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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-11-22
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= On Wednesday afternoon of last week, the fre-
ouenters Of our public square were thrown into
state of unusual excitement by the advent Of sew
1esral individuals, whose appearance denoted them
strangers, and whose conduct awakened no little
curiosity. In less time than required to the
fact, the announcement gained currency that there
svorld be .. 'ssshow'' in town that night-not the
great show of Dan CASTILLO, but nevertheless o
show. wherein was promised dialogues, speeches,
yfiticisra, ct cetera. Printers ink not being much
Ii vogue where they came from, the ''showists"
sosted notice. written in pencil to the effect that
thoy would exhibit sundry attractions in the Court
House that evening, if not prevented. The inter-
val of two or three hours dragged its slow length
along, and, at the appointed hour, the doors were
opened and the sublime exhibition heralded by the
ringing of the bell At this oppcrtune moment,
the acting Chief of Police made his etres into the
arena, and demanded Us sort of bonus for their
Good performance the trifing sum of FIVE dollars,
In accordance with provision in such cases made
and provided After divers coptortions and ex-
ISostalatioas, this reasonable request was duly
complied with By the management, and the sale Of
tickets allowed to proceed unmolested. Various
Inducements were held out for the populace to en-
ter, but as the populace happened to be elsewhere
on that occasion, they didn't accept the aattering
Invitation. However, two or three were psrsua-
,ded to invest the paltry amount Of fifty cents,
fractional currency, and go in to see the sights.
Added to this number, were three others who had
received complimentary tickets, and the audience
was completed. Then began series of unriyalled
end unexceptionable efforts to entertain the vast
auditory, on the part of the performers, and as q
faithful chroaicler Of the times, we are bound to
ssy that their noble exertions ended in most su-
.perb and disgusting failure. Judging from hear
cav. we would conclude that the individuals COM
posing this travelling variety troupe were enjoying
their first absence from native hilis and that their
.raatsrnal parent is unconscious Of their wherea-
.aBouts. They made strenuous efforts to- create
she Impression that they we're competent and reli-
able, citing our sister village Of Laurens as an
example Of fattering appreciation Of their extern
siremeriis, and contending that their exhibitions
ecross the Savannah would be entirely worthy Of
patronage The few individuals who had been
aaken in on this occasion refused to believe their
exaggerated statement, and greeted the unfortu-
nate gentry with Kisses and scornful CALCULATIONS.
Becoming enraged thereat, the performance closed
In short order, and the ''scenery" and oil else de-
Darted by the faint moonlight, never more to re-
fr,rnl AS the ssshow" is en- route for Texas and
win exhibit in oil the principal cities Of the South
vest. we commend them to the patronage of our
brethren of thepress who may be in quest of inter-
eSting local items,
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O. CO.WTR1BUTORHaE.
CoNsTITuTIoNAL AAIENDMENT.

President JOHNSON, the Democratic party, and
the decency and intelligence of the North are op-
posed to the Southern States adopting the Con-
stitutional Amendment. The New York World
after canvassing the opinion of the Democratic
partv saws: s'The result is o conviction that the
Northern Democracy will never endorse the amend
ment as condition of restoration. If we might
take it upon ourselves to advise our Southern fel-
low-citizens, we would counsel them to reject the
amendment, to yield quiet obedience to oil consti-
tutional laws, to maintain order, to protect ana
encourage the freedmen by equal laws, and to ab-
stain as carefully from agitatng questions of Fed
eral politics as if they had no concern in them.'
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aEM1u1scENcEs or CHARLESTON.

