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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18
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Liver Disease, Constipation,

AND A GREAT MANY OTHER DISEAs
having their origin in Diseased the Stomach
For tho shove mentioned diseases, isis Q SOW.
ereign remedy, and will not. fail In sEecting .
cure If thu patient 10 not too penurious 10 psrse-
we're in the taking Of the Remedy. II one pack
age don't cure you, try another, Ind still another,
aud rest assured 1t viii not fail in, accomplishing
all that is promised. And another thing you
Fey rest assured Of, that yeu cannet take It long
without seeing and feeling that it has already be-
gun to benefit you /; and if go, continue taking it
regularly, and follow out all the directious-and
you WILL SOON BE WELL AGAIN.
The REMEDY is for sale by Dr.. C. VI. 4 J. B.
HODGES and E. N. PENN, Edgs6eld, S. c., at
So per package. %
: July 81 en-. 2sM
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18

1t. Prominent ingredients, DoGwooD, WILD
CHERRY and POPLAR BARK, have an estah-
lished reputation as medicinal agents, and are Of
Themselves i,s heat crnmendstion
Prepared by j. DENNIS, NJ. D., Augusta, o.,
and sold in this town by E.. N. PENN.
Aug y ~ W.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18
NOTICE.

Negroes Wanted.
WE WISH to purchase FIFTY LIKELY
w YOUNG NEGROES, and are prepared
to pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICES.
We have on hand a LIKELY WOMAN WITH
FOUR CHILDREN which VIC will DO pleased to
sell or exchange for other Negroes.
SULLIVAN d GLOVER.
Jan 28 4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18
State Of South Carolin:
Notice.

A Ill peraous Indebted to the Estate of James
"A G. Henderson, Decd, ere requested to mako
payment by the lst day of October, 1862. and
tboso having demands against said Estate are sc-
quested to present them forthwith, rs / desire to
make IL final settlement or that day.
l.. CORLEY, Admir-.
DC. l, 1882. ly ~
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a LII persons having claims against the Estate
IA of Rich. Parks, decd, are notified to reodsr
them in, properly nttested, and those indebted 20
said Estate will. please make payment
r. G. PARKS, pL.,
". L. PARKS,
Jan S lm9
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-18
By PHILEMON PERCH

By PHILEMON PERCH.
And the first of q Series of ".Ballads Of the
War;" by HuRBURr whose %chsrming productions.
recently published, have marked this juvenile
Poet as tho "Koats" Of the South: These will
he followed by a Series of Sketchy Romapces, by
Hon. W. GILxoRg Sins, and Ivy Il choice collec-
ton of original and selected Tales. which. 1T is not
bursting to say, will ren'ior tho FIELD AND FIRE
SIDE more attractive than ever.
JAMES GARDNER, Proprietor.
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+" LMONT"

A Thrilling Romance Of the Last Century,
By Mrs. SUE &. HrSr. of South Carolina.
Also the opening of a series Of FIVE CHAPTERS OF
q HisroRr, entitled
"a GEORGIA COURT FORTY YEARS AGO."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10
Foielon News

By the Arabia, we get Liverpool dates to The
2ht, and Queenstown the 23l ult, bringing the
following news;
The captain OF an English steamer arrived at
Gibraltar, writes as follows
"On the S,h Of February believe | passed
the go, or Alabama, or at any rate suspicion.
vessel very ike her She was Ieeing SOUTH
On the ION heard reports and saw the hl,he.
oi gun. / also saw the bursting Of shells. was
distant about five miles. Il was evidently a con.
test between Two ahips first saw the flashes Of
the guns at 5 =. NJ, and rom 10 20 II 30 p. VI
the lighting was very heavy and the exchange Of
Shot rapid, As | could not see the vessels can.
not give any further Information"
lnere was an imposing denomination AZ the
Amphltheller Liverpool, on Zee ION llt, in sup.
port o. The emancipation proc nation iPfes.leni
Lincoln. The Liverpool Post says that a more
unanimous meeting was never witnessed on an,
question Of which public opinion !, been at Al.
divided, and Tie hearty demonstrations Of The
vast couclurse were all the more noticeable from
the TACT that there was thing in the east degree
sensational or ad caplandum in the speeches
Resolutions apphudin the course OF President
Lincoln on The slavery question, and the address
to be prs,tnl5l thr3 gh Minister Adams we're
adopted. The address tenders re,p,cilu. s,mpa.
thy in regard TO those measures Of Mr. Lincoln.
government which have denll3mizsd slavery
and IRE intended to destroy it, a few mllcon.
tents created considerable uproar and confusion
towards the conclusion OF tho meeting, but with
this exception, everything passed off very happily
On the same evening, and for the same objsli, d
meeting Washed at Clri,le, and similar series Of
resolutions were elrried with enthusiasm and the
utmost unanmiy.
The conduct of the Lord Mayor Of London, in
ieiing Mr., Mason, the minister Of the confederate
government was strongly reWobn'ed.
la lae House Of Lords the aIirs Of Poland
we're debated Ear Russell stated the c1urs a
events. and condemned the Russian ccnscrip.ion
measures as most unjust and impruient. Hc
said Austria had declared her Intention to be per.
iecly neutral, but Prussia had to cs tain extent
sided with lius,ia. Tue future course Of Engsnl
was matter Of serio deiibenti0n.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10
Rehel Atrocities.

