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VOL. 1 CAMDEF. S. O.,' FRIDAY, JULY15j;1864. S"0. 12 ?
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Distraction of the old Morgue.
, A Paris correspondent of a Northern paper
writes . , ' '
Last week the old Xforgue, that souvenir of
so much tragedy and wretchedness, had the
pickaxe laid at its roof. They'had bnilt a new
Morgue, with modern fixings, in tbo rear of
"Mft+ftt Tlamn riulfiprlpjil ftri nKrl. frrnv. low. <7ro
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tesue charnel was adjudged to disappear. How
like 9 haunted thing it 6cemed, standing bare,;
d amid acres of ruins. A thousand spectral hands |
i hekj it up invisibly- In and out, in and out,
when trains of .wreck and lived being, some
gashed and bleeding some dripped with the
river's cosiness, some black and grinning, and.
liufsting with death. See the old clothes flutter
above the slab of zinc, and round about.the
many baubles ao'd the tools of life ?the boy,s
plaything,-the cyprian's tattered silks, the. instiroroepts
of the house breaker, tho seals and
/ . tarnished watch of the gentleman. "All this
time the water drips, drips, crips, upon tho cold
forehead of the invisible inmates, as they stare
.60 glassily at the skylight wijh their nuked.
- - - arms gtrdtobed ont ?o -ri^idlr7 wiiilpjdii\ .throng
of gay laughing folks look through the window
panes perpetually?wooden with babies^ many.'
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yojlljg 1RTKS W1U1 UOgS, OUqttetWSIl mile jJWM.-VlfiS
upon tho arms of their tenth amurit; proud ia1
dies who-step from their carriages to see what
, some time they shall become. That old Mork
gue shall be the novelist's library and inspiration
for long years to eouie. Among the fa-*
mous places destroyed by the builders, has been
le Papiu fflunc, wliich figures in Sue's "Mysteries
of Paris" so prominently.
This was .a low wine shop not. far from the
Morgue, and close to the ' Palalas dc Justice.
ffi stood upon a narrow street, in a labyrinth
locality, and was the resort of thieves rtnd eut;
throats, who made it the scene of bloody orgies.
The sowers ran beneath the house leading
lo the Seine, and it is 'said that victims
were often hurried through the black passage
at midnight and tossed yito the swift river.
When those old places are about to be thrown.
down, thousands of people visit them. The
grand barracks that is to he built upon the site
of the Morgue is bare to its foundation now.;
v the sewers are exposed ; and it-is-easy to pco.
pie the old place with ghostly things, for it was
truly dark and tangled before. The new Morgue
is spruce and flaring like a bran new coffin.
It will hold a dozen bodies ; the river washes
* its base upon two sides, and a fine skylight
lights up the faces of the naked dead. There
are'large window panes between tire subject
and the spectator, which give to the interior of
.the case a watery appearance, as if its inmates
were lying on the floor*of the ocean. There is
little modesty in the exhibition. Almost any
' day one may see there the round limbs and bosons
of some girl or woman, thns glaringly ex
posed to profane eyes. For imany feass to
' come the New Morgue will be a feature in Paris
scenery. t<
The wire used by Grant's- telegraphists i*
cbnstructed on the principle of the Atlantic ca9
- lile. No posts are necessary; it being perfectly
insulated. It is unwound from a real and laid
'. on the ground, and thus connects each' corp^
of the army with, headquarters, so -that?orders
\ . * are instantly transmitted from one end of the
lines to the other, without loss of time, and
without a risk oj having couriers killed by
sharpshooters.' "
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Loss or a Yankee Gunboat.?The new guns
boat Le&nder, on her way otit from Philadelphia
to join the blockading squadron off Charleston,
was Jost upon Cape Ldokout shoals on the night
of the 11th ult. She Was iir'charge of a crew
, f . of twenty toed* mine of whom were drowned or
died of exhaustion.
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kegsujigam: 1 ,
Fall fruitful showers! re happy teara,
Through which the smiling April beara *
Her promise to the bounteous 3;ea'rs.
From your cold sleep, pray earth, awako I ,
For you a thousand voices make
v cwuci luuMu iu euuu gruve uuq oraKC. %
Bend loving skies! thore is 110 room
In Nature's heart for gri-f or gloom, p 1
Stic soprs and sings above the tomb.
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Tiioy err -who say for nr. sbo wears
Lips wreathe^ with smiles, ey.es dimmed with tears,
Approves our joys- or soothed our fears. ? . '
No! hearts may break and life uiny Hiil, ' - !
