Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-12-18
TO Onr Soldiers.


was coming Up has been--.'s hard to my what
We trust not Killed, although tho point admits OF
some ttult What are you farmers i'll the army
going to order as to thc character OF your next
cron? Allow Us to hint. that the remark is npw
generally current in this rcs;nn, that earn must
md will gn IN considerably before the next SUM
mer rolls around. Aud we add by way Of sngges-
tim, would it not Lc well for yen to scn'i word
home to have good deal Of good land put down
in oats Coming in about June or July next. 1t
will enable you 10 use your corn, between this
and that more freely than you would otherwise
do, in pushing your stock hogs isttening beef
cattle &c: fc- be asrurcd we Eill have TO do this
sort OF thing largely To keep the country going.
Don't target to instruct your people a!s", to nave
lots prepared in due time Tor sorghum sucrc, forage
corn, rliet, or any thing else that You can thlnx
of TO eke out tho ycarss provisions for man and
beast Above all things, tell your managers IN
every letter to save, sarr, SAVE, ms much rs pos
siblc, in tho articles of prime necessity. Make
nl We can and save all we can, there will not be
more than enough to supply the pressing and in
creusing wants Of these trying days.
You will be glad to hear tha; the people at home
keep up their spirits despite the tight papers
that stare us in the face. We have realized sew
cral things already that 10 ono could have con-
WINGED us of some months ago,-as for instance,
tina; cora beef will cook garden greens we'll enough
for all purposes Of diet, that plnin hot-water tea
is about Us comfortable us the best Tyson or Java,
and that lightwocd und talIow can be made to
supply tho place of sperm efectualiy if not ele-
gantly. by q recipe published i'll this paper some
weeks back, your humble servant made lot OF
ta!low candles which should he mentioned. The
tullow was not prepared carefully, having been
originally Intended for soap, and the salpetre was
, very dirty The old muulds were lcaky too, and
the whole affair proceeded under difficulties The
result was, any quantity Of sni chocolate c-c"lored
burners, Of must forb'dng aspect and some
thing too brittle for rough banaling But fix one
of them nj, in the position Of soldier, by wrap
ping its lower extremity with large sulfcicncy
of old newspaper to make it fit the caudIestick,
excite the latent cnluric of its upper tcmd by the
application of blazing splintcr,-and then see.
Well you wouldn't see much it is truc-ior it
barns With nm interesting twilight dimnets as it
too modest to express itself fully; hut its great
merit consists in what you would not see. AMI
That is its evident effort at scli-rrcserrat!on. We
hav. tried them fairly by the watch, and with all
its slimness and bri;ilsneSs tic devouring elc-
mcnl could not reduce its existence more than
two inches an hoar. We mcuiiun this tai
umph of sau;hcra art The durability Of the
thing is beyond question lit is lcf; TO others to
illustrate It's moro brilliant attributes. AS the
matt stands at present, rne 10 every cubic mile
o.! space would act perhaps afford any such ''cx-
cess Of Light as to blast" the vision o! the
! prcsumptuvus mortal who might dare tu cncoun-
| ter il.
But, in truth and forsooth, what want VIC with
brilliancics nocturnaiy in this hour and genera
| ton Steep Of nights and make the NEST Of every
minnie OF daytime, is gord advice, now if ever
Ii saves n mans eyes, whether il makes him
healthy and ralthy anl-wsc OR not. 1t re-
cuprra,cs lis physical resources generally, and
that is what the people need now, individually
-"N'S
needs must be- let it be done by The blessed light
Of the stars.
You are apprscd TINT a new regiment is form,
ing for service the coast. having Tor its nucleus
the four cnmpanirs that have gone forward from
Elgrfied latlcrly. Gen. MoRAcXE is the only
candidate fur the Cclunc!cy We have heard named.
Several gentlemen are in the field for the other
Offices. hut the result is Of course i'll uncertainty
us live or six companies, from We kn"w not where,
are yet to be annexed to those now in Coulbia.
The company from this place will not so forward,
MS the Captain informs us until it's number is full
which wilt probably DC during this week or the
next ut fnrthcst. This will drain our corporate
beat below fifteen men Of military age. With
men over IS and youths from lG to Is, we shall
| still have sumo thirty liable to ordinary militia
duly and patrol service. II is not expected that
the dralt will take effect in Edgciel, as there arc
| now Lurely two companies more nccdc'l 10 bring
up her contingent and these will undoubtedly be
volunteered. Abbevillc will of course be drawn
upon heavily, as she has only seat thus far some
| 10 or companies, whereas her effective strength
(accuriing to the last returns to the Brigadier) is
not 200 men less than Edscfeld's. II is tight
that the drain should be cqualizc.l, and We have
no doubt the gallant Abberic-ans will come up
to the mark i'll handsomc style.
TuLYAX WATSON, jr., Of the Lamar Artillery,
is up from Charleston, slowly convalcscent ir0m u
recent severe bilious attack he Informs w that
Ii. c. CuLEHEATn has joined that command. He
gives il rs his opnon that there will before loas
be some desperate lighting at and aHout Charles
ton" and expresses an earnest hope that coinpa-
lies from the p-country will move rapidly to the
rescue.
We had the pleasure Of seeing Private EmsoS,
Of the Iirssars, fcw days ugn. His fnot is mend
ing fast, and he seems to je otherwise in fine
health.
The Confederate tax-cocctor for South Carolina
has appointed old Mr.. EDMUND Penn, of this Vii
lage, IL suh.collecur for Eig"frld DistTct,-an
excellent appointment, you will agree with u.s.
aud bestowed upon wo-:hy recipient. We nn-
dcrstan,l that MIR. y. c. nnYAS. bro;hcr-ncr-
chant, is to receive the app"intnrnt of Commits
sary in the new Regiment uf(whrh we hnve be-
fore spoken. Snugly fixed in both eases, aud will
no doubt make their mercantile experience araila
bic fur good in the patr"ic (and not tunproftabe)