Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 11, 1861, Image 2
Military Despotism in Baltimore.
Events succeed each other at present,
(says the Baltimore Exchange, of July 2,)
with such startling-rapidity, that it is scarcely
worth while to do much more than
chronicle them. Each day it is thought
that the minions of the Blaok Abolition
Republican party have perpetrated the
crowning outrage of the age; but the succeeding
one witnesses some other act of
military usurpation and tyranny, more infamous
and outrageous than any that have
preceded it.
Yesterday, at an early hour, the greatest
excitement prevailed. Men hurried to and
fro; crowds gathered on the streets and
business was almost wholly suspended. A
large military force had marched into the
city, in the night, and arrested the Board
of Police. Rumors floated about as to the
rrefit nf ooupral nther leadinc gentlemen.
%M4VU" V4 uv,v**" O O
Troops and batteries were stationed in all
the important positions ef the city. The
facts, as near as we can learn, are as follows
:
A detachment of Col. Morehead's regiment,
under his command, siz hundred
strong, proceeded first to the residence of
John W. Davis, Esq., on Montgomerystreet,
near William-street. On ringing
the bell Mr. Davis answered from one of the
upper windows, and as^ed the cause of the
vist. He was informed that they had come
to arrest him, and desired him to dress
himself and come down. Mr. Davis immediately
complied, and in a few moments
was seated in the hack. This arrest took
place about two o'clock in the morning.?
The command then proceeded to the residence
of Charles D. Hinks, Esq , No. 257
West Lombard-street. The bel! was rung,
and quickly followed by a heavy rap on
the door. For some dp.ys past a young
child of Mr. Hinks' family has been quite
sick, and at the time the bell was rung,
Mrs. Hinks was up administering to its
wants. She went to the window and observed
the files of soldiers, and instantly
surmised the object of the visit She asked
what was wanted, when an officer replied
that they had come to arrest Mr. Hinks.
Mrs. Hinks requested them to make as little
noise as possible, as there was sickness
in the family. The officer replied that he
could not help that; Mr. Hinks was his
prisoner, and he wanted him. Mrs. H.
then awoke her busband. He went to the
window and told the officer that he would
DC down in a iew minutes, rui uiuie tuau
a year past Mr. Hink9 has been in very
delicate health, and he occupied some few
minutes in dressing. The officer at the
door became impatient, and demanded that
the door should be opened, or he would
burst it in. He blew a whistle, aod ten
men answered it and came to the porch.? ]
By this time Mr. Hink9 had gotten down
stairs and opened the door. He complain- 1
ed that the officer had beeD so impatient, 11
and asked where he was to be taken. The '
reply was, "You'll see." Mr. Hinks said *
that he desired that his family should know, i1
when the officer replied, "Fort McHenry."
On entering the carriage, be found Mr. Pa- 1
vis there. The column faced about, and 1
the line of march was taken up for the fort. 1
Col. Jones of the 6th Massachusetts In- 1
fantry, proceeded with several hundred men 1
to the residence of Charles Howard, Esq., '
in Cathedral streeet, near Read. On ringing
the front doorbell, Mr. Howard appeared
at the window, and being informed of
the object of the visit, after the necessary I
delay of a few moments came down and de- !
livered himself up, when he was placed in
a hack and escorted to Fort McHenry.
Another command of about five hundred
men, marched to the house of Mrs. Dueatel,
in Saratoga street, and rang the bell.?!
Mrs. Pucatel made her appearance, and
was informed that they had come for the
purpose of arresting Mr. Gatchell. Mr. i
Gatchell, who was necessarily detained for j
a few minutes, not making a speedy appear-)
ance, the officer in command became very
impatieut and rapped loudly at the door.
Mrs. Ducatel appeared each time at the
window and told him not to be in a hurry,
that gentlemen must have time to dress,
and that she thought there was no cause of
uneasiness, as certainly five hundred soldiers
ought to be able to capture oue unarmed
elderly gentleman. This did not
allay the impatience of the officer, who
knocked again several times. Mr. G. at
last appeared. As he came in the street,
several revolvers were drawn by the military.
Mr. G. made no remark except as he entered
the carriage, when he said quietly
that it was certainly a great array for the!
- capture of an old man of sixty-two years of j
age.
On the arrival of these gentlemen at the;
Fort they were confined, together with Mar-j
shal Kan6 and Mr. Merryman, in three
very small rooms. .No attention was paid
to their comfort, nor were they provided
with or asked if they desired bed, bedding
or food. They were visited during the day.
by Major Brown, Mr. Wallis, Mr. Pitts, j
and several friends. Later iu the day or- j
ders were sent by the gentlemen themselves]
to Mr. Jenkins, cabinet maker, to send!
them down the necessary bedding.
There is every appearance of great un-1
uneasiness exhibited at the Fort. Checun.i \
dc /rise are being thrown up and active]
preparations being made to protect the fort!
from assault. At any other period than |
the present the ridiculous alarm exhibited
by the troops in and around the city would
be a matter of much amusement.
Yesterday morning when the office of
the Board of Police was thrown open, Richard
Pryor, with half dozen of the vice-police,
entered and took possession, when
-? i t* -i - i .c nriii! 1.1
tney waiteu ior tue arrival ci >v juiaiu r.
