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THER RE1 ERAL Te Dollars for 3 Months.] Devoted to tke Dbseminitien of Geeral.formit.i.. VS VOLUME I. NEWBERRY, S. C, MARCH 28, 18.05. - NUME R 2.. THE Tm-WEEKLY HERALD Is rUSLISHED AT a NEWBERRY C: 11., Every Taesday, Thursday -and Siturday, By Thos. F. & . H. Greneker, Terrs-$10 for three months. in advance. Ad vertisements inserted at the rate of k i for first insertion of twelve lines or les, and $3 for vub sequent insertion. Single insertion of one square $5. LITTLE BY LITTLE. One step and then another, And the longest walk is ended; One stitch and then another, And the largest rent.ii mended; One brick upon other, And the highe. wall is tnade'; One flake upon another, And deepest snow is laid. So the little coral workers, By their slow and constant motion, Have built those prettj islands In the distant ddirk blue ocean; And the.noblest undertAikings Man's visdom hath conceived, By oft repeated efforts Have been patiently achieved. .TUR ASHES OF CUARLAUSTON. [From the N.Y. Daily News of tle 22d Feb., 185.} With -the fall of Charleston commences- the tug of war. The confiie is about to assume 'its fiereest, bloodiest, deadliest phase. There is no longer any doubt as-to the teiiper of the South. In Oe ashes of the doonied city,the retiring foot. steps of its proud defenders traced their deter milatio-. to coqquer independence, whatever aight be the sacrtice of comfort, property er life. 'Charleston *as to- the Carolinians what kostow was to the alussians. Far beyond its material value they revererwed it for the sake of a-ociations that linked it with their emotions of S pride and 'ffection. If they had obeyed the.ir in clinations, they wAould have stood by the city ' the last, spill ng their lite-blood, drop by drop, in its defence. But the hour had come for pheti to sacrifice all locai prejudices, all -pride, all ps a on;it atnm tr y,-n per!somnt considC~at onr to thecause in which they had embarked. They did not hesitate. The appeal.was made to their woral courage, and it was answered by a devi tion like that which fired the sacred city of the e l]uscorite, and gave to the invader a blackened ruin for his prize, and a desert for his land of promise. One journal in th,is city,the most fanat'cl o( its kid, has assertep that.it was cowardice which indsced the abandonnient of Charleston. AlP ,nen of intelligence know this to be false ; all just men will acknowledge it a shnder, and all who apprecite true courage will blu.h for sham e that it r;as ever uttered. It was that .kind of eowardice that impelled the Black Douglas to fling the heart of Bruce into the centre of the Saracen host, that for its redemption his arm might be nerved to victory. It was the kind of cowardice that caused TeH to aim h.is shaft at the head of his loved best, that cinsed the first Brn. tus to pronounce the doom of Math upoi his son, and the second Brutus to slay his Varest.friend. Some such cowardly instinct induced 'abius to shin the eneny, and Washingion to follow his example, even when the faiiling spiries of his countrvmen seemed to upbraid his cautiotus poli * cy. It.is, in fact, the cowardice th,at fear- to Jeorpsrdize a cause by gratifying a va nity or ambition. It is moral courage ; the ]oftiest and parest that God h:as given to his creatures. - What nian is<hre, wh is not a fanatic or a ple would burn and ci':icy :he'ir prcoerty to as sist in subjuigating the Sow!b. They 'would make~( every needful' sacrm~ee t'o resist inv:a$on: but for conquest, only snech as.,are forced upon them by the military. power that conducts the war. But at last the North begins to comprn hend the stern, unfaltering and invincible purpose.of the foe. They understand at hist the true chameter *of the war, and they kner that it means Suh ern independence or extermnin.arion. Three years ago, or two, or even- a year ago, the capture of Charleston would have set the Northern pulse in a fever of excitement