Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-03-04
"A new machine called the Alligator,

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invented by a naval officer, has been expe.
rimenting at the Washington Navy Yard,
in the presence of Lincoln and other dis.
ltinguished funetionaries. Its intended to
operate under water to remove torpedoes
and other distractions.
= Gen. Longstreet's Division Of Lees ar
my is in motion. Some $4,000 passed
through Richmond few days ago. They
took the route pointing to the south side Of
the James.
= Mr.. Thomas s. Metcalf, of Augusta,
has offered to pay, as donation, 81, 900 to
each company Of volunteers that may be
formed for the coast within the next sixty
days.
Captain Arthur Sinclair, G. s. N, has
been assigned to the command of the power
fal Iron clad steam ram Atlanta, at Savan-
nah. Capt Sinclair succeeds the late Cap
tain VIM. McBlair.
- The Boston. Journal is now printed on
paper made Of wood. The high price of
rags compelled it 'to take to the timber" I"
literally, and it is we'll pleased with the re-
suit. The paper is soft and firm, with a
Fsmooth and clean surface, and admirably
fitted for newspaper work.
A man has been arrested in W Wasshington
charged with selling counterfeit, Confeds-
rate moneyto W. T. Smithson. He has
been recognized to appear, when the ques-
tion will be determined whether the law in
regard to counterfeitirg applies to those who
counterfeit Confederate money.
- Commodore Woodruff, U. s. NJ, was
killed at Fort Marshall, near Baltimore, by
an accidental discharge Of a gun while g
salute was being fred in honor of Gen. But.
Ter.
The Kentucky House of Representa-
tiyes rescinded on. the 11th the resolution
passed the day previous inviting Commits
sioners from other State Legislatures to
meet the Commissioners of that body at
Louisville.
The British iron steam propeller This
tie, now ashore on Suliyan's Island Beach,
was sold by Mr.. John ". Caldwell, for
eighty thousand dollars, cash.
There is reliable information that gen.
eral Indian war is in contemplation in the
North, h,west on the opening of the Spring.
The intelligence comes directly from Fort
Pierre and the diffe rent Indian rendezvous
on the Red river of the North, the Platte
and Upper Missouri.
- Persons who had served in the Regi.
ments Of Reserves lately on active duty,
are not required to report for duty until
troops have been called from the Regiments
in which they served.
- Nicholas Longworth, the great Western
wine grower, died at Cincinnati, on the
10Th, aged eighty years, and worth SIS, 5,00O,.
900.
- The Charlotte Bulletin is requested to
state that the restrictions against the trans,
portation ofliquor over the railroads Of South
Carolina have been removed.
= Bishop Wheelan, the distinguished
Catholic Prelate of the Nashville disease,
has managed to make his way through the
Federal lines into the Confederacy.
The Rome Southerner says the wheat
eyop in that section is very promising. An
unusual quantity of land has been sown
and unless it should be visited by some
calamity hereafter, the crop in that region
will be immense.
The Quebec Chronicle pricks up its
ears at the threat of leaving New England
out in the cold, and says: Maine We want
and must get-and perhaps all six Of the
States may seek to be allies Of Canadian
Confederation. -
"A week we'll filled up with sel6shness,
and the Sabbath stuffed full of religious
exercises will make good Pharisee bufa
poor Christian. There are many persons
who think Sunday is sponge, with which
to wipe out sins of the week.
The bakers of Charleston have raised
the Price of bread to twenty-five cents for a
half pound loaf. Flour is selling at sixty.
FIVE dollars per barrel.
- The Boston Post says that stick
thrown at dog in front of the Washing.
ton Hotel, hit FIVE Brigadier Generals.
- The Examiner, alluding to the auction
sales in Richmond, says that heavy cloth
ing, Aannels, muslins, heavy boots and
shoes, and almost all descriptions Of winter
goods, have declined from 25 to so per cent.