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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31
Waterloo the daH after Battle

On the surface of two square miles, 1t was
ascertained that 6fy thousand men and hor-:
ses were lylng The luxurious crop of ripe
grain which had covered the field of battle.
was reduced to litter and beaten into the
earth, and the surface, trodden down by the
cavalry, and furrowed deeply by the cannon
wheels, strewed with many relic Of the fight.
Helmets and cuirasses, shattered firearms
and broken swords all the variety of militia
ry ornaments, lance, caps and Highland bon
nets; uniforms of every color, plumes and
penonS'5;; musical instruments, the apparatus Of
artillery, drums, .bngies but why dwell on
the narrowing picture of foughten field p.
each and every ruinous display bore mute
testimony to the misery of such battle
Could the melancholy appearance of this
scene of death be heightened, it would be By
Witnessing the researches of the living amidst
its delolation, for the objects Of their love.
Mothers and wives, and children, for days
we're occupied 10 that mournfull duty and
the confusion Of corpses-frlend'a and, foe inter-
mingled, as they were, often rendered the at
tempt at recognizing individuals difficult,
and sometimes impossible < r : ~ -. -,
In many places the dead lay four deep upon
each other, making the spot some British
square had occupied, exposed for hours to the
murderous fire of French battery. Outside,
lance curiassiers were scattered thickly on the
earth. Madly attempting to force the serried
bayonets, of the British, they had fallen In
bootless essay by the muskets of the inner
files. Further on you trace the spot where
the cavalry of France and Eugland had en-
countered, chasseur and hussar were inter-
intermingled j;@and rheheayy Norman Horses
of7tbe Imperial Guard were interspersed with
the gray chargers which had carried Albion,s
chiyalry. Here the Higblanders, and trial
leur lay, side by side, together; and the heavy
dragoon, with green Erin's badge upon. his
helmet, was grapphng in death with the polish
lancer. = :. = - - - - : s. =.
On the summit of the ridge, where the
ground was numbered with the dead, and trod-
den fatlock deep in the mud and gore By the
frequent rush of rival cavalry, the thick strewn
corpses of the imperial Guard pointed out the
spot where Napoleon had been defeated. Here,
in column, that favored. corps, on whom his
last chances rested, bad been anihilated; and
the advance and repulse of tie Guard was
traceable in masses of fallen Frenchmen. In
the hollow below, the last struggle of France
had been vainly made; for the Old Guard at
tempted to meet the British and afford time
Ito their disorganized companions to rally. =.
1 " II
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31

