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A Democratic meeting at Alexandria,
Va., Thursday night, adopted resolutions in '
favor of a Southern Conference,
Horace Greely predicts the nomioa
tion of Senator Douglas?the prediction
being the fruit of a tour in the Northwest.
A man that marries a widow is bound
to give up smokine and chewing. If she :
gives up her weeds for him, he should give
up the weed for her. i
The Virginia . House of Delegates *
has passed a bill giving g350,000j^^ i
the in 111111 n 1111111 ii y ^ lilio %|''||ininii into North 1
Danville Railroad.
The infant recently presented to her
loyal subjects by the Queen of Spain has
been christened, and received no less than
sixty one names.
...... \ man named Curtis, who had exposed
the secrets of the Sons of Malta,--has
mysteriously disappeared from Zanesville,
Ohio. His disappearance is regarded by
the citizens as another 'Morgan affair.'
The Jacksonville (Fla.) Republican
announces the receipt of a fine lot of Irish
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potatoes, grow to ot jloou, irom me garden
of Col- L. A. Hardee, a leading horticul- ]
turist of that section.
Wm. Gilmore Simms, the South
Carolina novelist, has written a patriotic letter,
declining, on acconnt of ill-health, to
address the populace on the inauguration
of Clark Mills' equestrain statute of Wash*
- ington. ,
The North Carolina Institute for the
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, have com- 1
menced the manufacture of corn brooms, '
in opposition to the Yankee makers, and
are getttng up an article sufficiently good
for all purposes.
...... Accounts from Tennessee and upper
Georgia represent the growing wheat as
having been seriously injured by the severe
freezes of the past season. In many por- 1
tious of the country the planters represent
that half a crop will not be made this year, >
It is stated that Governor Stewart,
of Missouri, has refused to sign the bill
passed by the Legislature, for the exclusion
of the free colored population from that
State. It is also said that Governor Perry, of
Florida, has declined signing a bill of similar
provisions.
One branch of the Kentucky Legislature
has passed a bill appropriating ?10,000
to complete the monument at Lexington
in honor of Henry Clay. The statue 1
for the monument is to be inaugurated on
the 12th of April, the anniversary of the |
birth of the deceased statesman.
The emigration to Texas this sea- ,
son has exceeded that of any other heretofore
known, and the frontier counties of
the State are rapidly filling up. In one
week 1.030 necvoes arrived at Galveston
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from the States of Mississippi and Alabama,
for the western portion of the State, end
lands are accordingly increasing in vulne.
Advices from Buenos Ayres to the
16th December, state that England was
pursuing her difficulties with Paraguay, and
one of her naval officers had actually seized
the Paraguayan war steamer Tacuari, as
a sort of reprisal for the sinking of the British
merchant vessel Little Polly, in the I
Parana, in 1858. The war steamer was a-;
gain released, however. <
A correspondent of the New York
Herald says that Governor Hicks, of Maryland,
despatched his Secretary of State to J i
Washington to congratulate Speaker Pennington
upon his election. If the people i
of Maryland approve of this act of their I
Governor, and the late course of one of their i
Representatives, the South will no longer
call her sister. Such, we yet believe, is \
not the case. The next election in that
State will indicate her position.
A large quantity of the North Car- 1
olina cassimere, manufactured at Salem,
was shipped from this point, on Monday, to 1
the order of merchants of different places
in Louisiana. This is as it should be. En
courage Southern manufactures and Southern
mechanics, and you do more to establish
Southern independence than has been
i ? n i i*i* n ,i
done Dy an tne cnampagne-annsiag aoutnern
Conventions ever held.?High Point
Reporter.
The Richmond Dispatch says that
the late raid of old John Brown has so far
assisted Virginia enterprise, that the following
factories will soon be in operation :
For making oil cloth; boots and shoes;
hats and caps; ready made clothing; straw
bonnets; sewing machines; cedar ware;
farnitnre; brass castings; iron castings;
steam-fire engines; umbrellas and parasols,
and other articles less costly, but equally as
necessary for general comfort.
At a recent meeting of the Masonic
Lodge in Due West, they resolved to give
Five Hundred Dollars towards the erection
of the necessary buildiugsfor the Due West
Female College. The donation was unso- .
licited and is on this account the more acceptable.
The Lodge is composed of our
citizens, nearly all of whom have subscribed i
as individuals. Now the Masons come up i
in their associated capacity and subscribe 1
thus liberally. Those thiugs show that our
whole community is in earnest, and having ;
put their bands to the plough they are n^t
going to look back.?Telescope.
TheVicksburg Sim says: TheveriV
table sword which Ethan Allen carried
through the perils of many well-fought
fields, is now in the possession of one of
his female decendants in Holmes county,
Miss. It is the same staunch blade that i
he waved aloft when, "in the name of Jehovah
and the Continental Congress," he
demanded the surrender of Ticonderoga.
And the sash worn by Col. Ferguson, who
was killed at the battle of Kind's Moun-!
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tain, is in the possession of a female relative
of old Gov. Sev?er, of Tennessee, who!
figured in that battle, in Leake county, in
this State.
There is a lady in our town at present?who
would not like to be called very
old?who has seen ten out of the fifteeu
Presidents of the United States, and has
also seen Henry Clay, Webster, John C.
Calhoun, Aar^n Burr, General Scott, Col.
' Croghan, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Wellington,
and Queen Victoria. She has sat in
the chair occupied by Queen Victoria in
Westminster Abbey, on the day of her coro
nation, and would have seen Louis Phillippe,
had it not been for the death of his son
at the time. This is indeed very remarkable,
and we challenge the State, yea, even i
the United States, to present a lady, who|
has seen so many of the learned and dis- j
tinguisbed men both of England and America.?
Che$ter /Standard. j
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EDITED BT
9AM'L W. MELTON. WM. W. EAST.
CONTRIBUTING EDITOB:
J AS. WOOD DA"VTD80N Columbia, S.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY
SpecuJL Notice^^j^'communicationB, OD
matters con^ecJ^d'^ftjje paper, should be adJ^8?^wV*The
Yorkville Enquirer and
not to the Editors or Proprietor, personally. Persons
desiring prompt attention to their favors,
must bear this in mind.
gggy- Capt. D. D. Moore, Maj. Mixes Smith,
Samuel G. Brown, J. L. Thompson, and Samuel
? _r rr?l.. T****** T? Attw Poot
j. IVUYELENDAIi, UI lUi&j u wu.i a: a vov
Master at Chester, S. C.; Joseph Walker, 120
Meeting-street, Charleston, S. C.; and William
D. Cook, of Bennettsville, are authorized agents
of the Ekquirkb.
perla again
Adorns oar columns. Our 'sanctum* door is
(ride open to receive her visit.
TOWN ELECTION.
An election was held in this place on Monday
last for Intendant and Wardens. The following
persons were ohosen without opposition :
Intendant.?Maj. M. Jerkins.