McKewen, clerk of the Board. He arrived
about eight o'clock, when Richard Pryor
made a demand for the keys of the safe,
desk, and other articles. Mr. McKewen
said that he did not acknowledge Pryor as
an officer and would not deliver up the
keys. Pryor then iuformed him that be
was a prisoner. Information of the arrest
was sent to Provost Marshal Kenly, who!
come up to the rooms and made a demand
on Mr. McKewen for the keys. He delivered
them to Colonel Kenly aud asked
for a receipt for them. The Colonel told
him to write a receipt aud he would sign
it. This Mr. McKewen did, statiug in the
receipt that he had' delivered the keys
while a prisoner in the hands of Col. Kenly.
On reading this Col. Kenly refused i
to sign it. Mr. McKewen would not ac-l
cept any other kind. Consequently there j
was none given, and Mr. McKewen was
told that he could depart.
Previous to the arrival of Mr. McKewen,
Mr. Holliugaworth Ilinks, son of Mr. Chas.
D. Hinks, entered the rooms expecting to i
find some of the municipal police in charge. |
He was placed under arrest and held until!
his release was ordered by Provost Marshal
Kenly. All day yesterday a squad of vicepolice
held possession of the building. It
t is reported that Marshal Kenly will occupy
the rooms as his quarters.
The following is the proclamation under
which these arrests were perpetrated :
Headquarters, Hep't of Annapolis, )
Fort McHenry, July 1. J
In pursuance of orders issued from the
headquaters of the Army at Washington,
for the preservation of the public peace in
this Department, I have arrested, and do
now detain in the custody of the United
States, the late members of the Board of
Police?Messrs. Charles Howard, William
Gatchell, Charles Hinks and John W. Davis.
The incidents of the past week afforded
full justification for this order. The
Headquarters under the charge of the
Board, when abandoned by the officers, resembled
in some respects a concealed arsenal.
After public recognition and protest
against the "suspension of their functions,"
they continued their sessions daily.
Upon a forced and unwarrantable construction
nf mxr Proclamation of the 28th ulti
mo, they declared that the Police law was
suspended, and the Police officers and men
put off duty for the present, intending to
leave the city without any Police protection
whatever. They refused to recognize the
officers or men necessarily selected by the
Provost Marshal for its protection, and
hold subject to their orders, now and hereafter,
the old police force, a large body of
armed men, for some purpose, not known
to the Government, and inconsistent with
its peace or security. To anticipate any intentions
or orders in their part, I have
placed temporarily a portion of the force
under my command within the city. I
disclaim, on the part of the Government I
represent, all desire,, intention and purpose
to interfere in any manner whatever
with the ordinary municipal affairs of the
city of Baltimore. Whenever a loyal citizen
can be named who will execute i4s police
laws with impartiality and in good faith
to the United States, the military force will
be withdrawn from the central parts of the
municipality at once. No soldier will be
permitted in the city, except under regulations
satisfactory to the Marshal; and if
any so admitted violate the municipal law,
they shall be punished according to the civil
tribunals. Nath'l P. Banks,
Major-General Commanding.
From the South Carolinian.
LINCOLN'S" MESSAGE.
Washington, July 4, (via Mobile, July
5.)?The message of Lincoln to the
Northern Congress says that at the beginning
of the present Administration, the
Federal Government was found to be suspended
in several States, except in regard
to its postal functions. The national prop
jrty, except Fort Pickens, Taylor, Jefferson
and Sumter, had been seized, and nnt
? J J I
in an offensive position ; other forts had
beeu built, an army organized and being
arganized with avowedly hostile intent, and
the Federal force in these States beseiged
ar menaced. A disproportionate amount
jf arms and munitions of war had somehow
found its way into the rebellious States;
the accumulations of the national revenues
within the rebel borders was seized; the
Federal Navy was scattered ; and Federal
Army and Navy officers had resigned in
great numbers. Ordinances declaring their
separation from the United States had been
passed, and these States, were applying to
foreign powers for recognition and assistance.
The incoming Administration believed
it to be an imperitave duty to prevent
the threatened dismemberment of the
Union. In the choice of means towards
this indispensable policy, that method was
chosen which was indicated in the Inaugural.
The Government exausted all peaceful
measures before it would resort to coercion.
It was seeking only to hold the public
places and property, and to continue
the unresisted collection of the revenue,
relying upon time, discussion and the ballot
box for the rest; promising, in the
mean time, the continuance of the mails.
Everything was to be foreborne compatible
with keeping the Government on foot.
On the 4th of March, a letter was received
from Major Anderson, commanding Fort
Suuitev, stating that the place could not
be held. On further consultation, Geo.
SnnH t-Viof tVin fnrno af fh/a rlic.
posal of the Government was uot adequate
to the relief of Fort Sumter, without immediately
victualing it. The duty of the
Administration was thus reduced to the
safe withdrawal of the garrison. It was believed,
however, that the abandonment of
Sumter would be utterly ruinous; that the
actiou would be misunderstood as discouraging
the friends of the Union and emboldening
its enemies, and as encouraging ihe
recognition of the Confederate States abroad
; that, in fact, it would be the national
destruction. If this course was unavoidable,
previous to Sumter's starvation, Fort
Pickens might be reinforced, thus indicating
the policy of the Administration, and
preparing the public mind for the evacuation
of Sumter as a military necessity. Orders
were immediately issued for the reinforcement
of Pickens, and as it was impossible
to transmit these orders by land, they
were sent by sea. The first return to this
order was received the week before the fall
of Sumter. The Brooklyn, under Buchanan's
(jtmsi armistice, refused to land troops
to reinforce Pickens before the crisis should
be relieved at Sumter.
