The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, January 08, 1864, Image 1
VOL FRIDAY, J^IAEY ^ 1m'4. ' 2.
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> Smfe Qx&lit&t whka ?f?t two vffecr feite to 1
^ ibe a$4 Tbe tr&* Damfaifeft 1
' ?&? In* also at mm <a!ic*i ?r?. ami with J
J; liaia-CtKowswtior JDfcota^ of ike A^tkeil
wk> chanced to be on the 6ag*bij*, add in cob-1
*tmtbs '{rUE wtat* tbc signal 1
SMiesifi, jweeddl immrimuht mtth U*e|
fec$? of rcanhfr bk teasel on the UeacW Ho I
ittdacjiredj !?? Ui? Adaawi w^ft the ollkf? I
of ibo 4eck ro*&? &*t from thb \Wbawk?o *1
pU^T - Mrir *%wsl,aad mmsodfeteh rcf*?ried fe*r to W
Amome&iafters&edown 1?T
*tho bead, c*h*?edl *%bUf ow to *!arfe?r<J, j
and dfesppMrftl ben?otfe iha ajprife*.
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jj i If r*m* Whit ] I
vy ftnf? ?> > r^r ? .-^ ,
- lb* ?? a thntidetWf. Wlmitbe
of diitts*. A m*de m> 0?e dtvkad j
ho* wwmism ike Kroger, am] *hp&, at j
Iftisgtk, the -*?**?? mml down, iv ?*? <h8ieak
&r ttow irta m* htr dfoeppw to wdrr?*m
tfc*enda>o$ ofvfiew-t^ft stows,' Tfee ?otifcK
?b? oo the amir.-: ?s?isif? from the
df&htHy ofkaadwog het hmU, am] the <kw#
of a&d i?ea to fee Swt in tlmm,
w? mm imtm *&l p&inM, The wiod **?
owhtew^ wfchfr^* fun, asd ike fo??j
wkkk ka*te?od fn>m &?! **d?i to tW teetra pn?
& ptah&f up fr*tn the
-i' water the fcf aho had ??cceed?d in grttitt#
&*&? f?*? tks WwhawJtco \mhrv *he '?tnk?
Almost at the tmm*nt went down *om?
twenty or more sprang to the taste and sue*
6 eroded in getthgg away. Am many others were 3
reastotd fcm the sorgmg ware* by the lauivh?
of tk* ship, the &mik Carolina, asi<] the
tog bo&& Ihu^lioo and Irk Thirty jjerisbcri
AS day the Wta&Jta*kcsi Lad labored hear**
fy fa the *e&> wbkb kept her decka eonaianUy
aaftnerged aad whkk ntqwntly awrpt m knga
vota&et into her forward batch. Toward*
> . ^ fiooa the ww earomcoeed paying out chain,
to tat* iter, but* accustom?*! as they ware, la
?rny gale* to aktypkg of tocb ttaa, it k
believed that the? had grown confidest and
csrefatt of danger, and paid no beed to the
aneroachicg water* mm! it wu too life to ii
gist tfeem. Tboy dreamed of no pcrii till tW
w*v? bad t?rlj fawned to swallow thorn.
Thsfe, when it inotrc for a ccftainlf that
tbe vewie! wsa to be kwt, a panic of frigot and
^ fear benamhed thersi, and the terror-stricken
jtfT Imw beJow bad little power to help tbem*e!rca.
m!\ There were men in irons between decks, and
Ht ft the sergeant -at a m*? ty?fe$4 frantically away to
fe\ release thastt. Poor BH^tbcf went down.
W j \ Tbera were Htfafok HtKMpiAck bay, and tol
> lh? Msrjvors wet bis ?cw*rrf, r.
r?Sj?aRii. There were firemen ai Ujc I
on)j van rfwb for a i;c?pj^
SPS? went down., $'
lliat aone V-f the 0(W fferafc
????**?%'who w.
,J,Pr'- H?eVl>Bii?n I,.
m mi$\ moment*!
' ' ' u- y~ fifties wore picked ap!
