The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-05
= CHARLESTON, 8, o., April. 90

i My Dear Ilcrald--I suppose you have
hoard all about tho late dlspiay'of the fire
department. Well, viii only dtate that /,
was an interesting occasion. Tho engines
we're handsomely FURNISHED and tastily dec
ornted ; whilo the honest rivalry and espri,
OF the fremen were really charming. The
Higilant took tho palm for hand engines
and the EtnR for steamers. take It for
granted that tho young gentlemen wore
dincd and wfncd. If they were not they
should havc been. And aftor happy speeches,
song and sentiment. tho transitton came,
and. like all earth .scenes. the pleasant affair
is tale that is told.'
Melons and blnckberries have appeared
In town, and 80 has Mrs. Harriet Beecher
| Stowo.
Thnt miserable thing called mans
damus. In the case of ono Pillsbury and his
| cohorts against tho present city officials.
weighs lfko an incubus upon our good city !.
Those poor, dcluded creatures, who have
waited so long for their mules, are waiting
still. If they wait much longer. said mules
Will DO stpne blind. Tho darklcs Visions
have already become Opaque.
They como up and down hither-and baye
made Charleston sort of Eysium or FL
Dorado and n vcritable Ethiopian Mecca
M"). r1llsbury, they say, promised them
pig piece, &C. DUN vivimus vivamus /
Well they still wait to worship at his shrine.
But won't he bury thoir hoposI ....
Deludcd boingsi Their patience ie truly
wonderful, and under other circumstances.
would DO commendnblc. But they will some
day ftud themselves I'm tho vocatIve with
SPadcs, aud not clubs, as trumpsi Under
my regime tho feather IL up that will break
thss 'chmcl's' back They will find TINT
n!sc friends have p'nced them between the
upper and the neither mill stones. Deserted
by ono. they will find that they have deeply
wronged mud betrayed tho trust Of The other,
aud lost his fnvor and affection. =
Pardon mo for not Diminishing 80 disaste>
tl'I homo even before began IT,, but tho
TACT is, we Of 'hc metropolis arc over run, 40
to speak, with neurology 1t Is, Mn ever
present, positive, ignorant and impudcnt,
element, which seeks to sway tho political
aceptrc, and place tho iron heel Of bestl
supremacy upon integrity and worth; and
insancly distracted as many Of them are bv
'"o iSSntISS NhCnli1S Ot RftCnY nRrGrIunS
and socialists, ct Id omne genus, they would
destroy NIL that throws halo around society
1t wc rush Into empire will history repeat it,
seif In an event similar to that Of William
tho Conqucror and tho Saxon ecmcnt7
Can homogeneous people forget their
traditions2 Arc wo truly homogeneous
pcoplc2 Do Tho circles of Southern soci.
oty grow out OF tho aiflnitlcs Of raco, or kinx
drrd Or class1 ut might have bccn arc the
saddcst words Of tongue or pen" Had we
In reality been homogeneous peoplc, and
an unit In sentiment and sympat, ". 1T might
have boon other with us than it is.
All. vol, these moral storms must come,
and whom they do como lot us bond and not
be br"ken. SO that after they arc past, we
may arlso removed and refreshed as do the
trees Of the forest, when shaken by the rude
blasts Of spring, which tho more readily en-
ables them to bud forth in their beautiful
vestments. So, If. needs be. "let us got
angry and sin not" 1t Is tho lashings of
tho mighty tempest that purify the wntcrs
of tho great deep.
Ever thino, BEATRICE.