Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 15, 1863, Image 2
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A!" cwvuunication?! "r' r. personal character,
Q'j?tuavr n.?::.-i?>.Ji?v;> r!:-. Hf-C?UMVP- or Pro
r.ir ot r.r.r Saitity,.. Aw^iitioS wr ?wpofa
J? ,:i rrj?! "...-- r"t u-!?-ri'??V>-;ly.
F.oui '.bj ?bariMjfai LVni'or of Saturday.
T?*? AK eek '?a C?*ttrl#!St?R'.
/ t tea miautes pist f>v" *n?'lto morning cf
Friday, enVmy p^eri-d fire opon tho work
at th? estri?? ?ontb ??'J ol M-UT?S- ?vand,
f'On'i lits butteries on Polly, fring fastend
furiously. About twenty minutes afterward
a largo number of bargas. H>?cd with armed
mon.-wara aoc.j. l<cbinfiLittle Folly..
i;at)'-ia ?T. 0. Mitf?iftl, nh" eomnanded
tins wirk, replied slowly find detifrw?jtrry ru
the furious bombardment. The pneiiiy'?
RUM numbered c-ineiderVu!/ over Seventy;
Ids .earthworks were ol' uncommon strength,
. und afforded ample shelter io his gamier*.
Tbc works behind which Captain Mitchel
fought, were open, and hy rn? mean:- as strong
us-t'hoee on Folly, and wltila his battery was
composed of six" piece?, tte ?-.mis that rained
iron hail npoo hi?; d?n'ot*irl CtMupanr; wer? *f
\:\rz<- ncl?bre and ut' th'r; ran** . improved i'..i.t:.
LV.it nothing dannie**, ?h'it guiiani oilier
ind ni-* worthy b.-irivi gvood to '.heir ph'Cf-n,
ilrng with wonderful aer?nicy. ?:'.c? S? coo! as
thong? they w.;iv trying the ra?..re of their
pons upon BC rue tiarra i-*?J irbjoefc. ' Foi c'':r
mortal'.'.ocr- did these braye iuo:i bid active
defiance to foo till the rapidly i::i-rea-:'*?;
j;.;? nr cas'?liicu in bis heroic com]>any nwdo
it his duty, on-the pcore of huuiani'y. to rc
. tire from the position.
After aVao'tonhig his battery, tUptaiti
Miiclud j-naed hi? te: ?T? r*5"di ?oV?raii??i*s,
and th?7 ioughi a-? valiantly r.s iu&r.*} nc
they l ari tb-iie n= :;: tilier:.<tg."
At r.b..nt hil.r-pnst nine o'clock, A. M., tuc
enemy .'and J ia some force on the Island.
Tbey -rere attacked bj Col. Grtimm, a?, the
Lend of ni's rr?|/intetit. Tba contest was sharp,
and pr?l:'2j?ed' 1'hs ontimy ..'..agLt with npirit
p.uu o'.is'.ipttey. Onr :--.C-J were oxpssed during
i.Lc r.-l ole f.ght to a u^rderjns iire from tho
j? nr. M-.ir., who hnr?cdjMli?ir e::crtiions
i"'.: -. bv with ie!l)3?.p;U&r. Thc foo was a'-o
ci.; : . "'iv f?'hsmrced fro ?*Folly 1 tl?i;d. Vet,
. ?oiwthi?Trd/t?g th?si? adyuntaffs, thc rkdl
v\?\ v ' ich tih-y v.tr-; handled end thu *.>.!...:.
.rn!) v.i.'c i ??.oe ?bugf-t rendered it impossible
f->. ,h? ?iiva.1*}*! '.o make headway. '! :?'y
wc- Vi-?l.rav mur^?eicnis v-?ie-:, and repulsed
ufrain aod -'Ug-J?. A fer .aey?"?%l boura bbody
?gbth ?:, the ?nemy b'^?tngthe i ?-\y r.-t t rrer.^ t
mg to gain vi-nn v i-< <?.. ',,}'. reen whoatooii
iib ?ganisl ti:"n\ w?*.ver?d. then lied in ?ho;
??ft':t? and eotiihsj'in, leaving cany dead and*
wounded on 5 he tie'ui ? i
?ue Btiemy Knecceded in capturing rivera)
<;i eut mee, whoso exnaivted. condition pre
vented Straps. Captinn J- Raven?;! Msebeih
lind Lieut t.. Ilayward ure reported aa?ng
ibo prisouow ho Laker1.
[t if said th-y took and ?till held py.-30.s
^io.'i of Col. Crahahv's ii ?rm er hondtpiavrers.
T?ie force ot. ??o enemy ci>?sgcd Friday io
fii::?T)0':Cd to |ia?? boen about ?our tboU^uVl.
t>;?r loss in killed, wounded, Snd it:i?iiiig, will
?irobahly be about thrice hundred.
We ar^ paiood to learn that among the
c?HiMt;o3 f-a'taiocd bj Capt. Stitchc!!**
|<t?ay ure the d-ath of J neat . L'e? r-nd Pri'.titc
l>uugberty. :.?-. : tboserioas wound.?ngof Uieut.
Al?ton and Sere't Morse, of CchlUruham's
regiment
Captain llask??!!'? trtd Lietr*. Bee's h?iU?
. foil into ;'..'.* hands of tr.? emmy. J#rs. B. ?J.
H anshan avid i'? iolcau r.rc -?aid to be (H^-oners
in tho Land .*f tho oreti y.
Captain Langdon CLevcfi, ;.,.> accomj/.iahed
and very nl?cien? oSia?r of ths Engineer
corps, wa* killed a'u.-v-.i iiwtsriUy by -.h-rll
fro.': a Monitor exploding in Lattery \V\_-ner,
an?.; striking him i i the head. From ?fty to
six'.v of thc: <Tonrj:'cd arrived on thc different
"steamers i rom Morrio1 Llp.id during tho dny
5:id lgsl evening. ?
The brave-soTdiora of* thc 2L>t Regimen!..
'.S. C. v.. (Gr&liam:8,) owirtr* to the exe-;.-ive
heat ol' the weather, b^d gripped themselves
na far as possible, ami in ti.^'n^i.r they lost,
their clothing and nearly ail their baggage.
Wc omitted to ;:;ey||jm" in tho right place
that Fort Sumter openod on lim turroted
monsters and the Yattkee infantry on the
South end of Monis' leland, .uith what re
SU!M we uro unable to say.
The light dcubtlcs? -.'rill bc renewed to-day.
with grcistor nirc.nosa than any wc have j et
Keon. The enemy has'Certa'nly . hovji ;; deep
laid plan, and in determined to' pa?h it.
