The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-01
THE AGE OF FFABLE-TALEs OLA TI,Ay-
ELLER

Among the exchanges that como to our office,
there is goodly number Of down-east rurals- :
village and small country town newspapers, Of
the most bigoted and contracted stripe. We
do not often waste cur valuable timo in their
perusal, but occasionally, when the mail fails,
or tho news is short, wo beguile an hour or two
in feeling the Northern Radical pulse. In pur-
suit Of this amusement, wc yesterday opened
the Rochester IN. W Daily Democrat, of May
27, where wo found the Correspondence of a
Northern Lady in Texas" We read, and won
aered. Since tho days of MuScHAUssn and
AnnowsAITn, there have not been such marvel
ln"e adventures Captain ,CANor ia nowhere,
and Du CHAILLu, whose talent for teIiIpg y
wonderful story ia by no means small, sinks 10
utter insignifcance by tho side Of this North
ern lady. Those good, simple, Innocent, and
purc-minded readers Of Rochester, must i'm
bibe queer notions about Texas from this vera
cious correspondence. Tho letter 10 dated,
'.Te1asj February, 1867" indefinite as to time
and place, and, moreover, O long time in COM
ing. She wastes not many words in eIordium,
comes TO The point at once, and in the course
Of her first paragraph gets of most gigantic
nhopper." The letter opens thus:
ITrote to you from New Orleans. After writing
my letters we went to dinner and thero had our
firat glimEso OF ohiyalry. There were two Or
three southern gentlemen at tho table. One Of
them them, who was ms nifoatly wealthy and from the
drossed In brown calico, with wooden breakfast
shaw, aid looked as she brcathed by apecial per.
mission M s pi her husband. Hc was loud in praise
spirit TINT God ever broathed into human form
wheroupon another Of tho party began 10 sing 4
Tebol song, and ended by daahing hls goblet upon
nents. -! sT - 81 T7--- -
:, All our readers will Of course readily recog.
nize the above picture; "rebel songs" being
part Of the regular, breakfast bill Of fare at
every Southern gentleman's table, along with
hot rolls, mullins, hominy and buckwhea.
cakes and thsh that dramatic finalo Of the
!" goblet dashed upon the table, y is 80 true to
the lifo, that we cannot sufficiently admire thS
powers of observation and Of description Of
this Northern travelling lady. ~ U.
:, Not only man is vile in those barbaropp ire,
gions, but even nature comes in for her share
Of censuro. There Is not the freshness and
fragrance of Northern spring, and the wealth
or changes very suddenly, from alno,t sum-
msr to" cold and sometimes snow or slsst." y"
Again shp says:.. glt.Ys. ..a III
. There 10 . pleasant circle Of Northern people
here, and We aeem TO enjoy moro than the ma
tves--at loist wo do not hate 80 thoroughly, and
arc moro social. We SEQ comparatively little Of
& sss uppeT Tso sorasr sss 5O1nss Ts
describes terrible state Of things thero.
- - Th.s 'asdy" iseridently missionary, or
school y Iaarn " may bs both; and determined
70 win the crown Of martyrdom, she went 10
country where she had reason to believe there
was Was "tarribls, state Of things" Imagine
hoI disappointment whom she found stoompara-
lively little Of horrors" thsrc: however az q