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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18
Gbgefrlb Aa5rtisu,
SIMKINs, D. &. BURIScE, & E. KEEsE

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
Two DOLLARS per year ifpaid in .ivnnes-T1o
DOLLARS and. FIrry CENTS il not paid within six
months-snd THREE DoLLABs if not paid before
the expiration Of the year.
Subscriptions ont Of the District must be. paid
for in advance.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
All adverriscments will be inserted at ONE DOL
LAR and FIFTY CENTS por Square ASH 40
Minion lines or less) for the first insertion. and
Soyenty-fve Cents for each, subsequent insertion.
Persons at q distance wishing to advertise can
(by noticing the terms) approximate to the amount
necessary to pay for the game, which they can re-
init with tho advertisement.
Those desiring to advertise by the year can do
40 on liberal terms-it being understood that con-
tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the
legitimate business of the firm or individual CON-
tracing. Contract advertisements payable semi
annually.
All communications Of q personal. character
Obituary Notices. Reports, Resolution or Pro-
eesiings of any Society, Association or Corpora
ton. will be charged ~ sdvertisements.
Announcing Candidate mot inserted until paid
r,) Five Dollars.
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NEW Foop FOR SoLDIgRs.-A new kind
Of food for army uses. called the extract
of flesh, is highly commended for invalid
soldiers and others Il half ounce repre-.
sents the whole amount of nutrinlent in
Il pound of fresh beef The method OF
preparation is hlsde<crihed: "The whole
process consists in taking lean beef, free
Of bone and fat, choppiug it fine as when
used for sausages or mincc meat, and
mixing it with its OWN weight of water.
1t is then slowly heated to boiling and al
lowed ta boil briskly, for a moment or
two when it is strained through cotton
cloth to separate the coagulated albumen
and fibrin. The evaporation to dryhess
of the solution must be conducted at q
low temperature by a water hath or a
steam heat. The powder is readily solu-
bic in water. When properly dried it
will Keep fur months. Enough can be
stored in an ordinary watch fob o sustain
q soldier q week. An ordinary porcelain
lined kettle, holding a gallon, is sufficient
for the preparation of the extract. To
dry the solution, put the kettle into q lar
ger vessel containing hot water. With
but little trouble Oh the part of their
friends, almost every soldier might be
provided with some Of this valuable nu
triment.'
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How to Have Cheap Leather.

We find in the Athens Waterman a
communication from DR.. Davicl Ice
which contains hintsand suggestions which
every planter should know. Nature, he
says, has'supplicd us with a great abun.
dance of oak timber and the best tanbarl
in the world. 1t also gives US uncommon
facilities for raising cattle and hides; sc
that no people at the North or elsewhere
have advantages for the cheap production
of lesthcr over those, of Georgia. We
quote from the Doctors remarks:
:" We cannot have plenty of hides and
leather unless We produce them; and We
cannot raise fine cattle without grass, non
tan leather largely and cheaply, without
we husband our oak bark. In riding over
Clarke county | see farmers wasting tan
bark everywhere by cutting down green
oaks in autumn and winter for fire. wood
and rails, when the bark will not separate
from the wood and is lost. A large tree
will yield u cord of bark in the spring,
which will tan t! rec hundred pounds ol
good leather, worth six hundred dollars al
present prices. Think Of a community
destroying bark enough to make a thous.
and tulis of leather, and then paying two
dollars a pound for sole. leather, which
can be manufactured at twenty cents Il
pound and give a fair profit! speak
from "a good deal of observation when
say that, full three.fourths Of all the. oak
bark suitable for tanning, which God
placed in this country has been thought
lessly wasted. 1t is in the very nature OF
things that such %improvidence shall be
punished. Let the people everywhere
ssye and husband all tan bark, and en-
courage cattle raising, and shoes and boots
will be as plenty as feet to wear them.
With cheap bark, q tanner a give q far.
mer y pound of leather for a pound OF
dry hide, and in the end, make q fortune
by the operation, as thousands have done
in the State of New York. 1t is alarm
ing to witness the universal destruction
of tan bark by the telling of forest trees
when the bark will notpeel, and of course
is not saved.
He concludes by saying that u true
policy is to save our bark, rear fine fat
cattle for their hides, meat and tallow,
and thus be independent of all foreign
nations for shoes. boots, harness, saddles,
and other articles made wholly or in part
of leather. Let our agricultural friends
ponder upon these things and act accor-
dinghy.
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sheep and Wool.
III the foe

