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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-07

TIE OpoEs OF HELL-AN lSclnEkT OF
CoLuMBus.-Our readers have hear~l of the
explosion OF a riAed one hundred and twenty
five FOUNDER, which occurred at Columbus,
Kentucky, on the 10th OF November last year,
by which the amenta'lc Capt. kli'er and
eight others were instantly killed, and many
dangerously wounded. Among the injured
were Col. Pickett, Of the Engineer Corps,
Mai. Rucker, of conscrpt Immortality, and
Lieut. Gen. Polk.
With the gun, the maxazne beneath it cx-
ploled, filing the air with dust and earth and
shell, and fragments Of timbers and iron by
which the gun was moved.
Rucker was blown from the emhalkmfnt
that surrounded the gun. When had par
TALLY recovered his senses, + some one
beside him. The air was -ensely h'leo
with smoke aud powder that the sufferers
could not sec and breathing was painful aud
difficult.
Rncker asked WHO be was 'hat lay beside
him. 81 am Gen. Polk" was the almost
inaulble answer.
ellis is h-ll, aiu't it, General p inquired
Rucker
"It smells like it, believe answered the
General.
This is.a literal fact, and all the stories
bruircd about, especially by the Abolit I,
press, to the eiFec, that Gen. Polk has evel
forgotten his habits as a Christian since his
,siuu p:ioa of the duties Of solGier, are ut
icrly an wholly false. lie has never beer
hea ID under "ny ircnrstaace' to employ {
pruinne cxnre ssion. His quasi erdorScn,cn
Of Maj Fuckers smothered ejaculation, woul'
hardly present an actionable case before
Court of pishops.-knoxvile Register.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-07
Wounded and Killed.

It lakes but little Space in the columns Of
the daily papers; but 0! what long house
hold stories and biographies are every one
Of lhuse strange names that we read over
and forget!
"Woundcd and llilIe,lr' Some eye reads
the lame to uhuln it is dear as lie, and
some heart is struck or broken with the blow
made by that name among the list.
Its our Henry, its our John: or our James,
or Thomas, that lies with his poor broken
limbs at the hospital, Or white aud still, and
with ghas,ly face on the tatlle field. Alas
for tn. eyes that read alas for the hearts
that feel
{" lie was my pretty hoy, that I've sung to
seep so many times in my arms!" says the
poor mother, bowirg her Lead in anguish
tia, cannot be uttered. "He was my brave,
noble husband, the father Of my little orphan
children 81 soLs the stricken wife. He was
my darling brother, that l loved so, chat |
was so proud Of" murmurS the sister, amid
her tears and as the terrible stroke falls On
Lumes throughout tie land.
"ki,lcd and wounded~ Every name in
that list is lightning stroke TO some heart,
aud breaks like thunder over some house,
and falls long Llack shadow upon some
| hearthStcne.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-07

4 LESSON Fur PLASTERs,-Tho Mobile
Register referring to the !atc raid Of The Yam
KEGS against Qkolona, Miss, derives and ap-
plies lesson for planters which may be com.
mendable 10 all where crops are in situations
accessible to such incursiorS. The Register
remarks:
Tie Yankees did little or no damage to
private property there except burning Coo
bales Of Cotton, which they probablya sup
posed to belong to The Government, lt-was,
however, the property of private parties v no
had refused to sell it to Government at twelve
and half cents pound. They destroyed
tie hospital, the depot, and about four thous-
aud bushels of Government cgrn. OF course
they did great deal of mischief throug b the
country; but while soldiers wives in that re-
gon are suffering for want of bread, as We
! know to be a fact, We cannot feel much sym
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-07

