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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25

sold and the people have obtained their own funds.
rates will continue high.
1.-The Bank Returns for January have at last
appcarc;l-ninytecn days after they arc prepared!
Why is this? The information is stale or aIueess
before it usually reaches the pu lie. Surely the
Comptroller Gc:.'i.l cali effect more pr"nlptltudc
in this matter, AMI can, least, permit AMI diItcf
the Returns OF our City Banks To be Puh'lshcd nj
once without waiting far all those oi IN" ilsue
country Banks, which can he a'ld"d when they
come.
"It will b" observed tia; t'.c c;.1n'at"n remain
ed contracted to an extremely l"w point --iIa.t t.:
w,lrt it WIS for the corr;Sp pn'iirG month "l last
Year. And 81 the amount. i'riruni al tEc rShtrch
Banks. the Bank Of the Stare Of South Carolina,
the Railroad B INK the Bank of II snIhurg ard the
Farmers and Exchange Bank. furnish one hall
Sp cie on hand has increased, and is nearly equal
to the usual quantity, and which l. hot over one
third enough to sustain home credits. The kl'ing
business has somewhat fallen off, anil 'D'mcSiir
Exchange is at an unusually low figure The
banks have hern able do better, hy selling sight
drafts on Northern cities at , to " per cent. ana
making with the concomitaut operations, from
To j per cent. month. Suspension Is not such an
i'll wind that i; blows nobody good
'.Cp0n the whole W. conclude tlat there Is
good time coming ami that it would he usually
'on hand in q cotton and rice country, II the law
would keep the Banks straight.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
DIR. wAYLAND ANSWERED.

This noted abolitiouist. who is weil-known at
the South as the author of elementary works on
Moral Philosophy and Political Economy, used in
some Of our Schools and Colleges, and also by
various letters on the subject Of slavery, has been
FUSED up" rather sammarily by Working
mai" in the following ad hominem style. We
have only space for q few extracts:
On looking over late paper. observed that q
meeting had been held at Clinton Hall, to devise
means for sending destitute women to the West,
where MIR. Pease (of the Five Points Mission, l
suppose) said there were Jetween 1000 and 49,,
OOO ~omm hriny Gy prostitution IN New York;
was the more struck with this statement from the
circumstance Of having read, month or two ago,
on the authority OF u physician Of hospital on
BackweIls Island, that some two-thirds of his
patients during the previous year had been treated
for venereal diseases, and that large portion of
them were mere children; also, that the per cent
age of such cases had more than doubled within
very brief period-I think less than two years.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
THE CHESTER STANDARD.

Our near neighhor and cotemporary, the Chester
Standard, contains the valedctory offriend AlcKLE
He expresses desire to ''retire to private life and
cnioy otium cum dgnitdt"" the boon so often vainy
sighed for by mortal man. Our best wishes at
tend him wherever he goes, and may he prove
CESAR when he meets his delinquent subscribers
at 'Phillippi."
c. S. BRIcE, Esq, is now editor and proprietor
of the !SGndard 1t could not have fallen into
better hands 1t will not Ge his fault, if the pa
his practical and sensible salutatory we make the
following extract:
"Whe the occasion might justify even a de-
talel discussion of opinions anl principles. we do
not purpos at this time TO avail ourselves OF the
opportunity thus presented. Nor are We disposed
to trammel ourselves with any unnecessary dccla-
rations of what shall be course in every given
case which may arise in the future. Suffice 1t to
say, we arc perfectly willing that our paper should
speak for itself, and always be Judged by its own
uttcrauccs. Fully impressed with the truth Of
that noble aIothegm Of Lord Bacon, wherein,
under the inspiration of deeply practical philos-
ophy, he says. The duties of life are more than
te we VIII ever SlrlNc tO ACT up W lts Siiuic p"'
most expressive tcaching-preterring always the
useful TO the merely ornamental. Il shall be our
first object to make the STANpARpa Chester paper
"A paper worthy Of our District and our people.
We the more gladly welcome friend BnIcE into
the editorial fraternity, rs we know he will bring
with him the weight of sound judgment ard an
independent pen. To him, therefore, we gladly
extend the hand of fellowship. lie will find that
an editor is no Sybarite, that he sleeps not on
bed of roses, but the profession has its pleasures
occasional dallianccs with the MUSES., short
communings with philosophy, the risbc Influence
of genuine humor-in word-a birds-eye view
of the map of busy and iuctuating life in all its
phases. Itis also field in which to be useful,
sufficiently broad to satisfy the most ardent disci-
pie of Lord BACON. Put thy shoulder to the
wheel then, friend BRIcE, and let us "climb the
hill thegither"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
MEXICO.

