The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-02

No deduction made, except to our regular advcrtis
: 8, s".: From Mexico.
We have Moxican news to the I'd instant.
and Havana dates to the 9th:
1t is said that General Uraga, with bis whole
army, has given in his adhesion to Maxnian,
Aud that this. example has. been followed hy
Gen. Doblado: Both statements arc feshIv
communicated: 1t IL more than probable they
are true. The guerillas between Tonea and
Morelia arc in sufficient force to rob the mails
aud to drive tho stages from the route. Tie
Spanish Consul at Ojaca had hcen murdered.
a military comm.ssio is appointed to arrange
tor the organization Of tic new Imperial army
The Emperor has appointed Don Francisco
moran to announce his accession to the throne
OF Mexlco at the courts Of St. Petersburg. Stock
holm and Copenhagen. A mipitcr is also
named to Turin: Several designations had ta
Ken place IN one or two departments of the
civil administration. A grand ball had been
given in honor of the Emperor and Empress
by General Bazalinc. 1t is described as hav-
ing been an affair Of refined taste and mapui-
fcence. ~.>:t.,
Maximilian had invited President Juarcz and
other Liberal chiefs to come to the City of
Mexico, and to Consult together on n plan for a
the empire, guaranteeing them full protection
and safety. It's said they all refused to hold.
communication, excepting by arms, with an
agent OF Napoleon. -:
The Emperor has taken up his residence ut
Chepultepcc, five miles from the capital.
>. NO Minister has yet been appointed to tho
United States
partlclpator in the late raid Of our troo,,
IN Maryland has furnished an account of it. TO
Richmond paper, from which we extract the
following paragraphs
a party sent BY Gen. johnson burnt tn,v
Bradtords house, with everything in it cxccpt
the iacies clothing and tue piano Cen John
son ordared this to be done as a retaliation for
tne burning or Gov Letchcrs honsc bys Gen.
Huntcr. 1t was !: harsh measure, As far as #
aflected the ladies of the family, but just ven
geance can take no account of persons. The,
manner of the burning was, however, yerv diff.
erent from that at Lexington. The young men
engaged in it treated the family with the great
est respect assisted them in removing their
clothing and carried their piano ont for them,
a quantity of'gold found in the house was giv
en- TO one OF the young ladies on her assurance
thatt was her property.
oome OF tho Incidents Of our aid was anna
ing. We fell in with Painters celcb,at,d
travcI'se ice cream, saloon, with quantity of
ice cream aboard. We had no rations and
vanilla, lemon and other ices were issued ~
tic whole cohamand, who ate until thew coulI
cat no more & Ihis was the first time a wbolo
cavalry brigade ever fed on ice cream. >''0
A MAJOR GENERAL WHO STEALS Spoo,s
HEADQUARTERS LoMAx's Brigade, Juna ORR
l964-To TIE ED1roR or THE ExAMrvpn 49,
W'lI yo" please mention in your next issuc
that the following pieces Of plate were found in
Tn the mess chest and wagon Of General Custar
On'ted States army, captured in a, charoo of
the t1fteenth Virginia Cavalry, at TreyiI]ian's
Station, on the 18th instant. These ARTICLES
are supposed to have bcen stolen from citizens
and can 90 obtained by application to these
headquarters: '"''e
One silver tea pot; five silver spoons mark
ca ri; one pair sugar tongs, marked III. B.,
e. L';;' one pair sugar tongs, unmarked =.
Respectfully,
L. L. LoMAx, .BrigaGie1 General