Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, January 21, 1858, Image 2
Scraps ? Jfacte. |
.. ?? 1
We find a delight iu the beauty and
happiness of children, that makes the heart'
too big for the body.
A bill has been reported in the .Senate
of Pennsylvania providing that no per- j
son shall be held incompetent to give tcsti- j
uiooy as a wituessou aecount of his religious
belief, but evidence thereof may be given, as
heretofore, to affect his credibility.
It is stated that upwards of seventy- j
five thousand dollars has already been raised, j
and put out at interest, of the sum required j
for the purchase of Mount Vernon. Two j
hundred thousand dollars is the sum dexnanded
for the land and buildings.
Thr> Ypw York Sim savs the Messrs. )
* - * - J - I
Hoe, the inventors of the " Last Fast," are j
building for them a new press, which, in j
power and rapidity of execution and com- '
pletcness in all its arrangements, will far!
excel anything of the kind ever produced,
and will print both sides at the same time.
An exchange recommends the following
as an infalllible cure for beastly intoxi- j
cation : Whenever a person is in a stupid i
and insensible state, from the abuse of in-j
toxicating drinks, lay him on his right side, J
elevate his left arm, and pour cold water!
down it slowly, Before a common pitcher i
full can be emptied, the man will walk, per-!
fectly sober.
The Cincinnati Prices Current, of the
Cth inst, says that it is now generally con-1
sidered that more hogs will be packed there J
this year than during the previous season.
The receipts thus far amount to three hundred
and two thousand three hundred and
ninety-eight?only forty-two thousand short |
of the entire number packed in all the last
year. It is supposed that not one half of the
hogs in Iowa and Illinois have yet been
brought to market.
A few days since a rough, countrylooking
fellow, entered oncof our City Banks, j
and marching up to the counter exclaimed, ?
"Ilere I am. I want you to take a fair look
at me." Without a word further he strode
out. The next day the same customer appeared,
uttered the same words, and again
disappeared. The third day, at about the
same time, he walked in, and advancing to
the Teller's desk, threw down a draft, payable
three days after sight. "Now." said he,
"you've seen uie the three times, I want the
money for it!"?A'Vic York Mirror.
We learn from the New Orleans
Bulletin that a subscription has beeu opened
in that city for the purpose of presenting to
Com. Paulding a sword of honor,and to the
officers and crew of the frigate Wabash a
l!ag, as an evidence of the approval of their i
actsbv those who subscribe. So it seems that j
there are two opinions among the citizens |
of the Crescent City, and that the entire pop- j
ulation have not run mad with fillibusterisui,
not unanimously denounced the Administration
and its agents, as a portion of the j
Southern press would have us believe. It is I
rather remarkable that the first step towards ;
presenting a testimonial to Com. Paulding j
should have originated in the very place |
which has been represented as being the most
bitter towards him. The ass that donned the
liou's skin made a great noise, but his ears !
would stick out.
The members of Walker's expedition |
who ianded at Norfolk from the Saratoga |
seem likely to create some difficulty between !
the authorities of that city and the officers :
of the vessel. The men came ashore in a I
state of destitution and the citizens were J
forced to provide food and clothing forthem. j
Jt is contended that by a strict construction !
of an ordinauce against the importation of {
paupers, the commander of the Saratoga is j
liable to the provided penalty, while on the j
other hand, as appears from a published ' or- j
respondence, the officers of the ship say that j
the men were not sent ashore, but simply J
y>trmittf! to go. Secretary Toucey's instrue- j
tions were that "they be permitted to leave
the ship?the Government having no authority
to retain them." The officers state j
that while on board the Saratoga Walker's J
men were allowed equal rations with those {
served to the crew, minus the liquor. The j
Norfolk Argus urges the cufurcement ot the ,
ordiuance agaiust the officers.
.
The Columbia Times, of Saturday last, j
says, Judge A. 13. Lougstrect, Presideut of i
the South Caroliua College, arrived in our j
city last eveuiug for the purpose of assuming '
the responsible post to which he has been I
chosen to fill. About nine o'clock the stu- i
dents of the College with a band of music,'
called upon the President at his Hotel, and I
were addressed by him in a few pertiuent;
and well timed remarks. Mr. Kutherford,'
of Newberry, upon the part of the students, j
replied, welcoming the President to his new ;
field of usefulness, and exteudiug to him the j
expression of confidence and esteem upon 1
ifce part of those he had been cailed upon to |
govern. Judge Longstreet finding the assemblage
unwilling to disperse, again addressed j
them, expressing devotion to the institution ;
e ver which he was now to preside; and re- j
ferring to the intimacy which had previously !
existed between himselfund Messrs. Calhoun, i
Elmore, McDuffie, and other leading men of j
South Carolina, whose views and principles '
were in accordance with his own. His re- j
marks were received with loud applause, and
we congratulate all parties upou the favor- j
able auspices under which the President and
students have, for the first time met. We
trust that the same good feeling may always
prevail, aud that the relation may always be j
equally as pleasant.
A neighbor of the London Illustrated j
News, thiuks the. "Hoe's Last Fast" a nui- j
sance. lie has sued the proprietors, and.
his evidence says that the court which .sepa-:
rated his premises from defendants was on- j
ly four feet three inches wide, and in the
month of March last the defendants set up
an American printing machine, worked by i
steam, which created the nuisance now com-'
plained of. The printing began every Thurs-:
day night, and was continued all Friday and
Friday night, and sometimes on Saturday !
and such was the noise from the machinery !
that it was scarcely possible to hear oneself j
speak in the plainntiff's parlor. The scream-;
in2. whistling. and thumping of the boiler
U. aud
fly wheels rendered the plaintiffs house
uninhabitable, aud the-noise was compared
to that of an express train passing by, but
never getting away. The rc.>ult was that the
plaintiff's wife was not able to live in the!
house-, his customers forsook the parlor, aud 1
the port wine and beer iu the ecllcrs were ,
rendered thick by the vibration. The vibra- {
tion was so great that it would gradually'
cause the glasses to tumble oft the shelves in
the bar; or, if one were left on the cask in
the cellar, it would after a time tumble off
and got broken. !
