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Affairs at Pensacola. c A correspondent of the Mobile Advcrti- c *er, writing from Pensacola on Wednesday f rf last week, gives the following interesting 1 intelligence from that quarter: t Lieut. Renshaw, of the Confederate Navy, in the steamer Neafie) visited the U. S. fleet this morning under a white flag. He t bore a telegram to Lieutenant Maudaugh t of the Sabine, informing that officer of tne acceptance of his resignation. I understand Capt. Adams, commanding the squadron, refused to let Maudaugh leave his ship. { He entertained Lieut. Renshaw and the 1 Mississippi officers who accompanied him * ** * 1 ? with great hospitality, xney spent several hours aboard. Lieut. Maudaugh is a Yir- ? ginian, and second officer of the ship. 1 Monday night one of the small steamers 1 of the squadron came near being fired into ' from Fort McRae. She was rather en- 1 oroaching on forbidden ground; just as the s guns of the fort were shotted and ready, ' she steamed off in time to save her planks. ' The advance of a splendid company of 1 cavalry from Dallas and Wilcox counties, Ala., arrived early this morning. They 1 number 95, all told, and are commanded by 1 Capt. T. F. Jenkins, with R. H. Irwin, ' S. Mcintosh and J. J. Wheadon as Lieutenants. They are mounted at their own 1 expense, and serve the Republic one year. Their horses aie of the best blood and of beautiful form?such as Dallas and Wilcox only muster. This is, perhaps, the weal- 1 thiest company that ever drew blade or spurred steed to battle. Their aggregate wealth is estimated at near four millions of - ... 1 ,t dollars. They have servants to tena taem, bat like true soldiers are ready to sacrifice all comforts, all luxuries, to the one great object of their soul?the Liberty of their own dear South and Country. And of such material is the Confederate army composed ?this is no isolated case. The schooner Anreliu, of New Orleans, arrived to-day. She was boarded by an officer of the United States fleet, ber papers examined and hatches opened. Her clearance papers were after the old Government style, and pronounced 0. K. The Lieu-, tenant asked the Captain of the Aurclia why he did not heave to when signaled, and stated that he came near sending a shot into his hull. The batteries being erected for the protection of Pcnsacola city are rapidly approaching completion. That one on the east side is christened the "Ladies' Batte ry," in compliment to the beautiful and patriotic ladies of Pensacola, who have been unceasing in their labors for friends and country since war's inauguration. Two deserters from Fort Pickens have just been picked up on the Santa Hosa beach. They enlisted in the regular army of the j United States about five months ago, for | the purpose, as they were told, of serving j the government against the hostile Indians i of Texas and New Mexico, never dreaming j they would be called upon to use their sabres and bayonets against their own conntryraen. No protestation would move their officers to give them an honorable discharge from the service of a government which had violated its pledge and falsified its word; and they were forced to embark with their regiment for service at Fort Pickens. Before their arrival they meditated desertion, with a number of others. They had made several attempts to escape, but were thwart- j ed from one cause or another. Monday morning, after muster of the troops, they strolled along the beach several miles east of Fort Pickens, when they discovered on the shore a small skiff, the property of come fishermen who had been in the habit of camping on the island previous to the order of Gen. Bragg against drawing their nets in that neighborhood. It was a crazy old affair aud leaked badly from exposure. But they had gone too far to look back, and resolved to brave the dangers of reaching the maiuland, some four miles dis tant. In quick haste the little boat was launched ; the wind and tide favored their course, aud with light hearts they stcod for "Deer Point." Half way across the sound their boat filled with water. Divesting themselves of their clothing, they swam for the shore, which was reached in safety.? Soon afterwards the little Confederate coast guard sloop, on her daily cruise, discovered them on the beach, perfectly naked, and made for them. They were taken aboard, supplied with such clothing as the generous crew could command, and in the afternoon transferred to the steamer Cushman, which took them to the Navy Yard, where they now remain. They say many wish to desert, and only await an opportunity; that the officers are very suspicious, and watch every movement of soldiers and sailors. They work day and night on the fort and in constructing batte _1 fr i , * . t i mi nes on uinereni points or tne island. xnerc are nine hundred and sixty-live men on duty ashore. Co). 