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THE CAMDEN WEEKLY C?NFEDEMm "KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND THE PRESS IS THE ROYAL THRONE UPON WHICH SHE SITS, AN ENTHRONED MONARCH.". ' _ _ . . , \ \l s Yol III] CAMDEN, S. C.,.VEDNESDAY MORNING-, JULY 6, 1864. Wo. 14 Cljt Crniftkrati IS PCBLISUED AT CAMDEN, EYERY WEDNESDAY MORNING BV J. T. HERSHMAN. S&- Terms of subscription?Five Do] lars per nnnum. Rites of Advertising?Two Do] ars, per square of twelve lines, for fir nsertion, and One Dollar and Fift r<Avifo f,\t* onnli cnKonfttinnt nnn VCiilO ?Vi VUVU w. s&~ Communications calculated to advai the interest of our District and State, pul lislied free of charge. LATEST ARMYNEWg From North GeorgiaNear Marietta, Ga., June 30?6 p. n The enetny, at 11 o'clock this mornio; made a demonstration to attack befot CleburneVliqe, who anticipated a nigl attack. Folk's brigade opened fire, whic exteuded along Cheatham's line. Whe at an angle of our lines on the left centri the enemy's works are withiu 40 yard 3 of ours. There has been hepvy muske ry firing on both sides, which continue for an hour, producing the impression < a general attack, but the enemy soc withdrew. Their attempted surprise^ such was contemplated, proved a failur We lost a few wounded, principally 1 our own fire. Col. Jones, of the 33 Tenn., was killed by a chance Minn ball this morning. uicui. vjcu. utcnuiiiijsuiucn uumuiuu of the late Gen. Polk's corps to morroi Prom North CarolinaGoldsboro', N. C., July 1.?A despatc from Weldon, dated yesterday, say: ' The Yankee raiders struck the Peter burp and "Weldon Railroad to-day ue; Bellfield." QA later despatch, direct from JMlfiel states that much of the enemy's artiller together with his wagon train, had bet captured, and that the greater part of tl raicfers would probably be captured 'als A fight is reported to have occurred t day near Ream' Station. The raide have gone from Morgautown, throuj ^ Watauga, burning the Railroad Dep and passenger train. Our troops a P . - *' after them. Latest News From the Virgin Papers. We copy from the Richmond E quirer of Monday last the followii despatches, showing the state of affai in Virginia on Saturday and Suudu A synopsis of these despatches has s ready appeared in oui> telegraphic ci urns: The following are the latest publishi de&natchep from General T?et?: H-qtJ Army Northern Va., June 25, 18G4. Honorable Secetan/ of War: Sir: General W. II. F. Lee pursu the enemy's cavalry which adyano along the Southside railroad. lie hi a skirmish on the 22d near Dinwidd C. H., and the nest day struck the column in flank, near Black's ai White's, cutting it iu two, and gettii s possession of the road by which th were moving towards Nottoway Cou - - House. The road was held after an engag incut which continued from 12 M. uu dark, the enemy making repeated i tempts to break through and rejoin I advance. He withdrew from Genei Lee's front at daylight on the 24t leaving his dead and wounded on tl fieid, taking the road to Ilungarytov und Kcysville. General Lee is sti followiug them. Very respectfully, &c., R. E: Le 1 i General. Headquarters, _ Army of Northern Virginia, Jnne 25, 18G4?9, p. m. Hon. Secretary of War: Sir : Our entire loss yesterday mor ing was ninety-seven killed and wouud< and two hundred and nine missing. Nothing of moment has occurred t m day on the liues* in front of Berrnui v ' Hundred and around Petersburg. General Hampton reports that tl enemy's cavalry advanced yesterday Nance's Shop and entrenched themselv there. He attacked them and dro "S them from their works, pursuing the until 9, p* m., to withiu two miles . Cbarlcs City Court House. 