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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

The City Council OF Macon, Ca, has ten
dercd to the Confederate Government thirty
acres Of land within the corporate limits of
the city, for the erection of Confederate,
States Armory. The tender has been accept,
cd by the Government and the land ordered
TO be surveyed. u
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

-Four men in the town Of Danbury, Ct on
Saturday last, applied TO surgeon to have
their hands dressed three out of the four
having deliberately severed the fore finger of
the left hand Che latter mistaking the hand)
and demanded certificate Of exemption from
the draft.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

CnEAr.-A correspondent of the Rich
mond Dispatch says: Small negroes are
offered for sale in Norfolk at SIS per head,
and children at ST."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

Salt from Texas has been offered at Shreve.
FORT at SIS per sack. The editor Of the South.
western hopes it will be down 10 81. The
same paper says:
The salt making business is progressing ra.
pidly on lake Blistcneau. The largest and
most lively town in North Louisiana is to be
found there, and some Of the prcttiest salt in
the kingdom is there made.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

FIREPLACE SutrEKs.-ln many Of the first
class houses recely erected in England, fire
place shutters are divided, which, when part
ly drawn down, q as powerful blowers, and
wien wholly dran down so as 10 touch the
heanbstone, entity close up the fireplace,
anu instantly e,nGush thc combustion OF
the fuel in tic !ste, Or that of the scot in
the chimney, SLcd it accidentally take fire.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17
Correspondence Between Pope and
Con t,cp.


The following correspondence brtwccnPore
and General Lee is published us taking place
on the day succeeding Popc's tlourisbes about
his victory ard giei.t captures" i'll Which it
will lie seen that this prince of liars, after
having announced to his government that lie
was in possession Of the battle field and that
the " rcl1cl," were rctrcalir:. makes the l:um
bc request of General Ice Tor permission to
enter the Confederate lines 10 bring of his
wounded:
Cs:srREvlLLE, August 81, 1862.
Sir: Many of the wounded of this army
have been left on the field, for whom desire
to tend amblilances. Will you please inform
me whether YOU consent 10 truce until they
are cared for?
am, sir, your ohedicnt servant:
join PorE,
Maj. Gen. L. S. a., Com.
Commanding officer Confederate forces, near
Groveton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

be founu-HaS u private IN Coulpauy-, neS
iment, Volunteers. ANY tidingS OF hIu
will bo gratefully received by his anxious fathe
at - House."
ooh! stranger, can you tell me where
Where is my boy-my brave bright boy
He was the light of my hoary hair
His gentle mothers life and joy.
All day have walked the crowded street,
Piercing the groups with an eager glance,
yainly questioning NIL I meet
Searching the slow drawn ambulance.
"Tbe sounds of the war-trump reached afar;
We heard it by the South sea wave;
Mid the orange groves of Florida;
It called to the fight the true and brave.
I gave him the sword used to wear
TO WELD again for his countrys right;
gave him my blessing and heard him swear
He would not finch in the coming fight.
ellis mothers eyes were dimmed with tears
AS she folded her first born close to her heart
His dark-eyed sister checked her tears,
And hid her woes as she babe him depart.
Dut say-oh say, you have seen him we'll
O how shall ever meet Mary again;
How shall my palSied tongue e'er tell
Our noble boys among the slain :?
"Alus! 1 saw the boy tho WELL
Dead on the CORY battle field
Saw where gallantly he fell
While through our ranks the cannon pealed.
I saw him leap Ger the battery's side,
Over the mortars grim and dread
When our Southern boys like an ocean tide,
Swept over the ranks of the foremost dead.
"Afscr the fight found him there
Under the murderous cannonS mouth
While many more heads Of raven hair,
Near by, spoke of the sunny South
Brave hearts in their CORY beds they foil
With wounds that still their daring show
How kind they were our tears shall tell;
How we'll they fought the foemen know.
Oh. stranger lead me where he lies;
Let me kiss from his cheek the powder stain
And let me close his glazing eyes
Ere his mother looks in his face again;
My boy my boy my brave, bright boy;
Could not the cruel death shot spare
From our Southern home has fed the joy
How sad twill be without thee there"
left him mourning Ger his dead,
That saddened father, old and gray
Der the brave young boy, in his martial bed,
Stricken alas before his day;
Oh. Richmond, queen Of the CORY plain
List to our Southern sisters walls
Think of the precious ones that stain
With their hearts best blood, thy crimSoned
wales.
yIRcrNTA DARE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17
IIEApQ'Es AAMY or NORTHERN VA,
August 81, 1862.
'ciior GcmrG' JOHN Pope, [. S. a., Com
Grovcton.