CJcJorlibHIc^uqmiTrl
EDITED BY
JOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1858. J
Y()HKVILLli~ITS PROGRESS at TRADE..
It will bo renienibeiel that some time since we '
indulged in a few reflections on the unenterprising j
character of our merchants and business men.? j
We revert to this subject for the purpose of further
comments. The great elements of success in
building up a town, ami sceuring for it a permanent
trade, is a spirit of enterprise and generous
rivalry. Where merchants are content to
sell a few goods at a high per cent., to do what !
they call a taff bwinctt?in short to risk nothing !
upon a future contingency, they may gradually I
grow rich, not from what they make but from |
what they snve, but so far as their neighbors and
the public generally are concerned, they are positive
hindrances. They act as refrigerator? on the
community, and give to nil around thorn the same j
plodding and phlegmatic unprogrcssiveness. The j
old man in the Arabian tale who was so dextrous j
- 1 !- 1 .U? ,.f nil wl?| I
in a-Jj listing ins n-gs iu m?- v.
placed themselves under his guidance, and who j
never removed them until his victim was hunted !
down, not inaptly typifies the grinding influence |
which a community of conservative and over-pru- j
dent business men have on any enterprise which j
requires activity, boldness and energy for its sue
cessful accomplishment. So long as his victim j
lived and could bear him daily in search of the
luscious fruit, his happiness was complete, but he
never estimated the short-sightedness of the policy
which choked to death the too credulon?, and left
him on his legs again to shift for himself.
From their daily.habitudes of thought, and the
accustomed routine of life, businessmen (by winch
we mean men engaged in some commercial einployment)
seldom originate any enterprise, look
ing to the benefit of the community. In their
immediate avocation their calculations nro correct,
but in thp estimate which they make of collateral
issues, of the effect which a certain innovation j
will have upon an old system ; of the influence j
which a new discovery in science, or the prevn !
* # I
lence of different grades of education, will escrt (
over their affairs, they seldom or never form a j
correct opinion. To illustrate this, let us sup [
pose a proposition be submitted to the citizens of j
Yorkville, for the promotion of some specific en- J
terprisc?say. for instance, the endowment of our I
Female College. The first thought that will enter '
the head of every man of means and ability to j '
aid in such an undertaking, would be a selfish and i '
in all probability, an incorrect one. The first j 1
idea would he that everything done would be a |
ff'/t?n gratuitous offering: and the second, that:
some one else should bear the onus: and the advan- j '
tage??if any?would be equally reaped by all. I '
those who contributed and those who did not.? i
The*e two erroneous and inconsiderate impressions |
?like the sword of Bbennts?would determine I '
him to keep his treasures locked up. ! 1
Now if he would venture on a more minute and I
comprehensive calculation, he would fall finally 1 '
into the following legitimate train of reasoning.? :
The value of property in ami near Vorkville a- ! 1
mount?, we will say, to $100,000. A flourishing j 1
institution, grounded on a permanent money basis, j
will enhance the value of this property at least; 1
ten per cent. Suppose that per cent, was given ;
immediately to the school, it would place it on a j '
more certain footing, and lay the foundation of n ''
competent endowment. Supposing the District, ' '
by some strange nnd wondrous chance, to be j
struck with equal generosity and to complete the j
endowment. It would requireforty or fifty thous- j ,
and dollars to make the College independent.? | 1
This amount, together with the direct profits of' 1
the school, would make it a permanent institution j
?a part?and an important part?of the town, j '
ar. l consequently of the district. A school of one ' '
hundred student?, in the way of board, tuition, i
clothing and voluntary expen.-es would annually i ;
disburse in our midst about two hundred dollars 1
each, making in the aggregate $20,000. To j '
feed this number of ladies,an outlay of five or six *
thousand dollars in provisions would he necessary. ! '
This, of course, comes from the country. See |
the advantage to the firmer.
The presence of so much beauty will give a i
stimulus to the votaries of fashion, and incidentally i
cause an expenditure of some few thousand dollars
over and above the usual economical out-lay. '
The citizens of the town and district are, of ;
course, deeply interested in the prosperity of the i
Rail-Road. We have no ready method of calcu-! 1
lating the advantages resulting to it directly and I !
indirectly, from the increased amount of travel? j 1
but. it is considerable. The owners of Hotels are j '
likewise benefitted in proportion to the increase j
of travel. j
Now the=e are calculations which any one can
make for himself, nnd we venture the assertion
that they will be found generally correct, nnd if J
erroneoti?, so from the fact that we have been too j ^
moderate. But the?e are not the only, nor the t
greatest advantages, which would occur to our j
town and district. These benefits?considered j
only in a pecuniary point of view?more than |
couriter-bnllar.ce the inconvenience of raising the
proposed fund. But we repent, they arc not the ; J
greatest. This leads us to consider the general
..,.ft,,potinn nnd of the presence of!
nn educated find literary class, upon nnr com- i '
i
mnnity. And it is here that the man of business
calculates most erroneously, or rather docs not
# I
calculate at all. Madame De STAELin her admirable
o-say on the " Influence of Literature upon ^
Society," pays u beautiful tribute to Letters as a j (
solace for the unfortunate, as the friend of liber- I
I i
ty and the elevator of the social and moral man. j .
A work equally as interesting and as profoundly j
philosophic might be written on the economy of j
Letters. Although one effect of the cultivation of |
mind, and the appreciation of the true, the nolde j ,
and beautiful sentiments, which commend a pure
literature to us i? to plant in the soul more gene j
reus aspiration*, and break down the contracted
wall-? which ignorance ha* built around the good j
natural impulses of the heart: yet, in pmporti' u J !
as the range of mental vision i? enlarged, is the j '
mind fitted for those comprehensive schemes, I
whether of business or philanthropy, which (lis-!
tingii!?h the 'snappoi upof unconsidered trifles'1' I
?the penny wise?from the bold and successful j <
financier. There is no error more palpable than i 1
that which supposes that education unfits a man; 1
for business. If by the proposition be meant, that
it so elevates the mind and enlightens the conscience
that the dishonesty so generally prevalent ,
among men of the world and in the temples of ! t
- ? ?h?r, chctont;.,. !
