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?h fl * -4' .^1 HF^ / jC * * ffl F - ? ? ~?S ^ ' ' I "KNOWLEDGE-I? ?OW?^ AND TH3? RR353'13 THEROTAL THRONE UPON 'W'MjClI SHE SITS, AN ENTHRONED MONARCH." Si V If yv>T/III] , OAMPITISf, S. C., ^yEDNESDAY ^rORNING. AT'C-T'ST81, 186 ). : [JSTo. 22,M CljeConfekrate r IS PUBLISHKD-AT rAM(>n:>, ETERY WEDNGSD1Y MOUNffiS, l i-';' BY ' i11 ' J. T, nSHSIILIAl,-.\l v" 1 ^ . f?* Verms ?>f ?:ib.<"criptii?a~5,iv? Dol- ' j> iars per annum. fisj? Rates of AiVcrtiAin-i?Two Dbl- j ara, per square of=tw?lve liur*. for first * nseruun. tiiii.Oas Dollar and F/fty * Csnt? for each subsequent tme. ? ... -i &S&" Con.mutficr.rinn* eo'culned to .idvane r the interest of our District And "State, [fab- ( lished free of charge". '* . ' , * Grant's Losses- \ s A writer in the Xariori'il.Intelligencer, ' - at. WashiuotuQ,'reviews 1 tv- Gka >T. He does not j.rot*n i'td be ao- ^ curate as to the losses, but feels surfc.be 1 has unleru'-ated rathegHhutf orcr-ratdl v them, and ^ays : * * .* > , ''We shall nnt^uii:!crtake to climate f - v ?.the losses of G eueral Grant in th'tfckper- v land exhedition \Vn oh-iH n^F^m rie *il 1 nrrf r t "ft ,t|^m, rikh?-rrT^n'v*?y^ ur 8 ??"fixacFitu'fe Mr Swjatnr Wilson, sp.-alt- i ' ?ug in the Senate in iiis?cap-ic:ty as!' 'Chairman of the Committee on Military | 1 Afjiirs, cHaracfi-rizod them as 'immense.' j 1 We, at least, know they were without j' precedent in the history of our war, and, 1 1-t it be remembered, they -were losses 1 which rnbhed us of veteran soldie'ft?m^n r seasoned by service, whose lives, in a purehvnili'riry point of view, were pre- ' ciou= beyond numerical reckoning." We will now aggregate the figures set J down by this writer.for each day's loss : Killed and wounded on the 5th May*, 1. ' 000 ; on the Gtli, 15,000 ; ou^the 10th, ' 10.000; making a total for three days of 26,000. But the writer adds V* "Our -( losses during this week (ending May-H) were sct'down at not less than thirty-five ] thousand men killed and wounded, while 1 our loss in brave and skillfull officers f was irreparable?' Thus to 11th May, ( 35,000 ; salient at Spotsylvania Court ' ' . ' House, 12th. May, 10,000; Spotsylvania [ "Court Housc^8tb May. 1.200 ; at Jcr-; m Bridge, 23d May, 1,000 ; NTortb An- |! J>' *. Aa Passage, 24rtf '-Mo v. l.OOO^at C?ld | 1 Harbor,4st June, 3,000; 3d June. 7.000; K ^freteraburg, 16thJTune," 2.000; 17rh ^ June, ljOOO; from 18th to 22d June. 10. ' \ 000; 22d Juno,,2,000 ;~tl/e mine, o.OOO. Sy Total, 78 200: In this grand total nf i . * - ;* 78,200 kiljoj^and JuuD?ied; .no account ? . g is taken los^a of 8fieri- j DA* in hjs 7id^4jfcfrards Gharlottsville, j J nor of th?>se"6CPWiLso.N'5 raid to the i , ^ A Datmlle Rrtad, of,which last the writer says: "The mweinent was atttendod i | ^^^^rjd^ljcav'y losses." .Nor are the losses at Bermuda" Hundreds im-lu- 1 IP^'cd; u^';IGKL Valley; nor ( ajS y Hc'sS fcatJLy:ichUjjrgl"Jnd in his retreat; ] "Hd icoiiiidf-d or the army K Grant in person. No account ro I who arc temporarily hor ^ du romtfit-^tragsilefs, exhausted- men, sick Lieu, slightly wounded men." . . ' ?: i ?; Liability of Lxompted and Detailed ; Mea- !. The following correspondence between , G0V4 ^afts, of Alihnma, and the Score | tarwW War, sortie- the- question of the ] liability of exempted and detailed men.I ( It will.be seen thatT"cxemptcd" men are liable h do miljt^j dufv undef- the eal i ] of thfl&rovern**' that the detailed | ? aT<^giitte- for 8crV when Called on by j , 1 . -ithc mniandor 6f the re- : < so rve?,/n7^^^^*-^ I . v.Kxep^jtivk Department of AiX ) j - .V?p tannery, August 5, 18G4V (, _ To 'IIo/i Jag. A j<t S-cMary of II <// , RuJimo'td, Ytt., j D > you regard the bonded -agr'rfcultu- , ri-ts and other exonjjifcd men subject to 11 militia ?i?itv ? If t!iey are no?