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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-05
State Of South 1 Carolina. O
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.,
caLdtitauE 9th March, 1885. ..

.rTyHE INVASION of. the stste. .hassreudsrsd it
Il proper that tho. Legislative Department. of
the Government of the State shonid he convened ];
that such measures may be adopted as tho welfare
1of the State may renuffe. And fer that's puepose
tho Members of then Senate and the House Of
Representatives of tie State of South carbii1s,
are hereby invited to asssmbieat GkEENVHLE.
on TUESDAY, the 2sth day of APRIL, Mt 12
O'Clock, n. 't - -; 81 49,
-, a. G: MAaIsATH.>
Z Official ns 49,
W. s. ELLIOTT, Private Secretary.
= April 5 ST. ~. l57
,espapers of the State viii copy untiiathe
s25th mat. sis--
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-05
State Of South, Carelina.

aDJT. INSPECTOR GENERAL S OEFIcE,
spARrAxnuRe, March 18th, 1865.
SPECIAL ORDERS, NO. 70. - -,
:, Eriraos. -.
WE LIEUT.. Col. u. w.rADDISoN, "A. D. c.
v 1s to His Excellency, the Governor is au-
thorzed to accept the Serrices Of any portiono of
the Militia of Edgefeld District as may ofSsr and
can de,themselves with horses and to- Or
ganizs such persons inte Companies, with power
to clcct-their 0Hicers.
SO soon as completed, Col. ADDISON Willrepbrt
the organization to these Head Quarters. -
a. ~ a. -
By Command of tho Governor.
G. A. F0LLIN, 4. A. Gen1.
!, APPS 81 :. Is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-05

Reports from Gen. Lee.
RlcHNoNp, March 30.
The following was received 10 night:
Hr4DQuAErERs, c: S. A. !
.---.-.-- March 30.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-05
In MemoriaE.

]. .ARCHELoUS ROCHELLE, of. Co. I, oath
s. c. Regiment, was killed in tho battle of Frank
lin, Tcnn., November 30th, 1864.
"'Tis this thai nerves tho patrist hero's arm,
When foes against his native land conspirc."
This gallant soldier ehtored the Confederate
Army in January 1864. Though nero strip
ling, tende.ly reared in aillusncs by devoted pa
rents, end surrounded with admiring associates
the toc.;n resuundng throughout the land of bis
birth, bidding fScemcn arisc in defense Of sacred
liberty, nroussd his ingenious spirit and uuhosi-
tatingly, eynn enthusiastically, he embraced tho
Gauge Of independence and honor. No youth
since the initiation OF this unhO!y war, more free
ly or more che.r!ully gave up the pleasures Of
houle," andin their stead, assumed the PATRIOTS
maa,le-psril, fatigue aud suffering.
|. Il what manner he acquitted himself in this
new sphere uf life and nctirn is'hcst narrated in
tic words Of com:Rde: "From the hour of his
enlistment to that of his glorious DEATH DO faith
fully and conscienliously discharged the duties
incumbent upon him. Whether il camp, on the
march, CIR upon the field OF battle" near the
flashing of tho ns,"-hs seemed to trust conf
dinghy to ths Groat Dispenser, and falterel not.
Though peacefully Aeeping beneath tho green
turf OF Tennessee, ho yc. lives in the memory OF
his conpaniuns-in-nrni, regarded as ono CT the
nobicst and NEST promising youths that have
fGilen hgttlns bcasaN tae Seutnefn VFoss
AaIcvs.
DEP, on the 5sh Of Feb. lest, in tho Hospital
in the College building. ut CUlulnLia1 JOHN D.,
Sea of DAVID +. Boswell and FANSy A. Bos-
wEl!. and grandson of Maj. GEORGE Boswell,
aged II years, munth,- aud days, leaving
widowed u.other, brother, aged grandfather, and
many friends to mourn his loss.
He mas kind and IN anectionate SON and
brother, q warm and devoted friend, brave and
courageous youth, Of bright INTELLECT and high
moral character.
He enlisted ia the service CT his country on
the first Of Nov. Last, in Co. u, 37th Georgia
Battalion. where no disp1ay ed the attributes Of
faithful Soldier. Truly may We say, no nobler
sacrifice has been laid, upon the a!Esr Of his
country than this promising and patriotic youth.
May rhr blessed promises Of tho Bible, which
nc innde his indispensable c6mpanion, bo h;s:hrough
et:rnity. ia. ID.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-05