f.. BucKwHEAT CAKEs.--=The. season for buck.
wheat cakes having arrived, We reprint from
the American Agricuiturist. the following re-
ceipt for making them after an improved me-
thod: @7as7S - - = -
The finest tenderest cakes can be made by
adding. a little ednboltea wheat or Graham
-four to the buckw heat. Less than.a quarter
will do. Mix with cold, sour milk, or fresh
(not- sweet buttermiEk which is best. The 1l
soda (emptyings are dispensed with1 hen
put ffscold batter. BilEnot act satisfactorily.
Bake at once. The heat will start the efer-
vesence, and, as the paste raises, it will bake,
thus preventing it from falling Hence the
eliminating point Of llightness is attained.
The:batter rises snowy and beautiful, and the
pancake will swell to almost Undue dimen-
sions, absolutely the lightest and tenderest
cake that can be baked with not touch of
acid. More salt, however, must be added,
than usual, to counteract the too fresh taste
when soda alone is used. Thus the bother of
emptyiugs is dispensed with. Pancakes, in
this way, can be baked at any time, and on
the shortest notice. We Keep our -four mixed,
the Graham with the buckwheat, ready. for
use - ....- . g.. e.
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-
GENEROUS SEsTIa BsTs- aen Grant TINS writes
IN response to an ingitatfon 10 attend meeting
oftffe ssGni6n Commission, = city es NeK
Forks q However ne may have differed from
our Southern brethFensn the events of the lass
four years. we have now become one people, and
With but one intereSt Whatever Is calculated
to increase the friendship and brotaeEfg feeling
between the two sections efoars country Ishears
tilyapproEes Of 5s : -,<s5, - - - 3.sz
The Richmond HAtg commenting on the fore
going extract from a letter of Cen. Grant appro-
prixteIy observes: .-.. -. ~, zsftrlj,;.. 49,;
i is striking feature in the Development Of
Northern sentiment, that those who have borne
the most prominent and most successful part in
restoring the Southern States to The Union, are
those now most in favor of healing the decorations
:yf ;5Ber, of soothing wounded sensibities andre
Uniting the people ofsthe' two sections Ia the
bonds of Harmonious brotherhood. Those who
advocate viudictTe and ffuniflfstigg measures
are fer the most C7ft, the men who neither reEs
posed their lives or contributed their serViceSh
the cause of the Union. They can only be II
keRed to that wretched elasA, Who preWf aboqt
the fields of slaughter when all danger is ,cTeS
to plunder the dead andto slay and rob the wouR-
ded Gen: Sherman ftly compared them TO old
Jack Falstaf, who feigaed death While the dsks
was going on, but ct ITS conclusion bore off the
body of the gallant Percy slain BY Prince Hal, fo
secure the need of yalor. -. s.. -.
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% LoANS 70 SOUTHERN PLANTERS. This as
matter Of such great importance to the whole
country that We advert to it again, in copnec-
ton with the presence iu this city of. DR..
Sainliel Bard, late Superintendent Of Public
Education in the State of Louisiana, and long
connected with the Southwestern press; and
who rs now here as the representative of
many planters whom the war has left without
the means necessary to the, successful. plant
Ing Of cotton. X -. ..-....-
The Southern lands are as rich as ever !; Ia
borers may be obtained, and in many in
stances agricultural implements are not want
ing. But the money wherewith TO pay the
laborer, to feed and clothe him, to stock the
plan tatiop, aud to meet it's other current ex-
penses; is wanting. It is this want which
Northern capital should seek to supply, SO
that the whole energies of the Southern
planters may be successfully directed to the
production of cotton and other Southern
crops This will cause. our, shipping to Bhiten
every sea stimulate every branch of the
national industry establish the foreign ex-
changes in our favor; enable the country to
sustain, uninjured, the burden of the national
debt, aud avert all danger of national crisis.
A fuHcrop Of cottoIl will do more to restore
the prosperity of the country thanzal the po-
litical speeches that can be made in q decade.
It is Tor the National BANKS and the eagi,;
talists of. the North to effect these good re,
suits, and they should do it5at once, We are
glad to learn from DIR. Bard that he is succeed.
ing in the object of his visit He Wilf re-
mafn here: a: few days longer, and may be1seen
at No.E1 Broadway. -; - .s=1s y
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NUMBER s.

= SPEECH AT, A MARRIAGE EEsTIyA yAL.--Ihe tpi-
lowing little speech, which smacks Of the poetDa
genius of Alexander Smith, was made IN Mem
phis, recently By Bridegroom al The Teddiag
supper table y -
tttTo-night, shake hands with the past. Is
live henceforths in future joys. An unknoWH:
door is opened wide, andsI enter an abode Eofs
perfect beautitude. These twos persons, VI bose
lives have been we'll spent, have reared and;
trained, in love and kindness the sharer of my
future joys and, woes Fmy life be bfssful, +
will owe them much, in that, they have imbueG
the mind and heart Of their adopted child With
lessons of purity, kindness, truthfulness and soze
I am confident of the future. The shadoW of the
present shalt fall upon, If, even when my bride
and have grown old, and invest # with sanset
giories. The man who, in youth, knew scBss
soft soul.subd DUNG air.: melts when ags;a hes
hears it sung. Although tits not half sotouchs
ing Yetit awakens sweetest echoes In dreans
and and to age it repeats the story of yoothtst
hopes, passions and lore. Z may not deserve
the good have won. Love is not ron. It
gives itfeif, and not giEens DO wealth. genius
beauty, state or Wit, no gold of earth or gem OF
Heaven, is rich enoug -to purchase II. Loving
thee, my bride, my heart shall keep It's old me-
mories like the sea-shel its Wolted nleEody.
But away with foreho odiRgs on a aeddip nights
Loves music steals on as like .dawninS light
which over all the heavens spreads and invests
the world with beauty and gleFY. 9 be road thae.
leads on through the uaknowa fataFe vas DARK
and dreary, but a celestial spiender now lights
lp the gloom, and The fair bride hers fit5selt @
Peri.at the gates OF Paradise iuyits me onward
and upgard TO q life of purest pleasure sd cntIess
of beneGeenee. ~ s. = - s. S e =
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31

