Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-11-05
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months to the families of the soldier
from Elbert county, and continues II
furnish them, yarns at one dollar PEI
bunch. This is indeed liberal.
Major Cooking arrived few day.
ago in Charleston, having run the block
ade from Nassau, N. P, where his regi
ment was stationed: The Major has
resigned his commission in the British
army to espouse our cause. He is q
man of fine military education and has
nobly distinguished himself in the Indi'
war and the battles in the Crimea.
Nine States; will holdotheir annua
elections on the, 4th of November, tt
wit: New York, New Jersey, Massa
chusetts, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin
Missouri, Minnesota, and Delaware.
Bently D. Hasell, Esq, has beer
elected to the Presidency of the Char
and Savannah Rail Road, vice W. j,
|Magrath, Esq, elected to the Presiden'
cy Of the South Carolina Rail Road.
The Richmond Examiner learns that
the Government is about issuing an
order against the "blockade running
business, between Richmond and Yam,
+keedom, ,ceasing to recognizeit as legal.
Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina
and Alabama, have State works in Vir.
ginia, which are turning out over twelve
or fifteen hundred bushels of salt per
day, besides few private works from
each. All the public and private works
in Washington and Smythe counties,
Virginia, together with the works Of
Messrs. Stuart, Buchanan 4 Co., are
said to turn out daily 1000 bushels.
A decision made in the United States
Court on the 21st ult.. declares that the
law of the United States Congress pro
hibiting the issue of "shinplasters" in
the States, is unconstitutional :.
Mayor Monroe, Of N. Orleans, died
a few weeks since, from the effects Of
his imprisonment at Ship Island, where
he suffered with neglect all manner of
want and torture of mind and body
inflicted by the Beast, whose name has
become a synonym for infamy and. hu.
man depravity. III.
In consequence Of the failure of the
Council of State to meet. at the time
designated by Gov. Vance. (the 18th
ult.) the meeting of the Legislature will
not take place as early as was expected.
It will not meet until the regular time,
the third Monday in November.
As an evidence of the faith and sta
bility which the Southern people have
in Government securities, we would
state that a day or two ago a Georgian
went into the Treasury Department and
purchased the nice little sum of one
ma1lion dollars of eight per cent. bonds.
The Charleston Courier of the 28th
ult. publishes the official list of casualties
as furnished from the Adjutant Gener-
ais Office, in the recent affair near Po
cotaligo. 1t sums up I officer and 9
men killed, 8 officers and 50men wound
ed, and 2 officers and 7 men missing.
Aggregate casualties II.
Chas. Stratton, alias 'Tom Thumb, "
has been made Mason recently, at
Bridgeport, Conn. He is said to have
borne his amazing trials in a manner
that would have reflected honor on
greater men. T..
We are pleased to learn that the epi
demic in Wilmington is decreasing,
both i'm it's attacks and mortality. The
Journal states the number ofnew cases
for the week 116-last week 1914
Deaths 40-last week Ill.
A Major General of Militia in one
of the Northern States was recently
"drafted." He put on all his toggery
and reported himself for duty accord
ing to his rank. He was greatly dis
gusted when told that he was wanted
for private.
We understand (says the Richmond
Enquirer of the 1st instant,) that Gen
Bragg left this city on Yesterday to re-
sumo the command of his Department
From Northern Virginia.
The recent movements of our forces
have led to theimpression in some quar-
ters that the entire evacuation of Nor
thern Virginia was designed, or thai
these movements were made with refer
ence to the reported advance of the
enemy under Mcclellan, through Lou
doun county. Our own information OF
the subject, derived from quarters deem
ed reliable, leads us to believe that th'
change of position recently made by
our army was effected withoutregard tt
either of the contingencies above refer
red to. From all we can gather, w
,ro oo+;efed that q oonora1 advance n