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Milton's I*er?on and HabUs.
In Tils person Milton was rather
under the medium size, well built and
muscular.. "His deportment," says
"Wood, "was affable, arid his gait erect
and nianly, bespeaking courage and
uudauiitcdness." He was.skilled in
4-the*-use of the small sword; and
. though he certainly would not have
engaged in a duel, he had tlje strengh,
. skill and courage to repel the attack
, of an adversary. His hair,/which 11 ever
fell off, was of a.light brown hue,
and he wore, if L plaited ori his forehead,
as is represented-in his portraits,
ftis eyes were grey, arid as the cause
rvP-Tiic hlinrlnflSfi'Wfla lrtfornol +limr aiif.
va. wxjiij.v??vuw n in uv.i iitijj tpuj,
fer-ed no change in appearence from
it; His face was oval, and liis com
plexion was so fine in Lis yoiitli that
. at Cambridge he was, we are'told by
. Aubrey, called the lady of his college;
even i,n his latter days his cheeks"retained
their ruddy tinge. He had, a
fine eaf for rnpsic, and he was skilled
in that science; he used to perform
on the organ and l^ass viol.. His
voice was sweet and musical', and we
.may presume that his singing showed
both taste and science. Richardson
, \'igives the: following description of
Milton in his declining years: "An
ancient clergyman of Dorsetshire, Dr.
Wright, found John Milton in a
-&mall chamber hung with rusty green
sitting in an elbow chair, and dressed
neatly in black; pale, but not cadaverous*,
liis bands and feet gouty, and
with. chalk stones. He used also to
sit in a gray coarse clotb coat, at the
door of his house in Bunhill Fields,
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in warm'sunny weather, to enjoy the
fresh air; and so as well as in his
room, received the visits of people
of distinguished parts, al we}l as
quality.?Keiglithfs Jbife.
A-morfcal fdvof prevailed on board
Mi sbip at sea, ancf a negro riian was
appointed to throw the bodies over
board, One day^vlien the Oaptain
' was 011 deckj he saw the negro dragging
out of the forecastle a sick man
who w$s strugling violently to extricate
himself from the negro's grasp,
and remonstrating very bittely
against , -the cruelty of being buried
alive.
. "What arc you going to do with
that man you black rascal asked
the Captain.
I Going to throw ium- overboard,
v .uiasse, cause lie is dead.
"Dead ? you scoundrel," said the
Captain, "don't you see he moves
and speaks ? 1
"Yes massa, I.know he-says he nc
dead but he always lie so, nobodj
never know when ,to believe him!"
CAMDEN DAILY JULHtm.
THURSDAlMOUi^ i?g,~AIJ?? -fiT
We received do Charleston papors by InMt night's
mail.
Garibaldi has been elected Grand Mosler of the
Freemasons in Italy., '
Pertinent.? A cocrehpondont of Carolinian asks:
."Who aro tho militia?"
After the Raiders.?A large cavalry tbrce. left
Gen. Hood's army on Thursday in punAiit of tho
raiders. *
It appears, from an ofllcial statement, that tho losses
iu liUTLER'S Unvalr)' Brigade lost up as follows:
Killed 87 ; wounded and missing 490. 'Total 577.
A. rumor luf> reached us, by way of Augusta, thai
Geu. TlOoD has had another fight with Sherman, completel}
cutting up his loft, and driving him from Ins I
entrenchments.
It-is said that President Davis has tclogrnphe.^. to
a high authority, that if Gen. Iloon will only hold his
own a few days longer, ho will be ubmrdantl}* supported
in both frout and rear.
Gen*. "Wheeler.?A gentleman who recently left
Atlanta states that Geu. Wheeler in n recent engagement
was wounded iu one of Wis legs' between the
ankle and knee. The Svound,though very painful, is
not considered dangerous. It is said tlfo General will
soou bo able to resunto his duties.
