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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

How SUIT LovINGooD KILLED His DOG.
When wer boy dad fotched home a
burned, wuthless, NANCY, feebitten, gray,
old fox houn, good for nothing but to swal-
low up what orter lined the bowels of his
brats We'll, naturally, took distate to
him and had a sort of hankerin arter
hurtin his feellns and discumfertin him
every time dads back was turned. This
sorter kept a big skeer after his eyes, and
an awful yell ready to pour out the first
motion he seed me make. So he larn't to
swaler things as he run, and always kept
his legs we'll under himself; for he never
knew how soon he might need them to
tote his Internal carcas beyond the reach
of a fyin' rock.
He knowed the whiz Of rock in mo-
ton we'll, and he never stopped to see
who threw it, but just let his he'd opin
wide enuff to gin howl room to cum,
and set his legs agwine the way his nose
happened to be a pintin'. He'd shy
round every rock he seed in the road, for
he looked upon it as a calamity to cum
arter him sum day. l tell you, Georgy,
that runnin' am the greatest invention on
yearth, when koerfuIly used: Wizard I
bin by this time eff hadn't relied on these
ere legs? Dye see 'em? Don't they
mind you of pair of compasses made to
divide mile into quarters? They'll do
it,
Well, one day tuck pigs bladder nj
onto the size of ducks aig, and filled it
with powder, and corked it up with a
piece of spunk, rolled it up in a thin sculp
of meat and sot the spunk fire, and
threw it out; he swalered it at jerk.
and sot to get away from doin it. ]
heard q noise like Dustin sumthin', ,.and
his tail lit on my hat. HIS he'd was away
down the hill, and his teeth took a dead
hold onto roof His fore legs were fifty
feet up the road maxim runnin moshuns,
and his hind ones astraddle ov a fence.
Es to the dog 1 never seed him again.
Well, dad, durn his unsanctifed soul,
flung five or six hundred under my shurt,
with dried hide of q bulls tail, and gin
me the remainder next day with a wagin
whip what he borrowed from feller
while he was waterin' his hosses; wagon
er got sorry for me, and hollGed for me 70
turn my beggin' and swallin' into first rate
runnin', which l imujutely did, thanks ta
these here ham-strings, and the last lick
missed me about ton foot.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

THE DIRECT LAND TAX AT THE SOUTH.
The Washington. correspondent of the
New York Herald says there is some talk
of enforcing the collection of the direct
land tax 10 the South. The Southern
States share of this tax-which amounted
to twenty millions among all the States
was six millions of this sum only about
three millions has been paid into the
Treasury from the Southern States. 1t
will be remembered that when this
amount had been collected President
Johnson sent message to Congress set
ting forth that, in view of the poverty
produced in the South by the war it,
would, in many instances, be ruinous to
that section to enforce the collection of
the tax at that time, and recommending
that it be suspended for some time, so as
to allow the industrial interests of the
South to recupcrate. 1t is stated that the
limit of the suspension fixed by Congress
has now passed. and the law providing
for the lovying and collection Of the tax
comes into full force again. 1t is argued
by those who urge this proceeding that
the industries OF the South have greatly
improved in the interim, that. the crops
are abundant, and that there is no longer
any excuse for delay on the score of pow
erty. Whether tho Secretary Of the
Treasury will act upon the advice tender.
ed him in this matter remains to be seen.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

A NEGRO VERD1cr.-In Alabama, not
long since, they tried a fellow for stealing
hogs. The jury, after hearing the tosti-
monv, retired to the woods to make up
their verdict. In short time they re-
turned with q verdict of Guilty of hog
steain' in the fust degree" The Judge
told them that they should have assessed
tho value of the hogs; that there was no
degree in stealing; and that they must
roturn and bring the verdict in proper
form" Again some deliberation old Tim
Turpin proposed to write out the verdict,
and they returned to the court house Ola
Tim handed the verdict to the clerk, and
the clerk read as follows awe, the jury,
pusillanermousIy doth find the dctondcnt
guilty in the sum OF ono dollar and II half
in favor OF the hogs"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29
VOLUME 5.---NO. 5.