*mi fc&cm t? % wfjerg crcrv >'
** ^?r romfcri noil re-j
WV5V *v-v-**? |
Arc m>? 3c*i$crr*<i m ?yall *jmuk Usroogbom '
Urn JiccL It f* io proeore at pro j
4?#t Ike t**ste. ofiho*# who wero lost,
?i/nmw ?>'l liy'tot
J ^Yasser BAfcaA&ry^Tbo fcheJimg of Char
Ic&ofj on day v*** _nhr artm*em<mt of j1
teoolnV annj on Mom*' Isinmi. Tlier have 11
?ot $b"? o?r*e to attack Charleston to take it, I j
Jpt iocf hate a special malignity in throwing '
Into rt to H. lliey bate *o fi> "
Until * few hottte+< inicJ two women, and 1
shot oCT a kg from an chlcHy bdk, and caa^l |
a nembcf to kawo Uwlt bed* at midnight, with !
i imittt&i child reo^ rxpcwl to the pttow? bl**i ;
| of a toM Xarth fMt wifcd, Can the de?p?e*? 1
W* Yattfc*** asmmnc (or a moment that their (
j pstijr malignity of rktating ihe roSe* of civil- ,
| u&l waHaiw will hare aov other effect limn
i t&ttm# still more \hr iftirauaiioa of oar pro- !
j^lcf Can they toppote 3tm their infatnam ]
I mlftlfty ha* any te&'em? to h?fnUe Carolina 1
f rii ana tfcrtrov 'be afcdi&g conferee that
ar effort* are u>c<wcc lo naught / &*| for- 1
thai iintr ?rom?ii or ?l?iU ihoaM tolerate 2
vicbiitig as inch to the con- j
in trite '
fert^feaShNriwaTiiaiwi^L^.^ai1 ui lijilffiaWfan ! i 'if $ !
j Yastfcer T?iti> o* Ciisjrt**/?Two of tlm ?*- I
j c*pcd pn*Qtiers from the Columbia jail* wew
hrooiljt into oar loan, oft ThttmUy by <
Mr XcfUr JIaHk; and other cfakc'ns of tisc '
Western pan of oar District, br whom tfscy '
wcrt? uk*n, near Bu!k>ck*? Creek Church, on <
*J vHNiir ? ktrtofo.
lb* otbor Adjutant Camp, both from j J
Couoeetknt, capinml At Ikuc?y Wagoer. j(
Through tiro eomtesr of * Mr. McDonald ?c j ]
were pffttmttmi to have a com emaotj with j1
slicm. totWfi Uictn true ami loyal sub-11
jzm ami ?mu aJmktrr of tlic gram* of <
Abraham lbs 1st?Uwt defend bis cmaaejpa* ?
tk>u |>rwlam?i:oft a* a *ri*e ?r*r itic-i*?re?
miy iht? arc fighting for tbrir country, ami <
iov<v rc^rsito ami adore Uio ""Glorious old 1
flag," ami !<k>k for* art! tuvprfa&y to the time j
when, cumd of oar dcioshvis* wo w ill come <
back into their food embrace*; meantime they !
am for a vigorous pyw&cuiwro of the war. They ?
am right intelligent room but have Wo on the 1
0**1, where the? bare aeon but liulo of the <
hardship* and horrors of war. t
[C&rsfcr Standard. .1
Amcmc l*cm?*T<?Whilst the French
troop ^etc encamped at Boutaugc, public at- i
tcntjon w?* touch exeited by the dating at- ]
tempt at ncspc made by ?o English sailor, j i
Thk nenott having e*c&jm4 from the depot ami j <
! g?vin>J the border* of tfe *ea, the wood* 00 j
1 which acnod M^Tof con?je?tUJcfct/oooi^fti:ied. 1
! with lid other isutmroftOt than a knife, a lxau t
I entirety of the hark of tiw. When the wcath. 1
er w*? fair bo mounted a tree and looked out I
for the Eugikh &*?- an<J baring at hut o!* (
| ,,cri <: J * BrH?& crower, he ran to the bore j \
I with hk boat on b? hack, and w*v about to <
[tro$t on bti frail re*ael to the wate*, <
when bo was wirMed*# arretted and loaded 1
; with chjunt, wetjbodj in the amy was !
j anxious vo?ce the boat, and Napoleon, having <
\ at length heard of the affair,*ent fur the; bailor, <
* and ittterrogited hifl*. wVou muat," raid Na- s
I pofeoo, Mhare had a great deaire to kfe joar i
I country again# *in<* J ow retire to "trust ,
yonmeff on the open wa in 10 frail a Urk. 11!
iuppcasorou hare ieff % tmwiheart there?.
