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Sacrifice of the Polish Ladies.
Tf he patriotic 1 adies of Poland, find- ing
t^t. renewed sacrifices were ne<jessar^iij
^var wit h Russia, have sent
.xlieirjewels.ito England for . sale, the
proceeds to be devoted to the relief
of those poor s' and wounded Poles
who now, almost.i bereffc of hope, are
slowly languishing in secrecy and
suitering.
Tlie jewels.were sold-at the-Cheswick
Taansibti. of the Duchess Do.we;
/ gar of Sutherland. ' * i jn
' They numbered almost; seven bum
diftd, and wero.yalued.at five thousand
pounds." vThe" number would
have been greater had it not been for
* the difficulty ottoid .'ini Removing
' ' them.
As it is, many valuable articles
. .-were confiscated ypn^ .iflie Austrian
frontier, and. have- vnever reached
England. Among
tlie. jewelry sold was a
large collection of wedding rings and'
* love tokens.belonging1;1 to the rolikh
-. widows who had lost their husbands
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auring tiie insurrection, and.who had
nothesitated to sacriffce there relics,
in the hope that the an^punt obtained
fdr^em would lessen the suffering
offth'ose who had Struggled and bled
*in t^e eause for whicli their husbands
, .. had fallen. Many of these rings bore
the joint initials of husband and wife,
and some of them were also engraved
with appropriate mottoes and quotations.
There were also' four bead
- necklaces sent by nuns who,having
nothing else to offer, had given up
the only ornaments they < were per/
mitted to use. 'In one of the galleries
were two beautiful shawls valued
at^SffiryVuineas each, and in the room
ki*<|wg$as the fox room, adjoining
1 the small chamber in which tlie great'
English statesman died, were two
fine oil paintings, the/property ;of
Polish families, which were offered at
the price of $3,000 each. Awmncr
the miscellaneous articles ' forV'gale
were , three silver snuff "boxes, whicli
v . had heen sent hy Russians with a
of benefiting their oppressed
Mow subjects." Some of the rings
dates which* showed that they
worn in some cases fifty > in
. ^wo or three years.
%/!5t&^-(^PPpB sales were at exceedingly low
^prices, the love tokens and rings goi?g
often, for only .a few shillings.
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It is reported that General McClcHan lias
fallen heir to a large fortune. Sir Colin Carop#
heft?LordCly.de?left a. great portion of his
property to his kister, Miss Alice Campbell, or
' Mclver, who died intestate in the latter part
of December last. Gen. McClellan's father was
1 .consin to Lord Clyde, apd it is said that
th rouglt liim the general tabes tlio property
left at the death of Miss Mclver.
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CAMDEN I DAILY JOURNAL.
TUESD'AY MORNING, JULY 19,
Lincoln has appointed tka 4th of August as a day
of fasting, humiliation and prayor x
The Ladies of the Benevolent Society are earnestly
requested to meet on business of importance at 12
o'clock on Thursday ?lst instant. "
All the military, policy fcenrs to.be concentrated in
two words?strategy and reticence?the first of which
means that officers don't know .what to do. and^he
last, they don't know what to say.
Tlie Macon Confederate understands that thh materials
of one or two of the Atlanta netvspapers t have
arrived in that citytan'd that iu the event of Atlanta
being taken they will resuraq publication at that point.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, of Saturday,
copies, from Yaukee and European papers, lull accounts
of the fight between the Alabama and the Koar*
HaCP- tvhinh in uionr ^
0-, , ? wi hid uccp interest everywnere
excited by tlio fato of tho famous cruiser, we should
liko to republish. But they aro too lengthy; they
would fill our littlo sheet twice over. So wc condenso
the most interesting particulars for tho benefit of our
readers.
The Kearsage \vas a wooden screw steamer of 1,031
tons, built in 1862, at tho Portsmouth" N. H. kavy
Yard, and carrying four broad-side thirty-two pounders,
and three rifled guns,'one of which was a thirty-two
pounder and the two others eleven inch guns.