a:.d exel tation. To-day, although the 'flags are flying, and cities and tillages wear a holiday aspect, * he-re is discernible in the midst of str,ined en *thusiasm and siperficial rejoicing, a more reflect *ive mood than has been apparent since the corn menement of hostilities. Our people have not lost all their sagaci:y in the whirl of excitement. They know that the Southerners (10 no burn thei~r cities and dlestroy their property because of despair or phireizy ; or if it he' madness ther.' is a method in it.'that is ajngerous to ethers than t1emselves. The Sorn has ac.cepted a great h'i -' nmihatioq r a prelude to a great t iumph. The won'derfutl i.itll'eet that now controls the mititary action of the Confederacy ha~ prompted the sacri flce that even the North beholds with wonder. Let us confeFs' that beneath the outward soeming of rejoicing, 'here is bewilderment and forebo ding, aind a consciousters that the fruit we have to igng reached for, and thiat, at last, has fallen of'son accord into our h'ands may turn to ? he! ou eur lips. When A rrng frectn ga forth40 battle, with the flames of their home steads lightning their way, to victory or de-th, dedicatirg their household gods to destruction and giving all their worldly treasures as a tribute to a political sentiment, the wood rebellion, as applied-to them, loses its significance,, and his tory records them as patrios, whether they faii or win. Against this Indomitable will, this dog. ged perseverance, this sub;ime dev6ion, it Is in vain for fleets and armies to contend. The- Fed -eraL A4ministration miy find in the ruins of I Charleston the beginning of the se4uel to the late Pace Con'ereice. They imposed conditions that .o free, brave people couldaccept; and now, as a brave, free people, the Southerners are con centrating their energies for war to the titter most. It has becrif said that the rebellion was a shell; the shel jq ours, and, while we hold the worthless fragments, its it,vnrnerahI core, the great st.rong heart, 'efies, bafiles us. To one who truly conceives4 the meaning of the chinge bf poliev that tas been inaugu rated by t.e abondonment aT1 7es-ruction nf Chartbs. ton, ae shadow of comir.g h:attles looks dnrker and more vast than ever before. To 'one lin, %e know how fertile the resources-to ow, heart, we :iiovr how' firm and trAe-to one intellec!, we know how grifted with marti.i attribmtes--to pne man, we kirow how capable to plan, to siXe, to thwart, to-retrieve error or.to take -rdvnage of it, the, milary. fortanes of the 6oui !-ave been confided. Free to act at his o!it,n, untram tieled by administrative interference, trusted, belted snd honored by soldier and civiVan, he has lost no*time in.nsing his dictri.oria power to remodel.he 0:ho!e svstem of wa rrr-. The t;i of ICharleston is a c:n:equence le.s o Swr:m;n's prowesi than of Lee's strategy. Wiio gives a castle looks to gain a queen. LETTER FROM GEN. LEE ON THE SUB JECT OF USING NEGROES ASSOLDIERS. IIEADQUARTEglS C. S. ARNES, 18th Febuiry, 1865, Hon. E. Baresdale, House ofepreeifatires;iritmzond: SIR-I lare the honor, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the JSth inst., with reference to the employment of negroes 4s soldiers. I think the m sure not only expe dient, but necessary. 'The enorpy will, cer-, Iainly_ust'g- MmAgainst_ ifit he ciao: get pos session of them, and as'his present nuierical superiority will enable him to penetrate many parts of the country, I cainot see the wisdom of the policy of holdirg them t vawait his. rival, when we may, by, ti-nely ~action and judicious management, use 4hem to arrest his progress. I do not think that our whit% pop ulation can suppl: 'he nece<sities of a long war, without over-ta'xing its capacityand-iin posing great suffering upon our people; and I believe we should provide resources fur a protracted struggle, not nmerelyv for a battle or a campaign. In answer to your second question, I can only say that, in myopin