9 - They left their d^ad and wouoded the field and along the route. Great e re it is due to General Haniton and I command for their handsome success. ' * . Very respectfully, It. E. Lee, General. gTbcre would appear to have been litl or uo fighting near Petersburg on Sati day or Sunday. The Petersburg Expri gives the following account of the tig! which took place on Thursday evenin 23d instant, near the Weldon /failroa in the vicinity of the Six Mile House: Gen. Mahone was speedily despatcbe . at the head of a body of troops, to dri the rascals off. Upon approaching tl i spot about one hundred-fifty of Grant horsemen were discovered displacii i%ils and removing sills. They fled pr ciptately upon the appearance of oi forces; but it was soon ascertained tlx there was a heavy body of infantry . * / il_ _ a__ 1_ y r the woods, east 01 too iracx, maBsea 1 the purpose of supporting the cavlary. Gen. JMabone threw forward a hca\ line of skirmishers, engaged the attentic of the blue coats, and then put into ex cution one of those flanking movemen for which he has become somewhat not( during this campaign. About twiligl h ' % p..' rt - . Perry's brigade, now commanded by Gen. Finnegan, succeeded in swinging around, ' and brought up in rear of the enemy. A volley or two in the rear put the eue. [ my to thinking, and another volley or two brought about a very lively doublequick on thoir part. . We succeeded in securing only four hundred and eighty! " three of the invaders, the remainder ^ running so swiftly that it was found iuiJ possible to overtake them, y The prisouers were marched into the city yesterday forenoon, about 10 o'clock, IC and turned over to Major Bridgeford, > General Lee's Provost Marshall. There was ten commissioned officers among the r number, but none higher than the rank of Colonel. These'prisoners, in point of - appearance or morals, are no improvement upon former instalments. They seem to have been collected from every quarter of the globe, both civilized and un 0 civilized; and elicited from a spectator in our vicinity the remark "That Grant b had scrap?d all creation with a fine tooth n comb for men to reinforce his depleted *' ranks." Is t. From Raleigh, No. Ca. :(J Tlie Confederate publishes tin extra 3f to-day-gfrom Gaston July 1 ?saying, I id reach^pfrere to-day after two and a half if days jotnmey from Petersburg. I dont e. thiuk the road will be repaired for a ,y month to Petersburg. ;j Fighting has been going on for severie al days past on the railroad near Bean's station. There was heavy fightid ing there yesterday. The advantage was v. on our side. Our men are confident of our ability to hold Petersburg. The Yankees continue to shell the city every day. Part of it has been badly damaged, ' * though few persons were killed. 3* The Yankees loss since the fight com,ir menced is thought to be 20, 000. Our loss 1500. ' Chatnblis met the Yankee raiders un5' der Wilson and Spears and killed, wounMl ded and captured 3000. He captured 1C 1500 head of horses, all their artillery ?* (15 pieces,), all their wagon trains, bag?* gage and ammunition. This happened r& on Wednesday, near Stoucy Creek. Four '1 hundred negroes were also captured It is said to be the most complete route re we have ever seen. Nothing of importance from the Georia gia Frout. Everything quiet there. From Gen. Johnston's Lines. Marietta, Ga., July 2.?Nothing 'g new but the usual skirmishing to day. rs A sergeant and two privates came in this " .' / ' ? i* mi _ ' moruiug Iroiu toe lanncc lines, mer 1 " terms had expired, but they were not allowed to leave. The}' represent Shermau's army as much dispirited and averse to prolonging hostilities. Many whose terms expire in July uud I August have determined not to tight 3 Mariktt.v July 2, p. m.-Bj a kind of tacit agreement there has been but little musketry fifing during the last , two days. Yesterday evening ilie enemy attempted to take a battery from Gener. al Cleburne's line, bu' failed. ' Late Cincinnati papers say that during . j the late skirmishing, from the loth to j the 18th justs., they lost 4500 men, ae ci' | shown by the official medical records. irl I The Chattanooga Gazette, of the 29th, j contains a despatches from Sherman to 'e~ i Dix, dated the 28th, 6aying that "ou j yesterday we made an unsuccessful at'f* j tack on the enemy's position, losing between 200 and 300 men. The loss was a particularly heavy amongst officers. Gen ? Parker was mortally wounded Col. D. McCook, commanding a