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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
From North Alabama.

The Yankees are still in possession of
Decatur, Alabama, and have ordered every
family but one, in the place, to leave. Their
cavalry occasionally venture out on raids,
but are always met by our vigilant cavalry
men and driven back. General Clinton
with portion of the 9th Alabama, caught
a party of these plunderers, recently, some
sixteen miles in the country, and drove them
back to town, after killing several and cap
turing fifteen.
Preparations making on North side OF
the Tennessee indicate the design of the ene-
my to hold that part of country permanent
ly. Ali the important ferries have been
fortified, and farms have been taken for cul-
tivation. All able.b bodied negro men, I'M.
willing to volunteer, are conscribed and
forced into the service.
We are gratifed to learn that the great
mass of the people, especially the ladies, are
true to our cause, and are as firm and un-
yielding as the broad bases of their own ma
tive mountains.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
OUR CAPITOL.

We learn from the Richmond Wing, that
Major General Robert Ransom, one Of the
most skillful, experienced and reliable Gen
erals in the service, has been assigned to
the command of the Richmond Military
Department, vice Major General Elzey, who
will command the Maryland Line, and has
been awaiting the selection of his successor,
before leaving for his new field Of duty
Gen. EIzey, whs it is understood, was re-
lie~ed at his own request, will enter upon
more active and copgSial service.
The on.combatants are beisgg removed
from the city, and the decks cleared for ac-
tion. A large number of lady clerks have
reached Columbia, s. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
Planters !--Farmers !--Gardeners IL!

Planters !--Farmers !--Gardeners ii!
Be not discouraged by, the late killing
frosts and the backward season. "Piok
your fints and try again % There isyet
plenty of,time to make abundant crops, if
We all work promptly and diligently. So,
let every spot of land be planted in some
thing that win sustain and nourish our sol.
diers in the feld--our familiess-our SER
wants and our domestic animalss Plant an
abundance Of Corn, Peas, Potatoes and
Pindars-raise all the Garden Vegetables
possible dry and preserve all kinds Of
Fruit that may have escaped the Jfrost-raiso
Hogs and Poultry and Calves and Kids and
Lambs 6! Take care of your Mich Cows,
and provide in the summer, plenty Of for
age for the coming winter. Let us awake
to the advantages as well as to the neceasi-
ties of the position which war has forced
upon US, and do all we can to provide for
our wants and develop our great resources
Prepare the ground ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
carefully, and then let the watchword be,
"Ho(e1 all ye that hungereth"
Southern Cultivator.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
Contents of the Southern Cultivator

COnCenGS OF Cne SOuCnern CulClVdCor
for the Month of April, 1864.
The Garden Chinese Sugar Cane; Indi.
go ; Substitutes for Tea; Chufas for Hogs
Knitting the Socks; Moss Rope; Prepare
Wool for Carding; The Grape and the Hop
Coru-Wide Rows, cto. A Planter of the
Right Stamp; To Work Spoiled Horse
A Cheap Cottage; Hogs-Milk Thieves ;
Plant Vegetables; Southern Cranberries
Sugar; Groundnuts Us. Sorgho ; Preserva.
ton of Manures Cows and Tar; Thrashing
Sorgho Seed; Tax in Kind; Sugar from
Sorghum ), Curing Beef; To repair Old
Plows; The Richmond Markets; The
Cheapest Food The Wheat Crop; Bedding
Sweet Potatoes; The Wheat Prospect
Method of Saving Seed Corn; Notices Of
the Press A Noble Woman; Cotton Bales
Liquorice Naturalized Southern Agricul.
ture; Yankee "Hessians" Saving Stock
Bread and Meat; Agriculture Our Taxes ;
The Value of Money; Selecting Trees to
Plant; Singular Occurrence Sorghum Syr-
up; About Milk; The Fruit-Peaches;
Symptoms of Starvation English vs. Ara
bian Horses; Dragging Dresses; Iron
Working; Beautiful Extract; Female Prin-
ters; Chinese Cane.
Editorial. Change, of Price; Currency
Notes; Planters-Farmers, etc. Good In
vestments; Drying Vegetables; Sugar
Syrup; "Refugee" Papers,; "Geueral Or
ders;" New Music, etc; Keep up your
Gardens !; Raise Vegetables; Garden and
Field Seeds; Valuable Table The Peach
Crop; Money Due Us; Bath Paper Mill.
Recipes. Etc.-Rice Starch; Diptheria
Remedy for Hog Cholera.
The Price of the Cultivator is S5-Sub-
scriptions received at the ENQUIRER Of
foo
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

