Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-07-19

surface. In the course of time, the walls, which
at first were perpendicular, crumble away, filling
nm the hole until the bottom becomes solid, aud
then timbers spring up upon the sides and bot
toms of the basons We saw hundreds of these
hasons. some few with water still visible, but
mostly bearing, even on their bottoms, as heavy
timber as grow any where in their vicinity
They all appear to be Of ancient date, though
We understand it has been but few years since
one sank between Micanopy and Newnansville,
taking in o portion of the road, between party
of gentlemen on their way to the latter place.
The New York World, new religious
and Cosmopolitan paper which we have before
quoted with words of praise, has the following
iudicious remarks on the subject Of child-educa'
ton. We commend them especially to those
who are in training for life of activity, rather
than meditation and profound thought:
"The mental activity of children should not
be spread over much time on any one day, but
it should be very regular in its intervals, and,
very strenuous while it lasts. The great thing
to gain is the capacity to put the faculties into
intense and determined action at the precise mo.
meut such action is demanded. The press on
which this sheet is printed would be Of little
use to us if it required twenty four hours to
work off as many thousand copies, or IT, with the
ability to print the whole edition IN two hours,
it could not be equally relied on, any part OF
the day, to do it. There is something analogous
in the demand made on mental machinery. You
must purchase before q sharp sighted rival
anticipates you, and must think rapidly to de-
eide whether the venture is likely to pay; the
cross examination of opposing counsel draws
out facts which upset your whole plan OF de-
fence, and your mind must be alert or your ei'
ent and your professional reputation are alKe
ruined your patient exhibits new and alarming
symptoms, and his life depends on the readiness
with which you can command your resources;
the telegraph, at late hour of the night, brings
news of grave Importance, and you must dlsco'-
er and explain its bearings before the paper goes
to press. The mind should be trained in child
hood to meet the demand which will be made on
it in after life
What will he mainly needed then is, first :
good health and constitution fortified for siren.
uous work, and then alacrlty, penetration, and
force of intellect, and the power OF ready and
entire concentration of all the mental energies
on the business in hand until it is completed
- The Japanese have considerable religious
freedom, notwithstanding their pagan notions,
and their isolation heretofore, as will be seer
from the following account:
"The orthodox religion of japan is Sintoo-
all worship the sun. Their belief is that the
world was regenerated through the instrumental:
ty and appearance on earth of a female, and
after having performed this great and good work
for which by God she was ordained, she ascend
ed to heaven and became embodied in the sun
Their national flag is emblematical OF their re-
ligion, displaying as it does the sun IN all its
purity upon the white field. There are otheI
sects among them the most numerous woulo
appear to be the followers of Buddha. Many
suppose that Buddhism is the principal creed,
from the fact that its followers number three
hundred and twenty millions this and the Ma
homedan religion being the principal creed or
religion of the nation of the East. The founder
of the Buddhist religion was man called Sakya
Sinha, who was born, rs was supposed, two
thousand four hundred and twenty years before
the Christian era. 1t is not known for certain
ty when Buddhism was first introduced into Ja'
pam The statement so often made that Christ
ianity is not at the present in any way tolerated,
is mistake, for the Government is far from be-
ing intolerant in religious matters. The people
of Japan attend very little to religious matters
Religion is a matter of business, which is attend
ed to altogether by the Makado and his priests
Some of the japanese attached to the Embassy
worship Buddha, some Sintoo, some Mahomet
and some worship nothing. The two Ambassa'
doris and one of the interpreters are Buddhists
the Censor has no particular religion; the Vice
Governor is partly Sintoo and partly Buddhist
--George McDufie, one of the old-schoo
statesmen of South Carolina, thus philosophical
ly expresses himself on the subject of negro
slavery:
Where all the Offices of dependent servitudt
are performed by a separate caste, distinguished
by color, and wholly excluded from all participa
ton in the government, it is not TO be doubted
that the spirit of freedom is rendered much NOR,
proud and lofty, among those who are free, by
the very contrast. No man in the Southern
States, whatever may be his rank or station
would think of speaking to the very poores
white man in the community, with the imperiou:
tone of insolence and authority, which are ha
bitually used towards the white servants of thu
North These views of the political effect O
slavery are conclusivey sustained by the phi
losophical expositions of Mr. Burke. in his eel
ebrated speech on the conciliatioa with thu
American colonies And will venture to pre-
dict that if the liberty of this country shall b'
extinguished, the last glimmering of that glori
Gus light will beam forth from the South: