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The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20
Sometime Ago.

'EheTHartford Conn.,, Times cSpis#
TIC following advertisement froMahlssss
Kingston N. Y" ."Gazette," Of Juhel 44s
1890. 'sNAtss
COR SALE.-The one.half of a lssa sayvs y,
Nni!: ying in the town of Rockefeller sA !
Aud also a stout healthy, activesales J;
gro wench. Apply to join shnen-'
n1ak'f, Jr, at Rochester" ssa I
The Times makes the annexed
comment Oh the above: M
And negro men and women MeTe
then sold all over the Northern StaHs;
and there were slaves in Connecti@
as ;*Ate' as 184s. Isn't it now preffb,
ee'ly for'us UP here to resolve tEak
Nc ale the saints, and that all slsNk:
Enldtrs are sinners? That we VIII
Whip and subjugate all slaveho1de ess;
take away their negroes and occuW
tLa plantations of their masters ?s:sss
That a stakeholder is a sinner, fit oR: oRs:
ly for IL while we; (that is, tIH!
SioyaJ,") are all saints. fit for heavdm
and happiness, and tliat slaveholdew
shall not sit at the communion table,
with us, nor live in the same Unioa8'
Ihls is progression on the part OF IS
class who live on the money made
from the slave trade, slave labor,
1Iurn, the war, etc. Why don't the
''o''' answer more sDeedilY the long
pl;s, RS of all such loyal FOLKS. 2!
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

ANDY Jo"NsoS.-Of Andy johnson the Con.
sutut'onal Union. gets off tho following:
Andy johnson, of Tennessee, is known to be
one Of 4! the most consumato demagogues living.
IN aod.tlon to thousand other little tricks re-.
sorted to ny him o'Inake himself popular with
the Masses we are told that he keeps standing
IN IN front OF tl's elegant mansion in which +hee
l'ves' a small, o1e story shanty in which he
once worked as jonrneyman tailor; this he
points out to his visitors telling them the story
'f his early struggles in life. lie foreets how
ever to tell them one other thing Connected
WIN his humble origin-how he has an old
mother more than seventy years of age who
ne: nc s"llers to traverse the streets of Philadel-
ph'a with basket on her arm, selling tribe
tor living Ye who have hearts, only think
o. tins; man who is rolling in wealth, and
asp'res to the position of Vice President Of this
great country, suffers his old mother to trudge
about the streets of large city, hawking trlpe.
that she may buy brssd to keep her poor soul
and body together.
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-. -. :. 'Ilsi
't1iar ThtsMdcrcr''. oM American sol
dierS. ~

The London Times says: 1t is
>s'e Of the most astonishing incidents
~ the remarkable struggle, that, bat
ties which surprise all Europe by
the:;' fierceness should be fought by
aln.5ns and generals extemporized for
tbs ,:casion. 1t is "a lesson which
~h' d be carefully noted. Thepests'
h@.'' a regular battalion in Kks..
VIE enormous hosts which are eDHssi esDtGassi
':a' ng with such unparalleled sfss
:uc'yy and resolution. The veterans'
>7E'2 are occasionally spoken of caR-i
no5 ~ possibility be soldiers Of 1nMs
5han three years. standing. Our owl
*"'u1teers are oldertroops than thos&
,l3.''"r Grant Lee. The whole VI
Il" readful fighting has been done
~ 5luateers and volunteers without
"s luch training as our riAemen.-
lei these raw companies, without
professional spiritor rcgimental ira.
ditions, with captains snatched from
the: counter or the store, and with
Generals who were attorneys few
months ago, are fighting with as smuch
obstinacy and heroism as Napoleon's
Old Guard Of Germany's bravest
warriors. There may be little science
in the business, but of all that makes
soldiers there is as much as in any
war Of W hich we read,
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20
Slave Labor for tie Coast,
:, .tici,sl1E ISToNa aNQ. 2 a

