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V ' ' - iTH ' : : ''' i 'Vt- " " I ** * *" * THE CAMDEN WEEKLY CONFEDERATE. " KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND THE PRESS IS THE ROYAL THRONE UPON WHICH SHE SITS, AN ENTHRONED MONARCH." . *: -rr^ r ? ? ? ?! ' ' * Vol. Ill] CAMDEN. S. C., "W'EDISrESDAY MfmiSTHSTG, SEPT. 7, 1864. GSTo. 33. Ciif Cosffkratc is PUBLISHED AT CAMDF.N*. V.\ Eilf WEDNESiKir MORNING, BY J. T. IIERSHMAN. Term* of subscription?FiVO Dollars per annumRatM of Advertising?Two Bolars, per square of tv.-clvo lines, for nisi n?,i rinn Tinllnr and Fiftv Cents for each subsequent one. ?4?*Communications calculated to advnne the interestof our USirict and State, published free of charge. Four Men Condemned by a military Commissfon to be Hanged. nr.. ~>iKjary commission recently in session jn Baltimore,-trr i*to: TZ Sr. I aulctrcct, has sentenced four persons to he hanged at Fort McIIenry on the 29th iast. The following is a copy of the finding and sentence of the oommissision: William II. Rogers, charged with acting nsa epy, on or about 24th May 1SC4, in the Chesapeake Bay, at a point near Annapolis; in a time of war andjrebellion of the so called Confederate States, against the supreme authoiity uf the United States, acting as a spy in and about the posts, quarters, camps fortifications of ihe army of the United" Slates, in the State cf Maryland, to be hanged by the neck until dead, at such time and place ^nnnrol ninr ri/?ci<y. as the com ma uuui? g <.Uv.<.? j rvatc therein. * John It. If. Kmbcrt, now or late of t he so-called Confederate army, acting as a spy on the 2f>th of April, on the liastern Shore of Maryland, and also engaged in the transpotntion of whiske}*, bacony salt, dry goods, boot?, sboe3 and other articles. ' Saihucl B. Ileum, now or 'late of the so-called Confederate army duriug the month of April, 11:64, and charged tfith supplying the rebels with whiskey, alcohol, nails, dry goods and^ general trafficking. Braxton Lyon, now or late of the socalled Confederate army, charged with being a spy and trafficking with the rebels in such articles us whiskey, alcohol, salt and dry goods.. All yf these parties have been for some time coufiucd in the city jail, and were yesterday removed to Fort Mcflenry. , "With the exception of Rodgers, all were - - - i ? j 1 members of the 1st inaryiapu cavmry. It is not yet known whether the Prcsi dent has approved the Bcntencc ip their Cases. War Rumors?A New Flee** of Blcckncfc Itttrrao? A correspondent of tbc__?J<}J?'^^^rk Ileruld v.r:les from London : When tho report reached the Stock Exchange of Graht's blowing up a citadel at Petersburg rebel stock fell one per cent. To take the town would bring it down five per cent, and ihe fall of Richmond would drop it at least ten more, llut at this time that stock is worth more by fifty per cent, than the best bonds and stocks of the Uhitcd States Government. All this is owing to just one thing, so far as the value of the rebel stock is concerned, the facilities for running the blockade at "Wilmington. There is a whole fleet of steamers just hgw iu the Clyde all ready to run the Blockade, and just putting in cargoes that will average in value half a million gold dollars each. And about nine out of ten of these efforts to run the blockade nre successful. Scores of English and Scotchj?uerchant8 andBhiponwers are rolling in wealth now, with hundreds of thousands ?several over a million?of pounds made in blockade running. Dead Yankees in Andersonvillc During one of the intensely hot days if last week, more than three hundred sick and wounded Yankees died at Anucrsonville. A curious calculation has passed through our mind, dated on this information. "\Ye lind that this would make 1800 feet equal to 600 yards, or more than a quarter of a mile of uead Yankees. A procession of wagons, odc to each