ion, the negres, tin der proper. circumstances, will make efficient soldiers. I think we cotld do as well with, them as the enemy, and be 'attaches great importance to their assstance. Under good I officers and goed'instruction, I de not see why they shourd not become soldiers. They yos sess all the physical qualifications, anft their habits of obedience constitute a good foundt tion for discipline. They furnish a more promising material than 'many armies of which we read in history, . which owed their efficiency to discipline alone. I think those who are employed should he freed. It would be neitherjuast nor wise, in my. ppinion; to require them to. serve as slaves.' The best course to.pursue, it seems to me, would be to call for' such as are willing to come witLh the consent of their pwners., An impressument or draft would not be likely to bring out the~ best lss, and the us.e of coercion would make the measure disgraceful,to them and to their owners. I have no doubt that if Congress would au thorize their recep ' n into service, and ema power the Pres:dent to call upon- individuals r States for such-as they are willing to con tribute, with the condition of emancipation to all enrolled, a s-ifficient pombher wouild be farthoming to enable us to try the experi meut. If it prove successful, most of the obj etions to the measure woul disappea, and. if indi vidals still remained unwilling to send their negroes to the army, the force of public opin ton in the States would soon bring about such legislation as would remove all obstacles. I thing the matter should be left as far-as pos sible to the people and the States, which alone can legislate as the necessities of.this particu lar service may require. As to the mode of organizing th'em, it.should ik left as free from restraint as possiNte. Experiemne will suggest the best course, and it would be inexpedient to trammel the subjeci with provisions that might-, in the end, prevent the adoption of reforms ~sug;zested bj actual trial.. With great respect, yogr o mdient servant, . E. En. Genere~. Proposilion to the Women of the South. BATLE HousE, Feb. 25, 1865. Messrs. Editors: I propose to pay the Confederate debt. Now don't sniile,~ye "Ilordr of creation at us poor women, for although we have ekouraged you by on: smiles even while we suffered, and given Von the reins and urged you to die for liberty 3et after all, you've gotten us into 'a dreadfol scrape; and now that the ship is drifting it ran dom, we venture, albeit through the veil of mo desty, to speak. Tfere are two million women over 12 years of age in -the Confederacy-some heads have one amd some three to four braids of hair-sy they will average two; thprelore, there are about four million braids-worth, in Europe, $40 each in gold, which gives f'orty millions in gold, and in Confedei-ate money two billions-nearly double our present indebtedness. A ship loaded:with this'preeious traffic might make hair '. dadth 'se:pes, but angqls would guard i: v \en..,Maury's wrini.sion) and hind it safe' -at iiavre! All Europe woAd prihase at sp.wund;ivT prices. Many brai s-o1:ring on the alt-r of 'ihertv -w6uld w-i- ii) a labeled inhr :he na:ne of the door,u rhoni d; -t anctiotil C:r deht'v:ould- be i1 mpre ciri.um stance. to the nmo.int rrPlizI.d; and I pr s that every loyal vman in the So-il.h sedd 4"tq! with he. hair, -tied with a ilbbon and a >iq with !,e( name, to .Madine Ie Vert, ;n M1i. Uere't uuiw, and two b)rRd!! Let ener'/ p0r;(>t ic trode.:'" 1<cfd be eriond-a -.rzy ot i ho'ge hlood i-%her, brclter, i'on, or lover, ha, b. n .. niive the 'Vilest for wili stlad : ied in :er rye'sp!encP. Our dero:ion sind p:fiK% wi I I,e recorded by our child,en, and sl ntions rill hoJor us. .. DELIAS, A nicee of James N4dison. OF A GAY LOT.ARto-A EsRTE tn Foun WiTr -Two*or three days since a young couple, evidently rejoicing im aH the sum mer delights of the honey-moon,- reached the city and engagedl apartmenttat thtAugusa Ho tel. - They enjoyed the peace and quiet of th-t establishment, and the btistle and activity of our fashiontable streets unt il evening before last, when the.hii!eXtoom who 1.ad- alread- been noosed was forced to capitulate with a prospectof.being haltered. 