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lar notice. The name itself is Indicative of the
nonchalant and unrestrained mirthfulness of such
occasions. The stiff formality and would-be.up-
per-tendom exclusiveness are necessarily dispensed
with, and the young people, strange as it may ap'
pear look Just like social human beings enjoy
ing themselves in pleasant chit-chat and luled
into momentary obliviousness Of the conven-
tional leading.strngs of fashion. The young gents
if they have any mother-wit, display it: and the
young ladies look as beautiful as frest'hl"Wn
roses and as sweet rs transparent custard>.
We only regret that this delightful state ofhlnss
cannot last always, but that same law of nature
which qualified us for the enioyments of society,"
made it also an incumbent duty to "labor ami 10
wait" so without repinng, We should begin re-
freshed to eight the battle DER again through
the turmoils of another year.
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SONS OFTEnIPERANCE.

The following persons have been elected Off
GERS in their respective Divisions, for the present
Quarter:-
York, No. 26.-w. P. McFadden, w. p:
John J. Smith, ". A.; Jerome c. Miller,
R. s.; G. W. Jefferys, Il. r. s.; W. D. Miller,
F. s.: Thomas IT. Smith, T.: Wm Smith, c.
Jno. G. Enloe, A. c.; w. c. Beatty, /. s.: J. r.
Schorb, o. S.
Rock HU.-D. A Button, ". p; j. A. Steele,
". A.; ]. P. johnson, r. s.; J. P. Miller, 4.
r. s.; ]. F. Neely, F. s.; ]. B. Steele, T.; ]. A.
Ferguson, c.; W. r. Henry, 4. c.; R. l.. Nicely,
T. S.; G. f. NJ Steele, 0. s.: Rev. J. G. Rich
ards, Chaplain Rev. J. A. Hill, d. p. W. p.
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wake followed our old friend "Jake". The Esprit
of Liberty" sank within him. An attack was made
on the citadel of his affections-after short out
unsuccessful struggle, he hauled down his colors'
surrendered at discretion, and is quietly reposlng
on the laurels which he won in former conquests
held willing captive. But these are not all.
Our friend 81" thought he might be the "Author'
of some good in the world and made n Campaign
more successful by the way than that of NAPo-
LEON against Moscow. The fires Of love burned
brightly but the confagration did not destroy the
kremlins of their affections,
"He saw her heart begin to melt
Like ice before the sun,
Till both glow congenial felt
And mingled into one."
And the next gale that came to US was that he had
been swallowed up in the vortex of matrimony.-
And last but by no means the least, comes the
second one on our class roll. He becomes an1-
ious for the "Destiny of the South" and deter
mines in the language of the great Virginia ora
tor, that he ought to raise up friends to fight our
battles for u.s." IT'S thus our number decreases,
but of one thing we are sure-a respectable jury
of us is yet left to try any case Of Importance,
which may concern the single, solitary, minated,
unoved children of solitude.
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CATALOGUES,

The Register Of the Officers and Cadets Of the
Kings Mountain Military School, shows that this
institution is in highly fourishing condition.
Over hundred Cadets were present during the
last session, and the School, we are glad to see, has
given universal satisfaction.
The Catalogue of the Spartanburg Female Col
lere for 1853 is on our table. The following able
Faculty is sufficient evidence of the efficiency Of
this school: Rev. Charles Taylor, President; Rev.
Joseph Cross, D. D.. Garland B. Hanes, A. NJ. E;
Mrs. Jane T. H. Cross; Mrs. L. G. Blaisdeil,
Mrs. G. b. Hanes, Mr. St. Pierre Saunier, Mr..
L. q. Blaisdell and Mrs. Anderson Most Of the
Faculty have established and widespread reputa-
tions. The readers of the Christian AdcOcdte will
remember the eloquent and piquant European
Correspondence by DR.. and Mrs. Cross during the
last summer. We have heard the musical attain
ments of Prof. Blaisdell highly commended, and
we doubt not the Faculty, altogether, is an able
one. The total number of students present du-
ring 1857 was 127.
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NICARAGUA EXCITEMENT.

