Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-01-13

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- The Senate has confirmed the appoint
ment Of Hon. George Davis, Of N. c., as
Attorney General of the Confederate States
vice Hon. Thos. H. Watts, resigned.
- The little city of St. Augustine, Fla,
built forty years before the pilgrims landed
at Plymouth, has given, either by birth ol
marriage, three brilliant Generals to this
war. They are Kirby Smith, VIM. Loring
and W. J. Hardee.
The physicians Of Columbia, s. c., on
account of enormous expenses, have added
one hundred per can't. to the amount Of
their medical bills for the year 1863.
- There is man in Raleigh, N. c., who
is older than his mother-she being 4S and
he so. This is said to be a miracle worked
blythe conscript act. -
= Macon, Noxubee county, is'to be the
capital Of the State, of Mississippi until the
city of Jackson may again be tenable.
The cont1abands Of Newbern, N. c.,
now under the rule of brute Butler, are dy'
ing at the rate of so day from smaf poz
and other malignant dieases. %.
= Rev. Mr.. Davis, of Montgomery, Ala,
has,inyepted and patented a machine which
makes cotton cards at the rate of twenty
FIVE pairs per day: -. -.
= The Macon Manufacturing Company
collected and forwarded to the armyof Ten,
nesse, fifty thousand pounds of,baeon, dur:
ing the month Of December last, at one dol.
lar per pound. ss 49,. s,. 5. =
The Atlanta conts7eracy says there
are enough able bodied @exempts I'M that
town to fill young brigade. : If, when they
are placed in the ranks, they dodge q bail
as arsfally as they dodge the consoription, a
streak of lightning could not reach them.
= The Mayor Of Richmond has denounced
the practice Of parties allowing their slaves
to go at large, to hire their own time, &C.,
and stated that nearly all the larcenies per
petrated IN the city, were attributable to the
fact that sufficient care was not taken Of
them by their oWaers. r5 %
- Gen. MoPherson, Federal commander
at Vicksburg, has issued an order conscri-
bing all able bodied men, including refu'
gees from our lines: This is creating quite
q commotion among those subject to mill
tary duty, and some are contemplating leaY-
ing.
The New Orleans True Delta Of the
18th ult., says: /" A number Of negroes
we're before the Provost Court yesterday
charged with baving had seditious religi.
Gus meeting, praying for the return of their
masters, for Beauregard and JEFF. Davis,
saying that their expectations of Abraham
Lincoln had not been realized" 80
= Col. Maunsel White, an old merchant
Of New Orleans, died at his residence near
that city, on the 18th ult., in the SD year
Of his age. '. 49,. s,
- The Eagle. Mills Company, of Colum-
bus, Ca, have established free school for
the poor of that city. A Methodist church
near the Palace Mills has been temporarily
and an experienced instructor em.
ployed. 3 '1''.-' '>-...'
Write to the soldiers in the army. And
when you do so, write cheering letters-let:
.ers that will stimulate and encourage those
who receive them. Letters of this kind
will make those who receive them content
ed. Will prevent desertion, and do much
towards forwarding-the cause in which we
are now engaged. ..- .......
-The-ayerage price obtained at q sale of
,ixty.four negroes in Columbia on the 9Th
INST, was 1884.
The Mississippi Legislature has passed
4 law requiring conductors of railroads to
keep water and lights in every car, and fire
when demanded, under a penalty Of $500
Tor every failure, to be collected from the
.-. - -..
"A lot of 1000 copper cents were sold
in Chesterfield county, Va, short time
ago, at 81 IS per hundred-a decided fall
in "specie."
Cotton comforts are very good substi-
tuhe for blankets. Socks can be made very
rapidly, and gloves ALSO of wooden cloth,
cut and sewed.
Wilmington, N. c., is flooded with pol
troous seeking passage out of the country.
Having glutted themselves with the life
blood of many noble slain, they are now
seeking some place to enjoy their ill-gotten
gains.
A gentleman, just from Europe, says
the English will let the Alexandra 60, but
not the rams. The Pope is heartily on our