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TO THE CITIZENS OF YORK DIST. Carolinians : The wrongs and insults of years are at last presented in a tangible form for redress. The South is rising to take into her own hands a nation's rights ; to act as freemen?to act the part of those who know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain them. Shall we who breathe the spirit-stirring air of proud King's. Mountain, prove recreant now to the calls of justice, humanity, honor and right ? Shall we prove deaf to the voices of Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi ? Is this a time to counsel delay: Shall we fail in the crisis of our destiny ?? While a glorious Southern Confederacy is offered us, shall we still sleep in the fatal embrace of Northern fanaticism ? Our State, our glorious Palmetto ou-a- - ? :_i.x c otaie, is rising 111 ns ungut n uiu inuuutain to seaboard; from East to West, the deep-toned voice of liberty is heard, demanding action! action !! action !!! To fail now is treason to our best interests ; to delay is death?and we too should rise as men of might, stand shoulder to shoulder with our brothers, as knowing well that "they who would be free, themselves must strike the blow" ; and backed by a glorious galaxy of sister Southern States, place our Southern civilization in the position designed for it, by Almighty God. To this end let us together, united, without a single blemish of party feeling or difference, (for this is a time when the sublimity of the subject is above the reach of party spirit) join in presenting South Carolina a glorious unit, as a worthy colleague of her sister States, and the champion of Southern Rights. And as men who could well represent York District, we present the following names, contented to trust the destiny of ' v our beloved State in their hands, as being men whose every aim will be "their country's, their God's and truth's SAMUEL RAINEY, Sr., A. BAXTER SPRINGS, WM. B. WILSON, Dr. R. T. ALLISON, Dr. A. I. BARRON, Important from Washington.? Washington, November 18.?I learn , to-day from gentlemen who hold the most intimate relations with Mr. Buchanan, that he states that the Message will enforce the necessity of executing the Federal laws against any nullifica- J tion which may be attempted. This course he holds to be the simple fulfillment of his oath in respect to nullification, whether occurring at the North or at the South. He is understood as regarding secession from the Government as hostility to the Federal laws. Maj. Gardner, the newly appointed 11 commandant at Fort Moultrie, departs immediately, by order of the War Department, to assume the command. Amos Kendall has commenced a series of letters against secession. He 1 i . i n i.i r\ I: taxes tne grouna tnai couui tarouua |, has made a perpetual contract to re- t main a member of this Confederacy. \ Senator Slidell, of Louisiana, is out , warmly for secession. , The news of the demonstrations at < Charleston have at last aroused people t here. Everybody now believes that S. < Carolina will go out, and there is great i consternation in consequence. 1 Money is terribly tight. The best i paper can only be sold at a heavy discount. i Mass Meeting in Camden.?Cam- , den, S. C., November 17.?The lar- , gest and most spirited meeting ever i V?/0/3 %ir\ TT a xr- oAnrnnn/1 linrn fn.ilnv uuiu jii iwi ouu 11 ^ vvii i vtitu nviv iv wu ? . | i The people rallied in great strength , from all quarters of the District, and j, the wildest enthusiasm prevailed. Col. j ( Chesnut and others addressed the meet-i i ing in able and eloquent speeches, which i were received with rapturous applause, i i . ; The good old Revolutionary spirit seem- i ed kindled anew, and on the counte- I nances of the brave children of Caroli- c na could be read their motto, "Do or < die." The sentinel on the watch-tower has given the alarm, and we are ta- i king our places in the ranks. "Seces- i sion" is our watch-word. Before ad- ! journing, the meeting nominated Judge i Witherspoon, Hon. James Chesnut, jr., 1 and Colonel Kershaw, as candidates i for the Convention. i Resistance in Georgia.?The Mil- i iedgeville correspondent of the Augus- i tft Dispatch, of Friday evening, says : i k'I am gratified to learn that the < Committee of gentlemen who were in- < vited to meet with the joint Committee on the state of the Republic, to devise ' some basis of action, have agreed.? i They recommend resistance, and advise that a convention be called on the 1 first Wednesday in January, to decide the mode and measure of redress, which must be a condition to our remaining in the Union. I learn that the Governor, the Judge of the Supreme Court, our United States Senators, several Congressmen, and the acknowledged leaders of all parties, were present. Important to Volunteer Companies.?Among the resolutions adopted at the extra session of the Legislature was the following, offered by Mr. Simonton : Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be authorized to furnish arms to such new volunteer companies as shall exhibit to him satisfactory proof that they are fully organized, with not less than sixty-four privates, with proper commissioned and non-commissioned officers, that they have been regularly inspected, and that they have been j properly uniformed. Alabama Sure to Secede.?The following despatch comes from a cautious, well informed source: Mobile, November 15.?Looking at the existing condition of affairs which agitate our country at present, I am of opinion Alabama is sure to become one of the seceding States. For my own part, I shall vote against any such action on her part, but as a careful observer of political events, I feel confident this State will secede. Coming South.?We read yesterday, says the Savannah Republican of Saturday, a letter from a good Bell and Everett man, and a large ship owner in Boston, who, after deprecating in terms of sadness the state of affairs between the North and South, announces his determination, in the event of dissolution, to move himself and all his interests to Savannah, and carry on his business from this point. Cjtt IJurkirille (fepro I EDITED BY SAM'L W. MELTON WM. W. EAST. CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON....Columbia, S. C. YORKVILLE, S. C. THOBSDAYMOBNING, NOVEMBEE 22, 1860. LOOK OUT FOR THE CROSS I We have received frequent complaints about discontinuing the Enquirer to subscribers, with out due notice. We have concluded, therefore, to place a blue cross mark on the margin of the paper, four weeks before the time paid for expires. This will show that the paper will be stopped, unless subscription is renewed. PUBLIC MEETING, The citizens of York District are respectfully and urgently requested to assemble at YORK '"OURT HOUSE, on the FIRST MONDAY OF DECEMBER NEXT, when they will be address * ** i Itrto rtTTTOWnT T- QonoiAt< I