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81 VOL. 1 CAMDEN. S. C., FRIDAY, DEC. 9,1864 NO. 137 J By IX i>. Bcocoii; 1 ?J -= Terms of Subscription. ,j.:X Kilj j?p?r per month $3.00 " - -Al P aa **, ,JS>. ' for Six iiontas - ^iu.w 1Twk*r, * * - - $5.00 ? Rates for Advertising: ' For one Sqosre?-twelve lines or lev.-f TWO DOLLARS and FIJTY CENTS lor the first inser* tion,And TWO" DOLLARS for each BubBeqeunu , Obotixrt Notices, exceeding one square, charged < . at advertising. rates. > : . " TransientAdvertisements and Job Worx MOST BE " " PAID EOR IN ADVANCE No deduction made, except to our regular advertia>g patrons: gggg I i ILL The Murderers ofjour Cause. The Lynchburg "Virginian," giving a sketch : of the financial trials and disasters of the Revo Iqtion, remarks : To add to the difficulty and embarrassment* the toriea of New York made it their business to counterfeit the currency, jost as the Yankees have done with us during the present war, so that two entire emissions, amounting to ten millions of dollars, had t6 be called in. In 1770j with a hundred millions of continental paper in circulation, there was emitted at various times, in the shape of bills'and loans, one hundred and five millions more ; and- the denization was measured by twenty/for one.? Meanwhile, though laws regulating prices existj - cd in nearly all of the States, "there was a cohj T\ . slant and alarming rise of prises [which (says * * * * * -j . .. - Eiidretb,) those who oaa not roaae k a suujeei ' v * of study were inclined to ascribe to a spirit of s, extortion." Tbe equanimity * of Washington l> ; - was dwtufbed by this state of tbipgs, and he wrote to Reed, saying: "It gives me very sinf cere pleasure to find that the Assembly is iso - well disposed to secure your endeavors in bringing those murderers of onr cause, the monopolizers, forestallers "and engrossers, to condign > > .. ' punishment. ' "It is ranch to be lamented that each State, * 1?n/? ara thi? has not hunted them doffn as % > ' ?I pests to society, and the greatest enemies -we have to the happiness of society. I would to God that soroe one of the more atrocious in v ; r each State was hung, on gibbets npon a gallows five times as high as .the one prepared for Hanyin? No punishment, in my opinion, is too severe for the man who c.^ti build his' greatness |v;^ upon his country's Vuin.'' But, the excesses of Br >?, which Washington complained in terms of-in. dignant remonstrance; were only the incidents, St- & net the piime cause of the evifa which the pco" pie suffered. Then, as now, men in whom the W- . crdid spirit of avarice prevailed over the proinpSr . tings of patriotism, took advantage of disorderly. cd finance and tho distresses of the country,, to Hpggy promote their own selfish ends. "It was re* marked,'1 says the historian, "that while the ^-----t wowa imfVArAriDKn^ rAnfnno * Xiyucow Ituu pntlivuu nfciw. nwnipwiimu, IV^MVB and tories were fast growing rich; While Congress continued to put forth issue after issne of ( ,i new paper?their only resource for carrying on QH||f ' the war?capitalists and traders strovc to take advantage* for their own private benefit, of-the y . T - necessities of the array and of the wants of ?ii?* ' ' . , public. But, instead of mending-the ma'tter, * ' the laws against forestalling and_ engrossing only; aggravated it These laws,'evaded by rogues,, operated only 4? the disadvantage of the houegt" P Tax Gbahahvilib Figiit.?The fight at Grahamvillc wasone of the most complete triumphs oTthe war. The enemy came against ua with : ___ ftihy fire to'onr two.; A large portion of 6nr ? "A*" MM7 nn^rillnfl militin tcV?r? had 11AV V* >|/,n j UMVIJU4WU uiiuvMif ? MW >.?.?. ...-. .. er seen a buttle. Theywaded into the work rigorously and heroically, and covered themselves with honors immortal. Their praise is on the 3ips:of ftlk When the full history of that bat*\ tie is written, it will be shown to hare been one of the. moat hotly contested, against the most - _ overwhelming odds, and resulting in the most tfimnK nf anir fiirht rinrino- this war. ?-e- r J o o * _ '?Savannah News, ;. , 4 >-T v~ ; ' r ^ t -c It? said that tbe commerce of the world requires. three million ablebodied men-to be con, traversing the tea. Tbe aroonot of property annually moved on tbe Wrater is from fifteen hundred to two thousand millions of dol. . . jars j and the amount lost hy^ casualties of the aca averaere twenty-five millions of dollars. ; . ; *S?. ":V'* .