4' It appeark t;mt a member of the 11th Teies see Regiment recogrthed the gay lothatlo as a deserter, and caused his arrest. The fellow was originaly.from Nashv-ile, where as Slade, he en listed under the larented Col. Rain, it May, 1861, teaving a"wife behind him in the Rock City. Tired of war and sig!ing for the amordus sweets of donestic life, lie deserted on the- 27th of the'following July at Knpxville, and took unto himsplf a wife at that plree. How long the maid en of the valley of the Holston was enabled to retain the love and mart*al duty of this fickle outh, ire are not advised. He is next heard of at Wilmington, where he changed his name to Bryant,-And acted for two years as a Govcrnment derectite. Ofcoqrse he married again,, Rnotville and his two former wives having. allen into the - Yankee hands. To the astorishm.nt of his oldcomrde, he appears on the scene 5efore thpii while they were in line of battle at Kennesaw motirtain last summer But his tastes rere not for the mucie of shelle,-and though a mile and a half to the rear, lie became demoralized and fled. Nothing more wa, head of Slade or Bryant by his former associates until Tuesd.&y, when he derelopes himself as a,newly married mart. -He had quitted Wilmiinton, when the city and his third wife fell into Federal possession, and was traveling -on papers that ni ted himt permission to visit Greensboro, Ga., fbr the fulfilmnett of a marriage cohntract. Some three weeks since he espoused his 'fourth wife at Sawv Dust, ini this Stite. But the honey-moon was not allowed to wax and wae efoere he c;ame to' grief. And this ends ou9 little cha;pter of romance the hero in the Anugusti Barracks, and thle he roine lo'nely and sad in her so itary bridal cham ber. Slade, or Bryan', (whichever hie pleases) has-a brilliant prospect hefore him. For deser ti*i he is liable to be shot, and for indulgence im the Mormon doctrine of a plurality o :wives, he su.jected himus.t to a long duiration If prison A TALE OF A'FRY1MG PAN-- Gv Ailken, a man of immense weafth, as every one knows. sent a large quantity of s, lendid siver to Winnsboro-to,getit out of the way of t-he Yankees. When the Yanks reached Witnus-) bor9, it. fell into their Lands-or rather, a part into thtir hands-or rather, a part into the hands of certain negroes. After the with-~ 'rawal of the Yaiikees aFmy, an anCient shive was found frying bacon in a magnmficet silver 'aiter, of elegant workmanship and huge val ue. Gen. Jeff 0. Davis repeated.in Carolina his Georgia tactics.. At the crossing of .broad river he left behind him several hundred starv ingand helpless negro women and .children, wo had been seduced from their happy homues and kind masters. News from Mexico confirms the report of the ~ature of Oajaca, with the- garrison of 7,000 men, being thi largest bod-y of troops which deended the sinking fortunes of the Repubiic, DiMvNstoNs oF TRX PRINCIPAL EaOPEM CnucES.-The Homan'Adveraset ii an article compiled to show the impossibility of St. Peter's at Rome 'being ever ci-'oded, gives some ous statistics as to the comparative capacit. of the most celebrated churches in Europe.. We Add a) column, exhibiting the number .of square yards s "Tao.Qe who attended at St. Peter's during the august ceremonies of Christmas Day. might per.. haps hpve imagined that temple in ila parts open to the public during the function, as much croe4 ed as possible. To show the impossibility of SL - Peter's bein ever Ctowded, we annex the follo ing statistidi of its capabilities, as compared with othwr great churches, allowing four person 1W every quadrate metre (square yard): - Person. 