A Coon IDEA.--A gentleman in Raleigh
has hit upon a novel ezpedient, to Illustrate
the attempts Of robbers. A few nights SINCE
he so arranged dopbEe-barreRed shot gun 4as
to insureits discharge upon any attempt he
inc made to break into his. smoke house
front, rear or sides. About twelve O'Clock, ne
was awakened by two tolerably loud reports,
and on reaching the smoEse-house, he fouada
hat ridlled with buckshot, but the owner was
nowhere to be found. The gun was elevated
too high; an inch lower and the robbers
head would have been riddled- --5,E.l 90: 3
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31
The EDITORIAL TREAD D-M1LL-The Home


Journal thus describes the EDITORS burdens
at is one of the hardships of our profess
sion that its working wheels-brains and
heart-are not allowed to lag for sickness, or
to stop for calamity or sorrow. The judge
may adjourn his court, the school and the
workshop may close shutters, the mourner
may veil his features, and turn friend and
stranger from the door; but the Journalist
must forget before tom orrow the Sorrows Of
to-day, must write gaily. and freshly as a a
niewsmonger on the triae of the hour, what
ever burden has been laid upon the same
honr by Providence, or his brains as man;
1t sometimes tries and mocks as the world
that reads what is thus written would never
dream of. The public looks upon the editors
labors as the Indian did upon the man that
was cutting hay. He finally gave as his opinion
that it vas easy to see the white man nov.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31

4 MoTHEa's Love We have stood beside
the mother when the terrifying lntei{i
ofheriTikkn ikknts death was anndaneed TO ftoE,
and she bent over its lifeless form and wiped
away the cold death damp from its brow Ne
have noticed the deep intensity of her, holy
affection as she gazed upon its CLASSY ,tnotIon-.
less eye. sunk beneath its haifclosed lid, and
its: graceful limbs lived and stifened by the
touch of DEATH We have listened to her ST.
fed Shrek, and seen her turn away from this
last rem nan toif mortality, lone, desolate and
heart-stricken being. = From the first moment
of that infant existeDeeher heart strings had
been twiningaround it, uRtil every holy feel
ing sthotya mother love ever knows. every
fond hope that mothers love ever forms;
every cherished idea Of purity and virtue aid
innocence were eentered up6nstt,, so that IN
its.death she beard .thek knel OF all her worldly
$$hopes; Of all her bright visions Of the future
The hope that he was to seothe her, soFToa 10
after years by his: flial love was crushed the
cherished expectation that BIZ, would watch BIZ
her. bedside at the hour Of departure, TO close
her aching eyes, to whisper her faFeWelb--
To breath deep sigh to winds that murtuur ,loEi
And think on all her love and all her woe
vas wept away, and she was left, bereft of so
lace, and sadly convinced 5tb ther hopes were
'as the baseless fabric of a .On. oh, who
can measure the extent of alMother' S deep and
sacred love for her offspring? 1t cannot know
change! 1t gushes forth in it's holy power
as she watches the couch of:slumbering .inno-
cence; it lives in its freshness and beauty
when her child had assumed the stations and
duties Of manhood; and when time wrinkles
the features and palsies the hand it eb6s not
her last prayer is that her child may be blessed
her lost look of tenderness is for him alone!
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31

