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Scraps & Jfacts. 'Much remains unsung,' remarked a torn cat, as a brickbat cut short his serenade. ?-Lord Bloomfield, the British minister at Berlin, has bought the library left by Alexander Von Humboldt. The proprietor of the Great Eastern realized over $20,000 from admission fees during the time the ship was open to visitors. Dan, who lately poisoned an unfortunate young girl in Lancaster District, the objeot of his criminal commerce, to which allusion was made last week, has been tried, and sentenced to be hung on the first Friday in November next. ?? A great debate, it is said, will shortly take place in Quinoy, Illinois, between Mr. Joseph Baker, the renowned infidel debater, J TV- TTT 1 J J!_! f A.:. ana JL/r. rvsrrca, a marueu uivtuo ui v^uiucy on the question. "Has the Bible exerted a beneficial influence ?" The amount of money remitted home by Irishmen resident in America, the last year, for the purpose of assisting their friends to emigrate, was 32,360,000. The ten preceding years the amount remitted was $49,080,000 . " Blondin crossed Niagara again on the 8th instant, with willow baskets on his feet, and upon reaching the centre, took champagne and cake from a table which he carried with him. After the performance, he promised the crowd that next June he would cross the rope on stilts. * The Newark (N.J.) Mercury says that Mr. Fisher, of Paterson, has constructed a steam carriage, which was tried ^on the common road to Acquackanock, a few days ago, when it went on the level 15 miles an hour, with 12 passengers. One mile was run in three minutes. A telegraphic despatch was forwarded from Washington, Thursday, to Atchison, Kansas,?going by express a distance of ten miles from Kansas city?and an answer returned in the unexampled space of four hoars. When it is considered that the message had to change from several lines, added to the expressing of it ten miles, this time, for the distance, is the most rapid on record. The upper class of East India ladies are making a violent resistence to the introduction of English gowns amoDg the lower class of female coolies, as the gown enablesthe poor woman to cover the breast, and that to a nnvllana Kolnnoinw fn urrtmpn I AO ? ?4ivuv*?v wv .. v?-wof rank only. This has occasioned so fierce a jealousy of classes that the government has been obliged to interfere, which it has done by passing a law permitting all women to dress as they please! A letter from Portsmouth, Ohio, written by a lady to her husband in this city, makes mention of an extraordinary circumstance. A short time ago a young lady was bitten by a dog. Hydrophobia manifested itself on her, and while confined by the disease she bit her sister, who was waiting on her. The sister was soon attacked by the same disease and bit the mother. All three were alive at the last accounts, but were all raving mad, and there was no prospect of their recovery.?Louisville Journal. . The mail from Illinois brings most flattering accounts of the success of an invention whiob is likely to prove to certain parts of the West, what the cotton gin was to the South. We refer to Fawkes' steam plough, the experiments with which at the State Fair at Freeport, have demonstrated that it is capable of ploughing 40 acres per day! The benefit which must accrue to the prairie lands of the West; especially those of Dlinois, from such a monster labor saving machine, cannot be easily over-estimated. We have received from Dr. Friedeman a specimen of quartz gold, which, he informs j as, was obtained lately by his brother, somewhere west of AoatiD. His brother has but recently come to Texas, having been for some years engaged as an Assistant Geologist in making a survey of South Carolina, and the published report of that State speaks 'in the highest terms of the services and scientific attainments of Mr. Friedeman The specimen before us admits of no doubt of its .being the genuine gold bearing quartz. We shall probably have more definite information on the subject before long.? Galveston News. 6th,\: > - w* The city government of Portland, Maine, have made special arrangements to do bonov to the arrival of the Great Eastern. The" programme includes a public diuDer, ball, general illumination of the city, ringing of bells, salutes of artillery, excursions in the harbor, military displays, and other manifestations of public rejoicing. A committee of the city government has also voted toextend invitations to President Buchanan and his Cabinet, to General Scott, to the Governor of Canada, to General Williams, commander of the British forces in North America, to the Governors of several States, and to the Executives of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, to visit Portland during the visit of the Great Eastern. _ The report finds currency in many; journals that Mr. John Mitchel, late editor of the Southern Citizen, has gone to Africa for slaves. This is, 01 course, incorrect ana preposterous. He possesses none of the qualifications for the trade. A rumor prevails, in well informed circles here, with more of plausibility to sustain it, that his real object in going to France is at the instigation of leading members of the slave trade party, to induce the Emperor Napoleon III. to relax his oppositition to the trade under the French flag, if not to legalize it. That there is any foundation for this in sober reality, we of course, do not know, and we should consider his chances for success in such a mission of the very poorest.? Charleston Mercury. The Mexicans having come to the conclusion that the object of Horace Greely's Western tour was the organization of a fillibuster expedition, the commanderat Mazatlan issued a proclamation in which he informs the people that "One Horace Grcely, a most diabolical, blood thirsty and unmerciful man?worse than the infamous Walker, or even the minions of Miramon,?a man whose very name struck dread to the hearts of thousand in the United States, so j many were his crimes and so terrible his conduct?is now at the head of the most extensive band of filibusters ever collected, and on his way to Mexico." He then exhorts the people to prepare tbems^lvs for in- j stant action, and concludes thus: "This dangerous man (hombre pcligrose') is not of j the common school of filibusters j they wish ' for plunder, he for "blood and murderous j ^ deeds." j h ? " ??? C]jf?BrMc(S^mw KDITED BT SAM'Xj w. melton. . YORKVILLEj S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1859 Special Notice.?All communications, on matteniconnected with the paper, should be addressed to "The Yorkyille ENQUIRERand not the Editor or Proprietor, personally. Persons desiring prompt attention to their favors, must bear this in mind. jy Capt. B. D. MOORE, Maj. Myles Smith, Sam'l G. BROWN, j. L. THOMSON and samuel J. kutkendal of York; and wii.liam d. Cook, of Bennettsville, are authorized agents of the enquirer. RELIGIOUS SERVICES FOR SUNDAY, SEPT. 25. Methodist Church. Rev. L. A. Johnson, Pastor. Services in the morning only?at 10 o'clock. Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. M. H. Adams, Pastor. Services at 10 A. M., and 7 P. M. return-day. Saturday next, is Return-Day for York District. From all we can learn, the return will probably be lighter than for several years. * "there's no such word as fail." In the sketch of Mr. S. L. Hammond, under the above caption, published in our issue of lost week, there appeared several typographical blunders, which the intelligent reader will readily correct. * fogarties and stidl.bian. In to-days issue, the reader will find the fall advertisement of Messrs. Fogabtiks & Stillman, Charleston. We have so frequently referred to these gentlemen, that we deem a reference to the advertisement as all that is necessary. * new cotton. The first lot of new cotton brought to this market, was sold on Friday last, to Messrs. Carroll, Clark & Co., at 10} cents. Four bales made up the lot, which was from the plantation of Capt. S. E. Carroll, of Bullock's Creek. On Saturday, two more bales were brought into town by Mr. J. W. Lindsay, and purchased by the same firm at 10}. * good picking. We have been furnished with the following memorandum of one day's cotton picking, by the 1?j?f 5'?rti m JrtuvsnN. of this Dis nauuf ui mi. ..... F . trict. The picking was done on Thursday last, and for the season, taken as a whole, we regard the work hard to beat. Here is the list: Jess, 184; Arcby, 183; Ike, 180; Josephns, 171; Emeline, 160; Harriet, 135 ; Caroline, 130; Joe, 118; Dave, 120; Henry, 110. Total 1497. * GEN. STATES R. GIST. The many friends of this gentleman in York Distri;t, we are sure, will be pleased to learn that he has changed his purpose of immediately resigning his commission. The Unionville Timet, from which we derive this information, speaks of Gen. Gist as follows: "We can hardly trust oursclf to speak of Gen. Gist as an officer. It is enough to say?that in the dignity of the man?the deportment of the gentleman, and the ability of the officer, we have not seen his superior on the field." * 'ANOTHER DIVISION:" Our "friend and pitcher," S. G. Browk, D. G. W. P., informs us that on Saturday last, with the necessary assistance, he instituted "anomer division of the Sons of Temperance in this District. This new recruit is located in the neighborhood of Smyrna Church, and is styled "Clark's Pork Division, Xo. 80." It commences battling in the "cause of all mankind," with sixteen members, and has a fair prospect for a large increase. The following gentlemen were elected and installed as officers:? G. W. Cobb, W. P.; M. V. Darwin, If. A.; Wm. White. R. S.: J. W. Love, A. R. S.; W. I. McGill, F. S.; Dr. R. R. Darwin, T.; Moses White, C.; J. B. Whisenant, A. C.; Wm. C. Whitesides, 1. S.; J. A. Cobb, 0. S.; Robert Love, P. IF. P. This makes the seventeenth Division in this District, all of which are represented to us as in a healthy condition. The good work will not stop here?a friend at our elbow informs us that two more Divisions will be instituted within a few weeks. * MERE-MENTION. We learn from the Rock Hill Chronicle, that three bales of new cotton, were sold on Tuesday, of last week, to Mr. B. F. Rawlinson, of Ebenezer, at 11 cents. The cotton was from the plantation of Mr. A. Fewell. A protracted meeting of seventeen days duration, closed at Ebenezer Church, in the Eastern part of Chester District, on Saturday of last week. There were added to the Church (Methodist) during the meeting, 218 members?68 whites, and 150 colored. We observe also, that quite an interest is being manifested at Abbeville, in regard to spiritual matters. The Banner remarks that Rev. Mr. Franks, in one of his sermons stated that over one hundred and sixty names bad been enrolled on the ljooks of the Church within three weeks. The Darlington Flag mentions the formation of another New Division in that District. Rev. S. D. Storks, of Quindaro, Kansas, in a letter to the American n ? Missionary Society, says: "Kansas is to day suffering a hundred times more from intemperance, than from all the political oppression to which she has been subjected." The Alabama and Tennessee Railroad is at length completed to Taladega. Letters from the Corresponding Secretary of the Colonization Society state that all the liberated Africans of the notorious Echo are doing well. They are contented and happy. Many are distributed among private families, and learn fast the habits and customs of civilized life. FIRST PRESBYTERY, A. R. C. By the Telescope, of last week, we learn that ! the First Presbytery of the A. R. Church, met at New Hope, Fairfield District, on the 5th instant, and was opened with a sermon by Rev. E. E. Botce. J. H. Simpson, theological student, delivered a a sermon and a lecture, and having taken the usual course of study, was licensed to preach the gospel. James Peoples delivered a trial sermon with acceptance and approval. Among tne papers prcsvutcu, ?? from Mr. J. Leory Sutton, to the Presbytery, from the decision of Sharon Session, -which was referred to the Committeo on Overtures, consisting of Rev. Hunter, Rev. Betts, and Elder Brice. On the next day,, the Committee submit- i ted tho following report, which was adopted: j "The only paper which came iuto our haud was a petition from a Mr. Jonathan L. Sutton of Sharon congregation, Vork Dist. S. C., praying I the Presbytery for a redress of grievances in a j suspension from church privileges for making and j selling intoxicating liquors. 1. The petitioner complains that the Session | put a false construction on the resolutions passed by the Presbytery on that subject?alleging that he has a right according to the resolutions to make and to sell spirits tq any one who will drink it in moderation as a beverage, and that he is only forbidden to sell to persons known to be drunkards. Now your Committee would, say that the reso- | lutions, as they understand them and as the Ses- J sion of Sharon church seem to have understood them?would prohibit the making and selling of intoxicating liquorB to any persons whatever, ex| cept for medicinal purposes alone?and that sel ling even to the most moderate consumers, as a beverage, is a violation of said resolutions. 