General Dodg.'s Official statement Of the
brutal. and worse than savage conduct OF the
rebels in Northern Alabama in their nhumah
butcheres Of men and women whose only
offence was loyalty to the Old Flag, makes one
blood boil with Indignation, not only againS'
the fends who can perpeirate such acts oil de'
llish cruelty but against those mlscr'an' e'
erywhoro who are attempting to paraly4e toe
arm of the Government while it le lighting
alike to save such prosecuted men, women ana
children, and to punish into obedience to the
laws the rui6ans y ho are capable Of committing
crimes at which humanity stands aghaet' me
a." Barbarism Of Slavery stands nov TeNelleu
in the light Of the blazing homes OF innocent
Southern Unionists, black and malignant
passion that recognizes no law, human or d.
vine Its picture is painted BY itself IN The
blood Of it, victims, in more terribly damning
colors than MIR. sumner ever imagined, mucI
less portrayed The shrigbs Of helpless Union
men, torn in pieces by booihounds, have
terrible eoquence Of wrath, and fearful i'm
precation Of Dyira vengeance on an accurse,
Institution Wild al re makes such crimes pos
hbe, which the thuuderbolls Of Wendell PM
lips, the polished and bitter in.ectlye Of Charlie
Sumner or the powerful deouncIahons o
Rev Henry Ward Beechor, cannot even AZ
pro4ch and beside which the strongest utIeunc
OF these masters Of human speech seem tam
and sprltess,
And yet, with the proof Of these atrocities
the rebels reaching every ear that IS not Win
ly closed against truth, there are men at tn
North who, eth through greed Of gain,
through affection for the unrelcnting oppressio
that breeds such criminals and such crimes {
these which Gen. Dodge has disclosed, talk
compromise and Of giving these sayage5 the
rights-the right to hang Union men to III
nearest tree, to shoot helpless women, and
hunt with boodhounds the track Of those flee
ing for their lives from a murderOus oppression
We wish, instead OF preaching their coward.
and craven peace and Cancellation doctrines
the quiet Of an orderly free society, these allie
of jeff Davis and Slavery were compelled to 3
South, and take their property with them, an
be subjected for while to the rule and domi1
len of treason, and they would, perhaps, b
this means, learn something Of the hideousne'
Of treason and il they were then still in los
with it, they might in fact unite their fortune
and their names in history with these childrc
of the institution Of Slavery, these barbarian
of the 10Th century.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

THIRD MlLEAGE-Congres has at last voted
itself mileage for the extra session, thus, practl-
cllly adding SO mach to the salaries Of tho mem
bers We are gld to find ) inator Foot's name
recorded against this swinile. Senator Cola.
mer's name does not appear, and We presume he
was absent We have not seen the yeas and
nays in the House upon it. In the Senate the
Democrats all voted for it, aud it was passed by
two majority.
THIRD MiLEAGE-The n Y World fires the
following gun at Congress for voting itself a
third mileage
The Congress which is now happily no more
seems to have been willing to adopt all the
crotchets Of the Tri9nne save one that relating
to mileage One OF its last ana meanest acts
was to vote itself an extra compensation in the
shape of mileage for the extra session. q.
course 1t was small business IN this day Of
wholesale plundering, but then it was small.
Congress in every sense Of the word.
We agree with the World that this vote was
the meanest act Of the last Congress. But
why could not the Word have told the whole
truth and informed its readers that the Demo.
Gratis both in the House and Senate voted solid
for this meanest act, thus helping it to pass
by majority Of only one in the House, anC
two in the Senate.
We are rejoiccd that no Vermont member oil
eithar House recorded lis uamc in favor of hi,
swinde Messrs Morrill, and Baxter vote,
against it IN the House, and Mr. Walton ",
presume was absent Aud we trust the mem
bers from this State will be able to say to thci
constituents, that they not ouly voted aglins
this swndle, but also refused 10 profit by ia,
votes of others. They ought, aud se trust vii
refuse to soil their hands with any portion Q
this plOnder,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

