The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-02-12

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about and the train be destroyed lie further
more is said to have stated that the train should
not leave the depot until the fires were cx-
; tinguishcd. Gen. Tooml's coming up in the
midst Of the ctcrcation between the agent and
his neil, declared that the fires should not be
extinguishcd. that the train should leave in
spite OF the agent, and after cursing and using
much bitter language towards the latter had
him arrested and kept i'll custody by guard
lie also threatened to have the agent cut to
pieces and thrown into the engine for fuel, to-.
gethcr with other dirctul calamities to his cor.
pcrcal man. Whether the fires were put out
or not we did not learn, but the agent. being
outnumbcrcd, offered no further resistance,
and the train with the troops lett for Savannah.
The agent reported the case to the Railroad
! Company. and on their complaint to the mill
tarv authorities. Gen. 1oombs was arscstcd
and carried be;ore Court MARTIAL.
Such are the facts us We have learned them
? from apparently reliable sources. Ii any other
circumstances entered into tho calsc Of Mr..
Toonbs arrest it has not come to our knowl-
edge Savannah RcpudIinn.
a correspondent of The Augusta, (Gar) Co"sti-
tnHonaitsf, writing iom Charleston, gives the
following picture Of that city under the bonn
bardncnt Of the enemy:
The limited destruction Of property by the
prntraricd rain OF shells. is as wonderful as the
small loss Of life. | walked through the streets
where the effect OF the shells is most apparent
Here coruicc is knocked off, there it small
round hole through the side OF building, and
at remote in e'valS the earth Is torn where Il
shell exploded, aud 10 )ks like the work of
poker in search Of some hidden treasure. Ven
'!rrs of Tie sta; les o! the market sit scrrncIy
hv their hltlc stores, ilnmindfe Of the ryrotcch
nic santat;ons of their Yankee delivers.
Taught delicious apples and cakes at ore fourth
the price charged two hundred miles away in
The interior, where abundance and extortion
seem to 20 hang in hand.
In reply to question il she were not afraid,
one of these old women replied, "Lor mars
We 70 tccrcd now--wc's nscn 70 cn. Drv
make lg noise and fro trash all aIout-ral's
Aide good Lord pcItccts us" Thus is tie
reliant trust Of these people cycmFliicd even,
in the spirit Ct this simple African. | confess
that cord not feel thus ind!Iiercn, TO these
missiles of destruction, and as they came
scrraching across the l'av. ] felt an instructive
inclination TO change my base Of observation.
Extending my ran,iIc to other portions Of thc
city, the track Of shells was here and there d<-
ccrnablc, bat they have not effected tithc cf
thejn sustained by the grca: !irc Of two
veais AGO, whose blarkcncd oiitIiac stretches
cross what was once the heart Of ;hccitY. In
Only two or three instances have fires heru
"ccasloncd hv tlicr, anl then the !c&s tri.
ling. In localities most exposed 10 the shells
the old tide of business |, >ll> 'cudcd.
lrcrc and there Il pedestrian moves hMrricdiy
along; ahd the rattle Of Il car: or dray is beard
for Il Whole square The blinds are closed,
vases OF rare eSntirs droop aud witlrr oil the
lonely window still because there is no tcndc,
hand t. twinc or nHrlri>ll them. The walk
gli>tcus with fragments Of glass, ratified thithcr
by the conclusion "t cyp!o'Img shells, and little
tufts "i bright green grass ares ringing up
a!"a. III" pave nn'c vocal with the myriad
Tongues If h*v trade. If this he food for cx-
mai;nn to The ma!rv"lrut foe, he Is welcome
to the trrrl'.r n"rSrl. ! do mt mran to say
that any part OF iii" city IS abandoned. Here
aud there stores are opened machine shops
are active, and labor incident to the public de-
fence is pushed vi igornuslv V forward, even in the
most exposed districts. Still many branches
OF ord n'rv hn>in'ss, and most Of the residents
are removed, hrcarlsc it wunld he fnohar'ly
for those not impcIIcd By special duty to remain.
The Mills llon<c amI 'karIrston Ilotcl-
those rrinrrIy ah"drs OF comfort and good
cheer are closed; the Pavilion still invites the
>niournrr IL its hoSpitahIc roof; most OF the
hnturs of llavnc an'l parts OF Meeting and
King streets abandoned the merchants desk
for the camp, or transferred their. wares TO
pnu> secure from lamkrc yn"s. That part
n' the city to which the cowardIy vengeance