ea oy non. unr.o^ l. i, nr., i?ic ucum?i in Congress; Col. I. W. KAYNE, Attorney General of the State, and by our immediate Repre resentative in Congress, Hon. W. W. BOYCE, on the great political issues of the day. The short time intervening between the call made by the Legislature for the meeting of the Convention, and the election of Delegates to that Convention, and the important questions to be passed upon by your Delegates, have induced us to make this call, that every possible means may be afforded the citizens of York District, to ac quire accurate and fall information upon the great points at issue. R. G. McCAW, JOHN T. LOWRY, WM. C. BLACK, JNO. L. MILLER, J. W. RAWLINSON. Columbia, S. C., Nov. IS, 1860. SOUTH CAROLINA. To-day the eyes of the American people, from Maine to Texas, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, are turned enquiringly and eagerly upon this little State. The insincere scoffs and taunts of witlings have been hushed ; and all parties are beginning to contemplate the aspect of her affairs in seriousness. Occupying, as she does, "the head and front' of the States Rights movement, the mother of the South and of Southern politics, undivided by great national parties, and I breathincr the SDirit of "Give me liberty, or give 1 me death," she holds in her grasp the splendid 1 Jestinie9 of a Southern Confederacy. Her his- i :ory duriug the turbulent days of nullification I ind secession, and the doctrines of her Calhoun s 5tnbrnced by every true son of her soil; the ] ilory crowned names she has given in peace and i svnr to the country ; the oneness, strength, de- j motion and chivalry of her sons; her heroic i laughters and her readiness in courage and re- I tources?all point her out as "the Sardinia of t he South"?ail place her by consent of every i >ne, in the van of Resistance. I Nobly and gallantly has she taken the posi I ion assigued her. The voice of the extra ses ] ion of her Legislature, and of her sons gathered ately at her capital by thousands from all points < within her borders, has been unanimous for im- I nediate secession. Almost all her lending i Statesmen have spoken out in favor of this ac- f ion ; and none of them oppose it. That South i ?t*n>lina in Convention, relying upon the protec- | ion and guidance of Heaven, will unhesitating- i y take her destinies into her own hands, is with is a foregone conclusion. She will take this importaut step in the firm tnd respectful belief that several of her sister . tlave holding States are note ready to co-operate with her ; and that the step will confirm and hasten the establishment of a Southern Repub- j ic. Indeed, it is time to cease talking about tvai.ing for co operation. We have co operation iireaaj. ueorgia iihhunununuustj micu me million dollars to arm the State, and passed . v bill calling a Convention. Gov. Moore, of Al ( ibama, will call a Convention on the 6th Decern i aer. Florida is bound to move with us. Mis- . 'issippi convenes her Legislature next Monday, [f the co operation of these four States, and perhaps Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas (why not ?) ioes'nt speedily follow the withdrawal of South : Carolina, we will agree, to "eat our own heads." 1 We cat) scarcely conceive, now, of the harmony, [he unity of purpose, and the strength for the revolution, that will spring up throughout the South, in consequence of this august and digni 5ed position of South Carolina. If the election i of Lincoln was a heavy blow, the prompt and 1 statesmanlike manner in which she will resent it, will be like the stroke of a ton-hammer, in 1 its work for a Southern Confederacy. As soon as the news shall have rung all over the Union, ' that she has not only spoken but acted, the patriots of the South will take new courage, and every village and hamlet will rend the air with eheers for the then triumphant cause. If there were no other reasons why our State should act first, the fact that her Convention meets first is sufficient. The path of honor is . the path of safety. South Carolina must do one , of thre# things : she must submit?fairly back down ; or she must take a cold blooded, doubt- , ful, milk and water course; or she must act promptly, unhesitatingly. Impelled by these sen- , timents, kuowing manliness to be the best policy, and coveting the record on the pages of our fu ture historian, that South Carolina will in no event "lick the rod of her oppressor," we throw to the breer.es that will rejoice to kiss its waving folds and flapping pinions, the simple States Rights banner?the only banner that is true to our principles and history?the banner that will be vindicated and 'honored by the South?the proud, the spirited, the soul stirring banner of immediate Separate State Secession ! THE RIDICULE OP POSTERITY The bond of uniou between the States, in the government founded by Washington and the other immortal spirits of the Revolution, like the bond of union between brothers and sisters, husband and wife, constituting them a great brotherhood of nations, was mutual respect and love. It prospered well as long as the respect of the States for eachother, overbalanced the love of the Union and the tendency to consolidation.? But soon a party sprang up, who proclaimed that liberty and union were one and inseparable ; and this sentiment fell like a broad-side against our ark of freedom itself. It made one part of the confederacy feel responsible for the domes tic institutions of another; and consequently, elicited an intermeddling disposition?a disre gard for the Constitution -a higher law?an irre pressible conflict. The Black Republican party for this reason is the very embodiment and quintessence of Northern rule and Southern subjugation. Dis regarding everything that is sacred in the Federal compact and glorious in thehistoy of the past, they have marched on steadily to the accomplish ment of an end. altogether fell in its purposes and results, disastrous to theSouth, and subver sive even of civil and social liberty. The broad and self-righteous distinction which they draw between their own wisdom and that of our fore fathers?their higher law and the Constitution ?themselves and us?would be ludiorous, if it did not involve suoh grave consequences. This party have elected, as they presume, a President and Vioe President for this great commonwealth; but the fairest and noblest work of man's hands has perished in their first foul embraoes. The Federal Government was formed to defend and foster the oommon rights of all; but the abolitionists have seized upon it, a9 a mighty lever to assist them in waging their deadly and quenchless warfare upon the rights of the South. What a monstrous perversion !? Thank heaven the goddess of liberty is too pure to endure the polluting touch of such hands, and live. Lincoln and his vile crew have killed her by an outrage which has