~ sifibjQftt v to rniliti t duty they^hou! 1 be called toutj . as reserves. ~ ; n Mobile aftac'K?rf, atld General Maury ., has called fo^ nJ.T j he troops I can, scud - i ^ "-X I bol^t^#r- nieu as subject to militia i auu have issued my orders aceor- : dingly. Let tue hear from y??n at once, i j T. II. WATTS, J t Governor ot Alabama. ' t \'f "Richmond, August 0, 18(54. 1 Gov T. H.. W???u - | ii The exempted oien are all liable to ( ? niiRiia diiry. Detailed men are liable j r to he called on for service in an exigency i t .ijf by tb"^ coqjtnander of thp R -servos in r your State. JAS. A. SEDD()N, i i Secretary of War. c The Petershir^r Exjircss, of ^he 23d. 1 * fT ^eln'e* the foil--wing: ^ i ^ An ttnciaent is related v (Jen. Haglvxt , in the Sunday's fight, w"nicli adds another ) to thqjaurels already won Ky that gallant officer Da in'g tfio thicK-st uf itie figjitj j" Yaughnn Road, a Yankee (JbUnel p-1 ^ :<~v , .tured one thc^cnlors <if,hjsecmntisu)<l ^ ^ ffagond seeI1i}A<l^^rit an j ii<>r wishing to lose his coTot^^^Kich had been borne so nobly and ^^Ehy on so I many fields, confronted thj^l^kee offi ' cer and demanded .its restoration A 1 ? refusal was given and the two officers j / became engaged in a ban 1-to hand en - ' J counter. Gen. II. slew his opponent i t and bore off tho flag in- triumph. , v ?-?j a * The Rose of Florida, the most beauti- j ful of flowers, emits no fragrance; the ( a Bird of Paradise, the mo-t beautiful of: ? birds, gives no song; the Cypress of a Greece, the fiuost offices, yields no fruit; | c dnnjlics, the shinies^ of men, have in# g seu*e, and bal! room belles, the liveliest s of creature-, are ditto, and very oftwi a l< little more so* " - . ' t; n ? ' #r . * Che"Yankee-Prisoners at Aa'derspn-1 * ville. . j V currefovrmdeiil o?v the Allan!:; Com/cm- . riuy sa-vst.' ' , > "Au'lftfsoijville was an interesting and iovel .spectacle f t me. The Yankee irismers within-the stockade, about.30, j 1(13 in tuiiii'iHT,. \vlr n cl-.-eir viewed,! esem'u'e :u >rn in their motions :i hive of i tecs s< en tUT-tHj'h a opening than nytbing else lean think ?*f The area f the at' ( !;:;%> is beifii* npidlj' inert kM ii iv Gwi Winder, who is evidently ilesi" ous of doing all in his power' t?? make lion) comfort :b!?t. They h ive thousand if lit fit; huts and touts, variously contructed, which * seem to protect th-un ram ilrv' scorching rays of the sun and he ine'enjenev <f the weith-r generally. Jen W. in-bruiiiil me that, very soon r luinb* r would bo procurable to put ip temporary ?h ntitjys for their comfort \ fine but small stream of water runs hrongh the stockade, supplying thetti vit.h wafer for bathing and other purpo.r-s. r enrf J.ni.rfrudj nf them hat hi !! .-'in this Trcain at once. O'hcrs not, engaged in nth-ing were walking about. among their el lows, each, in the languaic,?d the fanous ballad of Young TiUJCrlano, 'a nother naked'I learn that many ?f tlieni have bartered awiy nenlvall heir clothing for tobacco. On the whole, heir condition, bad as it is, and bad as it leserves to be, seemed better than cnull nve been ox aected. In spite, b o.vever, >f every effort to trct?t tliem wttn bn lianitv, their mortality is great, avongns about one hundred per dav Ab-oit 2,001) are in hospital. 0?'or 30.000 !i ive jeen received since the establishment of Andersonvilie as a military prison. "The prisoners are said to be very tingle but greatly exasperated at the iioyal Api for not cxmi.l^Phg them. They were ?reatly elated last evening at find-, ng a paragraph in one of our newspapers stilting that a general exchange of prisjners "would soon be resumed "The. defences of Andcrsonville are ii]iiiir;tlitv r.hmnpd hv tho skillfol vrfrr.m * J I" ~ J Y " ~ 1 Sen. Winvr. Formidable Lotteries of irtillcry bear directly on the prisoner.