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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-29
Frem the Mobile Register.
Seven.Thirty Treasury Notes.

It is remarkable that & people like ours
who. next to the Yankees, are the most mon
ey.loring people we read. of, are nevertheless
exceedingly gullible. They permit the bro
k.rs and the bankers to buy and sell them a
their will and pleasure, and for their profit
If the green ones want a Confederate Bond
the broker will sell them one at 120; but i
the green ones want tos sell hapd, the brokel
buys st l0S to ITO; quite obliging and ready
to accommodate the public. The Same ready
commerce is also carried on ip gold; snd.ln
deed in all classes of securities. But tina
which Just now makes the green stand out
ridiculQpsly is the use Of I 80 treasury notes
existing for the most part in the form OF Sflol
bills.
These notes were declared bonds by the la'as
currency act of the Confederate Congress, ano
as such acre i,os tarea as currency, while the
currency Of the Government was taxed 33t
p.r cent. upon its face. The status OF the
treasury notes was thus fixed, and these notes
were placed upon higher and securer bssi;
than anv current note or bill Of tho Govern
ment. In addition to this, thsse notes bear
an interest of 7,2O100 per cent ner annuni
which is a greater income for capttsl than
any planting ;:.lerest in Alabama IN times oi
peace and commerce. If this interest may be
taxed, so also property may be taxed at the
same rate, and current bills may be taxed At
q rate 81. times higher. In any event what
ever, these bills are IS good as any obligation,
note or bond ofthe Confederate Government
whether coupon 7'a, old issue or new issue.
In the teeth of these plain facts, the green
ones 20 to the brokers, and take 80 cents on
the dollar for those beautiful 100 bills, and
get currency, no better, not near so good
bearing no interest, and which may be taxed
next December at the ratasof 33t per cent.
The brokcrs gobble them mp most greedily
for themselves and their moneyod' clients, .ul-
ly assured that these notes will be worth more
than 100 cents in the dollar before midsum-
ner. But why ere people SO excessively
ereen.2 Why have they not got one grain
Of business senae2 They do not see an inch
before their nose,
Money is scarce ard hard to get. Why
don't you pay out and receive these bills as
money? "Why the banks will not take them
on deposit" The banks would gladly do, so,
Il there was sufficient amount of money in
circulation 70 do business with; and they will
probably do SO In fewweeks. But have you
payments to make in banlr2 Ne. Then why
not take and give these notes ss meney ose
with another, and thus save one nm ofyour
means from going intothe hancs OF the broker?
When will people cease to be gulled2 The
writer has few of these $50 notes, and no
broker that ever Broke, can get them for loss
than 100 cents on the dollar, and reasonable
allowance for.interest accrued.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-29
The Needle and the naYone1.

It Is not all of warto fight. The bayoaet
and its kindred wea pons are not the only ones
by which battles may be Won and nation
saved. Undoubtedly it is one OF the essen-
tial, indispensable instru,nentslties for the
achievement Of triumphs, but for its efficiency
it is dependent upon agencies. In remark
ing upon the Needle and the Bsyonet," the
Petersburg Express pays the patriotic iatlie'
of the South the annexed compliment
We have few words to say about the SER
vices which have been reEdercd by Tie nobl.
army.of Southern women, who have, since
the commencement Of hostilites, contributed
by their patriotic and iudcfatigable labors TO
the work of clothing our troops. Never MAS
= country in is hour of trouble and peril,
more indebted to the energies Of its daughter:
than ours has been, in this dark and terrible
struggle. Never did feinsle Industry and
self sacrifices merit higher admiration and
appreciation than in the present case. The
needle in their hands has been necessarily
employed in promoting in its way the bodily
comfort Of the solder-and without this
devotion of theirs to our sacred cause,
'@hatcwould have bern tie c. udition Of our
armyi ~ ** i Il
How many bayonets would hsye, been use
less but for tho needles? To the ladies Of
tho South, thon do the Government. and ar
my owe debt of gratitude that can never be
fT.otten. 1t is only to express briefly and
mperfectly our sense Of tae inestimable vnl-
ue of their contributions to The cause. OF
Southern independence in the assistance they
have rendered 10 cur arms, that we write
thi. .article. In the history Of the war none
of its pages will be brighter than those which
record their services, and their brows will be
wreathsd with laurels as green and unfa'ling
az any which will he entwined around the
heads Of those who mingle in thes bloody
scenes Of the battlefield. All praise and
honor will be theirs for ages tu come, and
generations yet 10 BIO boru will bless their
memories,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-29

.gGg Father o'Leary and Curran were
cracking thei' jcsts at-a dinner party one
evening, as was their wont, when the ccle.
brated adsncaia turned abruptly to the good
fathor, snying:
81 wish, 0Lcary, taat you had the keys
Of Heaven"
Z" Why, Carran ?" asked tho divine.
"Decause you would then let me in" said
the facetious counsellor.
at would ho better for you Curran," said
Father O'Lcsry, "that had the keys of the
other place, because I could then let you out
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.ArrEcT1Sc soENE.

