Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-04-19

Page, Savage, baratarla, Sprlngg, paW-
Lemon and Rose islands.
The News. -
The.nsBs from below Is OF d more chsef-
ing character Fosters troops have mot
with 30 many ,obstsclss as to hayee besnins
duoed to turn off in the direction Of FloE
ence, thus avoiding Camden. Among these
obstacles wass hurriediy inproyissd forcs5
undsr Col Pressly, Of the 18th regiment
s. g. .YaswHa isiat home in consequences
of a8ound; BY whom the enemy wete met
and checked at various points. Cur loss
was only twosor thrse Filled. We are In.
formed that Of these were Alex. Mc9ueen,
son Of Rev. Donald Mcqueen, whosis the
pastor of the Presbytssisn GhuscRat sufH
,tsy and Webb CLARK, 80 old citisen Of that
place. The Federals are believed to beeniy
two thousand strong, and chiefly intention
the destruction Of Government stdtss, ana
rolling stock The general impression is
that 40 demonstration ID. this direction wilt
be made by'that coiutaa. &, =
From Manning The following facts will
be interesting to our readers. Fosters com.
mand moved from Kingstree, on Manning,
on the opposite eide of the. Black River.--
Reaching that point, they sent q .detaeh.
mens Of enc hundred and city lasn to burn
the public properly u the town: These
came over and destroyed the court house,
jail and residence Of DR.. ingram. No
other private property ii said by our infor-
mant, to have been injured except one
house. While the burning was id progress
the citizens went down TO the river, set on
ere three small bridges 70 prevent thsreturn
Of the Federalss bpt the Iattsr tore doFn
the house Of Mr.. Henry Kelley, to build 9
new structure. One Of ths Ysnkees was
shot III town from the piazza Of 8 citizen,
and it is reporsed that they aitsrasrds took
the latter prisoner, and hung him thee
times, but iinallyIeft him alive. The name
given d that 81 Mr. John AiaEelg. An,
other Of the Fedsrals Wassh short dis.
tanoa from Manning by ! soldier 1T home
ON aick furlough. His surrender being de-,
manded, he answered with s bullet and
made his escape. All the barns were des.
troyed in the track Of the enemy, but resi-
dences we're generally spared. The force
Of the Fedefsls conasted Of four regiments
Of negro infantry and one Of white, besides
cavalry and artlllers: i. .ssss,a.s.= = 8, s.; :.
nniifnor gives us iinfs nsatisfaetosy intelli.
gence that the enemy cavalry are supposed,
to be moving IN the direction Of Charlotte.
We presume that the grand object Of all
of these raids is the destruction Of our re-
naming lines Of communication, in the
hope that thereby General Lees army will
be so crippled from the want of supplies, as
to become useless. Our people need fear
no such contingency. The most that can
be done, is to force Gen. lee into Tennes.
see and Kentucky, in which event his army
may feed and clothe iuslf, and by assuming,
the ofensive, ehsnge she thsstre Of war to
the banks OF the Ohio. Virginia and North
Garoiina may be temporarily ossfrun, but,
we ha7e too much. faith in Proyidelce to
suppose that our, cause is to be deserted By
Him in this trying hour, and that no hope
is left aaye in downright snbmission.
Gdroziinas;ap, 14ith::
The latest report from the raiders is
that on Thursday night, they were eight
miles the other side Of Concord, n. G.,
which is twenty one miles from Char
lotte. On Friday morning their adj
vance guard was reported within FIVE
miles Of Concord, and moving South
ward. Stoneman Is said to haFediyided
his force into three columns, which are
travelling on roads, parallel, or nearly:
so with the railroad. We hear it stated
that he has captured some artillery and
number of prisoners. but il is doubt
fm whether he will hamper his move
ments BY anything that ,detains him .
moment in making, the rapid movement
in which he is engaged, r5s <.
Many wild tements, are ahoat, which
in the present unsettled condition ofthe
popular mind, add more or less to the
prevailing excitement. Before beliey-
ing these, everybody should indulge in
.sober, second thought -
Another report has it that three
thousand are making their wayt States-
yille,While one thousand are onthe Da,
wilson College road, -moYing on Char
lotte. 1t may be some consolation TO
know that preparations, believed to be
ample, have been made tastop the enc
my and prevent the further spread at
this terrible demoraliziag army-wornl.
LArER.-Befere going to press, Fe
learn various facts, whieH althengh con-
.traband give a decidedly cheerful as
peet to affairs. We have met, with sue
cess in those quarters.whence danger
was most anticipated; while from North
Carolina, thereisn nothing to indicate that
awe,5 of! Chester, are Likely tosreeeiseja
Federal visit. -.