--, in the event of an cmcu.'e; and .strong works:, ivit!? artillery, defend the place agtii. st hostilities from without. A strong force af infantry is tin ir also. Rui icrs would find themselves wofully deceived if they were to attempt the liberation f*f tieprisoners." Pennsylvania Legislature. CiiAMur.it. iii'in.i, Auiru-t 11 ?The Senators and Representatives, aecoupained by the President of {he ('hiijL.t. hand Vailey Railroad and seveial other persdns, 1 -ft IIorri-burg at eiglit o'clock his morning, and arrive 1 here iiaJf-.po.-r. :,en. in a -p-rinl train, to view the ruins L>m arriving here, the visitors woo taken in charge by a c - umittet; of i:i:itens,'an J escort el through the burned li-tricts. Tin! scon; can never he prn;Jldy described. Four qua e- ill either lirection, private houses an ! stores hive heen thrown into one block ruin. f* 1. - 1 . . p ?l i 1 ? i :ic uruer oi iiivJ uivauers nau ooeu i > p;i'C churches, and nunc of llmse wero ' iestroved. except those in close prox'iniy to residences Tin? fact Hint a Cafhnic church joined flu; depot, was the means )f living flu- lafi' i structure. Tim lnSSes nf the (hi o. her land V.llcy Railroad. since fli > l>e_'in:ii::^ of"'he war. :iavc horn mm huilrod an 1 fw- nfy five h'tusantl dollars. The Jotal |o<-> to ^hauibersbiirg *vill roach throec mil lion lolhirs, by actual count. The records of ilic courts were nearly ill preserved, and arc now being arranged u-a now struct 11 o. The people of (Jliamhorsburg are now eturuing, and commencing'to rebuild heir dwellings. All are w.-U supplied villi the necessaries of life The TjOg'Mstnre leave this place af foon for IItrriJiurg. Every possiblettcntion is being shown thm.u by the , icople of the town ? The Fall ill a see ;s an iron steam'-r, i minted white with two smoke-stacks, j wo screws, about 230 feet in length, j wenty feet beam and draws about nine ; cut water. Iler hull is marked "Tall.i- j lasssee, of I.ondon, ISO!*" Engine | narked ' J. & XV. DcDOson, L tidon." >be is a Fore and aft scboone'' rigged, nounts three guns?one small one mi' he top. tral!mmr forecastle, a long 32loundor amidships and a 2-1 pounder alt. j lie carries four waste boats. U- r crew ou>isrs of about 1_'0 persons, ii-clud ng lie officers. Men of ail nation liti.-s arc epresented on board, nnwt of whom me aid to be soldiers from Eke'.s army ;iie is commit >ded hy John Taylor Wood, /.,S. N. A considerable quantity of o!ton i.s stored on board to protect her toilers. It is said that this vessel lias mrned fifty vessels in all, at one time laving destroyed as many as sixteen iu birty hours. Captain Semms. The Cork ITrrnl f says : "We underfund that the gallant commander of the Uabatna arrived af Qucenstown yeso-rav, in the blockade-runner Hope, bound o Nassau, whence,- it is probable, lie rill take ship to the Southern Coufedercr-". . , ' i It is said, on what wo consider good ' uthority, that tl?e Electric Spark, winch I ois captured recently by the .Cori'??