Ona OF the most affecting scenes that has
occurred during this war was witnessed q:
Chester, Virginia, on Saturday last.
At the commencement ofthis waf Larken
Estes and hisson, James jackson Estes, aged
respectively sixty-Gye and twcnty-six years.
TWO highly respectable citizens of Anderson
District, South Crolina, were residing in
that place and prosperous in business. When
the tacsin of war was sounded they nobly
volgnteercd in company p, 18th regiment OF
South Carolina volunteers, and were soon on
their wa to the theatre of war, in Virginia,
to meet the rut!iless invaders # our soil.
They passed through all tbs battles fought in
Virginia. On Friday last, in the battle near
Chester, Virginia, their regiment was elIgag-
ed, vixen the son, james Jackscn tatcs, was
shot down while in the actaf charging the
enelny's breastworks. His father seeing him
fall, went to assist him FROM tho field, hen
he himself Ses siso severely wOuaded. The
father and son were then both taken up and
carried to Chester and laid side by side in
the hotel. The father being able to set up,
sat By the side Of his son, doing all he could
70 relieve his sufIcrings, and on the next,
lnorklng that son, lying PROSTATE from the
wound he had seceiyea, died in the sight and
by the side of his wounded father. The old,
grey, haired patriot, bowed down with grief,
ael suffering from the wound he bad raceiy-
ed talked freely of the hardship that he and
his son had shared together for three long
years, and expressed the hope that s-his son,
who had fallen while nobly discharging his
duty to his country h.d gone to better world.
The old man then expressed strong hope
that his own wound might not prove fatal
that he might be spared to return to his resl-
ment to avenge the death Of his son and assist
in driving the invaders from the South, which
then might enjsy once :aore liberty and in
dependence, and be forever fried hom the
Northern vapdsls.
The deceased leaves devotedwife in South
Carolina to mourn his early death. His body
was taken charge Of by some citiz-ns Of Rica.
mond, who were there in attendance upon
the wounded, and decently inferred This
is another instance of the determination OF
the people of the South to be forever free
from the Yankee Richmond Examiner.
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WouLp'1r TAKE THE OArH.-The Greens
boro' (Miss,) Motive is inform cd that some
time since man took two bales of cotton
and went into Memphis to buy goods, etc.
he got pass from the commander Of the
post, and went and bought such articles as
lie desired. Upon coming ont, while singing
very merri'y and cutting and beating his team,
he was halted. The commander said, "'Hcll,
my friend, there ia one thing you failed t,
do, and that is to take tho oath ofallesiance."
Holding up book the commander said, "Let
me read it to Jou." He reads itin the real
Yankee style, very fast. q Read it again, II
said the old man, He read again as fast as
ever. The old man gives along breath, put
his hands 10 his ears and said, Hold on,
stranger, resd slow, can't understand that
fast Yankee reading" The commander reads
again and emphasizes on every word. When
hs finished, the old man drew another long
breath and said, swell, cir, I'll boil hell
down to 9. quart and drink it before III take
that oath, ,hand oommenesd turning his cart
around to urload, when the Yankees told him
he could pass.
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IIgDDIANT g0ll NOTICE.
ATLANTA, Ga, MAY5lfrH Isl

ATLANTA Ga, MAY51trH lsG!;s
voU lre:hersby aprointsd..ag for theseo)-
II lecting of Wool fa5the usesof G.. S. Army
in District T." compriSMg the Counties of Rich
mnnd, Columbia, GIxssoSca, Tallaferre, RsrIah,
Wilkes, tinculm and Elbert in tho State Of Gaer-
via, and the Districts Of Eagsfeld, Ba.nwcli,
Abbcville, Orsngcburg, Laurence and Newherry,
South Carolina.
Yours &C., -
G.. w. CUNNINGHAM.
Major @. 81.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-29

