Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-01-16

INC ucNast"'i'S "
SO eloqucntly depicted#
4 A long time has elsesed since the occa'
sion upon which theysHeHre delivered, owing
as we are informed, a9 tie iact mat they
were written out apai ssnt 10 'eGge MASON,
of Maryland, in aceoNance e WIN a reques'
made OF Mr. Pickeps R s5son' .ne 'uose De.as ~
absentsirom home, oief,ot 'eGe'.e '"e''i u,i'
till within the past "aek.' lie immeola'eiy
forwaI led them to nsEand we acknowledge
our d6igation to hlts-and' on beha!i OF
oY; people, express Cur gra''tuoei 10 Mr.
i ckcns, whose heartH nobiy" symPa'h'sea
n our suffering. . y.
-, ,,,,.,,,
! RENARhS W TlE faOA Mk. flChEM'
OF soUTHs4sAtRoLiNA'
| Made al a aecting. oil isitors al the llhae
ssSSMphur Springs o. aid Of the sufferers
of Norfolk and PoflsmoutA.l
I Grxrrrnry:-Wahave been assembled
bnetber in order tosfake into consideration
.lse mode and lnaddersbf raising some con
fribntiopHo aid our ESf6W citizens of Norfolk
i I,.poEisnontb il tfssF sufTerines and deep
,tfi;ction from tbe yraVSsses of yellow fever
and If am correctIusS1formed, there could
he no situation bettersSalculated to enlist our
aid innrtall forth theS;tenderest sympathies
<sf + sNbuman heart. rs
b, Ne all know tbat@ander any circumstan.
Sooa,ho ~-oflow fovots;s, . terrible scourne
R"t tlf,rs ,ro ~, ,sI.a;tins of our country
G.. :, -, ~ ,t;onr and tho LARGE
HeS ;a.;., ~ ~ .Io;. o;,.;sns arc mora or less
: Z .,;,, ,.,oI .,nd ayeissnt from its rayages.
j. ..sSI; ;s.snnt ,ro ,ble n aid
o,i%,,ron,rSS,t tbo.yo ,GSo ara attacked and
f. Ha go ~ ,,onor:, Ss;c to narsitzc and
,sos',a,o - nj elassas liG: elt: 81 with Norfolk
r IA par,s"'on,iw m iwthaSS None Who feel
tboa,.olros ~ bs exe,ssi: Sare3 not pTe. ,T .
naroJ rnr it, .isitsIiots sequence eau
;'Is .n"a"J asy n;c mos. F,,,.
U" ,s r Str Eeu r" c;tSssna nfo To-
49, ~ ',noss VIZ ~ ,,a sSs;c,;aaS iie
. Wv o,'I:S ,;s. ~ ~. h0. 49, n. ;sh;ch
!''eo."' u'se%sc ""s IN ~ R.ss ,as
Is eu''s','ereo '"' NO.. Y sI 81
AS-Eags :!!s A9E4eSsss W = e
ny 1,l ~ -, r. S,rco,L ,,L;oh ordinarily has
b. "c ~? ooo u ;hh;tnnt. "o, hns isft onlv about
t'o1H, ~ nnn lJ0 nJ pnr,smonth which has about
II Ooo now only some 3,5LO-aud yet
Doa,b in his tr;umpbsnt progress, moves on
IN dosnI.,ion and fails not to add daily to
,Lc inrreo sine numbers he claims for his
,';.,;,.s ,%o ~ ,,,I 70 fine wretcbedpess of the
s.n.'n so,,,, 7no-worlsmen in Portsmouth,.
I'... 'hanIon'd ,b.;r G,vcrnment cmnlov.
i'''o '''''''I' ''I sno - NnrroIL on,,I,vsd
nnar ,,, ,bo dorks and streets &C., have also
"E,, "tamlomo,l tho;r labor and have been with.
nv, daiIy sunnort for themselves and families.
In fart MI work is stopped and daily wages
c,r tI,a Moor susncpdcj So that naunt La.
,orst,l|is IN Loan and bunrrvsrnerine through
,Lo ri,;os nr nl,uue and pcs,ileuce. In ad-
,j,;nn ,n I'll Ills they have heretofore been
d,nind nj communication with the surround
inn cities and villages. When they have at.
tempted to lly from the plague and death,
,hey have been denied refuge and home
| from their brethren and coun,rymen. 1t has
been said that even the United States. bayo.
net has been presented to them at Old Point
, Comfort, and they denied landing. men,
ton this to shrw their painful situation, and
not to blame those under strict military duty
perhaps.
Thr Sisters Of Charity, those fit emLlems
Of Christian devotion and holy love-, aud
: other benevolent persons who have gone to
the devoted Giles to seek objects OF distress,
have entered the abodes of sickness and
misery and found it impossible to obtain the
.ctnaI ncccssarics and comforts Of life-and
after they have entered, the steps OF the
STEAMBOATS, have been raised, and those flee:
iur from death have been refused passage.
TIc railroads have been stopped and all
communication cut off. There they are
cilics Of woe and despair There they stand,
like nrcat charncl houses, with the sighs and
the m,oans OF the dying, and the fixed gaze
Of the dead.
Tboro ;s no nolce-all having fled or
,,;od " ,rha Mayor is left alone and has stood
",Ju, "',I, - his most discharrinr his duties
hsarol, lu i, ,rd faithfully. am told, in one in.
n..noa D'" Ln I Lol,od with his own hands to car.
ss"' s ont a,syon ~ ncrsops, with the disease, 10 a
~ .,'..a.na w.. to he horne 10 some peiobborinr
Lo"' Lo"n;,ai ~ Ind when he at another time at.
n,n,L ~ ordcr some perroes to do some
se"'p u""iaan. worl thev actually i'll treated him
"uJ's "uJ s"I,ss5 w. Sneb man furnishes a higher
""an,,l. ""a u ~ trne beroism and fo,ttude, than