Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-11-09

OlveQ QGuSr ulJ udtiSi esAso ei-0 oCN Va tHc
Confederate States, at Richmond, This 10Th
day of October, in the: yearsefpne Lord, one
thousandeight hundred and sixty-tour. 8
!assse34 = s':1sss.; -. JEFFERSON DAVIS
By the President: 2 : : - : -
-: s. r. BesIAaMllss, Secretary of. State.
ssThe way Soldiers are Discouraged.,,
s@Eprroas APPEAL: Yva wilfwill please. per-
NIT me tosrss small spacezef youEp paper to
give the public a few.items Of tho quickest
and best method osdisheartening those who
are still willing to fight for the redemption of
our beloved conntry: - s.e2S .'Se,...ts . : :
Ga the 9th efthe present month, our little
band vas relieved from duty With the army
of Tennessee, and ordered 10 report to Gen.
eral Forrest. An through the campaign fof
North Georgia, "lligh spirits, hope, determi-
nation prevailed, ,sand whenswe bid farewell
10 old comrades ia arms. three ronsing cheers
were efivea again and again, to indicate the
hearty determination to stand by each other
IN the Iast.n We had confidence in each eth
er, and everything looked bright and easy. 3
7laOn the GERS, the whistle blows" anfaff
we 20, the old battle Gag with seventeen fields
OF carnage engraved upon its folds floating
in the breeze. All are cheerful; we are not
whipped, though Atlanta has fallen. So
much for the army, where all are -hopsfnl
Soon arrived at Griffin. where evidences of
confusion begin to appear. On 10 Macon,
and arriving there you know nothing. more
until YOU get away. The confusion Of Babel
was mere cypher. No one having the in
terest ofthe country at heart cai be found.
Extortioners Of every description throng the
houses and streets" Atlanta would have
blushed for them at the zenith of her extOr-
tions. A soldier seems to be the only ami
NAL that receives 10 attention.
Z vtHundreds of : fhe white linen gentry are
aocking the streets. What they are attend
ing to, God only knows. 1t has from the he
ginning of the war been aconstaot source of
wonder to the simple-minded patriot, {whose e
whole Soul has been engaged In our reyolu.
ton how these men avoid the draft.
We left Macon as soon as possible, with
the5conyiction gradually creeping oTer us
that we 8ere. hazarding eur lives for a great
MANY worthless.men.z Passed through Co
1lmbus:the only notwithstanding about this
city is the number of young men about the
railroad depots. They are hardened custo.
mers. With checks like brass, you may hal
loo eonscript, Browns pet, &C., but it is no
90. HeSSwhiris his fob chain,. twists his
moustaehe; puts on q look Of dazzling cour-
age, as much as 20 say,aaJeifs Davis regards
thiSSs an important position, and he !:new
his mau when he selected me to hold it, a
citizen at. Chehaw, wishing to encourage our
sdroon;ns spirits, walks supIa and down the side
track, telling to our boys, be of good cheer,
Mcclellan will be elected sure, and that he
can raise million of men to where Abe can
one hundred thousand; and that we are gone
up, sure. Thismanf wears blue pants and
white hat, has, brown Hhiskess, sand sup
posed to.be, from his general appearance -
doctor $50 5sa .s,sgS.Sg. ~
In q dirty and weariel condition, gefelt tha
Sa haaa arrived at the birthplace ofthe Con
federacy, and that nm croaSers, straggltrs, !. q
men exempt could be found within her Walls
Alas forshumeu hopes! Things have son
from bad osworse. : ! stood uponthe streets
and. 10 a sea of human tsings pass before
me. Where re;thsy from, and whittier ar'
they going 2 zTotie front? g No, replle'
a.briehteyed little fellow, who will some da
make a general g they are not. That biI
fellow YOU see tending to that store, is :ex
ernpt because he .superintends the Waysid
Home;-that other one has contrsetsst 10
hauling wood to Government shops5 that on
ia the Governor 5 aid; that soues deiymg@ th
fine bay+is:a quartermaster;f and that one,
&c, &c, continued the. boy, giving descril
tions of their business AS each passed befor
us, until more than double the number OF on
entire company had passed,
turned away disheartened and disguised
The listle boy interrupt q ins-" say, Miste
you see that old grey Headed man with tn
linen coat? Well he told some soldiers i
the. train the other day that:if be was louest
,of them on that train, and itwas going rsgl
into hell, that he would not jump of, th
Yankees would send them all there, an
how, before the war was over" { left j.
etarter, and in passing the provost narsha!
Office, saw t:o young men sitting at the. .desl
exaniaing che papers. .of an4ald nan Rf
had served in the warof 1927 to SIZE VIII
he was not 10 Che army. s,: :. -, 49,. -.
Ills such influences these that opera
.1r,n the mindstrt Sthe soldier s3eav,
.tSe army. hopeful end rfeturns disheartene,
Let me say to you, men int The rear. thai n
Who do the fighting are not wbgpsd, md
they Will have confidence in US, We wiA @h
tbe,fsht. Be cheerfal, be hopefnl, ,:apd wi
all, let each man, be. determined, whatey
bis position may be, to do all he can for Il