The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-02-12
CAMDEN S C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY a. NEW Sc

E Corros !. BUREAU N gsgSSos.-A CORES
pondent Of the Mobile Register writing from !.
Houston. Texas, SAYS: s5ss 4
(. General Kirby Smith, :bs sshe adyices Of
many of our leading citizens; las! organized a
cotton bureau. in this city, c@posed of Lieut..
Colonel w J. Hutchins, assisted. by George
Ball, B. A,3Shepherl, James soFlSy and WI,
Kyle. It's the design Of the board ospur- s
chasefo the Government one-half of all the
cotton in5t the State. giving certificates of tex-
from impressmept. for the other halt
They piopose to pay for it ip bonds, the antsf-s
Jest Of Which att fan per cent. s;Wil be paid in
especis5 provided they nan secure an:acfefC Coa-,1
.gress for the purpose (Csetton is now
here Is a s55 cents per pound. This lboardes-
poets to pay from 2 to ] 5 cents and tits be
5licved that one-half Of the cotton will be-
cheerf1lly. sold to them at that price. They
will export the cotton either through the block
ade or to Mexico, and an in return secure ample
supplies for the department : It may be-
thought that the Federal possession Of the
mouth Of the Rio Grande viii prevent this: 4
glance at the map will shoH that the Federafs
lave not men enough in the Trans Mississippi
Department to o.cupy The whole Rio ,Grande
valley; and if they had they could not feed
them. Once on Mexican soil cotton can be
hauled at less than cent "a pound Der one
hundred miles. Hence it is that the, ,holdingof
Brownsville was deemed of,so littleimpe pertance
TO US. IL. ~ Il. !,
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The CusREscY AND TAxlrIos MEASURES:
The Richmond Examiner Of Friday says;
at has already been mentioned that the Cur.
tency Bill passed the House Of Representatives
in secret session, last Saturday. it'was CON
sidered by the Senate on Wednesday, and re-
ferrec to the Finance Committee. The Fl
nance Committee still have the lIbefore them,
and on yes!erday. we're excused from attending
the session Of. the Senate, that their time might
be devoted to this important. measure.
"Thc BILL. it is said, proposes to reduce the
ndHatcurrency by compulsory fusdiag and
heavy taxation. Treasury notes now outstand-
Ing are to be tundab!c, for the first month after
the passage Of the Act, in six per cent, bonds
the second month after in five per cent and
50 on and all those not funded before the first
'iay Of next December, shall be not only no
longer funIahc, but shall be repudiated and
declared OF no value.
"it is reported that in the matter of taxation
tie bill cntS deep, the tax on the value Of all
personal property being ten per cent"
ARRESTS IN New foRE-On the 18th inst;
Collector Barney. of New York, refused clear
ancc to certain goods to Nassau, per steamer
Olympus, viz: Gunny bags, liquors, leather
and other articles usually dealt in by blockade
runners, and which were consigned to Alexan-
der Rahwing Il Bro, an agent at Nassau Of J.
c. Rahwing, now in Front Lafayette. There
is a good reason to suppose that the goods
were for the rebels.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL, a prominent member
of the New York bar, was arrested Oh the 18th;
BY order Of Gen. Dix. He acted as counsel
for Vim. Benjamin, who is charged with ship
ping contraband goods to Havana and Mas
sau, and the Government desires possession Of
certain books and papers belonging to the lat
ter, which Campbell refuse to give up
EAST TEyNEssEE.-Gen Longstrcet seems to
be doing very handsome business in East
Tennessee. lie has re-occupicd the greater
portion of it. and Is now in position to threat
en- Knoxville, the only stronghold Of the Yam
KEGS in the Valley of the Holston. at last
accounts his cavalry were only few miles
from Knoxville, to which place all the enemy's
forces East OF :hc Hoston had been driven.
Longstrcet's successes have resulted, no doubt
in his securing large quantity Of meat and