This semi-republican neghbor has for sometime
been in a state of anarchy. The rival factions
contend for supremacy. The PRESIDENT CoNoN-
FORT, has left a substitute and come to New Or
leans. The Pronunciados have appointed coun-
Gil and organized government In addition TO
this, General ALFONSO, atFera Cruz, has declared
for SANTA ANNA. All parties are preparing to
march on the capital. Nothing can save Mexico
but nm infusion of Anglo-Saxon blood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE

CHARLESTON, feO J -.
This day is the one hundred aud twenty-sixth
birth day of WASHINGTON, and as such, will be
celebrated with patriotic pride and festive joy
throughout the Union. The occasion was OBJ
served in this city with much life and spirit, and
the Military and Fire Department were out in full
force and feather, to do appropriate honors to the
Joyous occasion. The streets were all alive with
wheeling columns, haltng squadrons, Haunting
colors, gttering bayonets and nodding plumes,
and at night the social glee was renewed around
the festive board, where it was kept up in the
feast of reason and the flow of soul till the small
hours of the morning.
The South Carolina Historical Society met this
morning. and among other things, committee was
appointed to consider and report on the propriety
of establishing monthly periodical under the
patronage Of the Society, and to be devoted chiefly
to historical subjects. One of our most promin-
ent and enterprising book firms have signihed
Willingness to take hold Of the matter, and for
ward the enterprise by all the means in their
power. At the end Of the year the numbers will
be bound and form the second volume of the His
torcal Collections of the Society.
There is something like a rebellion among the
Cadets of the Citadel Academy which is likely to
be attended with consequences which may serious
" effect the interest of the Institution. The mat
ter has got into the papers, but the particulars
have not yet been made public. The difficulty, 1
believe, is confined to single class, and is said to
have originated in an attempt by one of the Pro-
fessors to introduce some new regulations which
he borrowed from the Public School, and to which
the class, in a body, refused to submit. The
Board of Visitors meet tomorrow to consider the
present condition Of affairs, when the matter will
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25

treason and corruption excepting the above, they
also used every artifce to corrupt and enlist our
soldiers. \ fray happened at Haddrel's Point be-
tween the servants of the officers and the British
boatmen, &c. These new tangled royal negro
subjects or his British Majesty, George III,
though, themselves superior to, what they called
American rebels The American hearts of liberty
could not bear - be called rebels by such-a fray
then began. and bis majesty's black subjects &C.,
were drove of Haddres Point. TIE American
officers very naturally took the part of their SER
wants saw them drove over the creek Mt the
point into the marsh, and several pistols fired at
them Col. B1lfour, the British commandant Of
Charleston, took this in high dudgeon. and threat
dia islands. This stretch of tyranuic power, We
could not bear the thought of submitting to. 1t
was a breach Of our paroles on their part and
am sure that we would all rather have died in the
attempt to join our army under General Green,
than to have submitted so such tyranny. 1t, how
ever, gave rise to communications between the
British Generals and ours, which finally ended 10
an exchange vi some prisoners and sending the
remainder to jamestown, in Virginia. 1t was re-
ported amongst us, and believe it to be fact,
that there were frequent communications between
General Green and our General at the Point, and
that Colonel Grimke was often there. The officers
had formed the plan and put it partly into execu-
ton, to force their way through every opposition
and join our army, if the British had persisted in
their design of sending US to the West India ISL
ands. For the purpose of joining our army, the
officers and their servants had armed themselves
with what arms they had, and marched out of
their barracks towards our Generals quarters,
with our blankets on our backs and our arms in
our hands. What q grotesque figure We made?
But on our way there, we received the joyful news
that we were to be sent to jamestown, in Virginia,
town in ruins, built by the first settlers in 1907.
So We returned gladly to our quarters, and pre-
pared to embark on our voyage. Thus great good
was produced from little patriotism in our COM
mon soldiers. 1t was my destiny to be in every
dangerous enterprise since Joined the army
The British were convinced that we were too dan
gerous neighbors at Haddrers Point, and they
were glad to get rid of US on almost any terms.
TO BE CONTINUED. -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
THE FIRST FLOWERS.