2. The petitioner farther objects that the> law of Presbytery on the subject of intoxicating drinks is unconstitutional, inasmuch as Synod alone has the right to make a law?for, says he, such a law must be universal. Your committee would affirm that it is the duty and constitutional right of any Presbyte^ to legislate on all subjeots involving the moral and spiritual deportment of her members, and that all such enactments are binding on the members within her jurisdiction. Persons aggrieved with such Presbyterial enactments have the right and privilege of no appeal to Synod. Your Committee would therefore endorse the action of the Session of Sharon Churoh in the case of the petitioner." Rev. Brice and McDonald with David Wilson, and Robt. Millen, Elders, were appointed a Corntee to organize a church at Chesterville at such time, as shall be deemed proper, on. consultation with the brethren at Chesterville. The Presbytery adjourned to meet at Back Creek, Meoklenburg, N. C., on the third Monday -r ??:i iccrt ui Apru, iuuu. For the York villa Enquirer. DON'T MIND IT. BT WILLIE LIQHTHEABT. Reader if you have a soul of your own within your bosom; if your heart is at all human ; if you have marked out for your feet a pathway to glory, honor and distinction; if, in short, the immortal spirit within you feels the narrowness of its prison-house and yearns for more light, more life, more untrammeled liberty, and higher flights, don't mind what the world has to say. Take a position; plant your feet firm ly, and with emphasis, npon the rock of Right; then, with uplifted head, and unfaltering heart, look bravely around you, and snap your finger) in the face of Slander, Detraction, Obloquy, Scandal, Calumny, and Sarcasm. These you will meet everywhere ; these will stand like stagnant pools, forever in your path; obstructing the passage and poisoning the air with its fool and intolerable breath. These will go before you through the great life-path ; will whisper their tales a" mong your friends; will thrust themselves between you and the dearest object in life; will follow you to old age; stand beside your sick bed; gather about your coffined body, and 3it even upon your graves. Don't mind it! If you wish to act the part of a gentleman, to be select in the choice of your acquaintances; to mingle with that class of society which is best calculated to refine, dignify and elevate;?just as certain as you are a living man, there will be those around you who will slander you, those who will watch for the least opportunity nf Endino nnt ?i flow in vnnr denortment. an impropriety in your conduct. That great, disturber of human life and happiness?"They say"? will be busy with your name, and eherget.io in its efforts to injure you. - But never mind it!?it only proves that you are fast ooming into notice; that the world does you homage ; and those who thus speak of you know that they are far, very far beneath you ; and are moved to envy by the exaltation of your position when compared to the low sink of degradation in which they find themselves. If yon are determined to live a life beooming the dignity of human nature?if you mean to wear the laurel; to win the goal; to obant the great chorus of triumph with the great and gcod of earth, be assured that the great body of mankind will not understand you; will misconstrue your motives; will judge and speak harshly, even cruelly of you. Never mind it.!?remember that it is the difference existing between yourself and those who wish to drag you down to the same level with themselves, that gives rise to slander. Don't mind it!?these things are all calculated to make you more watchful, more cautious, more diligent to look well before you; and, if your friends, and those whom you love, listen to and believe "They say," or "I heard," and press you out of their circle upon the mere assertion of a known slanderer, don't mind it; don't sink down or give up quite yet; but quietly take up your staff, and resume your life journey with a cheerful song. Be independent; go through life with a smile ever upon your countenance; a calm, uncompromising dignity; with a kind word for the weary hearted in the way; with forgiveness for those who would harm you. Love your friends very dearly; pity those who crawl at your fee t to sting you; and, in short, try to "make the most of both worlds." For the Yorlcville Enquirer. LEISURE SKETCHES. BY J. WOOD DAVIDSON. NUMBER VIII. MOUNT VEBNON. Travellers while in the city of Washington always make the excursion to Mt. Vernon?the home and tho grave of Washington. It is about fifteen miles from the city, down the Potomac.? The boat runs twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. It leaves the Capitol at ten in the morning and gets back about two in the afternoon, making a stay at Mt. Vernon of near two hours ?full time to see round and visit all the points of interest. We?not the editorial 7ce, but a plurality of persons?reached the city Monday evening, and made the excursion on Tuesday's boat. Everybody has read so much within the last few years, of this locality, its possession, condition, and purchase, that I will be readily?doubtless, mott readily?excused from entering into thatr part of its literature; for there is a Mount Vernon literature, distinctive, varied, and voluminous. The Mount Vernon Record is its monthly organ. The Ladies' Mount Vernon A*?ociation is a broad feature of our time. Millions of money give it a cbaraoter?a widely-appreciable significance. It is a great movement. Great names rise out of it?men nnd women find an imperishable register for names not otherwise due to Fame. Tout le monde, then, will excuse me. The boat was of course stocked with Mount Vernonian mementoes?lithograph and photograph views of the topal notorieties, sticks, stones, and splinters?in tho hands of dealers. A dwarf negro with very short legs nnd a very long hat, ?i 1 u <<_: >1 l-.-j -11 u- 1 WUU U13U BU1U VltJ WB UII ^UIIVWCU Oil UU UUttlu hand-bills, calling upon every patriot-pilgrim to have an ambrotype of himself?of every patriotpilgrim, that is, not the negro?