Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 03, 1864, Image 1

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PUI?L?SUED ?VEti? WEDNESDAY MOkXISG. n v DoJtTSOS, XFESE & CO. S'.MKi?'.M'TI?iVS to 'Ue ADVEItTISKIt for one, y.ir PITS* DOLt.YI.'S ?:i advance. For Six Mput?? TI?;:?.:: T>OLL*RS. AI>VERTrSK\tBST3 will Lc inserted at TJIREE POM. V.. '< n.-r S.^jtr.-vfM million lit?.-; or l<-ss) for ench -, iusertim. A?l.HTii?wr,?nts without Instructioua :?s ?o Ike. iriiii?i-.-rof tlitirs to bo iti>crtfd, will bc publ?di?d until forbid. a:?.l .^?ar;?.-il accord liitfly. Ai??iMi7idi)? CMSjVhifs f'-T uny (?fice of honor or j.M.U, T\\'KNTY*r>:?:.L.VUS, to bc (mid. before Om an nouncement is published. ". . " Obituary :i-iti=?-s, Tribute? of Eca.*"""!, or any c?ramu nlc?tton ps-rwmal lu Wi nature; will bo ratee, *? ndrer tWnie?lS ali?! cha- ?-'d scoordin/'y. * ?_ In 'Memoriam. JOIIK VT, r.iT?, of-EdgeCVld District S. C. Confirmation bf tho fad tidings of thc ?eatb of this much lored young maa reached bis friends in Edgetield, some week* since, lie was killed instantly on thetfth July in thc fight on John's Islan?,>ncnr Charleston-shot through tho breast rrhil? exhorting his cam rades to coolness and do . liberation. Tlc writer is informed that his last word* before the fata*! rbot wem: "Hold your Uro, boys." JOUSXIK MAY'S was born on thc lodi of August 1344. Ho entered 'bc servite of bis country on the 4th July T?G1. Thu?, after Ihre? . years of faithful service, lAz noble course is done well d'-nc ! t*' lu bis coinpuny he was ever known as u'sol dicr who never neglected Iii? dutv, and whose " oTiasaeter and chivalrous sense of honor it was impossible not to love r.nd esteem. He was a bravo soldier, a true patriot, a g"od^ boy-thc most obedient arni, a ff- crinea te nf sons-tho tr-os.l loving" and demoted of brothers. That bc w*s brave and true, nud good can Le vouched for by bis officers and comrade*. That he was obedient nud affectionate and loving and devoted is vouch .?ed for by bis fond adopted father and Lis genii* . audmouruiogsitters. Tucscaloncknowh' w deeply hr was loved at home, or how worthy ho wes to be lovod." It is iu this homo ibo blow has fsllen most heavily, and there it will be longest felt; for he bas left behiud bim their, many whose i?al hs wis-many who wcro proud of his high ' spirit and well-tented gallantry-younger broth ( rs and sisters, who loved him only as younger jbrcthers and sisters cani'lovo thc oldest of tiicir brothers. He was as amiable" at homo us bo was brave iu thc field, nod no blood more precious ?hun his hus been shed in'this war, i:i which ? su much precious blood has bien poured out like water. His remains were brought to his home in Ed?o ficldj ar.d interred among thc tones of his fathers, ?oft'and sacred bc his sleep, and bright be his crvwn iu Heaven ! . H. -? ? v For the Advertiser. ' Iiancing, Fishing-Parties, AC MR.. Er>;Toit:-It seems y?ry stratige that per sons will i??".'l?'c;u amusements so obnoxious to Christian society. It-iS astonishing to s<-? thia evil co prcralcti/j. in this day of our calamity, ul.ett our ; i-,s, buil Siiir, and ?;ycn our fathers, ure straggling for liberty; when the Chm cb is gro??i.->g under iis ?ugb^&land, w>eii nil hearts irhuuld be clad in sack-cloth and deep mourning : .iV'Jieu we.arifullering for .MUS already committed ?-iiowvmiu and foolish is it for us to indulge in these prut liri.-. Weare engaged ina struggle . ,'ut demands all nur-?irongtb, fortitude and piety, if wc turn aside iu paths dt folly and amusements we lose our slrongib, embarrass our fortitude and ileMroy our piety. * Tiio advocates of those evil practicics brir.g up the Scriptutes to' prove thtre is no barn^'u dancing, ic WITT-trwotn Et cl. Vd ch, where it say<? /' ?|jero is a time for nil Inmgs -a tiico to d?ince> a ti?i?6-l?.?l:?y, ?c." Thu? they seem to iustifjtg^henkjf?lvcs wkb this idea that lhere is ne moral harm at nil connected wi:h the Dance, thc play, er tho Fi.'bJng-P.irty, wbien almo:t inva riably turn; out to be a dance. Dut we observe that the same passygs says there is " a time to weep, a time to mourn, and a time to die." So we soe no foundation whatever to ju?tify any pcrsjfi in fhdulging in any practice that will not accord with our interest. And surely it is not to oiir inteieit.to forsokc the rules of propriety. I ask;?"#re if tuc consistency with mirth, folly, and all kinds of .wicked ce;?, with weeping, mourn ing, end even death. x Weare s, hifgl'ty people, high-minded, and very picked. ^Vo seem to suppose that wp t ^n do as wo plpaso. " Sin ia c,reproach to any people, bat rivhtoousnere exalt o th a nation." When will IX? minds uf thc people le turned lo (Lc ways of the ' jt?? We must hui.Ide ourselves if we wish to obuiu our independence- ?u due (imo ; for our defence is ol tfod. PRO-SUM; .Yankee News. ?IrcHMoND, July 29.