Wardens.?Dr. A. I. Babbon, W. Adolphus
Moobe, W. C. Cbeps and R. T. H. Smith.
"melodia."
In another column, see the glowing, rapid,
energetic production of another new contributor,
'Melodia.' 'Space for thee' is her first?we
hope it will not be her last?effusion for our columns.
We wrote the three little words?now,
Uncle Sam, pardon us for the good deed!?on
the margin of Melodla* s paper, as she says?
'space for thee;'' and now she occupies it grace
fallj, worthily, and with a tripple welcome.
GRAPES.
The lovers of this delicious and wholesome
fruit will be pleased to learn that Mr. II. Keller
'has just received direct from France a quantity
of Grape Roots of the best varieties.' Those
wishing, should make purchases immediately, as
the roots ought to be planted very soon. There
is scarcely a greater luxury in the eatable world
than good grapes. Read Mr. Keller's advertisement
!
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Ir another column will be found a 'call' for a
'Public Meeting' of the citizens of York District,
to take place on the first Monday in March next.
The object of this meeting is to appoint delegates
to the Columbia State Convention; which
body will select from among themselves, delegates
to represent the State at large in the Charleston
Nominating Convention. The 'call,' which
has been gotten up only a day or so, is already
signed by upwards of sixty respectable citizens
of Yorkville and vicinity. See the 'call.'
THAT PICTURE.
We wanted a picture?yes, a bona-fide picture
of an editor, bad looking as that specimen of
humanity generally is. We forgot our troubles
?we brushed up?we went to Schorb's. A
happy chain of coincidence* kept us in a good
humor. We sat down in all our 'native dignity,'
surrounded by the evidences of our Banctum, the
type* of our profession; and the picture was done.
It was a live picture?writing editorial! We
were charmed?we exhaled into a dewy rainbow
of joy. It was perfect -clear as daylight;
blind Tom, the pianist, conld have told it was an
editor's picture. Ye who want living pictures,
one and all, go to Schoeb's.
STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING.
The ninth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of the King's Mountain Railroad Company,
was held in this place on Monday last. The
meeting was organized by A. S. Wallace, Esq.'
being called to the Chair; Drs. A. L. Moore
and J. F. Linpsat, acting as Secretaries.
The Committee appointed to verify proxies,
reported 1454 shares represented.
The President submitted his Annual Report.
The Secretary aud Treasurer's Report whs submitted,
but the reading dispensed with ; and all
the reports ordered to be published in pamphlet
form for distribution among the stockholders.
The meeting then proceeded to the election of
officers, with the following result:
President.?W. E. Rose.
Directors.?S. G. Hemphill, W. A. Latta, H.
F. Adickes, John L. Miller, R. S. Moore. Dr.
E. A. Crenshaw, B. T. Wheeler, and J. S. Ryan.
On motion, it was Resolved, That the next
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, be held on
the last Monday in March, 1861.
At a meeting of the Stockholders on the same
evening, W. E. Rose, Esq., was elected General
Superintendent.
THE FARMER AND PLANTER.
Every farmer, who reads this, would, we think,
do well to send only one dollar to Mr. Stoices of
Columbia, and take this valuable Agricultural
and Horticultural Magazine. We mean ju9t
what we saj. The February number is on our
table, replete from beginning to end with important
information; yet without more encouragement
and support, the publisher tells us that its
publication must cease at the end of the present
year.
Mr. Stokks issued four thousand copies for
January, the same number for this month, and
will issue the same for the next, with the hope
that subscribers will come in and take back
numbers until they are exhausted. We are not
surprised at his faith, for it seems impossible
that the farmers and planters will suffer to fall
through, an enterprise so creditable to the State
and beneficial to themselves.
We have said, and we say again, that any farmer,
if he tills oniy a few 'paternal acres' with
his own hands, will be repaid tenfold, even in
money, by taking and readiny a good agricultural
journal. The suggestions thrown out for
the improvement of his plantation, and system
of farming; receipts for the cure of diseases
among bis stock, and good hints given to hibetter-half
on all subjects of household thrift
and economy, will amply repay in the end. The
Dlanter who has a larger farm will be benefitted
in proportion. It ia a money-making business to
subscribe for the Farmer and Planter; besides,
it improves the mind, makes the roses bloom
better, and sheds a new charm over the table
and ar?und the fireside. We hope every one of
our readei s will send on their dollar and treat
themselves to a good rural Magazine, and save
the credit of the State by not permitting Mr.
Stokes to abandon the enterprise.
MERE-MENTION.
Hon. A. C. Garli.nuton, of Newberry, has
been nominated for re-election to the State Senate.
He has accepted. Hon. Jno. B. Haskiss
has been read out of the Presbyterian
Church, at Yonkers, for carrying a pistol, and
"other conduct unworthy of a follower of the
Savior.' This is the man who let a pistol fall
cut of his pocket on the floor of Congress, some
time ago. It is contemplated to invite the
Legislatures of Maine, New York, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia, to visit Boston on the
22nd instant. A battle has been fought at
Colima between the liberals and conservatives of
Mexico?the former losing 600 men, killed ; the
latter, 800 killed and 3000 taken prisoners.
The Marion Star acknowledges the receipt, from i
Mrs. S. E. McIntthk, of that Tillage, of or- !
anges, the produce of her own garden, very |
large and well flavored, preferable in every way
to those imported. The citizens of Edge- j
field are forming an Independent Volunteer 1
Corps. The average weekly^g^^tionof ,
cotton in Great Britainytfr^ujgfa Ja3t year was
the largest ejgji^S5w^|jejDg 44,120 hales per
^Jb^gaTnst41,819 in 1858 ; 37,681 in 1857, ,
and 43,520 in 1856. The presentation of
the Sonth Carolina resolutions to the Maryland
Legislature, was like the explosion of a bombshell.
A very important move is now going
on at the instance of the King of Belgium, to
get a direct trade in raw cotton between the
Southern States and his dominions. The
Cheraw Gazette states as a striking evidence of
Southern dependence, the fnot that a gentleman
nf that nlftoo wi shiner to shin his furniture to
Texas, found, to bis extreme regret, that the
cheapest and most expeditious route was via
New York.
A TEMPERANCE GOVERNOR.
It will be remembered that Governor Gist in
his Annual Message to the Legislature, at its last
session, recommended such a tax on ptills as
would amount to a prohibition, or as would at
least produce an income sufficient to support the
paupers they manufacture. At the November
meeting of the Sons of Temperance of this State,
Col. W. C. Bkatty, the present G. W. P., Maj. B.
D. Townsend and Dr. John Mat, were appointed
a committee to express to the Governor, the endorsement
and approbation, by that body, of the
sentiments of his message in relation to temperance.
We have received through the Bennettsville
Son, the letter of these gentlemen and
Gov. Gist's reply.
