Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-04-20
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The Medical Board of Examination,
will meet at this place, on Saturday and
Monday next, the 23d aud 25th instant.
- The weather continues tickle, bringing
down a shower now and then. We think
the farmers will be able to get in their
grain between showers now, for it is toe
late to put it off any longer.
Monday next, is the day the negroes
from this District are called for, to go to
the Coast-if not sent, it is said they will
be impressed. 1t is hard, atthis time, but
we presume the t'niggers" are no better
than poor white folks.
The bombardment of Charleston con.
tinues on Friday about fifty shells were
thrown in the city, wounding a boy at work
in blacksmith shop. Some shots were
fred at Sumter, as usual, without damage.
The Central Association of Columbia,
will dispatch cars for Lees Army April
22d; Johnson's, April 29th; Longstreet's,
May 1st.
- Gold, in New York, on the 18th inst.
is quoted at s175s.
- strawberries have been selling in the
Savannah market for week. Green peas,
we learn, will tempt them this week.
Gen. W. s. Walker, SO long and ia.
vorably known as the commander of the
Sd Military District of South Carolina, is,
we hear, likely to be sent to more active
field of duty. - - ... ~.
= Bishop Paine was recently visited, we
are told, by the Yankees, in theirshurried
raid on Aberdeen. Forrest did mot permit
them to stay long-long enough, however,
We are told, to steal some of the Bishops
provisions and three or four negroes.
We regret (says the Charleston Mercs-
ry of the 12th) to announce the death Of
the Hon. R. F. W. Aston, Ex-Governor
of South Carolina. He died on Thursday
last, at his plantationsou Pee Dee.
-. We learn that restrictions on Railroads
at Charlotte, N. c., have been removed,
and that soldiers now can 60 forward to join
their commands without delay.
At a meeting of the City Council Of
Charleston, on Tuesday evening, the city
taxes were reduced one half.
"A party of Coufederates recently. took
possession of the light house at Cape Look
out aud blew it up.
- Advices from beyond our lines confirm
the report of the Confederate victory in the
Trans. Mississippi Department. The wound
ed are arriving at Baton Rouge in large
numbers. -
-Buford, nephew of the Yankee Gen.
Buford, entered our lines as deserter few
days since, bringing with him fine horse.
He is now at Gen. Wickbam's headquar
ters.
- Col. Wolford, of Kentucky, who re-
Gently denounced the enlistment of negroes
in that State, and who was arrested in con-
sequence, but was subsequently set at liber
ty and ordered to join his regiment, has beer
dismissed from the service without trial
by order Of, President Lincoln.
-Its acknowledgements that the
United States will not send minister tc
recognize Maximillian's Government.
A Washington correspondent says thai
Forests raid was planned, at the North
the clothing supply being sent from Cincin
natl and New York for the purpose Of cap
ture, and to clothe Forests men.
In the Yankee House of Representa-
tives, Henry Winter Davis, from the Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs, reported a reso
luton declaring that it does not accord Will
the spirit of the people to acknowledge
monarchical Government in Mexico unde
any European power. The resolution wa
unanimously adopted.
john G. Rives, of the Con9rssstona
| Globe, Washington, is dead. -