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Origin o{ llio Names of Slate-?.
liaino was called Marvosclien, but about
1*738 took tho name it now bears from Maine,
a province in tho western part of France. The
name is originally derived from tho Conomanni
and ancient Gaelic people.
New Hainpsbiro was the name given to the
territory gfafjted by the Plymouth Company to
Capt. John Mason, by patentee,- who was Governor
of Portsmouth, in Hampshire, England..
Vermont is from verb, green, and mount,
mountain.
* Massachusetts was named from n tribe of
Jndians in the vicinity of Boston. Roger Williams
says the word signifies "blue hills."
Rhode Island was so called in 1644 in relation
to the Island of Rhodes, fn the Meditcira ;
ilea 11.
New York was named in honor of the Duke
of York, to whom the tcriitory was granted.
Pennsylvania was called after William Peun. j
In 1664 the Duke of York made a grant of .
what is now called the State of New Jersey to
Lord Burkley &nd Sir George Cateret, and roeoivp.d
its name in enmnlimont. tr? tli? I *?.? ??
'wlio had been Governor of the Island of Jerecy.
DolcwaVe was so called in 1702 after Loid
Del a Ware. * *.
Maryland was named in honor of Henrietta
Maria, Qnccu of Charles I, in Ins patent to Lord
_ ? Baltimore, June 3, 1G32.
Virginia was called after the Virgin Queen
of England, Elizabeth.
The Carolina* was named by the French in
honor of Charles IX of France.
Georgia was called in 1035 after George II.
Louisiana was named after Louis IV of
France.
Florida received its name from Prince do
Leon, in 1512, while on his voyage in search of
the the fountain of vouth. Tic discovered it on
Easter Sunday?in Spanish, Basque, Florida.
The States of Alabama, Mississippi, Tenncsrr
i i Tit?i?- /~\t ' ' i
t>\sv} xvuutucjty, xinnois, inuiana, uino, Arkansas
and Missouri, arc all nanicd from their principal
rivers, and the names aic of Indian origin,
excepting, perhaps, Kentucky, nnd their meaning*
involved in obscurity.
"Tennessee is said to signify a curved, spoon ;
Illinois, the Rivers of Men; Mississippi,* the
Whole River, or a river formed by the "union
of many. ' ' Michigan
was named from the lake on its
borders.
Iowa is an Indian name, also Texas, signify q
ing ''Beautiful." California was thus named by
the Spaniards at a very early day.
Tiib Army of Tennessee.?Equipments for
recruits are'bifing'se'ht forward every day, and
jjood's force is already large enough to march
triumphantly through Middle Tennessee,
should the weather and raods prove favorable.
The impression prevails that Nashville will be
* recaptured befote Christmas, and that should
Brookinridge's new campaign prove successful,
Chattanooga and Knoxvllle will bS evacuated
much sooner. The attempt oii the part of the
Federal antharities to enforce the draft in Tennessee
and Kentucky can have no other tendency
than to increase Hood's army.
What Grant Says.?Grant, in his last visit
to New York, in conversation, said : "The
Southern Confederacy is a more shell. I know
it. T am r\f it Tt In ? ~U-it 1
... ?. .v. XI. ID it I1UIIVW OUCH, iiliu
Sherman will prove it to you." In answer to
a question whether, in his opinion, ninety (lays
would bring the war to an end, he said, with a
grim smile: "I am not a ninety day man, but
we shall see what will happen in six months."
^ Lieut. Gen. Dick Taylor is in Montgomery,
CAMDEN,. DAILY JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY MOIfNIWG lJ?C. 21.
T.trlr^ "n A n.r?n A It -- n 1 i i-r*
uuujju xj/nr.O| unui uuji uvinfrai, lias ieit 1110 JjTXcolx
cabinet.
Brigadier General Bradley T. Johnson has arrived
in Salisbury, N. 0., and will asxurao command of that
post.
General Thomas Francis Meagher is said by
Northern' pnpcis to bo at NashviUo in uctivo service.
,
Oil Friday last, tlio 9lh, trains were withdrawn from
Iho Mobile and Ohio Road below Meridian, and Yaukees
wore saidto bo advancing in three eolutnus. The
lines were cut aud there was no communication with
Mobilo.
The amount of inteiest on United States bonds l-illiug
due in January is $9,300,000, and deduetiug the
interest 011 tho registered bonds, tho coupons now paid
vy auucipauon win aruouut it is reported to about $7,000,000.
