Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-12-06
Gontr1bntorial.
BYJAS. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA. s. C.. 3RD DEC, 1855.
The University Of s. c.
In his first Message to the Legislature of

In his first Message to the Legislature OF
South Carolina, Governor Orr says:
"The South Carolina University was Or
ganized early in January last, and has now
about sixty-6ve students, but its number Of
matrioulates has not been equal to the ex.
pectation of its friends" , ....-
Some of the true friends of the State In.
stitution (nor are they few see that the a.
bortive effort to make University out Of
the College, is the main cause Of the diff
Guilty mentioned by Governor Orr.
Liberia. ...r. - .......-a
The Miss Julia Gregg, who went with the
six hundred negro emigrants to Liberia, Isl
sister of General Maxcy Gregg, of our State.
She has for several years cherished this idea
of bene6tting the African race at the sacri-
fee of her personal comfort, aud embraces
this as the first eligible opportunity of car
ryiug out her cherished scheme. ..., ..--
1t may be the duty of the white race to
90 that far in their devotion to the amelio.
ration of the black race, but if so, we, for
one, "don'tsee it." ...-. ....
Literary. ..-.. f
Scott's Monthly for November (late as
usual, we are sorry to note) comes to US
freighted with first rate reading matter
Both Hayue and Timrod, of this State, have
poems iu this number; and there are quite
a number-seventeeu that is to say, to be
exact-of articles, prose and verse, in it !;
and any reader, whoever he may be, can
find something suitable for him to read
We commend it to our friends who have
five dollars to expend in that cause, than
which there is no better in which to expend
FIVE dollars. 1t is published in Atlanta.
Ventriloquism.
For several days last week We had "Pro!
fessor" Graffo's announcement of his show
of ventriloquism and legerdemain. he ex-
hibited, We believe, three evenings. We
did not witness the performances. We iu-
fer that the Professor ESQ called) met With
but limited encouragement and success =
We infer this from the fact that we have not
met anybody that was at the shows, that no
excitement obtained even among the lit
tie negroes, and that the newspapers barely
mention the matter 10 fact, our inference
is that Professor Cratic is either q humbug,
or else be found our people siDgularly inap.
preciative of such talent. i
We don't know which.
We don't care.
1t don't matter if We did care.
Thanksgiving.
Those who are sensitiveto the indignities
that are 80 often now heaped upon US as a
conquered people, may feel some pain at the
fact that our Legislature adjourned last
Thursday, the 29th ultimo, in observance Of
President Jobnson's thanksgiving procla.
nation.
Was there no stranger hand to put this
last cup of bitterness to our lips7
Let South Carolina now forgive Governor
Orr for entering the Philadelphia Democrat
ic Convention arm in arm with General
Couch. ..:-...- 2r'
While passing this resolution of thanks
giving (Nemesis, tells US for what y our as
sembled Fathers did not ordain that there
be religious services before them on that
happy and auspicious day. For this, at
least, we are grateful. Let the sacred desk,
on such occasions, preserve the sanctity OF
silence.
No services, We believe, we're held in
any of the churches of Columbia.
Modern Languages.
The Board of Trustees of the University
of South Carolina at its meeting last week,
filled the vacant Professorship of Modern
Languages and Literature, by the election
of Herr A. Sachtleben
Mr.. Sachtleben is German by birth, a
graduate we believe of German Universi
ty; at least, he is thoroughly educated
man, and educated in Germany. He has
been for fifteen or twenty years in this couu-
try, engaged in teaching, in Charleston. He
is known as one of the most successful
teachers in South Carolina and his forte
is the Classics. While he has been always
the head of a successful school in general,
his reputation in especial has been as a
teacher of the Ancient Languages. He
taught one year in Columbia. This was
during the war. He went to Europe - to
Dresden, we believe, about the end of the
war, and established there School for the
education of American youth residing in
Germany. We are not aware what success
he met with in that undertaking. His
friends and admirers iu America will vel
come him back, and rejoice in his election
to position of such dignity and RESPONSE
biity. The citizens of Columbia have an
especial share in this event, as it brings
permanently into their midst, an educated
foreigner "a scholar and gentleman.
Personals.
The election of General Ellison Capers
to the position of Secretary of State of South
Carolina, indicates change of policy in our
State polity. Hitherto South Carolina has
adhered, almost invariably, to her course,