The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, October 15, 1864, Image 1
. ^OL. 1 C-AJSlDJOSr, s/c., S-A-TXIBDA-Y, OCT. 15,1864. . isTO. 91., "
By X>. D. HOCOTT.
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^UUM una g!.-i'.vj^rj!anz3?raMlMW?BM??i?I?S
Tlic Battle of *ajtvill^.
The Abingdon Virgimnn^ .of Friday, contains
the following particulars of the battle at
Saltville: v , "
The enemy reached the vicinity of the Salt
Works on Sunday morning* between 0 and 10
o'clock, when the fight commenced near the
' resdenca, of Mr. Saunders, comraonlv knowu as
Gov. Sauodeio. Prisoners captured concur in
the statement that Bnrbriage had three full brig:
ades, iricluding one negro regiment, in all about
4000 men, about 2500 of whom were in the
figbt The number engaged on our side did
not probably exCe'ed 20Q0. As has been the
x Yankee custom, the negroes were put in front,
and were held to their places as long as it was
possible to do so by the havonets of their brethren
with whiter skins, but "blacker hearts The
reserve and detail battalions were under the
command of Colonels KobertPieston, ofM ont'
gomery, Smith, of Taacwelf, and James T. Preston,
of Washington. The whole under the
command of Gen/ A. E. Jackson. Gen. Gilmer's
men had disputed Burbridgc's mhance
for several <days, and added new laurels to an
already enviable reputation. Men never fought
with more bravery and determination, as did
also the command of Gen. Williams, the lat
tor having came in after the tight bad commenced,
but before it bad grown hot and Virions.
But all concur, both officers and men,
in the meed of praise to the reserves and derail
ed men, who had been hastily drawn together
for the occasion. All the benerals say they
fought with all the coolness, self possession and
bravery of regulars, and it was mainlr to their
gallantry and Coolness that the victory was so
complete, This shows that the blood of King's
Mountain still flows in the veins of the yeomanry
of Southwestern. Virginia.
Gen. Breckinridge reached the field about
the close of the fight, arid Gen. Vaughn, with
his own, as well as Gen. Duke's and Gen. Crosby's
brigades, reached just in time to hearthe
shout of victor}' and to'engage in the pursuit of
the flying Yankees. Gen. Vaughn had been
, hastily ordered from Tennessee,where he had
been fighting and driving back tbe enemy un
dor Gillom for several days, and only succeeded,
after a forced marcb, in reaching the scene of
action after tttfe battle had been fought. Had
ho remained ju Tennessee, Gillem's fore?
would have been gobbled up before this time,
and as his face is again in that direction, we
will be disappointed if he does not do so before
many days.
, Our loss in the engagement is variously estimated,
but the nearest we can get at the truth
iiS about tweuty killed and about sixty wounded.
The loss of the enemy is estimated at from four
to six hundred in killed and wounded, and
some forty or fifty prisoners.
Burbridge was greatly deceived, as he ex
pecte^to tuKe.tne worics without much difficulty.
He did'nt expect 16 encounter any but a force
of some four or five hundred reserves, and also
_ expected the co-op?ration of Gillem from Tennessee,
but Vaughn bad "scotched the snake."
'After he found hiMelf whipped, ho asked .Mr.
Saunders what troops those were who fought
so desperately, and, on being |Hold that they
were tne reserves and detailed men, he swore
. be did'nt believe it Col. Hanson is somewhat
skeptical on the subject /
The men fought like veterans and were high
lv complimented by the General commanding.
? The oduun hitfjflrtO attached to reserves and
1 detail forces is removed now, since all hive
acted so gallantly, and as one of .the Yankee
wounded remarked in the hospital, ,kif your militia
fight so well and stand so staunchly^ I* do
not want to meet yoor regulars." This is compliment
enough for our brave men who acted .
, v io nobly. 1
Tbe enemy advanced through, Thompson's
Gap and retreated by the same route.
Gen. Hanson, from Kentucky, who is severely
(mortally) wounded and in our hands, said
we killed and wound? d nbont one thousand.?
Gen. Hanson is a brother ot Gen. linger Hanson
of the Confederatevarrcy, killed in one of
the Tennessee battles.
The Yankeo wounded say their commanders
told them they wonld encounter only raw militia,
would run without offering any serious opposition.
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CAMfM DAILY Jil-RXAL
SATURDAY ITS <? 1. R lit'?'? CT. f5licit#!
oh* IV o'ice.
Th ; Rev. Mr. Elliott will preach in the M. E.
j ChurCu, at the usual hour, on Sunday Morning, tiic
! 16tU inst. .