J
Major Gcm'rG' JOHN Pope, L. S. a., Com
mnadiHg, dc;
SIR-Cun>i!cra.io for yvur wou"dcd IT,
ducys p:c 10 consent to cur sending ambu-
lances 20 convey them within your lines. |
cannot consent TO a truce NOR suspension OF
military operations Of this army. 1fyop de-
sire to send for your wounded. should your
ambalarces report 10 Df. Guild, Medical Di,
cctor of this army, be will give directions for
their transportation.
The woandcd will be paroled, and it is
understood that no delay will take place in
their removal.
Very respectfully,
Your obctiient servant.
(Signcd) il. T. Lee
General.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17
How Hon. MIR. Saunders Escaped.

Few men are Better known at the North
than eeIr. Saunders, and yet, by the simplest
of disguises he escaped recognition. Some
years ago he was much concerned in Lake
Superior mining: and he passed through the
Federal States as a miner, with strong Cor
nish brogue, CARRYING his tools in his Land.
AT niagara, however. he was stopped, no one
hcng allowed to cross the river without q
lass. In conversation with the sentry, he
expressed in the broadcast dialect his utter
unbelicf in the possibility Of any man much
less carriage traversing in safety such
frail structure. The sentry, equally resolu'e,
in affirming tie contrary doctrine, finally
proposed practical trial, and with much
fcigned trepidation, Mr.. Saunders consented
to walk a little way across; having once
started. he did not consider it necessary to
return, but made for the Clifton House where
he had to make himself known before the
proprietor OF tlat arstocratic hotel could be
induced to receive guest Of his appearance
We are authorized to state that Mr.. San
,iers is :hc bearer OF the draft Of 4 commercia!
treaty, which the Confederate ENJOYS will
propose to the chief European powers irrcs.
pective of recognition or intervention. Re-
cogni,ion without Intervention is considered
by President Davis as practically vaneless t"
the Cuniederacy, and intervention itself Is
not regarded as a necessity in the present
position o! affairs. lie believes that no solid
and durable peace ran he obtained except by
the concurrence nf til. United States; and
til at this coucuYrenc" hc won by an appeal
10 its matcri.l interests. and the resulting
pressure by the Northern people upon their
government. In this view The Confederate
ENJOYS will propose to the European powers
a treaty Of commerce, to take effect on the
recognition Of the independence Of the Con.
fislerate States by the United States or the
opening Of the ports hy other means; ; guar
autccing absolrt, free trade, with rarticipa'
ton in tie coastirg trade and internal navi.
CATION to the puwers accepting il, on certain
conditions; and the same advantage will be
proftcrcd to the United States, leaving TIE
latter to choose between prolongation Of The
war, with its doubtful issue. ard The iumcdi-
ate restoration of the benefits of reciprocal
tradc-Canada paper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17
A corrospondet of the Charleston -Ncrca

A orrlspopd9t of the Charleston -Vc'rH-
~ says:
The 18th Regiment, Col. Edwards, had 25
killed and us wundcd. Total casualties,
l43. The l4;h .egimcnt, COL MCGOWAN,
had 10 killed and 3 wounded. Total casu-
alties, -. Gen. tcgg's brigade r"pulsed five
distinct charges whout assistance, and sub
sconently, being rnforced, three other char
..cs making eight This brigade was engaged
from eight o'clockin the morning until sun
down.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

