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' ; VOL. 1 CAM^m S C., VEDSTESDAY^ AXTG-TTST 10, 1864. UNTO.' 34.
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JOHN BROUGHAM'S APOLOGY
FOR PO-CA-HOW-TAS.
The deeply interesting incident upon winch this
Drama is founded, occurred in Virginia, on Wednesday,
Oct. 12, A. D. 1607, at twenty-six minutes past
, 4 in the afternoon, flonnrdino- t-n tim i.i?
9 ?O vv M<v awmo?Yuat Xllgliiy
colored and boastful narration of Capt. . John Smith,
the famous adventurer, backed by the concurrent testimony
of contemporaneous history* but subsequent
research has proved that either lie was mistaken, or
that circmpstauce had unwarrantably plagiarized an
Affair which transpired at a much earlier dato; for,
upon examining the contents of a wallet found in the
v eBt pccket of the man in armor, dug up near Cape
Cod, an entire epic poem was discovered u$on the
very same subject, which was written by a Danish
Poet, the Chevalier Viking, Long Fellow of the Norwegian
Academy of Music, who, flourished Anno
Gothami, 235.
The poem contains several square yards of verso, a
fragment of which is snbjoined to shaw its peculiar
Finnish.
1 ^ THE SONG OF POCAHONTAS.
Ask you?How about these verses ?
Whence this-song of Pocahontas,
With its flavor of Tobacco.
.: And the .Stina weed?the Muudungus, ?
With Its pipe of Old Virginny,
"With the echo of thp Breakdown,
' With its smack of B'ourbon Whiskey, ' x
With thd twangle of the Banjo
Of the Banjo?tlio Goatskinuet,
And the Fiddlo?the Catgntto,
With the noisy Marrowbonum,
By one Jonsmith it was written
Jonsmith, the valiant soldier,
Sailor. Buccaneer,. Explorer,
Hert), Trader, Colonizer,
Gent, Adventurer, Commander,
Lawyer, Orator and Author, ?
Statesman, Pioneer and Bagman.
* Tears he fought against the Moslem,
Tears he word the captive's fetters,
Until from a fond Sultana
Ho received a Habus Corpus.
Then, by way of relaxation,
He took passage on a steamer,"
With a crow of Filibusters,
Each with matchlocks and revolvors,
, To take peaceable possession ;
Of some transatlantic region,
Sailed they on, thoy kng,w not whither
Until, one October morning, \?\
They incontinentaly blunderod
On the shores of Tuscarora, ?
Near to Werowanco, the palace
Of King Po^hata, who flourished
In that section of the country,
WherCunto they were invited,
By this hospitable monarch,
And remarkably well treated;
Until, fat with rice aud pumpkins,
Bu'ckwkeatcakes and sweetpotatofls,
Squashes, homminy anddoughuots,
They began to wax audacious,
And put on such airs and graces,
Tkoy were perfectly disgusting.
Now, the natives knowing nothing
Of .the beaofits intended
By this forfcign congregation,
Who had comb so fnr to gbow them
All how ranch they'd boon mistaken ;
In what darkness they woro dwelling,
And h6w much obliged they woro to
Those disinterested pooplo,
Who had journeyed to enlighten ""
Their unfortunate condition. *
,Through theso potent triuuited
Anglo-Saxon civilizers,
Rum, Gunpowder and Religion,
Now, the natives, as I mentioned,
Didn't see the joke precisely
In the way it was expected,
They believing, simple creatures,
' Slioy could manage tjieir own matters
"Without any interference?
Thought tlio shortest way to eeUle
Thoso gratuitous advisers
Would be quietly to knock them
On the head, liko Bulls of Basham.
It was then .Tonftnitli was takon
To be treated in such fashion,
r Lying in.a pleasant posture . !
On the ground, his head supported, 1
By a chunk of Itusa's pavement. j
IIo looked round him with emotion,
King Powhattan stood besido him,
With his battle-club tremendous, ,
Which around his head he flourished * ' .
