Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-01-24
Virginia for Secession.

Virginia Tor secession.
The Washington correspondent Of the N.
York Times states:
81 am informed BY member of the Vir.
ginia Legislature, who is strong ORION
man, thata great change Of feeling hast
ken place there; whereas, six weeks ag6
more than two-thirds Of the people Of the
State we're for Union, now not three in
twenty are for it, Secession, seems to- be-
getting control of the State rapidly, and al.
thoug gh he denounces itin the most upqaalis
fed terms, thinks the State will inevitably
secede. Theidea is rapidly gaining ground
among the people, and cannot be checked
We have testimony from different parts
of the State, through channels that area.
bove suspicion, all coufrmatory Of the fact
that the popular feeling In Virginia over
whelmingly for secession Nothing has
contributed half SO much toward the devel.
opement of this feeling as the coerciye poai9
cy which; Mr. Holt aud General Scott have
adopted 10 this oxteutg the tELieutsuant
General and the nd interim Secretary OF
War are efficient secession agents Ifthey
proceed during the next two weeks as they
have proceeded during the last ten days,
we predict that the border slave States will
be like the, cotton States unit for secss.
sion. The change in Virginia is sympto-
matte of the revulsion which the application
Of the force doctrine will produce in Mary
land and Kentucky Tennessee already
follows close after Virginia. Washingto8
Constitution.
Posr OFFICE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ASH
iugtou, January 15.-Information having
reached this Department that, under an
order of the Governor Of South Carolina
the correspondence between Major AndeT
son aud his command is subjected to the
surveillance of the post Office and other au.
tbority Of Charleston, Mr.: Holt has ads
dressed lettert to Postmaster Huger, mas.
king inquiry in the matter He replied
that when the communication between the
city aud the fort was first interrupted mn
der intense excitement and in order to al
void collision between unauthorized partiee,
distinction was made by order Of Coz
Pickeus, in two instances, between official
and private letters Relations aubsequent
ly to this decision seem to have been Srscon.S
sidered, andsI now send matter to- Major
Anderson and his command under sealed
cover, and shall continue to do so asgoppof.
tunity occurs, and / doIso without suIgeil-S.
lance of the post Office or other authorities.
VoLUNTEERs.-Cbes District, small
as she is, has already raised near fycs hun
dred volunteers. Six excellent companies
have been organized and .oficered within
her limits, and. have been accepted BIZ the
Governor. They are all ready to mArchat
the shortest notice to Charleston; OF to any
other point where their services Ray be
needed. The Rife Company previously
organized at this, place, when notified that
they could not be accepted as Rife Com
pany, disorgauized and formed 7themselvess
on Saturday last, into an Infantry Compa.
n, to be known by the name of Tbe
Chester Blues" This is gfull company
and is composed Of our most worthy citir
zens, ten Of the members being graduates
of literary institutions. But as We are. q,
member of this company, we have no fur.
ther comments to make, but publish the
names of officers: E. c. Mcclure, Captain,
E. T. Atkinson, W 81. Gill and Denis Goi9
vim, Lieutenats. = Chester Standard. s Il
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reported alterca