ttian, rcckouing 20 feet to the wagou, would make a line GOOO feet, or more than a mile long. To bury thorn side by side, would require a trench GOO feet long, equal to 2-10 yards, 7 feet wide and five feet deep, would rcouire 120 men to dig the craves, 2(?U oi-x . ,ft mnko '2i) drivers to the wagons, 2;> assistants to bury tbem, 25 wagons to haul thcrti, 10 mules to pull them. It would require 0 good steam saw mills constantly running, to furnish sufficient lumber to make the coffins, reckoning the work of each mill at 2500 feet *c.' day. At 50 feet to cch coffin the sum total would he 1500 feet. To the funeral cortego wo will allow for charity's sake, 00000000, mourners. ?Atlanta Intelligencer. Promotions vVc Ica'rn from a letter received in this city, yesterday, that Brig. Gen. M. C. Butler has bceu promoted to Major (i?ncral tr> command Hampton's old di\i>ion. Col J din Duono-ant, Colonel i f the 5th S. C Cavalry, has been promoted to Brigadier General, to command Butler's nld brigade. By the latter promotion our young fellow-citizen, Lieut. Col. B. J- Jeflords, rises by grade to the rank of Colonel, commanding 5th S. 0. Cavalry.?Charb'*ton Cot'rjVr, 30th. ! Terms on Which Peace may Obtained Washington, (Thursday,) Aug ! 25?You may rest assured' that all | reports attributing to the Govern m< any movements looking toward nogoi tiwis for peace at present are uttc without foundation. Tboro has bt nobody at Niagara representing the G crnment, or in any way expressing opinion, concerned in any negotiation.' conversations with tlie rebel einiss-n on the subject of peace. The Govr : mcnt has not ctitcrtaiuod or discus I t1ir> nrni.-nt, nf nrnnositn? nn aruiis | I " J ' " i r - c. ; with the rebels* nor huq it any in It* At of sepdiug commissioners to Richnn for the purpose, of ulToi ing or .solicit terms of peace. or of negotiating w iuc icoei fiutnormes on tnarornny nt subject. Its sole and undivided purp is to ; r (Sectite the war unfil the rebel is quelled. Rut if anybody doubts willingness to make peace whenever rebels will lay down tlu-ir anus and turn to the Union, let him produce : : proposition from the rebel authorities : that effect, or fiOf evidence that tliey i desirous of ejafltig the war' on ill i terms, and he will then bo in con fit \ to test the purpose and disposition of Government on that point, lie will I "no difficulty or delay in defining President's position on tliat subject Special J>cspatcli to the New York Ti'r rti-nnt TJnfrrGoc n "Pn er; In tho "Pror Vice-Consul. Graut lias refused h passage down James to the representative of tlie C sul of FrHtico at llichmoud, with ( patches for the French Minister at Wa ingtorv. It appears that on Sunday Vice Consul "proceeded to Yaiina, i in accordance with a privilege hereto! freely accorded, secured his pass the flag of-truee boat, was nssiguc state:roorn,- arrd aadc^very arrangeui for the journey. At night the boat visited by Grufltin person, who, with the knowledge of the Vice Consul, an interview with Major Muffnid, and structed him to refuse a passage iu boat to that offleiar or any one else The consequence vta? that the Yice-C sul had to return to Richmond vtrth despatches. Yankees in the Lower .Valley VirginiaWe have converged with nijPWitlcr of this county who was in "wf^tbn, the lower Valley, at the'time the. \ kces canwftfn^p well as when they w jyiftsk, duriMSS^J^t^emonstrari Our JhiortsST?RW who travelctrUri state," riding in a carriage drawn by four splendid g horses. The Yankee force, our iuforuj^nf tliii numbered not less than HO ,<3^0 of arms, a very large proportion of wl was cavalry handsomely equipped and ding excellent horses. Our informant does not know ex : ly the length of time troops occupied I - - Pi _ ?T 1? I ..1 _ 1 it i..,4 i coming up niter "i. njuu >nuai, mu | says that they consumed oleum lumrj i passing a given point at