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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-15
State of South Carolina.
EDGEFIELD DISTRICT.
IN ORDINARY.
Frances Whillock, applicant

John Whitlock and others ief'ts.
HeY an rider from the Ordinary, shall proceed
I'D to sc 1t Edgeield C. H., onthe first Monday
III May next. for Partition, the Real Es'ate of
John Whtlnck, deceased, consisting Of n tract Or
parcel of land, lying and hclng in the District and
State aforesaid, containing one hundred and fifty
Il sO) acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Joseph
Swcnrengin, Moses Harris, Divid Burton, Julius
Day and others.
Tsrm.-on n credit uni the first day of Decem-
ber next. The purchaser to give Bond, with good
security, ard Mortgage Of the premises TO the
Ordinary to secure the purchase money. Costs to
be paid in Cash. Titles extra.
L.J0NEs, sEp.
April G, 1863. 1T II
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From tennessee.

CIIArrAxoccA, April lO.-Nothins addi-
tiopal from the front to- day. Eighteen pris-
oners were captured near Franklin by Van
Dorm, and reached here tonight. Parties
through the lines report that Confederate pris-
oners were liberated from their guards by the
citizens nl Mount Stirling, Indiana.
Burnside is at Louisville with twenty thcus,
and men.
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Attention ALI /!


vEyHE Subscribers having bought the HAM
T. BURG & EDGEFIELD PLANK ROAD
desire through thcss columns to return thanks to
the public for the liberal patronage thus far bes-
towod on theta. They pledge themselves US soon
the times will justify it, to relay the Road, and
give You Road worthy of travel. In order to
do this they expect all those who use the Road to
pay toll. The privileges given TO persons through
whose land the Road runs ars hereby Withdrawn.
They will expect all TO pay who use the Road.
They will mako terms reasonable.
Persons travelling the Road from the Pine
House to Graniteville, will pay tol! at Julius
Days; and those using tho Road below the Toll
Gate can make arrangements by the year. They
would he glad fur every to feel it to his in tie
reslto use tho Road. But they are not willing for
this to bo done without pay, and with generous
assistance from the people. they will convince the
Adrertiser's Devil that The H. i E. P. X. is 10
humbug. JULIUS DAY,
J0EL9CURRY.
Mar 80 At l3
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present year.
Taxpayers must make their returns in the time
above named they will be subject to double tax
Free Negroes not now nor having heen in the
Confederate service are subject to Tax,--those
from the ases Of Is to 10 yenrs.
Tax Payers are hereby notified that the Con-
federate Bills Of the Hoyor { Ludwig plate, dated
September I'd, lsG, OF tho denomination Of $50.
$50 und slOO, will not be tuken for Taxes, as they
were called in last year, aad the plate having
hesn counterfeitcd there is sonc discount on tho
genuine bills unless returned to The proper au-
thorities. Other Confederate money will be good
for Taxes. TIEO. DEAN, r.c.kD.
Mar IL If II
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Dentistry

nR. H. PARKER will be IN buros..
~ regularly each day during ,ale-day s..&
hut after then he will "nly be there oecaxo onsly,
AZ his Professional engagements throughout ,hs
District demand much of his q, teption! di-'.
w Having to pay the highest Cash. prices far
Dentistry materials, be will hereafter work ONLY
FOR CASH.
Sent 1n ..l.. .4f -,.,...-...l. "A
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N Office. (;

~ ing SPRING SEASON at Edgsscld @. H.
on Mondays, Tuesday,, Wednesdays aud Thurs
days.-at Harmon Gallmanis the remainder Of
tho week. He will commence his eesson Arst Of
Zebra Try and end he 10th day of june. He will
remain ut his Stable until first Of March-siter
that time he will alternate.
twenty-five Dollars will be charged for the
Season., ] do not desire him to 60 to more than
teveuty-fve Mares. - DO"
His pedigree is known to the breeders In Edge
field '-gs Us -. THO. q. BACON.
Feb 3 aa,. ID 3ms .i9 5
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LAND FOR SALE.

