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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05
THENEw, VOLUME,

I With this number commences the sixth volume
ofthe ENQUIRER and presenting it for the favor
able consideration of our patrons, as it is theirs
as well as our own, we congratulate them
and felicitate ourselves upon its enlarged size and
improved typographical appearance. With
simple exception, the ENQUIRER is equal in size
to any paper in the State, and in point Of me.
chanical excellence it challenges comparison.
| We take pleasure in announcing that our pros
poets of complete success are becoming every
day more Hattering. The new volume begins
with an addition Of three hundred new subscribers,
and with the first number we boast o circulation
of over two thousand copies. By the end of The
year, if life and health be spared, We are deter
mined to deserve and achieve subscription-list
of twenty-five hundred. Make way for US, kind
public!
According to the announcement, our clever 60
adjutor, Mr.. WILLIAM W. EAST, enters upon The
duties Of his new vocation, as editor Of the En-
ou1RER. He prefers to soy nothing for himself;
but trusting to the kind indulgence Of those to
whose instruction and amusement he has under
taken to devote his best talents and an untiring
energy, he leaves it to the results of bis labors
to pronounce upon his merits and to determine
his success. We bespeak for him cordial re-.
ception and the most kindly Offices of our public;
and we endulge the confidence that the inter-
course between himself and our patrous will be,
as it deserves, mutually pleasant and profitable.
To the friends who have so freely and efficiently
aided US in promoting the success Of the ENouI-
RER, We render our most grateful acknowledge
ments. And to readers, old and new, we extend
the compliments of the season, with the earnest
hope that the year, whose opening hours have
been ushered in so happily, be crowned with the
complete fruition of each most glowing and joy
Gus anticipation!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05
YoRKVILLE, S. c.
THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY s, 1850.

Special Notice.-All communications, on
matters connected with the paper, should be ad-
dressed to "THE YoRKvrLLE ENQUIRER ;" and
not to the Editors or Proprietor, personally Per-
sons desiring prompt attention to their favors,
must bear this in mind. .
s9- Capt. D. D. MOORE, Maj. MyLEs SMITH,
SAMUEL G.. Brown, J. L. THOMSON, and SAMUEL
J. KuYKENDAI, of York; and WILLIAM D. Cook,
of Bennettsvlle, are authorized agents Of the EN-
ouIRER
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05

we cast away our burdens, we shah ask in vain
for the favoritism which has so long contributed
to the growth of Northern enterprise, and we
must therefore look to ourselves and turn to our
own account those mighty resources which, right.
ly directed, are sufficient to establish power
beyond the control Of q world combined. The
merchants Of Charleston have the means, the
energy and the enterprise to inaugurate the
work and they only ask from the people that
protection which government has heretofore sf.
forded to their rivals; they ask, in short, that
while they are true to their pledges and afford 9
market equal to any other, the merchants Of the
interior shall extend to them an exclusive pat.
ronage. That this is fair, need not be argued
But the encouragement must be given heartily
and With one accord. 1t may require patience
and sell. denial; it may require Though We do
not admit it) that merchants be content with
shorter profits and their customers with higher
prices; but as sure as there is truth in the laws
Of trade, the Inconvenience will last only for q
time, and in the end the reward will be the es.
tablishmentof of great commercial mart, whose
prosperity and whose manifold advantages will,
With ten-fold measure, repay in tho future the
sacrifices Of the present
But we by no means urge this appeal solely
to patriotic impulse. We know that correct
policy dictates that the buyer shall seek the
cheapest market; but we also know that, II he
buys to sell again, q like policy determines that
he shall take care Of his customers. And We
believe that the people Of York District are suf-
ciently we'll aware of what belongs to their best
interests, their safety, their honor, and to an he
reditary patriotism, to refuse custom to. any
house which perseyeres in trade detrimental,
at this day especially, to the well-being Of the
community, subversive Of the settled policy Of
the State, and destructive Of the prosperity Of o
metropolis with whose veal or woe we are and
must be intimately identified.
We are much gratifed to observe that the mer.
chants Of our spirited neighbor, Chester, have,
without exception, signed resolution hence.
forth to trade exclusively with Charleston, SO
long as the Wholesale dealers adhere to their
published promises. So, too, the Bennettsville
and spartanburg merchants have confederated
together. This is the PLAN 1--we make q re-
spouse at all, let it be made unanimously or,
at least, with sufficient accord to mark out dis.
tinctly to the public eye those who refuse to
perform their duty in this matter.
In conclusion, we respectfully suggest to the
merchants of Yorkville, and Of the District that
they meet together, discuss the subject, and in
concert determine upon such action as may, in
their enlightened judgment, best conduce to
their own and the public interests They have,
we are sure, the intelligence and the spirit to
know and do their duty; and any dictation on
our part would be to presume beyond our prov
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05
A PRACTICAL SCHOOL.