DIED, at his residence in this District, Feb. Sd,
1865, WALKER G.. SAMUEL, in tho SD year
Of his age, leaving two brothers, and numerous
relations md friendI 20 mourn. their loss,
is his eternal gain. He united himself with the
Big Stevens Creek Church in 1881, and in 1892
o5taiaod his letter to assist in constituting the
Church at Mt. Lebanon, Of which ho continued q
member 70 the day of his death. He conversod
calmly the day before his doRth on the subject of
eternity, and said that he would not take many
such worlds as this for hiS hope of happiness sf
ter death. }. S. d.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-05
--latest from Mobile. /,

As!l aaie;; in font today.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-05

!. g DR.. J. W. spearman reports three
cases o. small poz about .hree miles from the
town of NeWberry,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-05

Hon. ]. g. Breckenridge,
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
The Red River Expedition.

The report of the minority of the
Committee on the Conduct of the War
on the Red River Expedition, one of
the most notable failures of the war,
has just appeared in print. The re-
port is signed by Mr.. Gooch only. The
report Of the majority Of the commit
tee, which has also been published, as
signed the cause of the failure to the
unmilitary character of the expedition,
to the fact that cotton rather than
victory was its primary object, and
the further fact that it comprised too
small number of troops to secure
both cotton and victory. The majori-
ty lay all the responsibility for the re-
suits upon the shoulders of General
Banks, while the minority Mr. .Gooch)
believes that the responsibility should
be divided between Gen. Banks, Gen.
Halleck aud General Franklin, and
gives by far the greater part of it to
the last two--to Gen. Halleck the re.
sponsibility of it's inception. and to
Gen. Franklin for failing to give time.
ly cooperation. large share of the
responsibility to it's failure. This is
the essential point of difference be-
tween the majority and minority re-
ports of the committee concerning the
disastrous expedition. r ..Hf
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
Graphite.

"A ledge of plumbago, superior t.
any heretofore found in the State. ha,
just been discovered in the vicinity o.
this city. This is not the common
dirty plumbago found everywhere in
the State, but is a more superior arti-
Gle. Slabs two feet in length can ca
silly be obtained. The BEST Fabre pen
ellis are not equal to the raw plumba.
go taken from this mine. The vein is
SIX feet in width. We saw slab
yesterday, sawn from a block Of the
ore-tricd it upon different qualities
Of paper, and must say that it is of a
far smoother and better quality as
dug from the mine than the best Eng
lish pencils. Finer material for pen
ellis certainly cannot be found in the
world. The black lead, plumbago,
graphite, or whatever you may be
pleased to call it-all these names be-
ing proper-is as fine and solid as SO
much pine plank, and may be sawed
into pencils of any size or shape The
best mines for plumbago are found in
England, and very high prices were
formerly paid for the crued mineral.
We might say much more of tue vari-
Gus localities in which it is found, and
of the processes by which the mineral
is manufactured into pencils, but we
presume it would be nothing new to
the majority Of our readers .-Ncrdda
Enterprise.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
Correct Speaking.

We would advise all young people
to acquire, in early life, the habit of
correct speaking and writing, and to
abandon, as early as possible. any use
Of slang words and phrases. The
longer you live the more difficult the
requirement of correct language will
be and if the golden age Of youth.
the proper season for the acquisition
of language. be passed in its abuse.
the unfortunate victim, if neglected,
is very properly doomed to talk slang
for life. Money is not necessary to
procure this education. Every man
has it in his power He has merely
to use the language which he reads,
instead Of the slang which he hears
to form his taste from the best speak.
ers and poets in the country, to treas
ure up choice phrases in his memory
and habituate himself to their use
avoiding. at the same time, that pc
dantic precision and bombast which
show tho weakness of vain ambition
rather than the polish Of an educated
mind.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
The Plan is Simple |!

