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THREE DOLLARS A YEAR,] FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. [INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. VOL.1II. WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 1866. NO. THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED ENERY WEDNESDAY MOR NING, At Newberry C. H., By THOS. F. & B. H. GBENE%E, TERMS, 68 PER ANNUM, IN CURRENCY, OR PROVISIONS. Payment required invariably in advance. Marriage notices, Funeral Invitatione, Obitu aries, and Communications subserving private Inaterests, are charged as advertisements. [For the Herald.] MACHINE POETRY. GBOUVD OUT BY A MAN WHO HAD A "CHILL A'D FEVEE." Vke up z Are quickly my dear, I'm about to have a chill; h feel It coming in fingers and toes, Tingling here and there as it goes, E'n now, in 'he very end of my nose Oh! what a terrible thrill. Phew! was there ever such a disease, To contract our muscles and liver; It curdles the blood, and frizzles your hair, -Makes one blue, who before was fair, Tho' drawn to the fire ever so near Oh! don't it make you shiver. Comforts and blankets, hot-water and bricks, Oh! stir up the fire again; 1 m about 1 believe to go into fits, Or to shake myself into endless bits, Or worse perhaps, to loose my wits With this jarring,jerking pain. My head will burst with the blasted pain, My bones, be smashed, I know; My legs and arms-we.l, its no use talking, In spite of all eforts, my knees keep knocking, And-gracious, I've dropped a shoe and stocking, With thi shai--g ague, Oh! Tie up my head as tight as a drum, With hankerchief,-vinegar-so; Xow water, and mustard a bushel at least, Till I burn out the life of this terrible buast, Who makes of my flesh and blood a feast, With his crab-claw fingers, Oh! O,yes indeed, a thousand claws, Won't be too many, to count them; For I *el their grip from head to toe, Squeezing out every minute a terrible Oh! From my puckered mouth, and blue lips, ho ! Give me something to rout them. Ah! they are leaving now, for I'm getting warm, And a fever of course, will follow; With a bead-ache as hard as any wedge, As ever was driven in log, by sledge, To produce those shapeless things with an edge, Caf'd rails, by Arch-e-bel, Oh! My pulse has been trotting for fully an hour,. And now it goes in a gallop; My month is as dry and as hot as fire, My fever increases, higher and higher, My head's in a'whirl !-good gracious get Meyer, And seven pounds of jalap. a a 0 + a a a " a Al Doctor. you langh at my sending for jalap, And tel me I must have been dreaming; if I did. I saw the strangest things Circular, oval, square and In strings; Fishes in carriages under the sea, Dogs-with theirheads,where their tails ought to be A dignified elephant holding a court. And curious characters making him snort. A queer little man, in black) in the run, Whom the elephant said, was called the sun. But stranger thingsIssaw ina church, Where no one would look, in mnaking a search, For bottles or corkscrews, sugars and spice, All-these I saw, with jnleps and ice; And some other things not quite so nice To a man with the chill and fever. But the perspiration is runing fast, Through every pore of my skin, So [' eoon be through, with this fever and chill, Then after anap, and a big blue pill, I'll pour in the quinine with right good will, And keep my head in adin. For the Newberry Herald. FROM NEWBERRY TO SALEi, N. C. BY VoYAGEUR. There was nothing of interest to note on the route from Newberry to Columbia except the varied hues of the Autumn foliage which to the lover of nature affords pleasure, and especially during such bright, soft Indian Summer as we have been having this month. My fellow-traveller, a young female relative, just entering her teens, as: well her first journey ofany extent, especially by rail, found much to interest her, and I rather envied her her freshness and simplicity.' We were advised by a friend on the train, to stop at the Shiver House (formerly Roache's) on ac count of the "Miss in her teens" as the landlady of that house is very kind in taking care of young ladies travelling alone. I found this to be the case in the instance of my young friend, for she was taken into the apartments of the famiiy, and my own quarters were just opposite on the same floor, where I was quite comfortable. This' Rouse is veryeconveniently situated in the busincss-part of the town and yet has an air of quiet retire ment. It is very neat ly kept. The' rooms are comfortable if not splen did, and the table is well furnished. We wvalkedt out through the town to see its desolation, and( without any affectation of sentiment, the :iwr-t of ('olumbt iE yerv saricn ing. It is a melancholy and practi cal comment upon war. Such a metamorphosis in a place I never saw. It is no longer the place I once knew it. One might well fancy himself in some California town of twenty years ago, when he sees the numerous small booths and shanties with their wares dis played to attract customers, and to think that the stores there were almost palatial two years ago. The State House looks like a premature ruin, with the air of neglect around it added to the dismantling effects of war. As I sat on one of the granite blocks in front of