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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1861-09-18

Gra. EWcli that , Vas ahaG: u begin py
ri1Scm'Tt, Gri:r.l M regiments to t..t:o
up ii:o line Of mGrrh, aeccr,ii;.:, 10 r.? i.v2-
arranged pis.a, an.i directed K2rS:laN'a r;.si.
mrnt (whiel:, with l:c;:pcr'a Laties; ;i.i
Wiclllau,'s aid lloyd's troops ul ca:;s;!:y, !,
constituted nv rear gsardj 10 file, y, they
retired, through the tsencEes a; the preceding
regiments Gllad ont. The coli:nn thus fell
back in Frriec; order 10 Csnt,a;;:!a, tic enc
my not rentn:ing to attack my rear guards.
1T 'iarl: our Iickrts were within faR hun
drAd PAGES from eac. ether
At midnight, Major Rhr!, having rrtnrned
from a personal interview with yourself,
rn7n,ne:l 'he march, il obedience to y'onr or
ders, ana at daylight pitt III ca1. t-....i i! 20.
siticc at Mitcheli's ord, CT. J=il Rua, tie
place r:s7io"'iy assigned -, pl@cia;4; &c
pieces OF !sseMFc,;s Eater. 81 auH8roi ?arda
in .rcus c: n? centre. C.: Earrs:'s url:, sup.
io,tsd b. tNo soI'.!,:;1.;;:s cf lyr: Keeps, n
aric; I" gi-c inc oaaan5,is :.lra7c.ar cal,.:n
:. i,1 shots bei,rA retiring &c tho r..rsi...'. a;
s,sEai those risaas haliI:i tho Hln.
Tho Eleventh sNortll Ca:c!iEa Volunteers
Col Kirkland, and tt" Eighth Louisiana Bat
talon, Col. Kelly, reported TO ne during the
morning. The former having been kept for
Thila in rss bslaa e >sseSTe n feoF
Of the cca.re Of ny position
At about II m. The enemy, following up
his movements Of the day previous, opened
a heavy cannonaic on a5 position, which wa.
kept up most CT the da5, throwing shell ard
stot into cvery portion Of M command, ea',
fortunately, without injury TO tie troops. ~
,rc range Of Ills guns and the "'oigEt Of b;s
metal wc.c :rcatcs ;l:::.-: r. cwr: Ca7:. Ncn.
rcr. 51a piieoa=. w;tE The TIC supporting
comzar,ie. we're Withdrawn to their position
IN rra, ri the Ran, hut r9t until s7Tna 'iI"c'
tive shots hal hern made at the enemy.
In the course OF few hours the enemy at
tackled the position of-Gcn. Longstrcet, at
Blackburn's Forl, a short distance to my
right from which lie was most Gallantiy re-
pulsed. He then began to show his troops
in some force in my front. By your leave
I ordered Col. kershaw, with four companies
of bis regiment aud one piece of Aempers
Battery, to move forward to Keinpers li'll'
and open his fire upon that force, it was
promptly and calamity e:ecuted-three or
four effective shots being thrown into the
grove r,oor r:rsl".', h-.-"'=-a
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HI. B.shrl Butter Oh his High Horse.

| pIc,YrNy EcTLrE reached Washington
after bis Hattcras demonstration with almost
telcgrapbc speed. He determined that no.
body should tell the glad ,i'lings at the Des'
pots White House before him. tie also hse"
his trumpet in the streets OF Nash'n!t"n II.
