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* / . ' '< ; m?I m.*U4? <WMmminifVtnociriwiiuijumm?uwj>?Tryyy?n?mmimji-% YOL, 1 CAMDEN",S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1864. NO^ 46, < 33y ..X>. P. UOCOTT, Terms of Subscription. Daily paper per month - - $3.00 j " .. for Six Months - - - 7.$lb.00 "Weekly, - - - $6.00 R.ates for Ad.vei*tismg: For one. Square ? twelve lines or less?TWO DOLLARS aud FIFTY CENTS for the first insertion, and" TWO DOLLARS for each subsoqeunt. Obituary Notices, exceeding one square, charged at advertising rates. - " "" Transient Advertisements aud Job WorA MUST BE TAW FOR IN ADVANCE. ^deduction made, except to our regular advertisng patrons. ^pa?I^aaa ^^M ^B^l^^?T^^wu^^lWJn p.?^^ ^l?l? Mollntainoll8 Islands in the Pacific;. The islands of this class, with hut very few exceptions are truly splendid. Tli P 1 nilllOri CO TllAnnlnInn auVv 1LLV t-ill L'(l*lULO 1 1 ?5l# gradually from tlieir base, till tlieir lofty summits are lost amid the clouds of heaven ; some are broken into a thousand fantastic shapes; here a pyramid piercing the skies, and there a spire presenting its apex above the belt p? clouds by - which it is girt; and then you see a precipitous rock, lifting itself in solemn grandeur, and frowning, like the mouldering battlements of some immense castle, over yoi\r head. The sides of these magnificent heights are clothed with bright verdure, of varied shades.? Beauty, grandeur, wildness and sublimity, are so fantastically blended and contrasted, as to excite the most varied and delightful feelings. Then there is the ocean beneath you stretch . ing away in "boundless majesty, until it appears to embrace the-heavens in th# distance. At their base are fertile and luxuriant valleys, intermingled with the stately breadfruit tree, the banana, the Brazilian plum and >many other tropical productions ; some of which fire trees of gigantic growth and richest foliage,?all equal-, ly beautiful, hut each having its own hue, from the darkest shade to green of the li<rh+.p?f. 4^** ?q" v Vin UI xin./ j M 1111HT5 V > 1 the cocoanut tree, over-topping the whole, and waving majestically to the passing breeze from the ocean, give an exquisite finish to the landscape. j ' : Iticii?Veiiv.?Yankee official bulletin's' . since the war commenced, liavc announced tbc killing of 500,000-Confedcratc soldiers in skirmishes, and 2,500,000 in pitched battles ; they also estimate that 500,000 more have died of diseases incident to camp life ; making a grand total of 5 1-2 millions of our men "wbo-bave been killed during the war, which is considerably wore than the entire fighting population of the .South, at the beginning of the struggle I The conclusion, therefore, is irresistible, that Yankee official reports are Munchausenisms, (lies, and monstrous lies at that,) or else the grand armies which the papers tell us the South still lias in the field, arc altogether fabulous ? mvtllip.nl prnntintiQ r.f 4lw? X ~ V,. W..V. p.t-d According to Yankee reports, if we believed tbcm, we would say there was not a white male between 16 to 60 left in the Confederacy. But the Yankees know, as well as wc do, that although many of our brave men have indeed fallen, there are still left in Dixie a fcw~ more of the same sort.?Sumter Watihman. N ^ ? ? Oui reporter states that a lady who died of cholera, and was laid out by her friends, was found tho following night standing at the Clipboard . eating cucumber pickles, or in other word a:? They left her'"a laying in" white, Prepared for the grave's quiet slumbers, But they found her tho very next night "A laying in" pickled cucumbers ! CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.! WBDSESDAY ]?IORNING, AUG. 24* The terra of servico of twenty-six regiments m Sherman's army expires daring the month of August. Major Rodgers, of tlio .City Battalion, during tlio late fight near Macon, heard firing half a mile aliead of our line, and on going thero found throo convalescents of Cleburne's Division fighting the Yonkoes "on their o\yn hook." ' Death op an Oi.d Editor.?The New Orleans papers announce the death of Prtf.r K. Wagner, Ksq., the oldest printer and o litor of that city. ITov was, it is stated, a brother of the editor of the old Federal Republican, published in Baltimore in 1612. Wo regret to learn that Cnpt. .Tames Doby, of the Kirkwood Rangers, was wounded in the tliigh in ouc of the Into cavalry fights in Yirginia. Privates CImrlos Young, Josae Arthur and Alex. Johnson, of the Watoroe Mounted Rifles wore taken prisoners, and privato Jos. TV. Doby iB reported missing. Also Capt. John L. Jones, of the 7th S.