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VOL. 1, CAMDEN, S. C.,M0NDAY,0CT^ 81!1664. KTO. lolT
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Relative Destructive ricks of Miot and
Shell.
M. Dufour, a surgeon of the French navy,
has published an interesting account of the
wounded seamen who were brought to the na
vxl hospital Cherbourg, after the engagement
between the Alabama and the Kenrsage. One
01 the fiist remarks suggested by reading M.
Pufonr's statement is that the greater number
of wounds were caused, not by the cannon shot
or shell, but by splinters from the ship.
It has been observed by naval surgeons that
since the use of shells in nava. engagement the
destruction of human life has been much' greater
than wh.en round shot alone was used. It
has been learned from the same engagement
that it is an error to suppose thatXbc plating of
wooden ships protects the crew fiom splinters
scattered about.
The increasing calibre of the guns used in
modern warfare required a greater number of
men to serve them, and it'follows that one shot
may cause more destruction by striking a compact
group of men. This was the case, on
board the Alabama. A shell fired from the
Kcarsqgc falling among 10 men ?wlio were
servintr-one of ihe Alabama's "nil's, killed or
wounded fifteen.
The Alabama fired altogether 2*70 shots, ol
which the greater number were fired from
howitzers. There were but 1153 shots fired by
the Kcarsngfi Nobody appears to have been
kill<*d by the round shot ; all the injut$ was in
fiicted directly by the shells.
The captain .of the liearsnge very soor, ceaxd
firing front his four 32-pottiulers which produced
little effect,.and,used.his two howitzer.*
atid a titled 20-poumb r placed forward. The
victory was gained by the?e three pieces alone
Pnosr&cr of a Gknkkai. Wak in Kinoer:
?The Berlin correspondent of the N. V. Ji{r
aid, .under date of Oct. 5, continents thus 01
the prospect of a general war in Europe :
Altogether the situation is extremely curi
aiiai t-> ofni n i o /\n knet t ???!*!
VHIOj ivuroio 10 w 11 lii\; tiTima Villi
Prussia, and at the same time marries hei
Grand Duke to the daughter of the King o!
Denmark, whom Prussia has already stripped
of two fifths of his dominions, and threatens t(
deprive him of the bahmce; England, in al
other respects the antipodes of Russia, co-oper
ates zealously with the Czar in patronizing
Denmark, and would gladly bring on a coalitioi
against Prussia, whoso Crown Prince is tlu
husband of her Princess Royal. Austria seel;
the alliance of England to protect her from th
enmity of France and Italy, and England is en
deavoring to persuade Austria to join branc
and Italy against Russia and Prussia. VVha
will be the end ot this imbroglio it is impossi
ble to foretell; but if it does not result in a gen
feral war it will only be because the finances c
at least four of the Powers concerned?Am
tria, Russia, Franco and Italy?arc in so di
lapidate J a condition that they would not h
able to carry on war for three mc ntlis withou
declaring themselves insolvent.
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In Boston, there arc now 100 divorce suit
upon the calendar of the courts. Also, a bug
number of petitions for leave to marry agai
by divorced persons.
The Richmond JtJm/uirer strongly urges 111
appointment of Gen. J. E. Johnston to the con
niand of the Shenandoah Valley Departmcn
A change is certainly desirable.
Gen. George B. McGlellan spent the day f
James Gordon Bennett's house on the 20tl
The* Jlcruldy of the 22d, advises a union of a
parties on "Little Mac."
Enter into details, as Cooper did when h
concluded to reinforce the army.
CAMOLN DAILY WijRNAL
MOWDAl mOlCKIKG OCT. 31.
Casualtiesix Co "15,'' 2r> S. C. Rkot.. on*tub 19th.
?Wounded: Lieut. Drnkeford, in llic heud?slight;
John Graham, in lhe hand,?painful; Hugh .Graham,
skull fractured; M. Freeman, in the shoulder?severe;
John M. Cowii?slight.; S. Barnes?slight; C. J. rogues,
in the arm?slight.
Major Clyhuru. at the time in command of the regiment,"
had his leg amputated, and fell into the hands
ot the enemy.
