Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 29, 1864, Image 1
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tisement.* and charged accordingly.
.Lmest fjom thec-Gcorgiu Front.
Tue cnemjj. with thrie lines of battle,'at
, tacked Haruees corp* Thursday arid were
gallantly repulsed, our batteries driving them
back behiad-thei?, breastworks. Their loss
was very Jr^vj? and with the losses of the
day'previous rung their list of casualties up
toU80G\ including two Generals. ^
The RegIst^t*?Satarday says :
The affair in which the divisions of Steven
abu aud llincman wera engaged, Thursday
evening was lo us a serions matter resulting
in the death or a number of oar best regimen
. tal uad company oflicei^,- ?nd about^ twelve
iitiiidred'men. - Wc learn that thc object - ol
-the assault was to capture a ^battery of the
"tM?emy that was very annoying to om
lines and ip, making tho charge it was neo
essary to advance a considerable distance
through an open field raked by the enemy's
artillery. The battery, bf thirteen gun3, was
taken, and the. Yankees driven about a mile
and a half, through.two or three lines of en
trench teent*. Their loss is supposed tn have
been much less than ours. The Brigade ol
Gen. John C. Brown, bf Stevenson's Division
leading fheadvance. suffered rho*t severely
It was- temporarily in comma-ad of Col. E C,
Cook, who was^'O?nd?d it is feared mortally
Ile is an able and experienced officer, and bit
lo s will be..~eve$eiy felt.
We le?t ii frou^roliable authority that the
lime of service of 8?i00 of Sh^rma? trwops
expires June 25, on Saturday.
The Atlanta-intelligencer of Saturday con
tains the annexed nejgra :
^On Thursday, heavy skirmishing continu?e
a?]:dd3r, but we.could not learn'of anyheavi
movements ou auy portion of the line. Th?
casualties however, are large, and markedli
indicate the close proximity of the skirmisl
lines.
During all of Thursday night heavjg firinj
continued. The videtle's and skirmishers o
Loth armis chop away by the light of thevmooi
ail the livelong night.
Our lines a'-e-^iiot majerinl]? changed sine?
Wednesday. The enemy s-till avoids th?
shock of battle. Our brave men steadily awai
his advances and with the hope that the mas
ter strategy of Johnston to de**#s<* the piar
for theta, they expect to work out thc prob
lem of defeat td the .host that. Slfermau no?
-seems at a lo^s bow to dispose of. -
The enemy seem to be "massing still mor.
on our let. The evident object is to line:
tremendous force or. rbis portion of ?u? posi
tion and if nicces-ful, they hope to push inp
idLy to our rear and prevent a retreat on tin
Chattahoochee de?cuecs. Cur "humble opin
ion is, we will not need those barriers ; tba
Sherman's arm)' will need good retreating
ground ere we do.
MARIETTA, June 25thr
Fr*tn ten till twelve this-mornir.g, our bat
teries on Kennesu'v kept up a heavy canoona,
ding on the enemy '.-: lines and batteries-tht
euemy shelling slowly with uo effect.
At noon the ejj-^uy, .massing in force on
our"lcft. advanced a heavy line cf skirmish
>r?, which attora'Spirited fi ie we to driven
back by Stevenson^ adv?ric'? line.
Up to this hour ill inquiet, the enem
resting and evidently awaiting au ac^umula
lion uf supplies. .
No fighting is anticipated for several days
The enemy's position is uuchauged.
Yankee News.
.Norther a dates to the 15ih received at Sen
atobia.
Ten thousand wounded from Sherman's
army bad arrived at Nashville and Louisville
A eorresj undent of fhe ?hicbago Timej
says that up to the 2d their loss in skirmish
ing around Dallas was three thousand.
Johnston's retreat from Dalton was" mas
terly. His strategy excited the admiration
of all.
The navigation of the Mississippi is con
sidered scarctly "freer thau before the cap
ture of Vicksburg.
Sturgis lost in thc fight with forrest about
six thousand men.
Gold opened in New Yoik on the 14th at
10S and closed at 19b'1, the decline being
caused by the passage of the gold bill.
The Washington co-respondent of the Nevi
York News 6ays :
''lt is estimated that one thousand wound
ed per diy were received at tho hospitals her?
for the ten days previous to the ll th. There
T^ere alrea-cjy thirty-five thousand fn the hos
pit?is within the city."
The Times' correspondent iront Shcrman't
army says:
" The rebel-night attacks are draining oui
ranks us effectually by piecemeal as wh? lo
sale slaughter in battle. A retreat would be
worse than a second Moscow. It would be
better to lose the whole army in a desperate
advance than to lose it in an attempt to save
i t by retreat."
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RAID ON PETERSBURG AND WELDON BAIL?
^ROAD.-At an early hour yesterday forenoon,
we lea/n that the Petersburg and Weldon
road was struck by a raiding party at Rheims'
depot, ten miles frtim Petersburg. Up to
the present writing, Wednesdify P. M" wo
have reciived no direct telegraphicannounc?.
ment of thc fact. At about tho time when
the railroad is reported to have been struck,
.the wires between this point and Petersburg
ccasad'working. which seems to Confirm the
report.
Stirring.times were expected on yesterday
in the vicinity of Petersburg, not depending
np'-n the option of the enemy. Whether
this expectation was correct or what was the
result of any movements made remains as
yet in doubt.-Wilmington Journal, June 22.
FITZHVGH LEE'S FIGHT WITH SHERIDAN.
Some days ago we snnounced the signal re
pulse of Sheridan by Fitzhugh Lee, in a fight
near Trevillian's depot, en the Central rail
road. Accounts that reach ns by way ol
Charlottesville say that Sheridan waff- not
only beaten, but routed, and prisoners cap
tared by the hundred. Nearly five hundred
prisoners had arrived at Charlottesville.
