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' V ' ' - * J) [) "VQL.1 CAMdA, S.'crMONDAY, OCT1. 17,18^4. ^0. 92. By I>. X>. EOCQTT. \; ' *?? _ _r ^ Terms of Sy scrip tiom Daily paper per ropnth $3.00 " ?? for Six Months - - $15.'i>0 r Weekly, $5,00 Rates-for Advertising: For oiie Square ?n twelve lines or less?TWO DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS for the first inseryj^on, aod"TWO DOLLARS for each subseqeiuit." Qrtuaut Notices, exceeding one square, charged. J at advertising rates. ' . Transient Advertisements and J5b Wok AltfjUT BE PAID FOR IX ADVANCE * W .No deduction made, except, to our regular advertis- ! jng patrons ' ' ' ' , *aammt ."i i"1" 7?. Major-General N. B- Forrest we nua in one o^pur excnanges tne ioiiow-! . ing spirited sketch 01 the ''War Eagle" of the j Stfuthvwest;. In reviewing the military character of this : , great chieftain. It is only necessary to refer ' briefly, to bis many unexampled feats of arms' 1 from the time the toesiD of war first sounded J summoning every true h.orije tlireatning des- ' " 'truction to our dearest political rights, to our ' , ^sacred alters and f hearth-stones,, down to the ( 'time of the preseqt writing. We find him in the ranks ^with a- musket,' but his great eenius, powers of endurance and vj indomitable energy soon parked him an cx traordary man, not tabe condemmed to obsca- ( ity. He soonwon- the confidence of his comrades and by the assistartye' of Governor Isham ,G.; 'Harris fwho ever annreciates nieritl was nro ^ * * ? ' '"'motcdtoa regiment of cavalry. This regi-. ment, under life judicious command, be> came J ' teoon pre-eminent as the best and ilfinest in the service. ItS'Uctions under its galldnt leader \ are familiar to alL wEo shared; in the battle of (] Fort Donelson, February 10, 1S62. Afterwards ityroteoted the rear of the army in its i retreat- to the Jeonessoe River, took u preem. lDent and distinguished part in the. battle of j < Sbiloh, and crowned all with the capture of i' ' Murfroesboro, with 1,900 prisoners, only mm- j ^(bering itself 800. Colonel Forrest's services ' ^vere now recogurtcd by the Waft Department, ' and the rank of brigadier general of cavalry ' < was justly conferred up?o him. when Gen. f . Bragg'^ army, after the Kentucky campaign, ; moved into Middle Tanne#3cc5 General Forrest was ordered to Columbia and Spring Hill, to protect the left flank of our atnyr, th,e. enemy then occupying Nashville,a By frequent skir-.lnishes apd dashes on their outposts, he kept t the enemy constantly annoyed. In NovemI ber, 1862, with hist brigade ofiekvalry ana one battery, he: moved jnto, Wjpst Tennessee, fCaptiyed LeJfngton, Humboldt., and fought the Ivriflo nf PoilVor'e ^oRni/la locfinrr fit'ft VtAtirc VtMiviv ytr JL HCAVI u/ ^'iwwuoj <nv tiwui^ took 2,500 prisoners*; two pieces of artillery i fully ecpuipped, '.seventy five wagons, beside# ' .burning otbdrs, destroyed effectually one.hun- 1 dred and fifty, miles of railroad, and *?4,000,- j 000 worth of stores, killing aodVonuding 1,200 1 with only a.less of 150 men, returning to Mid- 1 die Tennessee witV two'^rigades of cavalry and ' two batteries ofa^tillry. 'v lu * In the eotjy part of 1863,*his engagements | v around*Nashville, the battles of Fort Donelwin Not 2, Brentwood, Thompson's. Station, Fjjmklin, Triune,japd thecapture of the famous | Streight raiding party .again evinced his ability, skill ge"hJS- Efficient service was 1 rendered by hitn, too, in the evacuation of [ Mi 'die Tennessee and at the battle of Cbickanaauga, where ke defend an important flank * movement of the enemy. r v k . . ' ; < At this era of hie bright and rising career, ( many obstacles'were tbrowp in Jbis ^patli by ( . the eomftianding general. lie was. deprived of his old brigade, placed in com mand1 of new undisciplined troops, and" ordered to report to a junior officer, whose name and services were'' scarcely known, h;s only recorueodation beiug ^ the partiality of the . general commanding. 1 Notwithstanding this injustice and thenutra'ged ! sense qf the array and people, be. set an example of. sdlf-abnegation and lofty -patriotism, submitting without a murmur. In October,. he applied to be sent with lite brigade and one battery to.Nj^h Itfissiastppi and.