Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-20
Is il I;sL Case.

Is IIa SSc SGeC.
Sume Of cur friends WHO have substitute.
in the army, says the Lynchbarg Repndiioaa
t!.ii,k it a bad case that they should nav be
, Commanded to service, after paying for theil
exemption. Grant this complaint to be just
do these Gentlemen expect to lass through {:
great revolutionary struggle involving life,
liberty aud property, without incurrii.g IN;
har6>i,iys? Do they expect bovc al' OTHER
per-o, :, 70 have an easy lime OF ito live In
luxury. make money, save their property and
! their llvas-amd Ill tor sue ?iiifui sim ofS.
! few nuLdrcd dollars paid for q substitute? Ii
any expect such 4 happy t;mc,of it, they have
certainly 7aiaaed liberty and independence at
q low figure.
Blu, ia it a hard case with Ties. men?-
Lei us compare their hard-h':is with s'"ne
Others. Is their case as harl as the poor
woinan's wi.use hu' band lns beer c0nscribed,
aud she left to. live npon pubic charity ! ],
} it as hard az Ike wildwood moih"r'S AID the
or,h N, who's only protector has fallen III
%iatlIel Is il as hard rs the tsas of tiiou
s.r.ls of refugees who have been driven cx.
les; from their homes viii, the loss Of their
houses, lands, negroes. ard property of ri
iinds? Is it as hard with them Us with oar
Gallant soidi re- wllo have hrayed al tie t2a-
gers aI.i Lsrdships OF TIC Camp and 'i:c field !
F.: Is their case ~ hard rs the cast O: those Tso
arc lapguislling in Federal p:;.'iS, cnd i'll
our hospitals Is their ca as kaids# thai
j of thousands of our farmer, and merchants
whose properly has i.eei, im!icssei 1T les
:,,:,., one tiird its crri v,ih. WHAT, We
ask. are the harrisii; rs of liicsc Substitute
49, .N.,,- 90. L., to h.r J -hi,. S,iI r l,rs
AMI ~lyssesof tvrrytil,tr cl:.,,ri the country?
Aeee Abe 80 li1i men WING have paid the enpr-
TfnraS< sum ul a few hundred i"lar> lnr q sub
,iiute, .slrn:li he rs .;lin,r; !" tai ai'uut 'a' e.
(. >i,las. They have brcn k-i,t 'nt Ut the al
nv inr oar. lSo aud three .r;'r+--lavc saVc;i
their iic.llh aud ilyir i:vcs--in",ia money, ea.
10, ei the pleasure a,d co!niGrs, 81 lca,. an!
la.n.iy. and ii! ior u few hundred dollars Is
al this nothing rs an offset to iie p;!iful sum
ri money which they have li,d ;rr tue p'lv'
.!cg,.?
Tie Truth is, this class ofmcniavc nocausc
whatever 10 complain. They have Iecm a
p;iv;lrrrl class. They have had az easy tiinc
ri it. compared with n;nt-icrihsraf tl.:r lei
Inw citiz-ns IN trr army and out OF il, sid
ll"v -, NH nov 20 mo tile service "l'h"''
= uiuymur. TREY feel rnd knhw iiHar il'
country now;requires their. services, and tho,
should not hrs,aIe to give them clicer!,l!,y
Nor will The jas, and pa.ril ;c portlon Of lhri'
make complaint. but will faithfully ohcy The
cali oi Congress an,i DO Their daty a good
c~llizans.
The LAST RssoRT.-AS ii aarty at gentle
men were taking snppc..- ut n country inn, or
Of the guests Gmdina TIE poultry 'ou-h, a'te
exercising his ingenuity IL no tiiuct trying Il
dissec, the old fowl, he turned a:ounl to tn.
waiter and asked =
Have you any such thing as a powde
flask? 2"
No, sir, we have not: do you want one ?
"Wh7, yes, | think !he shortest way woul
be 10 blow the old fellow rp??'
, TOMB Stone PoErRY.-The following
| FROM a tombstone, in retired and shady noo'
/ about some twenty FIVE miles from the eve
memorable battle field of Waterloo:
Here lies the bones of Alexander Macr-
son. BE was a most extra rdinary person
He was slew
At Waterloo
The Bullet :
Went in his Outlet,
d And came. out at the back Of his neck N
z An Irishman once wrote upon q tomb:
II Here lies two little childr' p dear,
!; One in Ireland and the other one here