But little de-o'ilr woes avail
# To tonch Tier with a warn out. tale. .
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Slie taunts us with a mocking lie, . .j
She heedeth not the bitter cry
Wrung from U3in ou? agony.- t
Though wo were numbered Villi the doad) . i
llie sun would gild the mountain bead;
The.darkness o'ertbo valo be spread; 1 .
And faith aloue interprets right
' The silent teachings of the night,
The meaning of the morning light.Birds
carol o'er the Church yard sod,
Gay flowers flauiit the burial clod? ~ f
The cross-crowned tower still points to Godl , ,
"Sleep safe from, barm, 0 senseless,clay 1
The dead wake not," these seem to say?.
_ That whispers, "fear not, trust and pray."
Fear not/ His living werds unfold ' - '
The talc of that, eeuturion bold
Whose faith restored his child, of old.
Tho'Hinstrels wailed about her bed,
. They laughed to scorn the lips that said,
"The maiden sleeps," sliobnpt dead."
He touched her hand?"Awake! arise 1"
And h?J- wondering eyes <
The first fruits of His sacrifice. ' "* , ,
Pray for the earnest "soul'nnd true,
The lofty will, the exalted view
That gazing heavenward struggle through'
Tlie mists that sliroud the cbarnel cave "
^ad,. standing by the oportJgrave, ' ?
Weep, yet confess a power to save. .
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Trust that no life, however- frail, i
No love, if pure, shall wliolly fail.
Nor strive to look beyond the veil.
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That-God who heed? a spatrow's fall, *
And feeds the-ravens when, they call,
lsdrieud and fathur of'jis aiL
And IIo whef poles tho fading leaf
"Will bring to biin who sows in grief,
When ripe, the joyful harvest-sheaf.
Let bird up t blossom still rejo'cc.
. Thtey but obey great Nature's voice
For thcc there waits a larger ohoice.
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mey iivo.ineir lives and cease to be,
tyha.t is their pretty hour to thee ? '. .
lleir of His vast eternity.
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Siege of Charleston. v
THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTIETH RXV!
The enemy has not resumed the bombardment
of the city since its cessation Monday
evening. , . ' %
The bombardment of Fort Sumter continues
steady,^doing little or no damage. One man
slightly wounded is the only casualty we Have
heard of for the past two days. During Tuesday
night and Wedne&lay two hundred and.
sixty sbot6 were fifed ft the fort. , I
The Yankees are still repairing daihages .to
their batteries on Morris' l6land.\t Our Sullivan's
Island .batteries opened upon the ecei?
at Gregg an(l Wagner for a short time/Several
'ambulances soon after came from the upper '
end of Morns' Isftuid'to Gregg, and in about <|
half an hour returned. No change in the fleet
is reported. . . . '
-It "is stated that tjio m6st costly array of prel/tirMie
itnnoc 1\nnrrM in "Pliil.J/inlrlki- tfeon
j'Vi 1V?'1 oyviivw A'wMp"! III JTOOOf
tfere ordered and paid for by a common lahororof-other
days, who had. suddenly and amply
enriched himself by following the army of tha j
Potomac, gathering up thp animal food thrown
away by the soldiers, and selling it ..for loap 1
greese. . . ...
The Yankees are casing a ppir of great guns
to carry shot weighing 'aboqt^one thousand i
pound^ each. The Yankees say they will'pen- ]
etrate the froa armor of a vessehas "a rifle ball
will go through a sheet of tin." *, "
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CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL. *
"fAIDAT AoSir 1NO, JULY f5.
, "Watermelons liavo nppdbred in' tbe Mncou market (
rwent j'dollars apiece-is asked for them.
JPeter Bashaw, tho last revolutionary soldier in Ten)- '
lessee died near Nashville Juno 20, agpd one hundred
ind one year. , ^ ^
Tni Situation at Art/ANTA.?The^genepil tone of t
:iic news fro'm Atlanta has inspired u:'/fpr "the .flrSt }
iimo since the oponing of the present campaign,
wiui a leemig 01 uneasiness. -..not to say positive
ilarpi. "What is the meaning of Gdv. Bkovra's
fovy en incCsne, and the statements of tho Atlanta %
press, that "tliere seems to be some ground, for be- t
lieving that the city will not bo given up withput'a j
fight 7" Has the evacuation of Atlanta without a fight (
been oontemplated by oiir military authorities ? If,bo.
wo do-not hesitate to say that emphatic condemnation
should be mobdont to-the authors of the proposition. 1
We can not, we do not bolievo that' . Gen. Johkstos?; .