a double on in going back. The troops were giei demoralized, especially on their retr> They broke up a great many of tl ; guns, and threw others in wells. T I burned all the hay and grain wit hin roa ' in numerous caces .' tiing fire to ba I iu order to destroy the hay and gr; | They destroyed Hot less than 20 or j barns and stack yr.rd> in srghf. of N ton. ) They burnt no dwellings, and assigi ; as a reason for burning the grain i j hay, that we had burned (Ihaiiihershtt They killed and drove off nil tlm < j tie, hogs and sheep, horses, wagons, ( ; riages, buggies, dogs, poultry of all ki they could find, i They retreated af.vr night. Tl ; came up on the 11th, and remain* d ah ' four days. I They had no negro troops with tin but there was a great number of no ( haDger6-on along with the army, /tier! I horses, &c I Tho troons were the behaveu I r ~ j of men tlic people of :fs-tt regbui c ; saw. Thoy were povfvc-Iy 1 ~wI. It is said they hung one of our inn : North Carolina soldier, at Middle! ; charging hitn with being a spy. ( The women, i% is said, Tcnucsted men to .take no prisoners. The people of portion..- of the b> Valley mast snfTer in c<>,w<{,i-m-e <>f destruction of their grain, garden?, fr provisions, poultry, Ac., by tin: pnl j enemy. A desolate tiack niaikcd t! progress where ever they w? nt. Rockingham Rcyitttr At'jusl 11,'1 Streigiit Straightened <h't L.\ ?Strcight, the notorious fanatic : hater of the South and Southern in tutions, and wlio was a prisoner at Lihby for somo months, and from wh 1 he finally escaped like a molo by t . < i . r j iifiluip nis way .our, nas ai icaa* 101 his dead icvcl. We sec by laic Nor j cm papers that lie was killed in a 6, with General Wheeler's forces in i rear of Sherman's army, nenr Cbattan j jrn. He commanded the Fifty-fi Indiana regiment. "I wonder where those clouds arc . ; ing ?" sighed Flora, pensively, ns s pointed with her thin, delicate finger the heavy funeral masses that floated zily in the sky. "I think they are goi 1 to thunder said her brother S be J. T. itERSHMAN?Editor. ust Camden, Wednesday* An gust 3 l fi e -fr~ . .. ?nt M'o^by:s have become quite -,a_ source of annoyance to the "Xankees? rl* ^ is said they take no prisoner^ ,,v' The number of graves in t5e Yank' National Cctno-ery, at Chattanooga, < or . ? ies -caib' "'tm'her six thousand. 1 nj Grant's losses' iti the hiiltcft bef< sod Lice Petersburg on Friday and 'Sunday, i ion Computed at four thousand. ^ ing Northern papers coutIurnAto be fil i(|, Willi r\f n > 1 tf^&nr aCy ft ? . 11 l' l-. "l*' piOl MICgr'l 10 II.'IV'J UUCU irnvoiiubu OSO *? ! Indiana. llOM t fr " The losses during the bjnibnrdnif ^ie of Atlanta will reach ?5,000,000 wo . of real estate, embracing. forty-scv i t0 houses burnt, 497 nersous killed, f are wounded. ion The Now York Herald, in a late iss the gays it will soon he a necessity for I. 'It'a ; coin to recall Giant to defend the ; 10 j tiooal Capital, which it admits is in ni nrs f Ganger of capture than Richmond. j In the late Constitutional Slate-^-Y IC^ j kee?Convention, of Louisville, Ky., fj)c ! members disposed of over forty tlrouSi j dollars worth of whiskey, ali which l les- paid for by the State Treasury as ami the expenses of the Convention. the ^ and i There is 3" excess of females over "te males in tivc States.in the North. C uccticnt has 7,000: Massachusetts 1)7,0 ;(j H # r t New Hampshire 7,000; Niw York was j 00Q^ Rhode Island G.000. In Penn< out, vania the-numbers arc nearly equal. l.adj- ^ ; in-j Northern papers state that. Farra tlie h.ts made arccconnoisance of the obsti iioiis near Mobile, and found the stoat ?? Nashville had been sunk-across t|ic cli bts , ,. nel, making access to the city itnposst until she is first removed. leant, through a ielegraii. fu Cac&dfitf Mj Journal, that Gen. J> 11 ft! aa'^ '0?L'CS hod been surpri aa. at Greeuville. The general himself cnt *ingkilled, and all hid staff capturrd, < onij cept, MajorJIasscH ' _ ^ fine | I gratefully acknowledge (i, reoe ;ra} . of two barrels of vegataU..