Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

^2* ^ * - r- VSKi-3^#-' i ~*~ ^ '% '^i'; . i 'V. I f~* Oy xf 'or, -' , . jiv- ? N- * " ' P<~fU.e,Q THE CAMDEN WEEKLY CONFEDERATE." " KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, AND THE PRESS IS THE RO"?AL SfcHRONE UPON WHICH SHE SITS, AN ENTHRONED MONARCH." Vol. Ill] CAMDEN, S. C, AA^EDNEbSv AlOENING, JTTNE 29, ,1864. [No. 13 v ii ii mmiibbii 1 ? ! i i i rm T??? Clif Coiifrbrraff IS PUBLISHED AT CAMDEN, Et ERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, 15 V J. T. HERSHMAN. SST" Terms of subscription?Five Doi* lars per nnnum. J8?S^ Rates of Advertising?TWO Dol~ ars, per square of twelve lilies, for first insertion, and One Dollar and Fifty Cents for each subsequent one. I UmmotdaatlnnJ til 1 ?*u ! :i f t rl f rt RllvflllP. lyZV UUIHUIUIU^'*1 ivuo V?.iwm....V?.v tlie interestof our District and ftat?, published free of charge. LATEST ARMY NEWS The Late Brilliant Achievement of Hampton's Cavalry. Wc have received a more detailed account of the defeat of Sheridan's forces by our cavalry,Sunder Generals Hampton and Fitz Lee, which not ouly confirms previous intelligence, but shows that the enemy were thoroughly beaten and demoralized. As heretofoft,.stated, skirmishing commenced on Saturday, the j 11th instant, a few miles this side of Trevillian's Depot, on the Central Hailroad ; and, while Hampton engaged the enemy on the front, iu the viciuity of the j railroad, Fitz Lee attacked them in the flank, this side of Louisa Court House j This was about 10 o'clock in the forenoon. . At noon the Yaukecs succeeded in cap- ! luring our wagon train, several led burhorses and a number of prisoners j but their triumph was of brief duration, for llosser's brigade, which was posted ou ( the Gordonsville Koad, being immediately ordered to the rescue, uot only recaptured all the wagons, horses and prisoners, but two hundred and fifty of the enemy also. On the same day General r./wv font- ?n/> linmlruil "inil fiftv nri*. X iU tuwu VUV V. >- ----J ?- - -oners and three pieces of artillery, and captured the headquarters of the Yankee General Custar. Our troops, having thus gained sig-i al 1 advantages, rested quietly through the night, but the enemy being still in their front, breastworks were hastily thrown -up, and other preparations made for a renewal of the struggle on the following day. Meanwhile, Generals Hampton and Fitz Lee united their divisions and camly awaited an attack. The fighting commenced about noon on .Sunday. The enemy, rendered desperate by their , losses ou the previous day, charged our ! breastworks three times, and were as often repulsed with heavy loss. By nightfall the Yunkees wero driven from the field, which remuined in possession of our troops. Being thus utterly discom? fitted, they concluded not to renew the contest, and about miduight commenced retreating in the direction of the Rapid' an, which stream, it is said, they sue-, ceedcd in erossiug. They left their dead i and wounded in our hands?among the latter two Lieutenant Colonels. In all, 517 prisoners were captured, - ' 1 4.1 I 4? (l| I wao were suost'ijuvim^' seut u> vrai wuw , ville; and the entire loss of the enemy is estimated at 1500. The Yankees were ranch demoralized, and being without rations or forage, and their horses - - broken down, they could not bo brought to face our men the third time. Many of the horses were rendered useless, and on the retreat a large number of the ; men were dismounted. Sheridan's force consisted of Wilsou's and Gregg's divisions, (six brigades) uumbcriug in all some tea thousaud men, with several pieees-of artillery. Captured officers admit that it was their design to make a raid upon Gordonsvillc and Charlottesville, and destroy the public buildings and stores at those places and form a junction with Crook and Avcrill. Thanks to the gallantry of Hampton and his brave command, their nefarious purposes have been signally defeated. ? .1 C O ! A gentleman iroiu opowsyivuiniibwues that ou their retreat through that coui ty, the raiders destroyed everythiug iu their way, and carried .along with thorn a considerable number of negroes. To destroy aud rob is the object of these expeditions, and the main