I "No/1 Mid the tailor, poor mnnn ruoint
er, whom I ansion* to *ee,M "And you
?h*)i m* bcr " Mid Napoloon, ^nving at the i
- uttnc liftio orders to set him .1> liberty t and to i
l?**ow upon bun a considerable tuw W money
for h? mother, objuring that the most he a
good mother who had to good a ton.
letter* from i^r.-aoncrs on Johnson Inland
| \t\~ that lh?T receive ics? than half rations.
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ft***. Hpftfeclt'* CrUlcigjxt ?r the Van|
He? < *ntpui$n of Ihe jwut Year.
[Ipe Yankee comamndftif in chfef, Gen. Hj\I- J
.wade a Jong report of the Yankee
v ! of the pa#t year, in which he raotf I
MKCv^wIhr lift# all blame from bis own sboaltl&ami
neatly di4rita?i it trpoo the hacks- Of '
Bp- gecemk JsTotbing failed ]
flfci be ordered, au i nothing sneci^jcdthet hei
31 Hi vanity a eqtiMied bvmotbj^but
hi* falsehood. The Nevr York Time#. ?
fjfcpmenj?|ipa; hi* report, m*:
. } ' - ' '-irMe, m hk ow& aJMwim, fey-1
ntrzrr to';fc*4riBMjJ
oipk Mipcncr it* bt* march on Fredenekbnig,
the faction* Unoder <irf Lit'pontoons in put tie- 1
lflpM?1r off hi*tbdnlders, and the defeat of.1
is idlribated to the faifare or !
fehcdiVns? oi Geo. Franklin in lis* fLmk *t? ,
tack. Of*. II *>kcr a unfortunate csropa^*? ?
|Gick]v pisced oufchk of the ropoftsiUlttT of
ttm pacmldiMdsie^ from the fact that no re
pom w rendered to hfm br Un* ofScrr.?
ticn. I>ix k alwqilr rapped over the knuckle*
tor lii* moswtigft again*! ftschttiood. In the
[ttttlfc of G*?Uv*boig wo d&over, to our ?nr |
prttK% that no ^ifOr* of On. Sickle* noar'v {
i3s and On. Mcsdc hiimlf get* but
(stint pt*i?* fct lih Wetwnr; while the escape cf
Lea over the Potomac call* oat *ome word*
<?h%h. though not dirtetlv averting, iroplr the .1
go*t tensor* of tin*junction of that geocr>h
Gen. Pope h conrictod of a p<*y* blunder
iii hi* operation* against the Indian*. Gee. |
Bank* rwvitc* no pr&hc, and h ? intimated *
that Tort Hudson emifc? hare been tak* t; rrr;. b
tariifer bad we known hi* ?i&km*a.
Mr. Greet? campaign nlonc. in the rear of *
Vkkvburg, U *pokcn of with enthusiasm,
Jiotigh here the great room of that ofifeer \!
vm> to he thai he alwar* obeyed cfctf order j1
from Wa^b?ogti>% ?wl never ?wfiif4junei] of 1
want of mnh>KN!m*a?! If. by Uii* mtiro* :
lion, the war alike of th* gctural-m-chicf in* '
tend to take any of the %h*y of bsi enrapaign 1
to themWres he rerarmbeml that we I
bitrc the hoafHcon]b?ieo of the indent j*
iot7;epbSkabilny cfUi5r>Sr^t*<ii-a Vfeki- i
*>&. !
like review of Itottoeran*' am! Buitn&k'c '
rafimttigtw for the pt?*js*ioo of Tewpea k. 1
if <&uree? torero ami ftcarckieg. If we may 1
lake their own atatrment, the department were 1
itetdih^lr dwa??ti*divd with the delay o( (?cn. 1
Uc# nrfAt? after the battle of Mnrftec^bora^ J
*u<! were constantly urging him forward toward !