.unmmon, men u i* mu irss uu.., I (
tivo of the very position which we nre trying to j ,
maintain. For honesty is not only the lest j ,
policy iu a moral point of view, but likewise in j
its economical aspects. About one half of the
expense, beyond the necessary allowance of food,
to which we aro subjected in t! is life, is that incurred,
either to avoid or to punish the nuscrupulous
machinations and unabashed scoundrelisin of J ^
that very class, who seek to fix upon learning, the >
charge of prodigality and extravagance. Hut wej.
are wandering from our first intention which was
nothing more than to cull the attention of our
citizens to the comparative progress of our town. (
In spite of the pressure in the monetary world, . *
the general appearance of iorkvili jis gradually t
improving The ?ro assuming a metropolis' "
tan air; the stores look Broad-wayish, and it has
beeu whispered about, that at some future day we
are to have an improvement in the way of
churches. After all, the prosperity of every
town must depend very much upon the character of
the district in which it is located. In this respect
Yorkvillo is peculiarly fortunate. The resources
of this district have been gradually incrcaeing,
while with many of our neighbors they are decreasing.
Our lands are probably lev* worn
than those in any other district in the* State. A
reference to the reports of Messrs. Tro.MY &
Leirer will show that in mineral wealth, York occupies
the first position. For pleasantness of
climate, healthiness &c., she is unsurpassed.?
Everything seems favorable to her continued
prosperity and gradual improvement. A littl?*
more public spirit on the part of the citizens ot
our town and district would, it is true, do much to
hasten the step of progress.
WANTED.
Suppose an a lvertisement. something like the
following, to be inserted in our columns, how many
in our district could respond to it?
"Wanted.?A gentleman thoroughly versed in
the classic literature of England, and, also, familiarly
acquainted with the productions of A*
merienn genius."
We repeat the question, how many could res
pond to this? We have no scarcity 01 grauuau-s.
Diplomas are so plentiful that alma mater should
be transhitedyro/i/fV mother. Yet we will venture the
assertion, and without fear of contradiction, that
not one out of every ten graduates is so well read
in English classic?, that he could support a con
versation of five minutes without betraying hia
ignorance. If lead into a literary discussion, he
would probably begin by eulogizing Pope's " Essay
on Man" and astonish you with a peroration denunciative
of Sbakspcare and Milton. You
would listen in silent wonder,-and feel how hopeless
would be the task of delineating the peculiar
beauties of your/avoriteauthors, so as to com
mend them to such a learned child.
His familiarity with American literature mighr
be compressed within a nut-sheil?extending no
farther than the few selections to be met with in
First, Second and Third Class Readers. He has ^
probably committed to memory Loxr.fellow's :
"Psalm of Life," Haut-Ck's "Marco Boznrris"
and read half through Bryant's "Thanutopsis"
to see if it would not likewise subserve the purposes
of declamation. Here his intimacy ceases '
?ail beyond is mystery and darkness. To call j
such an ignoramus a graduate because he has '
spent come four or five years in acquiring a hum- i
)
drum knowledge of Latin, Greek and "Matthew
matics," is simply ridiculous. This leads us to
the pitli of our remarks?the want of a reading '
public. It i-i this that retards the success of every j
purely literary effort at the South. We have no ]
A rrlnnr-p nf flic lnfo?- I
rending pu-iui;. uumvu b ... -
sensation novel find n smattering of political
knowledge, gathered from partisan newspapers, !
comprise the sum totnl of that dangerous element
which the satirist regarded a little learning to beConsidering
our premises and inferences incontrovertible,
let ns seek the remedy. But first;
the following may be set down ns the causes of this
singular deficiency in the cultivation of taste.?
iVe look too early in life to a definite business. A
arofession?an empty title rather?is the El Dorado
to wlifch our American youth, first and last
aspire. If there he a short road?a rcyia vi't?to
the desired professional title, that is sure to he
taken. Our lawyers, for instance, never think of t
idorning the arid wnste of law with the humani
ting influence, and alluring beauties of a philo- |
ophic or poetic literature. To collect money, to j
worm themselves into a drudging business, to !
comprehend the quirks nnd quibbles which sub- j
tility and cunning have invented, is tho climax of.
their ambition. Instead of a confident relianco j
on the force of truth nnd the noble nnd generous j
impulses of the human soul, they resort tociiica- j
icry, nnd seek success in the weaknesses of their j
fellow-men. So likewise, in medicine, and in fact,
in all the professions which are dignified with the
pompous title of ' learned." The most indus- '
Irious nnd erudite, never aspire to anything hp j
fond success in their immediate avocation. The i
idea never enters their head?that a mind fully '
leveloped?that an intellect thoroughly cultivate 1 1
? that a memory fully stored with facts and
knowledge, and a taste refined by assiduous study 1
>f elevated models, is an end more ennobling and }
lar more desirable than mere professional plod - j
ling, which may accumulate money?that litt'e |
ill?but which must dwarf and contract the soul.
This haste to get inio life?this longing after j
unpty titles?this looking to, one object only, to J
:he evident neglect of the wider scope of duties, i
wh'-.-'i nature has assigned to man?may be set.
lown as one of the causes which lias stinted the i
spirit of inquiry, nnd clipped the wings of fancy j
md imagination. But a more immediate cause j
maybe found in the want of facilities?inthedes-1
:itution of good libraries and the want of ineen- j
live, which, in more cultivated circles is supplied (
by association with men of elegant nnd polished
scholarship.
;i- -.i-_ ...... i
Tn remedy the first 01 niese cvus, uu pum ?u5- (
pests itself, so reasonable and so natural, as
lengthening the course of collegiate studies?or
[flint is in effect the same thing?requiring a
higher grade of scholarship for admission in:o
the college class. Especially should the appli- j
:nnt be required to show a passable acquaintance- j
hip with English ami American Literature. The
formation of literary societies, reading clubs &c.,
in every village, would do much to facilitate the j
interchange of ideas and supply the want of books !
and incentives to read. Every editor in this j
country wo presume, has had cause to lament the i
destitution in taste and general rending. In a.
community appreciatively intr-ll'gent and sufficiently
versed in literary topics, there will always be
found voluntary contributors who will remove
much of the labor devolving on the editor and
leave him to attend to his more appropriate duly
?that of selecting and collating. With one ir
two bright exceptions, we seldom look for a read- j
iblc communication from our town or district.?