-We haye received tile New York Herald of the 29th inst. The enuojy, it says, are again threatening Pennsylvania and Maryland. Intelligence of thia invasion yesterday caused considera ble excitement in Baltimore. The news was scattered and unsatisfactory, but suflicient tu eau su uneasiness. ' 4 Washington telegram says General Wright has been assigned te the command of the sixth and nineteenth arru3' corps. The report of A veri H's death is not confirmed.' T.herc is nothing important from Grant or .Sharman. The Democratic Union Association ol Now York IJPIJ thc first meeting of the campaign 0'i the 2Gth inst. Thc principal speaker was 'Mr. Singleton,.of Illinois, who spoke strongly in fivor of a speedy peace, Gold is quoted at two hundred aad fifty eight. - Despatches from Baltimore suppose the enemy intend making a raid into thc South ern comities of Pennsylvania. The loyal Logion have been called in' Bal timore. The Baltimore arid Ohio IKdroad bas been cfit again. . . Tba Washington Chronicle says Comraand irg Generalsjafcave requested the-utmost se crecy, in regard to military operations, and Graat'.s operations especially demand ?.sc cresy. Tba Baltimore Gazelle, of the ?Hd ind., states on tho a'?tbority of the Washington correspondents of several New York papers that a.'Ce?: Jacques aa? a Mr. Edward Kirk were"recently at thc" Spotswood Hotel, Richmond,.on a secret mission; that the-y ! vere elegantly entertains] for three day*; that they bad two interviews with " Mr \ Davis," Ac. What passed attb?se''interviews ! will not be disclosed for the present, but " it j is intimated that- Mr. Djcvis would- const-nt | to nothing sJi.Qrt of tho 'recognition of the ? Conied?irccy." . 1 THE Tau-ru FRO^? AK UNEXI'KCTKD QI AR TER.-Even the New York Tribune, in its ' displeasure'at thc rc-nomination of Lincoln, I lets out the following bit of tru?h. which makes j it-more refreshing, comiug from so uuexpectcd j a quarter: . c j . Tue -history '.f the'Baltimore Convention!1 to rtn imirate Abraham Lincoln is wr.tten i ' in the delegation rooms in part. It is a bis- j1 tory in part of thc admission into the Q????^ \: vention of States, and into thc Federal Ua-1 I ion asJStaies, of Arkansas, whcr<\ . nnder BanKspR-P have been whipped not only out of (.-ur '.ours. Kilt riir. of our .actual, politic p..-e ion i f the ?ii! .?ojlicii nt. tn .ried a ii, ir E-. H-nf L<jn:s:afti w herc w? have poli ti?nj Lii-se-ixJvjubt SM far as our cforiy-tKi?n" der Introit gun* will shoot, and ilhU'i e/ iuoh .'ut tl.er-nf TeiiiiOMrt e, v. lu re w e havti.j.iri - diction and political ?rip just ps fishermen in .Fni'dy have foothold between thc ebb ntid the Hoed of tha^t-iilc, sod not ene inch mote of Nevada, C')lofndo..Nebrkska,_scarccly Hed ged Terrier, rh*. isr . ; ' . THE ADVERT IS EIL JAMES T. BACON, jW^J " WEDNESUtA^Y, Al'G a, 1801. Increase in Our Terms. ;*?Y*ith the upw-u-d tendency of everything in thc way ^provisions, clothing, paper, labor, 4c, Ac, we too arc forced to advance our prices, and now place the -Ad<erti*er at Eight Dollars pt, uria- MI advance, and Adccrtitingat $5 pcrsquaro for tuch iu?ertion. Those of our patrons who prefer to pay us in provisions at old prices, cir. have Ike paper at $1 per annum,'' nnd have such advertisements pub lished as they may want at our old rates viz: $1 per squ:;re for the Ai ct; and 50 ct?, for each sub sequent inset lion. July 20, 1st? I. The i'lays. Thc Plays presantqd during the past week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings-wera in eve/j; respect brilliantly and profoundly successful, JTow fortunntc we aro to havo a *gular stage and stage-scenery in our public hall. Perhaps . no village in tbe State has ?he same advantage. Just tbink of " The Lady of Lyons" and ^Lon don Assurance"-to say nothing of a half dozen or'fiore beautiful farces-being presented in Edt??'ld ! And sii admirably presented ! Upon our honor, it is wonderful. The etprit, the taste, thc energy, thc atnbiUoS) tko knowledge of-how to-do-the-tliing, of this Corps Dramatique is really worthy of the highest admiration. Better, acting WOP never Tlono by amateurs. The work .of stage management was never better-done. Did any one ever sc? more beautiful or elegant cos tumes- espcci.illy.tbosa of the ladies ? Many af j these wero vern in former days to court, balls and royal receptions in St, Pctorsburg. J)id any one over see-in a country village such immense, such appreciative, and such relined audioncos? In short, did ev?r any one see more complete, decided; a?.d triumphant successes? And thc iJ,i?