The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, January 29, 1864, Image 1
~VOLim-SO 88. ('AMDKM.'s'c.. FRIDAY, JA*&ABY 20, 1864 XEW gKRIKS?VOL.
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JBT htudjlM-%f jeoltap^t entWutsm* - Be*0?d
a ?be*i Wtewoffe *??, w<? bate no K:-? ft
n-j[ ^.trnri^e, ttaftfc fortes, of U?e *mi?*
I-;Sr ?$g|ctt?^ bnt we jtt<hfe of the *d?
t by the remark *tf a
uWeH/f decisrt*: I'm m*d t nongb to shake
hand* iritis cgd HsUn, in hi* fire clothe*. Hiro's
my^owti twisted bind side afore, and ray hat
knocks* in. ftc got only a hamtfal of things
for a ita^and dollar*, and r*e been almost
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A \\mvt* ec^pell^finfcrtiiJiately, to *rropataiw
witli a great many people in the **roc
of whom had b^eti gashed"
ttwrh ww, and caruc away? with the paradoxical
rcfe&m thai the world w a foot taken
byilie. day; it k only wife taken by the y?#.;
It k wlm?:W? ascend the rooftd* of the ladder i
thai wc discover the follies wo hat? left behind
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Tfs& <Sh$**tdb vtr<s*tet%l*jr f*wa Hkbtnotnl,
to the effect tkit tie fhanco l?:H bad pwn^d
tins -si? S^tor.kv, ji> *e*?on~
jMged of bjr ?bt transpired iu retard to
hem! if n-t m*ju d^ed, f/til
of lively **tk(*ei*m fo the
mroff ?ftho^wmrc, ProbaliJj the element
In the ptwafent popjfar deprcatjott
spot*tUnmtf she eoaptfy, hsifmjt Wit
that from the of ho*ti?iii&, tho
r?*&ij of hue m*&*?*> *&' much a# the apparently
whim* of the public trei&vrf.
la * ??'of rcvofavlosi/there tfcoo* predominant
i&Mgfct la lite f*?fmlar mind, and that tt
or military dkplay, l? th* esdta*m of
-,L^ 4>^-' (LrtllMrtiil willt
digp&f zu4 ^fcisj^nce tiftkoormy, and i&?
t&mtt&e &ihv inability of &a romsfcr*
r**P*fel i?>dy?im5 of ihm coaot*v,?
W$ft? iff oat #??, * <&rt ha* JU?#si made to keep
tbeae hfiter jprotakttp^ tit *icw, the
effort ha# Oot $fto attended wkii lh<? *mteem
wM be vk**iW; WiUim&fby Uie f*ib
Uk* army and oousttf properly,
*i ?ti*s* trtn?? ifco mafcrai of eabgittrfMfe wi*
4m&d*&5? ami by&?nci*J p*o#tmiao
m tMl&ttuy and i*ncrt,mmit io too ufpS&of
?*?; '^*hS
Fbsk Ah* **&d*r of esm^y, U<us$3 *!ioo*t to
lias c^ilf-jBf'bimfa^ Jwts 4w&a to encbamce Ubo
If <* $*? ? ;?fertowj
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to &&??$?#h**
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of- ioiin
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m? fm iIMm*d by the fM,
t&at tin- furajbg sebfsogptontitfd for an annua!
Ux in,gaM *Hn% ^mr% mtontiX than a
silent ibo present
rd*iidit'?# t*f p&f the whole turpio*
Sun ? the ?im /choired to I
the atitt&rf iui,*tt~$ dft the thousand mil- j
iko?* ff^iat fumou* wh??r*?a*v if any ?no
pit Sak? the trouble to divide seven hundred
and twentymillion* of currener by twctiity, the
floprawd, indeed, commit value in gold, lie arill
fin J the quotient In gold to be onhr 0dnr**jx
million*, or thrinnmtf jnterctt on Ui? funding
seheme, mtnua twent r fonr million*. Every
dollar Jmw*d and gathered by the tax law
t*zntf dollar* tii gold, or what U
lent, pry* tt?ot| doll*** of debt payable in |
gold if postponed; the general difference bo*
Ure*n paying row by Ui, nod paring Ureal?
yea?* he nee on the fowling pine, being the dif*
ference between paying ibirty*\x mHiion* in
gaM, ami tv^tr*tff(f EuitM millions, not
rooming compound itlefeah ".V
Wh?? this may |>o accepts 6* an estimate of!