From the Front.?Anoflicer who left Xewuau on
Saturday morning, reports that Sherman hi-.d evacuated
Atlanta, alter burning "the greater porliou of the
i city, and had moved up tire Suite road in tiie direction
i of Marietta. Ho also renorta that TTonn's urmv w.??
! ??t or noHr Big Shanty ou Friday morning, ana thai
| they would reach the Etowah river by Saturday night
i The-destruction rof the road by our forces is represeui
ted to d>e thoiough and complete _ The superstructure
| has beeiV burned, the rails bent, and the excavations
! filled up. In order 10 use it again. Sukuma^* wi.l
j have to binld rt rail road "from rhe stump." After the
i capture of home, U jikelkr is said to have struck the
Slate road at the Kingston -junction and was tearing il
up in ihe di ection of Dalton. Forrest is reported tc
have tapped the N&slivilld atid OhattanO'-ga road and
had not grown wearry in w.ell-doing.
McCLECLAN'6 SfKKCH? GREELEY'S GllUitBUNG?
During the progress of a jubilee over Sheridan's victo"
ry, MeUellan wus called upon by the crowd, which he
briefly addressed as follows:
My friends: 1 caun-'t refrain from expressing my
gratification for your kindness at i his great demoifstra
uoii in uenan 01 tno t.niou Liio U?>n-titution and tlie
laws. I thank you for the honor ilono me. You
surely will not expect me t<? add;ess you at length
at this time, and will excuse me ior not n.ukiug a
speech mid a low me to retire, lientiemen, ug-in I
thrt?\k you, and bid you good night.
Over this Gkeeley growls and grumble in this wise:
Whai snlion silence over Sheridan's victory!. What
heartless indifference to tlie wounds of the twenty-five
hundred braves in the Shenandoah! What unpnirioilo,
What inhuman neglect ofu great victory, and most
precious political event!
A Richmond'correspondent writes:
4,Mr. llcndren, of Stann'ton, takes- Elmore's
place in t lie Treasury. and' Ehpore goes to the
nnrty.- His accounts I ani'Wd, bring the
Government iu debt $75,000. It is said five
thousand negroes are to go to Gen. Tee to
act as teamsters, ettb 'I say yesterday the late
Quartermaster General Myers, in * private's
nniTorra, going out to the tight. A numbor of
stray Brigadiers, I am told were picked up and
put in the ranks. ThePhotels and faro banks
sheltered many rcfinquents. Among the reports
circulating here is one to the effect that a
prominent officer here is in favor of arming
the negroes. You need not attach much faith
to it though."
The Tobadco Trade.?The q'hantity?of nm
manufactured tobacco imported into the United
Kingdom in the six mouths ending June
80,1864, was 15,358,106 lbs. The quantity
imported during the same period in the year
1863 wa? 12,923,357 lbs., and during the same
Deriod in 1369 nnlt? 1 as# mb u.?
r - ^ w, W...J 1,-1'iU^UV IUfl? 1UU
quantity of manufactured tobacco imported is
vejy gnjbtly on the increase, owing to the reduction
of the duty. Dnyng sir months ending
June 30, 1864, the supplies were 3,04U139
lbs, as compared with 1,222,493 lbs. in
1863, and 553,863 lbs. in 1862. It is scarcely
necessary to point out that the small import of
unmanufactured tobacco in 1862, was caused
by the American war.
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Misouri.?Jefferson. Barracks, to w hich the
Yankee General Smith has retired, is only ten
miles from St- Louis, mid .the. u>ost important
point this skle.' "Front'all accounts. Price is in
j a fair way to capture St. Louis. Should such
j a fortunate event transpire. North Missouri,
I always true to the South, will be open to ns?
1 with its thousands of recruits. Look ont for
i an. invasion of Illinois, and a rear march on
I Sherman, which will make tlie said Sherman,
I rue the day bo ever ventured from Chattanooga.
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH,
REPORTS OF THE PItESS ASSOCIATION.
Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year .
18G3, by J. 6. TUIUSUER, in the < lerk's office of the
District Court of the Confederate-States for tjie
' ; Northern District of Georgia.
j ~ FROM GEORGIA. ' j
A imiTSTA Oct. 14?.*?The Ran tin wnrlri in
Edgefield District were destroyed by fire on
Thursday nigbt. The fire Was accidental.?
Loss $200,000. Insured for $25000/ They
were situated six miles from Augusta.
NORTHERN NEWS.
