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Price Of New York Liverpool ns cabin $780,
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TTNIE LAST LOT THIS SEASONING open this
Il morning the last lot Of those black
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point material trimming, finish
the best make offered In this market. j.aa 5
Black cloths ribbed and plain thick
k yelvc all widths ladies cks basques probably
largest cheapest lot the District tt f't I7s 'A
ladies' gloves all sxes.
One price only marked plain figures purchaser
overcharged. s.-s... ~ n. y. ...-
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rRorosxp DAr.s or A.l1Iso.

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No So Wall street, N. Y.
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ubhng the same the charge Of this bureau 1 |
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dranghsman This bureau has
Of ali ordnance the manufacture or pu
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Everything rpnected tberewih also pro
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Bucx,u o5 Medicine Surgery William Whean surgeon ph'
states passed. assistant surgeon United
Everything relating TO medicines ana
OF sick and wounded ANA management o
hospitals comes the superintendence OF this bureau
af' WAR ..sH .t..
, Floyd secrcary Of War; r. Dnkard, ehef o'ork
clerks and four watobmep Inc
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Xsiau o@oeAc samuel Cooper Adjntant General
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-29

In response to our request, the GnaTdadn ha
sent US the article in relation to Mr.. BoYoE's 20
sition on the Conference Bill. We publish it, as =
matter Of course: but we must insist that in moi
doing 50 heretofore we have been guilty of n
want Of courtesy, The reply copied by US con
tanned every wosd. penned by the Guardian, which
could be deemed pertinent to the issue and il
now publishing the article entire. we merely pu'
the reader in possession Of a brace Of paragraph
extracted from the Sumter Waterman. against ou'
Omission of which the Guardian certainly had no
right to complain. We had no motives for making
the omission, however: on the contrary, General
BosHAa's course in this matter has heretofore met
our unqualified approval. But, at the same time.
We have uttered no word of censure upon the other
members of the delegation, whose position we be
lieye TO have been dictated by the highest sense Of
duty and we now make our protest against any
measure which, looking to their condemnation,
would tend to divide and distract our now unitr''
c~ounsels. The occasion is too trivial and as far
es our own District is concerned, We are willing TO
be pledged that We will not, for such slight and
unworthy cause, put aside q faithful public ser
want, whose career, in its every incident, has il
lustratsd an able and constant devotion to thu
honor and well. being of the South.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
MEETING OF THE BAR.

A meeting OF the members of the YorkviIle
Bar was held at the Court House, on Monday 26
inst, to offer some testimony of respect to the
memory of their deceased Brother, Col. 1. D.
W1THERspooy.
Col. W. C. Beatty was called to the chair, and in
, few feeling and appropriate remarks explained
the object of the meeting.
G. W. Williams, Esq, the contemporary of Col.
". fur thirty years 10 the practice Of the law
with remarks warmed by the eloquence Of true
ceiling. offered the following Preamble and Reso-
lutions:-
Whereas, The mournful Intelligence has reached
IS of the sudden death If Col. Isaac D WITHER
SPOON. lately one uf the members nt the YORK
lille Bar. We desire. while vi yield q patient
nhmission to this ~fl;c'ive dispansation. to avail
urselves of the sad privilege of rendering a trih
,te to the many vir'u"s and excellencies when
Horned his character and life h"th as n man and
l LAWYER. Kind. conrtenus. and honorable in hi-
department., throughout a long able and success
al professional career. he had won fur himself
he universal esteem If the Bench and Bar. D.
':nqu;shph for his unaffected sympathy with. anda
generous liberality toward. tn younger members
f the profession. to them he had especially en-
feared himeelf.
H. was alphabetically r kind'and courteous gen.
reman and an honest man. W. sincerely mourn ms
ga and deeply svmpath;ze with his family IN
heir sad herea vempnt. Therefore
Resolued Isl. That we the members ct the
Y.rkvillp Bar. trnlv lament she denth of Col.
Isaac DoxNoM WITHERsPooN-onr professional
,;rcle has been deprived If one Of its hrightest or
dmen,s anil the country Of a distinguished bene
actor.
R,solued 22. That we WEIR the usual badge OF
,,"u-'.;rc for .hir'v days in respect to the memory
of our late brother.
Resolved Sd. That the chairman Of this meeting
ania copy Of the above preamble and resolutions
n" hereaved widow Of our deceased friend and
brother. ,
Resoloea A.. That the newspapers published
II this town be requested to publish these resolu-
rions.
The resolutions being seconded BY J. Bolton
smith, E q.-addresses of deep feeling were made
hy Messrs Clawson, Wilson & Moore respectively
sitter. which the preamble and resolutions were
unanimously 3 lopted.
". C. BEATTY, Cam'n.
W. B. WILSON, Secretary.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
A TRIP OUT-W EST.
NUMBER VI.

