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\ # . VOL.1 ' CAMDEN, Sr C., THURSDAY, S>IEC. 8,1864 No! 136 By P. P. HOOOTT Terms of Subscription. 9ailj paper par month - ? " **- ~ $3.0 41 44 >- fnr Rir ;lfnnlkfi, ... &I5 0 vt t "Wotklj, - . $6.0 *. : ???-i?" * "'a' !R,&,tes for Advertising: For on* gquar* ? twelf* lines or lew ?TW DOLLARS and FIFTY CMNTS for th* first inse tiea, and TWO DOLLARS* for encli subscqeuut. Obituary Noticks, exceeding one squaro, charge at advertising rates. ^ ^ v. . >r. ? ; ..... TransientAdvorti&emetrtaiTnd^J^i yf or*-MUS'RB PAID ?OK IN" At)YANipE. Nodcduotiofa made; excdjit to'OuV regular advert! 4; ag patrons. " 'r>-! * *'.' BwaaBRBP? ?it???? Tothe Refugees of Jones County. v The undersigned, citizens of Clinton, Gn feel it their duty to submit the subjoined state ment of facts' connected with the advance < the Federal army into our county and villag for the information of our "fellow-citizens wh have fled from their homes, that they mn take due notice to govern .themselves accor< inn?lv. ' "C V " The advance of the Federal column rcachc Clinton.about 2-o'clock on Saturday afteruoo: and encamped around the village. This coi sisted mainly of Kilpatrick's cavalry. The ii fautry, consisting of the 15th and lVth arm - corps, under Howard, followed from Sundn morning until Wednesday afternoon and et camped during the whole time within a fe miles of Clinton. The rear of the column di not leave the county until Friday morning,;tb 25th insf. It will thus be seen that they remained i the countv about one. \yeok; : Our conditio can scarcely be imagined. To say that tli cruel cneifly have left universal ruin and dea< lation in tbeir track would but imperfectly cot vcy tbe truth. Everything has been swept t with a storm of fire find the "bosom of dcstrui a. .i f-J " ^ ti ucuuu. une imru qi oiuibon is in aslies.? Tbc Court House is left, but ,the records d< strayed. ' Qhocouutry around is one wide waste < destruction. Corn cribs, giudiouscs, mills, barn and many residences arc all for the most pai gone. Those wbo remained at-home had ino; of their clothing and furniture spared, but ci erything'* out of doors was given up to indii criminate plunder. Hogs, cattle, horses, mule milch cows, and poultry of cvory kind wci slaughtered or driven oft' without e-xception.Nearly all of the bacon, corn, fodder, whea floor, syrup, <fcc., was taken or destroyed. A the farms irj their track aro desolated?fcnc< torn down, rails burned, wagons, carriage buggies, outhouses, and all dwellings not occi pied at the time, sharing the same fatel The enemy lias gone at last, but he has 1c desolation in his truck. We invite you hue to your homes but you will And them to a grc.' extent in ruin. There is hut one spirit left i the breasts of the pcoplt?, so far as we can lean and that is an undying hatred towards the Yai kees, and eternal resistance to their tyrann cal sway. ... \T ? _ * i? . i our suncnng Tcnow-cwzcns, . . IS. 1\ Birch, N. Kingman. Clinton, Ga., Nov. 2G, 18G4. . ' L Another Raid in North Mississippi At TiciPATED.??It> Seems lie the general imprci sion in North Mississippi that-tho Federals ar jnaking preparations in Memphis for anothc movement- from that city. Our corrcspondci has twioe aliuded .to"the reports to that effct that had come put,.and wo have corroboratin intelligencer from other parties. In additioi we imagine WnshbuineV prohiflitory order ir dicates thi?. Oh two previous occasions th same stingfeilt orders were made, and foilovre bv movp.mmtji iniorrpuf fnr/*A 1, ;--rr. '-? r-V by tho prompt Action and bravery of Forrest command.'"'""' ' : ; - >y As West. Tennessee aqd- North Missiflsipj have already been devastated to sUcli an,e: tent, that but little remains to tempt the plui / . dcring prop en si ties,of the cn?emy? certainly rt< * sufficient to^^riiploy a very...largo foree,'if aii( tlier move isjjbptemplated the Mobile and Ohi i t* T " ? - - ? ? ivauroau, dciow ijorintn and in Lien. Uojod rear, is probably the point ainiet) nt. ; The- pn ceedings of the enemy in and nrotfnd 'Meniph elionld be watched:?1-Montgomery ApptaL * # |CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL THURSDAY ITIOKIVIKO DKC. 8. 