In order to prevent the evacuation of
Sumter before Pickens could be reinforced,
? n _i i J
nit; vjruvcruixxuut piuuutu uu cApuuiuuu
to victual Sumter, to be used or not, as
circumstationes might require. Contingencies
requiring the consummation of this
plan, Governor Pickens was notified that if
the victualing was not resisted, no attempt
I would be made to throw in men, arms 01
j ammunition, without giving him notice.
[The fort, however, wa.s taken without waiting
for the victualing expedition ; thus the
attack on Sumter can in no seDse be said to
have been in self-defence. The assailants
knew that in no evont could Fort Sumter be
mischievous : and they were notified that
feeding hungry men was the only object;
| that Government only wished to maintain
nominal possession of the fort, thus preserving
the Union from dissolution, trusting
to time, discussion and the ballet-box for
final adjustment. The fort was assailed for
one object: to drive out the visible Federal
authority, thus forcing immediate dissolution.
This the Executive understood, and
having inaugurated hostilities, you can have
no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressor.
President Lincolu took pains to keep
this declaration good m the circumstances
surrounding the Sumter affair. Then these
Confederates began the conflict; they have
forced upon the country the destructive is*
i sue of immediate dissolution, embracing
more than the fate of the Union, as it
solves the question whether a government
of the people can maintain the integrity of
its territory against domestic foes, and
whether a band of individuals, too few to
control the Administration by organized
law can break up the Government, thus
ending the freest Government on earth.?
It forces this question, must a government
be too strong for the liberty of a people, or
too weak to maintain its own existence ??
. No choice was left but to call out the war
power of the Government to resist the force
omnlfvror? fnr ifja dflstrnnt.inn. The resnnnse
? ? r
to the call for troops surprised the most
sanguine expectations, Delaware, alone,
however, of all the slave States, responding.
A few regiments have been raised in
slave States by individual enterprise, and
acoepted.
The Border States were not uniform in
their action. The course taken by Virginia
is the most remarkable and important. A
Convention to consider this question, in session
when Fort Sumter fell, with a large
Union majority, went over, and carried,
the State out of the Union. They made extensive
military preparations, seized the
Federal property, received large bodies of
Confederate troops, entered into a treaty
with the Confederate States, sent Representatives
to the Confederate Councils, and
permitted the insurrectionary Government
to be transferred to the capital of Virginia.
The Government has no choice left in
regard to Virginia, and does so with the
less regret from having been called on to
protect loyal citizens there whom it is bound
to sustain.
Other Border States favor an armed neutrality;
that is, arming to prevent Union
or disunion troops from oocupying their
soil. This would be disunion complete ;
figuratively speaking, it would be building
an impassable wall along - the line of separation.
This right, under the guise of neutrality,
would tie the hands of the Unionists
and feed the insurrectionists; taking
all the trouble from the secession hands,
except what arises from the external blockade.
It would give the malcontents disunion
without any struggle of their own. It
recognizes no fidelity to the Constitution,
no obligation to maintain the Union. While
loyalists favored it, it is very injurious.
Recurring to the action of the Government.
It first called for 75,000 troops, proclaimed
a blockade of the insurrectionists,
denounced privateering, and made a call
for three years' troops and large additions
to the army and navy. These measures
were ventured upon under the popular demand
and public necessity, trusting to their
ratification by Congress. Soon after, it
was considered a duty to authorize the
commanding general to suspend the writ of
habeas corpus where the public safety required
it. This was necessary to the execution
of the laws. The continuance of
the law made in such extreme tenderness
of the liberty of the citizen, practically relieved
more of the guilty than the inno- ,
cent. To state the question more directly : Are
all the laws but one to be unexecuted,
and the Government go to pieces lest ooe
be violated ? Rut it was believed that the
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus was
not unconstitutional.
The forbearance of Government had
been so extraordinary and long continued
as to induce foreign nations to shape their
action on the supposition of an early dissolution.
The Administration was concerned
about this, but is now happy to state that
the sovereignty of the Union is now everywhere
practically respected, and a sympathy
with the Government manifested
throughout the world.
The reports of the Secretaries will give
detailed information, and the Executive
and Departments are ready to supply any
omissions necessary to guide your deliberations.
I recommend the adoption of meas|
ures to make the contest short and decisive,
I and tnat you place at tne uovernment s (lis'posal
at least four hundred thousand men
| and four hundred millions of money, that
' number of meu being about one-tenth of the
available men within the willing region,
and.thatsum one-twenty-third of the wealth
of the men who seem willing to devote
their property to that object. The whole
six hundred millions would involve a less
debt per head than the proportion in the
j revolutionary war.
| Surely the motive now, is as strong as
[then. Might the result now be worth to
the world ten times the number of men and
i ten times the amount of money. Legislative
sanction is only necessary, the material
for the work being abundant; the greatest
perplexity of the Government is to avoid
receiving men faster than they are prepared.
The people will then have a Government,
if the Government do its part of the
duty.
While perceptibly there is little difference
between secession and revolution, the
movers knew they could never raise their
treason to respectability by a name implying
a violation of law ; they could only ad|
vance indirectly in the teeth of the noble
sentiments of the people.
They commenced with an insiduous public
sentiment, and invented iugenious sc;
phisms, which, if considered logically, fol|
lowed all incidents to the destruction of the
I Union. The sophism is legal, peaceful
; withdrawal, without the consent of the U;
Dion. This sugar-coated rebellion drugged
,i the public mind during thirty years, and
| placed good men in arms against the Govj
eminent. The sophism derives currency
! frntn tho iiwnmnfinn (\f some imnnfpnf.