!Mr. Edior:-Ileft you atthe State Penitent'ary:
or rather. I was that far along in my narratives:
FOR I certainly do not mean 10 insinuafe thar
you we're in. or deserved to he in, confines OF such
stone and iron restraints. am perfectly willing
for gentlemen of your craft to have the largest
liberty Of person and opinion; nor did mean
that any mishap had bef'llen me so as to necr'-
state INV introduction to the conditions of a con-
vict, in durancs pile. No; hut in company with Ia
dies and gentleman, all of whom were curious to
see tbe di ference between Jail life and penitentiary
confinement, we drove up the gravelei, or Nc
Ajamizr.l, avenue and entering the front door into
the keepers or clerks office, we were refreshed
with cool fresh water anil politely invited to put
our names and State on thu book of record. as is
usual in such cases. We noticed pistols, rifles
and mu-kets on the walls convenient tor use IN nm
emergency, aud q few individuals could DO sesa
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
DANCING.


Mr.. Editor:-In an artic Q entitled ga Dance
which appeared in your last issue, the writer seems
to have abandoned almost entirely, the grounds he
hid assumed in a previous article on the same
snhject: and in answering those of our arguments
which he attempts to meet, displays a talent for
evasion and perversion which is not remarkably
characteristic Of n searcher after truth. We take
it for granted TINT the objections urged against
dancing, in his first article, have been sntisfactori'
" answered. since in his last, he alludes to but
one of them, which is, that we hare no standard
by which to regulate ourselves in the indulgence
of o dance. On this point VIC have only one OBJ
s~ervation to make. God has given us appetites
and desires; we have also been gifted with reason
and intellect, to guide US in their government. ard
there is not, nor can there be, any standard
whereby we are to be regulatcdin their indulgence.
except the dictates of common sense, decency and
propriety.
Concerning dancing parties, we remarked' that
nar.nts always had an opportunity Of knowing
what would be the character of the company into
which their children would be thrown on such o-
c~asions, from the names of the managers. T" this
he replies, that "thpse are matters to be passed
upon by the judgments Of the parents" We &C.
knowledg, the right Of the parent to decide in
such cases, and We do not object to their e1erci'
sing it in any and every instance. His answer is
entirely irrelevant. and dnes not affect our posi-
-
ton in the least. II am willing" says this writer.
"to let Comus dance, but I an not willing to be
made to dance myself, when | 10 not feel like 1t"
It is not our object to compel any one to dance,
..when they do not feel like it," hut when we en-
gage in it ourselves, we do not wish to be charged
with righteousness. revealing. rioting, drunken
ness and such like But there is a moral to be
drawn from the sentence quoted above. An u"
willingness to dance when he does "not feel ike
it," certainly implies a willingness to do So when
he does "feel like it - and since he characterizes
dancing rs sinful, we conclude that he will commit
sin only when he ''feels like it."
Again, this opponent Of dancing says, 'that
whirh is diverted from its use, is abused. know
of no use to which dances in parties can be ap'
piled, hut to the clarifying of the Lord when d-
verted from this use it is abused. and therefore IS
SIM" The reasoning here is entirely fallacious.
the arguments based upon the assumption, that
dancing is sinful except when employed 70 glorify
the Lord a propos ton which We do not admit,
since 1t is the very question under discussion.
In commenting upon dancing ss prasticed in tho
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OF pTeCcpL ~ u ~ NV W seSs
''emiuent Minister is mistaken" Nature itself
receives law at the mouth Of God, and the nature
Of things cannot give to man q rule for his right
action toward God, and toward man, above, be.
yond, or outside Of the will Of God. There is no
such Law in the universe Of God, making actions
,iaqht In the nature or fitness Of things. Other.
wise, there is q law in nature, or things superior
to the will Of God. This is nonsense II is hete-
rodoxy.
Nor will "a Presbyterian" be able to procure
the endorsement of these bis sentiments on tho
source of moral obligation. by one schoofin Theoi-
ogy in any one of all ''the Christian denominations
among u.s." Verify not in the old.school Presby.
terrain crowd. And I feel persuaded, that in this
particular matter, he stands alone hereabouts;
aud.I am Of opinion, that bis sentiments in this
psrticulsr matter, will not be endorsed by any
one Minister of the Gospel, Of any one Of 'the
Christian denominations among u.s." AndI am
sorry that he thus has written over the name Of
"A Presbyterian" The name is. thereby scan.
dalizsd. u ,-1
"a Presbyterian" plays considerably on the re.
q%uirement I made Of Polemou, and calls it an seq.
pres, precept in SO many words" required by me,
for the "obhgasiop on Christians to become mem.
bers Of temperance societies." He vaunts not Q
little about the moral obligation of Cain to abstain
from the murder Of his brother Able &c., whilst
as yet the moral law was not promulgated until
the time Of Moees. He talks much also about
the want Of ''erpres' precept" for infant baptism,
and the communion Of women with the male dis
ciples at the Lords supper: This alliss bubble :
he saw, or might have seen, that what I required
of Polemon, is a precept, direct or indirect, e1.
pressed or implied, or one example on the suthori.
ty of God, which lays1ou us .'the mora, obligation
to become members Of temperance societies" He
first built up man Of straw, in order to knock
him down. sud'theu to brag about 1t. He seems
too much inclinedto 60 to splitting hairs for our
entertainments. and edifcatiou, by strained criti.
cisms IN many pieces, in order to erect a rule for
moral obligation The critics trade Is not III 10
lsarn ne hes only to say Of what's done, 1t might
1sptbsap 6s9er dopess9t Us ,gaos j. 5sCG
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DEATH OF COL. I. d. wITHERSPOON.

