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iH^niiMBnanraBnonBivnHnMWiiMi'MK.MuwusMupiM mitRmainvua iiuiiJUMUitaiiauuMikiif mnMWJ>Jww w?^wrww?wuuiw ? iu HWWW ;w i i rjik n vrvr-rrit\. r*--g*n-v^it > rrr~*r*+~~T*-ry+. fi-^p^c - ^ YPL. 1 CAMDim, S. C., SATURDAY, gULY 9, 1864. 3STO. 7. Jdsy JJ. JJ. HOUOTT. Terms of Subscription.. Daily paper per mouth - $'L00 " " for Six Mouths - - - $15.MO Weekly, $5.00 Utiles lor Advertising: For ono Square ? twelve lines or less ?TWO DOLLARS for llio first insertion, ami 0N 10 DOLLAR and PTl^TY ('KNTK for eacli suhseqoinit. OniTiJ vuv NoriCC.s, exceeding one square, charged nl advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job Wor* MUST UK TAfD FOR IN ADVANCK. No deduction made, except 10 our regular advCrtisng patrons. " 111 Mexico. The Mexican EmjVuJ has heroine a fact. It actually exists. Whatever may bethought, of its probable or possible, future, its success or failure, the right or the wrong of it, no doubt can be entertained as to its real existence-. The boasted "Monroe doctrine" is dead . to all' intents ami purposes, ami the loot-prints of Maximillian upon the sands of Vera Cruz arc hut the initials to deeper'and broader tracks upon the soil of the American Continent. We cannot say that we are very sorrv at all this. In the days ofspread-englei.sni, when it was a crime to butt against the few crude and primitive notions that governed our national politics, we brayed as loud as the best of them, the glories and beauties of the Monroe doctrine. Non-invention, quoth wq, or eternal war.? Hands oil", or fight,. And in truth that was a very good ideA in its way, and fit enough for the time; but in a liberal or just sense, it was as narrow-minded as any pf the exclusive prejudices of the Japanese, and it perished with the Union, whose power could alone give it value. Now that it is gone, we wish il a hearty jourtiey among the shades of defunct theories, and a peaceful issue at last into the heaven of dead and buried political catch-words and pen fly trumpets. Two little things th.it Maximilian has done look well for us. JIo lias made Santa Anna a Field Marshal, and recalled hint home ; and he has created Dr. Gwinn Duke of Sonora, with the office of Governor General of that blooming Province. Both of those dignitaries arc truly and loyally inclined to us and our cause. As far back as 1801,Santa Anna was betting high on Southern valor, at i lavana, and did win, it was saidj several thousand pistoles upon the result of the first battle of Manassas. lie wrote a letter to his agent in New Orleans, just, before, its fall} offering a largo sum to be applied to the Confederate Hospital Ivuiid, a*td subscribed to $50,000 worth of (iovurnment -stock. His partisans in Mexico are anti-Lincoln to thcorr, and his interest will he thrown in our favor wherever ho can find a chance, lie is to be made Prince of Matamoras, it. is said, and placed in charge of the military department of the Kio Grande. In this event, lie will have manv or.e.nKioiiK f o sliow tii< l.-imlK- . 1 v.....*.< i \? ir?| f? I.- U IIIII, ? 11 ] 4 1 wo do not doubt. tiiat lie. will redeem 11is oxpressio'ns of sympathy. If ho had no ??l lior motive, the interest invested in our success would he a sufficient inducement. Dr. (Jwinn is a Confederate l?y births ile was born in Tennessee, r;jiscd in Mississippi, and-schooled in an extreme.school of Southern polities. A Democratic member of Congress from the State of his adoption, hp emigrated to California in thp beginning of the ,gold fever, and flourished there. Ile made a fortune, married, and became an American Senator.? At Washington City he held the position of a bold, unscrupulous leader, a dashing financier and a lncky adventurer. When the Yankee clement in California deprived him of his place in the Senate he went to Paris.. He has been there until recently, and the result of his mission is as above stated. It is not bard to decipher out of the situation of Maximilian, and these two annoint ments, where his interests and sympathies' incline, and the day is almost in sight when a close bond ot' fellowship will exist between his floral empire and tho Sunny South, a, union which wo heartily approve, as natural, expedient and right. The two nations will represent the chivalry of this continent. Their territory joins together at a point where there can be no great commercial or domestic conflict.? Both people hate, or ought to hate, the puritan Yankee. Each has its mission to do in restoring peace, order and social liberty to a distracted land. The habits and feelings of the pair ai*o congenial, brave, gay and aspiring. 