^ and proviso k ! from the ladle?: of the S. A. A.. Dibe n'ij ; Hill, kerrliaw District, fliioii^li } ,;c|, I'lodg-'ft, for the sir!; ami woim-lM ri- tho Wayside Hospitnl, a! Ivingsvillc S\ 11. F. ClIA.MBI.KSS, ,*u.' i (Steward ) J End cf the Danish Wnr. 1 he Danish war, that has long ahsor ! die attention of Europe, is virtually at l>at i end. At the third meeting of the (.' icir fcrence at Vienna, Denmark wade a. I ticy i concession of all that had been denial:' r^' ! of her, and M Von Qunadc, having rns * ii ! reived the necessary lnstruelmns, agri j5 i to sign' tho preliminaries of peace. uw- three months' nrmist ice has been accept land King Christian has promised to ci ned . .. , . , r, , , . ,, , . . j ; fi?c i 'nc11ics or seuicswig. nmsicm : ,r.r i Lauetiburg, witl; (lie appertaining islao cat- and will retain a diminished territn , with a million and a half of inhahitaf " : burdened by the expenses of war or i halted by the ravages of tie enemy. , * - *? - ' A Deserter Arrosted by Ladies | A correspondent of tho Macon 'J\ ' graph relates the following incident.: On ;lie morning of the 1st of Align l|1"> it was rninon-d that there vas a deser ( in Irwin county, about tri miles fr< the cntt"t house, and no nan cuuld v ' fonnd toarrc.-t him. What are we tod was the question asked lv m iiic lad ''' in the nuighboihood. Atlhis mocu ' two young ladies proffered to go a i make the arrest. Thr.y made tin ?"r mothers and the wife of 3 soldier w lived near by acquainted ?ith tlieir i n?c . loll,'',n5* T',e ,kV? matrons volunteer ! to assist, the young ladies; according | llio carriage was ordered and a net; . ! man put. upon the box. Armed ai lcir ! equipped, the ladies drove t? the I101 , of the deserter, boidly ?nd fenrlest I tbev flighted from their carriage a I walked into the house. Deserter ask ST- them to be seated, but tbey declined, lDcl the same time informing lira that B'1* was a deserter and their prisoner, a jbo must tako a seat in their cirriage aD(i ich with them to the Court Ihuse. Desi un* ter begged, entreated and prayed, b in^ all to no purpose ; to town they carri 'h- bim and put him in jail, irs'ructiug t ?ut jailor to Keep Dim uutii oa.icd lor uy t enrolling officer, oo-' rst A nice place to keep ?ool?Fannii County, Texas. Another aivantage?i growing. An exchange ells ue thai go- woman raieiding near Old-Warren, Fa ihe nin County, Texas, rcccmly gave bir to to five bouncing boys?mother and "fan la- ly" doing well. The boys arc nam rig Davis, Lee, Cooper, Beauregard at Bragg. Negro Enli3tmonts in Kentucky. ? Tlie subjoined orders; relative to tl 1> "enlistment of negroes in Kentucky, d ? velopc the policy pursued by the Yunki a Govern in ^nt- towards the people of tb State. The mait^ point is that an own of slaves is deprived of all control ovi them. In other words, if a negro go ec to the Federal authorities and says ' aj am willing to enlist, but my master c jeets," the master may be arrested, throv into prison, and subjected to such oth punishment as the "powers that be" mi direct. The wonder ia that the. peep lro of a sovereign State can. tamely eubn to such an usurpation of their rights; b , , perhaps, like the ancient eels, they ha , "got used to skinning." nnd now ecarcc n'd wiutc uoJ.r ?ire~rtpo ratFan : f? pn^vvost Marsbal'.s office, Ninth District of Kentucky, Grrcnburg, Kcutuoky, May 17, 1864. ?