broken her burning and indignant heart. The memory of Cataline is loaded with the curses of all succeding ages, and Arnold has reaped, for his deeds, "an immortality of infamy;" but Lincoln will be branded with a worse crime than either in the eyes of posterity, as the apostle of hate, malice and bigotry?as one whose very breath and touch are so polluting as to cause the proudest temple ever erected to freedom, to rot and crumble into ashes and dust. NO WAR. None hut a few of the most abominable of the abolitionists, and that prince of demagogues, Douglas and his admirers, have even thonght that war would follow the simple act of either co-operative or separate withdrawal from the Union. Liable to war we certainly will be, when two governments shall have been formed ; but there is no ground for bloodshed now. It is well i that this will be the case. If the North had all along anticipated the chances of disruption 1 and stri'e, they would have stayed their insane 1 hostility to the South. But they ridicule the ' idea of division even ; and hence their unrestrain- < ed attacks upon our rights and our domestic in- ' 8tifutions. There are some peoples, as well as some persons, whoalways "carry a joke too far." 1 It is because they never calculate the cost. The 1 North has done this. Many of the people of that section, we have not the least doubt, enter < tain the absurd nnd to us incomprehensible be- < lief, that they can wage this hateful inter-sec- ] tional strife to the fatal end, and we will not re- ] sist. Seward himself has proposed " a peaceful ' -r ? Tk? i. k? k?l,J i pinu Ui nuuiiiiuu. XUVJT ucou vvr UC uviu, <*uu j treated with, as enemieB and foreigners, by us. If we would escape all the darkest horrors of c war, preserve peace and secure to our children's c children the blessings of civil liberty, we must e "screw up our courage to the sticking point," t and lay our votes ami our "good swords" upon i the altar of this revolution. ????. - j INSURRECTIONS. c Our exchanges bring us the news of insurrec dons rife in different parts of the South; and we have heard of more daring and impudent "runaways" recently than ever before. These 1 :hings are largely owing to the agitated state of :he country ; and are a cause why we should ? speed that dissolution which alone can bring 13 )eace, quiet and security. The commotion works its way to the slave population; they gather from one another vague rumors about an ' ibolitionist being elected who is going to set " hem free; and they arc foolish enough, some of ^ hem, carried away by the unreasoned hope, al 1 1 ? -1 '.it- . i ?> rm_ - L reativ 10 snow "me cloven iuui. me greai lody of our slaves, we believe, know how free 0 'rom care and how happy they are, and will 8 prove loyal to their masters: a few, however, * ire infected, either because they are lazy or ras lalish, and are disposed to give their owners rouble. Dissolution will wind up the "jig" with these. The fact is, in the Union is raid ifter raid, internecine lawlessness and anarchy, servile and civil war ; out of it, peace, security, prosperity and the preservation of liberty. God speed the glorious revolution ! DAVIDSON COLLEGE. Dr. Kirkpatrick of Charleston has recently been elected President of this worthy aud flour- n ishing institution ; and Wm. B. Lynch. A. M., ? if Orange, N. C., Professor of the Greek lan- ^ ?uage. Dr. k. is a native or Mecwenourg in. 3., and a graduate of Hampton Sydney College and Union Theological Seminary, Virginia ; Mr. j Lynch, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They are both said to be scholars of high attainments v in their respective spheres, and accomplished Christian gentlemen. W. N. Dickey, A. B., of this District is pro tempore Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy. COLUMBIA PAPERS. The Southern Presbyterian has been removed from Charleston to Columbia, and placed under rhe editorial management of Rev. A. A. Porter. We have received the first two or three numbers. Mr. Porter promises to make an able and useful , pditor. The Guardian and Carolinian have both made c arrangements to give full and accurate reports t of the proceedings of the Legislature at its regular session. They will be furnished during the j session, for one dollar free of postage. Let those i who are interested most in disseminating political knowledge among our people, get up a large t club for these staunch Southern Rights journals, t COERCION. ' The annexed paragraph is taken from the g Louisville Journal, one of the hottest Union papers in the land, and the organ of George D. Prentice. It was written in referenoe to the 8 resignation of Federal officers in Charleston.? 1 Such sentiments will make every Carolinian's blood boil; and will only tend to defeat even the ' remotest possibility of reconciliation. If this 1 spoiled and vulgar blusterer really wishes to ' save the Union, he is taking the wrong step by ' piping Andrew Jackson and treason in the face of South Carolina. The Union is dissolved ; our ^ people will not submit; and if this be treason, 8 we are ready as a State to defend it: But we have an interest in the effect which 8 these resignations may have. The Courts of c Justice must be kept open to enforce the laws ; S the District Attorneys must remain at their posts j to draw up indictments for treason, and collec tors must exercise all proper vigilance to collect the federal revenues for customs, for we shall I have to ray pretty large bills for the whistle we I purchased in the Buchanan Administration.? It becomes highly important then for the Presi dent to fill these vacancies with all possible ' despatch, that the public interests may not suf- I fer. Will Mr Buchanan supply these plaoes; f or if he cannot find patriots to serve the country in the judicial and financial positions required, will he take prompt measures to guard the pub- a lie interests, protect litigants from the evil ef B fects of closed courts, and collect the national ^ dues with all the might and power of his high official authority ? If these resignations are ^ the forerunners of a conspiracy to stop the i wheels of Ihe federal government, so far as the j exercise of its supreme authority in the State of South Carolina is concerned, will James Buchanan, who occupies the chair of Andrew Jackson, emulate the energy of the great Ten j ue8sean, or will he like a craven, cower before . the storm and become affrighted at the mad antics of those over excited fanatics. We have J a right to demand and we have the right to en- i force our demands, that the President "shall { take care that the laws be faithfully executed." If we are to have treason rearing its head among us, the strong arm of the offended law must lop j it off. This agitation must be crushed in the j beginning ; it will not do to attempt conciliation , or to hold parley with it. It is a monster, of