The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, July 28, 1865, Image 2
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' Great Fire in Nc j York. Richmond,
July 14?10 p. m.?Washington
papers ot to-day bring accounts of a most disastrous
conflagration, which occurred in New
York, yesterday forenoon, about 10 o'elock.
The Sic commenced in Barnum's Museum
building, corner of Broadway and Park Row,
ami diagonally opposite the As4.o.r House. It
is supposed to have been caused by the cxplo-!
sioii. ui'some pyrotocnies, \v!.i.-!i had keen pro- j
pared fur use in some <!:auia:io pori'oriunm-iT. in :
the llu-atricai departiiicnL of the buildings. I
rj ho I'mmes spread with great rapidity to every !
, poition ufthe house, producing terror and
constcination among t he inmates, and ocm.
plctcly paralyzing all ellbrts to check the raging
element. *
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JI iii; L'uuvitu:; ?? ?io ? k I > i.m ruiuy :
four stories in height?u:n.l serious npprelrori-j
rion were ontoitaimul from t!n> first that all the j
valuable buildings in the entiro'bloiik would bo I
destroyed. ?
, The liv iili newspaper buildings on the I
XXrih-wi ::L. to; tier j\;?tou and Nass: i streets, j
of grout height siuJ v.;iy valuable, w>re cum- I
plot'dy u< .tivyed, along with the greater portion
uf tijo type-, presses, &?.
TLc buildings on Ann street wore occupied
chiefly as glinting offices in the upper portions
and many publishers and printers wore thrown
out of employment
The total loss is estimated at from Si,750,000
to S2,000,O.Oo.
The Herald buildings were erected some
fifteen or sixteen years ago, at considerable
expense. They were complete in ail respects
for the prosecution of the gigantic business for
which they were originally designed.
Baniums losses are very heavy and well
nigh irreparable. lie had recently encountered
great expense in preparing for the gorgeous
spectacular pantomimes of "The Green Monster,
or the White Knight and Giant Warrior."
All the new and splcmlid scenery, costumes,
etc. \\\ro destroyed. TJie two living white
Wliales, captured and brought to New York
from the coast,of Labrador, ami exhibited 'in a
mammoth glass tank, were burnt. A living
aiigaior i\>*niy~long, his vast colloe*
lion offish, birds, llowcrg,.-oto-, m,.iw>-^hiouuiiic;"
His many wax figures, living animals, monster
python and a thousand other curiosities
were all swallowed up by the devouring element.'
The fat Woman (a mountain of flesh,)
was saw d with great difficulty; a few articles
of minor importance were saved.
One account represents that the lire was oe
' cnsionod l?y some experiments in chemicals,
which were beiDi; ni:;?Jy by I'rot'. Cosporcs's,
the givat philosopher aud magician, \flio was
ai!iioii?u\.l i'<?r a graml exhibition at 1 i o'clock.
The Fortress Monroe Prisoners.
C. C. Clay has been taken sick; his imprisonment
is evidently telling on his hyailh. lie '
is suffering trout tio particular disease,-but is i
laboring general physical prostration or 1
debility. % . i
Jeff. Davis is aclunlly becoming robust; he is J 1
heavier now than on the day or bis capture, i;
lie is ever ready to.talk, though no answer is j <
vouchsafed him. lie has presented Dr. Craven
with his elegant meerschaum; it u of the am* ;
her stem. The low ullicers who have seen this ,
pipe are in ccstacies over it. The amber stem, ;
pure, solid amber, elicits rhapsodical fencom- ,
iums from the military connoisseurs. The f
stem alone is said by those who ought to f
.know, educated pipe devdtees, to l?c worth j
.fifty dollars, lawful, currency of the United ,,
States. And the bow!, the turbancd Zauavc's j'
head, the same authorities pronounced boauti- i'
fully unique, though not so valuable as the | 1
stem, in a greenback point of. view. Albeit:
.Jeff Davis has donated his pipe, lie lias not'
given up smoking by any jiioans. ' Ue siipulnted
with Dr. (.'raven, when he presented him '
with the amber stemmed meerschaum, to give |:
him a long stemmed pipe in return. This tin; '
JVcter lid., il
Johu .iMtciieli is gloomy ui:d ni;ro:;c. lie j1
does not ei leaver to break (he i op-i-vd .silence j <
, lie pu'f- iri ri.li--!?:ce."SCcV,'lin-i; cly on hi:.; 1
onards, who, ' cov:'*o, never m ?k (.be silcmw 1
J?h:s : '< ? nr. Uii CM'!::. p.<tof;s '
Uvt know ol Miicmis !:'ip::iu.iiiieniV
?