'rh,. Nv N""r--e u"r shin F"~n>;dcs. i.
correspondent Of the New York Times.
writing from Fortress Monroe says:
The cvcrt of to-day was tie sudden arrival
among us Of the famous new war vessel, the
[ronsidrs. had the pleasure Of going on
board fhcr, aud Of being shown all over her
by her commander, the gallant ana p'lte
Capt. Thomas Turner. The 1ronsdcs is a
strange and ncomprclcnsible looking craft (:
but after going about her, examining her pc.
culiaritics. and making everywhere the All
mirable adaptation Of certain means to Ger
tain ends, the conviction is forced upon every
one that hcr capacity has not been ovcrra;cd,
ard that she will prove one Of the most iormi-
liable engines of war that ever loated upon
he water.
As VIC approached the huge leaden colnrcd
craft, with its terrible lroboscis threatening
destruction to anything with wnich it might
como in contac', it was not easy nj first t1
realize her magnitude. Itwas only when We
t.irly stood upon her splendid deck that we
coalI appreciate her proportions, Sh" is
24O feet in length, Sc feet width of beam
and sands some II feet out Of the water
with her sides slopng inwaTds something al
ter the fashion Of the Mcrrimac. When fully
armed and equipped she draws l5 foot OF wa
ter, and made easily knots an hour, though
not put to her full speed. 1t was a pity tha
her masts had been removed previous 10 hc'
making her trial trip, for it would have bee1
interesting to know how the vessel won!'
act under all circumstance. The renora
of Lcr masts was probably owing to the ide'
among the authorities that she might ere thi
have been called into action.
The armament of the Ironsides is terrific
Besides sixteen ll.inch guns-eight omincu
northoles for them paeping on each side-sh
carries two enormous 200 poanters that mas
crush 10 pieces anything made with hum"'
hands, beside other guns. The modes "
bringing the guns to bear on the enemy, O
opening and shutting the portfolios in TIM
of action, and the enirc system OF protecting
the men, are most admirable. The engine
arc MIST splendid piece of Workmanship
and the whole hisgrcll"ctS Tic highest credl
upun the contractors, Mrrrick & Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

Nothing could s'rpass the gallantry and
endurance Of the trops who have cheertnlly
borne every danger and hardship, both on
the battle field and march. have tic honor
to, be very respectfully, your mcst obcdient
servant
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17
X. l.. LEE, General.

Chantilly-thc placa where General Lees
dispatch is dated-i: six or eight miles north
of Ccntreville. 1t p'ears from the context Of
this dispatch, that tie rout of the enemy was
not so complete as tie public was at first III
clncl to suppose yet enough is known to
determine the fac Of real and nnmstakablc
retreat Of bis arm rs in Virginia 10 the pre-
cincts OF Washington. This fact is put be.
yond question byih admissions OF the Noath-
ern jour ais themselves.
The battle Of Germantown, last Monday,
we learn, from 3 gentleman who left that
nlacc last Wednsiay, was much more i'm
portant affair thf ras at first supposed. Al
Ter repulsins the enemy, General lIiil's divi-
sion captured UP rards cf Hundred wagons,
loaded with bla4 4sts and other valuable prop
crtv. The nun Ler of blankets is said to
have becn fourier thousand. General ker-
ney, as stated byGeneral Lee, was lett dead
on the field.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17
From the Richmond Enquirer.
TnformatiOn Wanted.

"Of nv SOM He was known to
be engaged in last --'s fight and cannot now
be found-was private in Company. - Reg
iment, Volunteers. Any tdingS Of him
will bc gratefully received by his anxious father
~ = Ho.sp
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

Total, I2.97.33.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-09-17

The following letter from General Lee,
adds some interesting particulars to his prcvi-
ous dispatches It will be seen that it refers
10 previous communication 70 the President,
dated the 50lll) whicE has never come to
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-12
ExnI0sIYe Rnmhs.

Speaking of the New York Posts Wash
ington story about "bombs which won't ex-
plode," the World says;
The Epening Post has discovered a mare s
nest Gen Burnside, it says has found that
the shells and bombs sent him from Washing
ton will not explode, and hence has not yet
opened his guns on fredericksburg. AS the
Post has failed to mention the substitute for
explosive material with which the shells and
bombs were filled, we hasten to supply the
omission The fact is, the bombs manufac-
tured ut Washington are principally composed
of paper. One of them is known as con-
hscation act, another us an emancipation proc
lamation, third as paper-money scheme
This last will undoubtedly explode some day,
if the others do not Gen. Haleek has re-
Gently been firing one of these bombs, not at
the enemy indeed, but at the head of the Gen
eral who twice saved the capital To be sure
it was not well aimed, as it did not hurt the
one for whom twas intended, but then it was
very destructive, as General Halleck himself
has been shockiugly damaged by the explo
sion. This peculiarity of Washington-made
bombs, the Post will find accounts for Gen
Burnsides fine army finding itsef in the mud
ON the north bank OF the Rappahaunock, in
stead of not only being on the road to but il
Richmond We are afraid things will get n,
better very fast until we put less paper ant
more powder into the cartridges fired at III,
enemy
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-12

