Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-05-15
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Miscellaneous Items.

S The Butler Guards" gallant cc:ps from
Greonvillc District, arrived safely in Virginia on
Tuesday erouing lust and were attached to Col.
Kershsw's Regiment.
~ The impression seems pretty decided in
thcIwc.t that there will soon be r. fgbt between
the Lincoln troops ut Cairo and the Kentucky and
Tennessee volunteers The latter are mastering
in large force.
5ss- The New York Independent matches out
the following infamous slanier: The last lot Of
rice sent over to Fort Sumter by the Charleston
ins Was largely mixed, for the purpose of poison
ing the garrison"
&as- Great complaint is made here (ssys the
New York TriJune) that those now called On to
supply provisions, &C., for the Government at this
point, can get no pay, and are compelled to bor-
row money Mt ruinous rates to answer the requisi-
tiuns of the Navy and War Department.
Ms.- A society, to be called the Sisters of the
Confederate Army" has been formed in New Or
leans, for the purpose Of aiding and nursing sick
wounded officers and soldiers. There nre many
Florence Nightngales among the brave, true heart-
ed daughters of the South, and our gallant soldiers
will not lack for my comfort they con procure
them.
@- We regret to learn (says the Augusta
Republic of friday that Mr.. james L. Coleman
Of this city, was run over by the trun yesterday
near Aiken and instantly killed. The particulars
have not transpired.
LIZ The Yostal Department ut Montgomery is
ready to take charge Of the mails any moment
Congress may order. The Office is provided with
seal, books, blanks, routes, and clerical force,
coInplets. No detenliuns Of mails need be feared
in consequence Of any policy the Lincoln Gov
ernm.nt may adopt
ge- Major Robert Anderson, late Of Fort Sum-
ter, is ut present in Washington city, and has
consented to take command Of tho Kentucky
brigade Of L;nconites.
ass- Gov. Letcher's proclamation directing the
Virginia troops TO remain ut homo till called out
for service is misunderstood at Washington and
by the people of the North, who regarded it as IN
intimation that Letchor was rcceding.
&s- The Now York papers are teeming with
accounts of regiments being mustered into service.
Before long they will have chance Of recording
how they were peppercd out of service.-Evoning
Ncws.
R- The Woodsocket R. ~ Patriot gives an
account Of q tremendous thunder-clap which
startled the good citizens of that place almost out
of their seven senses" tho other day. A lady,
in speaking Of the event, said her first thought
after tho thunder-clap, was, "Jef Duvis has
come"
@- 1t is stated in Cincinnati paper, on the
authority Of member Of the Cabinet, that few
days nfter the inauguration an agent was sent to
Europe to purchase 900 stand of arms, and
they are now arriving by every steamer at New
York.
s- Mr.. Schott, of Nashville, Tenn, is NOW
busily engaged in the manufacture Of percussion
caps. The Gazette learns that arrangements have
been perfected by which they can be turned out
at the rate Of 10000 per day. This will keep the
Southern army supplied for somO time to come.
IL Northern paper says: Z" 1t is currently
reported in Philadelphia that the hardy regiments
now mastering in Maine, New Hampshire and
Vermont, will be concentrated, as soon rs posi-.
DIE, at the Nuvy Yurd, Portsmouth, New Hamp.
shire, and shipped to some important point near
Charleston, S. c. 1t is undeniable that, at the
Navy Yurd. of Charlestown and Portsmouth &C.
tive preparations are making to send out feet
and, Of course, it will not start until it is well
manned"