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VOLUME I. CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1862. NUMBER 37, l)e daut&fn QlooffberuU 18 publi8hbd every friday by J. "P. H tilKSgMAKT, at two dollars a yeas, payable invariably half-yearly in advance. Terms for Advertising: For one Square?fourteen lines or less?ONE DOLLAR for the first, end FIFTY CENTS for each sub-sequent insertion. obituary notices, exceeding one Square, charged tor at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job "Wonc MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, except to our "regular advertising patrons. ADVERTISING TERMS PER ANNUM. One Square, 3 months, - - $5 ? ? 6 " - - ... 8 ? ? 12 ? - ... 12 Two Squares, 3 months, - .... 8 " " 6 41 13 " " 12 44 18 Three Squares 3 mos., - - - 13 44 " ? 44 ...... 18 12 44 25 Four Squares 3 mos., - 16 44 44 6 14 24 44 44 12 44 - - - - - - 30 |y Eight dollars per annum tor every additional OXJUCUU. Business, and ProfessionalCards Eight Dollars a-ycar. All advertisements for less than three months Cash. 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WESTERN ROUTE. day night trains. trains Leave Charleston 7.00 am 6.30 p m Arrive at Augusta 2.45 pm |4.30 pm Leave Augusta i 6.00 a m | 7.30 p m Arrive at Cnarleston I 3.30 pm i 4.30 a m * ' through travel between augusta and kin8gv1lle t stations. trains. trains. Leave Augusta 8.00 am 7.30 p'm Arrive at Kingeville 2,45 p m 3.15 a m Leave Kingeville I 6.45 am i 8.25 pm Arrive at Augsta i 1.15 p mj 11.16 pm MID-DAY TRAIN BETWEEN CAMDEN AND KINGSVILLE, Monday, "Wednesday, and Saturday. down. i up. Leave Camden, 11.40a. m. | Leave Kingsville, 8.5 a.m. Leave Boykin's, 12.12p.ta Leave Clarkeon'a 8.20 44 Leave Claremont 1.248 * Leave Manchester JunoLeave Middleton 1,10 " tion 8.38 a. m. Leave Manoheater Juno- Leave Middleton 8.43 tion 1.18, p.m. Leave Claremont 0.08 44 Leave Clarkson's 1.38 u Leave Boykin's 9.48 44 Arrive at Kingsville 1.60, Arrive at Camden, 10.20 Nov. 8?tf H. T. PEAKB, Gen'l Sup't. Aofa on 4 Daam VCI*V9 UtU U WW x uas For sale for cash, at the 'old corner.' : November 1 E. W. BONNEY. Guano TWO TONS PERUVIAN GUANO. ALSO A small lot of Patagonian Guano, for sale by February 28 E. W. BONNEY. Seed Oats. SEED OATS FOR SALE At THE "OLD COR- i ner," by E. W. BONNEY. February 28 THE NEWS OF THE WAR. THE BATTLE IN FRONT OF RICHMOND FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE DEFEAT OF M'CLELLAN'S ARMY HIS MASTERLY RETREAT REMOVING THE DEAD AND WOUNDED, ETC. The difficulty of obtaining precise and reliable news from the seat of active operations, besides those whieh nrHinarilv ?riat ia dno the essential nature of the situation itself, in which an immenso army of the enemy has shifted his position and scattered his forces to snch an extent that even our generals have been able to get but dissolving views in the change of scene and uncertainty of movement which have marked the wonderful retreat of McClellan. The skill and spirit with which McClellan has managed to retreat are remarkable, and afford no mean proofs of his generalship. At every stage of his retreat he has confronted our forces with a strong rear guard, and has encountered us with well organized lines of battle and regular dispositions of infantry, cavalry and artillery. His heavy rifled cannon have been used against ns constantly on his retreat. THE BATTLE OF TUE8DAY. The battle of Tuesday was perhaps the fiercest and most sanguinary of the series of bloody conflicts that have signalized each of the last seven days. 4 Early on Tuesday morning the enemy, from the position to which he had been driven the night before, continued his retreat in a southeasterly direction towards bis gunboats on James river. At 8 o'clock, a. in., Magruder recommenced the pursuit, advancing cautiously, but steadily, aud shelling the swamps and forests m front as he progressed. This method of advance was kept up throughout the morning and till 4 o'clock, p. in., without coming up with the enemy. But between four and five o'clock our troops reached a large open field, a mile long and three-quarters in width, on the farm of Dr. Carter. The enemy were discovered strongly entrenched in a dense forest on the other side of this field. Their artillery, numbering fifty pieces, could be plainly seen bristling over their freshly constructed earthworks. At 19 minutes before 5 o'clock, p. m^, General Magruder ordered his men to charge across the field and drive the enemy from their position. Gallantly they spraug ro the encounter, rushing into the field at a full run. Instantly from the lino of the enemy's breastworks a murderon* storm