The AUGUSTA AND HARTWELL Rail-
RoAD.-The provisional direction Of this
Railroad Company held their appointed
meeting at the Augusta Club Rooms yes
terday We learn that subscriptions to
the amount of two hundred thousand dol
lars or over were reported. Those, we IN.
derstand, were for the most part, condi-
tional, some being predicated upon the
ridge route being adopted, others that the
river route be selected, On the part of
Augusta assurances were given that the
feeling in Augusta was entirely in favor
of the enterprise, and that Augusta fully
recognized her interests in the matter,
and would respond literally SO soon as
the country gave evidence of active earn
estness. The direction, we are informed,
after canvassing various reports, resolved
that finasmuch as this was the busy
season among the planters and the season
at which most of the merchants and citi-
zens of Augusta were abroad, that no ap-
peal for cooperation to the municipal an.
thorities and citizens Of Augusta would
be made until the Fall. But that on the
second Tuesday in October committee
of one from each county would present
the result of their efforts to the City
Council and citizens of August:. and ask
their cooperation. DR.. Wilkes, of Lincoln
county, asserted that his county had
agreed to subscribe an amount nearly
equal to one-ffth of the taxable property
of the county, but that those he represen.
ted were like the people of Elbert-they
recollected Augustas action in the Savan-
nah Valley Road, and while be believed
that the subscription he presented could
be doubled, his people were unwilling to
make their subscriptions unconditional
until they saw Augusta committed this
time and fair prospect of having the road
built. His people were like those of El-
bert county. They wanted railroad fa-
cilities, and intended to have them. They
were not content with the miserable,
thieving pole-boat system, which placed
them at the mercy of shoal navigation
and of irresponsible thieves besides. But
while restless under this condition they
intended to be sure of theirpurpose, and,
fortunately, thero was scheme now pro-
iected by their Carolina neighbors which
he had good reasons to believe with ia
vorable cotton crop, would be carried out,
which would afford them equal facilities
at no more cost. A runing conversation
al debate took place on the value of the
two proposed routes, the water power Of
the Savannah river, the possibility of ef.
fecting union with the Savannah valley
corporation, &c. The action of the Board
terminated in resolution to take allsub-
scriptions for both routes, to have county
meetings to raise county subscriptions in
the bonds of the several counties, to get
an alteration of their charter so as to al
low the trunk line to be built to Clayton
or Anderson, and, as before stated, to
bring the matter prominently before the
citizens and corporation of Augusta on
the second Tuesday IN October next. The
Board then adjourned to meet the second
Tuesday in November next in Augusta.
augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

Hon. ASA PAcKER-This gentleman,
Just nominated by the Democrats for
Governor OF Pennsylvania, was born in
Groton County, Connecticut, and is six
tv.three years old. The limited means
of his parents prevented him from acqui-
ring much of an education, but he made
the best of his time when the district
school was in session during the winter.
AS soor as he was old enough to work he
obtained situation in tannery, where
be remained until the death of the pro-
prictor, afterwards passing year on a
farm. At the early age of seventeen,
and an orphan. he arrived in Susquehan-
ma County, Pennsylvania, with his entire
outfit contained in the knapsack which
he carried on his back. He apprenticed
himself to q carpenter, with whom he re-
mained several years. MIR. Packer then
desired broader field Of labor, and trans
ferred his homo to Lehigh Valley, where
in company with his brother he entered
upon the business of coal transportation.
This continued until 1852, when he onter-
ed upon the task of accomplishing the
greatest achievement of his career, the
building of the Lchigh Valley Railroad.
Under his personal supervision it was
pushed with great vigor, and although
he received onl y stock and bonds in pay
merit, and was subjected to pressing ii
nancial embarrassments in consequence,
vet his business reputation and the adj
vance of connecting roads, whose intes-
ests would be greatly forwarded ey its
completion, enabled him to finish and de-
liver to the Company the entire line in
September, 1856. The success which az,
tended the Company from the outset LAID
the foundations of Mr.. Packers principal
fortune, which cannot be more definitely
stated than at something between Sl5, ,ooo,
600 and s25, 100000. While engaged in
his extensive and absorbing business pro-
iccts, Mr.. Packer has devoted much OF his
time and attention to business affairs.
For several years he was member OF the
that body terminating in lS43. He was
then elected Judge Of the County Court,
holding the position five years, and in
1858 he took his seat in the lower House
of Congress as q member for the Thlr-
tconth District, holding it until 1857.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

AT late military dinner, one of the
visitors proposed toast" May the man
who lost one eye in tho service Of his
country, never see distress with the 9TH
er," but the person whose duty it was to
give the toast, by emitting the word "dis-
tress," completely changed the sentiment.
- Industry generally achieves more
than genius. One works, the other waits
ono does thing, the other is going TO
do it when the inspiration comes.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29
The Good Time Coming in the South.