it, I thought of Marius at the ruins of Carthage. The most ruthless act of vandalism in the destroyer was the mutilation and shattering of the carved capitals and marble entablatures, which hnd been wrought by the chisel at ,o much pains and expense, for the adorn ment of our beautiful and magnifi cent State House. There they lie a confused heap of beautiful ruins, the work of iuel and fanatical iconoclasts. During the first part of our peregrinations through the desolated town we had a most interesting cieerone in the very pretty daughter of our landlady, whose style of beauty, softness of tone and languid manners is very Italian, and her intelligence with her little out-bursts of patriotic indignation, renaered her quite invaluable as a guide. We went through Sidney Park which, even in neglect, is still beautiful. Nature has done much for it and its capa bilities (as a landscape gardener would say) are considerable. There are several springs, fountains or wells, (whichever the reader may choose to call them,) and the principal one is beautiful in its square granite and marble basin, covered over with a high arbor with grape or muscadine vines trailing over it, which makes one think of Italy, with her vine em bowerd arbors and the light Saracenie style of the pavillions generally gives them an oriental look. The walks and banks or terraces are still beautiful in many places. We walked through the new market on our return from the State House. It is in a new locality and is a more attractive place than the old one, with its neat, well -filled stalls. Amongst the very best the Cali fornia looking booths or mushroom stores of Columbia, as it is ,is the store of our former townsman, E. E. Jackson, whose superiority as a druggist is well known. His store is handsomely fitted up and is well filled. How different have I seen Columbia look in such beautiful weather as this soft, Indian sum mer, on occasions of former visits. I was not prepared however to see so many new buildings erected on Main street, although inferior, most of them, to former structures. But to proceed on my journey, there was nothing of the slightest possible interest to chronicle be tween Columbia and High Point, except the beautiful and luxurious sleeping car for the use of which the occupant pays extra. I mere ly walked through it to look at its arrangements which are very inviting with its plush-covered. elongating seats with neat linen caps tiedl atop and with each panel between the seats lined or eeiled with polished mirrors. The staging from High Point to Salem, a dlis tance of eiteen miles, was per formed during the small hours of the night, and we reached the quaint old place shortly after sun rise. I found Salem almost the identical-place I left it twenty years ago, without the shadow of change so far as I remember, ex ept the erection of a fine new Academy in addition to the origi nal buildings which have so much the look of a convent or nunnery. The new one is built in a line with the others, but is handsomer. and higher, and with a more im poin a radc. The visit to the Academy with the principal, Mr. Grunest, was not so interesting as on former occasions, when it was more novel, but its conventual ap pearance and arrangements struck me even more forcibly than for merly, especially when I was shown into the Church which con nects with the new Adademy by a private stair-cu se by which these temporary nuns or novices have access to the galleries of the Church on Sundayswhen they are marshalled in procession and file into their places or seats in due order of succession. The organ in the Church seems to have con siderable power and compass as was exhibited to me by the principal, who, like all or most Germans, plays as well as teaches and preaches. Salem seems to have stood still, or to have slept like Rip Van Winkle for so many years during which it has not kept up with the progress of the age, but has still the same grotesque fea tures of years long gone. It is like a German town, and very like the towns in the valley of Virginia, which were settled by Germans. There is great similarity in the construction of the houses even to the very locks on the doors. We passed by the old Iotel at the top of the hill, which looks precisely as it did twenty years ago, but charges as high as our finest City Hotels. We went to a smaller house of accommodation, which is really better and more comforta ble, with only half the charge. We were installed at once in a small, neat, cheerful and comfort able sitting room where a fire was burning which was most accepta ble on account of the chillness of the early October morning. Mr. Brietz and his pleasant, cheerful companion, made us feel quite at home, and we were told by other guests who had tried the hotel, that we had "struck the nail on the head," in going to this house. We found the table most excellent and th1 rooms neat and comfort able. The quaintly constructed house looks only like a Salem house can look or rather a Dutch man's house with all the neatness or which that thrifty people are proverbial. Durn an early morn ing walk I saw the housekeepers or the servants washing the floor and even the stone steps. The town is built mostly on one street and the stores are very