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- -' ' -% "- *6 - e* - - ILI TH TIWEE LY HERALD Tjn Dollar for 3 Months] 6evoted to the ]DisseminatiOn. of General Information [Single Copies 50 Cents J.e OL~UME INEWERRY, . SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1865. NUMBER 9 V O U M E 1 .J R Y THE TMWEEKLY ERALD. 1PUBLISHIED A NE B ERRY C. H.2 N"ry Tuesday,"Iursday and Satirday, By Thos-F.&. . Greer, Ter s-81Ofdrthreemonts,inlvinle. Ad vertiements inseited st the rate of $5 for first nsartionf twelre'liies or le s and $4' for sub - sequnt icertion.. llome, Sweet HoIwe. A correspondent of the Augusta Constitutio alist states that A young lady, whose house was esred pndb6ined by Sherman; army while Columbia, a day-or two after the conflagration, sited th'e riina, in h6pes of finding some little relio to remtd.her of the trials ihrough whieh had passed. She searched in vain, until her eye fell on a small piece of paper,. which she picked up. It proved to, be a remnnt of John Howar Payne's song o$ "Home Sweet Home," and the only wprdsAtlat wet left untouched by the fimes, were 'There is nd.- place like 7wne. Not one little relic-not a"souvenir left! Of all that she lov'd by the mad flames hereft! The ruins, all blasken'd, loom up on the sky,, And the South *id'sizrs pfily their sad luRa by. She Idoks h'ere, she looks. there, for one little ting~ > A eer a trinke Wtibbandorring ; 'PerchAce thee Uiy be 'inid; the rbbish,'a ad dust,.' The miniature feAures of him she loved first. No, nothing-! the"lam's; in their savaget career, Hae sw4llow'du'al44at her heart hoe most dear, Of her once happy beme not a 9stge.isseen, '%e.stiil witd thagpgh the crmppt s of white -pape lay tr Am j the bparr'd timber and. sm6ke-blacken'd stone; Like a sow-flake on A-ecla, it shone in the 1ight, * Or,a -that wa& set ia the dark brow -of p nigbt. eiadptook Ithe 1one sUp fro4 tie grould) And gazing ubnits white surfCe:she fourd' These sis litt6#ords, (as if traced. by s6me 3'A ~ gMme TWM 6"r deep grief,) "There is no. place.like - '~home."- . A sug of iset tome, It aties and smoke, -V*ai bless'd till the spoilerip waiHg ' awoke." T*siappy tilldorthien- with ild Siendish b ate. Gave teen. to the flames and made 'ieds - deo late.. 0" r A Southern Ieroine - * ~ s McM-lied nearf.Uardeeville,S C. Some months sinbe ia fabatprofiYsAepn tiets from Slannf Passed -thr6 en,d DiStriCt ahdr.alog therod.i af.:of h6r louse. ne'of them, a aptain, asked her to gtelleMsome b adnieat, addi at tae same time ihateiianot; want the aid r)she he negrs wi7 After some besitation4she #ve 'them' dry breads. and - water, sfichbt,h would niot touch. "It is eertpirnly good enough-fbr you," said' 'she. . Yea. have killed one of my brothers~ and the,ethef is n'owin your vile prisen, fting on just such as:this. II he. can live' on 1i.you * The Yankee captain remarked.that his time would yet ce, and' he would hiave his revenge. - ' 'Months Mssed away. Savannah 'fell into the bands of the *emy. The fictorious - -vandals, on their mnar . through Souith Caro lina, passed .throughiEBeaufdrt District. A squad .of men were detached sunder the com-~ mnand of-a*captad, ,who tol them ten miles' fr*nm the mnain column to pay a gvisit to Miss McI--. * ~ The lady was' alone when an officer rode up * and dismounted at the gate. 116 miade his *xhorse fast,'and boldly walked up to her,, asking 4 her if she rememnberedr him? On receimng her answer in the negative, h ereplieds "l-am one of the.poor prisdiners.whom you refused totupply with food. I have come to re; ay yso for your boidadldess hospitality .br.ead and water." ' - "0, I know youi now,'? replied she,; ,"you are the dainty Yankee who could not' eaf the same food that your Christian officials feed my brother upon." " I am the.prisoner who said that.his time ,would yet come. It has come. Are- you of, 'the same opinion still ?" -"I ase," said ,the"young lady firmly. "I was 'seeking to retaliate-it was my revenge." % "Where is your father ?" -"Hie is, thiank God, out of your reaeb." "And yonr mother?" -So niucl the better," exclaimed he, rimly-. "I have come t6 haie my revenge. I shall r destroy eyerything you have." "Do it-burn' it," replied she, defiantly.. E "You will see how a .outh Carolina woman i can bear misforfune." "I give you fifteen minutes to leave, gnd you shalltake nothing with you but what you have on." 4 The noble giil gave him a look of supreme contempt, and then calmly folding- hei arms, she took her stand upon the layn in front of the house, saying -"Now burn as soon as you please. When you came into this noble State you thouglft we would cringe aud cry for.mercy, but you i are mistaken we will never yield, though you I -cast us out 'starv?ng and houseless. upon the world. The old homestead may be reduced, I to ashei but I will laugh over itA ruins, and _lory. in the sacrifice I inake on the altar of my country !" The house and all it contained were given to the fames, and' the gallant soldiers left, admiring the "pluck" of the fair daughter of Ale' Palmetto State. Such instances of devotion to the South are 1 not rare. .