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Z seeHe1 A. ,:.za sseiyt AID stmeo1 q. cni:tsa.
Pal liz LG.. l. hereby styrn ta In nnr,n.nca ,r
seereta Order cEter. ii the above e1tfisI cause "a
ca,5SssFy q teart of Ses chle;:o
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eertat1 ct~ .r Parcels of and Ia said decree d..
:er,e.t Is t92-s: tox!t:-1hc northwest aaarscr
and la ~e.t hsll Of ihe aotiheass ouarr OF a.cttn
number BE- =, :Yas - IN ToEn.hip nuhtr inif.y ssvsa
&. aic subject IL sa!7 at CHtca:o, ltnoS canfainlns
IT," en::tteu sud t:Er:I si1 a,res asI tsh.y,.Arsc
E''rcdf@ Ct Al ac.-. Atsn t.. lortheast GuartnS-
Of lhs northeass qasr:tr - Section numaer tTent1
tEo ft Township 2uGber t::ys. eight f-9) oorta of
Ea1fe tsEtsr: 4 sas' II The district cf laai suhiex
IL the Ccu2ty cf Cuos ana Stat Of lllinots Of -
nut Ct said premises az may be necessary sati.s
The amount Gue 70 EIsd !H p1a int decree
Win cos'. # .ui1 tnter,-r With the Masters lees
commissions. ard disbursements .atd s@le.
1Et SCOTT,
Master l1 Cha1cery OF tne Superior court Of CtlcAs
CElCEEp, iulj ID. lst! 1y4.Rs}t3
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fFE AAMBOfxa 8K4&EEEx, C6adata.
And bee how low taeF eau Oils, White IeAa. E1nc1
FRtna& FEench tnd American 8tAaat Ea{a4ht1 A9a 1&
Para OF ~ AnAs Alcohol Burning t1atd. CQo OILS 81
best quality: REV1he1 and IN tot tr&da
fs43Skly T80a. & WOOD 4 CO.
, 1861-07-15

CARRIAGE REPOSITORY,
On Market street near Washington street. usAy be
found the largest And be1t Asaottuent OF Carriages
1utt tho EuAA fe1Q a1SIltn
, 1861-07-15

LARcEFT.-on Saturday, Alex McCloud,
chsrEtd with larceny In stealing coat from
Patrick Collins, Of the Gold Eagle, canal boat
map, mas held In 800 bail
, 1861-07-15

NEW MILITARY CoMPASY.-An new Company
has been organized, called Wentworth's
Light Infantry. The captain is Norman Hahn,
son Of DR.. Hahn. Their armory is at L!nd's
Block. They have 50 members, all well
drilled meu.
, 1861-07-15

TEE WEATHER.-Saturday was cool aud de-
1icicus. Just the weather to favor the citi-
zcns ordinarily pleasure and health seekers,
whose narrow means the season will keep at
, 1861-07-15

CfSc1NHAT1 & CHICAGO AIR L1EE.-We are
indebted to this new line Of travel, and to
James Duffy, E:q., under the fremont House,
for repeated fayors Of Cincinnati papers in ad-
vance Of mails aad telegraph. The regular
Cincinnati train arrives here now at 6:30 P. II.
, 1861-07-15

and Arthur's Home Magazine, for August,
have been received by Walsh, at his Book and
Periodical Depot, corner Madison street and
Custom House Place.
, 1861-07-15

Col McARTHUA's REGI3tENT.-1st Lieuteu-
ant Waite, Of Col McArthur's l2th Regiment,
is come to town to recruit for the Regiment,
and has opened an Office near Daniels Cigar
Store under the Matteson House.
, 1861-07-15

Owners WANTEp-Au owner is wanted for
silver hunt.r cylinder watch. It can be
found at the Central Police Station, Court
House, basement, south side, Also an owner
for bobtailed bay ho-ae found running at
large On the West Side, with halter on.
, 1861-07-15

