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The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-09
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we copy to-day from the New York HcruM
OF the goth, an interesting article onah iron
cIads Of tho Yankee navy, showing their com
plctc failure, after au expenditure of nearly
serenity millions Of dollarS The JIcyuM has
tho following editorial remarks on the subject
We have five classes of monitor batteries.
winch bave cost lis in the ncirlholhuud of
seventy millions OF dollars, and all of them
have bccn tried, except the ocean ronclads,
which are no more nor less than huge moni-
tors. The first lot failed, and have been
patched UP to enable them to fight and float.
The second lot would have sunk in launchino
but Their error was discovered in time, and the
vessels built up several inches. The Onondaca
is a great failure. She is barely above the
water with scarcely half her stores on board.
None OF these vessels have come up to the
promised standard in any particular Now we
have the result Of The performances of the Won
dcrtul light draught vessels, built to sail on the
morning dew. There is no doubt they arc the
greatest failures of ALL We have vet to test
the cumbersome monitors known AS the ocean
ironcla'ls. 70 think Of their crossin.s the
ocean is simply ridiculous, rs they carry but
six days coal for full stcal.,ny and it Is pretty
certain that their speed will never run up to
the proposed rate hoastiny1v announced.
a monitor has never foai~l which made the.
speed promised by her designers, and, from
-trcscnt prospects they never WILL Ne have
enough Of thrS, miserable failures on our hands
at present. Let lis build something that will lr
of Srrvcr'
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Cen JoTNsToS's headquarters arc at Smyrna Church.
little old country meeting house, with d,pi;atv
graveyard, six miles this side Of Marietta Ii,,,1
Cen STEWART oil the right, lIoop ol, the left, and
liAhpEE IN the centre with line extending :,cr.ss
the road is the organization of tic army
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Northern rarcr says that the following i, ,lu,
number oAmcn who have rc-cns,cd to serve Llx.
COLIN for the war up to st April
Frdn Maine there ;497 Ncw lI;,m,wl,irc
l2'2; Vermont, 1861 Massachusetts, 1901: Em,,
Island, s?%; Connecticut. :;490: New York, lGsls
New jersey, ISIS; Pennsylvania 1876: Delaware
lol; Maryland IT'S; West Virginia, 22ao: District
Co'm'''a' lis; Ohio: ls,32e Indiana, So57; illinois,
$3.50; Michigan. 4G7S; Minnesota 1850! wisco,,,
sim lo6% Iowa 500; Missouri ll07; kentucky,
2"OG; Kansas, 297-lnak king total Of lso77.
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-09
CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.
SATURDAY NlDzsN1N<s, .BtrEK 9,
Brig. Gen. w. =. Walker.

"o ar" very much gralicd IN hearing, BY I late
letter from this gallant officer that his wouu is doing
we'll and that ho is treated with kindness by The en-
cmy.
"o learn that tclcgraph1c despatch has boon re-
cclvcd from the Postmaster Of " Wilmington stating that
the railroad between Wcdon and Petersburg has i,ccn
repaired and tho mail communications between Viii
mington and Richmond resumed
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-09

G their appearance ut
brought to market
The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-09

1t is expected that the peruvians will soon
have 100000 men in the field to rcpcl Spanish
aggression. The Spanish Admiral offers to
give up the Guano islands and all rcprisals whom
Peru pays what she owes Spain. Peru ofer7
10 way when Span ives u, rclr,..ds
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

The REBEL STRENGTH.-In letter Civ
ing some intelligence from Richmond,
published in the World, we find it sta
ted that the organization of the Confed-
crate army embraces four hundred regi-
ments of infantry, of six hundred men
in each; fifty regiments of cavalry, Of
eight hundred men in each; and six hun
dred pieces Of field artillery, organized
in one hundred batteries, and manned
by twelve thousand men. This would
give total force Of two hundred and
ninety-two thousand men, and this is
the sum of the rebel force on paper. But
they cannot show an actual force of over
two hundred and seventy-five thousand
troops This results from the fact that
the ranks of some of the regiments are
not full. The cavalry force amounts re-
ally, however, to very nearly forty thou
sand men. OF these General Lee and
Johnston have each about fifteen thou
sand.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14
Cavalry Expedition.

