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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~