-^TTfurri tp mi rr i rin n*t\m fm ? wiim?i> mmmmmtrnfttrnm
CA3IDF.J, FRIi> 1, JULY 98.
Wg are dispose! to oe accniuodatirig, but we would
be glad to liavf me persou win broke our only gloss
tumbler at the pump on yesterday return one in its
stead, or call and settle for the same. Ife is
known. -?
SPEKCII o? ftovsnN.ju Hun. BHXJ.V.MN" F.
rr.::!;Y, IVovi. irnui .'."owrucr olec. i f South Carrlir.n, ;
delivered n most able. *!' >; : !<..:! and p ivioiio j
CM I'll: U:-. il'. V. ' .v j iJl.lt 7.V ' I
jvv:vJn iS?i far .our . A Wi:.': .. r.cii j
of it U ui! t lint ciilier our t'me or sp.rio vrill admit..
Mr f'.aiUY start.; nut with :i I ir. !*and Fiul re-!
engwi:h.n i>ru;s cmum-on ot trie !\ wi.icn no
trails io (ho ' :;rsun.,SH.*i!iil fully of svssi vi:"' s ikI
ti.rtuiy'i several columns, with a eeusurd 1> Upiriuro
from go.1 taste exhibits the spui!. of "I irvi y?n so-"
Y.'o ehcer.'idly accord to V;:i:!;y nricit that is admirable,
l?i't think l.i* la sic'is often ill and lardy
more to than when he administered th kicks to tl.o
!io:i" ofsecession it is i! v.'i.' ..u ha.;; r
??c.:i question of cither r?so Seaato House or 0:1 ilro
battlefield whether .secession ;vcrc a riyhilul remedy
rightfully applied ?^)u tiii.s issno wc gave wager of
battle, and have lost it and nearly all -cl.se. Wo u<quiusco
in the necessity, and have ghvu up liio argument
aud the light;?but \*ec llio question will live
forever in I ho minds of statesmen and constitutional
lawyers; and although the South has been conquered
niul secession ov rcome liv three of numbers, ami wo
nil freely acknowledge that secession ami slavery are
blot led out by the war, and wc go back into the Union,
giving up both of them, yet this by no mains ad inks
that the horrors of the war and ihewus'e of our conn
try arc to bo laid as crimes to those who upheld secession.
Hal tic lias only proved Hint wo have lost
the right of secession. It litis not proved whether they
who asserted the fight or they who denied it* wore
wrong; upon this now bootless question turns the
responsibility for all tho horrrors and waste of this
war.
Mr. Perry is universally conceded to have been
a ways a union unit?bold, fearless, auil true, liven
his political enemies adniiro and lauded his course, and
therefore Mr. Pkkrt could easily lutvo been as gennr'
1 - - - . - 1
gUij-i** h H4.ui Oioulu uOj.nnd i^uu!ii.h tunc
have held tip so conspicuously lib pa.it opinion in
contrast with those who have surely sudoral for their
faith.
