Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-01-21

The rapldlty With winch the tents OF thf
enemy were vacated was marvellous; ano
siimpelled by burning torches and rapid dis
charges of side arms, the Yankees took NJ
time to prepare theirtoilets, but rushed out
into the cool atmosphere Of December
morning, clothed very similarly to JOSEPH
when the lady Of Potiphar attempted to de-
tain him. The scene was wild, exciting
;tumultuous Yankees running, tents burn
ing, torches flaming sConfede shouting,
guns popping, sabres clanking. Abolition
ISIS begging for mercy, ssrebels" shouting
exultingly, women Ell dishabizle clappine
their hands, frantic with JOY, crying, aKil
them, kill them, ia heterogeneous mass
ofexcited, frantic, Frightened human beings,
presenting an indescribable picture, more
adapted for the pencil Of Hogarth than the
pen Of anewspaper correspondent.
The surprised camp surrendered 1900
men and $50 commissioned officers, who
were Immediately paroled. And then com
nenced the work of destruction. The ex.
tensive buildings of the Mississippi Central
Depot, the station house, the engine houses
and immense store houses were filled with
supplies Of clothing and commissary stores
Outside of the depot, the barrels of flour.
.estimated hal nailsy yinsslangth,, hun.
dred and fifty featt through and fifteen feel
high. Turpentiae was thrown over this,
and the wholeamouns destroyed. Uptown,
thecourt house aud public buildings, livery
stables and all capacious establishments
we're filled, ceiling high, with medical and
ordnance stores. These we're all fred, and
theexplosion of one of the buildings, in
which was stored ono hundred barrels Of
powder, knocked down nearly all the houses
on Aae South side Of the square. Surely
such a scene of devastation was never be-
forespresented to the eye of man. Glance
at the gigantic estimates:
100000 fixed cartridgesand other ord.
nance stores, valued at 81 500, 900, iuclu'
ding 5,000: rifles, and 1900 revolvers.
: One hundred thousand suits of clothing
and other quartermaster stores, valued al
$500, 1000 IS 900 barrels of -four and othe,
commissary stores, valued at ts500,0O0.
s1,OOo,00O worth of medical stores, fol
which invoices to that amount were exhib,
tied, and 1000 bales of cotton and $780,,
900 worth Of suffers stores.
As there wss-no time to remove. these
immense stores from the buildings contain
lug them, they we're all destroyed, compri
sing the Mississippi Central Depot, engine
houses and store houses, the most elegant
and capacious in all the South, the court
house, livery stable, and the largest build
ings on the public square.
While the capture of the camp, paroline
of the prisoners and destroying of the. store
houseslwere going on, the Texas Rangers
comprising the 9th, 9th and Sd legions, be-
came engaged with the Michigan Cavalry
and dove them pell.mell through town and
run them off North, with considerable
loss,te the Abolitionists, and loss Of thirty
killed and wounded on our part.
TEe ladies rushed out from the houses
wild With joy, crying out "There's some
at the Fair Grounds. Chase them, kill them
for Gods sake!" One lady said: "The
Yalkee Commaudant Of. the Post Is ip my
hoase; come and catch him )" and a ssarct
was instigated, but without success, syber
the noble woman insisted thathe aeas there
cepoealed; and finally, after much ado5 The
gallant (save the mark J Col, Murphy, the
intrepid Yankee Commandant att Holly
Springs, waspulled out from underhis bed
and presented himself in his nocturnal ha
biliments to his captors.
The Provost MorshalWas also taken, anc
addressing Gen. Van Dorm, said :: sssW ell
General, you've got us fairly this time. a
;knowed it. I was in bed with my wife
fwhen, Iheard the firing, and I ct onee said