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No-deduction made, except to our regular-adVertis ug pntpons. . . ; Cessation of the'Shelling'of Petersburg ?Interesting Estimate.?The Christian Sim, published in Pctcrburg, says in'its last issue: , Our cruel and barbarous foes seem tg have tired in their effort to destroyed the lifes of. helpless woman and child'en in Petersburg.? For three or four weeks past scarcely a shell has been thrown directly into the city. The number of shells thrown into the city during the tjine the shelling was progressing was truly astonishing. Some approximation to the number inav be arrived at. when we state t.hnt. siv hundred thousand pounds of Yankee shell hitvo,' been collected hv parties-.in the city and vicing, ity and sold to the Ordnance Department. The:. department lias already paid out forty-eight; thousandtdoliars lor these shells. Many of; tlyi shells buried themselves in tho ground top deep to he resurrected, and have npt 'becn fouilcL;.. We may safely pnt dc~? ' Band shells as the number p? . 1 helpless non-combatants oftet strange to say, only four '"whit been killed, and not.more than colored :;ttorsoV)S and : - c* or Texas. There is ouc difficult; ? the Mississippi, a sharp lookout being the. only necessary proc. >. land is thoroughly patvoled by S .it 1 gan on this side and by Leo 011 tl \ last heard of sejon of the'Lec family, is a : ilia chief, who does for the West bank of the Mississippi what Mosbv is doing for tlic South bank of the Potomuc. lie is young; height several inches over six feet; and every 011c of them n soldier. Gen. Smith has been trying to put }ii 111 down or break him up by conscribing his men, some of whom belong to other commands, but lie swears that lie will not submit to it, and that if he cannot have his. way he will declare himself a public enemy and cross tlic lines. As it is. lie keeps all t he Vankce plantations stripped from opposite Vieks1 - j % f\* uurg 10 licci mver, and is the only protection to the loyal people, who arc understood to have petitioned Gen. Smith to let him ;>louo.?; Mobile Register. Among the latest arrivals is that of' Captain Mowllot, a French cavalry officer, who has . come to the Confederacy with a view of offering his services in a military way. He has left Richmond to tender his services to Gen. Beauregard. This gentleman 6ays that the sympathies of all classes in France are tvith us in our struggle, but that Franco and England arc both too much "compromised" with their own affairs to warrcnt intervention just vet. Col. Witcher"has just returned from an expedition into the enemy's lines in Western Virginia. lie destrtyed three forts, two blockhouses, two steamboats, captured many prisoners, about 100 horses, 000 or 400 fine beef cattie. one niece of artillnrr n low*,. -?* , A j j ? (iiiiuuiit Ul I stores, and brought out three or four compa-1 niesjif recruits, besides many absentees, and! ^ lost only two men. CAMDEN.. DAILY JOURNAL ? ?aTU355>AY IffiOBSMitNO e?kc. ;io ^T^~- ~. I 7 ws Tlio Charleston 'Meicury of yesterday says: Itis j certain thatlSiiERMAX's ndvance yesletday jjnd oncoun- j tcred our forces, under Gen. Harder, at (h* near sta- lu tion No. 2$ on tlio Coiitrnl railroad, about twenty miles un from Savannah. ScVbre lighting was going on yc?tor- r? day forenoon; but wo havo no trustworlh : ":geneo (G whatever in regard to the^result. Yariou ;>n cerning the cngagemont?some favorab . <1 : ijtberwisc?were afloat yesterday; but as < . fiod that tho^wcro merely sensation slot n from-repeating them, and await'more ...... counts. . Thii Battms of TJoxky 11 iu,.?A fi le 1 r,- . r.hmnvillo informs up thai there have been I: * ii . near the recent battle ground lit the vlpb . place, two hundred and four black and whi ' ' and this number was lioiug still added to^t> flight;of the Lu/.'/.aids indicates the spot to v v, fchof tliceo-wretches had crawled and dice. ' $8 recolicctod that the fight lasted fromelrvt' a .t? til dark, mitl that the enemy had ample tin:. > fo<| the removal ofdcad.aud wounded, it i.t . 1 to estimate their loss as at least fifteen hundr: i. sunt total of our casualties is eight killed an. llr ... : '' wounded. . 