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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-08-17
The Result..

The following very remarkable article ap.
peared in theoficial organ of the Yankee
Administration, edited by John.W Forney:
"Any man who .fancissthat We are going
to get Richmond without further and more
desperate fighting is mistaken. The men
who we fight aresAmericans. They are free
born citizens, and of;sfes proudest of the
proud. Therebel army Of Virginia, ,iaoom.
posedsof the elite,of tho Southern .people.
It reckons in its. ranks men of education
and position, fulI;of the pride of family,
and accustomed toexalt courage into God
like virtue They ere burning with-a pas
siohate antipathy to a people sWhom they
have thoroughly misunderstood, formerly
despised, but are nov learning torespect.-
They are not to be cowed; though, when
thoroughly ,yanquished,. they gill have the
manhood to own it. But, until sthsy are
vanquished, they will fight with an energy
and a desperation that must command the
admiration of every heroic spirit, even while
deploring their folly and despising their
cause. The body of Lees army is made up
of.veterans, who are used to exposure, en-
ured to discipline, and are unshaken by the
thunders of battle. Such troops can be
beaten only by succession Of desperate
struggles. Norare they likely to become
demoralized. They will yieldto inevitable
necessity only when they recognize it as in
eyitable.- That.they will be male,to feel
this we have not the slightest doubt" : ,
What high compliment to the morale
of the Southern army; and wrung reluctant,
ly from that inveterate Southern hater, John
W. Forney. And what too, must be the
feelings of Foruey and bis Yankee friends,
when be compares the material of the Yau.
kee army, with that commanded by General
Lee. Would that be could have stood upon
the streets of Petersburg, as we did yester'
day, and have seen the $50 prisoners cap
tured by Souf forces on Saturday. The mean,
low, contemplate looking genuine Yankee
the recently imported Irish the sensual
looking German; the taway Indian, and
last, but not least, the real eboshin, simon
pure negro, about two hundred of whom
were sprinkled among the motley crowd
A bystander remarked, not appropriately,
that Lincoln had scraped the world with ?
fine tooth comb to procare meu to make ur
his army. This is the stuff which the elitt
of the Southern people are required to fight,
and which by the help Of Almighty God,
they invariably vanquish in battle. More
than ever are We convinced of the truth
"that the race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the stroug;" and elf God be for US,
who can successfully contend against u.s."
q" Psters6urg Erpress.
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which France annually produces 120, ,000,-

which France annually produces 100000
900 pounds of sugar, is doubtless required
for the sorgho, viz: thorough b study OF its
nature, with process of extracting the
sugar specially adapted to it. A very large
proportion of our people will, doubtless, be
satisfied with the production of a, good sy-
rup, which they may obtain by following
the process described as above, until the
juice attains the required density. By
omitting the lime water, an agreeable but
slightly acidulous syrup. is formed OF
lighter color, but it is not liable to crystal
ize, owing to the presence Of acid matter.
| A cheap and good vinegar can be- made
from the syrup. To eight gallons of clear
rain water add three quarts of syrup; turn
the mixture into clean, tight cask, shake
it well two or three times and add three
spaonfuls of good yeast or yeast cakes
Place the cakes in warm place, and in ten.
or fifteen days add sheet Of common wrap.
ping paper, smeared with molasses, and
torn into narrow strips, and you will soon
have good vinegar. Any sweet fruits or
roots, such as figs, beets, water melon juice,
the skimming of the sugar boiler; &C., add
to the bulk and quantity, when exposed to
the oxygen of the air for the acetous fer
mentation to be effected. The scientific
mode of making vinegar rapidly, is to pass
the liquor repeatedly through barrels.per-
forated at the sides with holes, and filled
with wood shavings, so that it may be thor
oughly permeated by the oxygen of the at
mosphere.
The unripe canes can be used for making
syrup and alcohol, but will not yield sugar.
The alcohol produced by only one distilla-
tion is nearly destitute of foreign flavor,
having an agreeable taste somewhat resem.
bling noyau, being much less ardent and
fiery than rum. A beverage analogous to
cider is also made from the fermented juice
of the sorgho. . - ~...%
1t should be recollected that to1nake 50.
gar, syrup, vinegar, alcohol zer. cider, the
JUICE of the sorgho must be first defeated
or clarified by lime (three ounces of lime in
five or six times its weight of water to each
gallon of juice) and heat, and then filtered.
At the proper temperature and with the ad.
dition- of,a little brewers yeast, or yeast
cakes, the juice will undergo the vigorous
fermentation in from three to FIVE days.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-08-17
Gen. Hood Increases his Army.

