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I ~rf IIT" II" i ? ?MM || IM ^ I > _l I l| gg 7 TT Ill | !_ ! II I ^1 .VOL; 11 CAMZDJrn^, S. O., MONDAY, DEC. 5,1864 3sfO. 1 fcft jay JJ. HOCOTT. Terms ot* Subscription. Daily paper per month - - $3.00 " 44 for Six Months - $15.00 "Weekly, - - - - $5.00 -? - Rates Tor Advertising: For ono Square ? twelve lines or less ?TWO DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS (of tho first insertion, and TWO DOLLARS for each subseqeunt. OntTUART Notices, exceeding one square, charged ?v nuvcrtiamg rotes. Transient Advertisements and Job "Wonc MUST BE PAID FOR. IN ADVANCE. I, No deduction made, except to our regular ndvortis*g patrons. F.Iom Hood's Army by Way of the North ?By recent Northern journals we have the annexed in regard to Hood's nrray. The 7/erul<l of Nov. 10th remarks thus : On Monday night last Hood's entire forces, including Forrest's cavalry, were in the immediate neighborhood of Tuscuinbia and Florence, Alabama, watched bythe troops under General Thomas, of such strength as will render the invasion of Tennessee impossible, and cveh tbe withdrawal of the enemy,^or service elsewhere, an operation of extreme difficulty. A despatch from Cincinnntti says: The Gnzett's Memphis despatch "says (hat military affairs arc unchanged and comparatively quiet. The rain continues and the roads arc in bad condition. Hood and "Beauregard arc still in the vicinity of Florence. Nine hundred rebel prisoners arrived at Nashville on Saturday-morning from Atlanta. It appears that, thinking the place evacuated, they rushed in to pillage and plunder, and wero captured. The Memphis papers announces that Beauregard is at Corinth, Miss., waiting for Forrest to form lines. In regard to* Forrest's move- i inents we know not. But as to Gen. Beauregard, we are quite sure ho is not at Corinth, but is nearer Gen. Sherman's army than is agreeable to that officer. Treacherous Sale of a Yankee Gun-hoat . to the Confederates.?A telegram from Caito, dated the IGth, announces the discovery of a very Yankee trick by the commander of one of their gun-boats. It says : * It has been discovered that the iron clad gun boat Rattler was actually recently sold to the rebels by her commander, at Ilomc Point, below here. The information is rather, indefinite, b.ut it is said the commander had so disposed of his men on board as to pretend resistance to "her delivery to the enemy. A small boat approached her on the night she was ta have been>dclivcrcd to the enemy, but a subordinate officer on board had his suspicions aroused. nnd firod liio .1. ... v-w mo ci b LIIU rebels, frightening them away. The aft air was subsequently investigated, when it was discovered that the commapder of the gun-boat had already received $200,000 and other-payments were to be made in cotton. l!o? was arrested, b&t escaped, declaring that lie would command a privateer and give the Yankees h?1. The rebels intended to use.the Rattler "in capturing the gnn-boat General Bragg. Change in Lincoln's Cabinet.?It is stated to day, with much posilivencss, by those who profess to be authovitivoly informed, that immediately after the Presidential election, Mr. Stanton is to go upon the bench of the Supremo Court, and Mr. Blair, late Postmaster General, is to-have charge of the War Department portfolio. - Teis intelligence is already raising a row among the radical supporters of M I 1 * * ' *ue administration, who insist that Gen. Butler is the best fitted for the position and possesses precisely th^ administrative ability required in that department in the present emergency. It is said that recent developments of latent hostility to Mr* Lincoln on the part ef Mr. Chase have completely excluded him from the ring of promising candidates for the vacant Chief Justice's scat.? Wash. Cor. JV. Herald; Cotton Bvknkd.?We understand three car ? loads of cotton were burned on Friday aftcrnoon below Chester C. II., S. C., on the Cliar^ Jotte and Columbia Bail Road. k CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL'. Monday Mokniag dec. 5. From Eelow.?The enemy occupied Millcn yesterday evening at six o'clock. The tele graph office was removed to Station No. Seven, nine miles below. Chronicle it Sentinel of Saturday. Vlic Savmuiali Railroad. Tee Charleston Mercury of Saturday says: The bloody check given to tlio enemy's colofnn at TToncy Ilill, near GrahamVille, seems to have considerably cooled his'enthusiasm. Wo get no further accounts of any Yankee advance in tbp.t quartet*; and only rumor brought by the Savannah train last ovening was that ttic enemy is fortifying his present position, closo under tho cover of his gunboats. If this bo true, it is doubtless his intention to attempt no renewal of his demonstration again.-t our lhics, until ho shall havo learned definitely that Sherman i? within siribiw.r tancc of the coast. 