Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 01, 1864, Image 1
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"(.'?irrz.fMifleucc of' thc 1,'iAmoinI b!*p*i<:h,
rrom Genoral I/cr*s Arm j-. '
A-KMT ><v XfinTttKti .?. V i it' : i .\ : *. *)
<SM?isylva".!a--C H'. .M-?y_t-b, Yj0k \
The ca?toi which, has prevailed ip??Og tho
r?iV? Wuce t :t grcl of tho 3 - h was i
broken at an early bofir this morning. Ac the !
diwu of'dhy, before ?.ny of us buwibe braye j ?
nu n v;h:J ke-p watch in the trenches bari left | |
our blanket*, the enemy o?en^d a furious ar- ? (
lill-ry fin?' up ja 7?! - ji,r General Ourflbn, i<f ? ,
Kwe?Vc-.rps. fiff course G-.*n. Long, fortnrr-!
ly td Clea. Lo-'s Staff, and now cotimiMniim; i
the-artillery vt K-.veil's c rps, wai n d flow i:i j
returning this early morning salutation nf the .
I'fdi ral ai my. Fur ."nearly two,honra l'ue ji
canoopade equalled that at G^tty-brirg. The ?
enemy sei'itie 1 io have m.uised his heaviest :
ami bvst gutis on that part of the lilies which ;
lie hud v H-i>:iu'tttl successfully on the I2?b !
and all supposed that, another death sj rr.ggle i
for the nia:.tt ry Wsw.abott? to oeeVrr. F?rtU .
iiutely thc precsutioiin taken i>y our gr?ai j
thief wire so wise, arid bis di ptyitiors so ad j
ittiitude, thfU all IhJ t>r?\c Ct; d'-'-'er-r.? so'- ;
dirrs bad to do.'when ro-'e iVor.i hts divan?*; j
on the ground behind the oritrenchiiients, w?s !
to reach out fur hid tm-ty musket.
As you were informed by my lotter of the j
lGtu and b/Kien. Lye's official* dispatch*.*, j
the enemy moved a portion of his forces to
the east Laak pf the Ny, in thc direction of!
the Richmond and -Fred?ricksburg railroad. I
Tbe^opiuion prevailed at the time ih-t Grant !
was Irving to thro.v hit army to ihc u?.st sid- j
of the Mattapony, anti tb at bo Wotrld proba- ?
h'v move down the stream to li >v. 1 pg Gr cn. j
and possibly to Wes' P???nff win rc he would :
fyi mujonction with Buller and -Smith. D.-ubt- i
less he desired to produce 'his int pre-sit in j
upon G**n. Lee. as in thut event he might
reasonably "calculate" that the latter wntiid
luake a corresponding movement to tho <m-.r.
lt is not'yet ritnP for rn? to SHV- precisely
what Gen. Bte did do. This much, however,
may be saf-iy published now, viz : That he
did exactly whit was b,est ior tko artu s- and
w?rst tor the enemy. Ac-eordingly, when
?Giaut commenced the assault this morning
upon what was formerly our right wing, but
is now our left, he fouiid Ewe!; and Gordon
juat where be left I hem ou the 12th. His
arratiiot ui bad failed io accomplish ifs pur
pose. Lee diti not'move his whole anny ou
the right and sway from the battle Odd. and
thus leave the way ripen to an advance, as
he had hoped he . would do: The truth . is,
Grant, while ? bol J leader and cn able co?i
marider, is not more a match to our great
captain ?u tactics ailj strategy than bia motley
^Howers are^to the bioiiZcd veterans of the
South in the qualities of tho soldier. lie
msy march his army one way in the day time
aud countermarch it another way at night ;
but at tho end o^, all his lab.^r and trouble
he will Sud no orte so much surprised a* him
self.
But let ns return to the battle-the Issi,
let us hope, of the battles of Spotiylvania i
Court Hot'sc.
The attack was begun as poon as it was
light enough n?r the enemy to ses how tb
Lruiu bia splendid ?uns upon our position,
'l'be fcr?i wa? very heavy, and waa kept wp
without iiuermiisioa irofn near four o'clock
Until six, whe n tba infautry were brought for
wmd to carry the works, The assault by I he
latter, however, was very feeble, tbc enemy
at no lime coming nearer thin se'entjvrjve
} ards,fro in our entrenchments. At many
places they kept at the respectful distance of
two aud ihree hundred yards.- Tho artillery
lire was renewed at fctwn o'clock for half
* an hour os more, aud again at uiue, aud Jresh
and earnest clForla were made to bring the
infantrv up i.; their work, as wu the llith, but
all'ono purp'i'se. They would advene; bot
would unt fight ns bcrerofore, bei ur easily
,epul-ed, ju many instance"1 by our sharp
shooters 4iu3 skirmishcrM al'n.t. Ko Cttsck
?.as made upop Other parts of the lines. .1
A few prisoners ware taker, who report !
that the an?.aulting column coniiisted ol*S,0i)y I
in?ji from th* Second ami S:Xth corps, who, I
in response lo a call from Gen. (?rant, had j
volunteered their services in the attuck. ll |
the federal anny bas reached appoint of de-'j
moralization where it bacomes necessiry to j
? call for volunteers to assault our works, and j
if the volunteers when thfy comp forward do
no better than thosp did to-day, then the
struggle herc is approaching its end. Dut
there is a homely hat wise maxim which
teaches ns not to shout until we get but cf!
the woods. After ail, these movements ou
the right and feeble attacks on the left may
hdve a meaning which we do not yet fuily un
derstand.
. Tfce prisoners report,? also, the arrival ti a
?lyision yesterday under Gen. Augur, com
posed ofthe sweepings of the hospitals, jails A
"raud provost gugrd houses. '
RICHMOND, May 21.
Tho following h^s just been received, dated.
JlA?gpEa Jusxc?ok, May 10 P. M.
About noon to day the tuiuiy approached
the talegraph bridge oycr the North Ann,;;.
In the afternoon he attached thc guard at ?
the bridge, and drove it to this side.
. About the same time the 5th corps, (War
ner's) crossed at Jenck's Ford, on our left,
' and was attacked by A. P. Hill. *
. T??S advance wus chocked.