*aken at the tomb of the Father of his Country. There were perhaps a hundred passengers on board. The residence of Washington is scarcely, if at all in Summer, visible from the river. The boat on neariDg the place, makes its cautious way through shallows up to a very old and ill-repaired plank landing; and from this the pilgrim steps upon the consecrated soil. From this point nothing noteworthy is visible. The clayish soil is rendered more passable to the pedestrian by an extemporized loose plank road, up the hill through the woods. Nor can he realize that the earth that soils his boots is not "vile as vulgar clay" till by a turn in the ascending path he finds himself at the Tomb of Washington. This is a plain brick structure, within which, visible through the iron gates (there are two) in front, appear two marble sarcophagi. On the outside, above, we are told that the remains of General George Washington lie within. Upon one sarcophagus isi inscribed "Geobge Washington." Upon the other, similar in appearance, are the words "Martha, consort of Washington." There is no ostentation. All is quiet, silent and shady. Some faded flow era lie upon hie marble home. The grass, the i mint and the vines grow close aroand the onteide. The pilgrim passes on. The way is circnitons ' and shady. The next object is the old vault, where Washington was originally buried. It is even humbler?plainer?than the other. A simple brick arch, opening at one end, is all. Next is the House?the residence. It is a plain two-story wood house, near a hundred feet long, having a portico along the entire front. We were admitted into only two of the apartments?two small parlors, neat without carpets, and having a fire-place in one corner of each. These are kept unchanged, with the original articles of furniture in them. In one is a register, so bescribbled? written and rewritten, cross-written and scrawled over?that it is often impossible to decipher the great multitude which no man could number of names entered there. I saw an individual diligently seeking for a blank inch upon which to inflict "J. Smith," and I tuppose he found it In the main entry we found several things of inter est, among them the key of the Uastiie that L>aFayette gave to Washington. It is protected by a glass covering. Mr. Washington's family occupy the other apartments of the house; and that is the reason they are not open to visitors. In the rear of the residence is a lawn, several outbuildings, gardens, orchards, and groves. The purchasing Association has commenced some improvements in the rear grounds, not yet near the house. Over the grounds, here and there, we found servants, placed as sentinels to call pilgrims' attention to the regulation that forbids all plucking of flowers, breaking or cutting the shrubbery, and touching things generally. Decay's effacing fingers have touched the whole place. It is passte?crumbling?propped up ; and looks forlorn and monumental. If it be repaired, it will cease to be the veritable Home of Washington. If it be not repaired, in a few years it must become a pile of rubbish. What is to be done T In the pages of the Record is to be found the policy of the prospective possessors of the soil elaborately detailed. Read it. We strolled over the premises, seeing these things and many more. When the time was up, the bell of the boat rang notice to come. On our way to the landing, we had leisnre to observe the ambrotypists' stand, to which the hand-bills on the boat had invited all. It teas near the Tomb of the Father of his country; and the dwarf negro with very short legs and very long hat stood hard by with his litographs and photographs for sale. We dined at Willard's at three o'clock. Washington, D. C. . From the Charleston Courier. The Cotton Statement. Our Cotton statement has been carefully revised for the Courier Letter Sheet Prices Current, issued this day, and is commended to all interested. As a few errors occurred in some of the statements from which we derived our materials, and I in the telegraphic transmission of the result, we give the following figures : Total crop of 1858-ET. boles..3,851,692Increase owr 1857-8 734,196 Increase over 185C-7 906,887 We also give in this issne, the 'Annual New. York Statement from the New York Shipping List ?the authority of which has long been approved ?and refer to the following remarks from the New York Evening Po?t: The Annual Cotton Statement for the year 1858 50 will be found below, and by which it will be seen that the crop of the season just closed reaches 3,851,481 bales, being 823.636 in excess of the largest crop on reoord, (1855 56.) The consumption of the world, however, has been on a par with this large yield, and the average price obtained by the planter has even been higher than in any previous year. The exports to foreign ports necessarily show a considerable increase, particularly to Great Britain, over_two million bales having been shipped to that market alone, while the quantity taken for consumption in this country, including burnt, amounts to 927,651 bales, against 595,562 last year. The present season opens with the prospect of a still larger crop, and prices are materially lower than at this time last year, owing to the much better accounts from the interior. It is to be hoped that planters will abandon the reprehensible practice of false pscking, of which we have heard so many complaints lately. Annual statement of the movements of Cotton for the year 1858 9, as made up by the New York Shipping List : RECEIPTS AT THE PORTS. 1858-59 1857-58. New Orleans..- 1,669,274 ' - 1,876,409 Mobile 704,406 322,364 Savannah 475,788 282,973 Charleston - 480,653 406,251 Florida....'. 173,484 122,351 Texas A92,062 ? 145,280 Other ports 155,814 58,328 Total 3,851,483 3,113,962 Total 1857-8 3,113,962 Total 1856-7 2,939,519 Total 1855-C 2,527,845 Total 1854-5. 2,848,349 OQinrtfr? Compared with 1858 (Inc.>....737,510 Compared with 1857 (inc.)....911,962 The McKenna Will Case. The Conrt of Ordinary convened at this place on Monday last, for the purpose of proving in solemn form the will of Wm. McKenna, late of this District. The considerable number of spectators in attendance evinced the interest felt by the community in the result of this suit. . The Ordinary opened the proceedings by giving a succinct history of the case, as far as it had progressed in his court. The executors of the will were represented by Messrs. John D. Wylie and Wm. Connors, of the Lancaster bar, Messrs. T. N. Dawkins, of Union, E. Bellinger, of Columbia, and J. B. Kershaw, of Camden. For the contestants appeared : Messrs. J. Williams, W. A. Moore and R. E. Allison, of Lancaster, and Messrs. Geo. W. Williams and J. Bolton Smith, of York. Mr. Bellinger, on the part of the exeoutors, stated to the court that some of the subscribing witnesses to the will were not in attendance, accounted for their absence, and submitted the following proposition: That the trial progress by the examination of the one witness in attendance and of another expected in the evening of the same day, the opposite party then to introduce their testimony if they saw proper; after which, the court to stand adjourned until the testimony of those of the subscribing witnesses who were not present, and who in all probability could not attend upon any subsequent