The Alabama was also a wooden scrcAv steamer, of
about the same tonnage as the Kearsage, built, in
1861, at Birkenhead, by tho MesBi's. Lairl, and. carried
six broadride thirty-twos, ono sixty-eight po under,
and one hundred-pound rifle gun. The Alabama
carried one gun m^e, than the Keursago, but tho ordinance
of the latter was superior in weight of metalThe
sides of the Kearsage were also temporarily
protected by heuvy^chaitf cables suspended* from tlio
bulwarks.
_.<e Alabama arrived at Cherbourg on the 14th ult
ftnd the Kearsage appeared off the port the same day.
On the next duyCnpJain Semues addressed a note to
the commander o( the Yankee cruiser, a renegade
North Carolinian, John A. "Wiksvjw bj' name, requesting-him
to remain n(Y tlm imi-l f.?. o - :
...v X/V? V (WI (I VJ??J \Jl tn-V, |/1 UU115iifg
to come out nnd engage liim. This lit did on tfto
following Sunday, the 10th ult.
On the appearance of the Alabama, steaming out of
the harbor, (ho Kcarsnpe stood out to sen and gained
an offing of six or seven miles; when she founded to
and awaited Skmmes' attack. Semmes opened the
light, which lasted about an hour, when, finding his
vessel disabled and in a sinking condition, be attempt
eel to.draw off and make for- the land. Finding it impossible
to do so, he Struck his flag, nnd, almost immediately
alter, the Alabama went down stent fore1
most. '
' Mr. Mason,,has sent to tho Loudon Time-i, a cop}*
of Sem?iesj official report from which wo make tho
following extracts:
Jn an hour and ten minutes'the Alabama was found
to bo in a sinking state, tho onom^'s shells having
exploded 011 her sides and between docks. 1
. For a few minutes I had hopes of reaching tho
French const; but tho ship filled ranidlv nnd the furn
I a6o fires were extinguished. *
I now hauled down the colors to prevent tho further
destruction of life, and despatched a boat to inform tho
enemy of our condition. Although we wore now
but four hundred yards from eueh other, tho enemy
fired at me five times after the colors had boen struck.
It is charitablo to supposo that' a ship uf-warof a
Christian nation fcouldnot have done this intentionally.
Some twenty nnnutos after my furnace firts had
been extinguished, and tho ship being on tho point of
sinking, each man, in obedience,to a previous order
which had been given to tho crew, jumped overboard
and endeavored to savo himself.
There was r.o nppoaranco of any boats coming from
the onemy aficr the ship went down, i was fortunate
myself in escaping to tho shelter of the neutral
flag on board Mr. Lou castor's yacht Docrhotind, together
with forty others.
Capt. Semmes was received with great enthusiasm at
Southampton, and the pnpers claim hiin as tho" guest
of tho English nalioft. A subscription, linfitcd to one
giiincn, and headed by Admiral Verkon of tho British
Navy has been started to. purchase a sword for
Hnnf a?tr*iT?n */> "
vutiu. ucjiuao, 10 luinjicp mo one lost with tlio Ala;
bama. Arrangements havo also been iriade for furnishing
him another ship *lnrgor nnd^moro powerful
. than the Alabama. The Ijondon correspondent- of tho
N. Y. Herald, who claims to havo seen tlio vessel,
writes as follow8i'.\?' o ; ;
In a few (lays n ;now: Alabama, and part of a new
and part of the old crow, will ho cutting the salt sbn
foam at a speed of sixteen knots an hour, sinkiiig and
burning what merchant vessels "3ret remain uuder the
Stripes and Stars," and fitted out, aa before, with urit4
iah gold, mounted with British guns snppliod withBritish
shot and shell, and accompanied by the malignant
joy of ninety-nino hundredths of Englishmen.
x Jt is stated that not a singlo relic of the Alabama is
in the possession of the enemy. Capt. Semmes, his
officers and the crew are said to have oxhibited great
bravery during tho light, sjnd a large portion of the
ne\Aj is made .of interesting incidents for .which wo
have, unfortunately, no space. We append tho French
official accouut, and a letter from Mr. Lancaster, who
rescued Semmes.
THE IMPEUIAI. OFFiCIAL STATEMENT.
[From' the Paris Moniteur, Juue 21.]
