The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-12-12
For the Camden Journal.

November,a communication over the signature
"White Oak" giving description of the "Rol-
ing TargettMatches," between the PARTIES
Liberty Hill and Flat Rock-our friend c.
not having been present at the last, we propose
to extend his communication embracing the
bombardment of Pattersonss old ieldS which
was not taken according to- the rules of Gen.
Scott, or would.ifI could, Sir Charles NaSiaf;
but was first stormed by Burton, club axe in
hand, who contended bravely, yea, muscniariy,
with its giant walls until their cereal tops did,
de tacto, kiss the dust. A breach, being thus
made in its mighty walls, reserved corps,
conscious ofvictory, shouting in very glee, did
pitch the fragmentmy embellishments into \
deeply incised wound of the conquered Old
Field. The Old Field, thus conquered, thus
fallen, was, o! do not tell it-EingiorituIy
bombarded. Sebastopol has fallen: but fSr Fl
fear our allied armies Liberty HiIf aud Flalt,
Roek-u'ight get out of practice before ST. p.
tersburg is taken, it was proposed by Liberty
Hill and accepted by Flat Rock, that whereas
It's the unanimous opinion Of these conioined
armies, that the Car is famous for stfategies,
it behooves US to adopt some plan whereby We
may not be surprised by heIenemy con.
sultation ensued the conclusion of which. as
reported by the Chairman, R. c. Of L. d Was
that we practice shooting at Rolling Target,n
on first sight, short notice and in double quick
time; agreed to ab omnis. Our Wlient breact.
er Burton, with cub-axe in hand, was irnme:
diatey in requisition, who afeted the pines as
fast as lo or 20 men could place them, Ia two
separate piles, ten feet apart, three feet high
and twenty feetlong. 1t being thus arranged,
so that the Target could not be seen by the
marksmen, only as it passed between the blinds
ten feet apart, and rolling as ifthe&1OId Get
teman" himself was in otpursdit. III all
other respects friend e. has described. Nov
Mr.. Editor, in order that the Allied armies
mighu6Ae very zealotical in quick and precise
shooting-in word, be able to lick the Rus.
sians-it was necessary to put up prize and
to form two separate parties, viz: Liberty Hill
and Flat Rock. Our young bachelor. 26-
being the most honorable and trusty gentleman
among us-was unanimously "viya voce" pro-
claimed Judge, and preacher Burton and Gen.
ter-close shot la Trt. rollers. There were
three party prizes, severally, "a, "a and $40.
These prizes being lost and won, we had apple
nir" "a la mode, ch"mpde balaIlc." The ball
-ance Of the. day was spent, each man shooting
against whom and betting on whom he pleased.
Short description if you please. First prize,
s24. Roller, "Whose board?" "W. J's"-
"Readys" "Yes-lookout." Bang. Trl.hol-
lows out, "centre, close shot," W.. "Roll
back-B." "Ready" "Yes : lookout
Bang. ''Centre. close shot," W. J. runs up
looks at board, surprised three FAR off
shots. A. D. ]. Roll my board" Til
"Ready?" "Yes-lookout." Bang. "Centre,
close shot," A. D. ]. runs up-looks at board
-surprised-fnds no shot-asks l'rl. "Wby
did You say centre, close shot, fort" TIL. re-.
plies, 81 simply meant that you hit the centre
of the pine thicket." 'By Heavens, you keep
fellow in good spirits. The lst prize being
divided into 5 choices, Flat Rock swept The
platter-R R. c. D winning the three first snd J.
X. the 4th and 5tb; all Of which was equally
divided among the Flat Rock company. There
were two other prizrs, out OF which Liberty
Hill recovered half of her loss in the lst prize,
BY the murderous fire Of blunderbus, well
aimed by w G. and the sharp shooting of
bird gun dextcriously handled in double quick
time, by r. c. ufsuppose friend C. you bought
that gun to shoot snow birdsD In contendiDg
for the two last prizes, Flat Rock is indebted
very much to J. l.. j., of L. H., who hit the
centre every pop, but it always S happened to be
the centre Of the blinds or pine thicket We
before-we can't account for it, unless he was
like the fellow who wanted ten chances at the
widows quilt at the risk of being "black ball.
ed" by "tudder huff LOADED his gun out Of
the wrong flask. A. D. J. is good shot, but
R. c. D. and j. K. will hit the mark. We are
sorry that S. L. Of F. r. was not able to be at
the last bombardment-bu he had a good rea-
son-to thine own knowledge, 0 Hill having
picked you well at previous exchanges. 5sOf
course his bilious purse must be near bursting:
Had he been there, o Heavens! what, O Hill!
would you have said to 'tudder half" when
you went homeg My dear, have no change
about me at present, to buy beef, but don't
grieve, we are going on turkey hunt before.
day in the morning thank goodness w. Du-
rem has left these digns and some turkey seed.
By the by friend C. what has become of your
man w. E. ]! that second man-second choice
-ofthe "spattering Blister Blues?" o Board
of the second choice! we pity thee, we do,
from the bottom Ct our soul. Thou vert beau.
tiful; thou vert fair; thou vert a pretty prize
dancer;-shade of departed Venus; curse that
isolated "spattering Blister Blue"-it done for
thee, it did, but we beseech thee be contented,
for thy master is mourning for thee, we know
it, guia lille non erat in bom6arduna Patterson's
old field. We now, Mr.. Edts, beg pardon
for soliciting the publication Of our Kershaw.
amusement. But before we conclude, we would
respectfully inform friend c. that the beautiful
"serapo" is not yet disposed Of. We would
also take the liberty of soliciting his earliest at