mien so frightful, that the very suspicion of its c existence, disturbs the publio serenity. We ? look therefore to the President with confidence, ^ that he will do his whole duty without fear, fa vor or affection. He will be sustained by nine ^ ty nine in every hundred of the substantial citi I zens of the South. If the federal officers can , not crush the treason in its bud, there are other means at the bands of the President which must be used quickly and effectively. His ouly reply 1 should be; r My voice Is In my shield. We must be brief when traitors take the Held! ^ CONTRIBUTORIAL. The Fair. The crowd in the city was the largest ever jammed into Columbia. We h&d both the Legislature and the usual Pair crowd. It was stupendous. We have only this comment to make upon such a point,?Whsch-ew ! Of the horses, hogs, cattle, and beasts and birds after their kind, we cannot discourse. We saw them all, but (unlike Mr. Yeadon) we oannot "talk horse" enough to make notes. One hog we observed (evidently not prepared to see company) naked?hairless. The quantity of plough-stocks was amazing ; but the expected steam-plough did not appear, from political considerations we presume. Fruits, :3owers, quilts and fancy things?the indoor and women's department?looked to us as usual; ethers say it was all very well. Doubtless. Women do those things well. It's a way they have. Among the pictures we were more at home. Wearn & Eix had some of the handsomest photographs?plain, oil, and pastel?that we ever saw. Their ivory-types were the finest specimens in th at line present. Of the oil paintings, there were several of merit; one by Miss Sims was much admired. The best oil paintings in the room were two copies by Mrs. Bacbman? the MagdaUn of Correggio, and the Judith of Horace Vernet. These were, irrespective of all comparison, fine pictures. Besides these, there were noticeable Landscapes by Misses Crawford, Sosnowski, and Comstock, Mrs. Howard, and several others. A portrait in oil on eopper by Mrs. Sondley was a fine picture. There were three crayon sketches that attracted attention by their excellence for the age? of the sketchers, ranging from ten to thirteen. They were really sreditable, and so recognized by the prize committee. We refer to the news columns for other derails of the Fair. Some enjoyed the jam, and tome endured it; and some both. On the whole, we gather that the Fair was mequally fine?better in some departments than ;ver before, and in others inferior to other rears; and on an average it was equal to other rears?probably affected by the political agita;ion8 of the times. Rett. The present week has been for our city one of joraparative quiet?a sabbath between the past louble excitements and the approaching regular lessionofthe Legislature, the College doings and he et cetera of December times. Who did irrlte Rutledge t The Ilomi'. Journal, of New York,says: "Miss darriet Lane, the accomplished niece of Presi lent Buchanan, it is Btated, is the author of that tdmirable novel, Rutledge." Qu'en pensezous ? Che English Opera, Having adopted the name "American" instead f English, remained with us all last week also. The Coliseum. An Englishman, writing from Rome to his riend in England, says: "You will be surprised o near that there is a Coliseum here, as well as n London; only it is not kept ib such good reiair !" Phe South Carolina College. The following are the honors and appointments f this year. The first two are houors, first and econd; and the others are appointments, in heir order. T. M. Logan, Charleston, 4 n TT t- _11 t Li i?1_ A. Kj. nasneu, Aouevuie, H. R. Garden, Sumter, J. R. Thomson, Spartanburg, W. T. Norwood, Abbeville, R. N. Cbatbam, Abbeville, C. B. Prentiss, Colleton, J. V. Sanders, Louisiana, J. D. Anderson, Spartanburg, P. W. Mills, Sumter. The Examination of the under-graduates com aences in a day or two. That of the Gradu ,tes was searching in the extreme; and whoever las fairly passed it deserves his diploma. The public exercises this year are expected to le unusually interesting, lopes For. N. P. Willis, in a little poem called "To Her vho has Hopes for Me," says :? "Nigbt comes, with love upon the breeze, And the calm clock strikes, stilly, 'ten.' I start to hear it beat, for then I know that thou art on thy knees? And, at that hour, where'er thou be, Ascends to heaven a prayer for me ! My hea-t drops to its bended knee? The mirth upon ray lip is dumb? Yet, as a thought of heaven would come, There glides, before it, one of thee." )bttuarjr. The Marion Star of last week gets off the folowing: "Died?Ihe United States of America, born in the 4th of July 1776. Died on the 6th Novemler 1860; aged 85 years." Our friend has got the Star-t of events, and is ^airlte ahead of the times. The obituary event n point may occur on the 17th of December.? On the 6th of November it was admonished by i stroke of something like paralysis that its shatered constitution could not hold out much long sr?that it could not endure another link-on the ippressive fetters it has been struggling under o long. The Man about Town, like the immortal Web ter, "still lives." ]ooki. The handsomest book of the year is "Women >f the South distinguished in Literature," by Mary Forrest. It is got up in the finest giftrook style, illustrated with portraits on steel, iround in Morocco, gilt, and in all respects a fine >ook?richly beautiful. It is from the press of Jerby and Jackson, New York; over 600 pages, l small quarto. If anybody wishes to make a handsome and ippropriate memento-present to a lady (or to a lontributing editor)?one worthy a lady, even a Jouthern beauty?this is just the book. It is a jook for the drawing-room. There are seven exquisite portraits?Mr?. jeVert, Mrs. Ritchie, Miss Mcintosh, Marion larland, (Mrs. Terhune,) Mrs. Rosa V. Johnon, Miss Augusta Evans, and Mrs. Virginia French. Tfc.ey are all good ; but that of Mrs. litchie, one of her friends assures us, is per ect; and that of Miss Evans is fine. There are thirty-six literary biographical iketches, each with specimens. Of these, five tre Carolinia ns by residence:?Mrses. McCord, Jilraan, and Howard; and Misses Lee, and ]heeseborough. Several others were born in South Carolina, but reside elsewhere; as,? klrses. Jacobus, Shindler, Dinnies, and DuBose. Madame LeVert occupies the position of greatest prominence. Beulah Evans of Mobile, Mat ion Ilailand of Virginia, Mrs. Phelps of Baltimore, Miss Reedy of Mississippi, Mrs. Bouthworth of Virginia, Miss Blount of Georgia, ire all names that we see and hear every day. To our own mind, this great variety of subect is pervaded by a beautiful principle of inity?the peculiar genius of "Mary Forrest." Delicately appreciative of beauty and truth, dear, cultured, and feminine, her spirit readily inds itself in sympathy with its subject; and ler gift of expression is by no means