The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-06


LArER.-MlARIETrA July 2.--Notlinc new
beyond the usual skirmishng has occurred t,x
daV.
~ sergeant and two prvatcs came in this
morning from the Yankee lines Their terms
OF service had expired, but, owing to military
necessity, they were not permitted 10 leave
lhcy represent the Yankee army as bciun
much dsprtcd and avcrsc to prolonging hos.
t'llcs. Many men whose terms expire in Au-
gust were determined not to fight.
rANXI:E NEWS.
MARIETTA, july 2.-IHtc Cincinnati papers
received say tl'atn during the late skirmislliuo
"n the 18th, 10th, 17th and lSlh their loss has
| been four thousand five hundred men. As shown
l'y The Official and medical records.
lhc Chattanooga Gazette, of the Goth. con.
talns.a dispatch from Gen Sherman. Stan
tons dispatch to Dix, 18th, says Il liSpatcl
from Gen. Sherman, Received this morning. re.
ports " estcrday We made an unsuccessful
attack on the cncmys position, and lost be-
tween two and three hundred men. Our loss
was particularly heavy in officers. General
i.arkcr Is reported nortaIIy wounded, Col. Dam
McCock, commanding Il brigade, and Col
1tlce' CT the 59th Ohio, were very seriously
wounded. Coils. Crankin, of tic 10th, and Au
G''stlnc, OF the j5tll Illinois, were killed. We
took few prisoners, but do not suppose that
we !nn'ctc'~ a heavy loss, rs the enemy kcrt
behind his tortiiicaious.
ATLANTA, July 2.-'Thc Louisville .Ioayuoi
OF Tie 10Th, has been received. The news is
mostly anticipated.
N'ncrl'lla operations continue in Wcster,
kentucky. a fight with the Yankee trooIps
occurred near Uniontown. Another party dr.
lnandcd the surrender of OwensLoro. bni pa.
tired after Occupying Clcvcrp.rt and llawcs
ville:
The Washington Sfrr Of the 2ith ul.. SAYS
GEantS w"rHs command Petersburg and. tic
ran road through Petersburg, and stop all con.
t'nuo'ls communications between Richmond and
the South. SO long as Grant elects he can
holo the enemy il front hy threat and move
Sonttiwlth twenty days ratio,,s lie. must
follow or risk a heavy engagement on uncorti
fled ground"
Secretary Dana; WHO arrived from Grants
headquarters, SAYS the Federal entire loss il r.
cent engagements was oyer ten thousand.
~ correspondent of tic Cl:itanno-a Gu:rit,
says: son til" 2Gtll Il rebel force. cut tIc r,
road above Tliton, and aurn.,! two traio,
heavily trcghted with supplies. The travc
on the trains was very dangerous in conscuucnc,
OF frequent anhushc<"
On olc train four IIun,rc.l men were cam
turcd.
onc hundred vessels an,l Il large quantity OF
Government freight were collected above jIur
Peth Shoals on The Cumberland river Ne
more boats were able to ascend the CumIcr
land river, the Government bcinr unahIc 10
tnrn'sh cour'crs to convey information araust
the gucrrias.
The Sanduskv R'Yixtcr cf the 23l uh. states
that hc rebel Gen Archer has been Transferred
from J"l'lIS"n'S Is!nnd to Wlsilin~ton and will
he sent to General Foster to be placed under
rebel fire IN retaliation for the treatment Of
the Union Generals at Charleston.
IN Il icbatc III the Yankee House of Rcnrc-
Scntat'vrs on the 10Th ult, on The rcpeal of tbc
communication clause Of tIc Draft LAW Sbcu,.',
OF Ohio, supported Secretary Chase. "rhc re-,
'ell'on, ne said "must I.c put down, if not
now, hereafter, ifnot in ten wears. in twenty
years. peace could be made to-day every
sensible man knows it could not last sixty
days. IT we recognize the Southern Contcdc-
racy aS distinct nation, with its border from
The Potomac to the Gulf of Mexico, we NAV OK.
pect war, murder and everything else"
Dalv, OF New York, was opposed to the re-.
peal OF the commutation clause.
Garfield said if the communication cIausc was
retained their armies would not be olcouatc,v
| 1cd and the rebellion would not be mi down
dIr'nG TINS term Of Congress, nor under this
administration. '''''
NalIory' of Kentucky, made speech against