Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-11-23
FROM sUILIVAN,s ISLAND.
NOVEMBER 10, 1854.

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Mr. Editor: Since my last, the shel
ling Of the city has been regularly KEEP
up, day and night. On Sunday night
a man and his wife we're killed on Cal
houn street by shell, they were fount
dead, in bed, next morning. The Vel
low Fever has abated in the city, NJ
new cases reported. The cool weathe,
will in ashort time, no doubt, free th'
place from the dreaded calamity. w
have had some very cold weather here
and last Friday was cold, disagreeabls
day, with high winds. Fort Sumter il
occasionally shelled from Black Islant
and Morris Island, and q few are thrown
at different points of fhis Island almos'
every day. On Friday night, asehoon
er laden with cotton and tobacco attempt
ing to run out, was driven ashore by the
high winds, and run aground near Fort
Moultrie, and was wrecked. Thescre
escaped. Early on Saturday morning
the enemy seeing thevessel, commenced
heavy FIRE on it from their batteries
and from one of the Monitors. About
IL o'clock, noon, the vessel was discoy.
cred to be onfre, and continued to burn
during the evening and at night.s a
siderable portion Of the cotton, about
enc hundred bales, and alarge quantity
Of the tobacco was saved. On Sunday
morning, tie house occupied by Capt.
Rhett, Of, Co. B, was burnt down. he
succeeded in saving his trunk, books,
papers and bedding, everything else was
destroyed. One Of the Lieutenants,
sleeping in the same house, barely es,
capped with his life, and lost everything,
being. in the room where the FIRE broke
out, was awakened just in. time to es-
cape. The FIRE was accidental. It. o
.riginated from some loose cotton that
had been put in the ROOM About II
o'clock at night, the Captain and Lieu;
tenant had, in accordance with orders
from Headquarters, went with the com
pany to the wrecked vessel to save part
of the cargo. Some tobacco was Sc
cured, which was to be divided among
the men Of the company. It was taken
to the Captain quarters for safe keep.
ing. A small lot of loose cotton was
also brought.up for the purpose Of ma
king a Mattress. Having been taken
from the burning bales, there was still
fire in it when placed in the house, but
was not noticed. About 4 O'Clock in the
morning, a sentinel on post discovered
the fire, and awakened the Captain and
Lieutenant: The flames spread very
rapidly. it beingperfectl calm, no other
building was injured, there were: some
others very close. P.5 sss IS: 5.
On last night party Of Federal pris-
oners from Florence, ninety-six in num-
Der, arrived here, they had taken the
oath Of allegiance, and will be mustered
into service at some point, their aesti-
nation I have not learned. It is also
reported that four or five hundred more
have, at the same place, takemthe oath
and viii soon follow their comrades TO
1 some mt point for snlistment Ehose that
arrived here are in a bad condition ; in
rags and barefooted, they appear to
have undergone much suffering from
exposure and filth. I Ilearned that over
ten thousand have died since their arrii-
val at Andersonyille, Ga, and during
their stay at Florence, the deaths at the
latter place averaging about fifty per
day, and at the former place, from eigh-
ty to one hundred per day. The term
of service with the most of them, was
nearly out, and the Lincoln Govern
ment thought, no doubt, that an 'ex-
change for them would not increase the
strength of their armies very much,
therefore they left them to the mercy
of the people of the South, little caring
what became Of them, as they had been
used as mere tools to wage this warfare
and as they we're not pro6ting them
much, they were cast aside, without any
show of feeling or mercy on their, part.
Such a Government will not long endure
that can entlce by tar promises, and
bounties, thousands Of foreign citizens
into their armies, and then cast them of
to suffer and die like the beasts Of the
field. Our Government has used great
exertions to render those who fall into
their hands as comfortable as possible.
Humanity has ever been exercised to-
wards them. Those who have taken
the oathappe satis6ed with tho change,
as their condition is greatly Improved,
and tha,u CIV may add To .nnr strength in