Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-10-15
FDTToRIAL ITEMS.


Mr.. J. C: Miller. of YorkviHe, has
been appointed Agent for the purchase
of Fodder and Corn, in this and -Ches'
ter District, for the Quarter Masters
Department. See advertisement. :
The body of Lieut.. Bigham, Of Com
pany B. 18th Regiment, S. G. y, whe
died of wounds received at alate battle
in Virginia, reached here in the cars
on Friday last, for interment. =.
A large number of negroes left York
District, on Friday morning last, to as
sist ON the coast Notifications. They
seemed more afraid Of the Yankees
than their owners. -. =.
One of "our hqme firm bought . lo'
Of rags'a few days since, which after q
while he found enclosed in one of hi
oscn bags. AS to the rags he knows
little, but this s'leaving him the bag to
hold,"' he don't wellrelish. - &. :. :;
The man who offered to sell beef at
our Office a few days since, candidly &C.
knowledged he left the heart at homs.
It is insinuated that certain persons
of this town of York, have been MAX
ing.use of their friends, by buying whis-
key at So per gallon, for their osom prs'
vats use, and selling the, same in
Charleston at So! - =.
Butter speculators, it is said, are
marked in Chester with battered noses.
We commend d attention to an article
we copy from the Lancaster ledger
Our citizens should be furnished with
arms and ammunition, for it may not
be long before they may be needed,
with so many aliens among US
~ The weather that has for some time
been very dry, has turned out very wet
We have October weather now, and
may possibly look for frost in a week
or two.
The nominations for Governor are
thickening fast-we hope it is under
stood there is to be but one, not .fus,
Congress has passed bill making
the passage, utterance, publishing, CIV
ing, or distributing of counterfeit Con-
federate notes, or semblance of such
notes, by the Yankee officers, soldiers
wagoners, wagon-masters, or others
connected with the army Of the United
States. felony, punishable with death
Hon. James Simons, of Charleston,
for many years Speaker of the House
of Representatives, declines to be 8
candidate for reelection to the Legisla'
ture. .' ....N
Bennett, of the Herald, declares thai
Beecher proclaimed from his pulpit that
the North was about to lose in taxation
the two thousand millions it had made
out of slavery-that ''the Lord was out
as a tax-gatherer, and was having g
good time"
The Federals who are now captured
by the Confederates are, since the en-
ployment of the Harper's Ferry pris
oners in fighting the Indians, compelled
to take a different parole, excluding
them from serving the United States
Government in any capacity whatever:
until exchanged.
Gen. Beauregardreviewed the troops
in Charleston on the Race Course mucl
to his satisfaction. The power of asso
citation must be strong. The Genera
likes something to remind him of th'
race at Bull Run.
The following curious epitaph, it il
said, may be found in a graveyard il
Italy. "Here lies Estella, who trans
ported large fortune to heaven in act
of charity, and gone thither to enjoy it.
King Cotton has abdicated his throne
and placed the royal diadem on tn
head of Mr.. Salt, who, by virtue of thi
deed, is now King in the Confederacy
The venerable Joseph johnson, M
ID, of Charleston, S. c., died on Mon
day last, at an advanced age.
The press in England is warm 70
our recognition. The Achievements o
ox troops is subject of praise.
"Aran in Massachusetts is so up
right in al1>hs dealings that he won
sit down to eat>h;s meals We SUP
pose, that, Yankee lire, be will not tax
anything "out of his reach%'
Vallandigham, in stumping for Con
greSs in Ohio, declared the Presiden
was disunionist, said the ''sun, moo
and stars would turn to gore before tn
North could conquer the South, an
spoke of the army Of the Union as car
rying the ''black flag"