Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-01-07
+ From. the Richmond Enquirer.
Unparalleled Enarmity..

We have before rs copies Of two depo,t.
lions, which detail the circumstances Of one
Of the most fendish soutrages which our
truly diabolicaI foe has as yet perpetrated.
These. depositions have been forwarded to
the war Department through our generals
in North Carolina. where the; crime was
committed. The deponents are Caswell
Woods and Elizeheth his: wife, Of the coun.
ly Of Craven bir. Woods Is certified to
by Gen. Evans, az being ua respectable
citisen and loyal to ouS cause, which with
his being poor man, seem to, besthe only
causes of the fendish outrages BY the he'll
lish sagages'' It is also stated that he is
class-ieaderin the Methodist Church. Il
lis due to the civilized world and to ont:
ragged humanity, that the FACTS stated In
sshess depositians ahaald be known, and yet
they are too infamously obsoeuetto be fully
described in i nesspaper. Tho house of
these aaics and aged citizens was, visited
on the nightsof ED of50etober, by two
Yankee troopers, armed with pistols and
sabres. Oae Of them (the Younger,l who
vas addressed BY, the other as "Gaptain''
aud sometimes as John, rode Into the piaz.
-, burst open the front door, aud then rode
10 the house. Phe other, who was address.
cd BY the acaptain" sometimes as Charlie,
someiimesas George, and Lieutenant, walk
ed 10. Mr.. Woods had retired to bed,-,
We COPY from his depositioDss
":'HI came down staira ina hurry, In my
night clothes, and one on the horse
said to me ayous d-d old grey headed son
ofab-h, where were you day before yes,
terduy ~, and when ! told him I was at
home, he said, "you lie, ,5for you shot at
me-" Upon this pretepcc they cut out the
cord frnm bed in the room, said they
would hang, him, bnt finally tied him, took
him out Of the house and lashed him to a
tree, With tho threat Of instant death if he
made any outery Or attempted TO get loose.
They returned 70 the house and locked the
door after them, and the old man had the
ine1psessible agony of listening fotthe rest
ofthe night to the screams and dolefal
lamentations Of his wife aud daughter.
The abatement made by Mrs Woods in
her deposition of what passed inside is tru.
ly heart rending, The unparalleled Williams
made the poor, helpless women not merely
the victim of their brutal lust, but accom-
panied The outrage which is worse than
death, with circumstances that mark them,
IA The ostidcvilish,cve among the most
abandoned Of williams. Commencing by
eursing Jesus Christ, will, pistol in hand,
and with threat of instant death, the depo-
'neHt vas required By one Of the beasts to
direst herself Of every particle Of clothing.
But this was almost Christian treatment
compared with other acts which may not be
related. While such vas her own suffer.
ings, the shrieks Of her daughter in anoth
or room told that hers was similar fate
Aboutsuurise the next morning the human
devils departed, leaving horrible disease
With those whom they had otherwise SO ter.
ribiy outraged!
1t is with pain that such sketch as the
above is admitted into the columns Of the
Enquirer. But 1t Is due to ourown people
and to tte world that the villainies of our
enemies should be known. The deposi.
tions have been laid before us with the sug.
gestion endorsed thereon by tho Adjutant
General, se.hat so much Of this account as
is not too foul for publication should be
given to the public, through the press, in
order that the righteous Indignation Of our
people, our Generals and our armies, may,
under the Providence Of God, visit just
retribution upon an enemy SO fend-like."
Concurring in the propriety of the suggcs-
ton, we have acted accordingly.
% We are happy to say that Gen. Gustavus
W. Smith has directed every effort to be
made to ascertain the names of the parties,
and to "demand their delivery for trial aud
We hope copies Of the de-
positions have been forwarded to the au.
thorities Of the enemy. Surely there are
some, who would be horri6ed by such con.
duct, The vengeance of Heaven must
light upon them and their cause.
United States Affairs, and a Truce.
The condition of affairs, both political
.nd ,,;I;torr IN tho TTn;tad Stafoo unon-thn