brigade, were !? seriously wounded. Col. Crankin, of the 40tb, and Augustin, of the 33d Illinois, were killed. We to<?k a few prisoners, c> but dou't suppose that we inflicted heavy loss, as the enemy kept under cover." ' From the United States. j Atlanta, July 2.?The Louisville Journal of the 26th ult- has been ren. ccived. Guerrilla operations conliuue in Wes.tern Kentucky A light bad occurred 0_ near Uniontown. Another party demandJa ed the surreudder of Owcnsboro, bat retired after occupying Cleveport aud |ie Ilawesville. to The six months' men have been dees tained by tho authorities for reasons ve unknown. ;m The. "Washington Star, of the 24tb of ult-, says that Grant's works command Petersburg and the Railroad through on Petersburg, they stopping all continuous ;J. communication between Richmond and jjs the South. So long as Grant chooses he can hold the enemy in this present position, by threatening him, while at any time he may move Southward with qe | twenty days rations. Lee niU6t then folir. low him, or risk a heavy engagement on n5S unfortified ground, it. Secretary Dana, who had just arrived g( from Grant's headquarters, says that his d, entire loss before Petersburg is over teu thousand. The correspondent of the Chattanooga vc Rebel say9 that a force of Confederates |)C has cut the Railroad above Tilton, and ;'s captured and burned two Yaukee trains, jrr heavily laden with supplies. Travel on e'. the trains was very demoralizing in Jr consequence of the frequent ambushes of at the Confederates. in The rebel General Archer has been ur transferred from Johnson's Island to Washington. He will be sent to Gen. ry Foster, to be placed under rebel fire in )n Charleston. e- A debate took place in the Yankee ts House of Representatives on 25th ult, on ;d I the repeal ot ttie commutation clause or lit I the draft law. Scbenck, of Ohio, supt ^ ~ ? ^ * ported the repeal. He said thai the rebelliou must be put down; if not uow, hereafter; if not in ten year9, then in ; twenty years. If peace could be made to-day, every sensible man knows that it could not last sixty days. If wc recognise the Southern Confederacy, as a dis tin'ct nation, with borders stretching from the Potomac to the Gulf of Mexico, we may expect war, murder and everything else. Dale of New York, opposed the repeal of the commutation clause. Gar' ~ < ? -1 .1 . :r .1 Iieia said mat 11 iue emuiuuwhuh "were repealed, the armies would not be adequate, nor would the frelellion be put down, during his term of Congress, nor under this administration ? Mallory, of Kentucky, said that conscription was the worst policy that the Government could bossibly adopt. In New York on the 28th ult., gold opened at 215, but declined to 214, and then again advanced, closing at 22 H. On that day it was reported tbat $1,000000 in sterling had changed bauds for 238 in currency. Raid on Morganton and Camp Vance. Our citizens were startled yesterday evening*hbout 6 o'clock, to learn that two or three hundred deserters, tories and yrfbkecs, hud made a raid on Mor-. ganton and Camp Vance, in Burke county, taking possession of them and capturing one passenger train on the Western N. C. Iload. Maj. Wilson, Chief Engineer, came down on the train which went up iu the morning, having been met and stopped by a young titan from Camp Vance who made his escape trout there after the enemy had entered. He reported them to consist of four companies. There is.no further account as to their movements. Force wejn immediatately detached from the C. 5?. Prison in this place, and set forward about!) o'clock, on the train, to meet the enemy, if he will remain long enougli to be seen; and another train of voluutepr troops was got off about 4 o'clock. If the enemy shall linger on the road, it will not be long until he will have something to do. [Salisbury Watchman, 29th Another Horrible Outrage by the m Enemy. Recently, while Sheridan's thieves were crossing King Odliutn, l)r. Downer, one of the oldest and most respected re sidents of his section, and well known in , ! Richmond, sent his horses off in order to | save them from capture. The Yankees came and learning f.'oui some uegrocs 1 ! that Dr.