**'!r* i : I! 1 . -.if* ntt.ior , W UUI.1CI X'lOII'iU, Will Wtf F"v """VI j oi-iinynd of ("apt. Semrn#-until lie can | et a hotter vessel was a packet i tearner between ^' W V??r!c and Now Or- I jins, ,s Sai'l tf? he of the first qualir, especially in speed. * ?. ? * . -- T e "a ..jr .. _ f. T. HEH3H3MEA.19"^Editorl: : , -r ' V-IL Camden, YWdnc^cftiy, August 31, The pence party "have !n*14 a convifrrioii. a::-.i among the resolutions adopted i; one tlcclnriiiu: "If we cannot liavo a Union Price Party v4tli our former political associates, we must 'Save I u without tli-iii.'' \ The Hichmmt 1 ifeannHpr'F&ys the standing "otipiiou" for. frmrgia nctvs tfow in the Ufew York papers is. "Atlanta N"t Taken." A Dill lector, we ar>e in-fnrmod, advertises hy the .help of this caption?Atlnnta' in Not 'Ynhcn P jt J-rakdrkth's Pills-rare?with the Best I Effects. ' ; . -tr5 j Another YankkeIsxpedition "Come i to Grief."?An-olSekr who* arrived in Montgomery on Sunday from below, : states that our forces succeeded in cap taring 4UU of iu- lat)K? e expedition unit : erased the Pod id? River u few days ago, on (heir way to Mo'bilc Bar. The negro who pilot* drhcin was alsocaptuivd, and was executed. Joiix Mur.r.AiiV, the a hit! and fearless editor of the M-.oppolitan liccord, whose nut.p.Koo deir.inei ion-'of LlNCNM.N and his Aloiini-ViMon iiave so frequently heeii qn-:c<i in the S"Uth has at last, "eon- to uri-'-f " The Aholitionists have ; arrest..,1 mi l held him to bail in the sum of 82.500 Fuller, of the Newark Journal, an 1 SiMPS >\\ of i M line paper, are in the same pre licnnent. I The Augusta Chronicle says the war mi the Georgia front is assuming new ! and interesting phases. Startling developments are awakening Sherman from i his dream of victory. lie begins to disCuvur that the conquest of the South is not/the easy fas'; which be imagined. Tr uhles thicken mound him. TI?s oiEQunltics are jn.-t bciri:stii?i;r, an 1 -won tlie strategical problem which !:e will have to solve will be bow to cx'rie.r'o his army , from t':e trip into which he his led it. ? * -v Kivk lluxi>::r:> Mii.mon Loan.? Sil-.s if f!ift present r.?t : of .eii h ml re ! an ! thirty five dollars and interest will c a.i* or, the 30 h of September, or at secli time us the amount sold in iy reich seventy millions The object of tlio sn-p' t:s: a is to c >:j> li:r the propriety of ad Valid :" price. (hipitulistj will of.course, is a l?r*t.iti?] the impertr.nco of i iv-!imir i" d ii:ne. An advertisement of this department 3 ivs: ''This loan sh-mhl be nil taken by our own people." There is a prospect of the early resum pi ion of the exchange of pi is users. The i xehaiige will he conducted on the principle of giving nir.n for man, ;<lid offi ier for officer, anv surplus of either i)"t to he paroled, hut held for future ex change. It is nor proha'Je tint ol-jec ti in will ho made hy the C'? nfsueiale 1 - ill|< 11 *?I II IL" ?U HiVT'U'ill Ig Ml i ML * ? v iih j," such free negroes, i iiat?iia?-ts of th Noi l hern Slate."', ns may have-fallen into their hum's. Free blacks are enlisted in the English and French armies, and are exchanged like white prisoners. Negroes who have been seduced or forced from their Southern homes by the emujissaries and armies of tl>e North, will not, of curse, be. exchanged, hut will he return-" ed to their 1' riucr owners. So writes "P. W. A." * V DeBow's Review. We have been favored, through the publisher, with the July and August number of this truly valuable.work?otic that has has been eagerly sought after and perused with great interest by all classes of- infellegent and eieutific men tliroiiglnnit the entire South. Wo welcome the reappearance of tnis ni l ami v.-tltnMe pen -picaI, muter tne man:iir?II. 'i|t -if lis f Oilier ;ihi ' lll'l OCCOIII|ilisllOll (!>lir.-r, J D. DkI'hw I is publication li.is !n't*n "f c--r inter-st to th'j people of the S -ufii fir many years, and its .suspension, being u national misfortune, has been regretted by in my. The contents of tire present number are as follows : ' Our Coriftderati' Stals, foreign anj domestic"Mys tcries of the Brute Wot 1?14{Physic?' Cotistituii-in and II alth of the S"'J'?r3 ' The War of Independent?Watchman what of the uigln>'' "Hon Charles Pinclcne/, L. lj- of S. C ; "Parties .,nrl J'artyism B?steru Shore of Virginia," "States Right Among the Yankees?Political Anatomy ?" 