-C. Battalion was taken prisoner and Lieut. Lewis Glyburn sevoroly woundod. * m In the trenches in front of Atlanta, among the Georgia Militia, is the veteran soldier, Captain Samuel R. Anderson, of Tennessee. The history of this war, fruitful as it has been, does not afford 'a nobler example of gallantry fcand patriotism. Few Temiessceans will recognize our old friend as Captain Anderson. It is not claiming too much to say that, no State won more ciedit in the war with Mexico than Tennessee, and it will not be doing injustice to any one to. say that no one of her gallant sons acquitted himself with more credit in that war than Samuel R. Anderson, the Lieutenant Colonel of the 1st Tennessee regiment. At the breaking out of the present war, he was appointed, by-Governor Harris,. Major-GeneraJ in the. Provisional Army of Tennessee. Upon the transfer of that army to the. Confederacy, he was continued in command by President Davis as a Brigadier General, and made an ar duous campaign in Western Virginin, under General Lee when he confronted Rosencrans. The impaired health of Gen. /*, forced him to resign Ins commission. Recent events found him a refugee iif Georgia. His health .having entirely, restored, General A., regardless of rank, looting to the service of the country rather than to his own advancement, became a private in the Georgia Militia. Desiring the benefit of his experience, he was prevailed up on to accept the captaincy of the company to which he.was attached.? Carolinian. Interesting to Yankee Purchasers of Real Estate.?Gen. J had ley Johnson, during the recent invasion of Maryland, found himself one evening quartered in what was onco his own house, which had, however, been sold under the confiscation act some months before. He sent for the new owner and asked bow i,n r,?<i :* -niu- ?? ? 1 luuf; lib iiiiu ubbu^/ifu iiia i iik ri'jjiy was "iiuoui fourteen months." "Well," said Bradley, "this house belongs to me, and unless you immediately pay me the hack rent at the rate of Snooper month', there Will be a little difficulty between us." The disconcerted occupant stirred rouml and .pretty soon raised the amount which Svas over. Upon being asked if he desired a receipt, he replied that it was not necessary. "Well" said Johnson, "I will give you twenty minutes to move your things but of my house, for I am not going to rent it again. I intend to burn it^ * And burnt it was. Fokeignkiis.?A Yankee correspondent in Sherman's army amuses himself with tho following story of a woman he, or some of his comrades, met in North Georgia. Tho old lady had a very correct idea, in the main, on the subject of foreigners : "You'ns fellows don't fight wcc'ns fair," said the old lady ; with the air of a Madam Roland. "How so?" said the soldier: "Why, you'ns fight wid bags, and that's not fair," said the old lady, drawing a very indignant puff from the pipe; "besides," said she, "you'ns have forruners fightin." "Not that I know." "You'ns can't come over mc that way, wasn't thoro fellows from a place called Now. York hero to^day ?" LATEST BY TELEGRAPH ? f ? - I : ' HEPORT-S OP THE PRESS. ASSOCIATION". Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1803, by J. 3. Tiirasueu. in the Clerk's ofliee ofthc District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District ef Georgia. FROM VIRGINIA. Petersburg, A\tgust22.?All quiet along the lines to-day; there is less picket firing and but little shelling. The enemy still hold his position on the A Veld on road, and our scouts report him strengthening his fortifications. The Baltimore (razctlq ofthe 20th says that Grant captured 500 prisoners on the north 1 1 * * unuK 01 me James. J lie object of the expedition was to prevent the rebels from drowning our 111011 by cutting a canal across the Dutch Gap. The same paper states that Sheridan had retreated from the Valley, making his escape along the border. Innumerable rumors arc in circulation in regard to the fate of Sheridan's expedition. lie is said to have lost S00 men, captured at Strasburg, and 70 wagons, near l'erryville, forming the larger portiou of his supply train. Telegrams from Wheeler arc confused,?ono account states that lie whipped Hall at Dalton; another that he whipped Stedman, eight miles froni Chattanooga. Richmond, August 22.?Official dispatches slate that Gen. Hill attacked tlic cneny, on the Wcldoif road, on Sunday morning, drove .liini from his advanced lines to his cntvenchmcntSj and captured 300 prisoners. Our loss was principally'in Ilagood's Brigade which mounted the oncmy's entrenchments, but, not being supported, were captured. Hispatclies Ironi Atlanta state that the enemy's cavalry lost two stand of colors and one piece of artillery in the light on the 2Otli, mentioned in onr dispatches of yesterday. ? A Buki^k at Ska.?A Nassau paper of June 4th publishes the following : A melancholy incident occurred on Friday of last week upon.the steamship Fannie, while being chased by a Yankeo man of war. One at the passengers on hoard, Captain Frank DuI'arry, late Chief of Ordnance on ( Jen Beauregard's Staff, C. S. A., died that morning. Preparations had to be completed tor his burial, which took placed 111 id all the excitement of the chase. A burial nt sea is a ceremony at all times full of solemnity, but it is when coupled with such events sis this, that war assumes its most repulsive aspect. Jn that frail little steamer, quivering with her efforts to escape tho relentless fate bearing down on her with frowning guns, and thoxferocity of a tiger, while every living heart on board was throbbing with anxiety for safety, they were suddenly called upon to render the last and most solemn rites known to our existence. No time then to stor> in wiiUn ?I .? ?? ?? that consigned "dust to dust," "ashes to ashes," went up in presence of the grim destroyer, hut still duelling onward through the waves?a short and hurried service?a heavy splash? and a body sank to its eternal resting place, in the broad ocean's bosom, while all that was dear to it in life sped from it on its wiiy like the arrow from the bow. . Some years ago, a rich banker in Berlin was robbed to a very gi;cat extent by one of his clerks, who fled to America with his spoils.