scattering instead of being built or located together as with us. They alter nate with residences or sometimes numbers of rcsidences be tween the stores. During my walk I strolled lip the beautiful avenue of cedars which leads to the Cemetery. It is wide and bordered on either side with smooth grass and in its morn ing freshness was apleasant prom enade, especially as the walk is covered with soft tan bark as of old. This cedar avenue runs para lel with the Main street, andwith in a few yards of it, but there is no access to it, except at the two~ ends, where, a gate at one end and steps at another, give access to the pedestrian, but many of the back enelosures and buildings of1 the lots adjoining abut upon the avnue. The cedars do not seem to have grown any since my for mer visits, and their boxes hang drooping down just as they did twenty years ago. There do not seem to be any, or many. more graves in the Cemetery than there were then. Each grave, (they are very close to each other in rectan glar rows) is covered with smooth grass or grounding and the only monument is a small slab of about eighteen inches. square generally, upon the head of each grave but all lying fiat on the grave. Such is the principle of equality which has always been inculcated and practised by this sect or commu nity. andl which is called in dis tinction from other sects. United Brethren. I think the dlistinction of society and caste never hav'e the principle of a community of goods seem to ha- h ,en once practised. Formerly there was but one store allowed in the place, but one hotel, but one shoe shop, : and so on with all occupations and trades; but that was done away with, after a while Those trades were then conducted for, and under the supervision of the Church. The streets of Salem are paved from one end to the other with 1 rock or brick, and the internal ar rangement or economy of the houses is very different from ours. The hills around Salem are well timbered and the woods are many hued in their autum dress, whilst the hay fields and meadows inter spersed give the landscape a very rural or mystic appearance. There was a funeral in Salem, on Satur day evening, of an elderly lady, whose death (as the custom there is,) was announced to the inhabi tants of the town early on Friday by the death horns, wi.ch played a dirge from the cupola of the Church. A band of young men were the performers. The coffin was borne to the Church upon a bier or tressel upon the shoulders of four men, and was covered with a white cloth. The friends and relatives followed in procession, but the coffin was deposited in the dead house adjoining, till the fu-' neral services were performed in the Church. Hymns and chants were sung to the music of the or gan by the choir, a sermon was preached, and a small written menioir of the dead, by one of the family, was read by the minister after the sermon. The bier or tressel was deposited on the pave ment after the services and a chant was given out by the minister, ac companied by the music of the horns, whilst the long procession was duly marshalled, which took some time, as the scholars from the Academy were very slow to muster. I followed in the wake with some male citizens, and as the procession moved along the cedar avenue, where the ground is undulating, it was an imposing sight to those in the rear. The marshalling of the procession in the cemetery along the walks was done in a very orderly and quiet manner, from long practice. Every thing at the Cemetery is rectangu Tr. It is intersected at right an gles, with walks like a garden, and: the dlead arc hurried in rows close together, and each year or years has its division which correspond to a gardeni bed. At the corners of these beds, where the walks cross, there are four large cedars planted. There was a funeral service read and some chants sung, accompanied by the band, after which t.he pro eession retired in quiet order from the cemetery, but each went his way after he had entered the avenue. I attended service in the Church on Sunday. They have a prayer-book with a ritual by which the services are conducted, and a good deal of chanting to the niusic of the organ. The men generally: sang base very well, and the responses were full and audible. The Church was built in 1800, and looks primitive, though it is large. The windows are large but very high ab)ove the floor, with an elliptical arch instead of the Norman or Gothic. White is the prevailing color in the Church but1 is relievedl by the green Venetian 1 blinds to the windows inside, andi the too somb)re draipery of the pulpit which is black. The seats arc prim, high backed benches of poplar, kept scrupulously neat and clean as is the floor, and no mark of destructive urchins or restless whitler's kkife, is to bet seen upon these scat which have probably been forms since 1800. L do not like to close my reminis enes of Salenm without paying another tribute to my boarding house, where I was made to feel so much at home, that I lingered a; a.y log than was. my original I] ntent. Mr. Charles Brietz and .is amiable companion (who is of Protestant Irish extraction, and )ears the physiognomy of the North of Ireland) are most agre Lble people to stop with, and I vould like to