Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-08-20

ted, not more than one can be eyentu-
ally formed.
The returned Confederate prisoners,
from Northern jails, have been ordered
to join their Regiments Immediately.
Col. Vance will take his seat as Gov
ernor of North Carolina, on the second
Monday IN September, 1862, up to
which time Hon. Henry T. Clark will
discharge the duties of the office Of Gov
ernor, as provided in an ordinance OF
the Convention. Col. Vance will con-
sequently be the Governor of the State
two years and four months, lacking
one week. ~. ......,.-', ....
The Marion Star informs US that the
corn crops through the middle of North
Carolina are unusually promisingg-so
much so that the price of corn is decli-
ming in Charlotte. A gentleman enga-
ged in the grain trade thought that corn
would soon sell for fifty cents. It is
now selling in some parts Of Georgia
for twenty-five cents per bushel. r
Martial law, to it's full extent, has
been proclaimed in Atlanta by General
Bragg. Several regulations are adop-
ted as to travellers. No traveller can
be received at any tavern or private
house without pass, and travellers are
to call on the provost marshal
and have their passes vssed by him.
Neal Dow, the stringent temperance
advocate, and author of the Maine Liq-
uor Law, but now one of Lincoln's S
Brigadiers, was, at last accounts, suck
ing mint juleps in New Orleans. =
Professor NJ. S. Reeves, we'll known
in South Carolina, for his fine musical
attainments, died suddenly at Charles
ton on Sunday woek.
Lincoln's draft has fallen like thun-
der-bolt among the people of Baltimore,
all of whom are held in durance, to
prevent their escape from its provisions.
The ,Unionists are using every means
to evade 1T, and the Southern sympa-
thizers are Mortified at the thought of
being compelled to fight against their
cherished principles. Numbers Of young
men have reached Richmond, and will
continue to swell the Confederate ranks,
who might. otherwise have remained
passive under the tyrants yoke.
ssThe breasts of Hecuba when she did sucke Hector,
Looked not loyelier than Hec,ors forehead, when II
With Grecian swords contendhs"- 49,
One of the new iron clad steamers,
built by the ladies of the State, was
launched at Charleston last week, and
will soon be ready for service. Anoth-
er is rapidly progressing. We hope
this generous subscription of our wo-
men may not prove to be "a Sinking
fund.-" .-, ... ~
The Yankees have left most of our
coast, but still hold on to Hilton Head,
where they arc held in terror by the
Confederate ram Fingal, constructed
from British steamer which ran the
blockade into Savannah last Spring,
and commanded by j. Pembroke Jones,
formerly Of the Z. S. Navy. The Her.
AIDS correspondent is scared out Of
what little wit the puppy had. He
thinks we will have his master by the
horns ere long.
The Richmond correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury, Hermes, in his
letter of August 12, says that General
G. W. Smith has accepted General Rip
ley's command, the latter having resign
cd for reasons unknown TO said CORES
pondent. n ...
A private note from one of the Guar
dsan's correspondents, states that Gen.
Greggs brigade was not in the battle
of Southwest Mountain.