E SeuTa CAaoIgsA AeTeRfs take ttles
following TENS from Che TFeepyi.le Enter
prise. - - & - .
: We learn that the; Pendletou Fact tory near
Anderson. Court House, hass recently
changed hands, MessFs, Grad tthcrn 81,
Perry; proprietef McBee1s Eactory, iast hisk
DistEiet, being =sthe purchasers Price,
SEQ. Itswilt be started in few days nEoR
yarn exclusively; to the full extent Of It's ca-a
.pacity-about zoe bunches per day.
. The styles the FIRM win be Perry E3aw-
thorn & Grady Mr. Perry, the agent IS now:
having the machinery put IN good woFkingg
order, and expects, IN 8 few days, TO supply
the demands IN that gicinity With good yarn,
In our last issue, ne made. mention OF The
fact that MessFs. Thomas q ThuIston had
purchased the W Patton Factory sofns:
eighteen OF. taeaty miles below (1reeayilies
'Mr. James Perry, a We'll known and energetic
machiHist and srnanufac acturers is assoeiatea
with them. The name of the business firm
SiiTbs Tbufstou, Thomas 6 Perry the atteE
entEenlafl principal operator Price, $4,000
This factory is now sin good runnipg order
and condition, turning out about loo buachess
Of yarn Ier day. s. @.
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u The JUDGMENTS OF w HEN.--I n aconYeFsars
ton I once held With an eminent minister ot
the church, he made this e6ne obsesyations5
We viii say nothing of the way IN hich that
sex usually conduct an argauent but the sls-S
tgriioe 50f scoalae1s are often more to-
be Teiied upon than the eoncl0 cl0sions HhIch We
reach by an elaborate process of reasoning
No man that has an inteAigent wife, or is
accustomed 10 the society Of educ geu1enE
will dispute this. lines without Number yol
must have known them to decide questions,
on. the instant, and with unerring accaFaeys
which you had been poring over for hours
perhaps with no otherzr suit than To find
yourself getting deeper and deeper into the :
tangled maze Of difficulties It were hardly
generous to aliege that they achieye thege
feats less by reasoning than Q. sort of sagacity
which 6pproximates to the sure instincts Of
the animal races; and ret there seen to- be
some ground for the remark eta witty French.
writer; that when q man has toiied step by
step, npa fight of stairs, he viii be sure TO
find q woman at the iop;; but she will not be
able to tell how she got there. How she ges<
there, heweyer,iS of little moment. the
eoncluSionssa woman has reached are sounas
that is all that concerns u.s. And that they
are very apt to be sound on the practicaf nat
tiers of domestic and secular lifeS hing Dot;
prudence or self ,coneeit can prevent us srota
acknowle dging. he infereuce Therefore IS.
unavoidable, that the man who think u es-.
meath his dignity take counsel with an
gent wife standsein his ewlf lght, and 5etfays
that lack of jad dgment hich he tecltl attri5s
sutes: to ~ S $s Z. sase 81
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31

TIE TELEGRAPH SuPERsEpEo.-A report, of
most remarkable discovery comesto US from
Italy. An Italian saroa1t is said 70 have dis
covervd a process by which sounds may be
transmitted by, an electrical process any dis
tance, SO that two persons-one in Rome and
the other in ~Paris-may converse together,
recognizing the sound Of each others voice:
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31

4 Virginia, Clergyman writes to the Post
Office Department asking for a mail contract.
He states that he does not know that hescan
take the oath, OF allegiance, for he has prayed
in the pulpit during the war for the success
of the Southern cause; but, as the prayers
were never answered, he is Of opinion that no
aid and comfort were given, and therefore he
remains loyal citizen.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31

: A simple invention was exhibited at the
late Birm ngham cattles show fpr making but,
Ter bY atmospheric action, the air being forced
:by plunger into the midst Of the. milk Or
cream, which is contained IN cylinder, the
result being that in few minutes butter Is
made, leaving the milk perfectly sweet Tor
family use.
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VI HEADo'Rs, DISTRICT New BERNE,
New RERNE N, c.. Jan. Is, 1866.

