Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-08-19
A western opinion about the A,issfssip
:. pi>being Open. ,s.,.

The Chicago I,aRes, commenting sen the
great reioitings a; tie East-ior they are
even greater N, New England than they are
in IlliuolsAover the re-upeui.g ul tue Mis-
sissppi River, says.
; Toe Vast expectations which have teen
,huilt upon the events Of the past lew Weeks
In the-South-west Will now receive the test
. ful6llment or nom ulhiment.. The OPEN
lirg of The M;ssiss' ppi has been looked fu'-
ward To Us the cuasuinmatioilofslktne hopes
Of Western pien. Win that great arteryo OF
commerce once more; uavigable, the old pros
perityesas to have rctut ned, and Lie bless
i.,is Uf peace were to have fallen upHm us is
p.ei.:iFulty as dlfps in a summer Shower.
lis now in the possession Of :he North,
lrora its source to tue Gull, a::d what ere the
Prospects We Lave l,40u, miles of sa:f-
gable water i'll an. enemy's territory, which
/ We u.u>. guard. with q constant patrol OF
gur.-boats in order to secure;the aiost remote
possibility otsafety, either OF property or jite.
These patrol- boats Can command All pcrlna.
nent Instructions, such US fixed batteries
but the guerilla detacilments, Which fly dith.
er withtight field guns, appsa;lrg suddenly
ON the river hank aud riddl;ng or cap!ug.
ing u passing boat, SIT! tLau SCAN perlns Oil
To Inaccessible swamps sI"i bSyous, they can
not control. There will heTces be 40 safety,
and merchants will fad the Investment u
hazardous one. Cotton buyers, it Is true,
viii keep up their. traffic, lur they have be-
come accustomed to haz>:,ds, and know we'll
that lie woo risks nothing makes nothing
Ordinary merchants cannot ind a prul able
market Tor their goods in sn honest way, be
cause. thew arc forbidden to trade With the
| rebels, and there are no Others, uniess we OK
c.pt New Orleans, which receives supplies
from New York. We hive, Ia point u tact.
h EN- AZ we'll prepared Tor legitimate trade
ever since-the river was opened To- Memphis
~ nov. The trade has been confined, to
.,,ch stocks IA were needed 10 furnish the
city. nnG. such otnfr stocks a, were snugg,ed
III trough blythe rebels. S'it willbelower dowr.
The tow,:s occupied by our troops will be TO-
ulenished, and through, them y great quantity
ot articles Will 60 to the rebel; but this is
tiep ale uf Observation-Disclosures the ma
Siurity OF merchants vii, not err.age in it. ffe
acknowledged. hook-ncsed spacuiatnrs, who
swanp uy and down the rin.r, Will do the
b~usiness, and Uncle S.u, may look SHARPLY
after. Them, for they will turn a penny where
ever tho Opportunity offers. With them it Is
god Fedsral secessionis all game that comes
{
10 the me-.
Now, therefore, is the tim" for your shrewd
and adventurous men, who eau tral e Win a
p;s.oi.ip one hand, and the gold in.thc other
who can dodge guer::'as, wheedle post CON
mauders, aud manonvre cotton passes from
commanding General. Th.t.there !salready
no lack Of Them, the reader may well be,
~lieve, but that there will lie more, none need
doub,, for they are, created with the occasion,
md come as naturally 70 band as any of che
otner peculiar products Of war tunes. But
for the everyday, plodiiug merchant, who
believes in slow and honest profits, We have
oaly one word Of advice, aDd that is, to build
n, hopes ,rpon tie ;.eniag of'the Mississippi
| 30 maa who ia tor honest to charge 500 per
cent. profits. too conscientious 70 s%!nasslt
boots and suinine over the line, too tiinld tc
face a wild guerilla bard in their native
swamps, or too patriotic to make money on
his country's Inisfortunes, need try the ven.
ture.