1 supremacy pertaining to a State. The
States have ueither more nor less than re[
served power?no one of them being a State
of the Union. The original ones passed
| into the Union before casting off the British
colonial dependence, and the new ones
came in from a condition of dependence ?
Even if it was during a temporary independence,
it was never designated a State.
| The words Sovereign State are not in the
Constitution, nor, as it is believed, in any
' State Constitution.
Here follows an elaborate argument a!
gainst the right of secession. It is questioned
whether the people of every State,
except South Carolina, are not in favor of
the Union ; the contrary has not been demonstrated,
though our adversaries have
adopted it.
Some passages in the Declaration of Independence,
in which it is said "all men
are created equal," are omitted. Their
Constitution, iustead of "we, the people,"
has, "we, the deputies of the sovereign and
independent States." Why ignore the
j rights of men?the authority of the people ?
I This is essentially the people's contest. I
am happy to believe the plain, common
people appreciate this. It is not worthy
that, while in the nation's trials, officers
have resigned^ no common soldier or sailor
has deserted the flag.
It remains to be demonstrated, that those
who can carry an election can also repress
a rebellion?that ballots are the rightful
and peaceful successors of bullets?and that
when ballots have fairly and Constitutionally
decided, there can be no successful appeal
back to bullets; no appeal except to
ballots themselves, at the succeeding election.
Such will be the lesson of peace,
teaching men what they cannot take by any
election they cannot take by war.
Lest there be any uneasiness regarding
the course of the Government towards the
Southern States, after suppressing the rebellion,
it is proper to say it will be guided
by the Constitution and laws. The Executive
desires to administer the Government
as administered by the Government makers
and as loyal persons everywhere have the
right to claim. This the North perceived.
To 4-Vi nnn aaawai an nnV\in<miia?v mm a
ao bucic <*uy uuciuiuu, ouuj ugaiiULl U1 UUU*
qaering in these terms ? The Constitution
guarantees to each State a representative
form of Government. If a State withdraws,
it may change the form. To prevent
its going out, is indispensable to maintaining
the guarantee.
With the deepest regret, the Executive
employed the war power for the defence of
the Government, but it was forced upon
him. He could but perform his duty, or
surrender the Government. No compromise
in this case could cure. Not that compromises
are not often proper, but no popular
Government can long survive a marked
precedent, that those who carry an election
can only aave the country by giving up the,main
point on which the people gave the
election. The people themselves, and not
their servants, can reverse the decision.?
As a private citizen, the Executive could
not consent that the institutions should
perish, much less destroy so vast and so sacred
a trust as a free people had conhded in
him. He had no moral right to shrink,
nor count the chances of his own life in
what might follow. In full view of the
great responsibility, he has done what he
deemed his duty, as you know. According
to your own judgment do yours. He hopes
your views and actions will so accord with
his as to assure faithful citizens, disturbed
in their rights, of a speedy restoration of
them. Having thus chosen our course,
with a pure motive and purpose, let us renew
our trust, and go forward without fear
and with manly hearts.
Ik ?0iMfe #Uipirn.
YORKVILLE, S. C.
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11,1861.
Q(7-Mr. John R. Ali.en, Post Master at Chester, is our
authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money
for this office, and give receipts for the same.
(if?-1" cases where subscribers do not take the Enquirer
roin tile post-office, Post-Masters are requested to nodfy us
inmediately.
Subscribers desiring their papers ciianged must mention
the Post Office from, as well as the one to, which they
riorfire the cliagen to be made.
"THE YORK GUARDS."
By reference to the proceedings of a
meeting to be found in another column, it
will be seen that the above company, which
recently left this District, under the command
of Capt. J. M. White, was mustered
into Confederate service on the 2nd
instant, and is attached to the 6th Regiment,
S. C. V.
We have endeavored to get a complete roll
of the company, but have not as yet succeeded.
As soon as we can procure it, we
will give it to our readers. We learn from
Mr. S. L. Love, that 73 members were
mustered into the service. Fie will leave
Yorkville on Saturday morning next for
the Camp, and he informs us that he will
be pleased to obtain a sufficient number of
recruits to raise the company to odo hundred.
Recruits will be taken to the camp
without expense to theui.
MERE-MENTION.
It is said that 360,000 volunteers have
tendered their services to the Confederate
States to defend the rights of the South.
They will do it The Confederate
Congress will assemble in Richmond on the
20th July. The Governor of Tennessee
has issued his proclamation, according
to law. ordering the election for Delegates
to the Congress of the Confederate
States on the 1st of August, being the day
of the general election in that State.
The Davenport, (Iowa) News, of the 5th
ult., says: ''Corn was selling in town yesterday
at the very small sum of twelve-anda
half cents per bushel. This is very low,
but there is no market for the article."
The New York Ilerald styles the Confederate
States "New Dahomey." The
Maryland Legislature has taken a recess
uutil the 30th of the present mouth. That
body will yet cover itself with honor.
Mr. Russell, of the London Times was in
Canada on the 29th ult. \Vm. D.
Porter, commanding the U. S. steamship
St. Mari/'s, at Panama, has addressed a
letter to his son, Lieut. Porter, of the Confederate
Army, stating his intention to return
home and devote the remnant of his
life to the wronged South. The Richmond
Enquirer of Friday states that news
has been received there that Thomas Harrison
Haker, of Charleston, and his associates
of the privateer Savannah, recently
captured near Charleston by the war brig
Etn j, have been found guilty of piracy by
the United States Circuit Court, now sitting
in New York.
