Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-25
ToOur Soldiers.


Withont n syllable of news t. i've, we nyain
seat ourssif 80 drop yam T. line" I'll. weather
has hcen chang"sb!e anl mpcortain OF late. tn
Saturday night last VIZ haf mini mud raj u, light
ming nn'i ihuh'icr land many Of NJ Thought vi
tii"se I'll y"u Oh our c,a.t, and of The eit.c, You
might h"ve hesn "~l",Iing uut" for at that very
than. Sunday dawncd comparatively calm MY
un 'att"i, hut still as.rx and unr"rIfn.. sh!": arcs
Hs punisrei all the diy long upon the time, and
their trouble, tts war sud its atrrcitirs,-aIl.
mare especially, upon the revenge which Il pes
raid the f"c Was that very LAY ab"u; to wrcak liz
lac could upon the devoted city of Charleslun, or
upon the no less reseliuus Savannah, or uron
buth. Il was n comfort to think tlat Heaven had
not thus for pro$pered any efor'. of tie enemy to
reach those coveted Giles, and &c thousht we saw
in the lowering sc"wl-ot the appointed day If
wrath something which said moro th:.n Fen-
yeonec Is "e,"-s"uicihing which opposed to the
isse i~iraler's uiTaucu tho stern man,inie " 7hus
far shoifthou gu and M finrtaer." l; has 81. along
been IL SORT Of sentiment with your friend, he
writer. thn: Ch"rlcatua wns neye. to- fall ia this
war with tn. Yankees; aid ws have duah.ed
whether it would ever Lp attacked. But we may
De led into er.ur by Il mGra notion, AMI a day OF
two lpure may tell y different tglc. Thu alarm
note has certainly been sorrisd by tha brave
General in %ccmmnLd, and our troops have been oa
ths qai rirs of intense expectation for some days.
Il Is this very ccndi,iYpk ,oscuarusd prspnred,.
nrss Which still! makes W doubt anS 9ttack on the
points in question. Ycfit may Occur; aud il 20,
may God give strength t9nur soldiers and COOL
ncss 10 our com:nsldeis. So shall they hurl back
the tide of war aud crash the impious hUpus Of
the Vandal cohorts.
South Carolina is at this time largely exercised
in the tlrues Of snaher mili'ia organization.
YOU VIII hare seen by this papers advertising
columns that all elecn,n for militia officers was
ordered for Saturday last. Closa upon The heels
of that order Gomez another commanding further
elacfiuna (f'r active seIriee) TO he held "n today
T~mca!ay. Neither order Lss reached this dictrict
in tune IL abby proper acton. Only Yesterday
the Colonel of the 18th was epdeavoring %tsextend
the lass order to lis Captains, and they were to
turn out snd warn their companies spresi over
four or FIVE miles square the same day. the Col
onel himself only received The order on %sand'y.
rather lare in the day. How the thing vii work,
we shall srr,-prubably we'll, probably I'd. The
necessity Of such pe!l-msl dispatch il rt quite
apparent. However gTassal.. the alarm, it always
we'll in such matters to iin.;en 4lor,y.
We very much fear thu. our suttoritits will be
carried into extremes blythe Juror of 3 Supposed
invasion. to the great detiment Of our subsistence
crops. Every thing, AZ We told you last week. is
very backward in our fssmins operations and if
all the active men and eiicisnt boys of the COUNTRY
are called away for the mex, two or three hontlls,
what is to become Of our resources sgains usnt:
We arc we'll aware it mpy be said, "7hs 4rmy i.
at the door and ell mus Js"et 10 TIE rescue But
~Ipcarse he il there, ard there in fnrcc, iths.s
reason for going inao 4 wild excitement I'D far
getting all tho other pressing duties of tip day?
For one. re do rot b~elieyt that tho DANCE ID so
imniner, that our iroops ii tho field rant meet
and disarm il o: its terrible? ~ proportions. They
have done it ny to hi. iaS both at Charleston
aud n. Savannah, s,d ere l%iettcr prepared then
ever to 10 1t again, spG to % it With powerful CT
feet. We are not opposed {, The principlep f de-
Tending the tdresheld standardization. undSolieve
that evsJy man Yfhs saado:alwith an7 dSree of
conveaieSScc -ho&d vooffnteeasaE aid IF hi >ervl-
ccs Mt once but We have dUuts as 10 ,be wisdom
of calling out the militia at tn present mbmcut ;
snd, Us n free man of this Caf4dsracy, we are
curious to knnw how it is that outh Carolina anil
Georgia caunu, be supplied .:h enough OF gaod
aud prIctisrrl troops to Nan heir fortifcn,;rn'
and relrl The common fue fronfwu ri,irs held 10
he So important to the whole entry. The laiIi-
ta will 90 ut the cali, ;e dout not,-wlatsvcr
may b. the confusIn ia their Individual affairs
titus brought rboIt. Sorie nav, oversccrs-thry
will not suffer 60 much /; others luve Mons. aud
they will suffer Is bcst they can. We know that
our patriotic governor is uctua;s in Nil he d"es
by the highest motives. We Row loo that he
has thI.t mudicun of common nse 90 Iruc!l in
demEud ut present; and, while " fear the effect
(u.,un day muu prominent in alhurity) Of the
continual clamors that assail hiaat II time like
! this, re have IN abiding hope thathe Chief Mag
i~strate of tue Suite will do what's best for tho
general good. whatever the c"mrtion that seeks
TO influence his actions. Aud 70 10 disniss ;he
subject.
The veal of tho good old district is in progress
of amvliura,iuu in several respects Is ought to
be truo and Hs believe is true, thaan abundance
Of bread mud meat ,exists in every eighborhood.
True, there is not much Offering forale, and just
about this little town Of ours there al alarm Of
scarcity in the supply. But We moul lay Il wager
that nine smoke-haases out of evcy ten in the
district have enough and to spare, md that two
curn-crits out uf avery three nrc sirilsrly sitna-
ted. There is no danger of suffering amongst w :
| while uch are the facts. The farmer dnn't care !
10 part with their supplies except "hrc plain du-
ty 10 their fcllow-ciGzcns ia need tcb them that
they ought TO do so. When It hccomr apparent
That this is the case, wo doubt nOs thy will 'c!l
Of lleir nbuuialco eheerfully aud without stint.
Some rew bsve been huulins their bsou and corn
OF to augusta, Snl Of course they hare II perfect
right to do 50. No one objects provided, they will
also save some portion IF their .surppi to hslp