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. . CAMDEN, &.:O.,. WEDNE8DA^Y, JTTLY 20, 1864. itSTO. 16.
By' P. 33. HOCOTT.
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The Art df Sllenee.
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< The'art of silence; if it be not one
of the fine arts, is certainly a useful
one. lib is an .art attained only by
a few. How seldom do we meet
with a man who 'speaks -only. when
and. where he ought to speak, and
says only-whit he ought to say!
That the Bible enjoins its attainment
is most manifest. It comtnands
us to make a door and a bar
for the mouth. It declares that if a
mart bridleth not his tongue his religion
is,.yain. .
The aJtffcainment of this art will en-able
us v to avoid saying .foolish
things.7 W0 often'speak without reflection^
and Off i consequence foolish
thoughts, or expressions altogether
. destitute of thought, are uttered.
Possessed of the .art of silence, we
shall not speafc tjiat which ought not
tobe snokeiw '* v
Again, it will enable its to avoid
saying hurtful things. Since We are
placed in the world to do good, and
since the endowment of speech
is one of the greatest means of
influence, it:ismost unseemly for lis
. . . to utter that which shall do injury.
He.whose business it is to foot out
the'tares should not- scatter their
seed; >
It will enable us to govern oiu4
feeliflgs and direct our trains of
' thought. He who gives expression
ttf anger, for example, increases its
power over him. '; He who gives utterance
to impnre thoughts will increase
their number.
It will increase our influence with
our fellowmen. A fool uttereth all
.. his mind,b ut a wise man keepeth in
:n J r\? -
vjjli wavity ana reserve
are assfpeil^d with wisdom. Even
an gravity is sometimes effective?the
true art of silence ever.
We can only be useful as we are influential:
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Finally, it will enable 'us to follow
the example of Christ. He was ev.er j
ready to communicate ' instruction,
but no useless utterance escaped his j
llDS. Let us labor tA o+foi? 4.u:~
__ ? uu. uuuaiil liUlH Jil l;,
v,and'our speech may always be with
? grField and Fireside.
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'.' aai ^?m Shkrmak's Rear.?A gentlexnj?p,^U.known
in Atlanta, who left CattersVi11efG*,'on
Sunday last, reports tho Appeal
that tiffc'Federals were-shipping off the sick and
' wounded, and hospitals, from that point towards
Chattanopga, and all who had? affiliated with
the Yankees were sending off their personal
effeotA This, it connection with tho burning
of factories and mills, indicates a movement
* either forward or rearward of Shermau's army.
The gentleman also states hat, had Johnston
remained three days longer at Kennesaw Mountain
Sherman would have retreated. The Fed*
erals admit that they have lost five to our one.
:y I^reucli Doctor on Coffee,
Let us transport ourselves to tho ,frontieurs
of tho Department dn Nord, ta the coal mines
of Chnrlevoi,' there, where llionsajtrda of men'aro
buried every (lav for twelve hours in the .bowels
of the earth for the purpose of extracting*
tho enormous masses'of coal required for feedi.ug
the furnaces of'otir factories. VVe^ee vigbrotis
workmen, whose exterior indicates 10bnst'hcaltb,
ahd tho greatest muscular development,
and yet their food is neither substantial
nor abundant ; three or four cups of coffee a j
day, and potatoes, and one pound of meat in a |
week is all the nourishment supplied to the
workmen in tho coal pits of Clinrlcroi. These
men can live-on one quarter of the food that is
necessary to keep up the force of other individuals.
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In the neighborhood of Ricsen Berg in ^>ohemia,
iti tho midst ?f the Krapast Mountains, j
there exists a race c.f people who almost all |
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rouow tno trade ot weavers. For yours their
food has been altogether insufficient, beingcomposed
solely of potatoes; they were reduced
to such a state of wretchedness as to become
to some extent degenerated. Fortunately
the medical men of the country conceived the
idea of placing them under a course of coffee.
The trial succeeded beyond all expectation,
and the weavers of Rioseu-Berg have no longer
cause to envy the health and strength of
the workmen of other countries. For the purpose
of facilitating the -acquisition of that salutary
substance of the poor mountaineers, the
Austrian Government has recently abolished
the duties that used to be levied 011 the importation
of coffee.
Coffee, says M. de Gas pari n, renders the
elbments of, our organism -uiorc stable. It is
observed that, under the influence of eolfee,
the nrodnee rit' tlio unrt?^l 1
f ? v. i,nu J5 III ore nuui, 1116
respiration lc6s. active, and .consequently the"
less undergone by the absorbed substance less
rapid. A diminution of animal heat has ever
been observed under, similar circumstances.?
This last consequence heips us to understand
the utility of coflcc in hot countries where the j
temperature is so difficult-, to bear that ill
seems to wear out the springs of life. Our mil- j
itarjMind naval authorities have made coffee !
form a part of tlfo rations of our soldiers and
sailors, in active service, and have reason to i
be satisfied with the result,. The use of coffee
has been of immense benefit to our troops, as
well in Africaii deserts as in the Crimea, in
Italy, and in China; the crews of our Meets
have also derived the same hygienic advanta
jos. It, is of infinite vbduo to our soldiers in
Mexico, and principally in the 'IVrrn (Juliente,
At Vera Cruz, that hot bed cf yellow fever.