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The Atlanta correspondent Of Columbus
Enquirer, says that Gen. Hood is rapidly
increasing the fighting men of hisarmy:
.-- Gen. Hood is putting guns into the hands
of every available man. connected with the
army. All of the cooks have been armed-and
returned to their respective commands, and
the negroes connected with the army have
been employed iu that capacity. Quarter.
masters and Commissioners have been made
to disgorge the many surperauous men in
their departments surgeons also. The re-.
suit is the army has received a considerable
reinforcement. In Glaytou's division alone
the number Of pew'men returned from the
cooking detsohments reached 300, which
at this time is considered good regiment
The increase from the cooks alone will
reach 1000 effective men.
But Gen. Hood does not stop here. He
has ordered the armipg of every artillerist,
except from, No. l to 6, who are absolutely
necessary to handle a piece; from this
source an increase will be obtained amount.
ing to near 10000 men. I must say, how
ever, that this order converting artillery in.
to infantry caused considerable Auttering
amongthe battery boys. True, many Of
them take the thing quite easy, perfectly
willing to serve the country at this critical
juucture in any capacity that will aid iD
the overthrow of Sherman. and his "Res-
slams" From this our readers will at once
perceive that Gen. Hood is determined to
leave nothing undone that will subserve
the great interest of the country.
1 am proud to say thousands ofGeorgi.s
ans are responding TO the last call of Gov.
Brown. If & general engagement can be
delayed one week longer, and the enemy
retail their present position, Sherman and
his army will be routed.
Z Sherman does not manifest disposition
to she'll Atlanta. For two. days he has not
thrown she'll into the place.
Large quantities Of tobacco continue to
be unearthed and brought from its hiding
places, in and around Atlanta, which Gen.
Hood promptly impresses for the use of the
army. There is no doubt but what the
owners thought that Atlanta would be evac-
uated and then they and their tobacco
would fall into the embraces Of the Yam.
KEGS. ,-.. -.-.-
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The Late Fight Of Mobile Point.

;Forfear that the impression may get
abroad that the Confederate naval force in
the late fghtoi Mobile Point, was In any
manner equal to that of the enemy, the Sa-
vanuah RepubZican makes the following
statement on the authority Of an officer well
acquaintedewith the same: ".>.. -.
The Tennessee is an iron.c9ad after the
style of the Merfimae, Virginia mount.
ing six guns. She has Eve inch plates on
the sides, and six inches on the ends of her
Inclined shield. Her battery. was two 7
inch. and four 6 ~ Brooks rifles. Her com.
mander was James D. Johnston, with Lieu.
tenants William L. Bradford, A. D. Whar-
ton and F j. McDermott. The Gaines and
Morgan were sister vessels, with their en-.
gines (high pressure, parallel, protected by
ten inch iron plates magazines not entirely
below; the water line. They each mounted
two banded 80 FOUNDER rifles Of 81 cwt,
four smooth 52'sof 81 cwt., and four smooth
4 bore 32's:of 42cWt. The Gaines was COM
manded by 1st Lieut.t John W. Bennett,
and the Morgan by Commander Geo. W.
Harrison. The Selma was formerly the
steamer Florida, packet between Mobile
/ and New Orleans, had her boiler protected
by a plating Of one inch iron-engines not
protected. She was commanded bylst Lieut.
P. A. Murphy, and mounted four guns, two
9 inch Dahlgren, one 8 inch shsll gun, and
one 50 FOUNDER banded rifle of57 owt. The
three. wooden vessels are large, side wheel
steamers, totally unfit for vessels Of war
Admiral Buchanan probably had bis flag
on board the Gaines, and as she was beached
near Fort Morgan we thus are informed Of
his injuries. 1t will be seen that we had
really but one war vessel, the Tennessee, to
oppose of the best Mississippi river monitors
and Farragut's splendid fighting feet of
wooden vessels, which have set all batteries
and forts at defiance since May '62. Tits to
be regretted that the Tennessee had not
singled out Farragut's flag shipaad sent her
to the bottom before she was herself so dis.
abled as to render surrender necessary:
The presence of feet in Mobile bay does
not jeopardize the safety of the city in the
slightest degree. The heavy ships of Far
ragut's feet cannot get within rs miles of
Mobile, and we venture to say that vessels
of nine feet draft will scarcely be found in
the neighborhood Of the BONA Jide defences
of that place. 1t has been looked upon as
perfectly feasible for Farragut to have
passed the forts and entered the bay any day
during the past two years, and our authori-
ties have acted upon that belief by placing
the batteries intended as the real defence in
anch position that they cannot be Aanked or
passed. These facts are given on the au-
thority Of officers who have spent much
time at Mobile and are perfectly familiar
with the situation there. They are of the
opinion that the fall of Fort Morgan is
no more dangerous to Mobile than the
fall of Pulaski was the precursor Of the Gall
of Savannah. ....
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sts. Colonel John R. Johnston, the we'll
known portrait painter, who was arrested
during the recent exeitement'in Baltimore
upon the charge Of endeaVoriug to persuade
persons to join the Southern army, has
been released from Fort McHenry upon
the condition that he take the oath of allie.
glance to the United States, give bond in
the sum of $4,000 to demeap himself in
the future as "loyal'' citizen, and have
his hair (Which had grown to an enormous
leugth) cut off short. The conditions were
complied with.
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Gen. Elliott's Brigade.