T coMMIssfoNrRs1.o OF nUabs AND ~HE
Lancaster ssseia s '"s!S, psansIag Dss|s %
boro, Marion. Sumter, Clarendon, Wiia,hsbias sand
Horny will forthwith summon all snyeholders within
their respective limits to deliver ONE.ALF Of thlir.
saves liable 70 road duty at the Railroad depots near
est their residence, on TUESDAY THE 9TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, NEXT, at o'clock, 4. m, thero TO-
await transportation to Charleston for thirty days
abor on the Notifications.
IL. The Confederate authorities have made reou;si
ton upon tho State for Two Thousand laborors month]v
The proportion heretofore called for. had
failed to supply half of this number In view of this
ac and the great urgency of the demand for labor at
this time it is deemed e1pedient to shorten the inter
val between the calls and increase the quota This ia
no violation Of tho law for it does not fix the ouota Of
labor nor the interval between the calls but prescribss
that such proportion shall be called for as will f the
roqusi:ion. giving thirty dnys notice. Each Division
in the order fixed will be required to furnish Tho
quota, and no injustice will be done to apy
III. AL parties, whether individuals or commands
VINO own or employ more than road hand are re-
CURED to furnish their quota (onehalf unless relieved
by detail from Department Hcalq,arters This can
relieve only those hands permanently engaged on the
specific work for which the detail was granted. Com
mssloners OF ROADS will give their attention to this
matter and report to this Office '
". Great confusion exists from the m,arf.ot man
ner In which the names Of owners are given to aoanta
at he several depots 1t is the duty Of one or more
OF the Commissioners to be present to verify the quota
OF each owner, and prepare correct lists
Within five days after delivery on this call thew 1v
please forward to this Office names Of defaultera i; th
respective divisions of roads 0''
R. B. JOHNSON,
,o m Agent Of the State Of So Ca
'e""' ~ s.tuthtd
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

SHERMAN seems to no fearful Of sto,ning our lines,
anu HOOD waits patiently for demonstrations from the
enemy Every day general engagement is postpon.
cd adds to tile security Of he'city. lloop is contnu
a!iy strengthening his position, and is even now pre-.
7ared'to meet the enemy at any point he may choose
to make an assault Since the death of McpuERsoS.
SHERMAN seems to be sluggish in his movements
MCPHERSON engineered SHERMAN into Georgia and
we are inclined to the belief that ere many moons
SShall "ane SHERMAN will invoke the wrath of Nc
to engineer him out again. We await future action
with confidence
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

e !:'''''""fr. correspondent Of the New York
"o' |" predicts g:"n' invasion by the. rebels. soon
with IL view to effect the capture Of Washington,
which was not the purpose of the last INVASION Also
that Pennsylvania and Ohio Indiana, are to be in.
waited at an early day, and tho theatre Of war trans
lerred to those Statcs from tho South
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

The warts producing great distress among the Ia
boring people OF the North The premium on gold
and t'cNi"h prices Of dry and wonlen goods makes
the summer one great distress 4 NoAhern letter
writer says he can't tell Hhow the people will be able
10 claLhe and feed themselves ihs aun.-.e-.".
hov, then will it he when winter comes? Verify.
}te "o"''''"n fanatics wi'o brought about this hor
"ar1f4"'e served wind to re"i' whirlwin" How
long the laborng poor Of tie North will cudnre their
rule, time will soon tell!
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20
FROM MOBILE.

MOBILE, Aug. ls.-Yesterdoy Capt. Moore,
with crew Of scouts in skif, captured a
Lieutenant and eight others, with their launch.
es, near Cedar Point The prisoners have ar:
rived here. All quiet. ~
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The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

Cen GRANT besicgiug Richmond from point be-
tween twenty and thirty miles distant, reminds us of
An old hen who killed herself trying TO hatch out two
nests of eggs, ten feet apart at the same time Her
ambition was greater than hor ability and she died in
the effort
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.


Entered according to the Actof Congress- in tho year
1868, by j. s.. THRAsHER, in the Clerks Office ofthe
District Court of the Confederate States for the
Northern District of Georgia "a
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20
CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.
FUNERAL NOTICE

THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF SERGEANT
EDWARDG. WILLIAMS, Co. D, 1st South Carolina
Infantry, will be held in the Episcopal Church THIS
Saturday MORNING, at half past nino o'clock. :
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

isSoHASGE OF PRISONERS is prospect of
tho exchange of prisoners OF war being resumed We
hope nothing may ipterpcse to prevent the cons,,mna-
tion of all object which the Confederate authorities
have labored to accomplish The number Of prisoners
held by the two Government is about equal
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

FLEcr1oI.-J. P. THOMAS hes beon elected Colonel,
B. +. EVANS, Lieutenant Colonel and JOHN ALExAN-
DER Major Of the regiment rccMty organized for tile
defence and protection of Columbia
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