works of defence arosnd the city. We
incline to the opinion that after feeble re-
sistance At fredericksburg, he win fall
back, and draw BtRsslDE as far from his
base of supplies az possible, before max
ing decisive fight.
BE this as it may, the quiet of the Ar
my of the Potomac is broken, and we may
anticipate some warm work before it again
assumes its peaceful repose. The Gener-
alship and capacity of Burnside is now to
be tested If he is victorious, he will be
the military lion ofthe day, but by any
possibility he should be defeated, or fail tC
accomplish a oBjeet-4the captive o.
Richmond, he will be "laid ON the shelf
with those who have gone before, and .
new NAPOLEON will be called forth to fin
ish the work of his illustrious predecessors
We await the result, and will soon se'
what we will see.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-12
How the Gulliotines are 20 be
Manuged.

The London Herald having informed the
world that recent steamer from Liverpool
took out twenty four gulliotines consigned to
confidential agent OF President Lincoln in
New York, its namesake Of the latter city
thinks it is very clear that this confidential
agent is no other person than Greeley, of the
tribune. In reference TO the management
of these goillotines, the New York Herald
says:
SWe presume that these twenty.fonr guillo-
tines will be managed by a stock company,
like the Tribune, or like Greeley gun factory.
Poor Greeleys strength is not equal to his
ambition, and, much as he has always desired
to be little Robespierre, he certainly could not
manage twenty -four guillotines single handed
Besides this, Greeley could not pay for the
gullotines, even if he could work them, and
so he is obliged to take certain other radicals
into the business, ust as he took Snow, Almy
and Wilkeson into his gun company. Cassius
Marcelus Clay is one OF these guillotine stock
holders, having gracefully relinquished his
publicly avowed preference Tor the gallows
That Little Villain Raymond, of the Times,
is another stockholder, and upon him devolyes
the duty of picking the pockets of the con
servative victims after Clay has cut off their
heads Beecher and Cheever, with the other
Abolition ministers OF the gospel according
to John Brown, will act as chaplains Wen
dell Phillips the incompatible scold, has also
hand in the affair, though he will doubtless
be- as usual, great deal more ornamental
than useful Secretary Stanton must also
have an interest in the matter for the Tn
bune announces that the first guilOtine will
be erected in the Capitol square, at Washing
ton that it is to be worked by sleam and that
il has six axes, with which to chop off six
heads simultaneously. 1t is perfectly natural
that Stanton should make a pet Of such a
machine as this He has become tired of
Bastiles, which are, after all, not adapted to
his style of operations. You may lock man
up; but he can think aud remember, never
theless BY and by he must be released, and
then he tells terrible tales, aud resorts to war
rants aud suits and all sorts of obsolete means
OF obtaining justice for what he is pleased to
call his wrongs This sometimes leads TO
Investigations, as in the case of Mrs. Brins-
made, and is nuisance and an annoyance =
The guilotine, or the contrary, does its duty
thoroughly Dead men tell no tales The
tongue cannot reveal anything after the head
is separated from the body For these rea
sons Stanton prefers the guillotine TO the
dungeon, and has recently released all State
prisoners, preparatory to executing them, as
u cat allows q mouse little liberty before she
gives IL the coup de mort or death stroke.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-12
The wheeling Bogus Govern
ment.

We discover that the men, selfelected to
the bogus Legislature at Wheeling, are in ses-
sion, and have passed resolutions requesting
one of their Senators (Mr. Carlisile) to resign,
because he is a Democrat and, therefore, OPP
posed to an impudent violation OF the United
States Constitution, by admitting Wheeling
and some of the territory of Western Virginia,
into the Union as a new State. A more pal
pGble violation of the letter of the United
States Constitution could not be performed, or
more dangerous one VIII the Republicans
add this new crime to the long catalogue on
record against them 2-C Crisis.
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-12
VOx POpuII.