Our FRUIT MARKE7--There we're peaches
in market for the first time on Saturday.
Strawberries have gone out. Raspterries,
cherries, curranta and such Small deer are out
in force
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plant the second time. The very warm
weather which we are now having is, how.
ever, producing fine effect upon the crops.
We are fully Of the opinion that the
North will suffer more than the South in
the wicked crusade which has been inangu-
rated upon the rights and interests Of our
people. The North lives upon her Com.
merce and Manufactures; the South upon
her agricultural resources mainly. The
North is consequently used ZIP even now,
while the prospect is that the fields in the
South will not fall very far short Of produ-
cling the customary amount Of corn and cot
ton. So much for the reign Of fanatical
insanity. = DAMON
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Bunch, ESQ.,, her Britannia Majesty's Con.
sui at this port, who left the city about 2
D. M, in the steamer Charleston, and pro-
ceeded on board the Niagara, where he
was received with the usual salute, and had
every courtesy extended to him, and every
matter in relation to the blockade satisfac.
torily explained. All neutral vessels now
in this port would be allowed q reasonable
time to depart but nothing further would be
allowed to come in. The 4. G A., which
got in yesterday, and whose manner Of get
ting into port rather disturbed the nerves
of some cotton shippers, will be allowed to
90 unmolested. All open letters for mas"
ters of foreign vessels expected here will
be received on board the Niagara and CIV
en- to the parties when they come off the
bar, but no sealed communication will be
received. A feet of eight or ten sail, with
Commodore Stringham, is expected off here
shortly, when the blockade will be rigidly
enforced all along the coast. They express.
ed willingness to have supplied the HJa
with water, but the captain sailed off in
such haste that it could not be done.
The commander of the Niagara was
panied at the position he had to occupy in
reference to the seeded States, but be in
tended to carry out his orders. Mr.. Bunch
says the Niagara is a formidable looking
ship, has noble crew of about six hun
dred men, is loaded down with provisions
and war material, decks piled up with shot
and guns Of the most formidable size. The
only Charleston ships ordered off have been
those reported: say, Monmouth, Gen. Park.
hill and Hiya, all from Liverpool. The
Eliza BoasaN, SIR Allen -MNaJ, &c.,
have not yet been seen. Several other Brit.
ish vessels have been ordered off, two Of
which it is said were bound to Savannah,
but their names we did not learn. No ves-
sells appeared off this harbor on Monday, SO
far as we could see or learn, and the NJ
ogara had quiet day, but she keeps steam
on al! the time and moves rapidly when un-
der way.-M Charleston -Hercnry.
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HOME MANUFACTURES.

We observe with pleasure that our peo-
pie in different sections of the country, are
making vigorous preparations for the man
ufacture of all kinds of war munitions
In Charleston, Messrs. Cameron 4 Co.,
are DOW engaged in making the machinery
by which percussion caps can be produced
in large quantities. A few have been al
ready manufactured in Charleston, and the
Mercury says they are in every respect e.
quail to those manufactured in any part of
the United States. A mandatory has
been started in Raleigh, N. c., and also
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-05-17

AFFAIRS AT PENsAco1A.-Our correspon.
dent at Pensacola has been silent for more
than week perhaps because there is moth
ing to write about but we have conversed
with gentleman Of this city, who has just
returned from the camps and bring the
latest intelligence.
All details are not to be expected; we
may state generally that the condition of
the troops and Notifications is all that could
be desired. Gen. Bragg has proved the
very man for the work, and the volunteers
lend ready hand to carry ou; every order.
Pickens is covered by our batteries on three
sides. There are eight between the Navy
Yard and Fort Barrancas, four between the
latter and the Lighthouse, and formida.
Bile mortar battery in the rear Of Fort Nc
Rae. There is also heavy mortar battery
in the rear of Barrancas. All these works
have been erected by the hands of the VOL
unteers, and are armed with the very heavi'
est and best of artillery. The channel on
line between N1cRae and Pickens has been
obstructcd by sinking number Of small
vessels.
1t was supposed that everything would
be complete by the middle Of the coming
week, after which we shall have BON.
bardment that will be worthy of a record
Pickens must fall, and the more men they
put in it, the greater will be the destruc-
ton.
Besides Pickens, the enemy have thrown
up battery on the island some five miles
from the fort, which they are now engaged
in arming for the struggle. Some hun.
dred or more horses can be seen on the is
land, and seven ships Of war and transports
are lying off, something less than a mile
from the shore.-Savannah Republican,
10M inst.
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FROM sULLIVAN's ISLAND.
FRIDAY, May II, 1851.