(lt The following is a copy of a letter i ^ ceivcd to-day at. this office, from Hea quarters Acting Assistant Provost Mi cn" ; sh:r4 General. Louisville, Kentucky, dat >* '1 May 13th. 18G4, which is published I the information of all concerned. Captain : The oiVlcrs this day rcoeiv ,l(7 by telegraph from Brigadier Gcoci ,in | Burbridge, herein quoted, will be coi ya. ! plied with by provost marahals and otl officers engaged in making cnlistmen ' The order is as follows : "Please direct all your prorost m; sbals to receive all negroes wboni'ay of themselves, rcg^rdles^ 6f the wishes ,e the owners. * * * Any person who interferes with t ,vas enlistments will be promptly arrested. >nc (Signed) S. G. Buriiridoe, "Brigadier General Commanding Gcuerul Purbridge telegrapns fimjn l])(. a* follows, and his advice will be cj firmed and accepted : "n" "Advice that the l'rovost Marshals 00; the different districts be instructed II, arrest any person interfering in any w -j. with the drafting or enlistment of negro "(Signed) S. G. BunnniDGK. "Prigadier General Commanding u( j Report each ease of attest for t | cause without delay to General' P UC I bridge, and ask what disposition to ma ncr ' of the arrested person an-i Py order. George McLank, lie Captain A'- P?- C. and Adjutant, j Captain W. C. Gricr, Provost Marsl ; Ninth District, ilte | Captain Gricr issues his orders acci dm ! dingly to all deputies and agents unc j | him to enforce these orders "jT'Uiiptly se' | and to be "iudusfribas in procuring * | recruits. X Yankee Reports. ' _X o"i ii-?r>.?tidi nt. of the N'.w Y<i opt '1 wii'es from 'New S'O'h CWHit The lire from our batteries is still k( up <>ii Sumter =?nd the cit)', slowly, I 1'.v with must -gratifj^ng. accuracy. At dr. | HCitor who etmem recently informs in r!;nt onr tiri;g does great wxeeution, a 1 is directed at the weakest points of t ( rt, a fact attributable to Gott. Foste i knowledge of it while stationed the Th" rebels, it is said express great fi 1?et l.<M?.l,'iriimnnl .if nnil , I*. ii ?. , ' by no means impregnable will tihitna i ly interfere with t!<c safety of their ca an | mates, and much weaken the defences, on ; Inconsequence of the. non-receipt full i K',,,s ^"r which requisition has be , , j made, General Foster requested Adnii ' Dahigrcn to loan bitif a battery, alvJ t lc" | result is nn arrangement by which a h red ! tery ofsix (Ithink) elcAcn-inch gnus to ,\ placed Moris Island h'fwccn Clint (u j and Grogg, to be manned by sailors a ! marines, and assist in-the hombarumc there. One pun has already gone t ind ami the rest will probably he moant ds, ; before this letter reaches you. r,r . During the Fiitnmer the main drfcn< ' of Milton Head Islaiiih, consistiup pri its* i '' rip-illy of n simple line of earthWori ux with one or two batteries, have b en c i tended, and strengthened by the cr : struction of a citadel iu their centre th : enabling a small force to hold tlx against a larger force than the rebels c ; probably even land here. Another c vf.? add is to ?-c erected near Mitchebvil ,er rendering too Island safe against, a 1,11 .".ttack from the Seabrook direction. ho third is to be constructed just outse " ' : the town of Heaufort. ics j '>'hcse works arc probably not nt j lately uoees?ary for the protection n'l these posts, but they will render the plf more impregnable and save iliuch loss b? j life on our aide should a serious attack i'<- : made. rly | 'ifhe Crimson Has: :ro ' In looking over ad oM Dumber of tl imI . Home Journal, wo fi*yi ihe following ise : McPlmrson Washington, a lineal doscc ily dnnt nf the "Father of his country ud owns the celebrated "crimson flag of E' cd taw" which was carried at that farnoi at fight as well as at Cnwpens. There he a story connected with that piece cf cloi nd narration. Just before the battle of E go taw, William Washington called upon jr- lady, and asked her for something re ut to inspire the boys in the coming Ggh cd She withdrew, and returned with the d he sired color, carefully wrapped up. Oi he revolutionary mothers wore red petticoa in those dhvs. and not bcincr able to o tain any thing else, she sacrificed hi a" crimson jupt on the altar of her corn t's try. It was