Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 30, 1857, Image 2
Scraps # Jfacts.
On the 4th inst. M. Goddard made a
balloon ascension from Philadelphia, and after
staying in the clouds all night, alighted
on the 5th near Wilmington, Delaware, left
his assistant, and then ascended again with
onp r>no<jf?ncrpr. since which time, rumor saith,
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ho has not been heard from.
The Evansville (Md.") Journal says
the wheat crop of Indiana, last year, was
estimated at 18,000,000 bushels. A farmer,
who professes to be well acquainted with the
principal wheat districts in the State, says
this years crop will exceed 18,000,000 bushels.
In "Wesley, Arkansas, a fourteen year
old boy, who had gone to drive the cows
from pasture, taking with him a gun loaded
for partridges,discovered'three wolves among
the herd, and secreting himself behind a
stump, killed the largest ODe, and scared off
the other two. The wolf killed measured o1
ver six feet in length.
New York editors have a penchant
for European life. Mr. Bryant, of the
Evening Post, is abroad with his family.?
Mr. Raymond, of the Times, has gone to
place his wife and children in Paris for a
year or two. The wife of Mr. Bennett, of
the Herald, resides permanently in Paris,
and, report says, spends one-quarter of the
j*reat income of that establishment. Wm.
Henry Herbert is now the leading editorial
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writer ot tne JNew iora iimes.
Cardinal Wiseman says, in one of his
sermons, that the Roman Catholic Church
has ever held that, religious duties duly performed,
the Christian Sunday is to be regarded
and used by all, and especially by
the great bulk of the people, as a day of innocent
amusement and recreation, and that
such should be afforded to them by the State
by every means in its power. This, he
thought it right to declare publicly, was, and
is, the mind of the Church of Christ (Roman
Catholic) on the subject. ^
Notwithstanding the fears of almost all
of us that the wheat crop would be cut short,
if not entirely ruined, by the late frosts of
the Spriug, we are happy to be in receipt of
intelligence from almost every portion of the
State, that there is not only in cultivation a
greater number of acres of wheat than any
previous year, but that the actual yield per
acre will be greater than ever was produced
before. Arkansas will, ere long, be one of
the best wheat States in the Union.
[Litth Rock Gazette.
George Pea body, Esq., proposes to
make Newburyport, Mass., a present of 810000
when they shall designate some appropriate
object for which it shall be given. It
is stated by those well qualified to judge,
that notwithstanding, the princely, or rather
republican, munificence of Mr. Peabody,
which has amounted since he has been in
this country to over a half million of dollars,
such is the extraordinary amount of business
done by his banking house, he is worth
more now than on the day he left England.
It is a noticeable fact that boys under
twenty constitute a majority of all ordinarily
engaged in broils and riots. This results
from the neglect and bad influence of careless
and criminal parents, and from the inefficient
provision made for their education
and care of "street children." One juvenile
workhouse or asylum is worth ten jails or
State prisons, as "an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure." And one engine
house where boys are allowed to congregate
is worse than ten grog-shops.
A late number of the Fredericksburg
Herald, says a gentleman who seemed to be
conversant with the facts, informed us the
other day, that Richard Baylor, Esq., would
make, on his Sandy Point estate, lying along
James river, twenty thousand bushels of
wheat this season ! And that Mr. Allen,
whose estate or estates border on the 6ame
river, would make thirty thousand bushels.
Mr. Allen is represented to have made twenty-five
thousand bushels heretofore. We
presume he is one of the largest wheat growers
in the State. Mr. Baylor has also a large
estate on the Rappanhannock, some 5,000
acres, if our memory serves us correctly, and
in all probability grows more wheat and corn
than any other man in Virginia.
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Amongst oiner appiiiimjes wmuu nave
been sought to augment the musical effects
at the approaching Handel Festival is a
monster drum. The tone is full and resounding
and more resembles that of a bourdon
organ pipe, both in quality and continuance,
than that generally obtained from an instrument
of percussion. The vibration continues
after the drum has been struck for nearly
a minute, and for a longer period its pulsations
are distinctly perceptible at a short
distance. The diameter is between six and
seven feet. The frame is said to contain
nearly three hundred pieces of mahogany,
adroitly joined in a manner best adapted to
secure its freedom from warping.
The following singular fact is recorded
by the Paris correspondents of the Journal
of Commerce: "Looking just now at a
list of joint stock companies, I was struck
with the title of the General Company of Fictitious
or Counterfeit Wines, formerly sanctioned
by the Prefect of Police. It is stated
in the advertisement that no grape juice nor
alcohol is used; but the ingredients are not
specified. The capital of the company is
two million of francs; the shares are twenty
thousand in number; the product is sold at
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from four to eight cents tne quart, ana nas
the taste, the appearance, and 'all the hygienic
qualities of the good and natural wines.'
The company has been quite successful; the
dividends have been six per cent., besides
an adequate reserve. The wines are subject
to chemical analysis by authority."
The product of the United States in
gold is estimated at 200,000 pounds; Australia
and Oceanica 150,000; Russia 60,000;
Mexico and South America 47,000. Of silver,
the new World supplies 2,473,700
pounds, leaving 491,5000 for all the other
countries. Of mercury Spain gives the world
2,500,000 lbs., and the United States 100,000
lbs. England and Australia furnishes
one-half of all the copper produced by the
world. Prussia and Belgium furnish four
fifths of all the zinc used in the world viz :
16,000 and 33,000 tons, England furnishes
more than half the iron of the world, 3,000,000
tons, and the United Staees 1,000,000
tons. France is the next most productive
country in iron, 600,000 tons; Russia j
produces but 200,000 tons, and Sweden 150,000?quantities
bearing a very small relation
to the celebrity of product of these countries.
Lead is distributed between Great
Britain, Spain and the United States, in
the ratio of 4, 2,1.
C|f?0rki)ilIeiiu)ranr
edited ivy
SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER.
JOSEPH H. BLACK.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY SO, 1857.
TO THE PUBLIC.