Ricnriioim, Oct, 14.?The Whig has received
the New York Herald of the f 1th. Sherman
: | telegraphs from Altoona on the 9th, and from
! Kcnftesaw on tbe-6th, tfiat he arrived just in
time'to witness, at a distance, the-attack on
Altocjna. The attack was .anticipated, and a:
| corps ordered from Rome with reinforcements j
The attack was met and repulsed?the rebels
; loseing 2000 killed, wounded and prisoners.?
Our loss 700. " The cnemv cantured a small
garrison at Big Shanty and Ackwortb. 'Shu-1
1 man says We-have abundance of provisions j
at Atlanta and Aitoona. Uood moved back to J
, Dallas. We arc watching him in case h"e at- j
tempts toj-each Kingston. Atlanta is perfect-;
; lv secure. Sheridan is at Woodstock, ho has
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> destroyed everything in the way of provisions.
1 Grant has 'returned to Washington.
Gold in New York 198 1 2.
Adj't and Insp'r General's-Office, )
Bichmond, October 8, 1864. )' .
[General Orders No. 77.] 1
The following will supercede General, Orders
No. 76, present series, which arc hereby revoked.
l' i. All details, heretofore granted! under- autltority
of the War Department, to persons between
the ages of 18 and 45 years, are licr?by
rt>vfiki?d * arr! nil rik-Ii /lot at liwl n-?on >><*/. I .> *
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with thuso witbiu tlie said ages, who hold fur"
loughs or temporary exenfljtioiw by rci'soo of
ponding applications for detail,will be promptly
a-stniblod at the Clamps of instiuctioo and appropriately
assigned among the armies for service
; except that men detailed and now actually
employed as artizans, mechanics, or persons
of scientific skill and those detailed and
now engaged in the manufacture, collection
an J forwarding of indispensable supplies for the
army and navy, will be continued in their present
employments until their respective details
be revised.
II. The Heads of Departments and ChiVfs of
' 'Bureaux will immediately forward to the Generals
of Reserves in the several States lists ofall.
detailed men in their employment in the said
States, certifying in each ea*e of ji persona bc'iween
18 and 45 years, those who arc experta
and absolutely indispensable for the public ser
vice, specifying the employment of each individual,
and all detailed employees, who ape between
the ages of 18 and,45 years, and so certified
within the prescribed peiiod, will be forthwith
assigned to the army. A duplicate nfthe
above lists will, at the same time, be furnished
to the Adjutant and Inspector General lor tne,
action of the Secretary of Wat.
III. All persons called out by these orders
who claim exemption on account of physical i
disability^ will be examined by select Medical
Boards at the Camps of Instrnction.
? TV. AH men fonnd for l^jlit duty, and who are
undesigned, will at once report to the camps of1
instruction, under the penalty of beipg forth:
with assigned to the active forces.
By order. ~ S. Cooper,
( Adj't and Insp'r Gen.
Headq'rs En Office, ,
CAMDEN, S. C., Oct 14, 1864. .
PURSUANT TO ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR. (
ft ndhd's Order No. 77, herewith published, all
detailed men, and those whose, applications are peud-1
inv and Ml liirht dntv man unhn 010 nnoaoiimusi nnJ
1 T~- ?y ???? -'V M.inga?jsUOM, nUU i
all -who have no certificate of exemption from examin.
iv& Board or exempted under recent Ac's ofConjrrers, *
i who arc not-inactive service between 18 and 45 are
; hereby ordered to report promptly at this office pre- ,
pared to go.forward to Camp ol instruction.
W. WALLACE,
Oct 15 3 Act. E. 0. K. D.
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O JB X XTT A. jR-2Amongst
-flio many records of the brave"which' dafly,' %
fill our public columns, I have not yet noticed the
ttum- of tile j-oung patriot. I.EWIS PATTERSON .
SlTN>ON, who fell mortally wOunded, on ihe 5tli of
Alay, ut the battle of the W?ldcrpess. But, alihougli
iiiD ureus nave uyt oeco uutzppea iorn to tue wona,
he lias i.ot been lorgofti-n. Kis virtuesand noble sac-;- ?
rifice'will live in the memory of bis companions-in->
arms and tbe hearts of, a grateful people as long as ;
momojy sliuil Just. His melancholy fate" and lieroic?'? . '
dentil rrn^le u deep impression on the sympathies of
both officers and men, and cost a gloom over tjie whole
company - He was so young, so generous, so brave, nild
his condntt, to<>, in battle was so lofty and intre-,
prd! He lias covered his name witn glory. In tho - 1
iatfgauge of an officer and friend, who stood by him
on the battle-Held, "'He was one of the noblest boys 1J
ever knew. F.eo from all the vices common tbyoutlj'
gentle, kind and e^er ready to accommodate, he gqvo.
