The Camden Daily Journal, 1864-09-10

?"Jeff. Davis" himself?could not, if ho desired to dc it, piny-the game that I am charged with having ployed; and that I could keep men' at homo nndei their "vines and tig trees" ou such pretence, howover warmly I might desiro to do so. is > idiculowsly absurd The report is untrue?I give it the lie directly and une quivocally?its author and its repeaters aro liars ant Hcouudrels. It is untruo?it is without foundation?it is as faldo a5} it is malicious. * Very respectfully, . ' * Your, ob't. servant, W. R TAYLOR. : ' Camden, Sept. 6th 186-1-. Consolation.?A Captain in the army hav ing half his coat tail burnt off by standing in meditative position too near.a log fire, had t( curtail its fair proportions until only about si? inches were left of what was once his coat' tail Having to ride through Cojquitt's brigade tin other day, he was saluted with remarks sucl as, 4tI say, mister, rise in youf stirrups, yon'n sitting on your coat tail/' "Look here old fel low, what do yon ask lor that long tailed jack ct ?" The Captain was not at all pleased a these and other similar remarks upon his per sonal appearance, but rode on in silence witl his face flushed and bis eyes dar'ing angri gliinces. Suddenly a soldier stopped in tin middle of the road, and respectfully giving tin military salute, said': "I hope, Captain, you won't mind the tall of these here boys. I've tried my best to stoj 'em, but it is no use. Every time a <! ?d foo passes here ihoy will holler at him." Yankee Estimates ok thkir Loksrh?Tin

[ W. G. Burt, of Co. A, 22d Regiment, S.'O. V., has J been promoted by the President to Lieutenant Colo; riel *22d Regiment, S. C. Y., with the approval of GenR.E.Lee?commission to date from ISth August, 1864. , : ^ v Merchants and others interested would do well to read the War Tax bonce, to bd found in another column. The''Assessors, Messrs. Cantey and Kennedy, are now prepared to' rectivo^lfch additional thirty por cent, upon all pi^H&ts made from "the sale of the nu! tnerous articles mentioned specially in the adveijj ti.-?binent. * ? ? Confederate Medicines.?A medical friend informs* tho Mercury in a brii 1 note, thu^ijuring n recent casn*al vi^it to the oQiee c-f S\ugeon General Mooue, a day or two sin e, ho was equally surprised aiid delighted to'tind a cabinet lilled with choice extracts and preparations of various medicinal substances,mineral as well | as vegetable. Mihiy of these ai ticles'wero with difliI cully, to bo prpcured hero belore the war. They are ; prepared at tho 0. S. Laboratory, in South Carolina | add for neatness of preparation and general "gotting j up," Will compare favorably, with tl ?? bt-st English and

a ever we tit irom KersUaw^Distriot?had fixed on a day for organising, When, to 1113' surprise, this novel, this i rftmnrknple governmental iustiiution called "Tho Kx. ecutive Council," passed a resolution prohibiting any more Cavalry Companies from going into service?I was therebjr estopped from further proceeding in that direction. 1 at once?as soon as 'I could-?informed \ my men of the passage of the Resolution to which*! refer?that I could not hold thcin, and advised them to attach themselves to other companies, and this every man did, and weut> off to the army, with the cx. ception of ptrhnps, somo two or three wl?b have been, I understand, detailed for somo'purpose. These few men have, I believe remained at their homes, but noi through an}r act, advice or agency of ir.ir.e. The fore going, Mr. Editor, aro th* facia, and facts are stubborn things. The idea that I could thus sereon men fron : llieir reBpectivo liability to enter the nrf?}', oven if 1 were disposed to do so, is jirrpos/t;ohs. "Why, sir, s with my limited intelligence and information, I suppose that'the Chief Magistrate of the Southern Confedhmrrv