- I send you this little sketch in order 1 that at 1,east one of the many instances of individual sacrifice. of the no,ble daughters of S6oth Carolina may be put on record. -Sherma%'s Regard for Religion. We extract the- following from the last number of the Patificator, we commend it to the Catholic population everywhere: St Mary's College, founded 19 1852,'by the Rev. J. J.'O'Connel, Pastor of the Catholics,in Columbia, was robbed, pillaged, afd then given' to thsiames.- The College was 'a very fine brick%utidingi and- capable of accommodatin. oaer 100,stu8ents.L it had an excellenoibrary attached, which' was- selec,ed with great care, and wiib.po iimited vie* to e4ense. It also poss*ed'se,veral -nmgni6cent' paintings ex ect in Rome, and presented to the Institu- - tion by kind patrons.'"Besides the property be liging to St. Mary's College, that of four p estg,,Who were its professors and lived there, w- also consumed. Each, as is always the case amongst- the Catholic cldrgy,-had bis in ivideal collection of books, pain tings,statuary, sacred pictures, &cF: Nobody. who is not' a rigorous student andra loter of literature can possibly realize the losses subtained by these jentlemen. Manuscripts- of rarekalue, notes ,Uken from lectures of the.most eminent. men in Eurone and .America,orations,serinons,.&C., ae treawres not, often valued by the vulgar, but' to the -compiler they .are more priceless jha4diamonds. Of those who lost all in' St. Mpy's there are:br~others,viz; Revs. Jeremiah J. .:O'Cpnnell, I,wrence P.' O'Connell and Joseph P. O'Connell, D. D:; and the other Rev. Augustus J.- McNeal. Thewriter *as the only Clergyman in- the ,College at the time of the incendiarism. One was absent-ti his mission, 'another was .in .age of the M. B. Sacrment, and.thePastor. iatrying toco.mfort the Nuns-. I was,by order of a Lieutenant, 'taken prisoner, and though ( arnestly begged to le allowed to save -the Holy Oils, I was refused, wi,th curses apd blasphemies. Sacred vestments,- consecrated vessels used for the celebrationAof the Mass, benediction of M. B. S., and all things apper taning to the exercise ef'acerddtal functions, *'ere stolen, -profaned and 'desee,rated. I was informed by a Yankee Irish 'Catholic that a' sacrilegious gang .drank whiskey from the Sacred' Chalice and exulted in the .conscious ciime. Of the College, its.property, and all it cntai'ied, not ,g single item was saved. The Cergymen saved absolutely nothing, 'excep the clothes on their persons. In a single moment the Pastor lost the labors of 13 years, which he expended in rendei;ind his Instit' tion a suitable place for the, educa tion. of youth, and he and..the other Priests were driven out as naked as,.when they camne into the world. - In a.%imnilar manner tige Nuns were treated,! or 'nearly so. v They had a flonrishing inst'tu tion and are dear to many Southern- families. They were.forced from the Dhelter of their! clister in the'midst of a 'sea of flame. 'TlgeirI chapel, altar etc. beds, furniture, pianos, inj a word all tdey possessed was eit'hhr stolen :or .gven to the flames.-I could not refrain' frome tears, when after my liberatiod on the next morning, I saw'them kneeling at the porch of the church, their limbs. benumbed with cold, and all their fond pupils around them in, mute grups. May Godspread his ,wings over them, was,.my silent prayer, and ,again graf't them] that shelter which. the wicked incendiary destroyed. ~All the horses, mules, cows, pigs; fowls, etc.,1 in the city were'either taken' by the enemy or shot, g&dening uten'sils, giing implements, and whatever could be benefialto the eithens,1 were destroyed: In a word, Co'lumbia is a city of ruins and a forest of burnt chimneys and blackened walls. - The'Rev. J. J. O'Connell, pastor was re iously burnt whilst endeavoring to rescue ,oe sick persons from the flames. He was acrilegiously seized, grossly insulted, and hiJ iratch robbed from.his person. I I have 'written in strong