- - ^p|9 ''vIS- ? ? - "* ' 4, ' * ' CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL FRIDAY jnORSflAfi DEC. 9. W. R. W. Cobb.?At the time of his death, this traitor was about to assume tho military Governorship of Ilitntsville." Sheridan's headquarters are in Winchester. The demonstrations made by the enemy have bocri thief ] to ascertain the position of our lines. ?! ?? Kilpathice.?Yankee prisoner^ report that.Kiipairick was shot through the head and mortally wounded. in the fight on Sunday, at Walker's Bridge. The Mercury of Thursday says; General ^A ORE GARD arrived in tnie city insc evening*oy tne coutn "Carolina Railroad, and immediately pushed on, ill a special train, to the scene of hostilities on the Charles ton and Savannah Itailroad. % . Progressof the Enemy.?The "Chromcle&.'Sonti-. nel" of Wednesday says: Our advices in reference to Sherman's" movements are very meagre. The "advance yras reported to bo skirmishing on yesterday, at station Two and a Half, twenty-five miles from Savannah. They were pressing vigorously towards Savannah. We would call tho attention of our readers to the -appeal made by Major Geo. W. Grice, to the planters of South Carolina?to be found under ourspecial notice heading. Mr. C. Bell will receive all supplies sent to His department. The Columbia Peison.?The Augusta Chronicle faya escaped Yankee officerafroro Colutnbi* confess that the guard at that place is very susceptible to bribery. Somebody wonts ventilating. A BEAtmrtrL Histobt to be.?The New Yonj Herald in closing a boasting article on its army Reports, maps, etc., sajs: The future historian, \vho wiwns to bo accurate in his accounts of the history of. the rebellion, will have to give his days and nights to the study of the New York Herald. A New IxvYation.?The Savannah Republican has obtained one ot Sherman's machines for tearing up iron from railroads. .It consists of a Btrong iron clamp, hooked at one end and with bd oblong heavy Enk in the other. Tire clamp is placed under the iron biff or ^stringer and a horse attached to the .link; when the forco is applied it gives a rotary motion to the rail and: it' is bonnd to come. Tito action ia pretty much tliotof a clamp and lever used for turning logs at a saw mill The instrument in question was found on the lino. of the Waynesboro'road. "? The Saturday Evening lieiuld, published in Uniontown, Ala., by J. L. Jones, Esq., ia certainly one of the best weekly journals in tho Confederacy. In every issue is to be.fbun 1 one or more novelettes, besides a large amount of news and general reading matter, selected with great care, and the editorial talent engaged, embraces* every variety of original matter to suit the times. Wt would bo pleased to eeo the circulation of this valuable journal enlarged in our district aud Sta-.e. / Dr. If. BissEt.t, of Camden, will act as agent, and receive subscriptions for pie Herald. From the Satankah Railroad?Fightjxu Renewed.?The Mercury of Thursday, tays: Up to a late hour last night, the passenger train from Savannah had not readied thiB rity. "We learn, however, from persons who arrived in a "freight train, about seven p. m., that severe fighting was going on at noon near Pocotaligo. It was also stated that the enemy had attacked Coosawhatchie, and after fighting the greater part of the day, had beendriven back- by our forces at that point.' Wo can fully vouch for tho correctness^ of these statements ; but there is no doubt that hostilities have been actively renewed on tho line of. the road. We ^vait further nnrrirmlnrR tn-flnv ?. Trojt Sherman.?TI>e Augusta "Constitntionalist" of Tuesday evening has tho ^.following: ''From the most reliable Sconrces we are informed that the enemy's entire column has combined on the east side of the Ogecchee, and is now pushing rngididly forSanannah, or, ft may he, Fort Royal. On yesterday Sherman is reported to have advanced about efglitecn.miles. His men were representeatobe much fatigued and their spiritsflagging.