The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, October 20, 1864, Image 1
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VOL. i OAiMDIFIN;, S. C? TSUESDAY; OCT". SO, 1864'. NO. 95.
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Blue Mountain, Oct. j2, 1864.
The inoveincnts across the Tennessee River,
n i-:kling of which I despatched you from Tal<
Ji; ]' '*0. has received a checkmate, and 'our advhc.cc
towards Hunter's lauding seems to be
trr.u i.i in another and more northerly direction.
Iov;?. not premature in 1:13' conjectures. There
s doubt that but fpr causes, which it would
lie: U prudent to mention just now;our troops
'ivrn'.m i.nve linen Lv iln'c t'mn
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;'v\ in Mi') le Tennessee.
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Ccneral llood lias, with grc^lt promptitude,
ar.d.M 'fU a celerity of perception which promises
\u'i, tnade liis dispositions to suit the emer|phien
s ns they rise, and the sudden llanlc to
the ri. it. towards Wills' A7alley has taken the
enemy completely by surprise. The movemoot.
r>? 1 understand it from officers just in
from the front, was made on Tuesday and
Wednesday. The two army eorps of Leo and
Cheath mi encamped "neat the little village of
Centre, in Cherokee county, Ala., were moved
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aeiuss i c v^oosa on uio evening of tin; lltli.
Gen. Stewart, wlio lay near Home, pushed forw:iv?l
o\ irtlie Ktowuli al>ovc thai point. The
' cluii? > met somewhere near Will's . YsiHov
)' ;! \, arc advancing on Lafayette. The
advance guard is reported to have cutereii that
town without o]>posilion.
Lafavette will he remembered as the point,
from whieli Gup. Biagg marched out to fight
the battle of Chiekninangn, ami the scene of
General Pillow's cavalry disaster. It. is ii dirty
little village in Walker comity, Georgia, twenty-two
miles from Ghntlutioogn, at. the extreiui- I
ty of Wills' Valley. General Hood can march
up this valley and sap the railroad twelve miles j
from Bridgeport, near the river, and push IGr- j
ward over the route followed, by Uoseerans |
upon the Sehastopol of Bast Tennessee. 1t is
understood to be strongly fortified, but may be
captured by a sudden dash over Lookout Mountain.
Whether it . is the design of General
Hood to attempt this, or whether lie still has
designs upon Middle Tennessee, is a matter of
conjecture with your correspondent as well as
General Sherman, and \\ ill be developed in a
few days.
I \ T. shall express no opinion as to the movement
in a militar}'point of view; I do not
pretend to bo a critic in the art of war. It
VllAV torn nut. well fir ill flr?i? unr*lif 1
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but its mora! and political effect is a topic of
ifair discussion, and in their light the movement
7 is a gotod one. It encourages the troops, rc,
vivos the spirit of the officers, disarranges the
plans of the enemy, and disturbs the triumphant
dreams of the people of the North. The
/ effect will be beneficial on the election.
The 6tr<jnglh ofSherman's army 1s variously
| estimated. I have just had a conversation
I with a Captain commanding a detachment of
scouts, and lie tells me that the popular notion
exaggerates the numbers of the enemy. There
f is one corps, eight thousand strong, in Atlanta.
Thomas has twelve thousand with him at
Bridgeport and Stevenson. There arc five
-.thousand Cartcrsville, two thousand at Etfhovah
and about twenty three thousand at
; (lhattanooga. These figures sum up a total of
Jfty thousand. This docs not include the cavtlii-y.
It is about five thousand strong. If
these are anything like approximate aggregates
we are not so bar! oft* as some people suppose.
AVe can dispose of them with some assurance.
The Yankees themselves claim a force of one
hundred thousand men. This is gasconade.
General Beauregard has reached army headquarters,
and his appearance among the troops,
1 am told, inspire the liveliest enthusiasm.?
Qor, of the Montgomery Mail.
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CAMDEN DAILY JOURM.
TIIlRgDAl MOR$kK i OCT. 20.]
Generals Breckinridge and JCchols nrp. following
up their successes in East Tenti^soe with vigor, and
have completely neutralized the efforts of tiie enemy,
in thnt quarter.