of orranA and nonio. ter was hurried into their ranks, with the most terrible effect. Officers and men went down by hundreds; but yet, undaunted and unwavering, our lino dashed on until two-thirds of the distance across the field was accomplished.? Here the carnage from the withering fire of the enemy's combined artillery and musketry was dreadful. Our line wavered a moment and fell back to the woods. Twice again the effort to carry the position was renewed, but each time with the same result. Night, at length, rendered a further attempt injudicious, and the fight until ten o'clock was kept up by the artillery of both sides. To add to the horrors, if not to the dangers, of this battle, the 1 i. 1* it - ? ^ ? eueuiy s gunuoaw irom ineir, position at IJuri's Neck, two and a-half miles distant, poured on the field continuous broadsides from their im. mense rifle guns. Though it is questionable, as we have suggested, whether any serious loss was inflicted on us by the gunboats, the horrors of the fight were aggravated by the monster shells, which tore shrieking through the forests and exploded with a concussion which seemed to shake the solid earth itself. It must not be inferred from the above account that the slaughter was all upon our side. We have the best reasons to know that tho well directed fire of our cannon and musketry both before and subsequent to our efforts to itorm the enemy's position, fell with fatal effect upon his heavily massed forces. At ten o'clock, p. the last gun was fired from oar side. Each side held the position occupied when the fight begun, and, during the remainder of the night, each was busily engaged removing the wounded. The rumble of the enemy's ambulances and wagons, in rapid and hurried motion, did not cease even with the dawn. At ten o'clock, Wednesday mornilior. th?v Vt>rn Knew en/J D) j ..wv mmwmmm ?UU UlWVU IftUUOU their labors not becauso their wounded had all been removed, but for fear of our advance.? Our wounded were carried from the field directly to the farm houses in the neighborhood, whence, after their injuries had been examined and dressed, they were brought to this city. During the morning the onemy evacuated his position and retreated, still bearing in a southeasterly direction, and apparently not attempting to lessen the distance between him and his gunboats. The battle-field, surveyed through the cold rain of Wednesday morning, presented scenes too shocking to be dwelt on without anguish* The woods and the field before mentioned, were, on the western side, covered with our dead, in all the degrees of violent mutilation; while in the woods on the west side of the field lay, in about equal numbers, the blue uniformed bodies of the enemy. Many of the latter were still alive, having been left by their ' friends in their indecent baste to escape from the rebels. Great numbers of horses were killed on both sides, and the sight of their disfigured carcases and the stench proceeding froir^ thorn added much to the loathesome horrors of the bloody field. The corn-fields, but recently turned by the plough-share, were furrowed and torn by the iron missiles. Thousauds of round shot and unexploded shell lay upon the surface of the earth. Among the latter were many of the enormous shells thrown from the gunboats. They were eight inches in width by twentythree in length. The ravages of these monsters were everywhere discernablo through the forests. In some places long avenues were cut VirAiirrli ilio trnn f Ano on/1 <H?a on/1 Vw* ?/> duivu^u iuv vi vv vv|/^ niiu Aivig auu bliCiC ^ 1 cat trees, three and four foet in thickness, were burst open and split to very shreds. In one remarkable respect this battle-field differed in appearance from any of the preceding days* In the track of the enemy's flight there were no cast-away blue great coats, no blankets, tents nor clothing; no letters and no wasted commissary stores. He bad, evidently, before reaching this point, thrown away everything that could retard his hasty retreat. Nothing was to be found on this portion of the field but killed and wounded Yankees and their guns and knapsacks. A route, and to Virginians a most interesting story, was told by these knapsacks. Upwards of three hundred of them belonged to the famous New York Seventh Regiment, which were once so feasted and fondled in Richmond. If a remnant of them return to the Empire City they may say with truth 4 ~\r: ?:i *i bunu, uu v iiguna oun tuujr wcru npprupntue.y welcomed on the occasion of both their visits as friends and as foes. We have it on the authority of those who assisted on tho field that our loss in the