ABAD Weal~ays were aware
Of tee impnrtance of preserving good repu-
t.tion for truth and honesty, but we have met
with nothing lately.so well calculated to i'm
press the disadvantages of having = bad
character upon the. mind, as the. following
a1cedote:
A mortal fever prevailed on board a ship
at sea, -ands negro man was appointed to
throw the bodice over board. One day when
the Captain was pn@ deck, he saw the negro
dragging out of the forecastle 8 sick man who
Was strugglingviolently to e1tricate himself
from the negro's grasp, and demonstrating
very bitterly against the cruelty af being
buried alive. J.
"What are you going to do with that man
you black rascal 7'' asked the Captain.
"Going to throw him overheard, massa,
Cause he dead.!'
"Dc.dl JiSsht scoundr.l," said the Captain,
/" don't you see he movea and speaks ~
Yes, ,nassa, know lie says he no dead,
but he always lilo SO, nobody never know
when to believe him n
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Strayed

ENR0M my plantation in scrivsn County. Ga,
g on the eth iast., a Black Horse N ULE, trim
made, two years old. Whes last heard FROM asid
Mule wat ns,r tn. Pine Huus-, making ihis way
to Saluda. hlihsraf rsRsra will lie given Tor
information as to vh.re.aid sTulc itsy be found.
Address Maj. Wu,. Strother, ColersSn's y Roads'
Edze6eld District, or the .SubIcriber at Ogsechs
= w '''i''N 0 WM. COLEMAN.
Jupe2l Stz 20
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SERVED -HEE RIGHr.-Ws are informed,
saya the Charleston Courier, of recent oc-
5cnrrence that took place in Darlington Dis
trict, S. c., which is worthy of u moro general
notorlety than it is likely to obtain from mtre
neighborhood gossip:
g A lady had storsd up considerable
quantity Of lard, upwards Of thousand pounds,
which she was willing to sell at tive dollars
per pound, but not sone cent less. She had
Also q smol ehouss erammed full of bacon,
for which she likewise demanded five dollars
Der pound, and although she Was repeatedly
offered S3, S3 so aud even $4, she persisted
ine1orably in her demand for SIS. The i'm
pressing officer Of The District, Ueing in want
of bacon and lard for the army, called on her
one day last week, and politely informed her
that she must consider her LAID aud bacon as
purchased by tie Government, at Govern
nent prices-that is, 50 per pound inr the
bacon, and 81 so for the lard. In lss hour:
ever pound of the articles in her possession
WAS placed aboard the RAILROAD cars, With In
structions, (" on to Richmond!" and We have
20 doubt but they will reach their de- nation
Th. difference between thc-sum received from
tho Government and what would have been
cLserfully paid BY her neighbors, will sraoani
to OF lesst $4,000"
We commend this proceeding. to the. imits,
ton of i.npFas.ing s,lliceva thrcnghout this Ell
tire section OF the Confed<fscy, and trust tha
wherever cases Of hoardinS rf provisions fol
extortionate prices have been brought to tho
notice, they will apply :he remedy psor.p'l,
and thoroughly.
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Enr olling Office,
EDGEFIELD .DIsTR1cT

.,szzrs - Z: Jane .2oih, ls1t:s
u I'LL persons in Til. gDiahSict whs hay. hem
sRa heretofore exempted by, tle PayYeAt, to the
G6verrmsLt Of Five hundred (S5G0l Sllars nre
hereby ordered to report OF this Office fer the re-
'newal of the said exemption.
II. All personsI.who we're exempted in the
mann-r.mentunedss sbsve, and mh0'hsye neSsr
reported at this Office, and given up tS.ir cid
certificates of exemption, are hereby notified that
they are still subject to arrest as psrsous Grading
prescription. TIeir old certificates have been
revoked, and h.thing but !, renewal of the sane
will protect them. Their rames have been
erased from tke books oE.this oaic. as exempted
men, and they will nov hars to report in person
and have the same re.snter.d.
III. ALI nonsopmmissisned 6Aicsrs and sal-
diyr, in. this District in connection with this
Office, are hereby ordered to slrsst wherever
found, and bring to this Office; all such psrso:,J
rs are men tiS&ei in, tue "a Psrssrapk Of this
order.
f. j. MOSES, Jt,
Lieut.y& Enrolling 0hcer.
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June 81
StraVed or Stolen.