ocoasion, could be prooured through a commission. There were fi*e witnesses to the two instruments?the will and codicil? (one being a witness to both) to be accounted for. One was present; one was expected in the evening ; one was a transient person and probably out of the State, and one wa9 dqad. The proposition of the counsel for the executors, stated above, was strenuously objected to by the opposite party; and then the former moved for a continuance of the cause on the ground, that the absent witnesses were material and important and could not be here, ordinary diligence having I 3 A- -J it _ L I iriieu iu pruuuuu uicui. ouuic uispuuiuuu uere arose as to the time to which the continuance should be made, but the Ordinary, after duly considering the preferences of each of the parties, decided that the trial be postponed to the 27th instant. This point being disposed of, the counsel for the will formally submitted a motion to the court, for commission to examine any of the subscribing witnesses to the will, who may be out of the district, ons hundred miles from the Court House, or absent from the State ; the Ordinary to attach the original will to said commission, to be identified by the said witnesses. A spirited argument here arose between the counsel on either side in relation to the power of the Ordinary, under the Act of 1839, to examine subscribing witnesses to a will by commission.? The contestants took the ground that witnesses to a will could only be examined before the Ordinary ; and further, that the will being a record of the oflice, the Ordinary had no power to suffer the same to leave his custody. The council for the will submitted, that under the Act of 1839, the Ordinary had the same power to take the testimo- j ny of subscribing witnesses to a will by commission that ho had to examine the commissioner in other cases. That the testimony taken by commissioners, the latter acting as the agents of the Ordinary, was in fact an examination "before the Ordinary," in the contemplation of the act. And that the will, though attached to the oommission, which is sealed by the Ordinary and entrusted to his agents, was still, in effect, in the custody of the Ordinary. After hearing the argument upon both sides, t ho Ordinary signified that he desired time to make i up his opinion upon the motion, and the court ad- ; journod. " & Wewill here state that the same motion was i made before the Ordinary by the counsel for the will, several weeks ago; the latter looking to the < very contingency that has happened (the possibility that some witnesses might be unable to attend) and desirous of making all necessary preparation for the trial of the cause on the appointed day. The commission was then refused by the Ordinary and some of the witnesses not having obeyed bis summons, a continuance of the cause was rendered necessary. A rule has been issued against the defaulting witnesses, requiring them to ehow cause before the Court of Ordinary on the 27ih instant, why they should not be attached for a contempt for not obeying the prooess of the Court. By agreement between the parties, the testimony of the two subscribing witnesses to the will who were present, was taken before the Ordinary on Tuesday morning. The examination lasted about four hours. We have no room in this issue tor further particulars.?Lancaster Ledger. Slave Trade Meeting.?The Charleston Courier and Mercury contain an acconnt of a meeting held in Christ Church Parish, in which the aots of Congress prohibiting the slave trade are pronounced unjust, oppressive, rainous'to rite South-and unconstitutional. It was resolved to hold a meeting at the Grove, in Mount Pleasant It was also ? "Resolved, That those supposed to be favorable to the measure?L. W. Spratt, Esq., Hon. A. Mazyck, Hon. Jno. S. Palmer, I. K. Format), Col. E. B. Bryan, J. D. Allen, Williams Middleton, Ex Gov. Adams, Col. Maxcy Gregg, Hon. J. D. Tradewell, and others?be invited to attend and address the meeting."?Carolinian. Supposed Poisoning Affair at Williamston.?A number of the attendants upon the ball given at Williamston, were seriously affected by something either in the food or drink. The cases have been so numerous as to warrant the suspicion that poison was used. We are informed that a Mr. Cheatham, a gentleman, about forty-five years of age; from near Abbeville, has sinoe died from the effects'. Alsora free colored barber, by the name of Lonis Green, formerly from Sumter, but late of this place, has also died. There are various and conflicting rumors; some persons asserting that there mnst have been poison, others being positive that the malady was caused by a too free indnlgence in the great quantity of fruit, provided. We shall await further and more definite informa-. tion.?Carolinian. * * -- '. For the Yorkvlllo Enquirer. LETTER SO. St. To Jrssk, who is a Distiller, a habitual Drinker, and a Retail Vender of Spirituous Liquors, and, '?r?ji.. + J/rvjC9BCWy) u V/U'f0tiur* /I*UJ? My Dear Sir:?In my letter (No. 1.) to you, I showed that the distillation of spirituous liquors, with an intention in the distiller that these be consumed in drink, is immoral. I now proceed to address myself to you, who is a habitual and daily drinker of said distilled liquors. 2d. Of drinking spirituous liquors.?You do claim H moral in yourself and others, to drink wine and whiskey, &c., when, where, and in what measure you pleasf, provided this, be not unto drunkenness or excess, to staggering or falling. " Ans.?Here you do set up the will of the drinker, the rule of his right action in this matter ; whereas, I do find the Holy Bible; the only Tule for man in all his moral duties. Conformity and non-conformity to the Bible rule in the agent, is what makes man's actions right" or wrong.? "Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the Book of the Law, to do them." Gal. 3:10. The will of the drinker, therefore, ie not his rule' for 'the morality of the drinking spirituous liquors, the Bible only is the rule. Jesse, you do claim to find in the Bible a warrant to drink wine, &c., at your pleasure short of drunkenness, in the practice df the antedeluvian world,. Luke 17 .