Ill* general calvte to the country of an efficient
tax latar. its general effect?ih cheapening, by tho |
confidence imported to the (jftvcrftffic&tfaftd re* j
<kction of ?mt>i W accepted ?ft the hj-j
erame to Khifconntrr arid the arm* of ail nteev j
supplies noW withheld, and t?c fafJ&S!#gl
to them all article* of s*Sm^mptios!
at % with m the means of of fixed
ariss and inepmc*. . \ U
Saeh being the genera! effect, ft is needles to!
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[ sftjf that the consequences of the general tffi
[. will he won twible in the Talaes of money
hitherto regarded, in consequence Ofit* proc!
I tog so little (or its face, with a distrust arooa
jag almost to atmion?cnchaoced to the degi
of largely sought after nM prectott
prised ; in the attianabie abandanee of ma
tbi%s to sat and to wear at prices which a
not shame tiroes of peace; in increased cot
defcciu the Government; in increased he
i for? iedepcndcuce; in increased teal in t
| c*on?, retting for ila juq&mfaL prosecution a
[ Una! saceefe* not upon the abstract idea U
w*r ? a matter of mere fighting; bnS, while
matter uftgHtiuft a matter of iotclligonl <
dempofa^ito adminitration of the Amine
resource* nad industrial and commercial
fteresti of th^omitrr as wall,
^All-thai we>;ll sat to the country hrthe m
ofMiggeidoit, iecpH?satoi carnettwggtaJ*
i% if a beary tit Jaw has been named bv O
gram# do not regard it a* a bacdeh, of occa*i
for complaint or alarm, but regard and recti
U aa the greater I4eanng thai could bare <
cQprd j a bfesM^g Jnromng more than a
Other one thing, the irinmplf of the causa a
independence of tint country, and give fc r<
dntire, unreserved, unqualified support. If
man in b* private Iramac^om has the opti
to pay twenty deJUrs br frying one and d<
not, or weald not do it, he would he regard
Ita little cfea than eraty; and let the country
r&afd every man now, or even worse, who,
talking in whisper* in cooniing-reams or
street corner* about bkA tares. wkW to indi
it to pay t?rcotj4#o handw*! usiUbu ill go
iwctilv yaw* he rocs, for thirty-** millfoms
gotd oow.; Ami the more ^ who* by |*yi
the Shirty-** Jirifliotti irfow, H will rcd?tco wl
remain* in it# baini* to ft pitrtiroate par
in goW; cheapen *nd rentier abundant efl
article of miWatence, wippoft fa eomfrrt
army and population; ana redeem oar cfti
?|ho present a*p?eis*aa,
hg it ft 6a*J nod gt&dorihg success.
G^grai
>4 3&W40* or M**,~Tbe New York fim
peofosnenting on thebill of Senator Ho we,
i Wwootwiii. to rail out million of men
ainety dm, ray* it wodd take three mod
to get a tmJfom of men metered into
rice, tbrto month* longer to drift and brigs
them, and require $6,000 officers, who cam
he found:
; ; Cotwderiog the state of the South, how**
| it would seem *h* for our ermndcf* to toko
| fawst ft million of sheep with them to cook
i they w*?t along, and ft woo 14 be well for e
ry maavo drive h? own at&imab
They would bo aare to die like eoekro*d
before they evbr got near the cncray. A
| we need hardly ?y thai when they did rn
him, ion thousand of wch ? Lee
Johnston command would be tt match for o
hundred thousand Of them, and would m*di
drive thai number off the field in utter rook
j The sole mult of hi* "grand opmiog* woe
therefore, probable be the deflation of *o
hundred thousand Northern homes ami l
I leaving down South in the hand* of differ*
| Dark* wrapmoffius" one million muskets c
*?J ?ik?u *t*A ni^lfifti K?*n?.ik
?HM* #"M '.AIM-, r ~*- ?
