Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-10-19

the gentlemen on board SHAW. haWed, and
our young friend, in bis ignorance Of s.the
situation,n blnshsd. Growing somewhat
restless at being the ecyuesure of all eyes, he
cast q look into Els lap, and behold there
was an egg He Immediately quit the car
and pursued his way homeward on foot
Imagine his tpheelinks."
- -. Mobile Tribune
Early History of the War.
Ipportans unpublished. Docusasnt--.Je8.
Daois' EieaDs of sts first operations
Prigate report of General Zollscofsr to
Gooeraor lsham G.. Harris.
NASHVILLE, May, 1861.
HIS Erceaeacy lshans g.. Harris
SIR Under your orders I proceeded to
Monsgomeryon the 17th inst, to obtain in
formation respecting the general condition,
resources, defences, &C.. of the Southern
Ststes, had free conversations with Prssi-
dent DAVIS, Secretary Walker, and other
gentlemen, and ] beg leave to communicate
the material impressions made npon my
ss...S 49, ~ 49, .s,s,s' 49,. = sna ~ .hs
wayto Virginia. Besides these, there are
more than twenty Thousand Virginia State
troops there. They are all under the com!
!. rand sof Major: General Lee, who holds
commissions both from Virginia and the
Confederate States. These troops are CON.
cenitrated in camps at Harper's Ferry, Nor.
folk, and intermediate points President
Davis intended to start Immediately for
Richmond ! He stated that Governor Let
cher expression Of desire for free con.
ference, to determine certain points of pol.
icy, is the cause for this movement. Pres
dent Davis deems it not proper now to take
che initiative in attack He is not unwil-
ling for dslsy, that he may have time for
preparation
IAN the arms at the disposal of the Con
federats States Government, had been placed
In the hands Of the troops mustered into
It's service, except from nine to twelve
thousand. Besides the organized forces in
Virginia, at Charleston, Pensacola, &c,
there are yarions organized and armed regi-
nents at different localities in the interior,
the exact extent / could not comprehend.
Seven Of these regiments from Mississippi,
and one from Alabama, we're ordered on the
2Ist. .instant to- Union City, and besides
these. four thousand muskets we're ordered
to Tennessee. to be placed in the hands Of
Tennessee regiments, to be mustered into
the Confederate States service for twelve
months. The arms mentioned above are
exclusive Of any in Texas and Arkansas,
Of which the authorities at Montgomery are
not vet particularly informed And besides
the Confederate arms, some of the States
have arms not vet turned over to the Con-
fsderats authorities. Georgia is among
these States, and some misunderstanding
has occurred between the Governor and the
Confederate Government, leading to the
refusal Of the former to permit the State
arus.of Georgia to be taken beyond her
limits. North Carolina has thirty-seVen
thousand State arms, ten thousand OF which
have been loaned to Virginia. Virginia
shsd loaned a 500 muskets 60 Maryland,
which have fallen into the hands of the en-.
envy. Forty thousand guns were captured
ythe Federal troops at the st. Louis arse.
nal. :. :, - -
President Davis said 'ttWe desire and
ea,;neot to furnish to Tennessee, if necessary,
Sftv tbousand arms in all.,' But this seems
preearious They have demands for arms
from nearly all the Southern States. They
.,e na;no eyery possible means to add to
their supply from abroad. The chances of
nrocuripe them seems more or less hazard.
o,,s The resent enterprise to procure guns
= 5.vanua. al; 4 4 fa;lnre :, An, arrangement to
.,.,.,,,a 'tben, IN ReJo;nm in British bot.
sn,ns ;s with some confidence relied on.-
Tbe,s ssems 10 he other arrangements on
c.. ~. idoto;l. ~. Ssh;cb r did not obtain.
1ess' % - = = !.
Mr: hul1er' o. silg.nis: .o,u 7n.1 r;s -
mao seen leeeer l.om Hsspipe.9n' p:.:n "a:on
induced aim 20 DeiieVe esa' sne i..sa y
Goyernment we're = resolved " opes ~, Sl'
Southern ports snas ,Lofo LORD Lyons s'I, aua Ml.
Seward nad mac q ploH up tnss Lera ~
ons .had demanaed raising OF sne oiocksae'
so Tar as British vessels were conceroea'
that Mr.: Seward had asked Tor three