The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-16
MRS. YELvERToN's LOVE LETTERS.

No love letters in the world have ever caused
the same sensation as the Yelverton correspond
ence; partly because thoy have been produced du-
ring the lifetime of the writer's partly because on
those letters the Scotch lawyers chose to think
marriage and succession to peerage depended;
partly, because they have been more garbled more
msquoted, moro misrepresented, more quarreled
over by counsel, more lauded and disparaged by
the press, according to the extracts they CHANGED
to get hold Of more gossipped over in private;
more noticed in public than any documents on re-
cord written in a delicate female hand. So faint,
worn and tender now have the originals become
from the length of time they have been lodged
as records in court, that many have had to be
framed to preserve their existence For the great
Yelverton cause is not half over yet, having
only developed the British constitutional law so
far TO prove that, if construe 1t adrot-
y, he have two legal wives in different parts OF
the same empire Major Yelverton now finds him
self in that Mor.nonic position, with Scotch
wife and an Irish wife, both legal in their respec-
tive countries, and it remains to be seen whether
or no he cannot take third in England. But TO
return to these "poor little letters, the oupour-
ings Of girlish fancy, which. matured by years,
was to spell-bind the world with interest and
sympathy. These letters won additional celebrity
| because Lord Westbury, known as ono Of the best
classical scholars of our age, pronounced them
the finest specimens OF epistolary correspondence
in the whole range Of literature; because learn
ed Scotch Judge lkened them in passionate ten
derness to odes OF Sappho, and one OF the most
acute and profound lawers on the bench, Lord
Daas, was SO touched AMI overcome BY the pathe-
tic heartcry ringing through some OF them that
he was overcome with emotion in summing up,
his handkerchief having to do duty In the middle
of sentence-a sentence never completed py nun
and he plunged into dry legal argument to oover
his retreat
[ExTRAcTs.I
CARo CARLO M1o-You can only write at night.
Ia that the reason you write 30 seldomf can
write to you any hour of the day or mght, and 90
not REQUIRE either the silent night or the muse OF
darkness to- place me e rqPp1rs wed YOU tho dslns
sion peut-ere that it is one to you. Oni l want
Won so mncl TO come. All nature is SO lovely that
It is sin not to rejoice with her in her smlling
new dress The hills are white with daisy and the
valleys green with frosh moss, !ne seeS ,;.h ~ do
loaded with blossoms and the air Is heavy Win oe
licious odors; there ls South WIND DreaInlnS
warmth aud telling me of you; all the ilttie pnos
are chorusing in joyous melody-eustence Is per
feet bliss to item. Two OF tnem are ioyluEry Ooa
templating constructing little setIionent ,:ear
INV window, and there they are chatterng ana c1n-
sultino apout it all day long. Doubtless they nave
no uncle to prohibit their future VISIONS OF happi-
ness in this little mud wall. wish were Dlrd,
n he able to choose another bird, and then SIT IN
tree and be sung to. The sea Is as clear ana
BRIGHT as a mirror, or ones fixed dream OF love;
and the porpoises are splashlng and roulng aDoue
in the very height Of enjoyment. Ihey all go |
81 do nnP
live solitary even in the lovlost sea grotto The |
yery insects 20 dancing and sparkling In the sun
a,ne They seem in O. perfect ecstacy IL delight |
and never KNOW when to stop; their sman NUM-
ming makes an accompaniment TO natures music. |
Beautiful little flowers are cingng to and trater-
nizng with grim old stones; clear, ripping water
ia hIspern9 the sweetest things to loVlIg, hsten-
ing messy banks. All things have FUND a sym
uathizer but 1 alone; 80 you must come ana wen
a-Mayine 90, Why should man alone be discor-
dant Why should he not enjoy the lovelysthlngs
of the earth like all other created creatures wny
should he forever toll and never reap the rultf
cbiyalrous savage. Pray, hear my definition |
of one. A man who has sound mlnd apo warm
heart. unclouded by sophism and subtle refine.