Gen. Johnston la ut Macon with his family, having
there rented a houso. aud entered nnnn n nertnniu.tr.
residence. Gen. Scuoor, formerly t!io chiofol artillery-,
and in indefatig bio officer -in all department8,
has been appointed Chief of Stall* to Gen. lloon, vice
Gen. Mackall, relieve^' as I am informed, at his own
request. ... f
Exchange of PRISONERS.?Tlio JTercut y learns on
good authority thut, l?y agreement between Generals
Jones and Foster, a special exchange of prisoners is
to take place in Charleston. The fifty ofiicors who
have been contjncd for soiiio weeks past, ore .to be cx*
changed for the Confederate officers of similar rank
uu \? IH'IU >10 I'll iMIIITh l.SliUKI* \ V C Sllall
thus recover many bravo and accomplished officers.
The uowsofthe defeat and capture of the most famous
of all thy Yankee raiders cornea n: like a welcome
gleam of sunshine upon what was fast growing
to la? a very dark picture. It need not bo disguised
that the aspect ofaO'uire in Georgia, viewed- in thu
light* of tho rumors and advices that laid reached us
up to yesterday afternoon, was far from cheering.?
Vaguo reports otyinolhor battlo in front.of Atlanta had
indeed got abroad; hut wo listened in 'vain to hear
through tU? smoke of tho conflict, those shouts ol
triumph wo had expected from tho veterans of Hood.
Meanwhile, ShekmaN, with his multiplied bands of
' mounted vagabonds, was traversing tho fairest regions
of Georgia, working bis will with her magnificent
Railroads and, seemingly unresisted, bringing lire and
sword to the cry gates of hor capital.
But tho sceno has changed. Tho Army of Tonnessee,
aftor indicting another torriblc chastisement upon
1 tho foe, still stands, like a wall of Arc, around Atlanta ;
and Sherman, baffled and disappointed, .1 is as far its
ever from the mastery of the "doomed city." The
Grand Raid, loo, bas come t6 grjef. It's main force,
1 doubtless already* broken down with fatigue, bas
, been swept like chaff before our pursuing squadrons ;
its chief aims bavo all been defeated; and its bold
and skillful loader, with many of his officers and men,
aro captives in our hands.
Tho contradictory despatches leave us in doubt as
to whom wo bavo to thank for this gallant and timely
achievement. Rut of tho achievement itself, tlioro is,
1 happily, no doubt whatever. No matter whoso tho
arm that dealt it, truly it was a right lusty blow, and
struck rft the hannv moment.
( English Judges.?Of the four Puisne Judges
[ of the Queen's Bench, not oncHfelongs to the
^ established church. Mr. Justice Crompton is
well known as belonging to the Unitarian denomination.
Mr. Justice Blackburn-was born
and bred, and still remains, a Scotch Presbyterian.
Mr. Justice Meller is in like manner as'
sociated with the English congregation of dis\
seniors. Mr. Justice Slice is an avowed Roman
Catholic; so that on Sir Alexander Cocky
burn alone, himself a Scotch baronet, devolves
the duty of representing, as one of the Judges,
1 the interests and representation of the Church
of England.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPHI
ROM GEORGIA. ,
August 3.?Affairs yery quiet at Atlanta.
Some picket firing during Inst night, but nothing
important^ occurred. 650 prisoners,- capote
red near Newman, xvefo sent South yesterday.
About 1000 in all were Captured.
FROM CHARLESTON.
The steamer Chesterfield, Capt. Ferguson,
will leave. Chisolim's Mill Wharf, at the end of
Trndd street, at 8 o'clock this morning, with
the Yankee officers, now held by tis, to be exchanged
for the Confederate officers sent to
Morris Island. The exchange will take place
near the outer .buoy, in the harbor, outside of'
fm?f .Qiinilnit
Mnjoi John "W. Lay of (Jon. Jones* start*, has
been appointed to act on the part of the Confederates.
A general solute will be tired tyy
Fort Ripley on the return of the steamer with
our ofliccrs.
Ilarikarc In Japan.
A letter written by a Frenchman at Jcddo,
and dated January 5, contains the following:.
