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Scrags $ Jatts. x- - > Largs Number.?The University of Virginia is in a flourishing condition. The number of students is 625, of whom 35 are from this State. Executive Appointment.? Benjamin W. Macon, Esq., has been appointed by Gov. Gist, Coroner of the District of Chester, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the 1 deoease of the late Dr. John Knox.?Che*- * tor Standard. ~ The MoKenna Estate.?The Lancaster Ledger informs as that the perishable property belonging to the McKenna estate was disposed of at auction on Monday. The most important item was the lot of cotton, 120 bales, which brought 10 oents per pound; Messrs. Hasseltine and Cnreton were the purchasers. The balance of the articles sold, were old merchandise, fodder and sar plus property about the plantation. A Relic.?-Jlr. P. J. Coogan, corner of East Bay and Unity Alley, while excavating for a well in the cellar of his premises, unearthed a six pound cannon ball, at the depth of eleven feet below the surface of the street. It is muoh corroded,' and must have rested quietly for many years. It is oonjectured to have been sent into the city upon no peaceful errand. The curious can examine it at their leisure.?Charleston Mercury. ^ . J efr* Peek Neqeoes !?One of the citizens of this District left, a few days ago, with a number of his negroes, for the purpose of carrying them to a free State. With the exoeption of one that he has left At home, because he was a vicious boy, and whom he was afraid to carry with him, they were reluctant to go, consequently were carried off against their wishes. Several of his negroes, whom he wished to carry, refused positively to maroh one step, saying that they were satisfied with their condition and preferred death rather than freedom, starvation and misery in a free soil State. They have certainly shown good sense.?Newberry Sun. Small Pox.?It again becomes our painful dntv to reDort this disease in our towp. ~+ "t y - ? We had delayed doing so, as the first of the two (and only) cases .which have oceured, was immediately removed into the country, the second was a very mild case?-and there was some donbt entertained at first as to its being a case of genuine small pox. Rumor open-mouthed has been flying abroad, as usual, greatly exaggerating and magnifying everything We object to this?"give the devil his due" is an old and good maxim.? The two cases are convalescent, and we trust that they will be thelast.? Winn&oro' Register. , -\ - # * ' ?*? The White Rat.?A correspondent of the Laurensville Herald, reporting a trip to Sumter, writes : I must not forget to men-' tion my call at the- Apothecary Store of Mr. Wilder, where I saw the white rat lately caught in that town. This rat was seen by several-of the inhabitants previous to his. be-- , ing caught, when Mr. Wilder's offer of ten , dollars for it alive and unhnrt soon abridged 1 his liberty, and he rests in a very pretty cage j for the inspection of the carious. He $ , nearly or quite grown, and is as perfectly 1 white as any white rabbit. He is quite dignified in .the exhibition of himself, and will no donbt become more so as he aoquires civilization, or becomee better acquainted with the usages of politp society. I might speculate largely upon the future of his ratship, but prefer to let that develop itself. The McKenna Will.?We promised to keep our readers advised of the' progress of affairs as respect^ this Will, and it seems that matters have arrrved at a point that will iwitjfv us in making another report. We vt* 4 * jr , , stated that the Ordinary had received notice from Mrs. Mitfag that she required the Will to be proved in solemn form; which notice hee since been endorsed by her husband, Dr. J. F. Gk Mittag. The Ordinary then, as is mpel in snoh cases, gave the qualified Ex- , eeutors notice to prefer their petition to him to prove the said Will in due form of law.? The Executors appeal from this requisition of the Ordinary, on fcbe ground that there is nc proof before him that the parties requiring tire Will to be proved in solemn form' are competent to give such notice;?in other words that the said parties would have been interested in the Estate had the deceased died intestate. This appeal from the Ordin ary will go to the Court of Common Pleas, which does not sit here until October. The matter does not rest here, however, for the Ordinary,, in the face of the notice of appeal from the executors, has summoned all the parties before him on Monday the 18th July next, to proceed to prove the will in solemn form. How these cross notices and exceptions are to be reconciled; we must be content to regard for the present as one of the uncertainties of the future.?Lancaster Ledger. Poisoning in Newberry.?We learo, says the South Carolinian, from a gentleman who arrived here yesterday morning from Newberry C. H., that on Thursday evening last, the household of Mr. Robert Stuart, consisting of four white persons and six negroes, were, shortly after taking their supper, seized with violent spasms of retching, vomiting and other indications of having been poisoned. The news spread with great rapidity, and a crowd soon collected. On examination, the chocolate cakes remaining on the table were found to contain arsenic. The cook, a mulatto girl, was called in and on being questioned, confessed to administering the deadly drug; and carried witnesses to the place where she had buried the remnant of the poison. She at the same time charged a Mr. Saunders, whom we learn is an apprentice at the Helena Work Shops, with having furnished her with it. The disinterred package was identified by the druggists as having been sold by him ; to Mr. Saunders. Mr. S. informed the druggist that he intended to kill rats with it He had been twice to purchase it, the second time saying that the first was not strong enough. It appears that when the first was j administered, only the housekeeper had been . affected and but slightly. We are further informed that Mr. and Mrs. Stuart were lying very low, without any hopes of recovery. Mrs. Wilkes was supposed to be dying. All the members of the family who were at supper were affected, ex- j cept Mrs. Kate Stuart, a daughter-in-law.? | One of the negroes was also thought to be : dying. Much excitement prevails in the ' village. Mr. Stuart is a very prominent citi- j zen, and one of the oldest merchants in the ; upper part of the State. No cause is given further than that Mr. Stuart had threatened to chastise the girl for her misconduct. Mr. j Saunders and the girl have both been arrested. ; , ?jc forkbilk it?jrarert IDXTKD BY SAM'Ii W. MBZjTOX. YOUKVILLEj S. C,,. I THUBSDAY KORNING, JUNE 2, 1859. Special Notice.?All communication*, on matter* connected with the papeJT should be addressed to "THE YORKvTT.T r En^pirxr and not the Editor or Proprietor, pertonally. Persona desiring prompt attention to tnelr favors, must bear this In mind. fy Capt. d(. D. Moore, Mai. "Mti.es smmfcisaji't O. Brown, J. L. Thomson and Samxjel J. Kutkrndae. of York; and William d. Cook, of Benuettsville, are authorised agents of the ENQcnutR. RELIGIOUS SERVICES FOE SUNDAY, JUNE 8. Methodist Church. ? r .A r fimn/n it 10 A neV. Li. A. >iuii.