Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-04
General News Items.

sssTP In 1860 The Yankees msdciond soli $780,
G6H. 400 worth vi bouts aud shoes in 1872 nipe
millions will cover the amount. The withdrawal
Of southern traie told IN this linecf goods.
sss- 1t is rumoret That the Kentucky I~eyislu-
,ure has made the repeal OF tho Emancipation
Proclamation tho coliition of any %furLnef 60 op-
Grafton With the Federal government. II this be
70, kentucky is redeemed.
nc- Cutton sold in Memphis. january 10. at
from tlty-ibrce to City five cents per pounI.
5sy- The negro merchant tail"rs Of Hartford.
Conn, have sent H remonstrnnce TO the Federal
Congress protesting against being taxed while
they have no representation n,the government.
nar Gen. Wool has ordered all The New York
State Militia to report to him. General Hall, the
commander of the State furces, hus entered II Wig
orous protest against this step, which caused great
excitement.
@s- In 4 late speech delivered in New York,
Horace Greedy said " do not see the immediate
result of tue war. I am not ssnyuine thut VIZ
will triumph under our present leaders we may
triumph, but it is not at all ~certain."
G5-' The Confederate Government has seized
1900 barrels Of, -four at Petersburg, va, and
allowed Sl7.jo per barrel for it.
~ Tho small p"x is raging in aome sections
Of North Corolina.
~ The Yankee Congress has on foot d scheme
for building u military road on an air line from
Washington to New York; the ROAD to be COM
pletcl in eighteen months. BY that time we fancy
they Will have small use for any such road.
tge The Yankees were prevented from cros.-
ing the Rappahannock owing to the impossible
condition of the roads. One correspondent says
that 1t was impossible to draw an empty wagon
through the dreadful mud. The whole army was
stuck fast.
G,- The Mobile Register says the number Of
men enrolled and sent to the field in that county,
by the e~onscript officers, is 1905, and the number
claiming exemption on various grounds is 1919.
G1r The las, thing Nelson did was to die for
his country, and it is tho last thing some men in
tend to do.
rs The Legislature of Mississippi has passed
on Act to provide u guarantee by the State of the
bonds Of the Confederate Government. This is
the fifth State that has adopted o similar measure.
They ae South Caroliua, Alabama, North Caro-
lima, Virginia and Mississippi.
tFy' It Is stated that the loan tondered to our
Government by French bankers is seventy-fve
millions Of francs; the terms are not. yet d~ivulged.
Some think that this loan, if received, will effect
the price Of real estate.
Gs George Francis Train, the great Abolition
lecturer, narrowly escaped l%ynching at Junesville,
Wiconsin, a few days since.
&s- Mary Ann BSthers, Of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, has applied for q decree Of divorce
from her husband, because he ia an officer and
doing service in the rebel army.
Gs- The Chattanooga Rebel mentions u ru.nor
in army circles, that Bragg has asked to be trans
ferred from the army of Middle Tennessee, to
some other department and thinks it will be credi-
table tn him if it shall prove true. 1t says that
the prejudice against him, both in and out Of the
army, renders the change both polite and ueces-
sary.
B'' The. Richmond Examiner, Of the 26th iu-
slant, says that Gen. Kirby Smith and staff, who
were in that city Last week, and started for his
new department of Texas and Louisi,na, returned
on Saturday, having been called back BY order.
Gen. Smith will be either assigned to Prrdsricks-
burg or North Caroliuu.
LIZ In Illinois the inhabitants arc thinking of
importing fAr n lnborers from England. Thousands
! of acros of land need cultivation, but the army
has abs ,rbsl all the cultivaturs.
Gss- Iii stated that the number of Federal
prisoners drowned by the giving way Of a bridge
over the canal in Richmond, a few days since,
was twenty.
Ist- The Richmond papers say tina. oil chances
for another fight on the Ruppahannock are at an
end for tie present. The snow and rain which
has fallen during the past few days has put a stop
to all movements on the Rappahannock fur some
time.
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