DEATH VI COLs As Ds ooN.
= Our people have learned, with profound rtgre'.
that our distinguished fellow citizen, Col. 1sAA'
D. WITHERsPooN, is no more. He died at til
White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, on Tuesday TIL
Goth instant, of paralysis. The sad intelligence
was not unexpected; a severe attack Of paralysis.
last; Spring, had worn out his strength, and he lrf'
us,sfew weeks since, to seek the bracing influence
Of the mountain air, with very faint hopes of re-
covery. His remains were buried, for the time, il
Virginia.
The death OF such q man devolves the taska o.
the eulogist upon older and ADLER pens than our
The character and eminent services of Col. WITH
sRsPoos are the property Of York District. an
to the people, and especially to men who were con
temporary with him, it belongs to pronounce =
just and fitting praise. Formore than thirty year.
he has been intimately associated with. and mai
tanned a commanding influence upon. the progress
OF our District. Born and reared in Lsncast"' d.
he came to Yorkville about the year 1925, an
entering upon the duties Of bis profession, 500
reached q leading position at the Bar, which h
maintained, with undiminishei success, until d.
olining health 70 oed him to retire from activ
life. In 1885, Col. wITHERspooN was sent to tn
Legislature, and served in the lower House unt
1910, when he was elected to the Senate withour
opposition, and continued a member Of that bod
nntil 1856. During these twenty years Of pubic
service, Col. WfrHEsspoos was sustained by on
people with q copstancy which is seldom awarded
to any man; and which is only equalled by thu
faithfulness, the devotion, The singular success
with which he discharged hin trust and watche
over the interests Of hs constituency. In this r.
cord, none can fail to discern the influences whic'
attend the man Of kind heart and generous i'm
pulses - the faithful and constant friend; the hi
eral and high.toned lawyer: the able and vigilan
public servant: and the christian gentleman -
Such was Col. WlTHERsPnoN. and such the con .
mandine traits which secured to him the high r..
-Harda of a real earnest life.
In another column, we publish the proceedings
Of the members Of the Bar, and while we comment
the heartfelt sentiment which prompted an
marks this feeling tribute, we beg to add. in be
half Of our community, IN expression Of the earn
est sympathy they would extend tn the estimah;'
family who mourn under this truly affective be
reayement. o.
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
TO HON. ROBERT O.. MscAW.

discussion has been had, and some degree OF
interest appears to exist in the District, in relation
TO the action of the last Legislature on the Bank
question. Knowing that you as our Senator re-
cognize to the full extent the right of the Cons,it-
uent to know the political opinions of his Rep
resentstive. I venture to ask that you favor us,
through the press, with your views upon the sus-
pension of the second Section Of the Act of 1910,
end upon the Banking policy Of the s'nte.
A CONSTITUENT.
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building Of new churches. the extension oil chIrcn
membership. and the shutting up OF gr"g shops
and other places of had repute. Charleston, a,'er
all, is not wor.e than her neighbours, ana Snaom
had had rs many righteous men she ~r1I nave
stood till this day. MAdNohih.