terms, ie is be :ause I dipped my pen-in the flames of a burnt bough defenceless city, and if I have given :oloring. to mny.statement it was because my )en was blackened in de'scribing the hellish leeds of a barbarous foe. We shared c'ruelly at the hands -of the memy, at yet we must regard Sherman with eelings . great respect. -We looked upon im as a Christian, and we found him poses ;ing the-heart of a savage. In his ma^d career e could'ave dostroved our live's, and et he iid ot do so. I amosatisfied he issued the most stringent regulations for the preservation K the lives of tb citizens, and inconsequence iot one was killed; hp did inore in bis edict, I tm persuaded, saved the. virtue of mothers, ives and.daughters. No white grown persons ;tffered in this respect, and therefore T, for ne, wreath tbis garland '6r his brow, and n this I dorespecthim. .4Ie is to bi preferred before Beast Butler, bt to Shermsp alone )iongs The noble title*of Incendiary, TNcSN )IARY SHERMAN. . . 'I Aist close. Our mutual freind, Mr. John [lurley, who, has been on a visit of charity from the good people of Augusta to the Nuns, s at my elbowv,and urges m6 to finish. I bavc .astily thrown these remarks together, ani ough they may bear the marks of hasty W mosition, thy devertheless. convey the trutl, and -reveal only a part of the sufferng ie have undergone. Yours, most respectfully, - LAwn-NcE P. O'COSLL, Pot ,Chaplain. -From the Virginia Front. - XICeYXD, March 30.-The following despatcl was received to-night: HEA1OVARTENS, March.30.-Ion. Secretary o War: en. Gordon repprts tliaz ,te enemy, a 11 p. M., yestertlay, advanced against a part 0 is line,.defended by Brig. qen. Lewis, and vaL epulsed. The fire of artillery and mortars con inued for several hours with coisiderable activi ty. No damage ch our lines reported. (Signed) R. E. LEE. Another telegramn from Gen. Lee says" tha there was skirmishing yesterday near Dinwidi Court House, without decisive result. RIcoECX, March C.-The Petersburg Ea press, Vtthis morning, sajs that 4ast night, a en o'clock, the enemy opened on.our lines. nea Appomattox, with-4 fearful artillery .fire, while simultaneous movement was made on the part o their infantry in the rear.. The masses of troop under Gordon received their charges, with cool ness. Up to 12 o'clock, the fighting was- contin ued with great vigor.and persistency,. the enem: mag irrall five sepdrate,assaults,. all of whic] wer pulsed. The gailantry of.our men-was displayed in most gratifying minner. Thdir conduct is th theme of universal paise. 1 a. m,-1n officer' just from the - front say tbt the eneny charged up to within, ten -pace Aft00Muzzls of our guns, an(Ythar they wer iterallymoked down. Ou6 loss is iiprecedentl smalL. PETERSBURG, fIar0h 30.-A ..beavy fight ha been progressig all day on.the Diawiddie Roat near Hatcher's Run, eight miles from rsu There is nothing official,.ureot.p10fv &clock are deemed reliable. They $tste ,,tha three4urious assaults were repulsed at half-pas tw. The enemy came~ up in overwvhelmin, n.umber and drove Bushirod Johnson's division: rile,and a half. The 'Confederates were the reinforced, wihich turned the tide of battle, an lr&e the enemy .vith great slanghter to and be ond their original position of the reornijng. Th ground is ~strewed with.the dead angl dying Beven hundred prisoners are reRorted sent to th rear.. The affair of last light, for a war of -canno: ind musketry, (which lasted two hours,) exceed ad anything ever heard in this yicinity. Rt turnet out to-day that bgh belligerents conceived th idea that they were being charged behind thei works, when, in fact, neither had left their en trenhments; hence, the pr.odigal expenditure o mmunition. It was one of the novel 'eVents. o bis reniarkable war. The loss was,small'on ou de, and-not supposed to be large ~with the ene my. All is quiet'in that front to-day. F?oatr F's.