We have received copy of this interesting and
desirable work, written by J. N. CAnDozo, Esq,
an old resident and one of the most industrious
writer's of the metropolis. The "Reminiscences
extend over period of sixty-6ve years, and in
clude much that is worthy of preservation connec-
ted with the heroic defence of that city. Embra'
cling one hundred and fifty pages, the subscription
price of seventy-fve cents is extremely low. Per-
sons desiring the work can hand in their names to
Mr.. T. j. WEBB, at the Post Office. Specimen
copy to be seen there also.
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auicksands upon which some of their favorite
schemes have been wrecked in the past.
Lastly, the dogma of reputation shall receive
our attention. Were it not dishonest within itself,
and contrary to every principle of justice and
equity, we should denounce the scheme upon other
grounds 1t is clearly unconstitutional, and even
admitting that the people Of State have the right
to repeal the prohibiting clause in their Constitu
tior the Federal Constitution is equally positive
in its injunctions against the policy of ''mpairing
the obligation Of contracts" To soy that we do
not recognize the force of the Federal instrument
of organic law because forsooth we are kept out Of
the Union, is the mischievous creation of On idle
brain. Let South Carolina place herself in this
attitude of open resistance to any part of the Uni
ted States Constitution, and attempt to nullfy one
of its plainest provisions, the sad humiations of
the past eighteen months, will be forgotten in the
realization Of deeper woes and more painful op-
pressions. Before any man dares to argue in favor
of this suicidal policy, let him be certain that in
the late unfortunate struggle, his record is clear
None of the vast horde Of spectators and nbsen-
tees from duty should ever counsel dsobedience to
national authority, for the simple that their
cowardly frames do not possess enough courage to
maintain the position. But we must not look upon
this reckless argument with too much serious
ness, and therefore dismiss the idea Of Repudaton
with the little consideration it always deserves.
In conclusion, having frankly and honestly given
the reasons for the faith within US, it only remains
to declare our complete independence of all parties
cliques and factions. The Intelhgencer is owned
and controlled by single individual, whose name
appears regularly in each issue, and while he con-
tinucs in its management, the public may rely
upon the advocacy of Independent views upon this
or any other question of public policy.
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WHAT WILL WE DO WITH OUR LANDS

This question is as pertinent and presses as In.
exorably for solution as the question of indebted
1ess and should as earnestly engage the attention
of every one who desires to restore the South to
prosperity. The question is being ably discussed
in the Virginia papers, and it is the fundamental
inquiry of the hour. For the South to grow in
material wealth and power, agriculture will have
to flourish more than it did even under the regimen
of slave labor But how. is this to be brought
about Forming on large scale since the ne
groes were freed is at amend. The experience OF
this year with hired freedmen is conclusive, ana
those who tried it on the most extensive scale nave
come off the worst How then can our large landed
proprietors maintain their farms? The hichmond
Times says "History and the teachings OF poiiti-
cal economy furnish us with an answer we hno
the farmer driven by his necessities and the logic
of events to one or two conclusons-hs must either
.su HI, lands or lease them out" The Times proves
tbot to throw all The surplus lands of the South
unon the market for sale at this time, would be
,,,;nous. and then adds, sThere is nothing left
then for our landowners to do with their surplus
lands but to lease them. And if they wish to pre-
vent their Qetcrl0rallOu, iuu oeeuAN s-S
timately at fair and remunerative prices, they must
giue long leases upon them. In this manner the
lands in France, Holland, England and other
countries in Europe have been worked for ages
and yet they ore richer and more productive, to-
day than our comparatively new fields. There, as
here, and in most parts of the world, thelands are
owned by relatively small proportion of the popu-
lation. But long leases, and the hope of finally
being in condition to purchase the rented preml-
ses of his landlord secured good tenants and highly
improved fields. Such system prevailed IN Eu-
rope from the period when population was not
denser than ours, and we see its effects now in
crowded marts and rich lands, of which, IN many
cases, the tenants have become tho proprietors 1t
is only by an imitation of the successful and pros
porous European nations, in the disposition of our
lands, that we can hope to revive their value
We recommend these views Of the Times to the
serious consideration Of our large landed proprie-
tors, as intimately connected with the future Of
their prosperity and wealth.
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eIEAN1Nes FROM oUR EXCHANGES.