'Glo. rious old Charleston Journal of the War;" iNnto, &c? Tlin Review is neatly printed. and typographic* jj-iod as is all publications jssjiad 'from (be publishing houso of E^ans\nd OoflsAykll, Crtlumbb, S. 0., ' % ' ^ 1 TNivir ns^n'b and North, Columbia, S. C,> will receive subscription to the work.- j ' We have Ecen-favoml wi 1'> the .p-ru| aa! a letter from Capr.' W. Clyburn, i writ!on after the fi lit near Petersburg on j a Sunday thc/Slst inst, from which we 1 ham that the *7th South Carolina But. ! : t.rlion suffered badly in that engagement. | I Capr. Clyburn furnishes us with-a list! j of kibetl and wounded ofilcers who fell j j and were taki n prisoners in tlie,fight; j j and states tliat,gs yet. he has hern una- i j ble to learn^h^Pfcs of men?there he W'd? ."t1'e'b'nTT1r'in;'s. "o com missioned , j officerft to make h report, but gives tho mtjpos nf tkitteen Captains and Lieu- I tenabtr..' They are ns follows : Co. A.?Lieut Fittley JleCa.-kill? ! killed. ' Lieut Jamos Gardner?missing. Co. B.?Lieut Douglass?wounded i through' the thigh severely. Lieut Ishcll?wounded severely, and , in the bands of the em my. I Lieut Kennedy?wounded seven ly, i and in lite lends of flic enemy. C<>. P ?Ciipt J* L Junes?prisoner, j IjK'U' 1'J. A. 1 011 nif?p lsMtu r. Co. F?Capt. D ivi: ?wound-; pfl slightly in 'lie side. Lieut II. I) Tiller?W'?uii'Je 1 severely ; in the rh"uf<ler. Lieut Kin;:?wounded sl'ghily in 'lie ! side. Co. G-.?Lieut L L. Clybnru?wi?ud- ' ?d in the lrc. 4 ? Lieut T. W. Cligh?nii.-.sing. Co II ?W. We.-ton-woiiDiIed through the thigh severely. # Cajit Clyliurn lias our thanks fur his kind attention, as we have been under j obligation tohini for renewed favors since : ! lirst he eu'erc ! service. I * ^' I An Armistice and the Point to eo Determined. ; Tito Cm-nfiim >?\s: Our tele-, I jrra'ms of Friday r??u;;lit to us the j irscdnolv ininroht'tic anitnune" ! monf that' Lincoln is ahmst fooipr ::ri armi-th*' to the Sou'.h, and nmimso :i 1 j meeting 'if Cn:ji':ii.:si iii> ri in Jiohi::: no . < r s< n c i r 1:?-r hinder ? ify. Ado I however, 'hat the s'orv he true, which, i j hc-iiuse i: v-)'.\ rs fintii I lie New Vol I. ' j Weni/if, wo do not believe; let its' first : inquire what is the status of an arinis-f hue : Miiiply a cc-sninn <-i nosnm: .?? | Ui>lliii:<r more. The blockade "f ?ir f ! fs i ; 'Villains; our captured cities m i* >?;!! in j the haii^s of tin- enemy ; our srini- s an: ! in position ; our miiFcriiii'.s unassin-'- -I ; | I our strength unimproved ; and,inn word, every advantage denied to us, while it ' ! accrues to the enemy. Are our people j I or our Oovernumnt prepared Jfnr t!;i>? ! Most emphatically?X<>! And we hc'ifVC : limt th" proposition' > i" the Ah>?liri;. ? j President, run:'.* i:i what shape it may, unless acci'iupjiiii'ij with direct ami un- i impeachable iissurauees Oi p 'ae fill inte jt on an honorable basis, would he spurned j by our I n sidi rit with the scorn which | such a proposition deserves. Secondly, what po-.it nm won! I tin; respective ( nminissi.-iiors relatively occupy towards each j other '! We touch the broad argument ' hut lightly. In 17S3, near tIi?* close off the first rcv<>1uti<>D. "ur Commissioners abmcd met these appointed by the Eng j lish C'ovvn. The latter attempted to' open the whole question and discuss the , subject with a view to a c miproinise. Mr. Adam*. lunvever. planted himself on ' : the broad proposition that this was un- | debatable groun I. ami that the first principle recogtiizeihnust be the independence ' jo the then United States. Preliminaries , until that matter had been settled were .J .. iiit of the question. The Eugii.