<l, how glorious and excitiug! And the ball at R?gewoodj where the lady who wields the bilton tf management dispensed ruck elegant and abounding hospitality ; it was charming, ravi? .ant! Wo do not speak with certainty, hut we. believe soiuo Twenty-five hundred Dollars is tho pecuniary result of those Dramatic Perf*rmanccs. Twenty-five hundrrJd Dollars for Soldier !' The Band. Qed blcss^Javcry member of it ! They caTnc op front- thc coast to lend harmony atid brilliancy to tho Ladies' Charitable Dramatic entertain ments-and not only have' they done this moat successfully, hut tbey huye also lent lifo and light and joy to our whole cmutmuiity, They have dbcuuried to us in thc glurieus nnd universal language of miltie-a langtmgo which no Babel has ever shattered, which bas only to bc utKrcd by the christian to bo understood hy thc heathen. Tl ey play linoly, and their nautical, eutemlle ii iu the bigheit degree inspiring. And not only flo they handl?rbraSf in.etrumerris finely, bul also Confederate nmskcU^riflea and sabres. Many, if not al! af them, bear upvu, their bodies tho marks of honorable wounds. Aniong them uro our old friends BES C'?.AKK and ft IL!. Y JBII.V;XCS (both Saluda men) formerly of thc 7th Regimeni, whore .right bands have by no means forgotten their cunning. Three ( boers for all of thom. They will prohably'giv? us one nore benefit-on Fri day evening next. Alter thal they wiri depart and wbon they itu depart, many of tu will have J tears and be prepared to shed them. Still Proud and Upright on the Walls ofgion. We allude to our very gifted and profoundly respected friend, the Rev. J. It. PICKKTT; and not only gifted Und respected, but- universally esteemed and beloved. This year ho is ou post at G'rauitcville. During t'-e past week however lie was with us of Edjeficld tor three days-but without unbuckling hrs armor or forgetting bis watchword-clearly milking a reconnoisancn, as well us a friendly viliC Methodist and Baptist and Presbyterian, "Eclrpw ::nd Urock," " i'cy tbian and Barbarian," black .ind white, bond and free flocked to greet bim, nml bear him shout out bis^iorious watchword. Ah, it does us KOOII to fee him stand forjb with " tho face of a liou"-like thc creatures iu Ezekiel's vision-and tell Ihe truth, and drirc it homo. II: is not only an up right man, but s Boanerges of gospel powers. W? hope tho privilege lately vouchsafed us will be accorded very soon agi.in. Apologetic. Hising to a height of three feet from, the levcPj of our table, lot tis up a stupendous pile of com munications, all commendatory of tho dramatic | p?rformoMces of ile patt week. In plu in truih though, we have Jive such communications-nnd" ] all admirably written. And in equally plain truth, wc bav'ut room to sparc, from more im portant war news, for oim. So we are very re I ?fretfully obliged to declino tho whole. Ourat j tcnuated half sheet comprit* us lo this course Soldiers at Honie--nittl on a Visit to our Town. Col. ?UOS. J. LIPSCOMB tho well-known and popular leaxler of thc 2nd S. C. Cavalry. And the members of h'u Band-Mr. Kixc, the lender, an intelligent Englishman ; Mr. Tu rt SB vu,, an other Englishman, brave, handsome, ?nd affable; two Messrs. BAWLS, of Columbia; Jonxxic Not: ijfpjCj tho drummer boy, a bluo-bellied lad of ten der years, enptured or picked up at tho 2d battle of Mananas-quite thclioo of the town ; and tho ful lowing Edge-field boys-Mcs3rs. FitnvAff MATHEWS, MIKE WITT, BEX and JASPER CLAM;, JAWKS BUTAN, WM. JENxi:<cs, and D. F. MCEWAN. We regret to say that Mr. MCEWAN, whose leg was .brok??by accident not'long since, is still not able to bo out. Strong band thud-strong in numbers and in musical capacity. And then wo have Lieut. T. M. BUTLER of Co. I, 2nd S. C? Cavalry, who has been ill in Charleston of coun try fever, but Is so fur ineudud aa to bo^ablo to come to his friends; and Lieut. MAiiKr.UTof tho same Couipnnj-, who is also not in his accustomed good beaith ; and Ordnance Scrgt. Jonx BATES of the same Regiment, who came well, but is now sick ; niyl Mr SAM Rcrni:, another veteran of tho 2d Cavalry, bright and hearty. And iron the 22d, Scrgt. JAMES RJJ:SAY, wounded in one of tho late skirmishes around Potorsbunr, and now convalescent. And from tho old 14ib S. C. V., there is JIMMY MOSS, whom the Yankoos can not kill, transferred to Cuvnjry, and on his way to join Col. LIPSCOMB ; and BEXNY STHOTIIST!, j < who, wc are sorry to hoar, is sick ; and inst, but ?ot 1OH/-I,N*1IO littlo hero, E7:KSK NICHOLAS, whose j ? intrepid gallantry bas been mvrc Iban or.co pub. ?cly spoken of and written about, by both Gen. MCGOWAN and Gen. PURRI*. Wo wish them all the happiest sojourn possible. ..^ >?t Latent fietva. Our saide -courier "Luck" has just returned (Yera f?fgnsta with the City rSpHsrs r?f Tuesday morn i ?i g. Neyjjj cheering! Seo cur nc?s col umns. Sherman's raider-?, heini' overtaken ami tci'lercd. Stt*iwu->n, their leader, captured (ur sui rendered; and a prisoner in Macon. J ? The Loan o?' a Lover.'* Tho last Dramtic Entertainment, for some i?wt?rbs to.como, will ho given in thc Mr tonic Hail un Friday ovening, the 5lb Angnst. On this occasion l?ourcicault\> great comedy cf "L/mdcii Assurance" w'fjjho presented ; tu he followed hy the prcy.ic.