Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-06-18
From the mississippi.

Tile Ticsburg Wig, Of Tuesday morning,
10th inst, has tie following tems
The FLEEr.-Ererythins waS quiet below,
Yesterday. We !ave heard Of TO neH arrival
,iucr our last issue.
We ury informed tha, many OF the negroes
in Madison parish are running away! 1t is
supposed the ey 20 to the cnetay. Several left
DR.. .Jsmes place ou last Thursday night.
All the cotton in Madison parish is bein@
DESTROYED 10 kecj, j! out Of the hands "i the
ereruy We har,iy believe nl! the cotton liz.
bic to be taken in this section has yet been
The tune in up-thc die is cast and the fate,
nf Vichsburg in seslea. With the evacuation
uf Furt lillow followed the fall OF Memphis.
after y ysllant but unsucc"s,itl defence Above
the city by our cotton fleet under Gen. ,Ieti..
Ihompo"n and Capt. !.l Montgomery. We
had Lo!"d tha, our government WOULD hold
the river above hcnphia Nc long lis We kept
the eneu,y 1T bay here but it llno seen lit to
10 Otherwise and now the c1lltcst for tLis i'm
lnrtant stream is almost closed. We had
perfect confidence iI the ability Of our forces
here 10 rebel A;,y attack Of the enemy ! wood.
cn Acct fruui below, but We canrot expect
'He'h W nuC"c"alui'J C"PI "hu I" CpiHpIHSu
attack from! above and below. All the other
towns uu The siy.r have fallen into their hu'lIs
aud now their whole force vii be c,,rlcen,ra-
!u.i hote. urci.y must, therefore, We think
soon fall into la: hads If the enemy, and
cons, quently ii hehooves the people to calm.
" contemplate the realities around them.
Civil, Political and ir,ii'l!ual liberty will not
OILY be destroyed, but I'll traces Of freedom
nJll;craied. Conquest, booty. revenge and
destruction Of uur Institutions are l!,e motives
which antn.tn tie nisrrahle hurdas nhichs sre
BOW cloGns in .ruund n..
lhn>. wilu intend 10 reruain here under the
rul "f tyranny luun, make up !ilsr mind. to
80 through :icry ordeal, Tor whsn the foe
gels full possession ci the city tr will put
In, tm, down ii.m'y." Eyery 'uan lna:r, in
t!;gse trying times judge and oct for l,;asril,
pur.uing that course which a free, educated,
lligl .,riirl and ci.ivalric pc.,Elc, struggling
.s.;r.s, great odds fnr the preservation Of their
l,irthrisht Of land an.l liberty. should aI. 81!
uars DO pursur. But we would remark lhxt
ali should guard we'll against lakiuS The oath
to support Tie Federal Government. Let
none PROVE So lccreant ID Chr rhlIse--N0ne so
lar .nr.e. themselves q, Ia be t.,rcrd ,,. swear
allegiance 70 Il government 80 ui!i"Xnus To
every Southern he1rt. S,ruec would W vel
come our whaling shect--so,ricr would we
ulifT-r incarceration i'll = dungeon, and al'nw
nar bnnrs Ia '',t there lsi smear allegiance
10 t',. Yankee government and lis suHI,urters
in their unholy crusade.
". wuul,! advise all men, Of Ill classes. to
IL! no i.il: ieurs tax: Possession q; them. The
nsa nhn ftars ccasr, To be Il man, and the
people VIII" ,i"ib rndanE.r heir cause. En-.
rrsy md r'a,crr,c'l action, with brave spirits
and gallant leaders, all yet secure for our
uc,pIc ali they desire. Liberty is rot Ia be
purchasr,i i'll the tnlrket Of venal political
gamblers, but wits the tcs. tluod of The land
All will yrt he safe if We conduct ourselves
with calm resolution, sustained tortituhe and
mutual confidence.