0 We reoeived no despatches from any quarter la Q night. ..... . From the Savannah Railroad.?As far as \vc c: learn, everything is perfectly quiet on-tho coast bolo\ r> It w comforting to kuow that every day that pass adds.much to our security in that quurtor. .j-" " Death or General Canbt.?The War Dopart'mei ? 'aV'Washington haaj^coiyed despatches announcing tl a'_" death of General Canby, who was shot by a robel guc rilla while ai route from New Orleans on tho gunbo m Cricket. State Officers.?The following are the officers c i llcially announced to have been cliosen by the Gener '* Aesembjy on Friday last: Isaac W. Hajme, Attorney General. Commisaionc et. in Equity?Newberry, Silas Johnston; Georgetown, O T. Adkinson; Union, D. Goudclock; Lancaster, K. < y Bilhrigs; Horry, J R. Beatty; Richland, D. B. Di-Suu suae; Laurens, H. L McOowcij; Marlboro, S. J. Tow send; Beaufort, Chas.'E. Sell. Treasurer of the Upp Division, Wm. Hood. Solicitor of tho Northern Circu (J C. D.;Molton. It . The Florida Sunk to Prevent her Return i 1-' Brazil.?It being almost certain that tho Florit j would be demanded by Brazil, tho miscreants; at Foi V ress Monroe, as will be seen by iho following despatc V* lmvo sunk her ; " -m . Fortress Monroe, November8. Bon.. Gallon Welles, Secretary of Vie Navy : . I have just received a telegram from the c uninand' ol she prizosteumer^Floridu. informing me .thai she In n been atlnk in nine fathoms water. Sho had been n -n into by an army steamer and badly, damaged. I tun tint. llonrH f 1 \ n viarlwml.ion * AV* 111 *l?- T . H- ..wu ?Wciv* ,v?iv pnivicUMUO. U III JllllUUi LUC L/CJUII ^ merit when I receive the written report. (Signed) David D. Fortkr, ' ' Dear Admiral. > Tub nettfc Mllitia Bill.?The bill to alter ai ? amend the militia laws-of the State passed tlio Sena J- on Monday in the form in which it had met the appr val of the Tlouse of Representative. It is the origin it bill of the Special Committee of the House, except tl P> soctions concerning the appointment-of a Brigadi rt General? nd stall", and with an additional section, whii ^ gives to the Governor the power to grant details r~ such cases as he mny think necessary and prop, r; sj Capt. J. YL'. Devkiieux, the indefatigable and gcntV "e manly Commissary Agent for Kcrsbaw District, mak ~ an appeal tbrough the columns of this journal, to tl planters of our section, urging them to hring forwar ^ without delay, their tit lie of corn, and any surpli they mny have to spare the government, lie nlsoea] s? on air stock raisers to produce their cattle at one otherwise he may be induced to impress lie tells 1 mat many or our farmers juvd planters have respondi ^ eheerlully?evincing a Wno spirit of patriotism; b ^ there arc yet many who he 1ms reason to believe h; bestowed no thought on the uccesitous wants of tl ^ government to carry on successfully the war now wage * Tho cattlo are to bo butchered at the govcrnniei j slaughter pen in Camden, and -the hides returned ; once, so that no excuse may be offered, as horetofor on that score. Ho that would refuse to lend his aid tho government, in its present distressed condition, no patriot, aud ought not to have a free land to dwi in. Carolinians, tho call is made on yon, and not unl . the people of Carolina ftills to "respond to tho access tous appeals made by government?then, and not unl that hour ihonlct A patriot heartthrob or pulse of di trust bentlu the breasts of our people. e . Now, or never, as tho crises is upon.us as a natto Our country is being scourgod by an unscrupulous an ^ unrelenting Too, whose oars are deaf to the cries of In manity, and whoso hearts are frozen and unyielding : ? their demoniac purposes?whose vohtiou and olh< ' mental faculties are overpowered by their thirst for tl c blood of oiir kinsmen and. tlip, .desolation. of our lan ^ Tho rubidoti is not yet passed, but the hour of trial j upon us; and it behooves all, yea all, to thinUnnd a ?g liberally, and prbmptly," tiiat sharao and dishonor mig! not.be the fiiialo after .many years of untiring zeal i ^ th? cause of' iiidepondQnce. Let our. mind's eyo I ?