VVHE Subscriber offers fer sale arriystely tbs
Il HOMESTEAD. PLANTATION Of Robert
Jennings. decd, in Edge6sld District. containing
NINE HUNDRED ACRES,
Situate on Stevens Creek. on the Road leading
from Augusta toaCalhoun,s Mills, % miea from
Augusta, and bounded by lunds, Of Dr.. J, j. Cart
ledge, Mrs. Cartledge. C. L. Blair and Others.
There are on the plarc n comfortable Dwelling
House and nll necessary Outbuldingi. There are
seventy-live Of good bott,m laud, and shirty
acres Of land sown in. Wheat, and about forty In
Oats. The place is we'll watersd and timbered and
is in high state Of cultivation.
with tie place Seventy FIVE Head of Sheep, stock
Of Cattle. &c. p y ~ II Ji,auio saH
DR.. j. j. Car,ledge or the Subscriber. will tske
pleasure in showing the placs to any Yps desiryus
of purchasing an excellent plantation. n, ALL
ES- Terms eusy.
W. D. JENNINGS, RI'or..
Mar4 -i-.t.'sit' tf ~ ~. ..-.>iu9
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From Louisiana.

MOBILE, April lO.-An Official dispatch
states that the enemy, four bundred in num-
Der, mostly contraGand troops, landed at Pas
cagoula yesterday, and were attacked BY our
cavalry, with loss, on their siic, of Is killed.
Oar loss WAS ono Lieutenant ard one private
slightly wounded.
The Yankee gunboat put back to Ship Is
land with the wounded
Reinforcements have been sent to the scene
Of action.
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State of South Carolina

EDGEFIELD DIsIRIcT,@,rs=
T.. IN ORDINARY. t.
Elias C. Robertson, Guardian OF ,....,,.e
Nancy Robertson and others, Citation for
John P. Self and his sureties, Vt. and Acct
b. Jennings and John Elkins. a 3> g..
an hearing the Petition in the above case, 1t
" is ordered that the aforesaid Dsfendantsds
appear in the Court of Ordinary for Edgefeld
District, on the s0rb April merit, to; account foe
their Guardianship Of. the above minors. A sct-
tlemont and Decree will be made thut day for the
amount due the said Minors. "9--a 49,
%.sF.iDUR1soR, o. ED.
Jan 19, 1855. .!o;.a; sns 5
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.SALTFOR@FAirRs9AyII:ERS.

NuAVlNG rccented the Agency Of OH extensive
LII SALT WORKS. will he able 10 furnish
) ALT in large or small quantities, AID will he
governed by the lowest market price in Hamburg
or Augusta.
s. e. BOWERS, Agent.
f, Hamburg, Mar 80. Bun l3
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REpuLsE OF 4 YANKEE MARAuDING PARTY.
"A correspondent of the Savannah News,
writing from Palatka, Florida, March alst,
gives the following account of brilliant cx
plot, resulting in the death of the famous
Kacsas Jayhawker, Montgomery:
"a Friday, the 9th instant; The large
transport steamer Ben DcFord landed at this
plscc, for. the purpose Of occupying the town.
a fine cavalry corps stationed here, under
command of Capt. ]. j. Dickinson, met them
very handsomely. We fired upon them with
Enfield riff 8, at distance Of about one hun.
drcd yards, killing and wounding a grca,
many, the notorious Colonel Montgomery
amoag the number. They Immediately fled
to their boat, and did not return the lire un.
til they were out in the stream. ltis alnost
miracle that we had only one man wounded
from the am cunt of shell and grape thrown
They retrcated across the river, AM took on
board two companies Of negroes whom they
had there engaged in plundering aud stealing
They then steamed off down the river. and
we have not heard from them since. We
have Just received dispatch which states that
they nave burnt Jacksonville and leittho river
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Notice..

a LII Persons indebted to the Estate Of John c.
IA McCelvey, decd, are requested to pay the
same without delay. and those baving demonds
agninst the same are notified to render them in
properly at;ested. j. P. MlCKLEK,
Adm'or.
April 6 3r# il
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Notice.
Notice..

T 0sT about the 10th Marot Note on Daniel
Il A QUITS, calling for Ono hundred and seventy
five (l7s) dollars. due the lst of january 1864,
dated I'd March 1863. All person. nre forewurned
not to trade for the said Note.
C. PINCKNEY QUITS.
Mar 20 3tz 13
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Notice..