- The whole gang of Robbers who robbed {
train on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, ,
few days since, have been arrested by citizens O.
Franklin, KY.
1t is generally believed that the long Cabinet
meeting of Tuesday last, had under consideration
the granting of general amnesty to the Southern
people.
= The friends Of Mr.. John Mitchell, in this
country, will be glad to learn that he has arrived
in New York, evidently improved in health and
spirits by his transatlantic sojourn.
At least 100000 people in the Austrian EN-
pire have been attacked by the cholera, about one
half of whom have died.
- James Brooks, proprietor of the New York
Express, has been elected to Congress by over
G,OOO majority. This is rebuke to the Radicals
in Congress, who ousted Mr.. Brooks from his seat,
to give place to Dodge, Radical.
- The United States Treasury holds eighty
eight millions in gold, after paying the November
interest on the public dett.
= The National Observatory people, at WASH
ington, saw four hundred meteors on Monday
night last.
- The Mayor Of Lynchburg was caught riding
upon the sidewalk by policeman, who reported
him to the Mayor. The Mayor heard the evidence
and fined him one dollar.
- Sanford Conover, the witness charged with
perjury in the plot charging Jefferson Davis with
Mr. Lincoln's assassination, is yet jail he de-
cares that he is innocent. He has been unsuc-
hail md hoe boop pd ~
the grand jury 1t is stated also that he has been
indicted for perjury.
- The cable announces that pending questions
between the United States and Messrs Fraser,
Trenholm & Co. have been settled, and the prop
erty in dispute turned over to the latter.
During the past fiscal year. 100000 letters
w.re returned to the dead letter Office in Washing
ton.
- Congress Hall, new and magnificent hotel
in course of erection at Saratoga Springs, will not
be finished until 1868.
= The Freedmen of Macon County, Ala, one
of the best growing districts in the South recently
held meeting and passed resolutions discounte-
nancing idlers and loafefs, and condemning all
violations Of contracts between white men and
themselves.
= The Supreme Court of Mississippi has deci-
ded that the functions of the State Government
were as constitutionay and Loyalty exercised dur
ing the time in which the State was out Of the
Union by reason of war, and that it never lost its
organization as o State by reason of secession.
"A colony of Poles is locating in the Wilder
ness, famous as battle ground.
The Mississippi Legislature has passed .
Bill to furnish every MANNED soldier with an arti
fetal leg.
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HOLD ON TO YOUR COTTON.

DEBow, who is On able commercial writer, after
careful survey of the cotton markets of the world,
decides that the causes which are depressing the
price in the foreign market, and of course in our
own, will be merely temporary. The stock Of cot
ton on hand will soon be consumed by the home
and export demand, amounting now to some TO-
600 bales per week that the large sums advanced
by English bankers on the hypothecation Of large
amounts of cotton, are forcing the staple on the
market, and these advances will soon be satisfied ;
that no more cotton is to be shipped from India for
six months to come; the bankers will become sat
isfied there will be no further reason for urgent
sales-that the expectation Of o large crop from
America will be disappointed-the English money
market will soon become easy again, when the
speculative demand will be revived.
He says the policy which should govern the
Southern planters is plain. "Where it is possible
let them by all means hold on to their crops until
these causes of temporary depression have been
removed, and especially until the extravagant re-
ports of the large crops to be raised by them this
season have been corrected abroad. These reports
have been industriously started and industriously
propagated, from motives which are easily seen
and understood. The game is being adroitly and
Systematically played, with many odds against the
producer, whose toll and vexation entitle him to
the stakes, and unless he is wary they will be
snatched from him. Where stern necessity does
not compel, let them prefer rather to count his
bales than his greenbacks, until the propitious
time shall come, and as sure as he lives, he will
reap high reward for his labors. But if haste
and hurry are to rule the market, it will become
glutted and he wiH get mere pittance
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OFFICE A. A. C. S..
ANDERSON, s. C., Nov. %. 1861

