Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-05-31

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Death OF MIR. Preston.
Were the sage Athenian guest of Croesus CALI
ed upon for his opinion in this case, well might
he pronounce the life just closed happy one
The life was we'll, and happy death has sealed
it. 1t was full of trying Affections, tits true,
but in its great ends it was we'll.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON was born 10 Phil
adelphia on Thursday, the 9th of Dec, 1894
He entered the South Carolina College as q stu
dent on Christmas day, 1909, and graduated with
distinction in'1812 He then travelled in the
west of our own country, and extensively in Eu-
rope. On his return he married Miss CoALTER,
In 1922 he commenced the practice of law il
Columbia, S. C.. =, Six years after, he was elected
to the State Legislature; married the second
time in 1830-Miss DAvIs-and in 1886 was
elected to the Senate Of the United States. In
1S45, he was chosen President of the South Caro-
lima College, in which capacity he labored till
1851, when he resigned. He died at the resi-
dence of his brother, JOHN S. PRESTON, ESQ.,, on
Tuesday, the 22d of May, 1860, aged 65 years.
In the afternoon. of Tuesday of last week, our
city bell was tolled. We knew at once the occa-
sion. We that had been contemplating for sew
eral weeks with such painful soicitude the fall
| ing powers of his declining days, knew that the
distinguished death was his. We had known
from day to day, for many days, that the angel
of Death was standing at his bedside
Mr.. PRESTON was q member of the Episcopal
Church.
The funeral was on Thursday, the Oath inst.
The services were conducted by the pastor of
Trinity Church, Columba-the Rev. Mr.. Shand
and the rites terminated at the family vault of
the deceased in the burying- yard of that church.
Muhlenberg's immortal hymn-"I would not
live alway"-swelled with the touching pathos
Of sorrowing faith around the illustrious dead as
he lay in the majesty of death. These of Mr..
PREsToNs personal friends-honored and honor
ing in that relation-were nearest him in these
last Offices, as Pall-Bearers -
James L. Clark, ESQ.,,
John A. Crawford, Esq,
Hon. W. F. De Saussure,
Dr. Edward Fisher,
Col. R. Fl. Goodwyn,
Dr. NJ. La Borde,
Judge O'Neall,
Andrew Wallace, Esq.
The Students of the South Carolina College
asked and had part in the occasion.
Tributes have already been paid to the life
and memory of Cardinals greatest Orator, by the
Faculty of the College, the Students, the Bar
all over the State, the Authen@um-hisla last no.
BILE work Of earth-the Press; by all who have
been permitted to speak.
Mr.. PRESTON died chidess. We're ever hearts
alive in flial affection warmer than those of sor-
rowing thousands around his homeless death-bed
homeless for he was alone, Mrs. Preston hav-
ing died several years ago.
To US, personally, he was more than the solemn
greatness of his name permits us to say. The
first time we ever saw him was the morning of
our application to the South Carolina College
We were presented to him in the Examination
Room. His noble presence and genial greeting
won our heart at once. His words of welcome
reassured US; and his playfully expressed hope
for our success just then touched US like On au-
curry of success. Afterwards, we were deeply
indebted to him for more than smiles of en-
couragement-more than words of cheer-and
in our own friendless boy solitude, struggling
for the light of knowledge and of hope, these
things told in responsive affection upon the
strongest and most lasting feelings of our nature.
Among the numberless tributes,--as laudatory
as human language can make them, and as true
as laudatory-now going up to his great name,
we dare to place our own. And if judged by
himself we feel that its humbleness would not de-
ny it acceptance with his heart that delighted in
acts of pure human kindness while here. And
we deem that his spirit would not spurn word
tribute from the nameless and homeless orphan
boy whose hard experiences in the past his noble
nature did not pass by with Indifference. We
ask our humble place, then, with the many who
sorrow at his death.
We attended, on Thursday, after the funeral,
the meeting that organized "Preston Monument
Association" of which the purpose is 10 erect q
fine monument to his memory either i'll the Cam
pus, the Cemetery, tho Churh Yard, or some
other suitable spot; the locality to be deter
mined by IN Art Committee of five. This Com
mittee consists of Prof. R. W. Barnwell, of the
S. C. College, who is President of the Associa-
ton, F. W. McMaster, Esq, who is Secretary
and Treasurer, and John S. Green, James P.
Adams, and James G.. Gibbs, Esquires, men,
bers of the Association. An abstract of thepro-
ceedings of the meeting has been published in
the morning papers. See another column in
to-day's paper.
Japanese Coins.
A gentleman on the street the other day showed
us three Japan coins. One, of silver, was oblong,
nearly an inch in length and half an inch wide