The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-02-12
Letter from Ca.r,..ron, 8. c.
oRREsPoHDENcE EoFTHE EDIsPATCH

CHARLESTON, February 9, 1857.
Mr.. Richard Yeaden, the Senior Editor Of the
Charleston Courier, to whom referred In my last
occupies the same prominent position and personal
influence 10 the South Carolina press which were
once held by John Hampden Peasants and Thos
Ritchie In the press Of Virginia His profession ID
the lSw-not Is with many of our editorial frater'
nifty, nominal profes sion, but actively and labo-
riou 'ly pursued, and with great honor to himself
He occupies high position At the Charleston bar,
and is distinguished rs strong and logical rea
soner. One would think that lawyer, in the full
tide of successful practice, could iud but little
leisure for editorial pursuits yet Mr. Yeadon COM
Dimes the energetic aud successful discharge of both
In manner which slieve has never had paral
lei In this country, except in the case of the late
Charles Hammond, Of Cincinnati, "a native of Vir-
gnia) who was at once the great lawyer and the
great editor of Ohio The Courier, large. hand
some and admirably arranged newspaper, is neu
trail in its politics, but Mr.. Yeadon ia Whig and
one of the omnibus load of Wings in the city Of
Charleston. Being myself a Whig, and sympa-
thizinG with Wings everywhere, cannot but feel
peculiar admiration for that rdrd aris South Caro-
lima Wing. A man who can preserve his Wbis
faith, unn,uiilated and uniarnisaed, against such
overwhelming odds on the other side, as Souih
Carolina presents, would have gained glory among
the three hundred of Thermopy'e. or rode the
foremost horseman In the charge ct BalakIaya -
Notwithstanding Mr. Yeadons politics, however
he was elected 10 the last South Carolina Legisla
ture from Charleston, and at the election by that
body of Presidential electors, was the only Fill
more member Of the Legislature. 1t is not matter
of surprise, therefore that even South Carolina
Leopdas surrendered in the face CT such foe, and
gracefully moved.tbat the election be made unani-
nous. Mr. Yeadon, last summer, made Tip to
the North, and held long interviews with Rev
Theodore Parker and other prominent aboiition-
ists. in which he drew from them statements OF
th, ic opinions aHd views, meeting them in return
with such arguments and facts as an intelligent
Southern gentleman would naturally present In
teresting accounts of these interviews were writ
ten by him to his paper in Charleston He seems
to have been generally treated with that courtesy
due to one who is 30 distinguished by his chvairic
character and courteous bearing. On Ole sion,
however, " hie travelling in railroad car, an abo
litionst addressed him In a rude and personal man
ner, which Mr.. Yeadon promptly resented by
taking him by the beard and giving him blow,
whereupon bis adversary declared that he would
take the law CT him Upon this, MIR. Yeadon an
nounced his determination Ii he was to suffer from
the law, to earn the penalty of the law to the full
and administered to his opponent thorough
thrashing. He happily escaped without any lega
visitation, and, upon his return to Charleston, was
elected to the Legislature from that city He is a
man of wonderful vim and energy of body and
mnd-enough. as one Of his friends expresses it,
to supply dozen men.
His associate Mr.. Carlyle, is young gentl, man
of bright promise, of very highly cultivated mind,
and one of the finest specimens CT high souled
and whole-souled Carolina gentleman have ever
seen. He graduated with great distinction ct the
South Carolina College at Columbia, aud has ap.
piled his fine powers and requirements with un.
tagging energy to bis honorable vocation l,
requires no prophet to predict for such man q
brilliant and useful future. 1t is not matter OF
surprise that the journalists Of South Carolina &C.
cupy so high place in the respect and confidence
of that community, when we fnd its ranks filled by
men so eminen.ly calculated to guide and eai ehen
public opinion
The Rev. Mr.. Myers editor of the Methodist
Christian Advocate is another of the gentlemen OF
the press Of Charleston, with whom I had the
pleasure of considerable intercourse. Mr.. Myers
was the President of the first female college ever
established in this country, Gin Georgia,) and Is
now the editor CT the paper have mentioned,
which has some ten thousand subscribers He is
young man for either position, but one of the
iuest intelects in the Methodist pulpit. well
an able and influential editor. The Charleston
press indeed numbers in its ranks some remarka
Bile men. The Mercury has long been known as
one of the very ablest political papers III the land
the Evening News is conducted with marked spirit
and talent, and the Standard, journal of more
recent date is worthy member of the same dis
tin guished fraternity. B.