ment VINO pees the naked truth by the pure light |
G9d has given him, nor seeks to pervert 1t py
false logic apd time-servlng phliosophy; VINO
is bold and brave aud gentle, and kind, stoopile
the earth TO none bit the me- weak so ana S bn1ar
Affection the protector Of the feeble and the guar
dian OF Justice and honestly 700 noble ior W
rant. too generous to be selfish man reallzEg
the intentions Of the Creator and worthy tie gl9-
rious Gifts bestowed upon hun. There IS chlval-
rous Savage for yout Oh, it is q good joke
have been in love with such one from the age OF
ten years, when I formed my first conception OF
an ideal man from Scott and CoWper. l need not
sav how much hsve had to unlearn OF those days;
still, I think that over-rehnement and the con-
yentional trammels of etiquette and over-scrupu-
lousness check many bright idea and generous
impulse, whilst fear it is no preventative to se-
cret evil, for, whilst the outward form is main,
tanned with rigidity, the reality is despsed 80 #
Won are q savage SO you shall remain for me; L
ask for no amendment, and accord to others the
liberty expect for myself.
CAR1ssmo CARLO M1o-Does that suit your
Pour due la uer,te cannot settle down to your
baptismals; William is out of the question:
abound with brother Williams and could never re-
cognize you under that title. Charles Is an peu
mieuz; nevertheless it docs not recall your
image-imaee do 1 say? can't recollect your
appearance in the leass; you arc to me quite
MYTH almost doubt l ever did sec you; l be-
lieve you fiction a bright creation OF my cohee
sort of sublunary spiritual creation; you are d
feu folet-I am always just on the point OF catch
ing hold of something tangible about you, but you
always slip away and leaYe me disappointed. L
know nothing about you, not even what you are
like; you might be in disguise that well known
the world IS 80 celebrated to visit bis Slug little
farm, the earth, and see how his stock goes on"
Now, pray, don't be idle, but give me proper
account Of yourself; and If you feel lncilnod 10
sneer at woman's curiosity, call to mind now long
.ou knea me ere you brought me to palnh,iil con;
lession and laid bare my nmost secret. Was all
that fiction or reality
have been analyzing your thoughts for you,
end will give you the result-whether, having once
net we should resume distant correspondence |
should cay decidedly not. Did you ever watch
the course of stream running smoothly along
for wards together and notice that when lmpedl-
meRt or interruption occurred, as the bough OF q
tree or O few rough stones, it clustered over and
around thom. but neYef esEpted its former steady
o)urse So think it is with life; CERTAIN tram oil
events bearing us on to certain climax, when we
are met by another convoy OF circumstances; out
the past meyer comes over again. II we ever met,
farewell to indefinite feelings OF any kind. The
dream would be over-they would become either
definite CT extinct. There Is no stopping in this
world. We are either going backwards or for.
wards. Sometimes We ao a4t * know precisely which:
Lnowir;. each other that hold upon . hypothesis
NJ ming (which will treat you toy to DO lmposs-
bic. I consider that my Writing to you this day
does not originate, as might be Supposed from the
accidental cause of your once having been Gu
hoard a steamer With me, but from the natural
csmse and effect Of the influence OF one person
nr ON another. have been Oh steamers scores
Of times before and since, and so have you;
in nv own case I oan positively say without
similar results. Now, to make my idee NOR more
comprehensible and material suppose s.tdaS: inaa.
transparent belt This belt is composed OF
cnr c. uTa Various feelings ANA continents When two
bel bslta come in contact, each coapoaed Of simi-
lar ingredients sort Of fusion takes place; Is
res1nnd and the fusion becomes complete ii is
friendship. r1hi I'm intelligible? fEtp5anat'on-At
this point the opposite counsel declaSed the letter
perfectly unintelligiDlc and i might DO explained
The The prosac Eaglish counsel for Yrs: y yoyerton,
Sir Roundel Palmer, positively &dmistea G MS lna'
n S,sy hs praCise Sc, emphatic manner MI AttonO
General. twenty years ago you might nave found
out the elucidatien Of that letter. We might mt
strangers. but accidentally puttirg NJ shswl on
for me, your belt must have had touch, ana small
~ - - - srfRcant tn nrolnce tps long effect.