13rown is using every exertion to make his position impregnable. They have horses and two field batteries; wagons to carry provisions and munitions to and fro, and all the necessary camp e [uipage. They have some thirty negroes e id the island at work; they were taken c rom their owners at Key West by force.? f The garrison of Fort Pickens have nothing t o eat bat crackers and pork. The hotels of Pensacola are still crowded c ?the war has been their salvation. How a hey get edibles is a mystery to me?bat v ,hey get them, and right good at that, too. a r News from Fortress Monroe. i correspondent of a Northern paper t ?ives the following rose colored picture of a he state of affairs at this great stronghold: a Over two thousand troops are in garrison, j ind they are in the best of health and of ? -fPU__ n./Miioinn.id nnH. I 1 jpirilS. JLlitlJT UIO YYU11 pUUDlVUVU^ j excepting milk, which they have been un- i ible to obtain, since communication was { jut off with Hampton, have everything that is needed. The volunteers from Massachusetts adapt themselves readily to the service. There is daily practice with the large pais- ] bans, constant drill, and the strictest main- J tenance of discipline. : Inquiries are continually made whether < my batteries have been raised by the State ] troops on the western side cf the fort. This 1 is the side nearest the land, on which there < is no casemates. Col. Dimick declared, i even before the secession of Virginia, that i he should regard any attempt to raise batteries there as an act of war, and, without waiting for instructions from Washington, should demolish them forthwith. Not a E?nn?lp nnnearanee of aererression has yet been ?"o r i co made, however, nor do I believe that any thing of the kind is in prospect. There is no movement of guns, mortars or ammunition possible from the interior, and the little steamer which makes daily passage from Norfolk to Hampton, is so closely watched that she oould scarcely land a percussion cap without being detected. The surveillance, in every direction, is incessant. Sentinels are posted at the bridge over i:he creek and all communication from without is carefully excluded, although this has been done more for the purpose of preventing annoyance from fugitive slaves than as a measure of precaution, or to keep out citizens of Hampton. All of the barracks and icondicork in the interior of Fort Monroe have been burned. Carroll Hall, a brick building, is the only edifice which has been allowed to remain. Officers and soldiers aro alike quartered in the casemates. The trees whose beauty and shade are among the chief attractions of the interior of the fortress, have, of course, not been cut down. The seventy-five acres inclndcd within the vast stronghold, would be a bleak indeed, without their presence upon the parade. The wildest, and most absurd rumors, prevail here, from time to time, with regard to matters iu the fortress. Shut up as it is, it constitutes a Udolpbo of mysterious, fearful attractions. Gen. Gwynn, commander of the Virginia forces, sent over a flag of truce, a day or two since, with a request to be informed whether it was true that a number of Virginia officers, as had been currently reported, were in irons, or otherwise restrained at Fort Monroe or Calhoun !? j He was informed that no such atrocity had I been perpetrated. I Tho Herald's Programme. The New York Herald sharply lectures the Times, Tribune, and Courier and Enquirer, for their blood and thunder articles, but is itself not much behind them in its tone. In regard to these matters our people feel but little interest, and we therefore only copy the following from the Herald of Wednesday : Baltimore is to be completely filled with troops, and Maryland is to be compelled to act like a State still in the Union. All the information which reached us up to a lata^ hour last night, plainly indicated that this is the policy of the Government at Washington. Let tis state the points of the latest news in brief: The greatest activity prevails in Southern Pennsylvania, 17,000 j troops being in the field there at the present i time. At Camp Scott, York, Pa., there i are 0000 men; at Camp Sifller, near Cham- j j bersburg, 1G00; at Camp Curtain, near j I Harrisburg, 4000; two regiments from1 | Ohio are quartered near Lancaster, and ' i 1200 United States regulars at Carlisle.? ' Scattered at different points between Pbila-1 delphia, Elkton and