The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-20

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CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, July 20,
Tho crops Of corn, oats and wheat u North-eastern
Georgia, are spoken Of by the Athens papers as unu
sually fine. i.
GOV SEYMOUR, Of New York, has issued an order
calling into the field $4,000 militia Of that State to ell
iorce an order of court for tho arrest Of Gen DIX 10
The case OF the newspaper illegally suppressed by linn
Mr. EUGENE DuFnEz, a wine merchant, of New Or
leans on June 18th, was sentenced to the Tortugas
during the war His offence registering himself
as all enemy and not leaving tho lines.
y RAILROAD RA1D.-It is rumorcd that tho Yum.
KEGS nave made raid Oh The railroad at Opelika Ala
anu captured train Among the parties taken it is
said, was Gen. BRAGG
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a gentleman just arrived from New Orleans renorts
that the Conederates had fought and completely beat
Oh tho fankeea at Brashcar City TWAS reported in
tho city that tho rebos were advancing on Donaldson
vile.
! GLORIOUS NEWS lF TRCE.-The Richmond Se7,tiue,
states that lady who arrived at New Market from
Maryland brings tho gratifying report that our pry
oners at Point Lookout have been released
.
" 1t is announced from Richmond that Mr.. George A
rRENHoLM Of Charleston, has accepted the appoint
ncnt OF Secretary of The Treasury, and entered upou
tho duties Of his office.
We regard The appointment of MIR. TRENHOLM ss
the very best that could havo been made A mer
chant OF large and varied experience of matired
Judgment, fertile in resources and n consumn,,te a.
nanc!er if any man can galvanise the corpse of the
public credit, ho His appointment, however.
calls to mind the famous lises of Swift:
Sec here proof of Irish 80 nse,
Here lri islr wit is seen; .
When nothihgs left that's wortl. defence,
We build a ma gaLine.
Wien VIC heard some days since, that Gen BRAGG
was Oh his way to Atlanta We were opprossed with
iolebodng Of evil which has unfortunately been -,
alsed The brave and able general who reorlun;sed
tho shattered and dcmora,iscd wrecks of BRACES or
my, and SO thoroughly renovated its morale that he
has been enabled t retreat before the advance O. the
enemy absolutely without loss and without npairiuc.
fhe efficiency o his troops has been relieved of his
command. Many will say, and more will believe that
lie has tecn sacrificed To crafty personal. prcudjcc
and we fear ilrat'w tho facts arc disclosed his
tory VIII justify tho opinion. We do not care in the
absence Of full and authentic inlormation to discuss
tho matter now we are too sad at heart We ocl
as if we had received flunnng blow and are as Tho
sailors say, all aLroad."' All We know is that At
| the most critical moment of grea. crisis, the hand
which was guiding lis to safety has been para!ysed
the prop OH which we cleaned orsuppor has been with
drawn, or Gen 1Ioop, who has been assigned, tenno
rarily we suppose to tho command of the army Of tho
Chattaoochee we know nothing beyond The Tact that
he is gallant, chvarors officer the braycst among
the brave and devoted patrota Iio has never yet
had separate command, and has, therefore, had no
opportunity of showing his tncss for his present no.
sition He enjoys however, the confidence not onl1
OF his troops but Of all who know him. and wo hone
the result will justify that confidence But wo wait
'ho issue with painful anxiety which, wo have in
vain endeavorcd to shake off: ...1I
PRISONERS AT rANpERsoNvi1LE.-Thc Jour-