7 ; V /V. ^ f\._ % t * _ > . vii .aionuny niternoon tho "gun-boats lie i .fyhutcliiq Bridge commenced n furious shclli jinttcry near that point, under cover of v threw forward n column of infan try to utlad Our gnllnnt artillerists losolulciv stood to c * and promptly repulsed tliern. A mtrtiber . o fall,i but were carried oft"by their -coniiij " asunlties were throe wouiulcd, none ;ef tlutf.i .'.o. * Tut Fight at CbosAiiATCiiiK.?"Wo lyhrn from" n Send who was a pai ticipnnt.-iu tlini c-ng>;>?<*i>oiu ''c.o~ K Pa si' Battery and another of 11 iixiak s Battery, commanded hv Cnpt. PioPass.? v engaging the enemy for near three hours and a G our troops fell back in good order to their works' at Coosawlialchic, with a view of inducing the enemy to advance where tho ground was considerably adyantagous to our troops, ni\d whero tho enemy would have easily been defeated. They, however, declined i,-. . * " -- 'mm w ..tu.-jii/ oiu uivuiinan, anil 110111 all tlio herniation \vc have been able to gather they wero 1V110 coruli- fti tiou to do so. Our informant is of the opinion that their loss was large, as they were busily engaged until u Into hour conveying their dead and wounded to the boats. Our less was slight. The troops, as a general rule,' behaved well, though some straggling was oh j served. Our* informant tells us thai rpeeial praise is j NV due to Lieut. Simmons, of Bachmax's Bail lory, and to ! tb Lieut. AIanoet, of DkPass' Battery. j w There were no casualties among tlio artillerists ex- ; a, ecpt Cupt. W. L. DePass, who received a very painful wound in the arm, whilst leading 0110 of the infantry iegimcnts into the engagement. The fight was re- ?1 sumcd by our troops on "Wednesday morning, under iri Mnj. Jexkiks, but no particulars are known as to the til rc9ult. Many of the renders Qf the daily Journal have been . complaining recently in consequence of tho non-appearnnco of tho-usual amount of press despatches ; and in- F< fiist that the city dailies have a greater variety of tele- cc graphic matter than appears in the Journal. It is an p( evil over which we hnvo no control at this time. The ^ proprietor of this paper pays promptly in advance every month for the privilege of receiving all despatches ' emanating from tho Press Aasocinlion, and if the pt era that ho seize and monopoiizo tho lincsnndsut press ' W the publication of war intelligence that might he .ihcly j ot to prove advantageous to our foes, we, as good loyal ' citizens, should not complain. The operator at Kings- j ville, Mr. Millkk, informs Mr. WiTilEltst'OOii that tho i CJ hues aro used by tho military authorities, almost to the I [.elusion of every tiling else. The only press de.spatchrecoived is Northern news, an occasional one from jtersburg and the proceedings of Congress from Jtichand, ami that has to come over the express lines by ty of Charlotte. He informs us that the government s doubled the forco of operators in the main offices, 10 arc eligogod day and night, and when an oppornity is presented to transmit press matter it is not itil after midnight. Of one tiling we can assure our adorn?there is no blame or neglect can be attached th Camden office, as there are few, if any, genllongaged in telegraphing who con fine themselves j losely to their office, and who takes a greater i t in presenting to their peoplo' the latest tele- j ; intelligence, than Mr. Witiikuspuon* ; and we p o doubt but that as soon as the present ditficul(.leorgia are over, and we have bagged Siiek<1 his whole army, that the usual supply of press es will be received regularly, , twelve liours in i? of I lift, oil}* iIm:lio nee, friends?don't allow yourselves lo ecnsnro crnment and its authorities who arc engaged in gout our salvation asu nationHurd wlio, through, mus and-I'.rowoss as leaders will bestow on i- ivrily an inhoritnjre to ho envied by the univer\> '.Id ; and cause our children's children to rejoice ?j tho immortal deeds achieved by their noble nil ric sires. ' TEST BY ilLEea&PH OttTS 01-' T1IK ritl-ISS ASSOCIATION". according to the Act of Congress in tho year by J. o.'Thkasuku, in tha Clerk's oflico of the :t COUit of tho ('oilfr?doi'nt? Klnt-oc cnt water, bc,vcct? the enemy and Nashville. The enemy re sa'ul to be concentrating at M m