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? ' ? . ' . ...,J iiii 1 ? fc'I . f .T 1 .. . ^^?i... * "VPL. 1 OAMDEy, S. C., FRIDAY, JTJI/ST 8, 1864. ]STO. 6. By P. P. HOCOTT; Terms'of Subscription. Doily ppper per month. - $.1.00 ^" 41 for Six Months ... $15.00 "Weekly, $5.00 ? ? Rates for Advertising: For ono Squaro,? twelve lines or less ?TWO' DOLLARS for tho first insertion, nod ON 10 DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS for each subsequent. Obituary Notices, oxc'ceding one square, charged at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Wont MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADYANCHO No deduction made", oxcopfc to our regular advortiang patronR. Terrible Explosion at tlie Washington Arsenal. Washington, June 17, 18G4.?A terrible explosion occurred at the Washington Arsenal to-day, a few minuets before twelve o,clock. It sdems that some red stars for firc-works had^ been made and set out on black pans to dry. jlv/uuiu iivu ouuiu a luiijjjui iiiui v; vi iiiuru than two hundred degrees, and under the hot" sun soon reached that. One of the stare ignited, which set the remainder off, exploding tho. the Laboratory. The occupants of the building were ali females. Upon the explosion a terrible scene was witnessed. In the yard there were about twelve hundred men and three hundred women at work, a number of whom were burned.and bruised in endeavoring to get . away. The alarm was immediately given, and after the fire was extinguished a search for bodies was commenced. Eighteen bodies have thus'far been taken out of the ruins, burned to a crisp. It was impossible to recognize them. Eight females Were taken out in a sad condition and placed in the hospital. The scene at the yard was of the most heart rending description. The pre jits of many of those at work in the . . .building.??d the yarc^ruslpjd to- the scene of {tie disaster tcTinalic inquiries after the' safety of their children, but the names of all who have perished cannot he ascertained until ;v call of the roll can.be made, and those who ha-?e been saved arc assembled together. Major Stebbins, millitary storekeeper, was in the building at the time with several other gen tlcmen, and states that after the powder on the benches caught, the fire spread down rapidly, blinding the gitis and setting fire to their clothes. Many of them ran to the windows, wrapped in flames,, and in this way communicated the fire to the dresses of others. The ninteen dead Unties taken out were so terribly charried as to be almost beyond identification. Three more aro mortally injured, and there are fifteen or twenty severe contusions. Special eare was taken to prevent the fire from reaching the large magazine, in which several tons of powder aro constantly kept, for had the flames reached this building the loss of life would havo been fcarfhl, as several hundred persons were in the immediate vicinity. While the firemen were engaged in pouring their streams upon the building in which the explo siorv occurred, another explosion took place in the niins, but which only resulted in throwing up into the air some of tho burning timber. Quite a number were injured in jumping frcfin the windows, but the majority of those who escaped in this way immediately ran off in all directions, which renders it difficult to toll who perished and who escaped. One young woman Bad an arm broken in jumping from the window. Thrco boys arc missing, and it is feared wiey pcri*ieu in the building. The Defeat of Stukgis.?The Chicago Post publishes the following private letter from an officer who accompanied Sturgis into Mississippi : Memphis, June 12.?I returned to Memphis Inst night, and I assure you that I was glad to get back again. We have had a terrible time ?have been cut all to pieces. Out of five regiments of infantry and one battery but about three hundred and eighty have been saved, all the rest being killed, wounded or taken prisoners. It has been a-grcafc disaster. We have lost not less than 3,000 men, including 1,200 to 1,500 killed and wounded, .upwards of 200 wagons, 10 pieces of artillery and a'large quantity of supplies and ammunition, and 5,000 stand of small arms. The fight took place about two miles west of JJaldwin, a town on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, forty miles south o( Corinth, The