Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-06-26


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EDITORIAL coRREsPoNDENcE.
4 tM.scHrsrra HosrIrAl, RIcHMosD, YiaslsiA,
- = Thursday Evening, June - 1852
Dear Eaqursr, Everything invites
your wounded correspondent to resume
his pen this evening, while he sitaat hi his
window, enjoying the balmy sunlight,
the musical roar. of the river, and 8 de.
Eghtful view of our t'seyen-hille2 city. "
Richmond. is quite a beautiful place
and Manchester Hospital, Immediately
ON. the South bank of the Jamessis well
situated for viewing it., The capitol,
with the Confederate and Virginia flags
floating proudly, over it, and the mag
snifcent equestrian statue of Washing
ton in bronze, ON the public grounds
hard by, are prominent features of the
picture. The city appears as much ct
repose, as # there we're profound peace.
The golden waters Of the James roar on
over thar shoaly. bed, through waloWy
&banks and around diminutive little is
landss occasionally a train whistles over
the long bridges; the factory y-bells ring
loud and clear at morning, noon and
night; while the sick and wounded a
round US, and the occasional gallop by
!; of an officer; are about all the evidences
of war7to be eseen. . :
But here we have the rude horrors
Of human strife sufficiently near and
numerous. 70 day DR.. Jenkins, chief
of thissward, No. p came in with both
hands bloody. Upon enquiry we found
that he had been assisting in amputa-
ting the leg Of Mr.. Walker, brother to
.~our Lieutenant Colonel. lieut., Black
lis the worst case5in this ward. His
left arm is shattered near Che elbow |; it
continues inHamed and swollen; and
will be at-least a very narrow escape
from amputation, DIR. Jenkins is a
very skillful and gentle dresser Of
wounds; We bear-gratefu1 testimony to
his kindness; and we hope that he will
be ableto save the Lieutenant's arm to
him. - <.-.-- !,
IS : General Anderson has been round
with his, able Brigade Surgeon, J. Nc
Fadden CASTOR, and given us all SYM
pathetic shake of the hand and talk
sincewe we're wounded. He never fails
upon occasion to exhibit care and feel
=. ing for his men; and such general
viii never fail to have men enthusiastic
sscally attached to him both in camp and
on the field Of battle. .., = = =
We-ar sorry that the wounded in
whom you. are more particularly inter
sested, are so scattered that we'cannot
give you a satisfactory account of their
. condition. We think we may say that
they all have excellent attention; and
q that they are likely to be unmolested
by the Yankees, until they recover suff-
GENTLY to get home. :. ...r..
Indeed, we have never yet felt any
serious apprehensions for the safety of
this city. We have been assured that
the approach by river is impracticable /;
the engagement at Drury's Bluff made
the Yankee naval commanders acknowl-
edge it so; and the battle of tsSeven
Pines" demonstrated with equal clear
ness, that the land route is a hard road
to travel.
- Old "Stonewall' and General Ewell
are still giving Banks, Milroy, Fremont
and Shields all, their hands full of work
: in the Valley. Jackson whipped out
Shields SO badly the other day near
Port Republic, that he scarcely recog-
nized his army afterwards. He dis
covers portion of the enemy detached
somewhere; slips. across a river and
;. burns the bridge behind him, then turns
his boys loose upon them, and the work
is done. But Col. Ashby, one of the
finest spirits Of the South, is lost tohim
now. He fell heroically ina fight near
Harrisonburg recently-fell just at
night after fighting nearly all day; and
his remains now lie in the cemetery at
Charlottesville. He is lamented by the
whole army.
Everything is entirely quiet around
Richmond, so far as we have heard, to-
day. But We are'still expecting the
most stirring events; and the storm
may break out any moment,
Laconically, MILES.
MANCHESTER HosPrrAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, |
Monday, Morning, June l6 1852. ) |