Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-08-21
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Military Department Of East Tennessee and
Western Virginia, as we learn from tue Knox
vile Regisfer. Knoxville will be lis quar-
ters for the present. zollicofIcr is we'll known
as one of Tennessee's most brave and inilIl-
ential sons.
MS A regiment of Zouares is now being
formed in Tennessee for the army of the
Confederate States, to serve during the war.
The regiment is to be armed with rifles and
sabre bayonets, and uniiorPed i'll the Zouave
costume of the French. 1t is to be COM
manded by Colonel J. G.. Argladc, who has
for several years been connected with that
service in Europe.
Ea The Albany (N. " Ercning Jour
nal, edited by Thurlow Weed, and the organ
of Secretary seward, says; " We shall not be
surprised to learn, in less than sixty days.
that both France and England have pro-
nounced our blockade in efficient"
S1S A gentleman by the name Taylor,
residing in GiImar County, Virginia, whose
property had been destroyed by the invaders,
has killed no less than eighteen of the Ohio
vandas, In that and the adjoining counties.
p@ VIM. F. Ritchie, Esq, of the Rich
mond Enquirer, mas Just returned from Paris.
lie says the cause of the Southern Confedera'
cy is looking up in France, and he does not
entertain doubt about our ultimate recog-
milton.
S@ The Sisters of Charity, as we learn
from the Richmond papers, are mlnlsterlng,
with their usual devotion, to the wounded in
Virginia, in the fulflment of theirnoble mis-
sion of mercy and love.
sSg General Beauregard, who certainly
has the best right to decide in the matter, has
determined to call the great battle OF jury
2lst, "The Battle of Manassas Plains" The
fight on the 18th will be called "The Battle
of Bull Run"
nF BULL RuH.-Let us ask our cotem-
poraries and all who write for the papers, to
give the correct name of the stream on whose
banks the late battles have been fought. We
see it written Bulls Run, and Bulls Greek,
and we know not how many other ways be-
sides the right one. The true spelling is
RrLI, RrS-so known and so written by oil
in that country. We state this "to vindicate
the truth Of geography" Let us Lave the
right namc.-Richmond Enquirer
PIG CoSrlscATIoy IN FIEGlNIA.-Lieut.
General Scott, is said to own property in fir-
>aini,,, and under the ordinance of that State
which took effect Thursday, it will be contls-
Gated to the public Treasury of the Common.
wealth.-Baltimor Sun.
GS3- An cditor speaking of contempora-
ry, saws he ';can't bear natural fool."# The
latter replies that unfortunately his mater
nal ancestor could"
r.;y- SECESSION CoryEr.-Wasn and bell
rye until the grains crack, then l"rch, grind
and prepare as usual, taking equal paris Of
rye and coffee, and you will have an excel
lent beveragc-a good war coffee. Try it,
I.aurensyle Herald.
ss7- Before the battle Of Manassas COM
mcnced tile Northern papers said the "rebel'
had not over 10000 troops there. After the
defeat they asserted there were at least 9O,-
600. Ne doubt they thought there were at
least half million.
SE Lincoln's son "Bob,'' according to
the starke County (ohio) Democrat, is clear
ing $24, 900 a week from q contract under his
fathers Government Blood vii! tell.
e 4 man OF our acquaintance gravely
says that some bachelors go 10 var because
they like fgAting, and scmo married men 90
because they like peace. What rascal.
EGss An IMMENSE TApEwoRM.-On Mon
day, an inquest was held in Washington o'c'
the body of Thomas Hagcrty, volunteer from
New Jersey, who died from the effects of a
shot from pistol in the hands Of Jos. Craig,
volunteer from Brooklyn. The Star states
that the post mortem examination of the
body of the deceased dcveloled tapc-worm
alive in the corpse, which when taken ont was
thought to be thirteen feet in length.
RsSn A young woman in Boston, who was
Jealous Of female companion, recently gave
her a preparation to remove freckles from her
face The unsuspccting girl used it and 10
her horror the next morning found herself as
copper-coloretl rs Massachusetts niger. The
preparation was nitrate of silver.
nGg-Some cnterprisins Germans in Augusta
have established an oil cloth manulaclo-y on
large scale.
Is "Whcn goes shopping" said an
old lady, ~ alters asks for what wants, and
if they have it, is suitable, and / feel inclined
to buy it, and it's cheap, aud can't be got al
any other place for less, l most alters takes it
without chappering about it all day, as most
people does"
De- The n. y. Times brcathes and threat
ents vengeance against South Carolina, and
is only afraid that the war may be closed by
the subugation of other states before this de-
sire can be gratitied.
Ra- HOLD BACK YOUR CoTToN.-Thc cot
ton factors OF Savannah have issued the ol-
lowing Notice to planters.-Thc under
signed, cotton factors in the city of Savannah,
in view of the interests of all parties, recon-
mend to their various customers and cores
pondcnts not to ship any portion OF their
.ops of cotton to this city, or not to remove
it from their plantations until the blockade is
fully and entirely abandoned, of which event
due notice will be given"