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IS PUBLISHKD-AT rAM(>n:>,
ETERY WEDNGSD1Y MOUNffiS, l
i-';' BY ' i11
' J. T, nSHSIILIAl,-.\l
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. 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."
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?; 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;
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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-".
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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.
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f. T. HEH3H3MEA.19"^Editorl: :
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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. '
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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.
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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
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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."
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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.,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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