He next ably, fully ami truthfully examines into
the causes of tl.e failure of the Confederacy, beyond
the "twenty-two million with the world at their back",
against eight millions," boluly and hones'ly afows
"tint while there bunt a man in the United Slates who
nioiv deeply regretted secession* there is not one who
feels more bitterly the humiliation and degradation of
going back into the Union." Ho attributes the failure)
to the people and to Congress, an 1 wc think justly
exonerates - ?r. Davis from the responsibility. Yfo
repeat Mr. Peuryw able and true in accounting for
failure, but he is iiiconsislent with ti:e the lirst part, ,
of his speech?for if secession were "madness and
I'oliy;" if "we were the mo.-! prosperous, free and hap- ;
by people ou the face of the eartli," Ac., Ac., an I
secession were such a subject of regret?then it, was
not worth while to argue why we failed?such being
the premises the conclusion not only must be but
Might to he failure.
Mr. Perry believing it to be so has the boldness to
isscrt, and with strong show of reason, that Mr.
Jouxsox is a much better President for the South than
Mr. Lixcolx would have been?rays that the latter
ivas "clay in the hands of the potter" tohis party, and
jives credit to the formor for ' great qualities as a
Uatesninn, and for purity as a man. We have recontly
reviewed Mr. Jonxsoji's- speeches^in ihe Senate,
ind while we agree with Mr Pkury-r,s to his position
ir.d principles, we confess "surprise at the eminence
Mr. Perry yields him for trmwocn.ih ut'!! ;*.
Mr. Perry is *. -y.c :*t;! of the I v . . ::-t !:.< j
nay in: rial;;; Ir.itwhile we ' j i
ill coii.-iiuucR audtoritlin cut;. ?! : .- !; v '
I.i j 01 ev.r helnvcd S'lUih, nod .v.,! ,:
!;c new .-y.s;-in eflaVior i.j-.'i!: wbvii ;l! *. t.irr:.. ,
ye coiii.s- v;r aiv no' ? " h:C. V.'e c.... ; >'. en ive.
.all ig .-'null C n-iiti i as n . cRR'up'.n, hor. ni:;.?f
the -law:-', i. %. li:ivo li .iidr ".l and siilv i'luu.-v . !
tl.r at. siiail bo cursed by tV o-lo'ii wi:.!iw% cnr'.ht.ik
-wi.-v liie Ihree hundred ibousiiid Y.i:i't.,;; whom |.
!i.:v Miir.'iuii !, ?ii >w i ibors ; and Va ; e.i . ' . i |
> ii.e e.i'Vii ev it ;. 'inly;'.!;!.' ' |
=! ns "} in \ i-s- ' . vor ' ? fr l.?h ?. I; i < ' .
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be more proiilable than slava labor, unlcs* as the
result of one or both of the propositions, t. c., first
that the negro will work bettor n? a froedmnnthan ns
a slave, which history, experience and reason ail
disprove: second, that for capital to bo sueccssl'wl it i
mini be antagonistic to lab >r; tint is. that the negro !
is 10 be.stn.-vcd or cheated for *t!io advancement cf1
capital.?Mr. PKititr ri ost; !. l.ciifffe r. : nt;v. if'
eve:', the negro : e: ; ! of!. : ; .1 I * j r- ;
siston: labor by the m w ? wiiich prQinpiYiw nvliito :
laaii.
His argument for the Milkr-iVi-witS ui'ti.e ran.r-: y !. '
earner-: and cogent: r.n.i it this portion of his speech !
he dignifies the scecs.ion of uioven states vj v>
\
In! ion and war of immonvr magnitude, and lauds many
of the leaders botli in council and in tho livid, and
S.iVs of lion. T:i all liisto y tlicrcj is not a. tntfro .
perfect model of a pare an I great man than Gen. Lkk ; 1
i!m ho should now be lur.igst.s a traitor would o a an .
not of national inlantv lliat would shock iho whole
1
eivili/ jii world. a:i?l rvnduf the* name <>f I he U'liicd,;
States ouimts in history."
Upon lite w hole Mr. i'epp.y's s;?mm i.s jad like lorn
?manly, fearless, able, patriotic mil true?yet having
its weak points: and us wc have s:iM. not always !
in good taste. Wc^haro dis3onle.l from it in part, hut
altogether it has added to our admiration of him : and
not only do we liail him with pleasure as our Provisional
Governor, but will be glad to greet him as our
neat constitutional Governor.