\oivn, i?ow>. ww ?w ?. ? ? M., and 7} P. M.- Communion service after : the morning aennon. . - Independent Preibyterlut Church. Rev. Robes/ Y. Russell, Pastor. Serrioe at 10 A. M., and2 P. M. Communion service alter the morning sermon. - , . . , t - ' * COTTON SQUARES. Mr. Johh Whits, of Bullook'a Creek, sends us the first cotton square we have seen this season, and says he has many more of the same sort.? The first one made its appearance on the 22d nit. CLOTHING AT COST. Mr. Simbil requests attention to his new advertisement. Persons wonld do well to examine his stock, as it still embraces a sufficient variety to please all tastes, and will be sold at rates, "cheap enough in all conscience." . TEMPERANCE MEETING. We are' requested to state that the announcement in last week's paper of a public meeting at Beth-Shilo, on next Saturday, the 4th instant, is. premature. The Division expect at some early day to have a public meeting, when one, or more of onr "State Lecturers," and other Wends, will be requested to' address the people, but the time has not yet been fixed upon. * ^ FIRE. The kitchen on the premises of Mr. Johh T. Lowkt, about a mile from town on the Railroad, was ooosumed, Tuesday afternoon, last Mr. Dowry's elegant mansion was in imminent danger, and bat for the favorable direction of the wind and the prompt assistance of Mr. Fbahk Clark, who Was first on the ground, the enlire place would hive been in ruins. The fire was the result of accident. OUR SCHOOLS. . A correspondent of the New York Journal of Gmnmerce* writing of things in our. State, thus touches upon our town and on our treasures?the . School and College. A compliment from sueh a source is quite appreciable:? have recently visited many of the upper districts of the State, and find in them mach improve r-? meat to every way; especially iu sowmi >uu v??leges; which have grown up rapidly*. York ville, a beautiful village near the mountains,-can boast of two moat esoeheut schools, a male and female. Tttft former, known as the "King's Mountain Mill- ; tary Sehool," is named from the celebrated battle fought there daring the Revolution; and I must here say Cor the proprietors, that I think they ware fortunate in the selection of the name for ' their school: as the' bare name makes the blood , tingle in the veins of every Carolinian familiar with the scene acted here. And here young pen are taught not only the ose of fire-arms, but the ' higher branches ef literature. The latter i9 a female college of. high standing j. and both have a 1 large patronage." JOHN MILLER AND "JUNIUS." ] The Pendleton Messengrr in a sketch of the , "Old Stone Meeting Honse" in that town, after i speaking of several celebrities bnried In the 1 grave-yard, says :? - j "Beneath a cluster of cedars repose all that is j mortal of John Miller, printer. . We lingered long by his grave, for his eventful life afforded us ' food for meditation. If we oould have seen and ; conversed with his descendants, who live in this t vicinity, we could have gained a fuller sketch of. j him. Sir. Miller was the oldest tvdo in the State. , For the publication of Junius' letters?the author ( of those papers he well knew?he was expelled < from England. He came to South Carolina; probably worked for a while" in the office of (he < first paper published in this State, at Charleston, . and thence removed to Pendleton, using the press wkioh Gea. Greene had in his campaigns, he did | Job work, until he tommenced the publication of : the "Pendleton Messenger"?the second paper ] established in this State. The world has speculated much as to the an- i thorship of Junius, but John Miller carried the secret to his grave at the "Old Stone Meeting House," an d has left no information as to the name of the author. . ' * mehje-mention. " ; The Mercury' announces the death of Hon. J. Hableston Reab, in Charleston, on the 28d ultimo. The Selma, Ala., Sentinel announces the arrival in that place of ten camels designed for planters in the vicinity. The full grown will pack two bofes of-cotton with ease. *,They can be used for ploughing or fbr any kind of ... draughting, and it is said are far superior either > to horses or mulee, and can be fed on one-half of [ what Is required for a horse or mule. The : Grand Jury of Alachua county, Florida, have presented Gov. Peeby, of that State, as a "nuisance." Their indignation was aronsad by his coarse on the railroad question. Mrs. Mabt . Tatlob Key, died at Baltimore on Wednesday of last week at the advanced age of 75 years. This venerable lady was the widow of Fbakcis S. Key, author of the "Star Spangled Banner," and mother of the unfortunate P. Babton Ket, of Washington City. H. Jitdge Moobe, Esq., of Bennettsville, has been appointed to deliver an address at Rockingham, N. C., on the 4th of July next. The Davenport (Iowa) Democrat has a rumor from Pike's Peak, that two men, who had been) prominent as letter-writers during the winter, had been hung by a party of exasperated emigrants whom they had humbugged. Dr. Adam Ci.ark, who had a strong aversion to pork, was called upon to say grace at a dinner table, where the principal dish was a roast pig. He is reported to have said: "0 Lord, if thou canst bless under the Gospel what thou didst curse under the Law, bless this pig." The Charlotte Bulletin says that the prospect of a good wheat crop in Meoklenburg is very gloomy. In some sections not more than a half crop, judging by present appearances, will be gathered, and in other neighborhoods hardly an1 average yield will be housed. The New York correspondent of the Mercury says that Cyrcs W. Field left for England in the Persia on the 25th ultimo, to advise and assist the London Atlantic Telegraph Company in the manufacture of a new ocean cable for a third experiment next summer. european news. Since our last issue, there has been several arrivals from Europe, the latest with dates from Liverpool to the 18th ultimo. The sales of Cotton in Liverpool on the 18th?the day previous to the sailing of the steamer Ilammonia?amounted to 4000 bales, with little inquiry and prices weak at a decline of ?d, with unfavorable advices from Manchester. Flour, Wheat and