To accelerate its motion,
So that when it swift descondod .
Upon Jonsmith's pericranium,
Thon ho wonldn't know what hurt him,
Thrice the lata! club was brandished;
And Jon, thbnght upon his mother,
Thought upon the prayer sho taught him
When.he first, a tiuy urchin,
Bent his knee in simple wonder.
In that moment, all his childhood'
Stood before him like a vision,
*And ho thought he was a "goner,"
When the King's remorseless purpose
Was immediately arrested
By a scream from Pocahontas;
Pocahontas, his own daughter?She,
the dove of Worocomoco,
The pride of Tuscarora,
llioHv l)?id !>"' 1
^ j ?.w. AWTVIj
On the pale. chock of the victim. ,
This mnto eloquence of natu'o
To llio heart olMousinilh whispered,
You have yet a squeak, old fellow.
Now, &o., *&c.
Grant's military abilities"and successes are
beginning to.be appreciated an the. other side |
of the water. The London Times thus concludes
a notice of his recent campaign,
j It is hard to withhold a certain admiration
from such stubborn and invincible resolution,
but though it is all wonderful, it is not war.?
War Is not made in this fashion by skillful
Generals, nor is victory likely to be won by ,
accident or luck if it cannot be won by purpose
and plan. Every successive manoeuvre of
Grant's in this eventful compaign has been made
because a, former manoenvre failed. It is quite
impossible to give him cfedit for any strategy
except such as consists.in escaping from the
consequences of miscalculation, and securing a
fresh chauoc. If his position to the south of
Richmond is really uiQre favorable than his
former position to the north that is ..only so
much evidence convicting him of uiisjudge|
ment 111 advancing bv the northern lino oil
I Still, for all this, tiierc ho stands, close to Richmond,
Avitli an army not inferior in numbers
| or bravery to that of his antagonist, anrl with
j so obstinate and unyielding a will that it may
I serve him ihstead"oj more perfect generalship.,
j ?.nd this while, howcvur, there stands Lee,
too, and there is something ominous about the
recent inactivity of this formidable soldier.?
lie did nf?t. design to interrupt the last ''flank
movement" of the Federals, though such a
I movement gave him obvious opportunities.?
lie had' parted every blow of the en.e'my, hut at
j llic moment he strek none in return. There
was uneasiness in New York about the matter.
Nobody could tell where Lee \yas or what he
miivlif Iwi nin.llt'iiln -' ' -
ii Hi* was not, witinn
O O ,
the lines of .Petersburg himself it is clear that
he lias colleagues who can deal with Grant as
successfully as their cure} and if lie and his
army should be thus set free,, what might be
the fate of Washington? These arc the speculations
rfnd the questions which circulate in
the great cities of the North in the fourth year
of the war and the second month of the grand
Virginia campaign. Events alone can furnish
the solution, but'even the Federals themsq'lves
arc now beginning to'fear that 110 turn of fortune,
however unexpected, will bring this terrible
contest to the desired end.
Another chapter in the history of Arrtic'oxpeditfons
is about to bo opened. Captain C. F.
Hall, with two Esquimaux, recently set sail
from New Lon'don, Conn. -* The ship which
took hirh is bound to the Arctic Seas upon a
.whaling voyage, and Captain Hall and hte companions
are to be set aslioro at some point not
named- From the place of landing they are
to make their wav overfnnrl tr? cn?i.
J - v. vvr OUVI1 pinVyl'9 Ul
interest as Captain Hall may determine to visit.
What his plans uiay be seems to bo uncertain,
as meagre details of his designs are given.?
With no other companions than Esquimaux lie
expects to achieve results by land explorations, ,
which the crews of the vessels hitherto engaged
in Arctic expeditions have not been able to
accomplish.