design of this party having been thwarted, they probably sought revenge by the infliction of atrocities upon the defcuccless inhabitants of Spottsylvaoia. THE LATEST. A train arrived from Chester last night about * o'clock, bringing a few cf our wounded men. They state that - * . heavy skirmishing was kept up during the day, yesterday, about three miles from Chester, between that place and the Appomattox River, and that the enemy were driven back at all poiurs. We recaptured the fortifications which the enemy occupied after our men had been withdrawn to send to Petersburg, and inflicted severe puuishmeut upon them. Iu some instances our men charged over the breastworks iu pursuit of the fleeing Yankees. The cusualities on our side are reported to have been very slight.? Uichmond Dispatch 17th A correspondent of the Columbus ((Ja.) Times, writing from Johnston's army, thus refers to Gen* James Can ley formerly of this State: Gen. Cautey is evidently in'bad health but still giving his undivided atteutiou , and energies to his command. He has gained muchjhonor for himself and his command in the late movemeut from ftalton. His divis-on brought up the rear or moved in front?the most of the *' way fought the enemy almost alone at Kesaca, and engaged him at Cass Station. From Georgia, Marietta. June 24.?The enemy in two or three lines appeared in front of : | Hardee's crops yesterday Our* pickets fell back, causing thcin to fellow, when i our artillery opened a severe fire, driving them back to thoir breastworks in j 1 great confusion aud with much loss, i Our batteries on Manassas Hills inflicted a severe punishment on them dur ' | iug the day. A deserter from "Hooker's 1 i corps cunie in this morning, says their : I : I . .." 41. * .1 . L* A A. J loss uu uieir rignt me past iwo aays | was S00, including two Generals, whose ( | names he did not remember. 1 Near Mbuiktta, June 23.?Stevenson, supported by Stewart's and Hindman's divisions, of Ilood's corps attack! ed the enemy's right at five o'clock yes- ' : terday (Wednesday) evening, at Man- 1 ! ning's Mill, five miles west of Marietta, carrying two lines of the enemy's works ! we holding the enemy's position an, capturing sixty prisoners Stevenson's ( j charge was gallant and bloody, losing , considerable. Hiudmau's and Stewart's c loss slight. Ooleock, commanding Brown's brig- j . ade, was mortally wounded; Lieut. Jas. j c G. Blanchcrd slightly wounded; Lieut. 1 Thos. Thompson killed. This morning j our batteries are shelling from Ken- ^ ucsaw. From the SouthWest. Mobile, via Sexatobia, Judo 25.? The Chicago Times of the 20th says: Missouri is swartuiug with guerillas. c General Shelby, with a Confederate p force, was near Lexington,. Mo. General Morgan occupies Lexington, Kentucky, and guerillas Bardstown. Morgan's parcels are disregarded. 'J Sherman, on the 18t'?, reports the | c Confederates retreating across the Chat- j y tahoocbie, and he pursuing. The Van- I kec Geucral Sjniitb had left Memphis j with 15000 troopViti search of Forrest, i In the British House of Commons Lord Russell h.id complained of the non i ( attention of the Yankee Goverument to the representations of Lord Lyons in 1 regard to the rcruiting in Ireland. Results of Sherman's Advance t As one of the results of the advance , of Sherman, we notice, in the Chattanooga Gazette, of the 2J, eight colu inns of casualties in the 1st, 2d aod'Jd divisions of the 20th Federal army corps in an engagement on tho25tb ult. There c are nearly one thousand names in the 1 list, many of the wounded dying soon ^ after the light, and a large proportion ( shot "in the back." From the nnnib-r of Dutch that were killed and wounded we ' judge that the quantity of lager shed on t the occasion was immense. There was i r quite a respectable list of killed. ;i . a Casualties. List of casualties in the 7th S. C. j Battalion, Lieutenant Colonel P. II. ' _ I Nelson commanding. fTLurood's Bri^adel I . c> \ c. o I 1 from the 17th May to the Gth June in- . f elusive: j j Company Ai Captain II S Lucas com- ! , inanding?Juno 2 Wounded severely: ; Corporal J C Pitts. June <S?Killed: ; ' Angus McC'lariu, J J Hall; severely i wounded: Captain 11 S Lucas, Corporal i t D McClarin, Thomas Randall, J