(Signed) R. E. Lks.
RICHMOND jday 25.
yho iyllcwirj^ ws^ received thio morning :
' ixriav?fiLj/Sf May 2d-9. P. H. .
.To the Secretary of War : ^ -
1'he enemy ffks been making a feeble attack
upon our lines to-day probably .with the view
pl ascertaiumg our position. .
They were easily repulsed.
.Gen.-Mahoae drove three regiments across
}k? rjyer,' ca^tuiio^astand Of culorsaud some
'prisoners, amoug them .one Aid of Gen.?,
Laidley.
(Signed) " ^?R. E. LEE.
TAVI.ORSVILLE, Mav 25.
Ort Monday eVening Fitz Lee's cavalry, be
iog pressed by the euemy'e infautry near An
derson's Cross Hoad, McGowau's brigade wis
seut to support the cavalry.
. A considerable light onsuod, and the encm"
ware held in check.
Yesterday there was considerable skirmish
ing cn our right, and slight skirmishing on
our left -? ?
Dnring th-evening Mahone, commanding .
Anderson s division, repelled au attack ?f the : J
enemy on our left, and iu turu choread lluro, j !
captunug some prisoners. ?.
Thia morning th%re ls sjmo artillery firin" h
but it arnountH to Very little. .. c'i .
Our troops are'slilj in the be.st. possible ! '
spirits. . . .-.
ASHLAND, May 27.-Advices fro.n thc front
state that the enemy have recross.d tho North ?
Anna and are again on the move in this 11
lirection-it is supposed on onr right. Tho
wmv are snid to have made an tffort this
lui-, h'-j to ovni to bridge ov?-r Nor'li Aim?.
>;? :\.'? Ule^'vfifi road, but wnv fnilwi. Tu-rt
?r^S ttaUimshiuv ?his mundt M.?! ?l'?O ifrtsiO
>vtvr?ftn dO and 12 inst night, but.it*u:::ou:tif*
o nothing.
UicnWiND, M.;y 27.-Official "information
?as been received" of the. advance of Giant'?
eft, i-rcssing the -Pamnnkey at Hanover. We
earn this morning that they are. moving
ti this ditecrioiu* .
Inforni'iti'JM from'-Ashland fays mir army
?. moving rapidly in lib?-??-rbsf paulltl with
he rowe which Grant is ?Jlowing. At 12
relock, a heavy force of infantry '.ad up
reared at Hanover U. H., and Were pressing
Mir cavalry ba-.k nt .that point. Two prim?nos
nst brcugbt in, belonging,.to the 0 h corps,
qty their command received orders yesterday
o march to White House.
TH E ADVERT?S ER?
. " JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR, \
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, I8li4.
The Dead nnd-Woiindnl
. We pn?.li.-h this we?k full lula ?f Enfield
ioldicr/' wb.> bare been killed rr wounded in the
? te buttles "in \ irginin. Their name is logion"
thoy are of ail ranks from privateup to Brigadier.'
They were fonmest in tbe wildest charge* iitd
Ml where tho dead lay tbi?'ktit. None caa claim
i.Mo'.er, prouder dentin than this:* heroes of old
F. lgrilcl<? Their nameg~nro ".lorified-^bjiptiy.ed
wilh their own purpiu blood upon tho field* wb-rro
duy fi?nght f"r Southern independence. Hun.
dredi ?bo so lately were full of life and hope and
patH'jtUm, arc now lying .cold and r tiff in their
grayer of.-gb>ryj WOTTO neither the, sound of fife
and drum n->r tho battle cry of comrades wi 1
oer rouse them ?T> m their final rest. Edgefield
shopjd b? inexpressibly proud of their Iravei.,
and ib' ir daring j bc should ,tvir*lihg fondly
l-l tile memory of ber Unmorjol martyrs.. Their
comrade: who Mirvivo. them^ will avenge thain,
in thc ino? ii ii io o, defoliation hovers. over thuu
Muisnf happy boma-e ircles. Thousandsofsged
men and pale, tearful women aro " setting mute
a od reeigned at thc foot of the Red Dripping
Altar of Patriotism, where lie in hallowed Sacri
fi?e thrir noble, darling Dead." May tho good
Cud turu towards them a pitying car.
ltrfugees.
Tho fortune of war ha.s brought our old iri*#d.
Yindi. M. WmiB, oi>co.laore into our midst. He
has' been obliged to bring his* family out of Marr
ella, their 'nome for some years pas^, and now
they find sn asylum in their nativo District. This
gentleman belongs to tbe (juariurmasters Depart
ment of Cen. JOHNSTON'S army, and will return
immediately to bi.? pO:t.
lie po its.
We bear that Gen. FITZ Hccn LEB (nit Geu.
IIAMPTO.V) ha* lo$o put in command of tho.Cav
alry in Virginia. And that Gens. PICKETT, JOR
DAN; and Ii AUTON bave all been dropped by Gen.
BIIACU-ur that it>, relieved of any command.
Why ur wherefore, deponent saith not-or rather
thinketh it wiser not to ?ay.
The News.
Mail communication with Richmond is again
uninterrupted, and accounts of the military move
ments iu Virginia como to ns thick and fast.
Grant drnws near lo Richmond, and tho " heaiy
work"' will soon begin. No one has thc slightest
callie to be down hearted, or even doubtful. Each
one of th? different Yankee columns which b?ve
lately marched un Richmond bas been signally
and decidedly repulsed. Gen. Beauregard bas
brought all th? plane nnd movements of Beast
Butler to naught ; thc di.-cuin?turc of thc Ttci??t
ha; iurely been complete enough t.i satisfy thc
most exacting. The personal* Lraviry of tb*
knightly Beauregard, and his able aud brilliant
conduct of thc campaigd in Chesterfield County.
; bou'.d command our bjghest admiration and
gratitude.
in thc Shenandoah Valley, Siegel La? bern
disastrously routed and driven back to the Poto
mac by Oem Bretkioridge, an achievement the
importance end result J of which ku^e noe been
fully uadcrst -iud or appreciated by tho country.