The excitement in regard to WALKER and PAUL.
DING in New Orleans and Mobile, is considerable,
The njudicous interference of Commodore PAUL.
DING has given new impetus to the fillbuster ell
terprise. Enlistments are going on in New Or
leans ut the rate of one hundred per day, and oyel
fourteen hundred are in that city and Mobile
awaiting shipment. Eight hundred Texans, it i:
said, sailed on the Goth ultimo. The Saratoga ha:
arrived at Norfolk with Gen. WALKERS men,
The destiny of the enterprise very much depend:
on the fate of ANDERSON. If he can retain his
position until enforced by the reactonary move
ment in WALKERS favor, the success of the fill
busters is beyond doubt
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RusSEIL'S MAGAZINE.

With characteristic punctuality, the January
number of RUSSELL makes its appearance. The
Leader-"A Chapter on Memory"-is quite a
readable and instructive article. 1t successfully
combats the prevalent error that memory is an
unimportant faculty. In the view of the author,
it is the ''goden thread which connects the sever
al stages os our existence the basis of all knowl-
edge and the suggestive platform from which
springs every speculative or imaginative effort
If there is any objection to the article it is to The
length "The Last Child" and 'To Anna,' are
pretty, smooth flowing verses. ''Madame Colet'
is q lively sketch of vivacious French lady, who
has written prettily amid the votaries of fashion
herself one of the gaycst and most beautiful Of
FveWs du MIDI.
We give the rest of the contents: Sonnet; The
Impromptu Wedding; Dramatic Fragment; Trip
to Cuba; The Shadow; Voices from the Forest;
Nell Gwyn-by the by, pleasing sketch of the
most fascinating Commediene of her age, one of the
wittiest beauties that adorned the dissolute court
of the profigate Charles the Second. Dramatic
Fragment; The Smartville Ram Speculation
Crimes which the Law does not reach; Editor:
Table and Literary Notices.
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thing conspired to render the occasion one OF Pc
culiar hilarity and good feeling. If mistake nos
once met the Senior of the ENQUIRER ut one OF
our festive reunions, and from the manner IN
which he seemed to enjoy himself, guess it i'm
pressed itself sufficiently upon his mind for him to
call up the circumstance on reading this.
The marble bust of our distinguished fellow
citizen, JAS. L. PET1aRU, Esq, executed in Italy
bv the American artist GAuLT, md received short
time since by the ship Canova, at New York, has
beep placed on board the steamship Nashville, and
is expected to arrive here this evening or tomor-
row morning 1t was ordered by the members OF
the Charleston bar, and the faithful and skilful
e,scution Of the work is considered highly credit
able to the artist.
A meeting of the Chamber Of Commerce was
held this afternoon for the purpose Of considering
the serious disadvantages under which Charleston
is now made to labor by reason Of the delay IN
the transmission of our mail matter, occasoned
by its failure to be carried by the Northeastern,
instead of the South Carolina Railroad. There
is channel of communication by which intelli-
gence can reach our city six to eight hours IN ad-
vance of the present arrangement, and yet our
whole community, with its vast commercial ana
other interests, is virtually deprived Of its lmpor-
tant and invaluable agency. The Chamber OF
Commerce proposes to present the matter before
the Post Office Department at Washington, which
will certainly not further neglect the obligation
that rests upon it to consult the wants Of our cit-
zens, and use the most speedy and direct agencies
for transmitting the mails, especially when such
means con be made available upon the most rea-
sopable and equitable terms. As matters now
stand, passenger arrives in the morning. say,
from eight to ten o'clock, by the Northeastern
Road, and brings with him intelligence Of which
our community will not be possessed by the present
mail arrangements before three or four o'clock
in the afternoon.
The Savannah and Charleston Railroad is pro-
crossing rapidly. Col. DRArTos, the President,
has just made o contract for the grading and su-
perstructure of that portion between the salka-
hatchie and Savannah Rivers, distance Of thirty
four miles. The remainder of the Road from
Charleston to the first mentioned point, is already
completed and ready for the iron, which is on hand,
and being laid down with all possible Dispatch
Such energy is commendable, and will secure the
completion of that important work OF an early
day. MAuNoLIA.
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"Oh. what concerns it him whose way
lies Uyrdrd 10 Me Immortal dead,
That few hairs are turning gray,
Or one more year of life has hed:'
In the above quoted lines, Mrs. NoRroN has en-
bodied the confidence and resignation of the truly
faith-lt soul as well as the sublime idea Of I'M
mortality. The glorious visions, the lovelness,
the felicity that has passed away forever-it is
idle to regret, but it is not vain to recount Each
image of the past that haunts our memory is but
monitor of our destiny, and it were well could
each of US realize the idea of dcath-the terrible
passage through the "valley Of the shadow OF
death" into nothngness-and like the dying Mo-
! TART prepare our own requiem. But death lies
concealed behind distant mountain, and we only
see the flowers clambering up its sides, until the
invisible monster lays his pallid hand upon the
beautiful and they are not. How exquisitely mas
Poe expressed the shadowy approach of this
stealthy foe:
"a wind blew out ola cloud chilling
! Nv beautiful Annabel Lee"
But our New-Year's greeting should be more
sanguine and joyous
| 'Let the dead past bury It's deaa'
What matters it that clouds have come, since
the rainbow has quickly followed. and spanned
lovably the over-arching sky: What matters 1t
that fond expectations have been crushed-'hat
air-castles have crumblcd away-that beeagerlns
shadows of the past fit fantasticaly through the
dim aisles of memory: From the ruins of the
treasured shrines of Hope, ph@nix-like. a broader
more manly ambition will rise, and at last when
life is Grounded wiha sleep, one and all, we too,
will mass into the shaiowy realm. But the "Liv-
inc Present. is yet ours. The tangible and pal
pable stretch before us. This is emphatically
working world. A few brief seasons of repose-
a few green isles of rest scattered sparsely over
the broad ocean of cxistence-an occasional lit
ing of the soul from the dull realm of prose into
the clear, bright atmosphere of poetry-then back
10 busy selfish, jostlng life again.
And it is WELL if, standing on the threshold OF a
new year, we can look the matter-of-fact world
full in the face and unrepiningly meet the duties
Of life which are 'smorc than life" There is no
greater blessing than cheerful and contented
heart.
1.-The bird of the wilderness
So blythesome and cumberless,"
soaring sky-ward in its morning sladness, should
typify the eternal spring time of the well-regula-
ted soul. We hope our readers may begin the
pew.year as the lark the day, with matin song
of Joy "Blythesome and cumberless" may they
tread amid the roses of spring, the uxurlant Tege-
tation of summer, the waving harvests Of autumn
and the desolation of winter. And when another
newyear shall have arrived may it find them
buoyant and light-hearted, despite few gray
hairs or few moments gone forever.
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GEN. WALKER ARRESTED.