carried into a hotly coote ; a ted field, and, wherover it was seen, tt in- boys thought of their sweethearts an th wives at home, and struck for freedoi ji- with terrific force. That little flag cd now borne by the Palmetto soldiers, bi id ing in the preBeDt custody of the Wasl iugton Light Infantry. / til j The Burning of Hon- Mr. Boteler's je' Residence e-1 A correspondent of a Northern paper :e [ denounces Flutter's barbarity in Yirginat ' ia, ahd referring to the fuming of Hon. cr i A' It Boteler's house, publishes the foier lowing letter of Miss Boteler : es Siiephjwdtown, Jefferson County, Va., 'I July 30?Wednesday night, fr- My Dear Sitters: I suppose you will rn have heard before this reachea you that er our dear, beautiful home is in ashes, ay Yesterday, just after dinner, Lizzie, her >le throe little children, and I, being at lit home, fifteen Federal soldiers of the 1st ut New York cavalry, under Captain Marve tindnlc, came with orders from General ily Hunter fo burn cverytliing under rool T5n fTTe places of A. IT. Boteler and Edmund J. Lee. They came to us- first, ) and in twenty minutes after their arrival 1 it would have been dangerous to enter re- the house. Of the furniture, we saved d- two little rocking chairs, and throe other ir- chair# from the porch, This is literally ed ! all. The barn, in which was stored all for . tho hay just cut; the servants' house | and library, with the books, cabinet ol ed ! iriinerals, valuable historical papers ant ral documents?all are gone. The men1 iu- house arid dairy are still standing, as tin icr wind blew from them. Writing this ii ts. harder work than I thought it would be irfter all I have gone through with, ar- They piled up the furniture, and wit! fer camphdne, etc., built the fire that has of Burned deep into .our hearts. Ne?t*?nc I are at aunt Nannie's to-night; Lizzii he r.hd children at the Grove. Mrs. Lei I lias joined her husband, aud Fount.aii ! Bock aud Bedford ?irc both desolated I My heart aches to have such' terrible ti ?r, j dings of the dearest spot in all the wolc in- to you. I fear I loved it too much, bu j my greatest grief is for our darling par of cuts. We are young, ami can bear sue! to ; changes better, but their life-ties wen ay ; formed and ilvcted there. I'll writ< cs. ! more ill the niorniug, when fitted for it | How many will,be sorry to bear all this I read Hunter's oid?r myself?had it ir his ruy hands ami 'tried to keep it to seuc lir- papa, but it was taken out of iny hands ,ke * * * * * * Your devoted sister, Timi. This correspondent closes his letter a ml ] follb^V:' | The house was not^hc properly of Mr or- i Jloteler, biU belonged to Mi-i. Hofccler ler ; who like o SpartanTJtother, inm riemaihet ' through r.jl tjj'c dangers of war to protec re- [ Iter property and children. With tin exception of the "gallant" Milroy, win . deprived her of her servants,.she am , her. daughters luve received every conr '*] . , ^ -j frOW. -VfrTge ? P'S n':v " ' i armies. McClcllan, like a gallant soldier ; who makes war only on men, ordered he ':lf ' house to be protected while, his victori : ens troops were in pur.-nit of the enemy u* | It-was left by General. Hunter to maki !I(t i i i . a\ ' \ ?!r..i i i . i nesminic un.?? ovauimn in>use, ami id urinj ,c I to poverty this interesting family. r s j We admire the ravage and couragenu ro" lion, but bate tiie filthy and pruwlinj :nr jackal. 'ts Flesh, limb and blood the foinur make tc- l his own. *c" ! The last. pour, brute securely gnaws tin j bone. 0 j General Hunter seem* to seek immor en) j tality, and doubtless his name will hi rn' 1 handed down to posterity, associated j not with the deeds of a warrior, but 1:k< , him who fired the Kphesian dome willb* j known only as an incendiary. J. Jj. r.d j A hundred Yours Too Late. nt [ The Newcastle (England) Chronicle o 1 P? j the '20th ult, says : | When, in 17>54, one of the rarlit j friends of the Newcastle Chronicle sen -<*8 . joj- insertion the fullowing advertisement iu- j he litrle drear.