The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, June 17, 1864, Image 1
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>. M vessGRirttoxBXFoM rniTriooi, mra
aSSr?1^ RgnR?!iCK 70 SAm<}
: lf?l)iiiwlii*i find to what woold now ba eem#
aMerwi a good oi l age. Few peepli.in th?M
Utter days edit reasonably hope to attain their I &
nine handled end sixty-ninth year, though at j
the rate autue have grown old onder the opralien
of the conscription law, it has been alily l
hinted that they will soon approximate the an- j
tedilnvian standard. |w
But that it not the thing which we had in *
our mind when we Wrote the caption of this j *
brief article- Tlie fact it, that something sag- \
gested to us yesterday the idea of a militia \ *01
muster in those early days when people count* ** !
cd the stage* of their live* by ccntnric*. We |
seeing to see some of the -cotemprorics of \
Tubal Cain, or some colonel or enrolling ofij-: ^
i .4 # a * a* ? .1 a * itni
cer oj mc i^and ?1 Aod, calling upon Wic awe- ""
bodied men, between one hundred and eighty | **'
and four hundred and fifty, I? be and appear, i P?
armed ami equipped, as the law direct*, at the J **'1
u*tra3 murtcr grcwimi ?ear Tufa! CainV blacksmith
shop. And then wc could fancy the
?nb?eqncrtl call for the referees, including all fQr
the yoatha, between on* hundred and fifty, one
hundred and eighty, and all the men, between ^
four hundred and fifty and fire hundred. If I
they bad substitute* over the conscription aget! *c
tb*y prvibahjy came from tho claw between j <?TI
five ano ail hundred?hale, hearty men, * lit* ***
tic over their prime, but still equal to got*) ^
militanr ncrrice.
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And the antediluvian* weto a pretty haid oc
us*? Umt modi h cddont?ted it follow* t?*ti Iw<?:
shltoogbfbey mAfr not h**e bud Colt* revolt-joy?
Lft or mf8nit*!miftk?& or tided, cannon, tUcy* ttDl
wet? oot without mr?n> lor doing melt ollitr W1
kito, nor watili&g in ,tbc dtspautbu to m? roe
ibtm, Thttj nWgot ?hsnk at roilitt* gather* P4"
top, SO 'l&aU* for abo&t lb<? fin* ihing Kcmb *P
J*i dkf th? dood mu to*]thuit * ^
wfre?fc< get overcome. * lie ***
find ! dfoii U?&re b{? bud *ee? >0 fnodb
L M??o? Ibjoor I**.
W? mo f*ocv the light-beaded l?or? from j crA
?n<p hand red up**r j*? *nj frmp*rb*?c *il*? < ^Pl
lint fcsy* of liicir ?li*orect p*rcnU when tlief j ?*
Vuiml tbcwc innocent ?n?i ww?|wO?^ jUrcn* j Htu^
Jm ytpoKsl to flu? of the enmp, |
*nd acquiring a UjM? for ciHtworal ami oihrr ^vt
potent beverages dealt out by U?? wtJci*, for **
f>f ooisrvr thry bad sutler* ; and of eoorw iJ?c P711
Miller* had eomcihing to *ell that mould make no*
drunk eoroe, although dt*t?llrd spirit* for lint! *-t
purpose i* a modern invention. That open* J*n<
up a new field of reflection, dual to think of
oor wtpcriontT over the iirwkr, Roman* and ^
Egyptian*, antediluvian and other ancient
people*. Solomon in all hi* glorr nerer had a ke?
mint julep. The grandest feasts of the Roman
Emperors could not Urn* \ Turkey?the most j
meditative philosopher never toothed him*clf j 1
with tobacco. Fancy I'lalo walking through w
the grove* of the Academy with a pipe in hi* *oc^
mouth, imagine Achilles, who was no phi- ^
loaophcr, getting "high" on Pury ear's beat, l% *
while Thermit*** stole bit cock tall, and railed w?
ftl it for not being Wronger, How tbal jolly w
"wandering minstrel^ Ilosn^rft would have re- wo'
tithed a good Irish wbUhcv punch after a
day4* wandering during a spell of that incle- ^*c
roent weather from which *lfcc Itie* of Greece" niii
arc not exempt/' bet
By the war, during the ptvraience of tbir ^
warm weather, tuch thing* must giro place to '
thinner potation#. We would therefore, sug- mc
geat the following as cot bard to swallow :
Tahc a sufficient quantity of ice ?(if yon ^ J
cat* g*t it); pot it in the bottom of a glass? *T*
the laigtat me of glan is preferable ; fill tbc
ghutt about three-fourth* full of champagne (if ^ef
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you can get it), then let the l^ilancc be claret ^
(if you can get it)? then? why then, try it, of(
that*# ail. Thert are imw things, and the to I
only serious objection coositta in the difficulty cor
-I-1-'-.--- mairriftk
VI UUUUUfUg tUV ?