ordinary, rhe first tine we ever saw the name "Mary Forrest" (of course it is a nom de plume) was with a little poem in one of our magazines.? rhe thrill of exquisite pleasure that poem gave is gave the name a permanent plaoe in our nemory. Since then, in her own presence, we tave found that our impression was sustained by that test also ; and the work itself now proves that the hope with which we greeted its an nouncement some months ago had the best of foundations?a true idea of the ability of the accomplished and gifted writer. It takes a poet to appreciate poets, and culture to do justice to culture. We were always proud of our Southern women; and in this gem-book we rec ognize a fit tribute to them and an honor to her who has paid that tribute so handsomely. Townsend and North, of Columbia, have the work on sale. The same Booksellers have placed upon our table the last novel?"Will He Find Her?" one of the sensation class. It is of the style called thrilling; abounding in abductions, murders, burglaries, adulteries?a blood and thunder kind of thing. It iB written by a gentleman of New Orleans; and the scene is divided between that city and New York. Lucrecia, the heroine, is a finely defined and well chosen character, wronged and struggling against the tide of life, one in whom the interest never flags, and in whose ultimate fate we cordially sympathize. The range of scene is wide?from the dr. ving rooms of Upper-ieadom to the drink-holes of Five Points. Some fine pro-slavery sarcasm and some calm i__: ? i : :? _:n J .i,? i.a a??,u lugium ju^uii jr win uuuiujcuu iuc uuu& iu uuumern readers. The characters are largely foreign?French, Spaniards, and Creoles. The work is dedicated to Judge Meek of Mobile, and is written by one nom-de-plume-ing himself Winter Summerton. He promises us another novel, to appear soon. "Will He Find Her ?" is a neat duodecimo of 490 pages, published by Derby and Jackson New York, at a dollar and a quarter. Townsend and North hove it. Columbia, S. C. J. W. D. IjOOAXj affairs. Erratum. The printer makes "A Presbyterian," towards the close of bis article, say "the sword and shield" for "our sun and shield." Fine Turnip. We have received from Mr. Samuel T. B. Patrick, a turnip measuring 25 inches in circumference, and weighing 4^ pounds. Snow. As we go to press (on Wednesday) the heaven's are covered with a canopy of leaden clouds ; and a feathery fall of snow is descending. York at tht State Fair. It gratifies us to note-the fact thpt York took three premiums?if ho more?at the State Fair, to wit: Miss M. Latta, for the best patchwork quilt; Mrs. L. M. Rader, 2nd best starch; and Mrs. S. M. Rader, best quince jelly. Target snooting. On Friday evening last, the Jasper Light Infantry tried their skill at target shooting?standing and kneeling. The distance, 100 yards, fell far below the utmost range of the gun ; and Consequently almost all the balls struck above the mark. The proprietor of the Enquirer and Major Clinton, made the best shots?Mr. Grist "plugging the centre," and the Major "breaking the wing" of the target. We understand the Company are to shoot for a silver oup soon. Palmetto Flag. The young ladies of the Female College, on Saturday evening last, hoisted a very well de signed flag on the steeple of their College. On one side is represented a broken chain : the upper links of black linked together with red, and relieved with white, typical of the North; the lower links are purely white, and are forming a new circle, in the centre of which the sun of Freedom is shining?typical of the sentiment that the South, just ushering in the natal day of her proud and matchless independence, will be the "last asylum of constitutional liberty." Uu me opposite siue is n mi menu tree who ice word nunc above and slct below?a Latin enigma which, freely translated, means "Now let the Palmetto State stand upon her sovereignty."? The ground is deep blue; and the whole looks well with its lofty meaning from its lofty emi nence. The "Jaspers" turned out to greet its erection; and resolved that they would never desert it. For the Yorkvtll# Enquirer. TO THE VOTERS OF YORK DISTRICT. I embrace the earliest opportunity of giving you a simple statement of the proceedings of your Legislature, at its recent extra session.? The Governor, in his proclamation convening the Legislature for the purpose of electing Electors for President and Vice-President, recommend ed that provision should be made for the safety of the State. The urgent necessity of the case was apparent to all, and your Legislature entered upon the discharge of the duty, under a deep ana solemn sense 01 us responsibility, ivitnout taking formal action on the subject, it wa9 tacitly agreed to remain in session until we could hear the rcuult of the Presidential election. The calm determination not only of the members of the Legislature, but of the thousands who had flocked to the Capitol, was ominous of a settled purpose. The one patriotic desire that animated the bosoms of all, was relecse from thb accursed thraldom in which we were about to be immured. With feelings heightened and intensified by the reckless vandalism of those who were perpetrating an act that must shatter into fragments liberty's fair fabric, we patiently awaited the not unexpected result; and the same telegraphic wires that transmitted to us the in telligence of the election of Abraham Lincoln, flashed back upon them the fact that the Legis lature of South Carolina had passed a bill for the call of a Convention of her people, the plain and obvious meaning of which was that they should withdraw the State from the Federal Union. But by far the most pleasing feature in the picture is the unanimity with which the Bill was passed ; and it is one too, on which the impartial historian will dwell with the greatest rapture.? And, my Countrymen, if the Southern States will now be true to themselves, and take their destinies into their own hands, and stand forth among the nations of the earth redeemed, disenthralled and free from the meshes of the fanati ci8m and low vulgar infidelity of the North, the historian will be in doubt whether he has read aright the history of this Goverment for the past forty years; and will devote a chapter to how long we ought to have submitted, and when it was treachery to ourselves not to have resisted. If it be humiliating to make a faithful record of the times, there is consolation in the fact that the usurpations, unjust exactions and gross violations of the letter and spirit of the Constitution by the North, were acquiesced in by the South, for the preservation of a Union to which we had clung with more than filial devotion. That we are enacting history should engage our most serious attention, and should inspire us with the stern purpose to do nothing beneath the dignity of history. If then the chapter of the wrongs, injuries