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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29
To My Mother.


Tho tyllowins lines write, by convict in
louisiana Penitentiary, are touchIngly beaut'
Ye have seen nothing of late that has 30 mo
,ur sympathy. The man who can write
poetry, who has such thoughts, cannot be utt
leprare,. The curse of intemperAnce, with
ttsudine downward influence, has here done
york, AMI spirit noble and generous, that mi
nd should be the pride and ornament of the
ial circle, is now the degraded convictin the "
{ Psnitentiary. How will that fond moth
cart bleed if she shall hear Of her darling b
he inmate Of prison 10 q foreign land:
I've wandered fur from thee, mother,
Far from my happy home;
I've left tho land that gave me birth,
In other cliuss to roam;
And time since then has roll'd its years
And marked them on my brow;
Yet have often thought Of thee
I'm thinking of thee now.
I'm thinking on the day, mother,
When at my tender side,
You watched the dawniug Of my youth,
And kissed me in your pride;
Then brightly was my heart lit up
With hope of future joy,
While your bright fancy hOuors woso
To deck your darling boy.
Tn thinking of the day, mother,
When, with anxious care,
You lifted up your heart to heaven
Your hope, your trust was there;
Fond memory brings yoar parting word,
While tears rolled down your cheek;
The long last loving look told more
Than even words could speak.
I'm far away from thee mother,
No friond is near me now,
To sooth me with tender word,
Or cool my burning brow;
The dearest ties affection wore,
Are all now torn frOm me:
These left me when the trouble came;
They did not love like thee
I'm lonely and fursaken row,
tTnpticd and unblest;
Yet still would not have thee know,
How sorely I'm DISTRESSED;
know you would not chide, other,
You would not give me blame;
Bot sooth INC with your tenie. words,
Aud bid me hope again.
Iwouid not have thee know, mother,
How brightest hopes decay;
The temptsr with his bsleful cup
Has dashed them all away;
And shams has left its venom sting
70 rack with anguish wild
Yet still would not have thee kaow
The SORROWS Of thy child.
Oh, have wandered far, mother.
Since deserted thee,
And left thy trusting heart to bresk,
Beyond the deep blue sea.
Oh! mother, still love thee well,
And long to hear thee speak,
And feel ugYin thy balmy breath
Upon my care-worn check.
But alb there is q thought, mother,
Pervades my blel ding breust,
That thy freed spirit may have flown
To its eternal rest;
And while wipe the tear away,
There whispers in my ear
A voice that speaks Of heaven aud thee,
AND bids me seek thee there.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29

LIEUTENANT GESERALs.-.The following Ma.
jor Generals have been appointed Lieutenan.
Generals by the President: Jackson, Long
street, Polk, HaFdae, pemherton, Kirby Smith
and Holmes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29
Our Sick and WonHdcd in :iorthcrn 'ir-
sinia.

\ II the IEiurmaliuN from our AMY Is iuT-
tlcncd with unc"a>ng cnmp palnts" "i the wretch
ed an! shameful arrangements for The SICK
an! wounded Alnuy the whola route !:om
Winchester ~ S,annlpn, q distance oil l'ia@'y
miles, there have been, IL" We a:e inlormcd,
no accommodations provided! s"r the sick and
wounded. The fault is moi with the :ubordi'
nate surgeons il lies st the doors ot tie oiii-
ces of ltc Surgeon General and Medical DE-
rector here in Richmond. 1t has bccn sng-
rested that VIC are deficient in tue i.u'nbcr OF
medical officers, only two being allowed reg,
iment for no ether reason than that such WAS
the established usage Cf The 81! army IN the
piping times Of peace. The old West Point
school is. and has always been, opposed to
adopting the humane an! enlightened mcdi-
cal staff system of France and England.
Tne i'll treatment OF our sick and wounded
soldiers is /. crying abuse; nothing dalnrens
the aror of our soldiers su much; it demo-
rolizes the service, aud is a disgrace to the
huuranitv as well Of the authorities at Rich
mond, as of our commanders in lhe field. 1t
is a curious fact that norc IF our Gcne:als,
except Beauregarl, Lave ever taken the pains
to visit their Hospitals. In this they have
shown about as little Of the genius and policy
OF the commander as OF The spirit Of christian
humanity.-Ric!,nond Examiner.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29