Our space will not permit us to copy the letter
of the Committee. In an able manner they
speak of alcohol as a poison, and the duty of
legislation to withstand its evil influence. We
give the Governor's short but eloquent reply in
full:
Union C. H., S. C., Jan. 20th, 1860.
Gentlemen: Your very kind and complimentary
letter, dated the 22nd December, did not
reach me until to-day, in consequence of being
directed to Cross Keys, an office remote from my
residence, and to which I never send for letters.
It is at all times agreeable to a publio officer to receive
the plaudits of his fellow citizens, from any
part or tne state; it nerves nis arm in me uischarge
of duty, and enables him to overoome the
many obstacles that beset his path ; but the compliment
is much enhanced, when it comes from
veterans in the cause of Temperance, whose
greatest earthly ambition is to preserve from degradation
and ruin the slaves of Alcohol; to restore
to the broken hearted wife, her husband
rescued from a fate worse than shipwreck, and 1
to dry the tears of an afflicted mother, by restoring
her son with brain maddened by intemperance,
to usefulnes and honor.
If I?a mere raw recruit in the cause?have
the least claims to your commendation, how much
more do you deserve the lasting gratitude of
every patriot and Christiau, for your unfaltering
advocacy of the noble cause of temperance ;
when nothing was to be gained but tlfe proud consciousness
of having discharged a sacred duty
to your fellow men.
I have lately witnecsed a heart-rending case
in my immediate neighborhood, of a young man,
with the brightest prospects, lost and ruined
temporally and I fear eternally, bv the accursed
poison. He was kind and amiable?beloved by
all; with a large estate, and so far a? I coald
judge with everything else to make him useful,
respected and bappj', but in the evil hour, and
may it be forever accursed ; he became a moderate
drinker?then a drunkard, and ended his career
by suicide.
When I saw him on his bier?a lifeless bloody
corpse?cut off in the bloom of youth by his own
hand, after being bereft of reason by strong drink;
I felt disposed to declare eternal emnity to every
one that directly or indirectly encouraged the
use of ardent spirits, and while I am the executive
of the State, the retailer shall receive no
uitrujr ?i rnjr ixauus.
Be pleased to couvej to the_Qrand Division,
of which you are the organ, my sincere thanks
for their warm and hearty approval of my feeble
efforts to arrest the progress of intemperance,
and assure them, it is most highly appreciated.
For yourselves, individually, accept my best
wishes for your prosperity and happiness.
With great Respect, I am
Yours, &c.,
Wm. H.QI3T.
THE RIGHT SPIRIT.
Happily for us of the South, while politicians
were vexing their brains, and Legislature were
involved in debate upon a plan of redress, the
cry of 'non-intercourse' rose clear and ringing,
like the voice of a prophet, from the people.?
The people are beginning, too, to reduce their
feelings on this subject to practice. We are glad
to notice in this connection, that at the public
meeting of the citizens of Chester District, held
on Sale-day, a resolution was passed for another
meeting 'on the first Monday in March next, to
discuss the policy of forming joint Stock Com
panics for manufacturing purposes.' Our Chester
neighbors seem to be fully nwako to the issues
of the day and are promptly moving forward
in the right direction.
We have but recently expressed our sentiments
on the importance of the 'homespun move
ment,' not chiefly as a means of redress and
retaliation?for revenge is an ungracious thing !
always?but as the promoter of a true and selfsustaining
independence. Without further remark,
then, we add the comments of the Standard
on the Chester resolution :
"On motion of Mr. McAliley, a meeting of the
citizens was called on the 1st Monday in March
to consult in regnrd to taking joint stock in
manufactures. This, we think, is a capital idea,
and if carried ont will result in good. We think
joint stock might be put in some manufacturing
establisment in the District, that would be a
profitable investment, and would be a step towards
non-intercouse. Let the people reflect on i
this matter and come out prepared for action." j
We add to this a paragraph from the Patriot J
Mountaineer:
"At the meeting held yesterday a resolution
was passed calling upon the citizens of Greenville
District to meet at the Couut House on Salesday
iu March, for the purpose of conference and action
in regard to the conrs* to be pur? u^d with
reference to the fostering of Southern commerce
and manufactures. The meeting will be an important
one, and we trust that the District will
be fully represented on the occasion."
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Tennyson in his Idyls of the Kiny, has
thW? couplet:
"His honor rooted iu dishonor standf.
Aud faith unfaithful keeps him falsely true."
A Mobile poet in the Home Journal, writes
this quatrain:
Save liim, O Lord ! front this false, true heart,
Dear. I know, he is to thee,
Though wrapped iu impurity, dreaming it pure,
And sinfully virtuous, bending the kucc.
Which is the best (?) ?
Magnanimity is a quality which we all
instinctively admire. It adorns the peasant and
the prince alike, with a glory above station or
the 'pride of place.' The following nnecdote of
Prince Alfred is more honoring to him than his
titled name:
Tho Jerusalem correspondent of the Boston
Traveller says that Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria's
second son, who is midshipman in the British
navy, while in the port of Jaffa, received a
severe thrashing from a brother middy, whom he
had insulted ; and it is related of him, greatly to
his credit, by his brother officers, that after his
defeat he begged the victor's pardon for having
commenced the quarrel.
A philosopher?Dr. Lardner, we believe,
?says that if it was not for the silent, warming
influence of starlight, the who'e earth would
soon be encased in ice seventy feet deep. So, if
it was not for the good displayed in the humble
lives of 'the million,' our race would soon become
'an icy wilderness,' 'a frozen continent,'
a desolation. Great men and women, great
thinkers, poets, patriots, christians, are the
fruits of a virtuous people. The prayers, ascending
daily from myriad altars in tho closet, and
beneath the viney bowers of the forest, are an
jwered by Heaven with the gift of a Lather, a <
Calvin, a Wesley or a Washington, to cheer and 1
gladden ths hopes of man.
Wit. M. Thack*eat, the English novel- i
ist, has beonJrtrTIBhienme publishing a long and 1
Somewhat tedious romanoe, called lThe Virginians,'
in Harper's Magazine. A California pa- 1
per declares, wittily, that it most have been him i
who got up the Harper's Ferry insurrection, i
sending Of sawatomie Brown down there to finish 1
"The Virginians"?a task he had been ineffec- i
tually laboring to accomplish for months past.
Rev. H. T. Lewis, late of La Grange,
Tennessee, and the reputed author of the 'Harp
of a Thousand Strings, Spirits 0' Just Men
Made Perfec,' has of late been prevented from
preaching by a bronchial or pulmonary affection. 1
Recently bis Physician recommended 'running
on the railroad constantly as conductor,' as an
a-?- *? i .1 l. u
almost certain cure lur uruuuuitio , uuu Ue in ???
present acting on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad in this capacity. This is a novel experiment,
and shows a commendable disposition
on the part of the patient to 'try all things.'