****? ???? An-* rkiiimn and *
IjkHCiffin. 4 WMfi, ti
[?rol*bt? not believing lii.it he had a wiiHeient (
catcher of men for w .grpt an adrinrc, waited I
rmmh after month to *treugthoo hi* posqifon j
Ind to organic. f Geo. Halicek claim* that ho 1
cwight to h?*?? advanced during the ??ige of '
V"jykt>burg. He admit* ttsat when fttieiigth he 1
J:<| W>v*, Uk combination* were ?i the ttu*t ]1
remarkable aqd brilliant natty*,forcing ihcene- J'
ittf out of Tcfinctoee without a battle or any '
ftpeeud lo*% on o?r path The Hanking and I
lakmg of Chattanooga he t* forct*? ?!*o to ad*
nit a* rjty cfficiefSl military morcruent*. The f
tclr^fajdr?c dmiateiwem^Jiod ?'n the report "
."ortftiiily prove that tf?e generaM'H&fcf had at '
die time a clearer idea of the dangers to which 1
JOth Kowrncraft* and i??rtj*i=ie were exposed '
lhan either of ihoe otljeer*,
}>nrf?idc wraa ordered to conned ha right 1
?r|th ihwcosrnn*' left, and, if possible, OCQttpy *
(lahou and the into Georgia and North
Carolina, a* that the two armteft infgbfc act a? J
?ne bodv, and Mpport each other. Jtoacuoram j9
*a* not to advance into Georgia and Alabama
It present, but to fortify hi* potiiion ?r*d con* <
neci with Iturndde. If hi* week point?hi* *
* - __ t ?i with Nashville *
rtgnt ami uie wmmH ?? ?T?r . _
? aero threatened, J o vm to ham! otcr Chat t
Lau&jgn Id ftiirmi<lc, and *winj? round to cover
'ha; tbtuk. At the same time force* wore or- <
lured np from Memphis ami other quarter* to
guard that side, a* wdha* hi* hm? hue of com* j \
mtirJcaiiotwi fi*n Ityndde, we nee cnrtij in-?$
formed, cntirclv dfeoreved or ueglcftwi hi* or-1?
for*, ami did not connect with the artorofthcj
f'umbeflftnd, Ifating a greet pp between the ! j
Iwo *nni<w, and e*p<*ing hi* cm l* ring detach-f J
mc&fo, #o that wreral were cut to It j |
cannot be double'] that had the jnatfHcflfcm " j
the department \*ecv. atrirtlr followed *hv? div j j
fcter of Cbtrkamaujga would not b*'?coeenrred. j |
Still it mtui be remembered that *c hare t
here but one side of thcm^\ Tho officers so 1
Mtrcfelr rriticiwl arc not permitted bj military ['
etiquette to an*w?-r. No doubt f?en. Ihirnddu
cool4 *bow various *at^{jnrtorr reason* for hi* j ]
{he riubltr ] i
wftM of concemrnwuuf v? _. _ ,
kjiow nothing; snd jx>*wb}r General Kosen* i
eran* coni'l furnish equally plausible reason*.1
for hi* ?Jx month*' <!clav. The Ueieat of Gen.* <
Kosencranv right wing is attributed primarily I
by Gen. Flnllecfc to two tauses?to hu adranejtos:
*> wido* fiacT (forty mite m ieagtb j
and to a mistekbof Gctt, Wood b the battle,
who was ordered to tfrc^iefi another portion
of the li&c* aod (fid it, tsot by Mttf up, bot
bj a man'h arbsnd to the rear, tbus3cwvic^: ft ^ '
gap for the enemy's attack. Gt*. Thome*'
rc&istcoce on the left wicg; is characterised**-*
for a wonder?with warm praise.
3$r&~ defense of Got IfaUedfc ?mm the las- '
patfttk??ft of the inlaid toHoaescniCft*
aktnpaign, ft^etfioaaiy tgrlor? the eapcdal ffflft 311
* * * ? * . . 52 ,
tr.c pncuc ccpjnr^rtiicft m um use
t&t&jrccmtnt* pf v *eoi : - . .i,,- ;
the Cumt&rt^rv! ta Sej^ttobe*,wcrelbt M*1 > <
month or two month* iftHjgi* wbc? rtkwd
From the siege of Vieksbnn*. We demand,
ttalGrtUr, of a general in-chic^ that be shodd
look orcr :1m whole held and not act apaaraod- 1
icalIt or ses*ationalfy. !f Hosenenma waa not
tfroog enoagb when be Entered Georgia in
"kptetaW^ thc department ktrcw it beforehand
us we!!'** tbftft. and onght to fearcaop|il?H^tfe?