Ycslorxhiy evening the main body of thc
nnemy on tho "Stono hide hud congregated at
Hattcry Ialayd, befides throwing dtit a largo
pic* ot force as far ai Orita ball's and LogarG's
ou Jamo-' ii?aud. .
fl wa-j also foporled that tho :.oloiioua
Colonel Mon(gjmer)'. with his negro troop?,
had gone up Mw to with .Ibu dosiirn of des
troying the pontoon bridgep.t WifJtJwn, near
Adailt .1 Run, and teHrinj: np Ibo track. Wo
could not \ a- a what foundat'ton lhere was for
the report.
??ie following is a list of tho killed and
.wMiinded hmong the. ofiicets, Friday, on Mer
rin' Island :
Killel-CnptrCUarin? ITask-H, Can-:, tang.
don Ghevos, Lieut. John r.
Wuynded-Capt. J. Vi. Furd, L*cnL Alsion,
Capt. Wild, CV.;.'. Thomar, (japi. Tarrh.
Mnalrig-Ciipi; Howard, Lh-ur-. ?. V. Gave.
Ct./. J:--h:.:-: li.u;. W,^.lv;vV.l. '
I "lt! I) .;?:..:*! f. lbs C -n utttutionidtet.
?.rem C?ittiicKton.
CjiA;ti.?sro.v, Juiy ?L-One hundred and
thirty prisoners arrived in l?t.' city this inora
kn? abpntroirty nf tbenuwoonded. Ninety
five of the enoTitv'.' dead wore counted tn
front of Battery VVngr or. en'rJ buried by the
enemy under a flag oi true. Among ihctia
were Lieut. Col. Rodman, Capt.. liardick tr\ \
Lieu;. John ?Wilson, .-.li of ihr- 7th ?Prmccii
euti; Major Hicks, 76th Fennsylvanin, two
Captains Sud il-r^e LteutCiinrits. Tho- cno
mr'siw in the a??saultis eatiruatcu utbel(Woeb
f?>uv an<] f. rc ' '
?OUT Hemtois oponed again rn Bittlf^y
Waguoc at ten ?'erock, and ceased li^.ng at
KaU-paat twelve. So damage wei1 dune thc
bV.torv.
Ono Monitor was seriously erippV i and
towed ?tte ?bo \? noy k^nt up betw?oa two
transports. ? #
Five of car men rove killed iu the assault
Of Ihir! ?l'HIlirijr.
tiie otu rnj.'? expedition fa ,.?,,ir.r ^ H;til.
maud of (Jen. Giin'.or?, and tho nsPaultirg
p?vtjj ?oiiwsi?r?g of detachments of live regi
ments, under command of (lon. Stror.?.*, who
wounded and carried off the ?ol?:. Ad
mirai niahlgr?h commanded tie fleet. '
Thc Yankee troops came up to Willtown,
near Adama1 linn, and attempted to burn tho
bridge but were driven off, One cd Lia trans
ports '-'-UL ab&adoucd and barned.
" he F&h of Vicksburg.
Th?! M .?J?T lir'Ntor pf the 8?h S*y.? :
? Vh-ksburg h?b ?vrta;niy fulleo. Wo Lave
! ! ilu-e;' .?i,.".i",i-::v fer (5V\?nc tn? well ?A the
I l^?g'^r^i? from (,:>r .-[?ffii.M...i i'..M'OiiJer.t Tup
i fi y'oi; .?.i!'.*"-'. on-Satin-dr-j. Tho officer*
I ?.< ?r.?i their ...ide r.i'rns ftl<d personal ha?g?ge,
j -ij.iO the ;;....<rlh ..) is parolod and pa^eH tu
i within our nVes. Tlni caniws of tb?-. Ci'itu
. !.:?.-;.. ?lie r...? y ;; '. :.-r-v::. Ol" ItvimU" ;..?:
conn' mas! he r?-n.Vre5 ber?ber. il ?e.pres
. ont i 'Thrt '.uv- I" dia?? with. print
j inns' be fought in bia advonco, ?:d Mobile
. H'.r .' bc ready* fw h??r tncmont ofiri?l .-. ein?
I ;i"r'.r. Kew is thc HT.C to extend and perfect
rm,- lath'tiry ofgnniBaUOR*. Thc skien arc
i bright* in Other quancr?; and even bvhiml
'.th's dark Vicksburg rl?ud we thurk we can
\ per.'Hiv? the pilr.-r liaing. Vicksburg, at
j best, ix bet.o.in ponv. en the Idi?s?ssippi river.
I :;u<\ it- f-ii give? i<> thc enemy' neither the
j Hver nor tho valley. There is abundant
i CHUM fur hopi- yet, ?>rtd C. ..nstancy and cour
I .,.T? nan redf-em the situation.
j ? -.._?.. ?. -.-.
i j,?it?v.; frail* Vickshnrs und vicinity.!
j ?Ucsso?r, July 8.r-Co!. Montir.vuery, A. I).
! C., ?ad f?en. Pi robeiton, wi'h 200 mounted
I mea,'-arrived here to-day. Gen. (jreen sud
' Ci I. Irvirg, of Mis'-cnri, were kiji'ed by tho
: e"!?my'd sharp-shoot":-". Grunt has sent.
1 10,000 av:n b?ck and about the annie ruin ber
to a*'nek Price- Grant's s tiny wa* ne?.r
! l0C,0O(.>. Grnet njinnirnds in peisou the for
1 ces marching on .Jackson,
j De?pHtche(j'froni ronola, ditcd the7th, Ray
J that Geh; Hohnes aU?ck?d lJ**cnaon thc4th,
? and captured throe Wt'erios. ll>-hiforcemonU>
arrived from helotr. The 'ire of the gun boais
j drove our forces hack. Our JOJK wai fiOO.
He*vy firing v??? hervid next d^y.
JACK JOS, ?Inly IO.-Keaw infantry and
artillery skirmishing ia ?oia<r on.- The enemy
arc ^helling tlie city ind have killed pevor.il
soldier* and eirene No (general engagomer.t.
ter. Our troops are in excellent pptrits. and
if thc enemy nv'k?s a general attack, will fol
low certain succc.*. Every man is at his post.
.J.u taos, July 10-l:'<SO A..AL-Thoaitnck
j litts fongun. Our ba'tevfes opened on them
finely. Tes enemy l.^vc evidently heavy
fOrcc*.
Kn :;cr fraya ?hat Taylor and Gardner have
whipped Banks, u?w inst Loring drove Ost?r
baus . ?cross i>ig Black yo terday, losing
iiCf-vwy. _ ;_
Thc tirent ??ait?e.
'i':::- I'ichmciid ISi-q'?ircr lia.' ?pedal .-. i
vicea, ih;led fi-nni Wiiiehest:irJ.Jidy "'th, which
??ve -i summary cf ti.r- four nays haulms at
Gettysburg. The siuialion is described OH
fellows :
Therv bus been f<">r days' fighting rear,
t?, ti-.stairs, commencing on" Wednesday, July
1 -t. and'ending on Satin day nirdit, July 4ib.
