Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-02-23
CoNTRIBUTORIAL.

Dled In WlnnSD0ro on the l4tn lnst. 10 our
wide circle of readers the news Of his death is
sad. To US, who knew him closely, though for
brief period, in the daily relations Of intimate
life, it is more than sad. We knew him only in
the evening of his life; but over that evening
the sunlight Of his noble nature shed radiance
that endeared him to us all. His life had not
been smiling vernal day in its morning time,
and the shades that hung around its sunset i'm
parted glory to the closing day that cloudless
sunsets never have. His had peace.
The year 1858 was the last of his public life.
He spent it as President Of the Mount Zion Col
legiate Institute We labored with him there
and learned, among the arduous tolls Of that In
stitution, to appreciate his noble spirit as an
officer, and to know his generous nature,-to re.
gard him with honor as teacher; and with af.
lection as man. To our young heart he gave
hope; and to our many errors, charity. If he
had fault, it was in the way Of virtue-a toe
great leniency and mildness. 1t may not add to
the grief of those who weep closest to his honor.
ed grave to know that the sorrow they feel finds
an echo in hundreds of hearts out and yet far.
ther to the boundaries of his acquaintance; 70,
all his acquaintance were friends, save only
those who would hate honor and virtue them.
selves. But to those who knew him as did the
citizens of York District, we need not speak in
his praise. ...
He was buried in the Methodist Church-yard
in Winusboro, on the 18th instant.
Books.
We have been favored with q copy of Miss
PARDoEs last novel, "a Life t.Struggle." Miss
PARDoE is English. She published volume o.
poems when she was thirteen years old, and since
then-a good while-she has written probably s
score of books; novels, tales, travels, and trash
She has lived in England, Portugal, and Turkey
and is now at home in Yorkshire, England. "A
Lifs-Struggle' Is an attractive romance for those
who wish the intenser and wilder passions stirred
The story is of the better life in England. The
heroine loves one man and marries another, who
dies and leaves her an interesting widow. The
man she loves waits unwedded till the husband
Of his LAURA dies; but in the meantime he find!
that the husband is his own father, and the bar.
rier of the connection rises to stand forever be-
tween himself and LAURA. But this only afte,
they have exchanged explanations Of their mu
tual lifelong love. To stand thus loving and
thus severed is the Life-Struggle. She ascend
ing the throne of her divine womanhood conquer
and lives on. He, entombing his heart within {
cold exterior, lives on one of those isolated be
ings whom the many care not to call friend, on
whose life is in memory only. They both,
"They met no more, and she became in those dull ate
| years
That strangest thing we meet in lfe-a woman void
And when they told her Of his e they spoke Of him
Too strongly grief his pride revealed to none
The book has much in it that is striking, vivid
and strong-nothing we opine very original
Family gossip abounds. Agood many decided!
delicate issues are forced upon the mind, as on
traces this neyer-did-run-smooth stream OF i'll
assorted love- Mr.. GLASS has the book on sale
"RIld Sports in the South" by Whitehead, il
a recent book; so is "Man, Moral and Physical,
BY the Rev. DR.. Jos. Jones. We don't know
anything about either of them.
Jere Clemens has q new novel just out calle'
ssTAe Rivals" tale of the times Of Aaron Bur
and Alexander Hamilton.
We have just received copy of 'Aeschytu'
from the Harpers. The Harpers are issuing tn
terts of the Classics now in uniform series, ant
.Aeschylus' is one of the series Of Greek. 1t
intended to be pure, popular and portable; an
is very successfully all three. The page is clea
and beautiful, carefully printed in Porsonia,
type The volume contains only the text ant
index. We are glad to see so fine an American
edition Of the classics in so available FORM
Hitherto we have had to depend on Germany 70
similar works; and those who are too poor to in
vest half a fortune in a classical library-our
self for example-have had to import from tn
Leipsic publishing houses. Our old demi-go
friend, Aeschy!us, appears to advantage in nj
cis-atlantc dress. Hoarse old Prometheu
storms as musically-sonorously and gloriousl.
AS in the olden garbs.
Eve.
| Of course oil of our readers Of taste who visi
ted Columbia any time this winter called at tn
Atheneum Rooms and saw the statue Of Eve b.
Powers. If not, it was mistake. The statu
still remains on exhibition. 1t is there througl
the kindness of the owner, Col. JOHN s. PRESTON
To see it is worth visit of hundred miles,
For those who have not seen tiff any-w
may say, that it is one of the finest works Of ont
of the first sculptors of the present time. Pow
ERs is Vermonter. But the statue. The ar
lists ideal of perfect woman stands there, il
puris naturdLbus; by which we mean the pecu
liar style of ladies' dress that preceded the fig
leaf fashion. 1t is six feet high At least eigh
inches taller than Ewes of our day grow to be-
We have spent many leisure hour in the pres
ence of this "thing Of beauty" Though VI
rather inclined to prefer the maiden perfection
of the Greek Slave, when the two were exhibited
together some years ago; still, in the absence o
the 1.-the Greek maiden, we can accord com
plete devotion to the Eden Mother. Glorious
triumph Of Art! We never weary Of its pur
divinity. Like the face of one we love, sucl
beauty cannot pail. No vast wonder that Adam
.did eat" Of the fruit that was offered him BY
such hands as these! Verify, the hand that un
made us is divine, according to Powers. So
We have mentioned this in order to advis
everybody to see the statue-everybody who can
It is in the Library Room Of the Athenaum-- =