Corn were advancing. We give the following items brought by the steamer Neio York : London, May 16.?French red wheat has advanced 3 to 4 shillings. Queen Victoria reviewed the troops at Alderbhott on the 16th. Count Persigney, the new French Minister, arrived in London on the 14th. Prince Gortschakoff has also arrived. The Paris correspondent of the London Times says, t^e confidence in the success of the annj in Italy is so great that preparations will soon be made at Notre Dame for ft Dtwn and thanksgiving for a great victory whioh it is expected will be announced next wedk, All the officers, with a regiment of sappers to be commanded by Pribce Napoleon, left Paris on the 14th for Toulon. A train of siege artillery had also left for Italy. S . It is rumored ~that arms have been sent to Hungary, and that Hungarians abroad are actively employed inciting insurrection in theimoontcy. It is reported that Napoleon, before leaving Paris, addressed a letter to Queen Victoria repeating his promise to take no step during the war, compromising the interest* of .England. The Austrian Government loan of seven ty^five million!! is to be five per cent., payable in silver, and will be issued at Beventy. A Pied monte offioial Bulletin of the 16th says that the Austrians have withdrawn to-day from Bobbin, but a second and still stronger reconnoi* tering force had poshed forward to Wolls and VercelU. . Napoleon and Canrobert rode through the streets of Alessandria on horseback, ana were everywhere received with great demonstrations The .Diet was closed on the 14th by the Prince Regent in person, who said Prussia h&d determined maintaining the balance of power in Europe, and standing np for the security, protection and national interests of Germany. Is is expected the German Confederate Powers will stand friendly by her side. The mobilisation of eight .Federal Corps d'Armed have been completed, Prince William Frederick Commander-in-Chief. The China Mails from Caloutta to April 8, and Hong Kong March 28, had arrived. The French troops had captured a place of considerable strength in Cochin China. The trade of Canton was suffering considerably from the exactions of the Mandarins. London, May 17.?The Duke DeGrammont had left Rome on the 15th in oonsequence of an order from the Emperor. The English Steamer with India mails, was overhauled off Sessara by boats from a French war ship. The official Bulletin of Turin announces the movement of Austrians from Strabella towards Vochera. THE HOSTILE ARMIES. . The following paragraph by the latest arrivals, convey an idea of the position of the two armies, now face to face in Sardinia. The reader wonld do well to consult his map or atlas. He will find the Ticino river, the bounding line between Sardinia and Lombardy. West of this, on the Sardinia side, are these rivers, running nearly parallel ; first,-the Agogna, then the Seasia, andtheo the^Dora Baltea. Between the last named rivera, the Austrian forces have taken position. The armies are but a few miles apart, both intent upon battle; and as soon as the heavy rains cease, they will engage in a conflict not to be compared to any since the day at Waterloo :? Tbe Austrians, after punobing their reconnoitisances and even offensive movements by means of bodies of one, two, and three thousand men, almost up to the trenched lines of the Sardinians at several points, have retired, and appear to be concentrating behind the river Qesir, as if decided upon making a stand there. They are throwing up defences on the left bank, at points extending over a distance of forty miles, and as the stream is not fordable for man or horse, they hope no 5 1 - - ."v . . t, 1 i doubt to DO a Die to give tue r reuuu uuu owuiur aue a warm reception, if they should attack them. .ThiB movement of the Anstrian army seems to have decided the French and Sardinian command ers-in moving their troops, which were previously planted along the line from Novi; past Alessandria to Casale; farther north; so (hat the right win; of the allied army is now at Alessandria, and the north oir the Dora Daltea, and with much replaced garrisons defending Genoa, Novi and Torin. The armies are thm more concentrated than before, and lie along in two long bodies,' face to (ace, at a distance varying from sis miles, on the sotath at Casale, ta twenty miles on the north, on the plain between the Sessla and the Dora Baltea rivers. Paris, May 12. ?The movements of the Anntrians"look as if a retreat were contemplated; 3ome, however, think that they are only choosing their ground for the batt'.e which they may not be able to decline even if they would. Tuesday day next -was the day looke d forward to as the one for the first serious conflict; but, from the hot baste with which the Emperor traversed France ind reached Genoa, it is inferred that news of importance may reach us even earlier. The French force now in Piedmont is very large. (Jp to Friday, the Oth of May, 81,000 men from France and Algeria were conveyed to Genoa, by the Imperial navy; 14,000 by the Jfanageriet; 3000 by the Mart* Struart transport, hired fox the occasion; and from 20,000 to 21,000 by land. A despatch received the day before yesterday tiked the total number there at 140,000. The Pietl-. monteee count 80,000 regular troops and J27,000 volunteers. From this total one-fourth is,believe, the usual average deducted for contingencies or casualties. This is applicable to both, sides, and even then & formindable number still remains for mutual slaughter in the circumscribed battlefield in -the plains of Piedmont, and on which Anstrian and French bishops are commanded to invoke the Divine blessing! I.ETTER FROJtt CHARLESTON. Chaelbston, May 28, 1859. My Dear Enquirer:?I tlo some things in* harried manner no doubt, bat really I am not aceasturned'to '<dot" my "O's." In my hasty notes of last week, you make nw say, "in fonr-holes," instead of "on four-holes swamp, &o." Now Cie mosquitoes, sand-flies, frogs, alligators and malaria, (e7il air) not to ?ay boggy and rooty roae'ls, wqpld make going to meeting more insupportable than <iter with this soft, idle, thoughtless, uqi thinking and soulless generation, for whose benefit churches are ostensibly' built. Again, you make me say "across the bay inward by Sullivan's,.Island, instead of "onwara." 