I it is reported bore thut^A. P. Hil!, Karly and
[.Rhodes fought th? enemy principally on
\V?i'iesd.iy, beginning nt one o'clock and
lasting two hours. We drove t!ie enemy
through GcWyahurg and two and. a lva?f mile:-,
jieyond. A;. ? ?-;!tynh:irrir wc captured their
wounded-3,500 in iiuruljsr.- ?
Thc nuemy ate said to hr-ve fought well;
the'r position was oh a fortified moiintain, up
which enr men r-jpeatuilv charced, otu wore
.I-i .. en back;
ia tb?" iigli; ohTlnirs.-hvy our whole lino ii
.said to have beon e.-^aged, the line of battle
attending six mil a in ieJ'gth. The fighting
continued until a very ?nie hour of the night
of Thurnduy, and was renewed again on Fri
day and lasted ali day and into Friday night.
It is uta> reported 1 o have begun ngr.in o.'i
^at?rday and enncd <?ito Saturdny idght by
oar raen capturiug tile immense fortification*
cf the enemy. ,.
Our lon is estimated at ten thou?awi. 1 Be
twerm three and four thousand of our wound
ed are arriving hero to-nigbt. JOvery pre
paration is being made lu rcceivo them*.
Gf-ns. Seales'iind Fonder have arrived here
w<.?ut:ded, this eveuing. Gelid. ArrhUtead,
Barkadale, Garnett and Kemper, nie repor
ted killed. G?ns .Tf?nci, Helli, Aiidov'ior?,
Peitigrw, Jenkine, Hampton and Hood, arc
reported wounded.
i'li'j Yankees ray they had only two eorps
in the fight on "Wednesday. trhi*u wae anon
fieid righting. The whole of the Yankee ici ce
was engaged in ib? last three days' righting.
The number is estimated at 1 ?.r),000..
The hills around Gettysburg ere said tn he
covered with tbs chind and wouaded pf the
Yankee Army of thc Potomac.
T?JC- fighlin'g of these four ? ttys is regarded
sa -he ?everest qftbe war, aud Hie ?laughter
uiiprn^ndontcd ; especially is this .-o (.1 the
cncta>;-,
The New Y'ork and Pennsylvania papers
ar?: reported to have declared tor peace.
Unofficial despatches from th? supcrin
loiident oi the tolograpii to the t>etreU?y of
VFar, dated Jiarauaburg, 3th, say tii?." from
roportd received, v.e gained a decided and
tellii.g advantage over the enuny. at Gefp;
imrg, o;i Wednesday and Thnrsd'ay. On Fri
day, we charged his works a:'*! took them,
but were unable to hold them, and fell back
towards iiagr.r?town. Them has been but
little fighting since ?ie*j. So far, thc victory
i> on mir abie. Wo w?u now hear cannonad
iTig. and the report is that tbs ii^ht w .now
gui ag on neat Hogerstown. Kverytbing is
BO indeSiriitc that it is" imjiossiUu t"o forma
cbrrccl idea oi tl'.e fight. 4,000 prisooers "0
now at Williatiisport, oi: iheir way fo llich
uioud. Many siightly>wounded were paroled
to-day.
MAIITI.KSUUIU:. July U.-Ouranee is >?t
llagerstown. AH quiet there to-day. 'ibero
was a cavalry nkirniish yesterday.. No infer
mntion of tho Yankee nf tn\:, Aiaryl^id lleighls,
have Ixica rCrOCCU??ied i,y a- sniaii force ot
thc c-r.eni^'. Au ot dunnee train has just pass
ed to Lee, wh(. 'jt waiting ?.ir it.
MjtRTlXs^fMG, ..'ely 'J, via Staunton, 10th.
-There vas a heavy cavalry fight yesterday.
.Vc drove the enemy seven miles, capturing
i number of pris mew. The army is cpiot in
Ungerstowii.
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Latorii from Karope*
NKW YOKK. July8.-Tho KtowiMhi?, ?j?y
?fWu,-iiiugton, with Liverpool dater '0[ thr
iilh, has arrived.
Fri neb mediation nimorn tire a' .}l\n ,., ,.va
rr.t. ?ocliuck and Lindsay, of ,?ie BrUhsb
ai lifcmont, bivi had interview , .?.pi. ^apo
to whi'in lie .irave ww.tr n&4 .-'i".t J.JS
riuv.s yarding the Amcri.jr v,.,r fU0 un.
;;'--'"-> unV'? !, :'; -v.i s?aiu to inter
mse Jua^good o^cora U c.Wu???on with
tugjaed. Al: Mittut. u...,:^ Napo?eou
>n i3! .mg, ii wa.- rcaol c j l0 Jxncw lL(. y. ynch
*0]?0?;l;i f; t..c r.n;.'j ;]{Gyvornni'?nt for joiut
ap.ota^y rsn:t ?c'-o- , ja'America.
. ^EV- KiiaY's .'Aonanss re TUK PKOPLE or
foi ii.-] lie f;-'.i' ;s a eopy of Gen. Kar
7*s address lo./the citizens of York:
"Youie, I'KX.V., .June SO, 1,q(J3.
To rn"^ Cr r:zr..\s OFL YOUK:-I have nb
ttined '.r;.?f burning the Jlailrond buildings
m? fa*ifshnps in ? our town, because, alter ex
iminuclt >'., sl ans Mtieii. d that ihc safety of
be IOW?I wvitt?r' !.?c e ndangered, and, acting in
ho sr.iritfol htunahity which baa oyor char
.ctev./.. d wy'iiovoriiment and its military
int?:r.rit?es, i do notdcsiie to involve the in
loeen! "vitii t.'iR anine piuiiahrocnt of.tho i;uil
v. Had 1 .'ippiieti tho torch without regard
'-. coiweovimc^.s, 1 would have p irsued a
jp::- c '.! .:! would I..".\e l?!uii fully vit'ficatcd
if? an nor. of yest, retrdiation fer 1.1 J ii ?ilpaTaliel
id acts of brutality pcrpeiratcd by your own
irmy o:? our .-eil. But ve do not war ii"\?n
vorr.on and children, and I trust tho triHt
tient you Lavo met with at the bauds ol'my
oldi?ra will f.'j'Cii your eyes lu th'i odious
yrauay under whick it U apparent to all you
.r< gr aning.
J. A.L'/.rtLV, Major General, G. S. A.
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JUKI'S T- 3400?7, *B'.TOR_
V, ISlJNE?DAV, J ti IA" 15,. lusa.)
A orr Pickeln Cnptnrcd.
Vf> tarn t?.it ?r Fiblay or SaturJiy 3ju*f,
fourier. rr. *n nf Capt J jas* C^mpaty? of A Ucea's
T!?r.?>r', w:re or.pUr*?'l wttli? <n pieVft. jTh"
tir;u:r.i'fan',e?> of ?heirre b*ve not, yet rc?ehe.l
Scltlier? itt jlortc.