As man advances in life, the bony tissue di?niinihhca
in quantity. Wo know, for instance,
how easily the bones ofold people are fractured.
This accident is consequent on the slight resistance
dflcrcd by the bone, which becomes weakened
by the diminution of the organs. Now to
point out the consequence of this disappearance
of the bony substnnCe in persons of adUvancod
age.
The phosphoric particles of the bones are
j absorbed, carried away in the circulating tor-1
I rent and molecule thus moved along bv the
j blood, and obliterating the small blood vessels
or capillary tubes. One of our learned professors
of the . Facilty of Medicine, M. C. Robin,
promulgated the idea of dissolving tlic phosphal
deposits by means of a chemical agent; with,
lactic acid, for instance, it might be possible
perhaps to prevent this obstruction of the vessqls,
which is the frequent cause of fatal congestions
in thc*ease of old people, and thus to extend
the limits of human life.
if. Petit is of the opinion that it is bettor to
prevent the obstruction of vessels than to have
to combat it, when oncemi existence. From the
well established fact that coffee retards the de-l
composition of the^organs, M. l'etit concludes
that by its habitual use the life of man might he
nrolonccd bevond its .1 ,r
vv.iuiii'il Ulllilliull.' III!
therefore recommends the use of coffee, especially
to old persons, asserting that those who
have reached the age of fvfty years and upwards
may take from one to four cups per day of moderately
strong infusion, according to the habits
,of thembody of each individual. Dr. Petit, a
French physician, rccornnieuds it jis an effective
agent for rendering the produce of the secretion
more aqueous, and for combating gout, gravel
and calculous affections. In eastern countries,
where tluS consumption of coffee is very great,
such complaints are almost unknown. I
CAMDEN DAILY JOURNAL.
WEDNESDAY Til OR I* 3IV <i~31ULY 20,
Tho crops of corn, oatH and wlient iu North-eastern
Georgi?, are npokeu of by tho Athens papers as unusually
fine.
Gov Seymour, of New York,* has issued an order
calling into the field 15,000 militia of that. State, to enforce
an order of court for tho arrest of Gen. Dix, in
the caao of the newspaper illegally suppressed by liira.
T?!r. Kucene Di:krfz,.a wine Aiorchant, of New Ort
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iuuna, on Juno iBih, W'j?3 sentenced to t,bo Tortugas>
fluting tlie war. 1-Jis oQonco was registering him3elf
as an enemy and not lenving tho lilies.
A Railroad Raid.?It is rumored that tho Yunkecs
havo made n rnidou the railroad at Opelika, Ala., :
and captured a train.. Among tho parties taken, it is '
said, was Gen?brac,g. ' *
. A gentleman .just arrived from Ndw Orleans reports !
1 that the Confederates had fought and completely heat- j
on tho'Yatfkoea at Branhoar City. It was reported in |
tlio city that tho rebels wero advancing on Donaldson- j
villa. .
. (1 t.OKious Nf.wh if Tuck.?The Richmond Sentinel
states that a lady who arrived at New Market, from
'Maryland, brings the gratifying report that our prii$- i
oners at Point Lookout linvo boon released.
It is announced from "Richmond that Mr. George A
TuEVKOLsr of Charleston, has . accepted tho appointment
of .Secretary of the Treasury, and entered upou
the duties of his tiflice.
Wc regard tho appointment of Mr. Trekuqmi as
the veiv best that could havo been made. A merchant
of large and varied experience, of matured
judgment, fertile in resources, and a consummate flnnili'tnr
iT nw -?' '*
^ ..... 1.1.111 ...in ^aivaniso cue corpse Pi the
public credit, ho can. His appointment, however,calls
to mind the. famous liues of Swift:
Seo liero n proof of Irish so use, '
Here Irtslv wit is seen; '
1 When nothing's left that's worth defence, .
. TV'e build a magazine.
I AVl.en wo heard, some days since, that Gon. Bpagg
I was ou his way to Atlanta, wo were oppressed with
a foreboding of evil which has unfortunately been realised.
The brave and able general who reorganised,
tlie shattered and demoralised wrecks of Bkago's army,
and so thoroughly renovated its moral-', that he
1 has boon enabled to- retreat before tbe advance of the
j enemy, absolutely without loss, and without impairing
I the iflielciiev of his ts-nm?K Ima -? i.:
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command. Many will say, ami more will believe Hint
lie has been sacrificed to gratify personal# prejudice,
and we tear I hat when (lie facta arc disclosed bis?
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tory will jnstilv tho opinion. Wo do not care, in the
i absence of lull tiinl autliei.itic information, to diseurs
j tho matter now; we are loo sad at heart. "Wo tool
as if we liad received a riunning blow, and are, ns Lite
sailors say, '* all abroadAll we know is that, at
the most critical moment of a groat, crisis, the hand
which was guiding us to safety has been paralysed';
the prop on which >ve leaned for support has been withdrawn.
