The Camden Daily Journal, 1864-08-08

; ot Uic earth as the Confodernto States have all'orded \ by revistiug this avalanche of aggression and assault. 1 | Lord Palmkhstok is behind the times, and so, we fear, tiro Mifssrs. I.inusay, Maso\ and other well meaning persons. A\'e havo long since passed out ol the when we looked^ across tho waters with anxiety for this measure of simple justice, and we may well afford to smij| at the importance wliich theso old fogies seem to attach to the doing of an act, which wo 'hold to he one of very trivial importance. The Augusta ChrQnicle and Sentinel clones an eluhriiti/"editorial, in.rnpjy to aotng strictures, with the l following paragraphs : For our own part, ' wo have our partialities; our aversions; our friendships; but. we shall never surrender our individuality, our independence, our privilege of speaking the truth. We shall fearlessly assault thy ! measures,of the AdministrntAm when we think that they ought to be opposed.. We shall unsparingly bring to'tho popular view their shortcomings. We shall applaud their acts when wo can. Wo are no may's organ. We know how to respect an uprigh,t true, conscientious and indefjondent public servant. Whatever of support we can givo to him, while pui suing His high, noble, patriotic course, u'o shall freely give- Hero Is our position. Wo shall maintain it. So far we have been independent. We may lose some friends whom we should bo glad to re| tain, we may make enemies by our boldness, we may 1 wound by our frankness ; hut ono thing wo iniond u> ! do-?we shall to the last assert our independence: we shalldaro to speak the truihWmd shall bring within ' the range of our observation the whole field of public i a flairs ; and llio columns of our journal shall all times I utter tjie languago which men love to lietir, who: feel I that thov tire freemen, and tlmt they have nof surf oj ilerefl their liberties, or sold themselves to any Administration. 'The Wheeling Vivginiji, Rei/hter savs: "Two handsome and accomplished younor ladies are *' to be tried for treason at the June term of the ooni'tat Fairmount. Tlio Attorney General i exnects to convict thorn rJ -or

1-\ ;V??'MtTUAMi.\lKUUl)S INQUIRIES ADdiwsed to this office in relation to tho Militia Laws of t ilia Staio-, the "following announcement, is nmle : I. All male white pcivons resident, in this Slate, between the ages of sixteen nu.il sixty years, capable oT bearing arms, except persons who nro exempt from "'all militia service." are liable to militia duty, both ordinary and in "tho ficjd in times of alarm, insurrection or Invasion. II. Persons who have been enrollod.for Confedorato service and detailed to remain at. home in civil employments or pursuits, or wiio have been exempted from Confedurato service during the continuance of such exemption or detail, arc liablo as other citizens in times of invasion III. Persons who have been enrolled for Confederate service, whether general or local, although detailed to remain at home, are not eligible to any militia oflice, "and no one liable to duty in the Confederate sor vice, unless be bo exempted from sa#l service, undor tho provisiona of tho Exemption Act of Congress, shall lorcaftor be eligible to any militia."?(A. A. Gth February 1863.) * IV. Detailed men who have bqon organized as such into Companies for local military servico by Conederate authority, will rot be held liable for militia service. V.v Militia officers in carrying intoexeeution General ' ' Orders No. 8, series 1864, from this office, will bo govirned by the foregoing instructions, and hold in rcadiles.s for actual service their rospectivo commands, in ibedieiico to said orders. * Dv command: t (Signed.) A. 0. GARLINGTON, Adj't and Inspector General S. C. Official: G. A. Follin. jr. A. Con

UU..VO, men.*! iow "j.ivs auur lyon. noou assumed tlio command of the nrihy of Tennessee, thar, with hi.: ! staff, he visited all the Hospitals at Atlanta, and - that j the result of his hi riot inspection was a return' of fif; teen hundred men to the front. Recognition with a Contingency.?The London j Times of July 16th accounts for the* withdrawal of Mr. 1 Lindsay's motion in Parliament for the recognition of the Confederate States by the statement that it was | agreed on in an interview with Pkemieu, held by ; Messrs. Lindsay and our late Commissioner Mr. Ma? i son, in which Lord Palmeuston gave "a sort, of prq#>' iso to support it at'a moro opportune moment?that is : to say, .when CIkan.t and Shekman have be.cn defeated, and the Confederacy stands in no need of rccognij tion." It is quite a.mistake, says tho Richmond Whig, J tp suppoto 11 Kit. the Confederate States have over stood ' in neud of recognition, and none the less a misiako from tlio fact that most of our own people at one time sh-red in it. Indeed, these Stales were recognized as i free and independent Cevernments eighty years ago i by the very Government over which Lord Palmarj ston now presides, and have been ever since as much