Dr. JoK JLH.MHC;, Sortear. of tho lib h f-ogi
meut, una Lieut.' Abr.it*;rus TOVVKIXS, of-tho
U?inpitsii Legb/o, uro new afb orne, enjoying, af
lor many month* i?? uninterrupted arduous' rer
vice, a brief ho?dry with r*lativcs ?nd frjends.
Dr. J. comea on sick furlough, and we ar? porry
to say, look? worn out mid much iu want of rest.
Our ?!d ard gallant ftierd Ona however. ] looks
like ti Titan, ard is won ?roiug bnek tu finishes?*
third year of wat o.tpiricuee.
Cnnttohitditijg.
The eannoNadlng at Charleston has been heard
distinctly ia our town, far four days part-:?ot
continuously but at short intervals. Oh the
Ridge, where we hnipeced to be on Saturday and
Suuday, tho reports wore so dlstinot as to.|iodite
rally counted. This is the tocsin that the Pal
metto City is pounding throughout South .Caroli
na. It c.l!s all South-Carolinians from ?&fht?o?
to sixty to ru?h to -har rosene ! . J
- . -o- ?- r
Edgeficld's Holl of Honor G leam! g !.
Tb? mail of Monday last brough ? '.itjiatehes
from Charlottesville und Martinsbut0, coojaiuiug
the folio*ing ??c. intelligence. j
Caiualhti in CS. J), ?ik S. C. V., at Ike, Buttle
? ? Q
pf tlettytburg, Pa.
KslleiL-Lieu:. Harvey Crook?r, Sergei Beau
fort Wallace and Private N. L. Bartley. \
Wounded.-Sorgt, Charles L. Dnripoe,.lcg ara
patatod; Curpl. James Youngllood, haiid oil';
Preston Prater and Pinckney Posey, -mortally ;
Preston Deleachi Joe Branson, J. A Colgan, J. E.
Colgon,.J. F. Cheltham, ii. Dinrina, W.^i tyrrell,
slightly.
A dispatch to Mr. W. T. Butler cays'.Thoinar
Butler, younger brother of Col. Ji. C. Biiticr, r.ud
ia his command, waa killed on the i'd Juiy-?bot
through tho?ioart, and flied iinmodiatctly.
Ko tidings of tho i'th Regiment havetLoen ro
Oeivod Binco tho Battlo of Qottysburg.
_c x
" Tlie^lCaiu it ltainetli every day.''
lt has rainod persistently all over tho world (or .
all over Edgefteld.al least) for thirty days pu?t.
It l.egiu? to look ?s if tho coveaant of- promise
was '. played out." Corn and peas arc-rushing j
I upward uud onward must exultingly. To look at I
tho wide-eproadiog r.nd endless cern fields in their j
proktoit aspect, Osakas ono fcol nearer heaven, j
6>?. '/'reco too is rushing upward and onward; he
ie indomitable, fierce, end pitiless. . Our-" Ameri
can brothers of African doiu:int"-find ia him "a
foe worthy of iboi&,6teo!" however, uid-inuet ef
fectually arc they " pogging ?way"at hip.
Thc Fall of Vicksburg.,' ?"
The fall ef Vicksburg is rugardod just now >y
overy oue,ns a groat calamity; box linman judg
ment is woek and sLort-sightod,, Statesmen and
miotury men hi-vo often erred, when estimating
?he results of victories or ihjfea/.s. ThV teaching
of History maybe r-uiin<i/iUy .useful lo us here.
Thcro were incidents ceanecied with tljo Russiau
campaign of ?\ .pelton, nhio"a may. afford matter
of profitablo rtflcci'?T.a at fh?s particulal- timo.
When Lord Wvilioglon In 1S14, WM'S contem
plating aa advance apon Madrid, Sir William
Brresford was seu : with ? large force* ib tho Ea?
tern Coftji. of Spain, t.? matu a diversien of the
Fr?nch r.rmy in that dirtiotion, while Wellingtuh
adva'^cd U]HI? the Capful. Sir William, nistend
of vlieying order?, mad?, a foolish aud-fruitless e:
pedi; upon l?e coiled of Italy,_ thoroby defeat
ing Wellington pinna, and leaving ?pain safely io
possession uf Kapui? un. 'i'bie ut tho time woe
tegarded by ?ll Eacvpe as a grc.tt calamity, ns it
left ij\>*\n at tb? mairey of the Preach, aud Napo
leon true tu comme .ice his fatal Russian campaign.
Tho next ereilt; iu that campaign of a similar
character was t> c ?attie of Beredino. That wa?
a drawn iiat:loc Napoieon rc lucir, g, though ear
nestly entreated bj Key, to engage Iiis old Guard.
Kuttuud hovfover r-e^olved the next day to reiront
upon MoseMTW, aie wasfollowt.4 by Napoleon. Tl.c
fact ba? ??UKO bcon iiisclot;od by bbilt>ry, liiat tho
French ha/1 iu that battle oatirely exhausted their
amuinnitlun, aad "H.s without commissary Ptorei?;
ua? had IvuLUf";? odored the en?my battlo the j
next, day, Kapoioeuhimself ir.ut t have letreated
r.ud fallen but k v.pvq thc Rhine, end.thus have
ouded this Rus dan campaign which led to his
-ula. There is zti?l another iucident iu that cam
paign worthy our consideration. The winter of
ISM in lturoia, ?C?. in some throo i>r four weeks
Inter than ev>?r huown l>e|ore. Bouaparto
thus iuduced by tho delightful but delusive tuild
ncss of tbs autumn to loiter away at Moscow those
precious hours oftft-atial to the snlvation of hie
?irn-y. Vi'hoti tho v...itt di lcotxo, it cameamlueaiy,
mid with ?j-.'h ueverity as to out ol!" tit? meaK? of
r?treat and utteiiy destroy hin army.
Thus wo sec ri" Sir Willison Beresford had obey
ud orders, V/cf lingl.ou would have marched upon
Madrid, and r'.apuloon, by the defeat of his army j
there,.would, hr.re Leon recalled to Spaiu, aud so j
his Kassian camp?iga'have U?u defeated. Again,
had Kuttisr-tf olfeicd battle after thc. ftght at
Borodino, "Napoleon would still have been raved
from thu *xn?ws of Hastia? And still further, had
the Minter of 1>*14 upproachod iu its usual time
arid uiixJ?, iio would even then have had time to
make his etcapo from that field of death. And
yet the Rsissiauc were praying, wc aro told, that
(he frost would set in. and' regarded that mild
autumn os an indication of God's displeasure.