A largo number cf slaves had also been
recaptured from the enemy, and art; at Char;
Inttesvillb awaiting their owners to come ;br
ward and claim them.
FKOITLYNCIIPI'WJ.-The enemy approach
ed within five miles of Lynchburg tm Friday
evening, when Brcckinridge's forces fekir
r?isbed with their advance, which was checked
Tiis next day thc; o xas shelling between thc
?lines ucijljgrenb c.r night, wben Hante: r.f
fae?J ti <?t?r"pr?jt'?fi -ii was easily iepv.:a
Yesterday"m<yrV? r'?yl-ght, i.ev.v- -i -
rovered to be in r :.. thereupon our jui
ces commenced a hoi pursuit, and .&t ni?*M*j
??'clock hat! arrived at New London. The I
right thus seems to have turned into a foot
race, in whick Hunter, who1 is moving back
tue way he carne, is likely lo be impeded, for
i^anl of sui plies, and the difficulty of {rath
LI nig them ni a con:.try which he has stripped
iud desolated. It may bc that-bew i i ?i-raiu
pluck up h'm conrade and renew the fijsbt;
wherein we wish fur the gallant lireckinridge
bis usual luck: *
THE ADVERTISER.
JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR.
? WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 18G4.
- , Our Editor.
Fuf the last three weeks our Editor has been
quite rick, and is not able yet to resume bis Edi
torial labors. He is gradually improving how
ey er, and we therefore indulge tho hopo that he
may be in his place ia the Sanctum in tho coarse
of a few days. J ' ' * "
?e?_j* -^r*.
Edgifield's Pliant Dead.
Again the mantle of sorrow haa fallen oTcr our
dear old District, and again is there wailing
heard rn the land, for many-alas ! too many of
our noble braves have.f?llen. Tho record en an
other column^prasents the names of many gallant
men-men who we loved for their manly .'traits
of "character and kindness of heart-who are now
sleopiug far away from home and kindred in. the
quiet grave of the soldier^. They wenfout in de
fence of . .'":.
- " Their altars, their firesides and their homes."
And tboy have alike' nobly laid dow? their live?
whilst striving to drive baek tho hated fo?. In
heaven rest tbd ehivalric souls of.thos? dear one?,
and may-God soothe the sorrows of the afflicted.
Weep, weep for tho slain, 'tja the tribute of
sorrow
From tear-drops like ; these a sad comfort we
borrow!
Weep, weep for the slain, whose h?r?ic. pro-'
"hat inn,
Is tho price, toTdin blood, of our country 's
- salvation.
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Co. ?, lat liegt. S, ?, Cavalry.
"We hove boen requested by Mr. W. E. Doay,
pf Uapt.WnATL.Bv's Compony let S. Cf Cav. to
state that he will, wi'h pleasure, take charge pf
all boxes, packages, ?e., intended for members or*
that Company, that may%bo loft at tho Hamburg
Depot, ty S*turday morning noxt. Havo them
carefully directed, and dont try to send-any very
Urge boxes. ' ~?
The Weather and Crops.
Tho la6t*week. of hot and dry weather has
been emphatically ona of work, pnd "many a
? band and officiant sir'oke has been made. Farmers
are beginning to got their crops in fine condition
again ; corri^'potatees, Ac, are generally looking
well, uud are now growing ofF rapidly. Indeed
the prospects at fbi.? juncture fur a sufficiency,
and erena surplus, of the provision crops is
quito auspicious. There was a hea^? ara? of
laud Kown iu wheat-and par consequence jt is
said that our farmers have now on hand tho larg
est crop ever rawed in Edgefield. Tho Oats wer?
never batter,-in fact thorois no end to^them.
One of our largest planters assuras ut that his
entire 0*ts crop will average fiva feat in height.
Tho "good lime coming" will surely soon be
here ; and then wc trust ?ur " flour doings and
chicken fixing?" wiil lot bo, like new calico dres
se or angel's visits, so few and far between aa
tboy have heretoforo been.
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Express Companies.
Wo have been informed by those who ate obliged
by circumstances lo commit ih.-msjlyes te the
(-tender morcies'wf the so styled institution, tbat.in
coiatuoa with the spirit of tb? times, they fleece
the unfortunate soldier wherever they oan find
him, whilst tboy pretend to bo moved in lus be
half hy tho deepest admiration and sympathy.
Wo haro LeeB informed by a gentleman of th?
placo, that ho witnessed thc charge of thirty
two dollar?, made by tho so-called Svuthtrn Ex
press Company, against A bndly wou&ded soldier,
for the transportation of a trunk weighing not
exceeding fifty pounds, from Richmond te Au
gusta. This is sympathy with a vengeance, and
it was only necessary for tho Company to have
taken tho saldier' trunk fer the freight, to have
entitled the act to tho credit of txctnive, but"
rather ?nco? we nient sympathy. Tho Confederate
press eannot too often, .and earnestly, boll up to
pullic reprehension, the iniquitous demands that
are constantly hoing made, both at home and
abroad, upon the hard and bloody earnings i.f
our gallant soldiery, by a pack of extortionate
creatures, wh?, provided they get the wages of
Judas, forget the obligations *f humanity, mor
ality and of law. A day of reckoning is at hand,
acd the imperious dtmanda of Retributive Jus
tice, will require ample atonement for the past.
A Merited Compliment.
. A ccrresp'.ndent of th? Guardian fumi-b.es
the* :ournal an accouit of the battle at Dr?wry's
Blt , on the 1(3 tb May, and lu part taken in
the same by tho South Carolina troops, from
whick we extract tho* subjoined complimentary
allusions to the distinguished gallantry displayed
by the brav? Capt. J. H. BUOOKS and bis band of
heroes. Tho writer says :
Company H, noxt OB tho left, commanded by
Capt. J. ll. Brooks-the pride of tho battalion
was cut all to pieces. Ey?ry officer was wounded,
and t.?xty.E?ren more foll killed and wounded.