- Downer had sent his horses I | away, demanded of him tint he should j I tell them whither he had sent them, j ; This Dr. Downer lxfusc-d to do, whefxi- i upon they threatened to hang him, and j ! put a rope around his neck drawiug it so i tight that the blood spirted out of his j , cars and nose. Refusing still to impart j the coveted information, the demoniac j . devils threw the r<?pe over the limb of [ a tree and drew the doctor up, letting ' , It i ui hang untjj life was nearly gone and; , J lie could scarcely speak. Still refusing : I to divulge the whereabouts of his pro- j perty the wretches drew him pp to a| height of twenty or thirty feet, and j , letting go the rope, caused him to fall i heavily and insen-ihle upon the ground, i They went off, after robbing the house?! leaving their victim fur dead, with mine i near but his distareted wife to render j any refief. At last account. Dr. Downer i was slowly dying Our pen sickens in the frequent reiteration of such hell deserving outrages as this we have chronicled. Cleburne Plays the Yankees a Trick. The army correspondent of the Grif- j fin Rebel writing from the front under date of21st ult., says : Last night, very suddenly, Gen. Cle- j burne withdrew his vidcttes and skirm- \ isbers in such a manner as to leave the , impression that he had evacuated his i works. On finning this the Yankee j skirmish line moved rapidly up to 4he ; works witii a yell, each one trying to be i the first to enter the rebel entrenchineut. "But Lindon saw another sight." 1 Their surprise may he very easily imagined when they reached the works 1 and were ordered to surrender, which they very quietly did, with out the fire 1 ofagnn. Their maiu liuc advanced, be1 fore they saw the trick, far enough for Cleburne to pay his reopects to theiu in ; the way of a 'oil ey into their ranks, which sent them howling to the hiding places* The net proceeds of this trick were forty live Yankees. Prom Petersburg Petersburg, June 28, At 7 o'clock matters unchanged. There lias been the usual cannonading and picket firing. The lines of the two armies at some . points are not over 200 yards apart. I Uur.troops are in excellent, spines sou j much refreshed by the raiu and cool weather, which is also favorable to the wounded It is reported that Burnsidcs corps has gone to Washington. A Yankee Lieutenant captured on Tuesday, says Grant is going to tear Petersburg to pieces with shot and shell, in a day or two. Gold was quoted in New York on the 25th, at 243. ' [ A private letter from Petersburg that the euemy continue to shell the city. . . * J. T. HERSHMAN?Editor. Camden, Wednesday, July 6, Rains. Throughout the greater portion of our district we have been blessed with refreshing rains-during the past few days. They were welcomed heartily, ^y farpier and planter. Central Bureau, Columbia. Cars will be desDatched fur Lee's and w ** r Beauregard's armies July 15; for John ston's army, July 19. Address M* LaBorde, Chairman, Columbia, S. C. Another Success of Hampton's Cavalry. A private dispatch, dated July 1st, froui Stoney Creek, says O.en. Hampton fought the enemv under Wilson, all night, and completely defeated them. Stnney Creek is twenty-one miles from Petersburg, on the Weldon Road. General Gardner, captured near Port Hudson, says the Yankee papers, has been sent from Fort Lafayette to General Foster, in front of Charleston. We arc authorized to say that Cant. W. L. DkPass is a candidate for elcction to the Legislature of South Carolina, and will serve, if it is the will of the p opie of the District that he should occupy the position. It is not his intention to leave the service, od the event of his election, but to remain in the service of his country as long as there may be an enemy confronting us. JThe President of ' The Rest" in behalf of the passing soldiers desires to J thank the Ladies of Camden for their kind attention in refreshing them with comfortable food and lodging on their way to their homes; also, to