What is thc lursoii taught us by these cvonts ?
lu thc incidents ot the RUF-nate camjiaigu juxi
referred lo, we seo that tl.c widest mtn of Jiurvpe
v:cro unu'ule riglttly to iutorpret thom. " All thuco
thiti^s 8ie r.gmtibl us" WHS their 1 UlguagO. J:ut
it now a]>poiirs to UH, to whom tho book is ntiscal
cd, that the.c wero the very cc^-nt* hy which O od
-.ras !< ading tho tyrant Napoleon, step by stt-p, lo
his li oat and utter downfall. It ir tmdouiahle at?
ibo sania time, that Ibero was . good una suflicicut
:c:i ;ct: tlien for thinking that those events woro
lending io the final subjugation of Europe. Tho
gtc.it leeson here taught us ia not ?< despair be
cause tho oronts fi i. ..ni to bo going
against us. liuuiuu judgment is short-sighted ;
tho wisest ineu do uot corrcclij' soe ull tho confo
qrjenccs tlowing from a victory or defeat.
Vicksburg ha? (alien, nud all men .?co in it a
grout calamity. It may lum out a:i did the defeat
of Sir Boresi'ord, the .cheat of Kutusoff, or Ibu
ji?uit of Russia. " Ilietory is philosophy toachitig
hy example." If vre behove, r.s wo profess lo be
lieve, t!:ut Go'?is with us iu thi? war, it is KU
unworthy abandonment of (-ur principle to be
cast down by every nd verso event. We have ro
eovered from BH boaTy blows as this, und when
wc were much Weaker. Remember Fort D"nald
so>, Roanoke Island u'nd New Orloan?. Wo rofe J
from thoso ealamilics v>ith?\oiicwcd slrrngth, und j
have won niiOiy a glorious victory since. Let us
" put our truM in God and keep our powder dry"
nd wo nhuil win nany a brilliant one again.
.i-.O-In thc llouso of Common?, en thc 2fith
?nc, Roebuck slited ho would move for n ro
cognition f-? l?'t CcB?cdorul? butes ou Juao oit.
" tty Maryland.;
Ac regards Hie ultimate. inion i lor. ;of Her. Lee,
irioi? is one point ?says the S?v*inncfa H^pnlUvn,)
on which ?here ??n oe no i'oiiM or difference of
opinion. Jt is ti?Ii :
Tho i>rc;cnt inrnsrin is - final ?nd unquestiona
ble test of the seuiiiueiits ot' the froyle of Mary
land towart ? the n?r.h?ru Coni?.e=r:.ey. That
Suite must now make k?r eiaoiieo btit.ecn th?
[rte. P?Lfcirmoy of the Sou'.L ari? tho abelillov
dcrpntbm of the North. Tiioro cnn h? re errsiyi.
or poitpir.rij'fnt of th?isme. Leo, with tn srmy
ami !* ?.>r her pn?U??iHn'iu any strps ??ie im/'i
take, is now ?,n ?ier roil, and if f?e be truo lo the
dansa ?f ("oaiociii ikd?p'nitet?*?, sae will iiiJiii
f*st ii by (lying t" aitnaVtstd ?idine in the expul
sion ?.f ibo vile minions of the Kurth fr?ta har
desecrated toil.
Th? Price Kstublinhed.
Tor the'tdification of planters we publish Jic
following corre?pond*n, e, which we Cud in thc
L\*ttUutU*H*!itti frobi which we loam tout $i p*r
Lu.Ucl u the erlab;isked price that the Govern
ment wiil allow to he* paid f"r best quality of
Wheat:
AIICUSTA, Cu., June 30, ?8B3.
Ma. V. M. EAUXP.S, Tboiueotr, Ga.:
DSAK Sin : We are informed (lint planten in
'OolttntVIs county retase to ship wh?at tn mirier/,
in Augusta for tear ot its being seiend ?r imprass
ed by thc UoTeraiuo.nt Ageni at the depo.?, iu
cato they soil for vtora than Government pri?e,
whioh we underMand, is four dollars per bushel.
if you are acing in th? cf.piciiy of Govern
uiout Agent, please do us the favor of letting us
j know, it yeer esrliast convenience, what ?nurse
! yeu iatond to pursue, and, if consistent, -what
you' instrnctious arc, sud much obliga your obe
d ?cut ?erv an le, ? ERTKR di CLARK. "
TIIO?SOX, July 1.1863.'
MKBgnr. ESTES A CLARK, Augusta, "Ga.
Gears: Iain in receipt.'pf yours of yester
day. I ?in Purchasing Agant of tne Couitaissary
Lupartmeut C. 8. A., and my inst-uctiohi. are to
i tc preiss the purchasos of persons paying wore
than the Guverninent price for wheat unless they
are buying solely l*r their own family cousump
lion. Millers ?re allewea* to buy at tour d'dLis
-Government price-and will not bi intcifcreu
with, unless they put llourjr/itb wheat, at four
dollars, at a price 'beyond what ? fair prout
amount? toj clear of ?ll expenses. In case they
put their flour on tho market, at a price beyond
cost and r. fair profit, thia nour will bo impressed.
Respectfully, V. M. L'ARKKS.
rior thu Advertiser.
l>r. John Lnke's Letter.
Ma Ei.[TOE.-I sec by tho last Atietrtimr thal
! my name is snuouuc 5 as a candidato tor a scat
in ibo Senate of tho State. Whilst it will be f?r
the people-o? tho District to j-rclgc of my ability,
! I will r.ssuro thom thal, ii elcoted. I will acne
them with uu'lriug fidelity. - .
AP an impression picrailod upon r? former ocea
sir.o thal my effects wero mainly in another State,
I will iiekr^owlodge that 1 karo a tmnll planting
interest in tho Elute of Georgia, but I have an
tiqntil interest in my own beloved Carolina. My
?RSurittlions for fifty years hn-fo beon with the
people of Edgofiold; hete nro. tho1 ashes of my
kindred dead, and hero too I trust shall repose
my mortal romains. Juill' L A KL.
For the Advertiser.
ft A I'routt Record.
Tuesday last, 7th Ja'.y, was a day never to be
forgottqa in the ?aluda Itegiment. When Ibo rall
waa made for voluntoers every mun in. the lin<*,_
without a single, exception, advancod five paees lo
tho front. No faltering-no hesitation. Col.
G. D. IlttiET led the way as a volusteor, and hi*
men ootildnnt reist the infln?ucc of such a rvholu
somo example. Thc only drafting neeonary was
to netermine who should remain at homo. This
pt triol ie unanimity was likewise altogether spon
taneous. It required, no oratory, no music, no
devices of any hind. Thc men wore all actuated
by the samo :pirit. Thc writer of this friquently
heard such remarks as "there has been no draft
ing ir. the 10th Regiment rince 1 SI2, and Sfcluda
must sot disgrace herself now. We are inakiug
History ta-day, and lot it bc of a character not
to mike our children blurb."
Such ie the language cud coaduef of tho man
who were io bitterly denounced by some, even iu
Edgefic'.d, .'or ?piiMng ou thc Council.
* TRAVELLER.
For tho Advertiser.
Bibles for S. C. Soldiers.
QRAMTEVIXLRJ July 7th lCf.2.
