Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-11-25

egs> We learn, says tho Wilmington Journal,
that i've additional vessels have recently boel'
noticed I'D forming a part OF the hlockodins fleet
OF tho coast, gniug 10 show taat the Yankees arr
in carncst i'll tasir threat, tv establish the mos
risi- guard over this port. We predict, spite %!
sill their eli ,ris. ysssols will 20 out aud como in.
brr The risks OF capture or destruction must BIZ
arscly iacsoaeoi.
Gs> A gentleman of Winchester, Va, states
tba. during the Federal occupancy Of that town u
Yankee chaplain, in 4 Sabbath Sermon, after de-
nouncing the rebellion and rloril,tng the star.
ms- General BrasS:l@ isfuod in General Or:
deis, tEatii; being apparentthe enem y. does not.
intend carrying oul the csrLel in good faith, for
The. eScbangosof prisoners, our soldiers 1should
know that, if taken prisoners, Tiny viii anguish
in Northern dungeons until TIE clste Of tie war,
preferable tu wl:icA is. sn hsn"raJlc death OIL tho
baattiei.ld.
&c, The Yankee Gen. Blount issued. sn order
. priime since calling upon ail loyal citizens To
and lie soldiers in capturing The rebel uunntrr.l
aud ais band OF outlaws, and ordering Quun'.rll
$" lie hung as socn ns captured. QSentr.li heard
'cf tho ORDER, and laid a trap for the cHl tuTc Of
Bl"unt. he had INIT Il short time to wit, when
The NsLkee scoradrel and hs staff and Leiy
guard stepped into the t'tsro set Cor them. Ono
r~nu!atto boy ia oil that is how living to tell the
tails of their capture.
~ Col. R. K. Pickering, Of Mnrengo county.
Ala. is making excellent cotton yarns, for the
manufacture of bageing md heavy clothing for
negroes, without tho use OF cur!s. Ho. gins the
cotton SLOWLY, 80 MS to throw large fakes through
the nue, which aro caught in a hamper basket
placed under the hus, and taken to the spinning
wheel without pressing the cotton. Col. Picker
ing says that tis best spinnsrs average eight cut,
por day. Since he maLo this discovery he has
abandoned the ase OF cards in making coarse
yarns.
re "Her,ino' is perhaps rs peculiar & Word
as any in our language; the two FIRST letters of it
arc male, the three frst female, the four frst n
brare nxu, and the Who'll. word q brave woman.
81 Two friends meeting, one remarked: al
have Just met q man whs told mo LlSsoLed like
you" :" Toll ns Tho it was, that fdtsay knock
him down" replied hi. friend. "Don't trouble
your,plf," said nc " K did that myself, ilnmedi-
stely."
~ The citizens of Chattanooga nre suffering
greatly, and are being ssnt North. to keep them
from starvation. The animals arodying from the
scarcity of turage.
sa- Th. Petersburg Express says "Goncral
A. P. Hill is mid tn be under arrest for ~disobedi-
ence of orders, whoreby Mcade', army wa. enabled
TO make it's escape, when its capture scorned a
matter Of ahsoluto c.rt.inty. Gcnoral Hill is
said to hive been four hours behind time"
M We find in the last Abbcyille Presa the
following advertisement, and publish it for the
benefit of mail contractors throughout tho Dis
trict. Luck out, or Solne of you will lose q bar-
gain;
Fo. sALE.-a good Buggy and farm Hvrso not
old-l61 hands hands high gsoa mover and
perfectly gentle, and sound-no defecm except
blind 10 both eyes. Terms Cash
ry" Tho old capitol at whshingtoris said to be
dsusuly crowded with prisoners. They claim ,7So
prisoners to have arrived in Washington, captured
iu the surprise VI the two ~brigades on the Rnppa-
hammock.
zc-.Tho New York Tribune says that tho
cau.e Of The css,ution Of tho exchange Of priso-
ners is because " tho rsl-ls will not agree to in
oludo the officers nad soldiprs pf tho eolvrcd regi-
uivnt, in the cartel"
s1r A Washington dispatch says: The G ov-
crnmont is d determined to tako no ofioial notice
the French Invasion 81 .Mnxip" unit! our onu
nmYs.icaiifieui,ic arc adjusted"
The Chicago Tines' Washington rorrrsp,n-
lrutsays thu restoration Of the Union is
almost hopeless. Fl restored the United States
will find themsclvcs a dependency Of the
French Emperor on the Southwestern Frog
Ter. The Republican administration has nbau-
the Monroe doctrine. and, By pursuing
u...;ro ,naa.uros In poprre tho South hnc