The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-06-19
The,Iast Hours of a Gallant officer.

federacy. He was of sanguine temperament en- en-
[tlusinsrc in his love of the5causc,Sbold and inn
petuous in his assaults upon the bulwarks- Of the
enemy: Hefell. on the day fatal toethc cause he
held dear, before his heroic spirit was called to
the agony of realizing the utter, overthrow. That
Sunday when Gen. Grant broke through the lines
ut Petersburg and Jeff.-Davis received the fatal
news in St. Paul's Church at Richmond, Gen:
Hill yicdcd'his noble spirit martyr to his State
and country. The special correspondent of the
New York Tines who hos been visiting the works
around Petersburg, virgnin, gives the following
account of the death of Gen. A. p Hill, in alet-
ter datedMay 26th .Ih connection with the de-
fence of Fort Gregg, I must also mention fact
/ which 1 learn from Gen. Malone, in regard to the
death of the distinguished Confederate corps COM
mander A. P HILL Gen. Lees headquarters
we're but short distance in the rear of Gregg, in
house on the Boydton plank-road, between the
fort and the. town. At the time Fort Gregg was
; carried, Gems Hill and Malone were in conver-
sation with Lee at his headquarters. As the
firing grew nearer, Lee intently listening to the,
sounds, suddenly turned to Hill and said; "How
is this, General? Your troops are giving way.
Upon this Hill mounted his illorsc, dashed TO the
front, but while galloping down the road, he sud-
denly. came upon two men in blue. uniforms.
'.Throw down your arms !,' shouted the General:
But .tha men quickly sprang behind o tree, and,
leyeing theirpieces fired. He fell from his horse
dead.n .ss,.. y .'.f; ss5.'i-l,,i -
Touching and Affecting Scene.
:, Jacob Barker, one of the %ealthiest bankers of
New Orleans, failed recently for q large amount.
His integrity and established character induced
thousands Of poor people to deposit their earnings
in his bank, all of which has been swept-away by
this unexpected failure. The New Orleans Pica-
yune thus graphically describes that occur
red upon his release fronrthc rccorder's court:
:.Upon leaving the court room, the old man as he
went tottering from the, place, was followed by,
three OF four. old women who had lost their all in
his bank. The scene was a touching one, rs they
bowed apparently in great anguish, supplicating
for restoration of their little treasure that had
taken them years, of toilto gather up. They clus
tered closely around the old man as he entered his
ocaI7iage, and as he drove away, receiving assu
rance whateyereof having their property restored
othem, these poor old women followed the vehicle
for several blocks, making as they went almost.
frantic gesticulation s'i thcirappeals Mr.: Barker
drove rapidly away, however, and his supplicants,
weary and care-worn, turned slowly in the dircc
ton of their homes to brood again in anguish over
4 the mfortunc they had suffered"
The Secret of Radical Strength in the South
:. The Helena. Arkansas, correspondent of the
\ Memphis Ara1ancie, thus alludcs to the prevailing
! idea in the Arkansas frecd1nen's minds:
i s'The singular illusion pervades the entire ele-
\ Inen Of our negro population touching the threat
\ ened coniscatioM of Southern homcstcals by the
Radical Congress, when i: meets in July next.
! Scarcely grown-up man or woman of African cx-
traction, in town country, but believes that he
or;shc will very shortly be placed by virtue of q
Congressional cdct, in possession of the comforta-
blehomes and broad acre, of his or hcr whiom
master mistress. This subject and its proxi
mate realization is thoroughly canvasscd under the
seal of clan and 'scolorcd'' confidence, by every
group of cbon idlers who meet together the
highway, in fence corners, at the doors of their
cabins, and finds now and then expression from
the lips of indiscrcct, dissatisfied and unfaithful
stewards wiied by their employers for their
idleness, and urged to better eondue!-"De cullcd
people will soon hab all desc plantations" is urged
by tho foolish and the VICIOUS among the blacks
every day in extcnuation and excuse of idlcncss
and gross negligence Of duty, or both.
The Peabody Educational Fund.
AS many of our readers feel an interest in The
disposition now being made of this munifccnt. do
nation, we copy the following circular from D.
SEARS, General Agent of the Peabody Education
Fund, for the information of all concerned:
i. The direct aim of the Agent will be TO en-
courage and aid common schools in the South !;
that is schools established supported and supern-
tended by the c;Southcrn people themselves Apart
from this leading object, the founding and mainte-
nance of schools will not come within his plans
i .. Usually, appropriations in moderate amounts
will be made where such schools arc langushing,
or are liable to be suspended for want ofahe means
of support. Similar aid, if necessary, will be
given in places unsupphcd with schools. whenever
the citizens shall introduce them, and undertake
their support. AL such aid, however, is to be re-
gardcd as temporary. -
9. In selecting schools. TO be aided, or places to
be supplied with them, those will be preferred in
which the sdcstituton is greatest and the, number
to be benefited largest.
A. Normal schools, or schools having normal de-
.partmcpts, will receive particular attention. a
small numbcrof these, furnishing the most perfect
models Of instruction, viii be considered as more
important than larger number of an inferior
character, Here, also, it is the purpose of the
Agent to aid others in their work, and not to as
sumo the support of such schools.
S. Funds will not be given TO literary or to
professional schools "a such. Special arrange