_ > open, witty all the brilliancy of fresh recollection, to tl incidents, jtho' hardships' endured, and tho sncrifici jji- wde by our forefathers to secure that greatest earth! y -boon in "fC?a free and independent govornaiopt, c ? whose banners flauntintr in the hrpf> Wara mc^t*SW 1/ u "Virtu?,- Liberty and Independence." "Y? " * * J I' "" I, * * ' tj .. Retjubning Home.?Refugees on tKe line < '3 of Macon ami Western Ronci arc returning t tlieir homes. . 4 - r ' " . 14 * 1 % Tlie Threats of the JLncmy?X Secret ' Conspiracy iu ICiebiiioml, Lincoln's election has started the Black Republicans with'their threats of: the sword and 7t gallows to the people of the South. At a jolitication meeting held in New York bv the ReC7 * publicans, one of their speakers said : m But there was nothing like bbing inagnnniv, mons after they had whipped their opponents. 8tl They should not whip Jeff. Davis and his rebel cohorts in front of Richmond and "destroy them, and hang the leaders. [Cheers] lie to'd them ut tnc time was coining rapidly, when :be loval io Union men of the South would take hold oftho r. old Stars and Stripes and march into Richmond nt and take possession of the rebel confederacy, and hang the infernal traitors who led them into this rebellion. [Applause.} It might be a >r satisfaction to some men to talk about the 1 whole South as being rebels, but lie knew from correspondence he had in his own house that there were as loj'al men in Richmond to-day as g in any other.portion of the States of the (Jon[i. fedcracy ; and he would say that there was s- more secession, in pioportion to the inliabilants, in the city of New-York than in Rich-* " inond. There was in Richmond U-.lay a se1 crct organization of Union men who 9-on Id de-troy Jeff. Davis and his minions when Gen. ro Grant and Gen. 1 >11 tier should march into U1VI1. la mo nil and take possession of that city. [Ap i. plausc.] And not the Inst 'man there to help 1, them was John Miner Bolts. [Loud cheers.] ^ ?<? <r- ? Duelling Case.?This morning Hon. II. S. Foote, of Tennobsee, lion. \V. G. Swan, ofTener ncssee, niul Mr. John Mitchell, were summoned id before the Mayor to answer to the charge of iu being about to break the peace in lighting a duL'e el. The evidence elicited was, that Mr. Swan L" went to the room of Mr. Foote as the bearer of a note from Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Foote refused to recognize Mr. Swan as a gentleman, whereupon Mr. Swan struck Mr. Foote with uinhrel)a in his own chamber and in the presence of tc his wife. Mr. Foote therefore prepared a clialo longe to bo sent to Mr. Swan. Unfriendly relations bad been a Inim time in a lie existence between Mrssrs. Fuute a-nd Swan, they er not. having spoken for sonic time past, cli The dillienlty between Mr. Mitchell and (.Jov. in Footo grew out of reniai Us made concerning the former, by the latter, in the House of Representatives, in consequence of an article C\ hioh e. appeared in the Richmond Exainii.i r, and cs which, Mr. Footo said, he had reason to believe lie was written by Mr. Mitchell. The trial was a d, very lengthy one, and concluded *bv Messrs. as l'4>oto and Swan being bound over in tlie sum lis of ^oOOO each to keep the peace,?-llkhmontl ,n County. ;tl Raii> on Pikumont Springs.?Be learn nt fro in tire Route Agent on the Western railroad, ns that a tory raid was made on Piedmont Springs, ic in Burke county, N. C, on the night of the d. 2Gth of November, resulting, in a serious loss of ut property to Mr. Linds.iv, the proprietor of the it Springs, There.were about twenty persons in e tlie company. They spent the night at the lo Springs, faring well, and did not make known ja their business until after breakfast next morning. .jj They captured two wagons and teams, and piltil hged the place of all* moveable property. They also carried ?fl' the negroes, but they have since returned. Mr. Lindsay estimates his loss at g> about $20,000. The Springs are 15 miles ' above Morgantown.?Salisbury Watchman. 