Sinclair; , slightly wounded: Sergeant II F Outlaw, i S Stokes, E Rrauuon, W II Allan, C W Hyott. Company J), Capt J L Jones coninnuding?May 24?Severely wounded : j Sergt W J Jones. June 1?slightly j wounded : J L Bell, W C Denton, It .J i White. June 2?severely wounded : J F Ballard. June o?severely wouuded; Jusiah Yiuccnt, S Self^ Corpl J It Sheorn. Slightly wounded: Corpl It T Lewis, L C Bell Z Boon. Cotnpatiy F, CaptSegars commanding May?18?Slightly wounded : J J Folsorn, It Burns, Dati Clautou, J Ilough, severely. May 20?severely wounded . i E McClcndon?20?severely wounded : 1 C Stokes. Slightly wounded : Win Haley, ! . J 11 1Jall, JoLn E Watkios, J J Watj ksns, .Janie."2 Sullivan, Jeff Gardner?; ; June t?severely wound*.'1': 13 \\ New- I ! man, Curtis Outlaw. Company G, Capt Win Clylmrn commanding?June J severely wounded: | Joseph Mickell. < Divide, or Die. This incident is related by a letter j writer in the Potomac army: On one of those biting cold mornings, 1 while the armies of Meade and Lee were < staring at each other across the rivulet known as Mine Kun, and when moments . . appeared t<? he hours, and hours days, so near at hand seemed to be the deadly i strife, a solitary sheep walk leisurely 1 along the run on the rebel side. A rebel viduttc fired and killed the sheep, 1 and, dropping his gun, advanced to re- , move the prize. In an instant, he was covered by a gun in the hands of a 1 Union vidotte, who said, ''Divide is the ^ 1 -- I..I <l ; WOru, or you are a ueau juuiiuy. iiiis proposition was assented to, and ' there, between the two skirmish lines, ' Mr. llcbd skinned the sheep, took one 1 half and moved back with it to his post; I when his challenger, in turn, dropped 5 his gun, crossed ihe run, got. the other ' : half of sheep and again resumed (lie duties of his post, amidst the cheers of his ' comrades, who expected to help him eat ' it. Of the hundreds of hostile men ar- > rayed agaisnt each other on cither bank i of that run, not one dared to violate the ( truce intuitively agreed upon by these j s two soldiers. } J. T- HERSH1T 4N-Editor. I'amdcu, Wednesday, Juno 20. The Camden Daily Journal On next Friduy.morning tbere will be issued from the Journal office, a daily paper, under the auspices of D. D. Horrorr, Esq. The Daily Journal will contain all the press messages from every section, the proprietor having effected an arrangement by which the people of our district can be supplied with the lates^W;,r ntelligence, twelve hours in advance of ^ hat received from the Charleston and Columbia dailies. Wc hope it may meet ,vith the success due an enterpriseoFtlc ? v. ^ <XT3- V nnu. g General Morgan. " < j We hear ou very good authority ill it. 5en. Morgan has left Kentucky and is , iow in Virginia. All the Yankee a"c j :ouuts of the defeat and demoralization of j lis command are simply Yarikceish. He j apturcd 3,000 horses and brought out .800. A siugular coincidence occurred , 11 his capturing Gen. llobson, who had ; ormerly captured him. Instead of ; akiog revenge, Morgan paroled liiui on lis promise to use all his efforts for the elcase of Col. Duke, or failing in the ffort, to return and deliver himself a irisorier. Tho Fight at Trovillians. It is stated that in the cavalry fight at Previlliaus'jDepot ourloss was slight, that if Butler's South Oaroliniaus h^jng the icaviest. ~ ^ 'Morgan and his Men " Gen Rosecrans has recently issued an >rdcr, prohibiting the circulation of Mrs. Ford's "Romance of Morgan and Men." The Winchester Bulletin understands hat Mnj. Gen. Lovcll is to take charge j >f Pauley's divisiou in front, under Gen. j Johnston. The Force ut' the enemy which had , :ut the Petersburg and Weldon road at ieants' Depot was driven off on Thur>day says the Wilmington Journal of Saturlay), and the wires are probably up by hfS time. It is reporttttand bcljeve 1 j hat the whole party,-numbering sixteen . >r eighteen iiunJriFJTwtnta" haltny if irtillery, was captured, which would be t uMOod lick." Funding the Fives. The public should bear in mind that he time for funding the live dollar Coiiederate Notes will expire on the 1st pros mo. Put few days are left, and yet rery few holders, we learn have made ! heir deposits and taken out certificates.' J'he fives, it should be recollected, are lot receivable for taxes after the 1st of My, except at the discount of 3 >J. j Another "Rebellion." Lincoln is likely to have a lively ,iuie of it with the various big and little cbtdlions that threaten to accumulate on lis hands. That small affair at the South which was to have been "srpteloho 1 out. - !... ? .. .1. . i . I ; ii unriy uays at ujc uegiunug, un.