Perryville there are | 6000 more. Three thousand New Jersey troops arc to march from Trenton to day, which will constitute in all a force of 20,000 men in that region, their destination being undoubtedly for Baltimore, to open the route j to the Federal Capital. On the south side j of Baltimore are stationed at Annoplis a j force of between four and five thousand : men, including the Providence Marine Artillery, which left Pcrryville yesterday.? The Sixth and Thirteenth, N. York Regi j uients, occupy a position airectiy opposue Annapolis, and the Sixty-ninth are at the Junction. It will thus be seen that Baltimore is completely hemmed in on both sides with an effective force, which is to be immediately mployed in opening a passage through that wi ity for the Federal troops, and restoring 00 ree communication between the North and he capital of the Republic. With this purpose Major General Keira, if Pennsylvania, was ordered to leave Phil- D idelphia yesterday for the camn at York, of vith instructions to advance at once with m army of fifteen thousand men on Baltinore. If any resistance is offered, ho will C ssue a proclamation announcing his intenion to march his force through that city, hi md warning the loyal citizens, the women tnd children, to leave, and will then cut ^ lis way through at all hazards. It is probible, however, that the threat of visiting Baltimore with so severe a chastisement ai vill bring the resistants to their senses, and Ja ;hus save the effusion blood. a Not all for "War. " TVio Xoto Ynrfc Dnv Booh savs: The 0' A"W A'V" '.7 ~ papers received at our office, which are pub- Cl listed in small cities aDd country towns, g ire, for the most part, entirely free of the war spirit, which appears in the journals 0 published in the larger cities; of thirty- 0 two Northern country papers which we re- ti ceive, twenty-sir denounce the war spirit \ assure to lead to hopeless disunion and na- e tional ruin. The New York JVcrcs says: The city is F full of individuals who condenyi the war' i' measures of the Administration; repudiate t' the false, insidious, treacherous policy it g has pursued, since the 4th of March \ are alive to the dangers that menace the country from successful Abolitionism; view with a horror the inauguration of an epoch of "fire, c rape and slaughter," and shudder from the g prospect of an internecine strife between t the slavebolding and non-slaveholding States. Nay, more, they regard the excitement which has been gotten up, since the t hnmhardment of Port Sumter, as to a great i extent art'ficial and nnnatnral?the result c of the combined machinations of partisan wire pullers, secret organizations, and venal office seekers; they have no doubt that ' there will be a speedy and terrible reaction; f that, in the desperate, unscrupulous game \ Mr. Lincoln and his advisers are playing ; , they will be the losersj and that a general uprising of the masses of the people will, ' eventually, drive them, bankrupted in char- < acter and position, from the high positions j they hold. , ?MB???m fri wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm lb ! YORKVILLE, S. C. , ? ? FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1861. {K7?Mr. John 11. Au.es, Post Mx-tcr at Chester, Is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money for this office, and give receipts for the same. eases where subscribers do not take the Enquip.fr from the post-office, Post-Masters are requested to notify u? immediately. DIVINE SERVICE. We have been requested to announce that Rev. Drury Scruggs will preach at the Independent Presbyterian Church, on Sunday nest, at 8 o'clock, p. m. Y ORKVILLE"MARKET. Cotton.?Prices nominal. Very little doing. In the absence of sales we quote 8} to 10.50. F/oui?Our market for the past week has been much escited and prices ruled as high as 84.121 per sack. For the last three days, prices have receeded. "We now quote ?3.85 to 84, extremes. Bacon.?Country hog round, 14 to 141; sides and hams, 15 cents. Corn commands 81 per bushel. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Sullivans' Island, ] Tuesday Evening, May 7,1861. j* j Dear Enquirer : Notwithstanding our days of grace have expired, and we are henceforth to be regarded as rebels and traitors, wc all here on this Island, feel perfectly secure from any immediate harm or molestation. The New York Tribune has said that Monday was tho day when I 3Ir. Lincoln would begin actively to pur| sue the policy foreshadowed by his inaugu: ral?that is, to "hold, occupy, and possess" | the forts and other property of tho United I States. In any efficient pursuance of this | policy, wc might look for a strong blocka! ding fleet off the bar very soon, with militia ! ! to land and co-operate in a combined sea j and laud fight for the re-possession of Sumj ter and Moultrie. Lut it will be rcmemi bered that Lincoln modified his warlike | programme with an if? if it be the sovereign will of the American people. We I opine that this little "if" will prove a mountain obstacle in his way. There is still a party at the North, if wc may credit the news, opposed to this insane and insolent ir. The Boston papers are counting the li st; the New York Herald says that the / El ithasiasm of the wide-awake militia is , si ready beginning to cool down; and the ^ ay Booh declares that the large majority li its , country exchanges are utterly op- 11 ised to the inhuman and astonishing proledings at "Washington. 1 It may be sot down that the South will t ive to fight a herd of ragamuffins picked u p in the gambling saloons and by-places 8 ' Northern cities, and the offscourings of 6 le country, urged on by the abolitionists, id a few sentimental theorists and emascu;ted European travellers. You may "make E note of this," as Capt. Cattle says. The t nbecility of Maryland in submitting with- T at a struggle to the Lincoln tyranny, will i ountervail any idea whioh may have been * ntertained by our government, of offensive 1 perations against Washington, unless such j peration become needful as a stroke of mili- ( iry polhy. Had Maryland boldly acted with Virginia, the overthrow of the Lincoln Gov- 1 rnment at Washington would have been a ( olitical necessity. It would have added j inmensely, we believe, to the bloodiness of 1 he struggle. At present, the way things 1 tand, the North have too little to fight for, nd too much to contend against, to get up , wide-spread, persistent and lasting excitcnent. They have ceased to compare the south with Mexico ; the cry of "rebels, raitors" has wcU-nigh subsided; a few briliant victories on the Border, and they will legin to respeot us and our rights and the ntcrests of all, enough to think of terms if peace. We accordingly continue to entertain the lope of paf>s;ng the next winter with our 'riends at home. Where we may be in the nterim is still a "vext question." No one mows. Unforeseen events must in a great measure determine. Wherever the cause )f the South invokes their presence, be assured there you may look for the 5th regiment. They have not vet been invited to =;o to Virginia. If ever, we will give you it once the result. The Island at large is guarded during the night by the Charleston Light Dragoons, 140 strong, under command of Capt. B. F. Rutledge. This gallant and patriotic corps is composed of wealthy and spirited young men of Charleston, who, we learn as a matter of choice, bear their own expenses in evciy way. If the enemy comes to our shores, we predict for them many an act of daring that will remind us of the "Game Cocks" and "Swamp Foxes" of South Caro-1 lina during the first revolution. "We had rain on Sunday morning, and we assure you it was a most welcome visitor; for the cisterns, on which we are mainly dependent, were nearly empty. On yesterday evening after dark, a regular thunder-storm, with incessant flashes of lightning and peals of thunder, passed over, and further replenished the cisterns. Still the water is no better than you could get in any frogpond of the up-country. It is perfectly alive with a very busy little "baste" which "flourishes" under the happily conceived tinmen of "wiggle-tails." These interesting but silly little things seem to have a fondness for the part of the bucket where you dip your cup in, and passively swim into it as it sinks beneath the surface; and -i_-J J-?- "? morfTjrrlnm so are guipeu uuwu m jHtmuiu to their love of ease and the wiggling of their tails. From this and other causes, some sickness, chiefly of a dysentery complexion, is prevailing; bub.no one is yet much sick in the whole regiment. We regret to learn that the 4th Regiment, quartered at Columbia, has lost a noble young soldier in the death of a schoolmate of our childhood. He leaves a lovely and amiable companion only a few weeks his bride. This grievous | news unfits us for writing and leaves us sadI ly. OUR CORPORAL^ j ? i The Confederate Zouaves.?The i followiug are the provisions of the bill proj viding for a regiment of Zouaves in the 1 Confederate Array: ) <'Thc act ordains that one regiment of Zouaves, consisting of one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, one Major and ten companies, shall be added to the military establishment of the Confederate States.? J^dch company shall have one captain, two eutenants, one sergeant-major, one