ANDERSON, s. c., Nov 20, 1866.
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing the Sub
sistence Department at Anderson, s.. &C.. with
FRESH BEEF, Of a.good and marketable quality,
in equal proportion Of Fore and Hind Quarters
Meat, (necks, shanks and kidney tallow to be ex-
cluded, In such quantities as may be from time
to time required, and on such days as shall be de-
aignated by the commanding officer, will be re-
ceived at the fofice of the undersigned until IL
o'clock, M, Of the Both inst, when they will be-
opened. y
Proposals must be in duplicate and addressed
to the undersigned at Anderson, s. c., endorsed !:
proposals for Furnishing Fresh Beef"
The contract will be for the six months ensuing,
or such time as the Commissary General may di-,
rect. ss..s., ,,sl.s,s
Unreasonable bids win be rejected. e
CHARLES F. LOSHE,
Cd Lieut.. Sth q. S. Infantry, A. "A. c s. =
y a. -
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- The Freedmen's Bureau is advised by the
Deputy Commissioner for Tennessee, that the re-
lations of the whites and freedmen in that State
are satisfactory. That the local Courts are aajudi-
eating in all cases that arise between contestants
with impartiality, and that the negro farm hands
receive their thirty dollars per month with general
punctuality.
- Major A. M. Haskell, late CHEF Of staff Of
General Earl Van Dorm, and the well-known army
correspondent, "Comanche, % of the Houston Joura-
al, died on the 9th CT last month
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Tie General Assembly of the Presbyterian

The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church convened at Memphis yesterday.
= The Montgomery Maa says that although
Governor Orr, of South Carolina, opposes the
Constitutional Amendment; he shares the opinion
of Mr.. Reagan, Of Texas, thatthe Southern States
should adopt negro suffrage. Gov. Orr shares no.
such opinion. He is as decidedly opposed to the
one as the other.
1t is said that quite a number Of the Goysr-
nors of the Southern States have addressed letters
to the President, asking for his opinion as to what
the Southern States ought to do, and it is said that
he has the matter under advisement now. ~
1t is understood that Thad. Stevens, at the
opening of Congress- will move the appointment Of
a joint committee, to be charged with the duty Of
investigating the official conduct Of President
Johnson, and report what action, if any, is requr-
ed by Congress.
= The Northern Conservative press, SO far as
received, condemn the proposition Of the Chicago
Times to abandon the President and ego for ne
gro suffrage.
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STATE NEWS.

The Newberry Herald learns that Mr.. John L
Thornley, has declined the appointment recently
rendered him of Superintendent G.. & G. R. r.
and that Moi Ben Sloan has accepted the posi-
tion. About one hundred and seyenty-fve ne
groes men, women and children, are emigrants
from Newberry to Liberia
H. It. Peake, ESQ.,, Superintendent Of the Soutf
Carolina Railroad, says that his line will carry
cotton to New York as cheap as any other route
and if necessary to do so, will transport cottor
over the South Carolina Road free of charge.
The Abbeville Banner is sorry to learn that Mr.
Chas. Dendy of that place, received severe
wound in the hand from the accidental discharge
of his gun, while out hunting recently. The Ban
ner also records the death of VIM. Caldwell, Esq.,
of Cokesbury, one of the best citizens of that Dis
trict, highly respected for his honest and upright
character. =
Alex. McBee, Esq, has been elected to the Leg.
isature from Greenville District, without opposi-
ton, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna
ton of W. P. Price, Esq. The Enterprise records
the death of negro woman in that District, aged
one hundred and twenty-five years.
The people of Sumter are about 10 establish q
National Bank at that place.
The Advertiser says that seven negroes, oil Of
them in limbo for stealing, escaped from the Edge
field jail on Monday night, 18th inst. A detach-
ment of cavalry has been encamped near Edge
field, to'protect the houses, barns and stables Of
colored peopleP
The negroes who killed Mrs. Garvin and her
daughter near Orangeburg, were hung the next
day by citizens of that vicinity. The freedmen of
the neighborhood were so incensed against the
perpetrators Of the murder that they were with
difficulty prevented, by the active interference of
citizens from burning them at the stake. Civil
law is in operation, and we agree with the Dar-
ington Southerner that such hasty and illegal ac-
ton should be frowned upon by every good citi-
zen.
J. N. McElwee, ESQ.,, has been elected to the
Legislature from York District, to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of A. s. Wallace,
Esq, the newly appointed Collector of Internal
Revenue Robert 81. Glenn has been elected
Sheriff of the same District The Enquirer learns
that Gen. J.. M. Law, of that place, will deliver
the annual Grafton before the Literary Societies of
the University of South Carolina, about the first
of December proximo.
The Marion Crescent reports difficulty between
Capt. Vim. s. Ellerbee and Robert Y. Hannegan,
in which several shots were exchanged by the par
ties, resulting in the wounding Of both combat
ants. No particulars.
Capt. James NJ. Carson, formerly of the Hamp-
ton Legion, has been elected to supply the vacan-
cy caused by the resignation Of F. D. Richardson,
ESQ.,, Representative from Charleston District.
The Legislature will meet in regular session on
Monday next, at o'clock, p. m. No hour being
named by the Constitution, this has been selected
by the presiding officers of both Houses the most
convenient.
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PERsOHAL.