Nr. George MeInight-SIR The colonel
commanding. the district directs me to- inform
you, in reply to your communication OF this
date-respectiug your proposition TOR the ben
eft of the widow of 'StonewalP jackson, that
the United States military authorities can
never object to charitable action. All sol
diers owe tribute to ,gallantry and honor.
tits presumed that every officer of this CON-
mand will esteem it privilege to be permit
ted to engage with you, the assistance ola
lady whose husband was so respected and SO
renowned. g
II have the honor to be, very respectfully,
your obedicnt servant,
H. r. ELLIS,
. Acting Asst Adj't Genl."
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81
Z CEASE FIRING AT THAT 0FFIcER.--The Mont
gomery (Alabama) Mail, dwelling upon the fact
that Seutherners generally prefer their soldiers,
to represent them in Congress and elsewhere,
ss5sx zs,s< zSsz5.ss.s, s=.s. :. - S 5
E=S''fo vote fer such men s net to sharl aeaaaee
at the conqueror, but rather to exercise the PRIV
lege of eomplimenting gallant men, without a.
thought whether it may or net please the con-
aueror. The true couqueror is, not only devoid;
ofiealousy, but is willing to share his meal aud
couch with the Yanqushed. He has learned to
honor his prisoner from the electric SYMPATHY
which is always generated by bullets and bayo-
nets. .-->s.= - p, - - ;..z-s s x : ..ts
AT Rich Mountain, gallant South CarolInsan,
in command of a section tf artillery, had fought
his guns we'll, unti1che had not men left 10 work
them. 0ur,lines were broken and the enemy.
was, dashing upon him. A shell dismounted one
fhis pieces, killed his horse under him and5
shattered his right arm. Gaining bis feet, the,
gallant fellow mounted his remaining gun, and
standing erect as It dashed away under 9 SHOWER;
of bullets, shook his sword at the enemy with
his left hand. Just at this moment, an order
came sharp and clear from. the Federal hne,
."Cease firing at that officer - Such a spectacle
of ardent valor drew spontaneous shout OF apss
plause even from his mortal foe. As it was then,
so 1yil1 be hereafter When the fanatics of the
Korila abuse the men wtf5 considered it their
duty to obey the mandate of their State, an ulii=
7ersaI shout will come from the true Union men
of the North, Cease firing at that f6ees. - =
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The 0ld Baehelors New year.