-hmen were taken aback.and Mr Adams retired ' to the Hague, to await their decision, j We kttow the result. So in tlie present. I ... ... instance?tlie tini" for veibai discus ionv lias passed. For four )oar.s.the two ' peoples have hern arguing from the muzzles of their bayonets and the fiery mouths of tin ii e..niio:i. Compromises i tit possible. The piimipl" involved L separation?a complete, perfect, and be- ' yoml perm* venture firmly established | (jepso'itio ; and until this fact is acknowU ! i ' edged by our enemies, namely : the right : : to secede and create a Government of our '' own, no other subject can be discussed, ' no other basis be considered. If wc have j; an admitted right to soocde. tlie casus | belli is destroyed, and rhis struggle may i end. If not, war is our perpetual doom, j until wc wear out our antagonists, or can | depend upon the peaceful policy ofanoth- t cr Adminstraiion. Is A bra bam Lincoln 1 ' prepared to take this back .tpick ? We j do not indulge the faintest, hope ;}f J,5i:h j an event, except it be as a, dernier resnr c f to retain his po.vcr n<l that of the Republican party. IUthcr than see this .-lip from Lis grasp i:e may consent to anything?even to tin? declaration- of % # ^ peace on our oven terms ; but nntil perfectly assured that a continuation of the struggle vv.ifl result, in his d->wnfall,?tve j cannot vre wed not?look for an arm- J , i.-tice on whose results wo may reckon for 1 a solitary - advantage. ? - - ,l Declination. j ( To liir (Jili-ftis of K'-rshtiw District; | Finding that the interests of my command j require try whole care, and aitcnti n, on ' j aci-onut of tin* iticieasing demands of du- f ty upon it, I have tletcirained (though I ! , confess with reluctance) to withdraw my j , name as a candidate for election to the ; House of ll< prescutatjves for the .nest! term. I return iny warm and heartfelt' i tlianlrs to the fiietuls who nominated ine, I 1 and to the niany who have written me : 1 such ( iieonraging liop?a. j | At tfonm future tim?, when the aiarins : i of war" shall fn;ve ceased, if tuy fellow- ! < ciri s iecm me then fit for their worthy ! 1 h ; s it. will prove a source of graiifiea- j ] tv-n and pride tome to serve iu the coun- j? ciI." of the country. j 1 Very rrspecfully, Y' Ur most oil't servant ' i V/. L. DBPASR. Camr* r?o-K, Au?u>t 2_M, 1884. [FOR THE CAMDEN CONFEDERATE. ' A< tlu* matrasses aii'l pillows belonging to "Tile Soldiers Rest" are becoming ton ' uueomfortablo f-r the S'?l?Iii-rs, wo pro. pose that each lady take one matrass or , four pillows and ?! ? litem over?washing the ticks and adiiug a little wheat straw ^ or shucks to the cott- it. Some of the i ^ ladies have already done their share most I r beautifully; others who are willing to 1 v assist will pleaso send' to "The Rest" j, for ih -ni, as they cannot long he spared. | v 'i ll. V will plea. ? do them 2SSG?U ar pos : si hie. | a rp.rlf r. AM) C'IM't Suf.DIERi R:>T." ! ( (.'.V.VM.N, Aum.-t f >. ' ; ^ We '.i-im V'o! an me; ..-i i) of {fsp'riiii i (i' f I v JIS'I Up Uli:-.'. to wi '< VC- 1 he I in-.I i.! :i w eun r.cciitfy ecn-Mtii.'if'l , at. ii?!> 5! r ..a; Works u:n?? r his clf'jrjjs'. ' .> It is ut'o-r i plan famished, I'.'.' the late j Oftu r.-iI Albeit Jenkins, ii i ' ill. there-! !l f-re. be caiie.l the " Jenkjns tinn." It is iii o-tii" u> and ofeim?nit t"Mi5fruo!i"U ; t Its adv.vifao s are, thai it t: rows twenty ' cno balls at a liino and c,tn bo tired with t . mat raj.i lity. The barrels nr.; ranged 1 ho iz.