.
The Japanese wljo yesterday passetl through
the principal streets of Honjo, the. aristocratic
quarter of Jcddo, were surprised to sec not one,
but fourteen houses covered from top to bottom
with white hangings, a.sign that each of
their owners, a noble or some high functionary,
had been ordered by the Tycoon to "kill himself
during the day by ripping open his bowels.
On receiving notice the unhappy man makes
immediate preparation for dentlv lie calls his
friends and relatives around him, and with
them he drinks rye brandy, cats sweetmeats,
and jests upon the uncertainty of hmnan affairs,
until the arrival of the Imperial Inspector, sent
to see the execution. *
On his entrance the master of the house rises,
lakes leave of his. friends, ami misses into
another room with the inspector and- two or
three relations. After heavingthe decree rea?r,
the condemned man draws ids' sabre, makes
<?nc ei^t across and another along his abdomen,
and, lastly, cuts his throat. It often happens
that, a man harf'outy strength to make the first
cut. In that case ia tmstv servant., standing
j behind him lor the. purpose, strikes oft' his
; hyad. ' No one lias any hnowlede of the oftenI
cos for which these fourteen personages were
'^condemned to death, hut I hoard that tliev
were suspected of being too sincere partisans
of the alliance with Kuroprnns. Another report.
was that they had been engaged in some
mysterious conspiracy.
I flM. ? i 1 # '
I / a ne receipts 01 conon a: Jjiverpool from
January 1st to May 12th, this year, were piglit
hundred and nineteen thousand four iiundred
and thirty-six bales, three hundred and' eleven
thousand one Iiundred and sixty-five more than
in same time last year. American sorts increased
sixty-two thousand nine hiriidrcd and
six; East India fifty seven thousand six hundred
and ninety two; China and Japan one
Iiundred and seven thousand quo hundred and
fifty-six; Egyptian thirty-four thousand nine
hundred and sixteen.
Tn3 Two Great Cathedrals of the
World.?St. Peter's at Rome and St. Paul's
in London rank as the largest edifices in Chris
tendon). U ndoubtcdly St. Peter's is supcrioi
to London's Metropolitan Church, but there it
a senso in which this national edifice excels ever
, St. Peter's, for St. Peter's occupied 145 years
*in building, was the work of twelve successive
architects, and exhausted the revenues of nine
teen successive Popes. St. Paul's was com
plctcd under tbo direction of one architect, ir
the space of thirty-seven years, and the ex
pense was entirely defrayed by a small tax or
' coals. *'
The.wire used by Grant's telegraphists itj
constructed on the principle of the Atlantic
cable. No posts are necessary, it being perfect
ly insulated. It is unwound from a reel, anc
laid on the ground, and thus connects each
corps of tho army with headquarters, so \hai
, orders are instantly transmitted from one enc
of the lines to the other, without loss of time
f and without a risk of having couriers killed b^
sharp shooters.
Abe's Lasl Joke.?Bennett says old
latest joke is his acceptance of the radit!a!' pintform
of the recent Baltiirtoi'e CoriV&tltioil including
tbe Monroe doctrine, with the provisb that
said doctrine, so far as Mexico' is concerned, is'
to be considered "all in iny eye Betty Mar-'
tin." '' ' %
It is interesting:' td know thai when St.. Paul's*
Cathedral was building, Sir Christopher Wren,*
the architect, caused a printed notice to be affixed
to the scaffolding, threatening with.instant1
dismissal any workman guilty of swearing within
those sacred precincts.
olfTXJARY ^
Departed this life June 2.1, 1804, Mr. ANGUS'
McLEOD, of Kershaw District. S. C.
The deceased was a member of Capt. W. L. DePoss'
company, and had been in service four months At Hur4eeV)llC.