The relations sustained "by the undersigned as
Co-Editor arid Proprietor of the Enquirer, cease
with the present number. During the present
year these have in the main been nominal; other
and more urgent obligations demanding a larger
measure of attention than is compatible with a
proper discharge of the editorial office. These
obligations still requiring undivided care, it is due
to mj*self ard those with whom I have been asso
dated, to announce, for a time at lenst, a formal
withdrawal. I
need not say that this course has been taken
reluctantly and with great regret; not only because
it closes a professional life which has been
almost uniformly pleasant and profitable, but, especially,
because it involves, iu a great measure,
a separation from those with whom I have held
relations of the most intimate personal and professional
friendship. During the period in which
we have been associated as co-workers in the
building-up of the Enquirer, not a single incident
has occurred to mtr the most agreeable intercourse
; and I would, overstepping, perhaps, the
bounds of strict propriety but giving an earnest
expression to a heart-felt sentiment, render to
Publisher &s well us Proprietor, that .genuine tribute
which a grateful feeling prompts us to accord
to every one whose bearing has been, uninterruptedly,
that of the gentleman 8Ud the friend.
The tasks which we undertook were heavy, and
full of peril?eucumbered by conditions which, not
unfrequently result in personal estrangement; but
constant and earnest endeavor, accompanied by
mutual forbearance, and sustained by the heartilybestowed
patronage of an intelligent community,
has enabled us to lift-up oqr enterprise abpve the
reach of contingency, and given to ns the.gratifiT
cation which e^er attends a sure, substantial, and
stead-fast success. The Enquirer is now an eatablished
paper; and I take leave of its columns
witji the pleasing reflection that, favored by the
continued support of nn enlightned and generous
people, it may-be made the pride and ornament of
the District, working faithfully in the development
of her resources, and contributing weightily to her
moral, social and religious advancement.
'??' ???< lolinrs T am
in reviewing iuc jjiugiv.-.-. ,
impressed Kith the conviction that the editorial
columns have contained much that might well
have remained unwritten; but at the same time
I am conscious that our course has been controlled
by no motive more commanding than an earnest
desire to promote the well-being of our native
District; and if this end has been attained, I may
hope that the indiscretions which have marked
our efforts will be overlooked and forgotten.
It is not improbable, that hereafter, circumstances
may again devolve upon me the proprietorship
and editorial control of the paper. Trusting tbnt
such a professional re-union with them may be
within my power, I beg to extend to my brethren
of the Press, and the kind friends of the Enquirer,
a grateful and heart-felt adieu.
SAM'L W. MELTON.
THE TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION.
The third Quarterly meeting of the Grand Division,
Sods of Temperance, convened in our town
on Wednesday, the 22d instant; and was made the
occasion for a grand demonstration, the like of
which it has seldom been the good fortune of temperance
men to witness in South Carolina. In
looking forward to this demonstration of the
'Banner District," out- renders know that we had
indulged abundant hopes ; and now. in reviewing
its incidents and results, we can happily write it
down that our best anticipations have been fully
verified, and in a manner well calculated to call
out the congratulations of every lover of his kind.
Wednesday afternoon, after having attended the
Anniversary meeting of the State Temperance Society,
at Chester, the members of the Grand Division
arrived and took their quarters at Stowe's
Hotel, and in the evening convened in the Temperance
Hall, where they were welcomed, by the
,?,i Vnrl.- Divisions, in a hand
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some address by W. B. Metts, Esq., Worthy Patriarch
of York Division. To this warm and genial
greeting, Henry Summer, Esq., G. W. P., responded
in behalf of the Grand Division, in an appropriate
and happy address. This was altogether
an interesting ceremony; and its effect was
greatly heightened by the presence of a bright
circle of Lady-Visitors, whose beauty and smiles
could not but cheer the toil-worn crusaders, who
had, from far and near brought their offerings and
placed them upon our shrine. After the Subordinate
Divisions had retired, the Grand Division proceeded
to business, and during the sessions performed
the pleasing ceremony of initiation for forty-four
members?for the most part from our own
District. To the veteran members in attendance
this must have been a gratifying spectacle, affording
as it did a conclusive evidence of the unparalleled
success of the great work in York District.
But the best, the most gratifying evidence, was
reserved to be shown on the morrow. Early
Thursday morning, before our towns-people had
been thoroughly aroused, even before the bright
sun had cleverly begun his unclouded round, numbers
of our friends from the country began to
flock through and enliven the streets?each bringing
to the feast that unfailing sign of a hospitable
soul, a great budget of pic-nic rarities. The
town-people, although expectingan unusual crowd,
began very early to show themselves surprised,
and to talk of the Rail-road Celebration, of "Tuesday
of Court," of Nullification, of Co-operation
and Secession times, and of the great crowds they
had seen here and elsewhere. But they were
taken at fault clearly?never had seen such an exhibition
of numbers in Yorkville; and as the
crowds continued to pour in from every road and
by-path, those of them who hail been fearful ol
the result looked brightly and with a light heart
went forward to the attractive pleasures of the
day.
At an early hour, the Grand Division was again
opened, and, among other proceedings, a section
of Cadets was organized by Judge O'Neall. At
ten o'clock, the Marshal of the Day, All9ton, assisted
by Marshals Adams and Galbraith, began
to bring order out of the confusion?the multitude,
at their word of command, ranging themselves under
their respective banners. The procession thus
formed, consisting of the several Divisions of the
District and the visiting members, escorted by the
Cadets of the Military School under Maj. Jenkins,
received the Grand Division in front of the Hall,
and proceeding to a position opposite Stowe's
Hotel, was joined by the Lady-Visitors of the several
Divisions and the citizens generally. It was
the largest procession we have ever seen; and yet,
such is the strange antipathy which men have to
joining a procession that not half the Sons of
Temperance present contributed to the demonstration.
