Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-09-14
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After four days pleasant 1perisnccs Of thcracct;
ing at stereas' Greek, se corcludsd to pull rp
stakes and pitet our sientin. another quarter Of
Vanity Fc:r. Hy yasiss Fa:Es9wes do not mean sa.
Stevens Creek, nor yctser rar.cu!ar LEGALITY,
but Gil the. world st ..etge; sn assertion which
.wo presume no one #iltsisesf torefute. ss bid |
ding slisa to our kind f;ainers, we turned
our steps towards tliesrooi tree of Mr.. ANON
srAltwoa1H, .sr; living rsSF TIE .iIhe~ille lao,
between Ninety y SIX std New Market. op oHr
way we spent night:w;Ih Dir. T noa1s LAks-n LAk3;-.
very pleasant night at 4dte Brick House" pr.
LAKE, iH6rsh b living almost entirely in Green
vile curing several years ss,~st fOrthe purpos?o
Of ea=cc::rg his childIsn5 was at home just ..
ths,iIe-at.enling 10 MS plautins. interest," :
and after enter tanning ul most corhslly, kindly
provided US with s,ssa and guide, lfe and for
wardeil us ON to our destination. 10 reach said
dc.tlnation ,pcodily ,, wsItOek short cut, which
led us through the iaIgosapd hourishing planIta-
j tons Of Nr,SLRNUEI=Bsoo g 4 model farmer,)
Mrs. ouzrs and Dr.. Rel &; sanasnoboniy through
their plantations, eus tkssus hther private yards
Reihg entirely out Of otifTange, and having on q
jauDty blue is-ket, We we're ia ,aemcnt.ry. dread
Of being taken up a:Msssn,isrins Yankee, stray
Mblue belly, VIM had Gssapsa from, some point
on the neishboripg Rsshiroad. But mot SO; we
made the trip. succesefully. -.
And being atr;vedlst- iho hayen whsre we
would he, what bsfellsusa k.hsarsy: welcome,
4 and week in, tho tap Of plcnty-usdsr the
I bright light Of the bssfsg emile of Hospitality,
In til enjoyment of nush good cheer and mach
hearty Laughter, Yes, Fs laasaed ua.il &c rat,
tened upen it; for our our ssnsrob:s host is a dre!l
and JOYOUS hnmorist-fhks Hsmlet'a YorSt, al n
I, srllow of iniinte jest, most excellent fancy
Muy he Iye TO be- pips hundred AID seventy
years old thereby OUT siethusaleh one
year; ana meydwe be sa,lpwed to sisit him erer
and anon during the 9psm of hisanbtural life:
After NC, both attain tkesagc,o aims hundred, We
viii have still ncrs jSy time for tsen Ne win
bs safely beyond the srriptags. And oh! what
sublime Blackberry brandy toddy he eEeersa MS
up, vi.h.l We don't tEow how t6 define. the
. memory of.it--cans d7:cTfains Swhsth:E It is q
Joy forever OF a deep nnd bitter regret. old DR.
SAN. JoHssos, Of English fame, left such max
ina aa thiz. aelaTcsfarAays, Port, for men, Bran:
dy for heroes 'hsa ha lived in, thes0 days
,snd experienced .he 5ibssss;ns lately yeuehsafsd
10 us, bo would undoubtedly hive aoded: f" Arc
, Blackberry brandy tcidy for,GcdsD -zt :;
While in thi, nasE.s5thooa5 We attended ar
interesting exsihitiSa.sof Trblrsu1 n. Pin,
> Bias Acad.p p near tse siesaeIce Of our vel
!, kuawp cl,issn,sAIsjor Isaac. .BoLEs. Tt
resch hi. point We had 70 travel nine miles, snt
:, after many psrils from eonfedsrute roads,, ant
a sovine car Confederate Esrness broadcast oye
orcry foot Ct the HsY ssb,riyrd on the grount
7p. MIN tss sa:idst VI a violent storm. Thi
exhibition, coDsi5tipg Etlsau1, dramatic seenc
and music, was set on fac. ana cfsricd through
by the Fir spdzlstriodc 33.puns Ladies' of the vi
cipity-assistcd orlcoufsszby tie gentlemen Th
proceeds of tho entertaisment, CT which We dit
not hear the amount, ourt.s.tt WIKI was gusss to b
some $500, have BEEN deyoled, as Srst intended
to the heneEt of our Soldiers.
= The audience or This occasion, notwithstuad
ing o fierccly threatening eks, was large AM
lively. Soon sitter tho cOmmohcehISat of tn
performance. it rslped sad stormed in the mos
absurd manner i..bsurd. beOnase after all tlrsr
: was only rsiu sacugb Ia sitate and ihcommod
ihei isiiea;V we're serted banes III o large husl
arbor, elossa in on The sides with stcut cloth
Tsisc0nfrefeaps necePss:ily INTERRUPTED tkesDoOtl
aow. of the evenings performance most sadly
Why dc the elements alrqI, get intoaheir tan
tru.ns when peOrlesrs sisins g 8iitsr.iIseasnt Q
this kinds Natwthssardins thsse .pnbecoEir
capcrs Of the sl~mSnts haseysr, The. sfsir pns.e
off well. Our space fosbiifa W. IN siTs nnylens.h
account of the performance, hut twe.cynpOt elSs
Without saying tbst ihscomic scenes, n,astreliu.
b ,u.cho.d life i'm these .trouLrous t;mes, wer
the beat we ever saw--aGrorob and iuughabls i
' the extreme. Wo sherld like very much to Sc
' them again. Tho exhibition was opened by a
. admirable OF: hand apcech by Mr. JESSE EowAar
for whose abl. assistanc0 throughout the evcnipe
the young lsjiei shpuId be much indebted. . W
: were soJrsnhat Of a ftranger in tie neighbor
hood and could not learn. the Names OF all til
fair young girlswho took part On the occasion
We soon discovered our fair friend and neighbor
Miss JEYsIE Wa1fE, >Tho is now conducting tn
Soerishing ychaol at Pine BluT; and We wer
gled to have pointed out to US, daughters Of OIL
old friends, Major BoLss, SERRos SrALNAKEp
, Ese, and Mr.. ERviS E.RKsEY; and q sister 6
our quondem comraics of Co. :.Grs end B11
: WHITE. Some one behind tbs scones played /.
tic noat ehnrfning'y nGaral rnanssr on The via
,in-ail serts Of pretty pieces IN o style wh:sl
) betrayed great native talent And who do 20,
suppose this hiddes musician turned onto IN
Why, ToST :casATHiy, who, during the fret yea
cf-thp YER, was m:7e striflins, not weighing
as much snrsrsutiy ns his nusket, hut who ha
now grown into a fne young man. Hc is>
home with wound in tie foot, sad ss long rs L.
can't airs villa naskets sad Yaasees, Is eis.ias
wits violin; aaa pretty girls.
And here asaiD, we net another bn!ek CO cui
brave dcfenaers, many Of whom however We lad
not The honor to know. Capt JILrs NJ. BERRY
4 II Co. i. 57;h Regs,:vns Of tho nob!4st fellows
: and ono Of tae ssh:e.t Companies II sesricc
Licrt. WILLIAMS Of Co. g., 7ih Rcg.., terribly
wounded in both legs at the iailderIoss crspett.
sylYauia and sill on eIItcne.; this brave Off csr