The Confederate cruiser Alabama, carrying out the
design it had announced several days beforehand, left
Cherbourg Roads yesterday at ten A. M., and advanced
against the federal corvette Kearsnge, which hovered
in the offing, at a distance of aV>out iifteen miles.
The ironclud frigate Couroune left her nioorings simultaneously
with tho Alabama, and accompanied her
five miles, in order to prevent hostilities from takiug
place in. French waters.- The action commenoed . at
about eleven, Tar bc.vond that limit. Tho firing was gal
immjr up oh note smes tor two Hours, alter .which
tho Alabama was compelled" by tho severe injuries she
had sustained to make fof Cherbourg,
The* Koarsago immediately gnvo chaco, but a letv
minutes later the AUbanyi sunk. It wns then one
o'clock. The steam Uur Var was sent from Cher*,
burg by tho Prelect ffiiritime to afford assistance to
tho Alabama as soon as sho appeared to be in danger,
but ynly arrived alter all tho survivors had been picked
up. i.ktter
from the owner of the yacht deerhousd.
To the Editor of Hie London Times :
llerQwith I Send you a copy oP my log respecting
tho engagement 'between tho Confederate steamor
Alabama and the Federal steamor Koarsago:
Sunday, June 19?9 A. M?Got up steam and pro-,
ceeded out of Cherbourg, 10.30?observed ?fio Alabama
steaming out ol the harbor towards the Federal
steamer Kearsage. 11.30 ; the Alabama commenced
firing with her starboard battery, the distance between
tho contending vessels being about one mile. Tho
Koarsago immediately replied with her starboard
gpns; a very sharp, spirited firing was then kopt up,
shot sometimes being varied by" sholte. In tho manoeuvring
botli .vessels made seven complete<circle3 at
a distance of from a quarter to a half a mile. At
twelve fi slight iutermission was observed in the Ala
bama's iking, the Alabama making head sail, and
shaping her course for tho land, distant about nine
miles. ' . ,
A?t half-past twelvo observed tho Alabama to be
disabled and in a sinking state. "We immediately
maflo towards her, anil o'h passing the Ken ran go wore
requested to assist in saving the Alabama's crew. At
ten minutes to one, when within a.distance of two
hundred yards the Alabama sunk. We then lowered
our two boats, and, with "the assistance of the Alabnma'ts
whale'boat and dingy, succeeded in saving
about forty men, including Captain Sennnes and thirteen
officers. At one P.- M. wo steered for Southampton.
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I may state that, before leaving, tl\e IvoarSago was
apparently much' disabled. Tho'*Alabama's loss, so.
far ast at present ascertained, in killed ufll wounded,
etc., was as follows, viz: One officer and ouo inan
drowned, six men killed, and one officer and sixteen
! men wounded. Captain Seinmcs received a siight
wound in tho right hand. The Ken range's boats wore,
*nfler some delay, lowered, ami with the assistance ofa
French pilot-boat, succeeded in niekinc im dm mnwiii.
ing survivors. John Lancastkk, .
Steam Yacht Deerhonml, oil' Cywes, June 19th,
1804. . . "
End of IIyek tiie-Pugilist.?A Ne<v York
correspondent of a Philadelphia paper writes :
T saw a crowd on tlio steps of the Astor yesterday.
Thoy were watching tlio attempt of
the great pugilist, Tom Hyer, to ascend into
tlic house. His tall l'own was bent by disease";
his on20 firm step tottered ; hisgreat^ strength
had departed. With- crutches and the aid of a
strong arm of a, friend he slowly and with anguish
took one step at a time, as -an infant
would 'go ujj. It was gall and bitterness to
him to cast his eyes around pn that crowd, and
sec how unlike their greeting *wns to the crowd
that cheered him on in his great fight with
Sullivan. By a singular coincidence Morrisscycame
along. But how unlike Hyer. Morrissey
is a professed gambler. It is bis trade.?
lie has taken care of himself and keeps within
bounds. lie is temperate, for his callimr do
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mauds it. lie dresses in elegant taste?is full
jewelled?and would pass for a well to do banker
with the, upper ten, or a professor in a college.
Morrissey has. tftken Saratoga under bis
special charge, and intends to drive this year 41
larger business than he did .the last, lie has
taken his headquarters already.