\ characteristics manner This the reader will
perceive by n rernSal Of his speech to a pro-
miscuous crowd on Pennsylvania Avenue,
Sunday rigb,, the lst instant, Is follows
It}lom.CHi.cn.:-l a:n by far tho much
couplimentei by this expression ol you'
kinl regards ar1 take it 20 re compll,
meut 10 ,ne cause which we all love, and ioi
! which any Of lis are ready at this hour L"
Law down our lives. 1t ca'l to no mere per-
sonal coug,a:uatiop, 10 mere rssar'i for on,
whom accident made i participation IN al
eveut which hope will have SOME eject Oh
the future OF our countrys History: bat it !.
the result Of the love you feel ior the Cnion
we cLecrish a,:,l the Constitution We Grttud
Cheers Were it il ai.y degree personal II
would not belong TO ME, it would bsloug to
the gallant navy uudcr thecommand OF CON-
molore S,rirgham, whose hands we're maloi,
successful iu achieving tho result WHICH you
seem so much tG "o!come. Oa, It was gIor!.
Gus 20 Sc: tbat arm 6: t!ic Cniou stretched
out agsiusi ils rtbclliGus children.
W,nld iha, ypl c:gIl have >!6;l a. did
~ ihe .irrl. oi t,',e ot IL, .'n't'les :.slc|",
aid sarn tn; Waha~h. 'ht Nirne,2rs AID ta;'
rnl.l,ilaitl -. i,i,; srrn an'l lifT !!'"k'i':'
siai oil iii the ;l'ap phidc s'a ani ;:i,,'rrr '!''
Ss ,ir.....ahni, irirll, hy a."leht i,.aiim ti'e
irins, cam. ~. hi has,, her share Ill whal re
suited in gIcrious victory, lcheeis) .an,'
as the cannon roare,l out, one after another
rebnke to treason, it was much sHch as
would lengthen a mans li.c long years TO
hear. (Checrs.l 1t cs;ae out that on the lirsl
! t,ay's cannouade the forts which seemed from
tho distance in the clond of smoke to he but
one was senced, and the rag of secession
came down. We had supposed there had
becu surrender, and measures had been ia
ken to ascertain that fact The Montirello
stood in with the Harriet Lane, !or the pur-
nose Of making il certain, when treachuusly
the larger fort opencl npon her, and succeed
I'd in iniliciing some injury upon the navy,
striking the vessel in eight places. 4
The threatening aspect OF the weather
made it necessary for us 10 draw oil, leaving
upon the land, under the command 0! Col.
Weber, Of the New York Twentieth, who
fought for the land Of iiis adoption as he
wo,S ti;,i,,t iios the iathcrland Of Germany,
ieayinga say, three hundred aud Gfteen Of
the Critcd States troops upon the rebel shore,
With seven hundred aud over Of the enemy
cn,rcn2Lcd wilLin tive hundred yards of
tnem, there to li7ouac updcr a cloudy SKY,
without tents, without provisions, ana4
out auy Of the appliances uecessssS s
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urownlow Defines his Position.

In answer to charges that he hal joined
the Scccssionista, par>on brownlow ndiicS
an article for his I!h;.f Of the ',h Instant :.
from which We make the following extract:
As | am not Il candidate for mariyrtlon, or
! Imprisonment during the war, and lis ! have
been cyerpowercd, first, ~ tic action ol the
State at the balot-box aud next, by the
military power Of the State, have daer-
mined to moderate my tone, to cease the
course Of warfare have waged, and to yield
to the necessity upon us-a necessity none OF
us eau avert. have resolved to give my read
ers the news as get it lrou the papers, and
let them draw their own Inference. l tou. gut
edi,orially, as long as could accomplish any
thing by fighting, and in my retirement to u
position Of neutrality, carry with Inc, my
unchanged principles, and shall cherish thsm
10 my latest hours in lile
Last Tennessee. with LcT Union majority
pr 2h,lf0 voters, Lavins failed to declare her
self G!c State, when she conld and ought to
ha'e done sol aud the euer"i "0vefn"sn.
