The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-08-27
The End or the War,

Tho End OF the War.
"e arc asked fifty times a day, more or less
wien we think the war will end. As We have:
no right to think, in the absence of data to-
thlnk upon, wc are sometimes ut loss for an
| answor However, for the information of those
who are particularly inquisitive and anxious
upon the subject. we will relate = dream that
friend of ours had upon the, duration Of tile
war, which may throw some flight upon tho
subject. He dreamed that he woke from
sleep of fifty years, and found himself upon tho
south bank ofthe Rapidan. He SAW at a little
distance from the spot where he awoko cor
pora' with z men and wheebarrow lie ap.
pro"chod aud asked the corporal what this lit
tie gathering meant. 'This," replied the cor
poraI, us tho Army of Northern Virginia ~
"Mhere arethe Yankees~ enquircd our friend.
"ihey are on tho otl Ter side OF tho river" re-
Piled tho corporal. They have the advantage
of US in numbers and trnnspo, tation-as tliev
have twenty.on men and two wheelbarrows-
but.%e expect to get the advantage in position,
will whip them, and then the war will cud."-
AS this is the best and all the information we
have about the probable duration OF the war,
we g,vc 1t free gratis for nothing at all.-Ahing-
don tIrgi,lion ", T.
:, a 1oterI ToAsr.-Any one who has been
IN ot: Augustine, Florida, any lcng,i, of time,
must have scen or heard Of old c.; who has,
until recently kept store in that city, who
had the misfortune to he deaf. He had n
stock OF good liquor in the cellar, and the Off
GERS at the post cultivated C-'s a:ouain.
ta"cc, and appeared very friendly, although
some of them dislkcd him, and thought ho
was little too ''stingy," but they were always
ready to drink when he asked then, to "takc
something On one occasion lie invited
few of them into his back room, the old "rvc"
was turned out and the glasses raised, when
one officer who wished to amusc lis compan.
ions little at C--'s expense, gave the fol-
lowing toast in rather low tone of voice
"Mr c., hero is hoping that yon will 60
Old c. did not hear what was said, but
seeing the officers lips move supposed that he
had paid him the usual compliment Of drink.
ing his health, and promptly responded -
THE same to you, sir, and all of vour
family" ~
The laugh WAS turned on the officer, who
was punished for his impoliteness.
WHlsKEl RAr1oNs TO THE YANKEES IN
FRoNr OF PETERsBuRe.-The Baltimore A,a.y.
ican of the 18Th inst, convinces us that the
Yankees in front of Petersburg are rcaping the
full benefit of the malaria of the James and
Appomattox. It says, despondingly: ''.
"As sanitary measure. and to counteract
the efforts of malaria on the troops serving in
the Department of the South during the warm
months, the Medical Department has directed
that whskey; with quinine, in prophylactic
doses, shall be issued to the men, particularly
those on duty in districts especially maarious,
or on excessive fatigue duty, only on the recon-
mendation Of the senior medical officer of the
district in which service is performed. The
distribution Of whiskey to the men performing
only ordinary fatigue. duty has been. discon-
tinued;"' 4. -s.h1 .,l-,. :, :. ..r:. ~
T,rp 10 coll;,, IL,