1'aris will be reproduce^ in the halls of the Montizuines, and a new world of art, literature and life will spring up under the Magnolia of Dixie. The Yankee pedlar and the Atcc bandit?; '.wain of nuisances of alike description, will different names and styles of doing the same business?will be put down, and "dance and song and sunburnt mirth," will prevail instead. Maximilian and Jeff. Davis will get along tinoly, and when the present term of the President expires, we Will elect (leu. Lee to succeed him, and h<; will be also hand and glove with his neighbor, the Emperor. You will see them visiting each other, like excellent friends, gentlemen and cousins. That is the way we arc going to make the Monroe doctrine-work of its own accord, without any pressing. Events are hurrying. The revolutions arc reaching their natural conclusion. Peace, liberty and happiness will follow both and crown the one with a clinplet of its native Magnolia ?whose emblem is "pcrscvercncc"?the other with a diadem of impojial silver.?Atlanta Confederacy. Failure of llie Oraiisl!!?*." Wo. com* tn.iloiT 4V/-V... ?1.? ,r- ' ' ? 1 -J uv \?uy liv/iii tuu ituw I UI'K JlCTOdC of the '20th, nn interesting article on-^lie iron* O clads of the Yankee navy, showing their complete failure, after an expenditure of nearly seven(i/ millions of dollars. The Jlerold has the following editorial remarks on the subject: We have five classes of monitor batteries, which have, cost us in the ncighboihoid of seventy millions of dollars, and all of them have been tried, except the ocean ironclads, which arc no more nor less than huge monitors. The first lot failed, and have been patched up to enable them to light and lloat. The second lot would have sunk in launching but their error was discovered in time, ami the Vessels built up several inches. The Onondaga is a great failure. .She is barely above the water wilh scarcely half her stores on board. None of these, vessels have come up to the promised standard in any particular. Now we have the result of the pcil'orinaucesof the wonderful light draught vessels, built to sail on the morning dew. There is no doubt they are the greatest failures of all. Wo have, yet to t?-st the cumbersome monitors known as the. ocean ironclads. To think of their crossing the ocean is simply ridiculous, as they carry but six days1 coal for full steaitiing, aml it is pretty j certain that their speed will never run up to ' the proposed rale so boastiuglv " announced. . A monitor has never floated which made the j j"|'Wi | Toil I iN'iI l?y HIT ilCMH IIl'I'S, lltltl, ll'Olll , ..present prospects they never ill. \Y< liave! enough <?l" these misernhlc failures on our hands ; al present. Let us huiid something that will In: j * M # ' i Ol S?T\ KM'. , Atrnriotis VitmSnliMii ??l" lite Mtiruty ; al Bi4'xi:i!^iotii. Authentic Advices from Lexington, savs the i Sni iiul, slate that. ov<*rv building connoted1 with I lie. Virginia Military I iislir.il>> was burned, : except the house, occupied hv the family of General Smith, the Superintendent. Lexington contains a college which was endowed hy Y\ nshington, and hears his name. Prominent in the campus was tine statue of . the noble patron, erected as a memorial of Ids munificence, and of the gratitude of the friends of the college. This statue of Washington, t litis erected, and thus consecrated, the Yankees have sacriligiously stolen and hauled^ away.? They loaded it up in their wagons, and sort it oil' to lJeverly. (den. Hunter has made his name immortal. iSor is this all. Lexington is llio home of Ex-Governor Letcher. There, in a house modest in pretention, but commodious and comfortable, he dwelt with his family. It is - now in ashes, with all its effects, has been destroyed by Hunter and liis vandals. This beastly outrage will commend Gov. Letcher still more closely to the sympathies and favor of Virginians. 11 is fidelity as Virginia's Governor has met with this reward front her enemies?what response shall we malm ? Will the people stand by and see him thus suffer a loss which he can ill afford. without sonic tpslimroiiol fl.ol ^-1 ...11 ?.t . - , --- -x.w ?? ?> ?!!?? lllivt ^II<U1 auunt our sympathy and retrieve his loss ! Wo trust not. When the enemy burned his house, they refused to allow liifj wife to retain a change of clothes for herself or her children. Everything .was given to the devouring elements by these brutes. The house of General E II. Smith, Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute, was also ordered by JIunter to be burned, but he was told that the General's daughter was so extremely ill that her life would be for! foiled by her removal, and even then, this j worse than barbarian reiterated his orders un| til remonstrated with hy some of his officers, : when li,e consented to spare the house, though i with marked reluctance. 