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

On our outside page, the reader sWul hnd tne
Introductory Chapters of Mrs. DEN1soN's charm.
ing story entitled STAR written expressly for
our columns. 1t will be deemed worthy of the
place assigned to it as the first of the series OF
goodly feasts which we have promised to afford
in the current volume. Mrs. DENIsoN possesses
remarkably fine ability as o story-writer; and
in STAR the reader will find her fully equal to
her best efforts. The plot is constructed with
IN unusual degree of originality, and in its chain
of touching and oftentimes thrilling inciden:s,
and in the beautiful style of its unfolding, is one
of the cleyerest we have ever met with in news
paper literature. We commend it to the peru
sal of every reader, with the remark, heretofore
made, that the first chapters, as they are en-
ployed in placing the characters upon the stage,
however important to be carefully perused, fur
nish no index to the real merit of the production.
In order to advertise this story generally
throughout the State, the Proprietor struck off
a multitude of BLACK stars and had them post
ed during the Christmas-week throughout the
State. We are surprised to learn that in some
localities the hideous visitant created quite o
furor,- among the alarmists who, of late, have
been on the qui Uive for "nigger instructions"
and such-like visionary projects In some To-
caities, IN occasional rghtened individual would
ruthlessly tear down our innocent hand-bills,
and savagely demolish them into shreds! Now,
if we have shaken any one out of his propriety,
even for moment, we humbly crave pardon !;
but at the same time we submit that we are the
injured party, and to make amends we trust that
every one who has invaded our "stars" will i'm.
mediutcly enroll h;m.elf in our soodaiy company
of "gazers," and bask in the gay and brilliant
rays that are henceforth to shine out-all the
more brightly in comparison with the blackness
of their unpretending prototypes. At any rate,
we ask for q dozen "subs" from Columbia, aad
at least one from Unonvile.
Turn to the poets corner, and discuss and ad-
mire the charming rose which MARTIN has male
to bloom there. Isn't it beautiful and if ones
soul only had an olfactory organ, wouldn't this
lovely flower be exquisitely fragrants MARTIN
is genuine poet--a natural, born, specimen Of
that rarest of birds on the earth. He takes to
it as mocking-bird takes to song-a girl to her
doll and then to her aowers-an angel to the be-
attic harmonies which make the music of the
choir abvve! If lovely Rose is half so beautiful
as the portrait MARTIN has drawn so exquisitcy
we do not wonder that, incorrigible as he is, he
is beside himslf about her-or rather, to catch the
idea exactly, beside her about himself We shall
lose faith in the good taste of our cotemporaries,
if Rosa does not become decidedly fugitive.
One of DAv1DsoN's always readable leisure
sketches tells of his seeing the President, last
Summer. 1t is capitally executed, and does che
White House to the life. BY the way, we have
never been to that colorless mansion, though we
by no means mean to say that we never saw the
President On the contrary, quite The reverse. ,
We were introduced to him, or, to be more cor
rect he was introduced to us-P1ERcE, we allude
to, not BUcHANAN-in our own apartments in
washington, not at lne NEltc llouSc VIC, " -he
way, would have seen his Excelency demolished
before we would have called upon him .fr,t); The
General was duly sober, We believe, AMI we
were sober too-perhaps but, out of respect to
the General we shall not tell about it now =;
mayhap we may let it out at some other writing,
when (no reflection on DAvIDsoN) we have less
mother wit than we now find room for. Read
the talk about Mr.. BUCHANAN, and let the sub.
ject drop.
willie Lightheart' BELTS his name so cheerfully
aud wears so lightly the graces of s;ngle-bessed-
ness, that we doubt the correctness Of the con,
clusion he draws from those logical 'Reveries OF
Bachelor If it must be done, however, when
it is done, we shall thank him for his delicate
remembrances of the Y. ENoUIRER.' Don't pass
by WlLL1E's graceful contribution, as you read.
! On the fourth page we have placed poem by
Mr.. SAMUEL L. HAMMOND. Our critic pronounces
| it the best production of the authors pen.