The lN.hlnoui Examiner says the
southern Confedrracy consumes yearly
ix,y million pounds OF wool, and that
only twelve million. pounds are produced
u The ouu,hrrn C.hltederacy. W. think
he figures Of the Examiner entirely too
nigh; but he that ~ it may, it is impor.
ant that the matter shou d he locked into.
Much of the wml now used, can he saved
" making heavy cntton goods, that viii
,npercede it in nanly eases, ami be a5het
rr and more healthy ARTICLE Of apparel.
md our factories should look to it m time.
IN the cotton growing regions, sheep are
frequently raised only for the mutton.
the sheep being allowed TO range among
the cuckle ,bGrs, and the wool thrown
lwav. This will have to be looked t"
md the wool saved. Some per: onsthink
hat wool ~drgenerates and becomes coarse
when raised in the South. This is not
he case. Our finest wnled sheep come
iiron, Spain, and that isnot d cold climate.
the finest wool we ever read of was pro.
lncei in Tennessee, .syrue Years since,
md ths,..is not very cold. We can raise
,heep just rs well AS they can be raised in
my country, either OF our hills or in the
:ow lands, if We will but pay a little at
'entiou t" them. and give them sheds as
8 protection from the winter rains. And
We csu, raise them much cheaper Tlan
they cal. he raised in high northern lati-
.udes. where they have to hr fed with hay
half tue year. To raise sheep i; is neces-
s;.ry to have grass, and there is no better
sheep grass in the world than our Berniu-
da, it will grow ON any.kind of land
high or low, wet or dry. Grass is the
first Thing to be looked to if VIC want to
make beef. pork, mutton, wnol, or butter,
and that is what our planters must pre-
pnre for.
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The Athens (Ga.) Factory, we learn
hiss been selling yarn at three dollars per
bundle at the factory all the time, but
limiting the quantity to a family in such
a way as not to allow any .one family to
get more than another. In the same'way
the Macon Factory has been selling its
shifting, allowing n piece to a family,
the head of which has to register his or
her name SO that no advantage may be
gained. The cloth is furnished to II or
o agents in the city who pay twenty
five cents per yard for it and sell it to
families at an advance of ten per cent.
By this generous and enlightened policy,
much good has been done, and by its
adoption on a larger and more extended
scale by all the Manufacturers in the
State q much greater amount of good
may be done.
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this sort at this particular season and IN
this peculiar jnmctprs, xilhdassa word in
s. half Of caring for and improving our
STOCK, February, and March, are the s.
verest months of the year "s eaitle,-so
say ail. If This be 20, and i it he true
sha, our stock of cattle is rapidly dim'n''
ishiug under the necessities q, the tim $,
how plain. the duty becomes To sustain
Whist We, have with The utmost e1actness
Of attention. The man who suffers a cow
to get upon the lift row from sheer neg
%ligeuce, is worse than a heathep. With
all our pAins.,akilg, the csttls of the
c .nn,ry are disappearing st an alarming
rate. Or rather it would be, alarming,
were it not for the resource left us in that
all.impor,a4n,t part of the brute creation
HE hoy. Bless, the hog! he is our friend
m need. and Il friend indeed. Ihe Yam
KEGS may force rs To eat ourselves out OF
eowS, but they can't. come the. figure on
the hog question. Thanks to the energy
Of the people. We are a tthis time .sourder
on the hog question than ever before
With attention and economy We will be-
come more SO every year, war or no war
--provided ace make the cora. And here
is the summing up Of the whole matter;
make corn aud you will raise hogs and
with bread and meat i'll abundance We
may laugh to scorn the impotent efforts
ri the foe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18

SAVE EvERYru1No.-The Lynchburg
Republican prudently suggests that far
mers save everything that will serve as
food for either man or beast during the
winter. 1t says that corn, peas, potatoes,
and in fact, every imaginable kind of edi.
blss, will command high prices this win.
ter. and our country friends should make
it a point to save AZ much of everything
Of the kind as is possible Forage, too,
~of every description, will sell well, and
the farmer who takes care of all he has
to spare. will lie highly remnnerated for
his trouble. The idea that the war will
close after the spring is INDUCED by some,
hut We do not share in the opinion. Our
independence We believe To- be already
achieved, but its acknowledgement by the
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EXPRESSIONS OF THE PRESS.