those ? -ii- ?.. nave so Kinuiy sem pmvisiuna kj uc prepared for tliem at night and other times, when it would be inconvenient for the President to notify them of their arrival-. Time of Service Expiring. We learn from reliable authority that ^the time of service of 8000 of S1 ernian'jf troops'expired on Saturday the 25u!t The time of at least 5000 of the niiscegcnators expir.d between Ilcsaca aud Dalton, the rtiurc-stoniMches receiving a final discharge by reason of reb 1 bullets. This is the best way fur their time of of service to expire, to benefit us. The first number of the Camden Daily Journal made its appearance on Friday mnruing last. From the talent engaged in the editorial department, the correctness of its fypoeraphy, clear print, and the absolute want of such a paper in our district, we cannot see why it should fail to be appreciated, and receive a liberal support from the citizens of Kershaw and adjoining districts. The enterprise is deserving of encouragement, and will ? li_ ;? __ - (K! 01 lnvaiuaoic service, a? u lucuiuui for advertising and receiving the latC9t war intelligence?at least twelve hours in advance of any of the city dailies. There appears to be a question of v^. racity up betweeu Gens. Burbridge and Morgan, concerning Hie losses of the latter in Kentucky. lJu;bridge tclchraphed that Morgan lost 300 killel, 300 wounded, 400 prisoners, making an aggregate loss of 1000. Morgan says that he has lost 170 men from his command. The presumption is, therefore, that Gen. Burbridge told a lie. Though Burbridge represented that Morgan's force was wholly demoralized and dispersing through the country, he seems to have been unable to follow him, for, according to the latest Yankee accounts, Morgan was in Flemingsburg on the 14th, with 3000 men, declaring that he would not leave Kentucky. We c 'Delude that he is not baldy hurt yet. [rOtl the CAMDEN CONFEDERATE.] To the Citizens of Camden and its Vicinity Your assistance is required by the Ladies Aid Association to send on a box of hospital stores to the Way-aide Home, in Richmond. Contributions in money, provisions, rags, or anything suitable for that pur-! pose, will be received by Mr. Bonney, Mr Kennedy or the ladies at their ball ?at any tiuie before the lit Thursday in July. fl.ni /I in Wnnr VAwIF uf/iu iu ngn x vi aA gentleman, who left New York three weeks ago, inform us that no reliance can be placed on the gold quotations of the New York-papers. At the time when gold was quoted at 190, he had to pay 230 for the sum requisite to defray his expeuses to. the Confederate $tates. [FOR TUB'CAMDEN CONFEDERATE.] AcknowledgementReceived from Misa Eutcly Perry, President Flat Rock Aid Society, for "Soldiers Rest," at Camden, 85.80. The President of "The Rest" most; grateful acknowledges the above. Do- | nations from or.r country, friends it) the : way of Provisions will be very acceptable, as we have from three to a dozen or , more Soldiers at our Rest every night? J passing on their way to their homes to the different Districts?and from time to | time stoppine a few days to recover from their wounds and diseases. Donations in money will be thankfully received in Aid of 'The Soldier's' Rot," as we have our nurse to remunerate, besides other little expenses incident t<? the , comfort aud welfare of our brave defen- j ders. E R. LEE, Treasurer Soldiers Rest Siege Matter's?Three Hundred and | Sixty First Day?The Enemy Upon James Island?A Barge Attack Upon Fort Johnson?Its Successful Repulse, Etc. Since our lust report events of considerable interest have taken place within the circle of hostilities of .which Charleston is the centre. , During Friday night the enemy crossed over from the upper end of Dixon's Island to Legaro's Point., and at daylight on Saturday morning advanced on Rivers' causeway Here they were met in gallant style by Lieutenant Depuss, in I charge of a section of Blake's Light Battery, 1st S. C. (Regular) Artillery, then ou picket duty. With his two guns ! he promptly opened a brisk lire, deliver- i ing fifty two rounds witb good effect, driving back