^Test Tennessee, anefbeinejrefuse'd, tendered bis resignation, v not to quit the service, (far from it!) but to ,, f. i - _ ir :_ __ ? :?!? ? place oimsen iu UU uuiuncitru jjuguiuu tu reu* * dcr more effectual service in the cause be 'waB ! heart aud soul^.devoted to. HuP resignation 'A was refused, Hut .helfas permitted to .jbarry h '' ' ' '*:* - '* uf' y ** * * ;* r */ v, ' t' ' y * . K with him MnDonodgb's battalion (the remnant of his old regiment) and Morton's battery, numbering together 280 men, to his new field of actioBj1 and" endowed with autfiority to raise a new onjtnand. On the 1st of November, lfifift. bp bniln tll/i flpm# nfJflnnoccM itiMmall aod ruovcd with his' brave and devoted band through tbe ^beleguaripg lines of thp Federals,.. stretching from. Memphis to Corinth. In the incredi&b}e space of three weeks, he collews, organizes and brings out in safety, from West Tennessee, twojirigades?Bell's and Richard-' sou's, (now Necty's). The* War Department. was aguyj made to-, notice his valuable services, and conferred on him the rauk of Major-Gen-* eral?a .position long deserved. His skillful; management of affairs in North Mississippi! and West Tennessee calls forth praise from . every tongue. Bis successful repulse of Sniith and Griersoii at West Point, with their lar|e well organized foroe of cavalry, driving them back in confusion to mem^his?thus defeating Sherman's expedition to Meridian; and neoessitiug his return (OgWieksbuag?was of incalculable beuefit to tiro country, saving, no doubt, Selroa and Mon^omery, and preventing our irtny ia Georgia from being flanked. Forrest caopot Jemain idle. *"On the 2d of March, 18G4, be organized an expedition uto West Tennessee aud Kentucky, with Buford's Kentucky brigade, lately added- to tlis command, captured Union Cit/, Paducah, I^ort Pillow, received large t accessions to his command, and Returned to Tupelo to rest his iaded horseyf and wearied racu. His restless spirit and indefatigable energy ;pou found more work to So. .0" the 1st of June, he .determined on a raid into Middle Tennessee in Sherman's irear which prohiised to be ouc of the greatest of the wnr^bafc baring attained to within one day's n^trch of the. Tennessee llivcr,.he was suddenly recalled to Dieet the eiieniy moving in force on Tupelo. Ho encountered,tbem with ]*jjfbrdl? division* ^Gen. Chalmers beiog then absent in Alabama,) 2,500 strong?a't;Tishnniingo ( reck. The op- . posing force under Sturgis and ^h-ierson nuin-^ bored 10,000. V After four hours of ' severe ?.ghtiu& often band to band, he drove them From ttijfe field. This victory has not its parallel fn the bistory of the war?2,000 prisoners inpiurea, aoouc cue same number killed and wounded, ten piecs of artillery, 300 wagons ind ambulance.*, 400 000 roimds of ammunition, large-quantities of quartermaster., commissary aud medical- stores, with only the loss if 450 killed and wounded. The rout was as complete-as that of the first ManassaS. ' * A month*had scarcely elapsed wheu he was jgain called on to repclra heavy force of 10,' 300, under the command? of A. J! ,Smith? Glrierson commanding the Cavalry. This ex- a peditiuu was aVowejlly to nnnihilfie Forrest's , command and to* devustate the .rich praire sxtcndiug fro^ OkulourfVto Muconi An en- , Eagementtook^Iace it Ilarrisburg, in which, after severe figlmn<:, the enemy wijre compelled , to retire discomfited to Memphis. Before the expiration of another month, with dogged pertinacity, they confronted Ijiitt j again at Oxford with a lurgerand more formidable force By a movement only to be conceived by bis unequalled gbnius and daring, he, with the ?f utmost celerity, withdraws from their front, ' ind is next thundcriog at Memphis. Having < ileaft his blow be is out of the eneny's reach, nay, had returned before they were fully advised of bis absence. This masterly movement jausedifSmith with bis defiant hordes to beat a hasty retreat'to Memphis thus again redeeming the country from threatened devastation. ^ . % Gen. Forrest' has captured over 25,000 nMe..n/.Ve rntTrtiit' 1 I ^119'iubiO} nwgut luuuuiouuic uavi/JCS SUU 11HB never known deffct. He does not fight by Hardee's or Wheeler's bat tactics peculiarly his' ] bwn; his being to ^pal bard blows where pbey 1 tyll be. m03t felt. . ''Forrest can't be whipped/'' i is the received ajupA of his troops, and no *| leader ever possei&ed utore the love and con'- 2 fidence of those, he commands. Whenever he 1 says "go," all are eager to be first and foremost; < but his favorite expression is "come 011/' and t the Tanks invariably do the "goinga." ' When j bis tall, commanding form is seen moving' to 1 the front, with the Jjattle light in h% eyes, 1 enthnsiasm, like a sudden ffasb of electricity, ( nervades the ranks." and the imnetnmia ?"K.i i 9 T J vUHIgy I that follows^ carries everything irresistibly * before it. He. has been wounded four nme'h' * ^ t " * <0 ft ,V !