The noted fillibuster who few weeks since elu-
ded the vigilance of the United States officers and
returned to Nicaragua has, after effecting o land
ing, been arrested by Commodore PAULDING Of
the United States Navy WALKER had landed
with one hundred and fifty men at Punta Arenas
and sent Col. ANDERSON with fifty men up the river
to seize Fort Castillo, which was successfully ac-
complished. Col. ANDERSON still holds the fort
with provisions enough for three months. Com
modore P,uLDIXG landed n much larger force than
General WALKERS and commanded him to surren-
der. However unpalatable, he was forced to obey
or fight against hope, and so the Nicaraguan flag
was hauled down, and WALKER and his men pIa-
ced on board the Saratoga. He was sent immedl-
ately to New York, where he surrendered himself
to the United States Marshal The Secretary Of
State (Gen. CAssl has ordered his release on pa
role of honor. The Administration does not sustain
PAuLp1yG, who has been recalled for acting be-
yond his instructions. There is general feel
ing of indignation throughout the South West,
particularly in Mobile and New Orleans. 1t IL
we'll understood from Gen. WALKER, that before
he left Aspinwall he had conveyed to Col. ASDER-
son, at Fort Castillo letter of Instructions, di-
recting him to hold his position there to the last
moment, and if compelled to retreat, to endeaVor
to retain the boats, and if driven to extremities,
to burn all but the Virgin. lie also desired him
to advise al American vessels in the gulf of his,
(WALKER's) affairs, in order that he, (ASDERsoS,)
may stand somewhat protected from the evident
intended attack of the English These instruc-
tions are supposed to have been, and probably
1p ere raceipal hv Col ANnrnsnN The WQshing
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.

TO MISS -, OF Liberty Hill, 8. G.
Ladye of the softly glowing cheek,
So bloomy in its coral-wreathed bushes,
How faint the language that essays to speak
The love that from my soul toward thee gushes !!
And of thy heart-that casket of all gems
So rich in truth, so pure, so good, so bright,
What shall say ?-earths richest diadems
Are not so priceless in my partial sight.
Thy eyes all fire, and winning tenderness,
The stars of Heaven wear not so soft glow
For whom thy beam, the cup Of happiness
Will sparkle with the richest wines below.
EGONAHEESA.
LAUREys c. H., Dec. '57.
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MASONIC PICNIC.