prisoners that we took all said that the orjemy had about 2*7,000 or 30, 00, while our force did not exceed 7,000. Wo were completely overwhelmed. i * LitUcst Northern an<l Eiu opiau News. Secretary Chase, having resigned, Lincoln has sent to the Senate the nomination of David Todd, of Ohio, as Secretary ofNthe, ^Treasury. Gold in New York on the Iltli 250. A bill is before Congress, providing for calling on the national forces, with the stipulation that the draft is not to be for less than one nor more than three years ; repealing the commutation clause in the enrollment Act, and taxing incomes to provide for bounties. The news from Grant's army is unimportant, Burnside reviewed the negro troops near l'e. tcrshurgThe Louisiana State archives aro reported found byricd near Baton Rouge, and have been taken to-New OrleanV Liverpool-dates to the I Oth nit., states that the steamer Alabama reached Cherbourg on the 11 tli, and landed the crews of two captured vessels. She would be permitted to make extensive repairs. The Daily Naos believes that the plot to overthrow the l1!! Imnr^tnTi Al ! "? 1"." , ? . ? ^ .* vmv x iu\,i oucii in 1111r>11 y a itvr> i.'l \j~ | ken down, and the scheme been abandoned, i The prospect of peace on the Danish question is remote as ever. The latest news from Peru, is to the effect that the English and French Ministers afe trying to effect a reconciliation. Commodore Seinmes publishes a letter in the Times, in justification of his destruction of prises?the British (Government having refused to admit them into their ports for adjudication. The New York papers furnish the following recent coirespondcnco between Generals Ft iter ami Jones : LETTER KKOM1 fiAVN. JONES TO WEN. FOSTER. Uead'qks Dbp't South Carolina, GeorgiaAxn Florida, Charleston, June 18, 18C4.?(General : Five general and forty liv? field officers of the United States army?all of them prisoners of war?have been sent to this city for safe keeping. They have been turned ovcjfyto Brig. Gen. Jtiply-icoiumniuliug r.lie first: district ofthis department, who will see that they7 are provided with commodious quarters in a part of the. city occupied by non-combatants, the majority of whom are women and children. It. is proper, however, thai 1 should inform you that it is ;v part of the city which has for many monihs been exposed,day and night, to the. lire of your guns. Very respectIv, your obedient servant. s\m. jones, Major Gen. Commanding.' Major-Gen. J. < G. Foster, commanding United States forces on the coast ot" 'South Carolina, Confederate States. general fostkfl's kkim.y. 11 eal/qus department ol' tub SoUTII, | Hilton 11eai>, S. C., June 10", 1801. J Major General Sam. Jones, Commanding Confederate Forces, Department of South' Caro! lina, Georgia and Florida : General : 1 have to acknowledge the receipt this'day of your communication of the 18th inst., informing me that five Generals and fortyfive field officers of the Unite'd States army, prisoners qf war, have heen turned over hy you to Brig. General Ripley, with instructions to sec that they are provided with quarters in a part of the city occupied by non-combatants? the majority of which latter, you state, are women and children. Yon add that you deem it proper to inform mc that it is a part of the city which has been for many months exposed to the fire of our guns. Many months since Major General-Gil I more, United States army, notified General Beauregard, thon commanding in Charleston, that the city would be bomti.; it... I um iitui j.1110 uubibu n ils j^lVUIl Lllill JIOII-COIIIbatants niiglit be removed, and thus women and chidren spared from harm. General Beauregard, in communication toGen.Gillmore, dated August 22, 1800, informed him that the noncombatant population of Charleston would be removed with all possible celerity. That women and children have been since retained by you in a part of the city which has been for many months exposed to fire is a matter decided by your own sense of humanity. 