Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-09-11
To Our Soldiers,

Hot, hot weather again for week pust-very
miserable sleeping Of nights-np hrreze except IN
occasional whifr made hy q leather-wzged bat
nu,tcring above the bed, nearly hitting ones
got up the other night and engaged the enemy-
result Of the huiHc one dead and two ied-iound
Il chinch on the cOveriid next mUrning-believe
now what We never did belure although we had
uftr, heard it said viz: that these little jibbcrng
,nlsrrcants d" totc the veriiablc hug-convinced
that it could have come there no other way, rs
our folks had just scaslcd up few days before
dog huwlcd an hour or two the same night--:olne-
body shot oil gup aud hoopeca i'll the distance
wife becnme alarmed-had to look at the caps ON
wouldn't miss Gre-got to sleep again about 3
o'clock, and then before yuu could say Albert
Sidney Johnson the sun was up.
This same a. S. j., you must know, is quite the
object of interest just now at the South. ESpec-
taton is high Of the man of whom WORTH said,
that he was the best soldier in the world" His
recent arrival at Richmond adds more oil to the
bright lamp of our wishes and hopes. What an
array Of trained commanders COOPER sidney
JOHNSON, BEArREGARn, JoSErH JOHNSTON, LEE,
| MAGRUpER, WALKER and BRAXToy BRAGG ! be-
sides muny others of high merit but Of smaller
experience And then with such troops rs we
&"om We ave in the field, and many, many thous-
andS more coming anil to come! How cnn such
i concern us the Lincoln usurpation nt Washing
ton conquer MS. Yet. while We deem it impossi-
hle, we are at present calculating upon tremcn-
lous exertous to that end. There is no good
reason, thus fur, to doubt that ell will be done that
strong, and bitter, and controlling cnmity Gun
suggest, to bring the whole power of the North
against us. They will be met Mt every point, and
mover again. We trust. with such slender preparu-
ton al il tie late unlucky afiair of Hattera2.
The iacsl Iawz IS uriiapoTfaus. I3v viii csa
thai nc a7s having both .tabeuuZ and eoncert'
fnr ito bcDeii CT Ctr ;al.iieT. II & Sc ali oTeT
trc STATE :nd tic sa&tr. Ircy pick UP :cn;o-
ming every time Cor ,re Cause md ttc agsrcsatc
viii be great help TO our country.
The Homc Guards (Irfantry) were disbandel,
as we learn, at their last meeting, most Of the
efficient men having gone of to the camps. The
Cavalry portion are talking Of forming perma-
nen organization and Offering their services to the
Governor. We doubt the rropriety Of it in the
present thnned condition Of our mule population.
This village is Il dangerous point in one Or two
respects, aud we hope the heads of families still
here will not impiicatc themselves to be called
away unless upon a incre pressing demand for
troops than yet appears rrobable. But upon this
point please see an article in another column.
Health still good all over the old district; .ind
crops as reported hereiofore pea-rineS Very lux
uriant, but the peas them selves backward. Hay
prospect increasing, and we d"ult n"t "scTy one
will avail himself If it. All The farmers should
save all the hhy they onn, and 10 mistake. F"d-
der has not been saved well. All of ycn who
have farming interests would do we'll to write on,
urging your managers Ia attend TO this matter.
VIC cut a small spot Saturday last yielding; some
or 500 lbs, let it lie in the three cr four
hours, hauled it Up and spread IL mE'irr shelter
Immediately, an,l t"-i"y il Is cured a= 'Te.i alil
as green as tic taEt ;icnt siipro:r hi: w"Hld IL
so we'll howcTsr CT largo scale, aulss5 ;Titi
great deal of spare hrEae-Tocih.