promise of being a good and useful man * but' God ha^
seen fit to take him, I hope, to a better arid happier,
world. Though a mere boy, lie died like a man and'
soldier. Jlis bravery was com-pieuoUs. IWer dfd'
Spartan hero bare his bosom more unflinfchifi^ly fo'fliA'
foe." . ',
His brinlit. cheerful-face. his.merrv laiivb. tbe ior
his preset ce eeraed to difiuse on oil1 riVound, will bemissed,
aiikc in the family circle, around the camp fire
and amid the fe.-tive scene. To an innocent, sportive,
mirthful nature, Jie united that of a christian. He had
enrolled his name amongst the people of God, and was.
noted in camp lor his piety and punty of .life,
Being peculiarly alive 40 the wrongs of his country,
bis bosom was early tired with patriotism; and with a
roipanllb enthusiasm which his' friends cocId not restrain,
he joined, while under ago, 'Wards' (now Fichanla7
Battery, where he has since served with untiring ,
devotion. One of the gtins Of that battery was the
only piece brought into action on tho memorable day
of the engagement. Our youug friend, with others of
the buttery, desei ve the highest tribute x>f praiso Tor
their valor. < Boldly advancing-without cover, unlirabering
within range of the enemy's musketry, plant-iug
their gun in an open road amidst sho we is of lead-?
cd runt, t,ney reraumeu hi meir pose, pouring grape
and canister iuto advancing qolumns as long as mei5? ,
enough were left to wbrk'the gun; \v1iiie undaunted'
amongst the brave stood the youthful hero of this ?
sketch, promptly and fearlessly taking the places of
one and another who had lalleu, lyitil the fatal wound
waa given that sent a wail of sorrow to the heart of a r
stricken mother and household; and snddeucd all who'
knew him<
His blood mingles with the soil of Virginia and hallows
the spot where sleeps another of South Carolina's
martyred sons Ilis mission on onrth was vcomplished;
nis gurland o.f'laurcls was destined to be worn
elsewhere. Angelasn the world ofliglit hud woven a
wreath of glory for his brow. Death to him was but.
the unfolding^pf ;ho gates of eternal rest.
' Rest thee, young warripr, rest;:
Thy labors o'er, gp join tho blessed
On that bright, happy shore
Where cannon boom And'c'aphing eword .<
Are seen aud heard no inure." ?
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"Wo.bured liim darkly; at dead of night,
The sod with our bayonets turning,
By the trembling moonbeam's misty light,
And our lantern dimly burning.
No useless coffin enclosed hi* breast, -. ' Of
N<>r in shert, nor in shroud, we ti-nnd him; But-he
lay, like a wnrrior taking his rest,
With his martial cloak around him.
Few an?i short were the prayers we said,We
SfHike not a word of sorrow;
But r-teadfnstiy gazed on the lace of the dead,.
And bitterly thought of the morrow. .
Slowly and *adlv we laid bim down, . .
From the field of his fame fresh and gory:- ,,
Wo carverLm t n line, we raised not a stone;
Butjeft him alone with his glory "
Died. Dear Camden, 0ctobr-r7th, 1864, .MISS MAR- ,
TH ? T. TIIOMAU .r.!. .. ..r
A*.< M *UW'I4U;, arwi n MllOl Ub av.a Ui WUJL*3i?iTO
fever. Her cheerful und affectionate disposition m;tde<.
her much beloved byher lamily and lriends; und her
loss will be deeply lamented.
Also, ri October tin- 10th of the some disease,
ilKS BIl'DY TliT)V A>, age54. The decease of this
excellent christian leaves a d. epvoid in herhousehold,
which ii> most sail and p n'uful to contemplate. She
was widely Jul favorab y known ;n our community, "
and niiiv really esteemed.' It would be hard indeed
to sum ly la r pl- ce. Thou h 1ier summons wns shorfr
and sudden, Vet we a e hankfu-' that she left ihe dying
teaiiBiony which iye expected fog} the whole tenor
of her life that she feared ot to depart, by.t trusted f
bereell^ontlrl^ntly^^
Garden Seeds. -
ASMAUb ourrLX UJ!' THE FOLLOWING
Garden Seeds are for sale at the Post Office :
Early York, Drumhead Savoy and Enfield Cabbage;. . ^
Yellow Dutch, White Stone and Red Norfolk Turnips;;
Beeta, Carrot and l arenip.
These Seed were imported by the Confederate Got
jrnment, and are believed to be fresh and genuine. *, .
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Rata Baga, White Norfolk and country turnip.
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