and insults to which we have submitted, should bring the blush and tingle of shame to the cheek of future generations, let us prepare the material for another chapter, that will stand in striking contrast, that we at last struck for our liberties and determined to consecrate a portion of this mighty continent, to Constitutional freedom. The vast difference in the civilisation now prevailing in the two sections?North and South?warrants us in the conclusion that a Southern Confederacy with homogenious feelings, interests and institutions, will be the centre of a higher and purer civilization than any to which we have yet attained. I do not wish, however, to be understood as inculcating the belief that we are to have a smooth sea. In the unsettled state of nffairB that will necessarily follow such a tremendous change, we must be prepared to encounter mauy difficulties, hardships and trials. It may be attended by a great depreciation, and even loss of property?with our commercial relations disturbed we may expect financial em barrassment?the convulsive throes of a dyinp nation may, for a time, dry up the souroes ol our prosperity, but what is all this compared tc the horrors of the despotism our Northern adversaries seek to impose upon us ? The bare mention of this is enough without entering intc a detail of "disgusting particulars." Possessing as we do all the elements of a successful government, with the wisdom and experience ol the past to guide and direct us, we may confidently hope soon to embark upon the full tide of Southern enterprise and prosperity, and lei us thank those who have sought to visit npor us wide-spread ruin and desolation, that thej have conferred upon us this high privilege ol perpetuating the blessings of constitutional liberty. We owe it to ourselves, we owe it to posterity, we owe it to the civilixed world, to dart all in the emergency in which we are placed.? The social organism of the dominant section of this government is subversive of everything thai sweetens and endears life. The Christian ministry, the best of all professions, has been converted into the meanest of all trades, and he whose vocation it is, "to allure to brighter worlds and lead the way," desecrates the Sabbath, profanes the sanctuary, and prostitutes his high calling tc the lowest demagogueism, and instead of the humble adoration so befitting the sanctity of the Pulpit, gives vent to ravings and howlings thai demons might envy. But for fear 1 am entering a domain from which the pious divine wil! hurl me as an intruder I forbear to dilate further upon the subject. The true nature of the issue involved, is the solution in which we are immediately interested Is it a question of separate State action or co operation? During the canvass, I deprecated the idea of separate State action as premature. The result proves that I was correct, becaust we now have every assurance of co-operatior that any reasonable man can ask. We regart South Carolina as virtually out of the Union; and with or without co operation, we have taker a position from which we cannot retreat without dishonor and disgrace. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida are pledged to the same course. Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas musi soon give in their adhesion. The good "Old North State" is now marking time, and willsoor wheel into line and take the place to which she is entitled in this great sisterhood of States.? Noble old Virginia is watching with parental solicitude, the movements of her Southern sisters, and will soon sunder the ties by which she it connected to a people inimical to her interests, and claim her appropriate place in the Southerr Confederacy. The whole question then, resolve? itself iuto this?each State must act for itself, separately and alone, while we have every assurance of co-operation. The idea of the separatt nationality of South Carolioa, does not enter intc the question. If I understand correctly the position of parties in this State, this iB a platform wide enough for us all to stand upon. I hope, therefore, foi the sake of unanimity, so important in this crit _ i - e _ i til L..i lCftl posture ui nuaint, iuri we win ruu uui uut tioket for the Convention, and that they may b{ sound and reliable men, fully prepared for the great issues that will be pressed upon their con nideration. Respectfully, &c., JNO. L. MILLER. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. THE CRISIS. There is no time so appropriate for investiga ting causes of national calamity, as when the people are in the act of suffering. The powers of perception are roused and quickened into life and action, by an audible address to the interest of every individual to whom the rich legacy ol liberty has been bequeathed. If suffering thus is an incentive to action, have we not great rea son to be aroused from the slumbers of a political sleep ; and like Mt. Atlas amid ocean's storms and lashing billows, stand firm and glory in defending our country's rights ? We want none who can rejoice amid all the clouds of danger that darken our political prospects, and lull to indifference by vainly imagining that the star of hope and rainbow of promise is still gilding Vi/.tMTnn af tKia arnml.lintr RonnKlii* A nor ty completely sectional in every respect, and wickedly fanatic in all its measures has at length succeeded, by the numerical force of majorities, in electing a Black Republican President and Vice President. There is now no other alternative but that a new order of things must be inaugurated. Unjust aggression and unconstitutional legislation viust be met, and to this end self-respect, as a people, should prompt us to withdraw from the Union. We have the strongest assurance that all the cotton-growing States are prepared to co operate with us. Listen to what the Constitutional Union men of the Empire State say : "Whatever the calm judgment and matured wisdom of our State in Convention assembled, should determine upon, will receive onr acquiesence, whether or not it conflicts with our own personal views of interest and necessity." Sustained aud animated by such a prospect, let us take encouragement, and put forth every effort to save from dishonor and disgrace our beloved country. We can even now see the growing prosperity of a Southern Confederacy, and hear in tones louder than the thunders ol Olympian Jove, ilesto perpelua," a "crownof glory in the hands of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hands of our God." PILGRIM, "THE YORK RANGERS." At a meeting held at Rock Hill, on the 17th inst., for the purpose of organizing a Cavalry company to be styled the "York Rangers," Col. Cad. Jones was called to the Chair, and M. A. Moore requested to act as Secretary. After the Chairmnn had explained the object of the meeting, and urged in a clear and forcible manner, the propriety and