The Nkqkoes and tui: Yankees?It is estimated
that Sherman, in-his raid through Georgia, succeeded
in stealing and persuading .about one out of every fifteen
ablubudicd negro men to go with him Many of
those who lell have returned to their homes. Wherever
lio passed every negro who cho^e so to do, could
leave his master, and yet only one out of lifloon
went.
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Situation* a r Moimeh ?!>isj?atohes rccoived in Montgomery
oil Suud. v. TIth. from Xfnlriln ?-.-i..??-i?.Ti ?..?
enemy in Jo co within twenty miles of Mobile. Cen.
UcCcr.LOL'GU, cf Missouri, was keeping them back as
well as his limited numbers tuabled him to do, but it
was apprehended that his brigado was too weak t>
accomplish tho defeat and turning bad: of the Yankee;.Gov.
Watts promptly issued a pioclamaiioa calling
upon the people of Alabama to hurry to the de fence of
Mobile. ' >
The Tkiuune Pays its Comuumkxts to Kxor,AND.-?TliO
"Tribune," referring editorially- to Sewaiid's lato
letter to Yankee Mini-tef Adams, soars away upon t'.ie
American eagle's wings in this wise:
We know that 'we posse=s the powc , without hiking,
away a single .-oldior now lacing the rebels, to
brush away Canada l ice go-saaio; and without L iking
a single vessel from our blockade, to si ic evoi'v ship
in the British ti.tvy as ii they were*but cockle sholhs.?
Y'et it would ho hillo of no trouble to nil l'oiglaud and
ICnglishmon on their-'bettvr bebaviour. WVatever
? ?
vutom nut siT.iuusiy uuunige lis wo lot pass with but a
scornful word or tw?. Whatever does seriously
ago us, we quietly reserve for future''settlement.
Ixteresting fkom tub "Savaxxaii li.ver?Tlir
Charleston ^[<i>cury of 3'csierday says: Wo have uothT
ing specialty new or striking from Savannah. Of
course, wo are quite hi the dark as to Suermax's operations
south of the city. Wo do know, however, that
the enemy holds A rgylo Island, as well as the west
bank of the Savannnh River, from the raiboad trestlework
to "Potter's Mill." Tho Yankees ere basil j engaged
preparing the rice crop in that neighborhood,
threshing and pounding it for their ot?n use.
The enemy has constructed a battery of Parrot guns
at Potter's mill, with which they control ihe navigation
of tho stream, us well as portions of the Carolina
shore, stretching back for tho distance of nearly a mile.
Their aharpslioorers also aunoy our pickets daily, and
have occasioned some few casualties amongst our men
and horses. The Yankee scouts havn of hu P ri?npn!n/l
lv mado raids- on the Carolina shore for the purposes of
pillage. On Wednesday last they burned Mrs. Mounmoluen's
soltlomcnt, near the railroad trestlework.?
This extensive and important trestlework has now
been ultuost totally destroyed?on the Georgia sido of
the river by Slocum's corps, and on our side by the
gunboat Macon.
A rumor is afloat and believed in many quarters,
that Slocum's corps is massing on Argyle Island with
a view to make an attempt to cut oil' communication
between Savannah and Ilardeovillo via Screven's
Ferry.
Wo sincerely regret to loarn that portions of oiir
mounted troops havo behaved shamefully to our own
paoplo at and near Hardeeville, robbing thorn, without
the slightest cororaony, of their horses, inulcs, corn,
fodder, etc. Surely their commanders ought to enforce
tho restraints of discipline so as to reach such
ouunws.
Tho rank of the gallant officer who commanded tho
Argyle Island expedition, noticod yesterday, was
Brigadier General (not Colonel) YoiTN'O.
v *
Eight months of fighting (soys the CharloUesvillo j
Chronicle) and we nre not done yet. Tito flames burst 1
out afresl). The laud trembles again under moving !
armies. Here the wav-torront ploughs its way through |
a State*?to the sea. There the clouds have met?and j
wo know not which was :he strongor. Hero, after a !
slight lull, the thunder rolls angrily noross the sky 1
ngniu?the prelbde to a crash. Fighting in Gco'-gin? j
lighting in Teuuessee?an attack menaced at Richmond
?the spoiler sweepiug through Northern Virginia?
this does not look like the close of a campaign. May
God protect our bravo .armies! Surely they have had
a year of it 1 Let us at this monlent turn our thoughts
tollim. Do we not feel that He mingles in this con- i
test? Arc we not no<v .conscious?however incrcdn- !
lous before?that He does in truth intervene in human j
affairs? ' We aim at a practical result?we have en- :
deavorcd to impress this sentiment before ; wo would
havo the people vividly realize tlml there is a'foreign
intervention?of n > mean potentate?within titer reach.