Those who.wish an eminently practical and
business education, cannot do better than to pat
ronize the School of Mr.. E. F. DAVIS, Of Spar
tanburg, advertised in our columns. He is favor
ably known as teacher, and as the author of
"The Analytical Grammar and Dictionary" He
is an earnest and thorough-going workman, and
possesses, in high degree, the faculty ofinfusing
this spirit into his pupils. He is worthy of his
hire
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05
For the Yotfvills Enquirer.
ERRATA. -

lPsmit me, Mr. Editor, to correct few mis-
ike, that I unintentionally made in the report
L ths Kings Mountain Agricultural Society,
iublihed in your rlsst.
Thu best specimen Of Melons was by J. Mar
jim Htmbrigbt, instead Of Gilbert Hambright.-
The sst Oriental and GreCiau Paintings, Miss
G. B. instead ofG. v. Miller. Mrs. DR.. Camp
bell Shibited fine specimen of common Soap,
remarkable for itschespness, particularly in its
Manufacture.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05
SALES-DAY.

The snow being three or four inches deep on
the ground, our country friends had nothing bet
ter to do, and came to town in goodly numbers,
on Sale.day. A good many negroes were sold on
AsIF-..,--y AsIF-..,--y nnt Tuc-eany-el commanding tho high
est prices. We notice, in one instance, that a
common feld-hand sold for S1630; and others
went at corresponding rates.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05

which ignores all improvement, not suggested
by their limited experience.
To one and to all we recommend this able,
varied and cheap Monthly, devoted to the i'm
provement of the '.bone and sinew" Of the coun-
try, and the establishment of an enlightend sys-
tenn of agriculture. Price 81. Address R. NJ.
SroKEs Columbia 8. C..
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

Capt. S1MR1L requests US to direct attention
to his final notice. Those indebted to him will
pay attention, at least.
Mr.. PH1LBR1oK, the well known book man, is
in town, in the Clawson Building, with an attrac-
tive stock. Auction Thursday and Friday nights.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05
Mr.. Boyee.

Ine X Times thus characterizes Mr..
Boyes'sseoh.
Mr.. ff South Carolina, obtained the
hoor' a9eded to show that while Slavery
was an question to the people Of the
North'i Path it was vital, and, if treated
agreea4pYrthern opinion, fatal. He attack
ed tag ban Party with great energy as
the paealization of Anti Slavery preju-
dice, au7ders as iucendiaries.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-05
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,.

DeIore TUG auJournment OF our Leglsaturl
which occurred on Thursday, the 22d ult., I'll
Committee of Conference agreed upon and RI
ported e soth Houses the subjoined resolution
smbodyiug the sentiments Of our law-givers upo|
our relations with the General Government.
They were passed unanimously.
Whereas, The State of South Carolina, by hd
ordinance Of 1852, affirmed the right to seced
from the Confederacy whenever the occasion
should arise justifying her, in her own judgment
in taking that step, and in the resolution adop
ted by her Convention, declared that she foreber,
the immediate exercise of that right, from en-
siderations Of expediency only. And ,ok1ea,
more than seven years have elapsed since thal
Convention adjourned, and in the interyehine
time the assaults upon the institution of slavery
and upon the rights and equality Of the South
ern States, have been; madewith uneeasing VIC
lence, and in new and more alarming forms: b
it, therefore, 2 g. = y, . -
{ Reiolrsd,. That South Carolina, still deferrine
to her Southern sisters, nevertheless respectfully
announces. to then that it is the deliberste judg
ment Of this General Assembly that the slave
holding States should Immediately meet togeth
er 70 2 concert ~ measures Tor united action.
resolution be Communicates bp The Governor "te n
all tho slavehcidiDg States, with the earnest re.
quest Of tins State that they Will apppint depu.
sS anu saon tne
Resolpsd, That Special Commissioner be ap.
pointed By his Excelleacy the Goyeraor to COM
mnnlca.s. tne foregoing preamble ana resolutions
sutbor;tes tba. sase ts oo,S;s - !
the people Of South Carolina with the people d
Virginia, and their earnest desire 70 unite with
tnen p 20 mses"fes Jul Is o. 9I common dsfence: I!
ores /. - Se, citizens ~ r,otsct hem and % ~ ~,
property from every enemy; and that for th,
purposes Of military prepatationfor any emer-
,suo .u, .. ~ uotin's
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CoNaREssIoNAL.


