The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-05-29
eLEAN1Nes FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


"A Society has been formed in Baltimore upon
the following basis:
l. The society shall be called 'Thc Society for
the liberal education of Southern Female Chill
dren,' and shall have for its members al ladies'
who will contribute five dollars per annum towards
its support.
II. Tie object of the society shall be the educa-
ton and support of female children from the South,
whom the calamities of war have deprived of other
means of education, aud whose families and frc nds
shall be willing to entrust them TO the society to
be cared for, and educated in the religious faith
approved by their'parents or nearest friends.
= Two young girls and negro woman, were
killed ut Quincy, Florida few evenings ago by
the explosion of can filled with kerosine oil. The
young girls were filling lamp from the can, tho
negro standing by with lightwood torch, when
the oil became gnited and there was an instant
explosion, blowing out both heads of the can, and
completely saturating the girls with the burning
fluid Tire terrible work was then done, speedily
burning the poor victims horribly, from head to
foot. Every particle of clothing except their
shoes, was burned to o cinder. They lingeredin
agony for an hour or two, died within FIVE minutes
of each other.
. The Louisville Journal says the white people
of the South being manacled hand and foot and
tongue the Radical apostles of the North, backed
by the Federal army, go among them to insult then.
and stir up strife between them and the blacks
The outrage is akin to shooting defenseless pris-
oners of war in their dungeons. When Samson's
eyes we're out. and his strength was gone, be was
employed to "make sport for the Philistines." !"
But the Philstincs found it in the end bad specu-
lation.
- The Union of the 2lst says Chattanooga mus|
be hard place. The citizens were composed oil
such hard set of cusses that Brownlow had t.
send Metropolitan Police to take charge Of ther
and attend to the election Of city officers. Findin
that wouldn't do, he next sent company of 10y.
militia to attend to the election of State officer.
Finally, last Saturday night it became necessar
for the United States army to step and take cae
that the loyal militia and police both didn't brek
the law Amt we the devil?
= The Southern Geo. lYatchman announces te
death of James Orr, the oldest man in Jacksu
county-being in his 9Sd year-at his residence
the 10Th instant. The deceased was born in Nom
Carolina, subject of King George III. He ws
in the highest sense of the term an honest man.
good citizen. and an humble ehristian-hayis
been connected with the Presbyterian church som
forty years.
= Frank Fisher, young army officer, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself in the head in
faro establishment few days ago. A card va
found ON him on which the following was written.
Done by my own wicked hands. Cause demor
allied by playing faro, and may the Almighty Go
have mercy on my soul.
rSicned1 FRANK FISHER
P. S.-Please inform my poor old Christia
mother of my death, Mrs. Mary E. Fisher low,
City
"A company Of negroes, eighteen in number
have left Greensboro, N. c., and under the direi
tion of negro barber from Greensboro, ore e,no
ON their way to Illinois, in which State they pr
pose 70 settle. Want of employment, and inabilit
TO subsist themselves and families, they assignt
as reason for their emigration.
"A minister Of the Presbyterian church t
Mississippi City writes letter to the Prss6yteria
Indez, prophesying that the millennium is ncart
hand, will in fact come upon the world some tie
in tho month Of November, 1868. -