The gallant Captain was wounded in throe places,
yot he continued to care for his m"en, to give or
ders for tho welfare of his. command, ?ad at
length walked oil' tho field, leaving the proffered
litters to privates more badly hart.
No irrere determined eland "Vas ever been made
by any command thins has bean taken by the
battalion. -Itslocg was greater lLaa probably
any regiment has sustained in the war in ono
day, and more than tho gallant Palmetto Regi
ment '??t in the wholo Mexie?n war. " Since this
battle foi?r more shot holes have hcou added to
the compliment sustained by tho flag in battle,
yet these colors look new aid bright, as thc day
they wero-iirst unfurled. - There is no rent or
stain apon thoro-?though perforated with balls,
they have never trailed the dust.
In this engagement this "Battalion (Col NEL
SON'S Ttb S. C.) lost heavily. Fifty-savon bullet
boles swopt through tho colors.^ But still they
faultered not, and did not turn from the foe UBtil
they were ordered to do 'io. All honor to tho
.ver-to-b"e-r?memberod heroic men of NELSON'S
7th S. C. Battalion.
The Southern Cultivator.
We havo received this excellent agricultural
Journal for Jut?b. Its tortas are only $5 per an
num, and is now uooraedly the oheapeat paper in
all South-land. It U published by D. RBDHQITD,
j Augusta. Ga. The following are tho contents of
i the number before usi
j PLANTATION E?OKOMY, ETC.-Hints for thc
i month, Making Choose, The Fruit Crop, Mulching;,
! Hog Cholera Cured, Raising Gropes, etc, Cotton
j of the Sooth, Vaiwkee Cotton, Prematuro Matti,
j raony, Undeveloped Resources, Paper, tho Per
! simmon, Summer Pruning, A Sign, (live mo a
Home, (Poefy,) Cultivation of Gie Soil, "The
Heroes of 1S04," Surface Manuring, .Physical
Education, Wheat in North Carofinu, Youthful
Indu.-try, Artificial Limbo, Foster, Our Railroads,
Worth bf a Good Gardeu, Noble Fellows, Authors
not Father?, To haveThoap Leather, Lettuce
?nd Cut Worms, Transfor of Bonds.
EDITOBIAL.-Change of Price, Five Dollar .
Bil!.-?, New Publication?, Answers to Correapon
dnnt?. Fine Gra-vc?, linee Leave*, OM Brine
Hardy J'-ri'-b?.?. " Compliment."," The Garden' ?
(jnVsuons for Pr?ou?orfj Money Duo Us. (
RcCires, --'rc- Ch lor iJ< vi .-'odium, Smoke fer I
Wounds, Blackberry Wino, Jlcaves in Horses, I
Light Pie Crust, Cheap Soap, Useful to House- 1 1
koor^rs, Ljcp on pattie. ?- j i
* X
The Wheat Crop.--Look out for Speen
lators. *
Within ?he last lew tjaji^wc hare received fro*
all quarters of our lufcre anti wealthy DL'trii
the mzost gratifying ript?rta.of the immense ero
of. Wheat just harvested. With bat a few exeep
tious the crop has *U looa safely garaered. An
tkifabundant yield wf -thc present crop aas greal
ly surprised every one, for at one time tho Whet
prospect was anything bat promising. Lat u
offer tbauks to tao Lord of tba Harvest for tb i
rich reward of our labors-and as Ile bas bLsse
us, let us bless tbosa who haye a right to look t
as for succor and assistance.
But, farmer friends, now that your bins, barns
crib*,. Ac., are fillod te overflowing with the prc
cioua staff of lifo, allow us respectful!y to cr,i
lion you agira?t a certain eat cf contemptibl
bloed-rackers-yclept"tpeeuhitnr?-who will io?:
be waiting on you te procure your surplus sup
plies in order that they any horde it array an
grow fat on your labors. Spurn them from ye
as you.w*nld a viper, for these men-men wh
would &t this*time specalate in the broad-stuffs o
eur cbuntry-are- tho most danger?ua fees tba
now threaten nar freedom and independtnei
believe not a syllable they may toll you nbou
th?ir.wanting'itfor this, that or the other cbari
table purpose, for they are liars and the truth i
.not in thcm.^Their prime object in t? sefli
money, and little do they earo if the soldier's wif
andlofed ones perish so their hellish lusts ar
satiated. Oi'thiaifinbject, we aro pjeased to no
tice in tho-'i'ta/sV'aitd Firetide the fellowing
wVick we take pleasure in re-publieking :
THE WIIEAT.CBO??.-Wo aro" vary happy to bea
fcoiaVnaany sections that wheat is doing retour ic a
bly wei), and that we may calculate on a fin
.yield, prnyideditbe not cut-off by some unfor?
seen casualty, fro? whjeh. may Heaven pr?teo
us. But what benefit will it ba to cur" poor pa?
pie if this gr??..ts'to get tat? the hands of th
heartless ' ip.et?ulators ? If there mea have no
their own ceuutry's leve.at heart-If human law
cannot reach ?tb era-if the kopo of a -place ii
Paradise is of leia .value to them than a few piece
of silver, will-not.the farmer, when he can possi
. bly do PO, refuse te- soil to those who buy to ?el
again ?^We ar? certain he can. find purchaser
sm'jugAis neighbor?, who are willing to give
fair price-, thea-let kim dispose of his wheat t
them and not to the speculator, though he ma;
give mora ; remembering, at the ?ama time tba
when bc soils to th? first, ho is doing his couti tr,
good in ?he same proportion that be is iafiictin
i upon it an injury ia selling to thc last.