The name of each article offered for sale as
"Gold Hunting Watch" Gold Oval Band
Bracelet" " " Pearl Breastpin aud Bar drops -
Gold Enamelled Ring" " Silver Plated
Cake Basket" &C., is written on card and
enclosed in sealed envelope these envelopes
are then placed in drawer and well mixed
then as an order is received, with twenty. five
cents for return postage and other charges,
one of the cards or certificates is taken at ran.
dom and sent by first mail to the customer,
who wtH see at once ehat he can get for One Dol
lar If he is pleased with his fortune he can
forward the money according to directions on
the certificate aud secure the prize. If the
article awarded should be unsuited TO the pur-
chaser--as for example, set of Pearl Ear
Drops and Breastpin to a young man who
could not wear them, and had no one TO gire
them to-we will send any other article on the
catalogue of equal price which may be PREFER
ed. Or if, for any reason, you choose to ven-
ture no further, then you can let the matter
drop where it is and spend no more. Exmine
carefully our Catalogue .f.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29

Six hundred and thirty Mormon i'm
migrants. from Europe, arrived at Gas.
tie Garden, lately, under the Superin.
tendence Of Elder Sherman. They 60
direct TO Salt Lake City. 1t is said
the Mormons have one hundred and
fifty missionaries actively at work in
Europe, and five hundred converts, in
addition to the above, are on their
way from Hamburg, as the result of
their labors during the past two years
Elder Taylor reports that during the
twenty years past, one hundred thou
sand immigrants have been brought
over by the Saints who have been
preaching up and down Europe. 1t is
rather a queer commentary on the en-
lightened and Christianized condition
of the world in the nineteenth centu-
ry, that such transparent delusion
as Mormonism should spread with
such amazing rapidly 71-
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29

hard work to convince the devil
that it would be better to get be.
hind him. One old darky asked me
if was from the North. On being
told was, he asked where from. /
replied, Iowa" He then wanted to
know if that was near Boston. A mig
gers idea of an earthly paradise is
Boston.) l told him it was not. Then
he asked me concerning several arti-
cles he had seen come down from the
North. Wanted to know if there we're
"possums in Iowa. This question 1
was not able to answer. AS for fish
| told him there were plenty, and so
large that in low water they had to
go under the bushes along the shore
to keep from getting their backs sun.
burned. l could hardly convince him
that the Mississippi river extended
along the border of Iowa.
On this place there are one hundred
and twenty acres of corn, about forty
acres of oats, and the rest cotton, which
is in fine condition, though badly in
need of repair. The farm is managed
by Finley Mcdonald, Esq, Northern
farmer of great experience. There
are one regiment of troops and one
battery here the whole commanded
by Col. Donaldson of the cath U. s.
Colored Infantry. My next letter will
be on the moral condition of the freed
men. WINFIELD.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
d9e yntelligenter.
A. b. F. HILDRETH, Editor.
Charles City, Iowa, June 29, 1865.
The "Ephesian Dome

|
Immediately after the assassinatio
of the President we published an arti
Gle to the effect that Booth, as far bacl
as last summer, remarked that the
man who would kill President ..::ncolr
would acquire undying fame. at the
same time quoting these lines:
The aspiring youth who fired the Ephesian Dome
outhves ~ fame the pious fool who reared it,"
But upon being asked whom the
aspiring youth" was he could not
tell, and SO his antagonist turned the
argument against him. Since the as.
sassination, many of our cotempora.
ries have been looking up their early
readings to find the true story 10 rela.
tion to the first temple of Diana of
Ephesus, which was burned in the
year Of the world l64S, and the story
is thus told by Rollin in his Ancient
History: @..
A man, named Horestratus, fired
the temple on purpose. Being put to
the torture, in order to make him con.
fess his motive for committing so infa
nous an action, he confessed that it
was with view Of making himself
known to posteri,y and to immortalize
his name by destroying SO noble
structure. The States General of Asia
imagined they should prevent his
views by publishing decree to pro-
hibt the mention Of his name. Their
prohibition, however, only excited a
greater curiosity for scarcely one of
the historians of that age has omitted
to mention SO great an extravaganza,
and, at the same time, has told us the
name of the criminal"
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
Communications.
Letter from winfield"
DAVIS, B..xp, Mss, June Is, 1856

