The Camden Daily Journal, 1864-07-02

uuu jyt.-).; ? IIU _) l'j)iciu;ij' (JUUMIUIl MJUIl'HClUCll. 1 UStcrday is a compound substantive, compounded ol "day," pud the absoluto adjoctivo' "yester " signifying. "last past." Yesterday, ilien, is exactly equalto "the day last past." Not having any books of tefcrence at baud we do not J>ke to fcpiak pos lively of tho derivation- of yester, but "wo believe it comes from the Greek "husk-res." Jit the phrase "John eame yesterday," yesterday is in tho objective ease, ami governed by tho proposition "on"' nnderstood, according to lbt> familinr rule, "nouns sign hying which way, how far, ltpw long.-timo when &c., are put iti the objective, a proposition bfciug understood." In thephrase "John came day before yesterday," yesterday isgovoincd by the proposition "before" expressed. Tiio syntax of tho word ' yesterday" is tho sanio in thiso two soutences, tho only diflbrenco boing that tho governing word is oxprossed in tho latter, and not in in tho former. "On yesterday" is, therefore,' not only not imgrammalicAl, but tiio "on" is essential to tho logical analysis. Whether the on should bo ox pressed or,not is a quostion of taste : our own opiuion is that it. should be loft to bo understood, in accordance with

lIMJill J IIV UIV LiiVJil> 1 U I i I <U ' J I IIULIIIII^ lUl lUIIl to do but lo return the dispatclips to the Foreign Of lice, where they will henceforth remain as the record of the most aidieulons diplomatic" failure of even Earl Russell's Administration.. So little, however, did the Fqrejgn Secretary nntieipnto\sueh a result, that, ;e> late as the *Jd of April, additional instructions were sent out to Mr. Crawford relative to his mission to Richmond. - -The^c artditioi}uMn'*t-FoethMv^_,?it.-niau' be supposed, were rendered necessary by the discovery that the "Mallory Report" was a forgery. We are now impatiently waiting to see v whether the farce is to have a third acts.?London Jndc.i', 2d inst. ? (>110 of the most heroic acts of bravery connected with the history of the bombardment of Fort Sumter occurred on the 20th tilt. The second shell fired by the er.omy on that day, aihalfpastonep. pl., carried away the flag stall'; but before the Hag had touched the ground, it was seized by Lieut. O. II. Claiborne; wlio liisbcil with it to the parapet, through the smoke of the bursting shell, and, before the enemy could discover tin /effect of their shot, its delimit cross was again llauiiting; in the air. "i he bra\o Lieutenant was immediately followed to tin; nnrauuL bv Messrs. X. F. I"V.v:i -

the rulo that nil words, which can bo supplied from the' context, should lie omitted. And now lor "to-morrow." Is "To-morrow" a compound adverb, compounded of the preposition "to" nnd tho substnntivo "niorrdw," or is it a corruption of "tho morrow?" 11"it is the former, "on to-morrow" is certainly nn ungramniatioal cxpro3:iion ; but not a shadow ot nrgucmont can bo offered in support of tho proposition. "Tho morrow," on the other hand, ?3 a familiar phrase. We linvo not spneo to discuss tho etymology at length, nor do wo consider it necessary! to tho phMoligist the proposition will seom axiomaticAnd if "to-morrow" is a substnntivo, tho panic reason- * ing will apply to it as to "yesterday." ^\ro add, l>y way of illustration, llirci/ sentences exhibiting "To- j iftorrow" in all the eases. "To-morrow is St. Ciispius'' < day." llo A ill not live to seo to-rndrrow's sun. I I will mnko it to-day, if I can, but doubt whether 1 can i comploto it before to-morrow. And in nil theso "tho'' can bo subd'litulod' for "to" without making tho slightest alteration in either the sense or tho gram- ' nialical couatruction. I

