Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-12-06

ARMS FOR THE SOUTH.

Those Republican officers, preachers and
lecturers who think that the indignationof
the South is best put down by ridicule, and
who, therefore, lavish the resources of their
bufoouery upon every reported. attempt of
Southern State to arm her citizens for an
impending conflict, will find in the follow
ing facts more evidence that the South is
in earnest and that the calamities of Disuu-
ion, which they would laugh away with
their ill.timed jests, are actually imminent.
Yesterday there arrived by the Steamer
City of Hartford, from Hartford, l80
cases of Sharp's patent carbines, containing
10 pieces each, making in all arms for.1S00
men, and 40 cases of couical balls, each
containing 1000 bullets, or 10000 cart,
ridges in the aggregate. These arms and
ammunition were ordered by telegraph from
the Governor of Georgia, and will be sent
to Savannah blythe next steamer. The same
factory has also received orders from Ala.
bama for 1000 stands of the same death
dealing weapons ..a ~
Cooper & Pond of this city receive from.
twenty to fifty orders daily from South Ca
rolina, Alabama, and Georgia--aud people
who suppose that the South is not paying
customer, may be astouished to know that
their business transactions in this line arc
strictly on cash basis. Cash withiuthirty
days is an invariable rule. Most of the Or
ders are for rifles and navy revolvers, though
Cooper and Pond supply an Immense num-
Der of hint.lock muskets. They lately sent
20 gun-carriages to Georgia, and have done
brisk business in all kinds of small arms
and ammunition with all the principal
Southern States. =
Another large house in this city has filed
orders for 5000 stand of muskets of the U.
S. patteru,> and has sold large quantities of
artillery swords and army pistols. Itssor-
ders come from all the Southern States
but mainly from those in which secession
is regarded as the only remedy for Southern
grievances. A third extensive establish
ment has supplied an immense number of
Colts revolvers and rifles to Georgia, prin,t
cipally to Columbus All the Wholesale
houses and agencies in the city have been
pressed to supply the orders for every i'm
Imaginable species of weapon. To the above
list may be added Ame's Manufacturing
Co., which has furnished Georgia with can-
non and with 300 artillery swords, and has
done large miscellaneous business with all
the aggrieved States.
The Southern States, living until recent
ly in peace and happiness under the roof.
tree of common Union, have neglected the
establishment Of 6rearm factories within
their own boders. During the past year
Virginia first recognized the necessity of
starting State Armory, and appropriated
100000 for the work. Some commence.
ment has already been made on it, but it
is certain that the Armory will not be com.
pleted within one year, and in the mean
time she must depend apou the North -
Various statements have been circulated a.
bout the present armament of Virginia
1t is believed that she can, as asserted,
bring $4,000 men into the field, but the
tremendous batteries of rihed cannon which
have been said to belong to her, do not exist.
We understand, from good authority, that
she has but one riaed cannon. Indeed, in
the matter of heavy ordnance, all the South
ern States appear to be far behind the
North.
S. Carolina is the only Southern State
which has an armory of her own. 1t has
been in operation some years, and turns out
good work, though at cost not less prob
ably than that of the same class of arms in
the North.