chief* levera! hundred ton* of pic *nd b?
tack* ami, we were going to ad*!, one miH
pairedpantaloons; bat we .believe that <
fugitive* stick to their paotalobos as well
fheir pftmaloon* to them, oven in the *ild<
rout In a word, no force t*n can? e?tf
faxl or cloth lug to*bo Hkbmomi c*j>tbe*eso
a higher disciplined, well organised and p
fectJy manageable one, M by,*b1e and et
rimccd otSrcr*. The Senate Committee
j Military A&tir# know tbK ?o they will,
j course, not watte much time over the cocwd
| ation of Mr. HoWa bill
| FROM
j Cusntaatoa, January 20.?Seven %\r
; ware fired at tho city, since our last rep*
| The enemy were engaged all day hauling n
lilUWIMVU IV 4?WU -
tcrie*. Co&nkleraUe activity hpfrwen ob*en
?!oong llic fleet, and three Monitor* havo i
ibored inside, between Caroming* &
tcnCi and ton Sumter. No other clmnj
of importance. >
HtrftftKtviLuc, Jan. 23.?Advice* from 1
front rcn encouraging. Oar cavalry are *ri
io five rotk* of Knoxvillo, and have captni
6?e hnndrcd beof cattle, one hundred wago
beside* a Urge amonflt of other property.
TjP" > iff. . uaSjf-^Su'i/n^' ""
Bafjorofl^ Jan.ti ^Tba 8w?W df^pMyiand,
daj*, a reftoluiiod eppefotiug
**U on the Plrwwlerit W ****** latest iftifcperati
of Gc* Btwy. in anting sfema ihHaiyUnd. 1
! -- g - ?. ?.? .
Howe to tmw vy a row ca.n w \mr
I wfflbm oat rowing. "#
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?.-. ?* -.4/. ??* -
!cm a ssa rb cxco vsnbd.
~~ ? asvet seen nothing from the press
flr- which indicates that the real design of Lincoln's
at-1 proclamation has been penetrated; bnt a crjtineo
cal examination will show that In th? under
sij current of its diplomacy and duplicity, it means
nr nothing less than the r^eiectioa.of Lincoln and
rill | tne prolongation of thenar. That froclama
ifi. tion eropwcn ten per cent, of the population
>pe of ?*>y febeUuKW State to fond a State GovorajjC
mcstj.&nd, tinder th?, to re-enter tfi^UnkJii on
od terms of perfect equality with the ted of the
yij SfaHhern Stater. Ft will be easy for Lincoln,
E a in Ujobc portions of the States of Loa$i*anA,
h>. Arkansas, Misstomi, Tennessee and Kentacky
|g| | which are now commanded by lit* Armies, to
to- find tools.enough on these conditions'to form '
bogus States With the votes pf these States,
nT to which must be added the new State Of Ww
on, tferti Virginia, Lincoln, holding, aa be already
>o- d<k% the votes of New England, geveral of the
Western States, ami at I cart one of the Middle^
;fe States will posters a large majority in the eleo*
r. ^^
0C-.I lOrnu couegc. imu?, uirvugu * cwum4??mv? ??
