Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-06-10
The Rebellion to be Crushed with Cav

The Rebellion 10 DC CfusHcu WIN "
airy.
The ar illery Of Mcclellan, the iron ca.
and ,url. led monsters, aud %the finest army
ON the ~,savet' having 'a'i,d to Crush TIE
rebellion As il was predicted each coulo d.
in o small giv"n lumber of days, the yam
KEGS have just li,w discovered that Cavalry
is the prelest,nrd instrument with WHICH tn.
! b i, TO I've cuMsummeted. The raids "'
S;uneman end t%iricrson have set all papers
in a blaze Of enthusiasm over rhe csvalrysrm
which ROT even the IAN oward fate of Strcighis
ex,p,i,ti-r has any ,Gect in ternptrirg. TIE
Herald has the following ON this "once
sighted arm"
From the zone IF a lead;,g editorial in the
Richmond E'qnirerof Friday. whic' we Pnh
lished yesterday equally prophetic and de-
spending as it is-it Is manifested thst our
cavalry raids are as much, f not mrre, tears G
by the enemy than heavy battles, i'll which
whole armies are engaged.
The effect of these expeditions, az t'er"'
admitted, ere telling ~fearfuliy upon the reb-t
strength. f" They fthe Union troops, can caus-
much sorrow, and heart break our psIple by
expeditions through thinly populated districts
destitute of troops they can rob aud de-
m~oral;ze US within yur own hordees.' The
NOR. of our mills, machine shops and rail-
roads they will have destroyed, the mare Of
onr national resources they will have ruined
and wasted, and the better cbaacs they will
have for en- irresistible advanre ct fast-" Fhts
!. the description OF the coil which is winding
around the reb. lion, gwen bya iesiing rehsi
journal. r.,
Grierson's expedition, we publish further eS-
tracts to-day from Southern 'papera comuen
ting on the late raids in Georgia, Mississippi
and Virginia, showing how disastrous they
have been to rebel interests, by the immense
destruction Of private property, crops, mills,
iron works, railroads, bridges and army stores
which has marked the track OF our ctfa'ry
ali over these s'ates, as they swept along like
. wbirlwind from pcintto point. Even in the
mnsuccessful attempt to reach At anita By
Col, streight, in which bus whole force ves
o.ntpred, It is acknowledged that the result
&c bis movements, 90 faf as be had>eone, were
terrible. The destruction Of property, was
ENORMOUS. He Jeff nothing bat ruin and des.
ISOLATION and a terrified populstion behind
him. An Atlanta paper speaks, with eVi.
dsnt fear. of another raid; now. contemplated
;nto Georgia, the supposed object being 70
DESTROY the Georgis State R,ad. Everywhere
that our cavalry has penetrated the. people
have exhibited every symptom oil alarm aud
terror. -, -
,roves itself most efficient, and will soon lie
more formidable than that of the South, where
cavalry service is almost q natural element
in tho characterof the people, where almost
averv mar is q trained rider from bis YOUTH
psfore long the names Of Stoneman. khpat'
~ Buford, Grierson, Averill and other cav:
.,ro officers of the Union army will BECOME
NOUS in the South Us those Of Sto eyeA
IsoL.on. Stunk," Morgan and Forrest have
Sas. for some time in the North, for deets oil
ling and brilliancy. And yet ut theb g,n'
- of the wa there was decid:f o~firctf'r
~ he part of the Government TO increase OF
on,o,raee our cavalry forcn. @Rwas repre-
ennted that the immense e-peDse necessary
@a,lJ not 10 remunerHted by the value o
.n;s branch Of the army. II was only tn
constant pressure of. opinion BY experiences
Ssscsrs. snd It'd NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sgt ,!
.ns c.yalry of the enemy, which finally III
sTs the military authorities &c pay 1870
to it.
arm is in crushing opt rebellion; and we hop
nat its interest will not De oserl9oked, bu
HI ;ts organftaaatiohiwil fbe still further pushet
sorward. until the United STATES can boast o
40 fine a cavalry force Us any country in tn
weird. -
The Richmond Examiner states that tn
amount of Confederate States treasury not.
bearing date anterior To December last, wa
ssoo 600. 1000. AL of tuese, it says, Nv
s" have been converted into bonds: or
~, viii cease to be currency altogether
T Thus, FIVE hundred millions Of cuFrel'c;; wi
;.-A as Currency, from existence; an
De v onsr market be relieved by the heavle.