A Trans-Mississippi correspondent oft.hu Moulgom- j
cry Mail, in a review of the .situat ion on the other side 1
of the "Father of Waters," says the Fede1 als only hold j
the district around New 0: leans by a tender tenure,
while the Federal force in Arkansas has been forced 1
to withdraw,itself iiom its advanced posts, and now in
all Arkansas (except, perhaps Fort Smith, and that is
reported evacuated.) hold only the lot tided uosts of
Little l'oek, Piue Bluff the railroad from Little Hock
to Pino BhitVand Helena, and Item these bj* si movement
now on foot I have I ropes they will bo ejected.
From Gkn. Hood's Army.?We have no-further information
of the movements of General Hood's Army,
except that up to Monday tno n'ug lost, nothing had
ocau red to hinder the now movement in progress, and
ihe brightest hopes we e euteitsiiiied at ' the fiont."
Upon s sM'iiiifi. the troops were in fine spirits, and
full of joyful anlicipalfons as to the prospects before
them. They v.vre add.esed by Generals Hoon.
liKArttKUAitn ami ("ukaiIiam, the fust of whom inftnuictl
tin-in tl.at they were starring oil a ti'uen days'
march, but wh'ltier Grey were not informed.
A correspondent of the Columbus ?Sun (2Gth) afier
staling that Generals Moon, Bkackkmakd, 1>k:k Taylor,
and CilKA'i it am, had nil said that the Army was
going into Ten lessee, adds :
-The army, the people, both high and low officers,
,tb" inteligeut and lire indiscreet, all think lire river
will spocdi'v be cio-soii. and lira a ln?!il nmvi. ?-;il !"
I trade iii I lit) ilink't ii; i of Nashville. I oiijeciine even,
. I goes farther and says I list tiie (Jundxriiiwl \v:ll In- leti
i in llio lour, ami die army \vH! winter in ihe rich ami
I fiuwitijr lausi nl*Kentucky Kvery lean in this ilej arlliK
oi. \Vitloi.i :i .viii??!i'C'.\oi.,j>i'nii. rr^es i his movement.
Tin* exiles. oiii/.olis mu! 11 u- s Idiers ol tln?e two
Slates all- |i-i i'eciiy nani-e willi del'-rlsi at tiio idea,
ami to (lisa ijKiiat i..cin Wctdd crush. their heal is and
I leave their seuls ia so. row. *
; FDI nu?Thk Attiidh of jrnils' Li:ttku.?
' | Mr. Ji. I'olrliv writes to the London le/cr/mjih :
!j !l mav not lie uninteresting t<> many o!" \oiir
i readcis ,to Iviiow tliiit, wlii!>t arranging some
j papers Mrs. ICvvcs, preparatory to her ease
j r.ontine* 0:1 in November next, in the l'r-obate
, Court*, 1 accidentally I'ouird, among other tuan,
nseripts, t!iu Ibllov.itfg :
London, January 15, 1772.?Lord Chatham
hereby agrees to iudeiniiily Doctor James Wilinot
I'or all the risk and dangers that the said
Dr. J. Wilmot may he subject. to in theeontin[.
nation of the "Loiters ot' Junius.1' A ut.horiz
I ing the j?;?yiiieiit of ?170 to J* \\\, on account
of printing and publishing the work,
j "Signed" Chatham.
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f The Views of Napoleon on the Yankee
\ Puksidentiai. Election.? Mr. Pennington,
, the Secretary of the 1 nited States Legation at
s J>a: is, I)h- jest returned home from that city.
^ The New \ ork Herald gives the following result
o' his obs?rv* ions :
c lie reports to the Oovernment that the Etnt
peror of France takes a deep interest in our
present Presidential contest, and watches *.t esh
pecially in the endeavor to find the result the
,f true expression of the American people, and
the real sentiments of the country npon the
j. questions of union or disunion, war or peace.?
c The Emperor, it is said, will regard the reclec^
.tion of Mr. Lincoln as the determined and unonalified
declaration of the AmnriniK. a.
favor of the Union at every hazard and through
s all the possibilities of war. lie will regard
(> that result as a confirmation, directly from the
? people, of all the statements that our Government
has made to Kutopean Powers to that
e effect. On the other hand, it is said that lie
will regard the election of General MeClelhm
t as an expression of readiness on the part of the
people to make crms with the Southern States;
to make a peace even that will admit the inde,
pendenee of those States. In short, that he
II will find in the election of General MeClellnn,
and in the temper that he will suppose it indicates,
that very opportunity which England
e and France have waited tor, the opportunity
for intervention in favor of the South.