Between Leo and Grant the great trial of skill
ani' strength is yet to come off. Groni in a bull
u , and b:.i sworn not lo ro-jrosi thc Rsppaban
nock while he bas ?man left. Well, wa shall see.
If bis "last linn" can bc killed, Po'much ihc bot;
ter. Ccu. Leo says tl.Jt Grunt's army bas benn
reduce-* by it: late losses to thc tame ri::e and
numbers ai bb own. After this, tho Confederate
would be a dastard who could doubt the remit.
Tho letcM new? from Georgia is choiring-ex
hilarating. From live to seven thcurand Yan
kees placed hon il? tfmahol at New Hope Church
onVSattirday morning last! (?cn. Jr.hn?i*n too
has been heavily roi of? reo il. WbeeUr and For
rest are operating in rear of Sherm* D, and Joe
Johnston ii us calm and collected us an Egyptian
Spbiox: The Yankee who Hanks Joe Johnston
will bavo to get up carly iu the morning ! Sher
man iinu tho mu?t awful fix that ?ver Yankee
wa*-not excepting evan*old John Brown^on thc
gitlow?. Tho grand buttle before Atlinta may
not come olT for some days yet, for tho .Yankees
move ?lowly ; br.t w'hon it does come, it will be
for us the most telling and undisputed success of
thc war.
.Strawberries, Geraniums, and Pelar
goniums.
Our kind friend Mrs. ROBBBT MIKS,- who hu?
?uch fiue and cultivated taite fur Howers, fruits,
and ibo beautiful things of ni; tu rc generally, bas
sent us twice lately strawberries of thc samcspe
oius w.e ?-"poke of a week ur twu b.iek-out finer
but equally as fino. Big asa commuu tdzed peach!
Hundreds of men, Women and chiidrcif have told
us that wo {ted uu this subject, and wo bavo suf
fered much ccutempt :n.d contumely j but we
ctaud up to it luauiullyMud reiterate: big a; a i
common sized, peach. Mr.i. M's. Pelargoniums
(hot"something to eat, but a new fpooies of Ce.
rauiuin) aro perfectly matchless ; wo thank .er
heartily tor thc beautiful bouquet. .
* Greeu Peas.
M?S8**KATB MAYS has sent D. If. D. a libera!
mess of Green Peas, and ho says tous: litre,
picots*!* <uknuw!ed?fe tho receipt of this graceful
civility, pCJudging ly your strawberry stand
aid, you can sxfcly siiy these pea? u re as fong and
large as full grown locusts. They oro certainly
thc fiucst we ever saw.
A Voice from Ireland. *
A friend bas kindly pl#.cod >i? our possession
thc following extract of a letter recently received
from Cork, Ireland, dated on the 22d February
last :
""We have news of every transaction oY thc
war. It is tho opinion here th&.t thc Southerner*
me butter fighting men and have batter Generals
th^n the Northerners. If they bavo moans enough
to continuo the war tho North will-lind it a tou^h 1
fob. I believe all Furope would like to seo two j ]
(?p?rate Governments. Thi North >s fu'H of .
IxiaSting, aud their Editors aro rebels tftlfciropcnu J
nlrrosti as well as tc* religions freedom; iuajl
word, they seem to bc Auti-Christian. They ? r
ipeak. tf our Government in no l'riondly lunns j J
.ecause they dont-interfere in ibtir fa-.or; but. i (
;bo British Goy'ernmont a iii rn-t iutorfvro, it soo'ms ! (
or lear of givin,; offence to either party. If thoy j C
mould, it would bo to step the carnage. We I
i?vor heard tell of such wholesale murder as the I
he American Battles." a
.
Local.
Our o?J ftwn. ia sunshiny .and dui!. Por-j.le
Krina aimil the Post Office at mail hourr-e*?cr
. Jh ...Moec-iMbui-nia?j tii-I? w?la nnxhty-bul
i-.n dr-ijt p.ri?y, mid arc icen in, nure uu il uixl
ij.il." Tbc Examining Board held Lijrh session
DC day lust week ; a considerable crowd upp<>tir
rl boCore Ike uwfu! bar. Thc ratks nf the anuj
ill not be materially swollen hy thu d?diions of
iis Board.- Every man we queried, replied that
e hud been 'ir was to be "rceomniondcd for light
nty." Rain iu abundance and poid North wind*,
(ardene beginning to bc ijnit* available. Green
ea? nnd Irina potatoes" in full blast. ^Strawher
ies gone ; short sweetening tarries wilh u* how
vor. Season profoundlyjvopitions for sweet po
nto planting -, vast deal ol' it going nm Soldiers
ll gone. Liout. MARKEHT dcpirlcd with his
quad on Saturday last. He is a true sor.'of his
Vaterland" as far as music is concerned, ami,
ss'wttd by several young gallants of ?is Con:pa
-y, gave charming serenades around town during
he fi'ntiight preceding bii departure. 'Tis'tvbis
i.-rcd ihr public puji-p iTto he repuircd. Dont
le-ieVc H. 'PHCB? of prttvieiims :-oa?(.wh:it on the
[celine, hut not so ol* ?ry goods. Xo excitement
arc iii? dr<aty one of looking f.,r wounded'sous,
irhtiur-.. and bush* M'S.
Lieut, Moses' Advertisement.
We call spectral attention to the Advertisement
>f Licut^MosKS, lo he found in another column,
[lisabighly important srul^must not he over
ooked. .- f - ,
Tumbung. %
Tumhling is a horrid word, hut it is orthodox.
\nd any what you may, prices of provision? io
R.lgefield are tumbling. Bacon and lard muy
low he bad at f.* .rn $2.50 Ko $3:00. At a sale not
"Hr from hero the other day, cm sold at $S 00
Flour can be had at curtain mills in this District
for $Dfl.cr $100 per barrel. Butter is now $3.00
|.-r IK. and eggs $1 50 per dozen. This is dici
leUlj cheering. Tho wheat crop is largo ?nd
fine; that inet H settled. A iurgc platter told
its tSIs morning that be feared he wi.uld not bc
uhlo to save Or house nil his present crop of
wheat Corn u s'urtlingly behind hand, but
many good farmers say it has abundance of time
in which to come out and make a splendid yield.