having Jailed TO sustain 'ac 0moh sen','u'', =,
of Last Tennessee, when it could and should
have done, 1t IS no" too ia'e 10 a''ei''p e''htt
So FAR rs am individually concerned, | will
not be a party IL an2 i4aI srEeue Of Rebel
lion, gotten up az this late day, or to any ip-
sane attempt to invade this end Of the State
with Federal troops. And any portion ol
the Union men of East Tennessee, who muy
be crazy "nongI' To embark in either "ut''-
priSr anal suffer utter ruin, as they are bound
"a Dc, shel not, whin "the times ol these
cal0miits i,c o7cr1as:.' r.Cc.t nr nj for ha;
III. advised such i course.
ia,c m;,i.5 oil trends ani '7a.ini.oisi. III
lI,r Uupt, 7i,;., iirrur.,.l th.auah0Ht l..as
Tennessee, whn ,l:iLk th.:l ought weekly Il"
n;tcl, u,tn li., Stale and Confederate GuTrri,.
mcnt. and iu,v everything, and everybody,
connected with Secession. regardless Of con-
sequences; and the more so, as | conduct the
,..1. rh.,a,~ - 81, ,.a;,., ;,,,,..e.,cl will any
's','", , - ~ 1,,r ma..," 49," ,.r,inily a,,.
''"N"
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The F7aduas i.aSH,
GoH7rnnr77..777 SITES CT aiE,c:::.,
Jreasii,J Department: EictruGHd.
...-..,4 90


i-iisHst e, l5Ii
III l,:a;;5z=; oi tie Confederate States has
authorized the Secretary Of TIE Treasury l"
issue Bonds ,c. al extent not czccellEg one
L,lpl.ca r.illions oi- dolla7a, for the purpose
of funding its Treasury Notes ard ior making
exchanges for the proceeds of the sale Of raw
produce and manufactured articles. and tie
purchase of specie and Of military stores
Under the authority Of a previous Act TIE
Secretary appointed Commissioners resident
in different sections Of the several States, 70
solicit in Advance from planters, manufactures
and Others, subscriptions of the proceeds OF
the sale Of their crops and other branches oi
industry, to be raid for in Ecnds Of tho Con
fcdeTutc States.
To the patriotic and 7caio;'2 efforts oftre@c
Commissioners, no les than to the Lofty p"'
trint;sm of the people, the Government is III
dcbted for an aggregate subscription which
reaches already many millions OF dollars
Tnc .liLerality Of every class oil the co'nnuhi'
t; has bc,n evinced. The Cotton, the itlce
tac Tobacco and the Sug; planters have vice
with each other, and in the first nameG stap
alone the subscription in several Of tue States
reaches from onc-third to onc-half OF the Ell
tire crop.
Iti not proposed, as has been frequently
exulaiued, to interfere with the usual ano
customary arrangements OF planters anc
others III making sale Of their produce. I'M:
is not NECESSARY II g '-'---
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l'Gi.[ ne gAyY:e--Sa.

Or cou.!ort, saye stag l.E..ls-scaIl i..as7s i...aass
i;c,.t;. (Ghcars) Nh ~ s::' :.::l.:.': !. 4
~! ;.!.;1;:s 49,. !. 49,. -. iG:. :.
ln;:;, ., l.:,..;,i, ;:,;g: :.:::iii | ;,.t i
L: the ai!::;5;; ~. -: i:c::.cc ss:as ..!cs
IIatte:..s, i. -. :. :..l.e themselves -.
/, i'r :.l:e ElrrGu...' !; ,,....tr..tt.
IL lle H:o.l:" t:.2 il; c .;..,. il; {: tiers
anl at The l:iea.,.'t u iLa llud;ascl nc cle1
l::aind-, oi TIC ;:.ois. ssi.ite flag afi;.a:e:
ui,on tic ra";:,:r;; .: III, i:,s: fat. ip;lss
was my !:.rure 10 60 .yr4yd a,:;. :,cc,vc tie
frs; pTrl;ria:.r.2s G! ine +i,IrcGdrr @: an;
,.ao was "a i..,!.ctl a:o:s an "r;-: Il.
the navy @lic' :s:: i';,! -,y::.::v,i
and 10 wk:ci - "..ti u,....,: - :1..:..s:. 3
.Sr.d tn, )" ..,.s L.. ,-.. !
e.e p15EI::I; g.. ii. 2.,io. = ia: !. go
lc Acre: yc.tc:::L1:ii -: :. : ,ii..ir;ag,li
&c na7.:,, Jut c: :: nominate: Il i's:->,S;Ia.S
--c,,:a:rs:-;;c-c Eas:c:, ,:ec:s,--l4.s u i Y
Ii.;tcl G:!!:.:.c: -..77:. lie :u:::.e:.as.:i llg
:77.'a:;; ;::;77': 1-a::r:: IL: Cn:oi 70 C.iE5:...