action of Tuesday amounted to between three and four thousand, killed and wounded. Two trains of four-horso wagons, and many private vehicles, reached tho city about noon yesterday, with their freight of wounded. They were distributed among the various hospitals. At the White Oak Swamp, out of which numbers of the wounded had to be carried in the arras of tho assistants, many of the wagons got into the mire; some stuck fast, and others were overturned in the efforts to extricate them. Meanwhile, the battle raged in the distance. Among the vehicles bringing in the wounded yesterday were several of the fine ambulances, marked " U. S." captured from the enemy. They are water-proof,' and mounted midway on two wheels, with springs, and are indeed a luxury to the wonnded. The number of wounded brought in yesterday was estima* ted at something oyer one thousand. A great many of the more slightly injured?in the arms and elsewhere?had their wounds ban d&ged on the field, and walked back to the rear, where they met conveyances. Thursday night we received-reliable information from the neighborhood of the river that General Lee yesterday morning had sent couriers over the whole extent of his lines to aacertain whether the enemy had made any , . __ J 1 1 A.II ' 1 1 cruras, nuu uau careiuny reconoiterea on pom* tion, and was satisfied that hia lines still en* closed a considerable portion of McClellan*a forces in the densely wooded and swampy ground in which we described him as having taken refuge. It is supposed that considerable numbers of the enemy who have reached the river have croesed it, retreating towards Norfolk. The enemy enclosed on this side of the river had been stripped of a great deal of his artillery. It was reported yesterday (Friday) that Jackson had cut off a portion of the. onemy's rear guard and takeu several thousand prisoners, but we can get no particulars, and find the rumor confined only in the circumstance that General Lee had sent an order to the city for prison accommodations for ten thousand men. The reports from the lines yesterday were meagre; but we are informed of an important movement of our. troops, the publication of which is not advisable. There are other military topics, which were the subject of a good deal of personal gossip yesterday, to which we think any reference at this time improper and injurious. It is not probable that General Lee will fight the enemy or make any peremptory demand for his capitulation until he has completed the circuit of movements already in progress. Vesterclay the Yankee gunboats in the river fired a national salute in honor of the day (Fourth of July). OUR LOSS IN KILLED AND WOUNDED. It would be an injustice as well to our bravo soldiers, whose efforts have distinguished the last seven days with such great achievements as to our readers, who expect from us just and intelligent statements of facts, to attempt to underrate the immense loss of our army in killed aud wounded. Of course, such an estimate as we must make is founded upon uncertain calculations, but we are assured that wo. will not exceed the limits of the facts in making it, since Thursday, June 26, at least fifteen thousand. Although these figures are terrible, we have crood reason for beli?vinor **f the enemy twice as large; for it must be remembered that, although the Confederates have made the attack, the enemy has exposed himself every time in retreating, and whenever his rear has been turned to his adversary he has been pursued with terrible fury, and has tracked the route of his retreat with evidences of the most appalling slaughter. Important from James' Island?TAie Yankees Evacuate Their Works at Grlmball's Plantation. YtovA nanra A*avm Tamaa' J it v uktv ueno iivui ??UK? XOIMIIU U1 80016 important movements recently made by the Yankee troops. They have abandoned the strong positions which they had for some time occupied on Grimbairs plantation, and are thought to have concentrated the bulk of their forces at Legare's Our pickets first discovered that their works had been evacuated. What is meant by the movement is a matter for conjecture. On some of their deserted earthworks the Yankees left signboards adorned with inscriptions quaint, vindictive, and profane. One of these bore this affecting sentence: ''Farewell^ Seceth! We go, but will toon come again F Mom Arms and Ammunition.?We have positive information (says the Petersburg Etc press) of the late arrival at a Southern port of the Thomas L. Wrmgg, late the Nashville, heavily loaded, with arms and amunition. Much of her valuable cargo is already landed, and at a secure point in the interior.