-> ived nearly four years ami grown so sturdy that it taxes all the powers of the Yankee nation, and even defies them. He is still "pegging" at that, however and announces three years more rif effort to subdue it. We shall sec how ; he acts out the difficult programme. As if this were not enough weight a the shoulders and soul of the old I jiuuer, that incorrigible "sympathizer with treason" and exile, Y-nllandigham. ! bus proclaimed another rebellion, on his own hook in Ohio- lie return.') to his j jountry and home in spite of the edict if banishment, and swears by the everliving Jehovah," that he intends to rc- j main there, and reclaim the rights of a ; itizen at every cost. This is bold, daring uto quivocal rebellion. It puts the iutbority of the Lincoln Government to he test, proposes to measure arms with . t nay, defies it. Now, what will Mr- Lincoln do? V'allandigham evidently acts on assurinces; no men takes so bold a step vithout being sure of the ground on ; vhich he stands, lie has backers enough it least in his own opinion, and any in;crfcrence with him must, lead to a colssiotr On the the other hand, the ruler :hat promises to.bring thirteen States, all of brave and determined spirits, into objection to bis authority, will certainy not allow this little squad of "rebel sympathizers" inOhio to sot that authorty at naught. If he does, his (jovernnent is at an end. Everybody will treat t with contempt. Verily Mr. Lincoln has some big jobs in hand. Our prayer is that be will succeed with Vallaudigham as he has with the South. Asa Hai'tz to Commissioner Ould. The following spicy and characteristic I poetical epistle, from the vcrsitilu pen of "Asa Hartz." was recently received by fla;: of truer. by Robert Ould, Cmnuiis- ! ' i sioucr for the exchange prisoners, and ' is sent to the Richmond Enquirer, to be-j preserved in "glorious page diurnal." \ "Asa" lias been a prisoner of war for [ nearly a year, and no wonder he is get- ; ting tired of "rusticating on Johnsou's j Island." Ilis ca-e deserves the atteu- ; tion of the authorities : Rr.ocK 1, Room 12. Johnson's Isi.\nd, Uiiio, April 1(3, 180-1, Df.au uncle Bob : I fear your head Has gone a tbiuking I am dead ; That ice and snow and doctors' arts Had stopped the breath of lAtu. lF<ir1z " ' I write this in poetic 1 in?r->, To let you know 1 live, by-Jing^r; And ask if you cau bring about Sonic certain means to got me out ? Ilav'nt you got a Fod'ral "Majo" Now resting in some Dixie cage, Who longs to see his loving inarm, Or visit once again his farm f Or gaze upon his "garden sass, Or sec once more his bright eyed lass ? , Ilav'nt you one of these, I say, Whom you would like to swap away, For me, a man of viiu?of "parts"? Swap him, in short, for "Asu-IIurfz?" I've been here, now, almost a year, And sigh for liberty, so dear; I've tried by every means I knew To bid this Isle a fond adieu : Hug holes, sealad walls, passed through . the gate, With Yankee cap upon my pate, And when I went out on the ice, And thought I'd got away so nice, 1 met a blue coat on my route, Who rjuickly made me face about. Marched me, with Diabolic grin, Back to the gate and turned rue in ! I've swallowed every rumor, strange, That had a word about exchange: Grew fat with joy, and lean with sorrow, ! Was "up" to day and "dowu" to-morrow ! i i? i .. i,?, ...f iriiiitu.uu wim r miiwuic^ ?n cvuiy ? To be released upon parole ! Wrote Hen. F IJ. a spicy letter, And told him he could not do bi tter Than let me out for thirty days. [ read his answer in amaze! lie said that "things" Were mixed up now, In snelt a way he knew not how The favor that I asked about, Could well be granted. II id no doubt That "tilings" would so n be so arranged, That all of us Would lie exchanged. That ended it. I wrote to IVntiee, Who several times had kindly let his l'nrse and name to those whose chance Arid "pomp ami glorious circumstance" , Had sent to rusticate a while, Within the "prison on Johnson's Isle." Well, George D. wrote to Gen. Terry. Commandant here?a good man, very.? And told hitu if he'd let me out For thirty days or thereabout, He'd take tne down into Kentucky ? See that I did'nt "cut my luckyj Would go my bail itt any sum, Thar, when they wanted me?