4o," vhioh would imply ignorance on my part as to the path by which such craft as '/the Chart's(on, and Nina" go ont to the ocean highway. But I forbear. ... _ One hour before the time, I was at the N. E.. Depot on Chappel-Street, and was fortunate in being there no early, not only to avoid being left, but beoaus e I found some old-time friends there al?o, and ha d an opportunity Ho talk up the past" tiefore the crowd gathered, and also for the reason that I was allowed the privilege of surrendering my well-selected seat to some ladies (or as "Ruby" has it some women?the Bible uses both words) who, though strangers, were modest and very grateful, seemingly; and I getting another seat, on the sunny side, with a lire Yankee for a companion, did not feel any distressing discomfort, The agent in the ticket office treated me j\ut like a servant, by putting me on the half-pay list, but did not send me into the smoking oar. All things considered, I concluded I could endure sc.oh discrimination, as the damage done was imperceptible as to caste, and though my purse was relieved, yet it was so partial as to pfoduce no great excitement or oollapse. I shall not proUtst against the like.condnct being repeated while '.he funds are down, as to quantity and uncertain as to returns or augmentation; bat really, Mr. Editor, I say to you and all honest men, that those discriminations, by grace to the clergy, to me, are invariably humiliating and irksome. I certainly appreciate the motive of t hese conrtesies as to in dividuals, oat must oe nioweu 10 aepioro ana reprobate the manner in which they are sometimes sought, and not unfrequently granted?grudgingly, as by constriant, and with offioial fastidoosness 0.8 to details of reasons and conditions, and coldness, not to say repulsiveness, of manner on the part of chiefs and subordinates of soulless and irresponsible corporations. My remedy is this. Take all legal disabilities off the ministerial office and remove all exceptional clauses from bridge, ferry, and road charters which Bmell of State-churchism, and then let the preacher of the Gospel be as other citizens ; and on the part of the churches, let them maintiin their ministers so as to enable them to preseiwe their independence and self-respect, without secular resorts, or fawning sycophancy for favors, either by them, or for them by their friends.? Let th is matter be discussed and let public opinion, common sense and enlightened conscience, re I 111? ?y- '' ? quire the law makers and tho ohurchgd to do 1 Tight, so that no man, or company of meh, may i .be either required to. endure dead headt or to fit- i vor or apologise for the policy of discrimination f by grace, or courtesy, or compulsion of outside i pressure of public opinion, or com petition or other- ' wise; and thus let the preacher be free to fsel, i like a man, a citizen and a gentleman, and also be unembarrassed in e:cposing and reprobfttii? both private and public vices and abuspe^ as bis, ; sense of duty and the law of God may suggest ' ana enjoin. This "homily has not been prompted by say on- ' pleasantness on this recent trip through the classic regions of St. Johns Berkley, St. Stephens, Williamsburg and Georgetown. No, the Agent of the N. E. R. R., without the slightest hint In that 1 direction, and with great cheerfulness, asking no 1 questions, gave me the half price ticket according 1 | to rule of the road, and the captain of the ATma, 1 with cordial promptness, passed me on my return - entirely free?bed, board and passage?saying that Woe his custom with Methodist preachers;/or all of which, of course, I was duly thankful.? ' More anon. * - % J. W. JL<<*j J 1 For the Yorkrille Enquirer. , - .? " nitEVlLLE DSMONSTRATIOlt. Mr. Enquirer:?On Saturday Jast, at Morrow's Turn Out, on the Charlotte and South Carolina Rail Road, the Sons of Temperance ol"Piiu?iUe Divisionlocated at the shore mentioned place, ' gave what might be called a real temperance demonstration. . At an early hour the tide of life commenced flowing, and continued until all before you became a rolling, "walking panorama. About iOJ | o'clock a procession was formed near the Depot, by the Division, and led to the stand by the Mar- . shale of the Day, Dr. Campbell and F. C. Habbis. Prayer being offered by the Chaplain, Rev. 0. A. Dakbt, the Re?. T. C. Chalmers rose and addressed the audience. Mr. B. C. Prrslkx fol-' lowed, after whioh a recess of some time was in-4 nounced daring whioh the "inner man" was ap-" t peased. The Bev. 0, A. Dakbt entertained the audience in the arming, and the load laughter and vo^ ciferons "hit him again I" indicated that everybody was pleased except Paddy. Perhaps a /untitling would bare been the thing for him. We never engaged onrself better anywhere, than- at Pineville?beholding a vast and intelligent concoarse of ladies and gentlemen, evidently presaging the occurence of something dreadfially appalling to the tyrant, King Alcohol. The Division initiated, after the speaking was over, some nineteen indidnals, of whom thirteen were ladies. Blessed ministry! they are ever ready, with hearts and hands, to strengthen, encourage and restore to respectability and comfort, the once degraded and miserable. ' We woiJd like to'spesk of the music, the gooddinner, and the pretty ladies that contributed sV much to the interest of the occasion, bat time and space forbid. - EGG. For the Torkvflle Enquirer. ( , s abbath~schools. Chbkaw, 8. C., May 26th, 1859. Dear EnquirerCommend me for my generosity. I could have written yon a long letter concerning the 8. 8. Contention in Colombia, bat < my generous spirit moved me to leave that pleas- < ant duty for the enjoyment of others. I di^not so mnch as dream that so important and pleasant a meeting as that would be allowed to pass without a lengthy notice. Bat so it has ohanced to be. I mast, however, insist that it was rather an excess of generosity than a want of diligence which led to such a renult, as far as the present writer was responsible. It is hoped that by this time yoar readers are i sufficiently informed in regard to the objects and ! proceedings of that gathering together of the cler- ' gy and laity, to feel much interested in the great " enterprise. The Sanday School! the Sunday School I! Let the awakening appeal be sounded through all the land ! Hear, hear, all ye friends of Christianity, and yon who profess to love the Church, to admire virtue and to seek the highest good of yoar race?hear this call to-renewed effort in -One of the sublimest movements of the agel It'fe bigh time that the injunctions dftheScriptnres so frequently and so powerfully enforced, to instruct, the children in the way of truth and righteodsnasi, be more faithfully observed.. Is not all the teaching of the Bible, ^nd'all the history of ?hh past, sufficient to convince us that if we would mak?.a holy oonquest of the world, and hasten the time when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that "Jesus Christ is lord to the dory of God the Father"?that the children most < 'be trained in ehristi&n discipline and educated in religious knowledge, brought