The Installation Of officers of Philanthropic
Lodge, No. 7s., A. F. NJ, for the present year,
took place in the Masonic Hall on the 26th of
December last A picnic was prepared for the
occasion. and number of invited guests were
present. The ebony Band" was likewise in
attendance to enliven the scene, and altogether it
was pleasant affair, and passed off to the satis-
faction of all present.
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r. RECORDER.

The December number of this College Monthly
is now before US. It is filled with the usual a.
mount of varied and interesting matter. 1t brings
us the sad information of the death Of our quon-
dunn fellow student, C. H. MARTIN, who, under
the nom de plume of "Flius Doloris," has con-
tributed many graceful and truly poetica effusions
to the Recorder. But his Tyre is mute and his
poet.soul has sought in the realm Of dreams, tho
realization of ideal beauty. He died early, but
had he lived his splendid intellect would have
made mark in the literary world. A brother
poet, "W1LLIE," thus sweetly sings his requiem :
The muse that sang of "Sunny Eye"
Is tuneless now in death;
"Lifes parting Hour" alas! we sigh,
Returns with every breath.
Sweet Nightengale! and must we weep
To hear thy song no more?
That song which loved the sky and deep,
The mountain and the shore.
Like some young deer of those free hills
His feet so oft have prest,
When sporting in the woods and rills
OF his own Wild native west
Which one short summer browsed the herb,
And sipt the silver tide,
Then felt the Indians poisoned barb
Within its tender side.
By Deaths winged arrow pierced, he lies
All pulseess now and low
Alas these unavailing cries,
Alas! this hopeless woe!
Green be the grasses Of the west,
Young friend above thy grave;
And softly sweet thy early rest,
AZ sleep the storied brave!
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Dear Joe In your last paper saw little
notice, which brought back to my remembrance
the days of "Aud Lang Syne"-the days when
YOU and trod together the classic grove-days to
which fond memory oft recurs and sometimes
can almost fancy hear the old College bell, ring
ing out its loud peals summoning US to that old
chapel to listen to the voice Of prayer. The little
circle around us constituted our world. Then we
were collected from all parts of the country, but
having gone through the college curriculum, we
were sent out into the world to try our fortunes,
and buffet the tide of popular opinion as we best
could. Two years have passed away and where
is now our little band of l6? Scattered through
the Southern States, from beyond the turbd Mis-
sissippi to the ocean beaten Palmetto State. Some
are engaged in one pursuit-some in another
But some of them have gone the way all the earth
would like 10 60. We all remember the Commo-
dore, whose merry laugh so oft was heard with
Measure. as it echoed through the Campus, and
who left Us as memcnto, his gallant defence of
the "Old North State, fully demonstrating that
"Oll Rim" when once awake, and fully aroused,
coud produce something more than star, pitch
and turpentine." lie "playcd HARRY" first
lie plunged into love, crossed into matrimony and
our gallant Commodore was free no more. May
he long wear his silken fetters. But close in bis
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EXECUTIVE.

The Governor will be in Charleston on the 18th
Of January, and will continue his headquarters
there until the spring reviews begin, April T.
He will be found at his office daily from II to 3
o'clock.
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cI.ERK,S ELECTION.

1t will be remembered by all, that on Monday
next an election will be held for Clerk of the
Court for York District. Turn out and exercise
the glorious privilege Of freemen-free suffrage
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OUR CLASS.

On this subject "0ne of Them" writes to US in
n rather unconsolatory strain. Since penning his
review, another victim has fallen in the gallant
conflict. II -D is no more-in the list of sir 5le-
blessedness. Well, let them 60, and may they be
able to pont, like the Roman matron, to L .new
Jewel every year. Hear what 'One of Them"
writes ON our "manifcst destiny"
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YORkVlLLE, S. G.
THE YEAR 1858.

