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i JJj '" . ' ' * ' VG:l. 1 camdef, iTo* TiTuESDZ^IJEdl^Se^^l^l^ v ' ' " " " - - v" By X>. J>, 33DOOQTT. Terms of Subscription. r?? Daily saper per;month r. - - * $3.00 " - 41 for Six Months - - $15.00 Weekly, . $5.00 Rates for Advertising: . 'For ono Square ? twelve -lines or less?TWO ~ DOLLARS and FIFTY CKNTS for the first insertion TWO TtfYT.T. A Rft for ofloh finhqpnennt. Obituary Notices, exceeding ODOjsquare, charged at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements-and Job Wow'MUST BE PAID. FOR IN . ADVANCE No deduction made, except to our regular advertisng'patroca > n?????????????o* Election Night at thelCortii-t)oWtk& * Itcus of Lincoln's Electiou va? Received. . Lincoln's election, of conree, gate greatyoy to his friends. Bonfires, illuminations, shy rockets, music, banners and speeches wert the lage so soon as his election was plaeed ont - of doubt. A despatch - from Washington says;-' -;v b As the despatches came in tho wildest enthusiasm prevailed. As it become evident that the vote was overwhelmingly m favor of'Lincoln a'iid'John son, cheer after cheer rent the air, anil audience and speakers were carried away by their Feelings of rejoicing and exultation, and gave vent to them in patriotic songs and shouts of triumph. The republicans here generally "to-night are about'tbe happiest people in existence. The democrats grin and bear it. A few of Mr. Lincoln's friends-have called to eonjjffc^tolido1 hnews he 'hasreceived, b.it no public congratulatory visit has 4 * occurred. The White House is closed, and nothing unnsual is apparent Hereabouts. ?hc New York Herald describing the scene ' in New York on election night, says : - The" scene and the crowd were-'truly charact?ristic-of New York. A similar scene cannot perhaps be witnessed in^any other coiintrytbnn America. The crowd, as was seen Trom the window 01 our orace, comnineci ail national!ties in that peculiar nation called" the democratic American. It was largely, democratic in p&rty sense also, and Old Abe found bnt little favour in it. As the heavy majorities for General McClellau'Vero announced foiig and . loud cheers went up from the crowd below, . ? breaking at'timea into hoarsely, sung patriotic* airs, and returning hi the enthusiasm of the mcmcpt to repeated cheers for Little Mac. At the moment that the majority of the Seventeenth'ward (3,606 for McClellan) was announced the Dramnoond light was suddenly v / slightly darkened and then shown up with greater pnniancy, wnen sorn? eninusiawc iuc^eflaiiite exclaimed, to'the great amusement of the crowd, "That even.makes the JlerahTs Druramond Hght wirik. What will Old Abe. . ' aayfn': As the full vote of tbe-citr neared completion tlie enthusiasm of the crowd * increased m a* rapid a ratio as the crowditself, reaching . the highest pitch at a quarter to ten o'clock,wheWtbecMcClellao majority in the city was - announced in full. When this important total was announced at thirty-eight thousand the vast crowd broke forth inf,o ? wild shout of < triumph. The; Republicans crowd lustily over McClellan'6 defeat. A speaker before a 3)jfew York meeting said: ' "McClellan cried out for reinforcements before Yorfctown, at:Ma!vern Hill, at Antietam, : and from the beginning to the end his cry was for' reinforcements, and to-morrow morning, from the.top of,Orange Mountain he will again cry, ont/ for reinforcements?(cheers) ?and the American people will respond, We are coming, Father1 Abraham, twenty*million strong." (Cheers and laughter.) ifi m m The grand prise which was to be obtained in ?A/<A A iiMnn^ A WAO k?V>? .- ?1? 1 uwk ^uuicu utw uucu reuiuveUt The powder works, arsenals, armories, and raachino shops looted there, have been coraplete. jy dismantled, and the valuable portion of their machinery, has been removed to a location of safety not threatened., IWjast car load left (^Wednesday. The ntachinery was sent away as a matter of precantioD.