The President, on Tuesday tie 9th ultiuo,
communicated to the Senate his sannual Message,
8 brief synopsis Of which, embracing the points
Of chief Importance, we publish on the frstpage.
The Harper's Ferry affair is handled in concil-
atory manner. We disagree with the Message
in its general features. The recommendation to
purchase Cuba, while it is good in itself, is at
present impracticable and is calculated only to
divert public attention from matters Of more
weighty and homefelt importance. The Pacific
Railroad, if built as Mr.. BUCHANAN recommends,
would be fruitful in exhausliDg the national
treasury and renewing high protective tariff
system. The slave trade is discussed at length,
as grave evil which our forsfathers were the
first among the nations to suppress. A sentl-
ment which pertains only tos small Clique, ID
thus dignifed into the position Of prevailing
feeling of our section. The tendency Of this
Misrepresentation is to inftriate our enemies
against US. Our Mexican affairs. are treated
with view to the establishment of g protectorate
over portions of that country. Yet with her.
through our Minister, Mr.. McLANE, We have
just established treaty q reconciliation and
peace. What profit would accrue to the South
by such a course? The Meiicans would feel ex'
asperated; a war like thai Of 1857 would
probably be inaugurated; f; and Southern blood
would be spiltin the acquisition Of new territory
to be appropriated by the North. Weregard the
whole Message, in point Of Fact, as an insidlous
attack on Southern Institutions.
No Speaker has yet been elected. On Monday
26th ult., the House met, bit enjoyed christmas
cheer without seriously attending to any busi-
ness. Several speeches lave been made, pro
and con, but beyond this iothiug has occurred
to interest the reader. ...
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The Committee then proceeded to the house
Of Tom Weaver, and ordered him to leave before
l0 o'clock on Tuesday next, and paid him for
such articles as he wished to dispose Of
They then went 10 the house of Hapans. who
was not at home. snd will not probably be seen
again. and gave notice to the family to leave be.
fore Friday, the 9th Of January next
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ceNs1$Y KINGS MOUNTAIN r. Road

Prom December to the ard Of January 1850.
MeTneeler, james Jetferys, W. C.
Dackfe, W. ". Carothers, S. Rainey,
E,J.F, A. II. Leadbetter, G. Steele,
Ailisofon, Beam & jenkins, ]. McHill,
q. :. Moore & Burris, W. B. Steele,
y. L. Darwin & Jefferys, J. Herndon,
GaTrot Co., Adams McCorkle & Co., J.
\. FI 81. C. Miller, ]. NJ. Anderson,
D. n. A. Wallace Mrs. NJ. E. Wright,
Grsy9s, T. Dickson, J. T. Miller, Capt.
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harlotte Market.

J Il CHARLoTTE, January B.
0wl9 Chistmas Holidays, there was
very hlug the past week. Good mid
ding to 81. Corn 80 cents-scarce.
Flour sack-not much in market
Wheatfor white. Bacon is scarce-none
oferirbc1nt
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For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE CONTRAST.
BY EDWIN HERIoT.

Mans love is like his pleasure, ?
It withers in an hour;
Restless, it seeks new treasure <
In each attractive flower;
How oft has his proud heart been tried
No sooner pledged, than turned aside.
That tender love unchanging,
That burns in Woman's breast,
Meier for moment ranging
Far.from its chosen rest,
Endures with Time, with life and breath,
Through absence, wrong, disgrace and death
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Written for the Yorkville Enquirer.
THE LAST OF 1859.


