Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-04-22
CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENTS.
CH.EIEsToy- April l9.

CHARLESTON, April 10.
Since wrote you last, Ihave heard EDWARD Ev-
ERETT, the great Massachusetts, orator, in his cele-
brated Grafton on WASHINGTON, and in some points
| consider him superior to any one I have ever
heard. I cannot attempt to analyse his peculiar
gifts and powers of oratory, but I felt them in all
their commanding beauties and irresistible force.
He enchanted the undivided attention of his audi
ence from the first sentence, and held that i'm
mcnse assemblage spell-bound under the witching
influence of his matchless eloquence for more than
two hours. Although hundreds were compelled
no signs of WEAKNESS were manifested, and many
expressed o willingness to have sat two hours
longer.
His charity address which was delivered on We'd
nesday evening, was considered by many, superb
or to that of the previous evening on WASHINGTON.
l, myself, think it showed his mastery over the
passions and tender emotions of the heart to bet
ter advantage. I have never witnessed such a tri-
umph Of eloquence, such On absolute sway over
the wills, feelings and sentiments of two thousand
persons exercised by one man. The whole audi
ence was at times bat ed in tears. The strong
man trembled, and the hoary head shook with pent
up emotions of q feeling too deep for utterance:
and the cheeks of many were wet whom I knew to
be unused to the melting mood. The audience, in
spell bound admiration, kept their seats for some
minutes after he concluded, as if under the inAu-
ence of some pleasing dream whose illusion they
did not wish to break.
Some effected to sneer at him because he was
from Massachusetts,, but I nm willing to own the
sway of such genius as his, let it come from what
quarter it may, as long as it is exercised on the
glorious and heaven born theme of charity. He
received intelligence on Saturday of sickness in
his family, and left this city this morning on the
Northeastern Railroad for his home 'of granite
and ice" as he himself so beautifully expressed it.
The fifth Annual Convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association met in this city on Saturday
last, and was organized at ten o'clock, at the
Wentworth street Baptist Church. There are a
large number of delegates present from various
parts of the Union, and the exercises, thus far
have been deeply interesting and numerously at
tended. On Saturday afternoon an. excursion was
given in honor of the delegates, and the steam
packet, Osiris, left Market Wharf at two o'clock,
and sailed Up Cooper River, then lacking and e1-
plored the Ashley as far as the New Bridge, and
then returning landed at sullivan's Island, giving
those on board q chance to visit the Fort, and
stroll on the beach. The visitors from q distance
we're highly pleased with the trip, and expressed
their delight at the many new and interesting
sights they saw, among which was the palmetto,
the proud emblem of our State.
At night an immense assemblage convened at
the Circular Church to hear the annual address by
Prof. MILTON SAYLER, of Cincinnati. He was pro-
ceeding to give a most graphic and interesting
sketch of the rise, progress and present state of
Young Mems Christian Association in Europe and
America, and had reached about the middle of his
discourse when he was suddenly taken sick and
had to be assisted from the stand. I am pleased
to learn that he has so far recovered as to be able to
take up his address to night at the same place and
finish it. He is a young man of fine address and
personal appearance, and is professor of Rhetor-
ic in q College in Cincinnati.
There are quite q number of distinguished di-
vines here from a distance, most of whom oficia-
ted in our various pulpits yesterday. The Rev.
Mr.. OBERLY from Atlanta, Georgia, the Temper
ance candidate for Governor in 1856, is among the
most prominent, and preached yesterday at Trini-
ty Church to a large and attentive congregation.
He is a man in the prime of life, and possesses
rare Intellectual and oratorical powers. The Con-
vention will probably continue its session for sew
eral days.
The new Methodist Church on Spring street was
dedicated yesterday with appropriate and impress
sive ceremonies. Rev. DR.. E. II. MYERS, Editor
Of the Southern Christian Advocate, preached the
dedication sermon, at the close of which q collec-
ton was taken up, and FIVE thousand, three hun
dred and sixty dollars were taken on the spot.
MAGNOLIA.