-r- Courier, -er . ' -. ';' T~,-- - . >: v: J; &&&. . ~ - CAMDEN DAILY. JOURiNAl. THURSDAY MORHISG i)EC. 1. It is the current opinion up the roa'd that Sherman's ormv is moving down between the Gcouee and Ocmulgeo Hi vera. : Capt Jacob Micklek, a noted scout and patriotio citizen of Florida,-was killed-by being thrown from his buggy agaiDSt a tree, in Suwannee couBty, on the 19th Thi Committee on'Finance of the H^uso of Repro; sentatives, on the 23d, reported a bill for the 'reduction and final redemption of the "Government currency.? Iho bill is in accordance wjjji the reC"mmen3ation of the Secretary of tbe Treasury'- and we trust it will bo the pleasure of the House to adopt it. CoinroDOBE BttchaNak.?The friends of ttys gallon4comtnand^|jjfflf, rejoice to hear, that his leg,* which was so seriously' wounded at Mobile, and given once up as lost, Ss saved, and he is now rapidly recoveri^. Tula statement is made on. authority of ? letter frbm-tile Commodore himself. A Hoketble MDEDEK'vcas perpetrated near Glenn" .it,... . .... . Springs, Union District, lasi-lfHturday week. A Mr. Richard Smitk was killed by' one of hie negroes. The instrument used was a billet of wood, \fter committing the murder he fired the house pud everything, including the body of the murdered man, was consumed. The negro confessed his guilt, and is now in jail. "P. W. A" writes from Richmond to the Savannah "Republican:" Prom aU^tan Wrn,-there is.no disposition on the part of Congress to put printers in ' the; army. Printing is con.-idered "on art, whi?h requires nnich time to learn, and tlio disposition of members is ")o leave a-sufficient number to enable newspaper proprietors to carry'on their business. Rroryfcody else about the office, however, including proprietors, editors, bank-keepers, Ac., who arc' within the conscript age. "will.- iHsbeliocd, be trcnted as all other 'professions, and if abTe-bodien, be put in the army. It i? maiiiiainen mat a measure 01 mis son w u in no respect touch upon the liberty or usefulness, of tlio press. Men enough, it is contended, can be fouud over fortyfive and among disabled soldiers, to conduct tho editorial department of all the papers in the country.? Indeed, it is very rarely that we see a man who does not believe lie can edjt a newspaper; wliereas Ute ! truth is there are very few men who possess the requisite qualifications Tor that responsible and unenviable position. \. Extract of a Lctivr freni a Georgia Legislator. . . TnoMgoy,'November 13, 186.4. Dearer :?I received your letter in Mil-. !e'dgevil?P>ut in consequence of the approach' of tiie enemy had no time to answer. Before I can fettle with you and -4 , I must help to settle a little difference existing between a gentleman named Shcrnvan and-ono named Cobb, somewhere about Macon, where I am preparing to go. Times are somewjeat exciting?very much so in Millcdgcviile, Fri.day, as an instance. I knew four men to pay $2500. for a carriage to carry them and baggage 13 miles to the'Oentral Railroad, I camy off at 2 o'clock, walked part,.rode a rai.le baleback part, and in a wagon part of the way to Sparta. T am fivinw nn fn oro to the front, arid if e.v - v * r o - " .? , ery mau will tnrn out, Sherman c^n't stand it long. ' . . . Yours, truly, . . A Valuablk Labor Saving Maciiink.?During his Lfe time, Mr. John Lewis, of this county, irivented?a nurnlnirof valuable improvements in an old cofton picking and spinning machine. His wife, who is his Executrix, applied for a patent from the Patent Office at Richmond, which, she obtained. Her son,1 a most enterprising young man, has one now in this place. We wonld advise all who have laiffe slave families. o - * and others who are able and have not many handsvto procure one Qf tbeso machines. It a great labor saver. One person can pick, card and spin with it ss much cotton as twelve bauds can do on a wheel in the same time. Mr. Lewis deserves encouragement in h s enterprise, and we hopo heVriil receive it.?Greensboro', N. C. Citizen. .. The woman who never interfered' With her husband's affairs is in town.' -She is fiintiar jied. . i ~ \ ' - A " ' * e' , LATEST BY TELEGRAPH REPORTS OF THE PRESS ASSOCIATION. ** ' Entered according to tli? Act of CongresH in the' year 186S, by J S. TuRAfl-EH, in.tha ?lerk'8 office of the uistnct cou11 oi too Looteuerate btatos !or the |. Northern District of Georgia. NORTHERN NEWS. I Richmond, November 29.?The Washington ( Cbroutcle of Similar has been received bv the !w% j A Nashviile telegram of the 26th states that flood's army, forty thousand strong, have been | for Beveral days concentrating south of Colombia, Tenn, . ' j The Foderdl forces under Thomas 'are in Hood's front n<tjp Columbia. On the 24th severe skirmishing ensued far-several days. .. Heavy 6gl?ting is expected in a few days. CONGRESSIONAL. RicajMOND, November 29.?The Senate today passed a bill declaring fonrpar cent bonds iind ' rnnnwoKlo i?\ rw*?.W??4. -II I _ .v?vi>nwi< jia^mcilV Ul ail taXes due and payable for the year 1854. ^Tbe joint.resolutions introduced by Senator Henry, of Tenn, declaring the determination of the Congress and people of thg Confederate States to prosecute the war^ until its independence was acknowledged, was taken up and Mjv Henry addressed the.Senate at length in support of thcth. Ii* the House, the. Judiciary Committee reported a bill for the establishment of a Supreme Court. Nothing else of goncraj interest was transftetej in open session. LA TEST FJWM GEORGIA T_ -1- - 1 ?* * * in me HDscucc or any telegraphic war news from Georgia, we copy the following i^ewt. fj-oin the* Chronicle <L' Sentinel of Wecluesdnj: . ? \:V From the Georgia,' Uoao.? Thirty five Yankee* stragglers captured near Warren ton, were brohgbt down the Georgia Koad yesterday evening, " . There were ho indications of the presence of the enemy on the line of the road. F&oi* Bkiovv.?It is- rumored that Wheeler fought all ibry Monday near Waynesboro with the Federals, wh|itsucccss, capturing over two thousand prisoi^K Every thing indicates that there will he stiring tinu'R below'in a few days. Tile pro-pect now is-thai a heavy battle'will take place. . From a gentleman who left 'Waynesboro Tuesday 'morning/we learn thai thecountry around that place is strewn with dead Yankees ami horses, llo also stated that the railroad bridge oyer Briar creek w^s not burned; neither was the railroad cut thissido of Milieu. Our City.?~Tfbe'<j]d fortifications aroiind the city are being;daify jstrengthed. New ones arc also being erected, and are rapidly approaching completion. Train-< of cars continue to arrive day and night, loaded with veteran troops. The suburbs of the city have become one vast military camp' A booy of cavalry between two and three thousand strong, which marched across the country, arrived yeatcrday. They were a noblo hM)fciiigbody of soldiers, and their horses were in a fine eoudition, ' ? ? ^ ; Personal.?Gen. Joseph & Johnston has arrived hi Columbia from Maoop, and will for | the present make this city his home. It is pej culiarly unfortunate that, at an hour which de i iiianua biiv ucst imiuary experience and judge-| ment, two such officers as Gens. Johnston and | Lovell-qhonld be living in comparative exile in our midst, their fine abilities unemployed and their energies wasted.-?Caro/miaa of Wtdiytday. The Salem Qauptt? says, the following" notico may-be'seen at a blacksmithV shop ip^Easex : I no.horses' shod on Sunday 'cept - Sickness 'or TkoiU I I . * .x k ' v r-.-f'*. - # ; ? .7 ... 'V- ' .'* v-'. * ' . -- ' ' . K '-1*7 / " ' A- ' V- ' ^ ' . 'v1> : *V .. . " ? , /* - 1 "L.-,-"..;-' ' . ' -v-- > " : - v '; ,7"'--: .. :" ' .< f *"- ' - ft.