NORTH M1ssIssrpI.-The Clarion Extra of the 9th
Gays tho last news from the Yankees in North Missis-
sippi represents them Abbeve, on the north
side of tho rallaatchie river They are said to have
nine breudcS and thirty-eie pieces of artsry-heir
:olae IS ESTIMATED at twenty thousand.
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Headquarters,
tONSCRIPT DEPARTMENT..
"EOJJ;NRJ, A,,r ~ 1904

OULUNB1A, aug. II, 1864. J
~SPECI1L ORDERS NO. l04.
T" DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE COM
L L . mandant Of Conscrpts from his Post, Lieu
tenant r. Is. BOYLESTON will act as Commandant
rfHon.erpis Of and will DO obeyed and respected accord
bsHcommand OF Maj MELTON, CoWdt. Of Conscripts.
JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON,
1r. 1ient and Adj:
1aS Cahol'"aan three inscrtions-every other parcr
in tho State EACH
August 90. :
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

Every soldior sick and wounded, properly ea cd for
by the people at hoIuc and. restored health is
soldier saved to our cause
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

The white and black officers captured lately at Pc
tersburg conined together.
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

Northern papers state that the Federal loss at the
late battle Of Winchester was ovor one thousand men
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20
F1aHrINe BY PRoxr.-The Yankce papers

F1aHr1Ne BY PRoxr.-The Yankce papers
make public a letter from Ed. Everett 10 the
Governor Of Massachusetts, in which he states
that he put representative substitute in the
army nearly two years ago, and how desiressto
procure another. Whether this Representa-
tive" says the Richmond Whg, was an
"American citizen Of African 'sceH," and
whether he now represents the Hon. Edward
in this world or the next, the letter does not
disclose. There are in the Confederate ser:
vice, with mnskets OF, their shoulders, men
older aod more inirm than this able bodied
Yankee; but he, like a genuine Bostonian,
prefers fighting and campaigning by proxy
ssNo man could give expression to more pol
Itishcd and sounding platitnacs than he upon
Sathe duty ofcitzcns, and. the inspirations Of
country and flag; but such sentiments find
Practical expression, in his own case, in paying
Eblood-noney for mercenaries who are not .citi-
Esz2ens, and care nothing for flag or county
sMasSachusetts patriotism runs now exclusively
ban this channel. Negroes ana Irish and Dutch
are the Representative substitutes" of those who
|hed most to DO in causing the war; Carolin
aan.
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

Seven, lmfspSaand people have died of sstarva-
t'onat g saatlso. Almost as bad as recon-
nonAqseHshhs so prce at neutrality-suspicious.
= tUET'.i: :ITiha e.
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-20

AST1DorE FOR DEsroNDENcY.-Jo the
army anG prepare to follow Sherman to tho
border.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-02
LEGAL ore

EITUS H. EARNST, near Petersburg In
the State of Virginia, and Rasseller 8.
Eaynst. of Adams County, Indiana, will take
notice that Henry Winbigler, administrator. OF
the Estate of John Earnst, deceased. on the
18th day of October, AID. 1864, fled his Pc
tition in the Probate Court within and fer tho
County of Ashland and State of Ohio, alleging
that the personal Estate of said decedeat is
sufficient to pay his debts and the charges OF
administering his Estate, that he died sie5ed
in fee simple of the following described Real
Estate situate in said county OF Ashland and
State of Ohio, being q part of the South-East
quarter eff section five (5), township twenty
one (2lG Range fifteen (15), bounded and de
seribed as follows Commencing On the North
side of the East apd West road leading through
the town of Jeromeyille at the South east cor
ner of the ally east of Land deeaed by Aaron
Whissimoret to Samuel Meng, ond thence north
along the east side of said ally $50 feet. thence
east S feet. thence south $50 feet, and thence
west so feet to the place of beginning. being
the same lot or piece of land decided to said
John Earnst; deceosed, by David Steel, that
Reb eeca A. Earns: is entitled to dover In said
premises, and that Elizabeth NJ. Earnst, james
NJ. Earnst, George A. Earnst, David Earnst,
Titus H. Earnst and Rasseller S. Earnst as
his heirs as at Law hold the nsxt Estate ofin-
herstance therein.
The prayer of S. IL petitioner is for the as
sienment of dover to said Rebeeoa A.. Earnst
and for q sale of said premises subject TO
such dowestate for the p .yRent of he
debts andarges aforesaid.
Said petition will be for hearing on the 18th
day of November, A. D. 1864, or as soon
tn GREATER as counsel can be,heard. - 80
sTTz ba HENRY WINBIGhER;
@ $50 Administered of John Earnst, decd.
By J. D. Jones, ATTY.
October u lSSk-4wlS
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GUARDIANS SAFE.

