The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-07-16

first victims. You are spotted, and no.
thing will save your pollnted souls from
perdition and your ha' ed careases from
the birds Of the air, but peace"
Areportcr describes the enthrsi-
astic reception Of the resolutions con-
stitnting tlla platform of the DEMO-
cratic party, inrrthe Convention on
Tuesday: The reading of the plat
form, which was atiplee 4 ptedsesa
history and an Indictment, being
concluded, there was silence that
could be,felt1 for several seconds. s.-
Then, as the tei.sieu ofattcntien wore
off. Al d as -flie sLumate'character
OF the. document was q matter Of
lively apprellel zion, some mereprialt
nan in Tie Mhliean obligation got:
up, and on his own unsolicited re-.
sponsibiity. began cheering the grand
OCCASION. 1t Iiec,lcd only an exari-
pie to sct,all going. The whole Con-
ventlnl-its inore2than. 609 delegates
AID aiteri5:tcs-the immense mass of
utsde spectators. the digaifed eeeu-
paats of the spacious stage, rose.as
soac4mar, ard began To thal.k God
With terrific hurrahs. Not less the ac-
ceptabiliiy of the declarationtFof
principles than rhe sarrlarged feel
i gs Of the mighty maftitdtle it9man-
ded a., immedm:c expression Of Iong
pentup pleasure. For IcaFlyi Eve
minutes the rccofd OF ascending ac-
}c!ama.jos: Every man4gbecame
parmlifn,l .larrah. 1Iapakerchiefs
wet totle overGowing eyesiofimany,
and tlien waved in mid night afr. as
the standards of nm imn!cnse army.
State after State @cheereil, with D
vast,iess n;isvolIme whicli was extra
ordinary. Delegates greeted dele
gates by glances, words, salutatioTs,
gestures; aadthc surrounding sea of
men aud women became possessed
by the same spiritof peaee and good
will and high hope for the nearing
! future.
AN ANNOYING CrsToa. "A con-
Temporary, saysahe Mobile ga46aNe,
who has doubtless been greatly bored,
as We have been ourselves by the
same thing, ;illHdes III severe terms to
the custom persons have of stopping
friends in tic street, to whom they
have nothing Whatever to conlmuni-
cate, but whom they embarrass. for
no other purpose than tosimpIy show
their friendship and instances the
following Brown meets his friend
Jones, whom lie lad met in nearly
1.-The same locaiitYan hour OF two, per-
haps Il few minutes before. During
tl,a, interval it is probable that no
event OF any Importance to Jones,
nor indeed to Brown, which by a
friendly CONSTRUCTION Brown, could
Imagine Jones to be: Interested III,
has occurred. or IS likely TO occur
Yet both gentlemen stop and shake
sllanls heartily. aWcll.. how goesif?"
remarks Joses. with a vague hope
that something has happcl.d, $50,
So replies the eloquent Brown,
ftcli' z iat'ritiyely the deep rvacuity Of
his friend answering to Ills own. A
pause cnsues, durlrg which each re-
CARDS the other with an imbecile
smile ard ftrvent pressure Of the
hard. Joaes draws . long breath.
and looks idown the street. Brown
sigls heavily, and gazcs up tic street.
Another, pansc. duting which each
gentleman tliseI gage their respective
ha,ds. and Slace al xiously arout:d
for SONS col.vcr tional avei.uc of es-
cape, Fl ally. Jo' cs (witlla b sudden
re, lrmption of having forgotten ain
important cngagcmcIt ejacu'ates:
well, / mist he off"-a remark in
stal.tly echoed by the voluhlc Brown,
and these gentlemen separate only to
repeat .thcil' miserable formu.a The
next day. 80
In the above example We have com
passion ut lv sliorteiel the usual l,ave-
taking. which. in skilful. llanf's, may
be protractcdtn such ii length that
The Eare relation wonl,l make us
shndder. Wellust say in the behalf
Of a few of nur kind. hearted cit;zels,
who are participants IN these afro
cious transactions, that they linger
with the hope ofsayiig & something pa-
tnral to their tr.crd, Geelirg that they
rare cropping in the mazy labyrinths Of
their minds for "a like expression
until they feel that they ought 10 be
separated ly a police man, 1t is as
tonishirg how far the most wi etched
joke will 90 on these occasions; md
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