Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-06-10
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE,

SdhhLESTON, C0hC -
After o silence of some six weeks, during which
time I have been driven to and fro upon the land
and the sea, with scarcely q suficiency Of time to
collect my thoughts or indite a letter, I find my.
self again at home and prepared to give you the
more prominent points in the passing history Of
this "city by the sea-" Summer is once more up
on US, and the dull quiet Of the usual vacation du-
ring the cheated term is beginning to exhibit
itself in our streets and ~thoroughfares. The birds
of passage are leaving for the North, the Springs
and the Mountains, where they will be free from
the heat, dust and din of the city, while those who,
ez.necsstate, have been assigned q place on the
"caut.get away-committee' are preparing to de-
fend themselves as best they may against the en-
ervating effects of the heat and the singing Of
mosquitoes.
The Court of Common Pleas is now in Session
here, and an unusual amount of business seems to
be on hand. There have been three capital cases
already tried, one was found guilty Of manslaugh-
ter, "a woman for killing a slave the next was
found guilty of murder, and the verdict Of the
jury, in the third case was, 'not guilty" The
lawyers in the first cases have taken an appeal,
the third one being satisfied with the decision in
his case, has wisely concluded to let we'll enough
alone.
There is very little excitement in the city on
any of the topics row before the public; even
'the right of search" and therecent outrages up
on our flag have failed to get up q blood and thun-
der stampede, which shows most conclusively
that the equinamity of our citizens are not to be
disturbed by every passing breeze. If matters
come to the worst we are willingt to bear our part,
even though our position should be assigned US in
the front rank, but we are determined not. to
eight, bleed and die' before the war commences.
We have tried the virtue of swords and grass"
long enough, and the nexttime we take the field it
will be with weapons made of sterner stuff.
Our Banks are preparing to resume ct their
earliest possible convenience, and business is be-
coming more active in anticipation Of the illus
trious event. We will hail the advent Of the gold
and silver age as an era in the commercial and
financial history of the country. Our paper cur
rency will then he equal to that Of Georgia, which
some have contended is not the case at the present
time. I cannot see how the resumption of specie
pa yment con change matters much, as no one ever
thinks of asking q Bank for gold and silver when
thew have plenty of it on hand, and willing to dis
tribute it literally. e.
Our quarantine laws have gone into operation,
and a guard boat has been manned, equipped and
provisioned for the summer and ordered to see
that the sanitary regulations Of the city be fully
and rigidly carried into effect. So you see that II
we have yellow fever this season, it must either
come by railroad or originate in our midst iol
every other avenue is completely blockaded BY or
der of the city council, whose mandates cannot oe
disregarded even by "the pestilenoe that walketh
in darkness"
The announcement of the dissolution Of the firm
Of HEART and RaEZ7, propristors Of the Mercury,