We have received the first token of returning
Spring, a beautiful boquet, redolent with the
breath of the sweet South" Lo. here are red
roses and white, hyacinths, ionquis, riolets and
geraniums. with background of arJor ritae-
what beautiful group. And all arranged with
such exquisite taste Our thanks to the "beauti-
full unknown" for present which we know how
to prize. Our appreciation is no less if we can
not express it SO musically as y. ?. WILLIS:
There is to me
A daintiness about these early flowers,
That touches me like poetry. They blow out
With such n simple loveliness among
The common herbs of pastures, and breathe
Their lives so unohtrusivcly, like hearts
Whose beatings are too gentle for the world
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
PHILIP s. WHITE, ESQ.

We observe by letter addressed to Judge
ONEALL, and publishedn in the Charleston Courier
that PHILIP s. WHITE, has again connected him
self with the Sons of Temperance. We make the
following extract from Mr.. WnlrE's letter:
"PnILADELpuIA, February Sd, 1858.
Dear Sr:-Your kind letter Of the 25h ult. is
before me, and it seems to rebuke me for not hav
ing sooner answered it. 1t merits the imputation
of want of courtesy, yet have an excuse to Of
fer for it, which your generous heart will no doubt
gladly accept. The too hasty action of the Divis-
ion, by which my connection with it was dissolved,
so irrtated me- that | determined never again to
seek admission into the Order; and, no doubt, !
would have executed my purpose had it not been
for the interest which your letter conveys. l had
no sooner perused its contents than | repented Of
my determination, and resolved to resume the po
sition from which I had dispensed innumerable
blessings, and by hch had myself been blessed
| fastened accordingly to my old DiviSion--"llope
Division"-that, under the 9gis of its taSmanic
name and in placid haven of its bright sea Of
happy Influences might cast anchor ami ride in
safety for the remainder Of my life. To await the
qualification of this desire, which was consumma-
ted on last evening, is the excuse offer you for
not replyiugto the expressions Of your gen.
erous sentiments"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
EnGARTIEs l. STILLMAN.

We would call attention to the advertisement
of these enterprising merchants, to be found in
another column. We have also received fifty cop
les of their "D.y Goods Almanac" for gratuitous
distribution. Call and get one, and study OSna-
burgs, Cottouadcs, Cassimeres and Astronomy
The calculations are made expressly for South
Carolina and Georgia, and as Almanacs seldom lie,
it may be supposed this never does. You can get
it '.frce gratis and for nothing" and one Will
keep you in time for whole year.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
GREAT BARGAINS

Look at the notice Of Mr.. ALLEN, VINO proposes
to sell at auction on next saes-day his fine ass"rt
ment of goods OF all kinds. Now is your time TO
make purchases. See also his request t" those
,vbo ora indebted to him-a word to the wise is
sufficient,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
THE WEATHER..

We imagined few days since, that Spring had
really ccme with its ha!my kisses and genial ca
rcsses, but Winter still ''lingering," chiis such
pleasant thoughts. Yesterday we had n s'sht
snow and the clouds arc dark and lower'ng-the
presagc, we fear, of proracted cold and Indictment
weothcr
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
RETURN DAY.,

The Rubicon is pasScG-thc lawyers fa'tcn
apace. On Friday and Saturday they were Kept
busy, but they 'hurried up the the cake" and
the docket shows over five hundred cases. We
think this the wrong time to sue, if there is
chance to avoid it, but-so tits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
ISABEL: OR, THE LOST CHILD.

On our first page will be found this story
promised in our last. 1t will be found highly
entertaining, and without hesitation We commend
it to our readers Judge for yourselves.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
KANSAS.

Gen. CALHOUN publishes long statement in
the Washington J'njon on the affairs of Kansas.
His conduct has not been such rs to elevate him
above suspicion. Procrastnating his decision on
the election returns and cquivocating at every
step, he must appear to those not in the secret,
a fellow of infrte jest, Of most excellent fancy"
But the mystery is explained, when it is known
that he is a parasite of Judge DOUGLASS, who has
kindly volunteered to keep his conscience for him,
to direct his feeble Judgment, and to manage Kan-
sas for him. troubling him no farther than for the
use of his name For his base abandonment of
principle he deserves. and doubtless will receive,
the maledictions of the South and we would. were
it in our power,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25
Put in every honest hand whip
D lash the rascal naked thro' the world.