up in the "nartpre and admonition of the Lord ?" How strange and ineonebrtent is poor human nature!.. Jfe sec the, errors of those who have gone before ua, yot we will not avoid them. We lament the neglset of our predecessors which was, the result of a want of better information or greater zeal, or some other cause, and still we do very H$le better.? , One generation chases another from the stage of probation in quiok succession, running against the same rooks which had wrecked multitudes before. , Now we vall know that the reason wiry /there is"&p - much wickedness in this Christian country is be- ' cause the children have nat^ been trained up to virtuous habits. Parents havfclreen at fault?the church has been also too forgetful of her duty in this 'particular. The demand of the times in which we live, is for improvement in these respects. Parents in their domestic regulations, and everybody in the Sanday school room, are called on to arise and go to work as they hate neter before done. There is a task of unspeakable greatness and worth for us to perform?there is no time to be lost. I have said "everybody" should be Interest ed and at work in the Sunday school. It is a fatal mistake to suppose that none but little children and very young persons are to be engaged in these delightful exercises. Whenever itiaprae! ticable, the parents, one or both, sbbold go with j their little oneB?lead them?not drive or Bend them?to the place where they are to learn the elements of all learning?all that is worth knowing?the celestial scienceIs it not strange that human sciences should be diligently taught the young, while that department of knowledge for which the world has been created, preserved and redeemed, is regarded as something whioh may be attended to in an hoar, and that hour the last one on earth 1 It should be regarded in this age and nation, just as extraordinary for a man in the fall strength of years to reform his life, be changed in his moral nature, and become an enlightened tealouB christian, as it is for one to become a thorough scholar who has not learned the alphabet until his manhood. There is just as much to learn in the former as in the latter case, and the force of habit is no less potent in the moral than in the intellectual department of human nature. Human organizations may do all they can to reform and restrain from vice?the pulpit may burn with holy ardor in its heaven-sent appeals to men to "turn and live"?the religious press may cover the earth with volumes ,of sacred literature and wrap the globe in printed sheets of living light? but after all, if the little scions are not cared for and early and constantly trained in these beginnings of an immortal growth, the whole work will not bo done. Go then to the Sunday School?become scholars or teachers as circumstances may justify?join in with a zeal to do good and to get good?hunt up children and adults too, and urge ? ~r~ : hem tO,hjiite in thegreatworic?open your puriet, md bay books for the library?and throw your* self floul and Body, time, influence and money into :he scale of virtue and holiness?into the great ind gfflpS. eauae of the Sunday School. -V , L. S: A. - - ' Cb>. s :mm* For the Yorkrille Enquirer. > OBITUARY TRIBUTE"Died at his mother's residence, Beech Island, Edgefield District, South Carolina, on the 22d of March, SUMTEE R: 9. Milus ta the twenty-seventh year of hls-age." We clip the above from a western paper. To the many.lt will be merely a sad ttem,-^mething to sadden the heart and arrest a fleeting"smile.? To us?and we too are many?who knew him and loved him. in life, the sadness is more than sad, ind the crape on our hearts will long tell oar sorrow st the bereavement. Peraonolly, we knew tiim welL Forthree ysarsin college Vre s&t id^ gether?toiled, rejoiced And hoped together?met the ills and wells Of that varied life together?and, having met ae strangers, we parted friends- .And they only who have known, the power of soak friendships, can take in all that we mean by 'friends" . Oar own experience in. this respect in i that, we know, of all onr class. We turned from college to meet the world something aver six, yerfa go.. We pressed his manly hand In parting then; and a proud hope swelled ouf heart as we looked towards his future? He devoted himself to law jk and in Texas he had acquired a prominent position at the bar. The present was'a proud success, and the future promised even more. Up among the mysteries of the Infinite, it was needed that he die. He turned from the minor claims of human greatness, and went back to Qod, A venerable mother'? love warmed the chill atmosphere of death for him ; and in her home, where his being began, he gave that being back to its. Source. The infinite love of a mother yielded its claim oiAj to that of the Parent of AIL . As a class-brother we olalm a place sear those who loved him best, in paying our tear-tribute to hie memory. *" V V Graduates of Fifty-Two! the absences are more and more. Leititck and Fbean and Scott and Mills will answer to their names no more. - Those of ns who shall meet again in Sixty-Two will* not meet them there. The affection wfe have cherished so long, so constantly, asks here again to mingle a tear with those to whom our friend was near in life, for be was near to us. r'; J. W. D. >. Columbia, S. C. ?? " , . . - ... For the YorttvQle Enquirer. ( LETTER FH.03I~MRS. WEAZLE. Mr, EditorI'm in a passion! I most certainly am in a dreadful" passion 1 I consider myself insulted, and as you are the cause of it, I expect nothing less than yon will shut up your office, go to 'Mississippi and demand some kind of satisfac-' |ion, . You surely did not read that last letter of Mr. Punoh's, or yon would never have allowed it ] to be published. - . - .* ' * * "The old lacly," says he.