The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-22
A Partisan Holiday.

10 the children thanto the papas and nlamas
that the festival was given. There were bands
of1nusic, and dmartonettes, and Punch and JSdy
shows, and all the other Things in which chill
ldrea delight; there were long rows Of stalls
containing piles Sf cakes and fruits, from which
every one could take what he pleased; and
lemonade and osangeade, and other drinks were
haw5ed about and freely offered to every thirsty
souk The members of the society are two
classes-:the rich hSwho find the funds, the poor
who. profit by them; and yet they all met on
the,footing of equality, no aristocratic haughti-
ness on tie one hand, no plebian ,insolence on
the other. And the Emperor and Empress
moved, freely in the vast asselnblage, and the
imperial Prince played and romped with the
boys and girls, =: ..
TIE result Of the North Carolina election
will doubtless recall Ito the recollection of Gov.
Vance the following fable, ard we believe that
no man will more appreciate it,:
: A fox once travelling at night through the
woods, -accidenfy struck against sappling,
and was:yery much startled by most singular
and unusual noise with all his. speed, Rey-
nard took fight fer the open ground; soon the
noise ceased, and he stealthily crcpt back un-
til ho reached the sapPins, and vcnturing
again to shake it, the same terrble noise
startled him, and;asain for the open ground
ran the fox. Waitiug.unG daylight dawned,
he, determined TO fad ont wha:it WAS that SO
alarmed him. AS soon as the day. broke lie
returned to the tree and found acow bell srs
pended op one Of its branches $50 you are
the long-tonglpd, empty-hcaded son OF h-h
shat frightened me out of my, wits, and sent
me running about tic State like a cnItail
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The moral can easily be applied. Richn,oa&
Enquireg. Y. Y
REr1EIsG THE CuRREH cY.-I'lfe. last operas
ton Of tis kind, we lcaru from soldiers from
the battlefield in Jo6es county. When Stone
man surrendered, h:s. soldiers had large amounts
of Confederate money which they had. plnn-
dercd. This they tore iRto fragments and
scattered, so that thev could not be again uni
ted It. was their opinion that Il wagon
load" Of. the "rctireG" fragments conid haze
been gathered up, but ali utterly worthless .
Large amounts Of otherplunder, such as coin,
watches, jewelry, silver plate, &C., was taken
from them, and it is. said that on their chief
Surgeon, a set Of silver spoons was found hid
behind the lining of his coat. They also mur-
.dered many of their best horses to prevent
them from falling into our hands, Some,
whose throats were partially cut have been ia
Zen care Of and recovered.
The sbig fight" in front of Atlanta cannot
be postponed many days longer. We know
nothing positively of the plans or intentions of
the two rival leaders, but five read the ..'signs'
right we may predict that the great battle of
the campaign will take place within the next
ten days. Now is the crisis in the fate of Geor-
gia, and perhaps of the confederacy also. The
authorities of the State are dohuding the farms
and plantations Of every able. bodied man to
reinforce Hood. WIZ not the officers and
men OF the regular army now absent from
their commands return at once and participate
in the struggled It's bad time for officers
to be absent from the 'front.'. Let them return
at once; or forfeit the respect and confidence Of
their commanders and of the country Colan,-
bus Sun. ~ -;
"Does my son William, that's in the army,
get plenty to eat2' asked an old ladyiof a re.
cruiting sergeant the other day. she sees
plenty" was the laconic reply. aBless his.
heart, theh, know he'll have It if he can see
it; he always would at home"
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