From the Charleston Courier we learn
that the first and third mate of the Spanish brig,
Delicia, were a short while since taken into
cnstody on suspicion of the brig's being a slaver.
The vessel was overhauled off the coast of New
Ouinea, and brought into the port of Charleston.
The first mate, Pedro Ozanez, stated that the
captain ai d super-cargo were on shore negotiating
for a cargo of slaves at the time when the
Dklicia vi as discovered and taken. But, since
the vessel and crew were both8panish, and since
Spain is not a party to the treaty existing between
France, England the United States for the
suppression of the slave-trade, the United States
have no j urisdiotion over the matter. It was
further ascertained, from a letter of instructions
being on board, that the brig could not be regarded
aB piratical. For these reasons the first
and third mate have been set at liberty.
Some one says that ugliness is a stimulus
to the mind, that it may make up for the deficiencies
of the body. Whether this be true or
not, it is human nature?especially with the
girls?to desire to be beautiful. We know that
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moral beauty ennances pnysiom; uu mvi*,
beauty in the yonng, before the body is developed
and hardened into changeless outlines, will
tend to produce that regularity of features and
richness of expression, which all unite in calling
lovlieness. But what is beauty ?
"Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny;
Plato, a privilege of nature ; Theophastus, a silent
cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice ;
Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Domitian said
nothing wis more grateful; Aristotle affirmed
that beauty was better than all the letters of
recommendation in the world; Homer, that 'twas
a glorious gift of nature ; and Ovid, alluding to
him, calls it a favor bestowed by the gods." And
Keats says, 'a thing of beauty is a joy forever.'
About half these definitions are flattering, and
half not, to the fair ones. We add our mite in
* * * 1 ! ? I* la nftmofKi'nff fft ?M)P
its praise ujr miyiug mui a ?o oumwu.ug .w
always and?kits when it is yours.
Th>j response which Virginia is making
to South Carolina through Col. Memkinger, is
quite two-3ided and enigmatical. Several sets
of resolutions, pro and con, have been tabled
and printed by the House of Delegates. One
party are in favor of a Southern Confederacy,
to confer upon the State of the Union and to report
whether any and what measures are needful
to be taken, to preserve our rights and the
Union and Constitution together. Another party
believe the Southern States are able, by a wise
and firm exercise of their reserved powers, to
protect the rights and liberties of the people
and reaiorit and preserve the Federal Union.?
For this purpose they earnestly desire the united
action of the South; but submit that efficient
co-operation can be more surely obtained by direot
communication between the constituted authorities
of the States, than by means of an assemblage
vhich can exercise no legitimate power
except to debate and devise. Virginia is desirous
of seizing upon some plan which will protect
our rights and save the Union.
The resolutions were all highly complimentary
to Mr. Memminqer and South Carolina.?
His daughter has, also, been honored by the
people of Richmond with a 'Complimentary
Soiriee.' The Enquirer speaking of it, says :
It was at once a deserved tribute to sweetness,
purity and grace, as well as a cordial and heartfelt
manifestation of the deep and irrepressible
sympathy of our citizens with the chivalrous,
high-toned and lofty patriotism of our sister
State.
We have seen nothing that illustrates our
impression of Macaulay's character better than
the following anecdote. Instead of being coldly
intellectual, merely brilliant and nothing else,
we are inclined to think that much of his sucoess
was owing to the super-abounding heartinest of
his nature:
When Mr. Adam Black, M. P., commenced
the new edition of his Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Lord Macaulay felt so strong an interest in the
undertaking, and so warm a regard for his old
friend, the publisher, that he said be would endeavor
to send him an article for each letter of
the alphabet. This generous offer, the noble
historian's failing health and various avocations
prevented liira from fully realizing ; but be sent
five articles to the Encyclopaedia, memoirs of
Atterbury. Bunyan, Goldsmith, Johnson, and
William Pitt?the last being the latest finished
production from bis pen. As any publisher
would have been glad to give ?1,000 for these
contributions, their being presented as a freewill
offering to Mr. Black, is a fact so honorable
to both parties, especially to the noble donor,
that it deserves to be publicly known and recorded.
In the Scinde country of India, traversed
by the river Indus, and of course very accessible
to English Commerce, the amount of cotton cultivated
last year, exclusively by the natives,
was 35,000 bugahs?a bugah containing 2,500
square yard' or little more than half an acre.
Scinde is about the size of Great Britain ; and
the soil is chiefly alluvia], and well adapted to
the growth of cotton. The natives 'clean' the
cotton by machines of their own make. English
papers say : "When it is remembered that this
IS me pan OUl' laamn pussessious must. rcauujf
accessible by sea ; that it is traversed through
its whole length; by the Indus, and has an erea
about equal to that of Great Britain ; and that
the greater part of it is alluvial, these facts cannot
be deemed otherwise than worthy of observation
in connection with future cotton prospects."
Some weeks ago, our good-natured and
humorous 'brother of the quill,' Simkins, of the
Advertiser, wrote a very gracious and pleasing
article to the boys of Edgefield about shooting
the robbins and other 'little birds that cling to
civilization.' But he, too, has been tempted,
and he exclaims?'Peccavi,' I have sinned.?
The 'old man riz,' and conquered. Well, we
can't blame him for the deed, after reading hi9
exquisite pba and defence. Here it is:
Peccavi.?Thoy came pecking and picking
and running along, all together, yet sometimes
changing places like the circus gentlewirn in the
Grand Er.treo. They came into our front-yard,
pecking and picking and running along, all together
; And unluckily, we saw them; And,
still, more unluckily, our old "double-barrell"
happened to be loaded. We oould'nt stand it.?
The "old man" rose within us and whispered,
"there's nary chicken for dinner to-morrow."?
Something else said, "hero's a chance for a shot
to brag on !"' What could we do? ITad to "give
in" to the temptation. Sneaked around to a
fence corner. Got dead aim at the party. Palled
trigger and KILLED SIX.
"Six what ?"
Six Patridgts, of the fairest, plumpest, roundest
proportions.
As some body else said the other day, we'll
"take our davy" that every particle and article
. . "?g
if this expfcit is true; and that the birds were a
lot forty yards from our piazza. This we ha- ^
ted. But, as we obserred, the "old man" riz, .
and we couldn't help it Besides, they were
jame birds, and we "had nary chicken for dinner >'
to-morrow." il
Lord Byron has so long been the subject 11
of unlimited denunciation, that we love to assist 9
in unfolding to the world the virtues which he is e
allowed to have possessed by his most intimate 1
friends. Fletcher, who was his body servant for J
a long time, loved him like a brother. Dr. Jas. c
Alexander, who was in almost daily intercourse 8
for twelve months with the poet Lord, before he t
went to Greece, rebukes, in a recent paper to
'The Newcastle Chroniclethat 'unqualified licene
of tongue' which is filching from him a
genuine and catholio reputation. He says:
To 07 certain knowledge, thongb not a tee- J
totaller, he was strictly temperate, and thoroug- c
ly despised an habitaal drnnkard. He could
with difficulty be prevailed on to take a glass 1
of the lightest champagne. A stimulant which I
he required consisted of a little Hollands and j
water after the heat of the day. This he 'sipped' j
while he walked in his great hall in the Palano
Palavicini, near Genoa. I was in almost daily c
intercourse with Lord Byron for the twelve 1
months proceeding his going to Greece, and had (
ample opportunity of knowing whether he was
what he himself allowed the world to invent and
believe. Of his kind disposition and desire to *
do good, we have proof daring his stay at Genoa.