We do not say they cannot write, but they trill j
>iot, which gives scope for yumi/iy the cause.
KANSAS.
Like every person else, wo arc hartily ti *e?l if I
eeing the word Kuntas. The question of Slavery j
lias been settled by the parties in that territory. .
The Free State men have concluded to let the
Lecoiuptoti Constitution be adopted, and then repeal
or change it at their pleasure. The latest
despatch says that the pro-slavery party had carpied
the ticket for State officers and the Legi.-la- j
lure at the late election. So let it be.
YORKVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE.
We would call the ntt-ntien of all interested to
the advertisement, in another column, of this in- j
ritution. A new ses-don, it will be seen, has just j
:ointiieiiced. Several new students have already !
nade their appearnuce, and we hope that the J
chool will soon be full.
LIMESTONE SPRINGS FEMALE SCHOOL.
From the nlvertis meat in another column, it j
vill be sren tint this institution is still ia a j
loutishing condition. Messrs. Ct'itTis are tilvav?
provided with the nbhst assistants, an 1 t e i
:haructer of their school is too well established to !
equire commendation at our hands.
ERSKINF. COLLEGE.
Those subscribers to the Endowment of Er.skine i
Jollege, whose notes were in the hands of Colonel j
VitiGHT dee'd., and Rev. S. C. Millk.v, archer.- J
ty informed that their notes re now in the hauJs !
if John 0, Enlok. Esq. .
MERE-MENTION.
In Antrim, New Hampshire, a few days ago,
j Mr. JosEi'ii Davis, a revolutionary soldier, aged
i ninety years, was married to Miss Almira fircenwood.
On the first of this month, in Canada,
the method of reckoning currency by pounds,
J shil'ings and pence, r as abolished, and the deci!
ma! system of this country supersedes it. Decimal
coins will be coined to meet the requirements
! of the law. They will probably correspond in
1 value with our own. In laying a submarine
cable for a telegraph between France and Algiers,
! it lias been discovered that in some places the
j Mediterranean is fathoms deep, or nearly
! miles. The "Dry Ticket" was successful in
Clies'er on Monday of last week. D. Pi.nviihack
! was elected In tendon t by twenty-one majority,
! and Messrs. McNixcit, Walker, (Jill and Moi
Lt'Rt: Wardens. Late advices from Washingi
ton state that Hon. F. W. Pickens has accepted
' the Mission to P.ussio. V .,1.. f.k, the fillibusj
tor, wasat Richmond,as theguest of Roi.kr Pryor
The Merchant's Dank of f'heraw has de!
clared a dividend of -1 per cent. The Democratic
Stats Convention of North Carolina will
I meet at Charlotte on the 11th of April, for the
j purpose of nominating a candidate for Governor, j
i A delegation of the Creek and Seminole i
i # i
| Indians arrived in New Orleans 011 Thursday.?
j They nreon their way to Florida, with the purpose j
1 />c Tlim v Tl.linns to emierate to the i
j West.
j The decrease of travel at the North this winter j
i is evidenced by the register t f a leading hotel in !
Ne-1 Vork city, wliieh shows the filling off of .
j nine thousand names, this y>ar. as compared with [
j the Inst, at the same dat<. The bank where j
' the wild thyme grows, Las declared a dividend of ,
[ ten tcrnts on tin; share It is believed that j
j Hon. Pierre Sou.e will be elected Senator from j
: Louisiana, in place of Hon. J. P. Benjamin* !
I Mrs. IIarikt C'iiamuers, wife of Benjamin Ciiam!
itrns, Esq., formerly of Vorkville, died in Canton,
Miss., on the 1st January. Better to look
like a great fool, than be the great fool you look. >.
"Fidgeting bliss" is the latest definition?and I
| not a had one either?for the tender passion, "love."
I Paring the past year 2G revolutionary soldiers j
have died, as have also 25 persons of one hundred
I years and over. Resolutions have been ofj
feml in the Virginia Legislature, and printed,
| requesting the members of Congress and Senators
: fr-.m that State to endeavor to procure the admission
of Kansas under the Leeompton constitution.
The Kentucky democratic convention has
| endorsed the President's policy in regard to Kan!
sas, fillibustcrism.&c. Necessity lias no law,
but an uncommon number of lawyers A
miss is as good as a mile of old women. At
a meeting of the Trustees of Cnapel Hill on the !
5th inst.. Prof. W. S. Martin was elected to sue- I
ceed the Rev. Dr. Mitchell, as Professor of
Chemistry, Mineralogy ami Geology. He is a
nativ. f Richmond, Va.
An office has been opened in Washington fur the
encouragement of emigration to Nicaragua and
portions of Central America, the object being
peaceful colonization, as recommended in the
President's Message. Gen. Walker passed
through Augusta on Sunday last. The Washington
papers report the confirmation by the Senate
of the nomination of the linn. F. W. Pickens
as Minister to Russia. A slight shock of an
earthquake was felt at Loekport, N. Y? on Saturday
last. "-The barque Gay Head arrived at
Boston, brings from Constantinople 19 live Angora
goats and 3 sheep for the government.
Judgment was rendered on the 5th in-tint against
G -n. William Walker and his surety, S. F. Slatter,
in the Circuit Court of the United States at
New Orleans, for $2,000, on the recognizance of
the former to appear to answer for a breach of
the neutrality laws, and which recognizance was
forfeited by bis departure in the Fashion in November.
Among \he appointments of the
President, "by and with the advice and consent
of the Senate," we notice that of William R.
Calhoun, of this State, as Secretary of Legation
at Paris.
REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS.
We will begin at an early day the publication of
Revolutionary reminiscences. We are indebted to
the courtesy of Daniel G. Stinson, Es.j., of Chrs
ter District, for some interesting documents.