AVAR TAX OFFICE, ) Camden-, S. U. Sept 1), 1.864. J* \\ 7 K A R15 N.,W PREPARED TO RECEIVE T V the additional 30 per .corit., upon profits mudn between the l\th day of l?"ebrujiry' and* iho 1st day of July ln'sl, upon flu? following articles, and request that pnrt|eR*liable to this tax will attend to' it ]/roinptly, otherwise the penalty will b? enforced". Upon nil profits made-by Selling between the lltlr dfcy of February, 1S64. uhd 1st day of July, 1SG1, Spir-. ? ituoufi Liquors, Flour, Wheat, C6rn, Rice, Sugar, Molasses or Syrup, Salt, Bacon, Fork, Hogs, Beef, or Beef Cattle, Sheep, Oats, Hay, Fodder, Raw IIides,'Leather, Hcfl^les, Males, Boots, Shoes, Cotton Yarns, Wool, , Woolen, .Cotton or mixed Cloths, Hats, Wagons, Harness, Coal, Iron, Steel or Nails, Money. Gold. Silver, Foreign Exchange, Stocks, Noton, Debts, Credits or Obligations of any kind, bought since January 1, 1863, ? and any merchandise, property or effects of any kind'. JOHN CANTEY. ) A ROBT. M. KENNEDY. _J AB38ssor8Sept. 10 . " 2" t. Green Tea.

i ricncii,preparations oi similar character. Many of J tliem, our correspondent says, are t>t*Southern growth, as well sis of .Southern 'manufacture ; indued, exolvisively Southern, as they arc not found growing north I of tho Potonmc. i Even in this can our sunny laud claim superiority? rich in gll minewd and vegetable production?, as she 1 is, \vc will shortly be ahje.to ulaini a Pharmacol ceia 1 of our own, and bo in this, as in everything elso, inde^ pendent. ? . ^ 1 MxanaaMi^MJ *mui ^rtv rm. azuia njvsr, i?i?b LATEST BY T^LSGRAgS* ^ REPORTS OF THK'PRKbS ASSOCIATION.. l" Entered-according to the Act of Congress in the year 1SGR, by .1. S. TilKASiiEIf, in the ("lurk's ofhee.of theDistrict Coint of the' Confederate States for the ' Northern*District of Georgia. 1 FROM RIOUMONDT T~ Richmond, Sept 0.?Gen. Morgan was betrayed bv a Mrs. Williams, at wltose house he and staff had put up for the njgjit. Afyer Morgan had retired Mrs. Williams mounted a horse, eluded the pickets and rodefb Bulls Gap, from l ? -r. - i ? -

?-V IU iue \V OSI^ Willi Cliase for President, and Frame Blair for .Vice President. The English press j ustities the seizure of the Georgia. The Herald says the fall of Atlanta amounts to nothing?most of the capture being ambulance traiijs. ??? ?. A Wolf and Deer Fight.*?'The Oconte (Wisconsin) Pionoer-tells a story of a contest near Oconio River between two bucks and a large gray wolf. THe moment the? wolf endeavored to seize one of the deer the other would strike him with his fore legs. The wolf would immediately leave ancj attack the one! that struck him. This strange contest' contin-J ued until the. wolf seized the largest by the throat and tenaciously held on until he brought him down. The other sprang with great force upon the wolf and cut him fearfully.' Tho w.olf slunk away, leaving one buck dead. The wolf was afterwards found dead a short distance from the field of battle.

vi He. Atvtiu. nubuiiig iiuiu uuciiici' or .ine rear of the enemy's army. NORTHERN XEWS. ^ Mobllb, Sept. 9.?Special telegram to the Advertiser, from Senatebia the 8th, with Memphis dates t<^the 5th, contains no Arkansas tte\vs. Citizens-in the lines 6ay it is currently reported in Memphis that the Confederate have captured Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Duyall's Bluff. It is also reported that the forces f?oin Memphis last week were whipped back. We shall have authentic information tepmorrow.? Government steamers have been fired 'into near Bayou Sara?the White Cloud being, severely damaged. A Federal regiment -was ambuscaded, and almost" cut to pieces, at Rock Point, Missouri. Wheeler was within six miles of. Nashville on the 22d, and,fighting was going on near Lavcrgnc. Four miles of the Rail Road were ...