EXPRESSIONS OF THE PRESS.
Its writer's arc the most distin guished in the
'uth." delta, New Orleans.
Stands in the, very front rank"
presbyterian, Charleston.
"a most acceptable puper."
[Christian Index, Macon.
"Equallsd by few, surpassed by none"
Times, Columbus.
"The best investment of two dollars that could
DO made" [Missourian, 81. Louis.
observes tho most liberal patronage"
baptist, Atlanta.
eve cordially commend 1t to southerners."
Enquirer, Richmond.
"Its contents are varied and agreeable"
(Christian Advocate, New Orleans.
"Calculated ominently to improve tho soil and
mind" lEnquiror, Memphis.
"Filled with the choicest reading matter" E.
journal 4 Messenger, Macon.
"An excellent journal, edited by competent
gentlemen" [Chronicle & Sentinel, Augusta.
.sBsst Literary journal in the country"
journal, Louisville.
"a Southern blessing"
[southern Argus, Norfolk, Va.
"Every reading man in the country should
have it," [Republic, Augusta.
,"Gives fall value for the money"
[Southron, Jackson, Misu.
"without a riyal-the best that comes to u'."
IExpress, Ficksburg, Miss.
"The best family paper published"
[Courler. Charleston.
"a. welcome guest at Overy freside."
Advertiser, Montgomery, Ala.
Ian II If 2
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18
SOUTHERN GROWN HRUI1 TREES
FOR SALE AT THE
Georgia Nursery"
Near Augusta, Ga.
BY FLEMING g. NELSON.

rTyHE Subscribers offer for sale a fine lot of
GRATED YOUNG FRUIT TREES, con-
risting in part Of
10000 APPLE TREES, one aud two
years old, and from eve to eight foot high. among
which are sixty Of the best Southern varieties.
$1,000 PEACH TREES, one yesr old,
Of very thrifty growth. forty varieties Of which
ripen in succession from early June to November.
5000 PEAR TREES, thirty varieties,
all of which are On Qninco roots.
IS varieties of pLUMS, ripenins in succession
through tho summer. Aiso, APkICUTS, NEG
TARINES, ALMONDS, FIGS, GRAPE CUT
TINGS, STRAWBERRY PLANTS, ASpARA-
GUS ROOTS, DC, DC. Ever blooming ROSES
and Ornamental Shrubbery.
Our TREES will compare fsvorubly with those
OF any Southern Nursery, and we wills sell as cheap
oil any of them. We tuke great care in packing
them in Moss and Straw, so that they may he
shipped safely to any part Of the Southern States.
Descriptive and Price Catalogues sent gratis to
FLEMING & NELSON,
Augusta, Ga.
October s:h SIN. 40
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BLISS
DYSPEPTIC REMEDY!

1T ID customary nowadays for the proprietors
und propellers Of pstcnt medicines to array
before tho public eye in the most glowing c%olors,
accounts OF mir.culous curcs, and at the Same
time complain of the poverty of tho English Ian
guage az being inadequate to convey Ideas that
would do justice to their medical preparations.
Now the proprietor of the nbove-numed prepara-
ton don't intend to pursue any such course, but
will be content TO say, candidly, to the people,
what his preparation has done and will do. The
DYSPEPTIC REMEDY needs no such ~propping
mp by nny such cunningly devised fables. BLISS
DYSPEPTIC REMEDY is the only reliable pre-
parasion now hefore the people for ALL DIS
EASES OF THE STOMACH, and those other
diseases that have their origin in disease Of that
organ. It has again and agnin cured when all
other preparations have failed. It's merits have
been discussed by physicians in counsel. It has
often been pre-judged and thrown aside by pht-
sicians and consigned To the tomb of qunek hum
bugs. md afterwards restored to more congenial
climeon terra frma, to be administered to their
-wnrn.out .snd exhausted patients, pud with tho
MOST PERFECT SUCCESS. It has been tested
and recommended by the most eminent physicians
of the country; and one and all who have thor
oughly tested it in good faith, are unanimous in
its praise. 1t will CURE THE WORST FORMS o
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ADVERTISING RATES.

THE MERCURY has now tho largest %circuls-
lion Of any paper in the State, and is second in
this respect to but few papers in the South it
therefore offer. great advantages to business men
and others, whose interests require publicity.
ONE SQUARE Of IL lines, solid Nonnareil,
euch insertion, Is cents, and for each additional
line S cent?.
COMMUNICATIONS of personal interest will
BIO charged as advertising matter.
Orders from without the city to publish Adver-
tisementa, Marriage Notices or Obituaries, will
not be attended to unless the cash, OF IN accepta-
bio city rsference CO.. accompany the order.
Ms- On MI bills Of $50 and over, 20 per cent
discount is allowed.
mN- South Carolina Bank Bills ts ken in pay
ment for subscription to the Mercury.
Charleston, July 1861.
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PATTI PEABLossoM contributes the 70

