Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-12-24
From the Charleston Mercury.
General Maxcy Gbsgs. ;,

General MaxeS Hassgg s.,.,
I AMID the H,shoak Of war and the multi;
pIicity Of cqIanities, the death Of Genera,
Gregg will OCCASION prqfopnd regret. He
was a man Of mark. His career has been
high and consistent. Warm ia 6is friend
ship, his character is unsmlrohed BY politi.
cal artiace or selfish intrigue. Perhaps es. es.
teemed impulsive, his candor aud manly
sincerity were never doubted, and be has
furnished an example Of traits NhisAsit
were gesIi Is ssisiEate and rsnssnber H e
served South Carolina with single.hearsea
devotion and an honorable smbisiaa,, !. !;
General Marcy arega was born sin o..
lumhia, about the year: 1916. Hegradna,.
ted In the South Carolina College, ains the
Fall of 1885. The first honor for that year
was rendered to him and Wm. Blandiug,.
but Gregg, unwilling to. share it, did not.
receive his diploma: He,stud:ea law with;
his father, the: Hoo. Jsmes Gregg and was
admitted TO- the BARN ] S3 He took an
active part in politics, and was az oncere.
coguized as one of thesleaders Of the States.
Rights party, which zpositiaa De Iept until
the secession Of the State. y. sZ,Fg
When the Mexican war broke ont, Gen.;
Gregg soughta position in the army. He,
obtained the commission Of Major, in the.
regiment Of which Gen. NJ IL nonham
was Colonel, and served through that bril-
liant campaign. s.s.,s5.ssstt .s.ss
.In=1S50, when the North violated the
Missouri Compromise, andssswindled the /
Southern people out Of California, General
l9regg was early and decided in declaring
j. -,r secession in speech. Our readers will
n eall the structures Of Honorable Henry s.
t. pte, in the United States Senate, and
g ;. Gregg's letter Of reply. 49,. ..,.-.,,as b,
r {e was urgent for the separate action <ofs
1t sPtatc 10 1850, and was conspicuous
to nPer of the Convention Of Southern
e hAs Association in Charleston. He
y Wa member of the State Convention,
: caiPt that time to consider the measure.
ID Ia and 1883, impressed with the ne.
OF cesslpf dissolution of the Union and
N OF v Afvelopment and unequivocal affirm.
8. nensthe slave feature. of society at the
10 oousn was an earnest advocate of the
re fe'opet of the foreign slave trade as a
y means hose results. A member Of the
It, Con,VsenSof. this State, which passed the
a: UfolnaRo non1 of Secession, December 20,
OF looo. gas in that body when Major
10 Andersolps lpsferred his forces from Fort
as Moultrie prt Sumter. &. The Convention
D. authorized raising Of two regiments of |,
state troop infantry, for six montha,
ut lor eqe OF sh he made personal call, I
e. ana ilttle than month afterwards
ID had 1t In thF. This was about the Sd
as, of January, and from that time until
a. the 1al OF Sumter, on the 18th of A
~ pril, he perfoHa a prominent mart a on The
m adjacent island '.'',f"s'
It. The proclano of the President Of
as the United ota1 Immediately thereafter, /
re rendering it prov that Virginia would
IN De assalieo, ne |dered on to the de.
he fence Of. that STAIR which he started
y with his regiment hut the 10Th of Anril |,
d. on the lIta OF hiie arrived at Manas. ,
III sas irom hionmonde sameday that the
ut enemy occupied Andria That nlace
r, was tnen nelo Dy Companies from AL. |
u. exanoria unoer sCorse, and from {
I'd Lynenpurga unaes " afterwards Gen.. =