... . i v i.i.-.|iiv>t viu 1A.VH1, me irjcicct dressed his Majesty, extolling ns memorable the day lie had arrived, and predicting a, new era for 1he country, The Emperor rea^l a brief reply in Spanish in a clear, vibrating-tone. After this a conversation free from etiquette took place, and they were then presented tothe Enipiess, who canity leaning on the arm of Maximilian frftin an adjoining saloon. On the following-morning, at 5 o'oW^l>, the royal landing look plaee.. There wa.Wpbrmal reception, delivering the keys of the ci , etc. At Soledad the royal party took breakfast, and entered Cordoba at a late hour on vthc i!9lli, one of tho carriages having broken down. On the 30th, at 1 p. in., they entered Orizaba, which is the last we have heard of them. Encouraging rno.m tiiFront.?A corrcspoudent of the Atlanta Appeal, frg a Johnston's army, says : All looks well hero. "Old Chickahominy" has mesmerized his whole command into the faith of little children in the wisdom" of all his plans and purposes. No question arc asked. "W hatever is, is right." A soldier, with the tint of t he Crenelles all over his face, his hands and his garments, said to me this-,, morn inn- :

ream; and 15. Krnnnon, of the Engineer Department, who, during the considerable- space of time occupied in readjusting the stnlf, nHorded a most conspicuous target. Too cowardly to appreciate, and too mean to honor a gallant act in a foe, the Yankees at once poured into the gallant trio, a close and rapid fire; bu-t . they coolly finished their work, saluted the enemy with a cheer and a wave of their hats, and left their perilous post, without haste, and thank (Hod ! without scAith..?Mercury. . Ottawa Indians Captured.?The Yankees have drawn upon all the nationalities of the world for soldiers to fight their battles. We have captured from their armies, not only the genuine Yankee, hut the unadulterated African, the- Englishman, the Frenchman, the Scotchman, the Irishman, the Dutchman, the Italian, the Swiss,"and these in no small numbers, as all who have seen or conversed with the prisoners can testify to. ' And wo have l en son to l?( lievo thai there is a considerable Lnt'inli'liiwf 4\f tii/> nnnc.a olpmoid in i1?r? 1.

I'uisokeufi or W a it Mouth abd'South.?it is"a ({'notion now, not easily decided, which of the sections'nl war holds the groat'.*number of the prisoners, fit ant has given us not a lew ' in lite East, while Ihutks anil .Steele in the Trans-Mississippi have aililcil many, thousands. The latest reports front the prison posts give the following,exhibit of prisoners.actually liekl v- in tile Confederacy? viz { At. Andcrsonyille, J .*. (Georgia,- twenty-live thousand'; at Macon, twelve hundred'ofiieers; at Lynchburg, fifteen hundred; auDanville, one thousand: at liiehmotul, one thousand ; at other points east of tlie Mississippi, one thousand ; m the TransMississippi eight thousand. This" gives about thirty eight thousand' prisoner** of war. 'The.enemy do not actually hold over twenty five thousand*- of- our soldiers, though when those paroled and sent southward come to he counted it wilkapproximate near thirty thousand. So far the W?r huhror hn I-in ? > ?=

nesaay : l'nvates J. Johnson, mortally; Dcf] I art, severely ; Littlcfickl, painfnlly ; McKirincv, slightly?all of Campany F, First South Carolina Artillery. A negro was also slightly wounded. No damage was done to tho castie. The fleet remains unchanged. Fight near Salem.?Information believed to be reliable was received last evening, stating , that General. Early defeated Hunter and his raiding party, near Salem, a day or two ago, capturing fourteen pieces of artillery and taking seven hundred prisoners. Tho cnomy burned one hundred ^nd fifty wagons to keep them from falling into Early's hands. Danville Appeal, Ibth. Geooratm!icai..-?Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana Texas and' tho newspaper correspond- ' " nts, all he beyond the Mississippi. * Somo of the correspondents, as well as parts of Louisiana, lie also on this side of tho crcat river, ( ^^ 7. Lord Russell has become so unpopular tliat* io was actually hissed at tho annual dinner of- J lie Royal Literary Fund. :