Aj dqyer w iu parpo?e ? adrolity cooce&hsd#
election ? made a matter of certainly, the
Opponent* of the war cannot eai% defeat the
i n plot. , It k oo it* face at least an overture for
peace, though doubtieu insidiously $e*i?ne?*''
only to deceive, or to propitiate the mob of the
wl pan?v The cheat will succeed. Nor will it be
30 possible to object to the votes of the new State**
Once admitted irto the Union, their right to ,
& Share in the election of a President ? utK|oe*^
tiooable. There will, indeed, be scarcely any
disposition to question it To the moderate
,n4 party, the presence of Louisiana tcpreacnurivw
ug will look like a step tottr&r&i tuoir uromc .
iat ^ At the same time,
iue Use vanity of Yankee nation trill be
?rr g??U8?d, by the proof which ibe mere fcma*
iti Uon of Uswe States will appear to afford, of
$? Use partial triumph of their <?$?& So rj?c!>,
by of the Sootbfwill ?wp to hare been
l^incd, traitor* will be welcomed *? reftsnsi*?
el, The pri<spect nets! iwt dbccaraite our poo5
?*f I pie. Lincoln's ^clwtidr undoubted!^ tsjgnidcf
for war as loog a* bo can cam? :t on. He can Dot
the make peace, for peace to him and hit parte it
ef. ntiWand, perhaps death. Bat it is ecmin,"oo
rffo the other hand, Unit the canning despot will
^ not be able to eoodset the war on its present
scale beyond the w*tt campaign. If we badb
fp him in that, aw we will do, With courage and t
"" 'V - Wilt, Av?.
" VH utc kvumsm WIUI V?IT
J?4!??* most grow lest ami lea? |K>?umt<mfc
** A Scejwe at Jjlcs*#*, Tfco in*
oident here relatedoecorred at Jackson, Mbtbttppt
. wiCelt Hvatt* brigade* dating Ul*
seven day** bombattlwsn?, or Urn 13th of July,
*<* after a storm of shot and ?hdl had beca thrown
<* I ihatKiovcrihcdty Asthe night
m | gh?j*s were coverfag the wounded, dying tad
If jdrad, <mr xealoo* ami beloved chaplain/ Kov.
I W. & Itfack, of tho South Carolina conference,
*V gay* noitee to the different commanders of
m? eowpanb* thai he wo u!d like to hart a word
|,c of prayer with and for them, indicating tho
0* center of ibn liim* Ao* the mofX suitable place*
,n? It would have swgtfc tetf**4 heart glad, to see
*** those brave and half starved soldiers, /who had
**d hut one meal a day several days and at this
>?? tittte were breaking their fct for the fiswt time
'm! that day,) throwing dowfc their victual* and
* ' forking to the indicated spot The chaplain
^ gave out bb hymn, and then the oiHcer* and
>er! men united in singing the prabwof <it*L
fP* j Oh J how we full to praise and adore Him,
^r* 1 who had been our preserver through the sUmus
pc- j of fjje day, and when il wa* saki us pray,"
uIJ11 imagine that I (with*mauy officer*) had no**
er mow cheerfully hnmblod ourselves in the
ter- <|iwt and lifted our hearts to God in bdfcnflf <
prayer. * It seemed to he (of all other^^tho'time
to prav! The u|?aBe& of deatfn the tnu.?
?c of the distant cannWand the sharp crack- *
il iogi^uwl of ^^at^ihootcr^ gufta, werein
* sinking conUw ^ith the hallelujah* and praises
m* of that devoted land of christian soldier*. At
**T such* a sight angel* might gate *itk astonishc
mont and jldmimtiom Our blessed Saviour,
whoso tar it always operf to the plaintive ct?;>v
drew near and comforted our hearts. Some of .
V*
us felt that all would be well both in life and
death.
Some of that band have%rowcd tht stream
since then, ami left us to ^friah our courser
w. An),t ndv l;alt!i>t artiS ttlAA AWttl AfM - tilt TOMl '1
V"' v,v . .
^ them, whew wareqre tto more, io^afeg and J
pm*o God irtihcmi being disturbed by hostile |l
u>? f<*re?. &x Omc*%.
It 26th RegV&T\ Vols, |
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