Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-05-08
How to Prepare for the Campaign.

The following hints to our volunteers
are Timely, and should be needed:
TO OUR YOUNG SOLDIERS.
|. Remember that III il campaign more
III :l die from SICKNESS than b. tls bullet.
= Lin, your blanket with one thick.
hess ot brown drilling. This adds but
four ounces in weight, and doubles the
warmth.
3. Buv a small India rubber blanket
lon!y one lnll,.r ami Iitty cents TO lay on
TN. .:.,.,:.:..:, nr ;iirow over your shuaid-
ers wien 'ou guard duty during rain
STORM. Most ol the eastern troups are
provided with these. Straw to lie upon
is not always to he had.
4. The best military hat in use is tie
light coIored soft felt; the crown being
sufficiently high 10 allow space for air over
the brain. You can fas!en it up as a con.
tincnta! i'll fair weather, or turn it down
when it is Wet or very sunny.
S. Let ynur beard grow, 50 as to pro.
tect the throat and lungs,
6. Keep your entire person clean; this
prevents icvcrs aud bowel complaints in
warm climates. Wash your body each
d.y if possible. Avoid strong coffee and
niy meat. General Scott said that too
fr.e use of she>c (togcthcr with neglect
in keeping he skin cican) cost many a
so,Jirr his lii;e in Mexico.
7 \ Sudden cheek Of per<piration by
chilly or night air often causes fever and
death. When thus exposed do not forget
your blanket can OLD SOLDIER"
NJ
4 man in San Francisco naIue,l Pulaski
Jacks had his name painted on big sheet
of tin ana hung up at the door of lis
shop. Ono day a sucker from Illinois
walked in aml wished ~ take II look at
hem newfans!ed things
What things %
Why, them Pulaski Jacks"
"That's my nalac-Pulaski Jacks
DON'T you see r
SIS it? Well, I'll be darnel, if |
knowed it, didn't know whether it
meant boot;jacks or jack.asscs.
No TNIrL1SG WITH SESrISELs s-LIrTLE
RIVER, S. :, ArR!L II, lSGl-EDIroR
luRnY DIspArcH:-l' becomes our pain
f! duty to rccor thnmns, distressing and
untimcly death of Arthur Stevens, which
occ1rrcd ar this place on the night of the
l5;h of April. The circumstances, as
yIritcd from the witnesses, who came be.
lore The jury of inquest, being substantial.
y as follows:
Thirty Of the All Saints lsitlemen hav-
ing been detailed for Active duty at Fort
Randall, were encampcd in the ship yard,
awaiting the morning tide to 20 down.
Hugh Causce was placed ON guard by the
Orderly Sergeant, and Arthur Stevens
acting as Corporal of the Guard. lie
gave Causec the password, with instruc-
lions to allow no one to pass or approach
within reach of his muskct, without or
deriug him to halt and give the password,
and then left him; but in short time
Stevens returned, and was ordered by
Causcc to halt AMI give the c"nnlcrsisn,
which order h. did not heed. and continued
to advance, When Causcc fired, the ball
taking effect just undcrthe sixth rib, where
it Joins the breastbonc, and passed nearly
straight through him. He staggered
few PAGES and fell.
Medical assistance was Immediately
summoned. In the meantime he called
up Causec aud other friends and told
them goodbye, but when the Doctor ar.
rived lie was puIsclcss, and lived but
few moments after.
1t is to be hoped, in such times as the
present. when the whole country is in
trrmrnt. thai t'itli,a with sentincls on
du!y will no iols.cr be countenanccd in
mi it ry cncarrpr'";ts, where orders are
to b. nnp.icitly "bcyed, let the conse-
qurnccs be what the; may.