Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-01-11
or THE RFsERVEs.

5 ,SiNessrs.. Editors Your correspon-
denthasing left the camp at Florence,
on tie LIST instant on short leave of
absence, viii account for the non-re-
ception last. !, week o Of his accustomed
letter The health Of the camp was
mucR improved, themeasles and mumps
having generally run through, and those
Who were ej able to travel ii y being generally
furiouehsd home, where many remain,
and / am sorry to hear are not impro-
wing sery fast. Their absence renders
tbe S,tfies Of canp yery onerous, requii-
rine inc sd guard S duty to be be l performed every
alsernate day by those who are present,
and thus furloughs can only be granted
invery extreme cases. It is hardly
cohtraband to 5 state that there are still
5000 prisoners in the stoekade, ,sabout
IOogscattsred about promiscuously out
side, with battalion Of foreigners, who
have been organized under competent
officers, whose position we by No means
envy, for sshose who have been galvan-.
izsdd fore are pretty generally back
IN their old quarters, if they. have not
walked off with the elothingthat should;
have been furnished. our own soldiers.
Tkefactis, It would have been far bet
ter at krst to have We praarrofed ra the priiYates,
ana saved the val vast expense it has cost
the Government in feeding and guard.
insstaem. Scr xss i seaaI ~.
AItSas expected when your cores;
ponasRt left, that the prisoners would
be,remoYed within, the next ten. or ff7+
teen days, to, aeIewl stockade arKl-1
liahs Mill Pond, Or some other point,
buff IN exchange which is spoken Of
has any ~ foundstion in fact, the removal
MAJ. not be carried out. One thing is
certain though we may have guard suf-
6cisant Is convey iFRe the prisoners to a.
point for exchange, there is not, to re-
move 1,,a them to e a safer locality. j. But as
Sherman is ROW advancing towards
Gsahamyilie, the probability of an ex-
ehanse Of the Florence prisoners would
seem doubtful. The small pox has made
It's sappearance among chem, some four
oriaGve. cases having proved fatal; no
fears we're entertained Of the contagion
spreadinp 1Vithount-the cases, when
they occur ,l1 sa,, are r. removed to hospital in
the.woods. at some distance from the en-
tire camp. where they receive:eeery at
tenf;on ,iec,essarv1 i, 50, VT from their own stew
ar;a5s ~ s'.f 20. - a.'.3 .'-',s' :. .
f,tafrr. fao.stafr Of Of Yankee construction.
aa:besn oa ere,,teas ! sSsand the, Confederate:
fae.. also of their own manufacture and
announcement, floats proudly over the
nr;son. r .7alr Thuss. Yankee. like, they sus-
tain the ruling passion of avarice and
deceit. They have outside o barber, tin
and iewelry shops. and carry on their
trades with their usual cunning and un-
concern. Yankee bakers I cook bread
fnr The Sntlers. and. Yankee shoemakers
are making officers boots and their la
dies, slippers /; a hundred Or two arelet
out every very ] morning b II who cut and carry
wood enough during the day to supply
the ousands inside, and,a general ap-
pearance Of business i; and comfort is
made to appear, as it does exist among
them. ALI this kindness, too, at a time
When ther Ieiio"s are tnreatehlns a''e ouf
very hearthstones, and planning per,
haps, to come to their relief reEet
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