Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-06-22
To the Community.
HEADQUARTERS, GOVERNMENT Works,
AUGUSTA, Ga, Jupe, l3, 1864.


AUGUSTA, Ca, Jupe l3, 1864.
I deem it right and proper that you
should know the exact condition of affairs
in which one and all have such vital inte.
rests Being entrusted by the War Depart
ment with the command Of this Post, it is
necessary that should take such measures
as will best secure its defence. The i'm
portarce of this point to the Coufederacy is
known as we'll to the Northern Government
ardin Europe as it is to yourselves That
the enemy will eDdesvor to destroy the
publicinterestshere,if ,if be conceivcs tin any
way practicable, isavery evident, and he is
now making the preliminary arrangements
to this end by concentration of his troops,
vessels and supplies at Hilton Head. This
information comes tome officially from the
highest source in this Department. A let
ter addressed by an emissaryof the enemy,
fresh from Port Royal, from this city but .
few days since-which providentially came
into our possessiou-to another agent of the
Federals in another town, states explicitly
their designs in relation to Augusta and
Anderson, and that the time of "dealing a
death blow" to the Confederacy and reap.
ing ''rich harvest in this city, is near
at hand. The writer also alludes to certain
persons in this community who are accept
ed by US and treated as our friends, who
are implicated in this matter and whose
services "cannot be overestimated. d." Also,
that in conversation with some of the
principal Federal prisoners whilst passing
through this city on their way to Anderson,
they were informed as to the payt they were
to act and the time and mode of delivery.
The writer pays compliment to the loyalty
of our eouutrymeD, for he states ''no South
ern man is in the secret. >" Again, couple
Of Yankees have, just been brought to this
city-one corporal and the other private
who have passes from Major General
Thomas, of the Federal army, to enter our
lines if they can, and they leisurely Proceed
through the heart of Georgia, spending
sulne eighteen hours in Hamburg, taking
notes in short hand, and are fairly on their
way through South Carolina with their
gathered information before they are finally
apprebeuded. These mens it is said, wore
their blue Federal uniforms, and found a.
bundaut entertainment from our creduleus
citizens who supposed that they we're Con-
federate soldiers, and had they not grown
oyer bold. from continued success, they
could easily have arrived at the. Federal lines.
Is it not plain that we are permeated with
spies and agents of the enemy, and On the
eve of a bloody drama, unless they become
appalled, by the preparations making fol
their reception.
L have freely given the above facts to the
community, in order that it may perceive
the necessity for. bringing out our. whole
energies, and that it may be prepared fol
the stringent measures it will become ne
cessary to take. as soon as shall receivt
information from Maj. Gen. Jones, Com
mandipg the, Department, that the enem,
have eomue enced a raid for the interior.
Fortunately, the information, given b!
the letter writer that there are "no de
fences" around Augusta is incorrect. Will
an unfordable and rapid river in front, ant