-n'a'iv, -lightly ili\or?'iiir from tlie i n C'-ntri', > i ;.s t" t?ive a ])io|-r interval hi - j h tivion Ihe balls. The ndasile used is ; ft iibont the -i:v of the ordinary Miuio ball, ! ,. * I atld till' rati;:", we -Up; >-o, C'JIU'I to the ! J till!-hot of that iiatiii-. l>y an in<r-nious 1 arraiio'-i:.. nr the bands are yli loaded at J once, and the wlnde fir.'d by tim exi F -ion of .me cap. The loading and firing j ij o.n be done very rapidly, as oftV n as twelve | jorHft'Oti times a minute. Thus, .one j ?nii wmii 1 throw hotivi'Oti two hundred j. and fifty and throe hundred balls to the I '' 111ii :11 *. Ao.'iiirf an advancing force of d flic encniv, i Ian try r eavalrv. if could i n not fail to be very < fteefive. Tb?' oun is ! ni unt d on a lijri.t i ar i ir about the site ^ of the mountain howitzer carriage, and is { worked by two men. The workman-bip i ' is exceeding credifahl'1 to flic shop where sif w:s executed. The ?run will he sent p, to liiclim->11'I for trial before an ordnance board ?J.y:nhbnr<i Yu'ijliiim. Great Advance of Prices in the V North. _ p Everything continues to advance in t| the North. All laboring classes are on a "strike" fur higher wages. JThc llmtftf says: ' t%We shall have no difficulties with the r< printers*, for we have done what every tl just employer must do in titties like these. .. We have acci'ilcd to the reasonable re- * quireinents of tiur printers, because we { believe their labor to be worth the prices j ihey ask fur it. The beefsteak that, la n-eil to cost fifteen coot's ;? pound, now costs thirty ; :m?l it is no more than right that tin- price of labor should proportionafely increase, and that the printer should g t -txry cents how wheiv lie got thirty ra cents a few years ago lnfiilion is a n fact too patent, for n- to n i'tisC to Tecog- a niz<*. it; and is the Govcuiiucpt goes on j with its new issues all t is niij.-t get even ' worse, uutil the great balloon shall l>urst ! 1,1 Women ?They are a great mistc'ry. j According to Mailer, women bear hunger ! * longer than men; according to Plutarch, j . they can resist the effects of wine better; ; 111 recording to linger, tliev grow older and P1 ire nevor bald; according to Pliny, they or - i i.. ... !_ 1 1* t1 / . .f_ . J re stiuoin amiCKrii uy lions ton me i uj 0'>untrnry, they will run after linns,) and, iccording to Gunter, tbcy ?an talk a few. The Wilmington Journal says: A ta ire at hullabaloo was raised over the act 'it-pending the privilege of the writ of iiabt-ns corpus in certain cases. Well, hut a*:? has expired by its own limitation, ro ind we ask any ii most man if he kuow p( practically when i' expired, or if he Drea'hos one whit fi-eei now than ho did n May, J oie or Jul-. . T^icre is a heap Ci jf humbug hi this wurld. ' sp ilM j\n'xkv of hamptos's ofrvm?|2 Petersburg, AngnSt 20;?The affair lYelilon Railroad. on Wednesday was,.# ver^c. ^B? jallant.one and succcsfijil in its rcsylla. While he enemy's cavnlrv, under Gen. Spears, vv*re_*OM| ngaged in tearing tip the IracV,' soveral mil en,.'Tall cyond Tiearns', Gcti. Hampton attacked and orcru uu'iii nauK ocmuu nieir )iiiaiiir_v.;ang;-jg^K jorts. Hampton clifmowit-fed l?i| ought tin? infantry, gwinhIry^LjI^noHBy^ --3 ring tli' in luick, until they reacheiilneieSH^W^^l vorks, one mil- this side of Rt'nm?', captat^^- : - S yfl *5 'oYloek this' alu-rnoon, TTiH-: ' |jj ackedtho enemy's works, and after a >ut sharp fight took them capturing ij lumber of prisoners and nine pieces of aoH cry. The enemy flcl in grcd confusion. sHSH t'i'grain, of Richmond, turned the captqnsH runs upon the enemy, with great effect. number of brisoners will probably roach 2,fiCra9ra Rrig. flciicral Cutler'was captnred. Tl)CV<<p$ra| :oni-i's belonged.to^-Hancock's corps, andRichmond, August .20.?The foil owing H ! I K A DQCARTRRS A'lMV NoRTlfSItN VlROINI.tf3^H August26.? //"?. </"t/i"s A. SiJdoti :'Gcn. A. i . 