- Well, that certainly does go a little" beyond1 anything I , trvr did see, particularly from a stranger. Will Mr. Puoofc.be eo good as to let me know where he got tble~ Information about my age ? I ddnt remember.ever alluding to it myself. And will the 'same polite gentlemen please to inform me what possible ad-' vantage it could be .to him, to spread over the whole country the faet (even if it- were- one, and it ain't) that the widow Weozle is an old woman ? ' In another place he says, "botf aid folks are so curious." Now if bis own description of hie psfrsohal appearance is half-way correct,-I think that young folks ere curious too, sometimes, and I think that if it's got to be "anybody Lord" with' him, he must be "curious'-* iu other things as well as looks. I have heard that some man by the name of Chesterfield has written a book on. politeness; I would advise Mr. Panoh.to get it 1 don't believe that he'll fiud it set dowa there, that it is good poliey to tell a woman thai abb's old. And his sly sarcasms on ipy name too?a name ' that was old before "Punches" were ever thought of; a name that I could change without -applying to the Legislature, for Seraphiaa Alieiahas found out that iu its original purity and elegance, .it was * 'Weazelle"?that accident or igooranpecorrupted it into "Weaclef* time'and carelessness called it "Weaale"?ffnd Nat's obstinacy will koep it "Weazle," for'to s&^e your Hfe he Won't have it ?A? n.o.m, rt.Mlo'WMfUllo Wan auyiuyig Oiec. 140 at* J a ?U?. M? nM? born?aWeaile he has ttvetf-'-nnd a-Wearle -he will die," and I declare I don't blame him, for if. ever the looks of any human told his parentage/ Nat's dor And cute! you'd be astonished- at the cutenesa of' that boy.' you'd never eafob Mm sticking his nose into- 'any hollow place without knowing what would meet itthere, (as Punch did.) It'll almost a pity ha didn't' do something of the kind, -and get rid of an inch or so', for it never was small, and it has begun to .grow out lately, until I'm really afraid that it will hide all the rest of bio beauty.w And Nat's running up spindlin too, or "toogsy.'ifae Punch ia); \ I wonder if there's no way to stop him, and make him spread oof. fiat to return to our name.! I should not care a figfor, the.slurs of Punch, but I regret to say that they havemade a strong"-impression on my daughters, and X.shouldn't wonder a bit if in future they &Q sign themselves "Wea^elle" in spite of all that I can say, and have the neighbors all making fun of them, as they did of Benben Potts, who was bocn land raised ,Sn the upper part,Of this State,'wad 'ran away with a- theatre company three or. Ann. years ago, and had the agsuranoe to cpme bank' here with them, and<oall himself "Rubini Pottinoekti.*, Why bless your soqI, I knew him the miautp I laid-my eyes on him, and made no bones of saying.ao either, for I can't bear absnrd pretensftps, and aiwaya. make it ^ point to expqse them 4f I can, and there's enough of then) about Colombia too, 1 can tell you; and if 1 havn't troubled myself with them yet, it's'Bimply because they don't come in my way. T only seo them afar off.- y . And another ,'thing J. don't like in Punch's letter. ~ Se asks if the Weaoles are riph. True, it is al the closd as though it were a sudden afterthought, ottered without any calculation, but that way of putting it don't deceive mw Hav'nt I known people write-a letter for a'rorflftl purpose, (to beg or collect numey-^or instance) and wind up without even hihting at it, and then put It (a a seemingly careless postscript. Puuoh had better have let that alonehe Will 'End that'the Weazle's are not senseless, (or scentless). They can soent a motive as quick as he can. And that very question satisfies me that Punch is & fortune.huUter, or a poor Observer of Bis"fellow man. If the first, he may consider himself a discarded suitor, and if the last,'he stands jnst where he did before, for we don't expect every man to1 be a Salomon. Does he suppose that' if the Weatle's Were, rich he would ever have hbard of them'?. Does he suppose that the South Carolina hunters hare not as keen a scent as those of Mississippi ? Just let me assure him that there are two thinga which here make husbands a dead certainty?aristocrat* ic position or- full purses. I<et a girl possees either, and the young lawyers, doctors, editow, merchants and clerks swarm like bees around her, while the equally eager, and generally far betterworth-having mechanic, worships "the bright particular star" from a distance, and occasionally dashes into their midst, seizes the prize, and bears it triumphantly away from the ringed, chained, curled,'and mustached competitors, and "so mote it be." Well, it is astonishing how much good it does sometimes to vent one's feelings, or as Nat s^ya, "to let off steam." When I began this letter, I was in such a rage that I do believe I would have boxed Punch's ears if they had been within reach, and i/nf>^'t feel a spew>flngertawttdsMtfd ai I'm rather inclined to pity him, for hoW. do! know. ct that1 he's everhad ? mother tojeara him anything; ol he ihight h&'vo been as bright as my Nat is,"if he'd yi hare, had such a mother to raise him; and a great r deal might be done with him yet. Perhaps it would h be well enough for him to visit Columbia hay p how! I don't'think that.any of my girirWould, 01 h&ve.hlm, bat I wouldn't mind taking him in band y myself, and may be some one about. hem would li havehim after he gets a little Columbia polish.? si His hating written poetry is very mueh against a him. The people here don't like such nonsense, e but may be I should not say that either, for sine# el I Ccfbfe tocrebollect "they do like" it whm ii eomt* a from abroad? it's only iff the natives they dieoonrage it An article from "Punch of Mississippi,'* might be landed to the .skies,, while one from "Mrs. c Weazlo of Columbia" Wqnld not obtain a word's but if I oonld only be changed into Madame * Winefredina Weasleletti froth Italy,- Prance or a some other foreign country1, I'd be a Uon directly, f In conclusion, tot me assure Mr. Panoh, that I t feelno ungerat hhit now, And when be does coma t tb-oar place, I will do *3 that fs is my power to p make the visit agreeable and beneficialto him?' ~ * Columbia, May 27th, 1869; - - -J*- t ^ " ' w-< a ^ t For the YorkvlUo finqnlrcr. ^ ^ AOBICBUPCHAX, MEETING. f\ Pine-Grove, Saturday May 21, ISM, . | The King's Moa&tain Agricultural Society met j according to adjournment. The minutes of the proceeding meeting were read and adopted. E Wm. C. Black was then called upon, who de- fl Jivered an able, entertaining, and we trust, a prof- c itable address to the Society ; from which we ex- j tract the following: ' After congratulating the officers and metobers ( of the Association in view of the. benefits .