Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-02-13
hundred yards fiem war they first come

h""drod yards ff'm war they first come
to It,
Eill SwccnS scz he cant account for It
~ other way hut that the Ticker .sorto
'nrnrd thar heds and he seq he does real
~ believe If it hadn't give out, they'd been
Ginning that same fence and in that same
branch till yet Bill promised his wife to
Jlne the Temperance Society if she wouldn't
never say no more about that Coon Hunt.
WHAT HAVE WE SAVED BY THE WAR.
|, Millions ofd"llars spent in cigars.
?. Millions Of dollars consumed in whis-
key.
3:'MlIions Of dollars spent in Yankee
hotels. T..
i. Millions of dollars paid to Yank
railroads and steamboats,.
.. Millions Of dollars paid Tor Yshkee
notions.
editors.
7. Millions Of dollars Paid 10 Yankee
ships for bringing Yankee. notions 10 the
South.
All these, and many wore' items Of an
n''al expense 20 the 'S9Ydl, have been cur
'ai'sd |y the war. Ylave saved enough
to enable us to CE the expenses of the
war. We hay<p'."ty Of money in the
country noXenly because our Government
has been compelled! to issue vast amounts,
but alsofecau<e we have kept our money
at ho;e. Let the blockade only keep us
troV%a>tlng our substance in riolous liv
inr, and we Shall suon be the richest rco.
le On earth. 1t goes little hard at first;
but now that we have plentiful SUPPLY
OF arms and gun-powder, we do not cjre
to see the blockade orcned for twei,ty
years. Lincoln has done for Us What we
never had sense enough to do for. pur-
Sclves-io break up ali intercourse with the
Iespicat!c Yankees. He has made hs in
dependent Of all mankind. Two wears
more Of blockade, aud there will be 10
need Of having any PORTS at all. ,fIet our
Industry be diversified let us like corn
aud bacon and iron, as well as qb,ton and
sugar, ard we can afford to lid Sck up our
ha'bors forever, and refuse to make cotton
for anybody but ourselves.
-------o s@---k
burnside, in lis farewell address, says:
III taking an atlectionate leavEor the entire
army, from which lie departs with so much
regret, he may be pardonea if he bids es-
pecia farewell to his longIried associates of
the Ninth Corps. His }prayers are that
God nay be with you, Aud grant You con.
tinued success until tHe rebellion is crush
cd.
II is understood Inat Sumner a"l Frank
lin have also beef relieved Of their com.
mands, in conscd duence Of their refusal to
fight under I8ker from, lack Of conf
denco in his ablfies. Tie names of their
successors hay 1T been divu1ged, if ap-
pointed.
burnside, with most Of his staff, are al
lowed thirty Days leave of aLseucc, and
will go TO New York.
Tie Inquiry editorially safes that Burn
side avo"ed LIS inca paci'y for the COM
m"nd before shs appointment over the
army of the olomac, vaich the experience
Of The past twoi months has verified.
... A brilliant es'es' is predicted for Hoo
NORTHERN NEWS.
HlcnMoSp, Jlnuary, so.-A despatch
from FredercksUI Irg, TO-DAY states that the
Philadelphia Inquirer, <of the 25th, was
received. -
A despatchs d4ed Headquarters of tNe
Army of the pota mac says, this forenoon.
Burnside turned o. Ter tie command of the
army TO Gen. Hooker, who came to head
quarters for the purpose Of assuming it.
IA soon as it became known, number
Of superior ohicets called on Burnside to
take final leave of lin, with many re-
grets.
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