Another Soldier-Hero Gone t
Ivs. W. X). Ki.M mt ?L his handed us for publi
cation tho subjoined tribute, to bis son, J AUK
KIM EMIL, who was k?lod in battle near Calhour
CLi., on tho ICth May last. As will.be eeeni
was written by-Lieut. J. A. TILLMAN, commaad
iag Co. T, 24th ? C'y., than whom a more un
daunted, hlgh-mind?d, unaaairning soldier aai
officer is not to be found. 80 eWinendable a rc
port from one so highly esteemed, both ia and ou
of the tinny, speaks volumes-in behalf of youn?
KIMBRKL. We caa add nothing ta the trutbfu
and sympathetic tribute of Lieut. TILLMAN'S, am
without further comment present his letter te ou
readers; '"?-_? .
LJ?B ?F BATTLE HEAR DALTOJ?, GA.,
June 1st. 1864.
MR. W. D. Knr?R?L,-.Denr Sir : ?apf. We're
being-absent, (sick,) I feel it my duty to reply t
your enquiries concerning your gallant eon. Thi
would be a task of pieasuro wore it not for tb
painful, heart-rpnaing news that is to ba co wau
nic?ted.
Yourrf.cn was mortally wounded on lae areninj
.of the ll th May, whilst wa were charging tb
enemy's skirmishers near Calhoun. He was Eho
through the back of the bead, ball enuring nea:
the right ear, I think, aad earning tut ou the op
polite side. I sa? this wound and examined i
myself. I haveC-becn teld by the ambulanci
corp?, who bore-hits off the field, that he wai
a ls-5 shot through the body. I expect he was, a:
tho around rn the' head, I do ppt think, w*ub
bavo caused doutt So soon.' ' He lived about out
.hour after boin?loiinde<L . Wm. Augur-line wai
the first man that reached bira after he fell. ]
also wont to bim immediately. He was censciou.
and asked us to turn him on his left side, whick
was done ; gaYO him water and poured the samt
on his head. The litter-bearers came np about
this time, and after placing him upon it we ad
vauoed, leaving our noble comrade, who fell fight
ing like a-bcro, at lio really was, to the litter
bearers who carried him to the Field Hospital
Hero he died in a fow momenta, and was buried
in the same grave, so I am told by Dr. Calhoun,
with his brother in-.arms, T. 0. Sullivan, whe
wa.?,killed in the same engagement. Both ol
tbosa men did their duty, and gave up their livct
iu a manner becoming the patriot soldier. Tffia
should aver te a consolation te their kindred.
Their graves'are msrlfod. J earnpstly hope thal
their bodies may be disinterred at a future
day and he transferred to their quiet family bu
rying grounds, which will bo a sad pleasure to
all.
I tender to you and your family my heartfelt
sympathy, and must pay that there na? no fol.
dier ia tho Company for wham I had a higher
regard. This, I think, was the universal feeling
of his comrades, and no Han could be missed
more, He was in ovsry sense of the word ? gen
tleman. May the Hand' of a kind Previdenec
soon fill the aching void L -t haa been created.
I remain * - sincere sympathizor,
J. A. TILLMAN.
By Tha-Oovernment is paying $10 per bushel
for blackberries with which te make Blackberry
Wine for siek soldiers. Send your Berries to P.
J. Br RC KM ANS, Augusta, Ga. Tho berries should
be placed in olean barrels and these well stoppoi,
No matter if tho berries are bruised.
??33~ Forrest is now tho undisputed matter of
the situation in Northern Mississippi, and holds
the Memphis and Charlatan Railroad through
the State and Weft Tennessee! What bis coarse
may bu, now that he bas achieved this'signal ad
vantage, W*J har* not yet learned ; but we shall
rou content in the oonfideneetk.itbea-.-cs the move?
and opportunit?s of tba enemy that are concealed
to us (as he did before bis late victory) ' and that
he will ba very apt te strike ni tho right place.
?gr At the auction sale of sir per cent, non
tax .ble bends in^ Columbia, en the 22d, prices
ranged at from ene hundred and thirty-fiv* to
ono hundred and fifty-one, and clued at thc first
quotation, at which the bulk of the bonds were
sold. The uggregatc ef sakjs was six hundred
and sixty-five thousand dollars.
pg* Vallandigham suddenly appeared at tSe
resent Democratic Convention in Hamilton, Ohio,
and was elected delegate to thc Chicago Conven
tion. Ho urged discretion. He stated that Lin
coln might deprive him of life, but not again of,
liberty. At last accounts-he was at Dayton, and
said he had calculated thc CHU sequences if arrest
ed, and said that he would have an eye for an
eye, and a tooth for a tooth so help him the ever
living Jehovah. He would remain, quiet until
after the Chicago Convention.
^SfltAn extract from tho Washington corres
pondonoo of the Herald oxhibits in the strongest
light tho bankrupt,coudition of the Yankee Gov
ernment. Tho expenses' ?if the Government have
been run up from two millions per day, in 1862
aud 1803*, to four millions per day in 1S64.
?!S" A Yankee officer waa captured bjrnegroes
on Tuesday morning, l<th instant, near Pendle
ton, R. Cs aad turnod ever to the proper authori
ty.' Ho wa.-i endeavoring to make his way to
Sherman's army, and wa? one of the party who
tseaped during his transit from Virginia to Geor
gia.
A obild was raeently baptized in Winona,
Minnesota, bearing tba nam? of " Stonewall
Jackson." The Yankees de not relish-thia. The
Nrew York times says : "This is visiting therine
if ihn lathers unon tho children with a vongoance.
Gannet th: Copperheads bc costont with their
>w.i infamy, without entailing its scrofulous mo- 1
nen vt 1 upon their posterity V
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' Tor tba Advertiser. I
The Death oMVLillic?d B. Brooks.
