Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-08-05

But spare, oh, Father! spare him when
The battle rages.wiid;
And, if itbe thy holyFWil,
Restoreto mo my child!
But if in sinfulncss / breathe
An anxious mothers prayer, =
My country take my'noble boy
IT'S my hast Offering. there!
Napoleon and the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
10 Come id.
The Paris correspondent Of the New York
Tfmes, writing on the 10th inst, says:
There are some strange runners I'M circpla.
,;onwithin a day or two, which I give you
only as umor Another change has been
made, according to these reports, IN the Mex
lean programme, Mexico ia tobe placed un-.
der tie French protectorste, or TO become a
colon, of France, with & French Prince for
Governor. The Confederates have reDounced
All idea Of regainiug the Mississippi river, and
the Trsns-Mississipp Country, without Tor
eipn aid. Nj. Sl;de,r's visits to the Emperor
and Foreign Secretary, lately, are sail to be
in connection with this new State Of things on
the Mississippi. They are connecting schemes
fur an alliance against the United States, with
a view of securing, the one Mexico and the
other the MlssissipSi Valley. The fall Of
V;cksturs and Port Hudson, they. say, will
throy JET. Davis and NAPOLEON into each
others arms--thst will lie the. final blow
which will precipitate an alliance that only
hangs fire because the Question OF the Mis-
%aissiopi mie,atb BY some hazard turn contrary!
10 present expectations. It is thin. tley say,
wh;ch nlakes Napoleon SO iukewatEl. Sa the
question Of Poland, it is this which makes
him continually say thst Mexico is the big
affair of the moment it is this which require
60 much activity In the Navy Yaldl at the.
nresent moment, and it is this which has sud
denly demanded such large ret1forcentenfs tn
Mexico. For the whole DIVISION piney mas
been ordered to prepare i;selt fordeparture IN
the ponth Of September. and several vessels
the Vile de Lyon, the Jean Bart anG tn
Wacran-are about to sail with reinforce
ments 10 the artillery, in men aud material.
And vet the Government papers declared al:
ter the fan OF. Puebla, that there were enough
men now in Mexico to finish the campaign.
II is also asserted ON all hands ttst the.
Emperor, finding that he cannot indulge Eng
land to ioiu him inhostile measures against
The United States, or rather, perhaps, not de-
CIRCUS that England Should join him, and yet
anxious to give himself the aid Of an allyiia
now treating with Spain on this subject, and
that Spain shows.a willingness to second the
Emneror,s views. The rumor adds that the
Marshal O,Donnell, who is nov here, and is
going North to Berlin, ostensibly, Tor Inc
purpose of consulting the famousoecuhst
Groite5 for Mmics O'DonneiIs eyes. IS IN
fact, in treaty With the Emperor on this cues
ton Of arranging the STAIRS. OF the Next
ran Guiffor their mutual benefits.
The correspondent further ,segs that the
French residents of New Orleans transmitted
to tie Emperor a letter. representlagto the
Emperor, through his Vice Consul at that
mort that the action of the United States ap-
thorities there, tends to bring about a COLI
SIGN between the blacks ndwhites of that
city-that in.the,eyent ofsuch a confactthey
nersons andsproperties would be seriously. en-
dsnaered-apd thst the United States Com.
mander-in-chie of thst' department has To-
Ken from them alEthe arms 18th which they
could defend themselves; tlty therefore, re-
quest that the Emperor will send TO tho Mig
siis.ippi several vessels of war for such action
AZ the emergency may require: The New
York TIMES treats the subject; very seriously,
aud says:
What all this amounts to, it is not easy as
yet to say, But the action of the French
Emperor is. certainly suspicious enough to
demand and reward the most vigilaut atten-
ton of7our Government. Some days since
VIC expressed the opinion that the danger Of
foreign intervention in our affairs would beg
come,the greatest, just.when chr prospects ct
crushing the rebellion s~houldseem the 'brigh-
test. We hold tosshis opinionstill, and these
movements in France tend strongly TO con.
firm If. Foreign Powers have built large ex-
'pectstions Oh the prospective destruction OF
The United States. They will not willingly
%relnauish them, and now, when our armies
have achieved a splendid series of victories,
each of the utmost importance, and all CON-
bined indicating the speedy overthrow ofth;
rebellion and the complete restoration of the
national authority, we may expect them to
tske a far bolder and more 'active part then
they have donc. hitherto in c'rt'o!linss, fI
their.owp purposes, the destin'es3o TINS re-
pubiic.
Mopc.s'sLossEs.-TheRi Richmond Dispatch
has carefully added up the statements OF cap
ture in seven letters from different portions
Of Ohio and Indiana describing the movement
If the Coufederates and the great success O.
their pprsuers, aAdfnds thatssoht Of 900 men
md ak pieces Of artillery that the Yankees
aid MORGAN entered a1iata with, there have
been captured 81 eaemsn and q pieces Q
cannon. The guasa which were - poundel
Psrrot,,s whenhe entered, grew before they