DAVIS bGND, MISS, June 10, 1900.
DEAR HmDRErH Just imagine your
correspondent sitting in the parlor,
once occupied by JEFF. Davis, with his
feet at a comfortable angle, smoking
a cigar and making merry in the
walls that once echoed the tread of
the Prince Of Southern chivalry
Strange, yet SO it is. Time works
wonders. MONDAY and midnight are
not more opposite than the changes
which are constantly taking place in
this world. Four years ago JEFF.
boasted that be would make his SOL
diers speech from Faueuil Hall, Bos-
ton. He hasn't done so yet, while bis
own home is the headquarters of a
colonel Of "nigger regiment, aud
the stopping place Of" Yankee school
Mains" -.
Davis Bend is about twenty-eight
miles south Of Vicksburg, and was
first occupied by our troops after the
surrender Of that city In high wa
ter il is an island, but in the ordinary
stages Of the river it is connected
to the main land by a very narrow
isthmus The Bend" was divided
into three or -four plantations of which
three were owned by Jo. Davis, who
gave one TO JEFF This plantation is
three miles from the river and contains
about eleven hundred acres, Of which
seven hundred are under cultivation,
the rest being swamp land. The
house is large, built after the South
ern plantation style, with porticos on
each side. There is nothing magnifi-
cent about it. it being merely a plain
wood structure, painted white and
adorned in front with four plain Doric
columns. Ii is surrounded by some
fine shade trees, mostly swamp oak, a
species | never saw at the North.
These trees are covered with long
grey moss, better known in the North
as Spanish moss. This moss Is Pc
cullar to the Southern States, and pre-
sents a great contrast to the bright
green OF the trees around, which 1t
festoons and clings to. Large qnan-
titles are used by tbe darkles Tor beds
mats, &c. .. .@#'@ q.
Immediately over the front entrance
to the house our school teachers have
incscr;bed in evergreen letters this
sentence IA .ss. 3D.. Hs
"rHE HOUSE JEFF. BUILT"
Hanging 10 a large oak immediate
Ilv to the left of the house is the plan
,ation hell thar was wont to call the
hands to and from their work Fur
,ber down are the stables. fine goot
hu;,a;ncs showing as well as doe,
the house, that old JEFF. had an eye fol
appearance as well as a taste for com
fort Situated Just below the stable,
are the negro quarters. About twen
ty small cottage houses. each with I
little poriico, standing in long row
painted white, well 6oored and indee.
snug, comfortable houses. Back o
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
TPuBLIc-No. so ]


AN ACT granting land to the State of Michi-
gan, TO aid in building harbor and ship
canal at Portage Lake. kewenaw Point,
Lake Superior. .-
BE IL enacted by The Senate and House Of Rerre
eataires of the Uaued States Of AIReriod "a Con-
ress assembled, That there be, and is hereby,
granted to the State of Michigan the right OF
locating and constructing a breakwater and
hs. Dor and ship canal through any public
lands at OF upon the neck of land on Lake Su-
perior known as The Portage Procided,
That not more than one thousand feet in width
on the bank of Lake Superior shall be occu-
pied 10y said breaawater and harbor, and that
a strip of land not more than four hundred
feet in width ON said neck of land shall be oc-
cupied by said canal: 4Hd pyovided, further,
| That said ship canal shall be at least one hun
dred feet in width with depth of water not
| lass than thirteen feet.
Sec. .. Ind be IL further enacted, That there
! be, and hereby is, granted To the State OF
| Michigan, for the purpose of aiding sad State
! in constructing and completing harbor and
/ ship canal to connect the waters of Lake Su.
perior with the waters of Portage Lake, two
| hundred thousand acres of public lands, to be
I selected in Subdivisions agreeably to the Uni
I ted States survey, by an agent or agents ap
pointed by the governor OF said State, subject
to the approval of the Secretary Of the lnteri
or, from any lands in the upper peninsula o
said State, subject to private entry: Propidea
That said selections shall be made from alter
nate and odd.numbered sections OF land near
est the location of said canal in said upper pc
hinsula not otherwise appropriated, and no
/ from lands designated 10y the United States a
mineral before the passage of this act. mol
from lands to which the rights Of pre- emptioi
CT homestead have attached.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
American Manufacture,