The BRUTE RSEuKED.-Wc find the follow.
iug in late issue Of tie New York WoFld
1t is from a lady, and unless the vile creature
she t.cnounces is totally lost to every srnse
Of acccncy, lis blcatcd checks must t'nsle
with lie blush Of shame when hc reads it,
GENERAL BUTLER.
To TIE EDlToRs oF1nE WoRLD:-l thank
YOU in tie name of Woman, as we'll as OF hu-
nauilv, for doring to speak the truth OF tue
unmauly wretch who commands New Orleans.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-07

fell mortally wounded within a few PAGES of
the enemy's cannon. For thirteen months
Chiles was ID Sergt. Of company c, and never
once missed drill or roll call, nor was he
for q moment absent from duty during the
faur months he was adju'au, Of the Ith regi-
ment.
The cpitaph of these two patriot officers is
easily written.
"Du1cc ct dscorum est pro patria mora
have written these incidents for publica-
,ion, Mr.. Editor, simply as an act of justice
to the lamented dead, believing it impossible
for the future historian to compile all the ac!s
of daring and patriotism performed by the
almost innumcrable soldiers and heroes Of
our armies.
Must truly,
D. WYATT AIKEN.
Colonel Ith S. c. Regiment.
CupRoSAcco. Dec. ~, 1862.
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VOLUME XXFIlI.---No. I

such Board ii; and it shall be the further du.
ty of the Comp;roller-General to report such
arporsi"nnent To the Genr'nl:: Assembly at,a
!ext regular session, and also to the Spring
and Fall Terms If the Courts of Ccm,n n
Pleas and Genera! Sessions. Aud it slull hs
the duty Of the Irrasurers Of the Upper AID
Lower Divisions, respectively, according to
the location of the several Election Districts,
TO pay, upon The drafts Of the respective
Cnailmen Of said Boards, The sum uf money
50 apportioned to The several Election Dix
tricls: Prorided, That after ont-fuurth of the
amount allowed to eack of the Boards of the
sum appropriated hy this Act is drawn, the
balance thereof, or so much thereof az may
be found TO be necessary, shall be paid in
quarterly payments. after said Boar ds have
severally rendered to the Treasurer of the
Upper or Lower Division, as the case may
be, an account OF their act:rss and doings
for the preceding three months.
SEC. s. That an Act entitled An Act 10
afford aid I'd the families of soldiers rati-
fed ON tie cwenty first day Of December, in
tie year Of our Lord ore thousand eight hun.
dred and sixty one, be and the sane is here
by rel ealed.
In the Senate House, the eighteenth day Of
December, in the year uf our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and
eignty-seventh year Of the sovereignty and
independence of tie State of South Caro-
lima.
W.D. PORTER,
, 1863-12-05
CHICAGO CATTLE MARxEr

FH1b4Y ETTXER nrc = 1cAt
HOES-The recejpts At the v.,,., . - too-
the dnr .monnt N .han+ ~ M oas gatus auftns
ms ~ a. ~ ~ aport +hu noEs, and the cnteret
and the bulk Of aales hsTe been mado % - s.aa s :
In the tranau ct,oaa of to,dav ~ 49,, =. s1.essa-
~ ..I y. 's NJ uvto m advance
upon the quotations OF yesterday OF eea5c = 100 ns
lirtt hors at onr nrtylnna orota.snsa ae1anu tos
nsaa a1sS ~ 9uo1ations. There has
oeeh cousuesaeiJ more activity In the market TODAY
pacIer5 and ehlppers bu1ine Vc9v aus n'.sfnoon;
th.- .o,1a - ra.,,1 .a.s Hee's au 8he hogs
note one sale at the Cottage Grove yards Of 1,a
of tha Po,and hr.eff honrht hy M..a-. ~ aoes
at 80 the average weight being 80 ns. They ~ero
in splendid condition. and Of '1st-c.ass quality.
EGG aALds 1o-pAk.
, 1863-12-05
NEWS PARAGuAPHs.