The following letter written by
"Castleton boy" to his friends in Castle
ton, is sent US for publication
CAMP FIFTH KENTUCKY CAvAhaY,}
NeshrQle, Tenn, March 20, "a.
We have at last got back to our old
place at Nashville, all well and hearty
after one of the longest campaigns Of the
war. We have been absent nearly three
months, and nearly all of the time in the
enemy's country. We have done some
hard fighting, and considering all things
we have been very fortunate; we have
not lost more than twenty men in killed,
wounded and missing. We went as far
south as West Point, Miss. We went
from here to Memphis by way of Cor
inth, from there to Holly Springs and
Oakalona to West Point, destroying the
railroad and burning large amounts of
corn, cotton and other property belong
ing to the Confedera:es. By looking at
the map you win see that it was through
part of country that our troops have
never been, and one of the most fertile
parts of the South The damage done
the rebels by this raid cannot be estima-
ted, as it has been their dependence for
supplies Of corn for the whole western
army. We brought back with us about
1900 negroes and nearly 1000 horses and
mules all the negroes were fine able
bodied men and will make good soldiers.
We had some hard lighting to do with
Forrest, but came out all right. Our
Major and Adjutant were wounded; all
the other officers of our regiment got
back all right. We killed Col, Jesse
Forrest, brother Of the General, and Col.
Mccullough, and Col. Whitney, and 500
men, took $50 prisoners, including 2
colonels, captains, lieutenants, and
major, in West Tennessee. On our re-
turn we captured several guerrillas. All
Of them were shot by order of Gen.
Smith he has but little mercy for guer-
rillas and sbushwhackers. We returned
by way of Forts Henry and Donnelson.
In all our travels in the South. we found
but few men who were not in the army.
All that are at home are old or crippled.
The people seem to think that the Yam
KEGS will finally conquer, but not until
the last southern man has been killed
or captured. They are all tired of the
war but are not yet willing to submit
TO the Lincoln Government. H.p.G,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14
Miscellaneous Items.


Two rival boards of directors of the
Union Pacific Railway have been elected
one headed by Gen. Fremont, as presi.
dent, and the other by John d. Perry, Of
st. Louis.
When Senator McDougall, the drunk.
en- Senator from California, rides out in
Washington, servant follows to pick
him up when be falls from his horse.
John G. Heenan is still in London
He has fits now, and falls down in the
street He has never been well since he
was drugged for the fight with King, by
friends of the latter. 1t is thought that
he will never recover.
The English papers have new
grievance. Federal agents are actually
recruiting young women in their towns
to work in factories in America. What
a dreadfully aggressive people we are!
The Provost -Marshals 5 Office at Utica
was broken into on Thursday night, the
safe blown open, and 1,5O0 in green
backs and S4,700 in checks stolen there
from. The thieves are at large.
-One OF the Coles county (Illinois)
copperhead rebels, who was taken pris-
oner on being closely questioned in re-
iation to the number Of the copperheads,
who met for drill, answered after some
hesitation, 'Well, you may include the
whole Democratic party in this sec-
ton"
The st. Louis Presbyterians decided
at late meeting that the Rev. DIR. Nc
Pheeters could not be allowed to contin-
ue his ministerial labors at st. Louis.
Dr. McPAeeters was banished from the
department of Missouri for disloyalty
some time since, but the order Of banish-
ment was revoked by the president.
The Chicago Post-whose editor was
the personal and political confident of
Douglas-earnestly protests against the
efforts OF certain Democratic leaders to
array the party against the country. 1t
contends that such course is not only
disloyal but suicidal, and pointedly
remarks: We have repeatedly pointed
out the evil, infamous measures resorted
to by the few unprincipled men who
have seized the direction of the Demo.
cratic party and have rushed 1t from one
calamity to another"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