'Wo have few additional particulars of Gen. Smith's repulse of .ho enemy on Wednesday. The infantry that participated in the attack on our position consisted of four regiments of while and four regiments of negro troops. The slaughter of tho "assailants was far greater than at first reported. An officer in whom wo have full confidence writes us that lie himself counted two hundred dead and between eleven and twelve hundred Yankee wounded left on the field. Well may the gallant Georgians and others, who took partin the conflict be proud ot their success. Fiom She mi mi's Column. At last, after ninny days of seeming vacillation and hesitancy,'Sherman has begun to di-velope his design. - - - vu.muhvi hutu-us report me main boily ot Sukhmax's nrmj'at Louisville, Gii. Tj}iis would indicate n moveniont towards Savannah Since tlie invading column abandoned Atlanta, it lias steadily pursued a southeasterly course, its wings sp-ending out towards Macon and Augusta, but con verging slowly to n common route as the main body progressed. The enemy's advance guard have occupied Milieu, thus cutting oil'the most direct railroad and telegraphic communication between Savannah and Augusta.? The roads oast of Milieu have all been'elVeeluully blocked. The YankiC Generals constantly boast that Savannah is their destination, and the recent futile attempt to cut the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, gives some color of probability to their statement. Tlic An^n-la papois think that Siirkman will try to cross tho Savannah river at Pcmerc's Ferry ; but ibis is only conjot lure. Our cavalry lias boon, si ill further reinforced by a largo .and splendid vcc.an command. All accounts agree inputting llio enemy's force down at 150,000 infantry and 0000 cavalry. A very few days will probably determine tho fate of Sherman* and his m my of plunderers. Wo gather the following items fronj tho Augusta papers: incidents of sherman's march. The two wings of Sherman's army united at M illedgo" ville,'where they staid three days. _ In their route thev destroyed, as Tar as possible, all mills, cribs, and gin houses, cotton screws, and stock, cotton, implements, etc., and cairied ofTnll siook, provisions nnd negroes. "When their horses gave out they shot them. At Katontou they killed ovor one hundred. At Milledgeville Ihey oniy destroyed the Arsenal, Depot and Penitentiary. They did" not bum bhiv Factory near that place. Along their route the road was strewn with dead negro women and children. At Monticello, the Federals hung a man by the name of Smith, but life was not extinct when ho was cut down. The fanners having devoted a largo share of their attention this fall to syrup making, there is a largo quantity of corn yet ungathcred in the field, which was left by the Federals. Hut there is not a horse o.r ox iu.the country, henco the savnig*?f the corn will bo a difficult matter. The l ight wing of the Federal army under Gen. Howard, crossed the Ocmulgee river holween Adams' Ferry nnd Macon. It is said thattho town of Forsyth was completely demolished. . The gallant General Robcitson in tlm r/xwnt nnrrmra. . mcnt nonr Waynesboro distinguished himself. Ilo killed six Yankees wilh his revolver, and sabrod four others. While preparing Co attack another, some fifty yards in advance of his men, he received a painful wound. The brave Texan is now in our city. Thero is much straggling among tho Yankee troops. Those pigkod up by our cavalry report that the army is worn down and almost dcslituto of provisions. A wag offered to bet the otlier day that Lincoln would * carry Massachusetts. "The Lord send lie may," replied "Old Issue," "carry t to the d?1 with him."?Mail. I I LATEST BY TELEGRAPH ; REPORTS OF T1IK PPvESS ASSOCIATION. * " ? Entered according to the Act 6f Cofigress in tlio year 18G3, by .1. 6. Thrasher. iii the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Confederate States for tlfte Northern District of Georgia. FROM THE COAST. 1 Richmond, December 2.?A special despatch ^ to the "War Department says: A-force of Ynn- ^ kccs were badly whipped at Giahatnville, S. C. ? It is said this fb'rec probably came from l'ort 0 ttoynl. v IhciiMOND, ^December 3.?Tbc following lias ^ been received to-day, dated Grahamvillc, 8. C., the 2d : ' To Gen. Cooper : A force of infantry, cavalry and artillery, under Foster, attempted Uj gain the railroad, but were met and repulsed. A force of Yankees under Daldgren attempted to gain tlio railroad at Ooosawliatehie, but were met at Lee's Creek fiad repulsed. x ^signed) gkn.'iiai:i>ee. 1 ^ s Fit 031 PETICIiSB UliG. "s- C Petersburg, December 2.?About liowft- She enemy haying made a fcon<r detour on our rigM H will) infantry, jivtifleiy ami cavalry, attacked I1 and captured the guard at Sloney Creck^.the n present northern terminus of the Petersburg it AVeldon railroad, twenty miles below hj?&Tcon- ^ sist.ing of about two thousand inerKill'hcy 11 burnt the depot containing some government T supplies and private stores. Ihev also, burnt 11 the railroad luidgc at that place. Our forces were quickly in pursuit, hut the enemy soon re- 1 tired, after a slight skirmish with our forces, in which we ca pi ureal ami killed many <?f the t) enemy. g This morning General CJrncic, of Alabama* c was killed hy a shell, while inspecting-his lines. S The same shell killed a Captain and one pri- [ vale. h - General Lee did not demand Roger A. Pry- n or's icleaso. General Wilcox, in liont of whose lines he was taken, sent a statement in regard ^ rt t.io - ' 1 " ...