A I'l.ii a hi so State of Things.?A Montreal 1
paper has discovered the startling fact that two 1
hundred tons of gunpowder are stored in one 1
building in close proximity to the city ; and has (
been informed that the drivers of powder wag- j
ons in the neighborhood frequently solace them- .
selves with a cheering pipe, besides conveying
matches into the magazine. Some day ono 1
may write "Montreal fail." 1
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CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL ?
WEDNESDAY ItlORAlAt;, AUG lO.
Fort Sumter'.?The Ladies of the Aid Association
propose sending vegetables on Thursday, 11-th inst.
to tho gallant defenders of Fort Sumter;, and requests
tlioso who feol disposed, to send their contributions to
the store of Mr. It. M. Kennedy, who will lake ehargd
of them until shipped.
An officer, belongiug lo the. Trans-Mississippi Department,
who is about to return to his command, requests
fis to state that he will take chai^o of an}* letters
to that Department which may bo left at this .office
before the 15th inst.
The Mercedita .surrendered to a Confederate rani in
Charleston harbor, the Captain falsely pretending J lis
vessel was in a sinking condition, and after "the Confederates
ceased assaulting him, and hud gone in pursintof
another vnssid f.hri ..< ? -? 1
, uoui^icu unu rujoined
the Federal fleet. She was not recaptured, as
stated by the Yankeos; her officors and men were not
considered as prisoners of war by the United Slfltcs
authorities; nnd*upnn inquiry at the Exchange Bureau,
wo are informed were not exchanged, as falsely
stated in tho semi-official despatch from Washington.'
The Yankees have not, 6ays tho Richmond Sentinel,
the remotest ideu that the British will deliver up tho*
Alabama's crew to thorn, and,' therefore, vq. cannot
perceive why they should feel it necessary to make
false statomonts rolative to the case of tho Merccditn,
except it be from tho invetoraic habit of'lying, which
seems to have become chronic with both Government
nnd people. . ,
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
S REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to tho Act of Congress iu tho year
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. looa, uy j. a. thrasher, in the dork'soffice of the
District Court of the Confederate .States for the
Northern District of Georgia.
* FROM MOBILE. ~
Mobile, August 8.?On Friday night, Lieut. .
Col. Williams, commanding Fort Powell, evacuated
it and blew it' up. The enemy have,
been shelling fort Gaines yesterday and to-day.
The'people of Mobile are all roady for the fray.
Great * confidence prevails. Tho- people are.
satisfied with the conduct of Buchanan, Murphy
and Bennett of the Navy. '
still later.
Mobile, August 8.?We are pained to announce
th^t Fort Gaines was surrendered at
half past nine o'clock this nuiVningby it's commander
Col. Charles Anderson of the 21st AlabaTna.
The Fort was provisioned for six
months and had a garrison of six hundred
men.
The following arc the particulars of the surrender,
as far as known :
Col. Anderson communicated with the enemy's
fleet, bv flag of truce,Without consulting
Gen. Page. Gen. Page inquired, by signals,
what Anderson's purpose was, but received no
answer. He then repeatedjy telegraphed to
Anderson to hold on to the fort. At night
the general visited Fort Gainos, and found that
Anderson was on board the flag ship of the
the Yankee commander, arranging terms of I
capitulation. He was obliged to return short- ,
ly after to the city, but left orders relieving 1
Anderson of command, anc\ peremptory orders 1
to defend the fort to the last extremity. f
Fort Morgan signalled Fort Gaines this morn- 1
ing, but roceived no answer except from Yankee'officers
on the ramparts. Andetson's con- *
duct is officially denounced as inexplicable and i
shamoful. . . c
FltOMATLANTA.
Atlanta, August 0??Last night and this
morning passed without any demonstration on
diQ part of the enemy. Some few shells were
dirown into the city without damage. The c
motny is evidently disposed to extend his right (
urther, which now rests near Campbcllto'n j
itoad. A Captain and Lieutenant-in front of t
dcCooks raiders, who deserted from our artilery
last winter, were captured to-day.