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LATEST _BY_ TELEGRAPH11KPORTS
OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered aroordintr to tho Act of Congress in die year.
18G3. by J. S. Tiiuasiiek. in the 1 lerk's otliee of the
District Comt of the Confederate States lor the
Northern District of Georgia.
~FIW M VTITGIATA.
lirciiMOND, Oct. 12S.? The following official
dispatch, from Gen. Lee, was received at the
W ar Department, to-night:
linn. James A. Std<hm : II ill reports that
the attack of Heath upon the enemy yesterday,
on the lioydton road, was made by Mahone
j with three brigades in front, and at the same
time by Hampton in the rear. Mahone c:.pi
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inia'u burui* cuiors uuu six pieces oi artillery,
J but tlic latter could not be brought oft', tin* cnj
einy holding tbe bridge. In the attack suhse!
(jueiitly, by the enemy, Mahone broke through
the'ir line of battle, and dining the night the
enemy retired from the Bovdton road, leaving
his wounded and more than 250 dead on the
! held. About 9 p. m., a small force made an
I assault and took possession of our works on the
j Ihittery road in front of Petersburg, but were
j soou driven oft' on the Williamsburg road.?
j Yesterday Field captured upwards of 400 pi is
j oners and seven colors. The enemy left a nurn,
her of dead in frort of our works and retired
to his former position.
Richmond, October 29.?Despatches reeeiv
ed at the War Department say that Fornax's
; command, at Millford, were attacked by the
i Yankees with two hriirswles nf iii(tiii?i-? .!? <)
I tillery. 'i'lie attack \v:ts repulsed. Lomax re!
porls our loss vi'i v 11i?_?1 *t.
j Morby reports that fn the advance of the cn;1inv
i:p the Manassas (Jap Padrond, lie killed,
wounded and captured over tluec hundred.?
! His own loss, four Wotiiuhd and one c:u<ti:r1
1
j ed.
j IIkmmoxij, October 20.-?The following was
1 ree? ived at the War Ih-parlmont to-ni^ht : "To
j J. A. Seddon. Kirretaiy of War : (Jen. ilninr:i
ton followed the enemy on his withdrawn! from
: .Seheru ant/, rivek, driving him, and pursuing
! his cavalry into their lines, rnpturipof several
I hundred pi isoitcts. We have reestablished
our lines."
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from ri-;r!-:i;s!iunc.
Peteiiski'no, Oct. 20.?The encinv is quiet
I after the fi^ht below. Details from our side
! are hurrying tlio Yankee dead", ami removing
tlieir wounded. Over 2000 arms of the finest
kind were gathered from the field ' of battle.
The battle field is covered with blankets, knapsacks,
overcoats and provisions, showing that
the enemy left in great baste. Our prisoners,
including wounded, over 700. All accounts
concur that the Yankees expected great results
from this movement. They brought infantry,,
artillery and cavalry to the tight, expecting aneasy
conquest.
FROM MISSOURI.
Mobile, October 29.?A special to the Repinfer,
dated Senatobia, 28th. The St. Ia?nis
Republican of the 2 Mb contains despatches
from Major Ilcdon', stating that he had just rcI
turned from the Uailroad, from within four
S tndes of Richmond, Ray county, where he learn
I e<l a battle bad been fought between the Kansas
Troops, under Blount, and Price, which re;
suited in the defeat of Blount, losing nearly all
j his artillery. The battle occurred on the cvc|
nitig of the 19th. Blount entered Lexington
I about noon that day, and immediately moved
, south twelve miles, where he encountered Price,
i After the battle Price marched into Lexington,
and at last accounts was crossing a portion of
his forces to the north side of the river. No
j other particulars received.
I Curtis Telegraphs from Kansas City, October
MBaangyw?micaawmi? watrogni n an?11??tA.^1
22dt (J p. m.: "I have been heavily pressed all
day. This afternoon the enemy passed round
my right Hank, when I gave him a heavy blow.
| For set end hours I have heard firing in the
| east. I have just received messengers fro.m
Pleasanton, who has been fighting on the other
S side. ' '
[Signed.] S. A. OuiiTis.rt
7\r O h' 77/ URN NKIPS.