DiAn SIR ASI) CnoTliea.-I receiveil your cir
cular appaling to tho Daptiit Church at Grnni'c
ville, for funds lp aid in sending the word of God,
ti S. C. soldicrn.
I nm happy to say your r.ppoal roached U6 iu
tho midst of a great revival. Forty-seven have
been added to tho Church. I presented thc sul
diers claim to th? congregation, and they lib?rvVy
contributed to thal solde caus.".
I send you, by Express, HS tho result of the
above collection, tat hundred aud f./ty-uine dal
ian, ?hieb I humbly pray that God may bless lo
tho nalvation of souls.
Yours very truly,
A. J. MATHIS, Pastor.
To Rev. W. I). RICK, Sumter, S. C.
Lliiin, itt his residence in this Diitriot, on the
8th ult., Mr. LEWIS GURRT, in tho 33rd year
of his aga. The duce*sed hud been -a m?mbor of
the llapiist Church : ; Rig t?-.ovens' Creek since
|1S31 ; he die-J in the faith as a ripe sheaf for the
heavenly garner. He leaves many relativas and
friends to mourn his- luis : but our IOSB is his gais,
and we must say the " Lord's will be dene."
H. G.'
DsPABTsn this lite, en thc Sth of M*y Net, in
Edge?eld District S. C., 1). L. BUSSEY, ?lithe
67th year ut his age.
He mi ?led with thc Rapt Lt Church at Red Oak
Gr?vc ui..)'^t the year 1$:?2, and tbotifh his Chris
tian walk, Kko many others, was of a private
character, tu at Le he exhibited a backwardness
iu tue discharge of tho public duties of religion,
yet, by bis constant aud roguhr attendance at his |
. Church meetings (when not providentially hin
dered) fur in ?i. y years past, we toul tu hupc that
the cause ol religion urns near bis heart, and that
geed Work lung since brjrun tillich the A pr-.?tie
persuaded would bc performed until rhe day of
Jesus Chirst. ile has loft a widow and seven
children le mourn their loss.
LIKU, nf 1'iiliuoiinry Consumption, nt his rssi
deace in Edgcfiehf liGtrlcr; on t'uo Oth Muy lust,
O. P. KELE, Esq., in tho 3f!th year of his age.
Arr.-ing the many whose idnoc in life is left'va
cant hy l?or.th, perhaps none deserye a passing
riot-L-c i?iurc ihau the liuly liiuictiu-i ii. P. ?-'J-.I.K.
Jie imssefised i|tia!iti?( ci heart uud mind that
showed him to ?o t. i?e-.n of sterling worth. He
wac of highly re?pcett-d paromagr, hut without H
foiiuuiitg name, lia made Lie ap-h-re in life by
bis i'.itrhijic ii-.-n'itier, and was perhaps bul ItlUe
known beyt'od his imsioors cir?-!;: and personal
nequiiintmec. Tho circle of his ihfluouee was
iieruanontly goud und rapidly csun-JiLg. c^i?,
less as ci position, yet he rv is cvretul to quality
himself for tueh, ns tn tho Providenco ol Ged. he
might bc placed in. Ho was the acting- Justice
of the Punco at the lime of bis death. Ho be
longed to that ancient and humane sorieiy known
ns Masiuip, and was nlsu attached tu thc Or.lor of
Odd Fellows. Hu diod in lull fellowship with /lie
Uaptiit Comm r.t Plum Erahch, of which he had
been a iiiolul member for several years. Tb OSO
ptofii.-sioiis show him to have boen a man ol'so
dality and benevolor.( ". fo i his may he added
the many Irving v> i'-.-.ts cs ?rho knew him not only ?
as s professor, hut as . po.-?o?sor of benevnleiieu.
By his fidelity ho had pur chared to himself an
eminent position u? n luau ; a useful place ns a
Citizon, uud a happy relation as friend ami kins
nmu. .
His young and (?oder family (wifa and fivo |
children) arc left in Ibo darkness ur trouble; hut
tho departed has left an example that shines as
the light in darkuoss, " Writo, Blessed are the '
iluad that die In tho Lord; yon, iniih Iho Spirit <
they rest from their labors and their works do'
follow them."
A large cungrogbtion nttonded his mooral, aud
be was buried with Masonic honors. D, Jj.
~A:TJSST Sraws
Gen. Lee's Army.
MAUTIXSIMISU, -J ul jr 12.-Thc telegraph .wi
cul boar Mr?rli isburg July ll.
Tl.rrc li cn.'truit flk?rm?K?nng between ti.c
mi.*. I'S? enemy occupies tho linc ol' the Au
tam rive?.
'i*n. La- \i ncr.r ITit?c.r>!tjWD. Our army
t?C?n in linc cl' buttle eiacc Ibu 10th, uud a ?
expected evory d?y.
Thc Potomac :s falling a* Williamsport
righting at Jacknon.
JACKKOX, July 10.-Another day pur
without an engr-.gcsiont. In tho morning thc
tiny .urned out a force threatening our ri
flank. Featherstone .Buford, nmt te reinfoi
drov? tho enemy back aftnr a half bour'a h
lighting. Our loss to-d*y i? about 200.
JACKSON, June 1 Ith, ll IVM.- Tho onomy
stillconccn?rating .ou ?ar right, iu the elton
reach Pesrl rircr. Our forces are fust t'iir
them ba?k, nu J nave burned houses occupied
llif Ir akarpuliootcrs.
Thc enemy -ipaneJ fire n?th fixbatlorioa on 1
left at 3 /cloak, A. M., and rained sholls on
*?/. . . . '
They ra*do a ehargo upon tho "Washington .
tiller;, Cobb's Battery, and were repulsed w
h??ry loss, :;00, and three stanJs of colors, ?
vail'* and A J ?ina' brilles act cu gallantly.
Thc enemy is moving a socond time upon
right. ' .
Scout* rcp..rt Burnside crossing Messengi
and Birdsong'* ferries with one divinion.
Frort the Courier'of i'undtiy.
Thc Attack on Charleston.
Th? ruault 8aturday morning on Battery Wi
ncr, H nd the hoavy b*mb.rdm*nt ktpt up on I
w^rk by tho MoniUrr and woodeu gunboat*
several Iivurf Saturday und Sunday, has dom
stratyd fully that thc enemy has determined
maka his present movement i doeisivu attack
our city.
I It ?a not known ss yet with coitainty what
(oreo-of the enfitny ia, but prisonors report it fr
fifteen to twenty th<>u<<:iii!?. Several aeinonat
tiuiw have bren made cn James' Inland aud
Savannah ltailToad, doubtless intended a.- felr
hi d'vide attention ?nd endeavor to' carry ?o
weak point. If.s*, tho enemy, wc aro cuu?Jo
wi'* Bad himself mi.taken.