But the merchants and thc shoemakers and thc
lunners, Ac, are carrying their top knots more
loftily lhau ever ; instead of abating thiir prices,
they life stoudily. Tor God's sake, and for tho
sakcol' humanity, ami for the purpose of enabling
people tu cover their nakedness, como down in
your'demnnds, ob, ?.ll ye, above rm med ! Remem
ber that you brought notbiug wilh you when
you entered upon this scone of woe, and that you
will ly-rtuinly tarry nothing with you when you
d. part to that scene of woe (ur weal-just as you
manage it) which comes after this. Get up as
curly as you may and kneel before the golden
calf as long u you may, worms will stillcventu
ully oat y?ur hodios.
Casualties.
Below we append as full a list of tuc carual'
tics in Edge-field Companies, during the late fights,
ns we have been able to obtain :
CASUALTIES IN 7?H REGIMENT, S. C. V.
//i thebault near Chancellvrtcitle-on the 6th Mai/.
Carr. GOGUA.NS, COMMAKDISG.
Cupt E J Uoggans, right arm severely; Capt
T A Hudgcns, Acting Major, thigh severely.
Company A-Killed: C. W. i^egg and Joseph
Whitlock. Wounded : Sorgt Chas L Milc3, thigh,
severe; Henry Boye?, slight.
Company B-Killed : Thos. Franklin. Wound
ed: W II Gaircs, severe in neck ; E B BoWiu,
hand revere ; K Weir, head slight.
Company C-Killod : W S Barksdale ; J Willis.
Wounded: Corp Johu Bi own, nook st vere ; Col?
Bauks, shoulder severe; J) W Do wt in, left arm
Severe; J II Zimmerman,Stand slight.
Conipimy D-Killed ?None. Wounded : WC
Larkridgo, right urtu amputated; T C Milford,
left breast daug?roU*ly ; A Boyd, tide severo; B
M Cautpkel), hand .-light.
Company B- Killed : "w E Corler." Wouurfad :
Sorgt J C Ranch, hip and heel revere ; Corp J L
Waf>on, loft Shoulder severe ; L 1, Smith, left leg
amputated.
Company F- Killed : Cpl W D Brooks,. Pri
vate -Brooks. Woumlud: J A Friday, hand.
Company G-Killtd: ''apt J W Komp, Private
W Wright, Jos Ouattle^aum. Wounded: Lisut
J C Williams, . . sov?rc ; Sergt JR Wright,
hip severe ; Co^. -? Colemnu, arm flesh ; Mathew
Griffith, arm severe; Lark Eidaou, thigh severe.
Company H-Killed: Nous. Wounded: lit
Sergt Wm Smith, thigh serer?,' Sergt Chis Gray,
head dangerous; W W Moiton, bawd.
Company I-Killed:. Chus WcesinHis. Wound
ed : Lieut Mfa Parkman, head ?ever? ; Sergt Wm
Bussey, arm severe; ll W Bussey, arm slight; E
N Bartley, bead severe; E Bush, thigh severe;
R S Bruusou, Foot severe ; .A J Prince, ihigh dui.
gvronaly : J D. Roper, left arm amputated ; -T
Boyd, shoulder severe; W W Wash, leg ?err.re.
Company K-Killed: W Webb. ff.occik-1 :
("apt J M Berry, .left thigh slight: Privates Thos
A Cartledge, righi leg amputated ; E W Reynolds,
left ankle severely : L ll Prescott, le't ft,ot slight-;
James Themas, left sido severe ; W L CoLjnian,
left side slight, JW Slal.-?kcr, hand flight: W
W Hammond, right leg slight; J T Whitaker,
righi thumb shot off; Ktrgt W G White, left foot
dight ; L M Lanier, left shoulder slight.
Company L-Killed: Sergt'J L Prince,'S F
Powell, Launard James. W?unded : Carp Heaves,
(color i'0?rur,) aim severe; Sargt Johnson, lett
I g amputated; A J Hardy, hip ??rare; WB
Jones, arm severe.
Company M-KUM : Corp S Harri?. Wound
ed: Corp A Dunoon, elbow and side severo; L
BedonbttUgh, Jog amputated; J Berry, fuoe stvere.
CASUALTIES IN CO. D, MTH S. C. V.
'From oth to 2$d May.
Killed-P B Kisick, James Boyd, Il A Strom.
Woundrd-Lieut. W F Durisoe, severely; Bailey
Corley, L D Hickson,-J C DoLonck; David Eth
eridge, E M WillarJ, G W Murrell, Oscar Cheat
ham, Wm Oovar," G R Durisoe, T P'DcLoach, T
I Strom, W PJlyai, S Overstrict, L P Cuiium,
slight.
'. CASUALTIES IN CO. B, HTH~S. C. V.
From ?tli lo ISth Muy. '
Co B-W Reaves, both legs severe ; Jas Ha ii s,
suver.o; i ,C Vi'i?c, ???vero; Josse Black, Z Crouch,
Jacob Mi nick, G ,Y handford. LD I\.rry> M P
Black, M'A Rsc, W jj L'MuULy, A Gibson, Philip
Bodic, Nathan Bodio, slight. ' ''".*' .
For the Advertiser.
CASUALTIESTN CO. K, ldTII S. C. REGT.
From ith to Voth May 18C4.
Killed-Sergt J S Landrum., Priv?tes M W
Wooton and J L Ouzts. Wounded: Capt J H
Allen, slight; Sergt W S Alleu, severo,; II R At
kins, severo; A M Buzzard, severe ; Gibson
Faulknor, sovcre: Whit (Jlauzier, sever**; Rufus
Hurling, slight; B R Hill, slight; Whit Haxvcly,
alight; Wm. Harris, severo; Frank Ouzts, kft
ur m amputad j J L Russel, ss.vsrc; Edward
limmorman, severe.
Missing. Killed or Captured-Setgt J W l?'ert?;
rjorpl Lcm Harling ; Privates W C Mouacc; Asa
?teveni; W E Tiuiiuornian. ' -
J. H.. ALLEN,
Captuyi Commimd'g.
CASUALTIES IN CO. II, NELSON'S BAT
TALION, B. .C. v.