* 26, 27. . Ans.?There is no evidence here or elsewhere, that the antedeluvians drink wine, whiskey, &c., or that these were known to them at all; nor, that this drinking was of wine at all. It may have been any form of diet-drink, as in Matt 11: 18, 19. Arid even if this drinking was of wine, or of strong drink, it is not a divine warrant for your benefit; for we know, that for the wickedness of the antedeluvians world, "the floods came and destroyed them all." But sir, you do profess to find in tha diet-drink of the Israelites in Palestine, a warrant, a divine warrant, for your drinking fermented wine, &?., at meals. Ans.?There were many sorts of wine made and drank in Palestine, (Neh. 6:18,) and for aught which appears to the contrary, their dietdrinks was sweet-wine?the juice of grapes?the unfermented wine. But no doubt "the drunkards of Ephraim" did often overstep the boundary line of right, and did drink the fermented wine at meals and at other times; but, even this is no divine warrant for you to do the same thing.? This is no more than a historical fact recorded in the Bible, even as Abraham is there reported to have had a concubine, and Jacob his two wives. This reoord does not make these moral. Bat sir, you also claim the example of our Lord in Matt. 11:19, for a divine warrant to drink fermented wine, Ac., at your pleasure, short of intoxication. Ans.?"John the Baptist came neither eating nor drinking," bat was abstemious and austere in bis manners, Matt. 3: 4; 11:18, 19. "The son of man came eating and drinkingbut this does not say of "fermented wine." "He came in a more free and social manner than did John ; he ate and drank such things as were set before him without austerity ; he partook of entertainments as circumstances required, and for this bis enemies called him a glutton and a wine bibber;" not that he habitually drank of "fermented wine" at meals: but that he did eat and drink as did sooial men.? The Greek rinon (drinking) here used, is from Pino (to drink); and is applied to water (J no 4: 14 ; Mark 9: 41,) to blood (Jno 6: 53, 56.) to wine (Rom. 14: 21.) It means simply to drink of any cup. (Luke 13 : 26.) Jesse, you have here seized on the slander of our Lord to underprop your drinking wine, whiskey, Ac., at your common meals. But, dear Jesse, you do claim it moral evenby the Bible, to drink wine, whisky, Ac., at your pleasure, short of drunkenness. Ans.?Now, my dear sir, be pleased here, distinctly, to define your true position, in order that I may know what you mean by the word "drunkenness." What is "drunkenness?" Drunkenness has been defined by some men to mean "drammine88?one, two, three sheets in the wind?tipsiness?gro^giness?fuddled?top heaviness?intoxication?disorder of the faculties with fermented liquors?habitual inebrity?excess in drinking wine or strong drioJt. some say "aruuKenness" consists in every degree of influence in tbe drinker by wine, whisky, &o. Others say it consists in a staggering, a falling, or inability to help one's self when under the influence of wine, &c. Some say "drunkenness" consists in the habitual ordailv drinking of wine, whisky, &c., from the love of ttie taste of it, or of its effects upon the svstem. Men seem to have no standard by which to measure and decide on "drunkenness;" therefore, I know not what you dear Jesse, mean by "drunkenness." The definition of "drunkenness" as given in the Bible, is the only standard I do acknowledge, and t trnat von will abide bv it. viz: An errinir through the influence of wine or strong drink ? a seeking of mixed wine?a tarrying long at the wine?a habitual seeking of wiDe, or strong drink ?a being smitten with wine when not sick?a being beaten without sensation of it, through the influence of wine, or strong drink. Thus in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, "drunkenness" is ine- I briation with wine, or strong drink?a beiog filled with wine, &c., (as opposed to emptiness)?a being fed with wine (as opposed to hunger)?excess in drinking wine, &c., (as opposed to sobriety) ?a habitual drinking of wine, &c.?a slipping or sliding with wine, &c." The ground question here to be answered is this: What is the line of demarkafion here, where sobriety ends, and drunkenness begins ? Let us hero attend to the asnwer of the Holy Scriptures ?the voice of God. St. Paul eays, "Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess," Eph., 5: 18. Here we are taught "drunk" is one thing, and excess in drinking is another thing, else he has said, "Be not uuder the excessive influence of wine, wherein is excess, which is tautology. "Drunk" with wine, in Eph. 5:18, is expressed by the Greek methuskesthe, this is from m e t h u o to drink wine, whether to intoxication or not; and is significant of two conditions in the drinking of wine, viz: To drink freely, and to cheerfulness, though not to drunkenness, or to drink wine to "excess." In this first sense it is used in John, 2: 10, in allusion to the management of some other feasts. The Septuagint, or Greek Bible has this word (m e I h u o) in Geo. 43: 34, "And when the? had drank, and been plentifully regaled with hi|n, Joseph, &o." It also occurs in Song of Solomon 5:1, "I have drank my wine with my milk." And again, in Gen. 9; 21. Noah "drank of the wine and was regaled."? Here in all these cases we have m ethuo used in a good, or indifferent sense, viz: to drink wine, and not as meaning an "excess" or inebriation.? There is a drinking of wine, &c., therefore, not unto "excess." I cannot no* answer here what, you might say of Noah's case. 2. Me t h u o also signifies "to be drunken, inebriated," in a bad sense. See Matt., 24: 49 ; Acts, 2:15. 1 Thes., 5: 7, and in this sense it occurs also in the Septuagint. Dent., 32 : 42.? Isa. 49: 26. And I take it, the sense of me thu o (to drink wine).is to be settled by the qaalifioation of the writer iuthe using of it; and here 8t. Paul has added, "wherein is excess." Eph., 5:18, (see 1 Sam., 26: "86,-37; 2. Sam., 11:13; 1 Kings, 20:16; Luke, 12:45.) " The next thing to be settled, is as answer to this quest.'in: What is excess f Atis.?We have a warrant?a divine warrant? to drink wine in some condition of body and mind, and on some ocoasions, not to_ezcus. The neces sities of men, the prescribed occasions, and prescribed decree, is here an rule to measure an "ex cess." The experience and observations of men have found, that the daily and habitual drinking of wine, &c., oversteps the necessities of well, healthy, and prosperous men, both in his body, and his mind. This habit, therefore, is "excess." The drinking wine, &c., unto intoxication is "excess," and the drinking of wine, &c., on non-prescribed ooo&sionsis excess." All theseare "drunkenness," as opposed to the sobriety of Scripture. See 1 Thes., 5: 6, 8; 1 Peter, 5: 8. Here, doubtless, Jsssx, you will reply : "Although I do daily, or habitually drink, my drams of whisky, &c., yet these are of little quality, much weakened too with water, and I never thereby become in the least intoxicated at all. I am, therefore, a sober man," Arts.?Not so Jesse. The dilation of your whiskey in your little drams, lessens not the alcohol there present; and none are able to drink whisky, &c., in dram proportions without thereby becoming a little altered in his condition?stimulated a little more than are the necessities of a healthy state of body and mind. This, therefore, is "drunkenness," or opposed to Scriptural sobriety. Again. Sobriety as opposed to "drunkenriess" is expressed in Greek by nephomen. 