MR. EDITOR :-It ii grateful te the feelings if
tk* friend and rda tires t-f thc (Meiari in our ar
mlet, tu J?ura that their cwaduut is wer thy .of
their State, and we believe tk?,t we ca&fl.et better ]
exhibit the charaeter and good eoailuct of the
gallant dead, than by. presenting to the people, i
the estimate in which they are hJH by their ,
comrades ia the field. We beg therefore that you .
will publish tba suhjuined letter, etcisieced by
?the death of WHITFIELD BUTLER BKUCKJ, (eldest
ion uf Capt. JAMES C. BHOOKS, ef this District,)
of Capt GREUU'X Company, Cth S. C. Cavalry,
wbe wai killed in the Cavalry fight at Trcvi^iau'i j
Depot near Louisa C. H., Virginia, en ll th inst.,
in Lis nineteenth y ear jr. lie fuught gallantly,
and died fearlessly. Thus do they all full, brave
aid Bolla boys; their heart's best blood ii lav
ishly poured out, ai a sacrificial elie ri ti g fer the
freedom of their ceuntry^aadIsLe will gratefully
chariih their memories, in herpionumeutal com
memoration of their valorous deed?.
A FMEXD.
RICHMOND, Va., June 1SIL, 1164.
Captr JAMES C. BROOKS,-Dear Friend:-It
ii with sincere regret that I pen you theta lines, !
but it is my melanchelly duty te inforaa you ef
the death of your eldest son WHITFIELD B.
BROOKS. He fell ai or tal ly wounded (a ad died
instantly) in the fight near Louisa C. II., on the
11th last. A mere noble-hearted, brave and
generous young man has not fallen during this
nnkely war. Never has any young mau ever died
of his age that left fewir eneniie?. Since my
acquaintance with him in Dee. 1?62, aud being
in the same tent aud mus with him, we never
had a LaroTthought towards each other. In facf|
I never hajtf-been icq .?inttd with a better.young
saan. Yotraave reason to he proud of such a
ion. lignas yielded up hil life williaglyin the
defence of his country.
?cannot ray whether he was a Chrir.' ian or not,
but he baa often warned his brother, and told
him ha should make preparation for death. He
had a high regard'fer the Rcligicn of Jesu?
Christ. Ile was beloved Hy every member of eur
Company, and we all deeply deplore his less.
Your affectionate frioad,
. J.*L. ADDISON.
For the Advertiser.
Medics to tke Front.
Th? ?ub}?iacd a otite of Dr. Gi BR KS commends
itself to iht jidtriuHim aud huawnity af th? Med
ical Profession. Let ae Physician remain at
home tate is net detained hy phyiicul dSaliil ty
or the imperioui deitands of his pmtienti. The
country requires, at this heur of sacrificajjvthat
?very ministrant sheuld bo at the Altar. The
people will rec?llttt all'ahiencas fr oe* duty.
JOHN HUNTER, M. D.
TO rnrsrciAxs mp SURGEONS-i
have beep requested ti say that CONTRACT
PHYSICIANS are much wauted ia the hospitals
of Qeorgia, that commi?si?ned surgeons may be
sent to th? fruit. The demand is immediate. All
who can serve should report to the Medical Di
rector at Atlanta. I would urge thia-notice upon
tho ut', .mien ef all physicians and surgeons who
can take contract?, in view of the great battle.
Our'wounded need assiftaucc.
R. W. GIBBES, ?L D.
. For the Advertiser. *
We have received a communication from Dr.
Pani Ev?, whieh We would like t? make known t?
all whe feel interested in th? Hospital question.
Meet with us at tho Hall te-merrow.
Maa. ANN GRIFFIN, PRES.
MRS. WK. GOODMAN, Sec'ry A Troa's'r.
June Seth, 1964.
For the Advertiser.
Tribute ef Respect.
At a regular CammusicalioB of Mackey Ledge,
N?. 62, A. F. M., at Hickory Grove, Juno 13th
1864, Brothers J. P. Bonis, M. RUSHTON, and-E.
STILL having been appointed a Committee to
draft i suitable Preamble rod Resolutions to lb?
memory of Brother THOMAS B. HARVEY, Jr.,
who died from wounds received at the battle of
Spottsylvania C. H., asd Brother J. W. WRIGHT
who was killed at the battle of th? Wildoraess,
.flared the following Preamble aad Resolution!
which were unanimously adepled :
WHEREAS, We have Leard with regret of th?
fall ?f Brothers THOMAS B. HARVEY, Jr., and
J. W. WRIGHT, who Vave gallantly laid dewn
th?ir lives in defence of their country and thtir
country's rights. Two better or braver men
never lived, or mere willingly made th? sacrifice
required of th?tn. Therefore,
Be it Reiolved, That ia thtir ?deatk w? have
lost two good apd elfieieat H MHB ?rr, aud we sore
ly lament their irreparable loin.
Reiolved, That w? appreciate their me val worth
and character, and that a blank psge in our
miaate book b? inscribed to their u?uiary, and
that tho aaembers of tho Lodge wear the usual
li c?? of mourning for thirty days.
Reir.lced, ?tbat we sympathize with tke be
reaved widow and tnmilios, and exteuu tu them
.ur condolence in their sore afflictions.
Reiolved, TV at wa hu ably submit te the will
of ?ur Creator, ar.d g;*o up ?ur belsved Brothers
.te th? Saviour of all mankind, having all cen 6
denc? ef thtir peace with him.
Reiolved, That a copy of these Resolution ha
sent to the eompanlea aid families ?f sur dee'd
brothers, aad tu the Eric*'cl J Advirtiier 'ni puh
licitio'n. ' ELIJAH STILL, Seo'ry.
?sr~ It is stated that Graut Las peremptorily
demanded au unconditional surrender ef Peters,
burg.
113ra At Fort Johnson, the Yankee abode for
their prisoners, ?n the 8th April, that being the
day set aside by Presideat Davis as a day of
" fasting, humiliation aud prayer," the Ceafed
arate officers deelin td to rec?ivo their rations,
whereupon the Yaakee authorities withheld their
ic cidral ?OE s for (kr et days. Th it ii ? cot temp ti
bie meanness quile in keeping with the elaraa
teristics of thc Yankees as exhibited during the
war.