DISTINGUISHED AERIyAI"--JUhn Mitchell,
tho Irish patriot. so we'll Known % TIC people
Of the Confederate States, has arri"el il: Rich.
mol,d, direct from Paris. where lie has lived
for tic last three or four years. Mr.. Mitch
ell during his former rcsGG:Icc IN The h"al'
was the constant advocate oi secession. Ills
political sagacity long saw and predicted Tie
disncmhcrment of the Union.
NJ. Mitchell has two SONS, Captains i'll the
army bvih Of whom lave greatly distinguish
ed them. elves in the recent battles. e ptain
Mitchell, Of the lst Virginia Volunteers, was
wnln,l,d d IL the battle aruund Richmond. \
third soY accompanies Mr.. Mitchell 10 The
Conrelrat States. a hest Of trien's will
wa!ll,!y welcome l!le leader cI Young Ire.
land" to the Cunicdccacy. Could not al
irish brigade, with john Mitchell as i ader,
be organized 10 meet Corc"ran or Meaghcr
Nous rurrons.--Rchrnmd Enquirer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29

Day- Labor to keep alive in your breast
thst little 81 ark Of celestial fire called con-
science.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-10-29

SnoEs FOR THE SoI.DlEEs.-Congress has
passed bill to detail 2,00O sbocnakers from
the army and put them to worl; making shoes.
Soldiers detailed to receive pay fer extra dn-
ty. aud a1 cents l"r lair for shoes, in aa'i-
ivn In THUR regular pay aud rat;ors.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

OUR Advices from Washington gives US
reason to believe that the President is very
much displeased With the delays which
have of late attended our military move
ments, soCle of which, if we rightly con-
lecture their nature, are planned on a scale
answerable to the vast extent of the insur
rectIOn, and if executed with anything
like adequate vigor and skill, must be fol-
lowed by the most important consequences.
n. y. Post.
No more cheering word could come from
the Executive mansion. The President
knows the condition of the army, ard its
capacity for advancing. He knows, also,
how delay is exhausting our resources, and
complicating our relations with foreign
countries That he has become eds
pleased with the delays" is but another
evidence how truly his heart beats in
consonauce with the great heart of the ma
ton. If the country has not been bolster
Gus in its com plants, its anxiety has been
growing all the more intense. The Presi-
dent has broader view of the whole case
than even the general in command posses
ses, for the latter beholds chiefly the mill
tary aspect, while the former takes in also
the financial and foreign considerations
Now that Mr.. Lincoln pronouuces delays
reason for displeasure, it may be rea-
sonabIc to hope that the immense prepare
tions of the past six or eight months will
bear something of the fruit for which all
patriots have been so steadily and so pa.
tiently looking for so many weary weeks
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

seemed to be fortunately situated. You
couldn't scare up an internal Improvement
anywhere but the shortest route was by
way OF Buckhannon. He should oppose
the amendment unless the road was made
to Hempty into Grafton"
Mr.. FARNswoRTH denied that he had, as
intimated, thrust the town of BuckhannOn
into the internal Improvement measures of
the House.
Mr.. FARNswoRrH's amendment was lost,
as was an amendment offered by Mr.. Sni-
der, that the Board of Public Works shall
not subscribe to the Improvement
The bill was ordered to its engross-
ment.
On motion of Mr.. HAwxuuRsr, the bill
to incorporate the Little Falls Railroad
Company was taken up, read by its title,
ard ordered to be printed.
On motion of MIR. DAVIS, the House od-
iourned.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

THE House of Representatives has by a
decisive vote given its voice in favor of
abolishing the franking privilege. The
nation will be gratiied at hearing the
news. We are rather surprised that while
so many schemes are proposed for redu-
cling the expenditure aud increasing the
revenue of the government, so little COM
paritiyely has been said about making the
postal department self-sustainiug, or near
ly so. The abolition of the ranking priv
ilegc will rid the mails of vast amount of
heavy trash, and save the treasury the ex-
penscs of printing a good many speeches,
which would probably never be made, and
certainly would never be published, if they
could not be gratuitousIy scattered among
"the constituents"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20
tFrOm the NYellsburg ITerald.)
Mr.. COrIile In the Senate.

