Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-02-16

hecently his fnySlClau Tecouuohueo Tunnip6
on the railroad constantly as conductor as on
almost certain cure for bronchitis; and he is at
present acting on the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad in this capacity. This is novel e1.
pertinent, and shows o commendable disposition
on the part of the patient to try all things
From the Charleston Courier we learn
that the first and third mate of the Spanish brig,
DEL1clA, were o short while since taken into
custody on suspicion Of the briggs icing SLAYER.
The vessel was oyerhauled off the coast of New
Guinea, ard brought into the port of Charleston.
The first mate, PEDRO OzAsEz, stated that the
captain ard super-cargo were on shore negotia-
ting for cargo of slaves at the time when the
DEI1c1A was discovered and taken. But, since
the vessel and crew were both Spanish, and since
Spain is not party to the treaty existing be-
tween France, England the United States for the
suppression of the slave trade, the United States
have no jurisdiction over the matter. 1t was
further ascertained, from letter of instructions
being on board, that the brig could not be re-
parded as oiratical For these reasons the first
and third mate have been set at liberty.
Some one says that ugliness is stimu-
lus to the mind, that it may make up for the de-
ficiencies OF the body. Whether this be true or
not, it is human ENTHUSIASTICALLY with the
girls-to desire to be beautiful. We know that
moral beauty enhances physical; and moral
beauty in the young, before the body is develop
ed and hardened into chsngeless outlines, will
tend to produce that regularity of features and
richness of expression, which all unite IN calm
lovlieness. But what is beauty!
Socrates called beauty shortTlived tyranny {;
Plato, privilege Of nature; Theophastus, ST.
lent cheat Theocritus, a delightful prejudice !;
Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Domitan said
nothing was more grateful; Aristotle affirmed
that beauty was better than all the letters of
recommendation in the world Homer, that twas
q glorious gift of nature; and Ovid, alluding to
him, calls it favor bestowed by the gods" And
Keats says, "a thing Of beauty is Joy forever
About half these definitions are Aattering, and
half not, to the fair ones. We add our mite in
its praise by saying that it is something to love
alvays and-kiss achen itisyours.
- The response which Virginia is making
to South Carolina through Col. MEMM1NGER, is
quite two-s and enigmatical. Several sets
of resolutions, pro and con, have been tabled
and printed by the House Of Delegates. One
party are in favor of Southern Confederacy,
to confer upon the State of the Union and to re-
port whether any and what measures are need
full to be taken, to preserve our rights and the
Union and Constitution together. Another party
believe the Southern States are able, by wise
and firm exercise of their reserved powers, to
protect the rights and liberties of the people
and restorn and preserve the Federal Uuion.-
For this purpose they earnestly desire the united
action of the South; but submit that efficient
co operation can be more surely obtained BY d.
rect communication between the constituted au-
thorities Of the States, than by means of an as.
semblage which can exercise no Legitimate pow.
er except to debate and devise. Virginia is de.
sirous of seizng upon some plan which will pro-
tect our rights and save the Union.
The resolutions were all highly compliment
ary to Mr.. MEMMINaER and South Carolina
His daughter has, also, been honored by the
people of Richmond with Complimentary
Soiriee.' The Enquirer speaking of it, says:
1t was at once deserved tribute to sweetness,
purity and grace, as well as cordial and heart
felt manifestation of the deep and irrepressible
sympathy Of our citizens with the chivalrous,
high.toned and lofty patriotism of our sister
State.
We have seen nothing that illustrates our
impression of Macaulay's character better than
the following anecdote. Instead Of being coldly
intellectual, merely brilliant and nothing else,
we are inclined to think that much of his success
was owing to the super-abounding heartiness Of
his nature:
When MIR. Adam Black, M. P, commenced
the new edition of his Encyclopedia Britannica,
Lord Macaulay felt 40 strong an interest in the
undertaking, and so warm regard for his old
friend, the publisher, that he said he would en-.
deavor to send him an article for each letter OF
the alphabet. This generous offer, the noble
historians failing health and various avocations
prevented him from fully realizing but he sent
FIVE articles to the Encyclopedia, memoirs Of
Atterbury. Bunyan, Goldsmith, Johnson, and
William Pitt-the last being the latest finished
production from his pen. As any publisher
would have been glad to give Gl 900 for these
contributions, their being presented as free
will Offering to Mr.. Black, is a fact so honorable
to both parties, especially to the noble donor,
that it deserves to be publicly known and recor'
ied.
- In the Scinde country of India, traversed
by tue river Indus, and of course very accessible
to English Commerce, the amount Of cotton cul.
tivated last year, exclusively by the natives,
was 35, 900 bugahs-a bugah containing $500
square yards or little more than half an mere.
Scinde is about the size of Great Britain; and
the soil is chiefly alluvial, and we'll adapted to
the growth of cotton. The natives clean the
cotton by machines of their own make. English
papers say "When it is remembered that this
is the part our Indian possessions most readily
accessible by SEQ that it is traversed through
its whole length; by the Indus, and has an erea
about equal to that of Great Britain; and that
the greater part of it is aluva, these facts can
not be deemed otherwise than worthy Of obser.
walton in connection with future cotton pros
pects."
- Some weeks ago, our good-natured and
humorous brother of the quill SIMK1Ns, of the
Advertiser, wrote e very gracious and pleasing
article to the boys of Edge6eld about shooting
the robbins and other little birds that cling tc
civilization But he, too, has been tempted
aud he enthusiastically I have sinned.-
The old man riz,' and conquered Well, we
can't blame him for the deed, after reading his