quar>r master, four sergeants, eight corporals ad ninety privates ; to the regiment there hall also be attached one adjutant and aartermaster, to be selected from the entenants. The officers' pay shall bt lentical with that of officers of Infantry, ame in rank, and the allowances shall also e the same. The privates will receive leven dollars per month, sergeants seveneen and corporals thirteen dollars. No niform is prescribed, though it is ttndertood that the genuine Tnrco dress will be stablished." ' CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. Chester, S. C., May 8,1861. Iditorf of Yorkvillc Enquirer: ^ Your Semi-Weekly reached-us in due ime. There is surely no excuse n'oir for a efusal io subscribe. The most tempting adocement is held out in the neat and veil filled Enquirer, which offers itself to ts patrons for less than two cents for each japer. He must be a dull mortal who ails to get the value of two cents out of svery number which comes to hand. We have recently had 8 gentle and copious rain which has greatly revived vegetation. Wo are anticipating everything ;ood from our gardens, and a grand harvest from our fields. The seasonable showers will be invaluable in the bringing up of corn ind cotton. "' We have long been expecting the Northern mails to be cut off, but it seems that in old Abe's dominions they are as anxious to hear from the South as we are to hear from Yankee land; and, hence, the papers and letters from most of the localities in that region, still reach us. We are perfeotly independent, however, as our mall facilities, so far as the South is especially coooerued, . will be in our own h&nds soon, and we can * manage matters better than they have been conducted by the quondam Union. It is greatly to be regretted that it has been thought to be necessary to carry and open ' the mails on Sunday in our J8outhern land. < At present this invasion of the sanctity of the Lord's day may, perhaps, be justified on the score of necessity, but ordinarily it must be regarded as a flagrant desecration. ' . From a paper puDlisnea in unanesion iu < 1826, I observe that at that time, in Loo- \ don, the centre of the Commerce of the i world, 110 mail was opened or distributed on the Sabbath. 1 > j." , In North Carolina they have certainly gone to work in good earnest. I observe that a gun has been forwarded from Peters* burg to Fort Macon which is said to carry a ball of one hundred and sixty pounds, or a bushel of grape and cannister, more or less ! I do not know the name of the piece, but would suggest that it be called The Sicceper. The Caroiinas and some othera of the Southern States, are certainly fortunate in being free from the foot of the iuvader. .. ; I Our citizens are curious to know how the Washington despot?what an association ! how sadly trne the phrase! Washington despot?we are carious to know how he will blockade two tbonsand miles of coast with two or three dozen, or at most fifty, war vessels! Poor South ! she may look oat for starvation now! The next Sooth Carolina Methodist Conferecce, as yon may have seen, is to meet in Chester on the 12th of December next.? The papers report that Bishop J. 0. Andrew, D. D, is to preside." Market Reports.?Cotton.?Market almost at a stand. Extremes 7 @ 10. Baron?Hog round, 13?@14; Hams, 16017; Shoulders, 131; Sides, 16.? Corn, SI. Coffee?Rio, 17@18. Flour? per bag, ?3 85@83 90. Lard?14. Moloxw. ?Cuba, 40; N. 0., 55@60. Sugar? Brown, 9 ?@10; Clarified, ll?@12?; Crushed, 13?@14. Salt?per sack, $2.25. DAMON. For tiie Yorkville Enquirer. Gaston Guards. ? Messrs. Editors: On Saturday, tho 4th inst., the "Gaston Guards," a fine company of volunteers, in Gaston, N. C., met at the parade ground near Olney Church. They had received an order from the "War Department" to repair to Raleigh, and the object of the meeting on Saturday, was to receive a stand of colors presented by the ladies of that section of the county, and to partake of a Pic Nic, prepared for them by their friends previous to their departure for the seat of war, on Monday morning. The day was a fine one, and a very largo number of friends, assembled on the parade ground to witness the ceremony and do hoD> or to the brave volunteers who were ready to jeopard their lives in defence of their country's rights, and of all that we hold dear as freemen. The Company paraded at 2 o'clock, and after drilling for a short time were drawn 1 up in line, when Rev. W. W. Carothers, on the behalf of the ladies, addressed the company, and presented the flag. Oapt. E. M. Faris, the efficient commander of the Company, received the flag, which was salu, ted by the Company, and handed it to their