About drylight Saturday morning tko cnn
made their first dotsiuiinod assault on Patti
'Wagner, tb? centro fortification of Murria' Idai
It -dS no doubt intended to ho a surprise. 'J
as.'uult was i*. J l'y four Companion of tho Sevoi
Connecticut, supported ?n the rig'it -endjleft
tko Ninth Maine and Seventy-sixth Pennsylvai
regiraonts, with the third New Hampshire, For
.ighth Kew York, Ami Sixth Connecticut, in
aorve-in all, botwetn fuur and fi vs thousand nu
'i*lic euomy's loss ir estimated to bavo bren
least fully five hundred. .One hundred of '.
dead lay directly in front of the Lattery, one hi
diod ?nd thirty unhurt and about eighty wout
cd wcro tuken prisoners. Tho commanding offi
of the assaulting column, Gonoral Strong, is
ported by the prisoners to bo seriously wouudi
Tao lust feen of kim he bad falluQ'froui hi.- hoi
and wan carried off the field by bis men. S?ve
other officers of tho enemy are reported by I
prisoners to be either killod-or badly wound:
Our lose was reported to ko tire killed and I
wounded. *
The prisoners report their loss of tho prcvi<
day abuut fifty kiiUd and wounded. Tbyy a!
stale that Lieut. B?e was eli!! alive Saturday, I
very sovciely wnundtd. Capt Macbeth w
etuuind bj & shell and tukeo. prisoner. T
prisoners report him doiur well whoa hist set
Eight guns and three mortars tell ?uto the ban
of the enemy. TheBo had been placed iu p -aili
on the wild hills at the lowort-u* of the if Ur
an J w,ere cosigned lo ooiuiaaau the uppr.aefc
Irom Litt)? Folly Island.
[livre fVllvWs a list of furty-ono prisoners frc
tb? 7th Con Beetloo, t, tbirtj ?ix from the 76
Ponnsylvauia, and fifteen from the fib .Maine
L.tal M"--who are lodged ij jail, and fifty-nil
wonnil?d Yankees wLn arc in hostal.]
The tottil lus* in the 21st South Carolina ilo?
meut it killed K'j tTuunded uri misging 17
Tb >s Ls official.
Those wounded in the actiun of Friday, ai
i.ow in hospital, number eighty-two.
THE hOM6SJU?MBXT.8VXOAT. -
Tho bombardment of Battery Wagner waa r
n-wcii Suuday foreut-on, about ten o'clock, 1
tbruc ut thc Monitor.--, ao.?istod afterwards by tv
wooden j: un bon ts. Tho tiring was very. heal
and Lcpl up fm several hour*, 'ibo enemy Jin
rapidly, but wildly, eliciting only ?n occvion
response from tho forts on .Murri?' lalfnd a?
Fort Sumter. %uf casuultio* through tho d*
vera two killed aud I bree woundod. Ono sin
from 1'ort Sumter is suhl to have taken <-fl'ect ti
ono of thu gunboats, as she immediately s:Jcr li
ing struck moved off, evidently laboring \*r
hurd, as if her machinery was d?ia?ged. TL
onemy struck thc linio steamer Mauigaulc one
Sundry forenoon, rausing Burne little damage I
the uiaohiuory. ??atiy rumors waro atioat that
Monitor was badly jlstaajfed'in the engagemoi
Sunday. The report of one being crippled *?
Saturday was correct. She was towed alf by tw
transports Saturday ?rtning, and has nat slue
mad? her appearance. .
The Yankee land f-.rces compering the proton
exp?dition aro under the.command of Genera
Gilmore. Admiral Dak.grceu commands - th?
floot. * .
A demonstration was ando by tho enemy oi
Saturday oe James Island. They ahollcd thi
woods very briskly for about ono hour., A repor
was lu circulation that a fight had taken place or
Sunday morning al Seces?iunville, which provac
untre.
Tnn.KXKNY'S RAinil OS TUE COAST.
We ha%e beta kiudly furnished with tho f< How
ing partk'idars hy a r*-:itlnnau just from Jack
s'Militjru', of the late rubi ol' the v.nouiy op WLltown
and thc Jacksor.horot bri. gc.
Farly un Friday morning laut, three of the cno
my't guub?ats steamed up toward "Wiltown.Bluff.
Atlor e'.g:i#iiig t- rei.linn of SobaltX**' Bsttery,
they sute?.?ded in Ir.Liiirg and took off a numboi
nf negroes bclnugiug io Afr. Hayward Jianigault.
I'w..?.JP thc gilli boats, ai"t?r removirg the obstsclos
in tin' rirerj parsed up tho river, and when oppo
.~i+e Dr. Glover's planta'.iou taoir progress was
'ho"kod by a section of Captain Waltcrs's Batte
ry, (Washington Artillery,) undor oommand of
Li.;Ut. S. G. Horsey." Af tor a brisk light of abont
forly-fivo minutes, at a distanco of about 450
yards, tho hosts wcro so dsmagetl as to be cora
pellod to draw ?ff. One beat, supposed to be tho
Planter! was so much crippled that she sunk' on
her w?y down.
Northern News."
? Ki?ttrssn, July ii.'
Northern dates to tho 11th bare been roceived
An order has beon issued for thrco hundred
Ibousand conscripts. _ Tho law will bo rigidly eti
forced.
Thc Herald advocates peacs moetiug.-, and,
irgofi Lincoln to offer an amnesty to th? robels-7
ixccpt Davis dnd tho -other leadlas. . .
Archbishop Kenrick, of Baltiutorc,-dicd jn New
Yoik July Sib.
Thc New Yoik 'World rays tluojtho wkuloi?um
**
bqr of prisoners reported at headquarters up to
Ju!j flih was li.Oiifl.
The Federal liais in killod sud woundoJ is plac
eJ r\t 1 S,OOU.
Groat exciteuiutit prevail? ia Konlueky ou ao
emnt of a rebel invasion. Thc-Wizens ef L-ur
ville arc crg-nixiu,; fur tho defense of thc city.- ?
Four hnr.dr-d robe!.* rre-s-d inti Indiana on
July 8, and m*.p:Iied an Crydon with artillery.
Telegrams fi um tba army of the Poi...MIC in
'licate that another batuu ta i*~ininent. They
cnn*-.in Duthie-; of importune: ottierwi"*.
Gen. Sickles is uot dead, but it ii bellovod ho
?rill recover.
Uick-nioud Again Threatened.
RIUHKURD, July ii.-We have report* this
morning of another " on to Richmond" by way
ot James Uiver. ?Two Monitor?, thrro wooden
gunboats, and :tvB tr-asporls, wi tb "about five
.thousand tro* ps, aro Eiid to k_vo passed Sandy
Point y este rdA v.
No other nows.,
. _ _ . "
The Surrender of Vicksburg. -
J-CKSOX, July 8.
.An ?nicer who arrived from - Vicksburg tells
me that the garrison had beert living ou pua bread
and inule meat for two weeks.