pa- An instance of female devotion to
our cause has been brought to our notice
worthy of record, and which we believe =!
has hot hitherto been given to the rubhc
through the columns Of press. We aretold'
upon the very best authority, that during
the late fight between Gems. Forrest and
Smith, at Okalona, Miss, the ladies of that
place not only encouraged our soldiers BY
their prayers, exhortatious and smiles, but
during thefght cooked victua!s and prepar-
cd refreshments for tnem. One ladyi de-
;sirous of seeiug goinss bseasht
out her cburn Of milk uponth pavement,
and, while churniug it, urged 'on the SOL
dicrs to the fight, telling them to come back
after it was over aud regaae themselves from
her churn. Such spirit is uaeonquerabie'
Memphis Appeal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

sS- Some time ago, a dasbing fellow from
the army created tumult among the ladies
bp swelling around at parties in. round
about, enormous cavalry boots up to his hips,
big loud;jingliug brass spurs, and gauntlets
that almost swallowed his armpits. Thus
arrayed, he pranced gaily, one evening at a
party, up to young LADY, .saluted her and
attemptedto TO pull off his gauntlet in order
to shake hands with her. The huge glove
refused to come off, and while be was tug, :
ging at it, she said, with inefsbly sweet
sarcasm "Never mind, sir; never mind,
you needn't dispount," The rebuke was
SO keen that he left the city neEt day and
has never since been heard from. SIt is sup
posed be "jiued" the infantry and got him
self killed at the first opportunity.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
Destructive Fire.

WILMINGTON, April ga fire broke
out last night, on the West side of the riv.
er, which consumed the Offices of the Will
mington and Manchester Railroad, thirty
FIVE freight cars belonging to Georgia Cen.
trail Railroad, and every building South of
the depot, including the Confederate cot.
ton press, Berry's marine railway, and all
the cotton stored South Of the ferry-about
six thousand bales. The loss is estimated
at from six to ten million dollars.
LATER.-At the fire this morning, about
5,4OO bales cotton, rs freight cars, the rail-
road Offices, rosin and oil works, cotton
press, Berry's ship yard .and sheds were
burned. The loss is estimated at SIS, ,000,-
900. The Confederate Governments loss
is about 100000, the balance falls on
individuals. The insurance is only about
$4,000.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

SueAR.-It is stated in an Albany: N.
Y, paper that, when the navigation of the
Mississippi was closed, the Yankees took
immediate steps to supply a substitute tor
the sugar which the Western States had
usually procured by that route, and it's e.
timated tba. S, 100000 gallons of Sorghum
Syrup we're produned in the West last year
They are endeavoring to find mode OF re-
fning sugar from tile syrup,in which they
will doubtless succeed.
These facts should serve as hints to US OF
the Confederate Stat rs, in this time OF scar
city of sugar and mt,lasSes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
THE AGE.

The third number of this new and valua.
bic enterprise has been received, and fully
keeps up to public expectation. The article
"Books on the American War;" is whole
some critique, while the general contents
cannot fail to please. The following is the
table of contents A Scotchman in Hol-
land, Books on the American War, a Chap
ter on Hats, My Maiden Brief, Nominis
Umbra, Parties in Parliament, Experiments
at Shoeburyness, Baoon's Rebellion, Dick.
ems and Thackeray,' Notes from the Alps,
Editors Table, Literary Miscellanies.
Price-Single copy, 81; subscription for
three months, S4; for six months, SO: The
work can be seen at our Office, or those
wishing it can address Ernest Lagarde Il
Co., Richmond, Virginia,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
A VOTING HERO.

Major-General Robert F. Hoke, the hero
Of Plymouth, isa native of Lincolnton, N.
Carolina, and son of Michael Hoke, de-
ceased. He is quite young, probably not
81 years of age; he went to Virginia as a
Lieutenant at The outbreak of the war, in
the first company which left his native
county, under the captaincy of his uncle,
, now Col. VIM. J. Hoke. His appearance
is striking and graceful, and his manners OF
the most agreeable kind-he has always
been favorite with these who knew him,
and we presume, the love for the soldier
boy has paved his way to success and we'll
merited honor. His native State should be
proud of him, for he has struck blow that
can never be forgotten in its future history.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
coNaREss.-THE CURRENCY.