"sA line officer" who was an eye witness
of, and one of the actors in Elliotts brigade,
in the engagement succeeding the explosion
of Grants mine, gives the Petersburg Er
press the following statement of the part
borne in it by the brigade: g4r
The portion ofthe: brigade that was in the
bitches, was; composed of the I7th,; 18th,
22nd. 23rd and 26th South, Carolina regi.
ments. The right Of the 18th S. G. ",
was posted on the left Of Pegram,s Battery,
and the 18th and 26th. on the left of the
,lsth. regiment. The 22d.was on the right
of. Pegram's Battery, and the 23rd on the
right of the 22ud, The mine was sprung
little after daylight, on the morning of the
a0th July, tearing up the ground occupied
by five companies Of the 18th regiment,
and about the same number of the 22nd.
|. As good many of the men were asleep
at the time of the explosion, and several of
those not killed, were stunned and bewilder-
ed by it, it caused some confusion for q
while, but those left unhurt, were soon raj
lied, and seizing a gun wherever one could
be found, commenced pouring in deadly
fire on the enemy, who were. fast coming
into the portion of the line that was blown
up. II was but a few minutes before twelve
of the enemy's banners could be counted in
the break in our lines. The whole brigade
soon became engaged in defence. Of orr
works, and taking advantage Of the traver-
ses, and other bitches leading to the rear Of
the line, fought with gallantry and despe-
ration unsurpassed by any troops. Tie
most of the fighting was at close range, and
some of it areguiar hand to hand contest.
The enemy made several attenpts to leave
the ditch, and GROSS the field iuthe direction
of Petersburg, but they wereeach time driV-
en- back to the cover Of the ditch, by the
CALLING flank fire poured into them on the
right and left by our men. The first troops
that came to our assistance were two brig.
AIDES of Mahone's division, q think, } which
made charge on the enemy about 9 o'clock
a. m. This will show you that Elliott's
Brigade held the enemy in check about foar
"a hours. The most of the brigade parti-
cipated in every charge that was made on
the enemy during the day, and as an evi-
dence of their gallant fighting. I call your
attention to the list of killed, wounded and
missing from each regiment.
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Peace Prospects.

