The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-12-23
Four FhouslEnd COnfcdcIatcs Cross
the Cumberland River into ake,n.
lucky.


the Cumberland River into axen.
lucky.
telegram from Cairo, dated the 9th inst,
SAYS:
On the 9th Instant, thea rebels under Gen.
Lyon captured the Government transport Thos
+. Tutt, at Cumberland City, on the Cumber-
land river, twenty miles above Fort Donclson.
The futt was used for crossing the river. The
rebels arc on the march into Kentucky. Their
force is estimated at four thonsard men. The
Tutt was loadcd with Government forage, and
was burned to the waters edge after the rebels
had crossed the river.
Another telegram says:
When last heard from he was moving to-
wards HopkinsvlIc Ky, and threatening that
place. IT he attacks that point, the garrison,
being small, Will be compelled to fail lack to a
stronger position. Brcckinriagc's position
seems to be in dunbt. A loyal gentleman SAYS
he is at Sparta. Tennessee, with about ten
thousand mcc. This gentleman speaks Of what
he knows, and the fact indicates that Drcckiu-
ridge intends to reinforce Hood, and, if posi-
bic, reach the main rebel army; bit the move
ment OF portion OF our troops, under Stone
man and Burbridge, Indicate that.hc will have
some sifiiculty III forming junction with
Hood.
SPEECH OF GEN. FoREEsr-Gcn. Forrest is
the most eloquent of men, because he speaks
through actions that arc ever louder than
words. When lie plays orator in the common
style, he does not trouble himself about the
nicctcs, but gets. very wel,to the point. Wit
ness the following. 4 correspondent of the
Montgomery Mail says:
FLoRENcE, Ala, November l5.-Thc army
IL
With shout after shout and to the stirring tones
Of drum and fife. VIC passed from the South
bank to the disputed territory upon the North.
crn shore.
Forrest and Hood made specch:s last night
to a crowd Of screnaLcrs. Listen to the old
war dog: ''Ncll, soldiers, come here to line
you. Pm gwinc to show You the way into Ten
ncsScc. My conscripts are going, ard know
Hoods veterans will 60.
II came down here with three hundred and
fifty men. I got thirty five hundred conscripts.
Since May have fought in every County in
West Tennessee. | fought in tic streets Of
! Memphis, a';d the women run out in their night
clothes I" scr us, and they will do it again in
Nashville. | have fought a battle every TWEEN
ty five days. | have seen the Mississippi run
with blood for Two hundred yards, and I'm
H'c'"e to see it. again I've capturcl seventy
c'9hI llESc" vi d'tiicIS hHN sixteen tnOuSHni
Yankees, ami buried twenty five hundred of
them :"
1t is needless to say til It every sentence of
this characteristic speech eictcd shout lie
is not gifted with the or,tory Of Caesar, but if
the old Roman would take peep from his
coffin some frosty morning, I've would learn
new lesson in the AIT Of war
IMPORTANT TO tHARLEsToNIANs.-Th Char
lesion Courier of Friday contains the follow
ing order:
HEoRs 2D AND Sd SuB-DIsrRIcrs, S. c..
Dept OF S. Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Charleston, 5. c., Dec. II, 1864
EXTRACT.
Special Orders NO. 9S.
l. On no account will non-combatants be al.
lowed to enter the city of Cha'leston cxcept
on passing through to more interior portions of
the State, after the promuIgaton Of this Or
der.
II. All slaves whose owners arc now living
beyond the limits of the city of Charleston cx.