t portion of the enemy's j force in some confusion. The enemy soon raillicd, however, and again udf-uuetd. Our artilleries stood to their posi tion nobly, and, as it proved, longer tban it was prudent, for, being entirely without, ad* qu ite infantry supports at baud, tbey were compelled to retire, and through the desertion of one of their drivers (originally a deserter ftotn the Yankees,) they found it impossible to remove their pieces in time, tbeirassailants being but forty yards distant, at.d both guns fell into the bands of the enemy. The caissons, however, were both saved. The musketry fire lasted three-quarters of an hour. Our batteries opened heavily on the enemy's advance and checked them at the causeway. It was report<?d Saturday evening that a gunboat and barges were iu the Stono, but no father development took place before nightfall The enemy's force in this affair isestima ted to have numbered 1500 under command of Onioned lleines, of the 103d New York Jleginn nt. From deserters afterwards taken, we learn that tlie Yankee logs in the advance wag 90 killed and wounded. During the remainder of Saturday no more fighting took place. On Saturday uight the enemy's lines seemed quiet, stretching-from Grimball's along the causeway. Their force at that time was believed to be about 3000. General Taliaferro commands our forces on James Island. Simultaneously with this movement a column of the enemy was reported advancing up the Stono on John's Island, in the district commanded by our General Robertson. All this, however, seems to have been mainly designed to divert our attention from the real point of attack. THE AS6A17I<T ON FORT JOHNSON. Early yesterday morning despatches were received by General Junes, announcing that the enemy bad made a deter mined assault upon Fort Johnsons, in forty-eigbt barges, but wore handsomely repulsed by the garrison of that post, under Lieuteneot Colonel Joseph A Yates 1st S C Artillery. We captur-J . i? 11 * cfsnd CQ IU IUC auair 4tu puouum, ??Mof small arms and 5 barges. .Qnly 11 out of the 48 barges whicb made the attack were seen to return to Battery Gregg. ,?- . -? ?-. ? Try It. A Gentleman informs us that a few years ago there was a freshet in North Carolina which overflowed the wheat fields in the low lands just about the time the wheat wis ready for cutting and destroyed it. One geptiemao who did not allow his hogs to run on his wheat had the satisfaction the following August or September of harvesting ?u exceedingly heavy crop. Would it not be .a good idea for those having wheat op low lands, that has been destroyed by the recent rains, to try this experiment ? It miuht be best to plow it in, since it has not been washed down, as in the instance cite# above.rrrColumbia Enquirer, v % t m * ~. * ,.* Who is Grant? The Richmond Whig answers the | question thus: ' * Ulysses S. Grunt was a regimental quartermaster in the old army, in which position he was distinguished only for his love of strong drink. His first appear* ance in the present war, in any conspicuous capacity, was at Belmont, where, in * conjunction with McClernand, he Surprised a Confederate camp and mig)it :? have gained a victory if Polk had not < ' 3?j crossed the river in time to reinforce Pillow, when the two whipped him bad* _ ignoiniuiously aud disastrously to hid post, by which be was glad to make bis ''"ij ? escape. The enterprise, however, exhib1 itcd boldness, and tbe general absence of this quality at ?he time mnnng the Yait' .a kee Generals secured for 1-ilit pimtn'oiiob-, and gave him the command of .some 80,0(^0 or more men gathered in fntntof Sydney Joiinston. at Bowling Green * ' The winter floods etiab't'd the enemy to carry the inadequate defences near tbe moutli9 of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, to land men at pleasure below Fort Donelson, and to attack it simnlta* neously by laud und wa'er. Tbe garrison at thi< place was very small in coniparit son with the investing force, and the lines of fortification, in many places, weak A heroic defeuce was made.? For three days the enemy was repulsed with fearful slaughter, his losses in -dead alone I'eing nearly as large as our wjtolo garrison. The place was not carried by assault, but capitulated Very many of the men remonstrated against t he sum uder, and few now doubt tlmf, by proper [liiinng. a.cut, the whole of them could have cut their way ?