TN pursuance of an order of the Probate
Court of Ashland County. Ohio. made on
the 10Th day of October, AaD. 1864, in the
case of John D.. Jones, guardian of Luella
Porter, against his ward andSothers, the IN
d~ersigned will,
On TIE 10Th day Of Nouenabeer. 1864,
at 2 o'clock, on the premises, offer at public
sale, the following described real estate, Sit
uate in Ashland County, ohio, to wit: the I'M
divided one sixth part 81 the North west quar-
ter ofsecti n eleven (1fA in township twenty
;one GU and range sixteen fl6J or tie Virgin
Ia Military District School lands, subject to
the Government claimithereer, as school land.
Also the undivided one-sixth lar: ef one
hundred acres of land off the south side of he,
south east quarter of section number eleven
(E1) township twenty one (21) AMI range six
teen (i6), under the same restriction and reg
~ulations as the first described tract. subject to
the dover estate of Rebecca Porter, widow of
John Porter deceas ed.
Terms of sale-one third cash on day of
sale, one third in one year and one third in
two years from day of sale, to be secured by
mortgage on the premises sold, and deferred
payments to bear interest at the rate Of 6 per
cent. per annum. payable annually.
Appraised at $l8S0. 90.
49, JOHN D.. JONES 3
Guardian; of Luella Porter.
Oct. 10 n1o
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Taxes to be Collected after the
III NE EIecffOn. ~

1t is not generally understood that the
special war income tax of five per cent.
Is not to be collected until after the Pres
idential election. The object is to keep
the people in as good humor as possible,
in the hope that, forgetting the heavy
burden which is to fall upon them, they
will be deceived into voting for Lincoln.
After the election, no matter who the
successful candidate may be, the people
will have cause to feel what the rule of
the Republicans has cost them. For
he same ~reasen, the assessment and col
LECTION Of taxes on real, estate has been
deferred until 1865. These, it is expect
ed, will redeem the bonds and greenbacks
which the administration has Issued and
is issuiag 20 p~rofusely. 30 "*' <' :
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-02
Look Out.

Look out for the Ashland Times this
week. Ordinarily it is filled with a batch
.oe wicked and wilful lies just preceding
the election, and there is no reason to be-
lieye that it will not be this week. With
its late acquisition in the shape of local
editors it is better prepared to fulfill its
mission of lying than ever before. JEFF
never was known to tell a word of truth,
and as far as the local editors are concern
ed. y Henderson, the niger, is the only
one who can speak truth and shame his
partners. Look out for Bounty thieves,
niggers and doctors
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-02
Meeting ON Saturday Night.

The Montgomery Club will be address
ed on next Saturday night, at the Court
House, by the Hon. JAMES E. Cox, of
Mansfield. Mr.. Cox is an interesting
and argumentative speaker, aud sound for
Mcclellan and the Union. Hon. 7. j.
KENNY has. also been invited to, address
the meeting at the same time and place.
Let all turn out, as this is the last wag Of
the hammer. Tuesday decides the issues
before the people, and determines wheth-
er white mems rights are to be respected
and whether we are to have a free gov
ernmenta as Washington handed it down to
us, or whether we are to be degenerated
into a miserable and degraded Abolition
despotism of Lincoln creation. Turn out
to: the last meeting and hear the facts.
The ladies' are invited.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-02
Road Notice.