We regret that we cannot publish in ertenso the
severe and merited excoriation of this renegade
by our patriotic cotemporary-the Charleston
Nertmy. His assumed air of honesty is worthy
of his patron and tutor, the crafty % little giant"
"The reeking atmosphere of Washington has
had truly magical effect upon President CAL
uoUX "The little instrument Of mighty men, >
he aspires to guide the destines Of parties, to ex-
tricate the administration and his friend DOUGLASS
by one bold stroke from their difficulties and to
save the Democracy at the expense Of the South
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25

Soon after, in another column | found an extract
from letter of yours TO the Publishing Commit
toe Of the Tract Society, designed to persuade
them Of the duty of publishing tracts advocating
the conversion Of the negroes of the Southern
States into free negroes like those in S.. Domingo
and Spanish America and the Five Points.
Perhaps it WIS my own fmut, Ductor though
don't think 50; bur | Could not make these wv"
paragraphs harmonzc in my mlnd. threw down
The paper. but cuu!l L"' Iii."w dawn the fact
that all the great leaders 81 nhlr opin."m both III
New England and O.d. Vs.. til" t"r-c"prto" much.
They fight the devil wa broad swords ut u safe
distance, and leave every I':c: "f their own gar
deIs to the weeds ami thr nngS. wrrt 20 bc'l.
but could not sleep go"l WIS visited by II ve"v
worthless young negro IN dream. and he was
rcrY free. lawOke. | cogitatrd. At lat | said
I" myself Since Dr.. Wayaml and mi the wise
I.irm Of the East are 80 i0nl of freedom. why
should not crafty them hy speaking my mln'l to
them freely? Why not call their attention I"
some Of the wrongs AM miS"rics of tn: whne
slaves by whose toll they live, aud who have clnims
not merely on their tee$c,pic philanthropy, but
Oh their justice? I'll do it. Freedom shall be II
negro monopoly no longer" :
Perhaps you will point me to your preaching
clothes, and disclaim all connection with politics
but how comes it then that find you in the
political arena, warning against the South. Ii
you do not regard yourself as too sacred TO DO
mischief Mt n distance, shall not deem you too
sacred to fight your just share against Mammon at
home. Moses mcIllcd with the politics Of his
State, while letting al other States and their
institutions alone; and do you rank yourself a.
bove him? SO did Jesus of Nazareth oppose the
money power, when it was not half so false and
dishonest as it now is and to prevent His Apos-
Ties from getting cutangled in It's most "reSpecta-
bic" mcshes he forbid them from taking any
thing more than their vctuals for their preaching.
and from putting so much rs Il bit Of bread and
cheese in their pockets by way Of provision for
the morrow. Alb, had all who assume to speak i'll
his name only alleged his authority, Constantine
and the feudal robbers of late ages would never
Lave converted them into member, of the landed
aristocracy; nor would Bdde and Seward have
made them tools of the money power in our own
times Don't you think SO, DR.. Wayand:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25


interference in our behalf and for US to put our
confidence in his Almighty arm.
The garrison was sent prisoners of parole to
Hadrcl's Point, limited to six miles circumference
and prohibited from crossing any arm of the sea
or any water course, and afterwards Kindred from
gathering oysters on the banks, and were fed with
the refuse of their army's provisions The officers
were "vcn deprived Of their servants by the enc
my Cnticing them TO runaway and enlist with them,
thereby subjccting the officers to every inconve-
nence, which in the wan,onness of their pride and
power could be inflicted on them. Here had my
share suffering, and felt severely the want ofcom
Portable food and necessary clothing, and being
stranger without friends or relations in Charles
ton TO assist Inc in procuring the necessaries Of
ife-fOr a great part of them were sent to st.
Augustine, and some oil board prison ships and
those that remained were obliged to turn subjects
to the King, they then could not befrend US, with.
out endangering themselves. From the above
causes was compelled to depend on my own ex-
ertions, AID bear my hard lot as well as could.
Such food as was allowed me cooked myself my
servant having deserted With some difficulty, l
procured few yards of coarse Russia duck, which
by perSevering industry, | cut out and sewed up
into something resembling hunting shirt and
Overas.
These privations and sufferings, were not press
ed upon us without design-they were used as the
means, in my opinion to corrupt and force us to
turn traitors to our country. This appeared to me
manifest, by their "fferng, it Was said, commits
sion of the same grade in the British army, to
every American officer, who would join them, and
abandon the cause of liberty. None of our Cont
mental officers betrayed the confidence reposed in
them by their country, except Lieuenants William
Love aud William Oliphant. They sacrificed their
honor, their fidelity, patriotism and courage
these are the words of the American commissions.
They took commissions from the British and
bore arms against their country, that they had
pledged themselves to defend to the last. The
British finding that, no other impression could be
made OH the American officers, either by cruelty
otherwise, and that they were oil proof against
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-02-25