needed strength. They knew that Bragg
night at a?y time be reinforced fa>m Virginia,
rod they od^ht to hare provided agsfhtt the
:ontirpnri. TJgpy furl the men on the Mia
>?*ippi, Why wire Uj*\v scattered oC over
Arkan?t*, and Ix>n?iatja ? What
an** AikjvP*** to us for a moment, compared
*ilh a docbivc march to Atlanta ! - v/
A CHnttge,
There lias been * great change in mot* of
?ur people sine? the commencement of Us*
*ar. As 6wj there wm a ^Bwns rtadi&MS c
in respond to every call of too Gor&nonot&V
md *rt*y wbh uf * military commtsden
When clothing am! blanket# weft fttked for
[he soMut*, crrrv family hastened to toed in
U coi tnirtlions. When BeaiiregsriL at Mautt.M*
ip?dc proclamation among the people
ironud that he E>rtflca Uiur tism no t&sm in
Jigging his fortification*, th?v scat thetn ia
frith awenty. Whea ho a%k<d for their wajon*.
the? wo?!d have tent ska? to the last
if ho bad wasted ther? alt, *
,fs
* kii it ?.%?. ,i?u*4 Vivfc " -**?? how III'
Jo tl*efv can do, and So# Jong they can delay
ft. The caoae of this change w? believe to be
tmr of explanation. In the beginning of the
W, the reofi&wcro not thinking of tanking
motley. Their tttind* were intent on a sacrettful
proaccatjon of the war, nor did they
itorn a stale of war a time for mosey-making,
but a Uiuc of genera! trio! and privation, whan
:it?efcs ?oat ail stand by each other u broth*
rn. !>ut opportunities of gain soon an<3 azuxEw-.'tedly
showed themselves. The appetite
ptr* upon what it fed, until itkt that of lbs
no!f which Km once lapped human blood, it
became a cotniirmug passion. Many a is&a
wfrb at first had a heart fat his country, and
i:ehl himself and all he had at her cail, has nosr
lurncd aside from his noble devofcon, aod
throw u himself headlong into the demoralizing
[wsnit of wealth.-?liichnond Statu* I. *
This chanty deserves ex pi*nation. We sob- - *
nit to the Seu-ihu( and other exchangee who
fuve 'oham&i j??d reg:< tied Uic c&ioga, 139
jucstion, how fir it ha* been induced or ig- jtaratcd
by incompetence and win4, of ??ra- ??tnea*
and appreciation on the par; of oftciak.
Were the Uborrr* originally tendered fWaljr t
md patriotically to the u*c of General* and *
ftiginccn uned a* they should hnre been f
Have the volunteer* who r^hed to armt *
for. in a!{ eatet treated as citkm and soldier*
4?mU;?1 hef
11# ve the appointment* for the pnrcafiiDfc
^a?i *?pp;CJI5g depa:itcenti
>fthe army, taen made w.th reference to qttal*
^cation* tor a war footing of for a peace c*
jtbhdimculf . , t
Have ?c ?u!Tercd more from want of rooa of
>f ortlceis ?
Wbcro wo have suffered for w ant of men,
-**? the abtence of men due to want of ftrY&ne**
ind vigilance in discipline on the pari of offerer*
I
What h there in "the situation," at present
io cveite alarm? Who ever heard ?i a doicrny>i#<\
itod united people being M^ug*t*d
tor enemy that coma noi even roarca an ?r*
my tlroup*:? their territory I H*?e the Yankee*
been able to do ilot f Why, they htm
iwen eighteen months working their way
Ihroegh 7t>nne**ec, a about oae handred
mile* in width from Xotth to 009th, and no
tfhem ctac have they gained a t iie within the
rear past by an advanec ojv land! How
long," at this rate, will it take tbeja to pencIrate
into the interior of Georgia i-~Chnr. Com,
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Genet d Michael Corcoran died at Fairfax
CL If. or the ??d iwstn from injuries received ^
how a fall from his horse.
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