SEVENTEENTH RsGIMgNr.-Three more
companies of the Seventeenth were or
ganized as follows, on Saturday;
Co. E,-Montpelier.
Captain-George S. Robinson, Mont
pelier.
First Lieutenant-Wm. E. Martin,
Marshfleld
Second Lieutenant-Wm. B. Burbank,
Montpelier.
Co. F. Bennington and Windham
Counties.
Captain-Lyman E. Knapp, Towns
hend,
First Lieutenant-George Hicks, Ben
nington.
Second Lieutenant-George w. Kings
bury, Chester.
Co. G-Caledonia and Windsor Coun-
ties.
Captain-Elden J. Hartshorn, Lunen-
burg.
First ieutenant-Leonard I. Bing-
ham, Ludlow
Second Lieutenant-Charles ID. Brain
ard, Danville.
The Regiment now numbers 700 men,
and the Addison County company is ex-
pected to be- organized to-day. About
100 more men are wanted to bring the
Regiment up to the minimum number.
The Governor has appointed Capt. VIM.
B. Reynolds, Co. |, 9th Vt. Volunteers,
as Major, and Buel ]. Derby of Hunting
ton, who was Quartermaster Sergeant of
the Twelfth Regiment, as Quartermaster
of the Seventeenth.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

FRoM NEW ORLEANs.-It is reported
from New Orleans that on the 28th of
March Gen. Smiths forces had fight
with the rebel Gen. Dick Taylor's army,
10000 strong, on Cane River, twenty
seven miles above Alexandria, in which
the rebels were defeated, with loss of
two hundred killed and wounded, and
five hundred prisoners. AS the news
was published in New Orleans on the 1st
of April, entire credence was not then
given to it. In the fight at Bayou Rap
ides, on March %, our forces captured
two hundred and sixty prisoners, inclu-
ding twenty-five officers, four guns, and
four hundred horses. The Era of the
3lst ult., publishes the report of the
capture of Shreveport by our forces.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

DUTIES ON WooL.-The Committee on
Manufactures have made report, recon-
mending an increase of the duties on
foreign wool, as follows
On that costing Is cents or under per
pound a specific duty of 3 cents per
pound and ad valorem duty of 20 per
cent; over l8 and not over "a cents per
pound specific duty of cents and an
ad valorem duty of 20 per cent; over "a
cents specific duty of 8 cents and an
ad valorem duty of 20 per cent. The
duties shall be levied according to the
valuation at the port of entry, or custom
house where the duty is paid. In case
this home valuation is not adopted, they
recommend an addition Of 20 per cent
on the duties above.
The committee represent that the ex-
pectation that low grades Of wool would
not compete with domestic products has
not been realized. Seyen-eighths of all
importations last year were invoiced be
low the minimum Of IS cents per pound,
the whole averaging less than II cents.
The total amount of wool imported dur
ing the last year was 1882, 1913 pounds,
costing $12, ,290, $50, and the entire duties
amounted to only about 100000. This,
the committee say, has defrauded the
treasury and done great injustice to
wool growers.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

The SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT. - The
Brattleboro Phoenix understands that
the remaining six companies of the 18th
Vermont Volunteers, will be organized
and mustered into the United States SER
vice this week, and that it is the inten-
ton of the authorities Immediately
thereafter to dispatch the regiment to the
SCOT Of -r"r. TAs r~esant destination of
this regiment is Annapolis, with other
troops there rendezvoused preparatory
to joining the 9th army corps, under
Gen. Burnside.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

PERsoSAL.-Ogden B. Reed, Co. D, 10th
Vermont Volunteers, has been given
Captains commission in colored regi-
ment having successfully passed the Sc
we're examination to which all applicants
for such appointments are subjected
A comrade of Read, named Dodge, has
also received similar appointment
Gurdon H. Smith of Factory Point,
was severely injured a few days since,
by kick from horse
Gen. Horace Wadsworth, a prominent
man of Grand Isle County, died few
days since of typhoid fever, aged "a
years.
Maj. Gen. W. F. Smith is descendant
of the late Capt. Samuel Robinson, of
Bennington.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, APRIL IA, 1864.
DcnOcratic COwardicc.