-t and moU fascinating farnc ever written, " Tho Loan' cf a Lover." The Brass Band will again-tead ?t? inspiring aid. The pro ceeds of this entertainment will be devoted to thc sick >nd wounded, soldiers of thc Augusta Hospitals. T-bejt need all possible help ; their want*are pressing and imperative. v:?p^Price of emission, $5, new issue. Tiek ef?30 bo. iiad at tfo Post Office,, at Mr. Hodges' Drug St-i e/and ? Mr. B. C. Bryan's. Co. ps Hth S. G. V. By a private 'dispatch Trora Capt. E. S. Mnts, Co. I), we rcgrot-.lo learn thalho.was severely wounded in rigbtjkneo in the fighfat Malvera liiil on tho 28th. ' Wo also loaru frc vi the same soufco tho following casualties in his company in that engagement: Wounded Josi A. Colgan, foot- amputated ; W. b. Hamey, severely; T. C. Strom and P. P. Posey, flesh wonn^si ? . -'.. . ? -?-??-s-. Casualties iii Co. K, 84th ?. C. V. ATLANTA, GA., July 23d, 1864. MR. EDITOR;-?or tho satisfaction of friends please publish tho list of casualties in Co. K, 2-1 tb S. C. V., in the fight ,noar Atlanta on the 20th and 22.1 July : ' "? ? On tho 20th, Killed.Xieut B M Winn and Pri vate Whitfield Martin. Wounded,-P New in %roia severe ; J S Williams in leg slight, (return ed to Company ,.) ? M. Wever, nnklo, severe. On thc. 72d, Wounded, Adjt T C Morgan (act ing Major,) in face and shoulder, severe ; S?Ygt R A Cut-bran, groin ; Corp G W Andrews, mouth, severe; Edgar Wipn, log, slight; T T Wilhite spine, severe; G tv'Thurmond, hand, painful; Wm Glazo, thigh, severo. E. WT ANDREWS, 1st Lieut. -.; Com.'d'g. Co. K, 24th S. C. V. -1-?? >-. The 10th s. C.?Regiment at Atlanta. Through tho kindness of Maj. B. C. BRYAN we arc.permitted to make tho following extracts from lettori received byjhim, dated Atlanta, July 23d, giving thc castislles in Companies C and IC, 19th S. C. Regiment, at thc engagement nrouud At lanta.on tbe.22d;-^ " DHAR Fai??D.-^rl tal?o pleasure ?D informing you that I am safe. Below I send you a list of casualties in Company K in the fight j-cstcrdoy, Lieut. C. W. Randall, Commanding : Kil)ed.-W J Anderson, A M Watson. Wonadod.-Sorgt J R Snead, In knee; Sergt W J Glaio, slight ia arm ; Wm Long in arm; R A Patterson, in arm"; J P Mays thigh. Missing, W D Cannon, W Garrett, John M Long, R P Pinion. . j A. L. HOLLY, 2d Lieut, Co. K, 19th S. C. Regt. 4 C:?pt. BRYAN,-J)tnr Sir: I drop'yoj a few lines which will inform you I am safe. The Regt, suffered severely in tho engagement on the 22d, near Atlanta. iMaj. White mortally wound "J; Lieut. Mullicar, killed; Lieut Crcps, killed; Lieut. Wheeler, color-bcarcr, killed. Co. C,-LIEUT. J. ?. FAULKNER, COMMANDING. Killed: Noue, founded ; R. W. Adams, in head ; E. W. Eidsonj Fevortly stunned by shell in head; John-Coleman, in shoulder; Abnor Mays, in left arm..^ Missing : W. M. Harrison, .PoUr U. Ouxts, J. it. PuJatty. The Regiment displayed much gallantry in thc engogement. We succeeded in driving the euemy from their works, captured some artillery, Luti fell back in o?ir original lino of furtificatiuus at night- Every thing is quiet yet this morning, (il o'clock). Capt Dean was not in the engage ment, being sick in Hospital. Elbert Ryan ami Billy* Boulware went through safe. J. R. FAULKNER, Lieut., ?Co. C, 19th S. C. Regt. For tho Advertiser. To Farmers and Others. The Ladies Soldiers' Aid Association at Edge-J fiold C. H., have funds on hand with which they wish to buy supplies to seod to thc Hospitals in Augusta. There is at this timo a great demand for Hospital BUppHc."? and those who can ipnro Butter. Eggs, Lard, Hams, Flour, ?c., <lc, will be doing a good. service by selling the fame to the Association. Mr. E. J. YoCNOBLOOU n'as con sented tu act us our Agc?t in purchasing, sup plies. Ho may be found at all times at the store of Mr. E. PENN, Agi., where he will be prepared to pay the market price for every thing needed in Hospitals. x. . Mus. ANN GRIFFIN, Pres. Mrs. WM. GOODMAN, fiee'ry. & Treas. ?S" A disabled soldier in our village has lost or loaned out two Pocket Knivos, which he it anxio?s lo recover. Persons having on hand either of said knives wjl? pjcaso leave thew ct this office. ' -? -?- ? i JPor thc Advertiser. MR. EDITOR,-I beg tho hgt* n will publish thc subjoinod statement of tbtVnamos of those who hare subscribed towards the m*unting of such of Capt. ?TICIIOLSON'S command as are unable to furnish themselves with horses, and also the sums respectively subscribed, by oaeh one. Respectfully, Y. A. KERLONG. Maj. T". Watson, $100; Hon. F. W. Pickensy $75; Jas A Dozier, H C Kerlong, E W Seibols, John P Micklcr, J LoDg, John T Nicholson, M McCarty, Dr W D Jennings, Gon R G M Duno vant, P R Elnlock, J B Griffin, $50 each ; R M Scurry, Dr G M Yarborough, A D Bates, Dr H M Foiilk, Col Tho? G H;.on, A J Hughes, C Warren, ?ohn Huiet $25 each ; ?i T Jennings, W C Culbreath, J Moblcy, W W Adams, $20 each ; T D Browning,* J M Harrison, A Ah'.es, W* Strom, S J L?rick SUOeacb; A Werta,' O Ethoridgo, Chas Duncan $5 each. _.