Ile ??ja that if it had boen known thar relief
-ras coming it wvulct have held out langer.
lt ii stated that all the t'tficera of Pcmbortoi
urged him to surrender.
A number of the Vicksburg heroes arrive.? hers
to day. I have conversed with a numbs*: of them,
privates aa well as offioora. *
The privite* praise Gen. Poinborion in tho
highest terms. " They say they weat into Vicks
burg prejudiced against him, but no aran c mid
havo duno mora than he did. One man abed tears
when he told me what 'they had suffered, with
no relief, and then for Vicksburg to f.ilL
The Yankees were led to behove "ha? ff they
took Vicksburg tSe war wajonded, and they could
.til go home, and they would remark to our trouts,
" well, boys, wajeaa til .*?? home now."
,i?_-It is staled that ono of our ?signal offlcera
in Cha.lesion aignalixcd to tho Federals to tba ef
fect that " now is tbs time To maka tho attar!*, as
Beauregard'* force is much reduc?d." Ho is in
irons, and trill undoubtedly be properly taken
care of. .
For tho Advertiser.
Thc Southern .Slaters' Aid Society acknowledges
the rocoipt of $5,0(1 frota Mrs. Ur. hake.
MRS. ht WIS JONES, Pros..
Mrs. lt. Ii. Munt, Soc'ry.
Vice President Stephens' JMissioa to
Fortress Monroe.
RICHMOXI), July ll.-Correspondence ex
planatory of ?iee President Stephens' mU
sion, itbuwa ?bat he wont io Forties* Monroe
ias military commissioner to obtain from tho
Pedninl authorities an agreement to conduct
the war bei enter according to the usages of
C1vii?K?d hsjiotis, Alter waiting two days,
Vic? President Stephens was inlofiued that,
thc proposition .tor conference wis itiadmiaai
bl?-. H?, therefore, returned lo thiiTeity.
There is no nows this morning.
A boy, applying lor refuge at a police sta- '
tion bouse, retorted bis < a ,e thus : " First,
my father dieu, and thou my mother married-'
again, and then my motlier died, and my
.ather married again, aud Min'ielittW or other
1 don't seem to have no parents wt all. nor
no hom i* nor nothing."
z ~>~
pfc* We hare been authori|ei by many friends
of Col. THOS. G. HACON, to n?miuMe. him a
Candidate fur State Senator from Eigeii-ld, te
nil the vacancy therein existing in consequence
of thedeatb'of the Hon. A. SIUKIKS.
May li, te lt
65''** We have been auth?ri*"d by tho friends
of ur. JOHN LAKE lo kunouueebiaa a candidato
for Slate Senator tu fill thu vacaucy lii-jeia ex st
ing.
July 7 te? 27
Caution to the Public.
A LL p-r*ons *re hereby cautioned against pur
JA. chasing from WILLIAM J. WALKER, of
Augefiela District, and btate of South Carolina,
the Tract of Lund in said District cn which ho
uow resides, known as the CHEROKEE PONDS
LANDS, containing Fifteen HumWd Aero's,
(some one or two acres, more or less.) --'
This public notice is giren-for ihc roarcn that I
have perch-sod *aicVL-.i.d from said William J.
Waiker, nlid am entitled tn tho possession of it
?n tu- f.nt day ui January n?-xt; amt shall tn-*
force my right tu pcase-sion at it.it time, should
ic aol be jiclJed.
ALLEN E. ADDISON;
July 13, 18?:t. 6_ - - 23
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Tannery Notice. -
FROM thi* date I wiil TAN and DRESS all
good DUY'IIDES doliv-red at 'iuy Yard
tur ONE THIRD ?f the L<alh-r-allowing tba *
owner of tba Hide* my -ian al iii'* Iwira-t m-rket
pi iee. WILLIS-ROSS.
July ll Zia* 28
List of Letters
REMAINING in the Post Office at Edgefiold
C. H.. S. C., oHih June la??. Persona call
ing for Letters on this list will please say " Ad
vertised." And also, provide tktmaeltes with thc
change to pay f-r advertising. m
A/E.-Lieut J J It Anhara, H Ad?ws, Misa B
Mrs L II Adams, Mrs S B?ughs?an, S ?llaekwelL
C, D, E.-J P Cmnercn, 3, W A Crafton, J Cel
lini;, Miss 8 Clark, Miss C Calal?, J M Cel-itun,
A J Cammshet.< J W Dennjry, Mr? S ADoughorly,
E Debbs, li S Dunbar, Miss M Everett
F, G, H.-Mr? M A Fuller, 2, Mrs E danton,
L 21-rr?J, Miss W Heenersuu, J Harlin. Hudson
& Cogburn, J Harris, Rev S-Head, Mrs M L Har
ris, A Hollingsworth, J M Hudson, L Holloway.
K, L, M.-W Kenrick, Mrs M S Kemper, M A
Leonard, Miss S E Long, Miss S Lee, J Lewis, L
Mack,-McKic,-McAter, M Murrah, Mrs'
N ll Morgan, M MeGruw_ Miss Magee, H H May.
N, P, lt.-M?M M H Newman, Mrs S.Ncal, Mri
E Pewol, L ll Prescott, M Palmer, Arve Page,
M i-f M A Radford, P. R Rynu, H B Raborn.
S, T, W.-Miss M Slimy!,. J Smith, H Self,
Mrs M Sweareugin, 4, F fcipradley, Mrs E Sini
uns, Miss E A Swearongin, Mrs V ScotfcMrs M
A s heu ?j-. MJt>? M A Smith, Mira S ?_tc6f|r. Miss
M Swoarengin, Mrs M Shctly, Mis F Stnnaker,
Miss E Swe.-.rcngin, Miss II Shumparl, Mrs M
Sbccly, I T.;ouia-, 2, II ll Towus, Mr? L Taylor,
Mrs S Thomas, B Tigblmnn, W Shearman, Misa
M Turner, Miss G Turner, J B Tiin-aerm'an, C A
Towlee, S D Thompaou*, Mrs i' Whitlock, R Wat
ton, J Wrighu A. RAMSAY,?. M.
July 13 2t. _ . 28
Lost, - *
ON thc evening of thc M Instant a\ Bethol
Church, an AGATE HRAC-KLET, coTuposcd
of separate pieces, each piece in the form of ? {
Crescent, and connected by fjold beads. Attached
to the bracelet i.- a dark marolo hearten*red out
of a specimon taken from Furt Sumter ai a relit.
The liudcr will bo compensated for htif-traubJ?,
and is requested to deposit it with "1rs. Chioo
Watson, Ridiro, S. C.
Jilly M _. .? -
C?pperas.
JUST received a supply SUPERIOR t_?liy in
tho market J. A. GURT7KY.
JInmburg, July 13 lm '2*
Shoe Thread.
GOOD ARTICLE just received. Trico,'.
_ S8,00 por lb. . J. A. GURLEY.
Hamburg, July 13 , Im 2ft
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