-Hlow, many different words,.be ginning with the samne letter, can you put tc ether and make sense arid gramnmar.? said istle girl to us the other day. Don't know, bu will try. Here goes: Five .fine formed, fieshy ~emales, feeling foolish, fell full forty .feet fo run: fearing frantic father,'Fanny frowned fu riously. Flora feigning friglt fled fast. Floi mece finding Frank, fighting, faited. Fidehi rprsaken forc.ver, flaunted fantastically. Frar ~hette follows for Fayetrteville Friday fortniight If any of our young riends carn do betic ve invite them to try' their hand. - ACE WO3MN- NATURALLY POLITE 2--Mrs. George Washington Wyllys asks the' above guestion,.and then elaborately answerl it ihus Are women naturally polite, did you ask, dear, good natured public? Did you ever know a:woman to make room in an omnibus, five on a side, when nuMIer - six was entering, f1ounied and velveted, until ordered by the driver?" Did vou ever know a littlb pair of gaiter boots to" t id oie inch either to the right or left when they should have saved.you from a streaing gutter by the operation? Patent leathers don't'behave so-not they! Did you ev.er know a woman to say, "I aiu 'sorry tb give so much. trouble," when the dy .good clerks have-turned everything topsy turvey, without fiding the de or, color that never existed ? Did you ever kpow 9 -woman who did not know "it was outrageous" for aeother woman-, to travel -with a baby, or whAidn't regard it f as "cruel and baibarous," if any one objected to the crying of her baby? Did you ever know two women to talk over' a third wit-hout ridienling her .ven if she was her "dear partipular fiend?" 'Did you ever prais,e one young.lady in the presence of anotir, .ithout being confidenti- - ally told of some -enarmous fault or detonty in the.other that you hadn't dreamed of? 'Did yQu ever know a pretty woman to make an expression yrithout half a dozen other prtty women rknning the effect of it the in -stant sbe left te room Did you ever.know-a woman to apologize for having knocked another woman's bonnet into "pi," (that's a printerism,but expressive, - notwithstanding,) with the gorger of her pir asol? - Did'you'ever hear a woman who had an idea that. she was makig trouble bj her little airs and graces?. We don't believe you e.ver did,rCader.-They are a race of inaccountables, .these women, just as:sweet and piquant as June roses, some .imes, and then again, like sopany venomous..' thorn bashes. There's one thing we never ceare to be in wardly thank6l foi-Ahat we're no a man, consequently not obliged to marty'one of a'm. Why, she w#uld drive us -crazy in - a .week; with her whims and fancieg, her exat tions and her pretty ways. We would make thp most hen-pecked husband in' the worl, unless,,inteed, we had the nerve to run away from her,or shut her up:in a closet for a week, until she promised to behave better. Wben a woman chooses, she can be the nearest thing to an angel of anything in' tie wrld '.and* what a pity it is that she doesn't. alw*ys choose. FRox GE&RGIA-SUFFERING AT ATLAMTA. A gentleman from the. vicinity of Atlanta re ports that the suffering for food -in that sec tion has been heart-rendering. Be had chargo of commis;ary stores and. his offee is almost constantly thronged with women and children begging for bread. They do not. ask foi meat, but are satisfied with bread alone. Ddring-tha late wet weatner'females walked as far as six teen miles in the mud for'the purpoio df get ting'meat, which'they *vonld* carry hoie up on their shoulders. The railroads Iftely destroyed in 'Georgia ~byWerman have beebn/repiaired with great * [rapidity. The "Georgia road" ha~s been re! paired, a'nd. the cars run from Auutat Q - 1yers station, and.the reinainder of the :road ,would probably be completed'to Atlanta trithr Sin two, or three. weeks at farthest Other roads are"undergoing repaii-s, and promise to be rready for tiavel very soon. AN4E0D)oTr.-A correspondent sends us the -A loittgirl some eight or ten years of age, but so small tilat she appeared much younger,. wa walktng along the street, 'when she -saw arriage overturne-;, and the 'horse running) Sher with ~.rious speed. She turned to fleer~ when 'her eye fell upon a child of two years, who had escaped from his .mother, and was - the'n standing, directly in the path of the' frighteided animal. She saw the, danger, and Swithout an ingtant of hesitation, rq.shed for rward and saved the child, at the imminent ris'k of her own life. 'Said a bystander, "How dared you do it ?" Her reply was, "~Oh, sir ! I didn~'t wait to dare ; I was afraid he would be killed." 4 -Fuue ie 8mAN~, GA.,-The greatest fire, since 1820, occurred in-that city on 'the last I day' of January. It was the work of an incen diary. About twenty acres of valuable build ings were destroyed. Tihe description of the rfire by the'Yankees is feiifuil. A building filled -with shell was consumed. 'The shells burst in -every directios, killing six or eight and wound ing a large nusibcr. Families were separated Sin the darltngs of the~ night and fright, the !menmbers of-whIich were frantic in search of rtheirlost ones.-The loss is great, and the .' suffermrg greater. - * -