-? -*- ?-. For the Advertiser. Right,--Perfcctly Right. Genoral Hood Ess ordered nil able-bodied men in Quartermasters, Commissary, Commandant o? Posts, Provost Morshuls, <tc. Departments to re port to the frunt, to assist in repelling tho hateful Yankees. Gov. Brown has done the same. Also, ho has ordered every Foreigner who refuses to fight tu leave tho Slate wilkin ten days titue. Examples worthy of imitation on this side of tho Savannah, when it is well known there nre troops of snch cattlo-in our State who might be made useful. ,':_j * J USTICE. Thc Cincinnati Enquirer in-speaking of Hunter's retreat states that tho suffering of tho i'ankco soldiers was terrible. The Enquirer says : i half duzen of soldiers died per hour duriug :ho hst two days fr?m starvation, fatiguo and ixposura. Jho retreat was long, horrible and lisastreus in thc extreme. Envelopes ! iSnvelopes ! POR tale at thc Advertiser Office a good supply of ENVELOPES. p""-- jg K3B^*mramtt*wamoemaBcatwmemttma LATEST ILSTER ?a J-'rom it i(Ji in on ci. I'ETF.nsBinr,, July ad.-Ab'>ut uvo o'cl?j}k it-'iornoon, everything Luing amused] T?er Mili one threw "forward 'Sanders' Alabama 1 ada, which charged thc enemy in gallant .? recapturing tba rest of the breastworks ttinf rily lost, takiug about five hundred prisoner. eluding one hundred and fifty negroes, thirty officers ami Brigadier General Bartlett, couim ing First Division of thc Ninth Yankee C< be?id?.s two Stands of colons and the four pi of artillery lort by us this mernihg. Ovj; hundred of the enemy's ?ead are lying in trenches. * Mahome's and Wright's, brigade?, besides prisoners captured thia morning, took ten st: of colors. Our lines ore identically the san before thc fight^this morning. All thc lost grt basteen reclaimed. Not ever a hundred thirty lives arc believed to have been lost in blowing up of thc minc. The losses in Mahi division are not over two hundred killr wounded. Among tho killed is CoK Evan the filth Georgia and Capt. Ruth, eommani 22d Georgia regiment. Col. "VELLUMS, ?.f Ctli Virginia, was slighily wouuded. All is q tonight. PSTKRSBUKC, July ai.-Our losses in ki wounded aud missing are about eight hundrc Prisoners say that the Yuckeo General Gi was killed yesterday. . The enemy's loss was fully three thousand hundred. Our troops to-day arc busy burying tho Yal dead left, in our lines. PKTKr.sBcr.c, August 1.-Tho Yankees or north .?ide of tho James River at Deep Boi have r?crosstd to thc south side, rf-nniting the main body of Grant's army. The Raiders .on thc Central Road MACOS July Til.-A force of Yankee caji appeared in Jones county day before yestori The night keforo last they cut thc Central : road at two pinces, ono at Gordon the other : Walnut Creek bxylgc, two miles from hore. At tho same limo they mado a deni'-nstra on East Macon, and were repulsed yostenlay o some severe skirmishing. During thought' eral shells were thrown into tho suburbs and fell in the city. . It is i?ot known what damage has been don i tb/ railroad. J^Tho Yankees aro reported falling-back t S Clinton. Their strength not known. .Our loss forty killed and wounded. Capture of Seven Hundred of th Raiders. fi RI Kris? July 31.-Passengers ou. the ti from Atlanta, report that-a Yankee raidiug fe outorcd Ncwnan yesUrday. Reddy's cavs happened to be on hand and pitchod ?uto raiders and defeated them with great los*, kill a large number and capturing TOO or 1,600 p oners. -? A gentleman'wbo wa? there says he couu 9? dead Yankees iu one place. Colonel Brownlow is reported killeJ. Wc captured all their artillery. . It is supposa.! that this is the same party t tore up the road at Lovejoy's. We captured a large portion of tho wagons ken from us at Fayette. Further From the Raiders on thc Ce trill Road. MACON, August 1.-Thc raiders boro made demou.-dratiou on this place since Saturday, a hove been driven from the Hue of tho Cent Railroad. They are now botweeu Cliuton a Monticello whare our cavalry are operati against them. At this placo and Griswaldrille they were, tacked aud repulsed. Al the latter place tb suceoodc* in burning twenty soven ears. At Gordon they burnt thirty cars, and t freight depot. They also burnt the Ocuneebridj The track and telegraph line are oDly part?a! destroyed. Good News. MACOS, Au?ust 1.