He was goaded on to retaliation by the conduct
of others. The good he did he did unostenta- ]
tiously, and with the proper feeling of a gentle- ,
man?with the most perfect 'consistency.'
We may add to this, that his magnanimity in
going to Greece and periling life and fortune in J
the cause of her freedom, was an act in itself of
no ordinary virture. He had his errors?for he
was a member of the erring-humanity society;? 1
but what we object to is, that while his failings 1
are trumpeted to the world, the inobtrusive and '
nobler qualities of his heart are condemned to 1
oblivion. If more of this kind of charity had '
been shown to him he would have lived and died
a better man and a nobler poet than he even {
was. And if a broader justice be extended to ;
his memory, his readers will be more attracted |
to his lovely traits and benefited by the true and 1
the elevating in his poetry. 1
CONTRIBCTORIAU
Russell's Magazine,
For February has reached us. It looks very 1
like its predecessors. "Matters and things in 1
general" is quite a readable melange of choses.?
The serial articles we never do read, and henoe
need not notice. We suppose the notices over
the country will find this number quite ahead of 1
all its predecessors, as usual.
Crinoline
Some newspaper correspondent, writing from 1
Paris, says it's all a mistake about Eugenie's '
- r, I
navmg aiscaraea crinoline, nc says me contraction
is barely perceptible?that the Empress 1
still wears such a crinolinian canopy as to overflow
the Emperor's epauletts even, when she
seats herself at his side. Vive la Crinoline !
Bachelors.
Washington Irving and Lord Macanlay, who
died recently, were both bachelors?old bachelors.
A sad commentary is this bachelorship of
great men?commentary upon the sacrifices required
to attain a given eminence in some things.
The list of lonely ones is swelling. Who of the
illustrion8 dead went in solitude to their graves ?
Listen to a few : Newton, Bacon, Gassendi,
Galileo, Bayle, Descartes, Locke, Leibnitz, Gibbon,
Hume, Pope, Goldsmith, Thompson, Butler,
Cowley, Otway, Congreve, Prior, Gay, Cowper,
Akenside, Shenstone, Collins, Gray, Rogers,
Burton, Michael Angelo, Voltaire, Beranger,
Boileau, Montaigne. In mercy, that will do 1
An accomplished poetess of onr city has beautifully
said:
"The greatest agony of wo
L??that It la a LONKLT THIKO."
Personals.
Garibaldi has recently married a young wife,
a daughter of Count Raimondi.
Edward Everett still writes for the Ledger.?
Having conoluded his series of Mount Vernon
papers, he is now entering upon a new onej called
'Leisure Hours' No. 2 appears in the Ledger
of the 18th.
Sylvanus Cobb, jr., writes for the Ledger. So
do Alice Carey, and George P. Morris, and G. D.
Prentice, and 1'ceb'-Carey, and Lydia H. Sigourney,
and Paul Morphy. The Ledger has the
largest circulation in America.
William Poroher Miles, our Charleston Representative
in Congress, appears in Harper's Weekly
this week. A large wood cut likeness and a
Biographical-sketch bring the Hon. member forward
quite conspicuously.
De Riviere, the notorious, is said to be living
in a small way in New York city.
Francis Leiber?We are very glad to learn,
as we do through the New York correspondent
of the Charleston Mercury, that our long ago
teacher and friend, Dr. Lieber, formerly of our
College, is likely to be advanced to the Presidency
of the Columbia College in New York city.?
We will never cease to rejoico in the honors and
successes of him at whose feet we sat, when we
were younger and lonelier thaD now, with grateful
attachment.
Recent Books.
Perhaps the most generally readable books of
the last month or two is "The Fate of Sir John
Franklin Discovered," by Capt. McClintock. It
is an authentic statement of the facts that leave
no room to doubt the fate of the bold explorer.
Many of our friends will be pleased to learn
that the fugitive papers of Martha Haines Butts
have appeared in book form under the title of
"Leisure Moments." Every body knows that
Miss Butts lives just now in Norfolk, Virginia.
Her pen has character.
The first volume of James Parton's "Life of
Andreto Jackson," is announced as ready. This
is to be the Life of Jackson. Parton is eminently
fitted for biographizing, as appeared in the
success of his Life of Burr, a few years ago.?
Parton is, as everybody knows, the man that
Fanny Fern married. This Life of Jackson is
to comprise three octavo volumes of 650 pages
each, with steel portraits. It will be "sold by
subscription only"?which means that it can be
bought, in a few months, from any bookseller,
huckster, clock-maker, or newsboy, anywhere
in America.
We are just receiving the new edition of Worcester's
Dictionary. This Dictionary of the English
Language, just published, royal quarto, in
Boston, is, we consider, the very best standard
of American-English. In every respect it is superior
to all others, we being judge. It contains
about 104,000 words?nearly 46,000 more than
Todd's Johnson.
Edgar Poe and HU Critics.
This is the title of a little volume, an early
copy of which has just reached us by the moil.
It is from the pen of one who knew him in life,
and in death has a right to speak of his memory.
It is by Mrs. Sarah Helen Whitman, of Providence,
Rhode Island. The little volume is written
in a spirit of the strictest charity ; and is
eminently calculated to prepare the public mind
for a true understanding of the real point in estimating
the strange character of Edgar Poe.?
The accomplished authoress does not plead
blindly for his errors; but tells us what were
those errors, and asks that not they alone be
heard. Listen to afow words : "Could we believe
that any plea we may have urged in extenuation
of Edgar Poe's infirmities and errors
would make the fatal path he trod less abhorent
to others, such would never have been proffered.
No human sympathy, no human charity could
avert the penalties of that erring life. One
glance into its mournful corridors?its 'halls of
tragedy and chambers of retribution'?would
ppal the boldest heart" We have not read a j
ook in years with a profounder interest than i
bis. There was everything to invest it with
aterest?the poetess-writer, whose spirit lends i
ts ^indefinable charm of beanty to everything it
ears; the snbject?Edgar Poe, the boldest and
.blest of Southern critics, the most striking and
arnest poet that ever wrote, the wronged as a
nan, the misunderstood, the independent, the
trincely and mournful genius that electrified
inr whole country by the vigor, brilliancy, and
indacity of his pan?Edgar Poe, who was born in
i Southern city, who dared defend our Southern
iterature, and who now "lies in dust" in the city
hat gave him birth. All these things made this
ittle book intensely interesting to us. Besides,
ve ourself once wrote something upon the subect.