,iora st-;r;:is.:n, rtn;;, H. ;::;:"r d lie t:d
laatsc -slo.i:ai:r..; !..,adsna. H; i:::,:: 81
rendered scrca .::.-j::.l sa;; :-'teaE mel,
| associate, anj? ;!ic7 a.c no" OF TIC Gag SAD
Minnesota, ca i::c ~ay 70 Fer; i.sisy c:te, Y
New York, having eGrrenderc; unco.ii;io8
| E EaEen iEifty pieces q cannon and o5s s
aai s:aad Of erma, Gimp e9uip.ae, scca 3
the rebels had; aad It was scant5 eEougA &
that. (Laushter.) pro7isiora reasonably au
Ecient, msn:,icns Of Tar enough to baT
made stc=te. defeacs if the position hss
been t. tLcG at al! tcaahlc.
We .e-.ook brig loaded With that Si.isE
l:,cy ~;aiiei shoa!d 1eiSr ov2t ns--cei:orE
,Chcer: sai laughter. i"oi5:c- Pr, Ia
,:li:@t Fad tsen taiei fr~5c o.: ":c7csHats
tso light f,,:.ts ttolcr from lie sioai: -
they had l,ecn placed ly he lio;e'41 1shr
warn tic mariner Of tho 'la:SrST, aud r.
schooner loadc1 with tho only rFei'ues s.
North Carolina, besides rebellion, I''ir' AZ
wood. (Laughtcr.) Such Were tic reg M S
o: the gallant navy. assisted as se';'hs 7 5 IsS]|
5e by the ari,ly ol the Unit4t States.
trust. il bat the beginning rt 8 ser:
;riuluptls ior that naYy which has ren as
,hs names Of Decanr, Daintridsses-- :!
and Macionougn, among the brigll
u our c9antry's history. i,''aecrsl e~Sez
not be unbcccmi.s in me. l'trns', ncT'
here. rs an humid" r-:.;:','--=- IN IS:
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.,.. ,,.... ,.u. .,u,.,,Iv.. uvIIuIs rAcrpt "urie
tue subscription is for a less amount, when
the limit is fixed at fifty dollars. The pay
meut Of the principal and interest OF the
Bonds is secured, as will be perceived, by
special Act of Congress.
The agricultural and manufacturing inter-
ests which have now the opportunity Of COLI
tgibu.ing to the wants and sustaining the
credit Of the Government, were not in con'il'
ton to make cash subscriptions to The loan
previously authorized Their surplus capital
was already invested, aud their command Of
resources, in the nature of things, was malnly
to be locked for in .hc future. Upon such
future resources they are authorized safely 10
draw, and the investment proposed, aside
from its claims on the score Of patriotism,
may be regarded altogether as advantageous
and as safe as any other business transaction.
The time of sale referred 10 in the caption
of the lists which are sent out, is intended TO
/ lIllllc1lc Usll3l tlhlt Ul
10 market and will, Of course, he subject TO
those considerations OF munal interest which,
would postpone sale where the property
would 10 sacrificed:
Special agents have been appointed, or will
be appointed, i'll every County aud District o.!
the South. They will be furnished with sub
scription lists, and requested to bring tue sub
iect before their tellow-citizens in every proper
manner, by personal appeals, public addresses
or through the instruulcutality Of the press.
The results Of their labors will be colnmuui-
Gated from time lu time to this Department,
md il is requested that cgsslts will endorse
upon the lists the hume 9t the Postgtf".