r:A Another hotel Is to be erected Mt Niagara
/, The Washington Star says that thc mn,
'orious Belle Boyd is to be exchanged.
Mr.; F. G, Tobey, OF Barnstable county.
aMasachusetts, died some days since, from
oieeaing ut. the nose. AVN
y, The value Of the stock Of cotton held IN
NeW 1srk k city BY spcculators ia estimated 1t
about 1b!000, 600. -
New Jersey appreciates the value Of rcd
tape Before recruit in that 5tatc can OBJ
na1ao eain als bounty money, he must sign his
name to ten different papc1s.
a common pitcher and washbowl, the
I0lmef little cracked, sold at auction in
Richmond lately fr ssa. 49,
Two hundred and eighty-f3ye thousand
pusnels q oats wee sent from Montreal last
army. AVA wv
"A novel wedding took place at NewburY.
MasB-, some days since AL the partiea'
groomsmen as Wellas bridesmaids, were deaf
and dumb. Congratulations were presented
on sne hnger-tips Of those present.
.-Ihe Nantucket, ,Mass,, pcoplehaye now
sensation" At church collection, some
ssenlngs since, fous silver "quarters'' were
ehant publicly exhibited genuine American
half- dollar which hal been paid to hin by a
customer. u is no wonder the community
Is excited at the discovery Of 10 many relics
OF apast age. ~'
The free co1o.ed schools in Washington
arc vel attended, md are accomplishing great
good; The school established by the 1meri-
can Iract Society has daily attendance Of
who attend the nieht eehool three timex a
week. A Sabbath school has also been or.
gantZed, with Bible rlsss and YeYoulsr rhn rcl
, 1863-12-05

provisions TO be sent through the rebel lines
to sustain them, although those supplies.
from TIE necessity Of the case, have been in
trusted to: the honor and humanity Of the
enemy, Whose agents may or may not permit
the supplies to Be delivered
:, Meantime It Ia well for the country to IN
derstand that this rebellion Is to bo put down
by Organized armies In the field, acting upon
and destroying organized opposition to tho
Government, and no real Progress can be
made except in this direction, 70 which end
the energies Of every loyal man In the coun-
try should be devoted. The progress already
made IN supprcesing the rebellion may afford
the fullest assurance Of final SUCCESS; and this
end viii appear the moro certain, when 1t is
considered that the Cb7Ts dAf1iquc, in the
service Of the Government, already numbers
fifty thousand brave, athletic men, who are
fighting in support Of this Government, un-
der the gn1dance Of body Of most earnest
and Intelligent officers, who count their Lives
Rs subordinate to the cause they arc engaged
in.
undertake to ASSURE my countrymen that
the hopes Of the most sanguine have been
more than realized, in the facility with which
the Government has brought within Its power
Of organization the colored population Of the
country, and the system contains within it.
self such powers Of expansion, that slavery in
tho South fs inevitably destined to give way
before It, when this element Ia seen to work,
as It will, in harmony with the organized loy.
al power Of the nation directed to the preser-
vation Of Republican Institutions, and the
union Of the States under one general Coy
ernment, capable Of giving protection to the
whole, from both domestic disturbance and
foreign invasion.
Very respectfully, your obediont servant,
<. A. HITCNCoOK4
, 1863-12-05
ANOTHER AVENUE; OPEN.

what shall we do with themf" is the
question which seemed insupcrab1e to a
great many two years ago, and is trouble
to somcyet So far had the northern mind
got penetrated with the slayeholding idea.
that black man was some different kind
Of being, with no human nature in him ;
but sort Of cross with some unimacina-
BILE monster, that he could not be relied on
to be turned loose; but must be led by q
halter or kept in cage, for safety to others
and himself Strange to say, the black
man actsvery ymuch likeany other man with
the same chances. He can take care of
himself if others will just let him alone.
alter the same way they do Celt or Teu.
ton -,
For instance, read this from letter dated
at Beaufort, s, c., Nov. 49,:
On the Sd instant Gen. Saxton fssued a e1-rn,,r
70 the freedmen authorizing them to locate on tie
lands In that department which arc about to be
Sea p me. me Iax En- c9m@issoaess not exceeding
teTtpfion Of the land, when located, 10 be RECON-
panied by the deposit Of the government prfce
at was TO be feared that unless some or,,.nfxes
movement wRs made BY the freedmen for the pnr-
chaee of The Foil ON which they had toiicd and auf
Ts iea Ior m 70 many Jeate, 1t would pass INTO the
N1fh heE. It was in order to enable them 10
make anca q movement that the circular in unes.
don Was issued. 49, 4AS0'
The sytem inauguratea By it has been Int a
1xH e2Fs IN operation. end 1t works better than
could could haye been e1pected even b the most san-
eei9e friends o. the freedmen. These negroes are
Raftnenf, and haye been informed to-day by NJ.
hstcau1n, who receives the Deposits that on this
Paid g tae freedmen to1ecurr their homes pba Sha
1eaa t thad r., aa a become snahodeTs them
Will be well cultivated The nesroes xhn he,s3,t
lands last year have done we'll One uan-Eit
Grean-Em clear more Ihan TWO thousand dn1la1e
their cotton crops alone" AVN
, 1863-12-05