Senator Wright of indiana, in his recent speech
At Cincinnati, THIS defined the two kinds Of Dem
ocrats;
"Much was said about Democracy. When he
was told that's man was a Democrat, he wanted
to know what kind OF a Democrat he was Ills
Democracy told him to stand by the Government,
There were two kinds of Democrats Jefferson
was Democrat and Vice President Aaron BUR-
wasa Democrat inside the same organization,
jackson was a Democrat, and Calhoun was a
member OF the same organization. Breckenridge
was also Democrat. The question now was, do
YOU follow Jefferson, Jackson aud Douglas, or
BUR-, Calhoun and breckenridge. No man was a
true Democrat who talked about peace while
there was q rebel with gun in his hands,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

SHEEP SALrs.-Ihe demand for good sheen
seems TO be unusually brisk. The M.ldIebury
Regiser gives the following list of sales, which
have come to its knowledge recently;
John Foster, of Guernsey Co., Ohio, recently
shipped seyenty-thrte ewes and three rams, lor
when he paid $3.50. Charles D.. Lane sold
thirty.three ewes and one buck to John Foster,
for $4,000. tie bought of S. S. Rockwell, OF
Cornwall Is ewes for ; l,400 Of Prosper EIithrop
six eve lambs for 500 OF S. Andrus seven ewes
for $500 Of l. ii. Dean, four ewes for $500; Of
H. Clifford, one ram for $500. lie offered S. S.
Rockwell $1,000 for ram which was refused, and
a similar offer was made to w. d. Sanford which
was refused Edgar Sanford sold to Mr. Man
holm, Of Ohio, six yearling ewes to Wood,
Holmes & Singer, of Ohio, for $4,000, making
$1,000 for twenly.lhree yearling ewes. Henry
Hammond sold six ewes for $1,000. The name
Of the purchaser we d. not recolect Samuel
James sold ram to Joseph Sheldon, OF Fairhaven,
VT, for 5000.
These sales, the Register says, we're oil made
quite recently in Addison County, and good
many more Of the same sort. There is large
home demand for first class sheep, and large
number Of small aoeks have been started.
Mr.. Jesse Kinds, Of Brandon recently sold and
delivered to C. ID. Sweet, OF North Bennington,
iwen,y-sx, two'yeM old and four yearling ewes,
IN all thirty sheep, for the snug little sum Of
three thousand dollars.
1t is stated that Edwin Hammond, President
of the Vermont State Agricultural Society, was
offered twenty thousand dollars for fifty of his
best sheep last week-iour hundred dollars
apiece ior dhy sheep-and the iI,r was declined.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

The Students Geological and Debating Club
Some Of theyonng gentlemen corrected with
Mr. Gorham's department in the In on School,
IN this village, having organized Society with
the above name, numbering now some Il or II
members have taken rooms over the Vermont
Bank, and meet once week for literary and
scientific improvement, occupying the evening
10 written and extemporaneous discussions,
reading original essays and selections upon sci,
entlbo subjects, and declamatons and they
have IN Their rooms the nuceusoi acollectIon Of
geological specimens II was our pleasure to
be present one evening, short time since, at
one OF their meetings, and we cannot refrain
from expressing our surprise and delight at the
very high character Of all the exercises The
society now consists OF the following members
D. g. Thompson, W. l.. Warren, II. X Fold,
j. B. Ibnrsyon, L. p Colby, Geo. G. Stevens
W. A. Lord, II. N, TapIin, Jr,, H. 0. Fish, j.
W Page, ii. d. Stevens A North and A A,
Bennett and on the evening in question We be-
lege every member pTescn: participated in the
exercises. There was a discussion OF the COM
paatiye value Of the Compass and the Magnet
10 Telegraph, besides recItatious, readings, dcca
nations and essays, all Of which oyinced careful
culture, much thought, and an appreciation
quite uncommon in young gentlemen, -5oy3
perhaps We should say, for tho oldest was scarce
y sixteen, and the youngest hardly twelve years
Of oge,--of their years Of the uses, value, and
prophecies Of such exercises And while We
might be much warmer in our commentator
Of the entertainment We so much euDyed with
out IN the least transgressing the boundsof iail
criticism, we have chosen to stop within what
would even be just praise and whore all did
30 well it mi Sht be inyidious to name particular
e1cellencies We commend these young gentle
men Tor their Devotion to a generous and liberia
culture Of their intellectual and social qualities
and hope that their enterprise may be but The
birth OF society which shall remain for gene
ratlons IN our village, drawing to itself th,
opea-hearted, opoumuded boys Of the place
and caltiyatIng and developing tls'o for lite
rary nd scientific acquirments 10 all our youth
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10
The National Freedman's Relief Association.