Madame Kossuth, (lie wife oftiie famous Hungarian
lender, lias died at- Genua, after a ten yoar.V ill
ness.
Mrs* Livingstone, the aged mother of Dr. Livingstone,
the African traveler, died, in ?uot!a:id on the
lSi.Ii of June.
Tim arrest, of ( ton T.r>o. the Petersburg* (\"nl A'vrs
stales,,was ordered by Secretary Stanton. Gen. Orel,
in coiiiinnnd at Cichmond. ofl'orcd Ins resignation
rather than execute the order. Gen. Grant then in.
tcrfeicd, and the order oT the arrest was recalled.
Guy. Checkixiudok Goxi: to hcuoi'e.?A letter
dated Havanna, Julys!, thus announces t-'io departure
of Gen. J. 0. Breckinridge for England. liGen. Breckinridge
left yesterday foe England, on board the British
tnail.steamer. .On tho samo steamer leH Mr U. J.
Helm, ex-Con federate consul. . ,
General X. B. Forrest had !>n*!. , :!>ler hones
broken, last week, by a raiir a near Seuatobia,
.Mississippi. Tin: car in which ho was riding was
thrown from the track, down an embankment. The
victim of this cnieity would not bo sorry to hear that
II II-.II! ISj Ti.n.t- i*?:itini* fl-ni liia eliniil.I.irc rlmf. \twA
broken.
Mrs. Lincoln threatens to dig up the body of her
latojhusband ami jiaelc it oil' to Washington. Site
writes to the National Monument' Association at
Springlield, Illinois, that unless the monument is erected
over the I'rosiJent's remains at Oak Ridge, and a
deed given to her nt the plot on which it is placed, shewill
accept, a proposition for the rcmovi^o^ the remains
lo Washington. . *
The Mow York World estimates the total exceptions
lo the President's amnc-sty proclamation at from
209,000 to. 2a0,000 men; divided as follows: Persons
above -the rank of colonel, *100; raiders from Canada,
2,000; privateorsmen, 3,SCO; volunteer rebels worth
above $20,000, 60,000: I'oreigu agents of rebel government,
200; rebel naval officers, ICO; disloyal jurists
80; seceding Congressmen, 149; old araiy officers,
136;. persons who maltreated prisoners, 300: governors
of rebel States. 19; Northmen in rebel e:$pl-.?y,
WO; soldiers in rebel army from border States not ? :-1
ceded, 5U,OflO : in Northern prisons at the current'
tune, 28, OCO; those who have taken tiro oath and ;
broken it, dO.000.
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W.'ii ;o:if. ;;:ui u.Mr.
in ist iiiivu ;?:? ??j ci fur lit."! i. witio cy s a lirii* i
:.r, 1 It'.-r cli.t:lurlCi* u- Id Lr ;ri v.:tit i
t j> t:;-iiui;.> iliai. I!:..uttui-i
t'nii i--. ii'it :i I lit!"' 1 duo. si.ivo iliio tliliioititv ct
ii r?11lilt.' P'orloss bori'.iiy '.vltO K Id <ii;;vo hla-i
'.' J.OU'i ;i v-'nr v.it!j hi in. '
The Zouaves and the^^^^g
DisturbancesWe
regret lo iearn that the l65th 'l^^^H
nicnt New York VohusttH:'.?, (DnrycaV /^HB
nvw,) since the pari Taken !?y i i in tl;
Kstnr! ::iu:e?. jiiui tl.csr sei'l.- v.vns renin".' .'.^H
9
ii!if .< 1 i.:i??i:.. .>. fpirit o.' . :.-uix tfi.: :
1 * : : -C iron-.-.ICC OH Vj
the ; sirs oi \. t ran:-. more rmttchlarly, culled j|
iV:;ii a j;. :i !:r.U.ry cr-ior f;yiu Gen. Gilzuore; ^
who, a veli ru:i Hildicr liniuelf,. exacts the
striete.- t discipline ot' iiis cninmanil, taking
away alio colors uf the Zoimvw-, ;
In accordance with tills inder Generals
Hatch and Uennetf, accompanied by tbcir
respective stalis, proceeded last week to. Morris
igh-iud 1'ur the purpose indicated. This' order
of Gou (silmore was read to the Colonel in
command uf tiiC- Zouaves, and the colors de*.
