The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-11-14

more novel, but it's conventual ap-
pearance and arrangements struck
me even more forcibly than for
merly, especially when l was
shown into the Church which con-
meets with the new Academy by a
private staircase by which these
nuns or novices have
access to the galleries Of the
Church on Sundays when 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-
siderablepower andcompassaswas
exhibited to me by the principal;
who, like all or most Germans,
plays as we'll as teaches and
breaches. Salem seems to have
stood still, OF to have slept like
Rip Van Wrinkle for so many years
during which it has not kept up
with the progress of the age, but
has still the same grotesque fea-
lures of years long gone. 1t 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 Hotel 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 aud more comforta-
bic, 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-
bic 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 the rooms neat and comfort
able. The quantity constructed
house looks only like a Salem
house can look or rather Dutch
mans house with all the neatness
for which that thrifty people are
proverbial. Duringa 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
ofresidences between the
stores. During my walk I strolled
ND the beautiful avenue Of cedars
which leads to the Cemetery. It
is wide and bordered on either side
with smooth grass and in it's 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
lei 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 enclosures and buildings of
the lots adjoining abut upon the
avenue. The cedars do not seem
to have grown any since my for
mer visits, and their boxes hang
dropping 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-
gularrows) is covered with smooth
grass or grounding and the only
monument is small slab Of about
eighteen inches, square generally,
upon the head Of each grave but
all lying fat on the grave. Such
is the principle Of equality which
has always been inculcated and
practised by this sect or commu-
nifty, and which is called in dis
tinction from other sects, United
Brethren. l think the distinction
Of society and caste never have
been encouraged hero at all, and