-./ ' : " r- CniyBTMAa Dinner for our Soldieriu*"*" The Richmond "Whig" notices the prepafatidm of tho Yankees in the Northern cities to fyrniah a dinner to their soldiere in the field, and proposes to our farmers' to imitate Jjiefrexaki*ple, one of the few Yankee examples that can he imitated with propriety. We second tfcr suggestion, except that tbo^ idea need not be* connneo ip the larmers?almost everybody can contribute something towaads it.. The Whio sap toj,he fanners: "Send every turkey, chicken or pig tbcyvcan possibly spare. Let the Confederate ovens and mess pans upon that blessed festival day bo richly "redofenty with the odor of stuffed turkey, roast pig, and ^ ' "chicken fixings." Don't watt for your neighbor to commence the good woriv but right away, constitutional or unconstitutional, cod Bcribe cej^ain fat gobblors of your iloek*, and * give tliem a furlough until the 25th *of December. Let the mothers,'daughters, and sistera too, of our soldiers remember'.that there aro those also fighting for them . who a?e cut off from home and loved ones who deserve and would be grateful for a bountiful Christmas, dinner. Don't, for mercy sake, let Yankeedonii outdo us in a willingness to provide for th? comfort of the soldiers. We-can't, it is true, do as much, but our weans will permitus bo. do a gvcat deal."1 _ _ ExchAksev? Commissioner- Hatch loot down some eleven hundred, Yankee prisoners yesterday and turned thetft over to the hands, \ Vv. of their friends* We have now delivered Hfithin about two hundred of the rifimber of" our men returned to lis, and the work will goi on ~aa fast as the" nature of tho circumstances . will admit.. is a tedious and laboroua jjOl??. hut Col. Hatch has the rare administrative abilities, patience, and humanity that qualify hlfrf'cujineritly lor the task before'bim. SavannuhR^puilic'un, 25th ins$% Why. don't you hold up yotir beadtui I doi!TT asked nn aristocratic lawyer df a sterling ;ohl farmer. "Squire,*'said the farmer, "look at that field ' of gram. You sec that all the valuable heads are bowed down while those that have nothing; in (liitin ctnnri imwrrllf n TUoiTjiu o/ir Tiilf tlm smile, and left. 7 j ' " To Stoek Raisers. ' Having been solicited-to purchase a tine Station, in order to improve-the stock of my neighborhood, I hare selected and purchased, at a high price, tbe beautiful young thoroughbred Wrs? JEJrF, DAVIS?sired by the celebrated imported horse Iota, that was selected in-England by Col. Bealy, of Union district. S. C.. and jjuichused without regard to pricev. to improve the stock of the South. Ail that see JE?FS iJAVIft will at . once perceive how well the selection whs made. l|e is lour years old, flfteeu and a half hand* high, and will be sixteen?is a rich mahogany buy, and pronounced by good judges a perfect mode?, iin<l is. beyond all question,, equal to any colt io, tho; . Confederate S" ates. He will remain all the time at his stable, near F?at Rock, 9. C. ' ^ . Terms.?One huudred dollars, to insure, and one. . dollar to tbe groom, Great care will be taken to pre-, vent accidents, but I will not bo responsible uhould any * occur. ?ALSO? Have a supply of haraaifred Iron Plough Moulds?a superior article?for sale at $2 5ft pes Lb-, or exchange lor cotton, one pound 61' Iron for two of gotten.. j, W. FORD. * December 1?wl3. ? . . . < .L-i ' isru Di-sster Lvdqer copy feu* tinned once amoeth. for lour months * I " . r ' ' "i , .... . Notice., f WILL HIRE AS f ROSTKE #OB M ART HOU&H 1 Elerson, s-ilvey, Lov6niir, Amelia, Harriet andhe* three children, hirer to give bond and two good securities, furnisn two suits of clothes, one pair of shoes, one blanket or quilt, one hat or bonnet, as the case, may require, to be delivered to me ou. the first Mohday in January, 1S66, at the Court House in Camden. * _ , J. J. BUCKABKE Trustee. . W. 13. HUCKABKE, Agent. December lr-St, Notice. T .WILL HIRE -ON THE FIRST '^O^DAY, IN J. January next, at the Court House in 'Camden, two negro boys, Spencer and Alfred, belongmg . to. the Estate of William Wilson; the hirer to'giro hoftd and two pood securities, furnish' two suits of clothes, one pair of sboe^ one blanket orquilt, one bat or cap, and pay Doetor'artrill; said'negroes to be delivered to me on the first Monday in January, 1866, at the Com^ pougo in Camdc-q. I will also rent, on the same day ,a11 the lands belonging to said Estate, renters to give bond and two : good securities. J. J. HUCKABEE, Admr. J ' ' W. B. HUCKABEE, Agent. * December 1?3f .