Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-06-07
THE NEWS.

AT HoME.-The Convention Of our State has
met at Columbia and appointed delegates to the
Richmond Convention. The delegates for the
State at large are R. B. Rhett A. c. Darlington,
J. I. Middleton and A. Burt; those for our Con-
gressional District are Cadwallader Jones and A..
q. Boykin, their alternates R. A. Springs and
N. R. Eaves. The proceedings of the Conven-
ton were harmonious, except when R B. Rhett
was appointed delegate, Col. B. II. Wilson,
Gen. s. A. MCGOWAN and R. B. Boylston deter
mined not to permit their names any longer to re-
main before the convention. Col. John s. Pres
ton and Franklin Gaillsrd Of the Carolinian,
withdrew their names, likewise. The reason
given for this course Of conduct is that the anti
convention State Rights men of the State had the
convention in their hands; and the members who
withdrew their names as nominees for the dele
CATION thought best to do So and leave the respou
siblity to those who choose to assume it, of every
thing which may result from the Richmond Con-
vention. 1t is unfortunate, just at this juno
ture, when all parties in South Carolina seemed
to be coalescing on line Of policy, that there
should spring up division and contention on the
impracticable issue of convention and anti con-
vention. Our State will not be represented at
Baltimore.
"7Re Key of the Gulf" as quoted by the
Charleston Courier, gives some interesting par.
tioulars of the Africans at Key West Buildings
have been erected for them, which give to that
part of the Island on which they are situated,
quite town-like appearance. They bathe daily
in the sea. The hospital for the sick is l07 feet
long, by 25 wide; has we'll ventilated rooms, in
which they eat and sleep-the sexes, and the old
and young being separated from each other; and
is under the charge Of three physicians. The
whole of all the eargocs, sick and we'll, are said
to be improving vastly, and, as every means Of
enjoyment is afforded them, to be quite happy.
Since the landing of the Wildfre o young girl
bereaved of her infant offspring The Key thus
speaks of her bereavement: Gas we saw her
bending, and weeping, and kissing its Illuminate
form wailiug in plaintive song, and responded
Ito by numerous mourners around the corpse
we felt that love was beyond all conditions Of
pride or place; and that many might rejoice and
be fattered in their self-love, if they would be
missed as much as the dead babe was by its
young mother 1t was laid in handsome cof
fin, and q procession of seventeen went with it to
its last abode. Low chauntings and loud walls
of grief would break forth, and when at last the
spot was reached, they became as silent as the
narrow house which would contain all the heart
priced so much. The little coffin was placed in
its grave, each threw in its handful of earth,
and amid the deepest sorrow they returned in
silence back. The Key mentions another moth
er who was brought out in the Wildfre, and her
children in the Williams. When she discovered
her lost children through the fence that separa
ted the two cargoes, she gave vent to her joy in
loud song, and they "hearing the familiar air
of home, caught sight of the singer in whom they
recognized lost mother The meeting was one
of tumultuous joy; shouts rose from three hun
dred voices, in the gladness of simple mother
and with her four daughters entwined in eact
others arms, the mother took them with ner, tt
meet the long separated, Of whose fate each par
ty was in utter ignorance" All of this gives VI
a good picture of the intense, spontaneous JOY Of
grief of savage life.
In the late debate on the subject of reorganiz
| ing the Board of Domestic Missions, DR.. Thorn
well took the side against the reorganization
He said that one theory of the Church was tina
it had discretionary power in regard to every
thing not forbidden by the word of God He con
tended that the Church had no power to do any
thing that was not enjoined. DR.. Hodge, O.
Princeton Theological Seminary, took precisel,
an opposite view. He had ever been taught tina
the attributes and prerogatives of the Churcl
were derived from the indwelling Spirit there
fore they belong to the church at large, as they
possess the spirit as we'll as the clergy. HI
thought the right Of the people had been over
looked in this new "high church. theory.
was impracticable it was suicidal, for it woult
cripple every operation, said he, and shut W
our schools and seminaries. DR.. Hodges vieV
carried, and the Board was reorganized.
Mlx1co.-The liberal party under Juarez, i
is thought, ere this are in full possession Of .b'
city of Mexico and Miramon, utterly routed
1t is also thought that the British and Frencl
ministers will at once recognize the Juarez gov
ernment.
New GRENADA very obnoxious election