IpSSr Grant's line is distant from the outskiits
of Petersburg from tw? and a Laif to three railes,
bis right resting on the Appomattox ult the east,
and his left extending.nearly to the Petersburg
and Weldon rail nay, which runs due south from
Petersburg. Although so near, the armies are,
owing to the fact that the country is thickly
wooded, not risible from the town.
TpS* If tax payers-have five dollar notes which
they desire to us? in the payment ci their taxes,
they.can do it and rave themselves from loss, Ly
funding them prior t? the 1st July and using the
certificates when the taxes become due.
' ?3*" H i? reported that Major Batte and Cap
tain Sturdivant, of Sturdivont'a battery, who
woro captured in th? fight of Thursday, 16th
inst, near Petersburg, while being taken to the
rear by a negro guard, were murdered by the
black savages. This was reported in Petersburg,
and Yankee prisoners captured in tn? fight of j
Friday night c?nfirm th? story. If this cold
blooded murder bc true, we hope our Government j
may be aroused to some measure of retaliation.
' It was rep tr tod that Gan. Beauregard
had held communication with Grant touching tho
litter's shelling of Petersburg, and had threat
ened to execute a Yankee prisoner for every
cititen ar nen-c? nikola killed by a Yankee
?hell. . WT
explained at Last.
" What is the reason that mei never kin eseh
other, while tho ladies waste a world cf kisses cn
feminine faces ?" said the Captain to Gussie the
jtl\er day up at Normal. Gussie cogitated a miu
,i t?, and thea answered : " Beoause the men have
lomothiog better to kiss, and th? women haven't."
rho Captain law it immediately.
W e..
Cu? Hallies.
Front lertore and exchanges we gather the fol
Uwiag casualtius in Edgefleld Couipaaies in lato
? ngageuie*ts in Virginia and Georgia.
CASUALTIES ia Co. B, CTH RECWKNT. S. C. C.
Keir Tra villi au's Station on the Virginia Cen
tral Railroad, cn the 11th June :
Cumpanj B. Captain J J Gregg, commanding
Killed ;.Private? W B Brook*, J ll MOM, Mat
thew Mos?, 12 E Padgett, J Vf Nohle, A Kilcreaso, .
J W MejerjejjiWeunded : 'Captain J J Gregg,
slight in aral ; Sergeant S ti Cothr^n, in spine,
severely ; Sergeant A A Giles, in thigh, severely ;
Carp Ja* Quattlebaum, tn hip, slightly; Corp W
D Roundtree, iretbigb, slightly ; Privates Rich
ard Berry, in arm, slightly ; J M Brigg?, i" ear,
slight; A Bushnell, in thigh, slight; W L Clax
ton, urn amputated; S Kirkland, in hang, slight;
S ? Mays, thigh amputated ; H R Quattlebaum,
in leg, slight; E V Steedman, in shoulder, .se
-rare ; A G Williams, in leg, slight ; P M Williams,
rPleft eye, severe; J M Helder, in breast, slight ;
R E Broadwater, in shoulder, alight. Mining:
Privates Samuel. Blackwell, Lafaj-etto Cogbuiru.
Cel. Aikea, of this Regiment, was also severe
ly wounded, and cur gallant young friend, Sergt
Major J.' 0. Sheppard, son of Mr. Gea. Sheppard
of this District, was killed in tba samo engage
ment. *
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CASUALTIKS M CO. A, 22d S. C. Y
Frem a letter to Dr. WM. M. 'BURT, of this Vil
lage, from Mr. F. V. COOPER,' of Co. A, 32d S. C.
V., .dated Petersburg, 18th June, we are permitted
to make the following eztraat :
' DEAR SIR :-The 22d Regiment. was engaged
yesterday in the fight before this place, and is
still in tba entrenchments. Your son's Company
boro a conspicuous part in the battle, and suffered
coisidcrably.' Below yon will find a lilt of casu
alties lu hie company. ^
Co. A, Lieut W G Burt; Commanding-Killed :
E Bolton and E Whittle. Wouaded: J W Ra
bora, mortally ; Lreoit. S L ^Rendy, severely in
thigh; CcjpMMMays, in right arm; Privates
J S Wo? J ruff, shoulder; S P Street, in thigh ; H
P Rotten, in groin ; R M White, shoulder; Wm.
Jeane?, ia head.; Mahlon Wright, in ancle ; A C
Wright in foot; Corp R-T Dean, slight; ia arm.
The above is a correct ?oppy -obtained from the
Surgeon. The.fight is still progressing.
Lieut. S. L. READY, in a letter to his father, Dr.'
J. C. READY, dated Petersburg, Va, 19th inst,
saja :
"I.was wounded on the night of the 17th se
verely in my right thigh, about twelve ,inches''
above kntie joist, ia front, the ball passing out
in the rear without injury tc the bone. I think
I will soon bc able to come home. I do not con
sider my wound at all dangerous.
" Our Company suffered severely ia re-taking
some of cur breast-wcrks which had beoa lost.
Our Regiment captured nyt.ny prisoners; and
threo stand cf colors. The Yankees arc within
two miles of this place, and tho fighting is still
going.en (tay and night, with what success I,
hive not been ablo to learn.
CASUALTIES Co. B, HAUTTOS LBOIOX.
Near Riddle'e Shop, en the loth June.
Company *, Capt B. E. Nicholses Command
ing-Wounded : U. B. Sturkie, settre.
CAicALTijse is Co. H, 7TH S. C. BATTALION.
From 17th May to 6th June inelvtUe.
Company H, Lieut T M McCants commanding
May 31 : Missing : W F Seay. June 3 : Wound
ed : Lieut T M McCants (dead.)
CASUALTIES IN 24TH RKCIJJENT, S. C. V.
iWur Marietta, on the \5th June.
