The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-02-14

competent hands, and never dld OlScOlIS, Ia
mode, come in lighter guise or more picturA
esque form, mufirs such as the gods might
have envied, and waf1es which were raved
about BY the partakers thereof, and which
were dreamed about by officers in camp;
| broiled chickens, which make one hungry to
write about, besides other things, to enumeA
merate which, would require too much
time and space. The breakfast service, as
well as the tea and dinner service, were of the
most elegant and costly character, and every
concomitant which could make those meals
pleasant and agreeable, or enhance their COM
fort, was at hand in the spacious dining room.
The owner of the mansion, who was fine look
ing and with 4 portly person, though by no
means pompous, had very courteous man.
ners. He was wel-informed and cultivated
man, without conceit or vanity, and was much
too we'll bred to be egotistical He was ex-
tremely fond of society and seconded all his
partners social proclivities, and though fond
of home and with domestic tastes, he ever
welcomed her guests with unmistakable
pleasure.
Among the male visitors of Bracebridge,
certain Captain was conspicuous for enjoying
heartily the good cheer and society which he
found there, and adding to the enjoyment OF
others. He had place IN every romp, j
voice in every laugh. A true Horetian, he
seized whatever opportunity offered for inno-
cent pleasure, and crowded into brief leaves
of absence from the army, the fun and frolic
to which, as soldier, he was entitled. Young
and ardent, be still stands cheerful light
amid the shadows that gather around the last
DAYS of the Hall Then there was his friend,
the Adjutant, TALL slender, fair-haired, and as
sanguine and joyous as his conrade. HIS
mind naturally strong and acute, was shaped
into symmetry by liberal education, and his
disposition, of itself conhding and sympa-
thetic, was only warmed and fortified by the
dangers and hardships of war. What be did
he did with his might, and what he had 10
suffer he bore with equanmity. None of Us
bear SO many Of the scars of battle as he, yet
none of US, believe, have been, and are,more
cheerful and hopeful.
His brother, the Dr., was of us also;thougn
not given to female society, he would, for
time, lay aside the amputating knife and the
bonc-saw for the less sanguinaTy amusements
of the home-circle He, like the rest of US
youth, was soldier, and like US spent his
furloughs much about the Hall. He was uni
ver<ally esteemed for bis intelligence, honesty
and geniality of soul. He secured an excel
lent reputati n both as an officer Of the ll"e
and surgeon, and now pursues his profess
sion with the most fattering prospect Of use
fulneSs and distinction.
Another parsonage, identified with this Pc
riod of the history of Bracebridge, and who
participated prominently in its social festi'i-
ties, and who was somewhat domesticated
there during periods of absence from thearmy,
was one whose literary tastes and acquire
ments and intellectual gifts were quite be-
yond ordinary, and had received the polish
which European travel imparts to such
! mind, and whose correct taste in the fine arts
had been strengthened and improved by con-
tact with the finest subjects of the best mas
ters He was quite an acquisition to the cir
Gle, for without being at all pedantlc, he was
very social in his nature, with degree OF
mirthfulness in his temperament which was
also at some periods of his life dashed with
| disposition to cynicism. He was very SIM
cere, not given to compliments, but careful
to abstain from doing injury to others. With
his noustache and imperial, and his cast
face and head, he was somewhat like the pic
lures we see of the poet Spenser, and as his
poetical gifts are by no means despicable, there
may be something more than mere Illusion in
this idea He has the clear, deep blue eye OF
his parents, both of whom were very inteec-
tual, and his father a man of distinction in
the State.
A fifth gentleman of our company was Cap
tain --. He was for some time the only
married ha5itue of the house; but certainly
none of US entered more cordially into the
enjoyments of the place or contributed more
largely to them than he. He was young,
handsome, graceful. cultivated, amiable. 1t is
difficult to say what was his chief gift In
these "piping times Of peace, and those
which preceded the war, he is and was the
lover of letters and the ornament of his So
ciety; while during the Revolution he partici-
pated conspicuously and with great credit in
the long and memorable scige of Charleston.
He still lives to bear US company in these
hard, moneyess days.
| So much for the torches that still glow
amid the twilight of the past! Alas, that
we must know that two Of the brightest have
been cuenched in the night Of the grave!
| Two, who walked hand in hand in happy
childhood two, who studied together in the
halls of learning two, who battled shoulder
to shoulder through three years Of bloody
war: two, who covered themselves with glory:
two, who went to those graves where they
slumber, close together, amid the lamenta-