Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-03-22
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EDGEFIELD C.. Il.
WEDNESDAY,. MARCH %, 1913.

WEDNESDAY. MARCH %, 1913.
We call attention to Communication sign |
cd "A Voter" which will he seen III to days !
paper. We hope all who are or mny become !
Candidates for seat in our Legislature, will
respond to the question, as the source from
which emina,ed deserves notice.
We were pleased to see in our Village, dur
in1 the last week, Lieut. Wm. C.. Moragne. of
The "Old 96 Boys" This was the first visit
which Lieut. NJ. had paid MS, since his return
from Mexico. His health seems to have i'm
proved though he has not fully recovered. He
has returned to his fathers residence, Bor
deanx, Abbeville.
Daguercotypit.-Mr. Valentine, from New
Orleans, Dagnerreotypist is now in onr Vii.
age. The very marked attention which his
almost mlgical ar, has received from the public
is an evidence Of its sreat merit and beauty
1t - a new and nncqraled means Of preserving
the lineaments Of those who are esteemed ar
loved. or retaining the perfect likeness ofmem
hers Of families or friends. vino are separated
MIR. Valentine will be found at the Hotel of
Messrs Glover g. Burt. where specimens Of
his pictures can also be seen. We have had
an opportunity of examining some Of them and
they seem to be well executed. His terms are
moderate.
FtREs.-A destructive fire broke ont in Co.
umbia on the 18th inst, OIL the west side OF
Richardson street, and several houses were con.
sumcd. In short time however, its prosre IS
was arrested. The loss is estimate al ABOUT
$4,000.
On the 17th inst, fire broke ont in Charles.
ton. and burned the store and dwelling Of Mr
WIN Bntler. The family had barely time tr
escape. BY the exertions OF the fireman, the
progress Of the flames was speedily checked.
adjournment Of Court.-The Court Of
Common Pleas adjourned on Saturday
last. Several cases of importance were
disposed Of, bu, num6ersMese. nee cessasilJ
postponed. Essl 4.
Cold lYea,hessss llast 81 Week
the weather 5:js va vas severely
cold. IpSfha IeaSai and eve
,heEasoals eggdE IS fa M u
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ratification ofssHlas 81 escs sbs,
tween tie United States aid icoss ii q
the Senate. We sincerely S sla
aiexico will accept ii. Tie Adminffsfsa'
ton and all those members of borh partie!
who have labored 10 bring ahou, n peace
on honurab!e terms. deserve The thanks o
The country.
FoLUsrEERs.-Muci has been said pro
and con upon the employment Of Voun-
teers in the Mexican war. Many and
among these men Of The highest authority,
such "a Col. Jefferson Davis, think, that
upon the whole. these kind of troops are
NOT so Effective as regular soldiers. Cour-
age of the highest kind is indeed allowed
them. but they are NOT thought to he so
well calculated to endure patiently, all the
hardships of the soldiers life as he rcsu-
lars. Admitting this 70 he true. we doubt
exceedingly, the policy or he wisdom, 10
Government constituted like ours of dis.
pcnsns altogether, or in considerable
degree, with the services of the citizen
soldi"ry. 10 which class Volunteers belong.
Shall We have in our armies for defence or
invasion. nothing but hired myrmiJous,
many of them foreigners. and MOI even cil-
zcns, who care nulhins for the hunor Of
the country, or the cause for which they
fight! Whar reliance can we place upon
such sodiery? Can we be assured, that
they will not desert their cnlms aud nr
higher pay, or from oher causes, turn their
arms against the c"un,ry which has e:l-
ployed them? Do they feel for the inter
esl and the hnnor Of country like Yolun.
teers, who have homes and families, and
will they fight with The same spirit? This
is certainly doubtful.
Gen. Ripley. who is the highest milua-
ry authority, says, that with any thing
like equal numbers, American Volunteers
have never been defeated in any war in
which we have been engaged, aud never
could be, whilst our present institutions
exist. The history Of our country will
establish this beyond all doubt. But it is
useless to enlarge upon this. We ADM:
that the sufferngs. the hardships which the
Volunteers have endured, iu this war,
have been exceedingly great. and the mnr-
taliiY has been fearful i3ut ,nnrI, nj hi,