Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-02-04
Latest d, from the North.

By special courier from City Point, say.
the Petersburg Erpress of the 31st ult., we
received last night, afetr IL o'clock, . copy
of the New York Times Of January %. Z,
The Times contains the address Of Joe
Hooker to the army of the Potomac. We
copy from this address the, following very
modest assertion q. N
"In equipment, intelligence and yalor,
the enemy is our inferior. Let us neve,
hesitate to give him battle wherever We
can ind him.
The only movement on Tuesday, was q
change Of locality of headquarters.
The prisoners Of Arkansas Post, have
been sent to St. Louis. There are among
them General Churchill, ten Colonels, ten
Lieut.. Colonels. ten Majors, one hundred
Captains, two hundred Lieutepants, and
some thirty or forty Adjutants, Staf-of6cers,
Quartermasters, Surgeons, ETC., making a
total Of about 5000. The troops are said
to be all from Texas {.
The Ohio and MississippiHv are fall.
ing.
An expedition comprisingthree gunboats
and number of transports, under command
of General Foster, sailed from Hatteras In.
let on Saturday, Oath instant; destination
supposed to be Wilmington. g.
Another expedition was fitting out with
much despatch, and would sail soon. Prob.
ably, says the Times, it has the same desti'
nation. 1t will comprise the entire COM
mand of Gen. Nagle. ...
1t has been ascertained by Gen. Foster
that $4,000 rebel troops have been sent
into N. Carolina from the Rappahannock. j.
News had been received at Key. West
that the rebel steamer Oreto had gone out
Of Mobile, and captured Boston Brig, from
Cuba. on the 17th off Tortug ,loaded with
sugar. She was sunk by order Of the reb
ell Captain Mafit. -
The Oreto reached Havana with zoe
bales of cotton.
1t was understood as certain at New Or
leans that the vessel which sunk the Halter
as was the pirate Alabama. The fight was
very severe, and the Hattefas went dowr
with her flag flying. Bloody clothing wa'
found in the vicinity of the fight, but it il
not known what was the fate of the crew.
Por. Royal dates to the 26th had been re
ceived at New York. Gen. Hunter hat
arrived out and assumed command. Tht
indications were that ansactive campaigl
would at once commence, and it was prob
able that Savannah would be attacked be
fore Charleston, that being considered the
weakest point. The iron-clad frigate Iron
sides, the Monitor battery Montauk and tn
Monitor battery Passiac, had all arrive'
at Port Royal. The transport ship Spark
ling Sea of the Banks expedition has prov
ed a total loss.
: She had on board the Twenty.Fift Ne'
York Battery, all the horses of which wer
drowned. The men were at Key West o.
the Goth, having lost all their appliance
for active service.
1t is rumoredat Washington that No
Clellan has resigned, aud that Major-Gent
raj Porter has been arrested for lmprope
conduct.
Banks has sent an urgent request to hui
: ter at Port Royal, for all the entrennchln
, tools he can possibly spare. The 1tmes II
fers from this that the capture of Port Hut
son, of which it had been anxiously expeo
: ing to hear, is long way in the future
i Gold went up il New York on Tuesda
t to 1545 a155, but at the afternoon boar
fell back 1854 a153s Exchange on Ao1
don jumped to 1e9 ALTO.
" FOREIGN NEWS. .
;, The Saxonia has reached New York vii
Il advices from Europe to the 18th. III
), most important feature of the news is IL
}, address of the French Emperor at Il
!. opening of the Corps Legislatif, which
>. thought to shadow forth French interVe
ton in the affairs of the United States. t
. said /: '..' =r....
x 81 have made the attempt to send b
}, ,yond the Atlantic ad7ices inspired BY