Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-12-16
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To Our Soldiers.

tam. Yes, within the past two months, m:ny
brave hsarts have gone TO rcst, and arc po1 hap
pily bsvond all tho tricks and e'plites If rho
blind goddess. Upon the borders of r'nue:see
and Georgia, this .ai unreliable whscl hns lately
mad sudden revolution, inwhich rotnry motion
have gone down the hcpes and prayers OF thou
sand. of noble Tcnncsscoans and Ge"r-ians. That
wns wcful day for Tennessee and North Ge"rgls.
Our people, the good and true, in those resi'rs'
mu.t facl incliued to murmur at the strange and
incxplieab.e dispen, ati. of proyi'lsuee, which
foj their hearts with hofos Of success, and JUST
R. the frui'ion grew aracs, drshed a'l to the
ground, and into chno. Indeed that se"'ned
wrful day for the Nhoie South We gay "'"'a'
for it seems no longer. Patriotism knows n"
such word ~ fail. What though the blood OF
Soutaern mcn crimsons the soil Of the South In
al its leu 9Th ana bre ,dth; what though chHrred
ruins mark the pathway of the Fand2ls, AS the
5 moan marks ty blast in the Orient; what though
the vail. of our down-trodden people cry aloud
to Hcaven-pstriotism hears the sad refrnin aud
swOars in holy wrath, to die by the cause Vt has
espnusea, rather than submit to the 'haius tho
enomy would rivct upon us.
We imusine however, we hear yen eIclalm
Those are fine words 10 be surc, hu' we had rather
he r.x ling o. home! In this psrt Of tho great
valo Of tears, the autumn and winter have been
unusually. 6ne We have bad very little uneom-
f,rtubiy cold wenth-r, and OF what Is known IN
military vernaculur ns sioSh, and In Edgehvld
ver 5acular rs iobioiiy. none vt ell. The skies
have been gl"riou.ly b!ue, the sun gloriously
bright, the atmosphere sluripufly pure and bra
cirg. The last fortnight though has been abun-
dsntly cold for hog-killing and from Dan to
Beersheba there has been fearful massacrc-
fearful to swine, but ,ublimely cheering to the
sons of meL-ta say psthing Of tho sons of Afri-
Gu, whom, according to the philauthropic Yankees,
VIC do not hold to be sous Of mon. And truly the
creatures do not seem to be ta.hiohel out Of the
same clay az ourselves. You will ask which We
moan YankeeR OF niggeis. Both. That lis
bad soatiment uf ours however, for We should nl
ever hear in mind the versc: "Wh-ro there is
neithe- Grcuk nor Jew, circumcision nor uncir-
cuu,ci.isn. Barbarian, Sc. THAN, bond nor free ::
but ChriyL 10 All, and in ALL" But hog meat is
the subject OF story! With very many p,o
pie, until now. hog msut bad become shad""y
trsdition therefore great aud greasy is the
present carnival. Your correspondent is now
sojourning f.r a fcm days in that happy valley"
the Ridge (by poetic license we call ridge o
v.liey,) where, under tho bospitabls and abound
ing roof of Mr. l.. Y, he is experiencing all the
joy. and blessings Of su,sage, back -bone spare
ribs, brains and feet. But the idea Of even men-
tiouils such things to you pbor isl'o". who arc
living in al outer darkness OF hunger and Want !!
1t is inhunnu, snd brulaly egotistic.l. We be-
e.p the subject With the intention OF telling you
of tho immcnse quantities VI bacon how being
cured in Edg, ,ieid; We venture the assertion that
there will uo l. times mich but up n: ever
Lrfnrs But dv not i,ua;;no that this account
hscun will be in"ro plenty III the hiuntss to come
] ti,nn in tho months gone by; that is, except
strictly with ,huse rhy raise il. No. hke Corn,
il v,li he IN abundance, aud like 1t, reiigiously
boarded Five dollars nound or Eve dollars y
bu.he, will be-, We fear, tho only arailnblc argn-
! ment t5 tile msss of prouc-r-. ;'ow sr.n
| u, ,nt tb;, to tb &C. wnuse secret suuls eaten
into, wi.ie And deep, BY inst money rust tina,
curs-s tic blessings IF nine tcnths OF our p"pula-
,ion .ni uo.ke- the v-ry foundations of their
lives rotten and trrmulous. Oh bad we hut onc
oour moro of lifo to huld ren-onc hourtf reason
to guido our thoughts to IFS tip, AMI se:d thein
| Aying orer the lund-we should think that hour
well spent If VIC consumed it in preaching the
its awful power and significance: And 10 cast
dnva Tho thirty pieces Of silver in tho temple,
anI dep.r;ol; and wont and hanged himself'
Bu, ~e grow warm, and becomu excited to no
purpose tho mueh spoken Of aud well abused
producers, If they read thus, will merely shrug
their shoulders and ray: The Adoeriiser man has
eaten sour yrap.s, and his teeth are on edge.
This rage for marrying and giving ia III ,rriaEs
h.s been quite remarkable lately il tness Regions.
Many couples of our mutual acquaintance have
emharked upon the slulgih 'tream IF matrimtny,
and srs now hciag b"rho rapidly away to The
! nro,,r land f domestic atrifcs aud s,russos-
,iir 1. and 5u,tors ti.cnis and Luna. little chii-
irsn and little nigH<r.. knifc-elrani.s and ehu'
ming. But we utter rark heresy. or cfurse th-
/ Dcnsaisks will make the smc cxcanai m ns the
rruiucors. Nus, OF you soldier. have lorsatten,
We dare say, what a wedding is. Well, so had
vo; but our knowledge ef the tling has btcn
vividly revived of ats ny rssl old-timc, bufore-
the.war, anti blockade Wedding, which too: place
not hundred miles fr"m Edsrfels. Ga thi. &C.
c.sisp, a gallant, and profoundly fortunate, young
Edgshrld ca. tain III Co"irdsr.to Iervi'e, took
":or better (~c know tho l.dy well, and 'here-
fore ,eeru tho other. contingency one cf Edge.
| fields lovel,xt Nj mort loved daughters. IT,
hi, man. Mt least, predict ikat the stream will
ro, be ,luygi.b, nvr the lsnd pr"raic Al tLit
wedding we had the o;..urs Of meeting the thrcc
loyely daughters "L til. i,te Hon. Preston $.
BnocKs, that nan who .aay be ssi'l to have struck
the 6r.t blow - this revolution. The,c young
.;rls, sercntocn, fourteen, and twelve,
IL and uneou uiouly Lc.utilul, that we foel privi
legged to ovtrstcr tho bounds of custom and spcsk
of them to the world. Aud besides, their fathers
ns,ne makes them, as it were, the damghte OF
the reoelo =; large. They are, each and a!l,
beru;i;ul se Aurora, and in Tho days of Tiii'n,
,,,d h. 70. l..u =, izud ut,pu hy MIN rs Il.,lcl,