-.: over how long a span ' '? | of time responding application's would bt '* ! uizde : m- | "Wanted, middle aged woman (vrht 1,8 | has becu servant in genteel families, ant un can he well recommended for her hones an ; ty) to take charge of a singlo geutleman'i 'l* | house in the country. She must under K | take cooking and setting out t'he table. 11)' I A gardener is also wanted, who, havint A ! 1..W.. uni'i 11 #..n- ? 1 ? ill I IMIW fl PUIltil ^UIUUII \\J till I U IV1 | IT III 1? he expected to assist occasionally in the ! house or stables. 1 If n man and wife can undertake the ! above places- provided they are not euro I cumbered vfjth children, it will be more j agreeable. Apply to the printer of this be j papor. Yesterday, in celebration of ?Ik centenary of the Clironiclo, we distribn ted among our suhseriLera reprints of JVo. 1, published on tho 22d March, 1764 ; and of the twenty-nine "advertise> ' mcnts it contained, the foreging stood at 1* the head. The sheet bad not been rcis sued many hours when a respectable, worthy looking couplo entered the pub^9 lishing office, and advancing to the coun18 tcr, innocently inquired the address of ^ the "singie gentleman." u" All'the establishment was at fault.? a Its "oldest inhabitants" could not remember the name of tho advertiser.? Tho rustic bachelor was unkuown. No e" account stood against him in the books ir of the office. Timchad written over him t9 Noncst. Ho was clean gouc?he, bis genteel bouse and 6mall garden?all -r were forgotten. AtkJ the honest appli cants who ottered themselves yesterday e" so unexpectedly to his call, were surpris10 ed, to their astonishment- thirt they wero a hundred years too late. m is Captain Turnbul! aud eight men, e- Company H, ?S8d Illinois, were killed,by i- Confederates while reparing tbc telegraph lino below Fort Poocleon. \ / ? r latest army news p~r6cefj)1Xgs of the Chicago COX VEXTIOX? THE I R PLA T.FORM. \ Richmond, September 2.?The followingr^s- . . ' oh'tions were adopted at Chicago widb four dissenting voices: , :* Rtsolvtd, That in future, as in past, we wilt adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the Constitution, as the only so',id fouodii tion of our sticngth, security and happiness, us' a people, and the frame work of our Govern' inent; equality conducing to the welfare of all ' the States, Northern.and.Southern. Rtiob'cd, 'i^iat this Convention explicitly da- ? 1 clarcs that it is the sense of the Auigriaa*- r * T? pic that, after four years' failure to restore, the j Union bv the experiment of kat, during which, under pretence of milip^y necesdty or power, | the Constitution has been disregarded in every part ; public liberty and private rights alike, trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired ; justice, lib 1 manitV, liberty and the public welfare demand' f | ' that immediate efforts be made for a cessation." * -J [ of hostilities, with a view to the ultimate con- /! ' vention of all the States/ or other peaceable ? ^ means, to the end thai, at the earliest practice- < blc moment, peace may be restored on the ba5 sis of the Federal Union of the States. > Renolitd, That the direct interference of the military authority of the United States with re- . _ 1 cent elections is a: shameful violation of tho 1 Constitution, and a repetition of such acta, in . ' the approaching election, will be held as revoJ luti'uinry, and will he resisted, with "all tho me., .s and power under our control. ' ^ | jResolatd, 11)at it is the aim and object of the Democratic party tQ,. preserve the Federal, ' Union and the rights of the States unimpaired, ?M ' ar.d they hereby declare and consider the ad1 ministrative usurpation of extraordinary power, 'J ' not grunted by the Constitution, the subversion ; 1 ofcivil law by military arrests, the imprison- * 3 niant t im*i I mtil c/ilitiinn.v ,\C A iti/tfion n miiiana infill, u lill HII'J VI ** IHvl I v. <? 