A LII persons in nnywise indebted to Lewis
IA Coleman, deceaDcd, or to Coleman & Dean
please make payment ta the subscriber.
w. L. COLEMAN, Ex'or.
of the Estu;e of Lewis Coleman.
Anr;l itH IA
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ms- A meeting Of the citizens Of Dallas eoun-
ty, Ala, was held ut Selma, on Saturday Inst, to
,ako somo action in regard to the poor of the
country. About 900 worc raised on The occa-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-15

FROM THE BAR.-Six Monitors and the
Ironsidcs were still inside the bar up to
Thursday evening; no material change hay.
ing been made in their positions,
Another Nondescript or Yankee Devil
No. g" having the appearance Of 8 large raft,
about one hundred and fifty feet long, with
mas,s and rigging, came up to the bar last
evening. Nothing positive could be ascer-
tanned as to its real character.
The smoke stack Of the Keokuk can be-
plainly seen from the city above the water,
about y mile and half from the beach. Sew.
eral articles Of furniture and other effects
from the wreck have been washed ashore, all
more or les, covered with blood. They are
in possession Of our forces on Norris Island.
1t was also reported that the spy glass of the
wrecked Monitor had been picked up aud is
now in possession cf Col. Graham, command
ing on Morris Island.
No special movements of the enemy were
observable 10Th.
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Tax Collectors Notice.

q WILL attend at the times and places herein
4 after mentioned to collect tho State and Dis
trict Tax for the year commencing the first day
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From Charleston.

OFFlCiAL;
Jyo. NJ OrEY, A. A. G.
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.Gb6efeIb 9abertiiser.
BY sIMKIys. ruRIsoE & co.
The Attack ON Charleston.

The Mercury Of the 9Th has the following
count Of the opening attack upon Charles
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had her flag shot down, her boat shot away,
three holes in her smoke stack and u por-
tion of her bow shot of The practice of our
gunners was most creditable. Nearly every
shot struck some one Of the ir6nclads, but
with what effect is not known. Fort Sum
ter was str1ck thirty four times. One Of
our guns was dismounted, but otherwise the
Fort is in good condition. Fort Moultrle
was uninir.red. The casualties at Fort Sum.
ter were drumer boy, named Ahrens,: NOR
tally wounded; two men severely wounded,
and three others slightly injured. At Fort
Moutrie, one man was accidentally hurt by
d fall from, the flagstaff, on which he was re-
placing our flag, which bad beer shot away.
We learn that be afterwards died. Two small
houses on the back beach Of Sulvan's Island
were demolished by the eneg.J's fire.
After their Withdrawal from the action, the
enemy's ironclads anchored off Morris Island
where they now lie. Many think that the
fisht will ce renewed at daybreak this NOR
ming. but up to the time at which we write
ga. allis quiet. The reports we get
from tne Stono river say that the cremy 8
transports still remain in the stream. Doubt.
less the Yankee generals intend, before ven
,url,,y upon a land attack, to await the issue
Of the struggle between their ships and our
batteries.
The Courier contains tue following:
Information received from mysterious sour
res caused the General in command Of thi'
Di.tric, to expec. an attack at all early day
And ,ha. intelligence received confirmation
ON Sunday morning. On that day four Mon
itors. the Iron.ide aud thirty vess' Is of vari
ous Rizes, were seen Oft the bur. Four Nom
tor, and tbirty-fve wooden vessels We're ad
ded To the fleet on the following day; thirty
five ysssels for ihs most part transports, ap
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-08-26
PUBLISHED (DALYl nY
EDGAR SNOW DEN, JR.
na~ OFFICE-No, l04 King street, over
,,ax Isoraerly French'S) Book Store.

