Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-09-23
TO Our Soldiers.

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|, wi;huu; ceremony, aud rhc last fe" morLiass
". iouni us cvngrcgating ar"und br''A a'ss-
,e % 1. ,. raia ftr acvrrni w:.ks, The "snthe7
Dbl ;eon very dry md very hot people eeii'oah.
cd tie LiiElltc.! prospects Of turnips, and i'ilrlt-
- H. -uots.ccs shouLi ba cuts out Of their full
growth At ere. cnt tt:"uga, as lar Us seasons al,
Concerned, peopl,, potatoes anl .urnps' are Nj
isLt en tlc soiSs -
Corn "a Jelng gathered in inount,inf, OF rather
tleo are mountains Of it TO gather when the WORK
begins cUrn painted late however, is gV'sTai.J
u fri!ur: we believe. They tell us ecss are ao'
bcarins we'll AS to Chinese Syrup; :. Pacific
Ccvhn OF thas Airendy been mals-und tl.e opera
.io, is YET ury iu the first stage. Every farm
from he Savannah 10 the Snluda is ornsmcrt.a
viii II n.n y erected "SugAr Milict Screw as
t,. ns,ro;s c,ii it, ;lnd the Whole isu is rrioIent
oc r:.r ethiug juice Tho negroes are tra' sport
ed wi this syrup boiling; every pot is surround
cd tsn or ,ilcen deep, With little ones-nnd these
Le.nearcl from ear TO CIR. We incline to TIE
opinion that your friends II send you a great
dsa OF this Confederate molasscs. 1t is Icing
rcaed at S; Fer ga'lon.
We enjoyed the privilege Of attending tho late
Baptist Association Ut Riiee Spring Church
where We. in common with others, heard much
god preaching saw inuch q: tie worl'i, tho.lesh
sud the devil: .hehcll many people; eat ruoh good
eatng aud had full experience ,if the elegant and
ncxhaustibis hospitality OF tie Ridge. TherAs-
sucistion sled but Two dsys, aid we believe all
business was satisfactorily dispatched. This R"v.
Mr.. GwILrxEY made un eloquent and forc;blr
address in behmlf uf fcmslc cducatioh, in which
he urged The Association to PURCHASE and adept
the Female Institute OF this place; the iocoin- :
mrndali,n was f.vorably received, and agents
were appointed to go through the District ard
,u.kt collections Tor this mvst laudable purpose
ri.vrt is now thvrcfore great probability u Edge
7frld soon Laving'a pcrmansnt Female institution
of high order The ReT. M.. RicS (yos nj! know,
or .ucht Ia know, who he is) made also warm
and 'eliug appeal in behalf of the soldiers-or
ra,hor.in behalf el buying bibles for the Soldiers
this a,.peat was followed bS = collection which
ss,ssted that Il reverend speaker had notspoScn
The ladies we're out in full force, aud full
feather; svlne i'll blockade hncry, and nahy in the
lpvro appropriate ar' becoming Confederate home
span. There were ulso anuy soldiers-sorne who
have decidedly secliihe Elephant, and the entire
animal ut that from the tip Of the snou. to tho
ond oil the tnii. Soma of these youths wore car
rieS away with tho novelty of ths sitfatidn, ans
wore evid,ntly running hoadlong into eth inini-
L lly of1 1oya
many OF .our American bfothers (nnd sisters) oi
African dcscent;' may who having trudsed sew
cral uiles in the mad dog heat, were in q state Of
cuianc ss activity absolutely fearful. We car
nasly wish old Abe Lincoln could bo tied to one
for life-which is cnly. wishing that the dirty ol'
william should "dio ef n rose, in aromatic pain
Rrfu .ces from The low country are buying every
hole and corner-tLat can be bought; and many
who csat buy, arc renting. Land which three
years ago, could hare been bought fer seven dol
lars per acre, now easily brings thirty dollars:
any of you have spot Of mother earth to dispose
OF, let it lie where j; may, adrortise it immediate
BY; you have no idea what vast amount o
-"ntthy lucre" the sale Of iew h:sssz-sz='1'
nefl l..1...sv frcSP: have been called out and a
la,xepurt of tho 4Os lbs uhd Sos, have gone :or;h
t. face tho Yankcvs and rtry to wiring the hard
hold honors from storm fortunes hand"
Times arc very hard for people who don't live
ON farms, and wLu ARE not producers; in fact such
p.ueic, in these days, dont iue; they. only con,
n;ve and worry along. Speculation, extortlon
and the yraL game stalking abroad with more
unblusiipg face than ever; southern gentt men
ufc forgetting themselves SC terribly as to bosys
t.matca iy out -jomins the Jew anl Out-'radiGg G
the s4 -rpcst Yankee traders.
Oar Legislature is now, At tho call of the Gov
erpor, liz extra s-ssion lot knowing with ANY
degree Of certaiaty, she object Of This special cali
we will toll YOU nothing p,oro about it until mex
| time.
IL has boen reported through our part Of .ht
co-otry for some Gays past, that the la4koe
have made raid lately upon Walhaiia in Pick
.us district, and Flat Rock on the N. c. line
barring destroying and playing TIC devil gcLcr
al,yus ;hcy went; this has occ.sionca coasidera
hic cXcirement, bat as ncitier author nor cvuiir
;n.ti.n can be found for the rumor, tho who. q
matter is now considered to bu of thosc tale;
tol,l by " the nau the; struck Billy Patterson"
Many IF. you have lately pulled up stakes, aIt
now find yourselves in new corner OF Rebcldom
low do YOU like that North Western corner o
ioggEas iS ghEa.t5E .tEds you in your new corner, with
.ommins!ed hopo and fear. Since yo4, Of ta'
uNIauniea army of Virginia, have gone o'''her
wc. on our own part, lock forward to the de"O"e
mcn, with perfect love that caste'h out lear
List of S. G. soidies Buried i'll Cypress
Hill Cemetery, N. Y.
The following is list OF S uth Carolina s"la'ef
who have been buried in this cemetery with IN
particulars of the colnp'ny, sumSer' dn'0 OIL Ou
rial and number of grnvc
D,risoc, c. L., Co. d, l4th Regiment July q
1863, 66I.
Gardner, f. NJ, ll,h, July "a. 1863, 96S
Hall. p. y, Co. K, 18th, August 6, 1868, 7l5.
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