Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-10-04
Professors and professional men generally are

Professors anQ prolesslOnal meu Benelo'iy o'o
at their posts, ready The Colleges, Academies,
High Schools, Schools, seminaries, both male
and female as we'll as mixed, professional, SCI
entifc and literary, military, classic, Sabbath,
Hebraical, theological, miscellaneous, and spor
adic-are all under way again. Long may they
wave!
Personal. n
MADAME LIE VERT, of Mobile, is in New York,
receiving much attention. Her accomplishments
extend far beyond those winning ways which
please 80 universally. OF her lingual attain
ments, Prof. Ingraham, in "The Sunny South"
speaks in high terms. He mentions a French
man who says of Madame,-"she can speak FIVE
languages well, and 1 have seen her converse at
the same time with a Spanish, German, and
Frenoh gentlemen, around her, answering,
questioning, and holding lively conversation with
each in his own tongue, and with Q precision Of
pronunciation and elegance Of phraseology re-
markable.'
GILMORE S1MMs has o new volume Of verses in
press.
TIE PRINCE OF WALES has been invited,
through Lord Lyons, to visit the South. The
invitation is dated 'New York, August 2sth,
$780," and is signed by twenty-five citizens of
the South. OF this number four are South Car.
olinians-W. R. ROBERTSON, H. W.. CONNER,
WIN. M. MARTIN, and RUFUS NJ. JOHNSON
From Lord Lyons reply we learn that the Prince
cannot extend his tour farther South than Rich
mond Virginia.
Mrs. GrRNEY's Letter is now asserted, by
parties who are entitled to some credit, to be q
forgery. A private letter from Mrs. Quincy is
quoted, thus: 81 know nothing whatever of
the letter to which you alludc, and hope you will
let the world know it at once. 1t is scandalous
Of those who have done it." She is in Paris.
R. B. BoYIsros,IEsq., of Winnsboro', was
elected Grand Sire of the United States indie
pendent Order Of Odd Fellows at the late meet
ing in Nashville, Tennessee. The Office is the
highest within the gift Of the Order, and is fair
ly and fully deserved by the recipient.
Col. JOHN s. PRESTON, Of Columbia, is to de.
liver the cornerstone grafton at the University
Of the South, at University Place in Tennessee,
on the tenth Of October.
Suicide in College.
On Monday morning last, the opening day Of
the regular session of the South Carolina Col.
lege, JOHN FRANCIS HUGHES, a student of the
Freshman Glass, was found dead in his bed.-
He wes o native of Edgefeld District. The YER
dict Of the Inquest is that he died by his own
hands. The left side of his head shattered by q
ball, a pistol still clasped in his left hand The was
left.handed,) his posture upon his back, the
shocking details of gore and-all, all these things
left the no alternative than the verdict
I8tk2e more unfortunate,
Weary of breath,
Rashly importunate,
Gone to his death"
A committee of fellow-students attended his
remains on the Monday afternoon cars to his
home in Edgefeld.
Musical Petticoats.
The last item of fashion-news from Paris is
the invention ofthe 1--WE quote) "Musical Petit
~coat''-whatever that is. 1t is said to be a kind
of wind-iustrument attached to the inflated
skirt, that goes on the principle of the organ
1t starts by q key, and the expansion diminishes
as the music proceeds. When the novelty ar
rives we presume it will be heard in our midst.
Everybody, listen.
The Preston Monument.
Prof. Barnwell, the president Of the Preston
Monument Association, has published q card,
showing progress made in the subscription move
ment. About So, 900 is the sum now available.
1t is hoped that $4,000 can be raised.
Gentlemen, in the several districts Of South
Carolina, and q few in the West. southern States,
have been appointed as agents and requested to
collect subscriptions. Col. W. B.. Wilson re-
presents York C. D. Melton, Esq, Chester !;
and Col. Jas. H. Rf6n, Fairfield.
Those willing to subscribe will address, F. W.
McMaster, Esq, Columbia, s. C.
Books.
The publishers, Dick and Fitzgerald Of New
York, through friend Glass (who has the work
on sale in Columbia) sends US q copy ola new
book-"Naratives and Adventures of Travellers
in Africa" by Charles Williams. Our thanks.
The volume is q kind of resume Of travels and
adventures in negrodom from the times Of ''Pres.
ter john on down to DR.. Livingstone; through
Thompson, Anderson, Rose, Rippel, Mofat,
Andrew Smith, Cumming, Alexander, Edwards,
and Barth, besides many more. 1t is aneclotal.
We have tales of Bushmen, Kaffrs, Bechuanas,
Coramas, Namaquas, and Hottentots, and mig
gers of all sorts and odors. We have elephants,
monkeys, hyanas, ants, antelopes. lions, hippo
potamuses, balloons, crocodiles, and snakes and
(as they say out west) scarey things generally.
1t is o racy mslangs, illustrated, duodecimo, $40
pages, price a dollar, mailable.
SCUBA for Invalids," by DR.. il. W. Gibbes, Of
Columbia, is now fairly in the book market
Its high claims to success lie in the scientific at
tainments of the author, his long practice Of
medicine, his experience in invalid ness, and his
experience and observation upon this subject in
the West Indies during the past season. The
price is seventy-fve cents.
Mrs. Gwinn's "Poems" is out. This lady, as
:. toute le monde knows, is of Greenville, South
Carolina. We have not had the pleasure of e1-
aiming her book. 1t is dedicated to Judge
O'Neall.
The book trade generally is a little slow
languishing under the political excitement at
tendant on the presidential election and its ct
ce,sra.
An Act to Secure the Purity OF Elections.
l.. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of