BEET CATT1E-Thc receipts At the various yard,
amount to about ,opo head Of Beef Cattle and the
entered sales to s1s, at prices ranging hon sl9
lhs7e hss been tho usus active demand for medium
to e1sra grades, and tho limited supply necessarily
The transactions Of today we note the market Yery
hr7n ut former questions.
... aE1 CATTLE sALEa TODAY.
ere eold I:osen:hal ID az. 1,oc2 at $50
y tscaten sold Kent Co ~ Az. i,l0} ht k4E
= tMat@ofta sold Downing g ". ses Ut H3d5.
Ic1na si, ~ Downing u ~. 3B At $1H.
Aust1n sola hacSl q Co. 10 ~. i ~ At $aS.
Rrani Rnu1n1en III, Sota SeSEass 70 az. 10 1t $3.50
HrEsts HsT9su seld Rn1d dsGHymoas Hys = ~. lie! i
Page sold Lclbod Is Calves ay IL * &: "a
Gpscn GGoWeg s1la ea'e Gi'esc9nsnn II sto At
Gnhn cold Morris T. Co. 90 ar tHS3 II xiso7'
Dickson sold Downing Is ~. sH It 3. m
, 1863-12-05
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
THE MONEY MARKET.

FR1bAT EVENING. Dec. A. 1853.
The money market epnL!nnes close Ill round Cur
rcney |. scsree and 80 u s1chsnse. Only tbs very
best e1ass Of custoe:s arc supplied aad they arc 70
sttlosed TO ns tarroE uIfts possible. For them
the regular taak rates Of discount firm pc
cent. While tcE others. II accommodated at H. tae
tsur*h run alanx u2 10 t<o ptr ecat ! month. ani
toHetnes even terms obtained Tho u
tome operators have to pay about WIN: oue1, vii
hg AK We Co rot look for this state Of thtn.s
eontnue beyond the time when funds Eat round from
tae Armies OF TIC West aud from ths farmers whose
tocke are fn Of moaoy received for farm products.
nc car see no good reason why bankers should coz
10 be 70 fer any considerable period hard ptoased
ios means to meet the wants Of cusfomers-
1hs dtnand ior New York Exchange u much larger
tnan tse supply. The buying rates a1e very tzm 1t
Pa19* premium, and VIC teaFd Of ono bAnsU who
toHates Inc close, paid & to make up halanca Thc
sepg range Si6@K. the lower By saE1e houss, 10
customers. outaters nAy consider the01oye1 fo1tu-
nate II TINY obtain supply at so@:n.
Inc rates for gold In Wall street vera ~ follows:
Ateao d m. lssH-ssso l52K-1lNo 1Nk-12.sj p. m. Ie
-cloaioE 1t the second board 1t 15s. The buJtnE
price here 7as 1c9i51k, about Isl being the noro
usual nsure.
Silver hEm at 1.o314s Legal tender notcs buying,
h9A selling. soEn Of the brokers, under orceFas
pay = fraction above. and ask X4k.
CHIosoo. AID NORTHWESTERN RAuwAY,-BdloW
the comparative statement OF c1snoks Of this road
LOT the Mcnth Of November 1H61.
, 1863-12-05

ltFom tho Cleveland Herald, Dec. sdl. .-
,nnher " ~ nscn considerable failing Of n tac
.naa Iaet week; Al our packers srs" howeVcE. work
foS @esf fs1r1y To- aaa yin probably eoatinuo dos
nc nnmbsx packed a Tho different essabll:hmenta
, 1863-12-05

