Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05

the zurich conference pefo'y :. ~. 5tsTT's -
onrrendsr - 1,ombarh. with the exception ii
the fortresses Of Mants ana fescniera' 70 tne :
King Of Sardinia, and Pc laVor si'en " an i.Ai'
ian Confederation in which feneua Is 20 i0.tn a
mart Tho conse,snos caves the question Of the
fnture condition q, tbasountry to be decided BY
q European Congress, fhich is 70 mes' soon 'l
Paris. The future Of Ihly, therefore, is ye' un'
settled: but We NAV ops that the sympathy
and assistance ~ Prane and the bravery and
patriotism Of her own sons win work out her
salvation in the end he worsf feature az pre-
sent, is Garibaldi's jealo'sy Of Victor Emanuel
which is shared by the a'ny OF central Italy
over which Garibaldi has command.
The great good Of this wsr hes in the fact that
Austria has been convinced that the Germanle
Confederation is not an offsnsHs but q defensive
league. She evidently eIpe3ed Germany to
take sides with her in this conaat. But the Diet
Of Frankfort resolutely refussdso enter the war;
unless the territory Of the lssge was invaded.
When Austria learned this-sha she found that
she must contend with Italy slon, with the SYM
pathies Of Europe against hsrSshe forthwith
abandoned her bloody and oppressive designs, =
This is promising and hopeful fos the future Of
the people who have been grosnhg under the
Hapsburg tyranny for thirty yssrss Is they will
be true to themselves, they need nt fear and
why should not Italy be free!
We pass hastily over the FreachIand English
war in China, and the capture II schsmyl, the
wild chief and prophet Of Caucasrs,b by the Rus
sians We make mere-mentionpf the troubles
in India and the war between Pdn and the
Moors, now waging. Let us tuinfrom these
scenes of struggle and revolution = the more
quiet but sublimer triumphs Of icsnOe, Lite
raturs and art. Unparalleled effofshsve been
made to reduce eronautics to q scisnce, with q
view to balloon voyage across theAlantic.-
Last summer Messrs. Wise and AMaantain
made an ascent at St Louis and lahed in The
State of New York, making voyse Of 1900
miles. A few months later, the latte arith Mr..
Haddock ascended at Watertown, ny; and
losing sight Of the earth, encountered al1orthern
current which drifted them over the 'grat Cana
dian wilderness, where they at last laied after
undergoing infinite perils. The AAahe, the
Balloon in which this ascension was mae, was
go feet in diameter. Mr.. Caulincourt Lowe is
now constructing a2balloon-the Cityd &eD
York-the greatest diameter Of whichis lS0
feet. The belief is, that far above the arth an
eastward current viii be encountered, which will
carry a balloon across the Atlantic. Thestatue
of Daniel Webster-which is a sre-csst fnm the
the original lost in the sea-by Hiram PEers,
was inaugurated in. Boston, on the Oath Sqen-
ber, Hon., Edward Everett being the 0rstr of
the occason. Churches Heart Of the AAp Is
taking rank side BY side with his Niagara the
hearts of ,picture-loving people. Rembaadt
Peale's Court Of Death has won. him nme
whose price is above rubies, Harriet Houer
still lives-her genius grows broader and grad
er, as times Aies on. Inpoetry Tennysou's Idls
of the King stands alone like the star Of lce,
whispering to twilight the tale Of beauty in b
rener spheres. Here is the field where womats
silent conqussts begin. lisa Craig wrote the bat
Burns Centenary Poem; and Susan Talley Arch
er, though mute, has written the music Of her sol
so deeply on the heart that 1t has, become pal
Of oil its pulses and breathings. In romance
The Kassiqw Of Kiavah, by our own simms, th
Walter Scott Of America, and BcrisS; ~ Nh
Augusta Evans, o Southern gir, Of twenty sum
mers; are-wssay it with Thackeray's Fnyai
ians in our minds eye-tae novels Of the year.
But II were an endless task to name the victc
riss Of the mind. Many nuggets Of pure trut
have been discovered; the odors that come froI
the very heart Of the rose Of beauty have bee
gathered and the flowers Of Christian love an
goodness have blossomed even, on the desc,
wastes Of heather lands. There has been pre-
gress. Mind has encroached upon the kingdom
of the material, like the swelling waves Of th
sea, rushing up to kiss the rocks high on th
shores. While Hsllam, the English Historian {
the Middle Ages, our own Prescott, who touch
ed the harp Of history with magic fngers-an
Washington Irving, whose genial pen was DIP
in the purest and happiest emotions ofthe hear
have sunk into the tomb; there has been pre-
gress. Man never had better REASON to be hope
ful of the future. Poetry and art-history an
philosophy-liberty and religioh-are all gain
ing frmer footing on the rock Of the True. tn
Beautiful and the Good Let US thank heave
for blessings 50 manifold and abundant, an
while sharing the thrilling victotories Of the ag
take fresh courage to fight the bat:es Of God an
Freedom. :: .---
CONGRESSIONAL.
The President. on Tuesday tie 9th ultiuo