THE LAST OF 1859.
By L. A. J.
Our planet has again encompassed the sun,
One orbit in space, it claims for its own.
1t has run it for ages, and never shall end,
Till the broad wings of time, backwards shall
bend.
This annular motion, through ethereal spheres,
Is the notebook of time, the mother of years.
Tis the clockwork of earth, on high elevation,
Counting the rents, time has made in duration.
The frame-w is vast, has wheels without num-
Der,
Yet its course is 30 steady that mortals may
slumber.
The year 6fty-nine is pulseless and dead;
Tha notary angal with his journal has fed.
In silence it died, nor uttered groan );
No tocsin was sounded its death to bemoan.
The shade on the dial was changed into gloom,
And the year fifty nine was laid in the tomb.
How perfect the wisdom, that adjusted the years,
While one is expiring, another appears.
In the ledger Of time We turn new leaf,
All blotted by crime, the prelude to grief.
One pen has chronicled the deeds of the year
To some it brings gladness, to others, dispair.
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Gbs DY@kbiIle ] Gnqnitrr

EDITED BY
SAM'L W. MELTON. ..........WM. w. EAST.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24
- npd HI. NonlnatLon.

The Chicago Press says when the news Of
the nomination was received at Springfield,
Mr.. Lascorx was in the State Journal Office.
A boy came headlong into the room where
hesssas sitting, with a sealed dispatch, which
he placed in his hand. Mr.. LINCOLN opened
it and sudden pallor came over his features.
He gazed upon it intently for nearly three
minutes. Then his customary smile re-
turned and he rose, saying; HWel boys,
there is a little woman down at our house
who is interested in this business" and he
walked away without any further appear
ance of agitation, to inform Mrs. LINCOLN Of
the joyful news.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24
The Irrenrea-IbIe ConaIrr.

On Monday Mr.. ToOmbs Of Georgia, made
one Of his powerful speeches in the Senate
against squatter Sovereignty, completely rid
ding the doctrine, and holding it up to con-
tempt. Mr. Douglas absented himself from
the Senate while his bautfing was being stran-
gIed.
Mr.. Hammond, of S. c., also made short
speech On the same side.
Nj. Benjamin, Of Louisiana, replied to Mr..
Douglas on Tuesday. A dispatch says it was
scathlng and Overwhelming. He scorned the
patronizing airand pompOus ofBerof quarter of
the Illinois Senator, and paid high cOmpi-
ment to Lincoln, and quoted largely from
bis speech in the Campaign of Fify-Eight, to
show ths inconsistency of Douglas on his
dogma Of unfriendly legislation. DOuglrs
was absent.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24

The Pro-slavery organs have commenced
their usual system Of slanderous attacks upon
the nominees Of their opponents, and We may
expect perfect avalanche of LOcof6co lies
IN regard % Mr. Lincoln before his election
to th6Prssidehcy in November next One of
the oldes. and silliest fllseboods-a falsehood
which has been 30 often and 50 thoroughly
exposed in illinois tha. there is not now a
Democratic editor in that State who would
dare to use its the one now travelling
about in this section Of the country, and
which the Plain Dealer of Tuesday, with
ehauclTistie industry in such peculiarly
Democratic Ienterprize, give to its readers
We allnde TO the story that Mr.. Lincoln,
while Member of Congress in 1886, voted
against sending food and other supplies to our
array. in Mexico, and stood by" to use its
own HOurishing phraseOlogy, "to welcome
our soldiers with bloody hands to hospitable
graves."t At--,it --t "
This Olt-repeated story, as false as it is con-
sehp6ble In its character, cannot be better
replied 70 than it was by Mr.. Lincoln himself
buring his famous debate with Mr.. Douglas
outhe stump in Illinois, two years ago
Juage Douglas, in his first speech during that
debsis, endorsed this Mexican war story in
an accidental way, and in subsequent
sPsseb 81 Charleston, Coles Co., H., Mr..
Lincoln, after abiding to the fact turned to
the spectators upon the stage from which be
wassFeaking, and singing out Hon. Orlando
Ficklin, who was member Of the same Con-
gress with Mr. L., and strong political and
personal friend of Judge Douglas, and ap-
pealea 70 Mr.. Ficklin as a person who
kneap this Mexican war story to be lie
Hewas 3 Member Of Congress" said Mr..
Lincoln addressing his audience, 'at the only
time was in Congress, and he knows that
whenever there was an attempt to procure a
vote of mine which would endorse the origin
and injustice Of the war, refused to give it;
but never voted against the supplies for the
army and he knows as Wen as Judge Doug
las that whenever a dollar was asked by way
of compensation or otherwise, for the benefit
Of the soldiers, I gave all the votes that
Doegias did, and perhaps more"
These statements were not controverted,
nor lsah they be and the Democrats will new
er be able to make any capital out of the
falsshOOd which gave occasion for them.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24
The House Homssteaa Bin.