-? A few days ago, the banker received a letter, and with it the entire sum of moncv of which he had boen robbed. The tbeif made a large fortune in America, and being mortally wound-' ed in an engagement with the Confederates, lie desired that he might be carried to tlie hospital to make his will, which he was enabled to accomplish before dying. In the will he left his former employer the money he had taken from him. Poetry is the flower of literature ; prose is the cofn, potatoes and meat; satire is the aquafortis ; wit is the spice and pepper; love-letters are the honoy and sugar; lotters containing remittances are apple dumplings. . . . ?. 1 ibww^?i i n iwn?nn w?mm Tito Five* in illaiitc. TIjc people in many parts ot'Maine have suffered terribly, both in npprohension and actual loss, from'the tires which have been raging in' that State. A correspondent of the Spring- tl field Republican writes from Winthrop, Me.,' during the prevalence of the tire :' The State seems shrouded in a heavy pall, of smoke. We'arc cut off from the light of the sun. We hear that hi our towns and cities the people arc really preparing to flee, before this worse than rebel foe. Many homes have already been destroyed, many fruitfulfields swept over by the flames. Iii one instance, where a member of the family had just died, the tiro came so swiftly that there was not limp. t?? rpllUiVP ll>P finnrl In n wlrir>r? nf mCr._ ty, and 1.11e wretched family were forced to leave it to be burned. 'Tis bad enough davtimes to ? Q * ciiduie with fortitude such a state of things; even at uoon wo cannot, on some days, see a quarter of a mile in distance, and the birds seem ominously thick and tame about the Irousc ; but nights are fearful. "We arc wrapped in darkness that can be felt and smelt, and that stifles and sickens 'us. "We cannot see the fire until it is just upon us," said a little ' maiden, sadly, one ni<jht this week when we ^iad started up from our beds alarmed at an. appearance of sparks flying about not far from us, "and when it comes we shall. not know which way to go." Maj. Gen. Bnell, who was mustered out of service as a Federal Major General of volunteers, being reduced to liis original rank as Colonel in the regular army, resigned. Mc lias lately written a letter hour Bedford Springs, in which be gives "the following reason for his resigning, lie is another witness of the infamous maimer in which this war against the Confederate States has been coni i... T : i i i : ^ - * -> <iui,ai. u\ iJlHClilll fUii-l IOS supporters. .AS me ['residential canvass progresses we shall have more letlers of a similar character published in the Yankee press : 1 believe that the polie)' and means with which the war was dicing proseented were discreditable to the nation and a .stain upon civilization ; and that they would not only fail to restore the Union, it indeed, they had not al; ready rendered its restoration impossible, but that their tendency \ui> to .subvert the. institu-'tions hiuler which the country had realized unexampled prosperity and happiness; and tosuch a work 1 could' not'loud my hand. Shakp Thick ok Ciiinksk Imfoutukh.?Thecustom house authorities at San Francisco discovered a very ingenious trick, which led tothe seizure of another lot of smuggled opium. Among the caigo of the bark Cores were 400 tithes invoiced eggs, value stated at one dollar \ nw ' eaeri. l no eggs were cnatcu with a peculiar kind of varnish to preserve them. One.of the oflicers, in examining the eggs, scraped off a little varnish ami disclosed a tnetalic case, egg shaped, filled with opium. So fur as the exam-ifiation has proceeded, oOO have been found. mttuwmMtMuuMigmaa-muiwuwiBiwuMMiiiiKap?p Notice to Distillers. DISTILLEKS OF EHUJT FOR NINETY DAYSor less are required to pa}' a tax of sixty dollars, and also fitly cents per gallon on tlio first ten gallons, and two dollars per gallon on ali spirits distilled beyond that quantity. Parties interested will please tako notice ol'this, otherwise the penahv will bo imposed. JOHN CANTKY, ) . It. M. KENNEDY. \ Asse33?r8War Tax Omen, August 20th 18G4. Aiurnst. IX f Garden Seeds. A SMALL SUPPLY OP THE FOLLOWING Garden Seeds are for side at tho Post Oflico : Karl}' York, Drumhead. Savoy and Enfield Cabbage; Yellow .Patch, White Stone and lied Norfolk Turnips; Beets, Carrot and Parsnip. Tlieso Seed were imported by tlio Confederate Got eminent, and are believed to ho fresh aud,genuine. , ?A i,so? Until Bnea, White Norfolk and country Turnip. July -9 ' 3 Notice. All fkhsons having claims against tlio Estate of Angus MeLeod, of Kershaw District deceased, will present the sati.o tome duly nttostod, all porxons indebted to said Estate will make payment, to mo, as it is desirable to scttlo up the Estate as soon as possible. August 2-1 3 ' J. K. RODOKRS, Ex'lr.