r. There are not wanting manysigns thatthe
war is drawing to close. On the part Of
the Yankees, though ostensibly an offensive
one, it has really become purely defensive
in its character. 1t is to protect Washing
ton and Philadelphia, to prevent the june.
ton of Lee and Early, that.they are,now
laundering before the lines Of Pesersburg
it is to, save Cincinnati from the flames that
they keep pounding away at what has been
erroneously termed the gate city Of the
South. The subjugation of the Gonfedera.
cy' no longer enters into their dreams. They
owe it, indeed, to their iuordiuate self.es.
TEEN still to keep up brave front, and, con-
sequently, they are not yet prepared to &C.
knowIed dge themselves q defeated people,
Nevertheless, the glesm of Early's bayonets
over the PeansylVauian hills, at a. time
when they were fattering their hearts with
the~hope that the Confederacy was tottering
to its fall, has at last awakened them to the
true state of the case. If. we could look
,inso their policy now, We should probably
nd it solely directed towards guarding the
North against an invasion by the Southern
armies in force. ...
=, There is, indeed, no small reason for such
AN apprehension. After the middle of Sep
tember, their efficiency in the field will be
reduced to the lowest possible point. The
whole. body Of their veteran men will then
have completed its term Of service. The
."one hundred days men, will also have re.
turned home. : Nothing will be left but a
mob of raw recruits, deficient in numbers
as we'll as in discipline. What, in that case
is to prevent Lee from marching straight
over these worthless opponents into. the
heartof the Northern border States, and
perhaps, debating peace'.in Philadelphia,
even New York itself ? This is, by no
means so wild a vision as it sounds; yet,
granting it to be improbable, we may at least
be assured that 30 far as offensive operations
are concerned, the North, in two months,
will be utterly powerless. This, of course,
is affirmed on. the supposition that no sue,
cess of Sherman's or of Farragut's' ihall re.
kiudle thewar spirit upon the other side of
the Potomac; and such turn in our pros.
poets being contingency which We insist
upon regarding as impossible, we think we
are safe in predicting that unless we our
selves push forward intosY Y Yankeedom, active
hostilities may cease before many moons
roll over our heads. 1t must not be infer
red, however, that we expect an immediate
acknowledgement Of our iudependence.-
The Federal Government will probably con-
rinue to assert, as theory, its supremacy
over these Statesfsome time after it has a.
bandoned all hope Of subduing them. 1t
may effect to include the, Confederacy in it's
dominions as the Kings of England did
France, until Napoleon compelled George
to relinquish the absurd pretension. Should
it so happen, we could afford to be indiffer.
ent, while in the enjoyment de tacto of our
rights and liberties. In the end, however,
even the empty title to our independence
will have to be- conceded to US.
..., -. 90 South CaroRwan.
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The Spirit with which the North Wa.
ges the War. - '

! fhe spirit Win WHICH Inc NorCn Wd-
ges the War. - .t-.
| A Yankee paper-even the West Chester
| (New York; observation-disclosures to the
| atrooious spirit of determination with which
the North wages this war. 1t says:
.Fi7eminutes compensation with an aboli,
zionist will, reveal to you the fact that he
conceives that the people Of the North actu'
ally own the people Of the South, and that
It is nothing short Of the most unparalleled
presumption for them to suppose thatthey
| have any right to houses, land or estate
much less to that of self government
t"These men are SO intractable,," say they,
$50 bitter, determined, that there will be
no living with them in the future. We
must exterminate them and seize their
property" ...
This highly humane and christian con-
clusion is reached with the most perfect
GOODNESS and composure. Of course, why
should it not be so2 Are we not more civ.
ilized than they?e Are we not more intel.
ligent? Do we not exceed them in all the
humane and gentler vrtues? In word,
are we not the saints and does not the world
belong to the saints? Surely it does.-
Ergo, the South belongs to us, and long as
we can print green. backs and buy people to
do our fighting for JUS, we will keep up this
war of determination. Wedo not expect to
conquer them, but we have two or three
to their ons, and with generals who are
willing to turn wholesale butchers, we can
"wipe them out" in the expressive language
used on Sherman's raid. ~''
This is the programme now adopted. The
war is one simply for externipation. It is
waged for. that purpose. The idea of being
able to conquer the South has long since
been abaodoued. 1t is simply cold, cruel
war of bitter determination. There is not
even one spark of generosity to soften its
composition ofmalignity, cruelty and slaugh-
ter. Over the heads of the men fighting
more braVely than men ever fought, hangs
the vile threat Of negro equality, and the
confscat;on of sll their property, and yet the
people profess to wonder why they are so
bitter This is like knocking man down,
beating him nearly to death, stealing his
clothes and leaving him by the roadside in
pitiless storm, and then wondering Why
he does not love and embrace US. IF these
people who are urging on this crusade Of
slaughter would sit down calmly for five
minutes and ask themselves how they would
like the same measure meted out to them,
they could not deceive themselves longer,
unless as is most likely, they wished to be
deceived.
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Evacuation Of Brownsville, Texas.