necessity for such or ganization in tne present crisis ot attairs, toe meeting, on motion of Allen Robertson, proceeded to the business of the day, which was the election of officers. On motion of M. A. Moore, the Chairman appointed John Biggers, N. A. Steele, Allen Robertson, Daniel .Williams, G. E. Mc. Steele, Edward Avery, D. D. Moore, and W. L. Robertson, a Committee to nominate officers for the Com pany. After a short consultation, the committee wnnnMfnrl tka nnmoo nf P R \1 ilia PonfoJn Edward Avery, first Lieutenant; W. L. Robertson, second Lieutenant ; and W. A. Steele, third Lieutenant, which wn9 unanimously approved by the meeting, and declared duly elected. On moton of Daniel Williams, it was resolved that the services of the company be forthwith tendered to the Governor of the State, by the Captain. On motion of Col. Edward Avery, a Committee was appointed by the Chairman, to draw up rules and By Laws for the regulation of the Com pany, to be submitted at the next meeting The Committee consists of Edward Avery, W. L. Rob ertson, W. A. Steele, D. D. Moore, and J. C Hicklin. On motion of Daniel Williams, it was resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Yorkville Enquirer and Rock Hill Chronicle. On motion, the meeting adjourned until the 22d inst. CAD. JONES, Chairman. ~M. A. Moorb, Secretary. Falling !. Falling ! Falling !?In addition to the large and increasing depreciation of 9tocks in the Northern markets, wheat has fallen five cents, and flour twenty cents in New York, as compared with last week's prices. Ten Thouannd Cheers for Florida. Tallahassbs, November 14.?Governor M. S Perry, of this State h?9 declared in favor of Separate State Action. He says that Florida I will stand by South Carolina?the gallant "Palmetto State." The people here are unanimous , against submission to Lincoln's election. From ' all parts of the Scate we have most cheeringwic1 counts. Party names and issues have been > dropped in the face of the dangers which threat . en to overwhelm us under Rtack Republican rule. Our people will present to the insolent ; foe a united and determined front. Will it not be a glorious spectacle to see Florida standing . shoulder to shouider with her gallani Palmet o 9i8ter, in defence of our common Constitu ional rights? ' Our newly elected Governor, John Milton, is uncompromisingly in favorof immediate action. , Mr. Hilton (recently elecied to Congress! ocou pies the same position. Florida will certainly ' secede. Let South Carolina lead the way! From Mississippi. r Oxford. Miss Nov., 14.?itr. Editor: From one end of this State to the other, the feeling of resistance has been aronsed. We send cordial greeting to South Carolina, and although she i >sin mo lend, you ueeu nave no iears mai we will not follow. No hostile foot shall ever tread the ground of South Carolina except over the dead bodies of I fifty thousand Mississippians. Our Governor has issued his proclamation convening the Legislature. The action of the Legislature will be prompt in calling a Conven) tion for the purpose of taking the State out uf | the Union. All parties are in favor of disunion here. Volunteer companies are forming in every direction. > In less than three weeks we will be upoo a com ? plete war footing. , I hope thnt in less than two months the same ray of sunlight will glitter on the gleaming sword : of the Talmetto State and on the Mississippi rifle. A MISSISSIPIAN. The Action of Georgia. The Committee on the state of the Republic, in the Georgia Legislature, issued an address, re' questing a conference of some of the eminent men of Georgia in MilledgevHle. The result of that conference is a bill to call a convention to meet on the 9th January, the election to take place on I the 20th December. The preamble to the proposed bill says : Whereas the present crisis in our National affairs, in the judgment of this General Assera1 hly, demand* resistance; and whereas it is the I privilege of the fovereign people to determine , upon the mode, measure and time of such resis tance. 1 This bill is endorsed by such men as Governor Brown, Hon. C. J. Jenkins, Hon. Alfred Iver , son and others of similar position and influence. . There is little doubt expressed as to its adoption by the Legislature. I From Baltimore. i Baltimore, Nov. 14.?Public sentiment here , is feverish regarding the Southern question.? The proposition to call a Union meeting is op ' posed by many as injurious at present. Mary land's interests, they say. are unavoidably with the South, and if the South secedes unanimously, we must join her. Dispatches of to day, dated ! from Charleston, Columbia and elsewhere South, i exhibit increasing excitement throughout th . O.nttnn Smtpa fnvnrintr secession It is said that , no power can prevent South Carolina from se ceding. Every candidate to her coming conven1 tion is required to be pledged to immediate se cession. To Southern Publisher! and Editor!. The subsciber, fat present holding a position under the Federal Government, and having no intention nor desire to serve under the enemies i of his country.) proposes, shortly, to devote his whole time to the business in which a portion of his time is tow engaged, viz : as Correspondent Contributor and Reporter for Southern Journals. > In addition to his present engagements, he i, prepared to make arrangements with several other Journals at the South, and trusts that his ! long and varied experience will enable him to discharge them faithfully. Address, EDWIN HERIOT, Charleston, S. C. November 8ih, 1860. Georgia Moving. Millkdorville, Nov. 15.?fne leading men of all pirtieA, and representing all sections of the State, held a Conference here to diy. The greatest harmony characterised the proceedings. It was unanimously agreeJ that a State Conven1 'ion should be called at an early day. The resistance feeling was largely in the ascendant, and the Conference una limously ricommetid that the policy, the time and mode of action be settled by the Convention. Secession is gaiuing ground i daily. Georgia will go with the South. Georgia Preparing. By telegraph we have news that the House of ' Representatives of Georgia voted a million to arm the State. Since then the Senate has taken action. The Augusta Dispatch says: "The bill appropriating a million dollars for the defence of the Stage, which passed the Hou^e of Representatives on Tuesday last and was tabled in the Senate on Wednesday, was taken up on Thursday and passed without a dissenting voice."' Mr. Lincoln and the Crisis. Springfield, November 13.?Mr. Lincoln, in conversation with some friend yesterday, while deeply regretting the excitement that prevailed at the South, did not, at the same time, deem it expedient that he should say anything publicly upon the subject. Whenever spoken to regard ing his position, he invariably refers to his former writings and speeches, and