THE MORMONS.
The semi civil war with the polygamists anpears
to be checked for the wiuter. The Mormons
seem determined to fight to the last, and, if defeated,
to pitch their Tabernacle in the solitudes of
British America. The Military Committee in the
Senate, it is thought, will report against the raising
of five new regiments to march against the
Mormons, and propose as a substitute, that the
regiments, now on dnty, be increased to the extent
of two companies each. The entire cost of
the Utah expedition so far. is set down at the
moderate sum of $8,090,000, and another million,
it is calculated, will he sunk by the loss of ani-!
mals during the present winter.
The entire force of P>rio?am Young's fighting
men ennnot exceed 10,00U. The Mormon strength
has been largely over-estimated. In an address
to the polj'gamists, in rei&uou 10 me apprniicii ui |
the United States troop?, Brigiiam Vocxn uses
the following language:
As soon as they start 10 come into our settlements,
let sleep depart from their eyes and slumber
from their eye lids until they sleep in death :
for they have been warned and forewarned that we i
will not tamely submit to being destroyed. Men |
shall be secreted here and there, and shall waste j
away our enemies in the name of Israel's God.
In another part of the same discourse, he says:
Another year I atn goiug to prepare for the
worst, and I want you to prepare to collect our
grain and lay icaste this Territory, for I ant determined,
if driven to thai extremity, that our
enemies shall find nothing out heaps of ashes and
ruins. We will be so prepared that in a few days
all can be consumed.
NICARAGUA.
The capture of Col. Axdkrson is believed to
have put an end to filibustering for some time.
The Richmond South says :
"One of the most enthusiastic and respectable
assemblages that ever met to greet, countenance
and encourage a distinguished man, met at the !
festive hoard la-t evening at the American Hotel, i
Statesmen were there, and legislators?members j
of the bar and other learned professions?officers J
of the militia ami men of worth in civil life?allanx- I
ions to honor one whom they regard as a true rep j
resentalive of Southe n interests, and whom they |
believe to have been most foully dealt with?to }
honor, in a word, Gen. Wni. Walker, the hero of
Central America, the founder in that tropical re- j
gion of American institutions.
"On his name being toasted, the General made j
a most powerful speech, in which he gave a tliril- |
ling history of his career, and in which lie reviewed j
the action of our Government towards hint."
It is our bt lief that the "man of destiny" will 1
,lni. tn Ppntrnl Amerien.
return ui uv itij ui.-wm
A rcuction, however, appears to be going on in :
favor of Commodore 1'At'i.ntSG.
Tim President's Message is Paris.?The j
President's incssnge was published in full by all i
the Parisian journals. It was telegrapher through
front Liverpool to Paris in five hours and a half? |,
the satnc time as was required to telegraph it to
London. But the two copies came over different , 1
wires, and while the copy sent to London was in
English, that to Pat is was in French. This tact
shows the importance given to the message. Tue
comments of the press upon this document are
various. The Dcbnts says that it approaches,
more than any previous message, the style of an ]
address front a throne in Europe. But the Debats (
is alone in this criticism. ' ,
The Charivari pretends to have been informed
bv its correspondent at Washington, that Mr. I
Buchanan was present in the House during the i
reading, with his pocket* full of revolvers ; and
that, not satisfied with the reception given to the
document, he shot the clerk, the speaker, and sev- 1
oral members of the opposition: and then on his j I
I way home, through Pennsylvania Avenue, emptied
j the rest of the barrels on the passers-by. The
Charivari asserts that Gen. Walker himself wrote
j that part of the message which refers to his own
| movements, and insists on treating the President
j as a confirmed fillibuster.
For the Yorkville Euquirer.
TO MISS S. A.
Dearest love, believe me,
Though all else depart,
Naught shall e'er deceive thee
In this faithful h< ar\
lleauty may he hligl.tel?
Youth may pass away?
Hut the vows we plight m!
i Ne'er shall know decay.
Tempo: t? may assail us
From affliction's coast?
Fortunes breeze may tail us
Win n we need it most;
Fairest hopes may perish?
Firmest friends may change?
Rut the love we cherish
Nothing shall estrange.
Ltreams of fame nnd graudeur
End in bitter tears?
Love grows only fonder,
With the lapse of years
Time, change, and trouble,
Weaker ties unbind?
But the bands redoublo
True nfFoction twined.
Jan. 13 th, 180*. X.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Wasicint.tos, January 11, 1858.
The weather is horrible just now, and when the
Washington weather is horrible, it is so emphatically.
Gen. Walker left this morning for New Orleans,
lie is the most modest-looking man imaginable, \
and seems as gentle as a Miss just coming out.
Upon close study. however, you see intense earnestness
written in the outlines ot the face of the
modern Pizauro. The orntors of both houses will
continue to define their positions on this interesting
theme.
Important intelligence is expected to-day from
Kansas, as to the result of the voting on the 4th
instant for State officers. Jim Lane an' * squad
of his myrmidons are paid by subscript ion a from
the East to howl, and, it must be confessed, they
do howl con amore. "'Tis their voction," which
they follow with becoming zeal. A great deal of
importance has been attached here in certain influential
quarters, to the split in the Free State
party on the question of voting on the lrh. The |
majority of that side have, it is said, voted; which i ,
in spite of their jfrotesf, is construed as an implied
acquiescence with the Lecompton Constitution.
