The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1865-12-07
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Nashville, Tenn, and vicinity. Four men
and one woman were killed near the
Chattanooga depot in ore night.
Mcclellan, it is said, has rendered his
services to command the Popes standing
army-not headquarters in the saddle"
Pope. The other one, of Rome.
Washington news mention that the
Confederate ram Stonewall arrived there
on the oath inst.
The Northern papers mention that the
Hon. J. A. seddon and Judge Magrath
have been released on parole.
A lady, playfully condemning the wear
ing of whiskers and moustaches, declar-
ed, at is one of the fashions l invariably
set my face against"
Tom Snead, one of Prices staff, na-
tive of Richmond, and prior to the war
prominent lawyer in st. Louis, is now at
tached to the editorial corps of the New
York News. He is an able writer, geni-
al gentleman and was, in the late war, a
most gallant soldier.
After paying the sixteen thousand dol
Jars advanced by the Spanish Government
to the crew of the ram Stonowall, Com.
Murray took possession her and placed
the stars and stripes at her mast head.
Lieut.. Col. Halonquist, formerly Of
South Carolina, who commanded the Bat
talon of Artillery encamped at Dog Riv
er Factory, in 1861, and who distinguished
himself at Santa Rosa Island and Shiloh,
has received the appointment of Chief of
Artillery from the Emperor of Mexico.
The New Haven Register insists upon
it that Gen. Banks, having been Stonewall
Jackson's Commissary, cannot, if elected
to Congress, take the oath that he has
never, directly or indirectly" given aid
or comfort to the enemies Of the Union.
Ex-Confoderate Brigadier-General A. E.
Jackson, of Virginia, known as Mudwall
Jackson, in contradistinction to Stonewall,
WAS pardoned lately. During the latter
part of the war he was prominent in the
Confederate operations in Southwestern
Virginia, in resisting the raids of Gems
Gilcm and Stoneman.
The Grand Jury now in session at
Louisville, Ky, have indicted Major Gen
eral Palmer, commanding Department of
kentucky, for aiding and assisting III the
escape OF slaves. He gave bail in $500 to
appear and answer the charge.
The General Assembly of the Prcsby-
toran Churcn, South, meets in Macon on
the 18th of December, and arrangements
arc being made with the various railroads
for reduction in the rates of fare to del
egates who may attend.
Under the head of Reconstruction" :"
the Fort Smith (Arkansas) Nep Era re-
marks that the officers and soldiers who
lately were zealously killing arc now with
equal zeal marrying. The Ne,c Era adds,
contcntcdy: "This is as it should be; and
we say to all, go and do likewise"
General Robert E. Lee recently for
wardcd request to the War Department
fo1 permission to retain few old United
States pieces of artillery for the instruc-
ton of his military school in gunncly
practice Stanton replied by sending an
officer at once to remove the guns to
Richmond. A highly amiable proceed
ing.
At Saratoga Springs, recently, a young
man, aged twenty-five, led to the altar a
blushing damscl of some sixty-fvc sum-
mcrs The merry god plays sometimes
curious antics-though it is whispered
that Cresus had more to do with the
match than Cupid.
Tho Macon Telegraph, of the 24vh,
says: 1t is authentically stated in this
city that tho Hon. Robert Tooms, who
had been concealed for months in ono of
the adjacent counties, has eluded his pur-
suers, escaped across the country, and
made his safe exit from the port of New
Orleans for foreign parts.
A Northern paper says: "Among the
recent acquisitions in Washington city is
Mrs. King, of Charleston, S. G., daugh-
ter of the late James L. Pctigru, and the
authoress of "Busy Moments Of an Idle
Woman" Mrs. King has been ruined by
the war; and is now in the service of the
Treasury Department. Her leisure hours
arc devoted to correspondence with the
press in Charleston and New York"