particularize some of ;he special articles of the cuisine, ,specially the deserts or pastry, or the benefit of housekeepers, ut the dread of being compared :o the voluble and talkative Miss Bates. (a character in one of Miss Tane Austen's novels) who entered ;o much into particulars about 3very day matters, and to whom I iave been compared by some of ny privileged lady friends,restrains ny pen and inclination in this nstance. Mr. Brietz is sensible md unobtrusive but attentive and Kirid, while his better half is kind aess itself in actions and manners. The rates at this house are only avo dollars per diem, whilst the rates of the hotel are four dollars m day. I walked out to see the iew town of Winston, hard by salem, and the boundaries are so lended and indistinct that I was reminded ofa certain line ofa hymu "Where does hope end and where begin the oun$nes of despair." Di my return I was invited by ny landlady to partake of vesper, m relic of German customs, which ,ommonly obtains on Sunday with most families. It is to partake of offee, with a particular kind of ;weet cake; why it is called vesper [ did not learn, as the hour I par :ook of it was about half past two n the afternoon, about two hours ifter dinner. The last morning o: ny stay in Salem I walked to the :emetry and going out of a gate it the back, found that I had mtered upon a more modern one hich was of great extent, and nagnificent in gorgeous woods of iboriginal growth, in all thei superb autumn dress. A deep ravine intersected this repository >f the dead, and a terraced walki wound round this ravine in the form of the letter U. Other smaller ravines also diversified the grounds, nud beau iful enclosures with roves tastefully adorned. One arge vault belonging to the ~amily of 'Fries' with the simplc mrname upon the front, was built uto the side of a hill. On one rave, a most beautiful cross o: right fresh flowers of glorious orm and hue, rested. Adjoinn his cemetery are the handsome rounds of the Academy, which iave in the centre a very fine ravillion which is furnished with sats, but the structure is very mch defaced by scribblers. The walks and mistic seats and alcoves, with the magnificent trees and soverd fountains in the grounds, render the place a delightful re treat and place of recreation for he young novices. This last walk closed my visit in Salem. )n my return I stop)ped at Nicker. son's IHotel in Columbia, with which I was much pleased, both2 is to its locality and accommoda :ions. It is certainly a first class [otel. A GooD PEOPLE.-The Sheriff of Cal toun County, Ala.. has resigned because ;he people are too lenient to sue each~ >ther, and was about to starve to deathl n the proceeris of the office, which he ays are just about nothing at all. We tdmire the good sense of both the peo. >le and the Sheriff-the first for giving ui nothing to do, and he for declining :o do it. Uie says in his letter of resig~ ation: When I went into the office, I' deter nined to try to make a good sheriff, and ;ive satisfaction, but found it impossi le to do so without money or assis ance.-And now I ask what else could do under these circumstances, but quit heriffing, go to work, try to make some hing to pay my debts, and prepare to narry before it is too late ? The Legislature of Mississippi con 'ened in extra session on Monday last. ~ov. Hlumphreys, in his message to the egislature, says he considers the Con titutional Amendment an insult to the rhole South, and says he~ presumes that t will only be necessary to read it to the THE LAST HOURS OF JOHN VanBUREN. The Telegraph has announced the death ofHon. John Van Buren, which occurred on Board the Sco tia on his passage home fromEng land, whither he had been for the good of his health. The mails bring the following details of his last hours : A TOUCHING SCENE. On Friday the supreme anxiety of Mr. Van Buren for the restora tion of the Union showed itself in an instance which is probably one of the most remarkable in mortu ary history. He was feeling phy sically better. His-mind showed, however, no increase of directness or clearness upon general topics, or upon any at all, excepting that singular intensity with which he comtemplated the distracted con dition of the country. While half reclining, half sitting up, suppor ted by the arm of his daughter and niece on either side, Mr. Van Bu ren's eye lighted up with unusual brilliancy, and even in this posi tion he seemed to expand to the eye with the pride and port of the orator of other days. The narrow cabin became a vast auditorium to his view, the few friends a mighty audience, but more than all, the int crests ofthe country rose supreme in his mind and compell ed utterance. He began a speech on national affairs, and concluded it not until he had spoken with out interruption two and a quar ter hours. The gentlemen around his bed say that it was in all res pects worthy of, and in some su perior to his happiest efforts. At the first he rapidly and perspicu ously photographed the progress, the purposes, and the problems of the late war, and .emphasized the pledged faith of the government that it could and should ultimate only in a secured Union of free and equal States. He then adver ted to the efforts of Mr. Johnson to carry