President Davis Las issued his proclamation
recognizing Tennessee as one of the
Confederate States. Ata recent convivial
party, an Irishman connected with
the Confederate service, gave the following
toast: "May the Coniiderate aigle pick
out the eyes of the baste Lincoln !"
Brigadier-General Anderson, late of Fort
Sumter, was at Cresson, Penn., on the 28th
ult. The supply of water at Fort
Pickens has been cut off, and the Federal
inmates have uow to go fifty miles to obtain
that indispensable article. We presume!
that this also will be cut off at an early day.
Among the prisoners captured by
our soouts recently near Winchester, is
Lietft. Chase, son of Chase, Secretary of
the Treasury. It has been officially
announced that no more shipments of tobacoo
will be allowed from Tennessee to
Louisville. It is stated that part of
the Jersey regiment, while passing through
Baltimore, were greeted with cheers for
Jeff. Davis. Small notes about to be
issued by the Bank of the State are now
being executed and filled up, and will be
pot in circulation as soon as possible. They
will be a great relief to the community.
The Memphis Appeal reports the
arrival at that place, on the 26th ult., of a
shipment of copper from the Polk County
mines, to be used in making brass for cannon.
The Nashville Union mentions
a rumor that all the Federal forces, with
the exception of one regiment, have evacuated
that mosquito-infested, ague and fever
ridden place called Cairo.
Our Fifth Regiment.?A correspondent,
writing from the camp of the 5th
Regiment South Carolina Volunteers in
Virginia, says: <iThe 5th Regiment South
Carolina Volunteers has been peculiarly
blessed in point of health. We have now
been in service since the 13th April, and
have only lost one white man and one negro
by death, either from sickness or accident.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Camp Walker, 5th Reg., S. C. V., \
Near Manassas, Va., June 30,1861. J
Dear Enquirer)?At dress-parade this
evening, orders were read for us to have
three day's provisions cooked and in our
haversacks, ready for marching at any mo;
ment. We anticipate orders to march perhaps
to-morrow. Some think that we advance
to attack the enemy at Fall's Churoh,
to which place, we learn, they have returned
in increased numbers; others think that
they will advance upon us. Of course, we
know no more than Beauregard's coat.
At any rate, if there is any fighting to
be done, you may expect to hear of the
Fifth being in it. Our gallant Colonel is
conceded on all sides to be one of the best,
if not the very best in the field ; and Gen.
Beauregard, himself, we have it from an
entirely reliable source, has said that ours is
the best drilled regiment he knows of in
the Confederacy. We do not say this in
self-praise at all; but to prepare our friends
at home to expect that we will be placed
emphatically at the post of danger.
Col. Gregg's regiment, we learn, goes
home on the 10th, to return, however, again.
We doubt whether they will leave
at all.
Lieut. F. G. Latham?of Union he is
?was assigned the duty of Acting Assistant
Adjutant General of our Brigade.?
We had occasion a week or two since, to
allude to his gallantry.
A few oases of measles. Good health,
however; and all right on the marching
question.
Capt. Coward and his brother reached
here in safety. Laconically,
OUR CORPORAL.
For the Yorkville Enquirer. /
THE VOLUNTEERS.
York, S. C., June 25, 1861.
Messrs. Editors:?We notice in the
columns of your paper words of advice to
the volunteers, from experienced gentlemen
of the District, but have not seen an
expression of the sentiments of the fairsex.
Now it is for this end, that we as an
humble representative of this very important
class of the community, would transcend,
for a moment, the bounds of our
proper sphere. No doubt many little
sweet missives pass between us and the
dear volunteers; yet they are personal documents,
and the matter which they contain
is altogether private?but what we say is
for the benefit of every soldier who has
gone from our midst; and although we cannot
from our inexperience presume to give
advice, yet we can, by words of encouragement,
enable you to sustain patiently hardships,
and nerve your arms to strike for
glorious victory. Yes, by our sympathy,
to encourage you to contend for our dear
rights and blessed privileges.
You have gone forth to fight our battles
on Virginia's soil. She is well worthy of
your assistance. We rejoice to know that
we can now repay her for the gallant blood
shed in our defence at King's Mountain.
We love to refer to the days of the Revolution
when Virginia's sons were ready to
leave their bones to bleach on the sides of
the mouotain, or gain glorious victory; and
now you go to defend and rescue the homes,
the birthplace and the lives of the descendants
of those who fought so valiantly for
us. Go then; we give you up willingly
for such a cause. We can but wish (although
it is a sin) that we were men, that
top tnn. mioht cird on the sword to con
" O"' O
tend against the foe of our common country;
but, women as we are, you may rest
assured before Lincoln's minions shall contaminate
the soil of Carolina with their
dastard feet, every one of us with arms in
our hands, will perish around our dear
hearthstones and sacred altars. But shall
it ever come to this ! that a foreign enemy
shall pollute our atmosphere by their foul
breath ? We think we hear you say, "No,
never!" never while one of Carolina's sons
can raise bis arm to defend her. And we,
too, can echo back the words, "never!"
until our own soil shall conceal in her lovely
bosom every daughter of Carolina.?
Fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers,
shall die together before we will yield our
free land to the vile oppressor. Then go
forward, remembering the sacred cause in
which you are engaged; remembering that
whatever may be your destiny, your memories
shall be preserved by us, and never forgotten.
