Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-01-14

ton, piercing the houses and racing through
the streets. Cotton was burning in piles,
Will women and children were wildly flying
| to tho suburbs for their lives.
{" In some instances, the sick were taken
from their bed en- disauJ;ile, and tottered
along, supported by their relatives. After
wards, they were found lying by the side of the
road so exhausted that they could go no fur
lher One of our officers on tho retreat
through the town, found just such group as
have describel-a young husband dying
with consumption, pale and so feeble he could
not stand, and trembling with nervous ex-
element, wife of not more than tw" ard
twenty years by his side, supporting his head,
and little child, All teas ard supplication,
the noble woman appealed to the officer for
help, and with an oloquence that none but a
woman can use, made him distnouut, assist
her husband to the saddle, and tLen walking
by the side Of the horse, supported him in
his seat until he reached place CT safety.
Such is war. God save Il, from its repetition" :"
"Personne" concludes his highly interest
ing series Of letters as follows
"Though we ere SCARED with wounds, and
then with toll, the South yet stands firm and
erect. And "if wc.hare lost the Mississippi
that was her girdle, or that splendid city that
was the first jewel Of the crown she wore on
the last feast Of the Christian year, we re-
main nndaunted, as then, stronger for cur
losses, stripped for combat, trained to skill in
arms by their employment. and taught ny the
discipline Of three great campaigns, COLL
pressed into the brief space Of twelve swiftly
passed months. Our adversary, G the cnr-
trary, distracted in spirit, pants with distress
and streams with blood. Defeated at every
p1int, lie stagrers undtrs the blows that have
at last reached vital T and is now in the
throes OF All agorized desperation. God only
knows wha. will be the result. Never before
has His hand been laid in anger SO Eesr:l!v
upon the Northern people, and yet it may DO
bu: The precursor of more bitter end.
:. .On our part We have every reason TO be
encouraged. Peaceful influences are becon-
ing stronger in their concentration every day.
The Republican element Of the North is dis
iutegrated beyond redemption, aud the people
at large are discouraged. Their public debt
-is 'ni.-E;irsie7-snd the incabu; increases 1t
the rate of three millions a day. Private.
Ike pEtlic expenses, ure On tho increase eve
rywhlr, Evcrg etio-t Of the Aboiition;>Is
has proven practical laiinrc, distraction is in
their councils, and except i'll the Western
country, where they have secured a temporary
advantage, the future promises 10 bo ~, lal.
rrn of results SIS ,lc psst. TEey have no
sympathy abroad aud ro help vt home. The
friends If peace ara h,cunlIng boiler, and III
the defiant attitude We sill maintain hruaul
our front, there is lesson Of caution being
| taught that will make Northern leader. pom
der well ere they again order their armies to
advance.
Let us hope that in this lu!! wisdom may
take possession of the hearts Of our enemies.
We may ;hen confidently kupe that when the
SHOWS Of winter have melted away, the green
grass and blooming llowcrs CT spring will
bring with them the peace for which we pray.
All quiet in front. PEhsoHHE."