Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-04-05
CoNTRIBUToRIAL.

SonneuSeo VI SatuiunJ. 1nooo eAoin"s'oo'
ere written, searching, thorough, and to ounces,
o terrible ordeal. To the mass, it is the Cape
Hatteras of the year-hard to pass. We will
have word upon it when it is over. The Man
about To,cn told as that one Of the students re-
marked to him that in some Of the departments,
thoy were likely to have pretty tight papers,
College phrase meaning, We believe, here, Q rigid
examination. The Man about Totcn observed to
us in an undertone that he was not sure what
was meant by tight papers,; bot from some
noisiness he heard one night, he half.suspected
that he knew what it meant. - Z
TO e. IA Reyery. -, ls 4s.sgz7s. s,s5r a,7s
I have little song for thee, -,
Ny Beautiful, tonight; rs = {,
As light ssthy gentle soul is free
And as free as thy form is light.
It is not aglow with passions gleam '..'"
Nor wild with q lovers vow s Is
But foud as tho radiant soul that beams
In light on thy lifted brow.
It is not an estival day as wild -
As poets midsummer lay - '.'-.
But an Aprirs genial morn, my child, '7 = 49,
With promise Of more for May.
o. IS. eafta t@i - aa%is. GeHfs 8
My little song should bid thee knowou.2 .vga,sr
How often there comes smile 4sta,1ga eS9
To gladden. my soul when it's lonely and low,
And to soothe and to teach it the while. y.so
Aud anon turn to the, past where lie - :
Like leaves in life's volume for aye
Ny dreams Of thy presence; till almost sigh ~
Flutters in to Whit them away. . u
And pure are the dreams as q prayer can be- q
As pure as thy faultless brow; ags rs
And they come with athrill when my spirits free,
And Hnger as fondly as now ~ systFa.yss
As now-while gaze on this shade Of thy form,
Whatever Of dearness It own - '"~ r1A-'2'.
But find in the memory o vision more warm -
Than the shadow can bring me alone. @F@
Mid moonlight and starlight, my child, though
afar, {; r. .9;iR,E IatI II sF.Sa5afs
The pulse Of thy being may beat, :. sgrts 56f
I read in the radiance Of every star -. . s,s3;o
A message of thee that is sweet. .i.,, ,fs
For thy sister-the Beautiful -lowiy or high,
Always speaks fond message Of thee a'"f
The Beautiful, regent on earth and in sky, ~
Wherever Gods autographs be- ~. e.'.''r'
The soft April flower, the Hine, the tree, ..a
Oft the same gentle tidings impart; ,..,,s
The path, too, the rill SO lonely and free, y,,.p
Speak language well known to the heart.
These few simple triaes of art that cheer '7:,ii
My book mantled walls SO lone a'ssa 7i'7
Have q voice-they are desr-that my spirit can
~ hear - - t5-'s~s e t'f.t9s5Sy p i@'+.te
For their beauty's akin to thine own. ats' ~
Steep. sz'sz s-ss,sz.l:glI az saEas. 80
Since the days Of Alsxander Smiths Lie
Drama we have seen nothing in poetry that1nore
nearly fllsthe idea Of the slang term steep
than the following stanza. 1t Is quite recent,
and by q young lady ut that-westeru, Of course,
however, Read - ;g7sa ssss .GSj tsaij
~! ssThe naughty thunder often swears ,8oE
His passion in the ear of June; gha--i~
And oceans giant bosom wears s.zs
The picture Of the moon ~ = 20 - y
That beats Alexander Smiths distichE'G
"And Wind, the grand old harper, smote 2,
His thunder.harp Of pines" "a "a
Or this { ~ 81. ! stli8fl5el
q -sba cnyarad rnaig,,g
With her wild sorrow, as an April cloud
With dim dishevelled tresses hides the hill
On which its heart Is breaking. (" y ~ '5,ss
The Prize-Faghf.e 11'-F ~
Just now there Is quite au interest In the pend
ing fsti-cuffs. Heenan and Ssyers are heroes.
The pictorial newspapers are nervous 10 be.frst
to illustrate the details. II there is ever time
when we are ashamed of being Americans, It. Is
when we see such taste rife among Us. q Itis
the tone below the lower ledgerline Of the yilest
Vulgsrity. Disgust, contempt pity, are all feeble
terms TO- express the feeling when We see the
mania for such things coming upon the confines
Of respectabiity through the press. 80.
H.. "Let dogs delight,"&c, ~ ..-....ar
Harper's Weekly is very savage upon it, and
yet profits in its advertising columns thereby.
Next sbove such things is the present rage for
scandal, upon which the pictorials constantly
batten. See, for example, the pending breach
ofpromise trial in 81. Louis
Tho Carstang-shaw case. = .. ~
Harper's Weekly illustrates the afair-givine
likeness of the fair plaintiff, view of the court
room, &c. The evidence is given in cireumstan-
tial detail-details, personal, questionable, and
unquestionable. Those who have tastefor such
things would better send for. Harpsrs Wesksy,
while that trial lasts-some weeks perhaps.
And those, generally, who dote and gloat on
recitals Of crime-.the specifications Of vice--the
spicy details Of scandaI-the shivery horrors Of
blood, daggsrs, and slung- SHOTS -infractions Of
the seventh commandments and, in fine, guilty
horrors Of all sorts-horrors such that
Lewis never wrote or borrowed ssFS s.
ANY horror halls horrid,r- "a; .st fah{,a
all those, we say. who have taste for these
things, and are willing to sacrifice deeency to
crafty the taste, can best by subscribing for
the Police Gazette, at once. Those who, however,
DO not want anything ofthe kind, would better let
alone the Police Gazette and osepiotorial week.
lies that get up such nice illustrated masses of
minced scandal
But this Carstang- Shaw case in its legalaspect,
is an important one, We believe. The present is
new trial, aftera q verdict of hundred thou
sand dollars for the plaintiff last spring. Then,
it appeared that the promise was distinctly made
and as distinctly broken, and that the defendant
was wealthy and should be made an example.
The jury returned 100000 damages. Now,
however, in the new trial. it is about to trans
pire that the whole transaction between the par