The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-01-09
Notes on Shorman's March.

Notes on Shormans March.
More than six months ago, 80 ap-
pcaled to our readers in Fairfield Dis
srict to send us in writing all the facts,
incidents, &C., they could gather and
remember, connected with the march
of Shcrman's army through our limits.
fNot one responded. Absolutely,
none.
but VIC arc not done with the sub
je;akRyct. iGyery man, woman and
chiIs Interested in keeping some
rooAAl Of tic terrible and impressive
scenes Of that period. Our childrcn's
children will ask for the record.
We repeat, We arc not done with
the matter. We make another propo-
sition. WHO will respond
The winter evenings are long. by
tho side Of Il cosy fire in any house in
our District, we can talk over the cx-
rcricncc of that awful time, and notes
can be taken. With this in view, the
Editor of the HERALD proposes to visit
any family that will signify its wish
for him SO to ,lo; either verbally or by
letter.
II" will gladly respond to the init
nation that anything bearing upon the
subject can be had in any family,
and will be glad to hear from cith-
gentlemen or ladies upon The sub
jcct.
Names will not be given, if i'll any
matter connected with Shcrman's
march, it is desired that it be with
held. But facts ought to be given.
We give in our corner of selected
poetry to-day, that portion of Ewes
speech to Idam (from Paradise Lost)
which describes the events and scenes
of Ewes short existence before she
met Adam in the Garden of Paradise. !.
The whole scene is most cxquisitcly
rendered.
The two prominent features Of this
word-picturc, arc, first, Ewes delicate
allusion to womanly beauty and love,
and, second, her most graceful surrcn-
der of thcso virtues to that grace and
wisdom which characterize the true
man.
1t is to he regretted that the wis
dom of modern critics has, in its effort
to make the idoas Of Milton comport
with it's own, weakened tho force Of
some OF the most beautiful passages of
Paradise Lost. In the very passage
wc give to-day, mark this change
In the old edition, tho line,
"undcr shade on tlowers, much wonder
ing where"
is, III modern editions, rendered,
"undor shade Of towers, &C."
Now the old editions, which certain
~ represent the ideas of the author,
, give unqucStionably scene more in
accordance with the perfect beauty
and JOY which cnvironod tho mother os
the human race, while in Il state of in
noccncc, when not only grateful
shade from tho magnificent foliage
shielded hor, but whcn sho awokc
from her sleep of creation, and found
herself supported by bed of fragrant
; aowers.
v no docs not realize ut once the
greater yividncss which characteristics
the scene presented in the lines below
as found in the old editions, as COM
pared With Tho same in the ncw2
In tho former va have the following:
"Not distant fHr from thence a murmurins
! sound
"OF waters isencd from cave, and sprcod
"into Il liquid plain, Mn stood unmoyid
"Pure as the cxransc Of Heaven"
In the now editions VIC have substi-
tutod for the word rtcn, the word u;,d.
Thio change wcakcns The passage, and
gives it the force of a school bows
composition in which all the sentences
are connected by that much-abused
conjunction.
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