At Drewrji'j JJlnjT, May Hi, I3H1.
Co II-Cupt J H Brooks-Killed : Sergt RL l
J otley, Sergt J ll OuztH, (colo;- bevrcr,/"Corp J
I Robortsun, {oolor corporal,) Corp FHunsucker, '
os Addison, John Baloy, Alfred Cheaiham, Ely
)ouglass, .George Dust, Fletcher Elkins, Robert
larris, John Harris, Win Holloway, Allon Ken
ledy, Wm A Bash, Jasper Podgers, Wm Taylor
olin Wultt.n, J M Young. Mortally ws?;a{jpd :
hirp John Gregory. M Elleuburg, J Ua^Uy, J,,|,w'
?otton, Ronb ,\lcLnugblin. Seventy wopnded .
'apt J II Brooks, Lieut BJ Bundall, Sergt A P
rby, Sergt E P Walker, Corp Rush, Corp Braddy I '
I T Addbon, Ranilpll Jobuston, James W John- 1
sn; Gooroc ^s'"uftt?. ? Hl?or, R Strut. Slight
pwounded: Lient Wm Weston, J S Brooks, lt
I-Cn?bum, WK Franklin, J C CiUibmiu, JC
fendmon, It Langley, Jas. Millar, Jas Minor, b
LHtM rt? c ? III itel Siiiilt.v. S Strickland. W 8 Tul,
?.rt, W Tj.^u.' J ? Vandiver, D 1? Wright.
Hising iVW li Bell; Asa*]l*mm*>ad', Wm Juies,
)aniUjV>t:?w, S3Iilcs,.WiH ??berta, B Suluaeker,
riobard Stahiaekor. Kichard Sturgeon, Thomas
llurgeou, L.I) Tinkler, J T Walton, K ll Wright,
i Wy lick.
* For the Advertiser.
Mr. EDITOR :-Please publbk the following lut
f casualties of Co. E, 7thC. Regt., ?uto the
Ut.li May, und oblige,
Tour?, vcty Re-pcctfully.
JAM KS MiTctir.i.i., Capt.,
Cu. 1?, 7th S. C. Regiment.
Killed-Lieut W J.Denny und Private W A
".orly. Wounded-tient J W Pinson, wyerely in
?dr. ; Rcrgt J C It-ouch, severely iu thigh and leg ;
5ergtJ B Suiidoth', severely in ann; Corp L A
Watson, .trevelyan breast ; Privates. L L Smith,
cg nmputa?cd; D J II Giger, slight in baud.
CASUALTIES IN CO. E. 27TH fi. C. REGT.
jV?rir Drttcrjft Ulvjf. on thc 16/7? Moy :
C-fm pa ny E-Lieut Cronker commanding
Killed : Com Carton, Il F Zrigler, (J S Hendrix.
Wounded : Ti N Co?ten, D N Williams, slight ;
-, Stuft')!, richi arid mnpu tated : Iden! Croaker,
.'.??ht : J P Javks'bft, Movere ; Lieut Cooper.
" For tho Advorticcr.
CASUALTIES OF CO. O', 1ST. REGT. 3. C. V.
Frith) bih tn ihr 15/S Muy, l?iG4.
KilU-d-J R Po?tcr, Sumtiel Porter. Wound
od-Al fi Walker, K 31 ills, mortally : .1 Clegg, A
Clogg, W B' C-nullv, D W Jacks.yW W Bryant,
E.I Rhodes, W L Durst, G W .Eickwell, JAI
Richardson, W P Bines, ? A Walkor, F Sch warty;
W,T Scott, J T White. G W 8trcet, F P Johnson,
R AI Dorn. J AI Fry. W P Hasting-, J Lane, W
W Stewart, P Shinail, AI Smith K G Walker, G
W Hancock.- *. S. W. ROSS.
LATEST NEWS.!
Further irom. thc Front.
AIAIUKTTA, May, 29, via ATJ.A.STA, 20.
Yesterday aftarDM?n thc enemy charged Ivtr
soit's Brigade, of Wheeler's cavalry, cn our right.
The charge was returned with i-pir'ued gallan
try, emptying many Yankee saddle*.
Nine o'clock nt night Woolford's cavalry again
charged outsngkf, meeting tho same fate.
The enemy were foiled in attempting another
flank movement to-day.
All itrcne.
'T ." _ H . ' '
Sherman Keinforced.
JACKSON, May 20.
A gentleman just from Fort Gibson reports that
nineteen transports, with Gon. A. S. Smith's di
vision on hoard frourTkUcxandria paused Rodney,
on Aloudny evening. Supposed to bo onrouto to
reinforce Sherman.
Another Engagement.
Nsw HOPE, May 2?.
Granbury'e Brigade was placid in action at 5
P. M. yestorday, to arrest the enemy's attempt to
turn our right flank.
We had no defence; oxcopt a few bosghs and
stones hastily collected by the cavalry, which
held position as skirmishers before the Brigr.de
came up.
Tho eugagomcnt immediately became furious,
and raged with unabated violence until 3 P. M.
Thc enemy's lines ndvoncttd within Svo paces
of ours, aud were several times repulsed atoll
points.
Thc brigado having no support was not allowed
to hazard its position ly charging until 12 P. AI.,
when Wnlthail's brigade nrrivoJ and took posi
tion immediately in rear.
A chargo was then sounded nnd the brigade
swept through the wood, breaking throe lines of
battle without firing a gun ?nd capturing many
primmer!. ' .
Thc loss in Oraabury's icitnediato'ront was
not les? than 3?O killed and 1,00" tol,i.'00 wound
ed. Many wore captured..
Prisoners rapers M ?j- Generals Howard and
Johnson and Brig. Gen. King wounded.
' Skirmishing continued uutil nightfall, the one
my constantly thifliug their position from centro
to lcftJ
From Virginia.
Ricnuo.sp May 30.
Our troops at throe o'clock to-d?ty wore reported
io line of battle in front of Athis Station, on the
Virginia Central Railroad.
Perhaps a collision utay occur to-morrow. None
has tiiktn pl^ce to-Jny.
The enemy have all left Ifuonvor Court-House.
Tho army correspondent of the "New York.