Senator Carlile was charged by Senator
Wilson, of Mass, with ''walking in the
footsteps of Senator Mason" in debate, on
the 18th inst, on the subject of regulating
the laws for the Imprisonment of negroes
in the Washington Jail There appears to
have been great abuses in this matter, and
tie affair needed looking into, when Mr..
Garlic took occasion to call the bill "a peg
upon which 20 hang sympathy for the ne
gro The remark was quickly resented,
but Mr.. Carlile disclaimed any offensive in
tentions, and the little breeze soon blew
over. This incident is principally impor-
tant, as showing the temper of the times
and the aspect in which our Senator is re-
garded by his fellows in the Senate
On the proposition so amended that no
person, slave or free, could be imprisoned
in the District Jail except upon a warrant
from magistrate or an order from one OF
the Houses of Congress, Messrs. Carlile,
Kennedy, Powell and Salisbury are re-
corded in the negative, thirty-one names
in the affirmative
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

the day appointed for electiug members of
the Legislature, whenever it may be nccrs-
sarv, elect Sheriff, Prosecuting Attor-
uey, Surveyor of Lands. Recorder of
Deeds and Wills, one or more Assessors, a
Superintendent of Schools, and such other
county officers as the Legislature may from
time to time direct or authorize, !the duties
of all of whom shall be prescribed ana de-
fined by general laws
Mr.. PARKER moved to strike out "a
Prosecuting Attorney" which was disa-
greed to and the Convention adjourned.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The amendment of Mr. Brown to make
the term of Magistrates four years was
adopted.
MIR. LAMB then moved to so amend furth-
er as to make the Coustables elective eve
ry two years which was agreed to.
Mr.. STUART moved to strike out ''but
the same person shall not be elected con-
stable for more than two consecutive full
terms"
The motion was agreed to.
This sentence as amended was adopted,
and the remainder OF the section was also
adopted as follows:
1.-THE Supervisor, or in his absence a vo-
ter chosen by those present. shall preside
at oil township meetings and elections, and
the Clerk shall act as Clerk thereof
Subsequent sections were considered,
discussed, amended and adopted, as fol-
lows;
50. The Supervisors chosen in the town.
ships of each county shall constitute a
Board, to be known rs ''the Supervisors of
the county of -" by which name they
may sue and be sued and make and use a
common seal, aud enact ordinance and by
laws. They shall meet stately at least
four times in each year ut the court house
of their county, and may hold special and
adjourned meetings.
AT their first meeting after the annual
! township election, and whenever vacau-
cY may occur, they shall elect one of their
number President of the Board, and APP
point Clerk of the County, whose COM
pensntion they shall fix by ordinance and
pay from the County Treasury, who shall
keep a journal of their proceedings and
transact such other business pertaining to
his office as may be by them or by law re-
quired.
4. The Board of Supervisors of each
county, amajority of whom shall be quo
rum, shall under such general regulations
as may be prescribed by law, have tho su-
perintendence and administration of tue
internal affairs and fiscal concerns of their
county, including the establishment aud
regulation of roads, public landings, fer
ries, and mills, the granting of ordinary
and other licenses, and the laying, collec-
ton and disbursement of the county lev
les; but all writs of ad guod damHunt shall
issue from the circuit courts.
They shall from time to time appoint
the places for holding elections in the sew
eral townships of their county, and shall
be the Judges of the election, qualification
and return of their own members, and of
all county and township officers"
The first sentence of the fifth section was
reported as follows
rs. The voters of every county, shall, on
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

a PERAMBrLAToRY gentleman of the or
gonic musical persuasion, happening to
be in the vicinity of the Washington pris-
on for females, Mrs. Braxley, highly ex-
cited rebel in state of incarceration,
threw the musical amateur the sum of two
shillings, and requested him to strike up
"Dixie;' but, under the application of a
threatened bayonet-charge from the grim
sentinel who keeps watch and ward over
the involuntary INN ates, he retreated, not
however. without securing the price of his
unearned services, and amid the execra-
tions OF the tuneIess female. Braxley was
very insubordinate at first, but after re-
Election her passion becam Modified, and
one morning she was found bathed in
tears, and willing to accept the proffered
food which she had persstently refused
since her capture.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

