Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-06-12

to all the nei ghbors Kiss all the children
for me, and tell them pa will come back a.
gain. Adieu my dearest Sue.
JAMES DONELLY.
Mrs. Sue Donelly, Mount Vernon, Ill.
By the politeness of Mr.. Allen.
CAPTURE OF YANKEE SOLDIER
Corporal Frederick Bishop, of Capt. Doyle,
9th Michigan Regiment, was captured near
Gardner's Corner Friday morning, and
brought to the city Saturday, on the train
Of the Savannah Railroad, in charge of two
of the Rutledge Mounted Rifemen.
The prisoner is German, and halls from
Detroit From him we gather the follow
ing particulars in relation to the late affair
The regiment to which he belongs is a
portion of the command of Gen. Stevens,
consisting of four regiments of infantry,
stationed at Beaufort; where Gen. Stevens
has his headquarters. The expedition to
Pocotaligo was made up of twelve compa-
MES of Infantry, one company of cavalry,
(of the 2lst Massachusetts, Regiment) and
two pieces of artillery of the Connecticut
Battery, the whole under command of the
Lieutenant. Colonel of the 50th Pennsyl.
vania Regiment, and numbering about 900
men. They received marching orders 10
o'clock Wednesday night, and left Beau
fort about II o'clock for Port Royal Ferry.
Arriving at the ferry, they proceeded i'm
mediately as far as Mr.. Heyward's tlanta-
tion, and there halted for refreshments, hav-
ing marched, he supposes, nearly thirty.
five miles.
Their design, the prisoner thinks, was
to tear up the railroad and interrupt COM
muaication, but not to bring on an engage
ment. They had been made to believe by
spies that. they would meet with no resist
ance, the Confederate forces, it was said,
having been withdrawn. Skirmishers we're
thrown out from their lines to scour the
woods, and ascertain whether there was any
opposing force in the neighborhood. Af-
ter the men had finished their meal, the
order for the return march was given, the
commanding officer saying that the enemy
could bring as many as twenty thousand
Of his troops on the ground in less than
an hour, and it was advisable for them,
in their exhausted condition, to return,
or they would be liable to be cut off,
In the fight with the Rutledge Mounted
Rifemen, one captain, of the 5Oth Penn
sylvania Regiment, and two privates were
killed, and six privates wounded.
On the return march, at Gardeners Cor.
ner, they again halted to rest. Here some
of the men fell asleep, the prisoner among
others. On awaking, he found his regi-
mcnt had left him, and on trying to find
his own way back was captured.
He says he has been told that Gen. Hun.
ter, on his arrival to take command, brought
with him reinforcemeuts numbering be-.
tween twenty-five and thirty thousand men,
which, added to the thirty thousand ac-
companying the first expedition, gives him
! force of from forty. five to fifty thousand.
This force he thinks is divided on the
coast between Charleston and Savannah.
There is a great deal of sickness among
the men at Hilton Head, mostly fevers.--
The troops at Beaufort, however, suffered
but little in this respect, and the general
health of the command there was good -
Rumors were plentiful in camp of an at
tack to be made ons Charleston, but the
prisoner says the men knew nothing def
mite in relation to their future movements.
The officers are taciturn and exceedingly
reserved.
Gen. Buffers proclamation had almost
produced mutiny in the camps. On its
appearance, seven captains of the New
Highlauders handed in their designations,
and the whole army were dissatisfied. The
men say they have seen enough of negroes,
and are heartily sick of them; that they
would be well satisfied to send some from
their superabundant numbers in the North
to the South, where the climate would be
more congeuial to their nature and habits
He also states that the Federals ohave
pontoon bridges already prepared for
marching through swamps and marsh land,
and whenever they attack, will attempt it
at some point where it might be least cx-
pected. lie believes they are we'll posted
| in relation to all the batteries on cur coast,
and know the position of every gun in Fort
Sumter. 1t was said that three iron clad
vessels had joined Commodore Dupont's
squadron, and combined land and naval
attack on Fort Sumter is under considera-
ton.
The prisoner speaks very highly of Gen.
Stevens, in command at Beaufort, and
awards him the credit of the plan which
was carried on and led to the reduction Of
Fort Pulaski Gen. Stevens is an old u
nitcd States offer, and very much liked
by his men Charleston Courier, Zd.
YANKEES AT SPARTA, TENN.-A cor
respondent of the Knoxville (Tenn.,) Reg
istcr, writing from Sparta, Tenn, May 20,
says:
A Pennsylvania battalion of Cavalry,
commanded by a fellow titled Col. Duffy,
visited this place Friday last. They were
ordered by Gen. Dumont to intercept and
capture the celebrated COL Jno II. Morgan.
They first proceeded to Cooksvillc, 10 miles
north of Sparta. While there, Col. Nor
gan passed within two miles of them. In
stead of pursuing him, they took his back
track, and employed themselves in stealing
the horses of the citizens, of which they