Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-01-28
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CORRESPONDENCE of the Enquirer.
- GoLUMBIA, January 25, 1863.
My last pencil scrawl to you was th'
seanse Of several errors, ! presume, which
gthe good sense the reader will have rene
died, go ], pass, them over here, I noticed
the sickness Of +. j, E. Quinn; he died The
day after, and his body was taken home
through this place ); ! have since heard o
hefdeath of Franklin Carson, at Lynch
Sbnrg, Va, who was formerly stationed a
this point both of these men were highly
esteemed in their social. positions, and
though. they did not die in defence of thei,
State, they occupied the positions to which
they were called, fully .embued with the
schiyalrio spirit; shat becomes the citizen
soldier. Their families certainly entertain
the sympathies of their native District. Al
2Pocotaligo, 7 learn there has been one
death from small pox, and three persons
hayesiso broken out with it; in Columbia,
q case Of agarioloid' is reported by the
Board of Health as occurring in the person
,ofa negro lately returned from Virginia,
sandswho has been enremoyedto the suburbs
they recommend general vaccination, and
do not fear its spreading.
g. Capt, Harlan's Cavalry paraded past our
quarters yesterday evening in large num-
bers. They made an excellent show Of the
right sort of metal, both in equipments aud
men; they are all uniformed, except their
hats, which are soon expected we learn
they are under orders to be prepared to
leave at short notice
Major General Leonidas Polk passed
through this place yesterday evening, on
his return, to his command, from a visit to
his family in ;Asheville, N. G. His stay
was brief, 50 hut few bad an opportunity Of
seeing the afghting Bishop" He states
that the Tories in Western North Carolina
have been dispersed BY Kirby Smiths de-
tachment, with several militia companies,
killing and capturing maryland that all
was quiet when he left. @
sIn the Legislature, nothing hasbeen done,
80 far; the Senate meets at II, and ad-
journs about an hour afterwards. The
House, Of course, is5full of proposals, and
when the galleries are occupied by the fair
sex, the door keepers slentorian lungs and
classic features divides materially the Gen.
eral Orders. ~.
SA bill has passed second reading to
authorize the Bank of the State to increase
its issueso small bills, and viii pass both
houses This contemplates the suppression
ofindiYidual and corporation shin plasters
that now food tho country, secures cur
rency much demanded by business neees.
sities, andSany profit that may enure to the
cssA bill to:Yacafe The commissions of: Mi
-litia Offices from Brigadier General down,
has been referred toithe Military Commit
tee-this committee will be well-worked
for the residue of the session, as business
viii be piled upon them every day, that
will require considerable stamina to enable
them to resist the outside pressure Of the
dead Councillors, and their hangers on
But, more anon,
z Bills providing for families of.soldiers are
stiil increasing, and will probably be refer
red, to, be moulded into something feasible;
it is a great hobby, one on which 'Tray,
Bianche and Sweetheaft" all mount at once;
wehope common sense will come to the re-
liefat last, and Boards of Relief establish
ed@on % proper basis, SO that the duty the
State owes the families Of, their defenders
be at once properly rendered. X s.
&sNlr. Yeadon has offered substitute for
q biltsto prevent and punish extortion, the
first gives all power to the Governor, to in
quire, &C.; butthat of Mr.. Yeadon is the
most practical, and comes nearer effeetual
than any / have seen. Mr.. Yeadon proper
ily says that the people demand some action
ON the subject, and he is unwilling to &c
home without fulfilling his pledges to his
constituents, to do all in his powerto arrest
the evil. He is warm and eloquent on the
subject, and seems to feel how great is the
esiicomplained Of To defne "what is ex
tortion, ~ may do very we'll to quicken The
shallow wits of some Legislators who art
themselves the recipients Of ill.gotten gains
but the Extortionetis best described as hin
who isricher at the end of the war than hi
was at its ts2commeneement. I will send yol
6iUif there is any probability Of its be
coming An Act.
A bill to prevent and punish the plant
ing and cultivating over certain amour
of cotton during the war, has excited SOM
ofthe Senators from the coast, who evel
go SO far as to threaten the removal of ne
groes from the State; who took care not t
move them out of Yankee reach, but lool
TO the State to pay for them-some of thes
same Senators who refused straw, an or
ange, or even water to our troops at Ba