11 tlUliVlin 2 in States where civil Jaw exists in full force, the ; suppression of freedom of, speech and the pre.*.0, the tfnusiial test ositli and interference with tlic 1 denial of tlic right of the people to bear anus, i calculated to pre-** nt the restoration and per faction of the Government, deriving just pow-" ers fioni the consent, of the governed. licit)} tied, That the shameful disicgar'd of the. ? Administration of its dutt in respect- to our # 5 j fellow citizens who have long l-eeti prisoners of! war in a suffering condition, deserve* the most severe reprobation and scorn aliae of the. rei public and common humnuitv. . , i lxf.-d't'cd, That the sympathy of the I'emo1 cratic party is l??*?iti?v and earnestly extended e to the soldiers of ohr.annv, who arc or have i } been in the fi'dd niiik'r the ting of our common " J *' 1 i country; and'in the'e'vetrt of otjr gaining pow-' - ~M -1 cr, they will receive all die care, piotcetior^^^^^B X"7 ud Nili-\i.us< JflK' 1 j' lie have so nobly earned:* f. r * \ _ I Mr. Stockton,-of" Xe'w' .h/r^T,* n ihiinatcd J MeCIcllati f.-r 1'rcident!* Mr. Ijoi g,- of Ohiot- ! r.; invoked the Convention riot to add weakness ? ( to the pkitforrn !>\ placing'stii.-h a man,in nomi* ; nation. Mi. Harris, ."if Marvlar.d, made a fu-" r I lieu.* onslaught on MiCIellan, and knocked* " ! Jowd a New York delegate who denounced ^ j turn a> a traitor. ?.?n Ilic first finllnt JlrUlcl; Ian received 'JO'J voter-; Seymour i'.t, and Mc- J r J CIcIIrd wa* declared nominated. M Jloratio Seymour made a speech, pledging eji s his life that when McClellan was placed in the* , ' Presidential Chair, lie will devote ail his ener- . l s ! girsto the host interests of his country ; seers i ring, never again to he invaded, a!! the rights ! and privileges of the people. ! ValUndi'ghahi moved that the nomination be ^ made unanimous, which was carried amid deaf I | I t ; wi'V? app'ause. j I Pendleton wai unanimously nominated for J , , the Vice Presidency on the second ballot^' when the Convention adjourned. r ^ FROM TIIE GEORGIA FROST. v" ^ | j Macon, Sept. 12.?Parties from the front say : our loss during Wednesday's engagement docs i | not exceed 600. On Thursday the enemy j mace four assaults on our lines in heavy1 col| limits, c->cb of which were repulsed with great ^ ^ '! slaughter. Thov then concentrated on Govan's I . ' front, and breaking our lines, a retreat *as neo^ ' rssai'r, which v;as effected Thmsday night.? Prisoners report only four Yankee corps en I gaged ?tKco of which were menacing Atlanta and guarding their communication. No m'ia. ; Me information t ?is been received regarding 1 yesterday's operation?. Macon, Sept. .1?During the Inst two days the city has boon full of rumors of the wildest character, and owing to the operations on the line ef railroad, comminution with the press' reportor is impossible at this time. The result ' of the action on Thursday was, Hardee being *** oppressed with overwhelming numbers fell back to Lovejoy'6 Station, and by order of Gen. Hood, withdrew towards Atlanta, leaving the railroad in possession of the enemy. It is now ascertained that a corps of Sherman's army was thrown upon the railroad. The losses ou both sides wore heavy, but as the Yankees attacked our entrenchments they must have suffered mo heavily than ours. No reliablo details can be obtained. Rnmors are current that Hood evac- ( nated Atlanta yesterday morning, but no positive information lias beotweceived. A colli6sion occured yesterday on the Macon Toad,near Barnesville, killing 20 person and breaking up the train of cars. - , -j 6HJ.L LATEK. ' Macoyr Sopt,^.?AH doubts a^out the fall . ' V '; . k