We commend it to you, friends, heartily
a noble and beautiful tribute to truth, given
n the genuine spirit of Christian charity to all
>arties, just warm and fresh from one of the
mrest and best of better human hearts, that ire
lave ever met The book is published in exluiaito
style by Rudd and Carleton of New York,
it can be had, postage paid, by sending the price
'seventy-five cents) to the publishers. And of
lourse our friend Gla?s will have it on sale in
Columbia in a few days,
rh* Disinterment.
Last Satn.-day the Students of the South Carolina
College disinterred the body of Jean P.
Finley in Potter's Field and rcbnried it in Elmwood
Cemetry. Finley, a native of Abbeville
District, was a student in the College, who died
while a Senior, in 1814?forty six years ago.?
Re was buried then down there in the pine
Held ; and around his lonely grave have gathered
the homeless stranger, the slave, and the outcast
from society?a miscellaneous democracy?
till the romantio solitude of the lonely student
became a vile spot
"Obscure and lonely.
Haunted by ILL angels only
and it was deemed well to remove him. We can
hardly sympathise in the sentiment. We felt
mat Jfiniey oat a inrone mum?uu?u vucrc >u
the desolate field?and we felt that his noble
spirit could feel no wrong at the drawing near
of the death-equalized dnst of the homeless
daughters of shame. They had trod paths of
sin, it may he true; or had been cast off by society;
bnt it was to a frail one like them that
"go and sin no more" was onoe ottered. And
who of ns should judge ? But it was deemed
well to remove him. Mr. J. W. Wardlaw, a student
from Abbeville also, was a leader in the matter.
The hearse, containing all that remains
of Finley?very little?left the campus at half
past ten, attended by the Faculty, with President
Longstreet at their head, and the students,
in procession. Finley had been at Br. Waddell's
school half a century ago, a school-mate of the
President, who now officiates at this second dustto-dust
of his school-boy friend. His remarks
were beautiruuy ana loucmngiy appropriate.?
We have rarely listened to so earnest, so striking,
and so eloquent a grave-tribute. But the
old friend's heart was in it. The past lived again
in a twilight of memory; and in that twilight the
dew (not the visible rain) of tears sweetly diffused
itself over all?all, the gray hairs, the
tremulous tone of voice, and there-awakening
host of reminiscences that had slumbered long.
An earnest brief prayer by Professor Reynolds
olosed the ceremonies. The grave was filled;
and the crowd came back into the city, and left
Finley to sleep anew in his new bed.
Our thought flowed back to the lonely pines
from among which his college-brothers had
brought him. Still, it does seem better that he
sleep in Elmwood Ccmetry.
. J. W. D.
Columbia, S. C.
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
PUBLIC MEETING.
The citizens of York District are respectfully
invited to meet at Yorkville, on the first Monday
in March next, to Appoint Delegates to the State
Democratic Convention, to be held in Columbia
od the lftlu or next april, 10 seicci imegaies w
represent the State in the Democratic Convention
to be held in Charleston, on the 23d day of April
next, to nominate suitable candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United
States. MANY CITIZENS.
LETTER FROM WILLIE LIGHTHEART.
Charleston, 8. C.. Feb'y. 10, 1860.
Messrs. Editors: For some weeks baok onr
city has been so dusty that it was really disagreeable
to be out; but on Sunday, last, we were
blessed with copious showers of rain which oon
tinued until last night, when the clouds dispersed,
and the beautiful stars?
"Shining in order like allying hymn,
Written in light"?
once more blessed onr eyes with their ever welcome
presence. This is a charming day. Neither
too warm nor too cold.
Last week?to certain olasses?was quite a
gala week in old Charleston. Multitudes of
strangers were here to see the Races, and the
usual degree of folly and nonsence manifested by
the patrons of the turf. The "bloods" of Caro
lina exhibited themselves gratuitously to onr
citizens, in splendid vehicles and upon fast horses.
Our hotels were all full, I believe, and a
large amount of money left in Charleston by
visitors. The usual amount of liquor wa? drunk,
I presume; the usual amount of wagers won and
lost; and the usual amount of rascality and vice
perpetrated by blacklegs, gamblers and such
like. Not haviog been on the Race-ground, 1
cannot report anything concerning the races.?
Everybody in the "Enquirer" office knows my
opinions upon all such amusements and exhibitions
; so I need not trouble you by stating them
here.
Anna Bishop was here last week, and gave
two or three grand concerts, all of which were
well attended by the lovers of music, and the
possessors of refined tasto. If anything, hei
voice ha3 improved; such, at least, is the opinion
of those who heard her in former years.?
Charleston always patronizes, liberally, these
first class concerts. So much the better ; the
influence of music upon the public morals is decidedly
good; particularly tuch music as Bishop,
Parodi, Lind, Piccolommini, and others of their
stamp, can sing.
Tom, the blind negro boy pianist was also here
last week. He gave several concerts to crowd
ed houses, and made a most successful and brilliant
debut. The boy is ten years of age ; never
saw a piano in his life ; played a tune the very
first time his fingers came in contact with the
keys, and can now reproduce the most difficult
compositions of our most brilliant and famous
musicians; play anything that is once played in
his hearing; compose a march, Polka?in fact
everything that it is possible to conceive of. Tom
is equal to the most celebrated performers, a perfect
master of his instrument; a wonder of the
age; a sublime miracle ; a genius, beyond all
controversy. You must hear him to appreciate
him; you must see the poor little blind negro
boy swaying the learned, refined and great by
the omnipotency of a genius, that is at once,
sublime, awful and terrific; you must catch the
inspiration, us it kindles in his dark countenance,
and makes the idiotio faoe gloriously beautiful
; you must watch the quick, nervous move,
ment of every limb as the voice of musio falls
upon his impassioned ear, before you can have
the faintest conoeption of this wonderful being.
The world?the wide, wide world, must bow
before, and do homage to poor blind Tom; and
all the eduoation and eflort in cristendom could
not produce his equal.
The theatre is still open, and, as I have been
informed, the "Ravel Family" are drawing very
good houses. The Drama and Ballet do not
jeem to sucoeed well in Charleston?oertainly
the better classes do not give it their countenance.