"Oh. what concerns it him whose way
lies wp~ard 10 Me Immortal d'od,
That few hairs are turning gray,
M ono ,nora yra- of lifp haS He'd -
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-12-25

Our RErRESENTATIoN.-We have, surely, the
most contemptible federal representation of any
State in the Union. Gwin, hucksterng old
man, who trades in steamships, and fraudulent
land grants--an eXcrescence sloughed of from a
commonwealth OF healing sores; Broderck, an
uneducated advcnturcr from the lowest school of
New York politics, with scarcely dstiuguisha-
bic attribute of mind except that fxednrss of
purpose displayed 10y the butchers dog; McKib-
ben, with barely average intellectually, uudis-
tinguished in his profession, and incapable Of any
great action; Scott, a good for nothing -incapa-
Bile of good or evil-o cypher before the unit.
which had ten times better be Cancelled
With such representation, what have we to hope
for? What avail is Mr. Broderck's vulgar de.
nunciatiou of the President, but to misrcpresent
an Intelligent people by coarse language, better
adapted to the underground drinking places of
New York. What do We gain by Mr., McKibben's
trotting, passively, at the heels of Douglas? In
what are we benefited by the chivalrc swell of
Charley Scott save the prodigious pleasure
of having eastern men and Intelligent foreigners
sncer at the " fast" character of Calilorniaus.
Parties, desiring to visit their eastern friends,
can tell us what they have prodted by Gwin's
arduous lobors-noutically speaking. they have
each gained hundred, or so, dollars, over the
left.
Let us dcplorc that while we every day meet
great-mlnded citizens, overlooked in political
conscriptions, we are suffering the representation
of avarcious serviity, coarse grained vulgarity,
general wor!hcssncss and good for nothingness
Square them with an intelligent child's ideas of
Roman Senators? Put them in the seats once
occupied by Clay, Adams, Wright-put them any.
where, down to the seventh tier of statesmen!
and they will look inlantie rs the precocious
twoyearling who draws on his grandfathcr's
boots. If we had not greater men, the complaint
would be unreasonoble--lt men of superior nat
ural and acquired ability did not dig in the mines,
we might be content. II the learned professions
did not occupy superior ntelligence, there might
be room to controvert our statements Broderick
is the only representative OF noticeable capacity
and who is he A man who has distracted hia
party and impoverished the Treasury of State, hv
bulldog pursuit Of office, which he fills with that
peculiar fitness that "A bear would display in the
robes OF an archbishop; educated in an engine
room, matricuated in the Tammany college of
politicians and graduated from an election npht
we must conclude the d" indomitablov Young Sen,
ator especially fitted to represent q people com.
prised of the Intelligent, educated and enterpri-
sing of many States.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-12-25
The TRINITY JOURNAL,
Calvin B. Mcdonald, Editor.
WEAVERV WILLIE:
Saturday Morning, December 2J, 1883.

THE MOUNTAIN MAuMAN.-Air. Loupe, mail
carrier between Weavervlle and Humboldt Bay,
has perilous winter-routc, of almost one hun
dred and fifteen miles. Part of this trail is over
high snow mountains, where there is a space of
thirty miles without inhabitant. His last trip
down required four days very few travel the
road in winter and on his return he found his
tracks on the mountain without accompanying
sign of human presence. Not long ago he met
two large grizzly bears in the trail, who sat up
on their launches, and made admontory obser-
vations OF their surprise and displcasure. He
has frequently seen California lions skulking
along the trail, but these animals show no signs
of fight except very ugly growls when first sur
priscd \ part of the country traversed-an
area Of fifty miles by twenty-abounds with the
larger mountain game deer tracks innumera-
BILE appear on the snow. The mailman relates of
having seen twenty or thirty in day, in oddi-
tion to an occasional family Of elk; They are
tame, being "quitc unacquaintcd with man.
and one or two have fallen victims to Loupes
Navy revolver. Not long since a citizen of Hum.
boldt discovered five lions together devouring
deer which they had, somehow, caught.-probably
by dropping on the creature from tree. The
hunters dog drove off the whole family, and two
OF them taking to trees were shot When struck
by the lead, the largest sprang thirty feet from
the tree, and was dead the creature measured
nine feet in length.
The intervening streams are high now Mad
River is entirely impossible. and travellers have
to bear to the north. avoiding the river, alto
gether. From an inconsderable creek in sum
mer it is now swollen TO half mile in width,
running with heavy current rendering attempt
ed fcrriage most perilous
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-12-25

lIoTEL or THE Hollow LoG.-Somcthng more
than dozen miles below Downieviuc, on very
high dividing ridge, there is a place known to
old settlers as " the Hollow Log" so named bv
an encampment of snow.stayed adventurcrs in
February, 1850. They had no tents or means of
shelter during furious storm, until huge hol-
low log was discovered, at which there was a
scramble for possession. Fifteen or twenty per-
sons got claim in the natural dormjtory, and
had very comfortable lodgment, two lying side
by side For a good while the Hollow Log
was noted landmark, but It's nearly forgotten
now.