Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-11-25

from east and west to Chattanooga without
a conviction that they are soon to be used.
But there is little reason to fear the re.
suit, and much to hope from it. Our army
is fully as large as any General can handle,
composed Of the best material, restored to
confidence in itself by the victory Of Chick
amauga, and must be attacked in chosen
positions. If its General is competent and
watchful, the result will be sure victory.
A. Negro Deserter from the Enemy.
We have been furnished with the follow
ing interesting narrative of an intelligent
negro deserter from the Yankees, and COM
mend it for perusal, as additional evidence
showing who are the negroes best friends
and true protectors. The examination was
made by Col. C. J. Colcook, Colonel COM
manding Third Military District, at Gra-
hamville, November 10th:
James, belonging to William Ray Haber.
sham, runaway November 5th, 1852, from
Grove Plantation, on the Ogeechee; went
10 Fort Pulaski; the Yankees sent him
to Beaufort; stayed there no time got a
pass and went to Mr.. Edward Walkers
place six miles from Beaufort; has been
there since waiting on Thomson, the. super
intendant Of the place, and his two sisters,
who are schooling the colored children
Walkers, negroes, Stephen and, family, be-
longing to, Che does not remember 'whom,)
lived there had to get pass whenever he
went off no pickets on Walkers place, but
are on. Tom Baynard's place; gun boat had
crossed from meuth of Archer's Greek,
where it had been lying. and gone to Lem
on Island Only fifteen men and lieuteu-
ant at Thomas Means, and eight at Mrs.
Habersham's. Pickets by the week relieved
from Hilton Head Gunboats occasionally
between Lands End and Archer's Creek
not picketed. Gun-boats on all:the mouths
oft occasionally. -,
From Aroher's Greek to Beaufort no
pickets, but piCkets heavy from Port Royal
Ferry round to Tom Baynards. A regi-
ment of white troops at Tom Baynard's
changed once a week. A regiment of white
roops ut Barnwell's brick house changed
weekly. They picketed from these centres.
They have cavalry towards Big Island, but
don't know the force or precisely where
From 9Th July to lst November or middle
Of October, only 5000 troops on Beaufort
and Paris Islands around since then in
last two weeks heavy reinforcements--some
from Morris Island, but the bulk from the
North. New troops, some of them hand
cuffed. & new General and some Colonels
have come. They say they can't take
Charleston from the; front, but will take it
from the rear. They intend to open heavy
fire from the front on Charleston or Savan-
nah, and somewhere about .Ashepoo this
last to be the main attack. They don't
calculate to take the Charleston and Savan-
nah Railroad at once, but while the opera
tions at. Charleston and Savannah occupy
us they will fortify on the main and lay
siege to the railroad about Ashepoo. They
have theirguns for this Ashepoo attack al
ready at Hilton Head. Two shipments of
artillery have arrived from the North. This
attack is certainly resolved upon now has
never heard them talk of Grahamville.-
Yankees treated him kindly. The superin-
tendents have to go into service in January
next, Thomson among them.
The Yankees have ordered consumption
of all negro menafrom eighteen to forty five,
with all the privileges Of volunteering. He
would not volunteer; was to go into service
yesterday, according to their orders, but
wouldn't fight against his owners, and there
fore ran away. The negroes who fought at
Wagner will not fight again; sick of it;
drunk when they went into the fight The
Yankees treat the negroes pretty badly.
The negro men of Col. Hayward, as soon
ias they arrived in Beaufort, were put in the
army; small pox on Paris Island bad now
Nat Heyward's house in Beaufort hos
pital, so is Mrs John Barnwell's; chain
of batteries from Bonner Barnwell's to Mr..
Reads, on the river.
White superintendent on every place ex-
cept where they sold to Yankees They
are quartering up the land into twenty acre
lots, persuading the negroes to put up cab
ins and renting these lots to the negroes.
Capt g. P. Elliot's negroes on the bat
terry place (Rev. S. Elliot's.) Telegraph
from Beaufort Island to Hilton via Paris
Island, and from Beaufort towards Port
Royal Ferry. A Capt. Paine (whom we
took prisoner on a scout between James
and Morris Islands, and Salisbury, mill
wright, are the>greatest Yankee scouts and
spies, and have been over frequently on the
main. Mr.. Osborn Barnwell's negroes on
his place altogether, except Joshua, who
ouarreled with the Yankees there and went
to Beaufort.
Derived what of hearsay is in this state
ment principally from Thomson and the
anldiers; Gilmore has sent North for 49,
900 mer some have come, all drafted men
on Lands End. Two negro men have been
shot dead for swearing they would not fight,
one belonging to R. Fuller and one to Gen.
Finegan.-Marleston Courier.
WRoNa.-What shame, (says the Char
lotte Democrat,) it is that some newspaper
editors and other critics will continue to
meddle with military arrangements, ridicule