CoNGRESs--THE CURRENCY.
Congress was to meet on Monday last, If
quorum was present, and "sbort mes
sage" from the President would probably be
read on Tuesday, if not before. The most
important matter before the body is thought
to be the currency question. If the inten.
tious of Congress had been carried out by
Mr.. Memmiuger, the community would
probably have been relieved of much dis.
trsss, by tie Il issue of bills of the deuomiDa.
ton of IS, but that individual acts inde-
pepdent of all restrictions, and much trouble
is che consequence in the monetary affairs
of the country. The so days grace exien.
ded to the old 6ves is slowly dying out, but
the ives are already found useless for busi-
ness purposes, and everything else, unless a
new aud speedy tax can be inaugurated, to
absorb them. Various schemes are proposed
by the press 20 remedy the evil, one IS shat
they be retained as permanent issue, this
We think Objectionable, but let them rather
be receivable for the coming tax, and then
follow the OLD tens, twenties, &c. Again,
we see it proposed BY the Petersburg En-
press, the Editor of which is remarkable for
prudence and discretion 10 such matters, to
eztena the period of grace for the 6ves now
iu circulation, for time sufficient to enable
the. Secretary of the Treasury to put the
new currency II aaoat, say for six months,
or until the LIST of January this would be
playing the devil, hoofs, horns and tail. 1t
would be but extending the time of difficult
ty, and instead Of the ease we look for Oh
the 1st of July, when the old fves expire
by limitation, it would protraot and increase
lack Of confidence in the entire new issue.
No, We say, let the old Sves 90, and would
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

HAMI1ToN's CROSSING, April 24.-Our
scouts report large reinfOrcements going to
Grant over the Orange and Alexandra
Railroad; and persons who crossed over
from Maryland on Friday are very confident
that Burnside's destination is the army Of
Northern Virginia by way Of the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad
The sword contest in the Sanitary Fair,
at New York, between the friends Of Nc
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones, who is to sue
ceed Maj. Gen. Gilmer, was in Charleston
a day or two since.
The European advices state that our
new iron clad steamer South Carolina just
out of an European port, had captured the
Yankee ship Alliance, valued at one hun.
dred thousand dollars. ...
The Bristol Gazette says that Parson
Brownlow advises that every Southern man,
including ministers of the gospel, especially
those fthe M. E. Church, should be driv.
en- out of East Tennessee, or put to death.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
THE WAR.

Contrary to expectation, the ball has not
yet opened, though we hear of vast acces-
sions TO the Yankee armies-Burnsides' +,
it is said, is motley assemblage of black
and white, American and European, old SOL
dier and new recruit, put in by bounty g.
gents, ring streaked and speckled, speaking
Yankee English, negro English, and Dutch.
Grant seems still disinelined to advance.
and it is even said by soldiers with whom
we have conversed, will not, bat wait an at
task' on the part of Lee. The- Yankees
have an idea that the country around Rich.
mond is mined, and they have not sufficient
confidence in the great Ulysses don horse
back" to aduance on Richmond, while he
costly spies them out in the rear. If the
Yankees merely think to invest Richmond,
and cut off all supplies, we must look for>ac-
tive operations in other quarters, and we
doubt not that the enemy will find US pre-
pared at every point. The continued stream
Of success that has been pouring on US of
late, should not be chilled by negligence or
supineness on onr part-our whole available
force should be properly distributed through
out the country in such a way as to enable
early concentration at any particular point
practicable; Charleston and Atlanta, No
bile and Savannah are points that cannot be
too strictly guarded, while the Yankees
keep watch and ward around our capital.
The game they have now to play, is des-
perate one; for on ia military success" their
whole financial system is dependent, accor-
ding to their Secretary, Mr. Stanton. If
we even hold our own the ensuing campaign,
and We feel confident we can and will do
far more, the iucongruous masses Of the
North will turn ON their own "rcsources,"
and the Yankees Will find enough to do at
home to keep in check dishearteued, and
brutalized population. As they have sown
so must they reap, let them do with the for.
eign element What they can, they have
promised them fair lands, and-they must not
expect to obtain them South, without hard.
or knocks than they have yet inflicted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