* One ot their officers, recently captured, decbued that some doubts tin o-mroanpfl-ac tn' Ihnir nvor roufttiin'* tha ' coast ' . ' An intelligent scout estimates the hostile army at not exceeding 20,000 muskets The enemy's yagon train bas not been exaggerated; it is really enormous ' Wheelbk ia following up the retiring column with' ardor and success, s * . - / - -v< - The following wo3 received by Qpv. Bokham, on .Tuesday last, from Gen. FlurroN Bragg: augl'st'a, dec. 5, 1864. To Governor M. L. Bonliam * . About midnight, on iho 3d, "Wheeler's Cavalry attacked the enemy on tbo _Savnhnah Railroad, *a few miles below.Waynesboro. Following up their defeated cavalry be come- upon a heavy force of infantry tearing up the railroad?at daylight a very heavy force of cavafry, infantry, "and artillery, before which ho retired, fighting, to Brier Creek,,inflicting a heavy loss on the enemy. This morning it is ascertained they have moved rapidly towardsSavadnah, our cavslry pressing their rear. All our.aviillable means should be concentrated at Savannah and Grabnmville, and the people of the country Bhould- tear up and blockade all roads "leading ncross the Savannah River below.the mouth ofBrier Creek. (Signed) " BRAXTON BRAGG. f [fob toe Camden dailt journal] Mb, Editob: It is said that mauy of the "bonded men, not oniy nave noi ooeyea roe uovernor r can to the field, but declare their purpose to disregard it!? Can't the women hiss them to 'heir duty t If the scorn of woman can't shame them out ef their, selfish, or cowardly purpose,, let the Governor promptly arrest them, and drag them to the field. Scmteiu msmmmtmrnmsmmmmmmmmmmmtmrntanaummmm. LATEST BY. TELEGRAPH . REPORTS OP THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 18C3. by J. d. Thrasbbr, in the Clerk's office oflhe^ . District Court of the Confederate States for the' Northern District of Georgia, teOk PET$RSBVSQ. . 1?etersbuso. Dccembcr\Y.?A Juttc force ' ? -O of the enemy, composed of infantry, arrtlicrv and some cavalry; left our front last night, and are reported dpwn Jerusalem planVroad, twenty miles from town, supposed to be. a raiding party.?'their dessination unknown. Otherwise all qniet, V ./ NORTII CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Raleigh, N. C., December 8.?In thcLegislatnrc to-day Hou. T. S. Ashe was elected Confederate Senator, and C. R. Thomas, of Cartarcounty, was elected Secretory of State. v.. A .? T> T? . .. 1 iSJwKGO -fVTTE MINING TU GLUT- UfXkAlL,road traik8.-*rtbc Quincy, Fla., Dispatch, or Nov. 19th, saj's the Yankees have been attempting t'o blow ojji iTRina of cars on the Florid <r Railroad with torpeddes. Opr Tuesday last a torjiptlo eontairing sixty-oigKt ponnd3 of powder was taken ?up by our men, between Baldwin ahd GaincsvdWe, some fifteen miles from Baldwin. Two trains had passed over the torpfcdo without exploding it 1 It was buried in the centre of the track, and was to be fired by means of a lock and cap attached to a'mnsk jt barrel, and laid under one of the rails, and conneQting with the torpedo by a gutta perchr. "tube. A piece of iron happened to bo left between the lock and the cap, which prevented the explosion when the cars passed over." On examination, no track of persons were vlio /?nrnfn/1 in fltA t??A?niltf o n/I fliA nnwtli ci Kaita uuv/ui vi wu jit t/uu riuiuiwjf auu^uJv Uiuui ?uu?u the torpedo was smoothed over so as to preclude any suspicion that the road bed had been disturbed. Wc were informed that one or two attempts of a similar character, had previously been mado on the same Railroad. The Yankees are supposed to have come across from Black River, about twelve miles from the placo where ^the torpedo wasdiscov ercd and they probably did their work in the night time.?Columbus Sun. .c? . Impossibility op Southern Subjugation.? The rolling rpi/ls, stabl^, storehouses and some private houses have been, the telegraph tells us, destroyed at Rome. Such buildings as may be of benefit to the enemy were-, we are told by a j x-i- r it j . I a.i?? uespnbcii uuiu v/Juuiiiiinu, uutiifuvuu as .cluuuta. Rome, Atlanta and tho whole line that has j cost ofi a whole summer to win, and at an outlay of millions in treasure andi thousands in lives has thus, we may conclude, been abandoned. Will the. peoplo of these States ever understand that in. undertaking the conquest of the South, we Rro, in doing to day what must of necessity be undone to-morrow, but attorapt .