a grc^t success, completely frustrating the design of the enemy af that point, throwing troops along his line. Great coufusiou ensued. ,v No infantry attack was intended or made on our side. Artillery tiring along the, lines were v^cry rapid, for the space of an Jiour. Numbers of the enemy were killed fry the explosion of the miuo. A fow shells were thrown intp the city, after the explosion of the mine. Everything resumed its usual quiet this inorniug. FROM RIOHXOXD. Atlanta,' August 7.?<r'jhie following was received this morning : To the lion. J. A, Scddon, Secretary of War : \ The enemy made two assaults o\i Bind ley's and ' Lewis' brigades, of ibites' Division, Lee's corps, . both of which were handsomely repulse'd, with heavy !o?> to the enemy. (Signed.) ' ,Tk B. llufid. 1 Atlanta, Aug. 7?3 Irish skirmishing eontinned throughout yesterday. Last .night .on our left a lively artillery duel took place be.

niui-puiHiciii ana sovereign powers as that flovernment i They are uut lighting,now to achieve independence, j but to maintain it, and that in behalf thgv have given ' proof of power superior to any ever furnished by that i haughty realm. ' j When, in tlio history ol that renowned kingdom. ; has it ever happened that within tlio trrni of three ; years and three months three millions of men (or J that is the number to which Litieoln s last call swells | his lovers) have boon summonod tow ho field, for ruth' less war upon her?time millions of men on lanu, and I a navy numbering now, as is claimed, nearly six hun1 drod vessels of war, and many of these protected by ay invulnerable ar.Lor, and provi .ed with guns doubly i as formidable as any ever heretofore used in war'.1 I When, we repeat, has Groat Britain ever given such proof of bur right to bo considered one of I ho Powers

? the boxes, 100 feet 6 inches; depth of house,-100 feet ; depth of stage, 98 feet, capable of .'being increased 5Y;feet; entire width of stage, 17h feet. The cost of this magnificent building is estimated at ?lt,000,000 sterling, and it forms a great feature in the grand plan for the improvement of Paris now being carried out under the Emperor Napoleon. ? ? Gen. Forrest.?Parties from Atlanta state that Gen. Forrest was wounded in . a pecent fight in the foot. They also state that iic was froth Mississippi. We hope that the able commander has at last been permitted by ttye Richmond authorities- to unite bis forces with the army of Tennessee?although we regret to hear that he is wounded. If he had been per mitted to come in Sherman's roar long, afo? as he desired, and as. Gen. Johnston urged?* many of our existing evils would have been prevented;?-Aiityuuta Chronicle, 30/A.

Terijas of' Subscription. m * -- t Daily-paper per montb - - $3.00 " . * for Six Mouths - - $15.00 Weekly, $5.00 l^atos lor Advertising: For one Square ? twelve lines or? less ?TWO DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTS for tho first insertion, and TWO DOLLARS for crich subscqeunt. OettuiVRY Notices, exceeding ono square, charged at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and JoJj Wora MUST I1E PAID FOR IN ADVANCE. No deduction made, ebceept to our regular advertising patrons ?, v ; Vlie New Opera Blouse in Paris. Working drawings of this fiun building; now erecting in Paris, havd been presented to the institute* of - British. Architects by the designer,M. Charles Onrnier, and on Monday last, the President, Mr. Donaldson, brought them under the notice of the Society by a short description. The series of drawings, upwards of Tine hupdred and seventy in number,

many of them* of large size, and all of the most elaborate execution, applied only as far as the first floor of the building, at which stage it had -now amuved. The structure will be , the largest of the kind in the world, and in the richness of decoration andperfection of internal arrangements for the audience, the artists employed, and the purposes to which it. is' devoted, will be superior to anything* now existing in Europe. The following dimensions of the building were given as approximately correct, and contrasted with these of the priuciv pal opera houses and theatres of other European capitals, shows the scale of magnificence" 6n which this Jnald ing has been designed : Area, 265 acres; width of scene, 52 feet; width between boxes. 68' feet (the opera house at Madrid exceeding this by 2 feet); width between walls behiii'd