1 Thes., 5: 6. Here it is said, "Letns watch andbeso&er." This word is compounded of two words, viz: n e, which signifies not, end P i o, which sigotflea to drink ; n ep i o, not to drink?sober. Sobriety, therefore, consists in not drinking wine, &c. A sober man is a lio drinking roan. But Jesse, you confess that you do daily drink drams; you, therefore, in the Scriptural sense are nojt a sober man. Habitual total abstinence men are sober men, and none others. He, therefore, who is habitual ly a "total abstinence" man from wine, whisky, &c., is the sober mau of Scripture; and he who is habitually, and daily a drinker of these is the "drunkard" of the Scripture. Jessk, are you guilty, or not guilty? Jesse ; you do contend, that the Scriptures do recommend to men to drink both wino and strong .drink, and you argue, therefore, to drink these is moral.' Ans.?The Scriptures do recommend to men the drinking of both wine and strong drink under certain circumstances and restrictions. In Prov., 31 .* 6. "Give strong drink to him thatls ready to perish; and wine to those that be of heavy hearts.-" in i iim.i o: 24, we read "Drink no longer water, bat & little wine for thy stomach's sake, and thine often infirmities." Here however, is given no'license to the well, and healthy and prosperous in life, to drink tKeso habitually; nor, on.any and all occasions; bnt this use of wine and strong rlrink is restricted only to the sons of affliction in body or in mind, and in snoh measure only as their wants demand. y But, sir, you insist upon the morality pf yoUT drinking whisky, &C., habitually atcommon meals, upon the plea, that it promoted your appetite, and the digestion of your food: which tends you say, to keep what health you Jiave, and to restore what of it is lost. Ant.?It is a well settled fact, th?t>ihe, whisky, &c., is no part of the instinctive wants of man, or necessary to his sustenance in life; nor is U needed to promote appetite, nor digestion in a bealty state; nor, is good health preserved thereby, nor lost health restored, except in one condition. Nor is this demanded habitually to be drank at all, only by a morbid oraving for the acr customed stimulus when delayed. But on the other hand, the habitual drinking of whisky, &e., does injure or destroy a fine state of health, and the craving felt for it by you, is the Pesult of bad habit in yonr indulgence therein, and is itself a diseased action. The craving, or want of whisky, therefore, felt by you twice or thrice a day, demanding a supply for years and years in regular succession, is ample proof it is not medicine to you, and instead of cure, it is yonr poison; it has produced disease. _ '* cat, Jesse, you do eay "Oar fathers drank their daily drams, from early youth unto extreme old age, and were never drunken, nor was'their good health impaired thoreby. This their drinkiug onto them was useful, and, therefore, moral. Ana.?Not so. I have already shown, that the Bible is the only rule for right action unto man: what "Our fathers" did can never make this moral unto us. And I have already shown,; that this habit of "Our fathers" did violate the rule of right; and that their health was not thereby impaired, is a problem whioh never has been resolved. One of two things I think perpetuates habitual drinking in every man. 1. Either he drinks it because he loves the taste thereof, or 2, He drinks it for the sake of the feelings It imparts to him. If for the taste, he acquired that by habit If for the feelings, these tend to drunkenness, or is drunkenness itself. So then, what "Our fathers" did "from early youth to extreme old age," is to say the least, unworthy deeds, and a dangerous path for us to travel in, and ought to be avoided. Jesse: You contend that there are examples of feasts recorded in the Scripture, which were cele f brated with drinking of wine, and strong drink; and these you eay are good examples unto us. Not so, Jesse. True, there are feasts of Kings and others of that sort therein recorded, but some of these were drunken feasts; others wherein wine was pouredoul as offering to the Lord; and others censured of the Prophets of the Lord, whilst some are moral. Of some of these I will treat next week. - NOBODY. Columbia Market. September 19. Cotton.?The sales for the week amounted to 294 bales, at extremes 8@llc. Principal sales at lO^c. . * Flour.?We have no change to note in the flour market since our last. We quote $2.62@$3 Jp sack of 98 pounds. Extra family would command a shade higher. Corn.?There is an abundance of corn on the market, and prices are the same as last week.? We quote 8<5@90c. Peas.?But little inquiry is made for them, and we quote 85090c. Oats.?Scarce, and readily command 70075c. Wheat Bran.?The market is rather-bare, and we still quote $10$1.25 per 100 lbs. Bacon?Country, hog round, 12012J; aides, 114-011$; shoulders 8; hams 12J016. Lard.?Country, 11012} ; refined 12}018}c. CONSIGNEES FEB ZING'S MOUNTAIN B. ROAD Prom tho 14th to tho 30th of September, 1659. Carrol, Clark & Co., W. D. & J. C. Miller, J. S. Moore & Sons, Adams, McCorkle & Co., Moore & Burris, H. 'F. Adickes, Darwin & Jefferys, Moore, Rainoy & Co., G. R. Ratchford. B. T. Wheeler, Cadet Cunningham, Oswell & Borders, J. McGill, Beam & Jenkins, Harris & Smith, W. B. Wilson, Mrs Dr. Neel, J. M. Hopkins. J. H. Adams, J. C. Payne, F. H. Simril. J. W. Bright, W. P. MoFadden, J. J. Garvin, Green Gordon, H. W. Merrill, W. Fortune, R E. Guthrie, J. B. Whitesides, Meacham & Wheeler, John Smith, J. Herndon, George Steele, T. H. Smith, W. B. Craig, B. Washburn and E. Carrier. ^? Special ffyticcs. A CARD. The undersigned takes this method of informing the public, generally, and certain officious individuals, particularly, that be is not the author of. nor is he responsible for, any article that ap pears in the columns of the Enquires, to which bis name or initials are not prefixed or attached. WILLIE LIQHTHEARX. Annual Meeting of the York District Bible Society. The annual meeting of the York District Bible Society, will be held at Beersheba Church, on Friday before the fourth Sabbath in September. The Rev. J. St. Akdbbson, wiU preach the Annual Sermon, and Dr. A. P. C. Cahpbbll, deliver the address. It is to be hoped that there will be a full attendance, as it is a work in which every person should feel and take a deep interest. <J. C. MILLER, Secretary. Sept.. 1 35 td w. b. witsojt. 