Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15

unable to say whether it would be safe to
withdraw the military; but he thought if
this should be done, order would be pre-.
served.
George r. Weeks testified that he con.
sidered Arkansas 10 better condition than
any other Southern State.
Ezra Hierstadt testified as to the oondi-
ton of affairs in Louisiana. He heard
many persons say that they had no regrets
for what they did, and are only sorry that
they did not succeed. He could not say
such is the general feeling among those
lately in hostility against the Government,
but he was certain it was the feeling of
many who held prominent positions. He
was also certain there was deep feeling
among certain classes of persons against the
payment of the national debt as we'll as
against the revenue laws of the Govern.
ment. The framework Of society was in
very disturbed condition. In many parts
of the State life and property we're very iu.
secure The papers contained daily &C.
counts of robberies and murders, SO that it
was considered by many unsafe to travel in
some of the remote parts of the State and
the less frequented thoroughfares.
The mass of testimony comprises the
evidence of others, bearing on the same
points and to the same effect.
b9- A correspondent of the Missouri
Republican describes the present condition
of the city Of Vicksburg:
Much has been said and written of this
"Gibraltar of the Mississippi" 1t is still
full of interest to the traveller and historian
The peninsula opposite and above the city,
wbereon Gen. Grants immense army en-
camped, and where nothing remains but
few lone trees, an occasional cabin, and the
bones of thousands who sickened and died
the bluffs bordering the river, from which
Pemberton's guns thundered and held at
bay the whole Federal feet the perforated
walls and roofs of the houses in the city,
scarcely one of which does not yet bear
scar the numerous excavations in the hill.
sides, used as "bomb.proofs" by the citi
zens and soldiers; the long rows of graves,
filled by the dead of both armies and last,
though not least, the immense lines of for
tifcations surrounding the city on all sides,
and reaching almost to the Yazoo and the
Big Black, are all points of thrilling and
mournfu interest
A marble monument near the Jackson
road, between the lines of the contending
armies, marks the spot where Generals
Grant and Pemberton met and arranged
the terms of capitulation on the Sd of July,
1868. The forts and breastworks are much
decayed, while the ground once occupied by
so much of life and animation, the theatre
of so many terrible and bloody conflicts, is
almost entirely covered with weeds and
underground; solitary cabin here and
there, occupied by blacks, are almost the
only indications of human life, while wild
rabbits and quail are plenty, and the lone
some owl gives an occasional screech from
the mangled stumps and tops of trees,
which stand as monuments of the bitter
strife and iron hail, which seems to have
swept almost every living thing before it.
Should any of your readers ever stop at this
place, and conclude to visit the battle<
ground, l would advise them to maksthe
trip on horseback, as it would be- much
more than days journey on foot, and can.
not possibly be made in vehicle, the rug
ged hills, broken timber, underground, etc.,
being impedimeuts not easily overcoms<