Notice is hereby given that a petition will
be presented 10 the Commissioners of Ashland
county, at their session on the first Monday OF
December lext, asking for the vacation of .
road and the laying out of a new one, as here
matter described. viz The said vacation to
at the beginning of the County
road at Charles Mill, in Mifiin township,
Ashland county, running to Mansfield, Rich
land county, and terminating at the North
west corner of the East half of he North est
quarter of Section thirty five 1857, Range sew
enteen az, owned by Wesley Copus, and to
lay out and open a new road commencing at
the last mentioned point and running thence
East along the North line of said section
thir y-fye until it interseets the County road
leading from Mifhin, in said county, 10 the
said Charles Mill.
asbIa.l No-0 N4nl -
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-02
The mystery Solved and the ePres-

The Mystery Solved and the Pres
sure AssumedEThe Immortal ~. N"
the greatest orator, philosopher and satir-
list that ever lived, arrived in Ashland on
last Monday, for .he purpos, of surrender
ing himself as a willing martyr to his
views upon the war. he offered him
self to our worthy Sheriff, James M'Cool,
Esq, to be incarcerated in the darkest
dungeon of our prison, and manacled with
chains, he remarked as he entered the
gloomy portals of the prison. a martyr,
10 taxi upon himself the '~'pressure' exist
ing or prejudice that existed against him.
The South, he reasoned, were justi6able
from the stsnd point from Ekich they
viewed 1.-THE war was a misunderstood
ing between the two see,ions-that each
reasoned from their own basis, and if ever
a reconciliation was effected each must
consider the others clhims; but they now
stood Internationally opposed to eacA
other. In other words, if ever the Union
is restored his theory of truth will have
to be recognized.
Our Sheriff, although a brave man,
could not "stand the PRESSURE but OBJ
served to the martyr, 81. N" L know you
are right, but the general pressure is so
great that I cannot accept YOU a as martyr
81 LA as XII
to your views on the war"
81. N" r~ecouciled himself, and will
select another dungeon.
GIN" is the hero of 9 incaTcerations,
self inflicted at bis own earnest request.
Bolts, lars, dungeons ana chains have no
terrors- for him, but, on the contrary, he
deli shts in them. 81. N" is the Mon
arch of Martyrdom end the Paragon OF
phile sophy. The pages of history furnish
no instance of a nan martyring himself
in order to remove the prejudice from the
who sympathize with him and the
press that recognize his truths.
Q ~. N" will lecture in the Court
House, on next Thursday evening, and he
it distinctly understood that he
assume all the pressure" upon him
by showing why all think as they
Subject, Truth and Union. The
ladies' are especially invited.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-02
NEW ADvERT1sEMENTs.
Large Auction Sale Of Very Desira
BILE Town Lots.
The Undersigned will offer at public auction

The undersigned will offer at public auction
On Thursday NovemGer Eth, 1861,
a large number of very pleasantly situated
and well located town lots, in William Was
sons addition to Ashland, Ohie. These lots
are situated on elevated ground and overlook
The entire town and surrounding country for
many miles. Ashland is the county seat of
Ashland county, one of the best agricultural
counties IN the tate, and is situated upon the
line of the AtlaDtie-& GreatwWestern Rail
Road, acontiuueus Broad Guage from New
York City to st. Louis, the greatest Rail road
in America, thus Offering fine facilities for bu-
siness. No town in Ohio is more healthy and
must with the onward progress Of events
double its population in a short time; it con-
tains six different Churches and excellent
schools, and an active and intelligent popu-
lation, making it a very desirable place for
families to reside. No better view can be had
in Ohio than from the lots offered for sale,
making them unusually pleasant and desira-
BILE for residence or to hold for speculation.
Persons would do well to go and see the prem
'ses. Terms, half cash il hsnd and the ball
ance in a year, with interest.
WILLIAM WATSON,
Ashland, Nov. 2, 1~S6i.n29-2w
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1864-11-02
aTo whom it ay Concern"

Having sold out my interest in the
HAshland Union" desire to make imme-
date settlement with all my old subscri-
bers and advertisers. I must do this at
once. 1 therefore call upon all to come
up and make settlement. / have no dis
position to be harsh, but if my accounts
are not liquidated within a reasonable
time they will be left with the proper cf
fcer for collection. Save costs by paying
up Let every man coming into town
make arrangement before leaving his home
to pay up the old account. ssh, rso
JOHN J. JACOBS:
Ashland, Oct. 19.-nl9f
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Every person who votes for Mr.. LIN
COLIN, votes for more drafts. IF Abe is
elected, he viii draft every two months
and those who vote for him should be
drafted and sent to the front. Any man
that will say by his ballot that he is in
favor of prosecuting the war till the re-
groes are free. and too ~cowardly to shout.
der, a musket and help free them, is mean
enough to make a good Republican
That's all.