Ghe Old Bachelors New leaf. -
Tsszzs5ss9 s'MUcH .xET REsI31Ns UNsUGG." ," ~
eb the spang hath less Of brightness t a1t-:,
And1he snow a sgaastlg whiteness, -. :.
- Every year; -. I - 50 So (. -.
Nor do sumner blossoms quicken, - ~
T. Nor does autumn fruitage thicken
.sAs It did--the seasons Gcken
It IS growing cold and colder -. -. -.
= Z. -S5ss, Every year. IL p
-e:s And feel that I am older : -s---z..
Every year; - - O.. =: - :, Il =. -~
-. And lay liFabs less elastic, :.
And my fancy not SO plastic - -. =,
y es, my habits grow Iaonastic - @
ssgs Every year. go = y 8. =
is becoming black and blackersg ,s.s.: - - -
ssesF Every year. ,sazS
Andsspy hopesare waxing weaker, = - :
- Every year, -. . ~ = i.
: Care nov for merry dancing" -, - 49,
ssE or foreyes with passion glaaeing ? ,.
3 ~ q hove is less and less entraacing =
Exess year. sass.ggz ssss -, q - -:
Oh, the DAYS that I have sqaandeFed zs-,s
Eyerg year ~ ; - - 81 ~ ss..sS s-gs
Ana tic fF:endshiPs rudely. saDdeFedSzss,
- -, EsrerY year ~gs<,,.s * ( - = -
zoe the lies that might have twtRed me-,
- Cacl time 10 desttR resigned me, e es s. =
g bly, in6cnjities remind me - =. - s->-5, -,
sss Every YEAR ., y - q -
Sad and sad 10 look before as. =
,-s---- RseFy YeaN =. =
7TsiINS iitila hea5y shadow DER Us = "a
- Every rear ~ - (~-.slss= y ~
To behold each blossom failed - = - - =,
And 70 EMowsge might bare made It
4. An iyantoftal garland braided = =, a. =. =.
Reaad tile year. - ss-.z.2s-5,S y,
ldaag q spectra beckoping finger, . -
ear az YEAR . Sz5ss$s.s[ - q.
gbidessiHe' shat long I iaseTr =. -. I
ear hy. year; - -. Z. - -
- Every learty cosaTade sleeping - -
- IN the ehurehgard, whither,, weeping,
T-aioRs uuNept--anl creepings
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'Jonesboro, Tenn, Nov, 1865.

A TRIBUTE TO SToNEwALL JACKSON FROM A
FEDERAL OFFICER. Major George Mcknight,
Of New Berne, N c., having on behalf Of the
citizens, applied to the cornmandant of that
district for permission to hold a benefit for
Mrs. jackson, received the following reply,
which does honor to the head and heart ofits
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-31

The DEAD BoDT OF eSLAyERY.--There are
some simple minded people, and some dena-
gogues, and perhaps some very honest peo-
pie, in Kentucky, who are disposed to look
with suspicion upon the man orGthe paper
advocating the policy of reaoFing what may
be called the dead body. of slavery, and giving
it decent burial 1t jssa little singular, too,
that such opinions should be ascertained
when it is seen that the people Of the South.
ern States, who had much greater interest
in the institution than NE had, are now, as
they have for some time oeen, engaged IN re-
moving al. races of slavery. They can see no
good result TO come from clinging to the de-
brs of the defpnct institution, and are re:
moving it with commendabfe despatch. -,
AS aTteyidence of the spirit hich actuated-
them, we quote from the Memphis Avalanche,
4lways one of the most extreme and uncom-
promising of all pro-slaVery Journals, the edIz
tor of which wore sword and rode by Bed
ford Forrest side during the greater part OF,
the war He fought to keep the life, If pos
sible, in the institution, but, now that 1t Is
dead, ne drops his sword, and With his pen.
pushes the dead body from his path, and, pro-.
cecds to other duties. : '. - :, :.
}="For Heavens sake says the Avalanche,
'let the South take measures to terminate
the controversy, and bury the corpse efslaye-
ry cut of sight, with all it's odious appenda-.
ges. Until this be done, the country will
have no peace, and the Southern people no
security. We shall have the negro again IN
Congress, a new rally, of the Worshippers of
the ebony idol new cohesion of Northern
fanaticism a new combination agaiRst the.
peace and Interests of the South. The only
Way to avoid controversy; which must IN
the end prove unproRtable TO US, is to give:
to the negro the rights: and privileges attach
ing to his new condition; to thus pat the.
abolition of slavery beyond any line of dis:
pute ) to leave nothing for the Northern radis
calls to Use as political capital, or texts of de-
clamation;;e and then calmly appeal to. .the5ee
servatiye portion of the country for the resto.
ration of our rights, and claim the verdict of
the country against the: Black Republican
party as an organization without principles,
asserting no new facts, and constructed only
for clauior. When the Black Republican party
shall be putin this position, its power for evil
is gone, and the days Of an old and hideous ia
naticisu, which has clearly outliyed its OBJ
iects, are finally numbered ;, : : 81.
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