A very intevesting article is copied into the Union
from the London Times, upon the question of ,
slavery. The Times considers that the slavery
question is just now coming up for solution ; that
the Ab litionisls will have to sing in a subdued
tone ns to the improved condition of the enfranchised
slaves. The Times insist? that emancipa- '
tion in the West Indies is a failure. This is the J
most decided article which has yet appeared in \
the Times, and marks strongly the reaction going '
on in the opinion of the civilized world. The ab- '
solute ruin into which the British West India
colonies are rapidly falling; the insecurity of
their possessions in the East, the rumblings of the '
storm that precede independence in Australia, all
have brought England "to pause and look back." I
She can no longer afford to commit suicide in the 1
West India colonies. Another signal sign of the !
times, is the action of the French Einperor in reviving
the African slave trade. It is done, it is [i
true, under the euphonious term of voluntary emi- i (
gration, but this deceives nobody. It is said that |,
there is in the mind of the aforesaid Lotus Na- i
poleon, the germ of a great idea on this vexed j'
question of slavery. It is said that the Emperor I
thinks that S^. Domingo belongs to France, and !
that the negroes had better be at work, than eat- |'
ing pumpkins and sleeping in the sun. Lotus | 1
Napoleon is'a practical man. France is the great ,
power of Europe. Tropical colonies with slave j
labor arc valuable appendages. Hence then, it is
not surprising that the "nephew of ray uncle" ,
should turn a scrutinizing look to the ebony kingdom.
The financial disasters which have so seriously
affected Europe, render it more and |
more difficult for the laboring classes to exist; |
and as one of the modes of ameliorating their con- 1
dition, the development of the tropical countries '
by African slave lnbor is manifest. It is evident, j (
therefore, as stated by the London Timet, that the j
slavery question, as a great labor question, is !
rapidly assuming more striking proportions. We
know that the agitation of this question, will redound
to our advantage. Let it then go on. | 1
CATAWBA. i
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
Charleston', Jan. 18. ,
Charles Mackat, the celebrated song writer, ?
(
and Editor ot' the London Illustrated Xeics, has '
t
been lecturing, with much success in several of j
the northern cities, nnd as lie had been induced t
to come as far South as Washington, I had hoped 1
that we might have the pleasure of hearing him | *
in Charleston, which would, in some degree at j f
least have compensated us for the disappointment l ?
we had experienced in not receiving a profession- j 1
nl visit from Col. (?) Fraxcis F. Meagher.
A New York correspondent of the Boston Post, I i
says, that Mr. Mackat is not at all pleased with i f.
the liberties taken with his name nnd fame by some !
inveterate nnd over zealous newspaper puffers. | He
would much prefer they would keep their silly I
stories to themselves about the wonderful demand j
in the market for his songs, and the rendy manner | '
in which they go off. It is conceded by his friends "
that he is a pleasing verse writer, and that he has I ;
written many songs which have been much admired ! c
especially by the ladies, but few of them will | 1
likely survive their author. It is not on his songs j
that he rests his hopes of fame. | t
Mrs. Marciiant, the wife of the lessee and *
manager of the Theatre, died suddenly on Wed- i .
nesday night last, of congestion of the lungs.? I s
She was a good actress, and an amiable and ac- n
cnmplislicd lady. She made her last appearance s
upon the stage in the chaiv.cter of "Aladdin," in jg
the play called "Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp." j ii
which was so very popular that it was repeated j I1
every night for two weeks, commencing on Cliri.-t- j
mas night. The tragedy of life, with her. has j
ended?she lias played out the fifth act of life's j
eventful drama, in the young morning of her
bright and promising career.
A new weekly paper called the "Charleston Her- j
aid" has just made its appearance in a neat and ?
tidy costume, and claims a share of consideration | n
at the hands of an indulgent and discriminating 11
public. The editorials are well written, and give f|
evidence of ability in that department, while the fi
selections are made with discretion nnd judgment, b
It is published at the low, cash price of one dollar, ^
and seems to be intended chiefly as an advertising 0
medium. We should hail with pleasure, every ef- ft
fort to inform the public mind, nnd speed to its 11
final accomplishment the high nnd holy mission of
the press. ,,i
Thalhf.ro and Vifi xtkmps, the greatest living tl
pianist and the world renowned violinist, will give
their first concert on Wednesday evening at the
Institute Hall. Tickets for reseretd stiffs arc sold tl
For one dollar and fifty cents, while those who 111
wish may take one at one dollar, and run the risk
jf getting a seat, and with the prospect of being T
nlnced, nolens volent, upon the "standing committee."
This is a pretty high price for music these i
hard times, but there are many who will pay it,
even if they have to borrow the money, just for the
name of the thing, and because it may be considered
fashionable. I shall, perhaps, go with the
multitude, as I go everywhere, and I shall carefully
note down my impressions, and let your
readers know what I think of the musical powers
of the German TiumseiuJ and the French ViecxTEMPS.
Edward Everett has consented to pay us a vis
it. ami deliver his celebrated lecture on the life
and character of Washington. That will ind< el
be a treat worth enjoying. Mr. Everett, is perhaps
one of the most profound scholars, and accomplished
orators of the age. I have read his
speeches, lectures, and literary essays with peculiar
pleasure and interest, and to see and hear
him will be a gratification rarely excelled in its
way. I am not a lion hunter, or a man worshipper,
but I admire the talents and bow to the potency
of mind?the genius of intellect, wherever
I find it.
A very severe criticism on several articles in
Russell'* Magazine for January, appeared in a late
number of the Columbia Southern Light. I have
carefully read the articles noticed, and scarcely
consider them deserving the scathing criticism be
siowen upon mem. ine two articles nanaieume
most severely, "Voices from the Forest," and
"Nell Gwinn," would scarcely, in all their parts,
stand the test of rigid criticism, or strict literary
analysis, but they are not as destitute of merit
as the reviewer would have his readers believe. I
have read many periodical articles far more objectionable
than either of them, agninst which a
word has never been spoken or written.
The latest news from the Liverpool cotton market,
brought by the America is indeed quite cheering.
A better feeling seems already to have infused
itself into business circles; confidence, in
some measure, is being restored, and every department
of trade seems more active and buoyant.?
The news of the short crop of cotton has been
confirmed in Europe, and the consequence is, a
sudden rise, anil an almost unprecedented demand.
The sale of forty thousand bales in four days, at
an advance of a farthing, is an encouraging event
in the commercial world, and points to the dawn
of a brighter day.
After a long and most disagreeable wet spell,
the weather has at length cleared up, and to-day
has been bright, beautiful and lovely as heart
could wish. It is still however, too warm for the
season, and I fear that the change will not be
permanent till we have something more like winter
weather.