'i > e their appearance at i ' brought to market i ;' * ; . V. .. CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL. SATIIItDAY naoXCNlNU, JULY J), JtSriig. (?cn. W. S. Walker* i Wo are vol}" much gratified in hearing, by a^ lalo letter from tliirf gallant ollieer, that his wound is doing well and that ho ii treated with kindness by the enemy. * Wo learn that a telegraphic despatch has boon received from the Postmaster of Wilmington, stating thai the railroad between Woldon and Petersburg has boon repaired, and the mail oonununication between Wilmington and Richmond resumed. < !r n. Johnston's headquartersafc at Smyrna Church, a little old country meeting house, with a dilapidate 1 graveyard, six. miles this side of Marietta. I .four. Gen. Stkwaiit on the right. llooti 011 the lift. an.I IfAitDKn ill tho centre, with :t line extending aerui-s the roiul, is tlio organization of the army. A Northern pa; or'says Hint tho following i ? the number oilmen who have re-enlisted to serve Lincoln* for the war up to 1st April: PriXii Maine there were .'U97 ; New Hampshire, i 12.V2; Vermont, ir?r?7 ; Massachusetts, r?IKi-| ; lilu'l-* Island, 89:*.; Connecticut. IM'.iO : New York, I0.SI9; New Jersey, ; Pennsylvania, !?;." I fi i 1 tela ware 101; Maryland, IIS; West Virginia, 22-<!): Dfctriol Columbia. IIS; Ohio, 18,11*20; Indiana, S237 ; Illinois, 114,7SO ; Michigan, -It'uS; Minnesota, 10.7<)! Wisconsin, -10(>.'!: Iowa ti.VJf); Missouri, 1107; Kentucky, "2i'.00; Kansas, 2!)7?making a total of 1 IS,077. The recently published correspondence, between (low liitoWN. of Georgia, and Mr. Secretary MK.M*5HNc.F.lt, in regard to the clearance of the steamer will-he read with equal astonishment and disgust. Such acts as these tend to weaken tho faith of t.he people everywhere, and it is by precisely such means that the lor mat ion of peace parties has been encouraged in portions of North Carolina. Alabama. Mi? sisstppi. Au<l it is t > be loured that, if some cheek be not imposed upon the usurpations of the executive, llu? iihoi. disnstinus results miry bo i cached.,. For ourselves, who aTo a ?Slntes-!?iuhts man. wo are suspended i etween aniay.on.efl at the attda eilv. nisi indi^nr.lion at the folly, of the agency at, Richmond, in its systematic disregard of the riehts of the States; in its persistent ienoriup-, in small ihhr.ps as we'd as ureal, of'lie very principles i'. was created to vindicate; in | its vh'orous ctVoiIs to redneo the war. now wajrini; for j the sovereignty of the States, ton liijrc: I sd'.-urdity. But, leavi nc the <pusliou of lipid out of view, what j is to lie said of the policy which prohibits;! State fioui j I'm lti-liiiip. to its troops, in Confederate service, sup- | plies.which are greatly needed, and which 'lie central j iruenry can no', or. a', all events, dies not finnish / | Such a course, pursued hy an in'-iv'uhinl in Vis private j holiness, would he consider* d as indicating a lack of Cnnnon sense. Xay, ilinipht even inspire rlouhls of his sanity, aid lead to the issuing of .'i, coin.uissiou '"tie lunaiieo." But Mr. M t:.M.\tiNi;i:u is a mi id with a reply: ' this is the law and you may kiss? Kxaclty as yon please, or not. the rod. Bill, if you don't, I 'll lay it on by tl?d !"' For nit Kxecuiivc which wtocs nil laws not of j its own .dictation, and inlcrprvts all tho rest to si;'.', j ils own convenience, this is sublime. As for tlto courtesy, shown by the I'rosideiit. tin- ! less said about it tho better. ?Vo feel humiliated stud ashamed, and heartily wish tltp correspondence, had been suppressed, and tho whole matter hushed up. Unfortunately, however, the facts have been published to tho world ; and it stands recorded that the Secrets* ry of tho Confederate States, acting, as he aliegcs, under the orders of the rresidc-nt, forcibly"prevented tho I'tnvornorol a Sovereign State froni sending out p steamer to bring home supplies, which ho had purchased for the troops of his State, and which were actually ,nt Nassau awaiting shipment, because lie, the (-iovcrnnr, would .not'consent that one half M' the steamer's cargo, out and i:>, should bo appropriated to the uso of Ll 10 Richmond agency. fiKTTIXti \\*EAK IN* TUB IvNESS. If reports bo true, all the {South lias to do to establish her independeneo firmly, in a very brief space of time, is to persevere in her present habit, of whipping tno Yankees. A Tupelo correspondent, writing to the Mobile Advertiser, says letters,have been received from Washington, one at May field, Ky., from Lucicn Anderson, Congressman from