County anc. State to mhich they Jeloag.
Tue sections of theseveral Acts Of Congress
which relats &c Tie ,.hject 9! ;hc !o.a are
herewith nnneyed.
c. G. MEMlllNGER,
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Seletteb 4ostrp,
The old Couple.

It stands in sunny meadow,
The house so mossy and brown,
With its cumbrous old stone chimneys,
And its gray roof sloping down.
The trees fold their green arms around it,
The trees, a>century old;
And the winds go chanting through them,
And the sunbeans drop their gold.
The cowslips spring in the marshes.
And the roses blooms on the hill:
end beside the brook in the pa7turs'.
TIE herds go feeding at will.
Tre children hare gore sai left ;EeD.
They sit il the san alone
Ard the old wife's ears arc failing
AS she hark: to the well known sccc.
Trst Ton her heart IN her s:rlccca,
That has socthed her il: iEap! ca'e,
sn;i praises her Eow for the brightness
Her old face used to Wear-
ENLC lulHfs@ VI h'A 49,
HcT dressed in her robe Of white.
slc stooi By her gag young lever
In the mornings rosy light.
Oh, the morning is rosJ as ever,
Das tte vosc :rvm he. cheek :; led:
Eri tic sunshine et;ll is golden,
Gus il falls 81 i s;iTe7el re.a.
Aai the srlhcoi's dFea:a:: 'Dee vanished,
Cos,c back in re1 i7irtsr ti;as:
Till her feeble rri7ee trcnbic
With tEr thrill Of srring-:iEe's 7;irnc
And lo"kin: forth from the wind"":
She THINKS how the trees have gr"wr.
Sine, clad in her bridal whitcnsss:
She crossed the cid door stone
Ih.ush linmsl Der cycs's bright a-"Ta:
And limret her hair young E'ld
The 1--we il; her girh0"'l rishted,
lIas never crown dim For cid.
They sat in peace in the sunshine,
Till the day was almost a"ne;
And then. a, The close. nE angel
Stole over the threshold stone.
lie folded their hands together
He touched their eye-lid* with haln;
And their last hrcatl, tloatcd upward,
Like the c.cse cf Il solemn psalm.
Like brila! pair they tTa:cE:sd
The unseen. ,n=>ticl! rv.a,
That lead: 10 tho beautiful city,
"Whose Laillc. aud maker is G,'l.
Perhaps in that miriral country
They will give kcr lost youth back
And the flowers Of Il vanished Spring time
Will bloom in the spirits track.
One d-aught from the living waters,
Shall call back his maniood's prime;
And eternal year< shall measure
The lore that outlived tune.
pu, the shapes that they lef l.ehind 'heu,
Tie wrinkle. aul silver lil:r,
Glade holy to us hy the kisses
The angel lad printed there
We will hide away meath the wiilo%*,
When the sun is low in tho wet,
Where tho sunbeams cannot find them,
Nor the winds disturb their rest.
And we'll sulrr no tell-tule tombstone,
With age and date 20 rise,
Ger the two who are old no longer,
In the Fathers house in tho skies.
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QlQttar ltt l{latter5,
From the Charleston Courier.
Aid and Relief Associate oil.

Aid and Keller ASsocIdtloH'
AT meeting OF the Executive Committee
Of the Aid aud Relief Association, held ut
,be hall of Bank of Charleston, Thursday,
tae 5th Of September, the following address
was adopted and ordered to be published in
the daily papers, with reques, to all the pa
pers in the State to republish ii.
