Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-12
For tho Yorkyille Enquirer.
LETTER FROM LAUGHING LIZ,

4 LETTER FROM "LAUGHING LIE"
Dear Enquirer IL shall not tell ycsere I
live, and do not wish you to give puby to
my real name; but have seen your lasper;
read it carefully, and want to write sbing
about it. Before, do SO, however, il ssbe
as we'll to inform you, that am, by nans,
anything ofa writer, and that this is 9rst
appearance before the public. So much Jay
of preliminary. = Il
The Introductory chapters of "star" aHi-
tai; the style of the gifted authoress isg,
chaste and unaffected, and her home pictutre
true to the life. If the beginning of her stSe
anything like faithful index Of its contindn
and end, I venture to say that your readersg
expect treat, and the authoress another
grant wreath of fame. e u
By the way, confess myself unable to unf
stand the motives which Influenced your publ
er to apologize for the appearance Of Northl|
productions in the columns Of the e.EsoUIRER.
contribution be really good, Fam sure that
does not matter from what quarter Of the glo
it may come. The proprietor is tte man th
pays the cash for these stories, and ie alone b
right to determine what shall, and what sh'
not appear in his paper; but ss faras condel
ming an article simply because Of the latitude
which the writer lives, have'no syupathy wi
any such spirit. know thepublishsr and pr
prietor to be South CaroliIian; and therefor
I feel persuaded that nothing shall ever appe
in his paper in any way inimical to our peculi
institutions. = 49, ~
Seeing the President by J. WooD DAvrDso
is quite genial, grapht, and interesting lit
sketch, quite characteristic Of the writer. M
D. has the rare faculty of saying grest deal
very few words. Itis to be hoped that the
Leisure Sketches vii be continued througho'
the year.
Next, comes 'Regries Of q Bachelor by WI
LIE LIaH7HEARr saucy, sunshiny, genial q
ticls. WILLIE wttes differently from any
your contributors his articles take hold upo
ones heart; ther is no laborious effort OF di
play, but his ynguage runs laughingly alor
like the SUNNI brook, not because itwont
still, but becsse it cannot help it.
lido not biieve that Willie is man-indeet
I an almostjure that the writer is some happy
laughing ytlng girl, who has just chosen tbs
nom de plme, because it is pretty. and becaus
shedon't ish to be known by everybody. Am
not light But, of course, you editors never te
half tAaBou know. -...
In thPoetry line, notice most charmin
effasio from WILLIAM M. MARTIN, entitle
Rosa! do not pretend to be Judge Of pe
etry put, in my very humble opinion, it
quito gem of its kind, and we'll worthy Of tn
CONTIGUOUS. position which you have given it,
Belnd DOUBT, Mr.. MARTIN is poet.
! Tipped in the Bud by SAMUEL L. HAMMOND
cdains the elements of true poetry, but th
wier should pay more attention to artistica
i obstruction. The idea embodied in his poem
Iayery sweet one, and the quality of though
excellent. The two other poems, on your in
Ede are pretty. ~ " -..
| lido no, know whether it becomes me to say
Iwoi in reference to the editorial department
butwith all Difference to to the gifted, gentle
ma ly and accomplished editors, s0iN asser
tha the article on 'Non-Intervention' is one o
thesery best things that have ever read 1t is
abl and conclusive; deep, unanswerable and
comprehensive. Those are just the questions
to . agitated and discussed at this juncture
! short, the Yorkville ENQUIRER is hrs
clip weekly, and we'll worthy Of an extensive
hlation. With the indomitable energy Of the
lp3rietor; the known ability Of tseditors, and