Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-03-16

fling, and thus meet the appellation'that
has been given you, of a generous
people. a.. :, .-sl =, !.
Forthe YorkvIlle Enquirer.
Z TEE ENEMY IN LANCASTER. ..
: .S LANCASTER, s.. c..
s.z,S March 12, 1866.
The food has swept over US and left
q wide belt of ruin in its track. Desc
lation as complete as ever clad the SOM
;bre ruins Of . Ninevah or Babylon,
marks the pathway of the destroyer
through many portions Of this District.
In many places, thehouses are al. burnt
for several miles along the highways,
and not vestige Of fence, nor the
semblance of a living being is left. It
is as desolate as if some poisonous blast
had spent its furious contents, black
y q -, 3, -,
,s:le m -. - = az
:. 90 - :, shass,,,,, oasta,,, ,,o,.
ton Of the District, through which q
portiono of the enemy 8 infantry passed.
Kilpatrick's cavalry entered this vii
d.,s -, III, =, !, of +bo 0Qtb Eob,,,
.ry and -,aft s, tba@ 4th ss;;nstt3. and j j
,an4nra = =. = = GOV s +bat ;. battar oroan;;zea
>nona of tb;eyes maven, a.rs;stad -; Eyerv
SS,,se mos aaarebeia, from cellar to oar. nrr
ret. and an nortable yaluables stolen. i
What could not Be- carried away. was
in manv instances taken to their camps
and DESTROYED. Not q horse, mule or
colt wasleft on their Line, of march
Those not fit for cavalry or artillery,
were shot. About 15o Of the carcasses
Of sneb animals were e left / in the streets
and about the suburbs Of this village.
Kilpatricks headquarters were here,
which fact probably spared us from the
torch, as that would have interfered
with his comfort. It. afforded but lit
tie protection la other respects, for Off
GERS and men seem to regard .plunder
as their principal object, and highest
ssnccess. The Jail was the only build
ing burned. After the main column
had left, party of about one hundred
returned on Sunday with the aaoHed
object Of burning the village, but the
timely arrival of o part of Wheeler's s
cavalry put the Williams to their heels.
Many citizens inthe country were
abused in their persons. Whipping and
hanging by the neck to extort confes-
sions of hidden yaluahes, was the COM
mon practice. All who were suspected
of having coin concealed were made to
suffer. One gentleman, Mr.. - Adams
was IS shot ON his own premises, and
while struggling IN the agonies Of death,
the demons stood over him, and violent
.ly nreyented his aponiaed family from
odn;n;o+or;no - his Last wanfa a
Mr.. Belk. was. ALSO murdered. The
,;folo.o. 5bodv ,of r,4R,;s Nortbron Esn.
!. ,v.ll l.no,vn, =, r,,e,,ohs,ta :, tba nbar,aston
bar. who had taken Il refuge here, was
found. after the enemy left. g, concealed
in a rayine. some distance from this
n,oce s;n,,,or n SOW his w;fe, and
family are zrenorted = tn have oone Of,
Nth h;s ronrdoror, Mrs. Nov nRornoc
when asked to receive and entertain a
marty Of The Williams, nobly rsnlied
lsYou NAV burn and DESTROY what you
find here. but I will not permit YOU i to
enter INV bouse." The torch did its
work to comnlet;on and the defsnceless
ladv was made to sufFer every personal
| abnse that the v;lest &in,enn;tv conld
su:gest.
Sncb are q. few Of the instances q,
| srTar;no 70 which onr naonla were snb.