that, district, and the other at Dresden, Tentt., from the notorious Emerson Eithoridgc, saying that hostilities 'would cease next month, or, at all everts, that an armistice would he proposed, and begging their respective friends to use their utmost endeavors to have those States go with the .North.? Eithcridgo says, "we arc whipped," and Anderson that "the present Congress will rceogni/.c tho Confederacy." This is positive, says the Savannah Republican, \ LATEST BY TELEGRAPH FllOM Til ? WEST Onattaiioociiin, July 0.?Tlicrc was very heavy firing last nightalong(Jen. Hood's front, ennse<l l>y an attempt, of the enemy, to. plant batteries to eonnnaml the river. Our batteries opened on them, and they replied rapidly, and were soon sib-need. The enemy charged Hen. Bates' skirmishers yesterday, hut were repulsed. Our cavalry pickets waited until they j got half way across the river when they opened | on them and drove them back in great confusion?wounding many. ?? - A FIGHT FEAR JACKS OX. Mor.ii.k, July 7.?A despatch from Jackson dated yesterday savs, last evening we. drove * \ , the. enemy from our left t>n the field. AVc renewed the fight earlv this moriiinnr Thn. ItfrliT r- J - a' - ~ "04,v ing throughout \v:?s hot. Tlio enemy were severely punished and closely pursued to Clinton, where, owing to recent, long and rapid inarches, our horses j.nled and the condition of our men was such as to render pursuit inexpedient. Our loss was lf)0 killed and wounded, among whom were Con. Oholson, severely though not dangerously wounded. PleiV-auton has telegraphed Dix that Kirby Smith was ero.-sing the Mississippi. Several confused telegrams from* JIarpers berry indicate a heavy rebel force moving in I that directiou, in three columns. The Ibiltimore O'oset/c of the 4th says all eommnnication between little Jioclc and Memphis has been cut bit" by the rebels. A great lire has occurred at the Springfield : armory, which has destroyed mtjch machinery.I he \ ankeo Congro > war* to have adjourned on the Itli. 'I he N. Y. Ilt'mld says provisions of alt I;ir11 < \?i.?..<I I.I. . M It was reported-on Suiiuay that the relief j-avalry and infantry li.nl -approached near Mai tinshuruf, cairsinj* Lfreat? evcilenient. Tin-: Mackav (Jurat (Irs?Yesterday nioriiin<_; this u'lin was attain tested on the Cioshv Sands, near this town. A steel holt, 12 inches Ion;;-, and wei^hni^ 10-'? lhs, was lired at a tar-' " . t repre .i 111 ii:a section of the side of her Majesty's snip Ajdncourt, at prevent beinjj huilb at I lii heiihead. The target was constructed with a o 1-2 inch armour plate, 9 inch teak h ickinu,', 1 inch inm "skin'' timber halk, and tjfjfcty.' !ar?v pin s supportinef tin; whole. Tint shot ' still, k tie.; target 12 inches below, and directly iua laine with the ImH'seye, went clean through, lnjricd a piece ol the target (DO lhs. weight) "w jour feet deep in t he sand, and then traveled 440 ]! wards aloiin-the beach. It mav here he stated } tmo ti... .r.d"t .a <" - 111<iu in*- MU--I.IIIU; <M nil' l.llgCL IIUIll 1110 gilt) w.-.s 200 yards, the-distance at which the Government authorities have tested other guns.? Kail do Grey and Kipon recently said that another gnu had accomplished the same work as tjio weapon of Mr. Maekay, hut he forget to meuiion that that gain was three tons heavier, and had a bore of 10 1-2 inches, whereas Mr. Mackay's has only a bore of S 1-10 inches.? Captain Fisher, 1*. X.,- Colonel Clay, Major rdiindcll, Mr. dames Mackav, the owner oftho gint, Mr. Daniel Maekay, and several other gentlemen, witnessed the experiments. [ Ltvertfool Journal of Commerce.] Mr. \Y. S. Lindsay, M. P., has sent to the Time# an extract, from the letter of an English . friend of his; at present on a visit to New Orleans, who gives an account of the recent defeat of iioneral jijniKs. lie Pays?"JJanks lost 9000 men, nil his artillery (30 pieces,) ammunition, ami baggage, anil was obliged to rotrcet demoralized, and yet the Government journals of New ( h-lenns announced a Federal victory.? The Federals were 30,000 strong, and the rebel army 'J0,000. Tlio Federal cavalry, which mustered 9000, could not now form a brigade," A Yankee soldier, describing the light to Mr. Lindsay's correspondent, said. "The rebels went, at it with the liiry of an avalanche, which' nothing could withstand, and the Union troops skedaddled tenfold faster than at Hull's Rum The rebels were well booted ami well clothed." ?? ? It is expected that the Peruvians will soon have 100,000 men in the field to repel Spanish aggression. The Spanish Admiral offers to give up the guano islands and all reprisals when Peru pays whit she owes Spain. Peru offers to pay when Spain y r. -r d.