The mind cannot well conceive a prouder
spectacle?one more completely invested with
true moral grandeur?than was presented by that
splendid array, assembled not under the excitement
of war or of political strife, but banded together
by a great moral purpose and voluntarily
obeying a complete order and decorum ; presently
?9 f?r tf eyt could mch the untarnished em
blems of Love, Purity nnd Fidelity', adorning th<
manly breasts cf the Sons, as well as investing th*
fair forms of the Daughter,*, who, like a very le
gion of angels, had as is their wont come up nobl;
to the support of the cause of sobriety, of morali
ty and of truth.
" Accompanied by the Bethel and EbenezerBands
which throughout the day contributed excellen
music, the Procession moved down Main, Jeffersoi
and College streets, to the grove nearly opposit
the Episcopal Church, where a temporary stow
and seats had been erected. A prayer was offered
up by Dr. XeIL, of Fairfield, Grand Chap
lain : after which Judge was introduced
Of his address we need not say a word. It wa
characteristic throughout?for at least two hour
.enlisting the undivided attention of a vast con
course, with that always agreeably diversified wa;
of fact nnd anecdote and argument which haslonj
ago won for the great Apostle of Temperance ni
endearing reputation. At the conclusion of .ludg
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orators were present, the Coniniittee thought tha
the "tocsin of the soul?a dinner bell" woul
sound just then more grateful to the ear than th
finest strains of oratory "charm It never so wise
ly;" and accordingly .the procession was agai
formed and the multitude escorted to the Colleg
Grove, where nil partook of a bountiful pio-nic o
substantial and nic-uncs. The assembly was to
large to have anything like post-prandial speeches
and after every one was fully equ'pped internal)}'
the Grand Division were conducted to their Hall
by the Cadets and Subordinate Divisions. In th
afternoon, the business of the session engaged th
Grand Division until a late hour, when it adjournei
to meet in Columbia in November next.
At early candle-light, a number of our citizen
convened in the Court House, and listened t
short "but interesting addresses by Messrs. A
M. Kennedy, of Camden; Dr. Neil, of Fair
field ; IT. Judge Moore, of Charleston ; T. J. La
motte, of Columbia; and the Chairman, Henr
Summer, of Newberry. After an interesting in
tercliange of sentiment.and experience, the meet
ing adjourned and so the curtain falls*
THE HOPE OP THE SOUTH.
Amid thepolitical agitations by which we ar
surrounded, it is natural for us to ask the questia
?What is the Hope of .the South ? There is n
better evidence of the indecision and want of con
sistency and prn'ctical sense on the part of th
South, than the variety and worthlessness.cf th
answers given to this vital and all important in
terrogatory. Our party, emulating the patienc
of Job, bids us wait for the developments of timi
With this class nothing i? bad, so long as tlier
can possibly be something worse. To shift th
responsibility from their own shoulders and let i
fall?no matter how heavily?upon their posterity
is, in their eyes, the consummation of th^ highes
statesmanship. What would we think of the pb}
sician who would find us sinking hourly binder
raging fever, and yet would sit idly by and bid u
wait the determination of chance, when we ex
pected the efficient aid of scfence nnd skill ?Would
wc not vote his reputed science and vaunl
ed wisdom, the climax of quackery and empir!
cism? Vet such is the wisdom of fhat class c
-J -"l? "* tnAnttftn nf finv lnnnvfl
Hlivi>ri>f Wlll? at Iiir umv v. v.. v. ?v
tion for the better, begin to croak about pntienc
and procrastination. We wonder if time ere
cured any evil ? "0 yes," answers a philosophe
of the Be-patient School, it is the great rectifie
of the impetuosity and fire of youth, it moderate
the exuberance of fancy, it supplants theories an
idle speculations with sound and settled views.Nations
are like individuals and to them the sam
remark will apply." This is their most plausibl
argument, yet how unpbilcsophical and how fols
in both premise and inference! We admit ther
is generally less impetuosity, less buoyancy c
fancy and more settled and dogmatic, if not mor
sound and correct opinions, with age. But w
denv that it is time which produces this changi
The fire of youth has consumed itself and pre
dence has ceased to be a virtue. The opinions*
the more philospphic and orthodox, have becom
so, not from the gliding by of a certain space c
time, bit by study and reflection. And to nppl
the remark to our present political evils, if tim
ever cures the selfish and aggrandizing dispositio
of the North, it will be by glutting it at thj es
pense of the Sonth. It will be when socm inn
morality or misguided fanaticism breaks her ir
ternal strength, and the disorganization of th
Reign of Terror succeeds the present settled an
disciplined sectionalism. Or it will be, wher
robbed of our wealth, we will be too poor to al
tract the attention of a respectable enemy. Ther
perhaps, the matured judgment of our Norther
brethren will dictate the policy of leaving us i
peace a while, to resuscitate and gather a littl
strength for future depiction.
But is this our only hope ? "No," replies a poli
tician of the patch-up, half-measure school, "le
us revive the slave-trade or cease patronizin
Northern manufactures and Northern pleasure r(
sorts." Every move in this direction must prov
futile, since the dominant party which is able t
pass enactments over our heads, will scarcely b
thwarted oy peuy enoris ai revenge, auu we ma
be sure that no attempt, founded on false ideas c
economy, can march up hill to success. It is no
by the rule of contraries that the salvation cf th
South is to be achieved. This only aggravate
and by no means cures the disease. Besides, ther
is something despicable in the tit-for-tat policy
It is more odious, if possible, than that other re
source which is openly advocated by a few, c
putting ourselves under the protection of th
Democratic party, and by entering into its secre
cabals, and "crooking the pregnant hinges of th
knee," to secure an occasional favor as the boo
of mercy?not of right.
The "patch-up" policy thcu will not effect
permanent cure ; can the Democratic party do it
First let us ask, can the Democratic party sav
itself? Now this may appear a novel questio
when we look at that gigantic organization, ever
i where triumphant and banded together, so far o
its leaders are concerned, by the strongest ties c
i self-interest and ambition. But the seeds of it
destruction lie in its very success and strength.'
