The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-03
CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY MOIaNlNGy-AUE. ,

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WEDVEsD!AY MOltNlNGyM yMUG. p
a fire occurred in Columbia on Sunday last bv
WHICH over 1900 balos Of cotton wero destroyed.
From private despatch rcceivedathia mornlug from
Gen. STEPHEN ELLIOTT, we learn that his wound is
not considered dangerous and that he IS recovering as
rapidly as Gould be expected
! we learn. through private source, that Messrs
r. b. Cureton and Samuel II Boykn arc at Fort Della
ware, ana are quite we'll. hessrs. ". f. Johnston
U. I. oonney,.T. L. Boykn and L. H. Deas arc re-
ported to be in Washington. The latter, who was
severely wounded i'll the thigh the time Of hi, cap
ture, ID said to be improving. The rest quito we'll
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The raids upon the railroads in Virginia and Geor
ga and the consequent prostraton Of tho mail seryca
there oeem to have acted sympssAetical? upon the
roada rnd malls here For instance ws received last
night no papers from augusta except tho Chronicle
oa2 tStnftHel OF Sunday week. We alo received the
Columbia Guardian cf Monday, and no Cnrotnsau
at all Whers is the fault?
GOOD NEWS rRoI GEoRG1A.lOur exchanges of
yesterday filed with telesfms from various points
in Georgia. but tho dispatches are so confused and
contradictory that can make nothing Of them The
following dispatch seems however to be official and
therefore authentic 1t is addressed to the officer in
command at Charleston, Iand was received ,horo on
Monday evening". -;
AUGUSTA, August l.
- 10 o.oy. Gep Jones. Gen. Wheeler has captured
Ailedgeville are safe. The Telegraph will probably
% open 70 Atlanta tonight, BY way otNacon
4. E. ". h1Ns, Colonel
PEAoE RUNoRs AND PEACE PnospEcrs-Some or
c'fcment was produced few days ago. by rumors that
peace propositions had been reciprocaly submitted bv
the goVernments OF the Confederate anu tbe Initial
states, and although they turned out to be mere ru
mora they YET had, it appears some foundation in
fact.
Messrs CLAY, HoIcoMpr, and %isnERs, gent. man
now abroad IN tn" snrrice OF the Confedcru.z mo1t,
Eether OIL the Canadian sic cthe fall, Of the ria,r
ana th"nce nddres;e ,rInnlui. alton to Mr I,.co,x
through tho n"tori,u5 editor of Tho N y Ti5u,r 60
lci''n saio conduct to Washington end in,in,t;no
That IN interview between themselves and Mr. LINCOLN
might result in arranging the preminarrs Of peace
between their government and ;he United States.
Mr. CLAY and his colleagues disavowed, in the c,r-
respon"ace which ensuod, having any authority from
President DAVIS to ope, to Offer to one uego1,a
tlons for peace But this disclaimer was wholly mn
necessary to convince any rejecting man that the pro
caedings OF Messrs CLAY, HoLcoMBE, and s,sprus,
were entirely unauthorized By tho Confederate author
tiles, and were purely private and unofficial. The
se:respect and tho safety of the Confederacv Mike
require that she should d'mand the evacuation of her
territory, by the encmys forces as condition prace
dent to the opening Of negotiations Peace ,s not pos
sbe on the basis OF the ut possietis and oven m ar
misce which should leave the enemy n possesson Of
the iorresses the strategic points, and the vast stretch
OF territory they now hold, would prove futess The
enemy must give up every foot of Confederate terri.
tory before we can have peace and it s folly to talk
about peace until the enemy are willing to concede or
We are strong enough 10 compel this Now the Yam
kees manifest no inclination wbatevc- to relax their
grippe upon that portion of territory which thev
have occupied; and we certainly in no condition
at present. to recover it by force of arms Tho pros
poets peace are remote and no one wo are persuo
ded,apprecates this more thoroughly than Mr. DAVIS
And we have no idea that he will inaugurate anv
movement looking towards tho opening of negotiations
while the fate Of anta trembes in the balance md
the roar of GRANTS artillery shakes the windows Of
tho Executive mansion
This visit OF Messrs CLAY, HoLcoMBE and, SAN.
oERs' to Niagara and their correspondence with
in