There was a feeble effort to get up a fire on
Friday evening last by some wicked incendiary,,
but the weather and the firemen thwarted his designs,
A stable and shed attached to the premises
of Col. John S. Ash, on South Bay, were consumed.
The buildings were not valuable, and the
loss was trifling.
MAGNOLIA.
* Foreign Items.
The Bombay mail of December 4th had reached
Englan-.. The news of the relief of Lucknow is
confirmed. The rebels had not vacuated Luck
now. Sir Colin Campbell asks for a reinforcement,
although his force is computed at 12,000,
in fine order. Nena Sabib, with all his men and
baggage, had joined the rebels?The Gwalior Contingent
was still at Calipee?divided counsels, it
was stated, being the cause of their inaction. It
was reported that the King of Delhi's son and two
nephews, after being tried by Military Coratnis
siuuirr:*, mtu u'.'cu snui.
The Daily Xews says that the rebels of Omle
have placed a boy on the throne, and keep him in
i state at Fyzabad, a city of 100,000 inhabitants,
which is defended by a large fort, with a wall and
ditch, round towers, and new entrenchments.
Three companies of 24th native infantry had
mutinied at Chittagong and marched to Dccca.?
One hundred Europeans had been sent to intercept
them. The Cawnpore territory was threatened
by a large force from Oude. Serious disorders
were anticipated in Rajpotna, and European
troop? were urgently wanted.
The rates of the Bank of England were unchanged.
The loss of the Sepoys at Lucknow was estimated
at 7,000. The investment nt Canton, it was
expected, would take place about the 1st of De- j
icmber. It is said that Spain considers the medi- i
ition of England and France in the llispanoMexican
question 'to be ended, if Mexico refuses j
to accept all the conditions made. Much activity i
existed at the Spanish ports, in preparations for j
the expeditions to Mexico.
The holidays in England had checked business.
There had been no new firilures. It had been
decided to place the China dispute on a local basis,
and to attack Canton. It was expected that
the next news from that quarter would bring intelligence
of its reduction. The English forces
lomprised 7,000 men and 700 guns. The French
f.>rces were co-operating, but the Americans were
not.
An Act
To amend the late in relation to the Grants for Catawba
Indian Lands.
I. lie H enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That
f any lessee of the Cat iwba Indian Lands, being in
jossession. shall not have it in his or her power to
leposit the lease under which he or she holds, as
low required by law, by reason of its loss orothrwise,
such person sha I file in the office of the
Secretary of State, a notice of his or her intention
o apply for the issuing of a grant, and shall pubish
the same in one or more of the newspapers of
lie District in which such land is situated, for at
east three months before the time of such intenled
application, which notice shall set forth the
muse of the inability of such person to produce
inch lease, and shall be verified by the oath of the
ipplicant; and that such grant shall thereupon isue,
if the person applying be otherwise entitled
hereto; Provided, That if any person shall withn
five years from the issuing of such grant, proluce
a lease of the premises so granted, such
trant shall thereupon become null and void.
An Act
To provide for the further Maintenance of the Peace
of this State in relation to Duelling.
I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of ih-i same, That !
vhenever any magistrate, or any person who has i
H>en or may hereafter be, coi.stituted a magistrate j
x officio, shall receive information in writing, and |
uider oath, that any person or persons are about
o leave this State for the purpose of sending or I
eceiving a challenge to fight a duel, or for the I
mrpose of fighting a duel after such challenge I
hall have been sent or received, it shall be the 1
luty of such magistrate, or magistrate ex officio, J
orthwith to issue his warrant for the 'arrest of i
uch person or persons, to be carried before some i
Magistrate who shall require such person ??i per- j
ons to enter into recognizance in such sum as to j
uch magistrate may serin meet, conditioned that ,
uch person or persons, shall keep the peace with- j
a this State, ami shall not leave the State f ir the !
impose of sending or receiving a el.cl ecge to j
glit a duel, or for the purpose of fighting a duel '
Iter such challenge has been sent or received. j
An Act
To moke Malicious Trespasses indictable.
I, it enacted by the Senate a: > House of i
Icpreseiitatives. now met and sctti'.g in (Jeneral j
issemhly, and hy the authority of same. That
ny person who shall willfu'.'y, unlawfully and '
lalieiously cut. shoot, maim, wound or destroy, |
ny horse, mule, neat cattle, hog, sheep, or goat, ;
lie property of another, shall be guiUy of a mis- j
enieanor, and, upon conviction there T, shall be
ned and imprisoned at the discretion cf the Judge
el'ore wliom the case shall be tried.
II. That any person who shall wilfully, unlawi!ly,
and maliciously cut, mutilate, deface, or ' i
therwise injure, the trees, houses, out houses,
miccs, or fixtures of another, or commit any other
espass upon real property in tho possession of
notlier, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
pon conviction tnereoi, snail ocnneu ana imprisneti
at the discretion of the Judge before whom <
ie case shall be tried, I
III. That whenever any person s! ail be prose- 1
ued for any of the misdemeanors hereby created, l
ie owner of the property injured shall not have
ie right to maintain a civil action for the same
jury. | <
An Act
o punish Wilful Xcgtcct or Misconduct hi/ Railroad (
Conductors and Engineers.. i ,
I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re- j s
pri'spntutives, now mr?t and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same, That
any Engineer or Conductor of any Railroad Company
in this State, who shall wilfully neglect to
observe or shall wilfully violate any rule or regulation
of the Company to which such Engineer or
Conductor may belong, whereby any person or
persons shall sustain, or be in danger of sustaining
any bodily injury, such Engineer or Conductor
shall be liable to be indicted for every such offence,
and. upon conviction thereof, be fined two
hundred dollars, and imprisoned not exceeding
one year, at the discretion of the Judge before
whom such case may be tried: Provided, however,
That nothing herein coutained shall be so construed
as to relieve such Engineer or Conductor
from responsibility in cases where the life of any
person is destroyed, under the law as it now exists.
An Act
To exempt Manager* of Election from the performance
of Ordinary Militia duty.
Skc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives now met and sitting in General
i Assembly, ami by the authority of the same, That
Manngers of Election in this State be, and they
are hereby exempted from the performance of
Ordinary Militia duty, for and during their term
of service.