1 must, however, protest against your action in thus placing defenceless prisoners of war in a position to constant bombardment. It is an indefensible act of cruelty, and can be designed only to prevent a continuance of our tire upon Charleston. That city is a depot tor military supplies. It contains not merely arsenals, but also foundries and factories for the manufacture of munitions of war. In its shipyards several armed iron-clads have already been completed, while others arc still upon the stocks in course of construction. Its wharves and the banks of the river on both sides of the city arc lined with batteries. To destroy those menus of continu ing the war is, therefore, our object and duty. ' You seek to defeat this effort and by pieans not known to Ironorable warfare, but b}> placing unarmed and helpless prisone^a'ander their fire. I have forwarded your communication to the President, with a request that-be place in my custody an oquafr number of prisoners of like grade to be kept by me in positions exposed to the fire of your guns, so long As you continuo the course stated in yfcur communication. I have the honor to- be,. very, respectfully, your obedient ^crvant, J. Foster, Major General Commanding. ]). . Wager, A. A-G. CAMDbF DAILY" JOURNAL. FRIDAY moiimiNG, Jt'LY 8, The Confederate loan in London on tho lGl.li ult., urnc fiiudoil at hq to "What lins bccoino of the Columbia Gijfirdian ? Wo have not seen a copy for lo! these many days. . # The Now York Times thinks, from the latest British advices, a change in the British Cabinet is iuevi ti.bly imminent: The Venetian Chamber of Notaries' has rejected an invitation made by tho Government to admit to that body persons of tho Jowish religion. The Savannah Keioz, of tho 5 th, lias information that tho enemy landed a body of troops at King's Creek, some ten miles from Adam's Run, yesterday. It is said that they "are advancing slowlj- amd havo their, baggage wagons along. They aro probably "making for jhe railroad. A Chance for tlio Ladies. It will be seen, by the advertisement of B. SiKKS, in another column, that a' handsome assortment of English muslins and calicoes, just received from Nassau, will be opened this day for tlio inspection of the ladies of Camden. I'coM Gex. 1''o::rhst's Comkaxn.?Persons who. lefi' North Mississippi or.Wednesday last, states that | tlic forces of General Four est were concentrating at Iliplcy, Miss., in onler to meet Wasiiiicrnk, who was al. and east of LeGk.yxuk, with a force of eighteen thousand men. The deficiency of reading and editorial matter in ot r issues of yesterday and to-dav was caused by sickness among tlio com) nisi tors. We have not vot completed tlio reorganization of the personnel of the office, 1>ut hope to perfect nil our arrangements in alio course of a week. In ll 10-meantime wo must throw ourselves upon the indulgence of our friends. Could'nt somebody furnisb tis with a couple of cast-iron compositors? We publish, in another column, the correspondence, between (Jen. Jon'ks and Foster, in relation to the Yankee officers in Charleston. It does not appear from Gen. JoXF.fi, letter that the prisoners wore sent to Charleston as a measure of retaliation, bnt wc still think it was n most nnwiso step. Tlic Carolinian has been favofod with the following extract of a lcttor from 11 iclunond. The writer is an . oflicerof the army. A want; of supplies being the only thing w0 had to fear, we may henceforth dismiss all doubt as to tlio triumph of Lee : i Lee's gallant troops have boon supplied with everything that tho Government could luvish upoh thorn. Full rations of vegetables, coll'co and sugar linvo been abundantly dealt out to them, and several brigades have experienced such an "embartiis de richesites" that they are sending tlioir surplus rations to feed tho poor of this city. This is no claptrap or newspaper story; I Anew the fact. Genoral Fry's brigado was one of tho first, if not the tirst, to inaugurate this novbl charity. It appears that Gou. Johnston lias withdrawn to a new, position two milos south of that previously occupied. A dispatch to tfio Chronicle and Sentinel states that this movement" was inndo in accordance , with previously contemplated arrangements, and in conscc[uenco of a scarcity of water. Another aocount ' alleges that it was mado to counteract a flank movo; mcnt of the enemy on our loft. Both accounts agreo that the army was withdrawn in perfect order and' without any loss of men or material. Ilnvipg ourselves tho most unbounded conlidonco in Gen. Johnston, we feel no uneasiness at this relrogrado movement. If tho general is not hampered by special orders from Richmond, Shrkman's annihilation is a question