Pei'sons having business with the editor oTtho Confedkratk
call find him at the Daily journal office,
every day in the week, between' the hours of 9 a. m.
and 3 p. m.
The Advisor}' tloard?T. J. Anorcm, A. M. .Kennedy
and TIort. Mann?'before whom comes nil applications
for detail, approval of bonds, &*c.t meet on
Monday, "Wednesday and Saturday of each week, at
the Enrolling office, in Cnttidfe'ii;
t?p i sfk'rl* .
- ?i, inuk.i ai'ii y.?jy letter received by ti gentleman
in Wilmington states thnt there had occurred
in JsQwbern in twenty-four hours?that is to *113', in
one day and night?119 deaths from yello'w fever.?
The Ynnkeo troops have heen"hurried ofT. into the
woods or anywhere.
Yallaxdioham lately mfide an important speech at
Sidney. Oliio. He declared that the Chicago Convention
and plntfoj-m meant ])eaee unconditional and immediate.
and tlmt McClei.lan'r letter was a more expression
of personal opinion. Tie would be bound in
administrative policy by the action of the Convention
and its resolutions, as construed by those who made
tliem. ^
TvAgr "Wanted ?Ten cents per pound will hp paid
at, this office for clean cotton or linen raps Will our
friends throughout the district send us their waste'
raps? Tt. will be a prent accormiodiitinr f<-?
almost. the only way in which we cnn secure n supply
of paper from the mil's. The immediate ni.lor.tion of
the Indies in tlws matter will be pro.itly appreciated,
ns we expect to mnko n shipment in n few days.
Gen. IT.vSll'TON hnd tlio pleasure, in n into enpnpement.
to capture 12-1 men of the 3."tfi Massnehnsetts
ropiment, ewrv one of ..whom is an ima 4 altera rnrt
Pn'.chmnn. They are hutch idl over and to the hnckhone
: ' nix" and ''yaw" are the onlv mtclliprihle words
they can niter. They have not been in this country
lonjr enough to speak the simplest words of our InupUMpC.
The ?'il:c and Mininp Ihit'enu cmplov only 10.000 J
men to do the woik w 11u-li it. lakes SO.OOO men in the |
I'nited .States to do. Of 'hose 10.000. only -1.000 are !
white-, the other O.OOu are nejrmcs. (If the 4,000
white men. l.rutO'nro. and for n month past, have been,
doinp service at tbe front At Salt villo. they foujrht
weil. In Tennessee. Georpia and Alabama, they have
frequently done pood service.
ykw Laws in* AlaUama.? Alabama will bp dctidcdly
on unsafe State for l;i\v breakers to reticle in.?
Among tlio nets passed at the lute session of tlic Alabama
Legislature was one which makes the crimes of
negro stealing, horse stealing, burglary, robbery and
| arson, punishable with death by hanging, without discretion
of the jury. Another to punish, by imprisonment
in the penitentiary, for a term not exceeding five
years, any impressing officer who violates the impress,
ment law, in any shape or form, in the execution, or
pretended execution of the samo
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An Order Relating to -Permanent Disanled
Men.?Adjutant GoncralCooper has is?
sued the annexed order in regard to.permancnt
disabled men :
Generals commanding Reserves in the several
States will, without delay, select and send
officers, one to each Congressional District,
empowered to summon, and after inspection,
forward to the camps of Instruction, all pernor
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cvnnnviuuig lui imuHies or permanent disability, I
and pueh persons assigned to light duiy, as in
hi.i judgment appear likely to bo" adjudged
qualified for active service. As such an may,
upon examination, be pronounced bv select
Medical Boards so qualified, will be assigned
to duty in the field.
The inspectors of conscription may bech irgcd
with this additional duty in the absence of
other suitable officers.
The details of such men, called out by General
Order No. 77, (currentseries) as arc found
by tb6 proper Medical Boards to be unfit foi1'
field service, may be levived, and similar details
may no granted to light duty men not
hereunto detailed,- at the discretion of Generals
of Reserves. '
fir. ^rcuhJim.
