The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-09-16

means should be used to maintain the peace of the
State.
ITEMS-EDIT0RIAL AND OTHERWISE.
Hon. B. H. Hill, of Georgia. will make tour
of the North and West, where he will present to
the public the condition of affairs at the South in
such light as to swell the tide of Democratic sue
CESS.
Two, white men were brutally murdered by
negro at Thompson, Geo., on the Sth inst There
was no prevooation, and the negroes in the neigh
borhood hung the murderer
= George w. Williams, Esq, of York, one of
the recently elected Circuit Judges hos sent
communication, TO, the Legislature declining the
Office.
difficulty occurred ia Marion last week, be-
tween John C. &len, respectable citizen, and
freedman named Jack Ray, in which the former
was wounded with eight huckshot.
Ex-Presdent Pierce is reported dangerously
ill at Concord, N. H.
= The Bureau superintendent Of Arkansas has
forbidden the use of negro school-houses erected
by the Bureau for political religious meetings of
any kind.
"A Democratic mass meeting will be held at
Ninety Six, Abbevlle District, on the 18th inst.
Gen. Hampton, Hon.. j. B. Campbell, Hon. j. P.
Reed Col. J. P Thomas and others are invited 10
speak.
II Mrs Harriet E. boyd, wife of Re7.I. Marion
Boyd, of Newberry Circuit, died of congestion,
Sept. 4.
= The Columbia Board of Trade has expressed
much favor toward the Chatham Railroad, connect
ing that city with Raleigh, N. G.
= A difficulty occurred in Abbevllc District on
the 4h inst, between W. X. Tolbert and a negro
named Jeff. Rice, which resulted in the death of
the latter. The killing was in self-dcfcncc, &C.
cording 10 the statements made by citizens of the
ncighborhood
= The Radicals Ind q large gathering at AbSc-
vile c. IT, on the 5:h inst, including several thou
sand negroes, and few mean whites The negro
Senator from Beaufort, J. ]. Wright, made
lengthy speech.
"A negro man, formerly connected with the
League, but who had recently Joined the Demo-
crats was called out Of his house Wilmington,
N c., and shot through the heart.
= Gen. Mcclellan is expected to arrive from
England on the 18th.
- A the grand ratification meeting in Edgefcld
on the End inst, speeches were made by Gen.
Toombs, Judge aldrich, Col. Haskell and Gen.
Gary.
= Charles Hammond, Esq, formerly we'll
known merchant of Hamburg, and one of the most
honored and beloved citizens of Edgefeld District
departed this life on the 3rd inst at his residence
"A bill to extend State aid to the Air Line
Railroad has passed the lower house of the Georgia
Legislature
= Thoroughbred Stubs. q member of the Leg
islature from Marlboro District, has resigned his
seat.
= Arrangements have been made between the
and South Carolina Railroads for loaded
cars to rum through, without breaking bulk ut
= Hon. Henry stanbery, late Attorney Gen
eral of the. United States, although in feeble
health, has signi6ed his intention of taking the
stump for the candidates of the New York Convcn-
tion.
General Sherman has returned to st. Louis
from his trip to tho Rocky Mountains. He reports
that the Union Pacific Railroad is finished seven
hundred and ninety miles west of Omaha, and will
be completed to Green River, sixty miles further,
by October lst.
j In General Grants orler Of February II,
1866, in regard to newspapers, he declared that
he "persistent publication of articles calculated
10 keep up hostility of feeling between the people
,f different sections of the country cannot be ocr-
,tcd." If that order were enforced to-day, how
many newspapers would be left to advocate the
General who promulgated it?
1t was on the 9th of April, 1865, that General
Lee accepted the terms Of surrender proposed by
General Grant Over three years have elapsed
,incc the Army of Northern Virginia laid down
heir arms; yet the expenses of the United States
that time have averaged over $780,
100 900 per annum.
= The late lamcnted General Scott declared be-
orc his death that at the close of the war it would
"a impossible to restrain the fury of the non-cou
,atants. Congress proves his words prophetic; for
while the soldiers who fought are magnanimously
Wiling 10 forget and forgive the Stevenses and
Summers. the Buffers and brakes breathe only
iengcanco and slaughter against the men of the
South.
= The New York San gives circulation to the
Incredible rumor that the World is about TO be con-
olidated with the Democrat, and thnt Brick Pome-
10y il 70 have control.