Bat we bare nearly cowmraed what the parJia
mcntafians call "the morning boar," tod ]
barn no more time (or waanderbg, ^
Wuminyiw Jovrnai
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IS QRSWBA TtLE OS WE CHICKABOMJXZ
Tbe rw of rlillery b *til! ringing in oar p
r* us we*it down to record the most treraen- j h
tA* ll%># li?< ?? ? ? 9\IArt : _
U3 Mini iw ^ u:? wifcvfi v> vi' > ^
? Cofip&iJi?-a slaughter as far exceeding | y
it of ll&sdit, the 12U>, as the slaughter j w
Tlmixj^ the S2tb, larpanK-d * every oihor b
!d of . rr
The isAh coznracraed yesterday morning 3
the po^?k?ii of to# Gnpc Vibe, or, as U j ?j
wmetiiijM called, McCIcllan a Bridge, over j p
& Chickahoininy. It is the samp by which J
:Clel Jan* with drew hit troops when the* were } ^
tested ii the double batUo of Cold IIar!>or |
d Gaiftf&* Mill. Jiad Grunt succeeded. in ob-: ?
ning p^*c*siori of this bndgei he might have p,
wed thf Cbkhahd^ioy and established hira-'j b
f in McCielbw'* old fastnesses on thia *idc. j ^
wan the object <3i Geneial Lec to prevent j1*,
n, audiits accordingly tooir possesion of and j bi
the Mfitmn fnnnwlr held be AlHT'ltd- ..
ground on which the battle w\? \M
gW w? th$ wu?e with that oh tfrhiid> the j g*
tic of *$2 wiis fonght. dot thepomtion* xi
h* we holding McClcllan'* and $v
mt hewing Lee4*. According to the ?c- Si
int* of jirisoncw <2rant on the night of!|G
nivj&j caused a quart of wb&kcy to be d?-1 eT
wited to each of the aoJdiers And ftboutdber m
lock y<*icrday morning, having primed them
II for the work, commenced an amah upon ^
'Worlft^ Kofatfced again ami again, with m
>recedlfttal ahmghthec, he cotmtantiy re- j1
vod tl^'ftftack with fresh troops tending hta
E^Hpntarona ten deep, iwrd, in great ,
ft, m$!Wk that ilwj knew iot what they *?
re about .and prosed on with the most???fc p1
i nedje&y. Nothing could ?*te*d the coolnew -*?
h ?idi ihevwere rcetired kf our IfOOtMJ ^
*diag Uhiod tMr hrearfwork*and*af- j *j?
fimm^ thesa do4to by ih&m&k* jC*
r?g oiVa many marki, 1 o'clock Ute action \151
?cd along the whole line, onr troop* having I %U
tilled the enemy, *bo I?rft several thousand *T
litrU Iiim. ?!eftd or wounded, no the 'field,
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I declared that fiac daogbter far ricccdcd v
I of ike J2tlt of Mar. Mary of the Van- ^
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% nrrc *o druok lh*t they tumbled orer oar
a^torb, and wore either kHfwd or made
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*?nm; other* often firing their gun* could
r^oad them. In a word, the drama of the ~~
h of May wa? repeated to the letter. Our f:i
* *erv coniidcrwbiv advanced in eonso
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roec of oar socces* yesterday. Douhtkws t
enemy will seek to dmc t? back, and an- 1
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cr general battle may ensue. We hare not
trd how many prhoncm and gno* wete ta- St
i. In a little of (his sort, witerv it it the in
ecl of one^jfcarty to defend breastwork*, and : 0|,
he other to capture them, many prisoneb j v<
B ' 0
not usually taken. We mw about a thouI,
however, pas* down the *reet yesterday. |U
Hie most marvellous thing about this bailie
be small low of our army, At 12 o'clock, 61
learn from undoubted aUlhontrjjoog^vci'*
pe bad not loot a hundred men in killed and C<
unded. A few hundred* will cover our
ole loa*. Since N?w Orleans, when Gen# p,
k*on said, "scarce a sprig of cypr&tti was ro
igled with tbt wreathe of lattfcl," there? ha* |
in nothing like this, When the Yankee* mi
upicd those tame line* from wbi& we have
t rvpnlscd them with tuch terrible slaughter, C<
drove them from them. At that time they
he much stronger than they arc now. This C<
I alone would be sufficient to show which
the best troops. Devoutly thankful should
i whole Confederate State* be to that Prori- j
ice which has watched over u* in this great i (a<
jis, and under Htm to thai brave army, and
it irreat General, who have turned our da? i
:ml into one of jor. Especially ought we i'r
the latter clear, for the akill which ha* res
itinttod to accomplish such a mighty enter* ]o
? with to little ic*&. ^
R\chf* onA J)Upn tch,
... ? th<
Mfa Stephen A. Donglas U Vice President thi
the Ladies* National League at Washington \Ch
o?epurpo#a is to consume no foreign fabrics fa
ring the war. tin
a
Edcc atfo.v.?ATfedncation w n voting man V
apitai; for a well-inform*^ intelligent mind
as the beat assuraqco oPmture competency -gt
nd happiness. A fathers bent gift to a child . r
ion, is a good education. If yon leave ihcm
calthv. von niav assure their rain: and at
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est ron only leave them that which at any
toment rnav he lost. If too leave them with
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cultivated heart, affections trained to objects
f love and excellence, a *nind vigorotw and enifgcd,
finding happiness pare, and elevated in
ie pursuit of knowledge, yon effect an inanrince
on their future happiness and usefulness.
