Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-06-14
Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE CHARLESTON PRESS.

Ck1AHSLhSIoN E1SGSSs
Msssrs. Editors A constant reader and cd
mirer of your valuable and ever improving jour
nal, look forward to its weekly visits will
great pleasure. OF the many newspapers ant
magazines which come regularly to my study
there is no one more cordially welcomed by tht
family circle and visitors, than the Enquirer.
As one of those friends whom you have compli
mented by enrolling them on your brilliant lis
of contributors, have felt that my few occa
sioual contributions to your "Poetry corner" arc
but poor offering, by way Of acknowledgment
Of your kindness land it has been my intention
for sometime past, to deal a little more in prose
and give you, now and then, glimpse of passing
events in the palmetto City" Other engage
ments have hitherto prevented; now that the
busy worlds resting from the fatigues and Ia.
bors Of the winter and spring, it is an agreeable
relaxation to take up the pen and enjoy little
gossip with country friends. .t..- .,
Z It has occurred to me, that could hardly give
you better subject Of reflection in letter, from
the metropolis, than brief running sketch Of
the Press of this City. To you, who are doing
so much to elevate the character Of journalism,
and your readers who are ssconding your efforts,
it may possess some interest.
A very general Improvement has been going
on for some time past, both as respects the con-
tributorial ability and typographical skill with
which our newspapers and periodicals are con-
Quoted. Our city contributes very fair quota
to the resources of the Press Of South Carolina.
We have three large and widely circulated dai.
lies in which the practical interests of the peo-
pie are duly cared for-and very respectable
amount of good reading in the shape Of literary
and miscellaneous intelligence is served up to
suit oil tastes-three weeklies, representing as
many different denominations, and one, the Ger
man portion of our community-a monthly de:
nominational journal-and- monthly newspaper.
This, believe, constitutes our Press.
OF the dailies, the venerable "Courier" is en-
titled to precedence, in point Of age-having
nearly completed the sixtieth volume of its ca
reer. The names of A. s. Wilmington and A. s.
wellington & Co., are identified with the early
journalism of the State, during that long and
eventful period. The columns of the "Courier''
have often been enriched by the pens of the
first minds of the several generations through
which it has passed. Its Proprietors have reap
ed the reward of their enterprise and toll in a
harvest of honorable gains, which they have free
ly expended in bringing the Courier up to its
present standard of merit. With such writers
as Yeadon, Carlisle, and Bird, as its present ed
itorial trio-and host Of contributors OF the
same stamp, the Courier cannot but preserve its
footing as first class journal. The recent en-
largement of its columns and type, is an evil
dence of the increasing estimation in which this
journal is held in our community.
The "Mercury," under its present manage
ment, has become like its cotemporary, en- in
dispensable morning visitor to the family circle
and the business world, as we'll as to the circles
where politics are discussed. Formerly, it was
too much of political organ-always OF high
authority, and devoted as now, to the interests
of the State-but it had never attained to the
decided practical value which it now possesses,
as full and comprehensive medium and adVo-
cate of the great Commercial interest Of the
City and State Pinckney, Stuart, Clapp, Ca
rev, Taber, Simms and Rhett, have in turn,
infused rich gems of thought, argument and IL
lustration into its pages-a brilliant corps of
writer's, three of whom are new numbered with
the dead-the two last named being still at the
helm, laboring in different spheres. DR.. simms,
as is now generally known, presides over the
Literary Department of the Mercury, in which,
his criticisms have elected very favorable COM
ment from tie Press, except in certain jealous
quarters, from which a few harmless missiles
have been hurled. These are the two morning
visitors of the Press-and they are both patron
lied in manner which reflects credit upon oil
concerned in sustaining them--editors, publish
ers, printers, and subscribers.