Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-03-18
Revolution aud Hepuliation.

Republican Journal, continues to express mucl
uncasincss a. the revolutionary complexion o
things at Washington. The financial situation
too, troubles it:
awe are drifting into rcrudiatinn We are 81
drifting, not because our dclt is 100 one'ouS. oI
that ou: people arc dishonest, but hccacsc Con-
grcss is either in.ensbc To- The danger or indi(icr-
cnt To it, consequences. Ii Mr.. Morrill,, Of Maine
thinks tina, spread eagle speech shout faith
honor ana integrity, will bridge over the danger
h. is ftialv mistaken. Two things, at least, must
lie done. Expenses must he diminished and the
rate of interest must be reduced. Both are rrle-
ticablc. Congress can effect both, and il viii be
held responsible Cor lis refusal or neglect to save
us from great danger aud greater shame"
Ns:- Gen. Butler says he has the proaf of The
figures, showing that Gen. Grant sacrifice! the
lives oc 800, 900 Union soldiers after he crossed
the Rnpilan, in order to conquer Lee with his
900 rebels and that after ALL he failed to do it.
yzS- The soldiers garrisoning Macon s!ormcd
the ranch of Il number OF disreputaLlo female nc
grocs the other night, and raised Cain generally.
body of police had to be sent to arrest them
and restore order.
Gss- There are about no. 500 white voters in
Tennessee. or these 100000 arc disfranchised
by II Radical cdict sustained by military force.
At the same time 100 900 negroes are made voters.
This accounts for the recent negro triumph in the
election at Memphis.
G4D- Prince Napoleon wants his cousin, the
Emperor to resort TO war ns n means Of tOrng
his waning popularity, an9 as the only means of
saving the Napoleonic dynasty. lie thinks Il war
with Prussia for Tic Rhine Provinces would be n
good movement.
eS' Chief Justice Chasc is credited at Wash
ing;on with saying that it would bc strange
thing to impeach IL MAJ for difference of pOliti-
cal opinion.
10. Robert Watson Williams, a young man Of
fortunc, who died in New York last week, be-
quea,hcd to young coOrcd man employed in the
Office of The New York Times, the sum Of $4,000.
asg- At n late session Of the Provost Court in
Aiken, one w. A. Walker, charged with carrying
n deadly weapon, and giving challenge to fight
u duel, was fined $lGO and three months impris-
onmcnt. And one Crawley, found guilty of Lar
ccny, was sentenced to Two months imprisonment
a1,- Tie Georgia Radical Negro Convention
adjourned on the III, subject to the call of the
President.
~ The Empress Carlotta has addressed to
the Pope touching letter, imploring his prayers
for tho soul of her unfortunate husband. The
lett0r is written in very good italian, and exhibits
no traces of the late lunacy of the Empress.
&sg- The Washington correspondent Of the
Baltimore Sun, says that it is the opinion of those
who have examined the matter, that the impcach-
mcnt trial will not regularly begin much before
June. Tho delay will, probably, not be near so
grOat
n:y- Tho New York Herald hns an article IN
"the necessity of opening He'll Gate" lnasmuch
as thoro is u Ralcal Congress still upon the earth,
the necessity for such an opening is unqucstiona-
bic.
Gis- The printers in many of tho lnrgo cities,
on Saturday, sct one thousand ems each for the
benefit Of tho ArtemuS Ward fund.