Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-07-30
EDGEFIELD, S. c., JULY 80, 1856.

taking up their warrants on this account"
/ In a letter to the President of Congress, da
ted November IL, l775sGen. Washington says
:The trouble haves the arrangement o
the army is really incofreivabe. Many of the
officers sent in their nashes to serve. in expccta
,ion of promotion; offers stood aouf 10 SCI
what advantage they could make for themselves
whilst number, who fad declined, have again
sent in their names to serve. so great has beer
the confusion, arising frem these and many othe
perpIexng circumslanccs,that found it absolut
ely impossible to fix hisResv interesting businrs:
exactly on the plan resolved On in the conference
though have kept up p the spirit of it as uea
as lhe nature and NECESSITY of the case woult
admit. The difficulty 5wih the soldiers is Il:
great, indeed, more so, il possible, than with the
officers. They will notsenlist until they know
their colonel, lieutenantto Colonel, major and cap
tain, so that il was necsssary to fix the officer,
the first thing, which isaa last, in some manner
done and have gireRaout enlisting orders"
In letter 10 the trestdent of Congress, dated
November IS, l775-When the year for which
the men had enlisted aRas near its closc-IIe
says:
"Thc number enlisted since my last is two
thousand five hundred hid forty men; and am
egrcgious want of public spirit which rrigns
here. Instead Of prcssiag 10 be engaged in tho
cause Of their counry,51hir!l vainly tlattrrcd
myself would be the casp, (ind we are likely
to be deserted in m6st critical ime Those
hat have enlisted musgaave n lurIuugh, which
| have been obliged to.grlnt 10 fifty at Il time
from each regiment"
Ina Ictterlo Josrph::Recd, of date November
-. l715, hc says:
want of virtue, such sseek jobbing, and fertility
in all tho low arts TO obtain advantages of one
kind or another, in l'issgreat change Of military
arrangement, | never Saw before, and | pray
Gods mercy that | rfg never be witness t"
again. What will bc tbGend of these manmuvres
is beyond my scan. iEtrembr ut the prospect.
We have been ill this Hnc enIis!ing about three
| thousand five hundrcdSMen. TO engage tho>V
| have been obliged tosalIuw furuugls as far a>
fifty men 10 Il rrgimefs; and the officers, anl
persuaded, indulge MS many more. Such i mcr-
cenary spirit pcrvadesIlic whole, that slon'd
aut III all he surprised q any disaster that may
happen. In short, aft4 The last Of this month.
our lines will be so w Ekencd, that the minute
men and ni.iIia must &c called in for their de-
fence and these, bcngMndcr no kind Of govern
ment themselves, wissiassiroy the little subor.
| dinalon have brenasboring TO establish, and
run ME into one evil @bis! am rndeavoring tn
,.,"'I '1''"'"e ~, h,"s
no consideration upqasearth should have in
durcd INC 10 accept lhsssssssIbmmand. regiment
or any subordinats! aSaEmenL would have
5hru mPahltd bysseh- Hnics the Satisfaction.
and .:rriiap, the honor"
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ing "H' 'l''"ee lou ~ H,''' 1"e , sH @ 'u
'h;'l' III '''llr o'utt anu s"D''"''"'''' vi, ''He
Tue place o' c"'"uIlo,,' "'" co"''''''" " 'e'''
i'feu more 's'ee:os w. e.. ,.,,.. ,..,. az.
zen oenuy'c'' III '"' 'e''ef ~ WHICH 's MAS
f'i!y, r"'H' -. -,
No,'''''5 eau S"'FI,s' m ,'e ''"Fa'':"et VI 'ne
troops 'F" INC Ne" hnsH'''o c''1'''tA 10 &It /"
'nrIr H;rS'ieT. Nea' '"fTG n"''n'ru o' '"''''
irrivt'' IL" "'y" "r'' u''o'G =" 10 '',) "":l =
o"'' %s s"'' ''' '"'''.''','e'r'' 'i'' 1 81
"'>r'''tse '',:""i'i 'nlI's" "e''.''
ana ra,i'er ''I' oe "es''.e" = 'e" "n!s 10 c'"SS
',.Ne ;t ", =
"l tw" '''nLed '.'IIcs WIN ''e greatest a'ac[I.y
"Shefai ""'"'''@'"" says III 'e''eF |" u"''
''@e,:' 81 ErhnSy'"'''"
III '''e .M" E'sl "eeN' W, We INV ,''''H''" pt' w
,o"n '"1 '"f;'' ".'.i "''s'I%s "Ia
"',S is" , ." os''yv ',,"ia T.. .i Id
IT." wiz. VA. We S''pu'u Ds ",s ''''e .''N ''u
'''e r's''''e"'s h,a'.! IH"'p'e''I T"' ''',''
NUMBER I'ho"'l,s J.? 'e' ',"us'''u ''st .n''.'s"
out - '"rse P"''"" W '"'1' ''e Ie'u &c" ''"'
Jon*o' E'''[ eA A'ssI =" ste ;"e'' "s ~,
":'Gf HIS ""ce o.''' 'HH":o' ''"','' ~ ''"''
l"rih prrrlnP'"rI'y requiring 'l' "lreFI. "P'''
pain OF Oci"@ c"H''ieFe"' .''u rcc''': I'll o'';''!
treated as HeSer'rrs' l" j'h 'nrlr regiments ov
tne llr"t oa! o' "sAs I'',.'''' ''''' 'A''s "'''"
NY re"' strG"s'u' 49,, W. w. ;,..,l
nu":,' ,"' NV" ';,'" ,,,
"'u ..'' !: wv 'p".."'. 90 I ] "","
IVY IN '''''''Ne ~ "" 0~~'
""uS,e" " "us u"ns"' wy u. "a
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e"' -, ".'' "''. :; nnI',J;, ~. r'aIo',,,t,
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"o' clo'Hcu ~ NV! I"""'u os' - '"'',, N'l
s'"'''' ''"' ose'' wv :. 's f,, "'.. w."
I T,s .larno. INV :" I thsm with even y,rryn" oISIEc
.rms r. ,h', r,r,,rv II, s,vs
.Sn ,nsnv hays bpen carried off partly by
s,c,IIh hmt cbi,nv 80 coodcmnpd, ih,: we have
NM ,t ,hi- tima an. hundred nuus IN the stores,
IF MI thai l,vr b.en tak.n in lbc prizr slim and
rr,m Tim .nia;.rr notwithstanding ia renimen,s
arr not half rump'rted."
mini, mrl,inlv similar extracts, but do
mn, r,r1, +, nress ,Ii, subject further lam con.