Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-05-15

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who are here to the number Of thirty
thousand, Iregret toslearn at this moment
that you have accorded a, delay of forty.
eight hours for the evaouation Of the city
BY the yomen and children. q Isyentuseto to
observe to Jon that this short delay isridi.
culous, and in:the name sof. my Govern.
1ment Iopposesit. If il is your resolution
TO lombard the city, do il; but Iwishto
state that you will have to account for this
Sbarbarous act to the power I represent. In
any event / demand sixty days: for the Q.
vacuation. DE. GL0UET,
Commandant Of the steam sloop Milan, op.
.posite the city of New Orleans. -.
: TIE YANKEE OATH OF ALLEaIAEc..--
The following is the oath Of allegiance
which the Yankees sdministered to the
citizens at Huntsville The penalty Tor
violatingit, as will Be seen, Is death, The
oath is q literal copy from pass which .
gentleman had to procure to leave Hunts.
Vile -
I solemnly swear that / will true aliegi.
'ance bear to the United States of Amer.
Ca; and that I will not, in any way, give
or transmit to the so.called ConfsdeFats
Government, Of itaofieers, anyinfofnation
I may get Of the movements Of ths United
States troops. ~;
For; the violation or abuse Of this oath
the penalty will BE- death. s. /, -.
RUMoRED ARREST OF GEN. Z. PopE
WALKER. The Memphis Appeal, ofthe
24th April, says. - 3ssssss :
We hear the rnmor in such form rs Ia,
giyeait some oredence, that Gep.sL. Pope
Walker, of Huntsville, Alabama, has been
arrested and is in the hands Of the enemy.
Il is stated that he was attempting to CAR
~ bis slavery property South, and had
reached a point several miles from hishome,
when he was oVertaken BY q cavalry force
of the enemy and captured. AS he was
once Secretary of War under the Gonfeds.
rate Government, and isnow o commission
ed Brigadier. General in the Souther9 az.
my, if be has been taken prisoner, he will
doubtless be dealt with harshly. ~; t.ss
sG Nothing like the recent foods in
California has ever been witnessed on this
continent within the knowledge Of its civil.
.ized inhabitants. The San Francisco
Herald says it has inflicted asblow Upon
the State from which it will not recover in
half a century. Thousands Of the citizens
have been utterly bankrupted, and IN round
numbers the loss may be estimated st $780,.
100000. "a great many deaths by drown.
ing are reported, and probably many hun.
dreds have met a watery grave. The tosn
of Alvarodo was six feet under Waser at9 one
time, and the inhabitants fred minute guns
to call attention to their distress, but It was
impossible to render them any assistance.
CoMM1ssARY STORES Losr AT NAsH.
vILLE.-An eminent gentlemen who lives
near Nashville-now a refugee-deniea,
from his own certain knowledge, the state.
ment usually made, in respect to Govern
ment stores at Nashville. BE says . very
little was lost except lot of spoiled bacoa,
which, he learns the Yankees are still
guarding. he says that fifty Thousand dol.
lars is large estimate of the entire loss.--
Vicks6ury Citizen.
The WAR IN New MEXICO. dis.
patch dated St.sLouis, May /, says: A
merchant from New Mexico confirms the
abandonment of Santa Fe by the rebels,
who were retreasing as fast as they could
from the territory. They are destitnts Of
munitionsaof war and provisions, and with
no hope of being supplied from any quar-
ter. All the territorial officers have 70.
turned to Santa Fe.
~ Woman.
Woman in the festive hall is lovely
Woman in the garish light Of fashion and
the whirling inspiration. Of the dance ID
but still more lovely and ire.
sistible, if we may SO speak, is woman when
animated and moved by grest and holy
purpose, appealing to her heart 20 we'll as
her hands. " \ ssssss. 80
lG The North Carolina State Conyen-
ton has created the Office of Lieut.. Gov.
ernor, and provided that the Governor Q.
leeted at the coming election in August
next shalltake his seat in September, IN.
til which time Gov. CLARK will occupy the
Executive chair. ~ .r5
a8-A couple, of chaps met one day in
the postofice. One of then complained
Of bad smell about the place, and inquir.
ed of the other what he thought itproceed.
sd from. Chap No. 2, who happened to be
, wag, answered that he did not know, un.
ess it proceeds from the dead letters that
we're kept therel sssss.n
BOSTON, Mass, May s.-Capt. semmss
md officers Of the privateer Sumter, ar
lived at Southampton on the l7th day Of
March, from Gibraltar. Her crew had
been paid of, and the vessel was to be