Company E-Wounded : J Carter, in ar? ; A
Barter, in thigh ;. A W Smith, in bips. Killed :
nen ry Adams.
Company I-wounded : "J S Reynolds, in arm :
G M Freeman, in arm and knee. Missing : John
A Mays. ":
For thc Advertiser.
Casualties in 22d Re?tt. S. C. V.
IN RESKRVK NEAR PETEKSBIW., Va.,
June 19th, 1361.
Dear Adirihtr :-Knowing the auxiety of
tkoso at kome I send you a list of the- casualties
in the .22'.I Regiment iu the aght on the night cf
the 17th and day fellewing :
Cf?. A,-Zieiir. W. G. Burt Commanding. .
Killed.-Private E Whittle and Ed. Bolton'.
Wounded.-Lt W G Burt, slight in bead and
knee, but still in command ; Lt S L Ready, se
vero through thigh ; Sergt James Ramsay, severe
Ihrougk arm just above rist joint; Sergt J J Foy
mortal through hiv J, since dead; Corpl M M
Mays sovere through arm ; "Corpl Dean slight in
arm ; J W Rabora, mortal through bowels ; R M
White mortal through body; J S Woodruff severe
iaskculder; S P Street severe ia thigh; II P
Bilton severe in groin ;T> Reynolds severe in leg ;
M C Wright severe in foot ; A C Wright severe in
ancle; Wm Jeans slight in head ; R P Vaughn
slight ia baud.
Co. B,-Capt. W. Jl.-BfHAon.
? Killed.-Capt Benson, Sergt J 8 Morgan, J W
Be LC ar. Weuaded,-PC McMakin slight in f.ot.
Miaarng N 3 Hew?.
. Co. Cy-Capt. E. J. Dean.
Wounded,-Strgt-J W Wators mortal through
breast; J H Reynolds ia shoulder; A Ray slight
in bead.
Co. Dr-?apt. John Magrath.
Wounded.-Liout G W Quarles slight ic f.et;
Sergt J H McGuftin slight in neck; John Smith
mortal in'head ; C Boards? flesh, ia hip; John
Dyer s tanned by shell.
Co. E,-Capt. J. N. Shedd.
Wounded.-C J Miller flesh-wound in am? J
H Marris slight in band. Missing,-J 0 Wil
liams and P Perry.
Co. F,-Capt. R. I. Steele.
Wounded.-Lt A N Alexander severe through
leg ; Lt J T II Williams slight in arm ; J J Maico
arm amputated ; PF Milam severe in both thighs;
J W Rentr. severe in hips ; E A Price slight in
arm ; R A Stewart slight iajjace ; J T iStcwart
slight in arm.
Co. G,-Lieut. Reit. Stevereon Commanding.
Wounded.-M Bleodsworth severe in thigh ; W
H Wilson severe in thigh .: R Smith slight in face;
J T Ch aa b lin slight in face.
Co. II,-Capt. A. C. Pt;ace.
Wounded.-W T Hcward severe in side ; W
M Holly slight in arm ; S Johnsen in foot ; J S
G es col flesh wound in ara.
Ce. I-Capt. ?i H. Sally.
Wounded.-E W Ckavia, through rigbA breast
severe ; Henry G leaton slight in elbow.
C<>. K-Lieut. M. MeP. Wright Commanding'.
Wounded.-J C Clark ia band and oreast; N
Keesler slight ia ara ; D T Kees', slight in foot.
We were relieved last nigK by a portien of
Longstreet's Corps, ts, ibe charge Friday even
ing, we ran erar Ransom's Brigade, capturing a
large number of prisoners and took three stands
of oolors, not mentioning the largo amount of
valuables cf ether kinds. The Regiment was do
tached from thc Brigade, and had ' ?en for two
days. Orders are to uiove. Farewell.
J. D. QUATTLEBAUM,
lieut <t,Acfg. Adj't.
A family of some six white persons were
poisoned ia Charleston a few days Eiuce from par
taking by mistake, of a, propared dish from the
plant known us stramonium, or Jamestown weed.
By prompt medical attendance, fatal results woro
prevented.
MELANCHOLY A FKA?R-We learn of a moat
unfortunate affair which took , place in tbSk
city yesterday. TB* circumstances, as we
patber'them, are the?e : Some lads wege bath
ing in the Savannah River. One of the boy?
made an attempt upon a small lad-whether
in mere niischtef or- not wc "cannot say_to .
throw him into the stream. The lad was ex
cessively frightened, and his 'screams called
a son of Mr. N. B." Moore to his aid, and i he
aggressor was requested to desist. Where
upon, as we understand, the offending boy
stabbed Mr. Moore's sou in the'side or breast,
inflicting a dangerous wound. We sincerely
hope that the affair is not as bad as represen'
ted to us. aud that the young .man who hat
reccivedfthefie injuries may recover.-Augus
ta Chronicle, 2tjth inst.
? ? ?- .
FATAL ACCIOENT.-Mr. J. A. Fleischman
a member of the Marion Fire Engine Cora*
pany, while on duty on Boyce's Wharf, acct-,
dentally shot himself yesterday evening, about
7 o'clock. A boat was approaching the wharf
adjacent to that on**yhich Sir. Fleischman
was nut io Lcd, and . having to pass through
a small aperture leading "from one wharf to
the other, in orderto hail the boat, Mr. Fleisch
man went through the opening, and in draw
ing his gun after him,.it went off, the ball en
tering bis forehead and killing him instantly.
-Charleston Mercury.
The New York' HeraldrV*? an indecent
exultation over the fall bf Col La yreuc?" M.
