The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-08-19
ITEMs-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE

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] - -"personne," of the Charleston Netcs, says
that the Blue Ridge measure will be the principal
feature of the session, at Janney's Hall, Columbia.
"A bale of new cotton has been received in
Columbia, from Lexington District, and was sold
at 80 cents.
= The old Jail at Pickens C. H. is now being
removed TO the new location, about thirteen miles
distant.
- The store of C. L. Reid s. Co., at Walhaila was
robbed on the night of the 10th instant The
Courier has not learned the extent of the robbery
1t is stated that over ten millions of Northern
capital has been invested in Nor;h Carolina since
the war.
= The Augusta Chronicle predicts that The
Democrats will carry the State of Georgia by forty
or Fifty thousand majority.
DIR. J. Marion Sims, native of Lancaster,
now living in Paris, has received the title of The
Order of Christ from the King of Portugal.
Rev. Washington Baird, Presbyterian min
istcr known and respected in this State died re-
Gently at Jonesboro, Geo.
namely: Tennessee on the 18th, Vermont Oh the
lst, California on the Sth and Maine on the l4th.
= Lieut. Col. j. r. Edic, comman1ant of the
Post Mt Columbia, has been appointed Assistant
Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau, rice Gen.
L. K. Scott, resigned.
- John Heart, ESQ., formerly of the Charles
lon Mercmy, and an accomplished gentleman and
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thorough Democrat, has been appointed Private
Secretary to Gov. r. K. Scott.
= Four prisoners, negroes, escaped from the Jail
at Camden last week. by cutting hole near ono
of the windows and descending by rope made of
blankets.
- The Pickcns Courier chronicles the death Of
Mr. Robert Seawright by the accidental discharge
of his own gun. BE native Of Abbeville,
we believe, and quite young man.
The Georgia Senate has confirmed the appoint
ments by the Governor of Jos. Z. Brown as Chief
Justice and H. X. Mckay and Hiram Warner as
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
The New York Herald has been strongly pre-
dieting Grants success until the last two weeks,
and has now veered around to the opinion that ''a
sweeping success in the South for the Democrats
/
will carry the country
Ex-Secretary Stanton is said to be rapidly
reaching state of actual imbecity. He mopcs
and wanders around in his own immediate neigh
borbood-not even noticed by those who were his
former tools. He is permanently old and feeble.
- Tho Legislature Of Alabama adjourned on
Wednesday last, to meet again on the first Monday
in November. The young men Of Montgomery
fired salute in honor of the adjournment and de-
parture of the scallawags and carpet-bagge1s.
- Tho Democratic Convention of North Caro-
lima adjourned on Friday last. A grand torch
light procession the night before was brilliant and
imposing Greater enthusiasm was manifest than
has beon seen in old Rip Van Wrinkle since the
days of .hard cider and log cabins"
= Justus X. Jillson, the estate Superintendent
of Education" in speech recently made before
black audience in Camden, said "that if the Demo-
Gratis succeeded in electing their President, there
would be the bloodiest war on record" When the
war begins Jillson will take up his carpet-bag,
and leave the poor negroes to their fate.
- The New York World truly says: "The real
question is not so much whether the negroes and
thew are to rule us. Already thore are twelve Of
these oir leeches in tho Senate and thirty-three
in the House Are they to rule us? That is the
question.
- Gen. Chas G. Halpins, better known as
"private Miles ORelly," died recently in New
York, from sun-stro oke. He was n gallant Federal
soldier an Irishman by birth, and for many years
connected with the public press of this country.
at tho time of his death, Gen. Halpne was tho
editor of the N. Y. Citizen. Although a Republi-
can he was warm supporter of the Democratic
nominees.
The victory of the Democracy in Kentucky
by majority of over 80, 900 votes, against 10000
at the previous elections, is omen of the success
of Seymour and Blair in the battle royal of next
November In the State the total vote is only
about 10000, and it is not expected that the
Radical candidate will receive moro than 10000
in MI Kentucky.
= The Charleston News, in speaking of Justus
X. Jillson white Radical, who is Superintendent
of Education in this State and also Senator from
Kcrshaw, intmates that he is the prospective scn-
n.lnv of another white Radical. "Tkere's many
n slip betw1t the cup and the lip" as has been
often proved, and this same Jilson vas seen on
the streets of Columbia about ten days ago, pay
! ing cspocinl attention to q mnlatto girl