(hat ) must necessarily follow a well oondncted Society ^ of the kind, not only to the Individuals composing ( it, bilt to the surrounding country'; and expits - * sing a hope that it may be the means of rwdorin g . anyreproach that may hare reefed on our aeetio n j of the District, for want of energy and advance( meat In the Agricultural and general improve- < meat of the country; he proceeded to.state ^the ( grand object of the association, rix: "Tie improve-^ j ment kf our land*, and tie improvement of. onr ( mnde; the former cannot adrauce to a great ex- ( tent without the improvement of.the latter/' First: the Improvement of our JLand*.?It. L?. , well, before I. propose reform,?to first ascertain t the eril, at least.to iome extent?the prude^physycian will first ascertain eett&ly the disease be?.' fort he applies the remedy. The flttfr 3^-tbat t exist9 Je not only injurious to our interests, bat j it is humiliating to bur pride of character as indi- c vi duals, and as a community we are .taunted, and't I am sorry to be obliged to admit, oorrectly, with' ( being behind in the improvement of the age and , country iu which we lire. We are comparatively ? staflocirj-^-bui hi tie, ifaar, In advance of IKom j who tHlei the soil here' fifty years Ago, IfHh'tfb' ^ disadvantage to us, that fifty years since, the virgin , .soil jielded a fair- support to the ftfW and simple ( ' wants of a sparse population, whHe we are trying to support a population of three times the namtber, , whose wants, from modern usage, Are far raoro , numerous and complicated; en a sod naturally poor, ( now won and exhausted of its little fertility, and , that."too -without ma king an enlightened and ireR j concerted effort to remove the eviL Our'pereonal respect should surely Urge us to make every exer- ( tkmin our. power, to 'place our immediate section in a line with'the advance, or promptly leave it to those who may be'willing for its small benefit*' to submit to the jeers of otherseetione. - ' ,1 ^ The second evil under which we labor is the ( fact, as I regard it, that agricultural labor is not remunerated. Here agricultural labor Is as poorly paid/ae any other spool as of labor In the State.? - * It- * " The average productiqn of corn, ae shown by the tablee of the census .of i860, over the Union, was twenty five bushels per acre. Sow, what is the average -phr acre of | this section? When I set It down at ten bushels j phr acre, I am sure/1 Estimate it as high as-it is. Thus you sea with our corn orop, whieb we culti- ] rate with as much or more success than any other crop, wa not only do not make an average orop, > but we do not make half an average orop. I have * no doubt all of our other crops are about in thd- [ : same-proportion. , J This is-certainly a very gloomy view of our ao- j tu&l condition, but if it is true, the sooner we ' face the truth the better form; for i take ft, , Blr.-President, that it is with the bad andimprovi dent farmer as it is wtfn tae sinner, toe sooner ' and more fully be is made Ujj know sod feel his condition,! the sooner and more industriously he travels a better road; Let as ' reflect that if the truth shows us a gloomy picture, we are again like the sinner, not without hope, if we look arounfl on, and read.and enquire, we will find that other sootions of the Uniott are-laboring'under difficulties far greater than we are, yrkh a climate cutting th?;erop season two months shorter than ours.- Their hills and Tallies paved and covered wiU^atones.wijth a oil much.more sterile than ' cure, ?fe now fye garden spots of the Union, their .'TacdariBng, at from one hundred to one hundred < and fifty dollars per acre. This most assure you that we can siicceed by. the proper use of the means? applied with intelligenoe and energy. Ton i naturally wish to, know how this improvement was ^Cffeeted.. I cannot answer you more correctly | than to give you the answer made by a lady to a foreigner who was traveling through New England during its early settlement. He was struck with the poverty of the soil, and the cold and unfavorable climate. He rode up to* house and asked thelady of the house, "What could they-raise in each a country V She replied ?that "the soil w?e too poor, and the climate too cold to raise anything from the ground, and they had, therefore, determined to build churohes and school-houses, and raise men." Her words have became history, aad they did rafise men in the fall meaning of the term. They ootild then accomplish ail that human energy, intelligence and-industry could aehiete and Connecticut, (the State I have been ,de?mhiag,particularly). 1% now in spite of her "poor and rooky soil and unfavorable climate, one af-the most productive and flourishing States in the Uni9n, and in 1850 gave On average production of forty Lush tit ofoornpir acrt-rfae highest average of apy State in the Unlpn?and in striking the average of the whole country, they, borrowed the fifteen bushels that Connecticut had to spare over the avevage, to add to our small pile of ten bushels, to bring up. Can we not do what others have done under greater disadvantages ?? . We oertainly can if we use with energy of purpose, the means in our reach. 'We have in our . own immediate neighborhood the means of entiphing our lauds at a comparatively light cost. We mast increase the productive powers of our land? j ?the necessity is before as?we cannot continue to go on %s we have been, with oar increasing wants, and the productive powers of our lauds diminishing, if our present situation and condition will not allow it. The question, how are we to cheaply and rapidly enrich oar soil, has become one of the first importance. I can only answer /or myself, so far as my own opinions are formed. From my own observation and acquaintance with the character of thaaoilef this neighborhood, I have no hesitation in saying we can only do it safely, cheaply and sorsly, by the judicious, liberal and persevering application of lime and by deep plowing; and the cultivation of only so much as we can manure well and work thoroughly. By this course we can, I have no doubt, succeed in raising clover s"' id other grasses. White we arrive at this point, )mplK^e?*e<>eeai? sure. with ourjpedMfct system reditu**, oi? mpaas frmaktttflthbft and-bmm*rd manure ft tooUmited to pcmUloe the necessar amount of putrescent fertilizers to improve pur .nde?the i den is preposterous?we nlay improve atcbts and-that. only to a limited pxtent la rder to produce the necessary-amount of manure, on must have the gnMJS??, and to raise the grasses, me is.absolutely necessary?there is no other absthute thet win answer that purpose. You may end abroad and get foreign manures at a heavy xpetrae,'yefut' yotrr uwn 'doom lime can be parbased at almoft-nothTng, that is twice ns'voluble for all purposes of permanedl Improvement. We are so situated here, that We are neither in the etton range, nor are we a grata producing people -the poverty of thtrsoH forbids that; neither are re a grass and stook raising people. ^ Oof climate nd soil Wilt not allow us ever to become success al cotton planters, and besides there ie nothing in be btyijftm that will Impvova^ithav the ?0e or be other; and as I raid before, our Mil is too oor to allow ng to oultfyHe grain oxtmmmly. because it woald exhaust oar lead*. Ve must hen if erfer'we intend to qolt being aoMwiy (enil re have tried that long enough to be satisfied it rill net payjf become Stock urn Gaasa aaisias. rhis system if we eaa socewefally adopt ft, will tetter pay as for oar labor the* either of the othira, and is at the hame time the shortest, most Dreci and in fact the only rood tduhe impro resent of oar worn' oat aad exhausted soil. If I ,m correct in this opinion?and tho experience of if all other countries whieh hare improved their ands by that process fully justify me ! that pinion?we should With energy, aad with a fix)d purpose adopt, and know no fail ore. Imaybe net with tile objection that thla la an untried ex>eriment. This is li ne eo far aa this eommoaity is lonocrned, bat it It not true La other localities, rhere the chance of fhifore was Ax greater ibaa i t here, and complete soccee* crowed tha-affort. [ feel iIMnd in- niy own mio&fhfft hf A jodi>ioos coarse we pan raise th* JkNMJ^P*4?