Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-08-28

The London Times says tnat inc Cohiea-
crate victory was complete, and that the Union
army lost all military honor. The London jour-
mails think this battle has closed the door to ail
compromise.
~ A late runner from Washington says:
Lincoln is about to issue Il probation, declaring
that certain ports are not ports Of entry"
jass- There were in New York, on the 18th, As
skeleton regiments, containing about 5000 troops.
Pennsylvania has thirty-one skeleton regiments,
with about 10000 mcn-mostly a. Philadelphia.
sYe The Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph, the or
gan of the National and State Administration,
pens the following: "There cannot, and there
nercr rcW be peace again in ~hut once jor@'cd The
United States, 50 long siarery eriSts IN the South.
This is the decree of God himself, who has de-
clared IN eternal antagonism between right and
wrong. Some Of orr readers may pronounce this
rs fanaticul but they dare not question It's truth
fulness." Wonder if that is the voice of II
prophet.
JlJ> The following pithy correspondence re-
Gently passed between IL gentleman and his son,
who had left college to fight for his country:
"B., Jr-If you enlist, disinherit you.
L., sr."
"B., Sr.-Without y country I want M ahcri-
tance. have enlisted. T., Jr."
ny The London Pos, says if England drifts
into tho quarrel the fault will ho with Lincoln,
who attempts blockade which he cannot render
complete.
Ms> twenty-five of the Citadel Cadets have
hccn detailed as drill masters for the army Of the
po,9nac, aad eighteen for similar purposes in our
own :taLa.
Gy Tie correspondent of the \. 7. Past says
tn ,.avy Dc"ar,men, feel certain Of their ability
TO keep .pen thr Potomac.
" The New York ComMerciat says tho fec
ling against Russell, Of the London Times, is most
intense among military men.
mis- The cul9urcd population o. Macon are pre-
pairing to give Concert for the benefit of our
,oldicrs-to come of shortly. What will Aboli-
tionists sry to this z
ty The war has burstci the lottery company
OF the State of Delaware, il having been unabie
to meet the scni-annual payment to the State of
slS,OGO, by which delinquency. It's charter is for
fritcl This is one good result Of the war.
zr" A !atc number Of the London Times says:
If the weather proves favorable for the next six
weeks, there csmnyt be doubt iha: this years
produce in Ireland will DC the lnrgcst and finest
grown within the present century"
s:y A 81. LUui. correspondent Of the New Or
loans Delta, speaking of the prices of certain ar
ticles, mentions the following. This is the result
of the blockade: Bale rope is He; hams SGt9c;
shoulders jg5!c clear sides 6WIc. Stock Of
meat about 1000, 900 lb.. in bulk Nc sales ma
king"
;eS- The Parisaus, il is said, are undergoing
quite fright about The Emperors health. The
report most generally circulated is that his maieE-
~ has been poisoned 10y some slow process which
the physicians find it difficult to cuuntcract.
1GS- Col. Wade Hampton authorizes the So"th
Caroiinim to state that the Quarterma>ter in
Charleston will furnish transport to tro"ps joining
his Legion.
IS We learn through the Fort Smith Times,
that Capt. Albert Pike has raised II battalion Of
Seninoles and an Independent company OF Greeks,
to operate in Kansas; also that the Choctaw ana
Chickasaw regiments will also 60 to Kansas. The
whole force to be under command OF Gen. D. II.
Cooper.
asS-Tho n. Y. Jo"rnnl f Commerce says that
the D"y Books list of Peace papers, with its own
additions shows no less than 80 Journals in the
North opposed to the war.
An exchange says that Mrs. Gen. Gaines
Indignantly repudiatcs certain expressions un-
friendly to the South imputed to her 10y the New
York HerukR.
Gas- The Tallatrya (Ala.) R'porter says that
Mrs. Averitt's ncgrnes have taken up collection
oi So, - among themselves to relieve the wants
of the soldiers