The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-30

PEACE RUMoRS AGAIN.-The New York papcrs
have put forth statement that Mr.. LINCOLN con-
templates sending FIVE commissioners TO Richmond
with proposals for :n>istlcc and conference and
although adhere to The opinion we expressed some
time ago, that tho prospects Of peace remote we
are inclnod TO think there may be some truth in it.
In the first place is stated that JGDGE BLACK, who
was first Attorney General and afterwards Secretary
OF State during Mr.. BUCnANANs admnistra alton, has
visited Niagara Falls in company with LINcoLN's Pri-
vate Secretary, and held conference with Messrs
| CLAY, HoLCoMDE, and THOMPSON This is the first
time that BLA OK has put himself prominently before
| the public since the breaking out Of the war; and we
regard it asa significant fact that he should venture
to do so now. BLACK has always protested to be,
and We believe really was, States lsightsmap, and,
if our memory ls CORRECTLY was understood
to have opposed in cabinet meeting, the
position assumed by Mr.. BUCHANAN. in the
message of 1860, denying the right OF secession Be
this as it may he has certainly remained in the back
ground since Mr.. L1NcoLNs election and if he has not
denounced the war; he has at least given it no sup
port. This non-committal attitude he has probably
been enabled to maintain through the influence Of
Stanton who was and perhaps still is lis iaw.parnor
and who is under many obligations to him. touching
which, by the way, wo could ndite all interesting
chapter if we had the time. Now BLACK is an able
man, shrewd Politician keen reader Of the signs of
tile times, and lie would ncve: allow his name to Get
into the papers quasi peace commissioner unless
he felt perfectly that lie could do with both
safety profit We therefore infer That BLACK has
reason to n.cve that Mr. llSCoI.S is Willing, to cn
tert;n al least to an ri entertain }r0pos, for
an .r:.iS:icc
AG,in; the tone OF i! resolutions and speeches at
Syracuse. New l6rk, "n'! Dayton, Ohio, shows that
there j. an organized party at the North, benton peace
al all hazards. and powcr'n! enough to make il "n OBJ
lcrt Tor LINCOLN to concate them :nl i; is possible,
and even proha''c that he !s propose arlnisLicn
for that purpose. Not that LINCOLN las any idea OF
Offering to the South amy that she could honor;
ably or even safely accept. but .rnis!ac wolll
bridge the interval to Novemhc next a.t if atroi,y
managed, enable SEWARD to detach the moderate re-
/ publcanS from the support Of the Chicago nonDce.
We will not be at al! SURPRISED then IT, within The
next day or two it shall te announced that propo-
stion for arnisce has been officially submitted by
Mr. LINCOLN to President DAVIS Will it be accented?
We trust not it to leave the contclline forces in
tatu quo, and we feel very sure that LINCOLN will not
onscnt TO evacuate our territory, and abandon the
blockade. Peace TO quote from our article of tho
3rd ins "is not possible on the basis orthe i possi
detis and even an armisce, which should leave the
enemy in possession OF the lortresscs tho sraepic
points, and tho vast stretch of territory they now hold
would prove ruitless. The enemy must give up every
foot Of Confederate territory before we can have peace
AMI it is folly to talk about peace until the enemy are
willing to conccdn. or are strong enough to CON-
pei tins"
An armisticc, proposed, not as preliminary to bona
G1e negotiations, but merely as an cleconeering
trick, can only mjure 'And if it should 5e accepted
by the authorities at Richmond wo should be forced
! to regard reconstruction foregone conclusion on
their part
SINGULAR RrH,AL.-In the Burial Rcoistrr
Of Lymi' gtoL Hunts there is th. foIlownn en-
try: "l2th August, l722-1his forenoon the
! body Of Samuel Baldwin, late inhabitant of this
parish, was conveyed in a vessel off to sea. and
was committed to the deep off the Needle Rock
near the Isle Of Wight" "Ths appears to have
been done," says Hampshire paper, "iu ac-
cordance with the wish Of the dcceascd to pre-
vent his wife from dancing over his grave, Which
she threatened to do"
Crinolinc is fast disappearing in Farisian cir
clcs. At the watering places it is quite aban-
doned, and it is said, that, in another twelve
months; the crinoline, will he unknown in