* -?" v* " ' " ' 7 i f , . * * * in battle, and though always in the thickest nl the frav, bears a charmed life. Kind Providence will protect him and continue him as a deliverer of the people. The citizens of Tennessee, Alabama, Ge^or^ia, Mississippi, in fact everywhere he goes,*" regnrd him with the profoundest gratitude and admiration. Oui nnimlpir mnn intftlir nrM./t nf km, ts tel.! vwuum j uiujr igci j uoi kj ywuu ui uiui ot: mv greatest cavalry chieftain of the age, for he possesses tfce br.ivery of Ney, the dash oi Murat, tampered with the consumati judgment and imperturbable calm of the "man of battles" himself! V * EErHitTiEEn MONDAY MORNING ? T. 17No news by Jdegraph this morning. Pierre Socle, it is stated, will settle in France oi Germany. ? i\i* A Tlilfliilp (New York) Journal makes the following statement: '-Mrs. George H Pendleton recently m that if there was one thing in the life ofher father which she regretted, if was thut her father had1 written tho Star Spangled Banner" The New York Herald complains that few Fneland> with so small a population, has a preponderating- iri. fluenco over Netv York," and oilier large States' in Ithe national councils, and contrives to mnke tliem bear the burthens and perils of the war while rsbe- reaps the profits. ' A late dispatch from Sprinefleldi 111., sajB: Substitutes command a high price here, one selling for as high s.% $1500 7?hc substitutes are mostly negroes, who are readilv accepted in lieu oi white men. 'Good healthy negroes are worth from^GOO to $800 in this market. , . A Washington despatch says it is understood thatnrran/enients areeont.empla.ed :or the purchase of tho Cotton 61' the irisuirectio;.ary States on Government acwunt^nd.ageiit^will soon . be appointed at New Urlciiits, Men.phis and other pojnts for that purpose, under the act passed July last. ' The New York JJerald is in tronble. This is the eleventh liour'of the Frt sidemial campaign, and na man liajh liired it. It spends its time in condemning the advocates of both cgcdidatrs for want of skillTHnd mnRraoccasional advances io each byway of illbstras ting its ovjn gifts ar?i capabilities as a partisan. But bo far it remains'pcglected?perhaps Bennett puts his price too high this time. It EVOCATION OF -"DETAILS?\ FpKTHER ODDER? "G'eneraH ?rders just published, 'supercedes "Geileral Orders No. 7G." It differs from the latter in ' - A" "M gevoral particulars, tot chiefly in thi-?, that whereas Order 76 retired all Chiefs ofDepauUtetrts and Heads ofBnrequx to forward to the Generals of Reserves listsp/tholr detailed men "within the next twenty days," Order 7f4equires said .Chiefs *of Bepartraauts and Heads of Bureaux to- forward the sarfie "immediately," and to "certify in each case ol a person * between 'eighteen and forty-ftve years, thMe wlio are ex-' perta ' and absolutely indispensable- lor the public service.1' Important from Geobgta.?It ia' more than whis[?red."8^js the Macon Confcfcrafe of Thursday, that an iss&olt in force is won to be made by the Confederates apongthe most important point.in'-Georgia held by the 3nemy.' Under'the motives which havo regulated our jditomd conduct, in subordinating those colnmnswholiy to the grand object of Southern Independence, we eel that, we cannot safely descend to particulars, and jive o?r readers $>e henClit of the particular^of the jra'nd enterprise now maturing to rid -the Empire State if the South from the foot of the oppressor. Events, to trust,swi!l shortly u?ll tho tale. In the irfeantime ve say to every reader pg* watch and wait. Suppression of a-Paper.?-The baltimore Evening Post was suppressed for placing a buletin upon its board announcing a "feaifuj riot n Cincinnati, dnring which a Lincoln club iroccssion from^Kentucky fired upon^ the citi:ens, men, women anft children, several being ijHcd and wounded." This act created gre^t incitement among fbe soldiers and citizens, and he military commandant issued an order- snp messing the paper, "to prevent not ana periaps bloodshed in this city, and to save the juiiding'jn which the Poat was published from jcstruction." * , ? We confess small faults by way of ihainiiaing that we have no great one*. . ' 1 ,x " I': ^ ' * * \ ' ^ '* f- , > . x'-/i ' , _ * ' ' ? f t sSji. ' l. ' J f ? i t " " " * F McCi.ei.lan's Chances.?Prentice, of'<tho Louisville Journal, is now, for the first time, i supporting a Democratic nominee, and has* commenced making calcolations as* to thechances ,for the . sneresa of hia favorite. He $avsj? Songresshaving refused to admit the "vote^jf those States which have passed ordii fiances df secession, Ute number of clectoriald t votes to be cast in November*wi)I be 231, an(h: it wilf retpilre 116 votes for an election. Th'e-; twenty-four voting States now?Kansas and? W?