-Our cavalry under Genet Iverson attneked the enemy yesterday ne Clinton. The Yaokccs commanded by Gen. Stenern; were routed. Stonemun, twenty-five officers ai five hundred prisoners with two pieces of artille surrendered. They have just arrived iu this cit Tho rest of the. Yankee force is scattered and fl; ing towards Eatonton. Pursuit continues. Mat have already been killed and captured. Trains aro running regularly ta Atlanta. Affairs aro roported quiet there yesterday ai this morning. Milledgerillc road and ci.y are untouohod. From Atlanta. G ni i r is, July 30. Citizens arrived herc late last sight from AtUi ta stale that thc fight ou Friday was severe. Our troops fought with great g?llantry, carrj ing two lines of the enemy's entrenchments. * They now hold their original position. Wheeler, who was reported lo hive a jog sbt off, is unhurt. Stewart received a flesh wound iu the head. Loritig had a ball piss tirquud his ribs, but di not enter tho cavity of his body. . Tho raiders captured at Fayetteville yosterda; morning, and barned a lot of wagons, supposei to be about 75. T?ey struck tba road noar Lovejoy's and tori up tho track about a mile aud a half, at interval extending fire miles. They burned'tho dapct and destroyed and-car ried ofi" four miles ofTelegraph wire before thi arrival of their tools for the more effectual dc struction of tho road. Oar cavalry under Gen. Jackson attacks^ nne drove thom off, killing eleven nud wounding sev enteen. The raiders fled towards Atlanta. The road is being r-paired. A small body of raiders is reported at Jackson, Butts county, this morning, making in*^he-diroc tieu'of thc railroad, our forces aftor them. Tho train from the break in tho railroad is just in. Gens. Loring and Stewart arc aboard.. Our loss in tho battle on Thursday is estimated 1500 killed und wounded. A most forocious'shclling of Atlanta Las boen goiug on during tho last two days. A lady on the train was killed by a ehell at Atlanta this morning. Thc onomy attacked Chcathnm this urning early,, but were easily repulsed with considera ble loss to them. -Our loss nono. About fifty raiders- are known to bo capturad near Lovejoy's to-day. It is rumored that twelve to fifteen hundred wero taken. This is not well authenticated. ^The railroad is not much injured, sod cars will be running through to-morrow. The telegraph is bciugicpared and will bc working to-morrow. Gens. Strahl, Brown and WaFtball wero only dighlly wounded, and aro all in tho field. JT^" We learn (says the Savannah A'etrs) that Jcneral S. D. L?e, with fmm eight to ten thou- j ?and troops, has joined General Hoed. Within t few days wo may now look for news of stirring j events in the neighborhood of Atlanta. J - HAD MANAGEMENT.-Wjiat do tho Confed c Rte Cpmmissiouers mean -by fixing thc priccs'of meat and com at the figure that-t % ..hey have in the schedule published in anoth- ' ' : column?-Two dollars and twenty-five .jems a pi.un? for buc-n^-Que dollar and sev enty-five cents for pork, and livo dollars and :i<?*rtc-r'per. bushel fur corn. These are the price's to be allowed by ihe G ove*-"-n cut, when it is well known that at the r' when the schedule was prepared t beac a' ?es could bc ob tailed in the market at a If s price, lt is the intention of tho* Commissioners pur posely to increase thc price of prjJvi>ions ! Do they expect the government, the people or themselves, to be bencfi'ed by ii?" It 'seems to us that the Commissioner.* have adopted a system by which to increase tfie market value of b*|ron anq? corn, lt is well known that producers will always demand higher pr't-oss from private purchasers than that fixed % the schedule, and if the Gov ernment attempts to keep up witb^aad out' bid t he-mai kel iu this way, by the expiration of the year prices will have reached a * point beyond that which imagination can follow them. We protest against this schedule. .It is not only unjust and unfair in itself, but it is. offering a bonus to speculation tn extortion. Those farmers who have disposed of their produce at previous prices ?lave just cause for complaint, for the men who have withheld and hoarded are the enea *o will bo beue fittfed by this schedule. The finance of the State abo will sutler ; for ir. will have to pay theni increased prices for. provisions for sol diers' families. As to her private^ purchas ers and non-producers, their cases will soon be desperate, if this sort of thing goes. on. As we are ?tterly at a loss to conceive any reason why the pr?sent prices have been adopted in the schedule, we can only simply protest against them as unjust, impolitic, unreasonable and absurd.-Tallahassee Flo ridian & Journal. DESTITUTION OF AUK'S DOCUMENTS.-The Petersburg Express of the 19th gives, us a novel mode of . destituting old Abe's docu ments : A kite was seen to ascend from the Yankee work?, and the parlies engaged in the' inno cent aud somewhat juvenile pastime, M gave her string," until it hovered irnmed'ately.ovc-r our entrenchments. The-cord which bound it was then severed, aud down cairne the kite. The u tail" was found to consist of sundry copies of Old Abe's proclamation of last De pember, ? raming an amnesty to every rebel who would lay down hiAirms, and return to the embrace of the best government the world ever saw. . Crowds of Yanks mounted |.the breastworks te see the effect of the dis covery, whereupon corboys placed themselves in full view oTthe enemy, and bj a "gyra tion" of thc thumb on the* nose, with the digits manipulating rapidly, gave the invaders to understand that they would see Old Abe d-d first. From Virginia. RICHMOND, July 28.