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tic navy suonrr p>"r: i'E sayI;: W
have not IT,! ''"utr:rn S:a;v, .! .:ali:ei s'@Es
rt4;itil Of III. navy rthcI :blis ~ al:aiifj
steamers from t!.v>r w'.. i,'9w i,o" t ;tu.'jk
;!.ym! daughter! l',s, Lave i'o,!.' -
The sort. Why thea expccc i!i:r,5 i;iiy ~
from the Goycrrmeil; in any pi iia M IS
:nents? o,y wonder that such :. r:.,5.A & g
! .':.s been malc i; 9r::a,iieil'.: ;. 'mT.. i; g
lrYsrczs tlla; Eas n9 .,4u1' Is lis: hia,2rif.sal
he w,li! llch ". s:1~Ts sH,:e mi Sr,.'':G'':.s :
: We have hail !onr revsrsy:. rynu orc -
SION !. panic 6 .rt",k over o.: 'r3op;, Id. +
10 not hesirnt& 10 81. tha, nn;il suuie .;izl
shall :shc" ne troop. WHO haze rcrer heI|
'v'r'aScn hy panic, shall not b,lie,-+.:-4:..s; y {;
tue fact is evident Of q wait u! c5ra.:, nj 4
hereafter with o',r trao:,S backed by l!,c N. {
Ind our faithful old ally OF Tie Nnr.b, Jaai
Frost, llaughtcr,) who shall conc AMI csSf
away the malaria at The South we :baif
march Southwark, .. sad her. 80: a..,.v''
sceiss ago, rom ;lis l!:.cc. an,i .,r 70 .i.alt
! .e no footsteps backward uatil his ,sj:ll:oi
is crushed OUT Of tli, trioa, and crery r,..n
1t tue South sba!l il;.vt tbs! which Tie ,cl:;
,,iou of Ja1cacnlsoct s4.s ,.4.;..l.ztsss
'ecessiorist qao'.:-"I:e i i.l,' 20 ii;;., -
.r;y and the pursni! oi a.i':i.=.' .,v.,..
And now, ms !"i@':'!s, / 10 ;w; Luvv :.:,.. ,
NAY mU:c properly az ;cavc q! ;o~ .i.a4
e.!liay COR lhre,: checrs Tor tie gailaA. Ma y
-. 1hc. uii!e'l I';a.ss. t;;..t.l (!.ecr,.)
G.neyo! Cutler lclire,! l.:.:.!ss Tic mo-. r..
thusiaslic cheering. u:rs'e,. a;h r NJ. il
,f h,u,l
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This Committee uocs n"t proioSr mo", ot
at any time, 70 determine wivn if al Ill, such
rowcr shal be exercised. They siinllj All
nourcc the iact that, in the last resort, such
a rcinnlr can lie anplirl
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ton, Of the Eth AMI 18th Of july.
F.l.4cae,l send the reports Of ollicsrs an'
der INV command, as lar as received.
am; sir; very respectfully,
Your obelicnt servant
IS;uncdl VI. l.. BoSiIAN.
Erig. lien. Commanding.
To Brigadier General q. 7. EEArhH"ARp
commanding Army vi the Po!omaF, jaiy l:t;
and 2lst. l?6l.
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change in payment of t!.ese bends. (Ae
May, lsil.)
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0r-p Cuyl',,,> WL;I
o-N u'''',' ,''",'--'' v ''"' ls;'f: t!:si:tii,it.
..u uuu ~ i,s.'' r'a.es' sua ss'ris s's i@t
Wv. " s1'.,. ~, ,sV..' INJURIES il is pigs.
rs ~ 'ea1 - '''''N''s '''sn ii; i''reAifuS,
-, 80. :,
:, :, o A',es = '''S' 'e.."s'2i. SHa !'s'':F7
E''" '''e ',sO ''''t%'F'f'I? cohi:rfd. I'D.
s'f'S" 'i'' '"S q ne f"i"ma' hN'i6
'''''''' 81 s"';"" ''l@@:i, '''&- a.; s'''it, 4
,''''' :; = :: !" ''@'F 'EG5H':'t''Hs an: ::
,'''"''r "' ,..'.:;:-s,.. ''sfi. i';;:uTTaa55a' e
''', ''''''' . 'h ar. 80 rv9aHcE':es.s q
a'"il 81 INC Se'Hni. Mhle II: t:.tts'rfssla
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PRrrAkr II ~ T!Ne.- s;lirpcrsm b
is needed in large quantities for poaices,
which purpose it is exceedingly yalsblssa !
