Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-06-07

them, and to all married people, is wrapt up in
the fact that children inherit all their qualities
of body, mind and the moral nature-from
their parents. I say all, without exception or
limitation Now, If they are both extravagant,
their children will likely be more so; and the
same holds true Of their lsziness, SC. This was
we'll illustrated in the case of me and my dear
wife. was proud though :covetous, and my
wife was model of dressy and vain beauty.
The consequence is, as you have seen from my
letters, we have produced family which could
spend the estate Of an Astor or Rothschild.-
SO it will be in the case of Henry and Eliza in
all probability. do not deny to them both
certain cleyerness, and agreeablenes Of manners
and disposition. Their children will be the
same but like them again, they will be extrava-
CANT, vain, lazy and Of course expensive.
. Now how can suoh man and wife, with the
prospect of such family Of children, starting
out with suoh small sum Of money and no bus
mess turn or qualifications whatever, expect to
get along in the world where life is anyhow
struggle; where the weak and Ignorant and needy
are always more OF less prey to the strong,
knowing and Independent, and where fortune
favors and "uck" attends only the vigilant, the
active, the resolute and the brave? What, ask
again, is likely to be their fate? Why a few
years of equivocal enjoyment and prosperity,
decline and final wreck offortune, to be forssken
by the hollow friends of brighter days: poverty
with infinitely more than its necessary ills; o
group of hard. please children; q household
crowded with the sin. .begetting elements Of un-
rest and discomfort; grey-hairs ten or fifteen
years too SOON an old age Of misery stung with
the bitterest selfreproach and flisl ingratitude.
These are my fears; there is one hope. II
marriage Furnishes those who commit crimes
against it, 10 the disastrous results which ae:
crue; it is for that very reason and others,
powerful motive to induce the young to begin
thereafter o new and,a higher course Of life. II
its great and solemn and holy obligations shall
inspire Henry and Eliza with some sense Of
the duties they owe to each other, to society and
to postsrity, it may awaken their industry, per-
severance, economy and all the other qualities
necessary 70 adoru the sphere. Marriage often
works q wonderful change on the character
1t brings out our latent energies, II we have
any; aud stimulates US to higher, wider, manlier
efforts for the achievement Of something noble
in life. Before marriage the mind is unsettled;
the heart is restless the future is blank; and,
consequently, the Individuals frequently il not
generally, careless to some extent Of his chsrac-
ter, or fortune or something else pertinent to
his welfare After marriage the mind and heart
are intensely concentrated on one object; the
course of life is marked out; the future stands
out clearly in the kaleidoscope Of imagination;
and man with any ga!lantry or courage will
choose to do or die I can hope then, however
family, that Henry and Eliza win be struck by
their own solemn vows and responsibilities, as
Paul was by the thuuder.stroke Of the Spirit
from heaven. If they are not their marriage
will be O mockery-a crime-a sin-and the
parent of untold misery in the future.
am delighted with the change for the better
which seems to be taking place with Catharine.
She is being very industrious Of late; assisting
her mother very much, and reading solid books
at her leisure She has actually begun Mr..
Bancroft's History Of the United States-as long
and laborious as the perusal Of it win be; and
6nds time to read forty or fifty pages every
day. Besides this, she supervises the cook
ing department and the general matters of the
household-ali this being evidently lightened
by the hope that she win have house Of her
Own to attend to, one Of these days. Jane seems
to have no heart to work ! and takes up nearly
all her time with her pets and unconscious sighs.
While the marriage of Eliza has made Catha-
rine more cheerful and active than ever |; 1t has
cast sad gloom and dependency over the spir-
its of Jane. Ny poor daughter! Well do re-
member the long-gone days when she Was our
pet and darling-my and my dear wife's; and
when we pictured to ourselves the day when she
would be the charm Of our household and the
courted Of all the first young men of the city
She is now a favorite only with her little cou-
sin, whom she pets great deal, and her pet
poodle. Benjamin has visited Henry's sister
two or three times but as hecontinues to keep
the company Of those who are known to be the
worst young men Of the city, il she is a sensible
! girl she will give tim the mittep
remain until next week, and until death.
Yours, very truly, OLD FOGY.