Dear Enquirer : Not having seen com.
munication from any member Of the "Ca-
:awba Light Infantry" it has occurred 70
me that it would be nothing amiss to send
you few lines in my humble way. In the
first place, the visits Of the ENQUIRER are
regular, and you have the thanks Of the
Company for your kinduessin sending it to
us. " 4,
The "Catawba's" are stationed on: the
beach between Fort Moultrie and the Moul-
trie House. We have acomfortable situa-
ton, but very much crowded--eighty four
men in FIVE small rooms! The health Of
the company has not suffered from anything
except diarrhoea, from which nearly all
have recovered-but few men being unfit
for duty. We have fine time Of it drill.
ling on the beach, with fine breeze blow.
ing nearly all the time. The Company is
in good spirits, and are all ready and anx.
ious to give our enemies warm reception
if they should presume to set foot on Caro-
lima soil. .1I.1'. - = .sr Z, -, !. >
There is large vessel lying Of the bar: al:
to-day. The knowing ones about head
quarters say it is the United States Stearn-
ship Nigara. The boys have all been try.
ing to get peep at her through 9 glass:
must say for the honor Of the ssCataw-
ba's" that there has not been one Of the Com.
pany in the guard-house, or under arrest,
since we have been in service. ~, 80 ~,
We fare better than we might expect
As to provisions, we geta bountiful supply,
and that whichis good and substantial-the
bread excepted. We get enough Of bread,
but being "baker's bread" some Of us
don't relish it much. Our friends at home
send US large quantities Of provisions, and
that which is as good as the land Affords.
Our water is not equal to what we have been
accustomed at home, but when q man turns
soldier, he need not calculate to find every.
thing as he would wish it. ~. -, :.
We have prayer in our Company regular.
ly by Mr.. John Witherspoon, Of Yorkville.
It is rather remarkable circumstance
that there is between eleven and twelve
hundred men in the regiment which have
been in the service about four weeks, and
there has not been death from sickness,
accident or otherwise as yet-in short, "no-
body hurt" q. a. W
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Scenes off Charleston Bar.

The British ship A. and A., from Bel
fast, which was reported in our last issue
as having anchored near the outer buoy of
north channel, after having been chased by
the Niagara, escaped being boarded by the
man. .of-war on Sunday night, and was sue
cessfully towed into port by the steamer
Gordon yesterday morning. The officers
of the Niagara supposed 4. and A. to
have been ashore when she anchored, she
was so close in, but in this supposition they
we're mistaken, and the ship has got into
port, where she will make most supe-
rior freight, say about ltd. for Upland, and
I'D. for Sea Island cotton.
The British ship Susan G. Osoens went
to sea yesterday for Liverpool, and it was
rumored that she was boarded by boat from
the Ntagura, and her papers strictly ex-
amiped but the pilot who took her to sea
informs US that he watched her closely af-
ter she had almost disappeared, and that
no such event took place. She was, when
last seen, going off finely, with all her eau
vass set. So far as We can ascertain, no
outward bound vessel has yet been stopped.
The Niagara was about ten miles south
east from the ship bar yesterday, and was
there visited during the afternoon by Robt.
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CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE

CHESTER, S. c., May 16, 1861.
Editors of Yorkville Enquirer:
I am glad to inform you that we are pre-
pairing for the trying time which seems to
be approaching. A meeting Of the people
within the bounds of this Regiment, is to
be held in this place on the 18th instant,
for the purpose Of affording relief to the
families of volunteers. The design is to
adopt systematic plan to have the farms
worked, and the destitute supplied with
provisions. All are requested to subscribe
literally, and then those who do work may
be paid out of the general fund.
The citizens resident in the territory of
the other Regiment in this District have al
ready organized for the purpose before men.
toned.
have noticed an admirable plan for in
creasing the corn crop, which I desire to
recommend to the readers of the ENQUIRER.
It is as follows: plant cotton as usual, and
then cross it with cornrows twelve feet a.
part, and plant corn in every other cross,
allowing two stalks to stand in bill. This
will make the number of stalks nearly E.
quail to what it would be if the corn were
planted four feet apart each way, with one
stalk in hill. 1t is computed that on
productive soil, the yield Of corr planted
with the cotton as recommended, will be
about fifteen bushels to the acre, with very
slight falling off in the cotton crop.
In some localities in our District, the
worm has been destructive upon the plant
ed corn, insomuch that it has been neces-
sary, in several instances, to ploug b up and
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A FREE LECTURE.

On this afternoon at g o'clock, DR.. j..
R. Reid, LII. D., at present engaged as a
teacher in the classical department of the
Kings Mountain Military School, will de-
liver a lecture at the Female College. The
subject selected for the occasion, is /" Works
of fction-their use md aJusc." From
the reputation of DR.. Reid as scholar and
close reasoner and thinker, a rare literary
treat may be expected. The public are in
vited to attend.
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From Pensacola.

