The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-03-20
Wit and Eumor.

The best masters the art are gradually
dying ont. Capt. Derby, better known
as ''John Phunix," one of the inimitable
and unapproachable twriters.of this gene
ration, died some time since at his station
on the Pacific coast, and now we hear OF
the death Of Charles +. Brown (Artemus
WARD, } who crossed the water to delight
the people of England, and then died
among them. Artemus was y practical
printer, and showed his appreciation Of d
the craft by his will, in which he left all
his property to his mother, for her use
during life, and at her death it is to be
devoted to founding printers asylum in
New York His property is estimated at
over 100000, which, if judiciously invest
ed, will afford relief to many III indigcnt
brother of the craft
The original Jack Downing (Seba SMITH
is, we think, still living i'll Portland, Maine,
hut the man who took mp the title after
Dir. Smith dropped it, and wrote some of
the most pungent criticisms on the gov
crnmcnt and its acts, departed this life q
few days since in New York.
''Jonce Hooper," as his friends called
him, the author OF ss>Simon Suggs," is an
other one who is missing when the roll is
called. No one looking at him would
think that so much fun laid under that
apparently solemn exterior He looked
and acted like q preacher; but, i'll compa-
ny, lie would sometimes unbcnd, and then
the boys enjoyed themselves. As editor
ct a country paper in Alabama, and after
wards managing the Montgomery Mail,
lie made "troops of friends" who regret
ted his early death, and still cherish the
memory of. J. Hooper, who was decd-
edly the best humorist that Alabama has
produced.
The Rev. Judge. Longstreet, author OF
"Gcorgia Scenes" is, we are pleased to
llcar, still in the enjoyment Of good health
at Oxford, Mississippi. We hope he may
live many years yet; and when he is final
ly called away from earth, that it will only
be to exchange the troubles and trials of
this sublunary sphere for the cnjoyments
Of the righteous, TO whom it will be said :
"Comc up higher.
/ c. II. Smith. tie original "Bill Arp"
las become reconstructed" and settled
down at his ranch in Rome lie will
write again, sure, for he is one Of the irre-
pressiblc kind
s"Sut Lovengood," alias Geo. W. Harris,
formerly Postmaster at Knoxville, Ten
nessee, has let his pen lie idle too long
We don't know where he has located, but
lope soon TO hear from him.
Col. w. T. Thompson, the author of
s;lajor Jones' Courtship'' and several other
humorous works, which have taken a high
place i'll the standard literature Of the
country, is still living and fourishing, and
we hope ere long to see some new pro
luctions from his pen, now too long un-
used.
We now turn towards the Southern cx-
trcmity ofthe country. Geo. Mcknight
CASA lIartz) has written many goodpieccs,
but it is unfortunate that he writes SO sell
Com. Alterthe death of Jos. Brennan, OF
the n. o. Times, he holds the first place i'll
that section. lie is y printer; as, i'll fact,
are most of the good writer's i'll the world.
Going from one extreme to the other
we find in Boston the rotlnd and good.
naturcd B. p. Slillabcr, the original Mrs.
Darlington, who has done perhaps more
than any one else to diSpcl the blues. He
is another typo, and the i;ttest one in the
country, except Bill Dagyctt, of the
Charleston Comicr.-,Sarunndh -4drerii=er