Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-08-08

plants his peas, opposite the bill of corn,
and sows broadcast when be lays by.
In cultivating sandy land, he lays it of
without breaking it up and making into
beds, in the same manner as with hilled
land. When the corn is large enough to
work, he throws two furrows back, and fol,
lows with harrow, leaving the ground lev.
el-thins in wet days to one stalk-works
with small straight shovel, and lays sandy
land by early. Ought to be laid by earlier
than red land.
The foregoing are substantially Mr.. Nee
ly's remarks. There may be some errors,
and some omissions; and it is due to Mr..
Nicely to say, that be had no opportunity Of
reviving them.
J. F Workman, J. J. Watson, and 9th.
ers spoke briefly of their experience.
DR.. J. M. Lowry entertained the Socie.
ty with an account of bis system in reclaim.
ing fishing creek-land. We regret our in.
ability to furnish the public with sketch
of his remarks, and hopes the Doctor will
at some convenient time favor US with his
views. He wound up by humorous &C.
count of his neighbor's (Mr. Al mode Of
saving horse-fesh. When the rows were
long, he required the plowman to turn,
about half way, and not 90 to The end Of
the row. His neighbor retorted by saying
that he was compelled 70 do so, on account
of the depredations committed on his crop
by the Doctors half starved chickens. II
be had worked up to the line, the Doctors
chickens would have rendered valueless all
his labors. Probably on the principal sta
ted by the member of Congress, who said,
that formely, he got very little use of his
outside row, on account of the squirrels
but he of late had baffled their thieVing
by not planting any outside
row. SECRETARY.
Rock HILL, Aug. l, 1861.
Jenkins Regiment.
We are pleased to place before our read
ers a communication from correspondent
in relation to the part of the Fifth Regi.
ment South Carolina Volunteers, in the
great battle of the 21st. In an extended
line of battle, covering seven miles, and
with regiments marching beyond reach of
enquiry soon after the engagement, it is
manifestly impossible for any one or two
men to see, hear, or tell the various occur.
rences of that eventful day. 1t is our de.
sire to furnish the public with truthful, i'm
partial and unexaggerated accounts of all
our troops; and to that end we shall be ex-
ceedingly pleased to have detailed accounts
from gentlemen Of character in every regi-
ment and company. If they will do this,
they must blame themselves for omissions.
They must be expected as thing unaVoid.
able.
The Fifth is a splendid regiment, and
we are grati6ed that they had showing in
the field 1n battles there seems always a
great dea: in the luck Of opportunity for
distinction.
CAMP PETTUs, Fairfax Co., Va, July 27.
We are somewhat surprised that the 5th
Regiment, S. G. v, Col. Jenkins, has not
received prominent place in the picture
of last Sundays great battle, when what
they did contributed so very materially to
the success Of our arms on that day. The
fact, however, finds ready explanation in
the circumstance that the part they played
was the closing scene Of the drama and
the news of the victory at Stone Bridge had
reached and left Manassas, and its limits
been defined, while the fifth we're in the
midst of their fight. Gen. Beauregard
himself has said that this movement con-
tributed not ia little," as Gen. Jones mod
estly reported, but ga great deal" to the
of the victory; and President
Davis also remarked upon the brilliancy
and daring of the action.
EARLY in the morning, Gems. Jones, Ew-
ell aud Lopgstreet we're ordered to co.ope-
rate in making a demonstration upon the
snemy's reserve, on their extreme left, op-
posite Blackburn's Ford, consisting of four
regiments of infantry, battalion of caval-
ry and two field batteries of eight cannon.
If this design had been consummated, the
success would have been followed up upon
the enemy's left in action, and the battle
would have closed hours sooner beyond
question. But Gen. Ewells Brigade, from
causes unknown to US, failed to meet the
other two, and Gen. Jones was ordered to
retrace his steps.
In the afternoon again, the same brig
ades were ordered upon the same enterprise,
but after Gen. Jones' brigade, undaunted
and alacritous as ever, had marched three
or four miles, the movement was again
countermanded. These repeated orders
and countermands of themselves, show
clearly both the extreme Importance aud
the extreme difficulty Of this undertaking.
These last orders reached Gems. Ewell and
but did not reach Gen. Jones
and his brigade alone, therefore, went for
ward to the hazardous feat of storming
eight field pieces, situated on hill very
difficult of access, and supported by at least
four thousand infantry and FIVE hundred
cavalry.
Col. Jenkins regiment was drawn upin
a line of battle on the brow of hill, the
18th on their left, and the Mis-
sissippi 18th behind 10 a ravine. Here the
sharp-shootiug began; and instantly with
a shout, the Fifth rushed over the hill, a.
cross an open field, and then had to descend
an exceedingly rough and precipitous hill,
covered densely with mountain laurel All