THIS Association has receatly made report in
which ltc origin aud objects of this society are
thus Sc, forth:
Tas ASS citation originated at meeting held
IN the hall OF the Cooper Institute, on the 20h
February 1862, il response to an appeal from
Gen. sherman and Commodore Dupcnl repre-
senlng in a General Order, dated the 9Th of that
month, The helpless coalition Of the blacks with
in the vast area occupied by the forces uader their
command aud calling upon the benevolent auG
ph,lanthropic Of the land for aid
At that meeting NM c, BRYANT WIN, ALLEN
( BUTLER. STEPHEN II. IyNG, GEORGE c. WARD,
4 CHARLES G. LuGu, Mansfield ERLNCu, CuAs
/ GurLD, Ju>Eru Il Collins, ERANCls. Il. SHAW,
/ EDGAR kETCHuM, and joins w EDMuNps, were
appointed TO organize an Association To make a
special appeal to the public, to appoint suitable
teachers to instruct the Freedmen IN industrial
and mechanical arts, in the rudImenls Of educl.
ton, the principles Of Christianity. their account
ability To the laws Of God and man, their relation
to each other as social beings, and all that might
be necessary to reader them competent to suS.
tain themselves as members OF a civilized society
What the organization has acco mpi.hed, in
spite of all manner of adverse influences, is thus
stated in the report;
The success Of the first years experiment, while
not elualng the hopes OF the most sanguine, has
been such as greatly to cheer US aud 10 encourage
us to perseverance, aud TO redoube our Efforts
indeed il has been as great as could be expected
under the disadantageous circumstances which
have attended it.
Fifteen thousand acres were planted in cotton
aud other crops, while each family OF laborers
cultivated IN addition, its own patch OF corn and
vegetables. Large crops Of corn, peas, &c, have
been raised, sufficient TO feed the laborers until
the next harvest. The cotton crop has proved
only partial success, owing TO the lateness Of the
planting, the Abandonment, rom military necessity
Of large area OF land planted, the re.appearance
this year OF the terri ly destructive septennial
caterpillar, aud the Withdrawal from the panta.
lions Of most Of the able bodied men for service
IN the Quirlernasters Department the hospital,
and the negro brigade.
That this partial failure has not caused, or been
attended by, an expense to the National Govern.
ment, will be seen by the following statement fur.
nished by the L.. 5. Agent in this city:
Total receipts Of Cotton and other merchandise
from Port Rols, South Caroline, from Febru.
aty 1862, 10 January 1868, Si02,9Si 10
Total disbursements, j0l,56l US
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10
CAMP NEAR PooLsyuLE Nd,
MiltN - 800,
TaILs EAlor VI he Boslon JownaL:


March > 1868.
To.hs Eilor Of The Boston journal;
When tie address, OF the lih New Hampshire
was published few days since it was said that it
wa, only lhp expression Of opinion Of set Of abo.
lliln officers appointed by au abolition Governor.
Local papers 10 The Granite State are 10 receipt
Of letter, purportins to be- from prydtes or On.
listed men, bu, barring on their faces erhisHceS Of
jofgry- claiming to give the canvass Of the reg-
mentir Gj lmoro and Eastman giving the latter
d aJory desire, in behalf OF my own oompa-
ny, l. relute these statements through your col.
umn'. Tint address did not assume to give the
feelings or wishes Of the MEL and it was not at
first presented to them But siLce seeing the
grounds Of attack upon it in the Post and also in
many of our State journals which reached us last
night, my company has given an expression Of
opinion.
read them the address and asked for a vote
upon It's adoption by raising the hands. It was
unanimously adopted. \ canvass ior Governor
va, l1.n bad With The following result; Gilmore,
% Hartman, 10 Eastman, none. Co. G,giyes
Gilmore % 4; Hartman l0 Eastman >. 1t also
unanimously adopted the address Co. II, gives
Eastman s, The rest GILMORE and Hartman Co.
~ u lul liatMtii iht itNt NUlVVs ptUtF CONF
panes will have an expression To morrow, but not
early enough Tor the mail. Copperhead Democ-
raoy iswhoIly confined here to that portion of men
to be found in all regiments, who did not clreiIlly
consider the hrd.hips of a soldiers lie aud who
had no more moral principle than to hope and
believe that il Eastman is elected, they will be
only nine months men. Thus has actually been
the cue Of those who have voted for Eastman.
Every man ID my company voted but fourteen,
who are absent, seven OF these are known to be
OF Gilmore one for Eastman, and six doubtful
The evidence for forgery in those letters over
anonymous signatures, that are being enc lated
in the New Hampshire coppcrh,ad sheets, is ap.
parent from the fact that the gre,ae the vote
IN my company was four more than had present
At the time. This is true Of many other compa.
MES, Bur a more conclusive evidence is, that no
vote has ben made At all in my company previous
to this day. Capt +. NJ RnoDrS,
Go. H. lih N. H., Vol.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

