Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-12-24
EDTToRIAL,, ITEMS.

braltar, dated 18th of October, states that
the commander of the Confederate steamer
Sumter, was murdered on board, date not
given, by the second officer, named Hesters,
Of South Carolina. The murderer was ar
rested and imprisoned. =
Died on the 10Th of November, at
Malvern, Worcestershire, England, in the
SD year of his age, R. Caldwell, Esq, Of
the firm of r. & J. Caldwell, of Charles
ton, S. C.. ai, % ..=sa, ,,:ss.2,,.,
The members of Capt Fosters COM
pauy, (the Catawba Rapgers;) have sub
scribed upwards Of two hundred dollars to
purchase salt for the families of soldiers,
and other needy families in Lancaster Dis
tr;ct. The money has been paid, the salt
purchased, and deposited for distribution.
- Lincoln, in his message, calls the the
negroes ssAme,ican citizenssof African ,des-
cent" This isa refinement Of expression
quite unusual with the great AMERICAN buff
sfoon. ,;..,.,s.,,: e,.s,s..ra.: ssiis2zs.gs.y, e.
We are. informed, .andsmuch pleased
to state, that ouelZJohns a. Morgan,
whose exploits have gained him SO much
well deserved fame, has been appointed by
the President Brigadier General in the
Confederate army IS s.EEss %. 90. . :
General Met olellan lately visited, a
public school in New York, and in an ad.
.dress to the boys told them they must excel
the present generation Sin truth and hon.
orr We hope they will taio hisadyiee,
and never send false dispatches. -,
Our ssarmy Of Tennessee" is compos.
ed of three corps-under Polk at Mnrfrees.
bcro' Hardee at. Shelbyville, and Kirby
Smith at ManehesteR-the whole 1under
Joe Johnston, with Bragg as second. Gen.
Heth commands in, East Tennessee.
Rev. Henry W. Hillard, formerly
United States Minister at the Court of Vien,,
ma, was recently admitted into the Georgia,
Methodist Conference, and elected to El.
der's orders. ..,s5ss 5. ..s..s.s. 5sSsSx.. Z
- The Austrian authorities have been,
making experiments with gun cotton, by
canuonading one Of their forts at Verona.
The success at 600. and 1000 n,atres is
said to have been incontestable; and the
impulsiye force of the cotton as compared
With powder is as nine to four. et-~~> d.
THE latest adyiees from Mexico are
Tho French armies were max
ing triumphant progress, and had captured
the cities of Jalapa, and sAlvarado. 49,, !
e The Washington SStar says: "The'
failure to bag the rebels has stricken the
whole country with feelings. of painful sur
prise" 1t adds sarcastiruii5, chat perhaps
the army was not gotten up. after oil, to
annihilate she rebels: but to guard Wash
iugtou, and advised that it 20 into quarters
for .the remaining winter months. ~
"A Yankee paper, in noticing the re-
cent capture of one Of Stuart's scouts, says:
According to his statement, that General
had at his disposal body of men whose
exclusive business was scouting. The pris.
ouer congratulated himself upon having
been taken by whole brigade, as his repu-
tation would suffer in Stuart's estimation,
if he had been surrounded by less force.
- The will of Washington was stolen.
on the advance of the Abolition army into
Virginia, and has since been sold to the
British Museum. 1t was the last produc.:
tion of his pen, having been written ex-
clusively by Washington It was deposited
in the Fairfax Court House, and was stolen
by Federal soldier, and has foundits way,
notwithstanding the general announcement
of the theft, into the curiosity.shop Of the
British Museum i
- spillcr 4 Burr, of Atlanta, Georgia,
have completed their machinery for making
pistols (uavy revolvers) under contract
with Government, and will soon turnout
forty pistols daily. Two years ago, Sam,
Colt was ready and willing to make pistols
in and for Georgia, but his offer was not ac-
copied. - --'
. Dir. ). B. Jones, Of Chapel Hill,
Orange county, had plantation, on which
were fifty,one negroes, in Lenolr county,
three miles from Kinston. On the advance
of the Yankees, and when it was evident
our troops would have to fall back, the
whole body, with one exception, who may
have struggled of, packed up their bundles,
formed in line, and took up the march to
the residence of their master; distance
of one hundred miles. '
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