The tri-weekly herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-03-28
A Historical Illustration.

British IN our great revolutionary war oi the
past century, among many others, C"lonels
Marion and Ho.ry, of that State, without any
concert [ f action and without the knowledge OF
each other. mounted their SteedS and sci ont to
the northward in search of<aftty and o[troops
with which to fight the bal ties of their country.
They met to their mutual surprise and JOY, in
the solitary forpstSof North Carolina. A graph
ic account f the incidents Of th> heslra of the
two patriots is given in Horny SLiteof Marion.
The two exileS halt in the shade hy the road
side 10 take some food, and good old Peter
Hurry gives the following as u part Of their
conversation.
~ shall never forget an expire sion, Sayshe,
(Which Marion let fall durin! our relast, and
which, as things have turned out, clearly shows
what an intimate acquaintance he Naliosl
had With human nature. happened TO say
that our happy days were all gone: =,
"PShaw Horny" replied Marion. "don't
give way to such ldle fears Our happy days
are not all gone. On the contrary, the victory
is still sure. The enemy, it is true have all
the trumps in their hands, aid If they had'bnt
the spirit to play 4 generous game, woul!
Certainly ruin US. But they have no idea "t
that game; but will treatlhe people C. ueAr.
And that one thing will ruin them, and save
America"
When these incidents occurred, Georgia
and Carolina had just been overrun by The
British, Savannah, Cha; eSton and Augusta
lad Eegn recently captured. .Ni the lmrHr'
tant towns ard, vast rrnportcH Vi the
territory of the Thirteen Colonies were in tie
encmy'S hanl> RecoHs1vuciiM.i>t>,I alias
tories, ahonulcl. At one country h""<r, the
two Continental Office s we're refused lodgings
because they wore tAe uniform wl,ict! S!',I led
tia, they were opposed 10 King George.
At another, honcst Old Peter ,HaS jeertd "r a
Wise crowd Of bomhp proofs and Ere lie Ge:nra!S'
" ho were discussing the jerrS!sii"I "f the
currency, aud tile f'!ly cf Continuing the var
at sbe uuTlic cross roads: "Fhe situation
far the rebels locked desperate. vi. Marion
did not despair. Under tle wise lcasirr>hip OF
the \immortal -Wa>hington, the desperate
fortunes 'nf the Colonies were retrieved. ln'
dependence came years after wards; through
wears Of struggle aid blood. The >oft ShelIed
jomh proofS and fire side generals became
ardent self <acriiieing patriots 80 soon AZ they
had enjoyed the blessed crncties OF British
supremacy for a seaSon.-RepubAcon
LITTLE GRAVES Sacred places for phre
thoughts and holy meditation, are the little
graves in &church gard. These are the dc.
poStores of the mothers sweetest joys
half unfolded buds of innocent humanity,
uipped by the frost of time, ere yet canker
worm of corruption.has rested among their
embryo petals. Gallons indeed must be the
heart of him who can stand by a little grave
side and not nave the honest emotions OF the
soul awakened to the thoughts OF that purity
and Joy which belongs alone to Cod ana
Heaven for the mute preacher t his? ieet
tells OF life begun and ended without Stal",
and surely if this be vouchSafed TO mnrtallty,
how much holirr and purer must he the
Spiri ual land, enlightened by the sun OF IN.
finite goodness. whence emanated the soul ol
that brief Sninurner among 0S!
How Swels the heart of the parent with
mournful iov while standing bv tEFr earth bed
Of the list little one M"urnfu, because a
sweet II ca%ure has been taken away; joyful,
hrcanse tlat priceless jewel gliltcrS in, the
liadem If the Redeemcr.
PATrlor1c. gentleman Of this city has,
we learn, made arrangements hy which, from
his ou n private stores he will feed tell men
in Gen. lees army for the next six months.
This tightly patriotic and liberal conduct is
worthy of all COMMUNICATION, and should serve
san example for every one to initiate. who is
able to do 50. We withhold the name Of this
literal spirited citizens, for the reason that
VIC believe he prefers to do this work of Good
unknown to the public. lfall were like hun,
there would be no dartger Of our gallant de-
tenders suffering fnr the want Of something to
eat ALynch6org Republican.
The Catholic churches Of New York are to
be assessed each S50,OU0 per annum for
magnificent cathedral, an enterprise ini'lated
by Archbishop Hughes, and now cherished
by his successor The editice will doubtless