>ut without serious resistance. In these two fights? at Bel. U'out and Douelsnrt?the great Ulysses was in one instance defeated positively, and, iu the next,, gained h victory, of which none but a Yankee would or could boast. Grant's next appearance wg.s at Sihloh. In the first day's light he was surprised and shunfcfully beaten; on the second day, j line)I, who was Grant's superior, and iiiid arrived with heavy reiutuceiuciit*, took command, arid to him in due ?lies credit, such us it is, o?at tacking ft disop. gani/.ed army, imlf Mm .-ize of his own, and of failing; signally 'o make it do more tliun relinquish at leasure a part of the enormous spoils which it had won the day before. Here there was no victo. ry to any one oo the Yankee side, and certainly none to Grant. < * After Sluerman's failure at Yicksburg, Grant, superceded hi in. With unlimited men and means at his command, he at. tempted no assault, hut waited patiently til the nafal (f&cers had succeeded in running hoth- gun boats and tisupport* past the Confederate butteries March' iitg his men rapidly down the West bank of the river, he .ferried tbeui over and precipitated them upon Grand Gulf?a strong position, which, like Donelson, was incompletely fortified mid' feebly garrisoned. Grant's success at this point . was due more to the gun-boats than to his own skill. And now occurred the only movement which entitles him to praise and evinces generalship. With a celerity uuexampled in the history of Yankee warfare, he pushed forward his huge columns, upset IV ruber ton without tlm lc-d't difficulty, invested Vickburg, established his conrmutiicatjom- with tire river both above and below the city, protected his rear from Johnston by formidable works, and, after a number of uo> successful attempts to storm the place, set down leisurely to reduce it by siege, 1 n. a:J ..o wiiiuii lie at luugi u ijiu, vxiiidut sci ivup x testation either in front orTiar. FIcrc he was indebted more to -the Coiw federate Government" than to bis ownt? genious for hia suocvsr. lie showed ' energy by the rapidity of bis Biotrement-s, aud displayed skill in interposing hijs army between Peinhcrton and Johnston; but iT either bis courage or bis skill bad been extraordinary, be would li^ue crush- ^ 0. ed his incompetent antagonist iifc^Vicksb' rg as easily almost, as he had done at. linker's Creek-?a buttle over whjah the Yankees made a great deal of noise, but in reality no battle at all; f?>r we remember that otic of the ablest Confederate officers engaged in it laughed at thei dear of dignifying it with the name of battle. It was not Grant's generalship sfc moch as his opponent's utter inexperience io field fighting, and his own overwhelming numbers, which enabled him to carry everything before bitn at ''Champion'a Hill," like a whirlwind. His next appearance was at Chaffa* nooga, where tne discord existing between the commanding general, on the Confcderaie side, and his subordinate officers, but more still, ' the detaching of Hong' street with a large body of the best troopi i in the army, just as Grant himself vu reinforced by many thousands under Sherman, offered an easy but yet costly success, >Vh*t there was ma victory. so gained to entitle its winner to the extraordinary boo or*', and adnTatioq of which Grant is now the subject, can be ? apparent only to those whose triumph# are rare sod whosa heroes easifytoada, He has never gained a battle, ra>n open ' > fight, with a less advantage * than three or four times a; many mei? as weTt op. , , posed to him. He has not prosed bits* self a great general, but he bas shown quickness, tenacity, the power to wield , brute force with effect, and aptness is i .1 't'rt j * *'i_ i.)l_ K f ta*iKig 01 * i * .' *...-.- * >t; , ? % ? ( ' \ V , *