And you may know, too, that every
morning and night the incense of prayer
ascends in your behalf from every family
altar in the broad land, and the warmest
sympathy and most sacred emotions of every
true woman is for your welfare.
Yours very modestly, JENNIE.
For Jie Yorkville Enquirer.
"THE YORK GUARDS."
Camp Woodward, |
Summerville, July 2, 1861. J
After being mustered into Confederate
service in the 6th Regiment, S. C. V., the
"York Guards"?the Company from York
District, commanded by Captain John M.
White?held a meeting, at which Captain
White was called to the chair, and Orderly
A. H. Farr, requested to act as Secretary,
when the following resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
Resolved, That the thanks of the Company
be and are hereby tendered to those
citizens of York District, who have aided
us in our organization and manifested an
interest in our behalf; and to Col. A. B.
Springs, in particular, whose disinterested
kindness we duly appreciate.
Resolved, That a complete list of all
persons who have aided our company pecuniarily,
be furnished by the Secretary of
the Company as early as convenient, for
^mblication.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Yorkville
Enquirer.
J. M. WHITE, Chairman.
A. H. Farr, Secretary.
y " For the Yorkville Enquirer.
NEGRO HANGING.
Pleasant Ridge, N. C., 1
July 8,1861. /
WifVt n Trianr fr* nrarrflnf fVia monrr ororr.
,,1?U ? IU p.w.vuu '"""J "?ft"
gerated reports, which in these troublous
times may grow out of the following circumstances,
we have concluded to give the
facts to the public, as they occurred, in an
authentic form.
Mr. D. A. Jenkins, some few weeks
since had a child to die under peculiar circumstances,
and from facts subsequently
elicited, induced a suspicion amounting to
almost a certainty, of the child having been
I poisoned. Eliza, a negro woman belonging
to Mr. Jenkins, was suspected of being
guilty of the crime ; and at the request of
Mr. Jenkins, the Vigilant Committee of
the neighborhood, together with a number
of citizens, met at his house on Monday,
8th instant, for the purpose of fully investigating
the affair.
The Vigilance Committee organized by
calling Ezra B. Wilson, Esq., to the chair,
and requesting Wm. D. Glenn to act as
Secretary. The Chairman then appointed
Messrs. William Crawford, John R. Falls,
W. R. Holland, James M. Craig, James
D. Smith, R. A. Falls, Robert Wilson, C.
Q. Petty, Z. S. Hill, Eli Mendenhall, Thos.
F. Quinn, and J. M. Huffstetler, as a Committee
to investigate the case. On motion,
the Chairman was added to the number.
The Committee then proceeded to examine
several witnesses, whose testimony left
but little doubt of the guilt of the accused.
After the testimony was concluded, the woman
confessed that she had given the child
something from a vial, which she supposed
to be laudanum, and which she had procured
from a negro boy belonging to Mr.
Jenkins. She also implicated the boy with
herself.
The Committee then retired, and after a
short absence returned and reported that
they had, by a unanimous vote, found her
guilty; and recommended thatshe be hanged.
She was sentenced by the Chairman,
and the sentence at once carried into effect.
EZRA B. WILSON, Chairman.
W. D. Glenn, Secretary. ^
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
CHUHCH SECESSION.
? - ?? 1 i . 1 if
Tbe toliowing paper was aaoptea Dy ine
Session of Bethesda Church, at a recent
meeting:
"W ehave heard with surprise, mortification
and indignation, that the General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church?Old
School?of (what were formerly) the United
States, of America, at its late sittings
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made the
subjoined deliverance upon the duty of the
church under the present national crisis :
"Gratefully acknowledging the distinguished
care of Almighty God towards this
favored land, and also recognizing our obligation
to submit to every ordinance of man
for the Lord's sake, this General Assembly
adopt the following resolutions :
1. Resolved, That in view of the present
| agitated and unhappy condition of this coun|
try, the first day of July next be hereby set
apart as a day of prayer throughout our
bounds, and that on this day, ministers and
people are called on humbly to confess and
bewail our national sins, to offer our thanks
to the Father of Lights for his abundant
and undeserved goodness toward us as a
nation, to seek his guidance and blessing
j upon our rulers and their counsels, as well
jas on the Congress of the United States
about to assemble, and to implore tnem, in
the name of Jesus Christ, the Great Iligh;
Priest of the Christian profession, to turn
away his anger from us, and speedily restore
to us the blessings of an honorable peace.
2. Resolved, That this General Assembly,
in the spirit of that Christian patriotism
which the Scriptures enjoin, and which
has always characterized this Church, do
hereby acknowledge and declare our obligations
to promote and perpetuate, so far as
in us lies, the integrity of these U. States,
and to strengthen, uphold and encourage
the Federal Government in the exercise of j
all its functions under our noble Constitution
: and to this Constitution in all its pro-1
visions, requirements, and principles, we
profess our unabated loyalty,
j And to avoid all misconception, the Assembly
declare that by the term Federal!
Government, as here used, is not meant any
particular administration, or the peculiar
opinions of any particular party, but that
central administration, whioh being at any
time appointed and inaugurated according
to the forms prescribed in the Constitution
of the United States, is the visible representative
of our national existence."
