Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-11
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENTS.

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CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
CHARLESTON, FebyS.
The agony of race week is over, and the crowd
of human fesh as well as horse flesh, consequent
upon the august occasion, s.being dispersed. The
winners have pocketed their money, and the losers
their disappointment, with the same nonchalant
sang troid which is partly the force of necessity
rs we'll as habit, in sporting circles. The legiti-
mate races-those under the immediate direction
of the Jockey Club-closed on Saturday, but it is
said that the butchers claim the Sunday follow
ing the annual races, to try the toughncss of their
horse flesh, as no one doubts that of their cow
flesh, fact which is potent to all frequenters of
our beef market
cannot vouch for this reported desecration of
the Sabbath day in the mode and manner above
mentioned by this useful and influential class of
our fellow citizens, MS have never been an eye
witness of their sports, but I am inclined to the
opinion, which found upon reliable authority,
that all the fun and festivities Of race week do not
close on Saturday. The extra sports of the turf
are generally attended by greater number of
fast men and boys, than fast horses, and the a.
amount of small change which remains in the
pockets of the tri-colored gentlemen who sell
tough beef Mt tougher prices, and sport the cleav-
er or white apron, from the proceeds of the mar
ket sales of the preceding Saturday night is usu-
ally staked and won and lost, on the "bob-tail
horse" or the favorite ebay"
Since the cbb in the tide of humanity has taken
place, and the crowd has somewhat subsided,
there is room enough On the sidewalk for full
display of winter fashions in their most inflated
style. tits said that the Princess EUGESIA got up
the fashion of hoop skirts, but she has found it
beyond the reach of her royal example to get them
down again. The latest Paris styles totally dis
card hoops, and ignore grass skirts, together with
every other attempt to give the female form d-
vine the appearance of possessing undue propor-
tions. Queen V1cToR1As "Red Petticoat" has not
yet been introduced here as | am q aware of, if
it has, it is invisible to the naked eye of the mas
culine gender. 1t has created quite q sensation
in Washington and other Northern cities, but I
some for the mild climate of the ''sunny South"
One of the prominent events Of the week was
the Jockey Club Ball, which came off at st. An
drew's Hall on Friday night, commencing at II
o'clock, and closing at the next morning. The
St. Cecilia Ball, the most exclusive affair known
to the higher circles Of upper-tendom, was held
on Tuesday night, and one of the primary objects
of the Club Ball. was to eclipse that most brilliant
and recherche Terpsichorean assembly, but the
decision of the committee to whom the delicate
matter Of the rival claimants was referred has not
yet been made public. AS soon as it transpires,
will be prompt to extend the intelligence by the
next mail.
The Court of General Sessions for Charleston
District, adjourned on last Saturday, after the
usual term of four weeks Judge ONEALL presl-
ding. A great deal Of business was despatched,
but the docket was not cleared. 1t would require
atleast another week to finish the business on re-
cord The lawyers did not get to the bottom of
their green bags but the case was different in the
matter of their clients pockets. In the indictments
for selling liquor to slaves, the Judge gave the
extent of the law in every case where there were
no mitigating circumstances. viz: six months I'M
prisonment and FIVE hundred dollars fine. Such
q course as this will have tendency to bring the
traffic into disrepute quicker than any thing else.
1t will eat up the pro6ts-consame the dividends,
and as soon rs it ceases to pay, it will forthwith
be abandoned.
The Thaberg excitement has cooled down to
more moderate temperature, and the man and his
music are numbered among the things that WERE
His concerts, grand, brilliant and startling as
they we're, are now matters of history and can
only be reached through the records of the past,
or the half remembered events of other days.
The ravishing notes of the master touches of that
master hand, that moved the masses, and carried
the feelings captive at his will, have now died a
way upon the public ear and heis already forgot
ten in the rush of business the rise of stocks and
latest news from the Liverpool cotton market
Such is the predominant propensities of this fast,
utilitarian age. We are sometimes betrayed into
q spasmodic affection for foreign lions, but it is
evanescent, and dies with the breath that gave it
birth; but our love Of self and money, and wealth
and honor, outlives all, and blooms in immortal
freshness when the sun shall totter with age, and
the throes of times last earthquake shall con-
summate "the wreck Of matter and the crush of
worlds.'' 1t was born when Adam fell, and it will
live till his last son is in his grave.
The usual number of the points Of attraction in