The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-09-28
General Hampton.


der of Grant was very useful, as we'll as a
very brilliant, affair. 1t furnishes our army
with about Que million.of pounds of the best
beef which the Yankee markets afford, and will
feed them full for some time yet to conc
Grant has proved nearly as serviceable to Lee
in his quality of commissary and qusrtermaster
as Banks did to Jacksonin times gone by.
As Hampton is now understoodto be Gen
eral Lees Master of Horse it tsanhardly be i'm
proper to give the public Of Virginia. who know
him only from his exploits, aud who are deeply
interested in matters ofwhich he will have the
principal Charge, some idea,of what sort Of a
man he is. We speak, ourselves, only from
heresay, for we do not ,recollect that We ever
saw him in our lives Heis said to be, then,
in the prime of life, of strong naturalunder-
standing, considerably cultivated, of immense
physical strength aud activity, ,'of wonderful en-
durance, and Of inexhaustible energy. He has
been all his life passionatcly addicted to field
sports and wood craft, in both Of which be is
said to excel most men Of his day. 'One faculty
of the last Importance to an officer holding
such command as his, he is said to possess in
very remarkable degree that, namely, of be-
coming acquainted Instantly, and almost in
stinetively, with all the features of whatever
locality he may happen to pass OYER
To such all is this faculty developed
that we have heard it said, if he were. blind,
folded and carried thirty miles into forest in
which he had nevePb been before, he would find
out where he was in five mnntes after the re-
moval of tue bandage Heneyer camps day
in neigbborhood without making himself suf
fciently acquainted with all the roads, bye
roads and hog paths, to act as guide. His
courage is Of that calm, deliberate, impcrturba-
bic character which Napoleon described as the
''two o'clock in the morning" courage, and
which consists in never being thrown off the
proper balance by any surprise, no matter how
sudden, OF any danger, no matter how little
foreseen. Yet no man is more impetuous in
the charge, or more rapid in the pursuit. Gen.
Hampton possesses another qualification very
important in cavalry officer, and yet not al
ways possessed even by good cavalry officers.
He is passoDately fond of horses, and uncom-
sfnonly fine judge Of them; takes pleasure
in studying their nature and wants, and thus
affords the best guarantee that he wiz make
bis men attend to them. When we add that
no Is sPienuid rioer, a practlced sWorQSInan,
and ar excellapt shot ;-but above all, that he
Is whst Carlyle calls "an earnest man, with no
friyolity or childshness about him, but devoted
with all the deep enthusiasm Of his nature to
the cause in which he is engaged, we have
said enough we think, to- show that the caval.
~ of Gen. Lees army is in very good hands
Richmond Dispatch.
To Prevent MoIAssEs FROM FsRMEMT1SG.
Sorghum molasses imperfectly manufactured,
is very apt to ferment, and.become sour in hot
weather. The cause and remedy are both ea-
silly understood. The fermentation is due to
the presence in the firstplace of too much wa,
ter; and in the second place to natural acids Of
the juice left in the noasses unneutraIized
The remedy for too much water is. simply boil,
ing of course. This should be Kept up until a
thick syrup is The result on cooling. While the
boiling is going on, dissolve for each gallon soi
syrup, from a quarter to half ounce of soda
in little waters and pour it into the kettle
gradually. If but little eneresenee follows the
first portion added, the remainder may be with
held.-Pe Petersbary Express.