Keitt, of South CaroAna, and saya: "And
thus these rebel leaders pass away, leaving
but a few of those who were prominent in
bringing about the rt bell ?OD to share its im
pending fate and the Just reward of their in
famous conduct!" Toe Sentinel remarks:
Others less beastly-than the Herald will seo
in the fate of th? patriotic gentle m arr refer
red to, a devotion to principle and a personal
courage that will , com maa d the applause of
all good men. It is true that Sumner, and
Seward, and Wade, and Chandler, and Halk,
and Wendell Phillips and Ward Beecher, und
such as they, have not fallen, and they never
will, because they leave, to others to fight the
battles which they originated.
Miss Nelly Prim, aa old maid ef some
forty-five lammers, remarked the other day, " I
may ba old now, but I use to ba as yoong as an;
body." Mow consoling the thought*
OBIT?ABY. i
In Meto ri mn.
DE?'AKTED this life, in Charlottes, at the lat
Louisiana Hospital, on the 3rd of Jane 1864,
WM. W. DUNBAR, in the 37th year of age.
Dtatb, the grim and uawelteme messenger te
?mankind, is BOW stalking throughout the br'ad
land of-eur once happy and prosperous- oountry ;
reaping down alike the young as well os the old,
the nigh at well aa tho low. Scarcely > moen
wanes ero we are called- upon to mourn the loss
ed* a friend'or relative. '. "
This cruel and unholy war bas caused many a
fond and,devoted heart to bleed; many a happy
heme to become desolate, where all was once hap
piness and prosperity. We st? nothing .but tow*
and blood. Of all tk? mauy brave, gallant and
high minded sons of the South that have offered
their lives upon th's " red dripping altar bf their
country,"-upon the battle-field amid the roar of
artillery *nM the bur? ting of shell, sr within the
walls of the " seldiers home," the-Hospital, non?
were more highly esteemed and loved than tb?
subject of this notice.
Ho, in the beginning of this unholy struggle,
in constquenco of disability hir?d a substitute,
and by hw kind acts and gener?os deeds of b?
Btivolenca at home and abroad won for himself a
name both honorable sud patriotic. Impressed
with the duty of defending, his country from
Yankee rule and oppression ho enlisted is th?
Lamar Artillery, and bad been in servico but" a
few- weeks when the fell destroyer singled bim
.ut as bis victim. Away from home, surrounded
by strangers, with no' kind hand ta wipe the
death-sweat from bis brow, no gentle and familiar
voice to give bim cheer, bis spirit took it? flight
to th? dod who gava it ; .and now the (audy, [uni
ty grave closes over ali that ?ace wat mortal of
W. W. DUNBAR.
He was a man of kind and amiable disposition,
generous to a fault; agreeable and gentle in hit
deportment, he won many kind friends who now
mourn his untimely end. An npright aud hon
orable gentleman, a kind and devoted .Brother,
a true aud constant friend, and all other qualifi
cation that could make one-beloved-was tb?
charactered prerogative of WM. W. DUMIAK.
" Oh honored, beloved, to earth ueconfined
Thou hast soared on high, thou hast left us behind
But our parting is not forever;
We will follow thee, by Heaven's light
Wher? the grav? caauot ditsever
The souls whom God will unit?."
W.
DIED, at the residence of MB, Joel Curry, on
the l$th of Dec. last, Mrs. PATSY DOBY, wife
of tho late DAVID Dear, deceased, in the 77th
year of her ?gt. She was'kind and affectionate
in all the relations of life. She bad believed :in
Christ as her Saviooi for many years, was fully
ripe for that world, whore : troubles tea*e and
where death is no more, and had. no fear: in
death.
'e have been authorized by the friends of
S. B. GRIFFIN, Esq., of Co. I, 2d S. C. Caval
ry, to announ?e bira a candidate for the Legisla
ture at th? ensuing election.
June 21 "te . 20
Woodville-- Academy.
rinlTE Exercises o?Uhis Sch? ol will commence
X ?n Monday, the 4 th July.
REV. R. W. SEYMOUR.
June 28 . 2t . . 27
Wheat Wanted*
FOR SOLDIERS FAMILIES.
TUF subscriber wishes to purcbaso about TWO
ur TU It EE HUNDRED BUSHBLS WHEAT
for the soldier's families in the vicinity of the
Village. As the -wheat crop - is abundant and
wanted solely for tb? abovo purpose, it is hoped
that the farmer.* will dispose ol it at reasonaH.e
prices. fe AT. Fi DURISO?
June 28 if 37
Assessor's Notice.
AS Congress has made an amendment to the
Tax Act of 17th of February, 1S?4, I-pro
pose to suspend th? Assessment until I see th*,
provisions of that amendment, and receive in
structions ' under the. same. Tax Payers will
tierofore wait for further notice.
I have tb? names of 120 Tax Payers on my
books who have not returned their Pork*. They
will be kind enough to do so forthwith by ad
dressing me a not? at Nine|y-Six Depot, or I. will
be compelled to return theaasas defaulters. '
R. C. GRIFFIN, Asaesssr
13th Col. Di&L
June 28 St 27
Red Bank Academy.
THE Second Session of this S eh ?ol will - com
mence on the 4Qr Monday irr J une.
For the kind and liberal patronage of our
fri?:ida we berooKjtender them ?ur sincere thanks.
. L N. KENNEDY. ?
Jane 21 St 20
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A Fine Lot of Dry Salt
FOR SALE OR BARTER?*
IHAVE on hand a foi of superior SALT which
I will Barter for Corn, Wheat, Flour, Bacon,
Butter, Eggs, Chickens, io., at th? market ?rice?
or will sell for -Cash at or below the Augusta
prices. JOHN COLGAN.
Juna 21_t_?t?_2o
Attention Bridge Builders!
f-jrlLL be let to tho lowest bidder, July th?
V? Stb, the building bf TWO "BRIDGES
across Beaver Dam Creek,-one on Murtintowa
Road afc IQ o'clock,. A. M.,-ibo other on the
Plank Road, et 2 o'clock, P. M.
J. P. BURNS,
B. T. MIMS,
. Comm "rs.
June 21 2c 20 .
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