/V come. ! Gen. Terry wrote him back, That he must walk the beaten track ! '1 really thought," said lie, "you Knew u That Stanton, ami he ah>ue, can ilo it !" Thus ended that plan ? I've tin doubt, That I'm almost "gone up the spout," Unless you can devise sonic means, 'J'o give Hi"- cliauge of air and scenes, By special swap. Now uncle Boh, Be patient with nie ! Do not. rob Me of the hope I fondly cherish? Do not leave me here to perish ! I've shuttled, cot, the cards, and dealt; Have played by bower, (its loss is felt, More than the loss of liltliy Lucre,) Phase play my hand?save nie the | euchre, And when your latest breath departs, You'll die bewailed by ".los Jfartz!" I'.s-r \\ lien-you, in answering this, shall write, Addiess me? "Major lleo McKnight, , IVis. of war." Be cautious, very, \ nrl fultl iwi ?**i*;ip<> <if ("-roii'l Tprrv " 1 .... V...V V A Rich Harvest. Tho \'ra>,?-. A 'nr.* givos tke fwlUfina ! summary of'Forrest's great victory. The , facts arc derived from his chief quarter- ! master : Yankees killed 1000. wounded 1500; captured *2000 Also 20(1 wagons; 50 ambulauccs; 17 pieces of artillery with | caissons; 500 mules; 100 horses; 500,000 1 rounds small arms ammunition; 10,000 j rounds cannon ammunition; 5 000 stand small arms; 200,000 pounds pilot bread; j 20 barrels sugar; 00 sacks of coffee; ?200,000 worth of medicines; 10 barrels of whiskey, and shovels, spades axes, carpenters' tools, etc., in large numbers. Increase of Pay. The bill just passed by Congress, and ! now awaiting tho signature of the Presi- I dent, gives a General ?500 per mouth, a Lieutenant Gcueral ?450, a Major Gen-; oral ?400, and Brigadier General 8350. 1 Generals in command of an army to ronnivn SI(10 ;i month in addition, and all i others in the field $50. The bill to increase the pay of soldiers i was amended by the Senate so as to make it applicable only to one year, instead of a permanent arrangement, and in that form lias passed both branches of Congress, A New Order from the Commander at VicksburgIt now uppers that Lincoln cannot run the plantations in Mississippi with any safety. His overseers are being continually killed off, and his contraband laborers confiscated. In order to prevent these things, the General in command at Vicksburg has issued the anuexed order; The United States Government having adopted the policy of leasing abandoned plantations and giving employment to freed men, it is the duty of the military authorities to give protection, as far as possible, to the lessee and la UUILI . A II IO vlwvllUU V/Ull l/U ?UII by holding responsible the* district's in which bands of guerrillas, who are constantly committing depredations upon them, are organized and eucourag d. It is therefore ordered that hereafter in every instance where a Government lessee J,scrubbed of.-j?roDertY;. .the comm.-iii tqf: oiHcer oTnearest military post shall send a sufficient force to the locality, with instructions to seize from disloyal citizens property sufficient to folly indemnify the lessee, which property shall be sold at public auction, and the proceeds paid to the injured person. If the crops of a lessee arc destroyed, or i i any manner injured, crops of the same kind will be seized from disloyal citizens and harvested for the benefit of the injured party. If any lessee is killed by guerillas uti as.-cs.