Doctor Edson b. Olds, has languished for
months as a prisoner of State in IT. Lafayette,
for the crime Of being Democrat No other
charge has ever been preferred against him,
although be bas time and again demanded
to know what he is charged with, or why he
was deprived Of his personal liberty The
people Of his county have just recorded their
verdict against the despotc tyranny Of this
Internal outrage, by electing him to the Sen.
ate Of Ohio BY a majority of $500 The
Democratic majority of the county at the
election in October, Was but 1900 This is
a whitening rebuke TO the powers that be, and,
like hundreds Of other instances shows that
the people are not TO be triaed with any
longer. There are yet honest men left in the
party which elected the present imbecile and
corrupt administration. If an election was
to be held to-day in Iowa for Governor, and
the miserable tyrant who now disgraces the
State as its Chief Executive, and Dennis A.
Mahony we're the candidates we believe that
Mahony would be elected by majority Of
thousands.
The voice Of the People will be soon heard
in such tones as will make these tyrants trem.
BILE and shake to their very toes, for their base
and wicked attempt TO crush the inalienable
rights Of free.born Americans. The voice is
potent, and has already been heard sufficient
ly emphatic in the late elections, which would
have caused q check to farther outrages, had
not faithful imitator of a Caligula or a
Nero, usurped, or rather erected, throne
upon the ruins of a once free people But
that voice will hurl him, and his willing tools
and hirelings, from the pinnacle they have
by fraud attained, and consign them just
and deserved retribution, Burlington (Ioioa,
Ar0tts
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-12
RumOred Seizure of French
Vessels. u.

There was a rumor current in Wall street
yesterday that several French transports had
been seized by the Federal authorities The
cause was varously stated: one that these
vessels were receiving on board munitions Of
war with the intention of transporting them
to West India ports, for trans-shipment thence
to Rebel ports; another more probable, that
they are engaged in the transportation of sup
plies for the French army in Mexico, which
the Federal Government is determined to
prevent The latter explanation gives plaus
ibiity to the report. 1t has been well known
for some months, that the French Government
has been large buyer of -four in this market
and the shipments to Vera Cruz have from
time to time been recorded in eur export re-
ports Cut OF the French Government now
from the markets Of the North, and it will
find it extremely difficult to feed its Mexi-
can army. Of course the same law that ex-
eludes her commssares from our markets,
will exclude them from all but her own; and
to transport supplies from France to Mexico
a distance of nearly FIVE thousand miles, for
an army of seventy thousand men, will be no
little undertaking for nation Of limited
merchant marine like France II the seiz-
ures have not taken place, il is more than
likely the attention of the Government has
been called to the subject --NeW York
World
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-12
More Nancy wAnred TO Buy Me-
~ AROea.

The Washington correspondent of the Bos-
ton Herald states that the issioners un-
der the act OF emancipating the slaves 10 the
District Of Columbia, have completed their
labors. Over three thousand slaves have been
freed by them, and while the plice paid for
each is on an average only about one.half or
twothirdsstheir estimated value, the appropri-
iina Of one Diiliion dollars has fallen tat short
ol The amount required and nearly hdlf a
IsataiOn more will have 10 be appropriated for
that object And the rump Congress that assem-,
bles this month viii have no hesitation in vot
ini that sum 10 give these helpless, haplsss
wretches their mockery Of freedom While the
brave men who have gone out from our ire
sides to peril their lives for their ilfated coun
try, are continually writing home that they
have received no pay for months, and anxious
ly inquire how their families are 10 get through
the winter, the Abolition administration ear
buy niEgers by the Wholesale Their motto
probably is-"Not one cent for the soldiers
millions for eontrabands.'
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1862-12-12
The OId Drummer Of CnaImette

The old negro drummer, Jordan, of historic
fame as drummer at the battle of New Or
leans, in conformity with the order of Beast
Butler handed in a complete list Of his pro
perty for coniscaton by the Lincoln Govern
ment, and declared himself IAN enemy Of the
United States The Louisville Democrat
says; Ten thousand of those citizens of New
Orleans, pretending to be loyal, who have
sworn allegiance to the United States, for the
purpose of saving their property, must have
blushed from shame when they saw this old
negro VoluntArily stripping himself OF his
hard earned gains, and becoming penniless in
the evening sfahis days, rather than yield obe-
dience 10 : Goserpment which has become an
object of tbe contempt Of the civilized world.
l-Richmond Disp0tch b..