Some who call themselves democrats
are lamenting that their party has fal-
len into the ruinous hands of "peace-
and.surrender" leaders. Other some,
who also call themselves democrats, are
protesting that a Var democrat is an i'm
possibility. The former are reading the
latter ont of the democratic party, and
the latter are doing the same to the for
mer. They all proclaim that they only
can save the country, but cannot agree
among themselves, and have not the
slightest idea, as to how it should be
done. The people who fail to see any
salvation for the Union in set of quar-
reling, complaining, disagreeing rule
or-ruin, office-seeking, malcontent, rebel
apologists, are quietly but surely bury.
ing them beyond resurrection wherever
they meet them at the polls. Under
these circumstances the leaders of the
queer, latter-day democratic "institu-
tion" are becoming dumbfounded. They
are compelled to try the non-committal
dodge. 1t is political necessity State
Conventions recently held in New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio &c, failed to indi-
cate that they had any definite opinion
upon the great question agitating the
country. Whereupon the New York
World, the the Metropolitan organ of
democracy" felicitates itself and the
party" 1t says:
"In two of the great states of the Un-
ion--next to New York the two greatest
conventions of the Democracy were
held last week, preparatory to the Ma
tional Convention which will assemble
on the 4th of July, at Chicago. In both
those conventions there pas aeiss and pra-
dent retico'ce on the question ,ohieh has, da-
ring the past year, oceasio,ied most difference Of
opinion among members Of he Democratic par
tg. 1t is well understood that unless
the party acts as an unit no section of it
can hope TO see its views carried out in
the policy of the Government during the
next Presidential term and all true
Democrats are prepared to make con-
cession rather than witness q perpetua-
tion of the present ruinous misrule."
The question referred to upon
which this wise and prudent reticence"
was observed, was merely whether the
Union should be defended against the
Southern traitors or should be destroyed
by an unconditional surrender to their
impious demands Upon this little
question, involving not only the saving
of our country and government but the
fate for centuries to come of free-govern-
ment the world over, the democracy"
dared to utter no opinion. 1t might
distract the party,-a thing of much
more consequence than country.
We cannot believe that there was ever
before in the history of political parties,
such an exhibition of indifference to the
preservation of an imperiled country or
such abject and utterly contemplate
cowardice as this But the people are
fixed in their determination to defend
themselves, their country and their dem-
ocratic government and we have no
fears of their exhibiting anything but
indignation and contempt for men who
. at time like this, have no principles
they dare profess.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

THE REBEL DIPLoMArrsTs IN EUROPE.
A Washington letter says that the func-
tions of the rebel diplomatists have ma
terially changed within the past two
months. Mason is in dignifed retire
ment-a perfect notwithstanding shut
himself out of sight of even his own CO.
temporaries. Slidell is speculating, and
has already obtained a notoriety among
the gamblers of the Bourse. He has
made money; but he never touches con-
federate securities, and, like Slidell, so
are all his co-adventurers.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

DEATHS OF VERMONT SoLDrxRs.-The
Tribune of Saturday last published a
list Of all the soldiers who died in or
about New York from April 1862 to
April 1854. In the list are the follow
ing named vermonters:
Second Fe,mont-David Green, Co. A I:
Terrence Roddy, Co. d Timothy c. Da-
Wis, Co II Harry Eleven, Co. K Quin-
cy F. Thurston, Co. D; II. Z. Lawrence,
Co. | /; Sumner Place, Benz. Taylor.
Third Pty,noat-King A. Chilson, Co.
A; Thomas Connell Co. A; Frank A.
Lamere, Co. B John W. Cross, Co. F /;
VIM. Crawford, Co. I Sylvester Robin
son, Co. K; s. W. Taylor, Co. 1; Vim.
Whitcomb Co. F; Alfred Bridges, Co. I.
Fourth He,mont.-Reuben B. George,
Co. A; Luther o. Prescott, Co. E J. s.
Smith, Co. G.. B. s. Downs, Co. A.
Fifth Pevmont--E. N. Marshall, Co. A
: E. E. Noyes, Co. II Peter w. Ryan.
Co. B.
.Sirth Vernont.-O. NJ. Hutchinson, Co.
E; Leander Haskell, Co. E; Edward
Lawrence, Co. X; Thomas N. Wood
man, Co. C.
Sere,'h Ptvnont.--Jos Cronan, Co. B
Fred. Gould, Co. L; Judson P. Howard,
Co. L.
Eighth Vermont-C. N. Leight, Co. r.
Ninth Vermont-Thomas Downs, Co. 1;
Chas. E. Barry, Co. A D. N. Searlc,
Co. H.
Tenth Ysrnont-Felix Kennedy, Co. B;
Elevenh Permoat.-R. W. Whitehouse,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