^ili M V ' 1 iug u;g ipjigtwvra ??* ? ;uwo, - - r- V ' .; " - >- ' . *' :/- - '" _ . --^v, V ' . ~ v * v ' " . --< . v V : Yankee Account, of m Grahamvilu: * ! Fight.?The Port Yoya! Yankee papers in their 1 report uf tlusJBght admit a loss on their side of 3 betwi'RD eight hundred and-one thousand billed S anrVUPidcd. Their loss in officers was parr- * Ocularly severe. The fifty-fifth Massnchi^tta- Jj (negro) rcgiment.Iost its Colonel and nearly * every company officer. A detaclupcnt of the; J57th Pennsylvania of about two hundred men, -4 from Fort. Pulaski, lost four officers killed (M?$ % thirty-five privates killed and wonnded. Taey j j acknowledge a bad defeat but attribute it to ? overwhelming numbers. The force was :eK - | lected from the different garrisons in the De poi kiuvTui, nuu niu i\\ jn;u mot? piannCU HTIU' ' 5 1 ' commanded by Gun. Foster himself.? Courier nf WrrhieS'lny. . . m@m m Special N oticesTOTHE'PUITEB! OF SOITIT rAROUSA. FOR AGE DISTRICT OF SO. CA^GA. & FLA.'- X Colujidia, S. C., November 30, 18GA. . {,' THE ENEMY IN THEIR RKRTEAT THROUGH? Georgia liare severed all railroad communication -with, 1 Southwestern Georgia, the largest grain producing, section of that State, from which wo have been gather- j ing lafge quantities of corn, the armies ia Virginia And <y at .and niar.Charleston are for th? present dependent, upon South Carolina for their supplies of this ind-^pg^ | sable. Cotnmodity/r^cl I appeal to you, Planters ofCa rolina, to tome promptly to their aid with in ample Supply of com. The emergency is great. What you do muat b? done without delay; and; I conjure you, by every considertion ol patriotism^ of duty, of present hcpe9nnd future expectations, as yon value all that Ijen boW dear, to put aside every other occupation and devote yourfelves end your rc-sourceaio supplying these gallant self-sacrificiDg and defiant Armies with the arip-. plies necessary for their support, efficiency and usefulness. Jbe tithe officers are prepared'to receive your tithes, ' of com ; my officers aid their agents are ready to re ceive-and'pay fi r your surplus. i The responsibility is upon tod, and I trust and be iieve you only require tAi>e informed of the fact to bo equal to the emergency. Shuck, shell, sack, and duliver^ydjMts, all over th<* State, every pound of corn you cn^ossibly spare, and. thus prove to the country and the world tltat Carolinians will never falter in the cause of the Confederacy.. aud that t ho enemy,'by their destruction of supplies and cutting of railways in their retreat through (Jeor- ? gia, have only dc-tcrmined a brave people to make ?xMy officers and agents?and those of the Tax ia Kind Bureau?will supply jou witli grain sacks, - lui give you all possible lacilitics in delivering your com. * v -^ ceo. w. ajuo%..dec 9?2t Major-and Quartermaster. For Stile, At magazine hill, shanks, livers, Hearts, Heads, and other offal from slaughtered, cattle. _ dec 9?fit. . ; ^ Estate* Sale- . By PERMISSION OF THE COURT OF ORDIN, A RT for Kershaw District, 1 will ecll at the Plantation of Col. William A. Ancrnm, deed, oa Friday, 30th' December, lrist;; rlie Stock, Provisions, Tooli and Utensils of said Plantation, consisting in part of ' .twelve Mules, One Marc and Colt, about-thirty head of fine Cattle, ninety head ot Sheep, lot of Hrgs, Corn, Fodder, Peas, etc, Ac., wit'v Wn^ona, Plows, Hoe?k . &c. Terms mado known at sale. .Lyu, hJ. D. KIRKPATRICK, 1' - ^ deo-9?2aw.td ' P? Admr. ; | Commissary KoticeI Alt NOVV i>RI'-l'ARED TO^KSHTER CATTLE ot this point for AfjHHPR'-This measure hosbgen entered into that the fannSrai It vr get. thjpif hides returned at once By this arrangement the partv aeliintf- can drive liia cattle to Camden, see them slaughtered and receive their hides from the butcher. This will removo thocauseofcoraplaintheretofowBiado that the hides "were not returned" promptly. - I am ordered to say that every man will be exceciej|k to contribute some partion of his supplies, and UtilHKr army must be fed. J. IL EREv pi dec?.?3t Capt. and A. / Lancaster Ledger please copyjjujd present bilrfc Commissary officer at Lancaster. ~ Z Waited ' TO HIRE FROM HER OWNER, A GIRL 13 OR bo years eLage, accustomed to houee. work. Bh? must .honest. AppJ y at this office. " W. ' V ; ...' it