CTRAYED about four. weeks aga, from my
y residence one mile from Mseting Street Q.
aDARK MARE MULE, withSe black strips OR
i.s back, ana its tnuss and ancles agsd two yeard
last A pril. It had on yoke WHOM it lert. Any
infor nation concerning said mule Thankfully To.
oxired and q suitable reward will DO paid for tae
LUCINDA QUITS.
Juno2l ii 80
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Burial Cases!

q keep constantly on hand affull stock Of Walnut
& and Mahogany cOFF1NS, which,, froa and
after this date will be sold for CASH, and ct
prices Us reasonable as tho times viii admit Of
Tho u-e of tho REARSE will be charged for
nseordirg to the same rasia:
JOHN N. WITT.
Edsedcld, 8. c., Oct 10, 1853. u 42
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Gsgefela aSbertiiser ,
Lines
Susgestea on the pisit of .S.r to HE Old Home
stead ,rithin the Eneny's Lines.


usgestea on the risis of S.,r to t1e Old Home
stead ,eithin the Ene"y's Lines.
I've been to our o!d home, mother,
I've stood there all alone,
No wife, mo child, no mother dear,
To greet with loves sweet tone;
But ell was desolate and Wild
Where oncc it had been gay,
! A desert where an Eden smiled,
And dear ones far away.
sought your quiet chamber, mother,
That place Of peace and prayer,
But oh no smile to welcome nae,
No msthsr's form MAS there;
NO words Of comfort cheered my heart;
No ferrent, fond cafess,
On other ears new sadly fall
The tone. that used to b!esss
I listened-nots 9 humans sound
Of those love Was heard;
Icallea-net cen my brothers voice
Returned an answering #erd;
'Twa, silence all, for vandal foes
Haa left their seal and blight,
Had darkened o'sn the widows home,
And turned her sun to night.
Wave upon wave of surging thought
swelled in my saddened breast,
As thinking ef my apelins ones,
sought their place of rest;
That rifed room, that hsarthstOns csld,
:. Once warm with lsre and slee,
Axeks direrengeanee in nay soul
For mrsnss done theR and nre.
My tender wife to drudsery doomed,
Ny babes beneath their rod,
While /, torn from their lovsd embrace,
Can only trusti God.
Oh! Thou of justice, truth and right,
Arenge eur wrengs and woes
And hurl, nitk Thine almighty arr,
Destruction on our foes.
REFUGEE.
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To L. O RnIDEwRLL,
Major d Q. NJ, Augusta, Gu.

In accordance with .he abUye. call-upon tho
Citizens, in the Counties and Di.tricts named,
to sell all surplus Wool to tho Governments. The
necessity is great; and as the Soldiers who are
defending your homes can only be cl"thcd W
selling us ydiiF Wool. trust all patriatic and
loyal mes gill be willing to assist. Ay Agents
will traverse the whole District. Parties living
u convenient distancerto Augusta, can .end their
Wool to me- Sacks will be returned. Wool will
be received at any Rail Road Depot or Station IN
,thc District.
ThesGo1e.nmert ofors the following liberal
prices:
Bar / lb. Uowashed good Wool (cnsh) .......s7.00
or for lb. UnSsshed good Wool, u yards ~
Shrtings; or y.s Sheetings; or q y. 8 OF. osna-
burys; or 1t lbs. No. Gotten Yarn; 4 lbs. No.
S Cotton Yarn or lb. No. 10 Cotton YAM Or
ID. No. IL Cotton Yarn.
Permission has beon asked, and will be granted,
t.. impress oil Wool in the bands uf speSulstors--
but thsiis dissgrceableau il 10 hoped tLcse pricoo
will induce the ia Trer to ,el at once IT, the Gov
ernmert, for tne benefit of the solliers. Cores
pendenc. desired with wool Yen in all parts Of
the District. Any person having detail, selling
his wool to any other than an Agent Of the ). T.,
will forfeit Lis detail.
L. o. BRTDEwELL,
Majur 4 Q. N.
Mr.. Ell. YouNGBLO0D. at Edgsfeld C. H.,
il hereby appointed Agent Tor Edssfeld District.
june -
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Administrators Notice.

ALL persons indebted to the E,.ste Of Vim.
IA Toney, deed, willray th. same without delay,
and tho.s having claims against said Eststo are
notified to render them in properly astssted, to
Dr. ]. 3. Courtney, gent fer the Administrator,
forthwith, as We dusirs to close UP the Estate as
soon as possible.
Noy.o 1y* At.
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Estate Notice.

A LII persons in asyuiso indebted to the Est,;c
n Of +. NJ. Penn. doe'd are earnestly requss!-
ed to cupse forward and settle up without delay.
Those hayin claims against aaid Estate will rem
der them in, properly atteated, at M early Gs's.
g. l.. PENN, Adn'or.
Aus4 If 81
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Estate Notice.