World ?s reportod captured to day, with papers
on h ii person showing the loss iu thc otb (Sedg
wick's) corps since tho campaign bogan at I?,nat),
or three-ti fibs of what it started with.
Pepers found on this correspondent al.? say
Grant doo? not mean to fight any more, as he has
been supposed. Hereafter he'niU rely on en
t.^nching. *
Gen. Hampton was to-day placed temporarily
in command of the cavalry of this army.
Grant's army is entrenching on the Jforth and
West of Tolpuv'imy-crack, their Una extend?^; ir
regularly from tbo Puniunkey, Uuiir llanover
Town, to Oilman's Mill, on thc road from Meehan
iosviMe to Old Church. ' %
A raiding party of cavalry appeared at Hunga
ry Station at one o'clock this morning
It is raported that Butler's forces aro braving
Bermuda Hundred under protection of gunboats.
There was a ?onsidcrablo cavalry fight at Hall's
Shop"; on tho ?.S;h, bet traen Fitz Lee and Hamp
ton's cavalry and a large force of Yankee caval
ry. Our cavalry at first forced the enemy back,
but it is now supposed the enemy gavo.wayia
order to diuw us in. Late in thc evening our
cavalry drew off, haviug lost, it is ?aid, some 30
ktll-?d and 7o to 100 wounded. Sumo of thom
fell into the bando of the enemy. 1.
American stocks arc depressed in thc London
market, except Cen federate bunds which advoncod
four and a-balf per cent, on the 3d of Alay, clo
sing ten to twelve"pir cent. HHOVC quotations of
Cuitc.J States ?vc? and twentice.
Northern News. " '.
Now York dates of May 21st have been received
The powder ?allis, fourteen miles from Troy,
N. Y-, exploded with firo thousand pounds of
powder.
Tho C. S. Florida sailed from Bermuda on thc
15th MCT. ou a cruise.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce and World,
havo resumed publication.
Tho causo of their suppression was the publica
tion of & bogus L/.n.oln proclamation.
Sharman is r?portet? is haying captured .ripe-1 1
trains, oight guns, and a thousand prisoners at
Resaca.
Gen. Pope bus been ordered to Washington
with-6',000 mon.
Brutus J. Clay says tho - losses in their rocent
battles will roaoh V?,pf?:0 ; that the grontf^t dis
couragement exists in tho Cubluot j 'ai.? ,.<,": 5
>thcr call for tluee hundred thousand men will j
!ouu bo ??sued. % fi
The -"Washington correspondent of thc Alissour' a
Republican, dating H'.h iustacL, says:
"We'havclost fuurtoen Generals, live killed,
iv.o wounded, sti.j fojir captured in Grant's aruiy
I'ully thirty-lire thousand men arc wounded, Of- ! tl
eon thoosUud of t'.^m seriously."
" IIO.WABP," a WashiPgtoB correspondent, has
en arrested as a forger of the bogus procte
.ition.
The Ere&ing Bulletin says rt letter from an
aieriiuu naval orfiecr dated Dover, England, -llb
st., states that tLeeuuibined Coo federate pirate/;
eluding the Alabama,"aro to maka a doinonstra
>u on tho Northern coast aa soon as practicable,
wing to the detention of the ltappahannock and
o non-arrival of ibo Alabama^ it has been post-,
>ned on? mouth; This information is derived
otu Confederate officers through our spies.
JYoin the 7th S. ?. Regiment.
W?js h'sye b*cn permitted to make the annexed
ctraittH from a leUor froio Lieut. [E. "?i. COVAN,
?ted SpottsjlvaoU C. C., Muy ISth :
" I am vorj well and enjoying good health, nl
iongh-I have a very aoro arui, caused by a blow
iceived from a at in io ball. It has give me a
reut Joni of pain, kut it id noarly well now,-thc
jil was o spent ball but it braised me very much.
he boys of the old 7th are in fine spirits ; they.
Il seem to enjoy t.ho late battle^ and stan? roady
>r the onset. Eorshuw's Brigade baa the prabe
ud seems to \s tba favorite of all. Longstrest's
?r-ps hay had hard fighting to do, and have n'rjt
eeo reoul.-ed in. a ?ingle instance-Gen. It. II.
.udereon, whoitook command of our Corpf>, after
tin wounding of ournoblo General, complimente J
ie Corps in tho highest terms. He said it was-1
o wonder that Longstreet was numbered among
ie grentest Generals of the doy, for, be ?aid, it
mild not bc otherwise, whea he had under his
omnrand *ueh a Qcrps?**I t.m proud to inform
ou that Gen. Loagstreet,. is doing well, and his
ccovery is rcrtaia. Gen. Lee teems "to be .vary
elive and cheerful; he bas repulsed Grant at
very engagement, and has caused Lim to ovacu
te a portion of bis lino ; Grant, left his dead and
portion of his wounded cn the field. We buried
iis dead mid took care of his wounded. * It was
ko most heart-rending sight I ever behe'd. The
lead ha.l rutted, and tho wounded were in an
.wfttl condition. Our Brigade opened --the fight
m'Suaduy morning about 9 o'clock, and fought
bern until night, and the report ls, that we killed
ind wounded more than our whole Brigade num
iercd.1 never saw Yankee: fall faster and thicker
n my life; the tiold was completely covered with
hem. Besides we captured a great many priso
lers. We had little temporary breastworks, and
bey give us two grand charges ; the first charge.
hey succeeded iu getting to our works and jumped
?ver uutong the rebels. James* Battalion had
"?mo two or three killed by the bayonet and s?v
irai wounded, but they stood Uko veterans and
ccelved them. Late in the evening they charged
is again, but only got within ten or fifteen paces
if our works, and very few got back to tell the
.ale.
Tho fighting on Monday was not so heavy, but
ru?-day they made a desperate effort to break
>ur linc on the left. Here, they met the old rat
inas of Hood's old^Divisioo, who received them
lundsomely, and sent them back in a hurry,
rhoreday he mossed bia forces and mado the at
...ck immediately on our -right. Ewell's Corps
nado the attack carly in the morning, Johnson'?