11111 hiwickcu iiic enemy in in? eru renpn?y?n| nents at lloams' Stat 011 yesterday cvcniing.y ?<?[| \t tlu? seei-nd assault In* carried illic entire liuo^jfefe^ 'iiokV and Mcllae's Ninth Carolina Iniga(]c6<?Bfi mdrr Hetli, Lain-'- North Carolina brigade, ^Vilcox's division, under Conner, with sin's artillery, composed tire assaulting c.olCej35J iinn: Ou-; line ot' luea-t works was carried" hj^AjaM lie cavaliy under Hampton, with great gallantsJ9H y, who contiiluttoil largely to tKe success. Sc-? en Ktaud of colors, two t.!#u*a?d priwint^ri ^^EJj in.I nine pieces of nrtnlcry arc'i's onr^osseiif^jg^M ion. Ti.e l"?s uf the enemy i:r kiifcd IndisS v?Minded is reported' heavy ; . ours ' nurll. Our piofoUiid'giatitude i\?d 11 eV liter of all victory, and our inuwiks to Ti.vo men and ^Tliceiv. engaged. * " <T^g (Signed) ^ ' 11, E. Ati.ajcta, August 2g.-r- Tlk i oiii orir ri'^it fi ont pri*' fnreeK'*lBS| (r\v o-vr.p*,' their seoptrr;-nrrty-.. .'I'fcrs1'morning . <v. i\u* itill on otir 1 eitflih& ^ffYomcifV^C \> : iltTjircfoi! ns afon^otir l^ft ikI centre. . Skirhil-'ljiuJS ffi-^tfrKtng- ?1? t? 'ft. Wilt] the* ^ve^Li^n'o/-tl:XcO "/iiv!ls. *{Tr$T. ohi the-right la!ft'?n|gift*4fyefori!f ^ife. enemy . itlplri;w. fmni ttifltj.'piiit, the Vnc/ny hnVc-Bot; "* / j in-lied UrV carfor ttfenivietlt 1 units.' * ,'' V* ?; " Tlic enoifly have nifc-.sed betfveen vb-r lean's \ ' en v and Cam pbel lt?u.K orfds*m.-^ahand?hfm? ir entire line on'the right ( f tlio .CWttiiiuin^v *' [ni'road. . * j \A Sherman's order, djttednhe.* 2*th^ directing . y^B lie rcdnetion'oi" rations, 'v.** '.pi?*k d up in x \ i'p esertcd fajnp. Sharp akttpydimg^jkjyT fefj;-. jf II afternoon. -' ^X. '" ' vmB| Tjvot& rtcHyrerfclsed our* ??? on rtstor^^^ ay. itftey claim to drafled toy ton. Oltio, and trcte "never mustered into > ijCT -rvieo. * They state they venule through nad direct 1'rom CU(ittanpdga. ' No ntf'ws from .Wlit^ur. Prisoners bronght. i tliie morning frotrf the right state that; p.'Jj S'iiceler tnfp"d the r?aA twicc% which wasTcaired vc lediaiely and train#-ftro now running irongh. They also state tRat Sherman's men ' /, ere all on fifll rations. , Latest.? Sifleo morning, tho eneniy^Jxu^fr Mired froiq,our extreme left. . Prisoners "stale '*'?$. <i rat trains came through ^rom . Chattanooga , ( e-terday. . : 1 r"'^ The Chattanooga ffuz:t%at the 23d, states iat Wln-eler < list roved tho depot at;Ch-vc\- X'5j nd. Tennessee, and then htirned the town. . 'JQ Ati.ant,\, Aygtwt 29.?The enemy if fram-,. ig liis^mso between Press Ferry and the a arr.phelltoii * Road?his left resting on the ' rtM lilror.d-rfear the < liattahourhie, and permanent- bri lge with pontoons, 'ftfginkinffJjR^S depot for supplies, as if preparing to nnpaign Itgainst our left, Scouts this laofli^ \ "V g report forces crossing--tVest Point RajL '' ^ Atlanta, August 29.?Official dospatcl)^ ^^ iiiii Wheeler, of the IStli, reports his cajfty .TM| g Oalton yithji large amount of stores, isoners, 200 nudes, destroying thro^fcui|^B|f|||M irs and destroying 25 milcs'of is command is said to be iu^fl[ It is said that Sln-mi ilroad M^' inning's StatifljH kwi from the Aiigl!^^ll^^M^^^BL^^M|jw| AFFAIRS A30trr Mobil?:, August 26.?6i tTPCfr PQg$^^B||j| tamed last evening. Tbl\j\:ikccB say art M<>rg^i capitulated IV last. holiday B Unrated their fit'.' on thejlgJH >'.? <dfflB^^IH ' ?| - > ini si ?> Fw