Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-08-03

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he was wounded and . prisoner, ID Virginia.
His grave has been visited byhis comrades,
whoSnow occupy the ground, fson which
the Yankees we're driven. = = = =
Our forces captured the 9Th New York
Regiment;near Deep Bottom. They made
but slight resistance. Aportion of them
reached Richmond on Tuesday. .s.. g,ss-,,
The Philadelphia Enquirer, Of the 22d,
says. CANDY, is dingagainst the enemy
about Mobile with q formidable force, and
the campaign on James river is about to
start with fresh impulse. - +
MIRA. Collie, merchant of London,
has sent to Gov.sVance $40, 900. to- be used
for the benefit Of the poor 81 his State,
- In the districts Of China ravaged by
the rebels the surviving population feed
on the emacitaed bodies Of the dead for
the want Of other food. ' - : p -
- In the battle Of Friday, last, 22d inst,
before Atlanta, it is estimated that the Yam.
KEGS lost from eighteen to7t#enty thousand
men, among them five general officers. Our
loss was also severe, and viii exceed seven
Thousand. = - .2..tss : =. 81 :
Gen. Hood was born in, Bath County,
Kentucky, on the 29th Of June, 1881. He
graduated at West Point in theclass Of
1853. ~, s4es I.
The Yankees have just completed q
monster 2Oiinch gun at the FortPitt works
near Pittsburg, Pa: The gun is estimated
to weigh l15, 900 pounds. -.
= Banks made aspeech at New Orleans,
( in which lie declared that the settlement
Of our difficulties must proceed from the
moral power Of this country, which is more
efdcacious than military power.
s. New York Tribune states that The
number Of patients in all the military and
camp hospitals throughout the, country is
140, 900.
The 400 girls working at theeotton fac
tory at Roswell Ga, we're arrested by
order of Sherman, and sent north, offhe
Ohio - .4ri-s-s Z. = 4
1T is stated that the. casualties ofthe
Confederates, during the late expedition to
Maryland, viii not exceed a thousand men.
-Gentlemen who lately visited Anderson.
vile are confident that there is asnficient
Confederate force there to defeat any raid
the enemy may make on that place. Us
Captain Thomas A. Huguenin, senior
captain of the 1st 8. c. infantry, has beeh
assigned to the command of Fort Sumter.
= The Hagerstosn Herald states that.in
addition to the sum of 100000 demanded
by the invaders, to be paid by the citizens,
the following articles had to be furnished !:
Goats; 24a; pants, 2oa; drawers, 1872;
hose, 1877; boots 80; shoes, 1913; hats,
$50; shirts, 225; piece goods, l27Oa yards;
70 pieces cloth, assorted. a. = '-;s-5 - ,
As is reported, Gen. SD. LEE, with
from eight to ten thousand troops, has join
ed Gen. Hood. Within few days We may
look fornews Of stirring eyeptsin the neigh.
borhocd of Atlanta. 8.''s ; {,
- Gen. Henry R. jackson left for the
front on Wednesday with others, to take
the. command made vacant iuthe army;of
Penssssee bythe death of Brig Gen. OH.
Stevens. =
Gen. Hood is effectually and radically
changing the condition of things in the
horse department He dismounted the
command that sacked Atlanta, some nights
ago, and is executing his stringent orders to
dismount every horseman and muleman who
lis found absent from his command.
The Selma Reporter says that in Gal.
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houn county aoug was sailing at $50 per
barrel. The Selma Dispatch announces
the arrival of new -four inthe market =
The Claiborne iSoutherner says that the
planters in Pontotoo county, Miss, are con.
tracing to deliver wheat at 81 per bushel.
FROM sULLIvAN's ISLAND
~ 80. - July rs, 1854.