Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-01-27
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-A,fre occurred in Columbia on the
10th inss., which destroyed cotton and other
property valued at from two to three mil.
lions of dollars. Some 700 bales: Of the
cotton belonged to the Confederate Govern.
ment. There was about $3.50, 900 insured.
- Trinity (Episcopal) Church, Abbeville,
contributed 5000 so, and the citizens. of
the town $3.50 more, for the purpose Of
equipping Gen. Morgan and his command
for the field.
Last week $500, were collected in
Charlotte, N. G., for the use Gen. Morgan's
command. .f''
Seven hospital buildings and large
amount of oommissary stores and clothing
were destroyed by fire, on the 2lst instant,
at Camp Winder, near Richmond.
- The Petersburg and Richmond papers
say more ice has already been gathered in
that vicinity than was secured last winter.
"A propcsitioa has been made in Rioh-
mond to establish general association, for
the purpose Of supplying absent arms and
limbs to our mutilated soldies. -
"A substituted man in Lynchburg, Va,
of considerable means, applied for work in
shop for making wooden bottomed shoes,
and offered to work for fifty cents day.
The propeller Grey Jacket, from Mo.
bile for Havana, with 535 bales cotton, was
captured by the Yankees on the Sd inst.
= Calvin Lewis, an old penitentiary bird,
who has cutting the telegraph wires in the
neighborhood. of Augusta, was caught on
the. night of the 18th inst, and lodged in
Jail.
We do not like to see people laying the
shame of their extortion to Confederate
money, and at the same time scrambling
worse than dog after bone to get it all.
# such people were half as good as Con-
federste money they would have some soul
W. W. Clements, of Orange county,
N. c., grinds wheat, corn, &c., at hismill,
free of toll, for soldiers widows and wives,
aud for widows who have sons In the army.
- The Edgefeld Advertiser says, Liout
Markert, whose capture we recorded last
week, has outwitted the Yankees and given
them the slip. He is now safe in Dixie.
An iron manufacturing company has
been organized at Athens, Ga, and will
soon commence operations. ~
Gen. Hood appeared on horseback in
Richmond, on the 18th inst, for the first
time since the loss of his limb.
- The Richmond Whig says that Hon.
r. W. Rhett, Senator from this State, is
detained at home by an attack Of typhoid
fever.
- The latest news from Newbern, N. c.,
estimates the Yankee troops there at {, 1000,
of whom 1000 are blacks. The small pox'
was raging among the soldiers and citizens.
Commissioner Ould has recently visited
the enemy's lines, and the solicitation Of "a
renewal Of the exchange of prisoners has
been positively declined. BE was assured
that Butler would be retained in command,
and his recognition made the sine qua NON
of any further negotiations.
Five hundred negroes are at work gra.
ding the Columbia and Hamburg Railroad.
300 dozen spades have been received in
Lexington district for grading purposes.
After the battles around Richmond
there we're III wounded Jews 10 the houses
Of their brethren in that city.
- The people of Middle Tennessee are
very hopeful, and look to Forrest astheir
liberator. He, got between three and four
thousand recruits on bis recent trip to West
Tennessee.
- The Alabama was last heard from in
the Strait of Sunda, between the islands Of
Supatra and Java, pursued by the steamer
Wyoming. Yankee steamers have been
pursuing her for two years, and they have
not yet caught her.
1t is stated, says the London Morning
Herald, that the Confederate government
has made due provision for the payment of
the 975,OOO sterling cotton loan bonds to
be drawn for in March.
- The Calais Journal says that ten Fede-
raj vessels are reported cruising in the Brit
ish Channel after the Rappahanock; but
with our long nights and heavy fog it will
be easy for her to evade them.
Rev. DR.. Hoge says that to hail from
the Confederate States is passport in Eng
land, and to hail from the dominions of A
braham Lincoln Lar to good society"
- Ten thousand pairs Of shoes have been
sent from Richmond for the supply Of the