of tlmo merely. "What shadows we arc and what shadows wc pursue, saith the poet, or some one else. Let anybody try to see what sort of shadow he pursues ahout noon to-day, and lie will find it a very short one?a more spot. The fact is, that in the way of shadow, we may bo said to walk on ourselves. Certainly, any lady with expansive crinoline will make a shadow nearly circular, without either head or arms, and can hardly bo said to pursue it at all, even when she walks with her back to the sun. . LATEST BY TELEGRAPH FROM RICBXpNtf. It is reported that'900' Yankees "ftere supprised and captured on Sunday fast-, hear Marthisbhrg. Four pieces of artillery ahd stores, including preparations for their 4th Of July dinnter, were also taken. '* FROM PETERSBURG. / PitTERsnuHO, July 7.?To-day has ^eeiv unusually quiet. Scarcely any sharp shooting. Little or no shelling. The weather extremely , warm, and the roads heavy with dust. TheYankee papers of the 4th announces Wilson'sraiding party as having returned to-Grant's lines. But admits that he had sustained animmense loss. Though they claim that the results AO.hinVful will pninnonoutn X-w.. l.i ? .? ? ? < wwiii^vaiD(iuv? 4 AIIO luaau?# The country in the rear 6f Grant's lines is represented as filled with deserters. , FROM THE WEST, GitATTAiioocHE, July 7.?With the exception of occasional skirmishing, this morning by oik? batteries on the east side of the river, which waS replied to by thote of the enemy, all is quiet along the lines.- Among th^, prisoners captured to-day, is Cob Sherman,' Gen. Howard, s Chief-of-staff. He and his party were captutGd by our pickets, while making a reconnois^nce of our lines and works. Two vessels, loaded with cotton were captured and burned by our troops in Arkansas.FROM NEW ORLEANS. - All registered enemies remaining in New- x' Orleans are ordered to report to the Provost Marshal, to be sent beyond the lines. The delegates have left New Orleans for the GhicagOoConventiou.. Over oiie hundred nip,ny-t .y, deserters from the Yankee army, have been arrested on their way to Mexifco. Canby is organizing.a force'of 3$,000 men,to reinforce Sherman. Tiie steamer Louisiana Belle, a governmentstransport, was burned en the lc^ec at New Orleans. Gold is onoted at. ^nr>: and fntfr'n -o i bo 1 - * J WV. The Yankees left Jackson yesterday after-' noon. No private property was destroyed. Siege of Charleston. THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY TUIRD DAY. No material change in the position of affairs* on James' Island took place Wednesday.-^" Slight skirmishing was kept up on both sides]* Very little heavy firing occurred. Wednesday morning the enemy were discovered in some force on John's Island, between" Legareville and Dr. Townsend's plantation.They threw out their skirmishers about ten o'clock, and were met'by the Marion Artillery and a detaehment of the 32d Georgia, Colonel1 Harrison's Regiment. A considerable fight ensued, the enemy taking refuge in Dr. Curtis' residence. The Mation Artillery opened upon' them with shot and shell, and drove them from that point towards Legareville. The enemy loft, t.wiv nnrrrnou Ir.illnrl on/1 nnn '1 ~'1 -A? ' ? _ ...w u...bu iniv? mini "uuiiuuu nuur them. We did not learn the casualties on our' part, but suppose they must have bben slight, as' the enemy run as soon as our battery got iti position and opened upon them. It was reported last evening that they had left the Island, but nothing definite was known. No unusual movement was observed in the oncmy?s fleet; the number of vessels inside the bar including ibur Monitors, and the number in the Stono wtyli two Monitors, being abotutthe same as previously roported, Eorty five shells have boon thrown at the city since last report. A (Toon Excuse.?A negro belonging to thtt% f?Uh Alabama, being jeered by his brother ne- ' ttroes in the recimnnt. for )?io wmat u -j miu iuai vi v?uo and shells, corrected their mistaken notions of his courage in the following satisfactory explanation : "Oh, Lor, niggers, I am not afcard of balls and bombs, tie reason I runs ana dodges so; de fact is, Marster aint able to lose me, and I knows it !" *o ops"'" rpiIK STBSORTBKR It AS' JUST RECEIVED X from Nassau a hnndsomo assortment of Muslins and Prints, which will be sold low*' for cash. Main Street opposite Dr. Young's. B. SIKKS. July 8 tf