The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-11-03


,seiNllrd aft, ngi'fg; suddenly, scvcrl men.
armed with rcvolvcrs, entered lis (Ile cartaiu's)
cabin, and in mon.cnt-hc tonn, himself hand
cnFed Others OF fihe party ,:rcar while, a,op
ted similar measures in other parts of the shin.
and Ill few minutes she Was cumnlrtcly in
possession other cap'ois Only two Shots were
trcd. One took effect on the carpenter of the
vessel, who, hitcring resistance, IS; as shot dead
ahe captors having gained possession, at once
shaped the cours,. Of the VESSEL for Bermuda
On arriving off, he island they did not at.
tempt to enter the harl}or, hut waited f.r q
passing vessel, h! which they could get rid Of
the crow and pas'cngcrs-fiIiv of the f,rmer
and thirty OF the latter. The former, were
mostly Spaniarls !.
| he Roanoke had hrt little freight, hut she
had on board $40 900 to 100000, partly spc.
Gle and partly paper. She ha'? but very little
coal on hoard when the transfer took Diacc.-
After the MatliIde reached Bermuda with her
Passengers party from the Roanoke arrived
there Il" boats, she, as previously reported, hay
ing been set on fire and burned
T. ,-.
I Tie ProsrEcr OF AGEHEeAL BArTlE.-
Your readers need NOT expect general battle
for several days, and perhaps weeks to come.
The enemy is still tar il the rear, and it iwiIl
siaEe h''n long time to mass his strength, north
W Chattanooga. There will be no battle ,tpop
inns sue. The nature Of tiItoourtry does not
admit OF General Sherman following Hood
lie has no supplies to make such move. and
no tran>p"rtion. lie will, therefore, in his r.-
treat, hr Obliged to follow the railroad, and to
repair /; liz he goes This wall allow ITO on.
crate upon the NASi:.i! and Chat,nnopn
is"a'l, with our whole ar8ny. including Genera
FORREST, who Is known to be in position to
Unit" his force with General Hood. We will
rave lime amply sniic cnt to rest our troops
:" take pnsl'Ion 10 cntrrrc and then fall upon
the enemy "s they descend, weary, from The
Cumberland I"uHsan, - -.,my Cor. of Cu,o-
HHi0n.
GEN. ilAMrToNs LcssEs-.Thc tSnuM Cu-
fM'n'n", .oi Sunday, reports concerning the fall
Of a noble a"d g;'lhnt yoan- sen OF Il noble
Sir":
DEATH OF LIEUT.. PREsToS IIAMrroS.-A
private telegram brings sad intc'iiycnce II
the death OF this promi<in. young officer, willie
serving on the staff of his noble father. Gen.
adc Hampton. 1t is only few davs ap..
that he lrtl Columbia III the fill tide Of health
and hope; but the archer had already selected
HIM for his ''s lining mark" and now we arc
called upon to weave cap!ct to his memory.
lie iel' in the 'front.' of battle, near PETERSBURG,
on Thur da, evening. His brother, Lientcn.
ant Wade Hampton, was severely wounded on
the same occasinn.
General Ham,, ,ton's Adjutant, Major Barker,
) reported severely woul|ded.
FROM VIRGINIA.-1t is thought that Grant
engaged again at mining at Pet, rslurp.
at last accounts EarIy's forces were at New
Market.
The people of Western Virginia having Tad a
mll test of Yankee rule, are said to hc fIorl,r
10 the Confederate amy. Better late Than
never.
fhc Yankees in Fauqnicr county, Va. are
committing ontrag"s beyond all previous ryom-
pie Th" wives of MosLv's men are tcipo dr;y.
''' from their homes and their properly de-
Nr"y'1.
"I'on't oct above vonr business" rs the l,dv
SH +" th' sh"rn a. cr. who WIS mc,<ur;uir L,.r
hlc j" rider to- ascertain the size If her G,ot
D." "'o:. ;ho has 50 clrcn been ;u!,r,o-
ed to set ont ''the way" has at last been run
over !v tie cars. "''