isanded. The Colonel refused'1, to obey thep order
to deliver up bis colors. lie was there- &
upon placed iu close arrest, the order mado
known to the second officer in command, and
asiniil.-u demand made upon him for the colors.
This olilcor ;;t first also ga\o a flat refusal.
To this Gtir. Hatch explained to him tho
conscrpiouces yf his refusal, and defined the
dilfcreneo between disobedience of orders, to ;
which his superior ollicer, the Colonel, had |
boon guilty, and mutiny, with which lie, as
the subordinate, would be charged.
The ofliccr, after this explanation, promised
to deliver the colors. The giurd was :formed, '
and marched to the boat, but upon reaching-it
were found to be in possession of the-stati's. and
rubber, but no colors. The ruse did-loot sue- i'
feed. On its discovery. Gee Benhettl to ]
ordered by ?Jen. Hatch to take, a detachment 1
of the 47th I'eun>)'Ivaiiia llcgimcnt and dmrrn J
the whole Zouave liegiiuont. The rcgimcptj|
was marched into !'?. rt Wagner, the gnus ha\*^
ing becu previously loaded with grape and can- ,
ist. r, and trained on the parade ground. Tli s
para; ct was manned by the 47;li Pennsylvania J
Ivogiuient. and a <!et:iciiniolit of 4<1 Rhode IsV ,
land Artillery.' Their orders were in case at '
any resistance to *ro on the Mutinous
troops.' .
The Zouaves, seeing all farther opposition-,^
useless, quietly stacked their anus and marched. '^1
out of (lie fort. The officers aud men were .*
marched, under guard, on board _a steamer,:
which conveyed thetir to Port Sumter, tn3u>
t.> expiate, under a broiiiug siu>, the crime "of a
resistance to constituted authority,?^Clunla- Jj
ton Co/tries, 18ill. ?
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News from Tennesseo^B
GOV. UltOWNLOW ON Tilt: FltANCHlSE
HXNOlNpES THOSE AS REEkLS WIIO Ol'JpM
Cincinnati, July 11, 1S(30.
A special despatch says:?Governor Brow,
low, of Tennessee, has issue 1 a proelauiath^^M
u'/daring the ''franchise law" thc'suprc-me !<^HH
of the State, lie denounces all those
who attempt to oppose its execution, ayrocalls fl
i;po:i the civil authorities to arrest'all persons I
t?h? nnflpv tlifl nrotmiPM nf heinrr candidates.H
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for Congress,-arc advising tho people to uulifv H
the Constitution and laws, and stirring up H
rebellion and sedition. . fl
ARUEST of iio.y. E.MEBS0N ETHKMDGE by
military auti'okiIibb. .
cikcixxati, ju 1^? 11, 1865. '
A special dispatch from Nashville annqun-fl
' c=. the arr.:.*. of lion. Etncrsor. Ellioridge, at H
Columbia, Kentucky, by'lhe commandant of^H
the pivr : t! v cn-r.o charge
C'.-iic
IS, 1l- ">.
. ' JJOJJt KHY? 70 TUBM
w will iainuili-i'.Cy return thcnt^H
*!. ?. SHIPLEY. .; fl
V.;- ; Mililiirv i'or-: rtl S. C.
rr.'f caraway iiopsp^B
a:, iho rcsi'ionea i*ri}!iiijauiiu^H
f10 u..!?.s hoi l!i a. JrVcS $20 iu cut^H
rc:o ni:i'l.7. Groom,
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