Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-03-08

years Of age, and was, o. the time of my passing
at work upon thseabbage beds. Pompey, said
the stout darky,5 addressing his lean companion
sspose I lib to be; one hundred and sixty years
ole-what fuh no grow berry tallP
sWuh dat got fah do wild de cabbigs Z asked
the lean daddy, sharply Ten to yur work.
But, Sambo, how tall would de cabbige grow
if de fros nebber kin um =
Shut yer rnouf, say, and meek hase wid yer
work, replied stout darky. You is reg'lar
Souf Karliny nigga-you open yer mouf an talk,
talk, talk, and nebber kin do nutsing after all
Your correspondent left those quarters, fully
persuaded that If the lean darkey had made the
same remark to some Of our legislators, there
would have been about as much truth in it.
However, let 1t pass. ~ ~
Allow me TO- say. for the special benefit Of,
Laughing Lizzie and your readers, generally,
that I have read Never say de- very many
times. It looks very weldon paper; but such
theoretical ideas can never be carried out in real
life Lizzie, my child, you are young and inex-
perienced; the gliding Of life is not yet worn off
to you; the winter has not come down upon your
summer yet. Roll your hoop my child; gather
flowers and make dolls . while yet; and, while
you are thus engaged, Willie will attempt to
write something about that philosophical Never
say die Of yours. Ns;'-'. = Va - ~, -
By the way, gentlemen, as Lizzie" accuses me
Of being girl, what would you think If I wereto
say, that one Of your contributors, whom you sup
pose to be o woman, is, beyond all doubt, Of the
masculine gender. Miss Maud Irving is q man,
sirs, as sure as lam not Laughing young girl
The secret is out before the Boston public,
and, therefore, there can be no harm in telling
1t to your readers. The real name of Maud
Irving iSJ. W. Van Nance, and the nom de-
plume which he has now chosen, since he has
become known as male, is ssWnIIH WARB.,.
With all respect to. Mr. Nance, must be al.
lowed to say, that It was not exactly right to
leave the impression uponthe Editorial fratsrni-E
ty that he was q lady. It matters snot,what g.
writer's sex may beto the public generally, but
it makes considerable differencet to the proprie-
tors and editors ofneSspapers. They, at least,
should know all about It, You ppderstasd me,
gentiemen-don YOU? s.j a,,,.aze a
Russslrs Magazine, for March, has madsits
farewell, appearance. We shall see itno more
among us; it is numbered among the things
which we're. "A great many croakers viii look
wise and e1claim, 4 told you;soP but had those
very persons sent less Of their money to New
York and Boston Offices, and more to the propri-
tors Of sRusselPs Magazine perhaps their.
prophecies regarding its discontinuance had not
been so early fulfilled. Your correspondent has
been informed that 'Russelp had about three
hundred subscribers In Charleston while 'Hsr.
per- has over one thousand. Comment is unnec-
essary. -,
Spring has come again and the fg, peach and
apple trees in my garden are allin bloom, Jes-
samines are plentiful up the road, and hosts Of
young hands are blsily engaged in gathering
them. Sweet flowers, howl do Iovsto look upon
them !how ]. do love to wander down long aven-
ues perfectly walled and rooted BY the dear lit-,
tie yellow thingst = - = ',.a ',T>,.is =
We are having such charming days now-such
beautiful moonlight nights, too. verify believe
that everybody is counting; for, in all my even
ing strolls, meet scores Of young couples walk.
ling mighty close and slow, aud whispering sweet
things to each other. soh the spring time, flow-
ers, moonlight and young hearts4s Scissors!
what great institutions are these .dxens! a''s
Never since Charleston became city, has there
been done SO smashing q business as atpresent.
Though SO early in the season, our hotels ore ell
ed with strangers; merchants from the country
are flocking to the city, and thousands uponthou-
sands Of dollars worth of merchandise is daily
sold by our Wholesale merchauts.> There never
vas such an immense trade done-the oldest
houses admit that and, what Is better than all,
one half Of the buyers are new hands in the Char
lesion market, who have hitherto purchased their
supplies elsewhere. s7, gSS.3...s. 81 ~, ~
Twoifre occurred here hast week; both of
them the work of incendiaries, md involving tho
loss of some seventy FIVE thousand dollars or
more. The first was at the caunonsborcr Rice
Mill, owned by Mr.. Lucas, whose dwelling house
was alsomuch injured. The second was at the
Saw Mil of Mr.. ]. q. steinmeyer. Both Of the
mills were utterly destroyed. sft,.,5 ea..t
& Two Of our citizens have very suddenly and
lmysteriously disappeared from. the city nor has
any thing been heard of them for several weeks.
Strange asit may appear, the papers here have
not noticed SO startling an affair, nor dol know
Of efforts having been nsds to ascertain the fate
of the missing parties. supposing that there are
good reasons for silence iuithe matter, Iwill not
mention the names Of the gentlemen who 2have
so mysteriously disappeared; -. :....,,.. -
1 An election for Colonel Of the First Regiment
Of Rifles was entered into on the 29th February,
by the FIVE companies composing the new. .Regi-
ment. LIN, Hatch, Esq, received two hundred
and ten votes; Major z. McCready received one
hundred and ninety-fye. according to the Man
agers' returns, Mr.. Hatch is elected by q majori-
Of fifteen; but Mr.. MoCready claims the Office
on the grounds, that. no one company is entited
to more than one hundred votes, whereas the
Washington Light Infantry polled IA, and the
German Riaemen 114 votes. he claims to have
received the majority ofall the legal votes cast
demanded his commission, but did not receive It.
lido not know exactly whether or nota new elec.
ton will be ordered. s'.'''y.'' '5,'.'..."
fear that am trespassing too much upon
your valuable space; but as other engagements
will keep me busily employed during the balance
of the month, I have taken the liberty Of writing
o longer letter than usual to compensate for my
silence hereafter. I am verify fearful that the
proprietor will be after me with sharp stick
i 70 .No,;o ~ Tha Fotol Gift, doea not ooon 6nd