"Inasmuch as we regard this action of the
Assembly as unnecessary and inexpedient
?demanded by no obligation binding the
Assembly to all its parts; tending to no
good, but productive of unmitigated evils;
as unkind?taking advantage of the absence
of all the Commissioners from the
South, except a mere nominal representation,
and even that, not reflecting the true
sentiment of the South; as inflammatory
?calculated to exasperate the South, and
more to excite the North, already possessed
with the spirit of fanaticism; as unconstitutional?being
"in collision with chapter xxxi,
and section 4th of Confession of Faith, and
chapter xii, and section 4th of Form of
Government; as tyrannical and spiritually
oppressive?attempting to bind, without the
authority of God, the consciences of the
South, to submit to a political Government
which they have renounced and now abhor ;
as grossly unjust and insulting to the South
?totally ignoring our present political relations,
and' claiming our allegiance to a
perjured administration and a military despotism
; as contrary to the spirit of the Gospel?favoring
coercion by means of a fratricidal
war, involving an enormous waste
of property, and the temporary disturbance
of the peace, and loss of an untold number
of lives in the unoffending South ; as detrimental
to the interests of religion?which
must be greatly imperiled and suffer much,
so long as the direful contest shall rage;
and as secured by a misrepresentation oj
the real state of things, and the feeling at
the South :
Therefore, Resolved, 1. That we hereby
raise our solemn protest against this aotion
of the highest Court of our Church, and
do disclaim all obligation to obey the resolutions
of that Body, either in letter or
spirit, being ourselves willing, content and
glad, to be privileged to give our allegiance
and support to the Government of the Confederate
States of America.
2. That in our judgment, the Presbyteries
of the South, should immediately retire
from all Ecclesiastical alliance with the
Northern branch of the General Assembly,
and adopt measures for the formation of a
General Assembly of the Confederate States
of America.
3. That we cordially approve and cheerfully
respond to the call for a pro re nata
meeting of Bethel Presbytery, and do instruct
our delegate to vote for the immediate
withdrawal of our Presbytery from the
General Assembly of the United States,
and for a call of a Convention looking to
the formation of a Southern Assembly.
The Engagement near Winchester.
The Winchester correspondent of the
Richmond Examiner, under date of July
2, furnishes the following:
At ten o'clock this morning a courier
arrived from Martinsburg, announcing that
a large Federal force, under General Patterson,
had attempted to cross the Potomac
at Williamsport, and were met by Colonel
t?i f j c
-JUCKSUU 3 CUUJLLIL1UU, UUUSlSUUg U1 XUU1 IKglmerits
of Virginia infantry, Capt. Pendleton's
battery of flying artillery, and Col.
Stewart's cavalry, numbering about five
hundred men?the whole force amounting
to about 4500 men. Assistance was asked
from Gen. Johnson. Orders were immediately
issued for three brigades to march
to Martinsburg. The first under Col. Elsie,
of the 1st Maryland regiment (successor to
Col. Hill); the second uuder Col. Bartow,
of the 8ch Georgia; and the third (embracing
the 2d and 11th Mississippi, 4th Alabama
and 1st Tennessee), under General
B. As I write, they are passing through
Winchester on their way to the scene of
action.
10 o'clock p. m.?The stage has just
arrived from Williamsport, bringing a number
of passengers, and among them a wounded
soldier of Col. Stewart's cavalry, who was
in the engagement this morning. From
him and others present at the fight, I gather
the following particulars: Last night, a
large body of the enemy crossed the Potomac,
some above and some below Williamsport,
and marched -two miles this side of
Falling Waters, six miles east of Martinsburg.
Col. Jackson hearing of it, advanced
to meet them, taking Col. Stewart's
cavalry, Col. Harper's regiment of infantry
and one piece of Captain Pendleton's battery.
The vanguard of the enemy consisted of
a company of eighty five men, distributed
fifteen in front, thirty at a distance of two
hundred yards from the front, and forty,
three hundred yards in rear of them Col.
Stewart advanced within thirty steps of the
first fifteen without receiving a single shot,
the Yankees evidently mistaking his men
for friends. At this point two of Stewart's
men dismounted and let down a fence, and
immediately the Col. rode up to their line
and demanded their instant surrender on
pain of death, with which demand they
promptly complied. The next thirty fired
a few shots and did likewise. Of the remaining
forty, four were taken prisoners,
seventeen were killed and nineteen wounded.
In the mean time a portion of the
main body came up, and were engaged by
Col. Harper's regiment, with one piece of
artillery, for one hour and a half, when
they (the enemy) retired to falling Waters,
and Col. Jackson prudently returned to an
entrenched position two miles west (this
side) of Martinsburg. The number killed
Tjn our side is said to be eight killed and
eleven wounded. The wounded man who
came to night is only slightly injured.?
The loss of the enemy is variously reported,
but I take the minimum?sixty seven killed,
eighty nine wounded and forty nine
taken prisoners. The front of our column
from this place is reported to be within
seven miles of Col. Jackson's present position.
