The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-05-16
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New ORLEANS, No2ILs, MONTGOMERY,
ATLANTA, &C, Nay + 1865.

ATLANTA, &C., Nay i 1865.
Dear .Nc$Srs. HercIG The place OF writing
this last is somewhat like the locality of the In
6ian's Nantucket, Cape Col and al along
the sea shore" After doing some things wise and
something's possibly otherwise, the General Con
ference of the Episcopal Methodist Church q ad-
jonrned May 3rd, > p. m. In tie space Of one
hour and a half, somebody went home two miles,
ate (?) dinner and with the Dr.. spun four miles
in Cab to depot-not quitc--ior when within
halt mile Of the depot ef-oM Of being too late,
the right hind wheel Of said Cab smashed sudden
ly and completely down, spilling me CIR the Dr..
and our trunks on the "wo"-ful driver. In less
than minute passengers and baggage were
aboard dray-on which we rode the balance Of
the endless way-exccpting so much Of the dis
tance, as when We were not on the dray-nor in
fact on any thing Occasionally NC came down
on the dray to receive again the bumped elcva-
7ation which crowned Our exit from the Crescent
City We were ION ti.ne"-but ont Of breath
nearly. So You see somebody can DO something's
i'll hurry.
The grand rccl;ns and pitching Of the steamer
on the Gulf that night, served many purposes
not the least of which was, it occasioned the
most agreeable elFpses in the snoring of some
body else in berth No. Room II. The roar.
ing and Splashing Of Wind and water, the screak-
ing Of the boats joints, rattling doors and the
hard breathing of the engines were "swcet mu-
sic" compared te said snoring, delightful when
they StGpped it.
At Mobile saw Miss Evans the a1lthoress Of
some books which have not read. She appears
10 be much Of lady As she was going up
from our boat, turning the corner Of the street,
a careless Iri$hman accidentally | would hope)
in passing set lis big foot on be, extended and
trailing skirt, tearing it loose from the body at
least one fourth Of the way round. She halted
long enough for the OK to get lis foot of, and
throwing her mantle over her shoulder so as to
cover the breach, went OF as though nothing had
happened. I was tempted to think that Patrick
ought to have somebody elSe'S big foot brought
into contact with lin, and that the authOTesShad
better shorten her skirt and advise all other la
dies to do the same, if in no other way, by draw
ing them Up somewhat at the upper end. 80
lady WAS pointed out to me on the train AS
having acted Lieutenant in the Confederate
Army She dressed while in the army in all the
attire and badges peculia: to male OF like rank.
Since the war ended she has married, but still
" ears the buttons and collar bars On her sack iH-
dicatve Of what she was if not Of what she is
She has card in one Of the papers branding
SOM one, who has inSinuatcd that she was rot
true to the Confedcracy, as somsthing,l do not
/ know what, and that repetition Of the slandcr
will subject the offender to the necessity Of per-
sonal satisfaction. saw nothing in her demean-
or Inconsistent with ladyship-and have nc re-
marks except to say that every woman has right
on the subject Of mere taste and so has every
man.
Atlanta is recovering rapidly from her large
share Of the curse Of war. fire few nights
since, however, has thrown.> onie more obstacles
in their way. Among other buildings burned was
the elegant Masonic Hall. 4 most remarkable
fact is that the wood part burnt out and left the
masonry of the grand Old walls nearly, if not en-
tirclv, intact The compass aud square on the
front wall is only a little smoked They purpose
building the wood back into the wall.
3'he people Of this city are clever people.
As whole they are rious people-thcy 80 10
church and live right, hope, when they so back
home. There now: have un;ntcntionally stuR-
b!cd on that sweet word, home and tere let me
stop writing and in thirty hours naorc hope to
reach the place unlike all others. S. II. B.
P. S. Subsequent information induces me
greatly to modify my statement concerning the
ncOpIo Of Atlanta 1t may stand, howeyer, as it
is-with the understanding tia; applies 10 about
one fifth Of those originally included in the state
mcnt. Sill they are not sinners above all that
dwell on the face OF Georgia. or ~outh Carolina.
Add - to 80 and You wil get the hours from
Atlanta to G., via Lisbon, Peter$jnry and Vienna.
Concerning which cities-my freedman Hack
driver on the Georgia side sail-"le towns is all
gone, and nothin' out de acordS is dar."