SENATOR WILSON, in a recent speech
before the Senate, urged the sound doc
trine "that this nation is in peril, that we
need means to carry on this war against
the gigantic rebellion arrayed against us,
that we must put a direct tax upon the
country, that we must raise revenue from
every source whence revenue can be de-
rived, and that we (senators) must reduce
our own salaries and the salaries of men
engaged in the civil and military service
of the country.n
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

IT is said that the people of the South
need at this time 5000 tons of salt, hav-
ing scarcely any ut all. Physicians say,
that, if men undertake to live any cOnsid-
cradle time without salt, their flesh be-
comes filled with worms. The Louisville
Journal suggests that perhaps it may yet
be said of the Southern Confedcracy, as
was written of Herod the King, ''And he
was eaten OF worms and gave up the
ghost"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20
Notice.

VIE undersigned having been appointed To cx-
anime into the circumstances, and to assess the
dninnS"s If amy, incurred upon the Fair Grounds of
the North Western Virginia Agricultural Society mt
hneeIlnS all persons having claims for damages
will present them properly voucc.l at the Office of
Capt. W. r. Downing, A. q. NJ, or before Satur-
Claims rendered after that time will not be CON
stdcrcd. II. d. HUBBARD, Lieut.. Col
!. VI. HUMPHREY, Major Board-
janl6 ". X. DOWNING, Capt. 4. q. NJ
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

AN article in the Paris Opin ion Nation
ale, the organ of Prince Napoleon, opposes
the French recognition of the Southern
Confederacy, and declares that "since the
partition of Poland nothing could have oc-
cured more contrary to and more unfortu-
nate for our policy than the disruption o
the United States.''
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

AN Indian damsel and Frenchman
were lately married at Oldtown, Me. The
wedding was attended all the first, fam
lies on the island, to whom birch bark
wighiggins were sent, and the nuptials
were celebrated with an eclat worthy of
the occasion, closing with grand dance
after the aboriginal fashion.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

TIE n. Y. World objects to Govern
ment's paying six millions per annum for
wind instruments for the army, and COM
mends the wind part of the subject to Con-
gross as good judge. 1t thinks the fife
and drum, rightly used, are trenchant in
strumcnts, and doubts whether an accom-
panying roar of tortured brass heightens
the inspiration of the piercing scream OF
the one or the wAirring ratoplnn of the
other.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

Greece has just initiated the example of
the principal States of Western Europe in
initiating system of cheap postage. The
classical student is amused to see the fond.
ness of the Greeks for everything that re-
minds them of their ancient glory, dis
playing itself evcn:in the postage1stamps,
which are very appropriately Ornamented
with the head of Mercury, distinguished
by his winged cap
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

Tue December business of the New York
Central Railroad, it is said, shows an in
crease in net earnings of $4,000. 1t is
also said that the January traffic, so far
on both Central and Erie roads, is fully up
to December.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

Whereupon Andrew Jackson was declar-
ed duly elected President, and Martin Van
Buren, Vice-President of the United States.
Immediately below this item, secession
is burlesquedin the following manner:
HIGHLY IMroRrANr.-We have just
learned that Tafytown has offered to res
cind her ordinance and continue her union
with Winchester, provided the tax on mo-
ldsses be taken off.
We close with the following extract-a
local item of Wheeling, and famous in it's
day:
We learn from the Wheeling Gazette that
the bank in that place has recovered t,cen-
ty-siz thousand dollars more of the money
stolen from it in October last. The sum
was in notes and consenled under n log on
Nichols land, near town. The place of
deposit was revealed by one of the rob-
bers, on condition that he should be set at
liberty.
The loss which the bank sustained by the
robbery was heavy one, but it has in no
wise impaired the credit of the institu-
ton.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

SoME time ago the Louisville Journal
wittily rem arked that before Humphrey
Marshal could ever march down to the as
sistance of the rebels in Eastern Tennes-
see (the fellow is a marvel of obesity
Cumberland Gap would have to be widen
ed. But since his inglorious rout Mt
Painesville it is the popular belief that he
could "crawl through very small hole"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

NORTH WESTERN A HSHK M yrpc1x,

NORTH WESTERN BANK OF VTRGINIA)
WHEELING, Va, January l6, 1862
VIE Board of Directors have totlay declared q
dividend of three per cent, payable to the stock
holders, on demand, on or after the Goth inst
BY order of the Board.
janl7-lm d. LAMR Cosbier
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20
MASONIC ltUNERAIl.

