Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-11-02

lno injury The sand was thrown thick
y on him BY the bursting Of the shell
There was.no firing on the city atnight
On Friday morning, few shells wer'
thrown at this place. It was announ
ced in the morning that an inspection
would take place to-day by Gen. Har
dee, the Companies were paraded II
uniform, with arms, and marched to tht
batteries. A detachment was marched
to each gun, and; stacked arms in the
rear, the balanseof each company were
posted in therear of the patapet. About
II o'clock, Gen. Hardee and staff, ace
companied by Gen. Ripley, made their
appearance at the boat landing, nearthe
bridge. Gen. Hardee commenced his
tour Of observation at the new battery
on the. Point, near the bridge. AS he
passed the several batteries, the men
stood near their pieces in the position Of
gunners, with the reserve in the rear Of
each company, saluted him with a pre-
sent arms, the compliment was duly re-
turned by the commander in chief. He
passed on his tour Of observation With
out stopping to make any remarks
His appearance presents a parsonage OF
deep intellect, mature deiberation and
forethought. He is of atall, slender
stature, has a piercing eye, and his hair
and beard are'very grey. He appears
to be about fifty years of age. Having
finished his work of observation, he re-
turned to the city in the evening. Du-
ring the evening some shellswere thrown
here, the firing ceased about eight o.
clock, and during the night there was
mo firing on any point.
Saturday all was quiet, no firing on
the city. Late, in the evening and at
night a few shots were fred at Sumter.
About 12 o'clock at night the steamer
Flora, attempting to run into the har-
Dor, got aground near Moultrie, and was
wrecked. The vessel was from Nassau,
laden With valuable cargo. Being
pursued on the voyage, a part of the
cargo was thrown overheard, and when
near this place was again pursued by
the picket boats of the enemy. In;try-
ing to escape the vesselwasrun.aground
About day light a heavy fire was COM
mencsd on the wreck, from batteries
Wagner and New York. Gregg, also,
fred some shots. Two Monitors Of the
feet took an active part. The firing
was kept up during the day, though
slower in the evening. Some firing was
done occasionally during the night. A
part of the cargo was removed during
the night. About j o'clock, a. M, a
fire broke out in the city, on Cannon
street, and a kitchen and stable were
burnt, during the time of the fire the
Yankees threw a few shells into the city.
On Monday all was quiet until late
in the evening, the enemy threw a few
shots at the wreck. Our batteries soon
opened a rapid fire on Monitor that
came out towards the wreck, the firing
lasted but short time, the Monitor
moved back to the fleet out of danger.
Some boats went to the wreck for the
purpose of removing the cargo, but the
greater part of the vessel was under
water, and but a. small portion of the
cargo could be removed, and when the
tide had fallen the enemy commenced
shelling again, and the wreck had to be
left. The firing was kept up slowly
during the night. # -
Tuesday some shells were thrown at
Castle Pinckney, during the day. At
night detachments, in small boats, again
went to the wreck to remove some of
the cargo. Some barrels of sugar, box;
es of Cotton Cards were secured
While our men were aboard the wreck,
three barges filled with Yankee plckets
moved up and some of them. came on
board our men mistaking them and
their boats, for our men coming to the
wreck but made their Escape to their
boats, and soon brought up our pickets
who were stationed close at hand. A
few vollies of musketry and grape shot
from battery Rutledge, caused the Yam
kee adventurers to move back in quick
time, out of reach of harm.
On yesterday, few shots were fred
at Fort Sumter, all quiet during the
night. The siege of the city and the
harbor appears to be game that the
enemy has become weary Of, and, no