9S. rds. St. Peters, 64,000 13,500 Milan Cithedoal, 37,00 9,250 St. P ,i's at Rome, 32,050 8,0 St. Paul's at L-.Avio, 35,600 6,400 St: Petroyio, at Bolgna, 24,400 6,100 Flormene Cathedral - 24,300 6,075 Ar: erp Cathedra 5,4,000 6,000 St. Sophik, Co;tintinople, 23,000 5,75 F'. John. Lateran, 22,900 5,725 Notre D;ime it' Paris, 21,400' 6,V4 P.,s Cathedral, 14,00a 8,29 St. ateneu nt Vie,na, 12,100 ,1300 St. Do lek's at Dologns, 12,000 ,0w St. 1"er's i . ogtua, .11,400 .I,I50 (O tedal of Sienna, ' 11,000 2,750 St.4M' l,ie," 7,0no 1,7VO "T)ie pi;tzz.t of St. Petprs in ifs widest limits, aliTwiny .w1 ve p0rons to th* quadrate metre (:qn.tre yar(! I 24Ms ; tIltowing four to tfi sa'm"?, dr;tsV nili!aiv arr.y, 208,000.. I it: nr.1. &, , nt vo enriing the porticos oi- t'-C P4idZo 11Ven!ilc 474,010 crorwded,. i4d 138,K* in mil*|ry array#" How Tr*Gaow,TOMA?0E*.--T. W Winstoo in a cammoniention to the Tribune of (Ala) says: "In Deeember, dig holes'in a line t*6 feet deep and tio feet wide-makiga square; fill in one-font and a half with goodstab'ewav nore. Then mix the top earth from the ditch with the same quantity orinanure; md 9M i several inrhes abo the surflee. Let st tmn -ontil ouvre ready to set four plants the .p:J:g. Then take pieces of timber Po.+ inehes in thickr'ss, and 12 feet long; put them in the groumdirmlv, say two fjtt-tve pieces at.ote end of -the row or line, am- two every eight feet along its. whole length. .84. the plant. out bet!ree-i the.e posts si fi apart. (not$n inch nearer,) and as they grow up and regire support, nail strips or 0.atw from one post, to another, lengthwis, eon och side, lifting the tender b-anches upon them. Beo e set,lng the plar t<, stir the earth *tlt, onj foot in depth, and ie,m,ber t'iatfa$ta n*t be used, not sged.---By observing the above irstructions closely, and having faim se son., you will gither from twenty plants or vines, more fridt.thar a large family can ut% and they will bear until a killing frest. "The writer.of this tied tAis pla'a for' hift self the present year, and-to-day, Kov. Sd, has plenty tonatnes in his garden. Cultivattd -in this manner, the vine will grow from eigbf to ten reet high. fie calla upon every -lover of tis delicious egrtable to try it for himself 'Ae best tomato i4 the Itarge smooth red.* "It is stated in an English r that the, piles sustaining the London br"'ge have been driven 500 years.-In 1845, they were etiti cally exanmined, arnd found to have: decayed but slightly. These pilies are pl-incipally ot chn. Old Savoy Place, in the rity of Loodo; i sustained orn piles driven 650 ,years -ago. They consist M* oak, elhn, heech sud chestnut, and are perfectly sound. Th'. bridge built by the Emperor Trajan over the Danube, affords a st, iking example of the durability of 'timber in the wet state.-One-of these piles, was ta ken up'and fbund to be petrified to the depth' f. three quarters of an inch, atnd thi rest of the wrcod had undergone no chaoge, though it' has been drivedl 16800 yesrs." RIcHMoND, MARCH !2.-Enropean advices to' the 25th nit., are at hand. The subject of- the Canadian defences was debated in the Hlonne of Lord. Earl Derby favored the''adoptioa of vigorous measures in view of the hostile feelings of tlie Americans. Earl De Gary sa'id the Govern. inent would ask for a voteot fifty shousand pounds tering for the detence of Quebee, leaving Montreal to the Canadians. ' Lords Malmesbary and Ellenborough complained of the inadequacy of the amount asked for. Earl Rusasell regretted the discussion, an-i 'said the Government had declined to make - any movement while the Candians declined to tgke,messeres themslie, but as they now show a differens postion Government will-assist-them. The debate cassed a.depression in the funads and a fail in chd. No other news of inlterest. . During the passage of Sherman threugh south Carolina; a flat laden with about. three bundred neg?oes w,as swamped, 'p attenipting to coss the Saloda river. Onl two' of the nfortinates escaped, and fio efrt .yheteer was made by the Yankees to,save their .cosr