THE OLD FIVE DOLLAR BILLs.-The
Richmond Sentinel says that the whole sum
issued in bills of the denomination of FIVE
dollars, since the foundation of the CoIfed-
eraoy, is s79,O9O,3l5, and supposes that
from sixty to sixty FIVE millions would COW
er the amount of fves this day in circula-
ton. These ere receivable in payment of
taxes and for funding at par until the first
of July, after which they will stand on the
same footing with the tens, twenties and
ffties of the old issue. The Sentinel says
that by the last of this month, five dollar
notes of the new issue will probably be rea-
dy for issue. The old 6ves will then be de-
voted to their final uses /: the payment of
taxes or funding in four per cents, for the
same purpose.
. We are sorry (says the Charlotte Demo-
craft that the SIS bills were not swept out
of circulation along with the los 2O's and
SOS. We learn that the Banks through
out the country generally refuse to take the
old fVes at par.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

AN INc1pENT.-AY Yankee taken prison.
er at Lake City, says correspondent OF the
ENQUIRER, stated that he saw negro boy,
about eighteen years cf age, refuse to tre,
replied, ri can't shoot thar ;amy Young
master is thar and played with him all
my life, and he saved ue from getting mary
o whipping I would have got, and l cant
shoot thar, for 1 loves youag master still"
He was thsnstold If be did not fire when
the word to fire was given again, that he
would be shot himself He still refused to
fire on his young master, when Yankee
officer drew pistol and shot him down.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

EFFEcr OF L1aHT.-A tadpole confined
ia darkness would never become frog !;
and an infant deprived of heavens free light
would only grow into shapeless idiot, in
stead ola beautiful and reasonable being.
Hence, in the deep, dark gorges and ravines
of the Swiss Valois, where the direct sun.
shine never reaches, the hideous prevalence
of ididcy startles the traveller. It is a
strange, melancholy idiocy. Many citizens
are incapable of articulate speech; some
are deaf and some are blind, some labor uu-
der all these privations, and all are mis-
shapcn in almost every part of the body
I believe there il in all places marked
difference ia the healthiness Of houses ac.
cording tostheir aspect with regard to the
sun, and those are decidedlythe healthest,
other thiags being equal, in which all the
rooms are, during part of the day, fully ex-
posed to the direct light. Epidemics attack
inhabitants on the shady side of the street,
and totally exempt those on the other side Z;
and even in epidemics, such as ague, The
morbid influence is often thus partial in. its
labors. DIR. MOORE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

VANITY OF EARTHLY .FAME.-Thacke-
ray related the following incident, which
occurred during his visit to St. Louis a few
years since. He was dining at the hotel
when be heard one Irish waiter say to an
other:
"Do you know who that 81"
"No," was the answer.
"That," said the other, isis the celebrated
ThackerayW
"W hats he done?"
HD--n if know"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

The. Spy, K1Na.-The man, calling
himself Sterling King, who was arrested in
Abingdon, Va, Sunday week, and sent to
Gen. Longstreet's headquarters for trial,
where be was tried, but not convicted, for
want of evidence, turns out, it seems, to be
spy of the most dangerous kind, after all.
He had left his baggage in SmytF County,
which, on examination, was found to con.
tain ample evidences of guilt, in shape of q
commission to recruit in the Federal SER
vice, and authority as a wagon master to
convoy Yankee teams to Cumberland Gap.
He is still in custody, and will be likely to
ego up"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

WHAT VIE MUST EXPECT bill is be.
fore the Yankee Congress whose object, as
stated in the New York Herald, is, "to d.
vide the forfeited estates Of rebels among
our (the Yankee colored sailors and sol.
dlers." Let every Southern man look to
it. Not only those who have estates, but
those who have none, over whose heads the
Yankees. thus intend to put the debased
Northern negroes and runaway slaves
These are to be the property holders Of the
Confederacy, if the Confederacy should be
insane enough to permit such result
Bettergiv not only half but all that man
has to avert such fate.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