$t Virginia having been added since tlie-? 'last Presidential election?polled an aggregate vote of lySG4,G13 for Lincoln, and 2,024,040 for the opposing candidates, so that Lincoln"\vas in a popular minority of lo9,427, although* he obtained a majority of the electoral votes. . ? W ere these States to vote this year as tlioy did ir. I860, Lincoln would receive* 188 and McClellan 35. Luton 1862,. New York, Pemi. sylvanix, Ohio, Indiana and Il.inoia,' gave opposition. mnj0rilic5,_\;uying from 3,500 tolG,546, and it cannot be doubted tlrtit the administration's changes of policy wiil-.'iticreasc those majorities in 18G4.. They,give one hundred ' " and nine electoral votes, orbut seven less than are necessary to a choice, and we can. draw on New Jersey for that number, oc'. on e?r own glorious Kentucky for foeven. Dinner as an Educator.?You wiJl find that a great deal bf character is imparted and' received at the table. Purepts too ofrcn'forget this j and th&uefore instead of 3waliowing? your food in sullen sileoc.e, iflstead of brooding' . i ,Over your business, irtsteiKPof talking, about. ~ others, let .the conversation at (he table he. genial, kind, social, and cheering.' Do not bring: disagreeable things to the table iu your conversation, any more than you would in your dishes. Fur this reason, too, the more good! company you have ef the table the better for your children. Every ' conversr'tinh with Oiimnnn tt nf rnnw iVil/m la ? ?? n/1 Jnn^ vuipaiijf t??ui im/icc in au cuutmui VI lUli" fa mil}'. Hence the intelligence and the refinement and fbe appropriate behavior of tlie^ family which i9 given to hospitality. Never feel that iuHligent visitors can be anything: but a blessing to you and yours. How few have fully gotten L'oro of the fact that company and Conversion at the table are no small part of education.?Dr.-To/Id. ' ..? ... A tcriffic hurricane passed over the coiin try in the sectiort of Mattuon, III., a short time since. Its approach was heralded by a dense black cjond lising, rapullv in the west, and rnshilig with, fearful velocity - over the' prairi<v v'ii, accompanied by tremendous discharges of eleq? tricity, which fairly sjjook the earth like an> earthquake. It struck the . Central railroad track at Mattoon, unroofing and blowing down-buildings and carrying a#ay every movable' thing in its path. A loaded freight train on? m the Illinois Central railroad, north, was lifted hodilv and turned over beside ami across ithe track. Some of-the cars were smashed to* splinters, while others were merely unroofed! and'the freight little injured. One car was- , carried half a mile. ]Sales of cotterr, hogsheads of tobacco, barrels of flour and fragments of tile cars were strewn over a large extent on either side of the track. CAPtuRED.?On Tuesday last a small squad' of "American gentlemen of African descent,"" who had a few nights since, stolen horses or mules and escaped their "rebel" masters,.' passed, through this place in charge of their captors. They were overhauled inlhe ricinifvr T .1 of ? C AW /v? T) _ ? itv - - 1 ui i^tuuuum OI<CIIAI>II VJI tuc u"t-urgiu xuniroQQ^ not having had time to pass into the Yankee- > lines. None of them were armed, but three- * of the number were shot before they "run up"" the white flag. . Beadq'rs En Office, UAMDKN, S. C., Oct 14, 1884. PURSUANT TO ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR '(^neral's Ordfr No. 77, heretofore published, all; detailed men, and those whose opplicHtionB are pending and all liplit duty men. who aie nnassipied, and! all who have no certificate of exemption from ezamin-. inpr Board or exempted under recent Acrs ofConKrees, who are not in active service between 18 and 45 'are hfcehy ordered to report promptly at this office pre? * ? ' pared to go forward io Camp of Instruction. > W. WALLACE, Oct 16 3 , Act B. 0 K. D. ? : ? |Goats for Sale. ' \ LnT OF FlSE GOATS FCfR SALJ! FOR " J\ particulars apply at the JOURNAL OFFICE. Octn 2. - ..yt . ' ' . . / " , ' $ . +<-, . .-' V ' -4 V " . ' ;?s : - < ,? ~ vr;: ! > s - -