frcesboro'. v O FROM VIRGINIA. Richmond, Dee. 8.?The General Assembly f Virginia met yesterday. The Gov. message as received today. J Jo protests against the actrine which w ould give able-bodied jnen to alls about untouched amid the general suffering ul desolation. lie urges that the entire male filiation of the State may be embodied for )crating in our great struggle. lie rccomicnds the authorizing a proclamation, warning ic citizens of Virginia in foreign parts to re,??n n.itli xnt .. ?? '' ** in. nuiiuui, uvui;-, miner penalty ot contisca on of their property, lie discusses Uic iMv?uui luvuiiiujuiius uiaip me dtato* borrow i = _ - - the gold of the Banks to purchase Confederate currency at 20, the gold to be reiurncd^at the end .of llic wai\ Also recommends the regtilF^ tion of all c om m odi lies'Jhy law, residue of the message devoted to the constitution of the State. NORTHERN NEWS. Richmond, Dec. 9.?Northern papers of the* Oth has been received.' Late Nashville tele1-* grams, say there is no change in the situation' I ts( ' ....i.j tiiums. xnsoners say Generate Stalii and Granliy were killed at Franklin.?> Gen. Soli on was wounded. The destruction of rebel property to facilitate the^dcfences of Nashville was immense. James "Watson Webb, Minister to Brazil, lias assured the Brazilian government that the seizure of thu Florida was unauthorized by tlfe United States governniant, and that all reparation that honor*affd justice demands will bo niade. . The Yankee Consrces assomhlpil nn u Vi? day. Credentials were presented from* five representatives from Louisiana, which was reIcrrcd to the committee of olcctions. Davis presented a remonstrance against the admission of the delegates Lincoln's message would be delivered to-day. Gold in New York 231 1-2. Special USToticesjTO 'w'E?E Pg. A a T EBISIOfcMlini* May ?' -* ' FOR AGP. riSTltlOT OF SO.. CA..GA. &. FLA. > I.OI.UMBIA, S. 0., November 3D, 186-1, \ Till? ENEMY IN THEIR IlKKTKAT THROUGH Georgia have severed all railroad communication with Southwestern Georgia, llic largest grain producing section of that Slate," from which wo have bcon[gathcfing largo.quaniilies of com, the armies in Yirginia and at and near Charleston are for tln> present dependent upon Souih Carolina for their supplies of this indispensable cninmouiiy, and T appeal to you, Planters of Carol na, to come promptly to their aid with an nmplo supply of corn. The emergency is great. What yon do must bo done without delay; and 1 conjutc you, by every considortion of patriotism, of duty, of'present hopes and f'.ture expectations, as you value all lliat men hold dear, to pnl aside every other occupation and devoto . yourselves and your resources to supplying these gablant self-sacrificing and defiant armies with the sup-plies necessarv for Iheir * vuiviL-ijcy IIIKI IlfCIUfUOSS. Tlio tithe oflicors are prcp?red$o receive your tithes of corn"; niy oilicers and their agents are ready to^jo ceive and pay foryonr surplus. The responsibility is upon yoi\ and I trust and believe you 011I3* require to bo informed of the fact to bo equal to the emergency. Shuck, shell, sack, and deliver at depots, all over thoSlatc. every pound of com 3-011 can possibly spare, and thus prove to the country and the world that Curoliutiat.s will never falter in tho cause of tbe Confederacy and thai the 0110103-, hy their destruction of supplies and cutting ofrailway's in their retreat through Georgia, have 0013- determined a bra\e people to make extra exertions to successfully baflle all their designs. Aiy ollieers and agents?and thoso of the Tax in Kind Bureau?will supply you with grain sacks, and give you all possible facilities in delivering your corn. GEO. W. GRICE, dec 9?21 Major and Quartermaster. *. . m _ For Sale, At magazine hill, shanks, livers, Hearts, Heads, and other oll'ul IVoiu slaughtered catllo. dec 9?(it. Negroes to Hire. WO LIKELY NEGRO WOMEN, BELONGING' X to the minor heirs of James Click. ?also? Two likely women, belonging to the minor hoirs of Daniel Wilson, deceased, will be hired on tho 1st day of January next for the year 18G5, in the town of Camden, before tho Court House, at the usual hours for hiring. ' E. G A SKIN, A gout lor Jus. T. Truesdcll, Trustee, dec 10?ld2w