Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-09-24
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

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er. Every thing who can raise a hors
is ransacking the. country for butter
wool and brandy-and most of the hon
est avocations are set aside to greed,
speculation. Oh! that they could b
conscripted, and the Yankees get them
| for they have no honor to. parole.
Thursday last was generally observ
ed by our citizens as'one of joyous
thanksgiving. The stores were al
closed, and the day being quite pleas
ant, the houses ofworship were we'll at
tended: l.. .e- go. =
The bodies of Messrs. casters, Moore
and Young, who were killed in the bat
tie of Manassas, were brought home fol
interment in the cars on Monday last.
The first number of the Confederate
Baptist Will be issued in Columbia, on
the End October next. Persons. hold.
ing lists are requested to forward them
to DR.. L. D. Durham, Agent, at that
place.
The Governor and Council will sell
at public sale near Greenville g. H.,
on the 1st Of October, 10000 lbs: Of
bacon hams and shoulders. In Sails.
bury, N. c., we learn that many thou
sand pounds are rotting away in Gov
ernment store-houses the Kentucky
and Tennessee country which abounds
in the article is opened to us, and yet
the article keeps up to 40 As cents
here.
Old Abe Lincoln has left Washing
ton for Buffalo, N. Y. Old Wool is
fortifying Philadelphia.; and the Pope
is sent to Minnesota to ''haye talk
with the Indians.
About one hundred bales Of cotton
were fired by lightning in Fairfield dis,
trict, on Saturday morning last-the
property of Charles Cathcart, and 9th
ers. -..r
Hon. W. S. Ashe, of North Care
lima, who was injured by a railroad ac-
cident last week, died on Tuesday night.
He was in his fftieth year and mem
Der of the Confederate Congress.
Five cases of yellow fever have oc-
Cured at Wilmington, N. c., two Of
which have proved fatal. The disease
it is supposed was brought tothat port
by vessel from Nassau. There is nc
evidence of it spreading.
Clement L. Vallandigham has been
nominated by the Democracy of the Sd
District of Ohio, for reelection to Con,
gress.
A Court Of Inquiry, in Charleston:
has been asked for by Major Rhett, tc
inquire into his conduct and the cir.
cumstances attending the death of the
late Col. W. R. Calhoun. The Court
will consist of Col. P. H. Colquitt
Col. c. H. Stevens, and Col. Thomas
G.. Lamar. Judge Advocate, Majo,
W. H. Campbell.
Charleston, Kanawha county, Vir
ginia, is on the Kanawha River, sixty
miles from it's mouth, and al the moutl
of the Elk River. 1t is three hundred
miles West by North from Richmond
The county is rich in coal and salt.
The Richmond Why says: We hav'
reason to believe, from information il
our possession, that the prices for clio
thing will not be as high, during tn
winter, as many persons have anticipa
ted. The probabilities are that shoe
will also be lower. We will see.
The following recent appointments o
brigadier generals have been made
William Steel and J. Pagan, of Arkan
sas; Francis A. Shour, of Florida
Col. Skurry and Allison Nelson, 0
Texas.
The Roswell (Cobb county, Ga Fac
tory propose to distribute gratuitously
one thousand lunches of yarn to tn
poor in the ten counties adjoining, du
ring the month of October.
BATTLE OF MANASSAS.
The following are the casualties il
Companies from this District, addition
al to those heretofore published:
CAPT. CRAWFORD, COMPANY, K.
KiUed-R. A. Mcconnell.
Mortally wounded-J. Childers.
Severely wounded-J A. Magill, W
Sanders, A. Times.
Slightly wounded-Capt. Crawford