Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-04-21
Correspondence Of tie Yorkville Enquirer.
LETTER FROM THn PEE DEE.

In an unguarded moment, brought under ooll'
CATION to yourself or Publisher, Mr.. Editor, BY
friend of "ours"-a man of eminence in the pub
lie eye-it falls to my lot to give an item or two
Of correspondence from this Pee Dee. country.
rP d." according 'to"L H. A." O man "of
infinite jest and most excellent fancy, may stand
for "prodigiously dirg'-''po~erful dark"-
ft.pretty deep" Did,he cross'that stream as Of
tea as the present writer, he may have added ans
other most truthful Specification yiz: psrpls1ing-
yaiec,tlt," especially in these days Of freshets,
and as matter of course, isug ferries. Though
in 'point of fact" as the lawyers say the long
ferries are preferable far, to the miles Of mud and
water id tho swamp, when the ferry 'is nsither
,"lopg' nor "short::'' .., =. =. -.
Myrighs and title to so wide arrange ofcore
respondence;;lies in the fact that have "busness
relations" all along that river, from the point
where itenters the State, until it loses itself in
the. ocean, and 1 might add, even the "regions be-
youd"-not the ocean. indeed, but the river.
But wide as is the field, what items of interest
can be gathered for: your readers? No political
excitement, not eyenia eonstabulary election to
stir ones blood. No ''mystsrious occurrences"
"sad accidents" or, 'horrid MURDERS"
Verify, nothing to satisfy the public mind
that like ths horse-leecbs two daughters cry
.coptinually "giye! give"'-like, the grave and
Ere, craving SO much and sieye-like, holding SO
Ettle for any length Of time together. g..
The dear good natured public, so innocent and
childlike, so hard to "take in" or "gull': for Of
course nobody in this age, patronizes lotteries and
gift book enterprises )" no fortunes have been
made in the pill and plaster line, nobody buys for
nameless purposes GAYErrE's medieated paper.
Pro bono publieo is their motto, and the dear good
easy souls believe them:
But this thirst for news! Many in this genera
ton, and perhaps in all others since Adams,
Athenian like, ''spend their time in nothing else,
than either to tel or hear some new thing" I
wonder if those citizens Of old Athens had the
necessary adjuncts Of loafng-the pen knife and
'shingie-or il the art Of whiting is a modern
institution! Wish some Archsoiogist would in
quire. Suppose you propose it as the next "query"
for debate before your byceum? 'Twoud be as
interesting, doubtless, as the, one-"should the
State compel a man to volunteer or eff man
saw his parents o drouniog, which would he save
first, nsaid to have been decided in theafrmative.
But the news ? Blessings on the. man that inv"nt-
ed the press and telegraph. Aud blessings like.
wise, on those quiet groups of-citzens-so vastly
indebted to beth-who in every country village
in the land settle so comfortably, the affairs Of
the Nation and their neghbors, at no cost -WhateV-
er to the body politio. An appropriation for pen
knives and soft.pine, would not be bad outlay,
disereetly applied, as the reward of modest merit
'twoud serve to convince these good people that
the State appreciates their services.
But the news you want-and that unfortunate
ly, OF this present juncture, is the want pressing
most heavily on your correspondent-and if moths
ing else will content you-why--l fear for your
peace of mind.
A general review is at hand His Excellency,
the Governor, is to be present. and that relieves
the still life of our community, somewhat Sounds
of martial music fill the air-nothing artistic
however. The melancholy rub-a-dub of that drum,
and the shrek of that ear piercing fife, are O.
nough to distract the soul Of harmony. Music
pshaw-physic rather. But it pleases the un-
practiced cor and childhood is delighted, and all
negrodom is agog 'following the drum"
Lets away to the-feld-by the use Of a little
poetic license-"the tented field" What clouds
of dust and how sweltering the sun, but umbrel-
las are cheap thatis, in the cities butsome cross
road merchants are little extravagant in their
charges. The SUMS hot-how can the holiday
sodery stand it--they don't as you observe after.