<i v<<i>(inc n> v?enerai lirant and asked his t release. Grant referred the application to. Mead ?? and embused Prvor captnrod in violating orders a of both armies, and in retaliation of Pin-bridge's a capture l?y us, and could not be released. FROM VIRGINIA. b JhcrtMOND, i)eceinbor 2. General Kosscr captured at New Crock and Piedmont stations, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, eight hundred' prisoners, eight pieces of artillery, two hundred wagons and ambulances, a number of horses and mules, eight hundred small arms and a large quantity of stores of all kinds, fifteen hundred head of cattle and ^ eight stands of colors, besides other plunder were captured. The Yankee cavalry and colors *vcre captured by the 5th and 6th Virginia " cavalry, llossar's brigade. * Lieut. Baylor.' of the. 12th cavalry, was captured at Chnrlcstown, q Tuesday night. Richmond, December 3.?The following official despatch has been received to-night at headquarters: Con, Rosscr encountered the eneiny on the 27th, near MoreReld (a small, force of the enemy), and captured four prisoncrs. At New Creek on the 28th he captured tl four field pieces; four siege gu'ns, between seven and eight hundred prisoners, a large number of ( horses and mules, eight stands of colors, des- cl or troyed a quantity of ordnance and commissary ntorcs. lie brought the fickl pieces and wa- * gons oil", and destroyed a number of carriages, lie also captured Piedmont and dcstioyed the j 1 'if government iniiuungs, containing :i number of engines ; burnt several bridges and did oonsid- ]( crablc damage to tlic railroad ; and collected even hundred bend of cattle. His loss, two tilled and three wounded. The boldness and conduct exhibited by Roacr's men deserve much praise. NORTHERN NEWS: Richmond, December 2?Northern dates of lie 30th and Baltimore American of the same late fe6ht?rriw a Nashville telegram, saying:' Nothing from llood's army or our front sincb' csterday evening. The rebels made an attaek 'n our works at Columbia on Saturday, and fere repulsed. liosser's and McCausland's cavalry destroyd a considerable amount, of v!iln?ni? ? y. ami other property at New Creek and Picd-r nont. Pry or has been sent to Fort Lafayette"/ Banks has been ordered to New Orleans. liiOiiMowo, December 3.?The, Baltimore American?evening edition?of the 1st coriuins a Nashville telegram which announces he arrival of a train from Chattanooga with evcral reliel prisoners, in eluding Brigadiericneral Young, of Cheatham's division. The garrison at Shelbyville was attacked bv ? - J body of rel*d cavalry, but the assault was reiilsetl f but the Federals evacuated the place, ml it is now occupied by the rebels. A special despatch to the New York Timcs^ atcd Nashville, "30th, states that Hood's army nadc a heavy attack at Franklin, but were rctubi'd. The garrison finally withdrew, and it s now occupied by the rebels. Our government arc perfectly aware of Sbernen's movements. A r'..~ ... run vir.? i" OK 15EST. J >V 1*? <]UCst f the citizens ot" Montgomery' Manager .Orisp avo a benefit Tposdav night in the AlonlgomI o o ry Thcatyo, to increase by its proceeds the ubsci-iption fund, now being raised by the people of the Southern Confederacy, to present to lie "war eagle," N. P. Pornst, for the use of is command, a light battelb composed of the ewly invented "Travis Gnus." "Job printing!" exclaimed Airs. Partington he* other day as she peeped over her specks .at ho advertising page of a country newspaper.? l'oor Job! they've kept him a printing week fter week, ever since 1 first learnt how to read, nd if he wasn't the patientist* mortal that ever fas. he never could have stood it so long no ow. Put it's a proof o-' Seriptur, where Job ays in revolutions'there's no end to makim.' ookf/ nor newspnpets nntlter." Special USToticesCHANCIE or SCKIEDHI^. OFFICES. 0. It. R. Co., I ( A.MDKX, Nov. 30, 1864 ^ ON* ANP AFTER THE 1st rKOXTMO Inil and passenger train will Icrvo Camden at 2.4 L . m., instead of 3.15 a. m., as heretofore. JAMES JONES, Ages.*. nov 30 _ 6. ^HEADQUARTERS 22d II KGIMKNTS. C. M, Camden, S. C., Dec. 5, 1864. WE ERA L ORDER NO. 2. a ALJj. PERSONS ENROLLED OR LIABLE A for fcoryiico in accordance with tlio organize* rjl tion of the Militia ofthis State, o? tho 1.30k September, 1864, in Beats Nos." 3 and/ U,. in this Regiment, wero transferred to the .Sumter Company, and they are hereby orWl I deret1 to roport foq duty to- Capt .1NO. S. Ay/ BRADLEY, at Hamburg, S. C., forthwith. Thoso in Beat No. 8 wc-ro transferred to le Richland Comnanv. Thev nr? ? * uuaitu iu report rthwith to Cnpt. A. D. GOODWYN, at Hamburg, S, ,, or wherever their commands may ho. Officers commanding paid Beat Companies are inrgod with the extension and execution of thia der. By command, of] Col, Jowm. J. M. GAYLK, dec. 5?ld.lw. 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