it be provided in advance, aud rhtfiss
9iSr tie service OF our caul,s bs
Sss tree in sasis Js'gahofsS s
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\ ELL. TO DH EXTr!TLED AZ ACT TO ArTIrGalzr
TIE lsSrE or TREASURY %nTEs, AND TO
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ctpcd voluntary contribution
t,.list in Lis abundance, 70
her mite:
Il wvr.ii Le unsynnrons
such OF our fellow. citizens a
for the army, desire 10 be re
share Of pliy%tions aid >La
,.l,Ir from the COMMON burt!
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Mercer University, (Ga.) June 90, lsCl,
y. b. Will al papers in the fitNltheTn
tS,;:..tey, la1orap.4 ii tb5 abo,a @usgeSt.dy, he
kind enough to copy tue article? VIII faln,
istera Of religion publish it from theisA Apps,
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"The worth of anything
Is Just aS much IL it will bring.

This torhearance may be considered as a
part of his share Of the common burthen.
These are not the times for making fortunes
aud a,nassiug wealth. They call for sell-de-
NAL sacrifices and generous contribution.
WEoi there liz al he :u";lyrn c2inmunl-
+ WHO Is not sui.jj;ci TO priNaii"rS aad d.
ni.;,ilci lesaur:cs? Ecs:,'c., thu necessary
i.,11l...r- -n ci,. G:: Il, l:i.i - =
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everywhere, and, through the exchange Of
these, readily commanding the products of
the world, have been accustomed to rely too
much on Others. For most Of the articles
required for the army, We have hitherto been
dependent on Europe and the North. We
are now, to great extent, cut off from the
first by the blockade, aDd altogether cut off
from the last by the direct consequences of
the war. There is, therefore, scarcity of the
articles of primary necessity for the army.
According to the ordinary principles Of
trade, scarcity produces high prices. This is
IN evil already upon MS, and still more to be
arprehended in the future--an evil which, il
it ba not in some way ayarted or srrasted,
may prove disastrous 10 our cause.
The bshits OF t1sde: iii;s ali habits, aFe
strong ana difficult t0 re broken. Ncn ind
It hard TO realize that principles apon which
tfey hare alwaJs actcd, aad which, ii osdi.
l,a.t7 tines. are aprro7ad and esteemed hon
.:7ahle and Just, arc no onge, applicahle, and,
xithonf Intentional wrong, tie accustomed
Saiirse is pursued
Under these circumstances the Executive
Committee Of this Association, organized for
The purpose Of aiding tic a;:thoEtics, c:;acng
other things, ia preceding army supplies,
deem it duty to make direct and earnest
appeal 10 tie patriotism CT ali who furnish
these supplies, and ask thet no son of South
Carolina should apply, in their stringerc5,
;:.c ordinary principles Of trade in the ext
..enc;cs Ct srcn crisis Us tie present. The
Committee would urge that, il these times:
l,:erc should be limit to the influence OF
"d,iaam! ard SnIEl@' in regulating prices.
The merchant, the mechanic or tic farmer,
"ho f:,rnshrs tho soldier, should be satisfied
with reasonable profits, although larger
price might be obtained. Hc sho"ld be con.
tent to furrgo, to some extent, opportunities
Of gain, ai.A. for the l;mc, discard the dogma
oi' tic political economist, expressed in the
:.ncient dogsrel. that
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ass long as the prophet stretched out his
hands in sapplication, tic atlaica OF lsT"e!
prevailed against A,nnlcb, but when his hands
fell, the tide Of battle turned. Let us profit
by the example, and VIC Shall not fail 10 Sc
cnrc an ally in lsracl's God-in "the Lord of
Hosts, mighty in battlc!'
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i'rll. 9Th, lc"i'
The following is frolu the Memphis Tenn
Appeal, Of Sept Itb; u