Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-10-18
BY DURfSOE, KEEsE g. CO.
EDGEFIELD, s. G., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER le, 1865

| medicines, which they had no means of pro
curing, "An, eir," said she in hesrtbroke'
| accents, and sadly shaking her head, "thsr
! is nobody to take caro- Of u' nose." l though
of the few yeass back when q Kind sympath
izins mistress would have stood by TIE con
! Portable bedside Of the sick mother and d.
| ing child, and hoped committed no treas.
when cursed the Moloch, of New EnSlah.
philanthropy. - i''
is Is advanced into tho country scese o
| vida sprcad dcsols;ion reigned snprcn'~
roads torn up, bridge destroyed, fancts anf
many nan Of he mansions burnt, and crops ruir
ed; every head Of cattle, every hog, all sp
ciss OF, poultry had beon rutklesaly slAughsar
ed; every horso aid mulc had been drive
away; property had been widely dessroyec
for the mere sake of destruction. While ta'
women had been plnpaerea, rot Of their OWL
ornaments only, but OF all their wearing aF'
parel., Poverty, the want Of common nsces
sa-ies of life, stalksd. abroad iu its most for
bidding gui=e aboutthis land which.hAd been
he;garden spot of nature. "Sir,p falterso
planter whose hospitality I c!ainsd, and
whose life had hitherto been ore Of ahinen;
and comfort, g God knows that al! Tha0e you
are cheer:ully welcome to, tpt can otie
you nothing sere rice alone To add to TIE
universal misery, jands OF armed ard Ii"
ls>s negroes, whose organized LABOR wa>
:.telv the source of comfort to trcm,els.
and of beatit to the world at large, il"9
roam about the country and inenacing H..
1'llisarmed and forlorn people, plulder sR''
rub then Of the little they may hare ulana&-
,eij to sure frnln the wreck 1t is useless to
ayppai TO the military au,horitie The 'ro"p.
are too lar removed from the scenes @f Gu
rage. snd the Freedman's Buresu too tendr'
of tie feelings OF the blacks to afford any
protection. Net long since sumo CT the yo"rg
men of the nsighborhooa, made desperate
by these wrongs, aud by the possible. fac
which mishtbefall wives, mothers, daughters,
ard sisters, armed themselves as we'll as cir
curnslsnces allowed. end pursuing the n,arau
ders, struggle ensued, which resulted III
the death of three of the negroes. These
younr men are now in the hands of the mill
,ary authorities, awaiting their trial for mur
der! God help this unhappy country, and
its still more unhappy people.
In those lovely islands, of which have
before spoken, the ashes lie grey and crld
on the hear.hs which once cleaned brightly
.slth the genial fires, OF refined HOSPITALITY
and cheerful comfort. They are given or r
wholly to the favored and privileged ra' c,
and our eyes ore not allowed 10 peep bebll'
tie curtain, which. shropds .he sacred ia air
..ys.er;eus operations Of the Freedmer's
Bureau. hank God, there was neither Ii e
.eccss;,y nor the opportunity for rae to "
ucss lde de>ecra,itn p..d pollution OF the
,ncc happy hom,s! Whet has bseone of 'he''
x.I>j rvcprieto,H ?
fha Son'Aern people hare jast failed in 'h
,,ruggla ioE 'Heir independence; tory si'
..e-p..ius for another and gsasdrr "nr :
The u.oral struggle il.yoved in The stern Tt
..!u,ionr Of endurance.
Despite all li4'r suG:rings and wrorg
you hear no complaint or rcpiains; ifthsre
snylLins which can rival the record of Soul
err cailas.ry and devotion in tho field. it is
the calm dignity vita which they sustain lie
evils Of defeat. The wornen smile scornfu!ly
as ,heg relate how Kiira'rick's bold drs-
goons robbed them Of lheir handkerchieis and
stockings, but Tie feeling is ohe ca;iFcly OF
conempt. Il.
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