Knaop Perry, Of PottersviIle, Warren Co.,
.. 4ied last week. He was drafted from his
,1o,s of residence. He was about consumma-
+;oo marriage engagem ant and the intelli-
.soca IF his being drafted 50 affected his atE
,nee3 as to cause her serious illness. This so
worked upon Mr.. p's. mind as to terminate ia
}n2rfQl arrangement and death.
-Four companies of negro soldiers belonging
10 the regiment which has been organizing at
4. Louis under the direction Of Colonel Pile,
loft tor the South en- the steamer metropolitan
on Thursday last. Five more companies oFthe
same regiment follow in few days. Another
regiment Of Col. Piles, brigade, (colored, the
9Th, il organizing at Keokuk, Iowa.
Hon Sherrard Clemens publishes card in
the Wheeling w. Y. papers, declaring that
under no circumstances will he accept q nolni~
nation for Congress,
Notwithstanding the caution given to the
public that some expert manipulators were
making d lucrative trade Of changing the de-
nominations Of green backs from smaller to
larger amounts, we hear Of people N different
localities being duped and cheated for want Of
aittje care.
LIE Temps, Of Paris, says, the Emperor Of
Austria will authorize the Archduke TO accept,
provided that the new Emperor OF Mexico
is placed, by treaty, under the protection Of
the principal Powers.
Henry O. Emerson and J. G. Athey, arrest
ed by the Potomac hotiIIa as blockade runners
we're committed to the Old Capitol on Monday
afternoon.
t, Folck, native Of Bavaria, Germany,
but for several years s. resident Of Richmond,
has been authorized to proceed to Europe, and
sQpenntend the execution Of the proposed
statue Of "Stonewall'' Jackson. After the
doath Of Jackson, Nj. Volck took very faith
20I bust Of the face, and it is from this the fea
&orea will bo moulded:
Al meeting Of Chaplains held at BeaIe-
s2R on the 22d instant, it was voted that 8
Convention Of ChapIains Of the Army OF the
Fotomao be called TO meet at the Chapel tent
u ne Christian Commission, at Bealeton, Vlr'
gina, on Saturday, the 29th Of August, at
len o'clock, &. NJ.
Hereafter all passes to visit the Army Of
INC Potomac, BY whatsoever authority granted,
must be oountersigned by Lieutenant Colonel
D. ). Conrad, 4, D. c., before they will be re-
oognjzed as valid
-, Inc following parties have been sent to the
y, 0'o capitol prison as suspicious persons, viz:
snonaS h, Dudman, Fl. n. CIagett, L. Cla~
g sS.S. James Gray and James Smith, arrested
= Muddy Branch, Va; also Lewis L, Poats,
: osseFter from the Thirteenth Virginia in-
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lne largest number q api'llcdtioilS ihi ldHti
under the homestead law alein u isconaIn Mich
igan, Kansas and Washington Territory. The
revenue from the public domains is scarcely
more than nominal, No additional lands will
be Immediately advertised Ior sale.
Some particulars Of the explosion oi the
steamer City Of Madison, at Vicksburg, have
been received at Cincinnati. The steamer. 77as
being loaded with ammunition, and had IT,
ceiged nearly full load, when a negro carry
ing percussion shell on board let It fall,
ca using an instant explosion The boat took
fire, which was communicated to tie ammuni-
ton on board The steamer was entirely des~
troyed. Out Of one hundred and sixty MEN
On board only four are known to have escaped.
Mayor Opdyke Of New York, has sent in
to the Council his veto Of the three million
exemption ordinance He proposes to provide
for the exemption Of only policemen, actual
fremen, and active militiamen who may be
drafted and to provide for destitute families
OF citizens who may also be drafted
The English frigate Rinaldo sailed from
Hampton Roads yesterday for Bermuda, and
from there she is ordered to Halifax. This is
the first time for year and half there has
not been one or more English trigates in
Hampton Roads.
A tornado, on Friday last swept over Buena
Vista, Wisconsin, and blew down every house
in the place Three persons were killed AMI
fourteen wounded
The Salem Mass, J Post Office was broken
open on Sunday night and every letter in it
stolen.
The Office Of the United States Express
Company, at St. Louis, was robbed Of nearly
sixty thousand dollars last Sunday night.
Dr. John S. Bartlett, formerly proprietor
and editor OF The Albion newspaper, publish
ed in New York, died at his residence in
Middletown Point, \. j., on Sunday last:
aged 73 years He was President Of the St.
Georges Society in I847, and for thirty nine
years member,
John T. Kinney, formerly OF Nebraska hiss
been chosen q Delegate to Congress from
Utah. He is native Of New York, practised
Law in Ohio and Iowa, and went to Utah as
Associate Justice in 1854, taking his family
with him.
Americans in Germany to the number Of
about one hundred recently assembled at s
banquet at Hamburg to celebrate the federal
victories. Ex-Governor Wright, OF Indiana,
presided, assisted BY Ex-Governor Dyer Of
Rhode Island.
An effort was made s few days ago at Key
West TO blow up the y. S. sloop-of-war Dale
BY drifting g torpedo under the bows Of the
vessel The machine was secured, but not till
-.-s-. LII 20 4ho Iolo
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person OF white woman. lhe execution was
witnessed by about 200 persons.
Col. Charles Carroll Hicks, Of Nicaragua
fame, who abandoned the Confcderaey some
time ago, was on Monday released from the
Ola Capitol prison, after az imprisonment OF
enc hundred and ninety days.
The novelty in the theatrical world IS 8
"ghost, y which is made to resemble natu-
raj ghost, if any one knows what the natural
appearance Of such an unnatural object ought
to be- The ghost on the stage Is an optical
illusion, produced by means ola strong reflect
ed light
Another Of the accepted substitutes in
Washington has been discovered TO be deser~
ter-one Charles Mans, On bis person WAS
found $500 in Treasury notes, besides the sum
he received as substitute. He was placed in
close confinement
4 court of inquiry has been appointed to IN
vestigate the circumstances attending the loss
by theft of large sum Of public money in the
hands Of Major Mcfarland, pay department,
Rev. II. NJ. Butler, the head master OF Har-
row school, (England,) has issued an order
that the side trousers pockets OF the scholars
shall in future be dispensed with; his reason
for the prohibition being that the boys contln.
ually had their hands in these pockets, and
thereby contracted !ounging and stopping
| habit.
| The e. S. gunboat Niphon, of Cape Fear
river, on the 29th ult., drove ashore and after
wards destroyed the British steamer Hebe
| which was attempting to run the blockade
With On assorted cargo for the Confederates. 49,
4 boat $ crew Of the III phon, who boarded the
steamer after she went ashore, were captured
by the Confederates.
The Richmond Whig Of the 2lst, received
by flag Of truce at Fortress Monroe, discusses
the probable continuance ofthe war. 1t comes
to the conclusion that the loss OF Vlcksburg
and the failure at Gettysburg will have the
effect Of continuing it indefinitely, unless tor
eign intervention can be seourei or the de-
nocrats in the North can be successful, II
calls for the aid Of France.
The steamship City Of Baltimore, from
Queenstown on the 18th, brings one days Is
ter advces The statement OF the London
Times that troops were to be sent from Eng-
land to reinforce the forcesin Canada, is denied.
It is announced from several quarters, that the
Archduke Macmillan will accept the Mexican
throne The London and Paris journals dis
cuss probabilities connected with this state
ment. at length.
The Pay Department has made arrange
ments by which paymasters will hereafter be
assigned to particular descriptions Of troops,
;,staod of onma of them aa now attending TO
Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-12-12
p Q E T r Y.
The Pen and the Press.
NJ JOHN cRlTcHLEY PRINCE.

