Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-08

And tear stole down her pdle, tnlu cueeA'
And she answered quietly,
at think, even moro than home or heaven,
Or amy word know,
That swhosoever' is the best
Do you not all think SO"
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Incidents ofthe Late BATTLES.
A correspondent of the Petersburg Express
thus notices two Yankee Generals captured
scme time since:
A RRAcE OF YANEEE GENERALS.
The Yankee Brigadier Generals Seymour
and Shaleo, were quar;ered at Gordonsvile
for day, with some five or six hundred
prisoners-enroute fer Charlottesville The
citizens and soldiers at the village were afford
ed fine opportunity of seeing them all as
they we're brought into the very heart OF the
place, and the guard were not very strict in
keeping outsiders outside of. their line Of
march. A Yankee private however, being
but common object to look upcn, and not
every attractiys at that, tie general attention
was directed to the two Brig&diers, VITO as
often as they showed themselves, were close
IL scrutinized. With many other officers CT
lower grade, they are unworthy occupants of
a building in which one of General Lees
horses had been Just previously qul..ered.
Before entering this building, Seymour had
ebe impudence 20 make speech to the crowd
sf Confederate soldiers and citizens sanding
arouad, which, though much taken oy sur
prise thereat, they received in quiet. Ills
words ssere pretty much to tLis effect:
wish to- God General Lee would whip General
Grant-even -out him, and. burn Washing
ton, take Baltimore, destroy Philadelphia
and burn Boston. for then We would show
,you W hat war really Is" lie meant, of course,
.Ihat any successes On tie part OF The Con-
.iaderates, would unite the Northorn people
and srouse them to greater, energy in this un-
molly wsr.
General Seymour is q man Of slender build,
and apparently delicate constitution. He is
about thirty yeas of age, five feet, eight or
nine inches in height, and dresses well. He
IS very efieminate in appearance ard looks
gery much like parlor hero. His capacity
as tested by Lis success III this war, proves
MIN to be better suited for the position Of
corporal than a Brigadier. He is a pretty
fellow. wears his hair short, and his black
mustache and whiskers curl very gracefully.
lie was rejoiced to learn that negro corpor'
al cap,ured from Grants army was to be all
occupant, Of the house, and when he entered
grasped the pegro's hand in the must cordial
manner, muck TO tie disSust oil
GENERAL sHALER.
Who looked on with folded gyms and an e1
preston Of the utmost contempt. Gen. Shal-
er protested against occupying the same
apartment with the black Corporal, and
wrote polite note to the commanding Off
Ger at Gordonsville, asking the neeros re
1aoyal His request was not granted, and
Shaler was compelled to make the best OF bis
predicament. Shaler Vstands six feet in his
boots, the tops of which rise above his knees.
He was dressed in handsomeGarE, blue cloth,
and were gilt strap across each shoulder,
with star in the center. He wore {: long,
sapdy-colored moustache, but keeps his face
. clean. and dons sugar loaf hat With an eX-
ceedinsly broad brim. His age is nat more
than thirty years. Like Seymour, he had
scarcely been in the " Army of.the Potomac"
lone enous Oh to know what brigade he COM
snaaled, before he was taken prisoner.
VERY GRATEFUL TIL THE coSvEDERATEs.
Among the prisoners who reached Cor
aonsyile shortly after the battle Of the Will
L
ed hialseif as exceedingly delighted at his
capture, iadeed, we learned, that ne otfereA
no resistance to being made prisoner. lie
openly said that he would not take ten thou
saud dollars for his present position; and he
would not go through the battles that Grant
T will have to fight for the whole world. lie
was gratefnli Tor his capture and was not alone
in his gratitude, for many others were with
hisaa-both officers and priyates, who were in
the finest, spirits st the prospect Of short
irest in Virginia.
HAD AN OBJECTION.
A large body of Yankee prisoners remain
:ed at Gordonsville for some time waiting for
our wounded to be transported to Charlottes-
yille. stauntop, Lynchburg and elsewhere,
and in the meantime it was proposed by some
of the Confederate chaplains to hold religious
service with them. But permission must
first be asked from Major the CommaDdins
eflicer of the post. a worthy Chaplain was
.,ppointed to make the request, and soon wait
upon the Major. Hewas found busily en-
9. I'd, but ready to give an interview to the
gag ter. The latter commenced some re,
ihin,s sbout the prisonsrs-their moral con-
marks d the benefit they would probably
9i'lon a a. 4 3 little wholesome gospel, II prop
ott;Ve l;. no. .etrd-wlen the officer. Wishing
cry e ,Aa aa,unno =. o., e to the point, remarked
70 sSRs WI - U :. Kind enough sir to state your
business ~ s.. at at once @ As an very baslly en-
gagged !" sa the q ;;n;sI store Broth
.S.alaa 0etI iosreacb r.,, TO the prisoners this
si.erhIon Iore an Object olqn saI the M.jnr
/ na,I Ct wsnt a,, the aii,.ees to g
Fsasmsn1i tse %n,m place ~sretl' ss'aas; i y. wo,,
The tso gentlemen pert S. ~, aa,.'g anIa.s noi' =
ofeiod was . not preached to .''s fanSees a
Gorlonsville there or thereal IL
mcn BATTLE FIElps..
Virginia papers say the late '..,ui.e,u esdi..n y
the wilderness and the one suct sSp'De .