Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-04-04
CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE.
CHESTER, s. c., April 2, 1861.
Editors Of YorkviIle Enquirer

Your friend damon, |" like othernewspa.
per correspondents, is sadly in want of sen.
sation material just at this time. The dead
calm which has settled down uponsus, is
almost enough to paraiyse the nimblest fu.
gers. But we must do the best We can, in
hope of the good time coming.
Yesterday, as yon know, was ssale day
The appearance Of ffthestreets, however, in.
dicated nothing unusual There were very
few persons from the country, and, 1 be-
lieve, property was sold Eyenthe mer-
chants seemed to be at leisure during mest
of the day. 5$Ezs Aa.+
: Yesterday morning q free negro by the
name Of Irwin, was well whipped by the
proper authority, for sdepredation commit
ted on Saturday night; BE had entered
the tin.ware establishment Of Mr. GM. al.
drich with thievish intent. ~ 49,
The wheat crops, were apparently, consid-
erably injured by the late sleet and frosts,
but they are now growing gresnIy, and;no
material damage seems to have been done.
1t will be happy thing for ns, if the har-
vest should turn out to be abundant Corn
is scarce and dear. Ser reral thousand bush
els will be wanted from abroad, in this Dis.
trict. Many of the poor have neither corn
nor money, and must with difficulty procure
a subsistence. But this, after all, is a
bright picture, compared with the true por-
traiture of matters at the North. Here
comparatively few are 10 abject poverty, and
no one actually suffers for the. staff of life;
there, thousands, if not hundreds of thous.
ands, are on the borders of starvation.
Strange things have transpiredsinee the
9Th of November last Who would have
dreamed five years ago. that in 1851 Ghes-
ter would be port ofentry for goods from
foreign country7@ But asyou have al
ready published, it is eveu:so The Gollec.
tor of Customs, Mr.. W. e. Robinson will
soon enter upon the duties of his Office. This
reminds me of what an old lady once said of
town in this State which was, soon to. be
reached by the Rail Road, and was rapidly
increasing in wealth and population. Said
she, 81 do believe; that Spartanburg will
get to be seaport town after awhile p
Chester is now port town, if not q sea.
port. ~ y
Several of our merchants have made
their customary Spring purchases. not in
New York, but in Charleston. Messrs. W.
Hardin & Co., Graham and Atkinson, and
others are opeiing and displaying their
we'll selected goods and will no doubt, be
literally patrouized. s. - ~
- You may have noticed that W. A. Walk
er, Esq, of this town has been; honorsd by
Brigadier General Darlington with the Of
fee Of Inspector, in the3d Brigade Of s.
Carolina volunteers. All who know Mr..
Walker will agree that the selection is emil
neutly judicious. In this connection I may
add that the sCalhoun Guard" in this
place, few days ago, presented q very
handsome sword to Lieut.. Colonel Secrest,
their former Captain A sword was also
presented on the same day to Adjutaut Ju-
lius Mills, who was formerly a Lieutenant
in the same Company 1t is refreshing in
this cold and selfish world, to see true mer-
it meet its just reward.
. MARKET REPORTS = Cotton. Supply
.
limited. All qualities have advanced
Extremes, 7 to la.
Bacon-Hog round, l3@ls3; Hams,
15@l6; Shoulders, 123; Sides, Is
Corn, 81. Co6se-Rio, 17@1S. Flour
per bag, sa 85@s4 Lard-l4 Mozasses.
40; N. O., 60@65. Oats, S0@
IS. Susar-Brown, 9f@1O; Clarified,
113@12a; Crushed, 134@14. Sah-per
sack, s175. - DAMON.