The Richmond Dispatch of the 6th instant,
says :
Several persons present at the recent engagements
near Martinsburg concur, substantially,
in the following accounts:
On Tuesday last the Yankee forces, numbering
near 10,000 while approaching Martinsburg,
were met by Col. Jackson's advance,
consisting of a portion of Col. Har
per's Regimeot from Augusta county,
bout 700 strong, and a squadron of caval^Blggj
under Col. Stewart. The Federal forces^BH
excepting Sherman's boasted battery, oc-^^B
cupied a forest. The Confederate troops
advanced, under the protection of a rail
fence, to within three hundred yards of the
enemy. Col. Stuart, with Capt. Patrick's
company of Cavalry, from Augusta, opened
the engagement by capturing the van of
the enemy, consisting of an entire company
of Pennsylvanians; a sharp firing was
kept up for an hour and a half between the .
main bodies, with a loss to the enemy esti- d
mated at the minimum of 67 killed, 85 I
wounded, and 53 prisoners; when the firing
ceased, and Colonel Jackson fell back slow*
ly to a stronger position nearer Martinsburg,
with a loss on his side of three killed
and five wounded. '>
f}pn. Johnston, beincr notified, advanced
from Winchester with bis forces, and reliable
reports received yesterday say, that
in coojuction with Co!. Jackson's force, he
three several times repulsed !he attacks of
Gen. Patterson's entire army of about 20,000
men, and drove him into Martinsburg.
Gen. Johnston has since succeeded in throwing
his army between Gen. Patterson and
the Potomac, thus cutting off retreat, while
reinforcements are constantly arriving from
Beauregard's camp at Manassas in sufficient
numbers to assure the complete discomfiture,
if not capture, of the entire Hessian force,
which may God grant. 1
Paying the Piper.
It is stated that Lincoln's Secretary of
the Treasury estimates the total expenses
of the Rump Government for the current
year at about 8300,000,000. Of -this a- J
mount it is estimated that 830,000,000
will be required for the ordinary expenses
and for the payment of the interest on loans.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
writes:
Various plans have been under consideration
by Governor Chase for meeting the
extraordinary demands upon the treasury.
He has finally decided to have recourse to
the three following measures, all of which
will be recommended to Congress in his report:
First. A great national loan, subscriptions
for which will be opened all over the
Aftiintrv. Gflrtifieates for this will be issued
in sums of 850, 8100,8500 and 81000, and
will bear interest at 7 30 00 per cent.; so
that the interest on a 850 certificate will
be exactly one cent per day. The rate of
interest will be endorsed on the back of
each note, so that each holder may kqow
at a glance the amount of interest due for >
any given time he may hold it. This loan
will be redeemable at aoy time within three
years, at the option of the Government, and
will not be convertible into bonds, or received
for custom house or other Govern- J
ment dues.
Second. A foreign loan, bearing interest
at the rate of 6.35 100 per cent.
Third. The issue of treasury notes of denominations
as low as 820, bearing interest
at the rate of 3.30 100 per cent. These,
if issued, will circulate as currency, will
be coovertible into stock of twenty years'
loan, and will be receivable for customhouse
dues, &c. Many Western men urge
this plan warmly, but it is not regarded
with much favor by Governor Chase, and
he will resort to it sparingly, if at all. He
anticipates that these notes would not keep
out in circulation long enough to make it
an object to issue them.
The Secretary will recommend a special
tax on tea, coffee and sugar, and also some
further changes in the present tariff, for
the purposes of revenue. It is proposed to
pledge by law the proceeds of this special
tax on subjects of luxury to the creditors
of .the Government, for the payment of the
interest nn its nhlications. It is estimated i
that the revenue arising from the special
tax, and other sources, will be 890,000,000,
which will cover all the ordinary expenses
of the Government, and provide for the
payment of the interest on loans.
Burying a Fort.?Quite an original
method of taking a fort is described in the
last number of Blackwood's Magazine. In
1696, a large Russian army besieged the
Turkish fort at Azof, which was situated
on a plain, strongly fortified, and had a
small but well disciplined garrison. No
common approaches oould be made to it,
and the Turkish cannon swept the level
with iron hail. In this case, the engineering
skill of the Russians was baffled, but
Gen. Patriok Gordon, the right hand man
of Peter the Great, and the only one for
whose death, it is said, he ever shed a tear,
being determined to take the place at any
, cost, proposed to bury it with dirt by gradual
approaches. He had a large army; the
soil of the plain was light and deep, and
he set twelve thousand men to work with
spades, tbowing up a high circumvallation i
of earth, and advancing nearer and nearer
every day to the place, by throwing up the
huge earth wall before them in advance.?
The men were Kept in gangs, worxing aay
and night, the earth being thrown from one
to another like the steps of a stair, the top
gang taking the lowest place every half
hour in succession. In five weeks the huge
earth was carried nearly one mile until it
rose to and above the highest ramparts, and
the earth began to roll over them. This
caused the Turkish Governor to hang out
the white flag and give in. Had he not
done so, General Gordon would have buried
the fortress.?Exchange.
A Bad Practice.?A custom is coming
very much in vogue in the South of politicians
raising regiments and placing themselves
at the head?or with the understanding
that-they will be placed there?and
taking thoroughly educated officers from
the regular army for Lieutenant-colonels, i
majors and other subordinate positions. *
We know colonels in the Southern army ^
who six weeks ago were profoundly ignor- fl
ant of the mystery of 'shoulder arms!' and fl
yet are ambitious of leading the armies of '
the republic.
his is all wrong, and public sentiment,
if nothing else, should put a stop to it.
Unskilled civillians who place themselves,
or allow others to place them, in responsible
military positions, of whose duties they
know nothing, do injustice to professional
soldiers, to the service, and to themselves.
Nor can we see bow well educated military
men can, consistently with a proper respect I
for their profession, consent to be placed in \
these subordinate positions, with superiors
in authoriay who are perfeot dwarfs to them
in understanding. What estimate must
they place upon their reputations when
they are willing to peril them in time of ^
battle upon the blunders of an incompetent
leader!
"There is no reason why the rules of