Dirision boldiug tho works, but the enemy routed
hem und took postesaion of their works, but
iou. Rhodes' Division s-aon charged them and
-.captured the works. Tho loss was awful on
>oth sides- I undoratood .that Grant hod twenty,
ive thousand massed against this portion of o ur
ine. The fight never ceased until Friday morning,
f'hero nevor bas boen such fighting since this war
toinmencod. - If it had not been for our loss on
this day, the rebel los?, comparatively r-peaking,
ifould bo very light; Wo hare been on the front
inc for eleven day-, but yesterday morning we
no ved to tho rear, 1 oppose tu rest. This mora
ng wo were ordered to get in readiness to move"
[ oan't say which way. Baak on the line perhapn."
For .the Advertiser.
The weekly mcetiog of the Village Soldiers'
Aid Association will take pince as usual on Wed
sesday morning, June lit. We hope all who feel
;r*erest?d i?! tbc matter will mott with ue for thc
purpose of making Arrangement for a Hospital
md Wayside H?me in our Village.
" Mns. ANN GRIFFIN, PHES.
MRS. WM. GOODMAN, Scc'ry <fc Treas'r.
APPROPRIATE COMPAKISOX.-A correspon
dent of tke'ltichmond Whig draws the an
nexed appropriate comparison between two
very noted criminals and enemies of the hu
man race :
John A. Murrel, under the cloak of religion
in the shape- of a preacher of the gospel,
stole his neighbors' sheep, their horses, and
their negroes. Ile and his clan killed trav
elers and robbed them of their jewelry, watches
and money. ' They laid a plaa'to raise negro
insurrections and fjre ci j lea fur tjie purpose ol
robbing the" people aad the banks on a large
scale. For these crimes John A. Murrel and
many of his band lived out their days io jails
and penitentiaries.
Abraham Lincoln, , under trie cloak of Re
publicanism, in the shape of a President of
thc once highly respected United States Gov
ernment, Irsds on his followers to stealing,
robbing and murdering, lajMng plans for ne
gro insurrections, burning towna and plan
ning the firing of-.cit'?bs for the purpose of
robbery, and murder, which leaves John A.
Murrel and his clan pigmies compared to
Abraham and his followers, iu high crime
lad misdemeanors. **
A Paris lejtter writer narrates the annex?''
incident-which, to say the least, is very
jrcditab'o to the Emperor.
lt is said that riding one day in the street
,he Emperor nearly rode over a little bpy,
but pulling up -suddenly, "and ascertaining
.hat he was not hurA> asked him, good r.a
tarcdfyi if ho wonld ??kc to seetheEmucror."
.No," replied the child, " for my father says
lie is a scoundrel.'' " Indeed," said thc Em
peror, " I am sorry lo hear that, but I think
?rour father cannot* be much of a judge'* u Oh
fe? !" 3aid the boy, " he is a senator upon'
rvhich one of th^Ernpcror'a train asked bib
name, but wal^eremptoriK interrupted by
ais master, who decline'., to ask ur ?car it
tad rode on.
WHAT BECAMB OF THE GO^BARANDS?-L
^respondent of the Macon Telegraph 'says
hat tue contrabands captured at plymoatfj
veWput in charge of .ih? 3c* Louisiana BoT
ialiou, and tho next morning 276, wltb their
jfhccr.s, had managed to elude the vigilanco
)f the guard, arid were reported as haling
jot away during tho uighfT Those soldiers
ffho served the first year of the war arouad
Norfolk will know how" g525S importance;
here is attached to the morning report of
he heavy handed gentry of the 3d Louisiana
iVatfidik>i.,
For'the Legislature. .
T-ofriond? of Mijor JOH&E. BACON re
pectfully announce bjim os a candidate, fora
eat in tho Legislature, nt the ensuing election.
^ajoy BACON js* too weil known in Edgefisld
Hstrfct as a gout le wan of high diameter and
nished ?ducation, to need any word of eulogy
t our* bauds. He consents that bis name
hull appoar before tho pooplo as a candidate, xi-.|
uring u?, pud his friends generally, that if olc?t.
(!, bc will leave his post io tho jruiy only during
io Sosyivus of thc Logisktafo. j
MANY FRIENDS, f
May3i. * U* 23- I
Desortera say that Grant has lost
ninety thousand of fits best men, and .'that
ibcyx-aiinot be replace!. The woods and
country in the rear bf bis army and North of
the Iiuppahanriock are said to be populous
with Yankee deserters and . stragglers, who
are trying to get into the Confederate lines
or back to their homes.
Notice.
IF there is any member of Ocn. Butler's com
mand about to go to Virginia with bis horse
be will confer a faror and find it to his advan
tage by addressing, at Hamburg, Maj. T. J. DA
VIES, of Geu. Butler's Cavalry Brigade, stating
time of departure, ic.
May 31 . 3t 23
Navy Agent's Offibe^
AUGUSTA, GA., May 24/1864.
MR SAMUEL E. BOWERS, Hamburg, is
my Authorized Agent in Edgefie.d District,
for purchasing supplies for Navy Department.
. W. F. HOWELL. Navy Agont,
May 3t\;:.'? 2? 23 '
Notice.
IAM prepared to BARTER HOMESPUN and
*SSNABURG8 for FLOUR. BACON and
WHEAT. S. E. BOWERS,
Navy Agent fur Edgefield District.
Hamburg, May 30, 2t . . 23
Head-Quarters,
ENROLLING OFFICE, .
EDOEFIEU) DismrcT, S. C., May 30th, 13C4.
IIN accordance witrrOnlars just receive*from"
. tho Commandant of Conscripta et Columbia,
S. C.; aU persons in tbis District between the
ages orserentcen and eighteen, and forty-five
and fifty years of age, (with the exception of
those between tboso ages who have received, or
-applied for, exemption os overseers or owners of
fitteen hands or more, and these who haye been
rejected by the Modioal Examining "Kard as
unfit for dity,) are hereby ordered to report at
this Of?oeJ ta; person, an Wednesday, the 8th day
of June proa.