and therefore greatly superior to the goods
imported from abroad and hawked about as
the cheapest ever sold. The simple duty on
imported goods, and the high premium on Gold
(all foreign bills are payable in gold, amount
to more than the entire cost Of many of the
articles afforded by us to the public. To IA.
cilitate the sale
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
RLEs CITY, FLOYD COUNTY, IOWA. THURSDAY JUNE 49, 1865

membrance of six faces to wash, six
heads to comb. and pants and petit.
coats for six to mend, settled the mat
ter. A Justice was called in, and the
farmer went home with his "house-
keeper" ........ a,..
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
Only One Dollar

will he charged for any article on our list. and
this sum the purchaser need not pay until he
knO,cs rhat he is toga, This plan accords with
the method recently become SO popular for
disposing of large stocks of Jewelry ard SINH
lar productions s-..--.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29

An able physiologist has written
that one-fifth Of the human body is
composed of phosphorus. Punch re-
marks that this most likely accounts
for the number Of matches made.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
Without Regard to Cost!

The Goods are of fashionable styles and
most excellent workmanship, and are sacrificed
in this manner to relieve the proprietors from
embarrassment oceasioned by distracting civ
il war. 1t should be prominently stated, al
50, that they are mostly of .r
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
Gold Pens and Pencils,
Remember the Plan

In all cases we charge for forwarding the
Certificate, postage, aud doing the business,
the sum Of Tsoenty. .fpe Gents, which must be In
closed in the order. Five Certificates will be
sent for 81; eleven for So thirty for IS
sixty Ave for $40 one hundred for SIS.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29

| Sec. 3. And he IL further enacted, That the
said lands hereby granted shall be subject TO
the disposal Of the legislature of said State,
or, II the legislature thereof shall not be i'm
session, or shall adjourn within ten days after
the passage and approval of this act, then said
lands shall be subject to the disposal of the
governor AMI board of control of said State,
tor the purpose aforesaid and for no other; and
the said canal shall be and remain public
highway for the use of the government of the
United States, free from toll or charge upon
the vessels OF said gorernment. or upon vessels
employed by said government in the trauspor-
tation OF any property or troops of the United
States.
Sec. f. And be Il further enacted. That be-
fore 1T shall be competent for said State to dis
pose OF any of said lands, to be selected az
aforesaid. the plan of said break water and har-
Dor, and the route of said canal shall be estab-
lished as aforesaid, and plat or pats thereof
shall be filed in the office of the War DEPART
ment, and duplicate thereof in the Office of
the Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Sec D.. dRd be further enacted, That if the
SAID breakwater, harbor, and ship canal shall
not be completed within two years from the
passage OF this act, the lands hereby granted
shall revert to the United States.
Sec. 8. And be il further enacted, That the
legislature of said State shall cause to be kept
an accurate account OF the sales and net pro-
ceeds of the lands hereby granted, and of all
expenditures in the construction, repairs, and
operating of said canal, and of the earnings
thereof, and shall return statement of the
same annually to the Secretary of the Interior;
and whenever said State shall be fully reim-
bnrsed for all advances made for the construc-
ton, repairs, and operating of said canal, with
legal interest on all advances until the reim-
bursement of the same, or upon payment by
the United States of any balance of such adj
vances over such receipts from said lands, and
canal. with such interest the said State shall
be allowed to tax for the Use of said canal, on
ly such tolls as shall be sufficient to pay all
necessary expenses for the care, charge, and re-
pair of the same
Approved, March 8, 1865.
Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-29
Agents are Wanted

Throughout the Country 10 operate for us. A
large compensation will bs paid. Send for
terms, &C., enclosing stamp.