By the way, why is it that yon find so 01
many bar-rooms in the neighborhood of a Tbea si
tre ? Because the genteel and virtuous portion 01
of communities patronize the modern Drama ? id
Your correspondent is of a far different opinion, b
I assure you. ia
Professor Lowe is here at present; and, weath- a
er permitting, will make an serial ascension in tl
his splendid Balloon, on Saturday afternoon, at tl
3 o'clock, from the Citadel Green. Previous to d
his ascension, aspiring individuals, who may de- tl
sire to rue in the world, win nave an opportunity
of being lifted above their race. Your oorres- o
pondent may, possibly, avail himself of this op- r
portnnity to have a peep at Charleston one thoa- a
sand feet above terra firma. If the rope should e
break, rest assured that he will do his best to t
direct the coarse of the balloon towards York- ti
ville.
I presume, that your readers have heard some t;
thing of Proft.sor Lowe's mammoth air-ship, j
with whioh he proposes to cross the Atlantic this n
spring. It is a beaatifal balloon. The Newt fc
says that it is the largest ever made : Circum- r
ference of the globe, 400 feet; height from ,
valve to boot, 200 feet; capacity, 726,000 cubic
feet; weight, 2} tons, and an ascension power t
of 22} tons. The boat attaohed, will contain t
forty men, and can be detached in an instant of <]
time from the balloon. The name of this novel f
air-ship is "City of New York." \
Of coarse, this is not the balloon in which the t
Professor intends to asoend on Saturday. \
Drs. Ealing and Mnrphy?corn doctors?are i
performing some wonderfnl cures in this oity, ,
judging from the many reliable certificates which
appear daily in the papers. "Tis pleasant to see i
one's name in print," as Byron sarcastically says; j
and many of oar citizens have now that pleasure ,
afforded them, since the publication of these ,
certificates. The first named doctor proposed to ,
care deafness also ; and certificates from parties (
cared, appear in the daily papers, the reliability (
of which cannot be questioned. j
Onr quiet city is infested, just now, by a nam- ,
ber of robbers who have made several attempts
to euter the residences of some of our citizens ]
under the cover of night. Some nights ago, one ,
or more of these fellows entered upon the premi- ,
ses of a family, during the absence of the gen- j
tlemen, and villianonsly fired a pistol at a lady, (
who, fortunately escaped, without injury. In |
numbers, we have a strong Police in this city; |
but your correspondent could give ample proof i
of their want of watchfalness and efficiency. |
I should have mentioned before, that Md'll.
Rosa Bonhcur's last new painting, also the Por
trail of herself, by Dubofe, are now on exbibi- '
tion here, and are attracting a great deal of at- |
tention from lovers of the Fine Arts, and the j
public generally. "The Spanish Mnleteers Cros
sing the Pyrenees" is the title of this superb and
life-like painting.
There are to be no less than three Balls in the ,
coarse of a week in Charleston?a costume affair
takes place this evening at St. Andrew's <
TT.li it. n?-it- ?:ii
Xl&lL ; lots v^cceiia? ouuieijr win g&wv auuiiuci vu
Monday, and the Quadrille Association will take
the boards on the evening of Valentine's day.
Speaking of "Valentine's Day"?what a host
of valentines are for sale at oar book-stores I I
disapprove of the observance of that day. Cowards,
to gratify personal spleen and malice,
make use of the most obscene, vulgar, and filthy
publications to send to refined and genteel young
ladies, because, forsooth, these young ladies
have rejected their impudent and impertinent
offers. Silly boys, just out of school, send their
daubed, gilded, flowery trifl-.-ii, to women of sense
and position. I do not approve of sending out
Valentines. If Whlie loved a young lady he
would soon tell her so, frankly and promptly ; or
would address her a letter on the subject Catch
him mailing a nine-by-ten Valentine, all daubed
over with flashy paint, gilt paper and little cupids!
Catch him buying Yankee versa to express
his attachment to his sweet-heart! No,
gentlemen; I am not so far pressed for words;
not quite so disrespectful to myself, as to have
recourse to any such unmanly means as these.
As to using one of "Strong's Comic (?) Valentines,"
I would as soon insult & lady to her face,
? or throw a glass of nitric acid into a gentleman's
eyes. Of course I expect to receive a few of all
kinds; but as I generally keep a fire in my
room, I oan direct my servant to deposit them
in my stove, unopened. The author of "Ten
years among the Mail Bags" says, on this subject,
some very sensible things; to which entertaining
volame I refer your lady readers especl
ally. Read what he thinks and knows about
Valentines.
King street, the fashionable thoroughfare of
Charleston is thronged, crowded, almost blockaded
with the ladies; the Battery and White
> Point Qarden?directly opposite my window?is
made vocal by the happy, merry shouts of boys
and girls; the former dying kites and the latter
rolling hoops.
Speaking of hoops, I may as well state, that it
is not truo that they are not fashionable. The
Dome Journal?the most reliable fashion paper
in the country?denies the truth of the report,
that the Empress Eugenie has abandoned the
use of them in Paris. The latest styles are much
lighter and more convenient, and several improvements
have been made in the mechanism.
Improvement seems to be the order of the day
in Charleston. One can scarcely walk in any
ofoarstreets without finding our mechanics at
work upon some one or two residences. The
oldest inhabitants never saw the like of it before.
i Business is brisk, and the Spring trade has
i fairly begun. The everlasting rush of carts and
i drays on East Bay, loaded with every imagin
able kind of bales, boxes and miscellaneous
. merchandize, puts one in mind of the roar and
animation of Broadway, New York. From dewy
i morn to dusky eve, the stages, hacks and omni>
busses keep up a continual rumbling. The con*
* -M ?* ? -?J
scant arrivals 01 siearaeru ?u? v?n?, iujuuo.
with their frequent departures, keep our stable
men in continual employ, night and day.
Bnt I have occupied, already, to much of your
i valuable space; so, omitting much that I had intended
to write, I will olose this meagre letter,
with the promise of giving you occasional ac
counts of what may occur here, of interest to the
> general readers in the upper country,
i Very truly, yours,
; WILLIE LIGHTHEART.
i Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF STEAMER BOHEMIAN.
Pobtlaxd, February 14.?The steamship Bo1
heraian, which sailed from Liverpool on the 28th
ult., arrived at this port to-day.
Sales of cotton for the three days amounted
to 30,000 bales, of which speculators and exporters
took 7,000, the market closing firm. The
1 fair and middling qualities were slightly dearer,
but closed quiet, owing to the bank rates having
. advanced to four per cent.
Latest.?Liverpool, Thursday.?The sales
of cotton for the two days wer 15,000 bale? of
! which speculators and exporters took 2,500 bales.
The market olosed quiet, with ho.ders offering
freely, but not pressing. Prices unchanged, although
with a slightly advancing tendency.
1 ' ' "?* * _
Charleston Market.
1 Charleston, Feb. 14.
Sales of cotton to-day 1,900 bales. Prices
ranging from 8@11?. Market unchanged.
Columbia MarketColumbia,
Feb. 15,1860.
Our market continues firm, at unchanged quo
tations. The sales of yesterday amounted to
379 bales?extremes 7J@11 Jo.
For the Yorkvflle Enquirer.