Journal.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, ex-Attorney Gen.
eral of the United States, and now member
ofthe Massachusetts, Legislature, is endeavor-
ing to oenlighteu the people of that benighted
State upon some ofthe proprieties of life. In
a recent speech, he used the following lam
guage: "There is no rule, which would ad-
NIT the black, which would not admit the
yellow men of China to citizenship and e.
quality. We should not admit either. We
are of that consummate white race, which
goes everywhere to command and to be obey
ed and while We admit the white race, the
Saxon and the Celt, we should not admit
either the red man of America, the yellow
man of Asia, or the black man of Africa"
- Bishop Bayley, the Catholic Bishop
of New Jersey, has issued manifesto, bring
ing the machinery of the church to bear
against the vice of drunkenness. His letter
on the subject has been read in all the chur-
ches, in which he calls attention to two clas-
es-the drunkards themselves, and the deal
ers in liquor. Leaving to the pastors the
choice of the particular means to be used,
he suggests that each should keep list of
the drunkards and liqour dealers in the
church. He says: 81 am determined to
make use of the most severe measures a.
gainst all who are addicted to this scanda-
lous vice and if they continue in the practice
fit, they must do it as outcasts from the
Catholic Church, who have no right to the
name Of Catholic while they live, nor to the
Christian burial when they die"
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-06-17
CircuIation FcO,oOo.

FEyIUS ELEGANT AND FAcCrv ,r1,-,,
LITERARY AyD W TaI,IIY 1f''Si,Itt Vr'ltf,iG ~ ny
MAG AZINF. closps H. frs+',ai,.,a - -
newt During the fcyr lriof 'oauH.' iH June
tarcc Il has aItained '-iCu.4'S u 10 GA,
in thc annals of tbc Press 0''''''l Neq""i'e9
The publishers bayino' ofroro, =,
,,,;,,,,s Tor cioice 1i.or,,T' otr,, - 't-
p,,,araos Ts.o,s p,o,s,. "o'5S' ",,3 ue stories,
riN@, ard ",' o'"ef spark
=; Iar,,or,- 1as+ al era - haenced
"A - +bo {yis;tor 1'''' fOOi'sA-
:" M. ~ n, " ~ T.it amt.
ly 1851. greatly improved and enloTrl6 -
Each number Nin contain th;rtv-two cvtra
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-06-17
Gleanlngs.
TIE MILLING MAID N THE MORNING,

TILE MILEING MAID II TIE MORNING.
Then the dew is on the clover,
And ,he g,rse in Autuma bloom,
end the primrose beds eli over
With acorn cups are streWa;
+nd the lazy rocks sit cawins
High upcn the taLest tree,
4 !ead my hciters, lowing,
20 tic milking through The lea.
Then calls to me
The cuckoo free;
and the blackbird at the dawning
Sings clear and ripe,
With his golden pipe,
70 the milking maid in the morning
fehen the bioocq is On the heon-stalk,
And the hare in green hedge-rows
tSashes her face with the 2ew-drops,
/ call TO NY new IBilch cows.
Fhe partridge springs, on dewy wings,
And the pheasant, under the bough,
Fla-hes the sheen or his purple rings,
AS my milk-white Ee.f3rs low.
And sings for me,
In greenwood tree,
The throstle fine at the dawEing;
And the sky lark lie
Pines checrily
To the milking maid in the morning