The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-04-04
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The members of the Convention Pald q
visit to the Notifications in the harbor
of Charleston last Saturday
The Peace Congress resolutions have
been rejected by the Virginia Convention
by 116 to 4.
The Savannah (Ga.) Republican learns
of six extensive New York merchants who
arc about removing to that city.
st. Clair Morgan, the wounded party
in the late Pensacola duel, is not serious
ly hurt.
Prof. J. N. Loomis, of Macon, died at
Enterprise, Fla, on the 18th inst, Of CON
sumption.
The Mobile Adcertiser wonders whether
the Charleston Floating Battery is sea-
worthy enough to attempt the voyage to
Pensacola.
The New York Commercial plainly
hints that. unless the Morrill, tariff bill
shall be speedily repealed, the law will be
evaded OF set at defiance.
TheSTexas grain crop, particularly on
the fine valleys Of the Guadalupe, Bianco,
and San Marcos rivers, will probably be
very bountiful.
A man in Bridgeport has sold Barnum
Tom Thumb dog that weighs but three
ounces. 1t was an English terrier, and
sold for 500.
George E. Nelson, Of the Augusta Con-
stitutionazist, has received the appoint
ment Of Superintendent Public Printing
for the Southern Confcderacy.
Henry Daniel, in attempting to cross
the Chattahoochec river, near Eufaula, on
the evening Of the 22d inst, in batteau,
was drowned.
Peter Schwine, in jail at Wctumpka,
Alabama, for the murder of his wife and
servant, committed suicide last week,
by cutting his throat.
Several United States soldiers in Wash
ington were on spree on Monday, and
became very disorderly, and gave cheers
for Jefferson Davis in the streets. They
were carried to the watch-house.
Johnson J. Hooper, Esq, has been ap-
pointed Private Secretary to the Hon. l..
P. Walker, Secretary of War. Mr.. Hoop
er also holds the position Of Secretary Of
the Provisional Congress.
One hundred and forty-thrce students
are now at the South Carolina College; Of
these, thirty-one are in the Senior, forty
FIVE in the Junior, thirty-fvc in the Soph-
omore, and thirty-two in the Freshman
Glass.
Hon. VIM. R. Smith, of Tuscaloosa, in
tends to publish, very shortly, q history.
together with the debates, of the Alabama
Convention. 1t will contain the speeches
of the most distinguished members. The
Convention authorized the work, for
which it made liberal appropriation.
James Conner, Esq, has been appoint
ed by the President Of the Confederate
States, District Attorney for the State Of
South Carolina Mr.. Conner discharged
the responsible duties of this position du-
ring the administration of President Buch-
anan and the existence Of the old Union.
The Louisiana convention adjourned
sine die ON Wednesday, after passing an
ordinance dividing the State into six con-
gressioal districts, an ordinance transfer
ring the public funds to the Confederate
States, and an act abolishing the free bank
ing system and introducing the general
charter system.
The Vicksburg Wing states that the
clause in the permanent constitution Of
the confederate States prohibiting the Af-
rican slave traffic, was adopted in the
Montgomery Congress by thevote of four
States to two. South Carolina and Flori-
da opposed the restriction, while Georgia,
Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, ad-
vocated it.
The Mobile Adrettser thinks it is not
an eXtravagant estimate that the cotton
crop Of the eight States, during the next
ten years, will increase forty per cent.
The Advertiser estimates that in the year
1870, the sum of S1,16l, ,597 would have
to be provided by the Southern Confeder-
cy. The duty on cotton alone would
alone would yield S2,4O0,000 or nearly
three times the necessary amount.
The Washington States says: The
Southern Commissioners have been dining
with foreign Ambassadors. 1t is seen by
everybody in Washington that the Com
missioners are on terms Of intimacy with
the French and English Ministers partic-
ularly, which makes the most ultra of the
negro Republicans look blacller and
meancr and more savage than usual.
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