FDERS0Ns haring elaims against the Estate Of
e DR.. E. Bland, deed, arc requested to pre-
sent the Same forthni.hto Mr. James N. HarYi-
son, who is lny authorized Agent in settling up
the business Of tho Estate.
4. E.BLAND, Aim'x.
Nov Il ~ ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-29

ns- An an.i-rusar sOci+ty is contemplated at
Rockville, Masa, based on the principle that it is
immoral to use the article at thirty cents pound
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-06-29

USEFUL REcEIpTs.-Eryaipela diseass
efien coming without premonition, and end
ing fatally in three or. four days, is sometimes
promptly cured by applying q poultice Of
raw cranbcrrics, pounded to the part owe!
night. -;
Insect bites, and even thoseof arsttlssnake
have passed harmless, by stirring enough Of
Common salt in the yolk ofs4a guod egg to
make it Sufficiently stiff forja plaster, to be
kept on the bitten part. s,,gs5.i .,.s,.ss 60.
Costiye bowel5 have an agreeable remedy
in the free use of tomatoes at Meals-thelr
seed acting the same way as the seediof white
:zustard or fgs, by stimulating the coats OF
the bowels, over which they pass in their
whole state, to increased. action. a remedy
Of equal efficiency, in the same dire estion, is
cracked wheat-that is, commAp white Yhoet
grains broken into two OF three pieces, and
then boiled until tits as soft as rice, and then
eaten mainly at two meals of the day, with
butter or molasses. ..ees,
Common sweet cider, boiled dowrito To- one
half, makes most excellent syrnp for coughs
and colds for children, is plesaaut to Gtke
taste, and will keep throughout the year.in =
cold cellar. -. 49, -.
In recovering from an illness, The system
has craving for some pleasant acid drink.
This i, iound in cider which is placed on The
fire as soon as made, and allowed to come to
a boil, then cooled, put in casks, and Kept in
a cool cellar. Treated thus,'it remains aor
many months rs goods as the day It MAS made
We once saved the life Of an infant that
had been inadvertently drusged dMirhlaudanum
and was fast sinking into the sleep which
knows no waking, by giving it strsng coffee,
cleared With the white of an egg,a teaspoon
full every five minutes, until ii ceased to seem
drowsy.-Hall's journal Of Health.
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The Winchester Bulletin understands that
Major Gen. Lorellis to take charge Of Canty's
division ip front, under Gen, Johnston.
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irant,s forces, which is believed to he in the

Grants forces, which is believed to he in the
main correct. Iie says Grants army now on
the South side Of james River, is composed
of the Second, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eighteenth
and Twentieth Corps. The second; ;comman,,
oed by Hancock; the Fifth by Warren, and
the Ninth by Burnside, are all operating i'm
mediately around Petersburg The Eighteenth
commanded by Baldy Smith, is at and near
'BermudaaH Hundreds. The Tenth and Twen-
tieth, have no regular commsoders, aud are
held near City Point as reserve. Allthese
army corps have been feariuly reduced since
the commencement of the present campaign,
and many of the regiments composing them,
do not now muster 2U0 men.
Theprisoner who furnishes the information,
says he was enlisted in Germany two and a
half years ago, and for the sole purpose. OF
fighting in the Yankee army. He is. highly
pleased at the idea Of being taken prisoner. ,
Last evening, about seven o'clock, the enc
my was observed to double his pickets on our
extreme left-a generally sure indication of
an attack on his part. Upto one o'clock this
morning, no engagement had occurred, but
there was much. picket firing going or.
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Notice.

A PPLICATION will be ma';s ct the next Sit
"A ting of the Legislature Of sostb Csr"lir :.
to increase tho rate of Toll st The Sand Far F':ry
on the Savannah River. n-sr thcsity Of August.
Z. R. MHATLElp Propr;e'rT
Naval IF ?S
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Strayed.

C1TRAYED on or ab,ut the. 5th last, from roy
y residence, ore mile East of GiEsl Church,
y BAY MARE, with ono or rnsrs wLite foet- No
o,her marks remembered. Aged three years. All
information cvnceruins SAID pire thankfully re-
cciYed, and suitable rsward.will b. ysia.
LEWIS REYNOLDS.
Pleasant Lane, Nay24 20
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ty The London Times consllers affaira in
Virginia very unfavorable to the Fedcrals, and
anticipates Grants failure.
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Candidates for the Legislature.

MAJ. JOHN E. BACON,
Dn. A. w. Y0UNGBE004.
W. W. ADAMS, Esq.
F.A. TOWNSEND, ESQ.
DIR. II. II. COOK,
G.s. R. G. NJ. DUNovANT,
MAJ. A. J. HAMMOND,
CoL.. JOHN HyIET.
Carr LEWIS JONES.
DR.. W. d. JENNINis.
Rev. a. W. LNDLEk,
J. p. MIckEER, Esq.
GEO. b. TlLLMAN, ESQ.
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