-A telegram from Gen eral li arly states " that the Yankees .have retreated across tho Potomac at Williams port, burning over seventy wagons and aban doning twelve caissons. Our forces hold Martiusburg. Thu Yankees retreated in great disorder." A special dispatch to the Evening Whig, dated Harrisonburg, Va., July .28th, says: " Our forces met the enemy uear Winchester Sunday afternoon. Breckiuridge'd and Gor don's divisions wcro chiefly engaged. The former led our line of skirmishers. The ene my soon broke and fled in all direction. We pursued them to Bunker Rill, twelve miles below Winchester, and captured from fifteen hundred to two thousand prisouors. The en emy burnt their wagons and threw their guns and knapsack*: away, lt was a worse stam pede and rout than the first Manassas. Thc victory was complete. Prisonors are still coming in. Our loss in killed aud wounded was not more than fifty or sixty. Only ten or fifteen were killed. The fcrco of the enemy I was estimated at sixteen thousand." RICHMOND, July 2:). A special dispatch to the Whig dated* at Petersburg to day.-^sys : The enemy shelled the city with great vigor this .morning fur soyeraf hours and burnt several* houses. Eitwoen four and five o'clock this mprn ing, the enemy sprung a mine under our po sition on Baxter's road, blowing up a portion of our works. A largo force of Yankees charged through the broach, making some captures of priso ners and guns, but, after a sharp fight, were drivon back. The 17th and 18l?i South Carolina Regi ment lost ? number of men. Considerable activity prevails along our lines. A FIENDISH OUT IAGE-A. correspondent of the Atlanta Appeal narrates the aui:txed fiendish outrage : . A body of Yankees went to the residence of Slr. William Iversou, who hvea'about six teen miles north of Decatur. Ga,, on last Sat urday, aud after destroyiug his e'll'ects to their hearts courent, laid hands on bis daughter, nbout sixteen years of age, and bj force, oue after' another, satisfying their hellish, lust. Her father attempted to take her from them. They thcu le?in on him with clubs, which soon di.ss.blcd the old man, and he has not been able to turn himself since, and in all probability will die of -his injuries.** This beautiful "and virtuous, young lady expired, before they left. Thc Yankees came back next morning|aud dug a hole .near the well in the yard and put the corpse in and cov ered it. . f - Such accounts aa l?tese ve are well .aware are not generally lit" to be inserted in news paper columns. We publish this simply be cause wo hope it will have the effect of rous ing our people to more energetic action in their endeavors to drive back, a foe who is seeking to devastate our fair State and to lay I watte and reudev desolate happy h9bies and j firesides. Georgians ! No nccessarfe to urge most strength to r less "invader int Chronicle Senti Tut; ExciTKMi:.\"i^H WflP^ Cor respondent describi.'i^a^jHHPTOt in JJuI timore while our troops were" operating around the city, says : The people began to feel that Baltimore was practically Invested, and to flock in nutn bers ro the remaining avenues leading from the city. Thc one to 'Washington promised few bene-ti'*, and was lightly patronized; but the evening boat for Philadelphia Was beset by one eager, excitq-L frightened, throng of nil sexes and ages, *ft^cisecmed possessed of the single instirictofselfproscrvatiou. Women ! -1 rushed frantically on board, leaving husband ! j and children on the dock, aud men wore car- ; 1 ried on the boat while wives aud children were I screaming and imploring to be taken on board, il' The tumult baffled all description and resu- ! lutibn. The provest guard were unable "to ? Y preserve the semblance of ordyr, but mauag- K ed to prevent the departure of any one with out a provost marshal's pass. Trunks were" abandoned on the dock by dozens. . Their owners preferred losing their trunks to Losing * an exit frota Ihe citv. ' jSe** Four hundred fuctory girl?, working in | f. the cotton factory- al Roswell, fia., were arrested j I3 by order of Sherman, tho un^gi?ng beast, omi ? *' sent Ncrth of tho Ohio river, penniless andJ??cnd less, to seek a livelihood among a strait go and hostile people. , . A 1'Jain TU-in's Philosophy. * 8V rn.K ULES MACKAY. ! i've a guinea I can spend, I've a wife, and I've a friend, , - -, r.d a trS*i> of ?ittlo children "at my l:nee, Join Brown; ^ I've a cottaged my own, ' ;~~ j. With the Ivy evergrown," nd-agsr?en with tho view of thtf'soa, jjM? Brown ; - ^ , I can sit at my -door,' By my'shady sycamore, argo of heart, though of very small