EXCITING SEssioN.-The House of Rep
resentatives had a very exciting session
on Saturday, growing out of resolu-
tion introduced by Speaker Colfax for
the expulsion of Mr.. Long, Of Ohio, for
sentiments uttered by him, on the day
previous, in favor of the recognition of
the Southern Confederacy. Mr.. Colfax
said he had offered the resolution not as
the result of consultation, but on his
own responsibility. If such sentiments
were to 60 unnoticed, we could not
complain of foreign governments recog-
nizing that confederacy-if thus from
the representatives hall the giving Of aid
and comfort to the enemy was unre-
buked. The government ought not to
ask of its soldiers to peril their lives for
the Union when its desertion was OPEN
Iy advocated. Mr.. Colfax said that he
had pondered upon his duty and felt
that he had double obligation on him
one as the presiding officer to admins
ter the duties of the chair and rules i'm
partially, and the other as representa-
tive from Indiana"
The discussion of the resolution was
finally postponed until Tuesday, by
which time the speech of Mr.. Long would
appear in the Globe, and the question as
10 Just what he said, about which there
was dispute, could be settled.
During the discussion, Mr.. Harris of
Maryland, (democrat) indorsed the SEN
tements Of Mr.. Long, and "boldly avowed
his qualification at the secession of the
South, justifying it fully, and rebuking
the democratic party for not daring to
come up to his standard of political mo-
rahty." Mr.. Washburn of Illinois. in.
SANITY offered a resolution to expel Mr.
Harris which received 81 votes against
oo' put two-thirds being required, the
resolution was not adopted. Mr.. Schenck
o. ONO, then offered resolution severe.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

THE CoPPERHEAD RIoT IN ILLINOIS,
A dispatch to the Chicago Post from
Mattoon, says =
Three days now spent in taking tes-
timony show plan to murder all the
soldiers in Charleston. The leaders were
John II. O'Hair, Nelson Wells, John Fra
zer, and Others. About one hundred are
implicated, thirty seven of whom are
now under arrest. The ringleaders es-
capped. Efforts are being made in the
surrounding counties to rally rebels, but
have failed. They are believed to have
all disbanded and fed. Eight deaths
have occurred, five of which were SOL
diers; one other will die. The soldiers
were unarmed. AL the rioters came
armed, with extra guns in wagons"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

Sg A Fortress Monroe dispatch says
that on the night of the 3d, forty rebels
landed ou the wharf at Cape Lookout
and placed the keeper and his wife un-
der guard. They destroyed all the oil
and exploded keg of powder under
each Of the towers, but as the windows
were open the effects were .lessened.-
Seventy feet of stairway was destroyed
and the lantern was so seriously injured
that it will take several days to repair
it. The schooner City of Jersey arrived
a few moments afterward, and the reb-
els skedaddled supposing her to be a
gunboat
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14

T The striking business seems
running itself with pretty high hand.
The latest instance we have read of is
that of the journeymen tailors of St.
Louis. The proprietors have adopted a
scale of prices, by which, it is said, $18
or $40 per week can be made, and bound
themselves to abide by it under penalty
of $1,000. These prices do not suit the
tailors, and besides they demand that
no females shall be employed, ercept their
e,cn rires. The tailoring business there
is consequently at dead lock.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-04-14
DEFICIENT Towns. - The Burlington

DEFICIENT Towns. - The Burlington
Times says
The statement of Solicitor Whiting
which is going the rounds of the papers,
that there would be no draft in deficient
towns, where the State was in excess Of
its quota, is entirely incorrect.
"On the 10Th of February, Adjt. Gen.
Washburn received an order from Provost
Marshal General Fry, which explicitly
stated that in towns where there was
deficiency, o draft should be made,
whether or no the State was in excess.
This order has never been revoked.
'sWe are also informed that Gen. Pitch
er has received authority from Washing
ton to announce the quotas under the
last call, according to his statement of
March l. This will be done as soon as
statement of the credits since March l
can be made out. A draft in the few de-
ncient towns may therefore be expected
and it behooves them by bounties and
Other means to secure their quota with
the least possible delay. Let the def
cient towns do their duty and the Sew
enteenth regiment will be speedily full. !"
So many different statements have
been made on this subject that we do
not profess to decide which is correct.
But we are certain that the safest and
most creditable course for deficient
towns is, to fill their quotas and so COM
plete the regiment now being raised in
the State and which lacks but hun
dred men or SO to put it in the service.
How is it with Rutland?