The correspondent of the New Orleans
Delta writes from Warrington uavy.yard {:
ga daring and successful. attempt was
made last plight to obstruct the channel and
entrance of the bay, so as either to close it
to the ships-of-war, or to compel them if
they attempt to come in, to do so in dan
gerous proximity to Fort NIcllae. I be-
lieve the credit of this idea is due to Capt.
Lowell, Of the Quitman Artillery, of Nat
chez, formerly one of the most active, eff.
cient and promising officers of the United
States navy. 1t had been intimated by the
officers Of the squadron outside, that block
ade of this port would commence to day.
In view of this, and of the danger Of the
ships attempting to come in, whilst our forts
and batteries we're engaged with Pickeus,
the plan was adopted of buying some ves-
sells at Pensacola, and sinking them in the
channel. To Capt. Lowell this duty was
assigned and promptly executed. A brig
was brought down from Pensacola, and night
before last large detail from the army were
employed in throwing heavy stones into her
hold. This consumed nearly the whole
night. In the meantime Commander Rem
shaw, Col. Stephens and Capt. Lowell, and
party of officers, proceeded in one Of the
little steamers to the channel, and by sound.
ing ascertained the proper place to sink the
vessels, and placed buoys by which it could
be ascertained. They were observed by the
sentinels on the ramparts of Pickens, an
alarm was given, and the drums beat to
arms, but they had accomplished their OBJ
jcct and returned safely. Last night large
force was set to work on the vessels again,
and by midnight they were all got ready.
Capt. Lovell's company, sixty muskets:
were the only armed men in the party. A
large brig and three large scows, heavily
loaded with stones, were fastened to the two
little tug steamers, and under the command
of Capt. Lowell, assisted by Commander
Renshaw, and superintended by Col. Ste
phens, chief Of engineers, were then con-
veyed noiselessly about two miles out TO-
wards the point where the obstructions were
to be placed. They passed very near to
Fort Pickens, but excited no alarm. Hav-
ing reached the scene of their operations,
prompt measures were taken to sink the
vessels. This was done by scuttliug, and
the brig and three scows we're just thirty
five minutes in sinking. Capt. Repshaw,
with his little tug, remained until the ves-
sells had entirely disappeared, but the men
on the steamers expected every moment to
hear the whizzing of the big shot from Fort
Pickens, or from the fleet, which lay about
q mile off: There was not, however, the
slightest indication on either the fort or the
ships of any knowledge or observation of
what was going on. At day.break the party
in command of the expedition returned to
the yard safely, greatly to the relief of the
whole camp and of the dwellerS in the yard,
who apprehended that an attempt to sink
these vessels would draw the fire of the fort,
and bring on the action before our side was
fully prepared therefor. The railroad to
Montgomery is now complete, running
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MERE-MENTION.


The Columbia papers announce the death
in that place, on Friday last, Of Mr.. John
NJ. Allen, of the firm of Allen & Dial. .'"'..
Gen. Beauregard arrived at Charleston from
Montgomery on Friday last. ''.''.'''Most Of
the merchant vessels now leaving Boston
go out fully armed. d.''.'.'''Hon. Howell
Cobb, of Georgia, sends three SONS into the
military service: two in the Macon Volun.
teers and one in the Athens Guards. ...''
The Augusta Chronicle says Adjutant Gen.
eraI Wayne, Of Georgia, has issued orders,
in compliance with orders from the Secre-
tary of War, that no more volunteers will
be received for twevle months, but only for
the qoar. 1.-The steamer Huntsville, for
merly of the line between Savannah and N.
York, arrived off Charleston bar on Tues
day, to aid the Niagara in the blockade Of
the port. .........The Southern papers are
pleased with the tone of Mr.. Russelps first
letter to the London Times. The Northern
papers are correspondingly dissatisfied. ''''"
According to the Tribune the forwarding
of troops will not cease until there are 5O,-
900 in Washington.
- Hon. Howell Cobb has come out in let
ter declaring that, under no circumstances,
will he be candidate for any public Office
after the expiration of his present term"
L. P. Walker, Secretary Of War, has ac.
ceptcd Major Flournoy's regiment Of Ar.
kansas troops for service in Virginia, and
they are to go to Lynohburg. ..".'".'A re-
volving FIVE shooting cannon has been cast
in Lynohburg, Va. The piece is of small
size, but complete in all its parts, and can
be loaded with the ease and rapidity Of a
Colts revolver. The weight does not eS'
ceed six hundred pounds. It carries three
inch ball, four pounds in weight, and shoots
with great precision at the distance Of 1900
yards. ......John G. Breckenridge is stump
ing Kentucky in favor of secession With
great effect. ........It is rumored that the
Great Eastern has been chartered by the
Lincoln Government. ......".The Ladies of
Richmond are making arrangements to de-
mand from General Scott the sword which
was presented to him by Virginia.
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LETTER FROM TEXAS.