estate, John Brown, ?. .. . ? ?,. So como and drain a glass ' Iii my arbor as you pass, ?jT nd I'll tell you what I love and what I hate John Brown. I'love the song of birds, And the children^ ?arly words, nd a loving woman's voice lew and iweet^John Brown; t And I hate a false prc ten co, Ana the want o?' comm eu se .ute, .udfjaVrogance, and'fawning, and deceit, Jilba Brown; . * I lo ve the meadow flowers, And the brier iri*the bower-, ind I love an open face without guile, John' Brown, . ? . And I hate a selGsh knave, , And f. proud contented slave, , . Ind a lout who'd rather borrow tlau>Le'J toil, John Brown. I lave a simple song . That awakes emotions strong, Ind the word of hope that raises him wbo faints, John Brown ; And I hate thc constant'whine Of tho foolish who repine, Ind turn their good to evil by complaints, John Brown ; But ever when I bate, If I seek my garden gate, rind survey the world around me, and above, Johp Brown ; Tho hatred flies my mind, And I sigh fer human kind, '.nd excuse the faults of.those I cannot love, Juhn Brown. 'So, if you like n?y way-, ? And the comfort of my days, L will tell you how I live so unvex'd John Brown ; I never scorn Ay health, Nor sell my soul for wealth, Soi destroy one day the pleasures of the next, John Brown; I've parted with tty pride, And I take the suany side, Por I've, found it irorie than folly to be sad? John Brown; I keenjfj conscience clear, * Tve aEundred pounds a year, , \nd I manage to exist and to be glad, John Brown: A BKAVK WOMAN.-The special army cor .espondeut of the Memphis Appeal tells the bllowing good story ?fa Teuneflsee matron'* coolness under lire: The occupauts of Craven's house are most ly females, and, although the place has been persistently ah el led since tba Federals open :d fire, and from ten to fifteen project ilea have passed through the premises, the ladies bave determined nut to budge an iuch; ' and rou know the couplet, When a woman will, she will, dopen?i oa't, Kud when sho won't she won't, and that's tho end on'c. In this case " she won't." A few days ago ?vkile tho shelling was the -heaviest, and our men wore " skedaddling'' across the line of tire as-industriously as their locomotive ap paratus would permit, the ladies were coolly preparing for dinner. One of the surgeons who was iu the house, says that while be was there a fragment penetrated one of the rooms. Without being in th? least disconcerted, the Tennessee matron spoke ^up iu a tone very much like that in which she would reprove a servant for breaking a china plate, " Elizi, ?o in there and see what's damaged this time." 09* Two soldiors of Grant's army were h9*;? sd recently for committing a rape on a reffteets* ble married lady in Prince George county. A Yankee correspondent gives the names of thora ruffians as R. S. Gordon and D. Geary. This is erne instance only in which the brutal Yankee: soldiery have expiated their heinous otTeuees with their lives. ^??rTkc New York Ihndd says7 "In the recent r<iilroad catastrophe at Lackawaien Sta liou, 'Pennsylvania, there were sixteen Union Didiers of tho 11th regiment, reserve corps, {?lied, and seventeen wounded. Of the rebel irisoners forty-nine were killed and sixty-eight rounded. PUBLIC MEETING. The citizens of tho Ridge aud neighboring vi cinity, exempt from active service in the field, .re requeued to assemble at Bethel Church, on Saturday, the 13th ir.it, for-tho purpose of or ganizing themselves into u Cos.pany, in order to rc prepared for any emergency that may arise. .T. WATSON, Sr. S. BOCKNICHT, J. M. NORRIS, . . GEO. ADDY, B.T. BOATWRIGT, WILSON HOLSON. Ridge, Aug. 1, 2t ' :?2 In the Market. r WILL' BARTER, or pay the CASH, (uew I issue,) for FLOUR, BACON or CORN. SAM. E. BOWERS, Agent. Hamburg, Aug 1 tf '32 Notice. A LL persons are forewarned from trading fart *\. a.Note given by John:T. Nicholson to my bit' for $1,700, un Jo paynblo ia the new issue, nd dated July 22d, 1SK4. Said Note waa lest ctwoen my house and Carse* Warren's Addison Hace. JOHN W. II ERIN. July 28, \ * lt ' 32 For SalQ, fbNE BLOODED MARE AND COLT and U TWO FIXE SOWS AND PIGS. Terma eaionable. JAS. M. HARRISON. Aug 3 tf .32 a Tax in Kind ! [HAVE received the Assessor's Estim tho Tax in*Kind marked deliverable at lamburn and Scott's Ferry, and am r uko up th? Floating-Receipts and receipt bo Estimate. I hope to bo able to be ot Edg*field C H. a 'eek daring the month. If I can do so I wilL ivs notice in a f utare nVmher of the Advcrt!*cr+ 7^. S. TOMPKINS, Agent. Hamburg, Aug 1 2t 32 Notice ! I" WILL bc at Edge?eld C. fl. on-Friday ani L Saturday rh esch week, until furthor notice, ) receive and receipt for the lithe-Tax in Wheat ir 18G4 aud tho Bond Bacon. Farmers and lauters will plcaso take due notice, and govern lotnselves accordingly. My Office will not ber nen until tho 12 th inst. T. A. JONES, Purchasing Agent Aug 2 ??- :