FTIIE members of the Ohio Lodge No lOl are here
Il by summoned to meet at the Lodge room on
to-morrow) Tuesday Jan. 81, 1862, at one o'clock
p NJ to attend the Funeral of IrotherN. l.. Dorsey.
The members of Wheeling Lodge. No. 12S. and all
soiourning Brothers in good standing earnestly
requested to join with the members of Lodge No. lOl
in paying their last tribute of respect omr
brother.
w. L. DONNEL, W. N.
WIN. SuAFFER Secretary.
Jan. 2O-3t
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20
1. o. 0. T..
FUNIGRAL NOTICIl.

ETU n IIRAL NOTICE..
TI1IIE officers and members of Franklin Lodge No.
i Is, l. o. o. F. are hereby notified to meet in Odd
Follows Hall. Tuesday the 2lst instant at halt
past one o'clock, T. NJ, to attend the Funeral OF
Brother n. l.. Dorsey.
The members of all sister Lodges and sojourniug
Bro hers in COOL standing arc respectfully invited.
WILLIAM MILLER, n. G..
Of Franklin Lodge, No. Is.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20
Dividend.

MERCHANTS MECHANICS RANE,l
WHEELING, 10th Jan. 1852 I
VIE Directors of this Bank have declared n divi-
Il dend OF per cent. ont of the earnings for the
last six months which will be paid to the stockold
eTS or their legal representatives on demand
Jnnl .-lW s. BRADY. Cnsh,r e
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

I'd guard our nag, and keep each star
Each stripe as bright as now they wave,
TIL make it lead our ranks in war,
still float above each patriots grave,
Death to the traitor that would dare
Totrail 1t through the dust of shame.
All honest hearts its lot will share
And follow It to Death or Fame.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20
DIEIO.

On Sunday morning the 18th instant. of Typhoid
fever, NATHANIEL L. DORSEY, aged A. years.
The funeral will take place from the late residence
orthe deceased Tuesday the 2lst at 2IS o'clock,
p. NJ. The friends of the family are respectfully in
vited to attend ct.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

SAYS the Phila. Inquircr-a live paper
-"When Burnside, Buell., Halleck and
Rosecrans combine for a "long pull, a
strong pull, and pull altogether" the adj
vance of the army of the Potomac will be
completely victorious and comparatively
bloodlcss. and for this concert-for not hing
elsc-is Mcclellan now waiting, which a
few days, "wn4 and weather permitting, F"
will fully demonstrate.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

A physician who practices medicine and
some other things in New York, was cow
hided short time since by a gentleman
whose wife the doctor attempted to kiss,
against her will, while on professional
visit to the house. The iuccnsed husband
in treating the case, went in for the strong
est kind of old-schuol practice, and scarf
fed, and excoriated, aud phlebotomized
his patient to the last degree.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

THE farmers in the vicinity of Lockport,
n. Y, are troubled because they cannot get
anything like living price for their pork.
Last Friday 50 per hundred was offered in
Lockport, and many loads which had been
brought in for sale were taken back to the
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

THE Emperor of the French has lent the
British Government 1000 pairs of snow
boots for the use of the troops which are
now crossing the Atlantic on their way
to Canada-"thou which (says Liver
pool Paper) nothing could be more con-
srderate or friendly"
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

Mrs. Lucy Cupps, living in B, Illi-
nois, recently gave birth to three fine look
ing male children. That's having the he
cupps with " vengeance, says the Spring
field Republican.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

THE message of Governor Deuuison, Of
Ohio, occupies fifteen and a half columns
of the State Journal. This is about equal
tosome of Gov. Wise's productions.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

ZoLLIooFFER is called the Nena sahib of
Kentucky. His men shoot the farmers
steal the cattle, burn the houses and raw
ish the women, in the border counties in
an unparalleled manner.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-01-20

The pews in the Mr. Beechers church at
Brooklyn, did not bring at the annual auc-
ton sale held last week within $4,000 of
the sum they brought last year.