|. PATTI PEABLossoM contributes the fol-
lowing new. dishes" to the Cultivatm:
.PorAro WAFERs.-When flour is so
high priced as at present, Sweet Potatoes
can be used to great advantage in q va
riety of breads. Boil two large or four
smaller Sweet Potatoes; peel and mash
them; put in a large spoonful of lard, a
little salt, aud kaewi into them half q
pound of Wheat flour; cut it in small
pieces and bake in a wafer iron; or roll
it out thin, cut it in squares. and bake in
an oven as biscuits. A. little m:lk-an
crr-or one or two table %spoonstul of ST.
gar may be added-at will, or possession,
but simply made as above directed, they
are all excellent tea cake.
IIoMISY CAKEs.-A pint of grits boiled
soft-add salt, and beat in thoroughly one
egg and two table spooisful. Of wheat
flour; drop with a spoon and try in cakes.
RICE BREAD.-Boil Il pint of Rice soft,
and let it get cold divide it in two por.
tons, and with the additions needed it
will make breakfast and tea bread for 8
large family. Add a pint Of rice flour
and two tablespoonful of wheat flour to
one half the cold rice;-if you have milk
and eggs, you can make it delicious by
beating in a half pint or lass milk and
two eggs; if you have not, simply add
water enough for a thin batter, pour half
Of this batter into a thin pan, creased and
set it to bake, and the other half in drop.
cakes. The other portion Of the cold rice,
mix next morning in the same way. Cold
rice or hominy left fr"m breakfast or din
ner, by soaking awhile in a little water,
will do equally we'll, as the soft boiled
rice or hominy. The fried cakes eaten
with good syrup, require no butter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18

ADVANCE IN SUeAR~-The.p hnters-in
Louisiana have advanced. in their prices
upon tfis important article of luxury fol-
the following reasons:
1t. Tie recent tr.sts have bit the cane,
and nome but an inferior article of snga
can be madc from f~ro,t-bittcn cane.
2ld. The want of oil absolutely mcss.
sary for the running Of their machinery.
Sd. 1t requires more hands, by two
fold, to grind and gather the cane then il
does to cultivate it, and planters from the
river will not hire their negroes upon the
Coast.
4'h. The great NJ her of negroes al
ready taken away-and the fear, if the
crop IS perfected, the Yankees will take il
frnm then.
These reasons have greatly advanced
the prices, and next year, it is believed
the supply will not he n hogshead tt
the county in the Confederate States.-
Jackson Mississippian.
Let every planter in the Confederate
States, who can raise q stalk, plant Chi
nese Sugar cane this year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18

Many members of the Gergia House
Of Representatives are shod with dog skin
leather. A'cortespondent Of The Augusta
Chronicle writes
There are dogs enough in the State
to shoe every soldier in the Confederate
army, and they destroy bread and meat
enough tn feed all the hogs necessary for
the subsistence of: orr people. Yet there
isa horror If curlailIng The number oi
worthless ours. and mr,nhers have here.
tofore drowned by r.dicule anG d:'gmatic
contempt g. measure which cannot he met
BY argument Il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18
NOTICE.

nURING my absence on tho Coast Mr.. 8. F
U ,GOODE will attend to my business as it has
hitherto been carried IN.
And at the samo time I would respectfully re-
quest all that ara indebted to me- by beck account
to settle up either with the money or by Note.
JOHN N. WITT.
jan Oath, II
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18

How MUCH SHOULD a Cow E.r.-Cowa
to give milk, require more food than
most farmers imagine. s. w. Johnson
writing from Munich to the Country Gen.
teman, gives an interesting report of some
experiments made in Bavaria, from which
the ~follnwing is Nm extract:
"Our trials have confirmed the view
that COWS, to- give the greatest possible
quantity of milk, must daily receive ard
consume one-thirteenth Of their live
weight in hay, or their equivalent there
for. If more food be given it goes to the
formation of flesh and fat without occa
isioning corresponding Increase in the
yield of milk, but if OH tn. contrary, l's:
fond he furnished, he amount aud valus
Of the milk will be greatly diminished.
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Notice,