unless trammolled by peremptory orders .from Rich- f
mond, or stripped ofthb force adequate to a successful
defence, would abandon Atlanta to Sherman. Yet it
is impossible to avoid the suspicion that the evacuation
of Atlanta has been, and may' yet bo amoug the J
possibilities. Has the President been reffcoting; tho (
policy that culminated in the. disaster of Vicksburg? e
If so, it Is time for thq^oplo and'the press ofulo Confederacy
to speak out; arid not only to speok'outj but ^
to take decisive action for their own safety. If, oil the
other.hand, fohnstok has not tho troops to.rtake a 11
stand, why have tho people been systematically dc- 1
ceivcd in the matter, and dulled ioto a false security? \
Why have Fokrest and Morgan beep permitted to j
waste their time and resonrcos in splendid but un- '
projjtable raids, instead of operating in SUkioian's ^
rear, and, by breaking up his communication^ com*
polling him to a disastrous ictreat ? > "Why, in fine, ifa
rcduma of thirty-thousand men can be spared-for a t
demonstration on Washington,, is nof th6. Army of tho s
Cfiattnhoochie, reinforced? The capture of Washing c
ton would*bo.worth compurativelyglittlo to us; the j
Ibss of Atlunta would be an irreparable disaster. Arc
we never to profit by experience 1 If tho twenty-five
thousiftd men,-put liars cfcconict at Gettysburg, had ^
been added to tho "twenty-five "thousand sent soon
after to Bragg, we might now bo in undisputed possession
of Tennessee and Kentucky. t Twenty-five" .
thousand additional men at Chieknmauga wonld linvo c
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made tho victory decisive. And tho thirty thousand I
men. renorted to constitute Ewell's column, would i ]
enable Johnston to destroy Sueiwan.
Allnnty and Richmond mny be* considered'as the j
two extremities" of a line of defence, which, if broken
nt one place is broken erferywhero. If Grant ib' 1
enjshod, Sue mi AX is crushed witlr hnn: if JOttKSTOX
iirdriron.bSpki Lee's position beenmes precarious in
the extreme. 'Who wins?at either ppint ifins the ,f
game; ^ind, if we lose it now a fearful responsibility
will rosi somewhero. Is JjOUxSton* to be sacrrticed to! '
gratify personal spite, or is.it only Biuob's iacompo- ^
tency? Timo will show". ,, . ~ 1
LATEST'NEWS FRO)I EUROPE.
_ Atlanta, July j3.?European advices have ^
been received to June 26th. ^
.Captain Semmes will embark on a new sfcam?
er?supposed to be tJic ilappuhannwk?in Au* .
gust. A Committee in LoDdon,.headed by Ad- j
miral Ason, -are raising a fpnfd, by guinea sub- j
scriptions, tg> replace the sword of Captain ,
Semmes, which was stink with the Alabama. A
considerable judi, for the saraejibjcct, ha5 been .
raised at Liverpool. *4* .
Commander Winston, of the Kea^sage, claiots t
that Semmes is, of right, his prisoner. He says ^
that he had ample tmie to pick hira up, but that
the English .yacht stole him. , ;
The Conference on Danish affairs had adionrned.
Peaoo rumors had caused an improve
ment in the fhnds. England had ordered the *
equipment of 50,000 men.
' YOLrXTEER ,
SLAVE LABOR IFOR THE COAST. <
Major gRj. jones has 'made a most ?
earnest cfill for Slaves, to"labor on the fortifica- 1
tlpus. Jn the proscribed.order, it canaof be furnished x
bofore the 1st August, by which^imo we may receive (
irreparable injury, for the want of it. The extreme ,
urgency of the case, demands prompt action, and I *
earnestly appeal to the slaveholders ot lorshaw Dis- 1
trict, to deliver their quoto of Roa'dHands, for THJR- 1
1'Y DAYS SERVICE at Camden, or the nearest R. R. ]
Depot, on TUESDAY tho 19th injt., at 9 o'clock a. m. j
Those who furnish labor now will reofive credit on
the next regular call, and their slaves yvill be prompt- '
[^discharged at the expiration of thirty daya^ service,
rransportation will be furnisHed.\
. .. E.B.JoaNsdSr, i
July 15" -j 3' < ? ' ' Agent of l
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LATEST gg TELEGRAPHFRtrif
TEE GEORGIA FRQXT.
Atlanta, ?Tnly lo.^ThaeAemy ars'rnageing,
m our right.ncnj Jtoswcll. Portions l>f tjjfe .
ifankee army arc on the south' 'side of the ?bat?
ahoochic. Sherman's headquarters are near
[TiniM/rc Qtrn+Jnn SL'ivmioli inrr nnnfinndo ar>r/\aa ' ' J
? *UlU^WIWV??ViVUI W?il?umuujjj VV41?VUV/<J UWVCO
be rivor imar tire bridge. Everything quiet
*low that point. . "' " ^
WU1/ PETERSBURG.
