Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-06-18
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENTS.
JOHN BELTON O'NEALL,
President State Temp. Society.


CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE.
CHARLESTON, June 10, 1857.
Thisis the last day of grace which the ta1-pay-
ers are allowed, and those who are so unfortunate
as to pay their dollar the assessed value of their
heads) and have the receipt in their pockets be-
fore seven o'clock this evening, will not be allow
ed to vote for the next Mayor and Common Coun-
ci My disfranchisement for one year, depends
pretty much upon the length Of this letter, as it
is now FIVE o'clock, and it is my design to finish it
and stop at the City-Hall, and deposit the price
of my capital extremity, as 60 to the Post Office,
so I shall blame you, Messrs. Editors, if I
should not be qualified voter at the next elec-
ton. tits true, might have attended to this
matter before, but it was such small affair that
I could not bring my mind to bear upon it for
more than minute ct n time, and that always
happened to be when did not have the money.
It might be the best in the end, for me not to
vote ut oil, for then, let who would be elected,
could have the privilege Of finding fault with the
city Government and quarreling with the city
fathers rs much as chose. You know that the
privilege of grumbling is very highly esteemed by
ns republicans and if there is any sin, Of which
we a.e guitless, it is that Of being pleased with
our rulers, especially those whose special business
it is to impose taxes and appoint days for their
payment sow young man this morning. who
told me, with striking elongation Of countenance,
that all his taxable earthly chattles, consisted of
second hand buggy, which cost him fifty dollars,
on which he had to pay twenty-five dollars tax,
which he seemed to think, was going it rather too
strong on the skinning principle. Those who
dance, must expect to pay the piper and those who
live in big cities, and walk paved streets by gas
light must expect.to pay for the privilege.
We can now ride on railroad to Memphis,
which the city of Charleston helped to build, and
that is certainly worth something The new Fish
Market is magnificent structure, and Is decided
ly on ornament to the Ferry boat wharf, and alto!
gether useful, as hiding place for drunken hr-
manity, who may have the fear of the police be-
fore their eyes, rs it has not yet been opened for
the accommodation of those who deal in the fnny
tribe and other monsters of the mighty deep
And, am sure, that every tax payer in Charles
ton, feels proud, when he looks upon that palatial
Fifth Avenue structure, and reflects that his money
helped to build it. It is looked upon here, as
rather misfortune to be encumbered with large
property, and man is looked upon as particular
-ly fortunate, who is able to be wealthy, with all
the drawbacks that wealth now entails.
And there is the Artesian Well, an enterprise ut
once, "grand, gloomy and peculiar" and which
should immortalize the gigantic intellect that con-
ceived it, But the conception is all, for the man
who carried it out, has not yet been found-per-
haps he is yet to be rocked in his cradle. And
though, it has cost the city q cool seventy-iye
thousand ofhard cash, yet we should be proud to
leave it to posterity, as monument Of our genius
and enterprise And though an ornament to that
part of the city, yetit is not valued alone for that,
for its useful qualities are equally prominent and
striking as am toldit is designed by the founders
to turn it into free observatory, where the mass
es con 20 tomorrow, and look at the Comet Not
from the bottom of the well, but from the top of
the cupoa, MS you must know it hos steeple, al
most as high as st. Michaels. You must not laugh
at the idea of we'll having steeple, as you know
that we city people have great many things,
that you do not have away up in the country, so
far away from the sea-shore and city taxes.
The weather is hot as blazes and dry as tinder
box, and rain is badly needed but theresis but lit
tie prospect Of our being blessed with the much
needed showers for some timeto come. saw
friend from Yorkville last week, who told me that
the farmers in that section were complaining Of
too much rain. wish we could transfer little
of the samples that has blessed other sections, to
our thirsty and exhausted cisterns, for we shall
soon be sadly in need Of good drinking water.-
The weather for the last week has been exceed
ingly hot, and has only been rendered toerable to
sesthing, melting humanity, the occasional sea-
breezes that blow in from the Bay.
Two of the daily papers fave honorsd the COM
ct with complimentary paragraph and apprized
their readers of the near approach Of this heav-
enly ysitant which is so soon to honor this muddy,
mundane sphere with mustard-pot visit. 1t is
said now to be visible to the naked eye about three
o'clock in the morning, at On angle Of forty-ve de-
grees above the Eastern horizon, but there is
much disappointment expressed in the fact that it
has no tail, which induces some to doubt its genu
ineness, while others are disposed to believe it
some Yankee invention got up for the purpose of
frightening Southerners into submission. If it
should prove base fabrication, the public can sue
and recover damages from the astronomers, news
papers and almanac makers who have made them
selves partceps crminis or accessories before the
fact in the herculean humbug the spurious issue
of heavens coin. The time appointed for its ar
rival ut q small town in Missouri, is twenty min
utes past ten o'clock tomorrow morning, which
will give us time to notice the result in the after
noon's paper, as we have already made arrange
ments to get the news by telegraph direct from
st. Louis.
Palmetto Division is trying to make up COM
pany of thirty, the number required by the s. c.
Railroad, on condition of the reduction of fare to
visit Yorkville during the meeting of the Grand
Division on the 23rd Of July. We hope to be able
to raise the number, as we are all anxious to see
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