Ato \ our Wheat.?*Wo are requested by a
planter to. ask his brother planters who have
stored away wheat in the sheaf, under the impression
that it is rlry enough, to examine it
again?tutn it over and give it a little air.?r
' Some wheat in this region has been spoiled for
, the lack of a little timely attention (if this,
kind.?Macon Telegraph,
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RICHMOND.
Richmond, July 18.?Gen. Johnston was re-' '
Iievcd to-day ol* the command of the army of
Tenness'ee, and Gen. Hood appointed' in his- '
place. v
Geo. A. Trenholm has been appointed Secretary
of the Treasury. The oath of office was
administered.
The Confederate forces have crossed 4the
Potomac. ?
Richmond, July 18.?An official despatch from
the War Department thi% morning states
that the Confederate forces which appeared in
front of Washington on Tuesday, re-crossed' '
the Potomac on the 14th, bringing off every
tnmg sRiciy, and in good order. Our loss was ;
slight*
BALTIMORE NEWS OF THE \?TH.
Petersburg, July 18.?Northern' dates oe
the 15 th and 16t,h has been received. Des_
; patches from Nashville, says Gen. Johnston has
retreated from Kennesaw Mountain, and Sherman
has picked up 35 prisoners.
The Washington . Chronicle si i'? the
Rebels aro so flattered because th r 1. . e pi.r
I Washington and Baltimore into s. !: i < iij
motion.
The CAronic/e says editorially t f;: ? <
has crossed the Chaltahpochie.
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T^he Washington Chronicle f . biat if
Johnston failed to arrest Shermans ; ? </.i
a fortified mountain he will not ' < aI. r? lo. ;
check him long on an open country. ^mblc :>} . !
on all sides. He says the danger .lolui- v<i
,.,;n ?i? J?
.jxvju nil! guc. li|J Hit: pmue JU uusp . .H Ml' \
Lng his supplies and munitions thnk' 111 .?.<i li '
removed, and retreat farther to tin ^ ujm >v ??.
towards Augusta or Savannah. E ;ys . !
ably Sherman will anticipate any i . i,
the kind, and cut off every facility ti
by theft destruction of the railroads
The World's correspondent say . .! -u :'.i
be no importaritmovcnicntof Grt. nv- ;
a week or two.,
The capture of Petersburg is a . f
time. Enough siege'guns are i
sweep tbe city from tiic face of th
The rebels had captured I ^ a, 1
Seigal's commissary stores," which u < : \
uable. * * '
A considerable portion of Hag ; w > \
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uuinuu ii)' uiu rencis. J-iH'y are . ! _
groat depredations. Their forces
led to be at least {>0,000 Or ^,00i
An Incident.
The following incident from an article.-in
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thc^Uianta Register, on the situation iti Home
and vicinity, is WortlT'recording :
A straggling Yankee armed with an Austrian
rifle, was seen to pass an<j>ld- gentleman'shouse
early one morning, cruising his way towards
Koine. The old man was informed that
the Yankee had jnst gone by, and that lie was
all alone. IJe 'says that cither patriotfsufl, or
the devil, or some desperate-thing took posses
sion of him, and lie vowed tffat no one Yankee
should go by his house. Ho had neither gun,
pistol nor pocket knife, ?Xnt mounting his horse
started in pursuit. Getting up pretty nearhd
halloed "stop stranger?fctop for, the Lord's snko
letonc'havc your gun for a* few minuts?-the
dogs arc jn.st killin' my^hcep over the hill like
blazys." The old man's earnest manner at once
disarmed the Yankee.of all suspicion and of .his.
rifle at the same time. 'Says the old man as her
took it, "is it loaded "Yes." "Will it shoot 11*"
"Yes." "Well, it's all right iny friend?you'.are
the.dog I wns.looking for'?'bout face,' and-^bo
marched him nine miles without popping, gtfld
delivered him to our Soldiers. This incidcut iii
literally and strictly true,
/ % -?#? Quoth
a little jboy; "Grand-ma, which would
you rather have-conscripted, grand-pa or tb:o
distiller?" "Go awpy, boy, and don't ask Stifth'
hard questions." ' ^
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