- II. .The purpose of the rendezvous above or
dered, is that all peroone in the District between
thc said (with the exceptions above stated) .
may bo organized and formed into Companies,
having tbe right to elect their own Office?. All
persona who .do not report io - j>?r*ou on.tho day
indioatod, will be assigned, at the discretion of
the'Enrolling Officer, irrespective of thoir choice,
to the Companies which will be organized on the
above named day.
III. Al! persons between the said ages, #ho
have applied for detail to this Offico. on any
grounds, ochave received details from the Secre
tary of W'?/nri' included in this Order, and are
hereby required to report in person fur Organiza
tion on the day named above.
IV. Tho organization which took place here on,
the 10th ijpril last, haring been informal and in
complete, ts hereby declared null and void.
V. Commanding Officers, off the Companies
wbic'a were organized ou tho IC tit of April are
earnestly requested to rSport on tba day indica
ted, and give their aid and assistance to the Offi
cer's who will conduct the organization.
VI. For tho information of all concerned, it ia
hereby announced that no-Orders havo been re
ceived at this Office looking to tho immediate
ordering of-the Reserve Corps lo thc field. Tho
organization herein -ordered, is merely for the
purpose of having each man mustered into a
Company, to tho end that his name may appocr
on the proper roll, and that^the forces to'be or
ganized may, in an emergency, bo ordered to the
liehl without furtbor delay.
F. J. MOSES, -Tr.,
Lieut. ? Enrolling Officer.
May SI lt . .23
Commissioners' Notice.
AN Extra Meeting of Ibo Board of Commis
sionors for tho Upper Battalion of thc 7th
Regiment will be held at the Pine House on Sat
urday, the 4tb day.o' June next, to nrrnngo-mat
ter's concerning the sending of hands tb tho Coast,
in obedience to the Sixth call for Slave labor.
A. JONES, Chair.
May 3? ? If 23
CIRCULAR..
OFFICE OF AGENT OF STATE OF S. C., )
CAMM.-", MAY l?, 1864. J
THE Commissioners of Roads and Town Au
thor:1 ie.- ?f Edgefield District, will forthwith
summon Slaveholders within their respective lim
its, to deliver one-1'ottrih of their Hoad Hand?, at.
the Depots nearest Iheir residence, oTi Wednesday, '
22d day of June next, at ll) o'clock, a. m., tber?
to aws.it transportation to Cbarlostou for labor on
the Fortifications, in accordance with order fr<*in
this Office, of May 16tb, 1881.
Tho attention of Comniisiionere of Ro~ds is
called to thc important duties imposed on thurn
by acts of General Assetubly, in relation to sup
ply of Slave Lkbor for the Coast, and their active
and cordial co-operation with the Agent of the
State, ia respectfully asked. Without this, all
efforts to operate the pre.-eaf scheme will result
in failure. The Act of December last, requirss
thc Agent of the State to arrest thc ltibor ot de
faulter*; and forward it it expense of owners, for
a double term of service.^To perform ?Li- with
intelligence, ho must kn?>w irko ure defaulter*,
and Ibis information bu can ouly gH from iii?
Returns of Commissioners of Roads. There Re
turns should contain tho following statement.
N iTns?s'?f Owners] Di.<7S? R'd h\Tf ff ol 1 Amt j/V?r
Thc aggregate of all calli, inolusivo oY tUp
proseut, is int-fourth of Ibo Ruad ?lauds for .>.;
ninths, or ibo whole nuhiber for one und ti-ha'j'
mojtthi, orjurtu-?zc d*y*. Credit is allowed tor
wo:k already performed on tb?, fortifications.
There is no exemption under the law except
whore the owner has bat one Road Hand. .
The ?ijeat of the State ha* no ?ioiorr to rxrnij.-t.
To obtain relief for Rood Hands employed by
Riilroad Companies,, or by Government Agents,
application should be made ly the employer* to
Department Headquarters for DETAIL of juch
bands. This detail will be rejected by Co nu;, ii
sioners of Roads. Tho.-'; nao employ are rec pou
adolo tut the labor. .
Commissioners of Roads in this Division are
requested to furnish Revised Returns before tba
I Otb of June, stating, total amount of labor to
that duto. Those Commissioners who hare not
performed tbU duty, aro notified that delay ba
youd the date above named will subject them to
legal punishment.
Bv order of . R. E. JOHNSON-,
Agent of State of S. C.
GEO. B. MILLS,' Ohalr.,6. B.
A JOXES, Scc'ry.
May3t r 3t . . 23
Notice. *
WILL BE SOLD, at ray boneo, OB Thursday
the 16th day of June next, an Estiay
HORSE, tolled, before se by Mr?. Nancy Jones,
living at the Toll Gate; on the Plank Road. Tho
purchaser will be required to give a Note with
two approved teuureties, payable six months af
ter date to the Commissioners of Roads. Cost to
be paid ia ooah. A. JONES, M. E. D.
May 31 ' 2t ' v . 23
Notice.
A PELICATI&f will b? tiaJe rt the n<yg.Eit
?ML ???g* 'ofHh"4 re?i'J?atur?,of Seuth jtfarollnt
to Tc ero aie thc rate of*Toll at the Sand Bar Ferry
pu the Savannah Rivir, near tbe city of Augnsta.
E. R. WHATLEY, Proprietor.
May 81 ' . tP. 33^
.Notice.
DURING my absence I leave all my papers
with C. B. Wise, who ii my authorized
* -cat iv tranraet ail business for. me connected
with the' Estate" ?HSpiS!*
.~ R. JL TURNER, Ex'or.
May 81 # 31? . 23
Straye?.
TRAYED on or ?bftut,th? Sib Inst., fr">ra my
?"3 residence, one mile East of Gilgal C'rrjrch,"
a BAY MARE, with ene or more white feet.. No -.
other marks renumbered* Aged three years. All
information concerning i&id mare thankfully re
ceived, and a suitable reward wMl be paid'.
" * ' v.-i LB HTS BK?XGLDa.
Pleatant La?o, Msy 24- . !t(2i
SUGAR AN? SALT!
IHAVE on ban.'LaUrg5 lot of Choieo SUGAR
and SALT wbielrlam authorized to BARTER
for CORN or BA COS* For further particular*
?H oa JAS. P. BRYAN.
May 8 tf . 19
S