He pi ?serves the bal.mco- of power-?He puts himself i
forward in others' quarrels .without explanations and
without ceremony?Ho commands ihe peace when"
peaco is desirable?lie adjust?International disputes?
He lays His hand ou tiio thunder-bolt of war, and
quenches the lurid flames of-the belchinflCarlillcry.? :
We have indulged dreams of other intRi-vhnfirm e ?? ? ,
liavo nursed tlio wildest ;bucie? of iuropoaneuibroil
meats?\vc ivill nut cherish this?wo will"noti^in"tlio
desperate ungodliness of the liuuuiu heart, nceepfcUiis
i thought?Unit God is indeed an ftctnal p.?u*er, and? ft
' veritable actor in these o'ecci fences. Tp do so were to
| take the first great step in securing the exertion otttbaU.
J power in our interest; we never will impress ifcjtnto
| our cause, uniil we genuinely and opera lively llotieVe
| in its reality. i\* llonal infiu'clily feeds the fktmfobf
' the war?causes I hem to burst forth with ever leueSved
I fierceness *10 one quarter and another?gives volume to
i the thunders and vividness to the lightnings. There
| is a subt'e power bac k of all material ogoiieicsjrfbdck
j of the impalpable elements of I'ght, heat, elciirieiJy,
i tiuu ihuiir'uuiu)?wiku. cionijlie moil ile'
nominate the principle of juice?that nnuameablo qualI
ity ofspirit?whieli mocks at all physical combinations,
| ami smites with isnpotcucy the devices and contrivances
of man. Man?in his uiystei ions cxisteii<*c^*-llas
ncco.s to even this, and lays it undermnjisitiyns~\vlYioll
gives Iliin a power that (lows from Uie fountain of pov/.f
erilstlf "?!* ye liral faith even as a grain ol mu-<ta?u*
seed, ye should s?av 10 yonder mountain, he (lion ret;
moved, and be thou en-. into the depths of ihe s:ca,-nnd?
it should obey you." Was this an idle tivn.seeudouta!^
j ism?an unmeaning brav ra of the author oft'b. isliau-'
! ity? The fervent, determined prayer of llio Clisistiuns
of iliia>/'oii e'leiaey wouMburst the vcy gates of ilea- j
ven, and call down upon our foes sneii a storm as would j
tO'll* tilt illAll* l.t A,.!.,! ;,t??'? '?' ' ~
u|f viivii u-?4.rmunu\ iir? IIIU lUiHCil JOlll'S llS CUT*
rents into thymine which ivuds the -.olid (Viinivwurk
of the enWih.
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A/Fairs c-ii ]fgisNissipE?;.
Mkimdian', Doc 10.?Authentic information
lias been received that the advance of General
Davidson's raiding column from Datou I Ion go
passed through Augusta, Perry County, Mississippi,
yesterday, for Mobile. Scott and othots
are in the right placej Warm work is expected
on Monday or Tuesday next.
The following is^a corps of an "official despatch
rcccivdd at head (quarters in Mobile:
u0n-the first of December, Colonel Crifiith
engaged the enemy near Yazoo City, killing
seventeen, wounding five and capturing a lieuicnant
and twenty men. Our loss one killed
and seven wounded. The enemy was driven
j back to Yazoo City.
Dover, Yazoo County, Doc 12.?The fight
yesterday was at Concord CI.inch, on the Yazoo
City and Vicksbnrg.lloads. The Yankee
force was two regiments. They, were completely
fronted. Eighteen dead counted besides
wounded. Twenty-thiee prisoners were
captured, including a lieutenant. They carried
away most of their wounded. Their entire
loss is hctween-seventy-five and one hun
drod. Our loss one killed ami six wounded.
A large quantity of arms and equipments and
several horses were captured.
