Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1867-02-21
The Weather.

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The Lowering Clouds.
We hear that Governor Orr is of opinion that
our people-the South-are strangely insensible
of the momentous darkness Of the clouds that low
er upon our house. He is like Cassandra in his
of woe may he be unlike her in the
truth of his warning.
State Currency.
The best friends of the State and of the curren-
cy foisted upon it, have been forced into recogni
ton Of the depreciation of that currency. State
money is worth ninety cents to the dollar in Co.
lumbia, and goes rather costively at that
City Property.
Lots and houses in Columbia are low. The fall
in prices for this kind of property is about thirty
three per cent, upon the values seven years ago
before the war, that is to say. Rents are higher,
for small houses about thirty-fve per cent, five
reckon green-backs as money or if we reckon both
in gold the prices are about the same as they were
before the war; For large houses, however, there is
far less demand, as men are learning to retrench
heavily, and prices, both of rent and purchase, are
at least thirty per cent lower, than before the war
That is to say an improved lot with large house,
that cost in gold twelve thousand ($l2OOO dollars
before the car, would sell for about eight or nine
thousand dollars Money iy in great demand.
English Defiled.
Under this head we propose to illustrate with
examples from time to time, some of the abuses
of language in places u not tap-rooms and negro
quarters s-w where better English should be known
and spoken and written. Wells of English unde-
filed are largely the exception these days
In the Galaxy, for January, at page 81, in
a poem called Summer Hours by Charles Dawson
Shanly, we find the following verse: =
"Twas her you could win with fairy tae."
Here the poet to think that her is the object
of could ao whereas it is the predicate after ,oas
in opposition with Il, and should be abe
I'm General Grants correspondence with
General Lee, upon the Appomattox surrender, Tin
his communication of April 9th) General Grant
writes: 'This done, each officer and man will be
allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturb
ed by the United States authority, so long as they
observe their parole and the laws in force where
they may reside" We have italicised the words
that are incorrectly used These words should be,
respectively, his home, he, his, he. .Thesubect Of
the sentence each officer and man -is singular;
and the individuals are spoken of dstributively or
man by man each man (be he officer or private).
IF the subject had been the officers and men, then
the rest Of the sentence would have been correct
3.-Scarceya day passes in which we do not
hear such expressions as 81 like these kind of
books" ''We see those sort of men," "He tells
me these sort of stories We often hear this kind
of English and rarely read it, because writing E.
icits more reflection than speaking. The author
Of Macoria puts it into her books but she stands
almost alone in that Dickens is careless enough
to do it, but we do not remember just now an in
stance in which he uses it But Boz is full of sins
against grammar of almost every kind
The University. ..
There are ninety-two students present for duty.
Since the organization ofthe University there have
been one hundred and seven matriculates. These
have taken the several departments as follows:
Mathematics, and Civil and Military Engi-
neering and Construction Prot. Alexander, 81.
2-History, Political Philosophy, and Political
Economy President BarnweI, II.
3-Ancient Languages and Literature Prof
Rivers, "A.
4-Rhetoric, Criticism, Elocution, and Eng
lish Language and Literature - Prof LaBorde 81.
5-Chemistry, Pharmacy, Mineralogy, and Ge-
olog-Prof Joseph LeConte, g.
6-Natural and Mechanical Philosophy, and
Astronomy Prof John LeConte, 26.
Mental and Moral Philosophy, Sacred Lite
rature, and Evidences of Christianity Professor
Reynolds, %.
Ofthese hundred and seven students, hundred
and four are of South Carolina and three from
Georgia
The Catalogue will appear in about two weeks.
The new edition Of the By Laws is now ready
Professors Sachtleben (of Modern Languages)
and Darby of (Medicine) are still in Europe. They
will be here in time for the new session that opens
on the first Monday in next October
It is understood that DR.. Chisolm, elected to one
of the chairs of Medicine, will not accept. His
preference for the position he now holds in the
Medical College in Charleston, is said to be the
cause of this course. A professor to fill the chair
offered to him will probably be elected by the Board
of Trustees at its regular meeting in May.
Personals.
Miss Mulock, the author of John Raltar, Gen.
deman, is just forty years old and rejoices in the
name of Dinah Maria. That is the reason why
she is always spoken of as Miss Mulock simply
She is said to be very tall and rather gaunt-what-
ever that is. We speak of her as Miss Mulock,
because she is known to fame by that name only,
though she has recently married Her husband is
a Mr.. Craik, aged twenty-five.
Swinburn, the last-risen English poet, the auth
or Of Laus Veners, is described as, "Asmal, young
even boyish man, with handsome, regular features
and smooth skin; with eyes that glitter with thin,
flexible lips whose codness is in strange contrast to
the passionate intensity of his eyes; with great
deal of reddish hair that surrounds his face like
halo" ~. r-. -
Professor Seeley, who is now said to be the auth
or Of Ecce Homo, is son of Nh. Seeley, the well
known Evangelical publisher, and was educated at
the City of London School, under Dr. Mortimer.
Having proceeded to Cambridge, and entered at
Christ's College, he took bis degree in 1857, when
he was Senior Classic 3Oth Senior Optime, and
first Chancellor's Medalist. He is Professor of
Latin in University College, London.
Robert Broaoning, father of the poet, is dead:
and Robert Bro,oning, the poet, is writing new
poem on some medieval Roman legend.
Bul,or is in Italy.
George Peabody, who is giving away millions
every few days, is said to be worth five hundred
million $500, ,000, ,0OO) of dollars
Governor Orr is in Columbia, or Charleston, or
Washington, or somewhere else
Gavarmi- whom everybody knows as Gayarni,
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