The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1861-03-28
Na-s l1r-1slnary.


n,Ssgouthern students, seven or eight
.dfldmber, have "seceded" from Dart
Ymouth College.
The Verandah Hotel, at Salisbury, N.
G., was destroyed by fire On the 10Th inst.
Loss $4,000.
The bill 1egalizing the suspension cf the
Missouri banks has been signed by the
Governor of that State.
A recruiting office for the Confederate
States army is about to be opened in
Washington.
Over one hundred recruits for the regu-
lar army of the Confederate States left
Baltimore in the Norfolk boat on Thurs
day. -.
Ex-Goyernor Helms, of Kentucky, in q
letter in the Louisville Courier, advocates
the union Of all the slave States to pre-
vent civil war
The Union party of Tennessee have
called a convention for nominating Gov
ernor, to meet at Nashville, on Thursday,
May2
Hon. Waldo P johnson, the newly-elec-
ted Senator from Missouri, is a Virgin
ian, and son of Ex-Governor Joseph John
son.
Thos. M. Bcrrien, of Floyd county: has
been appointed Acting Midshipman in the
Georgia Navy, and has been ordered to
Savannah.
Col. H. P. Watson, of Montgomery has
been appointed Adjutant-General of the
Staff of Major-General Clemens, Of the
regular army of Alabama.
Green Peas and strawberries made their
appearance in our market for the first
time, we believe, on Wednesday last
,Savannah Republican.
The Boston Post says that since fe-
males have commenced the practice of
medicine, the health of young men has
been very delicate.
The Charleston Mercury and Montgom-
cry Advertiser argue in favor of an eX-
port duty on cotton on the ground that
it will be tax on the world at large.
Mr. Buchanan's friends state that he is
rapidly recovering from the fatigue Of the
final labors of his administration, and he
hopes soon to be restored to his wonted
health and vigor
The Albemarlc iSomtAcner learns that
Hon. Kenneth Rayner has declared him
self in favor Of the secession Of North
Carolina from the Northern Abolition
Union.
The editor of the Delaware Gazette Of
fers reward of. $4,000 to the man who,
from the reading of Lincoln's inaugural,
can tell what version to give it-peaco or
war
Northern merchants are already ma
king arrangements to import goods in
Charleston Savannah and New Orleans,
in order to avoid the duties Of the Morrill,
tariff.-Boston Post.
Col. W. II. 7. Walker, late Of the Uni
ted States Army, has accepted the ap
pointment of Maior-General Of the First
Division of Georgia Volunteers, rendered
him by Gov. Brown.
1t is stated that the troops stationed in
Washington city will not be removed for
some time, at least not before the Virginia
Convention has determined upon its ac-
ton. What have they to do with the
Virginia Convention?
Gen. Ben. McCulloch, who has arrived
at New Orleans, reports that Gov. Hous-
ton had left the State Capital to avoid
further communication with the Convcn-
ton. He would probably be deposed for
his contumacy.
The Now Orleans Delta says that par
ty of gentlemen have bought halfa million
acres of land in Southern Florida, about
one hundred miles south Of Tampa Bay,
at two cents an acre, where they intend
to raise tropical fruit.
The Savannah Ncus announces, author
itatively, that the guns seized in Now
York some time ago by John A. Kennedy,
of the New York police, have been releas-
ed, and are this time actually in the hands
of the agent of the State Of Georgia.
Hon. Chas. Il: Scott, late member Of
Congress from California, has determined
to settle in Alabama. He is son of Hon.
Robert G. Scott, formerly a distinguished
lawyer of Richmond, who some years ago
emigratcd 10 the State in which his son is
about to remove.
The Memphis papers are discussing q
railroad connection between Grenada and
Enterprise, Mississippi. The latter point
is on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, one
hundred and twenty miles Southwest of
Grenada, and very nearly on an air line
between Memphis and Mobile.
CASTLE PINcKNEY-Tho Charleston