We have been furnished with the sub
Joined letter from Texas. 1t was written
bya young man from this district, and al
though not intended for publication, we
have been permitted to give it to our read
ers. We will be much pleased if the writer
will favor us with letters Of correspondence
"intended for publication" = -
LAvERN1A, Wilson County, Texas, /
April 10th, 1861. {,
My Dear Father: Since the date of my
last letter, some important movements have
been made in Western Texas. The war
has been opened here. Although like your
Fort Sumter affair it has been without
bloodshed, yet the results are none the less
important You remember told you that
the troops encamped near Indiauola, where
they had gone to take shipping for thee
North, had refused to 60 away.
The Star ofM West which left Charles
ton harbor so hurriedly last January, had
been lying outside the bay for the last
month, and it was understood that she had
come there to transport the troops to some
point North. As soon as the news of the
taking of Fort Sumter reached there, Col.
Van Dorm, of the Confederate States Army,
who was there on the recruiting service,
determined to capture her, and succeeded
by stratagem. He collected two hundred
volunteers in a few hours, chartered steam
er and run out along side the Star Of the
West during the night, and asked permis-
sion to put some troops on board. After
some parleying, the Captain, supposing them
United States soldiers, consented, and in a,
few minutes the whole two hundred were
on board. Van Dorm then politely inform
ed the Captain, that he was prisoner, az
which the Captain swore perfect tornado
of oaths, but finding it did no good, soon
quieted down. Col. Van Dorm took the yes-
sci next day to Galveston, and from there
sent her to New Orleans. .s @
Col. Van Dorm then determined to cap.
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one in Nashville, Tenn. The latter con.
cern is turning out ten thousand per day,
with sufficient quantity Of material on
hand to produce them to an unlimited ex.
tent.
Foundrys in Alabama, Georgia, Ten
nessee, Virginia, and other States, are cas-
ting cannons, balls, shells, grape.shot, and
in fact every thing needed in this line.-
In New Orleans mandatory has been
established for the production Of the very
best riaed cannon. - 49,.
The Chattanooga (Tenn.,) advertiser
says that Mr.. G.. W. Rice and others of that
section, have leased the celebrated Sauta
cave in Jackson county, Alabama, and are
making extensive preparations for the pro-
duction of nitre and the manufacture of
gun.powder on large scale. There is al.
ready Powder Mill at Nashville, Tenn,
in vigorous operation. five have not been
misinformed, powder is also being manufao.
tured in considerable quantities in Pickens
District, in this State.
We have several iron foundrys in our
neighborhood. Cannot cannon, shot, shell
&c., be manufactured at these, if necessary
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through, and the difficulty Of transporting
the big Columbiads no longer exists. The
importance of an early assault upon Fort
Pickens is fully appreciated by everybody
here. The delay, though it has produced
so much restiveness and impatience among
the troops, has been unavoidable. The
Confederate States had here to begin the
organization of an army. 1t is wonderful
to behold how much has been done, and
how we'll it has been done; but the forma-
ton, support and effective organization OF
an army is not the work of week, month,
or of six months.
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Mr. JOHN Il. ALLEN, Post Master at Chester, is our
authorized agents. and fully empowered to receive money
for this office, and give receipts for the same.
~ In cases where subscribers do take the ENQUIRER
from the postoce requested to notify
Immediately
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YORKVILLE MARKET.

Cotton.-Nothing doing whatever.
Four.-We notice but little change in
prices. We quote 81 to s4.O5 per sack.
Bacon.-Hog round, 143 to 15c.
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CORRECTION.

We learn that we were misinformed as
to the name of the person hanged at Shelby
some days since. The person hanged was
Timothy Hainey, instead of Martin scruggs.
We take the following account Of the affair
from the Eagle of Wednesday morning:
REWARD OF MERIr.-Tim Haney, II notorious character
Of this County was found suspended to limb by the neck
on Saturday morning last about mile east OF Shelby he
long been tamperng with negroes has been tried some
seventeen times for violations of the law and now, 1t Is
said confesses having given runaway for time nd
vcrtsed in this paper free pass with the forged names OF
several of our citizens. No excitement created, and
nobody knows who his exccutonen were, but NIL agec
wis "vc DONE" In times like these VIC cannot moraize
as to the lawftness of the act.