S (1..*where lie ilinrhnronfl the "r -
j rs%.<.? mv uutivn vji * a,
soldier to; tlie satisfaction of bis comrades and to tho >
honor of his country. Ho left the camp well and .
hearty to come home on furlough for twenty days, was
taken sick at Brnnchville tho next dnj" whilst on his
way homo, with diarrhoea;..he reached home and in h
few days called in u physician to attend his caso, ho
lived ttfte on days and died resigned *>*the will of his
Heavenly Fatlur. Tho country has lost a good soldier,
tlie community a good neighbor and citizen and
tho church a worthy member. For tho last several
yenrs of his life ho had been a devoted member of tho
Baptist church at Antioeb, Korshaw District, near
whore he lived. Ho had ono only child, wliioh was a-,
son. Ho volunteered and went into service, in December
18G1, and he lived about four months, and
died in Charleston, and* was brought home and buried
at Antiocli Church, where he, also, was a member.
Thus tho .father and tho son lie aide by sid?vbn earth,
while tjieir kindred spirits enjoy that rest that ispromised
to oil tho people of God. Soldier of the
cross}, well done, tho battle fought, the victory won.
He leases a lonely widow and many other relative^
and friends t# monrp his loss. Way the Lord sanctify
this sad bereavement to the lonely 'widow.
. Pastor.
Headquarters,
n'IMQ/lUtV>'P npnatimiinvm i
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Columbia, .July 30, 1864. f
GENERAL ORDERS NO. 8.
|*. TILE SECRETARY OK WAR HAVING DK1_
cided that the Conscriptio'n authorities havo no
jurisdiction over the classes of Reserves, except in the
granting of Exemptions under the Act of Congress, entitled
' An Act to organise forces to servo during the
War," it is ordered, pursuant to instructions of the Siuperintendent
that all Details heretofo?e granted to persons
of the Reserve classes by the officers of eonrteription
1h> and they are hereby revoked. Details of person*
of these classes will hoiea Iter be. made only bj*
the order ,o.f Brigadier General James Ohcsniit, coninianding
Reserve Forces in this Stale.
II. Enrolling Officers will proceed rtt.onoe t6 furn- t
ish to Brigadier General Chcsnut a rolf of nil ptcsons
of the classes of Reserves whose details are hereby re- '
voked. giving their ages, tfie date and period otf details',
and thd"purposes for which such details iveru
"granted.
nr. rursunnt to orders of the War Departruoui,.
Knrolling Officers are made subject to and will obey
all orders of Erigwher General OUesmiL
C. P. MELTON,
August 4 .3 Major Com'dt Conscripts. ,
E35" Carolinian ropy flve times; Courier and Jfer~
ciinj three times trf-wcek)y ; all otlier papers in tin?
State threo times. * .
Headquarters,
RESERVE FORCES SOUTH CAROLINA, )
? ' Columbia, July 30, J804. )
i GENERAL ORDER NO. 4. '
I ALL DETAILS OF PERSONS OF ,THE RE 4
S8RVE classes horetoforo granted by the Conscript
authorities, now revoked.by General Order No.
8. Conscript Department, S. C., afe hereby revived
1 and continued upon such term's, and for same poriod
5 as originally granted.
II. Eh rolling Officers will forward to these Head,
quarters the Rolls as indicated by Major Melton, Com
manaantor uouscripts, S. u.
5 III. Applications for details will in future bo mad?-'
t through the local Enrolling Officers, who will investigate
the claims?being governed by the Rules and
Regulations prescribed by the Bureau of Conicription.
The papers will then bo forwarded to the Commandant
of Conscripts for his examination and reference to
these Headquarters, where final actiou will bo talccn
upon thorn. t ,
By Ornmand BrigtGon.'CflfcSNUT.
August 4 3 . ED. H. BARNWELL,
(?gr Qarolinian copy five times ; Courier .and Mercury
threo times tri-weekly ; oil other papers in tlie
Stato threo times.
CJEN.TRAt, BDREAV,
I COLIJMB^i, August 1, 1864.
Cars will be Dispatched.
l For Lea's and Beauregard's Armies Aug. 10
, For Hood's Army u 16
1 For Charleston apd the Coast " 16
. M. LaBORDE, Chairman.
I August 4
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