Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-11-11
FROM THE l7TH RECT, s. CIV.
SEcEssIoNvILLE, 81 O.,
= November 5th, 1868.

&tosOAhDSh oShi1 Aoo0y' =.
Dear Enquirer I'VE are still aourish-
watching for Yankee barges, DO at
the same camp from which i wroteyou be-
fore. Our ueuemous neighbors onthe sand
banks in front of us, attempted to interfere
with our dress parade few evenings since,
but bom6-proofs are SO Convenient that
half dozen bomb.shells sent amongst US oc-
casionaHy, only turn out very welcome
and pleasant episode to relieve our monoto-
ny. The samples tossed over the other
evening, weigh about forty pounds, and re-
semble, in shape, the top of our lamp.posts
in Yorkville. Fs'
Two or three gun.boats in Folly Creek,
tried to kick up a stampede amongst our
pickets Oh Battery Island, q few days ago.
They expended several hundred dollars
worth of ssgreen-backs", raised tremen-
dous smoke, and kept up dreadful noise
for while, but that was all, Our boys
stood their ground and saw the thing out.
@ Gillmore's "big guns" keep up, day and
night, their furious bombardment of Fort
Sumter, but from appearances, they are not
accomplishing much yet, and for the last
day or two, their fire has perceptibly slack
ened. .
have been tsoiphering" little in regard
to operations in the harbor, and have come
to the conclusion that if We have the right
kind Of bomb-proofs in Sumter, (and l be-
lieve that our General Gilmer has not been
so quiet for nothing) that this is the very
place where we shall break Abe's backbone,
q mean his credit and when that is done,
there is nuf ced. Here are my figures ::
one thousand shots per day-30O pounds
iron to the shot and 80 of powder-iron at
10 cents, powder at SO cents-making for
one shot cost of S45.00, and for 1000
shots cost of s45,0O0. The siege has
been progressing nine days according to
my estimate) at a cost of s405,00O. Thus
you will see, that it is calculated to devel-
op with .frighttaz rapiaity, large addition
to the family of>"green-backs." In the
above calculation l have said nothing of the
enormous expense required to keep up and
nav off the iunumerable war vessels, trans.
ports, &c., and the hungry mercenaries
(who are fighting for the paper promises Of
Lincoln as long as they can be made to
swim). Neither have 1 taken into account
the guns that are bursted occasionally, OF
rendered useless by excess of firing. Lee
us all keep ustiff upper lip"-stand BY
! our ovn Governn ent and its credit, and ere
long, we shall see the value Of gold anc
"green. backs" shoot off in an opposite dl
rection, and separate wider and wider, unit
the last conyulsive t6rob of the LincolI
Government shall proclaim the iDdepen
dence of the Confederate States, and TIT
return of our war.worn veterans to thel
happy homes. Down with all who depre
cate our money in order to obtain starvation
prices. May taxes disturb their dream
and sgorry their waking hours.
We have had the pleasure OF looking
: upon our honored Chief Magistrate to-day
: Accompanied by host of Generals ant
other dignitaries, he visited our works here
. passed twice round our old regiment in re
, view, and halted several times, to enqulr
in regard to the barefooted men, who Wer