The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-06-17

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asion of The conscripsion Law, it has been silly
hin,cd that they viii soon approximate Tho an.
teslilavian standard.
But that is not The thing which wc had in
our mind when We wrote the caption oil .his
brief article. The fact d, that something sng.
gestea 10 ns yesterday the idea OF miltia
muster IN those carly DAYS when people eonas.
cd the stages Of their lives by centuries. We
seemed 10 see some OF the contemporaries OF
Tgbal Cain, or sor,c colonel or enrolling off
Ger o5abc Land Of Nod, calling uron The able
bodied men, be,wecs' ore hundred and eighty
and fcnr hundred a,s,l sisiy, 10 be and appear,
armcd and equipped, as ihe law directs, nj the
psgal saasser ssoand near fnhal Cain's black.
smith shop And then wc eouM fancy the
sHbseqneB, cal. for the rescsres ;acinding all
The yoashs, beswcen ons hundred and iifs, ,ne
hundred and eighty. and III the sncn. iseiweee
fosf hundred aud fifty and Eve Lan,irsd. II
they bad substitutes oyer tho CONSUMPTION age,
sl,sy pnIhably came from, the class between
Eve asn six hanased-lsalc, hearty men, a li,-
lie over their primo, but ssill equal 10 go.i
miIitary sSryiec
AnI tho aasesilusians were pretty hard
ses--ss,st much Is evident and j; follows that
alsIoughahey may aos have had Colts sesolv.
err or minnie sssnses;s Or ,ified cannon, shcy
wese aog wishoss ssssas .or doing each esl.er
llsagsn. nor aaasisg il TIC disposition sa 'sse
shnm. fihsf allse gas drank Il sailitia gaihes.
iisstss % leuhs, ssas aaoat shr ii,ss thing Noah
al;;sa asssr slse aael ssbsssssd Atas % plasss &
usske ~iiiss assa gss essrsoss.c. iIsD
lsaa saeaes sas 4asa ll.S, had srea % Hssssl,
ssases, aal sss leng IN iisa n1oslass ii sha afk
sssa sss gssss ii ssass
the Msise liquor la~.
We car fancy sar Itgi's.bsasicsi s.c.ys from
oae hundred ppwsriss ana sytnPa'i''se s''h
;ls, srsys OF shr,s ,lsscsers parents when they
fousssl .icso inpocou, and ass@sFecsing j'srsra.
lies ~sposeSl to The Temptations os The camp.
and ass4airinv taste for ciics-goyal and other
po:sa, beverages dcaI. pps by The sa'lrrs. Tor
oi eoursc sley bad sa.lem: and of eonrSe the
sa,lesx had sosae.lihs, 10 scll ;hs, aoaii make
drunk come, alshaBgl distilled sp;riss ser that
pasysosc ID a modern Invention. That opens
NO a new field OF reflection. Jus: 10 ;hiak OF
our superiority ever The Grseks, Romans snd
Eysp.;aas, ausedilasiaas and other ancient
peoples. Solomon in all his glory neses hasl .
min, julrp. The grandes; Seasis o' 'he Roman
Emperors could NO, i~sas, a Tarsey-:se u'os'
snei;satise philosopher nerer seoihcd himself
with tobacco. Fancy Plato walking through
shs groves OF the Acssismy with pipe 10 b's
mouth. Imagine Achilles, who was no PHI
lo.opher, getting "high" on PHrsaTs bes',
while Thsrsi.ss stole b. cock tall, and rallied
a. !, ior no, bcing stronger. How sba, jolly
@waasiering minstrel" Homes, would have re-
ii.hed good Irish wbiskcy punch after
davs wandering during spel! Of that 'nele-
ment wcaiherhom ~h'ca Se isssS Va "'se"S
arc not exempt"
By the Say, during tho prevalence Of .h's
wa.m weather, such ,hinga muss give place to
thinner ro.a.iops. We would therefore, 'ag.
gs.. The following "a nos hard 10 swallow
Take sufficient quantity Of iee-(f yon
can es. i.); pot ii 10 the bottom Of glass
she largest sue Of gla's 10 preferable; I'll tho
e,sss shout shree.sourths full Of champagne IL
voa can gss ~, then lie. the balance ba csare'
(sf von cal, get isa--sbea-why then Try 1t,
that's all. There are Sorss things, and the
oaly ssr5oas objection consists in The difficulty
| oi obtaining the materials
But we have nearly consumed what the par
ia n,easatiaas call 'she morning hcuf," and