Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-23
LETTER FROM CHEROKEE.
Work of the Court-Mining Operations In Broad
River Township-BenevoIent Act Of War
Times-CasuaIty List From Gaines Mill.

Times-Casualty List From Gaines Mill.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer.
ETA JANE, March 1S.-Our new coun-
ty can't brag on anything like being
one Of the most peaceful, law-abiding
counties in the state, since it has only
six cases of murder awaiting trial at
the next term Of court in June. OF
course these are the accumulation of
crime since the October term Of the
court. At the March term they were
put off on account Of the ill-health of
some of the lawyers. Two Of these
cases come over from the October
term; one was mistrial and the 9TH
er an appeal for a new trial. Judge
Townsend found very little to do at the
recent term Of the court and none Of
the jurors were held longer than three
days.
Farmers are making arrangements to
plant all the cotton there is any pros
pect of getting worked. The guano
bills, however will be somewhat less
than In FORMER years..
Rev. J. P. Marion expects to hold
communion at Salem the first Sabbath
in April.
Our friends, just across the river In
York county, are doing some extern
sive mining, and have raised guam
tity Of ore that has proved to be Of an
exceptionally fine quality, and we un-
derstand that the work will be push
ed in other sections too, notably that
of the Smith mines on Broad river and
Guion Moore creek. These mines have
been worked heretofore to great adj
vantage and the work yet to be done
will doubtless prove as remunerative
as in days gone by. We hope 80 at
least. Western York and Eastern
Cherokee are no doubt the Klondike of
the Piedmont section.
Miss Agnes Wylie closed her school
at this place two weeks ago. X.
From an issue of THE YoRKv1LLE
ENQUIRER in January, 1863, we copy
the following, which may be read with
interest by several Of your older read
ers: Colonel r. G. McCaw has depos-
tied a sack of salt at THE ENQUIRER
office, and another at the store Of Dar-
win and Jefferys, in Yorkville, with In
structions to dispense the. same to
needy families, in quantities to meet
immediate wants" Also from an issue
Of THE ENQUIRER we copy the list OF
casualties in the then companies from
York district, belonging to the 18th S.
C. Regiment, in the battle of Gaines
Mill, Va, June 81, 1862: ..
Company A-Capt. w. H. McCorkle.
Killed-Privates N. S. Camp ]. G: j.
Estes: wounded-Lieut. John 7. Park
er, slightly; Sergt. J. C. Chambers,
mortally; Corporal John w. Lindsay,
dangerously; Privates James Blair,
slightly; R. Chambers, r. L. David
son, slightly; J. A. M. Estes, severely;
J. S. Faris, slightly; Jacob Flack, dam
gerously; ]. A. R. Hall, slightly; B. P.
R. Huey, severely; ]. G. Love, severe
ly; j. N. McElwee, severely; William
McPalmer, mortally, (since died); Will
liam E. Lewis, slightly-17.
company B-Captain Miller. Kill
ed-Privates E. A. Nichols; wounded
Captain Miller, slightly; Privates Al
fred Doster, mortally; James M. Clark,
severely; Thomas N. Spencer, slightly;
John Dowdle, slightly; r. w. Smith,
slightly; r. l.. Martin, slightly-7.
Company H - Captain Erwin.
Wounded-Corporal J. c. Mckay, NOR
tally; j. F. Miller, mortally; ]. B.
Steele, slightly; Sergt. A. M. Black, Sc
verely; D. F. Simpson, severely; M. c.
McCammon, severely; J. Shillinglaw,
severely; w. w. Richardson, severely
9. Missing, S. P. McCulloch-1. In the
regiment 16 were killed and 133 wound
ed. Col. Dixon Barnes was slight
wounded.