The House Of Representatives we are glad
to see did not pass the abortion Of Home
stead Bill the Democrats in the Senate substi-
tuted for the excellent House measure. The
Senate bill was amended by the substitution
Of the House bill and then again passed by
the strong vote Of IO4 to SO. It win go back
to the Senate, where such Democrats as Pugh,
Hammond, Green, TOOmbs, Fitch and Doug
las viii vote in their land graduation bill
under the guise Of Homestead measure. 1t
is highly probable that they will thus be able
10 defeat the most important bill of the ses-
sion to the West and its struggling pioneers.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24

The terrific storm which passed over Cincin-
natl Monday afternoon extended from Louis
vile to Marietta, following in its general d.
rectiOn the course of the Ohio River. The
Gazette says:
As it passed Cincinnati, it must have haen
at least 40 miles in breadth, having reached
Independence, Ky, on the south; and Preble
county, Ohio, on the north. The velocity
with which this tornado travelled may be esti-
mated from the fact that it was only about
two hours in going from Louisville to Ports
mouth, a distance by an air line of 100 miles.
When it is borne ia mind that this tornado
pursued The sinuosities Of the river, it viii be
seen that itsspeed must have been immense
ly beyond thai Of the fastest locomotive ever
run. ThiE tornado, in common with all
which haye been observed possessed a rotary
motion upon It's axis.
The damage done by this tornado It is i'm
possible to compute. It cannot fall under a
million of dollars, and wiz probably largely
exceed that anaeunt -isl -
An old resident Of this city saws such
storm has not visited Il since 1907. -
frE EiEa ~ ~
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Read and Judre.

We commend to readers the sound speech
of Mr.LINcOLS delivered in New York, in
February last. It is a clear, concise, and can
didstatement Of Republican principles, found
ed on the doctrines enunciated and made the
rule Of action by the Fathers Of the Republic.
Give The address a wide circulation, for it is
worthy TO be read by all men. EG
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24
Anorher Good Indication.

The Albany Statesman, a leading and earn
est Fillmore paper in 1856, and heretofore
opposed to the Republicans, comes up
promptly and heartily to the support of
"Honest Abe" It justly pronOunces him
"a firm friend, and yet not implacable to an
enemy, a consistent politician, good citizen
and an honest patriot"
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24
SHOWING THEIR TErrH.-The Louisville

SHOWING THEIR TEETH.-The Louisville
Journal patty says:
The disruption at Charleston appears to have
produced no sensible change in the spirit of
the Democracy. The leaders and organs of
the shivered party are quite as venomous and
denunciatory as ever. They cut right and
ief with characteristic severity. We are re-
minded in this relation Of the lament of an
honest dame who stood beside the body Of
her deceased husband. " It's a pity he's dead,
for his teeth are as good as they ever psrs.7
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24
MERCHANTS AND SHIPPERS
lHE will please take notice that the Old and relia

Fast Freight Line Merchants Despatch.
AMERICAN ExPREss COMPANY,
Is bringing Freight from the Eastern cities nj the
lowest current all rail rates Viz
From Now York to Cleveland I05 20 co fO
- Boston " "a ~ "a "a
No necessity for insurance on Freight sbippsi lyy
the % MERCHANTS DESPATCH - and aiI their
goods forwarded with the greatest possible speed
and safety, and delivered uniformly regular and ex-
act time, not exceeding three days from New York
For special contrats and bills Of ladinR, apply at
the Company's Office, New York, ig7 Broadway.
A. II. LIVINGSTON, Agent
Boston Ofice s. State street
O. G. KTDDER, Agent.
Cleveland Office, foot Of River and Front streets.
apr26:234 H. X. BOYLST0N, Agent.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24

DISTINGUISHED. TEAFnLEa.-AmOngst the
passengers BY the Europa is the Prince de
JOihTille, travelling iaeog. He Ia going 10
Canada on fishing excursion.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-24

CLEVELAND, Feb. p, 1850.
Messrs. NORRIS, SHEFFIELD Co: We the under
signed having worn "BROWN's CELEBRATED HY-
GIEEIC SUSPENSION WAIST, for the last few months
take great pleasure in recommending IL to the atten
tion Of every lady 1t is admirably adapted to the
EASE, CONVENIENCE, BEAUTY and HEALTH Of the
Wearer. Furthermore, know Il always relieves
and In many instances effects radical cure OF the
numerous diseases caused by tight lacing. We hone
fed IL Is what every lady who values comfort and
health should have and advise every ono 10 pIr-
gret IT,