Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-20

Once reCuTneQ IrOm Sucn an excursion WlCn Dol
legs of his unmentiouables filed with these hard
backs. The comrade who attended him on thi
excursion stated that the Captain, This rank then
had gone into an alligator den, turned the mon
ster out, and appropriated the terrapins to hi
own use.
j On one occasion, one of his friends (all mel
were his fiends) was poking intoa hole with stick
when he discovered something rough,' said he
captain, think CATER is in there. "
"I'll see, he replied, andin he went bearing TIN
moose of a rope.
The muddy pool was no little disturbed in thu
short time he was out of sight; but out he came
and with the aid of some men about, unearthe(
the grim animal and dispatched him.
Captain Elliott was prolific of ra,se de gaierrs
and he broke up the post in this wise. Manning
a boat with trusty fellows, he bade them row to
ward the picket post Before each rover was BIZ
gun. ''Fire," said he, "when mention the name
of the Yankee General Saxon, I think, upor
the approach of the boat ... .
1t was challenged, ''Halt-who comes there2'
! 'Iis, me massa, heap o man and CONAN; ruI
away, sab; we yerree bout massa Saxon
A dozen barrels belched their flames Of deatl
upon the unsuspecting picket, and few minute!
later he was quietly appropriating, for himself anc
squad, such little nicknacks as we 'rebs' only en-
joyed when thus taken. The post, of course, wa:
abandoned but the pools Of gore showed thai
somebody was hurt. " ..
Again, at the same post, the enemy became un
pleasant to him. 1t was on the 4th of July wher
he thought of stirring them up. He had been or
dered to fire the national salute Of thirteen guns
and concluded, in so doing, to waste no powder
Away he went with his splendid battery to Port
Royal Ferry; the guns of the enemy beloved
forth the GLORIOUS 4th,' and ''Hail Columby
was strained everywhere Elliott brought his pieces
to bear on the picket-house, where company were
in perfect ignorance of anything except the Stsl
Spangled Banner, and his salute Of thirteen was
fired with precision, as to time and aim. As the
last shell crashed through the house, it was toe
late to catch a Yank; the company had skedad:
died, and Elliott with his men, crossed with boat
and burned the house, leaving the site an ashen
| pile ... .....
Pinckney Island had been occupied by the enc
N.Y. They established company snugly, in view
of permanency but Elliott resolved to disturb
their ease A detail of the Beaufort Artillery, a-
sisted by an equal number of Captain Mickler's
company commanded by their respective officers,
landed near the picket. To gag and secure him
was short work and, while the enemy slept, were
seen the dusky figures of the "rebs," surrounding
the house and cutting off escape Then was heard
Elliott's commanding voice, Surrender !" 1t
palsied them with terror Some attempted to cst
cape; some made show of fight; but the work was
short and decisive, and every man was captured,
except such as were slain in the effort to escape
A heavily armed vessel blockaded St. Helena.
She was tended by cutter. Elliott had seen her
until he wearied of her picture. I saw him leave
on the cars, with his frail skiff and half dozen
mon and a can thet locl-cI ,,rl;l-o lc-l
Night came on sent his can on its errand of de-
structon towards the CUTTER 1.-THE nearer Of the two
vessels and the morning sun shone upon frag,
ments that strewcd the placid bay. The crew were
all destroyed with the craft.
The gunboat George Washington ventured toc
close to Chisolm's Island and grounded. Elliott
had been idle and was "spoiling for fight" He
heard the news with gladness All night the COM
pany marched, and daylight found his battery
trained for the huge hull; the tide rose and she
hoated clear, and would have escaped but for the
unerring aim of the gunners. In fifteen minutes
from the time of the first shot, the gunboat was d
mass of fame; and so rapid was the firing kept up
and deadly the aim Of the battery, that she repli
ed but twice to the attack from her heavy arma.
ment Her massy bell and deck howitzer were
transferred to camp, and, until the evacuation oi
Pocotago, the bell usurped the place of the bugle
In the destruction of this gunboat the most of hel
crew were killed by the shots from our guns OF
| burned with the vessel.