Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-10-09

Aiken, and reached Charleston on Monday
morning, the 29th. No communication was
received by me, or, as far as my knowledge
goes, by any of the parties interested, from
that time until the afternoon of Tuesday, the
Both, when the following letter was recei-
we'd:
CHARLESTON, Sept 80, 1856.
Sir: Your note of the 9th instant, was
handed to me, on Sunday, in Aiken, by DR..
Furman, to whom I stated, I would return
an answer in Charleston.
Your communication gave me the first in.
timation that any difficulty had grown out
Of the publication of certain articles of which
you have avowed yourself the author.
took the most effectual means, circum-
stanced as | was, to put stop to the pro-
cccdings of which you notified me.
had hoped that these means would have
proved successful; that they were not, was
entirely beyond my control. I came to the
city the day after the receipt of your note in
Aiken; I then for the first time learned that
definite arrangements had been made for a
duel between Mr.. Taber and my brother,
the time for their meeting having been fix
cd at an hour prior to the arrival Of the cars
Your declaration of being the author of
the articles which have appeared in the
Mercury, addressed to myself is of no in
terest, or consequence to me Should /
deem it requisite to take any step, for meet
ing the unprovoked charges and aspersions,
| shall follow the dictates of my own sense
of duty and propriety, aided therein by the
counsel Of friends, and not regarding the
suggestions Of my assaiant. To the public
as we'll rs myself it is due that this corres-
pondepce should be known. Your obedi-
ent servant, A. G.. MAGRATH.
Mr.. EDMUND RHETT, JR.
The above statement I have felt it my
duty to make q. K. FURMAN.
FUNERAL OF w. R. TABER, JR.
The remains of our late associate and friend
Mr.. Taber, were yesterday consigned to their
last resting place in the cemetery of St..
Philips Church. Not many years since we
saw covered in the same narrow vault, the
dust of dear and near kinsman of his
widely known and honored for the same
qualities, that make us bow our head in sor-
row for the loss, not merely to ourselves, but
to the State, of man devoted to her service,
and having the ability to cnnoble her public
life. But we must not trust ourselves with
these recollections. There they repose, side
by side-Albert Rhett and William r. Ia.
ber.
The funeral services were performed with
touching solemnity by the Rev. Julius w.
Stuart who had been the playmate in child
hood the companion and devoted friend in
youth and manhood, of his deceased kius-
man. The Church was crowded with an as.
semblage, drawn together by common feel
ing Of respect and affection for the young
man, who has thus been suddenl taken from
the midst of an energetic life, with the high
est hopes clustering around him.
Mr.. Taber was calculated by his nature
to concentrate strong affections upon him, as
he was by his talents to raise high expecta-
tions of future usefulness. No man ever
was more sincere in his personal character,
more frank in his temper, more beyond all
deviation from the conscientious convictions
of right, more fearless in following up his
convictions; and no man, since the days
when our patriot leaders took their residence
in the swamps and fens rather than submit
to hated tyranny, ever had more true and
earnest patriotism. He loved South Carroll
ua as his first love. Her safety, her honor,
her future, were always in histhoughts; and
in his death, the State has suffered the loss
of one of the truest aud most faithful of
those who have made her soil classic for
manliness and self.devotion.
What is felt privately in this bereavement,
we cannot venture to speak of; but the gen.
erous and kindly sympathy of the public,
expressed in so marked a manner, will be
remembered in calmer times as a source of
consolation. To die is the lot of all; to die
honored and regretted, is the lot only ofthose
who have high and noble qualities. When
the longest life has secured this honor and
this regret, it has achieved the highest hopes
of human ambition. - Charleston Mercury.