The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-03


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Grant md tho Telegraph.
Grant has estao.. he'd line oftclecraph from
his headquarters, near City sPoint, to Ports
mouth and Norfolk, and thence to Fortress
Monroe. Evor since the limo was put ND the
wires nave been cut on np average about three
times week, which has been a source of no
little annoyance to the ras .ible Lieutenant
General .. rta..... :
He has endeavored to find out in vain tie
perpetrators Of tho mischief, but, rs retalialo.
~ measure, has confined in Fort Powhatan tbs
Rev. E. c. Murdaugh. William Ruffin. old Mr.
6arham and John J. Deal, ESQ., the Postma.-
ter at Cabin Ppint These citizens, he declares
shall be held as hostages. and if the wiro are
again cut they are to be executed, and every
building within five miles Of Cabin Point com
1nltted to the flames. Mr.. Murdaugh is widely
known RS M ister of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church, and the other three gentlemen
named are represented td be most worthy and
estimabo citizens.
Grant has not the shadow of proof that e
ther of these gentlemen have ever intcyfered
with his telegraph wires, and yet he drags then,
suthiessiy from their homes and places them in
confinement. The Petersburg i2zpress thinks
that in this. and in all similar cases, tho Coz,
ernment ought to- reta|iate, and that too worry
: promptly 1t says: "Let four protniuent Yam
zee officers be Immediately placed in cloae con-
nuement, and If Grant does execute his threa,.
let the Yankee officers swing tsssta.ter The
Itg'mt'ons must be rigid!y enforced An eve
Tor ap eve and tooth for tooth, is the only
way to deal with tho semi -hari,arous foe we
are now fighting"
ANDY JoHNseN.-A Yankee paper ;,ivcs :,
sketch of the Life and Serviccs'. of johnson
the Lincoln candidate for Vice. President. Ac.
cordlng to this, he was born at Raleigh, N. G.,
on the 29th December, 1908 He lost his
father IN MS fourth year. His family was very
poor, and nc was apprcnticed to tailor in his
native city, with whom he served seven wears
re never attended school a single day in bis
life; but whilst learning his trade, and by aid
OF the Journeymen, he acquired a familiarity
with the alphabet As soon rs he coud ;n;;-
perfectly read, he borrowed q few books. fron
which he amassed all the learning he had until
he married, which was in his twentieth wear
H'a wife then taught him to write and cinher
41e worked for short time at Laurens. c. RI
South Carolina; then returned to Raleigh
subsequently, be settled in Greenville, Tennes-
see, and there was alderman and rnavor. In
1852 ne was elected to tho Legislature. In
Ho.o, 40 wac Ottlocratlc EtectOr Of Iennessea
IN le4l' ne was elected to the State Senate.
IN 1913, ne was sent to Congress, where be-
served till 1853. That wear be VIM elec,ed
Governor, and reelected in 1855. In 1851,
ne ne was CHOSEN United States Senator, and fin
''hed bis term last March year. He is now |
military Governor Of bis State, and NAV I ho
vice-President OF what is left Of the IIn;ted
States. 'oN
a GOOD REroRr.-An English gentleman
possessing keen wit, was at a brilliant Assem-.
oiy OF the elite OF Vienna, where a. distinguish.
cd 1ady Of that city frequently amused herself
and a immediate circle of friends by saying smart
al ana uncoartedss things to annoy them. "By
the way added she, show is It your country
women speak French so very imperfectly We
Austflans use it with the same freedom as f it
were our nat'ye tongue" "Madam," rctortcd
ne; but with tho blandest manner possible II
, know not unless it be that the French armv
have not been twice.to their capital to teach il
As they have been to yours" -.''1ff