<v* ran do whatever we may dee ire in the way of agrirultural improvement, we moet depend' on the jroper naeoMkoej deep ftnniag. and thorongh rulturo, and the appHea^ou of all the manures in >ar reach^Jn I have eald 'that ao great improvement can be iffeotad iff ear agricultural oooditioo, oaleee it m accompanied by the improvesiaBt of oar miods. * f (. . * .* * - v .. *-sr-? ? It ia a mistaken idea .that education oaa only >e obtained by punning a collegiate ooarse. Ft s true, the branch** that or* usually stadled ia tar college* %re beneficial? the study 0* them bs he acquisition of knowledge aad tb? Sraioiag of the mind, bat a truly educated bob is one thnt is nailer of bis mind-?-o?ewho knows -trow to think ind does think, and f hate met mom truly edaca*d men among' tttM #io nejer lad the adranage cfwcollegtote edocstiou than aaneng those irbo hnre.^ W? on* bj aaidf the >rranepui idna bat we Wost-do adthtag'Vat what our father's lid. if toe oppose the deselipi?qfr of new sad isefol principles, andszafhae to Ml upon th. m ? merely because our ancestors M not think propir to do-so?>*ith hi iiiaaaaaiag wanta, populadon aad po-rerty of idll^oac progress will be tra iy retrograde. _ Gov. (fifty then In to study, Co dunk, and to- launch oat boldly, with 'a full and ietermined purpose to surmount difficulties ind obtain oar ends.** . ? It wae then agreed upon that we harem "flosmer Pair," at ?(hnyastdtobre for (Be exhibition of ?elans, Frrriis, ?Jr.r that cannot be preserved until die annual fair. The committee on' questions reported the following for discussion at our next meeting: 1st. flu rufi fttfienefitaof Line a* ait application to the land. 2nd. The use md benefit of deep plowing. Wit. Elus was appointed to road ao "Essay" befoim ths society at Its next toMttof, ?n a subject of his own sdle^ov-, . The society then adjourned to meet on thp lost Friday Jn Jaly-nemt, et otve o'clock, f. If. L. A. HILL, Secretary. . 'Naekinf ft>r Addressing Newspapers, ftc.?The ?ftefyneti papers- describe an Intention of much mportanco to, the potriiekers of newspapers and periodicals?being % machine for stamping or minting thefeoh vHh great rapidity the names of The Gazette, of OraCinnati, gires the annexed A rory unpretending plain-looking little marine, hatanded fttolhe abere purpose, waesnbmltedto our inspection yesterday. One great source >f expense heretofore, in $e publishing of news papers, espaciaJJy with large circulations, has >eea In the addressing department. By the old node, from $50 to $00 per thousand per eaaum lae been paid forthat sped ally alone, thus refusing'the profit very materially. This machine, tcoording to prmotieal trial witnessed by us, will tddress-from two to three thousand phpen per ionr, and at an txpenee of only fifteen dollars per thousand, which' includes the right to use it. Its simplicity ia its greatest recommendation. So type is required. ? A number of Uttle wooden blocka, are placed on a belt, on the surface of irhieb ki puna bed the name of the aubscriber and his address; the belt Is then placed on a wooden sylinder, inserted on aa upright, the blocks inked, tnd, as the holt moires, papers are fed under it, irktoh reoeire the impress of tha names stamped in the blocks. By another ingenious and simple little machine, intended as a .companion to the ither, the names are stamped on the blocks ia plain Soman type. The construction is so simple that :he machine ia not likely Oo got out of order, and f it should, a jack-knife would be all the toole required to /repair #. We think its pneticlMlity is established, and, geing offbrded on very reasonable terms, it can ie pot Into general use. A machine and eenfpsoon. and one thoasand block ready stamped and liaoed on the belt costs cply $50. Its iaTentore, ueeers. R. If. ft D. Duris, hail from Yellow dprings, Ohio, where we believe they haTe established a manufactory. We should judge tbat a trusty boy could, with :his maohine, manage a Tory large circulation.? rhe blocks on which the names are stamped can >e made at the rate of one for every three-fourths >f a minute, and coots them about two mills each. Its inventors intend shortly exhibiting it to the proprietors of Che different newspaper establishnenta in this city. ,' Association.?The thousands of friends of the ifriean labor supply will learn with peculiar pleasure that au Association for the legal promo:ion of that purpose has been formed, and will lold Its next meeting in Mobile, on the third Moniay of February next. We are glad to announce ;hat the Hon. J. B. D. DeBow has accepted the PrepidencVj and that the distinguished orator and hinker,'the Hon. L. W. Spratt, of South Carolina, tas agreed to delirer the oration. The President, re presume, will take an early opportunity to itata the propriety and poliey of forming the AsIssoclatiotL Afrit**'Labor Supply Association.?Coxstitu ioir. 1-. The object of the Association shall be to pronote the supply pf AMoan labor. 2. The officers of the Association shall be a 'resident, teres Vice Preeidosts, one or more leeeetariee, and a Treasurer, to serre three years. 8. The Association shall meat at least onoe aninotfv. and at such uiaco as the Association may >rder. 4, The members of the Association shall bo the inaera|gaed, and all oitiiena delegated by any mblie meeting, Governor, Town Council, or Mayw, and in favor of $e African labor supply. SKxiUta.?The Association elected the following ifficers: President, J. B. D. DeBow; Vice-Presidents, Ion. B. T. Archer, Nathan Boss, Hon. I. N. Dais ; Secretary, General W? H. McCardle. Mr. L. W. Spratt was unanimously eelected to leliver the annual oration, and Hon. Wm. L. Taney and Hon. H. M. Bennett to be alternate*. It was ordered that the Association's next meetog be at Mobile, on the 3d Monday in February, 890. Henry Hnghee, B. T. Archer, Nathan Boss of Lrkansas, G. W. Humphries, W. H. McCardle, J. I. Humphries, C. C. Briscoe, J. B. D. DeBow, J. ?. Back of Mississippi, Wm. Thos. Magruder,