out that pledge in letter and spirit, and to have for his in spiration and guide the unmista kable commands of the Constitu tion, and the gencrous magnani mity of the people. This part of the most remarkable address was followed by a scarification of Con gress in terms of satire, eloquence and reproach, of which none were so capable as he. A rapid review of the policy of reunion and dis union next ensued, and he thought hewsonce more addressing his fellow-citizens in his native State. The subject was presented with a splended reference to the material interests and historic greatness of the Empire State, imperatively demand'ng that she plant heself square on the side of a perfect Union~ of equal and honored States. At the close Mr. Van Buiren pro nounced a eulogy upon the worth, the talent, the integrity of Hon. John T. Hoffman. such as only a man of his strong intimacy with the subject of his praise, and that intensity of personal attachment, of which he developed such a re markable amount, could so grace fully, so sincerly, and so magneti cally pronunce. As a piece of composition, whether viewed as a literary, an argumentative, or an oratorical production, his dying ad dress was in all respects no less a credit to the national reputation of the speaker than it was a vin dication and tribute to the cause and motives that evoked its utter ance. The Clarion and Standard, in noticing the departure of a swarm of Yankee "school marms" from Jackson, says : "One of them is known to have bathed in Pearl river, for she was try'jig to learn her pupils, male and female-be tween the ages of 20 and 45--the accom plishments of swimming on a beautiful evening in May. And bad luck to the urchin who stole their clothes from the bank. Oh ! how rude to make such a party wait under the bank of the river exposed to the gaze of the fishermen in their boats until a new supply of appar el was brought." Virginia proposes to build up New CIBCULAB OF THE HOLLYWOOD MEMORIAL BAzAAR AssoCIATION. The Ladies of the HoLLYWOOD MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION propose holding a BAZAAR in Richmond, Va., in February next, for.the pur pose of raising funds to- -enable them to carry out their plans ia care of the confederate Dead. "-t is their wish ,that each, of the late Confederate States,with Maryland, should be represented in this Ba zaar, as the Association is interes ted equally ~in all the deceased Soldiers of the South, from what ever State they may have come, who are buried at HolIywood - An Agent or Agents will be ap. - pointed in each State, who Will notify the public of that State: of their readiness to receive contri butions of money, or of artieles - that may be disposed of. at the Bazaar. It is hoped that in this undertal ing, which appeals so touchingly to the Ladies of the South, and those who sympathize with them, - 4 .re will be manifested a becom ing enthusiasm, and that the Ba zaar will illustrate how 'nobly these States can emulate~ eaeh other in love and good: works on this occasion ofso much interest to all. The following named "Ladies have been -appointed Officers sn4 Executive Committee. All money and articles -of value from Virginia should be transmi ted to them ;eontributioas ffoni other States-should be reportedi* the State Agents 'or their diree' tion. s An efficient Committee of Gen% tlemen will act in concert with the Ladies in the careful management of the funds. Miss MARTIN, Columbia, _ C. Agent for the upper part of Sduth Carolina. PRESIDENT.-MRS. LEWIS N. WEBB. VICE PRESIDENTs-.-4lRs.- L.. D CRENsHAW, 1MIRSA JAMEs LvONs~ MRS. DR. HAXALL, 3Ra5 BQBER1~ OULD. - SECRETARY--Rs. WM. BRowN. TREASURER-MRS. Os GENNET. EXECUTIVE COMMITEE.-is. Dr. C. G-. Barney, Mrs. Jefei-soth Archer, Mrs. -Lucy Walker, r. Win. Bell, Mrs. W. M. Elliott, Mrs E. F. Semmes- Miss R. Myers, Miss Isabella Webb, Mrs. Wellingtog Goddin, Mrs. Thos-. H.- Ellis, Mfrs. T. W. DosWell, Mrs. Dr. Higgia botham, Mrs. Alfred Hlarris,. Mrs. B>enjamin Smith, Mrs. R. A. Mayo; Miss Mary Sherrard, Miss Ljizzie Nieholas, Mrs. Nannie Bruce,.Mrs, T. Brockenbrough, -Mrs. Cak MGruder, Mi-s. J. B.''TMur4bt Mrs. John Purcell, Mrs. Wilhi*m Jenkins, Mr's. J. S 'Wellford, MErS~ Thos. H. Wynne,' Miss Jennie Ritchie, Miss A. E Pellett. We are promiset a law suit of extraordinary magnitude, in which the mother Church of the Epised pal denomiintion in this country will figure as the dfendant4 Quen Anne granted large ti-acto" of land on Manhattan Island to the corporation of Trinity Churchs This property has been built ovet and most of it is in the_bheartd. the city. The heirs of one AnnekO ans, an honest burgher of the old Dutch times, lay claim to this same poperty, and stand ready to prove the defects in Trinity title. The heirs number many prominent families, and propose to push the prosecution with vigor, They had a meeting on Monday night, when two hundred of them, inclu ing ladies, were present. Judge -opper, of New Jersey, reported that Trinity seemed anxious to cme to a compromise with the eirs. He valued the property in ispute at $200,000,000. Mr. As,~ or, who holds leases frorn. Tdn,ity, efuses to give up the property util the Church makes its claims ood. The lawyers will enjoy a rich harvest in this litigatiomr~