Could the old Whig Party have survived, and kej
; up the warfare that elicited the genius of Cai
i uoc.v, Clay and Webster, that class of stoci
jobbing politicians, who arc now guiding the hell
of State, would still slumber in primal obscuritj
But unless we mistake the signs of the times, th
decadence of the Old Line Whigs was but thcpr<
lude to the fall of the Democratic Party. Sa
what we please about principles, it is self-interes
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IQai controls lUUlYlUUills. xi UIE >IUJ6 ui6a.iua
tioa was founded od, and sustained by principle
alone, why is it now broken and scattered like th
fleet of Xerxes;
"He counted them at break of day
And when the sun set, where were they ?"
Are those principles lost to the world?are the;
less applicable now than in the day of their great
uess, when giant minds unfolded, and the splen
dour of eloquence illustrated", their excellency
No, the simple truth is, that there must alway
be two parties, where the honors and emolument
of office are open to competition. And so soon a
one becomes every where triumphant, it will it
self divide and begin anew the struggle for suprem
acy. This natural course of parties is sometime:
modified by circumstances, as in the present in
stance. With the dissolution of the Democracy
the mask will be thrown off, and there will stanc
forth what they are already in reality; but twc
parties?the North and the South.
It is then an essjr matter to understand what u
_ . . t
| meant by the cry?"rally under the banner of the
b : democracy, it alone can save the Union and pre-1
serve the constitutional rights of the South." It
f i is not to save the South that this cry is raised, but
- ' to save the democratic party. ^ No doubt it will
| attempt to save ihe Union, for on its preservation,
, j the very existence of the party itself depends, hut
t! why should it preserve the rights of the .South ?
i Or why, let us rather ask, has it uot heretofore
e j preseived those rights which have repeatedly been
1 trampled upon ? Here was a field for the mani
Testation of its integrity, potency and unswerving
pntiiofism. The very moment the rights of the
South are duly respected and Southern States are
treated as co-equals, the Northern wing of the
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s (temocrntic party win negin 10 uuun:.-? n....
- Black Republicans nird rabid ftbolitionistp. If the
y South is not to be plundered, what section of the
? Union is to be the victim? Surely not tbe North
n and North West, which are closely and indissolue
bly affiliated together, and will soon wield two
J thirds of the strength of the United States. The
* North then is secure, and the South being the
'1 weakest must necessarily be victimized again.?
c L'et us then beware of the Democratic party, since
:* its existence depends on its gratifying the selfish"
ness of the North and deceiving the South by spee
cious promises.
f Arc we then asked for the true hope of the
o South ? It liesLin herself, in her own strength
'? when property disciplined, in the dissolution of all
national parties, which have hitherto connived at,
or aided in violating her rights, in her presenting
c an unbroken front to her Qsailnnts, in an open
? fight between the North and South when we need
J no longer fear a covert blow. And when ever it
comes to this, the South will bo found equal to the
s emergency. Let her once understand that her
o reliance can alone be placed in a Southern Party,
and all danger vanishes instantly. Divided we
fall, united, we hold the balance of power in the
- Union,.or protect ourselves out of it. Is not this
v a plain proposition ? Does it not at once give us
i- an efficiency which v. e have never known ? Does
> it not place us in an impregnable position, where
power cannot intimidate, and cunning cannot circumvent
us ? Has the Democratic party anything
better to offer than this? Does the experience of
? the past bid us hope so much at its hands?- Are
n we longer, if wise, to aid in bolstering up an or
o ' gnniiation, wliiph has hitherio aesertea us in ine
i- times of our greatest need, and which only seeks
e our favor now, when the palsy of age begins to
e weaken it/> strength and destroy its vigor ?
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HOME.
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We had just taken up our pen and were casting
! around us for a theme on which to expatiate, when
! ou the opposite pavement an ohject arrested our
0 I
, eye. It was a young matron leading two little
daughters-just blooming into girl-hood. There
^ was nothing novel in such an exhibition, but still
there was something in the chastened beauty of-the
. mother, the airy buoyancy of the little fairies by
^ her side, and the fond maternal and daughterly affection
which was patent on their countenances,
that instantly recalled the associations of Home
and the beauty and attractiveness of the married
, stale.. Aud pursuing these reflections it was but
natural for ns to think of the responsibility and
various duties incumbent on the parent. Do not
understand us to say that any more responsibility
rests upon the husband or wife than upon tbe-soBtary
bachelor. But the duties of the parent cannot
be evaded, without the most palpable evils
^ ensuing. Yet how few know thoso duties and
j comprehend the full measure of their moral responsibility
?
Often have we seen young men with apparently
fair prospects making their first essay in the realj
ities of life, faltering and failing at the very outset.
Often have we seen the ominous sluug of
* the shoulders, and heard the prediction that he
must soon fail. And men have wondered why it
is so, why any man, with ordinary talent cannot
Q
succeed respectably at almost any business. But
education is just as necessary for businessnnd the
various trades as for the professions nnd literary
^ success. True, a different education is required,
but the same imperious necessity ?ibi5 iui
education. And thnt parent is just ns culpable
^ who neglects to tench his son or daughter habits
of'industry, economy and business, ns he who
neglects to tench them the nlphabet add unfold to
them the riches of mind. And so when we hear
friends whisper to each other those fearful words
"He drinks !"?our mind instantly reverts to his
(j home and the question involuntarily suggests fitself?hns
be been trained up in the way in which
t' he should go ? Has he been taught that greatest
of all lessons?self-denial ? Hns he been made a
' moral hero ? Can he benrmore placidly the scoffs
and jeers of the vain and frivolous, than the lashings
of conscience ? Unless he has been indoctrinated
c
with moral heroism, he is still unfit fi r the rough
warfare of life and chance alone can determine
his final destiny.
