The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-11-28

I,. E"E '"c 'l""'hg up OF the gumboat Tulip on
Friday last, on the lower Potomac. Her b,il-
rrs exploded, killing all on board rxccpt ten
men. inc following arc the particulars Of her
destruction
The gunboat Tulip was attached TO tho po.
tomac f"tilI;, and left it on FRIDAY ~. r,oo,
tor repairs at Washington. Wien .nuss;uv
Tagged Point at 6.20 o'clock her boilers rx,
Pi"'l'o with tcrrifc crash, rrndinp the unnrr
portlo" 0! the vessel to atoms, scalding the Of
liccIS ana crew. and throwing them N all ri.
| rcctions ." ali "'-
oc' er"i''f those who escaped without SER
,o"S injury rar: immediately to lower tho ,i,,
n'lt before they could get it down the wreck of
tne Tulip sunk, carrying down with her most
OF those board.
Some of the officers and men sc;zod what
t"ey gould lay their bands on, and succeeded
l" "GScP'ng at1"at TOR aeV(s%c an hour mill their
co"o'e!o" was discovered by the tug boat IIud-
son. o"ptaln James Allen and Engineer r.
Erahgcr' which picked up ten, WHO are all
'""C ~, csc%l e. from the Itlcd vessel.
INC il"''Sons officers searched differently
among the f1"ating pieces of wreck. but suc:
ceedcd in finding 10 otl:ers than tloss m"v-
'toned above O
:. mere We're on board the Tnlp at the time
OF the accident Sixty-ninc officers and man
as o"t ten persons were picked ND fifty. min.
persons must have lost their lives -insi,u,l,
ana TWO OF those who were saved have died
IHE PR1cE OF GoLD CoMpAKED WITH THE
CBkRENcr.--Scnator Scmmcs in his I,,r
speech IN Mobile, is reported to have nrcsr, +
"a tne i'",''ow'ng view, which every 1hiuk;n,.
''''H VIII acknowledge to be correct:
Un the snn]cct OF our finances, he elisp@c,l
10 the satisfaction OF all who heard him. our
orror as TO the degree Of depreciation Of tn,
currency, ton' showing that gold had appreciated,
''o''' Such f'ctS as that one could now board ot
any hotel in the Contc,cracv FIR y dol,, a'"
IN g'ld, when the price before the war; WIS
TWO dollars and half Other iIhstrat;ons
n''Sht DC addnccd, showing that gold from lis
scarcity, WAS worth about thee times TX much
W." us As II was III other countries. and tL,t
VIC ''!t'c'at'"n of the currcncv wien com-
pared with the god of the world inst.,I ,,f ~,
'''S "t twenty or twcnty-four for one is really,
not more t!Ian about eight for one. A,I thar,
was no nation that had prosecuted , La,ru
war ana successfully on credit i, had sut}.r.,,
a. greater depreciation than this and l..s
time. ''''' aux " less
oNpEn .i OF TIE SHERIFF. OF N An1oS Die
lN1cf'-" e arc called upon 10 chronicle tho ..
sa,Sihaton Sd OF William +. taupbcIl SLor;tr ' 90
n"'on : District, which o..cnrrcd ThursJ,v
H't, :, -" INST, at S o'clock, about one auI
""" n''.'s 'r":' tannlbcii'S Lltlrr, on a,uar.
I, e'' " roar 'e:dil'g to- h,, mothers home.
~ ga ""h'ir u yards from it, Twelve ,,i;,s
' '"o il;gr and ;tl'o": ,wn miles from, the
:'ro. ""'I' EI'as Granlhann, deputy SAcrtr wus
murdered las, July. '''' =" was
:, i''e .ohcr''i WAS acting under orders from
'ne 'i''''a'v an'horlir-, d was noa"..I iv ar
resting dcsrttcrs. lie was accoinn;;,;.I ~.
S ~ brother, Peter CanpLcL nd Mcssrs. S, i,
i"gr and Samuel Jolllsun. The ,,,r,r t.,J 49,
rested s"m"el Jackso,, dcsrr,cr and ''', wrr,.
nring'ng Inn I" the village The niuht Lrno
dark, Peter Campbell and Sam Johnson nnt,
e,' e, the way with lights urxt followed s r
n:ge with the prisoner, in a buggy: and She,.
III Campbell, alone III buggy, Ironrht IN, ,hr
rear 1l'e party had scarcely turned in,o the
t., cart road whe" the report OF gun vas hoard
he noise started Pages horse and br b,r.,n"
u'''"anagrable for a short time. lIrarino, no
sound from the Sheriff, Jol.nson and Hctrr
Ia"'porll went to him to inquire the ca,,se Of
''e cSp'"sl"n, when they discovered him struo. |
e''hs tr breath. Several questions were put |
10 MN, but nc answer was returned and nr,
worthy aud lanrned Sheriff soon br.a,h.d Ii.
E'S'' falling back lii tie to the nuht and ]oJU.
ing IN the corner of the buggy seat. In tbs
P"s','o" ne wa" conveyed to the house of his
ftIns