Tlie London Index speaks thus of our new
Secretary of tlio Treasury :
Mr. Trcr>hoim's acceptance of the post vacated
by Mr. Memniingor is, we.believe, his first
entrdnce into a political career, but it takes
place under the most favorable auspicios. t Ilis
popularity far exceeds that ever enjoyed by his
predecessor, and the people ai:d pivss throughout
the Confederacy accept him with an almost
unbounded confidence in hi"- ability and administrative
talent.' '.flic head of one of the ablest
and wealthiest merchant firms in Charleston, he
is, so to speak, the embodiment of that magnificent
idea of direct trade with Europe, which
has been one of the chief causes of the war.?
His firm, in connection with its European
branch, may fairlv cfaim the credit of having
been the first to organize on a grand scale that
trade which now sets the utmost efforts of the
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imii:,hiRir Hi UUIIiUXV, Jliill uy Uieil' enterprise,
the hold ami skillful use of vast," venom
cos, subservient fo a lofty sense of patriotic
duty, they have undoubtedly rendered iirvalimhle
set vice to the Country at a time, when it
most needed them. Such successes as theirs
brings of course its pecuniary'reward, and tint
firm has immensely added to its wealth as well
as to its prestige. But Mr. Trcnhohn, with the
impulse and nice perception of a large minded
man, has understood that wealth acquire;!,
however honorably and patriotically, amidst
and Chro'ugh the necessities of a suffering nation,
is, even more than all other wealth, a
trust-fund, and he 1;as freely given his tithe, and
perhaps more than his tithe, to the poor, the
wounded; the soldiers, and tiio many unfortunate
victims of the war. The popular disfavor
with which tbi tunes accumulated during a national
struggle are generally viewed, has therefore
never attached to Mr. Trenle'lm, and his
mercantile triumphs -aero invested with the
dignity of public enterprise. .
A Few Questions.?The Register propounds
a few (jucstloiis v\ hich we lif?pe our wealthy
men ?on't all answer at oitro. :
here arc tlic poor to gel wood for the winter
which is rihont setting in?
\Vhose dtttv is iL to sec that, the poor arc
fed ?
Ought liVo* wives a:nl children of the soldier*
to go half clad dnring..ll:i- winter while the hail
rhni sohlier is in his. coujfnrfkiss' bivouac or
lighting for ot.'r houses .Tai.i.
Kioimsrs. Of the428,o7)0 muskets collected
llom the hnttle liol*"1 of (lettyslmrg, says
a Vatilv-.j/; paper, 24,000 '.vere. fuit.Vl t.?> be loadeil,
12,000 containing two'loads, and (5,000 front
three to ton loads each. In inariv . instances
half h dozen htills were driven in 6h ji ...charge
of powder. In some eases the lormct'pos.??'essoi
had reversed the usual on 1 cr.^^ re11
at the bottom of the lin.ri^l'~|ihd fhe'jl^wdeiv on
... jr ' " i's'
M ass MeetiN(f74-One of.the largest audiences
ever gathered in Columbia, met Inst night,
in the City If a If, and subsecjn en t ly adj on r n gd
to tuo (Jouiff irioiiso sqaprp, to "coiisidor the
letter of Mr. Ijoyce. Spe<?<iihesr'
t hat gentleman, Messrs.,Pojte? RiXW
Johnston, Onpf., J. BV;; Ad^trisj jGefx. Mnrtin
and Col. Onnhfttgliam, afterjVhich resolutions
condemnatory of the policy of Mr. Boyce, and
inviting him to.resign his, seat in Congress,
were adopted. Wo shnll publish a rej>ort oi
the proceedings in anotbeV i sau'eCetro I in ian
of Tuesday. . ' ' , #
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Fkom the Valley.?Official dispatches report
Sheridan still moving down the Valley.
A large force of his cavalry was attacked by
a portion of ours on the 7th, and handsomely
driven, losing several wagons, ambulances, nine
! forges w ith their tennis, and a number of horses.
besides about 50 prisoners and a considerable
number killed and wounded.
Tlie negroes of Philadelphia are insisting on
their right to ride in the city cars. In New
York, the privilege is gi antcd.
