Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-01-16

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being exerted on the inactive state of,
the army of the Potomac. -
The Late Arrival. ss
The Mobile Tribune says it is currentlyse.
ported, and generally credited, that the
steamer Vanderbilt has arrived at New Or.
leans with 10000 pounds of powder, TO-
900 Enfield Rifles, and an assorted cargo.
Another exchange says:
The steamer which has arrived at New
Orleans is the Btack Jokser, freighted
chiefly with powder for the Confederate
Government. This is reliable. s
ASrR1KE:--The workmsn engaged in
the Brooklyn Navy Yard had . strike on
Thursday last. They wanted them to work
from sunrise to sunset, andfto reduce their
wages to the same as that paid oats:ds.--
The workmen held meeting and refused
There were three Thousand aud FIVE hun.
dred engaged 10 the yard, Eve hundred of
them went to work, and the balance con.
tinued on the strike. y I
The Prisoners The Federal prison.
ers recently iucarcerated at Charleston have
been sent to Columbia, where We hope the
officers in command will see that they are
properly isolated. Their arrival was allow.
ed, we think very iudiscreetly, to be greet.
ed by cheers and Yankee. songs from the
resident Yankee prisoners in the jail-Co.
lumbia Carolinian. -
RICHMOND, Jan. IA portion Of.
the Richmond press published this NOR
ming q statement that Galveston, Texas,
has been taken by the Federals, but
nothing confrmatory has been received
by the authorities. The report that the
Federals have eyacuted Romney needs
further confirmation.
The WHEAT CRop. The Memphis Ay.
alanche says the wheat crop is said tobs
among the most promising for years. AZ
larger extent Of land has been sown than
usual, and the prospect now is, according
to the observations of the well-informed,
that it will be most abundant. A portion
of it may be expected in market 10 May.
AaENERAL EXCHANGE OF PRrsoNzRs.--
When the exchange of the ESQ prisoners
sent BY US into the rebel lines through For.
tress Monroe shall be completed, it is the
purpose Of Secretary Cameron to send all
the remaining prisoners inonr hands South,
to be exchanged for an equal number Of
Union captives. -New York Tribune.
MORE CoNspIRAToRs.- Little Rock
State Gazette says:
Another iustalment Of Jayhawking con.
spirators Of Van Buren, county was received
here yesterday. Among the party are some
Of the most noted ringleaders of the con.
spiracy. The band is now entirely broken
up, there remaining bat one or two not yet
arrested, who fed to their abolition friends
10 the North.
ENGLAND MUST HAVE COTTON--Ths
Cork Reporter of December 13 says:
It is stated that Earl Russell had assur-
ed deputation which had waited on him,
that arrangements had been made for the
exportatiun of cotton from the Southern
States during the month of February next.
"a Cannon can be heard q great dis
;auce The guns at Pensacola we're heard
~ negroes l30 miles distant, who called
he attention of their masters to the sound.
The firing of cannon at Port Royal was
,eard at Jacksonville, Florida, distance
# 200 miles, on an air line.
WHAT ELY SAYs.-Ely in his New York
peech says McClellau's vast army has too
much to do. The Yankees have to fight .
,eopIe terribly in earnest. War, even to
be knife, is still their cry. They will spare
'either life nor treasure to prevent an I'd.
ance of the Northern troops.
@- The Petersburg Ezpsssreeeived
dispatch this afternoon from Norfolk
which says that the elements are fight.
ng for us. A severe gale is now pre-
ailing, which forced the Burnside ex.
edition back to Hampton Roads.
s6r A man in Boston is exhibiting
ew invention by which che makes boots
, fifteen minutes" and the Boston Post
wears that be performs the work neatly and
, the time specified.
D6- Forty newspapers in Virginia have
,spended recently, either from want Of
aper or want of punctualisy on the part
subscribers.
~ The vieksburg Wing says eight or
N brass cannon are turned out in that
|sos every week. Some Of thsaNs fiAsd.