"SPACE FOB. THE* X"
Three insignificant little words; but, written
a the margin of jonr estimable paper not long
nee, under my own name; what do they imply ?
r have they any meaning, at all? 8nrely, I
tay appropriate them in some sense, to my
amble self; for my bump of 'spprobativecess'
i sufficiently developed to warrant the taking
dvantage of all such hints. They were like
is 'open sesame' to the columns of yonr paper,
le hearts of its readers and approval of your
ignified editorial trio, I hope; but I must seek
leir true interpretation!
"Space for thee," in the Illimitable Universe
f God, where worlds and systems move in glomus
majesty ? On this fair earth, where trees
nd flowers, birds and insects exist, and, where
very ham&n being nas oresunag, uviug lywo,
3 enjoy, at least, all the created beauties of naire!
Space for me, in the memory of old friends,
ried and true ; or in the columns of the 'Torkille
Enquibeh' for my feeble contributions ? I
iust infer the latter now?however great may
e my vanity in bo doing?tor how can there be
oom, amidst so many brilliant effusions, for a
rord of mine ?
I see no tpace. For, first, F find each week
hat 'Star' of 'purest ray serene,' which emaciates
from the luminous soul of Mrs. Dbxkiso*.
rmly, the opening of her romanoe promises a
ine development and finale. There is a natural,
ife-like glow ; a pure and lovely balo around
he innocent Star?that steals into our hearts,
ike the vesper lights of heaven; making as
ong to commingle with such beauty and holilessl
Next, I find many items of 'Popular Reading,'
'Scraps and Facts,' 'Fun and Fancy,' so indispensable
to the success of any newspaper, especially
such scraps as are found here 1 Then
those glowing advertisements of business men
ind things; tricks and traps to catch the public
:oufidence, there's always room for them, of
:ourae, in any sheet; and they are much more
jroj'Uabh too?I guess, than any such trash ae I
jonld furnish 1
The news corner cannot be abolished ; though
Cm glad to see that those vile political haranguee
ind the pandemonium turmoils of the world generally,
of which we have suob wholesale dotes
from every other source?are here eschewed with
inly a passing notice; and there is a prospect of
Carolina boasting one wholly llteraiy journal at
ast! That it may be more successful and permanent
than former efforts of like character
have been?we sincerely hope.
The poetical gems found here from Mrs. SaboB,
Willis Liohthbart,' Hubt,' J. W. D., and W.
W. East, are well worthy a place in any of our
publications, and may eventually rival any similar
jewels found in the American casket! Bet
the poetic prose euusions wnicn wenou bow ?ou
then, are welcome visitants in manyhome circles
?erer longing to admit more from them ; and
others who may, aod should, aspire to elevate
the tone, and increase the amount of purely
Southern Literature!
But the ?Editoria3 Inklings' and' Contributorial
Sketches' from each 'gold pens' as 4race the
golden thoughts of East and' Davtdso*, are
truly the treasures of the 'Yorkrille Esucianu'
We hope they may continue to refresh us with
their lustre, until a shower of gold dust from
the rich ore of their brains, may fall upon, and
purify the popular mind, making it mora appreciative
of the good things that Carolina is capable
of producing.
But bow can I ever expect that any of these
will yield a plaee for this crratio nonsense of
mine! The bright, gleaming sunshine of this
chill winter's morn, or the delicate sentence?
my present theme?must be held aoeountable
Cor it all 1 If there is no space in prist or paper,
in minds or hearts for it (as there should not be)
there's room in the fire, I guess 1
There I according to the mysterious laws of
nature, the paper at least may add a particle to
some of the wondrous workings of creation,
when ali of these scribbled ideas have pasaed
away forever 1 They say that nothing eau perish,
but such things as thu are worse than nothing,
for where can they exist, or bow ?
Bat, I proceed from bad to worso, kind friend,
whoever it may be, that penned the phrase; and
if I have mis understood, or taken too great advantage
of its insinuation, or pot fulfilled your
expectations ; forgive me, I entreat, and keep
silent! Yet, be assured there shall ever remain
a welcome for your weekly messenger, in my
home and heart 1
Now there's only space enough for me to add
adieu; and may editors, contributors and paper
find space in the annals of immortality!
MELODIA.
COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
Columbia, Feb. 11, 1860.
Dear Enquirer:?Your 'new lady contributor
from tbe State capitol,' returns her thanks for
the warm welcome she has received from you.
It was warm, I know, for I flslt its genial rays ,
even at this distance. I shall certainly accept
your kind invitation ; and yen need'nt be surprised
to see me entering your "sanctum" before *
long.
I have heard Madame Abba Bishop ! I wish
you had heard her sing, 'The Harp that once
through Tara's Hall,' and 'John Anderson, my
Jo.' This last was, I think, the song of the
evening. It will be long before Madame Bishop's
admirers among us will forget her visit.?
Just as she had finished that sweet song, 'Oft in
the stilly Night,' the spell, which the mosio had
left, was broken by a voioe behind me, drawling
out?' Wtally, that ie quite ezqueaite.' I oould
not help turning to look at tbe originator of this
highly sensible remark. There he sat, as perfect
a specimen of the genus, 'fop,' as was ever seen,
although he was clad in homespun. I think, if
look* had possessed the power to exterminate,
tbe little fellow would have been evaporated,
palverized, or something imme liately, for be got
them on all sides. No ! not on all; for one side
was as 'smiling as a basket of chips.' What a
pity it is that, with their broadoloth, our Sooth
era bo us do not lay aside that affectation, which
they imagine their friend, Htacisthjs Dt Sktthb^
imported from Paris! Well, even supposing it
was packed and brought direct from thence, is
that any reason why it should be retailed here ?
Fie on the sons, and the daughters, too, of America!
For don't tre admire Da Sktths??
'Dear me! what a lovely accent he has?one
wonld hardly think be was an American.' Happy
man I there is some ohance that he may be
mistaken for?a Frtneh barber ! I suppose, as
long as the ladies look with an approving eye, he
will cultivate fate moustache, and let his brains
(?) run waste; will drop his mother tongne, and
drawl a dialect that wonld make a Hottentot
stare. Bnt all the sensible people are not yet
dead; so let oar travelled beaux and belles brush
up their French, and tranlate this?'L' aigle ?1'
une m&isoB est an sot dans one autre.'
We are having delightful weather after the
rain. The river has risen several feet, ,and its
roaring can be heard by night, at the dlstanoe of
two miles. It is as warm as Spring to-day; and
I am writing this at an open window, while
perched upon a tree near by, a bird is singing
right merrily. Poor little fellow! he bad better
hie away before the March winds come,
'i St. Valentine's day will 809a be here; and
verses rhyming in 'dove,' 'love,' 'mine,' 'thine'
&o.;are in much demand. I suppose the ladies
send all the valentines this year.
PERLA.