Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1862-11-12
Q.be A0otrtlsrl.
ARTHUR sIEKINs. EDITOR.
WEDNESDAY,, MOVIE, 1861.
To Our Soldiers.


It is brisk, 1ns weather shat ur are n"v srj"y-
ing in rhiy lAtitule. Whether cold enough to kill
.nys nr not, lern IL one unu has tried it on
tnall sc.lO. std with nothing hut Chsrs'ton SAX
at that. Many say il 10 venture. hut so'ne "ne
has IL test the n after, sud We concluded to
pitch in lust saturday morning. In ,ue or three
u-.is We shall b. .hle to rsp"r, the rs'Hit' IL
.necssnful. NO shall lot your folks and our folks
and all tho 10 Ks know tho @odn' op-ra"d'.
There i, quito a stir au"nr the dry bones At
home just now account Of the call ior 1"''
BAcox's Regiment o! k,ssTrss to 60 to the Coas'.
lie /, ,n rsport to BnAuuneApD for 70 daya' du'J.
III, command incaie. ali Of Edy.deld except tho
:'sluda Ros',, which gors with WiLLiAAs. You VIII
50. III ,t our C,unoil is determined 10 DO s'ms-
thing great before il goo. among tho things tnat
Were,-.and Ne hope their present plan "t opsra-
lions nili work wall But ws exceedingly DOUBT
it. It mss appear.i 20 Us all al"ng that tho Con-
Tolerate War Department, with tho aid and advice
Of Congress thn pr"por originator Of ali meas
urea OF dsfenco, iu whatever St~,e,-but stpeeiAl
ly tho.s States which uro easily accessible t" Con-
!elcrate troops. That agency il ut all events 'n'
ono which the country h"lds rssinnaible AND 10
which sll eyes from orery quarter arc turned win
hope and confidence. We clear for heepins
that responsibility heavy aud undivided. Anu
Nc cant ,se yet .hy tho Cou;cription Sckome (n'
extended by C.ngreas) is not sufacient for all
prescn: purposos Of defence. II i. be 81, why
hiuler its regular operation in r.'ing me" Jor me
,sar by throwing into servce budy of citizen
,,ldicrs whose term Of duty will scarcely permit
them ty tecrrr. s-"u,torcd to tho manual OF arnu
before thsy sre remxndod to their agricultural
pur, uiu. Nevertheless, lot tho experiment pro-
e.ed, ,ad lei us hupo ihs beat results from it. Let
us hope that the isukres will give ss q chance
+, fog them fairly while the Reserves srs still IN
tho hsd and not daily on, like pack OF mimi
hsmmera, until no1t March or April whom tho
Reserves will have been quietly domieillod in tho
country again. We sh.ll soc uhst no sh.ll sss. In
the mean time the LGgislxturs rnosu, and 10 aP-
pointed by the Con ,ention to decide what .nall
become Of tho Council and all lie Authority aud
| Ac.,-it inds-d tho Convention itself does not
meet again III view Of tho sae"nd grand Sn0rg'n-
/ cy which approaches our coast Woli, all hands
/ to tho wheel and on ue 90.
Our Government (Cunfedsrsts. VIC usan) lives
and lesrns. Things haye worked badly psrh IN
many ca-oY troa shesr ine1perisncs. But rs We
go We gather tuoul.dss and Wisd"F And now,
the Confederate military Authorities re just be-
coming fully adequate TO the e1igenciss Of our
common cxuse ; and this is another reasun for
leaving The management Of tho whole war (a5 far
! NJ praclc.hIo) entirely in their hands. Let US
tell y"u here Of something very cheering ne Wit
messed The other day in tho city of Augusta. 1t
VA m Immense Confederate clnthinR stsbIiHh-
,n.nt jug. put in opersrion in tn. spacious rooms
occupied BY kArFpEG 4 Gu. n yesr or two ago.
not far above tho good old Augustl 1lutsl. Ne
wore kindly carried through this large and busy
workshop By tho polite olneer in charge, and felt
= glow uf qualification st the assurance from him
thai in iass than week tho house would turn out
Ere hundred ssit' por dag. And it il Of 80 warm
und durable kind too.-kenAcky jsina, lined
through and through with tho best bomsapua.
and made up faithfully and beautifully. TO in
,hi. nnd. high rrirn i. paid--ons dollar I.
unir for pants and one dollar and a half for tho
jackct-the stipulation boing that the work be
properly lono or no pay. Active business men
are carefully experimenting the whole matter Hnd
te good work gees on rapidly, adding to tho
neai and coulfur, of our army whilst actually dis
tribu;ius largo and wholesome charity to the
! poor women Of tho whole surrounding country.
You may 10 sure it 10 u good thing aid VIC are
rejoiced 10 rsslise that wo have Government
that is abo, willing and anxious to push it' ener-
Sis: induariously in oil tho departments Of duty
that demand its caro- and attention.
Tho splendid .upply Of material hcrs working
IN is mostly composed Of what was brough. By
RsAcs and SMITH from kentucky, and that army
will be the arss recipients Of clothing from ;hil
emporium.
Many think wc shall have more pinchins tiues
throughout tho South this riutcr than heretofore.
But Nc can't think There has certainly becn
raised an unpreer:ented!y largo supply both Of
rrn and moat, aud. unless tho drain for GOrern-
ment purposes bo sxorbiian,, We don't see why
IT,, people should not make both ends ne-t EAST
iy onough. II IL. speculaturl ara stopped in
their trsnsac;un. and if the farmor' will No, hold
their resources beyond their actual necessities,
there ought to be enough for al both in tho citeo
and in tho country ereryrhorc. But talking of
speculators--
Confound them they are the curse or the land
this day. II they trafacked With any view OF
doing good by carrying needed articles into desti
tuto neigh borhoods vt liberal but fair profits no
ono would perhaps object. But when they buy to
hold on for high prices, when they buy in fact to
CONTROL prices and. when able to do 10, e1tort
from suffering people an uexcu,able rate Of gain,
they are not only bad men in the abstract but
they arc eo.workers with encmios and trsitors in
the cnncrcis Tnu onsh. to see the rulturss .,
as VIC have seer thsn, watching their chances at
the city suc,ioss,-gloasing oror their own rapac-
a, If it werc demonise delight that grow by
what it fed upou,-littlc strange faces pesrins
after thr, that and the other article it came up
under the auctioneer's hsmmer-a good Rsny Of
them Jewish faces, as Dr. BAcHuAs ohfsrve,, but
the Christian ones (God snre tbs mark y twice rs
ugly and furbdng as their Israoitish eumpsti-