Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-05-31

tory Is IL sign tnat the aa'm mas pcen tahen'' nc
isa roteutatsawho is always ready to strike, and
it is for that reason perhaps, he will have no oc-
ca.on ia do i; iu the prOsaat. or impending, case
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ly The y. Y. Ports Washington special says
| 1t is known that Emperor Macmillan and Kirby
Smith have recently been in negotiation. It ia
no longer expected that Smith will surrender
without further fighting.
@a-Goy Vance was arrested by Fitzpatrick on
tho l2h inst, in Duncombe county, n. c., and
sent 70 Washington for trial..
ssSSs Guid in N.w York OH the 18th was quoted
:. l2rI. Cotton l6 cents.
~ j. is repdrt.,l that Gen. Johnston has ap-
| pied for ani been -cfnscd permission to go to
Canada.
! &ss-oovcrnor Brown, Of Georgia, passed. thro'
.Na.hsilic on the 18th las. for Washington City,
sa~re nc will nsdergo his tria! for .resson.
z1.y- Hsn. :. e. Mallory. late Confederate Sec
re;ary OF :i,a Navr. aod Hon. r. Il Hill. 1s,o
Confederate Sen.ior from Geor il. We're arrested
10y tho military ocrhorii7s LeGransc, Ga. on
the elst, aaj have Seen scp' ~ TO Ws,lirEtca.
gs-A special dispa;es to the Louisville Jour-
mol from Washington City says: state apoa
high authority, that Davis will frs; be tried ssr
treason before civil eYuri, and the c0ur: will
take reasonable lime f,r tho preparation o: inc
case"
@y- Ha.iroad communication between R;sh-
mond and the South i, being established as fast
as possible. Thcra ;s but very ist:: ia the cour-
try fit to repair with!
1Sr Six;v-sacon tto::a..:! tales Of cotton were
bu-aol ny sho rsh=! a;a:y w-n Montgomery waE
evacuated.
ess", correspondent OF the y. Y. Herald says
ti.at lhe great dT tie peotlc "E Alabama are
rejoicing at the downfall of the rehcilion, and
their re,toration to the Union.
@y-Th. subscriptions to present honc to
Mrs Lincoln arc not to exceed five dolnrs each,
go that ell may hare chance to contribute.
i lG-H S. Footc Of thn rebel Congress, who
was sometime since relca.ol from prison on pa
role, was a, few days since lotiGed in Now York
that he must stand tritl for Eea-on, or quit the
country, aud he is now supposed. 3, DC in Canada.
Mss. Though it was expected that there would
be grand review OF Sherman's army on the &C.
casion of its passage through Richmond, mono
took place, owing to tho bad feeling between
Generals Sherman and Hallcck, generated, it is
understood, by the proceedings of tho LITTER in
ounterlnauding the orders of the former to his
subordinatcs during the truce with Gen. j. E.
Johnston.
ns>Barnum offered $1,000 for the pillow upon
which President Lincoln died.
aw The Now York Here;G expresses the opin-
ion that before the end of the coming GUNNER,
cotton con be purchased any where for twenty
cents. Making liberal allowance for all that has
been shipped off, all that has bccn worked up in
domestic factories all that has been wasted, and
all that has been burned by both ermies, there
are perhaps not less than two milions and half
of bales remaining Of the last four years crop in
the Southern States, that will be brought into
market with the restoration of peace, 10 meet the
wants of the Southern people.
,AD- The annual meeting of the Ladies' Card
Factery will take place in Greenwood Abbeville
District, on the irst Wednesday in juno next, at
o'clock, PM The members generally are re-
quested to attend, as matters of interest will be
brought to the notice of the Society.
e. By an order from Con. Halleck it is di-
rectcd that military officers shall preserve order
and reconcile differences between freedmen and
their masters, 10 Virginia and North Carolina.
Freedmen arc obliged to work, but may select
their own masters. For minors, not cared for by
their parents, the apprentice system may be
edapte..
s4s-scvcrsl more arrests have been msdc of
persons IL California and Ncsada for rejoicing OF
The ,oath of President Lincoln.
,.@4~A Northern paper says: Johnston, Bragg
aud rcnnregard arc bankrupt. and have nothing
hut their swords. Iurdcc married during the |
war. very wealthy Alabama lady. Hampton has |
exchanges on Europe. reported ss high as one /
hundred and nfty thousand dullar,.
A Fedora! soldier mss shot anal killed in Mn-
con nn Thursday nigh: while attempting TO enter
3 prirste house.