July 13".?:A portion of,Lees qrmy wae en
;agcd skirmishing with a part of Graut's cava!y
near-Lbesburg 14 rpilos fro pi the city,- yeierday.v
Drove the Yatjkces back and capturid.
?3 prisoners including tiro commissioned
(fficew. Considerable cannonading tb' tho * *
ighUtlm evening.. s i
Grant is evidently sending the most' of his :.
brces to Washington.- ; e
ifiOJf RI&MOM).
July 14.:?Brig. Gen. Clayton pf Alabama,; ^
s to be promoted'Jfrajor General, and4 Col. J.' '
3] Carter of ToPnefcsee .id be made Bng. Gen>ral.
Takes temporary rank from May 21.' "
Official despatches from Charleston Jldy 12,
mm ben. Jone3 at Uiariestonjestcrday, says ' j*
iobertso'n attacked the .enemy on 'featnrday *
norning anil drove.them from l)jeir position',
vith a loss to-us" of one hnndted tilled and #
vounded?Drmtfg them back td their -trans-'.
>orts. They wefe driven off of' Johns I^nd
>y the effective range of our batteries. * '
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It appears that their firing against Charles- . "
an in comfj'osed cf_aUJ.be available Jforce on the' ^
onth Atlantic cost. . The bombardment of
J milter--has been heavy for several dajrs," and. , .
til! continues. *
Frederick occupied by the Confederates.?
Jreat-^xcitenient. Golcf gdiie up. to 270.
. /; ' . 4 JT CHARLESTON. '
CriAhc.K'sr|^,.Jfll}< 12.?The enemy attacla"
id battery-ijjimpkins last night and were rfc;' - .
/ IVa 1??i a tV*om frmn TnVir^?
/UlSUUi "U Uft? V/ U|irv?? nuyui itvtti vvmt o
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Lsl AD(I. ' ,
Their fleet dropped flown -Inst night bolow , f>
lottery Island. '
^ATER A2& JXTKtldsriKG J^20JI TJIE, U!f?u *
v TEE STATE*. .
Atlanta, Jnly 18.^Yanl&<fe. pikers of'.tfce
(tb have been received.
Tho oxcitement in renimylvanin nndr^tary- ^
and continued. The Confederates otfeupi^d
harper's Ferry on tlnWth of July, and Sic'gel,
etreated-to^ the Maryland Jleights. At the,
auic time portions of the Confederate forces'
nenaced Itogergtown and'Fredericlc, Maryland/
roirt wnicli places the Yankees rctreAted. Gov.'
^urtin, of Pennsylvania, on the Oth instant, is-' .
,ued a proclamation calling for 12,000 milifin;
n addition to' those Called for byVPresidont ^ ?
Jncoln. Portions of the New ,York 'troops '
lave started far Maryland. . The Governor oiJ'
Massachusetts calls fof'5000 volqnteors fofgar-' ^ <
ison duty for one hundred days near Wash- '
ngtoo. ' *$?' 'iaS^Rb*'/' ' .*. " V; t * *
Htinter is reported to Rave .effected %junc?
.ion with Siegol/by way of Parkersburg and
Jnmberland. . r, > *\v'
* Gold in New Yq$ on the 8tU instant was
juotcd at 270. G&tton, $1.54.
FesBcndcn has qpceptad the position 'of Secretary
&tbc Treasury.- Lincoln has'appoints M
id the first Thursday if> 'August as a day oflfct- *
Dg, humiliation snd prayer.
Yankee officdre'report'tbatIoiitheK3d init^
jrantAcmaDdcd the unconditional su't-reoder
>t Tcforsburg, allowing a reasonable um^ it , */
lie demand.were not edm{)lied witIr,|ortbe re- ,
noval of non-combatants before > Jdw -attack.? *
\pp^jir?nce8 indicated heavy work. AkanIred
'of Grant's guny covered Petertbnig and
le cf^d destr^ ibfc city'any day he pleased,
nit it would bo a'uselss performance and give . '
lim no advantage over the rebel armyt . The
*T. Y. Worlfcor the 7th reports-that Grant bad
>een largely ' reinforced from points less vital '
ban Richmond."
/i-'_ n-fcv vliJS . *
uen. oiuiiQ, wnww^prresi wnjppeu jmi win
%r, had sent up bis resignation, and said he
lever inieudcd t6'fight anQkb^r Confederate.