We had the pleasure of visit from our esteemed
friend, RICHARD GRENEKER, of the Newberry Her
azd He tells us that the Herald is in fourishing
condition. This is cheering, and shows the liber-
ality of the people of Newberry towards these un-
fortunate ones May. success still continue to
crown the energetic proprietors.
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SHAKESPEARE SAID, "THRow PBYsIc TO
THE D0GS.n

This will do very well when you are not sick,
but when you are it is well to know where genuine
physic can be had; We therefore remind our
friends that Messrs. GooDn1cH, WINEMAN Co.,
No. 1853 Meeting street, Charleston, S. c., keep
most desirable Stock, selected with care, and
which they warrant the quality Of. Give them
call if YOU wish genuine articles.
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TEE cHARLEsToN MERCURY.

This time-honored journal has been revived, ac-
cordine to an announcement received from the
proprietor, r. B. HHErr, Jr., and made its reap
pearance on Monday last It viii receive warm
welcome throughout the State among its old pa
irons and friends.
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Thursday Morning, November %, 1866.
kRSENT

The editor of this paper will be absent rom the
sanc.unr for q week or ten days, and promises to
keep the readers posted of things he may meet oy
chance or otherwise. Persoas desiring to transact
business with the Office, however, will find compe-
tent eentlemenin charge to attend to their wants.
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COMMITTED

We learn that his Excellency the Governor, has
eommuted the sentence of PAT. CLlrFoRD, who was
convicted, of horse-stealing, and sentenced to be
hanged al the last term Of the Pickens Court, to
ten years in the Penitentiary.
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MEssRs. KEYS, BYRUM AND sTowERs.

twill be cheering news to the many friends Oh
the above named gentlemen, to learn that o DIS
patch was received at this place on last Tuesoay
evening" bringing tie glad tidngs that they have
bssn released, and are on their way home. we
welcome them to their families and friends after
something over years absence.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

SECOND AND LAST NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims on the Estate Of Il. B.
Arnold, decensed, are notified to hand them in, in
legal form, by the Goth of December next, their
claims will be rejected. All persons indebted to
the Estate will please make payment, as the busi-
ness must be wound up soon.
L. T. ARNOLD, Ad'mr.
Nov %, 1866 % So
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II Office.

In OClC0e -
ALL persons having demands against the Estate
of A. H. GLENN, deed, are notified to render
them legally attested to my Attorneys, Messrs..
REED s. Brown, at Anderson C. H.; and all per-;
sons indebted to said Estate are required to,make
immediate payment to my said Attorneys, as the
Estate must be settled up.
s. F. SMITH.
Executor of A. H. Glenn, decd.
Nov %, 1866 % ~ - q
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Kerosine Lamps and Ghimneys,
A Fine Assortment, just received and for sale
BY TOWERS & BURRISS.
Nov o. 1866 % At