Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-08-19
"A western opinion Dour the M,ssrssir:-
pi being Open.

The Chicago Times, commenting on the
great rcioicings :; tae East-;or they arr
even greater N, New England than they are
in Illiuois-uv=r the re-upeIi.lg u the Mis-
sis.ippi River, says:
Tue VAST expectations whic. have Eeen
built upon the events Of the p;sit lew Weeks
in the Sonth-wesl vii! now receive the test
. fulhllment or non tulhiment. The op"n-
l,lg OF he At;ssiss'p pi las been looked t";-
ward u Us tile Observation-Disclosures hhrcs
oi VI western Yien. WITH, that great artery OF
commerce once more navisable, the old pros
peri.yemas to have rutu. ned, and Tie bless
Tags of peace were to have fallen uprm US ,.s
pie....sui.5 as dyf;,s in a su:nuner .slower.
lis now in the possession Of the North,
Iro:a its source to tue Gull. a::d That are the
Prospects We Lave l,400 miles 'of na.i.
gable water III I'm enemys territory, which
we uiu,; guard. with 4 constant patrol OF
gu,-boats in order to securc;the most remote
possibility o~tssfety, either OF property orIite.
These patrol boats Can command 81 perlna-
nent distractions, such US fixed batteries /;
but the guerilla detaciiments, Which III nth.
er with-light field suns, appsa:irg suddenly
ON the river hank aud .riddl;ns or cdpiur.
ing Z passing boat, a,ui tLAu 'Scs,nperins oil
to inaccessible swamps ami b%yous. they can
not %ron,ro;. .1nele will heTce be liz safety,
and merchants vii! fad tho Investment u
uazardnns oJ.e. Cotton buyers, il is true,
Will keep up their. Traffic, iur th"y have be-
Come urcu.louled to ha LIDS, aud know well
that lie Woo ri,ks nothing makes nothing
U.dirary merchants cannUt ind d prof able
market for their goods in an honest way, be
cause they arr forbidden to trade With the
rebels, and there are no Others, uaiess we OK
cent New Orleans, which receives supplies
from New York. We hive, la point u i.ct.
b en- as we'll prepared Tor legitimate trade
ever since the river was opened TO Memphis
~ now. The trade has been confined 10
.,cI, stocks az were needed 10 furnish ths
city. an6. such otisr stocks Il, were snuegied
II rough BY the rebpls. So i whichever dowr.
The W occupied by our troops will be re-
pl.n;shed. and through, them y great qnantity
Of articles VIII go to the rebel; but this Is
thepale of e=iiimate tr"aeand th- M
iurity OF merri.ants viii not err.ags in il. Tie
acknowledged. hook-ncsed snacu!ators, who
swamp ~ and down the ria.r, will 80 the
b~usiness, aud Uncle Ssul may look SHARPLY
after. the,n, for they will turn a PENNY where
ever tho Opportunity oilers: WIN them II %
god Federal secessionis'-Al game thaJ comes
20 toe me-. :,
Now, ,uereiore, is the tim" fpr your sh"rwd
and ADVENTUROUS men. vii" eau trad 2 n'itn a
ps.oi.io one hand, and the gold in-thc other
who eau dodge gucr::'as, wleedle post CON
mauders, aud man9uvve cotton passes from
commanding Conceal. That.there IS already
no lack Of them, tile Reader may we'll be-
lieve, but that there will he more, none need
doub,, for they are, created with the occasion,
.nd COME q. naturally 70 band as amy Of che
other peculiar products Of war times. . But
for tn. everyday, plodding merchant, who
h aieves in STOW and honest profits, We have
Only one word of advice, aOd tl'ai IS to o'lld
n, hopes ,tpon tie o:.eaing ui the Mississippi:
30 MAJ, who i. too honest to charge oU0 per
Cert. profits, too Conscientious 70 s%nassle
boots and %cuinine over the line, too tilnld TO
face a wi.d guerilla ba"d in their native
swa,nps, or TOO patriotic to make money on
his country tnisfortunes, need try the ven
fire