I So likewise when we behold the frivolity and
^ giddiness of fair ladies, whose beauty of physique
might lead us to expect the goodness of an angel,
we feel certain that home-education hns been neglected,
and the young heart, rich in every natural
grace, suffered to run riot. The unadorned truth
^ is, that a young lady of practical, common sense,
{ and fashionable accomplishments, is a rara avis.
e The usual way is to tench the accomplishments,
g and leave it to their future busbauds?when they
get them ?to instruct them in the practice1 duties
r of the wife. Unfortunately, too many husbands
are ignorant of thei^own and but ill-qualified to
j. tutor others, so that it is not at all surprising that
a refractory student should provoke an ill-natured
j preceptor. The consequence is that Home, is not
the "Sweet Home" which fancy had pictured out
n with its daily routine of little blisses and joys and
sunshine. And friends come and look into that
cozy dwelling, and wonder why they should not
, be happy, and go away and abuse the unfortunate
' husband or the unfortunate wife, just as they
chance to espouse the cause of one or the other.?
But their home-education was neglected and now
^ they know not how to begin the practical duties
. of life. The poetical visions of their young minds
fade like wreaths of snow, and the realities of life
;s
disgust when they should be a constant source of
^ pleasure. But let not this picture of an unhappy
home lead us to infer that the chances for happi|
ness in the single, are better than in the married
state. It is true that a great many ladies, and a
great many gentlemen, are unfit to marry, but
they are likew ise unfit to live singly. Thpir home
is doomed to be unhappy, whether it be the solita
ry dormitory of the bachelor, or the cottage illu^
mined by the smiles of beauty and enlivened by
the prattle of a bevy of children. But notwithstanding,
we love to pursue our first reflections,
and picture out a Home where common sense,
kindness and love, shall blond harmoniously together
to realize the idea of domestic happiness.
THE EXAMINER.
7 It will be seen by reference to the advertise
raent in another column that W. B. Johnston,
Esq., will in a short time, i? ie the "Examiner,"
' daily, tri weekly and weekly. John G. Bowman,
3 Esq., will be associated with him in tho editorial
3 department. The experience and tried abilities
3 of these veteran editors are sufficient proof of
- their capability to make a valuable paper.
9 E. C. RECORDER.
The July number of this College monthly is on
, our table. We have glanced at its contents and
1 find them varied and interesting. There is also a
? manifest improvement in the typography. It is
published monthly at Due-West, S. C., at $1 per
i ftanozn.
MERE-MENTION.
A writer in the Charleston Mercury nominates ,
j Gen. James Hamilton, as the proper man to fill j
I Senator Bi tlee's place. The great conflag- j
j ration in New Orleans on the Oth destroyed pro- \
I perty valued at a quarter of a million of dollars.
I Richard. Boylston, one of the oldest newspaper
editors in New Hampshire, died at his rcsii
donee in Amherst, on Sunday, aged 75 years.
i A catfish has been caught in the Kausas river,
i which weighed 111 pounds. Over 400 stu|
dents have already made engagements for the
next session at the University of Virgiuift, and the
number, it is supposed, will reach 800. I|
has been decided in the Kentucky Court of appeals,
that a man may marry his mother-in-law?
if she'll let him. A writer in Blackwood says
that every man who is not a monster mathematician
or a mad philosopher, ft the slave of some
j woman or other: Charleston papers announce
the death of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lowndes, *ife
of the Hon. Wm. Lowndes and daughter of Gov.
i Thomas Pinckney, in the 76th year of her age.
" Gen. Houston and H. R. Runnels are candidates
for the Governorship of Texas. A
School teacher who was married at Tipton, Indiana,
on the 7thinst., was arrested the 9ame evening
at Kokomo, on a charge "of bigamy. He is
said to have eight wives. France has a navy
of 527 vessels, of which 209 are steamers. They
are armed with 14,077 guns. The meeting
of the State Temperance Society of S. C., met at
Chester on the 21st., and and continued its deliberations
throughout the next day. A meeting
was held on Tuesday night which was eloquently
addressed by Rev. J. R. Picket and J. H. Hudsox,
Esq., of Bennettsville. On Wednesday the
the Society was addressed by Hon. Jno. B. 0'Neall.
Twenty children were recently poisoned in Cincinnati,
by eating lozenges composed of arsenic,
flour and sugar, which were scattered through the
street. Two of the children have died" and others
are not expected to live. James R. Thompson,
bar-keeper at the Exchange Hotel, Montgomery,
Ala., was killed a few days since in a renco'unter
with a man by the name of Foster.
The price of Feather is advancing still higher, so
Northern papers state; <A correspondent of
the Carolina Spartan nominates Ex-Gov. James
H. Adams for IT. S. Senate.-1 The Thibodeaux
Minerva, of the 4th inst., says: People hereabouts
comolain much from a want of sleep, caused by
the rapid growth of the cane and corn crops, keeping
up such a noise ami confusion as to render
the closing of the eye9 the next thing to impossibility.
The health of the country is distressing
to doctors. Colonel L. B. LueKiE, editor of
the Pine Bluff (Arkansas) Enterprise, was killed
on the 6th iust., in a personal rencounter.
Prof. Geobge W. Greene, grand son of General
Greeni^ of the Revolution, is ab,out to publish
. the General's "Papers." The students of S.
C. College have erected a tablet, in the cctaetery
of Trinity Church, Columbia, to the memofy of
. Prof. Rodeut Hekrx, D. D. There is npw,
in the Minnesota mine at Lake- Superior, a mass
of pure metallic copper, forty-five feet in length
and nine feet thick. It must coutain about five
hundred tons, and is worth ?160,000 as it lies.
The Utrnld announces the death of Mr.
Richard Denton, of Laurensville, which occurred
on Wednesday last. The Nicaraguan
war-schooner Granada, which was delivered to
the Costa Ricans by Captain Davis, after taking
it from Oen. Walker, sunk in the harbor of San
Juan del Sur with all the arms and ammunition
which were in her belonging to the Nicaraguans,
and some additional arms which were put on her
afterwards. A lato statitian says if all our
old maids should marry, the manufacturers of single
bedsteads would be utterly ruined.
THE AFRICAN EMIGRATION QUESTION.