Young Genius walked out by the IN ountan and streams
6n'rahced by the power Of his own pleasant Dreams
IN the silent, the wayward the wandering thing
found plume that had fallen from pas sing birds wing
Exulting and proud, like boy at his play,
lie bore the fair prize to his dwelling away;
lie sazod for n while on its beauties and then
Hs cut it, and shaped it, and called it a pES
But its magica. use he discovered not yet,
iii he dipped its bright lips in fountain of let;
And oh what glorious thing it becamel
For IT spoke to the world in language of fame;
While its master wrote on, like being inspired,
TIL the hearts of the MILLIONS were melted or fired
1t came as boon and blessing to men
The peaceful. the pure, the victorious PES.
Young Genius went forth on his rambes once more
Inc vast, sunless caverns of earth to explore.
lie searched the rude rock and rapture he found
substance unknown which he bro't from the ground
lie fused it with fire, and reoCed at the change,
rs he nodded the ore into characters strange
Till his thoughts and efforts were crowned with success
For an engine uprose, and he called it the PREss
The Pen and the Press, best alliance combined
10 soften the heart and enlighten the mind
FOR that to ;he treasures of knowledge gave BIRTH
ANA thIs sent them forth to the ends Of the earth
Their battles for truth were triumphant indeed,
And the rod Of the tyrant was snapped like reed
Those invincibIe brothers - the PEN and the PRESS