For the Vorkville Enquirer.
" IS IT II "
Messrs. Editors:?The record of 1857 has closed;
aud that of 1858 is being made. The declaration
has been heard from the mouths of some of
our citizens, w ho disavow all predilection for the
principle of total abstinence, that much liquor has
been drank in Vorkville during the past year. Is
this affirmation a fact, or is it a figment?a truth
or a fiction? Omitting to admit or deny the statement,
let us test its truth synthetically. In doing
this, wo must remember that no fact of earthly occurrence
stands isolated, and disconnected from
every other fact. Xhe relation of cause and efj
feet is admitted by all. Every antecedent must
have a consequent.# If the declaration above be
true, some fact certainly preceded this much drinking
by way of causation, and some other fact assurredly
followed it by way of effect. Now does
| any rational and intelligent man doubt the absolute
truth of these farther propositions??that
drunkenness is the consequent of drinking alcoholic
drinks?that sad experience attests, there
will be drunkenness where much liquor is drank?
and where much liquor is drank, there will be found
drunkards.
As a test of the truth of the declaration, that
much liquor has been drank in Yorkville the past
year, the question becomes important:?Has the
year 1857 affixed the appelative, drunkard, on
the reputation of any single oue, or more, or
many of our citizens, old, middle-aged, or young ?
Let not the question startle us. A declaration or
a principle, which will not bear its legitimate conclusion,
is essentially bad and erroneous, and
should neverhavebeenpromulgated. A purgatorial
betweenity is ever and every where a condition of
error. On the contrary, truth, in all its ramifications,
is still truth. We recur then to the question,
correlative to the declaration above alluded
to:?Has the large quantity of liquor consumed
among us last year resulted in the manufacture of
drunkards ?
If it has not?if no individual has fallen in public
estimation from his fair fame of a temperate
nnd sober citizen; in such case, believing that
God in his providence has proclaimed alcohol to be
poison to the healthy human frame?that His fiat
is continuously sounded in our ears trumpettongued
from the grave's mouth, that drinking
makes drunkards, and that drunkenness is death,
if then we have no drunkards, I boldly deny the
statement of much liquor being consumed. The
assumption cannot be true. We, like others, live
subject to the physical laws of creation. Our human
organism must yield to those laws, like our
fellow-creatures in a like condition. If we have
no drunkards, then much liquor was not drank.
But if there be drunkards among us from this
great consumption of liquor?if public sentiment
have truthfully established the fact, that themucA
liquor drank in 18.37 has entailed the blot and
stigma of drunkard on any individual's character,
then the question becomes momentous: "Is it I?"
Can it be the writer or the reader ? Is it possible
that I am to fill a drunkard's grave? Is this
my doom on earth, and eternal misery my portion
hereafter? Where shall I go to have the question
solved ? Not to my conscience: for that is steeped
and seared in alcohol. I could have trusted its
response once ; but my labor has been to smother
its teachings. Its light is now almost gone.?
Shall I go to my drinking associates? No; for
they wish my example and countenance. My total
wreck is a salvo and justification of their occasional
drunkenness. No man aspires to the reputation
of being the greatest drunka-J, but the
drunkard rejoices he is not the worst sot. Where
shall I go ??Let us forbear, and go to another
scene.
"Guard! guard those wiud?w3?bar that door?
Yonder I armed bandits see;
They've robbed my house of nil its store,
And now return to murder me ;
They're breaking in, don't let them come;
Drive?drive them hence?but give me rum,
0! give me rum."
* * * * *
"There! there again?that demon's there,
Crouching to make a fresh attack!
Sec how his flaming eye-balls glare?
Thou fiend of fiends, what's brought thee back??
Back in thy car? For whom? For where 1
He smile*? be beckons mc to come?
What are those words thou'st written there?
"Is HELL THKY NEVER WANT FOR RUM!"
In hell they never want for rum.
Not want for rum! Read that again?
I feel the spell! haste, drive me down
Where rum is free! where revelers reign,
And I can wear the drunkard's crown.
Accept the proffer, fiend ? I will,
And to thy drunken banquet come;
Fill the great cauldron from thy still
With boiliug, burning, fiery rum?
There will I quench this horrid thirst!
With boon companions drink and dwell,
Nor plead for rum, as here I must?
There's liberty to drink in hell.
Thus raved thai maniac rum had made?
Then starting from his haunted bed?
On, on, ye demons, on! he said,
Then silent sunk?his soul had fled.
Scoffer beware! he in that shroud
Was once a temperate drinker too,
And felt as safe?declaimed as loud
Aguinst extravagance, as you.
*****
0 God, thy gracious spirit send,
That we, the mocker's snare may fly,
And thus escape that dreadful end,
That death eternal, drunkards die.
ELBIB.
Hon. W. H. Seward at a Corn Shucking.?
Hon. W. H. Seward, of New York at the invitation
of the Hon. John S. Pendleton, paid that
gentleman a visit a few days since, the object of
wlych was to witness a regular old fashioned
Virginia "Nigger" corn shucking, Mr. Pendleton
being desirous that Seward, from what he would
see there, would be convinced the Slavery in Culpepper
was not as bad as represented by the AntiSlavery
men of the North. The frolic parsed off
very pleasantly indeed, and no one was more delighted
than the New York Senator.? Warrenton
Whig.
T... r . %e 1'UA k*
O Ol LA>b A iMUHM'i.i on. I iiC icpuu 10 UO'
coming curreut that C?l. Jim Lane, of Kansas notoriety,
is now, and has been for some months, in
collusion with the Mormons. A Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press says that the
Administration is in possession of information
which conclusively proves the fact. "The exact
character of the information is not publicly known ;
but the impression is, that an express between
Brigham l'onng and Lane has jieen intercepted on
:be plains by the United States forces."
Shortening Credit.?The commission dealers
)f New York, in conjunction with the eastern
nanufactures whom they represent, have recently
)een considering the propriety of shortening
iredits from six and eight to four months, and the
esult is a unanimous resolution to i dopt the short
'ystem as soon as ths season fairly iommences.