Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-29
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BY s1MKrvs, Dg21soE eco.
Later from Rich mond.
(Frvln tue Charleston Mercury
RICHMOND, Tuesday, April q.

klcNMCND, 1ueSuay, april @l'
L is believed that the Government received
ON Sunday nev Z from V..ks' arg, which has
been withheld from tie public. More boats
it is said, have passed. Infantry ID marching
down the other side to be landed under cover
of the punboats below Yicksburg, with the
view of cutting off its communications. This
will cause q land fight, from which good re-
suits are expected. Hence the authorities
here are.cheerful, believing it best for both
parties that the fight should come OFT as soon
as possible. 1t is not thought Port hudson
is in rreat danger. The boats which have
reached Farragut will enable him to reJoin
the feet below Port Hudson, but at q cost OF
toll so heavy as to render the trip toe unpro-
fable to be repeated. This ID the sanguine
view. On the other hand, the croakers say
Vicksburg is now bound to fail.
The Tar Bill has passed the House and
waits only the Presidents signature to be-
come a law. One Of its effects is the card Of
Gooddin & Apperson, the great real estate
agents, who saw the tax of sales being greater
than their commissions, compels them To close
their business. Why not increase theirsharges ?
1t is said they want to close, and intend 10
turn their business over to A. D. Williams.
Still nothing from Longstreet, except a re-
ported fight ON Sunday. Wise has fallen
back from Williamsburg The story goes
that the Administration having done Their
best to induce Wise to resign,~ sent him to
Williamsburg to get captured. But, as al
Roanoke Island, he was too smart for them:
His friends want him to run for Congress, and
he would do so did he not burn to avenge the
death of his son.
We hear of dissatisfaction in Louisiana, re-
peated charges of incompetency against Zen
eral Taylor, and no regard psid to them by
the President. One of the delegation OF that
State is believed to have had a painful inter
view with the Secretary Of War in regard to
affair. in his section. Some think that ii the
YEAR passes without any attempt 10 relieve
New Orleans, the people Of that city, worn
out with suffering and disheartened by neg
lect, will lose their love for the cause, and
cease to consider themselves a part of the
Confederacy. This Is not likely. New Or
leans will not be less constant than Alexan-
dria, Norfolk, Nashville, and Memphis.
A b ockade runner, just from Maryland,
says the espionage in Baltimore gets more
rigid every day. Of late it has been exees
slvely annoying. Spies dog the steps OF all
Expected persons, male or female, and whole
families are being expatriated. along the
Potomac the pickets are doubled in Wash
ington there is great uneasinesS. But in
spite of Yankee vigilance, letter carriers,
large quantities of goods aud Baltimore bellies
c~ontinuo to come through.
Bar rooms are now running openly In all
parts of the city. Mr.. Seldom addressed a
letter to the Common Council, urging them
not to license doggeries, bat they paid little
heed 10 his entreaues, being more anxious TO
fill the city Golfers than to keep it in good re-
pu;e. One of the candidates for the Legs
lature claims favor on the ground OF his vote
for dorperies. HLRMES.