DAALaREN's BoDY.-It appears, says
the Examiner, that the late Colonel Ulric
Dahlgren's body, who was killed in the last
raid upon Richmond, was secreesly buried
in Oakwood Cemetry after being brought
up the city. Upon demand being made
for its delivery by Admiral Dahlgren, the
father of the impetuouS young man, backed
by mild threat from the Lincoln Govern.
ment the agents for the Confederate Govern.
ment yielded the point, aud promised tina;
the corpse should be sent down by the next
flag of truce steamer Several days since.
the grave in which the body was buried
was opened under the direction Of the Of
fcials who inferred the remains, but the
grave was empty-Dahlgren had arisen, oil
been resurrected, and the corpse was not to
be found.-Riotmond Examiner.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

that the honorable Secretary could accom-
pany them; let us.bear the. want Of me~
,iues until July, if need be, butby no means
protract the grace already allowed on what
is daily proving little more than worthless
shin. .plssters. - T'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

ANOTHER YANKEE TUNNEL-ATTEMPT-
ED ESCAPE AND FA1LURE.-.The Yankee
prisoners in the Columbia Jail make un.
profitable use of their time. For several
days they have been engaged in digging a
tunnel, which was completed and ready for
use yesterday. The work was suspected by
the watchful guardians of the prison, but
only discovered last night, by Lieut.. Rich
bourg, who Immediately posted double
row of sentipels near the ori6ce Of the tun-
mel, with instructions to shoot the first man
who made his appearance. The guards had
not long to wait A little after 8 o'clock,
one of the Yankees made his appearance
first head, then pair of shoulders, and
finally, the whole body-stealthily attempt
ing to creep away in the darkness. True to
his instructions, the sentinel now fired, and
the ball taking effect, shattered the knee Of
the Yankee, and brought him to the ground.
No other effort was made by those behind
to follow, and very we'll planned mode Of
escape was thus promptly frustrated. Much
credit is due to Lieut.. Richbourg, and his
brother officers and men for the shrewdness
and energy with which they 'nipped the af-
fair, in the bud, and for the wholesome e1-
ample they have given Of the danger of at
tempting to escape from their surveillance.
Soath Caroliaian, 29M Glh
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
LATEST NEWS,
From Virginia,

RICHMOND, April 3O.-Members of Con-
gress are arriving slowly. 1t is regarded as
certain now that there will be no quorum
on Monday. The Presidents message is
ready for delivery. Iti understood that it
contains no point of striking interest.
ORANGE G. H., April 3O.-Our scouts
report Gen. Burnside to have arrived at
Alexandria, preparatory to joining Grant.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

A TENDER REPRooF-A little boy had
one day done wrong, and was sent, after
maternal correction, to ask in secret the
forgiveness of his Heavenly Father. His
offence had been passion. Anxious to hear
what he would say, his mother followed
him to the door of his room. In lisping
accents she heard him ask to be made bet
ter, and then with childish simplicity, be
added, "Lord make mas temper better
too W
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

!Clellan and Grant, resulted in the success
1.of the former, MoClellan,s friends giving
the greatest number Of votes and paying
the largest amount of dollars.
Grant has expressed his intention of Of
fering Mcclellan command in the army
Of the Potomac. The men, it is said, are
very desirous that he should accept the Of
fer, but it is generally believed he will de-
oline ..-.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

s9- Colonel St. Leger Grepfell, formely
attached to General John 81. Morgan's COM
mand, and Inspector General ofcavalry in
the army of Gen. Brag, but lately in Rich.
noud, has rendered his resignation which has
been accepted, and the Colopsl has obtained
his passport, intending to sail for Europe as
soon as oportunity presents. =. -.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04
Col. James Chestnut, Jr.,

Has been appointed Brig. General of
Reserves, Cwe presume, } for South Carolina.
This appointment will be quite acceptable
to our people; but we would have been
glad to have seen the General in more
active field, than We hope, troops for State
defence will present, says the Guardian.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

1@- The Atlanta Intelligencer learns
from a gentleman just from the front that
Wednesday night last between IL and 12
o'clock a FIRE broke out at Dalton near the
magazine. After some trouble it was put
out and the magazine saved from explosion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-05-04

KINGS MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD.
Until further notice, the cars of the
Kings Mountain, Rail Road will leave
Yorkville at in the!morning, and return
at 81 P. NE. -.