-mcnt of$10,000 will at once be levied upon the disloyal people residing within thirty miles of the place wh : the offence was committed. Property of any kind will be seized and sold fur the purpose and the amount st> assessed will be appropriated for the family of the lessee. In deciding upon the class of persons tii he assescl it shoud not be forgotten that the oath of allegiance is not an infa 11 able test of loyalty. If a citizen ha .. i .: i e.: i., if 1 .. i rrruivrs i111*1 11 iuiius umuu^ iu^v^ j* ?j* harbors <t protects tlieni; or if, having means of <loing so, he fails to inform tin: lessee of their approach, he mast be lirlil accountable. Men must he judged by theiricts, not by the oath they have takeU. A Northern Description of the Situation. The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial gets off the following happy hit at street corner campaigners. We will only remark that Washington can hardly beahead of Nashville in the convenience of mnd or dust in which to draw diagrams, aud we have no reason to think that our population arc at all inferior in the cudowiucnt of intuitive strategy: Washington, May *2, 1804. Everybody in Washington seems to be alllefed with "situation on the brairi ''? which, however, is hut a patriotic anxiety f"i* the sttccess of the Union army, and a dr.-in to demonstrate how easily it can be brought- about, and how certain it is to be achieved. In front of every hotel, and at every street corner, you will see loil.i (ri-iinn< nf ti.mnr.-iblo rrcntlemon. and """" c r e > ? gentlemen who are not as honorable as thoy might he, perhaps, discussing the relative positions of Lee, and Grant with great velieineucc, and demonstrating how Grant will flank Lec and got to Richmond, or how Lee will flank Grant and try to get to Washington?every proposition happily illustrated by an engraving with the point of a walking stick in the dust of tlie sidewalk. [Washington is a good place for such illustrations. You can always sketch out a mapjof the world either in the dust or the mud on tlis sidewalk] The "artist" makes a straight line?"That's Grant's army." "Yes, very well," says the b ystander. Another straight line?"That's Lee " "Uf course", that's plain enough." "Well, here's Richmond" ? and the arti-t perforates a little mud heap in the rear of both lines. The problem is now pretty nearly solved* With the whole sidewalk to operate on, it would be very strange if Grant couldn't swing bis line around into the rear of Lee's and march into the rebel capital. In the ardor of their patriotism the citizen campaigners usually neglect to give Lee a chance to fortify?or even to tali nack oeiore tne mviucioie cuiuuius of the Union leaders. "Here's Grant; here's Lee, a!)d here's Richmond"?all done in tw'O strokes anu S dot of the walkin ? dink n?r1vlo'g 'Illied in A nut shell" is nowhere compnired with this Iancnnic demonstration of the great problem of Grant vs. Lee. Walking stick strategy is the thing after all. It will break the backbone of the rebellion quicker than anything I know of. Ti'ue. The Boston Courier, which, from its surroundings, should know wherefore it affirms in the appended extract, says: It is impossible to converse ten minutes with an average abolitionist without being satisfied that his ruling passion is not love of liberty, or even of the negro, but hatred, dire, malignant, unrelenting hatred, of the doutlieru people. To ruin the objects of his mad rage, he is willing to oi"..ifir>p ovnrv interest of the countrv. to demoralize its population, see its best blood shed in civil strife, it*s whole future mortgaged in irretrievable debt. Religion, honor, patriotism?all are swallowed up in his blind passion and hatred of bis own countrymen, _ - 4 sfl| Points and Distances. Tho following statement of points and di'tanccs about to be made historic by . j the great armies of the East and South- ^3 west may be useful to those unacquainted % with them: J In the Southwest, Chattanooga. Cleve- \ land and Dalton, are connected by rail forming a triangle the two sides 27 miles, the end from Chattanooga to Dalton 88 miles. Chattanooga and Atlanta are connected by the western and Atlantic railway, or, as generally called, the Geor: gia State llo id, 13S miles, the road runoing in the maiu S. E. N. W. Cbickamauga is 10 miles south of Chattanooga,' and 28 frotn Da.'ton. Ringgold, on this road, is 23 from Chattanooga and 15 from ' !' Daiton. Tunnel Hill is 7 miles N. W. '31 from Daiton. Ilcscca 16 to 18 miles from Daltoo towards Atlanta. Calbonn 4 to G miles from Reseca?then the Obs- i tcnaula river. Adarirsville is 10 miles from Kingston aud 9 from Calhoun.? ^Uatoojaa is iOmilsnfrmn Atlanta . 