Of f?en. Hood, who has been assigned, temporarily
we suppose, to tho command of the army of tho
Chattahoochee, wo know nothing beyond tho fact that
he is a gallant, chivalrous officer, the bravest among
tho bravo, and a devoted patriot^ Ho has ncvor yet
had n separate command, and has, therefore, had no
opportunity of showing his fitness for his present position.
He enjoys, however, the confidence, not only
of his troops, but of all who know him, and wo hope
tho result will justify that confidence. Hut wo wait
tbo issue with a painful anxiety which, wo have in
vain endeavored to shako off. . ,
Prisoners at Anpersonvii.le.?The Journal
and Messenger snys :
"Tho number is over twenty-seven thousand,
and is daily increasing. ?An addition of five ]
O (M'/IC line MO rtAr. 1 -- i- 1
icbv-ubiy ucuinnaue to tlio enclosure,
but even with this, It is already too much crowded,
and the connnandaut is endeavoring to receive
no more. The mortality is considerable,
being generally from fifty to sixty a day. A
strange state of affairs seems to prevail among
j them, wholly of a 'domestic character of their
I own. There has beon thioving, fighting and
murders, and to secure some of them from damage
from the others, about ninety have to be
kept outside the walls under guard. It is said
that several will be hung by their comrades for
the murders committed."
It is said that the clergy of the North as a
body are the most timeserving and blood thirsty
men in the whole country.
LATEST BY TEIE^HAM
. FROM RlOttMOtfb.
Richmond, July 19.?The Yaqkce flag oir
the fleet in the Jaqies River have been at Ijalf
mast for two days. The Yankee pickets say
that Grant was wounded and died ftom the cf-"
feet of the wound."
I " . FROM GEORGIA.
Atlanta, July-19.??The army aiid public
were surprised this morning with' tho announcement
of (jenhral Johnston's being relieved
and General Ilood boing placed in command.
The following is General Johnston's address
Headquarters, Army of Tennessee, )
July 17. [.
In obedience to the War Department, I turn
over to Gen. Hood the command and Depart'
ment of Tennessee, i cannot lenve this army
without expressing my admiration of the high
military qualities that has been displayed so
conspicuously by every soldierly virtue, endurance
and obedicjico to orders. The enemy has
never attacked but to be severely repulsed and
punished. You, soldiers, have never argued
but from vonr conragc. I am no longer your
leader.
To ono and all I offer assurances of my
friendship, and bid an affectionate farewell.
J. Ei Johnston.
In- assuming command, Gen. Hood issued
the following address.
Headquarters, Army of Tennessee. )
July 18. j
In obedience to orders from the. War 'Department,
I assume command of thy* ariiiy and
department. . I feel the weight of the responsibility
so suddenly, and unexpectedly devolved
upon mo by this division, and shall bend all
my energies, and shall employ all 1113' mental
faculties to meet all its requirements. I look
with confidence to your patriotism to stand hv
mc,.and rely upon you to wrest your count ly
from tiro grasp of the invaders entitling yourselves
to the proud distinction ot being called
the deliverers of your country.
t). II. IJoon.
Atlanta July] 9.? All silent this evening in
the vicinity of the two Annies. A force, of
Yankee cavalry; consisting of two brigade?,
made a raid yesterday, and cut the Georgia
Uuiiroad 5 miles from Stone Mountain, destroying
half a mile of 1 he track. ThcV remained
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but a short time, searching the houses for pistols, s
and then hastely retveated towards Sherman's
main body, from which they caine. The road
is being repaired. '
Atlanta. Julv 19.? A nmmi* nK/n'oinj *u_?.
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the enemy liatl crossed the Chattahoochee.
They wero inarching towards 8tonc Monntniu
and Decatur. The advance of Logan's cavalry
entered Decatur, to-day at noon ; and skirmishing
had been going on. The fight of tho
oncryy was between the Chattahoochee ai?d
Peach Tree creek. Atlanta has resumed her
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unusual quiet. .
FROM PFAER&&URG.
Pete us bu kg, July 19.?There has been a
lienvy artillery demonstration oh the front yesterday,
which subsided as tho day advanced.
Tho Yankee force is believed to be greatly decreased
by the departuro of import > ';-ms
of it for AY nsliington aild Baltiinoi
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Siege of liarlo?to>
THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-F'. * .
The enemy Sunday flight erecti 1
mall wooden house about fifty yard* r :
of Battery Gregg. The bombardmo on
Sumter by Batteries Gregg and \V ^n? : :
tinucs about the same. Since our .\ < '? t f
up to six o'clock Monday ever n. 'Sv n %
Gregg had fired at Sumter one imra-.i < rj
twenty-one shots, and Battery a^ ixty-six.
One or two men wen ghtl i ijn <x
A force of two. hundred men .von; >)?> < *vo?i r*.
work upon AVagnor Monday ' epn :r.; o uragescaused
by rcceDt high t: i,"
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