1. d. witheb8poon, jb. wilson a witherspoon, ATTOENEYS AT LAW, YORKVILLE, 8. 0. Office in the building at the rear of C. House, formerly ocoupied by Col. I. D. Witherspoon, Sr. Not 4 * 44 tf 0 DAVIS KMTON, "I ? f flAJl't W. OTLTOJt Chester, 8. C. / * \ Yorkville, 8. C. HELTON MELTOS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, TORKVILLK, S. O." " Will" practice in the Conrts of Union, York, Lancaster Chester, and Fairfield Districts. Particular attention given to collections, ry Office North of the Conrt-Honw, and at the rear of Moore, Ralney Sc Go's Store.^Q Jan 7 1 tf edward moore, ATTonzcrsnr at Zjaw ain>, a? YORKVILtfe, S. C. rp" Office on Liberty-Street, near the "Adickea Bnildiilf," and one door below the Poet-Office. Sakdb' Sahsapabilla.?The popularity acquired by this truly invaluable medicine ie as extended as it is riobiy merited. If the tens of thousands of 8crofttlot? Ulcers which have been cicatriced and permanently healed by this extraordinary antiseptic had each a tongue, a chorus of testimony would attest the efficacy, not only iu Scrofula and all external manifestations of disease, bat in Dyspepsia, Bilious Complaints, General Debility, and tbe various internal disorders to which it affords speedy and lastingrelief. Prepared and soldby A. B. &D. SAND8, Druggists, 100 IJulton Street, New York. Sold also by ALLISON &BRATTON, Yorkrille, S. C. Sold also by Druggist* generally. Physicians are generally loth to speak a word in praise of what .are called "patent medicines." Indeed, it is an article in the code.of medical ethies, that a physician who sanctions (he use of snob remedies cannot be considered a member of the National Association. But there are exceptions to tbe most stringent rales, and many of the disciples of Escnlapins bare actually been compelled, by the force of facts, to recommend j the nse of DR. J. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, for those diseases which are particularly prevalent during the summer and fall. They have ascertained that there are no remedies in the pbarmacopie which can compare with this wonderful compound for derangement of the system. Thousands of ftmilies residing along the low grounds of the Western and 8oathern rivers, are now convinced that they have found a medicine peculiarly adopted for their ailments, while in other portions of the country, daring the summer months, the demand for the article is equally large. " - . - ; For Sale by ALLISON & BRATTON, and JL W. MERRILL, Yorkville, 8. C. ' Sept 8 36 ftn j mil The Great English Remedy. V r SIR JAMES CI<ARKE?g CELEBRATED FEMALE PEELS. . This invaluable medicine is unfailing in the care of all those painful and dangerous diseases incident to-the female constitution. It moderates all excesses and removes, all obstructions, from whatever cause, and a speedy cure may be relied on. f < * TO MARRIED LADIES ~ < it is peculiarly suited. It will, in a short time, bring on the monthly period with regularity. . . .CAUTIO^. That Pills should Hot be taken by female; that are pregnant, during the FIRST THREE MONTHS, as they are tare to bring on Miscarriage; but at entry other time, and in~ every other ease, they/tre perfectly safe. In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Affections, Pain in the Bock and Limbs, Heaviness, Fatigue on flight exertion, Palpitation ofrtbe Heart, Loir* ness of spirits, Hysterics, Sick Headache, Whites, add all the-painful diseased occasioned by a disordered system, these Pills wilPeffect a care when all other means have failed. Full directions in the pamphlet around each I package, which should he oarefully.preserved. A Bottle containing 60 pills, and encircled with the Government Sramp'of Great Britain, can be sent post free for $1 and 6 postage stamps. JOB MOSES, Hoc heater, N. Y., General Agent fr.r United States. For Sale by ALLl&ON A BBATTON and H. W. MERRILL, YorkviUe, S. C.Havilabd, Stx* PHEN80N A Co., Charleston, Wholesale Agents, and by respectable Druggiste. ' May 5 18 ' ~ leowly ToilmiE rmscuiiCT, CORRECTED BY THOMAS S. JEflfcRYS. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21, 1M9. GROCERY MARKET.^ BAGGING, Gtinny, yd...;... 16 ?// 17 BALE ROPE, ? lb 10 -? '--124 COFFEE, Rio, $ lb.18 ? 16? MACKEREL, No. 1, ^ bbl @ No. 3, ? bbl ? Kitt,............ 2 76 @ 8 60 MOLASSES, N. 0., ^ gallon.. 66 ? 60 ? . MuscoTado, galv .. f.?-.? 60 Cuba, gallon,.... 40 @ 46 SUGAR, Brown, lb 10 ? 12$ T Refined lb...11^ (w, 16 SALT, ^ sack 180,? 190 APPLES, dried, bush " ? green, ^ bush " ... @ ;.. CANDLB8, Sperm, $ lb 60 @r > 62 Adamant."#) B>....... 26.? 30 NAILS, cut, lb......keg 5 ? 6$ MCE, ^ bushel, .. - ? 4 00 YARN, $ bnnch *..'.....J. C* ... ? - 1 06 PRODUCE MARKET. pkicbs fbom waooits. BUTTER, ? lb 121 <a J6 BEEF, y lb .. - 0J @ 7h BEESWAX, lb....'. 18 "*? 20 BACON, hog round, ..* ? ' ... COTTON, $ "ft 0 85 ? 10 60 CORN,? bush ? CHICKENS, each, .'. 10 ? 12* EGGS, dot.. (a) 10 FEATHERS, ^ lb 86 ? 87* FLOUR, *#bbl . ... (g ..." eack of 100 lb/..... 2'25 @2 60 FODDER, 3) 100 lbs '? 85 LARD, ^ lb.- ... 12 MEAL, bushel, @ 90 PORK, $ft>? 6* ? 7 PEAS. $ bushel ..X ... 80 TALLOW, lb w.-.;.... 1G ? 12} WHEAT, $ bushel ? 80 WOOL, lb ........... . . '26 ? 28 Cotton.?A few bales of new cotton were sold during the pact week, at from 9.85 to 10.50. Flour.?This article is becoming very scarce. We quote prices nominal, at $2 25 to $2 50 per sack. Corn.?None offering. Bacon.?Our market is still bare of country cured, it is very muoh wanted. Charleston Wholesale Prices CORRECTED WEEKLY BY J. A. E8TES &CO. TTJ28DAY, SEPT. 20,1869 ~ GROCERY MARKET. BAGGING, Gunny, $ yd 13 ? 18* BALE ROPE, ft) 7 ? 10 COFFEE, Rio, $ lb...,. 12 ? 12} CANDLES, Adamantine, ft). ... ? MOLASSES, N.O.,%1 gal...... 48 ? 45 Muscovado, g%l... 23 ? 26 RICE, 100 lbs ... ? ? ... SUGAR, Brown, lb 7} ? 9 SALT, $ sack 9(F ? 96 PRODUCE MARKET. BACON, Hams ft) 9 ? 16 Sides ft) 10$ (a) 11 8houlders, lb 8 ? 8} CORN, ^1 bushel in &aoks 98 ? 96 riiuun, <g?oarra o ou {a, o to $ sack of 100 lbs, 2 76 @ 2 87$ WHEAT, Red $ btishel ? 1 16 White bushel @ 1 26 Pgmtwal. Married.?In Cleveland coM N. 0., on 8th instant, by Rev. W. 8. Black, Mr. WM. ELLIS, of York Dist., S. C., to Miss NANCY J. BELL, of the fermer place. On the 13th instant, by Ret. J. A. Davies, Mr. J. MEEK McELWEE and Miss MARGARET ANN, second daughter of Mr. James Caldwell, all of this District. ': ??# * Died? In this District, of Consumption, on Saturday, 17th instant, Mrs. ISABELLA SMITH, consort of James A. Smith, aged abont 50 years. WANTED.?100 bushels of Wheat BRAN. Apply at this Office.