Evacuation Of Brownsville, Texas.
CLINTON, August 5.-New Orleans pa
pers state that tho enemy has entirely evac
uated Brownsville, Texas, removing every
thing. .-.--.. ,..1 g..
Our batteries, iu sinking the steamer
Clara Bell, killed 8 and wounded 13 Yam
KEGS. The balance escaped to skipwitb
Landing.
A National Negro Convention is to be
held at New York on the 4th October.
Yesterday morning, at eight O'Clock, COL
Scott captured the ssockade at 'Doyle's plan
tatiop, on the river, below Baton Rouge,
without the loss of man. We have over
100 prisoners and a large amount Of militia
ry stores. ....
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nephew of the late Secretary Chase, whom
be had known in more: peaceful and. less
perilous times. -. > -.
The fifty Yankee officers whosbave been
exchanged told our officers that during. their
confinement in Charleston bnt one shell had
fallen in the neighborhood Of their quarters
and that was on the day, before their ex-
change. ,,Il.a* - -
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SLAVE LABOR FOR THE COAST.
DIVISION NO. 4.
COMMISSIONERS of Roads al

VI 1eOboo ee1hN'
town authorities within the judicial Districts Of Pick
ems, Spartanburg, Greenvile, Anderson, Union, YORK,
Chester Laurens Abbeville and Newbery, will forthwith
summon all Shareholders within their respective limits to
deliver of their slaves liable road duty a the
railroad depos nearest their residences the
30h day Of August next, there 10 await transportation 10
Charleston for thirty days labor on the Qualifications
III. Negroes delivered the Greenvle and Columbia
Railroad will take the train which leaves Greenve at 52o
O'Clock, a IN.
Those delivered on the Charlotte and South Carolina
Railroad will take the train which leaves Charlotte at
O'CLOCK. q. =
Those delivered on the Spartanburg and Union Railroad
will take the passenger train down.
Those delivered the Laurens Railroad will take the
passenger tain down. -
Those delivered the Kings Mountain Railroad will
take the passenger train down.
Those delivered on the Blue Ridge Railroad will take the
train which leaves Walhala ut O'Clock, a.m.N
ILL., Commissioners of Roads who have not made returns
will do SO al once. To avoid confusion and injustice the
of all be promptly revised and
10 this Office. ,.s
W. Atteion is directed to the call of Maj Gen. JONES,
for tren ue h,dred road hands The necessity for labor
is extremely urgent All volunteer labor furnished at once
will be credited on this call. K. b. JOHNSON,
Agent Of the State Of South Carolina
Capden, July p, 1854. ..--..
yuIv0 30 ST
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Ha- The Eraminsr is pleased to state for
the benefit of the soldiers, that it is. report
ed that the Government has now secured
the services of honest and competent men
in department lately complained of, and
that hereafter none but sound tobacco will
be issued.
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HEADQUARTERS.
Reserve Forces, s. c.,
COLUMBIA, July 30, 1864

GENERAL ORDER NO.4.
T ALL details Of persons of the Re-
serve classes heretofore granted by the Conscpt au
thorties revoked by General Order No. g. Conscrp'
Department. s. c. hereby revived and continued upon
such terms and for same period as originally granted
III. Enrolling Officers will forward TO these Headquarters
the Rolls as indicated by Major Melton, Commandant Of
Conscripts, s. c.
Ill Applications for details will in future be made
through the local Enrolling Officers who will investigate
the clams-being governed by the Rules and Regulations
prescribed by the Bureau of Conscrpon. The papers Will
then be forwarded the Commandant of Conschpts for
his and these Headquarters, where
~final1sctlon win be taken upon them. -.-
BY command Brig. Gen. CHsssrr.
ED. H. BARNWELL, A. A. Gen.