Fremont's withdrawal is considered favorftble
to McClellan in Illinois. The Germans catinot
swallow Lincoln.
John Van Burtn has come out for McClellan,
on the ground that "his election will secure
peace and prosperity to the land."
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BY" TELEGRAPH'
REPORTS OK THK PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according tt? tlie Act of Congress in tlie yenr
ISO:}. Uy J. S. TttllASUBB. in tlio Clerk's office oftlio
District Comt of llie Confederate States tor tlio
Noillii in District of (Jcorgin.
KOliTllKltN NK lES.
Mouii.e, 0.)t. 19.?The New Orleans Times'
j of the 1 ltli has liecn received. Osykn claims'
' great success for Leas raid in eastern Louisiana
in the destruction of property and tl&
capture of prisoners. Accounts agree nearly
with our own previously forwarded. It says
additionally that Lieut Enrle, commanding^ tic-'
tachinent of scouts, captnrofl a Maior.cn routd'
' tor liichmond, with 15 hattle flags, taken on the
.lied lliver expedition, together with a largo
j number of important dispatches lor the Confederate
War Department. Several prisonersincluding
Commissary rank Major. Earlc reports
the capture of Woodville and a large
n n in be r of prisoners, by a force from Dai ia's
command. It is reported that the rebels would
not surrender to negro troops?it resulted in
lnAify being killed. '
FROM MOBILE.
Mohii.e,. Oct. 19.:?Tuesday Capt. Am us,
I commanding a compMiy 15th Con fe? I elate euv_
j'alry engaged near Milton Florida, five hundred
I reucrais. w111 .*11 ia-itr i lour liours, a..o drove
! them back. Federal loss from ;>0 to 40 killed
i ami wounded. Confederate loss three Avonnded.
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Diauomcal llonr.KUY.?An a!melons and
diabolical dm d was perpetrated oVi Friday last,
j in Lexington I Hstnct, within a lew miles of
I this city, hya runaway negm, oidy fifteen years
j old, belonging to Mr. .It N." McFlwee, Jr. lie.
; attacked, with a hatchet, a young sotdU'V, nnmI
ed llueker, who was reuirning to his home, ami
I after beating him to the ground-, fobbed him,
and h it him'in * diteh in a dving condition.?
; IK; was conveyed to the Tadies' Hospital, in
this city, horribly' nianglnd ; l>iit we learn to-'
| day that, lie is still alive. The negro, on his
apprehension, coolly confessed the erime, and,
1 We li. I'Uls it !- in.' t!... n....? .!
( - - ~ , . t.'i.T .? in liWi. |iiv> irtrjl l.'I i 11 tr IlKl"
it V.od I'v liiii). Tim mnltW will Ik:
j piiVMptly invcssiir;iU'il, ami {Ins yon up .
will duly iiH'rt I lis rc\vair.l.->? C'tvo/i/tion, &j?; V;
_ Special ismmmmrni*,
Tii'K Kit i ksvh A
Mrs. S A-. .lov-ipid f;?ini 15^-f \
(Thursday) morning ?i
f ;0{wcli' ."' /,.,' ;fp&, 1 'T^
10<H?^ |" p| 11
^^^rl.^forLoe's mid
"Wednesday' for Hood's Army ori-^
1 20th of every month ; for
the 1st, 10th aiu| 20th of <^
' Z&T It is again
seemed l?y- wooden licx >ps K ?
bottles be excluded from the
or ?vmof?,. s.?,o
C'liXTRAL :
p'-i/tonersof Worv
THK CENTRAL ASsOCl ATIO-N?^tjDjjpp."'
WARD packages, containing Clothing ftud^iT^aJto, ,'.>i
for I'RI.vONKKS OF W AU, to Colonel \*?fc?Xom- V
missioner of the Siato of South Carolina, who will for'
wurd them to the point of exchange below Richmond.
j All cnargcs cm tins sido ot the line, will be pa id by us;
' tlio cliurgvs on the other aide, must be paid lAr the re- *
. ceiver. Also, nil open letters of one page for P11TS0-'
NHHS OF WAR will l>o forwarded by us..
M. LvROrtDK,
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