Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-07-09

practicalities On this theme writer in Rus
SELL, speaking evidently con amore, SAYS:
81 hold no creed so false
As that which dares to teach that We ore born
For battle only.
Oh! come our lonely home is waiting there
Nor praise, nor blame shall reach us, save what
love
Ofknowledge for itself, shall haply wake
In our own bosoms: come and we will build
A wall, of quiet aims and pleasant books
Betwixt US and the hard and bitter world.
At times-for need we not be anchortes-
Some heathful magazine, and now and then,
An old Gazette-no partisan of course
Shall light our pipes and candles; but to wars,
Whether of words or weapons, we shall be
Deaf-so, we twain shall pass away our time,
Even as pair of happy lovers, who,
Alone, within some tranquil garden bower,
With clear night of stars above their heads
Just hear, between their kisses and their talk,
The tumult of tempest rolling through
A chain of neighboring mOuntains-they, awhile
Pause to admire flash, that only shews
The smile upon their faces, but full soon,
Turn with quick, glad impulse, and perhaps,
A conscious vile that brings them closer yet
To daily with their own fond hearts, and play
With the sweet flowers that blossom at their
feet"
It seems too sudden transition to turn from
the contemplation of such an attractive theme as
literary retirement to listen to the dull metallic
ring of Cursed Money. Ye. money it is that rules
the world, and the misconcepton of its nature and
normal uses, has caused more suffering than the
perversion of any other blessing of heaven. In
this leading article from the French of Bastat we
have presented in m attractive garb, the clearest
and incest analysis of branch of political econo-
nv most intricate and difficult of comprehen-
sion We cannot better show our appreciation
Of this admirable article, than by making few
extracts, though like the jewels of ofSHAKsrEARE,
they lose much force and beauty by the isolation.
With many, money is the synonyme Of wealth; yet,
how forcibly does the writer illustrate the differ
ence between the truly rich man and the miser
with his coffered millions and his abject poverty
"Wealth, let me tell you is not q little more or
little less money. 1t is bread for the hungry,
,la.he: far the naked. fuel ta-Giy". .warmth II oil
pened to your son, dowry assured to your daugh-
ter, q day of rest for fatigue, cordial for the
fainting strength, gift to slip into the hand of
bashful poverty, shelter from the storm, well
borne down with thought, the Incompatible plea
sure of making those who ere dear to us happy.
Wealth it is instruction, and independence, dig
nifty, confidence, charity, all that the development
of our faculties can furnish to the wants of the
body aid the mind; it is progress, it is cvilza.
ton. Wealth is the admirable cvizing result of
two admirable agents. yet more ciyilizing than it.
SELF labor and exchange"
From this confounding of wealth and money,
the author traces out distinctly the various evils
which perplex the economical interests of the
world, and lead to conflicting views On commerce
and finally to open war. at is n doctrine" to
use the writer's language, (Which has numerous
progeny. Its first soni is called prohibitions the I'd
the colonial system; the third, hatred Of capital;
the Benjamin, paper money!" We wish we could
pursue this theme more at length, and draw from
the given data lessons applicable to the currency
and economical interests of South Carolina When
we see so many private banks starting up in our
midst, absorbing the capital of the country and
turning it into speculating medium, instead of
permitting it to flow into the natural channel Of
private enterprise and the development of the agri-
cultural, mineral and manufacturing resources, of
which We have an abundance, awaiting the magic
touch of capital, we are ready to exclam not only
'cursed money" but cursed ignorance in our leg
islators who aspire to make laws without master
ing the first principles of legislation.
To Whom?-Who will solve the enigma? 1t
could only be some HELEN dark-eyed CLEOPATRA
or Lady HAMILTON who could cause SC much an
guish and unrest. But even loves ''ftful fever
has its halcyon moments, when the fancy catches
from some quiet star or modest flower, calmer
tone and floats away into tranquil reveres:
"Oh, blessings on the quiet hour!
My thoughts in calmer current flow
She is not conscious Of her power
Andhath no knowledge of my woe
Perhaps if like yon peaceful star,
She looked upon my burning brow,
She would not pity from afar,
But kiss me, as the breeze does now."
From this poetco. consoatory conclusion, we
turn to Estcourt: The memoirs of q Virginia Gen.
Heman. Chapter twelfth brings us to the 'post
doses of good things, we have not read the story
The Rhapsody Of a Southern Winter Night.-We
cannot venture to make On extract from this ex-
quisite poem-this gossamer work of fancy, where
fairies, elves, and gentle ,fays bring with their
wand,
GA frolic troop
Of rainbow visions and of moonlit dreams"
We pass by Don Emanuel GrsgoriO; or, The
man in advance Of his Age, to give sample of
Loves Logic:
"And if l ask thee for kiss,
l ask no more than this sweet breeze,
With far less title to the bliss,
Steals every moment at his ease.
Orif dare thy hand to touch,
Hath nothing pressed its palm before,
A flower, I'm sure, hath done as much,
And ali! some senseless diamond more.
1t strikesme love, the very rings
Now sparkling on this hand of thine,
Could tell some truly startling things
II they had tongues or touch like mine:
Suppose for instance, should clasp
Thus, so, and thus, thy slender waist,
would not hold within my clasp
More than this loosened zone embraced
What is Poetry?-This article can be read with
'ut atfording much pleasure or profit. Setting
Orth with denunciaton of the vagucness of the
urrent descriptions of poetry, we were led to be-
ieye that some more definite rule was to be pro.
aulged. Judge of our surprise ut the following, !
aid, vague and prosy definition: "We may, there {
pre-, define poetry to be the expression, by words