The English and French arc discussing the proposition
of importing African colonists into their
tropical possessions. They perceive that the only
way, in which the culture of cotton can be promoted,
so as to compete with the United States,
is by the introduction of the same species of labor.
The proposed plan, if carried out, will be practically
a revival of the slave-trade. The negro is a
slave in Africa and wherever he goes he must remain
a slave. It is his doom, as emphatically
declared by the experience of the past, in this coun
try as well as in Afrioa. Every effort of benevolence,
to raise them to the dignity of freemen has
been thwarted by the stupidity andcannibalisra of
their nature. It is only in a state of slavery that
they can exist at home, nnd-tlie only free negros
in the world, are our slaves, for they have just as
much freedom as they can possibly endure. This
opinion seems to be gaining ground among the
reflecting men of the world.
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
We have received the July number of this true
exponent of Southern Literature. "Education among
the Siamese;" "Courtship made Easy;"
"Progress of Education in Virginia," will be
found very readable articles. Besides, there is
quite a variety of lighter literature, poetry, tales,
et id omne genus. Price $3. Published at Richmond,
Va.
RAIN.
On Monday and Monday night we were visited
by copious showers, which were very much needed
in some neighborhoods and sections of the district.
LETTER OP GEN. McQUEEN.
Hon. John McQueen, in declining an invitation
to attend the Celebration of the 4th of July, at
Bishopville, takes occasion to express his views on
the most important political topics of the day.?
As the opinion of our representatives is a matter
of importance, we make a few extracts from this
letter, and regret that we cannot make them [longer.
It will be seen that his views correspond with
those of Hon. L. M. Keitt.
" There was not a Northern State, at the formation
of this Government, which gave to the United
States a single foot of land, and there has not been
a foot obtained siuce, except from Mexico, which
was not subject to our institutions. Of the Mexican
territory we have already been robbed ; a vast
part of Texas we have been made to purchase with
our money, to wipe off our own institutions and
make it freesoil, ' ad strengthen the hand of our
vilest enemies; oi the Louisiana territory we have
almost been deprived, and that by a lnw of Congressional
legislation, though utterly at war with
the letter and spirit of the constitution, and so now
declared by the highest tribunals iu the country ;
and in all this we have effectually, if not quietly,
acquiesced for nearly forty years, until seemingly
by a returniug sense of justice, we have had placed
upon our statute books a repeal of the act called
a compromise (gross misnomer of unjust tyranny)
by which we have been cheered with the hope
that, after long delay, we have had a stain and
festering wound wiped from ourcharaoter, as well
as our rights in some degree restored.
In this state of things we are told by many that
never have the laws of the land been so plenary
and favorable to us for the security atjd protection
of our rights and property; and that under the influence
of the same polttical party who accomplished
this last legislation, they will remain secure.
Would that I could say to you, I am satisfied of
' this, or that I could see before us such happy
prospect; but truth demands I should say, lam
far, far from it. Laws avail nothing when they
are not maintained, and who does not know that
not one act protecting our rights on the subject of
slavery for the last six years, has not been resisted
in blood, and with but one exception, without
the slightest punishment of those who offend ? In
executing the fugitive slave law, a mere amplification
of the letter of the Constitution, officers
! have been murdered in open day, and none have
| been punished for it; indeed it has become a virj
tue in most places in the North to violate and
: trample it under foot, and never will it be carried
I out to any profitable extent.
*******
The great conflict must be met in 1860, and no
living man can tell the result. I have no fears
for our safety if we are true to ourselves. The
principles and spirit of our ancestors whfch w<$
celebrate to-day, with the power we have within
ourselves, will always protect us, in the Union if
we can, out of it if we must. I am much more
afraid of public men, who arc'looked to for information,
and say to the people "peace, be still,"
wheq there is no pence, and when ip truth we are
in more imminent danger every day and hour.?
We in tho meantime can but discharge our duty
in the confederacy, watching carefully the developments
before us, and prepared at all times to
discharge our duties as patriots, to ourselves, our
country and posterity, * * * *
I know that the preservation of the power of the
National Democratic piuty is held closely at heart,
by many in the South an<l North, and I confess
that if their acts caiue up to their professions, I
would sympathize most strongly with them as the
' only party calculated at all to protect our rights
in the Federal Union; but if we are to have but
professions frdm the lips, and robbery and fraud
in practice, why should we feel an interest in the
predominancy of the party ? Better; much better,
our people should understand the truth, and not
rely upon those who seek national honors under
the banner of party, while the South may be dej
graded and our country ruined.
KANSAS.
Our readers, no doubt, feel solicitous about the
fate of Kansas, and look anxiously for every item
concerning that territory. The latest feature of
importance, is the difficulty between Gov. Walker
and the citizens of Lawrence, in relation to the
election of municipal officers. The'municipal
government, it seems, was organized in defiance
of the Territorial Legislature. Gov. Walker has
declared his intentiou of deposing the illegally
chosen functionaries and enforcing the laws. In
regard to this determination of Gov. Walker, the
Augusta Constitutionalist remarks :?
"There are two or three reflections which will
suggest themselves to the mind of every man in
readibg the recent intelligence from Kansas.
1-. That Walker's mission is, like tbat of all the
executives of the Territory who hfcve preceded
him, a failure, if, as he has repeatedly asserted,
His object in going to Kansas w&s to secure a
peaceful solution of the questiouof slavery in tbat
Territory. Nullification?rebellion?treason?such
are the fuits, thus far, of the policy he has_pursued?such
the returns which th"6'Black Republicans
have made him for his concessions and promises
to them.
2. That the action of the people of-Lawrence
was not the inauguration of the-rebellion against
the recpgnized authorities of Kansas; in which the
Black Republicans are engaged; that rehellion
had been not only inaugurated, 'but. organized,
when he ehtered the Territory ; and that it is rather
strange he should permit the revolutionists to
organize a State government, and make his demonstration
against a small, portion of them Tor'
organizing a municipal govertfment for a town.
