Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-09-24

gion. The people around Fishing Creek
Church, interested in agriculture, had just
held their anniversary meeting. The meet
ing was very large, and we'll arranged pic
mic was provided. The essays and addresses
were we'll received, and new impulse given
to the objects of the association. But as
the Society adopted measures for giving to
the public an account of their proceedings,
I will say no more upon the subject
The crops of growing corn, on Fishing
creek, and Taylor's creek, are very good
the cotton has growth sufficient, but not so
well boiled, and the gardens are almost burnt
up. This is the case all along throughout
this region of country. As far as have
seen however, I judge, that the provision
crops will be ample-the cotton crop will
undoubtedly be short one. The country
was never known to be healthier.
l have spent some time about Rock Hill,
station on the Charlotte and South Carroll
ma Railroad. The place is Of recent origin,
yet it embraces fine population, with Vari-
Gus professions. 1t is located in a region Of
champaign country, proverbial for health
and unsurpassed in beauty-surrounded by
wealthy and refined agricultural people,
and as place of business is possessed of de.
cided advantages. It is the mart for large
portion Of country, lying to the North, the
East and the West, and no inconsiderable
portion of the South, and is place of de-
posit for produce and for supply demanded
by the surrounding country.
The village proper contains eighteen to
twenty, private dwellings, all of them neat,
many of them both spacious and elegant,
with gardens, and all convenient out build.
ings, attached. There are three dry goods
stores-and one grocery-one clothing store
and one confectionery. There is one car.
riage shop, with all the necessary buildings
one harness factory-one shoe store, two
blacksmith shops,-two extensive cabinet
shops with warehouses, and one livery stable,
all separate and distinct buildings, from the
dwellings, besides this, there is tailor shop
and tin shop-and in the vicinity tan.
merry and brick yard. There are two resi-,
dent physicians and two physicians IN feri,
besides dentist, at regular intervals. But
it lacks grog shop.
There is here also spacious church re-
Gently erected, besides convenient academy
in beautiful grove, convenient to the will,
age, under the superintendent of Gen.
John A. Aston, graduate of the South
Caaoliua College, (not unknown at the bar.
and in the councils of the state) who has
devoted a large portion of his life to public
teaching.
A visit to the school warrants the writer
in saying, that the method adopted by Gen
Aston, is one, calculated to insure we'll drill
ed and thoroughly prepared pupils.
noticed his particularly in drilling the pu
pills on the verbs, and his anxiety to make
them familiar with the lenses or distinction
of time. Whilst no authors are prescribed
using such as the pupils have been accus
toned to use, yet his preference seems to bt
in favor of the series of Grammar put forth
by Professor Bullions, who has been emin
emily successful in simplifying the principle!
of Grammar-the rules Of Syntax, and the
distinction of the various lenses.
The series of Grammars English, Latir
and Greek, by the distinguished Professor
comes recommended by such men as DR.
Mott, Bishop Potter, and all the Faculty o
Union College, by the President of Ge
neva College, Principal Beck, and other.
of Albany. Professor Henery of tht
Smithsonian Institute DR.. Mason of th(
University Of New York; Professor Alexan
der of Princeton, the Provost of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, and many others
besides countless number of Superinten
dents of common schools, who certify par
ticularly to the advantages to be derived
from the English Grammar. More than sixt,
editions of the Latin Grammar have beer
printed.
One great advantage in possessing The
whole series, arises from the uniformity o
language definitions and arrangements, ST
far as the principles and idioms of the diff
ferent languages will admit, so that person
having studied the English Grammar, vii
find in the Latin and Greek, the same rule
and definitions, in the same words, as far a
possible, and consequently the memory i
not burdened, nor distracted by grea
variety of rules and definitions, without an,
necessity.
Gen. Aston is ripe scholar-of grea
practical experience as teacher and gentle
manly in his department. He is at tn
head of large and influential division o
the sons of temperance, in which the names
of; large proportion of his pupils are en-
rolled. There is no location within th'
knowledge of the writer, that presents 81
many attractions favorable to a thorough edu
cation as that of Rock Hill. Apart from
the universally conceded qualifications Of th'
Principal, there is the absence of many
temptations, too common in the vicinity o
seats of learning. There is strong religi
Gus influence prevailing the community, ant
access to preaching in different evangelical
churches, in the immediate vicinity or il
close proximity. The Presbyterians-th'
Methodists-the Baptists and the Associate
Reformed, have regular organized churches
regularly supplied; besides occasionally ser
vices by the Protestant Episcopal clergy