1 * " ^
Miss Millie Francis, late of the National the-,
atre, Memphis, a dansonsc, come to her death
I vcrv snddenlv at the Nnt.ir?n!?l.tlmnr??i> f'.innin
Uiiti, a few nights since. She had been danc-!
ing, and in passing from the green room to the
stage, in response to a second encore, drank a
tumbler full of ice water, from the effects of
whigh she dropped dead in full view of the audience.
She was swelled past identification:
a few minutes.
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oiif<>(IetiiU> Con^rc^
Richmond, December 16.?In the House,
Mr. Turner offered a resolution requesting the
['resilient, with the advice and consent of the
Senate, to appoint thirteen commissioners of
each Slate to lender to the Government, of tl?n
United Stales a conference tor negotiating ,an.
honorable peace ; failing in this, to use all proper
ell oris for oblainiiig an immediate cxcliango
of prisoners, and if possible, to such understand
ing will) the enemy, in regard to the future
conduct, of the war, as may tend in some degree
to mitigate its horrois and atioeities. Mr.
Ihwksdale submitted a substitute, the preamble
settitig forth that the Government of the
United States having repeatedly refused to listen
to propositions for an honorable peace ov
mediation, have thus matiitested a determine.'tion
to continue the war. The first resolution
says: "Whilst reiterating our readiness to en
let* upon negmiat ion lor pence, whenever the
enemy is so inclined, we will pursue, without,
faltering, the courso-deliberately chosen lor the?
preservation of our liberties." The second resolutions
is us follows ; The mode prescribed by
the Constitution of the. Confederate Slates for
lushing treaties of peace, affords mtipie meansTor
attempts to lhat end, whenever the Coverrmient
of the United States evince a willing- *
ness to enter upon negotiations for teiiuiuating
the war." After the subslitate was read, the
Jiour having expired, the House resolved into
^committee of the whole, and resumed the con- sideralioir
of tho currency bill, Mr. Terkin^
?rtered a sul>-titute, which was under consideration
when the 11< use adjoin la d.
Nothing uupoit.?nt dei:c in the Senate in
cpoti session.
Lixe&i.x <?n "liKLicsioN."?Last week two
ladies fiom Tennessee t amo tlef<?i*e the President,
asking the release ol'ih.ir husbands. hold
as prisoners ofwar*?n Johnson's Inland. O'tVe
of the ladies urged that her husband was a religious
man, ami when (he President ordered
the release of the prisoner", ho said to this lady
"You say your husbndu is a religious
.man ; tell liiio when you meet him that 1 pav
Jium not much ofnjudge of leligion, hut *
in my opinion; the religion that sets mjTebel
and light aga' ist their ("lovernn!"
.cause, os /hev tlituk, that Government :!? ?-i
fbuUieiently h.clp some men to eat their
Hn the sweat oi^othor men's faces, is m
$blft of re!ij4|j|r upon -which p-op!e can
hcftyylti' *rr~r lSru::'iin>ib>n Po,n r.
MisS AAbie'lihojuas, the authoress <
Victor's ('hoicoj^jeie., will soon publish ,t-r'"'"i >
work of-ficlion, entitled "J>arry O'iJyrm / *m'Lawyers
are like scissor", they ncv
each other, but what is belweeu them.
jf~^.-. (T? /re?-? Uni *3 i
*^P^iL - pany. x
TII$;AWNb*A MKRTIKaKK' TilK (Ia?iM ;!
Eridgo Coinj'obcYvill harticld in Oairdenon Monday
t ho 5ii8tli. \/ COM N M \ C!: A I?,
Dec "1?It "/x. Mc.vlary.
Si ^^OA^Sn. ^.
Tii^com*f?siONiais OF EO^QS FOR KER- SlI'A^Dist.ict
wi'l meet in CamdchNou the seoon'l
MomHSy in January, at 11 o'clonk.
/ . COLIN MA OR >C,
5f^c 21?2t. td. Cl\k. *
Negroes to Hire.
17*11'TIOKNT LIKELY NKOROES?Fl ELD OR TUR.
PKNTINR hands?will bo liiretl n't the plantation'
of ymiioui Kirklaud, deceased, on the lirst Monday
in January next. Terms will bo made known on
day above mentioned. JOIiN lvIIUCLAND.
December 13 ? 3
Liverpool Bait.
1WTY SACKS GI^UIXK LIYKRPOOL SALT
a on Consignment and for sale by
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