8. That Gov. Walker has called out a military
Forte against apportion of the inhabitants of Kansas,
for nullifying its laws and resisting its hntheritiea,
with whom he is pledged to act, in resisting
the same authorities,-if the Constitutional
Convention does not obey big. dictation and submit
its action to the people for ratification.
4. That the Black Republicans are deterrtindd
that Kansas shall never be admitted into the Union
as a free State under the auspices of a'Democratic
Governor, if they can,' by any means, pre
vent that result.'
Written for the Yorkville Ehqnire'r.
TO ItlZZIEi ' . .
4
OX TIIE DEATH DF HEtl MpCKIXO-BIRp. *
Where is the tuneful roundelay, .
Tljat thrilled the heart at earliest dawn,
And. bade thee welcome in the day,
Upon the flower-spangled lawn
Ah never more that warbling strain
From out the tiny cage Will ring;
Gone, not like hopes that come again,
We mourn the lost, the lovely thing.
It was a sweetly throated bird
And loved thy lily hands caress,
And mocked each sweetly noted word
To wile away thy loneliness.
But weep not for your tjny pet,
Another sings in yonder grove,
Tho' warbling wild, 'twill fondly yet,
Sing for thee its lays of love.
Regret not then the broken strain?
Life was not made for sorrowing?
And fix your hopes and love again,
- But not upon so frail a thing.
The love bestowed upon thy pet
Would sweetly soothe a human heart?
Woubi hush in peace each sad regret
Am/1 KM t\ar>h rrn tliorinrr /Oniifl fJpnaYt*
AUU Uiu vnvu k<?*uv4iufi v
% * : "*
Then why should not that heart be cheered?
Why not thy love'9 rich boon be given,
Siqcg from thy ruby lips a word
Could make of earth almost a heaven ?
*
Vorkville, S. C., July, 1857.
COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
Columbia, July 26.
Not knowing that I ghould ?e able to. reach
home in time to give you my regular weekly epistle,
I have thought proper to give you a few items
frofn the Capital. I left Yorkville, with my fair
charge of precious humanity, at eight o'clock yesterday
morning, and reached Chester in safety,
and without anything occurring worthy of a place
in my note book. We remained at the depot long
enough to change our baggage and take a bird's
eye view of as much of the town as was visible to
the naked eye from that point. Some of our companions
that came down with' us on the King's
Mountain road, left in the omnibus for the town
upon the hill, to which "distance lends enchantment
to the view," and the balance transferred
themselves and their baggage to the Charlotte
train, and we were off at the sound of the whistle.
It soon commenced raining and ooutinued at
intervals till we reached this place, and in the afternoon
it increased to a dashing, heavy rain
which came down in torrents till night. How long
it continued after supper this deponent cannot say,
as he retired at a very unfashionable hour to the
land of dreams, and sought to forget his weariness
in the oblivious embraces of "tired nature's
9weet restorer, balmy sleep." The pleasing scenes
Iao* frvrrr /Jowc wovo Jn mr r?tpom<3
UI Uic luotivn nviviv^iv?.MvvW .UMV W??W,
and many of those who are still dear to memory
stood smiling before me. The social principle
predominates in the bosoms of all, and is acknowledged
to be one of the most powerful instincts of
| our nature.
The changing scenes of life and the contingencies
of travel often bring us into the presence and
companionship of those whom we instinctively recognise
as congenial spirits, and in whose society
we could be happy. I have often thought of the
many thousands of kind hearts that would beat
responsive to our own, whose owners we can never
know, and whose softening and care dispelling influence
we can never experience. This muddy,
mundane planet of ours has been much slandered
by persons who could not appreciate its charms
and attractions. I, for one, believe that the world
and the people in it are better than they are usually
represented. As far as I am personally concerned,
I have no reason to quarrel with my lot,
on the contrary, I believe that I have been better j
treated than I deserved, and the wear and tear of
time have laid their rough hands but lightly upon
me.
Myself and friends are stopping at the Assembly
House (formerly Roaches) where we found a
pleasant landlady, good quarters and a hot supper,
three indispensable requisites to the comfort
and happiness of a way-faring man in wet weather.
There are quite a number of permanent
boarders here, all of whom joined us in the parlor
after tea, and wc spent a very pleasant evening,
interspersed with music, games and conversation.
This is, upon the whole, a very agreeable house,
and well deserves the patronage of the public.?
The fare is excellent; the servants polite and attentive,
and the rooms neat, comfortable and airy.
I can say nothing of the charges as yet, as I have
not called for any bill, but I presume they are
moderate.
I slipped out between showers to-day, and went
I to the Presbyterian Church, where I heard Dr.
TnoBXWKLL preach a most able and eloquent sermon.
He is more animated in his jnanner, and
! looks to be inbetter health than formerly. It was
| raining very hard at the close of the services, and
we had to remain for some time waiting for it to
hold up. At length we overhauled a boy with a
gross of umbrellas which he had brought for a
family, who had left in a carriage. We immediately
made a bid for the use of the stock in trade,
which was accepted, and we made the best of our
way home, which we reached in rather a damp ^
plight in time for dinner. J
I visited your correspondent, Mrs. Stbattow,
to-day and found her, as usual, full of life and
humor. Her writings are extensively read and
admired, and as her name is now public property,
I hope she will not object to this notice by one
who admires her amiable qualities as a lady, not
loan tkan VioV-ennori rtr talon + a no a vrttai* hrtth ftf
prose and poetry. She has occasionally contributed
to some half dozen papers of the State, and
she has perhaps been solicited to write for as
many more. Her stories are all well written, the
characters generally sketched from real life, and
the distinguishing- characteristic of her poetry is
sweetness, sentiment and simplicity. Some of her
more finished pieces remind me of Mrs. Wslby,
with whom poetry was a second nature.
Columbia is not very lively now, being in the
midst of the summer solstice, when trade and
travel are both usually dull. But as the fall season
approaches the "city of shade trees" will rise
and shake the dust from her garments, and make
a dash, and a gallant one too, for her share of the
spoil in a commercial point of view.
