Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-03-04

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response to the.patriotic call:
ar women LET them hasten to the churches every one
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That In fire, blood and rapne, Chartestons glory may not
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hem never woman stood in need of such
Yankee Williams shall not find them clnglng TO the altars
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NO if we arc doomed to perish, man and maiden let
And acolnnion gulf OF ruin open wide to whem ALL
'od our Father win not fail us in that last tremendous
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There shall d rest and refuge with our dear departed
And The ashes of .he city be universal grave"
rHE WAR--ITs NECESSITIES.
The news since our last is not without
importance. The aGibraltar,cf the West,"
Vicksbnrg, is still safe, and we have news
of the capture Of another Abolition gun.
boat in that>quarter. Affairs in Virginia
show great preparation on the part Of the
enemy, while we are assured our Generals
are ready for them. Fort MeAlister holds
ont well, though we have to regret the loss
of the Nashville, Capt. Baker, which ran
aground near the blockaders, and was burnt
by them-thi vessel is the last of the old
SNeYork line of merchant steamers. Charles.
ton is still threatened, and, as the difficult
ty between Hunter and Foster has been ar
ranged in some way, We look, momeutarily
for an 1ttack at that point or Savannah, or,
perb sps, at both. So the chess,board is
arranged, and the first move is looked for on
all sides with painful interest.
- The time is now come upon us, when
preparation of land for the coming crops
should be made, and we must urge upon
our people to plant as little cotton for use
as they can do with, and leave no spot of
ground untitled that will produce grain or
Vegetables Of every kind. Truly is it said,
that not only is almost ohr entire white la
boring population in the field, aud in the
workshops, but still further drafts may be
required, until the last tagging remnant is
taken into camp. Death. dealing disease
and the slaughter of the battle has al.
ready sleftsthousands Of corn6elds without
the hand that titled them once; and the
helpless women left at the poor mans hoae
must have something more to subsist upon
than the dregs that lay 10 the cup of sor.
row Other hands must feed them now.
All the negroes that have been taken by
the enemy in the past eighteen months are
jasts many cultiVators from the next crop
on the sea, board than We had in the last
All the territory occupied by them is so
much Of corn, rice and potatoes, taken from
the supplies for home and the army; and
still again comes the call for 5000 able
bodied negroes to be taken from the farms
and used in the Notifications for month,
at least. How necessary, then, that those
who have the means, will forego even the
allowance of the Legislature for the season,
give up their cotton plans and plant exteD-
siVely in graia. How necessary that those
nho have been exempted should endeavor
to do something for their country, by lend
ing what energies may be left them to use.
full production The Planters and Farm
ers of the South hold the fate of the coun.
try in their hands-"to them much is given,
and much will be required" The past year
showed the patriotism of the Planters of
South Carolina, who as it were by tacit a.
greement, set aside the cotton, and pro-
daced larger crops of corn than were ever
before grown on the same fields, and threw
it early into market at reasonable prices; ;
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but, we learn, "there are some who are
holding on for an advance of prices and
have "none to SELL" Also, some, not few
snub.nosed spectators sliding about, pick
ing up every bushel that can be had, for
future extortion. It remains with our Plant
>ers, we say, those, especially whose trenty
negroes exempt them from the duties Of tho
citizen, to see that the speeulator and fore
stalers be disappointed, by judicious sys-
tenn of cultivation. The cotton bill of the
Legislature is a nullity in itself, unless the
patriotism Of the planter suggests his course
the extortion bill is,a nullity, while rea-