Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-12-23
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Major VIM. @. Preston, of Columbia,
has been appointed Chief Of Artillery on
Gen. :Iohnston's staff, with the rank Of
major. -,
The Chief of the Conscript Bureau, at
Richmond, in answer to call of the House,
states that the number Of ezempts in the
States of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, and Georgia, s'64 $50; in Vir-
ginia 2O,372, in North Carolina 22,So7, in
South Carolina 5,sl4, in Georgia 1887.
The number in these States exempt from
disability is 2o,2o5; and for substitutes
1s,0sO.
On the 9th inst, bear was killed in
the Wateree swamp by W.. F. Turner,
weighing 49S lbs. This bear had been a
visitor to the neighborhood r'the last'ten
years, feasting luxuriously upon hogs, corn,
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pumpkins, &c. :. -:..l...s p
~ Among the patients in the Lunatic A
sylum at Milledgeville, Ca, is the celebra-
ted African Missionary and writer, Doctor
Bowen. Since he has been a patient ne
has written Spelling Book and Grammar,
which have been published He is now
engaged on work on Chemistry and Phi
lasephs. Another pstient is the poet Htz.
gihbon. =, - 1s& 80. -.
- The Eagle Manufacturing Company Of
Columbus, Georgia, have given $4,000 to-
wards the fund for the enlargement and
continuance of the Southern Christian Aa-
vocate, now published in Augusta, Ca, as
the organ of the Methodist Episcopal Con-
ference of South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida. ..-..s,.. -..-, ....
\ scope of fifteen miles around
this village, says the Edgefeld Aduertiser,
there is said to be $4,000 bushels of corn,
over and above the requirements of the
producer and the tithes of the Government.
This calculation isbased upon safe data, and
may be considered reliable.
The Texas penitentiary manufactured
2.25s,66 yards of cotton goods and 1885,
29S yards of woolens, from Dec. LIST, 1861,
to Aug. 3lst, 1858. Of this amount, the
army received l,276,92o yards Of cOttons
and 257, ISL of woolens. The earrings of
the institution for the time mentioned were
! 81, l,174 ,4S9, and the expenses s46s,6
- The Confederate steamer Alabama, ar
rived at Cape Town, Africa, on the 18th Of
September, from Augra Pevuena, where
she had sold two of her prizes.
An Office. of the Confederate steamer
Florida, writing from Brest, Oct. l3, men
tions that she expected tolsave shortly, all
her repairs being nearly completed. Capt
Mafit had resigned on account of i'll health
and Capt. Birnie had succeeded to the com.
mand.
= Letters by the last arrivals from Nassau
mention the safe arrival there Of the steam
ers Hansa, Scotia, and Siren, Rumorf
from Petersburg stated that the two former
had been caught by the Yankees.
"A letter from Bermuda announces the
arrival of the celebrated steamer Sumter
from Wilmington. 1t is said she is bound
ia Liverpool to receive her outfit and return
to her old trade of "pirating."
"A company, with ample capital, ba'
been organized in Richmond for the pur
pose of establishing a Glass mandatory.
- The Mayor of Mobile has closed the
drinking saloons of that city until further
orders.
The ayails of the Yankee draft, las
summer, was go, 900 men and 100000
- The abolition Secretary of the interior
says negroes from the South are unwilling
to emigrate to Africa or Hayti.