A 13it of Romance.?The Providence(R. I.)'
Press says that a woman passed through this
city eti route to New* York", who during the
past three years has passed through many ex-"
citing scenes, In the early part of tlie war,
she, with her husband and two or three chil-dren,
were residing in a border State, vVhei'V
secesaionism was rampant, and during the absence
of the parents one day. the children were
all massacred Vv some of the cavalry. The
wife immediately assumed male attire, enlisted
in the same company with her husband, and
fought side by side \yit.h him in nearly all of
the battles participated in by the army of the'
Cumberland. A few months, since her husband
received a fatal bullet while lighting by
her side,- and the wife, too, was Subsequently
wounded* and taken to the hospital, where her
sex was discovered. ?
tlle "peace" cojlkespondknck?a 7stotk
fiiom Geo. N. Saunders? Buffalo? July 26.
?The following dispatch has been received
here from the Clifton House :
"I send for the Associated Press a copy of my
dispatch to Mr. Greeley :
To Hon. Horace Greeley : ^
What did you mean when you remarked to
mcin the presence of Major Hay,tliatyou hoped
that wo wonIc} not think we (you) were all
blackguards ? I certainly thought you wanted
me to understand that you- thought President
Lincoln was. G. N. Sauk debs."
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A first class car on a Spanish railway is now
a large apartment hung with damnric curtains,
sofas for ..seats, and space enough to move
about in. ,
Depot Soldiers Board of Belief.
Camden, S. C., AuguBt 6^1864.
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE AND UNTII,
further notice n?^'regular days for delivering
com, Ac.,'will bo ou Tuesday and Friday of each week.
All peVsons interested will govern themselves accordingly.,
J. M. GA7LH,
August fi ^ * 4. Agent.
335?" Confederate please copy. ,
STATU OF WM^^ROLINA.
[CIRCULAR.]
A D.I'T ANI) INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, J
COLUMUIA, August 4, 1864. )
IN ANSWER TQ NUMEROUS INQUIRIES APdressed
to this office in relation to tho Militia Laws
of this Stato, tho following announcement is made :
I. All mftle wiiito persons resident in this State, between
tho ages of sixteen and sixty years, capable of
bearing arms, except persons who arc exempt lVora
"all militia service." are liable to militia duty, bcfth ordinary
and in the field in tiuieg of alarm, insurrection
or invasion.
. TI. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate
service and detailed to remain at home in civil employments
or pursuits, or who have been exempted
from Confederate service during tho continnanco of
such exemption or detail, are liable as other citizens in
times of invasion- '
III. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate
service, whether general or local, althoiigh detailed
to remain at liomc, are not eligible to any militia office,
"and 110 onfc liable to duty in the Confederate sor
vice, uulesa lie .bo exempted from said service, under
the provisions of the Exemption Act of Congress, shall
lieroaftor be eligiblo to any militia."?(A. A. 6th Feb
ruary 1863.)
IV. Detailed men who havo been organized as
juch into Companies for local military servico by Conederrtle
authority, will not bo held liable for milttin
jAFviriA
V. Militia ofilccrs in carrying into execution General
DrdersNo. 8, series 18(14, from this offico, will bo govjrnod
by tho foregoisg instructions, and hold in readiicS3
fur actual acrvico their respefitivo commands, iu
ibedienco to Baid orders.
By couitnand:
. (Signed.) ' A. C. GARLINGTON,
Adj't and Inspector General S. C.
Official: G. A. Follin, A. A. Gen.
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persons exempt from all militia duty.
Tho Lieutenant Governor; tho Judges of tho Courts
if Law and Equity; tho Ordinarios; Clerks ol the
,'ourts of Common Floas and General Sessions; Sher.
[fs; Masters, Commissioners and Registers in Equity;
ho Secretary of State; Surveyor General; C'oinporollcr
General, and Treasurers of tho Slato.
255?" Daily papers of Stato publish one veok, other
tapers threo times.
August 6 lw