a?e*s you bring np the voting mind in this
ay, yon cannot witfe any justice claim for its
cwsessor independence. Yoor children must
a virtnouror they will not desire it. They
ust he intelligent to have intelligent associates <4
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i mcv men nave nanus o? mensxrv auu s?rictr
to make the company of the indostrous
}d aoHr agreeable. It a in vonr power to
rstow ihh virtue, this intelligence, and these
ddea habits. Present them a good model in
r?nr own life, and give them even* opportuoi
to cultivate the heart and uttdcrsftLii-ding^
[?re not ejcpcnsc bn your school, and pot in
your children's bands everything that may * .
reoumge or assist them in their mental of
oral improvement.
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mrasx or Atmioanr*?South Carolina *ob- *
its, at the present junctan% to abuses of ao?
loritr. while the usurpations of the Govern<
Mi ??.< th lentil ?K*Mt hrtl ntilt* v.^rr Hn?riU?
Vl*%9 41* VI Ml I?VW VMM ?VII
it v?ry war don; When authority falls '*
to the hspd* of tacompeieat pcrsoci, it
-orapt* to arrogant assertions of power, in*?
cetrn of c wry sug^tioa of vmoo aid pn?
ktf. Jo thb, in haps degree, we may *
iU ti^ asekas am* uasecc*KM? usurpations
' tho pubUe mean* oftnusspaitsdfta; thcscit|
oPijhe mlfMb ; th^V^p^ioh of their
\c miserable monkey play of tin? passport
stem. We ttecd not repeat what we haue
rctofore *aui, of the suspension of the Mai*
$ Ccrp** Act, the direct taxation, without
> port ion mrut, sod other violations of the
institution, * bich are of the twos! barefaced
oraetcr, and seemingly without excuse.
?uth Carolina is not mmnudfui of these thing*
-not insensible to what is du# to her citizens;
4 we trust that her LegfaSatur?, to be elected
a few tnouflt*. will be of a character to as*
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&S.?Mercury. * |
The following is a coned list of Unit*!
ale* Natal Officer*, willi their rank? poartiot.
d how assigned uAluty, ia rotation, as Cher
pear to the if. N. XxHu/ /frdfrfcr, for t bo ^ ^ t
nr fs64, m belonging to Sootb Carolina i&.
Hear Admiral William B. Shtibriek, (vtired
t) Chairman Lighthouse Board.
Commodore John S. MUroon, (aetiro J?t) # ^
rdinance dnty, Boston Saw Yard, * # ^
Commodore C, K. Stribling, (rdirty)
imm&ftdant Nary \ nrd, Philadelphia.
Cipiain Pcrcival Drayton, (scrtve list,)
ret Captain, Wester Blockading Gulf S^uadn.
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CaptA?n'Charles Stcdman, (active list,) Com- *
inding steam sloop-of-war Zicondcroga.
Captain Edward Middleton, (active Hsi)
immanding doop^of war St, UaorV
Commander licory Rolando, (active list,)
>mtflhmling steam sloop-of-war Seminole.
Ororaandor J. P. Bank head," (aetivo list,) ?
pcial doty, Ney York.
Lieutenant Commanding Francis H. Baker
itivelift,) Commanding gunboat Huron.
A Hero.?During the fight at Spotsylvania,
irate A. J. Salmon, of the 1st Regiment, a
ddent of Columbia, saved the colors of the #
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th Regiment, iiftcr the bearer was shot; and
icn the battle wiw over, dcliretod them to
fir rightful owner*. It i* a singular incident,
it the same gallant soldier, at the battle of
lancellorsrille, saved the coloft of the 11th
giracnt, ami feocired a badge of aonor from
5 regiment for his gallantry.
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