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"VPL. 1 OAMDEy, S. C., FRIDAY, JTJI/ST 8, 1864. ]STO. 6.
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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
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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.
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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