Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-04-12
For the Yorkville Enquirer.

LETTER FROM REV. J. w. KELLY.
stone" in these regions nor did ever find one
in the "Scotch.Irish" realm between the wsrers
If the Broad and the Catawba: yet your gas pro-
pensities, proclivities, and preparations, do 80
excite my admiration that must beg ycu 10
consider me as half wayto Kings Mountain with
ny fluctuations. What word shall utter? Pro-
press, enterprise, advancement, development:
I'll these are tame aud insufficient for the utter
ance Of the profound sensations experienced -.
AL I can say is-,ohat nezt? / was for four
Years, more or less, 10 your regions but that
will not explain the promise and purpose Of your
contemplated illumination. Many In and abour
your bounds have travelled eastward, and other
whittier, in search; Of more light |; but that does
not fully account, for the consummstion so de-
voutly to be wished. Messrs. ADAMS and An.
pERsoN hnve been doing nobly in their female
college for half dozen, years, in aid Of the
enlightenment of the fairer, softer, sweeter, bet
ter part of humanity; bat With all their success,
may not essay to claim the credit Of the pros
pective aids for making all streets and houses
clear, fair and brighl' JEsKIss, COWARD and
SEABRooK. with all their strengthening Of crook
Ell backs and shoulders. regulating unequal steps.
and opening and vitslizing dull and unwilling
minds, will not furnish the much desired expla.
nation. The trade of the North Carolina wagons
may have had something to do with it. The
sustained price of cotton doubtless has lent iss
aid, and the spirit Of tasteful building prevalent,
may have contributed its quota, and 80 with
other dir,ct or>indifect agencies; but you will
allow me to assign three causes or indictments.
which venture to invest with,th responsibility
and the renown 1ss. The Rail Road-,his in
,luces the folks to wish to go ast and rork quick
and in order to do SO they must have fult, bright
light End. The Temperance Reform ; this makes
people ashamed Of works Of darkness They
that be drunk are drunk in che nighf-thatis, in
the dark clear heads, pure blood, and honest
consciences. all are in harmony with light. 3rd.
The Enquirer. Is not priutiug-the art preser
vstive-eminently in favor of light? surely,
surely. Any one who has noticed the existence
and prosperity Of such paper as ours. might
have ventured to prophecy that something would
happen where IL was published! So then let
proprietor, editors, contributors and patrons, all
realize the honor Of the vocation of the good
weekly newspaper! believe it is characters
tic of the good people of your region to carry
out whatever they undertake; and in this mat
ter Of lighting your town with gas, they will pre-
serve their reputation. . .-... .
Since light, one of the functions, or results OF
FIRE, has 80 much occupied my pen already al
this sitting, suppose fill up my sheet with in
aammstory matter l trust the gentle reader
will not suspect me of any incendiary, or sui.
pburious susceptiblities; will not explode any
darling theory; will not inaame any pet preju-
dice, nor will I ignite any match that ought to
remain unburned, or melt any substance tha,
should remain numbered among the solids.
We have heard of the burning Of Troy-and
also OF Rune under the auspices Of that redoubt.
able, imperial fiddler, called Nero. We have
heard Of the burning of London soon after the
plague and the restoration Of Charles the Ii -
We have read Of the burning Of Moscow-'s
sea of fame. and o world Of FIRE (!y-undsr the
oversight of him who, by the Irish Orator, was
designated as genius grand, gloomy and pc,
culiar'! Washington City has been burned and
San Francisco has been destroyed BY fire a hall
dozen times. These and other lucid and fiery
scenes have been Witnessed and described, bu'
who has witnessed, or described real, thorough,