from these to the platform of the party which elected him?a com bination, he thinks, sufficient for all purposes. Affairs at the North. Baltimore, November 16.?The tone of the Northern press is decidedly softening. Their fierce defiance has suddenly become changed to lamb like mildness. From bold threats they have come down to expostulation. Next it will be supplication. The merchants of this city repose the utmost confidence in their Southern commercial breth ren. They will gladly sell them goods as heretofore, and allow the usual credit. Virginia Election. Alexandria. November 15.?Bell, for President is about 300 ahead of Breckinbidoe. There are some counties yet to hear from which may give the State to Breckinridoe. j. Governor Letcher, has called an extra session for the 7th of January to take into consideration the condition of affairs, and determine calmly and wisely what action may be necessary. Mobile for Secession?The Ball In Motion ! Mobile, November 16.?A large and enthusi ! astic meeting of the citizens, without distinction of party, was held in this city last night. Reso lutions favoring immediate secession were offere<l and passed unauimously. A substitute offer ed, that it was advisable to wait the action oi other Southern States, was vo'ed down and withdrawn. Washington Items. Washington, November 15.?Senator Hammond has written here to have his personal ef* '? .- l"? U?? tn ,hn in ICUIO CCUl lu UUUIU uatuuii'*! ivituiug ?v vi.w tu i ference that his resignation goes into effect im mediatly. The Collector of Beaufort, S. C., has resigned his position, declining to serve under a sections President. Senator Hammond's Position. We fi'.d the following dispatch in the Charlotte Bulletin: Columbia. S. C., November 13 ?We are in formed that Senator Hammond, who sent in his resignation to day. has written to the friend to whom he has enclosed it as follows: "Let i be understood that I am thoroughly pledged to the movement." Alabama all Right, Mobile, November 15.?Gov Moore will issue his proclamation ordering a State Convention on the tith of December. The election of delegates will take place on the 24th of December, and the Convention will assemble on the 3d of January. * Augusta, Nov. 18 ?Private despatches state that there had been considerable fall in N. York State S'ocks on Saturday. Money tighter. At Milledgeville, on Saturday, the Senate passed the Convention Bill unanimously. Another Resignation. Washisoton, November 17.?W. Ransom Oal houn to day resigned his office as first Seoretary of the United States Legation in Paris, and will forthwith return to his home in South Carolina. All Commerce Not Suspended.?Twelve hundred kegs of powder aud eighty four boxes of ammunition were shipped to day, to Charleston, South Carolina.?New York Post.' Bgfc, Packages have been received at the post office in Alexandria, Va., directed to "Alexandria, Virginia, Southern Confederacy." LATEST NEWS. :0:? Unfounded Humors. Washington, Nov. 19.?The story that the President has said that he regards secession as a nullification of the Federal laws, and would resort to coercion to prevent it, is without any foundation in fact. There has been no Cabinet meeting on the subject, and the issue of secession has never yet been formally before the Cabinet. A dispatch from Springfield, Illinois, informs us that Lincoln said pfi Saturday last, in reply to some gentlemen who were questioning him in relation to his course, that during the last six years his policy had been known as a public man, and that if his past assertions obtained no credit, his present ones would be treated no better. He, therefore, flatly refuses to make an^ public exposition of his views until his inauguration takes place. North Carolina Moving. Wilmington, N. C., November 19. ?In pursuance of an invitation through nanors ?? vprv lnrcrp nnrl rpanoMn J " '~'J t r~ blc body of our citizens, without distinction of party, met to-night. It was one of tiie largest assemblages that ever convened in this town. Several able and prominent gentlemen addressed the meeting, amid great enthusiasm. A series of strong secession resolutions were . offered, and passed unanimously. It was also resolved to organize a corps of "Minute Men," and numbers came forward and enrolled their names as soldiers in the cause of the South. The people seem fully aroused. The "Old North State" will do her duty. More Volunteers. It is very gratifying to. learn that in the secession movement, inaugurated by South Carolina, we have the solid sympaty of the Southern States. From all quarters, the Governor is receiving tenders of volunteers by individuals, companies and regiments of rifle companies, sharp-shooters, cavalry and artillery, * from Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. A--French Zouave officer in Philadelphia, offers to raise a company or regiment of Zouave Chasseurs, and individual officers tender their services to raise all sorts of companies. The South is truly roused. ?Carolinian. Adams Express. . The Charleston Courier says: Many packages of the valuable and instructive pamphlet, "The South alone should govern the South," have been forwarded by the Adams Express,, without charge. Any packages of arms or equipments designed for a military corps in this State will be received and transmitted by this Company alpo with out cuarge. Military Suggestion. The Darlington Southerner makes the following proposition : We would suggest that all Volunteer Companies in the State encamp near Columbia, S. C., on the 16th of December next, and parade on the day following. Who seconds the motion? The Bight of Secession. Hon. C. L. Vallandingham, of Ohio, publishes in the Cincinnati Enquirer, of the 10th instant, a very able letter, in which he takes strong grounds in favor of the right of a State to secede. He says that he will never vote for an appropriation to force a State to remain in the Union against her will. Special fUticcs.i PUBLIC MEETING. There will be a public meeting at OLIVET Church, on SATURDAY, 24th instant, at II o'clock, a. m. Addresses will be delivered by JNO. L. MILLER and J. C. CHAMBERS, Esqs. The publio generally and the ladies especially, are cordially invited to attend. ALFRED MOORE. ' "J REUBEN McCONNELL, i-Com. G. W. BURR IS. J \ Nov 22 47 It JOHN BBATTON ERWIN, YORKVILLE, S. C., Will practice Law and Equity in the Courts of the Northern Cirouit. Office at the rear of the Court House. May 17 20 : J?: tf To the Public.?The undersigned, being well known as a writer, would offer his services to all requiring literary aid. tr? _:ii :?u n v.,... liu win iuiuisu auuicooco, vi'Hiuuo, xjoomjcf Presentation Speeches, Replies and lines for Albums, Acrostics, prepare matter for the press, write Obituaries and Poetry upon any subject. Address, post paid, FINLEV JOHNSON, Baltimore, Md. 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