The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-10-08
ESCAPE Of the camp Chase J = Prisoners

| ESCAPE Of the C;,tap Chase Prisoners
Z BY a lady, Mrs NJ, well known hospital
matrop, who was arrested by the Yankees and
imprisoned at Marietta, and who has Just re- j,
turned. from Atlanta we learn that she over
heard Sherman cufsing over a dispatch ne
read TO several ofhs officers, which statedthat;
the prisoners at Camp Chase, in Ohio, had
overpowered the guard ola thousand men, tai !
ken their arms and ammunition andi had left
the vicinity. They speculated on the proba7
bility. of the prisoners making tReir way to-
Kentucky and Canada. though the general !
opinion preva ais that they would attempt the,
latter course. .} - :, - = -.
By telegrams it Will be seen that the North
ern papers give the same report. The lady
says that at the Same time she heard Sherman &
read a dispatch stating that Rhoddy or Basip
Duke, had captured twenty-five hundred head
cattle between Dalton and Chattanooga
Mrs. NJ is we'll known to- many of. our peo-
Eplc, and is reliable lady. The Yankees cap
tnrcd her on the Chattahoochee and impfs-.
oned her at Marietta, where Col. Ross, a con-,
tsmptible fellow with cerulcan abdomen,
from the wooden nutmeg State, insaltcd her
with many indignities.
She was also imprisoned several days in
Sherman's quarters, in Atlanta in the next
room, to his and was kept there without, any
convenences, of bedding, clothing, &c, and
otherwise subjected to many indisnities.--
! WhiIstin that place she overheard the sub
stance of the above news She was cxiled ON
Wednesday 1Aacon La!ahgeNer.
4 From THE FKoN?.- Our army has thrown
up splendid lihe,o works between the West
Point and Atlanta railroads; parallel with
GamphelltoH and Fiarburn DIRT road.
Wlreeler, in his late expedition to Tennessee,
4 when at Lcbapon, caused to be burned the col
leges and scsdemics at that pace. They were.
occupied BY negroes and Yankee soheol
marms who were "tcackiug the yourg idea how
to shoot" ..Ya
The. LaGrange Reporter learns through a
gentleman direct f%m the vlenity Of Rome,
That the Yankees are cvacnatiug lAat city rap;
idly, removing thcH soldiers an" supplies down
tow ards Marietta. =
We learn that opr SCOUTS captured one OF
Sherman's sapplt1rains, on Monday last. at
Marietta. Thirty prisooers captured at the
same time, reached Newman oaf Thursday, and
came down the road last bight ~
Gen. Cheatham is now i'm command of the,
gallant corps lately finder Gen. yHardee, ands
the report reaches Us he has been made acting
lieutenant General So far it is all right, but
the full rank has been won by the fighting Ten
nesseean. ~ y.
TnE MARRIAGE Of BELLE BoYD-OTHER
WEDDNes,-The New York Times of the 10th
says: :. :. e'
& The secession journals convert the marriage
of Miss Belle Boyd intoia first class romance.
But Captain Hardinge,it seems, was always
a sccessonist in principle, andiit is difficult to
see where the romance, lies. Mr.. Moore, of
the Confederate. service, has just married, at
Baden Baden, the second daughter of Mr.. Lud-
lam, OF, Richmond and New York. The news
paper correspondents, at Baden-B Baden speak in
raptures Of the beauty andeleganSe of the bride.
! The papers also speak of the forthcoming mar.
rage ofthc eldest daughter Of Mr.. Slidell to Ne
Eflanger, the negotiator Of the Confederate
loan. After ten months pleading before thrr
Cardinals at Rome, the demand of NJ. ,Erlangse
/ for a legalization Of his diverse from Mil
Latfite has been granted. Se