I see the prospectus of a new paper is announced,
to be conducted by Messrs. Bowman & Johnson J
whose politics is to be of the strictest sect of the
Southern Rights school. Those who have taken
hold of it are men of talents and experience, and
they wil^ doubtless give their readers a most excellent
paper, but I fear the patronage of Columbia
is not sufficient to sustain three daily papers.
They have my best wishes for their success.
MAGNOLIA.
??mil
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
GRAND DIVISION; S. OF TEMPERANCE.
The-following resolution?* offered by Brother
A. M. Kennedy, were unanimously adopted by
the Grand Division, at its late session in the town
of Yorkville, and ordered to be published in the
Enquires:
Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Division
be and are hereby tendered to .the brethren of
York and King's Mountain Divisions, and the other
Divisions in the District, for the kind attention
and reception givea to as at this session
Retolved, That we- heartily approve the 2eal of
our Brethren in York in the cause of Temperance,
and trust that the descendants of those whc'aided
so successfully at King's Mountain in rolling
back the dark cloud-during our Revolutionary
struggle, will be equally conducive in ridding the I
Palmetto- StAte of the Teigh of a> tyrant more deatructive
to human happiness and- material greatnepv,
than the tyranny of Qeorge the Third.
fijuolved, That 'to the ladies?in particular of
Yorkville?are we under a debt of gratitude for
the interest manifested by them to-day, and hope
their example on the side of that wbiqh is so emblematic
of them?Dove, Purity and Fidelity?
will be extended over our entire 8tate.
Retolved, That we tender our thanks to the
King's Mountain, Columbia and Charlotte, and
Greenville Railroad Companies, for the priviledge
granted as of returning for one fare.
8. CORLEY, 0. S.
July 30. Ift57.
. Revival among the Baptists.
The Rev. J. M. C. Breaker, of Beaufort, S. C.f
writes to the Southern Bapti.it an account of a revival
there, in progress, from which we take the
following:
On Sunday last, the 12th instant, I had the pleasure
of baptizing in our beautiful "Jordan," and
in the presence of thousands of interested spectators^
two hundred and twenty-three rejoicing converts.
Three of these were white. The most of
these conversions are the fruits of the revival
which hift been prevailing among our colored people
for the last five or six months, and which was .
commenced and has been carried on chiefly I
through the efforts of the church itself. |
Since this interest -commenced, that fs, within
the last three months, I have baptized three hundred
and fifty persons, including thirty-seveu at
Husper, where there is a branch of our church,
and where 1 preach -and administer the ordinances
four times in the year.
I will only add, that the baptism though performed
with all due deliberation, occupied only
an hour and five ihfnutes. This is nearly four in
a minute. And thus we have it actually demonstrated,
(which, our Pedobaptist friends would do
well to notice) that the three-thousand on -the day
of Penticost could easily have been baptised by
the twelve Apostles?each taking two hundred
and fifty, in an hour and thirteen minutes!
Physician Shot?Great Excitement \?Gold?borough
y. C., July 23.?A desperate shooting
affair occured hereto-day. Dr. JihnW. Davis,
one of our most highly esteemed citizens, was brutally
shot down by the keeper of a low grocery
here, named Odeinhammer, and his father, both
of whom were shooting at him at the same time.
The Odeinhammers are Germans. The Dr. was
unarmed. He now lies in a precarious condition,
and is not expected to survive.
The elder Odeinhammer received a powerful
blow on the head during the excitement, from some
other party, which so severely fraotured his skull,
that it is thought that death will ensue. A
The most iutense excitement prevails, and 1
should Dr. Davis die, it is apprehended his slayer
will be most summarily dealt with.
The Odeinhammers )were keepers of groceries
and had been charged with selling liquor to negroes,
in violation of law, and receiving stolen
goods. Dr. Davis had caned one of them for some
insolence and hence the assault.
Gen. Walker's Plans.?The St. Louis News
professes to give some inkling, "on good authority,"
of what General Walker is doing and expects
to do. That journal says:
Gen. Walker can seeure five thousand men and
a quarter of a million of dollars, besides cannon,
shells, shot, ammunition and supplies to any needed
amount, within thirty day's uotice. The money
($250,000) is ready and subject-to his draft atany
moment. Walker does not desire more than one
thousand men, as he is satisfied that with that
number of men he can conquer and keep possession
of Nicaragua in spite of all the Central American
armies that can be brought into the field against
him. He is operating quietly at present,
and keeps his own council: but the departure of
another expedition to New Orleans sometime the
coming fall, well appointed, and with Walker at
its head, is an event that may be seriously expected.
From Utah. j
St. Louis. July 23. '
Salt Lake dates to the 2d inst., hate been received.
The affairs of the Territory were in a
peaceful condition and general prosperity prevailed.
Rumors of the Utah expedition by the General
Government attracted little attention.
The emigrant trains were progressing rapidly.
Grass was abundant on the plains and the Indians
were friendly.
Public charges of official dishonesty were made
against the surveyor general of the Territory.?
Several statements of his assistants have been published,
accusing him of reporting and pocketing
the money for work never done ; withholding the
pay of his assistants and appropriating it to himself
; neglecting to mark the surveys and then reporting
that the posts had been removed by the
Mormons, with other serious misdemeanors.
Foreign Item*.
Great Britain.?The Government asks for
half a million each, on account of the China and
Persian wars. Thackeray has been nominated for
Parliament from Oxford. Lord Palmerston has
promised Government regulance in regard to the
supply of free Negroes to the French West India
Islands. The transatlantic submarine cable is expected
to be on board the Niagara by the 20th af
July.
Italy.?The details from Naples, show there j
was considerable loss of life in the revolutionary i
movement there. Mazzini has escaped from Italy.
Mexico.?Comonfort is undoubtedly elected
President of Mexico. The yellow fever is prevailing
at Vera Crux. The Mexican papers are full
of surmises in reference to the Spanish question.
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