Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-10-09
To our Soldiers.

| III very lew uhfs, IL Is Thought. l ue tlllt Vi
MrREELL may occupy longer time thnn is ex-
rected aud thus prolong the session but as there
is but little testimony in his case, il is not likely
t consume much timc.
! The news from the District nj larg. is generally
good. Crops nrc realizing rArrctuiiuna in tie
rnain.--you know there are n few peorle who al
wmys expect too r-uch. Your humble servant, in
his small inrming operations, gathered tho other
day seven wagun-lnads of curn trVm less than i've
ncrcS Vi land and the same wngon-body once
held twenty two bushels in the shuck with hard
packing We put it down now Mt twenty bushols.
Don't you hink tllnt pretty rood-one hundred
au,l iurtv bushels to five acres? c dll, certain
! ly,-aud ict !; little like it ms: bring down the
price OF corn these hard times. II occars 10 US,
if We ma ,e this kind of eorn what must the regu-
lar farmers be doing?
A. of the crops, 50 of the health Of the country,
very fair, taking all things iuto consideration.
Sclne grierous exceptions there are. You see
nuticc of Df. II. Brpr's death elsewhere. We
also attended, on Friday as:, the funeral OF un
cstmabic lady, the wife Of the Rev. L. X. GwALr-
yrr, pastor of the Edgrfed Viags Baptist
Church. She had long been MS fragile as leaf;
yet such was her gcntlcness, her Christian sweet
ness of department, Tint all who knew her hoped
even aguinst hope for lcngthenins OF her earthly
existence But the summons camo and she fell
asleep in Jesus. 1t was mild, almost gonlal
octoLcr day when they laid her in the tomb. A
sacred stiffness held tho surrounding corteso as
the minister pronounced the last words over her
grave. The breath OF the West came gently up
at the moment, cooling the bruws Of the living and
Whispering of rest to the departed. 1twas indeed
an occasion of hope Us well rs sorrow. Two hours
uftrrward, us we rude hou:eward, The sun was set
ting gluriuusiy: it had just sunk below rugged
cloud whcse golden lining, us it still hung in the
sky, made its very darkness beautiful. We could
but think how happily tho softencd spenaor of
the scene accorded with the funeral eve OF q pure
Christian wolnun The officiating minister (Slr.
Cr1nuERT Of the low country said, with touching
simplicity mt the close of his address in the Church,
.' Sho was fnnd of music in life, l am told, mud
what can bc more appropriate HOW than to sing
hymn before We bear her hence But she WAS al
feluy uNllHS Will iuC dHSe's VA Noo ~ H"i u4o-
nes hcyOnd mortal conception.
We civilians, distant from wars tragedy, can
not view death even in its least repulsivc form
| without shudder. 1t il spid that soldiers learn
to look upon it with little emotion. OF course it
Is right that they should steel their hearts against
any weakness connected Herewith but is it we'll,
even upon the battlefield, to neglect it Us an en-
| rorccment Of the text" BE yc also ready ," Sure
ly not.
Politically, there is not a particle Of news worth
relating You SEQ that VIC have several candidates
for Congress; We are not apprizcd of the pros
poets Of any one Of them, but suppose NoBLE's
chance as good as tho best and shade brighter.
He is by the way, a very clever gentleman, and
would do his part handsomely as the representa-
tive Of tho Old Ninety Six District So no doubt
would some of his competitors.
Saw Lieut.. NJ. 3. WEvEa, Of Company H., eth
| Regiment on Sunday last, but not SO rs to speak
with them. His hand seems to be improving, and
his general appearance is first ratc,-as usual
suppose he will leave for the army befure long al
though perhaps that would be unnecessary until
|
part in action.
There is u great deal Of sickness from mcasles
in the camp near Aiken, but only one death that
ws hear ia Private in one Of the Abbcvc or
Laurcrs Companies. The disease seems to be Of
mild type, and perhaps our msn could not encoun-
ter it under moic favorable circumstances. IT hss
.so prevailed ut Lightwvod Knot, but is nearly
run through there.
We were to have had Soldiers Concert here
this week, and one in Augusta next week, but
circumstances have prevented. Those uf us who
engage III il do Sd upon the principle that 1t sbct-
ter TO bc doing Just whatwc can i'll MD of the cause
than 20 81. idle Something, be itcrcr so little. is
better thai. nothing Whatever iasieu 'turn' one
has little better Than Others, let i; DO exercised
pr" boGo i,nhiico. With ono it may be delivering
Il lecture with another, knitting socks; with Il
third, pultng up ~ V every now and then: with
iourti., sasins Ike tines by frowuing down c1or
Lita:t charges AID ly encouraging universal iur-
Gca.ancc in lEuncy matters; white ii fifth may dc
his or her duty 10y personal Einlre*s TO iHdiriiu-
us. As for us and our amateur musical club, We
prefer, rs oNe Of Cur means of helping :!e cause
the giving ci musical entertainments scni.occa-
siunaly, ,-hen erery thing suits We hope to clash
with 10 good thing and to be guilty Of no contra
mns e We can avoid it and We nrc furthermore
ready to eu wherever called If tho field is rrupi
tious for raising few dollars !or the Confederate
cause. Now wouldn't We all like 10 drop down
some night among your camps aEd s"iicn your
ircalns with few ot uar hest?
Received letter. within Il week, FROM ALEEEr
r. Lroy, fnrlncrly Of Elgcleld, now Of Alabama,
| ard Il. present in one or the Alabama Regiments
near Warrington. lie says they arc looking for Il
! fight; that If another Insult Is offered IS "id
| Bsosu like the recent u4c OF turning our ppcc
boat they will pitch into him, cert"tn. ALBERT
scnrls us Il map of the locality, executed by him
self ii gives u far better idea of our arrange
mcnr. there than we have yet obtnincd from any
other source We think, With a. I. L., that if
;hey lu provoke fight, they will rue the day.
Beyond doubt BRAGG has liked for them bcauti-
fully, open the ball when it will.
sIt is scarcely necessary to say that this was in
print before Gen. BoSnAMs announcement was in
hand.
Good upon the Army Worms.
"Eyery one should strive, with patriotic de-
n.lo HIS