Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-08-30
LiTEsT FROM HE s0UIh.
PROOF Against PERSUASION.

Fiss OF ths prisahers exchanged few days
aga at Besufors by CI. Lay, were members OF
Capt 7. h, Legare's company, +, "a .. Y;
Artillery, who we're captured on james, Island
last Spring. VIZ: Corporal Moorsr, Privstss
Bates, Baxter, Bull and Gsriok, all Of Orange
burg District, s. e. Every effort was made
r. tho Yankees 10 induce them to take the
CATH Of allegiance, but to no purpose. During
the lato attack On James' Island they were
bought ~ far as Battery lslsnd, and told to
pil7t The Yai kee regiments on the Island, and
Ii pom refusing. they we're tied together, two OF
them with ropes around .heir necxs, utwhen
lhs7 refused to m57s io5s, they ware sent
bick IL the Tear an1 kept bound with ropes
iuT tw1 days.
Tlak.o ufi :er said to tacu, "you rsbels
sutf:r very muoa for tho want of eoJd Yankee
shoes and clothes" Yes" replied Private
Bates, and also tor wooden hutmegs and
hams"
Fur several Eeeks beiors Icing exchanged
they we're kept in close confinement in small
room, where M air could resch them; aud
they are very happy again to reach the land
OF Dixie.
Private LahtLrop. Of the 5l5t Virginia rsgi-
NETT, Wiss's brigade, who was taken prisoner
aud had his lag smputsted, was offered good
Situation and q cork leg 10 take the oath of
allegiance. tu. refused.
FLORIDA AMINO.
Governor ,iilton-Hho does not wish to sac
Florida transformed into & Paradise lost.
under his torm--has issued q proclamation
from which We quote:
All who held civil offices which ersmpt them
from Confederate service, and who have been
exempt from such service On the ground that
their services woro necessary for tho admin.
is,ration Of the State Government" and who,
! under ity lava of the State are liable 10 DO
| militia duty. and who yet sh8ll refuse or neg :
! lect TO curoll their names for tho Defence of
| rhe State, shall BE- considered as desiring to
enter this military service Of the Confederate
States rather than serve as State troops; their
scrvices will no longer he considered By me as
Unnecessary to the administration Of the State
Government and thoy will become subject to
10 enrolled az a1nscript5 FIR military service
ia tbs s.l.y of,he Confederate S,stes.
It cannot hs presumed tina. any vro capable
of bearing arm, will hesitate or fell to take up
arms and yindica,e the cause Of freedom, or
will shrink from the high aud holy duty Ct
usica-lIE lEc OOfeIuucut IEuul NulCu Io
claims protection, and which alOho Dan protect
the rights Of himself aud his feliow-ci.isans.
The Gsirsville Cotton States" says:
Tie people in this section are highly pleased
with the curse pursued BY Governor Milton,
aux, no will 10 we'll sustained. We believe
that It " i'll ssSo the State.
The people. old and young, are rushing to
arms everywhere, and the enemy will find
tim. brave and vigilant people are not easily
conquered or sul juga,ed. The CID ire Of -
is Il. ain burning IN the hearts Of the people,
s.ai they arc determined u 10 free or write
tle:r epi,sphs with their own blood.
SAP, GALLERY, GAnIoN.
"P. ". A." thus explains these terms:
There il confusion Of terms in tho accounts
mat have been published ct tt csc mining op-
erG;iCus. Ihe word sap, o technical term we'll
understood by military engineers, has been
imIraperl3 applied 10 tina gallery or tunnel by
Shich Gran. gained point below cur works.
4 zap liz d trench On the surface Of the ground,
or in approach made to fortified place by
digging up to it. There ars threo kinds OF
aaps: The single SAP, where the earth taken
irolI Tic tre.c!. ID thrown up on the side next
to tho tort you are approaching, thus reach
ing single paFapet; the object Of which is to
protect the sappsf6 end miners from tho fire
Vi tho f:rt; the double cap, which has par.
apot 1n cash side. and the flying sap, which is
made With g,Lion5, 81 A gation is a hollow
aYlindor IT wicker work, resembling q basket.
ia. Having 10 h0ttom. which is filled with
+ar;h n,.l ssrses u shelter thu workmen irSm
the eI.nry's hrs. Bags Of sand and bales Of
o5t'on may lie ussd for the same purpose. A
gailyty. un TIA contrary, ID passage under
ground. 5r. III simpls language, tunnel, and
i usel - csaeh II work designed to be blown
40. Tbs chsuiJ5r i'd the place where the
p1H.ior is c9i.iLtd, end is generally Of Gu
tl.al iJiui.
Tus M'INT5EH SURPRISE.
the Savannah "Rspubliesn." abiding to
! liz, rnfr Prise 81, SlnArt's cavalry, mentioned d
| le% days ago. saTo:
The more Te hear Of this affair, the more
iisgTaceful it appears. The Yankee. it is
said, ca.,ursd fariy rr;doEera Of Cspt. Smafts
cn7a1Y, together with large number OIL
k1rsa: They aisa toot several private citi.
5sus ~ about ninety negroes in their route
,ita:i. Newport bridge was burned, and tie
r,.:t roIE, at Harris Ne3k ard Mersugo were
ir.:I1yeJ.
/ We hope tho sutsoEities will slit tLid disro
putGha affair ~ the bottom, and bring t
slaeIy punshmsn ant every ciSoer who escaped
aid "hase I.egleat Of duty bora sIy Part il
Causing tue disaster.
NO SUBJECT FOR EXCHANGE.
The Augusta "U3Ussitutionaliss" Gays:
| II il stated, on what We deem COED autho'
| r;Fy. that theIs is how among the Federal p.i
s0n6ra al Charleston, awaiting exchange Ger.