THE UN1or 7ACIFIC RAILWAY,
-Our dispatches from. Omaha for the las'
two days have informed 'uf readers that
ground was broken On Wcdnes> .ay, in that
city, on the line Of this great nat,..s saal Gu
-tezprise, with imposing ceremonies fhe
, company has magnificent grant Of lands
and assistance from the Gcneral Govern
~ment to the amount of sixteen thousand
dollars per mile for most: OF the way, and
sums larger for sections Of tie w1, 7nor:
, difficult Of construction in proper
= ann = to, the :. difhculty.- It is ii
in the hands Of the largest capitalists and
most rcliable men in the nation, and the
country may now rejoice tl,at the most gi-
gantic and in al] respects the most import
ant thoroughfare ever projected is now
: fairly commenced, and that-in. very few
years The commerce of the world will roll
ACROSS the American continent in one vast,
:; never ceasing food. The location Of the
road up the Platte Valley. and through the
South Pass, where the buffalo ages ago
Surveyed the route for it, and where ii can
be reached from the mining regions Of Col
orado. and the still richer and more extern
sive gold deposits Of Idaho, With equal "a
psNty, should be souzceof copgratqlation
, 1863-12-05

1 4QtAss.... E5t4 ....
The extraordinary scarcity OF currency continue.
to sctard buanest IA no small e1teat. The c.n.ct,
Of our banking establishments Is found to be- Eho11<
Inadequate 10 the requirements Of the cotuunity a,
trnc TOO, when but little else than Hogs and Hop
Frodnsels being handled The Pork packers. who
cannot stop their honses without greatioss md much
difficulty In proceeding without paying ratn or dIs
count which 10 truly ntghtfu1: and Eastern buyers
with time drafts, have met with the same ebstac,ra
u course such state Of affairs tends not only ia
check all speculative demand for produce bpt .js
limit the legitimate shipping inquiry Auo tins cn-e
| the general markets.
To-day there Was moro actlrtty In the P.or,s,o,
Market and prices were shxde betts7-par,,cn1.r1v
n-vth sales upwards Of too tcs prime Leaf at1r
9uAc-pftncipa11y Ut the sutade ouotat1on-ons
buyer alone barring taken 5,1e0 tcs 1t u1c. At ths
close the market was very firm at the advance Nr.s
Pork continues quiet and the only transaction rcpor
I'd vas 40, br1s for delivery the Int sf Jsuuarv -
s11ta. There was more activity IN English Nosts sn
tho market ruled hrneF-with saIee today or so ~
At TIC for Cumberland, SIC for Short R1b and 9c ~
Short Clear Aidd1e* Bulk Measswers IN demand and
the market wes Baeady-H1th sales Of aeoo Be, Tf,s
20 days in salt, at loose and 5000 pcs shonders
sHc loose. Green Hams were sold At 74asc ana
Green Sides at &c. Prime Mess Pork wss free1v ~
fered at $fss without take1s. Picked Hams sre IN
ar request At sxc. at which price We notc sales Of
ea8 tcs to-day. -
Tho mild weather affected tho market 6or r,o...,
Hogs rather unfayorAb1y, and We have to uote a ~
cline in prices about ooc Y 100 ns-wi,h aajes ~
range Of f$&soGd2-them most Of The TRANSACTIONS hsr
lots were very dnlcult to sell. 13'9At
The Flour market IL 1t present entirely NEGLECTED.
and quotations are nearly nominal.
The demand for Wheat was. unusually lfeht and +hs
but steady for MOL. About $1,000 bushels cnnn-ss
hands. 1t Ellis for No Red; $I.11a111k for No1
Spring; and $1.o69tM for No sprtng-thc mr.
ket cloains qniet Ut tho inside quotaiio1H
, 1863-12-05