21 Kingston is 41 miles from Daiton, and is the village from which a branch railroad makes off to Rome, 18 miles. Rome is in the Cherokee Nation, Georgia, in Flowed county, which borders on Alabama, and in the fork of the Etowah (or High Tower) and Obstenaula, at the head of steam navigation of the Coosa. Fiom Daiton to Atlanta is 100 miles. Etowah Station is fifty odd miles from Daiton, and forty odd from Atlanta, thus making the Etowah and the Obstenaula by rail about 40 miles apart Between Kingston aud Etowah, are Cass Station aud Cartersville, five miles apart, the former seven from Kingston, and the latter three to five from Etowah. From Kingston to Etowah is about fifteen ! miles. Marietta is twenty miles from | Atlanta Big Shauty seven north of Marietta. Atlanta, seven miles from the Chattahoochee. There is no stream of any consequence between the Chattahoochee and the Etowah, which ,by rail, are i aluut forty miles apart. The railroad1 between the Obitenaula and the Etowah. I runs near tlie foot of a small range of ; mountains running 8 W. and N. E. a itile over one h'iudrcd miles, parallel with i the Hi lie Ridge, ttinl terminating iu the ; edge of North Carolina. Eaeh of these | rivers waters a tiuc valley, cue of which j is also watered by the Chattahoochee, I which runs parallel with and near the ba-e of the l>lue Ili Ige which terminates i with the Stuuo Mountain not far from . Decatur, Ga. Dallas is oft'the railroad, i from Acwortii, which is between Dig Shan j ty and Allatoona. DISTANCES IN VIRGINIA. Hanover Junction is 2<S miles from Richmond hy the Centeral, and 23 by the Fredericksburg road, Hanover O. 11 ' is IS Reaver Da in 40 Louisa C H. 62. J Gordodsville 77?the latter 20 from Charlottesville which is 38 from StannI ton. Tavlorsville, on the Fredericksburg ; road; is 3 miles south of the Junction, 1 Chesterfield Station 2 miles north of the j same, Milfotd 15 Guinea's 20 and 12 i from Fredericksburg. Asbland, on the Fredericksburg road, is 14 miles from Richmond and 9 from Ilanover Junction. Aquia Creek is 15 miles from Fredricks| b.irg, 55 from Washington, and 47 from ! Alaxandria. I Ur.?l.~ T i i/^buv.tu jLiicuuiuuu aiiu iiiu ?; uum-i'Mi i arc (by roads) the Chickahominy, th? ! South Anna and Little River. Between the Junction and Fredericksburg are the North Anna auJ the Mattapoov. Tap* pahannock is on the Rappahanock, about . titty miles from the Chcsepeake, seventy ! or eighty below Frederioksburg and , about seventy from Richmond, with the Mattapony, Pumunky and Chickahominy j intervening. The Chickahominy runs in the main parallel with the James, then turues south, and empties into the latter, about nine miles from Williamsburg. Jarratt's in Sussex county, (where the late raid was made), is a mere hamlet . ^ thirty miles from Petersburg and thirty four from Weldon. Between Petersburg and Weldon, are the Nottoway and Meheinn rivers, and a few small streams. . Weldou is on the Roanoake at the head of a small steamboat navigation. The White House is on the Pamunky, about seventeen miles from Richmond. Atlre's is half way between Richmond and rTa.nover C H., nine miles'from each.. .J < A o m ac> 4 ^ ??? ^ - ? ... * p -i ?tiB j of more tbap ordinary interest, it may .;J be well to preserve this paper for refer- j ence hereafter. It may be inacurate iq | some respects, but we believe it is correct in the main.? 44* The Butler tribe of Massachusetts have done wonders. They have stamped j with infamy, so far as their record can [ go, a name previously honored and honerable in Europian and American history; * ? . 1 ? ?_/? aua tney nave steepen rn srmuar inramy I other names borne as baptismal prefixes. * One who lately died?a brother of the I "beast," and his activ.e partner in the . ' .;<* factorage and filth of robbery in New : Orleans?was called Andrew Jackson. '. ; The Beast, now significantly known as , ' the Beast Fiend, wa3 christened Benjamin Franklin. The fact should deter all honest persons from the use of these uames fur many years. Lincoln, when verbally iuformed of his nominatian, replied : "I know no reason ^ to doubt that I shall accept the nomination tendered, and yet, perhaps, I should uot declare definitely before reading and pousiderhrg what is called the platform."