:. A IL Persons indebted to the Estate Of George
IA Kershaw, decd. are requested to make pay
mont forthwith, and those haviD gdomands against
said Estate are required to present them. properly
attested, on or before the day of May 1863, as a
6pal settlement ON that Estate will be made on
that day, in the 0rdinary's Office.
D. A. BODDIE, Adm'or.
Apr.23 lys l6
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,Norsl;. -fSr,f is -imthedistantfatnre
Until it is acknowledged, our armies can.
not be dishanded, and must be fed. Far.
mers will then see that they cannot lose,
but may gain largely by saving every
thing that can BIZ at all useful in the field.
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THE SOUTHERN GUARDIAN
A Political and News Journal,
PUBLISHED AT COLUMBIA, s. C.
Daily, .Tri- Weekly and Weekly.
By G. p. PELHAM.
TERMS.-DAILr, SO: TRI-WExKLr, s.; WEEK
LY, 81, u year. Paymen, invariably
in advance.

TlHIS JOURNAL, now entering upon its third
II year under the present proprietor. is rapidly
extending its circulation and influence. Founded
und conducted upon the principles nj State Rights,
it enjoys the reward of public confidence and On
lightened approval. Entirely Independent, in Its
management, it has stood with unwavering conf
denoe. and suundness, integrity an! consistency
of its principles. Through vvil report as we'll as
through good, its voice has been heard in defence
It tho EQUALITY of the South its counsels
have ever been and are Cor RESISTANCE to the
wrongs attempted to be put upon us by a section
nj majority.
The SOUTHERN GUARDIAN looks for sup
port TO the State and section whose rights, honor
and interests thus faithfully espoused and main
tanned.
Columbia, July 1851. tt 90
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Administrators Notice.

A Ill persons indebted to the Estate of Jas. II.
"A Swenrongin, decd, are earnestly solicited to
come forward aud pay up, ss I desire to settle up
tho Estate as soon as possible. Those having
claims against said Estate will render them in
properly attsstsd.
D. B. pURIs0E, Adm'or:
Sept 10 sa s5ef 80
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MY OWN MANUFACTURES,
Burial Cases |!

I have on hand a small lot of METALLIC BU-
RIAL CASES, Childrcn's only. Also, Mahogany
Ce,ayon Led COFFINS. Also, Covered Raise Led
COFFINS, plain but neatly trimmed, ut $40.
Use of Hearse IS por day, Or trip not over a day.
will continue to keep = supply on hand ready
for delivery. j. NJ. Witt.
Mar II
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Notice.

A IL person, having claims against the Estate
IA of Towles Attaway, decd, are notified TO
nrp,snt the same on or before lat January 1854 ;
and those indebted to said Estate will please pay
M by that time, rs I desire to make q final settle
ment on that day.
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Southern Planters !
SH0ELD ALL TAKE 1T!

vTyHE SOUTHERN CULTIvAToR-tho old
Il pioneer in Agricultural Imrrovemont-the
only Agricultural Monthly Journal in the Confed:
eratc Statcs that hns lived Through the war" is
still published regularly. and will enter upon iu
Plat year. Jan. LAT. 1854. Now Is tn. TINE TO
sus.cnlprl Que DoiLrr per year, iradsarce!
Address D. REDMOND, Anyusta, Ga.
Jan. II If
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FURNITURE

n have now on hand o largo Stock of BED
Il ROOM FURNITURE, in Sets of from 8 to
- ni,css, Mahogany, Enumoled and Fancy Paint
cd. A small lot Of PARL0R FURNITURE.
Al.o, sEwING TABLES, WRITING TABLES,
DINING TABLES, Walnet-WARDR0BES,
CHAIRS, . few MATTRESSES, and all articles
usually kept in the Furniture line, most Of
MY OWN MANUFACTURE,
And will be sold low for good paper whom the
cash is not convenient.
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TIE CHARLESTON MERCURY
A POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL,
AND LITERARY NEWSPAPER,
PUBL sAED DAILY AND TRI- WEEKLY
CHARLESTON, S. C.
rn1.wEEKLY MERCURY, for 1 ysar : $500

TRI-WEEKLY MERCURY, for 1 ysar : $500
for 8 months ESQ.
for 3 months LES
For less than 3 months, SO cents q month.
FROM THIS DATE, no subscriptions out Of
the city will bs received unless accompanied with
the cash.
POSTMASTERS are authorized to act as our
Regular Agents in obtaining Subscribers and for
warding the money, for which they will be allowed
20 per cent. commission only, however, when
paid in advance.
Subscribers desiring their papers. changed, must
mention the Poat Office from, a. we'll as the one
to, which they desire the change to bo made.
Gentlemen getting up Clubs Of: S, 10, 20 or moro
will be supplied ut ~ er cent. less than Regular
Rates.