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Richmond, Oct 20.? Norther^ papers of the
j 25th says : The Tallahassee and another steam-:
er have '-scaped from Wilmington. Stanton
is quite ill trotn chills and fever, contracteddu:
ring a recent visit to Grant. Warren has re'
i turned and assum d command of the Gth corps.
Official home vote a**:*ilist the N?'\v Constitution
of Maryland, one hundred and lift v.
J ].H't tine I'm lie majority in Pennsylvania 153?
two counties to hoar from.
Gold in Now York 217.
Sugar Cane Flour.? Whiter the papers are
all giving very general and useful information
with regard to the manufacture of syrup and
sugar from the Chinese Sugar Cane, we do notrecollect
to have seen a relcrehce to its advantages
in the production of bread. An imclligent
gentleman writes us, 4,As wheat crops
were light in some parts of the Confederacyr
and the stall* of*life likely to be scarce, it may
be well I* r your r. ad< rs to know thru exeelh nt
bi>cii t ar.-I fa.r light bread ma\ he made from
tin- Hour of llie seed of Sugar Cane. 1 have
i ? :*!en of the lnvnd myself. and found it to be
Vei'V <?*:)od. 'i lie ?-ei Hi-iumii ?it I.........
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| the I>rt:a?I w:n prepared, informed met lint from
! one nnv of 'lie white seed cane, lie obtained
j tour barrels of llour. 1 under-vain) llio crop is
rouiavUnbli proms-iuj; in all pmts of the Coii:
federncv, and a- the .ime for harvesting is
1 aojiroai I'iito-. ui?:?-li sniVentie- may ho sawd bv
car. taliv saving the M?d."
As this it f.viii.iiioii comes from < no who hasi
seen tin; ihino" tested, it would be wei! tv> qfivo it
a tna!.
Aa tlmr ircn lcman informs us that ho has!
never tried a ayl hieo; better for fattening lio^s.
| lias fed it last fall, and >avs he never iiatl beti
ti>rjuulc in las life, it .s eertainlv first, rate for
| poult 1 y, ;md some j lea-pic s.-.y it is a respectable
1 substitute for cobee.
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Stahtum; lit' Mo a.? A j;vtitietmui just fiom
hicl.-iaoud, s-la'n :> that lie saw an ililelbnoht
. olr.cor is! the nrt.rr wlm bi??? it
.....x , -.v. iiu.i ii it <?.-> rill %
rcntly |f?i in the city, that intelligence
had been rej-eivii by a citizen there, to the effect
that his ron-in, who had just- returned from
a secret expedition, had heard from the most
unquestionable sources, that a man had hern
heard to say recently, that an officer high in
official position at Kicliinond had understood '
from a lady ji.st arrived hy the morning train,
that she had heard it slated on the ears day
before ycstcruay, that a ladv ftad said,, a few
days ago, tliat her ftnslmnd had told her a rnnior
prevailed, and was to some extent credited
in oflicinl circles at Kichmond, that there was
still a few gallons of npple.hramiv feft in the
Shenandoah Valley; which possibly accounts
i tin. t>Afiiiiii /l?.n..o i.i *i.a *???!. "r '1? - ?r
MM ? II\, I V*.*. ??t MViVfit vi HiU (11 111 v U1 Ut'licnil
Early.
A great deal of the whiskey or brandy which
our hospital patients and sick soldiers and others
have ticcaied, has been sent, wc fear, bv
mistake to the Virginia Vallev. . *
The "caily bin! catches ihc worm," but the
worm ot the still catches many birds.
We have suffered warnings enough on
score of drunkenness. If we do not take tro
warning we must expe t the consequence.
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| I UK \ Kit MO NT INVASION. I'OHlU'Cll of tllO
"invaders'* of Si. Albans, Vermont, have been
! arrested and are in jail at St. John's.' I lu*y
' claim- their release on the ground
that lhcv belong to the Confederate service,
and have engaged eminent counsel to defend
tin m. Several of them have been recognized
as ib sorters fioiti Vermont regiments, though
the Yanko'S w.! 1 insist that they arc Confedcr!
ates.
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