. J. M. GAYLIC, August f> * 4. Agent. ?3!?" Confederate please copjr. 4 *. Garden Seeds. " A SMALL SUPPLY OF TIJK FOLLOWING Garden Seeds aro for sale at Ih.e Post Oflico : L'arly York, Drumhead, Savoy and Knfteld Cabbage, Yellow Dutch, AYI.itu Sumo and lied Norfolk Turnips; Beets, Carrot and Parsnip. These Seed were imported by the Confederate Gov jrnmcnt, and aro belicvod to be Ircsh and genuine. ? a !,so? t Riga Baga, "While Norfolk and country Turnip. 4 July 2f> . " 3