CoT Tox-The accounts BY tho Evening st,r n-,r,
fsst gesse t. haze I'D
being In Request It fuI pfiees wills Hnase cotton
HMete qnite stringent in their pretension5 1ar si
mHrkst ss sf gs6e nc hus The
bIac1Eg % bales repacked 57c IoWmiGdnEs, en s
S strictly lddl!ng teoo. 100 In two lots. ad ~
ize. and another lot, parieua1s not reported. -. -
.1a sgaSa SoG aTp = M. Inquiry
End yey httla IN the market The ssle! L.
5o 2 9hss nsw sugaE At 1oHc for far to ay fas Id
~ ots molasses at 4oaec tor pttme.. Old crop and
sought for. ivy ~ 'Nsa4 a1e aloss
FLoTh-We have not . sale from frst hsnds ia r..
PG.a. !ho iast Wers at $a5 for low eupernue Fem
STTAnla neur. and $foe q brl for low western eytrs
dtrs nea1e5s ~ Iet3i4nk snPerdne at 31e9u and
Fxxp-Thc stock Of grain Ia rsry light there Ia M
1eRsand naa we hare not sale to report. Thsfs IL
she FL n Iao dealcrs ha1a sold what
tals' Iho last aalsa from n!st hands were It ii h,
ton. i1e retail demand Is being snpnlicd 6y iics1
ct, es9 - "a e ~ g ton Of hay, sIsiso bu of
FoRK-Aets is selling In email lots At ~ On nh,
, 1863-12-05
-ountersigned: DRoUYN DE L'HI
The State Normal UnIvcrxttv


We publlsh the following circular for the
benefit Of those desirous Of making applica-
tion for admission to the State Normal Uni.
vc1sity:
SoRxAI, Mclean Co., H., Nov. 20, 1869.
School Commissioner Of - County:
DEAR SIR: Your county Is represented In
the Normal University by - nunijo md
your representative district by -. Il Al
1hongh the number in attendance Is mnch
greater than ever before, {beinp IN all deDaTf-
Hents 4S8 for the present term, aeainsf 81,
Tor the came time last year, and about $50 fla
year beiore,) yet the spacious building ia anf:
4c1ent Tor the accommodation of stiff more.
Il, therefore, you should desire to send more
fnan Two pupils from yonr county, and one
lor your representative district, please to
1t will be Intended to according to IaT AAo
great improvement has been mado dnrino t1,a
prcsenttcTm IN the number and character of
nc rooms prepared for the use Of students.
New accommodation, convenient aud clcranf.
sufficient for eighty students, In the immedi,.
ate vicinity Of the University, will be reniiv
for occupancy By the beginning Of neTt
term. These will present opportunities OF,
large scale for clubbing and selfboarflinp'
Thus reducing the student's expenses to 33 3M
Or less per week. In the clubs, the student
enjoys all the comforts Of regular boardfnp
house. The corps Of instructors is falI. an3
tho Institution In = high state Of etticiencVs
ne next term begins on Monday, Dec. 98th.
when new clase VIII be- admitted. Iet M
county, through Indifference or carelessncss
deprive itself Of the excellent Opportunity ~
the University, to which every county is enti.
ueo oy law. Very respectfully.
RICUAEU EDwARna prinn;r,1
, 1863-12-05

which arrived hero from New Or
leans, on Saturday last you win re-
member, brought q bearer Of disnatch-
es from General Banks. The gentle
man was in such hurry to reach Washins-
ter, ter, I am told, that on proceeding to jersey
hallpast seven o'clock train had ius} staTtc5 ~
he desired to make application 10 the Presi,
dent Of the road to have the train detained NJ
Newark, SO that he could overhaul It, The
President, however, could not be found. and
none Of the subordinates felt warranted IN
taking so nnusual a. step. An extra train
been got ready But, as it was, tie me- messen. 1re
ger bad to hold over till next day, when he
went on in tho usual express train, His dis.
patches are supposed to have had reference
10 the French movement above alluded to.