CONGRESSIONAL EIEcrloNs-rhe States which
are to have elections for members Of Congress
this year are as follows
New Hampshire (3) second Tuesday in March,
Rhode Island (2), first Wednesday In April.
Connecticut (l), first Wednesday IN April.
Kentucky Co., first Monday in August.
Vermont (5l, first Tuesday in September.
California (3), first Thursday in September.
West Virginia will elect three members, and
there may be applicants for seats from the old
State of Virginia, one member from Louisi.
ana, two members from Tennessee, two mem
bers.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

DopdE drewa big house Thursday night, as he
always does. Empty benches Mr.. Dodge never
saw As an original comic singer, and "contor.
zionist" he is not exeelled. A patent is no, peo.
esSary to secure him the complete monoroly
oil his peculiar style. When Dodge comes we
must laugh. Ills Magnetic Lecture will magnet.
I1' anybody Mr.. Hayward, as ballad SINGER
has few rivals. His enuuciation is remarkably
o''unct' and the sweetness Of his voice is certainly
surprising. The breathless silence of the crowd.
ed audience at bis " Come this way, father steer
straight Ter me- proved that his merits were ap.
prechted. His rendering of i" I'm coming home
TO de- was equally enchanting.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

WAsmSGroN, March &. The standing com.
mittces were annoucei
Mr.. Anthony introduced a resolution 70 print
ten thousand copies of the mechanical part oil
the Patent Office report, and four Thousand Of
the acts and joint resolutions OF the present
session.
Mr., Biyard took the oath to support the
constitution now entering upon his new term,
Mr.. Sumner called up the additional rule OF
the Senate proposed by him. 1t preseribes that
the loyal oath passed July lat shall be taken
and subscribed by the members Of this body IN
open Senate,
Mr. Salisbury moved its posiponement till to.
morrow, Debate followed. Without action
went into Elective session.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

The report that the President, as soon as Con-
eress adjourned, was going to call out 600 600
more troops is uuquestionably mere sensation
story and it has been eontradoted from Wash.
ington. The Government undoubt dly will
make some Effort to ill up the ranks Of the reg.
imcnts already in the deld and we think it will
attempt no more Than that at present. When
it commences drafting to raise larger armies, it
will probably begin in those States which, un.
like Vermont, have not yet furnished their full
quota Of the last 10000 troops called for last
SUMMER,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10
The New Senate.

The new Senate Of the lbiriy.eghh Congress
met at noon on the ith TO oct rpon executive
business. The nominations for major and brlga-
der generals, and large 10, of miscellaneous APP
pointments, are to be acted upon, and the session
may occupy the remainder OF the week. The new
Senate is composer as follows, those marked by a
star being the new members:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10
Leayinr a hnlance Of sl22.ll0 n

The above disbursements include all expenses
incurred in picking, baling, transporting, ginning,
storing, aud selling the cotton, wages OF laborers,
salaries Of superinlendenis etc., aud there is now
on hand more than 100000 pounds Of Cotton yet
to be sold, which will swell the amount to more
than half million of dollars, subject TO the drl
Of the Treasurer Of the United States.
The Association has paid in cash for salaries Of
superniendents and Teachers, and for Rents,
freights, Office Expenses, &C., $500, %.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

The Senate, on the last nigh, Of the session
adopted resolution requesting the President t,
appoint day OF national fasting aud prayer.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-10

INV Dhrr.-The Vermont Saaddrd comes
10 us in a new dress this week We are glad to
notice this evidence Of the prosperity Of this ex.
cellont paper.