Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-02-21


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NEWS FROM THE STATES.
South Carolina.
Active preparations continue to be made il
Charleston harbor, for an assault upon For
Sumter. The Courier informs Us that more
hands are needed for the work progressing there
and the Chief of the Engineer Corps of our State,
by consent of the Governor and Executive Coun
Gil, has invited planters and masters, who fee
slaves as laborers to the State. Good quarters
and provisions will be provided for the hands
Any person wishing to make tender of slave
service to the State, may address Major Walter
Gwynn, No. Broad-street, Charleston.
The following paragraph telegraphed from
Washington to the New York Herald, shows the
anxious state of feeling in Fort Sumter:
Letters from Fort Sumter received at Wash.
ington from Captain Doubleday, one of the off
GERS in command, report that the South Carroll
mans have erected an impregnsble battery on
Cummings Point, of railroad iron, and that a
terrible fight can be made from that point. The
strength of that position as it has now been
made, and standing, as it does, FIVE eighths of a
mile from Fort Sumter, will enable the South
Carolinians to do great mischief. The work on
Fort Moultrie has also been pushed forward rap
idly, and its strength is now such as will with
stand the guns on Fort Sumter successfully.
Great preparations were going on among the
Carolinisns, aud every day gave them more GER
taiuty of success when the attack on Fort Sum
ter is made. The troops in Fort Sumter con.
tinue in good health and spirits, although very
much annoyedby the South Carolina authorities
Another volunteer in the service of the State,
has met with an untimely death by accident
Mr.. Jas. C. Allen, of the Abbeville company.
Mr.. Allen and comrade were playfully chasing
each other through the hall of the building in
which they were quartered on Sullivans Island,
when Mr.. Allen came in contact with bayonet
on gun in the hand of another companion.-
The bayonet entered the right eye, penetrating
the brain and he survived only few moments
The remains of Mr.. Allen were conveyed back
to his bereaved home, and inferred in Upper
Long Cane Graveyard, two miles above Able.
vile village. We have been in this burial place
it is spot of touching loveliness. There the
young soldier of Secession will sleep sweetly
beside the sacred dust of the Revolution; and
the old and young Of coming years will read his
eptaph, and rehearse the sad story of his fate to
each other, and love liberty all the more dearly
for its price.
Florida.
One thousand Maynard rifles, $4,000 ball
cartridges, $50, 900 primers and 400 percussion
muskets have been received by the Magnolia
State. The Legislature, before its adjournment
on last Saturday, authorized the issue of $780,
900 in treasury notes. A Stay.Law was also
pdSSeu. Lie CUufculUu WILL oUOu uc TcCOufcucu
by President McGhee.
Pensacola still remains the centre of interest
on the Gulf coast. We have stated elsewhere
that several U. States war-steamers are in Pen.
sacola bay. The Montgomery Advertiser of
Saturday, makes with some degree of probabii-
ty the important statement, that the commander
of one of these vessels has peremptorily ordered
Col. Lomax of the Southern army, to cease
throwing up earth-works for Southern defence.
Col. Loma1 is said to be spirited man, aud
likely returned fat, negative response. If
80, hostilities may have begun at Pensacola be-
fore this date.
North Carolina.
Our neighbors along the line, and especially
Mecklenburg, have gone to work in downright
earnest to put North Carolina out of the Union.
As we predicted, the fire is spreading among the
mountains. The papers contain numerous calls
for public meetings, and accounts Of others
which have been held. The movement las rived
it's way through the Legislature, and has reach
ed the people, who will "rally to the rescue" as
they did in olden times at Watauga, Guilford
Court House and Alamance. Gov. Ellis is hav-
ing an order for 100000 dollars worth of gun
carriages, rifles and other munitions of war,
filled upon thirty-days notice at Newark, New
Jersey. The Legislature has laid the coercion
resolutions of Pennsylvania on the table as Of
fe nsive and unworthy of notice-as Gen. Dock
cry, strong Union man, said, treated tben
"with silent contempt" The election for 'Con-
vention" or "No Convention" is next Thurs
day.
Virginia.
Up to this writing, we have nothing of marked
interest from the Virginia Convention. This is
accounted for by the fact that they are "wat-
ing for something to turn up" in the Peace Con-
ference at Washington. The anti-coercion feel
ing is said to predominant among the delegates.
They have, however, elected Mr. Janney Of
Richmond, an ultra union man, as President of
tho Convention. The paragraphs this week,
about Virginia, are ''high and dry"
Tennessee.
The election returns for Tennessee, show that
majority of $4,000 is opposed to secession,
and 10000 opposed even to calling convention.
Only two secessionists, it is said, were elected
throughout the State
Arkansas.
Capt Churchill and Capt. Danley have been
commissioned to purchase arms to the extent of
$780, 900, for this State. The secession feeling
spreads and the best men are offering for the
convention. We expect to announce the seces-
sion of Arkansas in our next issue.
Now York.
! The news from New York city is interesting