6. " , id The Press and Gov. Brown's Late Call. u- ?The following Correspondence is published in in order to present to the Press of GeorgiaBr Gov. Brown's decision in regard to the State x* Press, under his late call. The first despatch .was received from the Press of Columbus : is ... ct "Shall the Press of this city be-suspended, (lt and its members report for duty at Macon?" in The Governor's' answer : "It is not my in)0 tention to interfere with the publication of any 10 newspaper or public journal in Georgia. No ;s editor or other person actually necessary folly that purpose i3 requirod to report for militia in duty." Joseph E. Brown. d Ilrr-.Ti T'nir^n W/??r. W- ?a: ? fiuf vv if xjkju,? h u uuticc upon she street Friday, a one horse wagon contain, ing exactly six sticks of pine wood, tor which, the modest sum of thirty dollars wa? dciuand. Macon Tilcgrojrfi. From Virginia.-?The notes of the Mer^ chants' I5nnk of Virginia, of the denomination4 of five dollars and upwards, will be redeertitkP in coin, on presentation at the counter of said1 Bank, in the city of Lyr.cnburg, at the rate of one dollar in coin for five dollars of tho notes;. JVIonlicello, the celebmed estate of tire itnmortal Thos. Jefferson, near Charlottevillc, VaWas sold on Thursday last, under the Sequestration Act, for $80,500. I?. F. Ficklin. Kan'-. became the purchaser. The Richmond Dispatch says it is reported that Grant lias sent off some of his troops to> the Georgia coast. Fuom East Tennessee.? It is reported that, General Breckinridge is making a "flank movement" which will enable him to co-operavc with Gen. IIoTd, and compel Burbiidgc- t<> revise his plaris of defence. The citizens of Knoxville is said have held a meeting to remonstrate against Sherman's order to burn the houses in East Tennessee and the devastation of the country by fire. ''It is cnitl llir> militnrv nnU.n.It."- ?r- * ..... ..........j ?uLii?inits rciusu 10 rescind the order and arc making preparations to put it into effect. A Yankee Threat.?"We learn that Gen. Kilpatriek stated to a gentleman, at whose bouse in Twiggs county lie stopped, that he with his cavalry was^coming hack this way, and that though he spared dwelling houses now, he intended on his return trip to destroy everything ami make this section of country a howling wilderness. Kilpatriek is the Yankee officer who, some months ago sent a braggadocio letter to Gen. Wheeler.?Macon Telegraph. \ r i>i a cox is Sake.?We are happy to nnnouncc that Macon is considered safe. The Commander of the Post h;rs declared the cilv upon a peacC footing and the order of Major (ienoral Cobb, ordering out every roan capable of bearing arms is withdrawn, Special 3SToticesAIV AI'I'liAL Has been made through the Aid Association to the citizens of Camden and its vicinity, hy Major Kd ward M. ltoykfn, in hchall'of the 7th Regimental Hospital near Richmond. Supplies of Hominy, lUc<\ Syruf\ Potatoes, Meal, or anything that will add to the coinfort of the convalescent soldier is needed. Those who are disposed to contribute in supplies will send them to Mr. Kennedy's store on Fridny. Donations in money are also requested. December G.?'it. CII ANfCSJE OF SCIlEDHIJi, OFFICIO S. C. ]{. R. Ca, ) Camuk.V, NOV. 30, 18G4 J ON AND AFTKR Til 10 1st PROXIMO THE Mail and passenger train will leave Camden at 2.4fc a. m., instead ol 3.15 a. m., as heretofore. JA^KS JONKS, Agent, no v 30 g. Liverpool Salt. IT*I FTV SACKS GENUINE l.IVKlirOOL SALT on Consignment and lor $nlo by Dee. U?2t. MATHESON & CO. Commissary NoticeI AM NOW PREPARED 10 SLAUGHTER CAT- - " TLE at this point for Army use. This measuro has been entered into that the farmers 11103' K?t their hides returned at onco. B3- this arrangement the part) selling can drivo his cattle to Camden, see them slaughtered and receive t!u?ir *i.~ ? ... ...wo uviia HIV? UUIU1IIT? This will remove the cause of complaint heretofore made that the hides "were not returned" promptly. I am ordered to say that every innn will be expectod to contribute, some partion of his supplies, and that the army must he fed. J. 11. DEYE11EUX, dec 7.?:tt Capt. and A. C. S. Lancaster I-odgor please copy and present i?ill to Commissary officer at Lancaster. Notice. An u rgknt call is made on the farmers for wagons for a few days. I must dclivor at the Depot within eight days, lO.UO^VuaV6'8 of corn. I have full poweis to impress?the corn must bo delivered. J. 11. DEYEREUX,' ' dec. 7?^t. Capt. and A. C. S. Wanted ~~1 rf^O IIII1E FROM' IIER nwmfin a otiu i* ? .. n 4 iJ V/IV JL 14 years of ago, nccustomodto h?ii6o work. Sb? must bo honest. -Apply nt this office, dec 8?31