The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-08-02
eLEANrNGs FROM OUR EXCHANGES.

etables and bread, coffee, little brandy and some
segars.
- Hon. Thos. Ewing, of Ohio is spoken of as
President of the Philadelphia National Conven-
tion.
- There are twenty mercantile firms in Cincin-
natl whose sales for twelve months ending April
80, were over 81, 100000. Some of them reach
as high as S4,0OO0OO.
- The New York Tribune calls for o National
Convention of all the negroes of the United States
= The mother of Gen. Howell Cobb, of Georgia,
died in Atlanta on Saturday last, in her seventy
fourth year.
Judge Abel, of New Orleans, who was ar
rested the other day on account of his charge to
the Grand jury. .spf his Court, recommending the
indictment of members of the State Convention, if
they should attempt to re-assemble has reiterated
the leading points of the charge, in emphatic
terms, in answer to request from the jury for
specific instructions.
"A new naturalization law has been promul-
gated by Macmillan, which gives any foreigner
the right to become q citizen of Mexico in twenty
four hours after his arrival, by renouncng his al
legiance to his rative country and having some
visible means of support. The system of pass
ports has been abolished.
| = The Freedmen's Bureau in Princess Anne
county, Va, have decided that a negro who stole
gentlemans breeding SOW and kept her until she
had pigs, is entitled to the pigs if he returns the
SOW.
In reply to The question ''What class of peo-
pie in the South are the most loyal to the Union?"
General Steedman instead of praising the negro,
as the questioner expected, answered very laconi-
cally, "The returned rebel soldiers"
= Gov. Worth, of North Carolina, on the 29d
inst, issued proclamation relating to the juris-
diction of the Civil Courts in where negroes
ore concerned, similar to the proclamation issued
not long since by Gov. Orr in this State.
- The last will and testament of the late Lewis
Cass was admitted to probate at Detroit Michigan.
lately The value of the estate is estimated at
one million dollars. The internal revenue stamps
upon the probate of the will is $500.
"A riot between whites and negroes, occasion
ed by railroad conductor attempting to cut
button off negro's coat, occurred at Columbus,
KY, on Saturday. Three or four negroes were
killed and several whites are missing. 1t is not
known whether the latter were killed.
A new uniform has just appeared on the Ital-
ian field Of battle-that of members of the Inter-
national Association for Succoring the Wounded,
who wear those words inscribed on their hats,
and have, as distinctive sign, white band with
red cross around their arm.
The Senate, on Monday, rejected the nomina-
ton of Governor, Holden, of North Carolina, as
Minister to San Salvador, on the ground that he
sympathized with and aided the ''rebellion" This
will be Joke forever in North Carolina
= The Portland, Maine, argus says the wife of
DR.. Moore physician of Saco, Maine, has been
detected in taking articles from stores without
paying for them, and on search of their house it
is stated that some thousand dollars worth of
dresses, ribbons. lace, thread and other articles
we're discovered, which were supposed to have
been stolen, though the marks had been removed
so that but few things could be positively identi-
fed DR.. Moore had served in the war as assistant
surgeon of q negro regiment.
= An English paper states that Major-Gcneral
]. C.. Walker, Of the late Confederate army, has
been appointed Colonel of an English regiment
General Walker commanded division in the
army of Tennessee, serving with distinction
through all of its campaigns, and especially dis
tinguished himself at the sege Of Nashville, in
1864.
"A man was recently arrested in Jackson,
Miss; for murder committed when he kept
coffee house in New Orleans, thirteen years ago.
He drugged two of his foreign guests, beat them
on the head with cudgel, threw them into the
river, and secured their gold. The bodies were
found by fishermen, one quite dead, and the other
they resuscitated, but it was year before he re-
covered his reason. Meanwhile the murderer had
sold out, but his victim thirteen years afterwards
recognized him at Jackson and caused his arrest.
- Mr.. Chauncey Loomis, of Bloomfield, Conn.,.
picked up day or two since, on his farm, box
turtle on Which his father, Jacob .Loomis, had
carved his name and date in the year 1893. 9th
er persons also had made their marks on the crea-
ture at different tmes-the initials "H. c. Harry
Cornish) 1917 being very plain. This turtle is
very likely older than the date of old Cotton
Mather's time and the Salem witchcraft of nearly
two centuries ago. The dates on its under shell
extend across the present breadth Of the shell,
showing that the creature has not grown much. 1t
is said they will always keep about the same farm,
or the region Immediately adjoining it, and travel
back again if taken away.
The city authorities of Mobile have rejected
the petition of Miss Augusta Evans for permission
to erect monument to the Confederate dead in
Beinville Square
= -Rowdyism is still prevailing to an alarming
extent among the freedmen in Richmond. We
never open paper from that city in which we do
not see whole columns of accounts Of crimes of
every character committed by this class.
- Two men and boy were hung by mob at