The condition of the Southern States
at the present time is full of promise.
They seem to have fairly tided over their
industrial and political troubles and the
future is bright with the promises of II
high and, we trust, enduring prosperity.
Another good cotton crop, of which the
indications appear TO be most favorable,
will place them in position which even
the Northern States may envy. The
Southern people, fortunately for them.
selves, have had no credit for several
years past, and have therefore no debts at
the present time. They have been forced
to live economically, and depend entirely
npon their own resources, while the
Northerners, as rule, have been extrav-
agant and wasteful. 1t is probable that
in the event of the occurrence of thu
financial panic which some persons re-
gard as imminent, the Southern peopls
would feel the shock much less keenly,
and recover from it much more rapidly
than some of the more wealthy and
apparently more prosperous Northern
States.
The condition of the cotton market at
the present time indicates that no mate
rial reduction is likely to occur in thu
present prices Of the great staple. The
supply of cotton in both England and
United States is scarcely adequate to the
requirements of consumers during the
interval that elapses before the new crop
begins to come forward. The cable quo
tations of lad. for Middling Uplands at
Liverpool, is fortune for the Southern
planter. That there will be no impor-
tant reduction from the price is apparent
from the evident inadequacy of all the
cotton fields in the world to supply the
demands for consumption. The supplyis
falling off from India in spite of all the
efforts of England to stimulate produc-
tion in that region. The South, tor Sc
ries of years to come, will be the great
source of cotton supply for the world.
King cotton is recovering his lost throne,
but he will reign heucetorth as consti-
tutional monarch over freemen, not as o
despot over slaves. Free labor will ulti-
mately vindicate it's superiority even in
the cotton field.
Nothing, then, but the contingency Of
unexpected and unlocked for disasters TO
the new crop can prevent the South TAX
ing a new start. Atpresent the accounts
of the cotton and corn crops are favorable,
and the yield of both these products will
be largely in excess of last year. With
the prospect of plenty of money, and
with no debts on hand to absorb it, tho
South at the close Of another successful
harvest will possess the means and capi-
tai required TO stimulate the great rail-
roaG and other industrial enterprises that
are destined to impart to it new impulse
on the road to prosperity.-M Y. CON-
mercial Advertiser.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29
THE LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL. Place n

THE LOVE OF THE BEAUTIFUL. Place n
young girl under tie care of kind-hear-
ted, graceful woman, and she unconscious
ly to herself grows into graceful lady.
Place a boy in the establishment Of a
thorough-g going straightforward business
man, and the boy becomes selfrcliant,
practical business man. Children are
susceptible creatures, and circumstances,
scenes and actions always impress them.
AS you influence them, not by arbitrary
rules, not by stern example alone but in
the thousand other ways that speak
through beautiful forms; through h bright ga.
SO will they grow. Teach your children
then to love the beautiful. Give them q
corner in the garden for flowers, encour-
age them to put il shape the hanging
baskets, allow them to have their favorite
trees, lead them to wander in the pref
ticst woodlots, show them where they can
best view the sunset, rouse them in the
morning, not with the storm "timo to
work." but with tho enthusiastic "sco tho
beautiful sunrise;" buy for them pretty
pictures and encourage them to decorate
their rooms, each in his or her childish
way. The instinct is i'll them.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

Hon. Sancho Brown, of the South
Carolina Legislature, rose to question
of privilege recently, and said: san ak
dis house eff dey gwine to low DC man
who lis TUX his seat to stan on de flo ob
dis BODY and talk to de Gineral Assem-
booe of Souf Carlina wild dat tun dc crank
oh dc univurss manner dat am SO super
fishcnt an ondisgustiblc.'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

MAKING IcE-The ice factory at New
Orleans, situated in one Of the elevators,
is great success. 1t consists OF SIX re-
torts of chemical freezing mixture;
From these six retorts six pipes descend
to six huge chests, which chests in turn
radiate severally off into four compart-
monts In each compartment are long,
thin tin cases, seven on one side and and
eight on the other. This making by all
the rules of arithmetic a total of fifty SIX
cases ca in box, and there being four boxes
to a chest. and six chests to n factory, it
follows that at full bast this Southern ice
factory can turn out 1884 cakes of ice
eighteen inches long, twelve broad and
two thick at the completion of each pro-
cess. Tho ice is much colder than that
frozen naturally and lasts much longer.
The factory is a joint stock enterprise,
and the property is exceedingly lucrative.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

"A lady was examining an applicant
for tho office of "maid of all work" when
she interrogated her as follows: "W el, F.,
Mary. can You scour tinware with alacri-
ty "No, ma'am," replied Mary, 81 al
Ways scour them with sand"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29

At the recent session of the Immigrant
Labor Convention, held in Memphis, where
the subject of introducing Chinese labor
ers into this country was fully and
thoroughly discussed, the following letter
from former citizen of Anderson was
raod
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-07-29
The inducements offered Emigrants to
South Carolina.

We clip the following communication
from the columns of the Cincinnati Com.
mercial of the 18th inst:
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04


BuA0LAas AB0ur.-Our city seems Just
now to b. the objective point of portion Of
The hosss-breaking fraternity. An attempt
was mede to enter the residence Of J. F. Ly.
on. Esq, on Sunday night. The rascais got
into the wood shed BY removing sash, blu,
for some reason concluded 10 &, no further,
and sneaked of. The same night Mr.. A..
II. FondL's house, on the west side Of the
river, was entered BY unlocking the back
door. Mr.. Fonda was aroused BY the scratch.
ing Of . match, and suppesing sha: some Of
the family wers up on account Of sickness,
called out. This alarmed the burglars and
they left 10 , harry, making tracks in the
flower beds near The house plainly perceiva>
BILE the next morning. They obtained no
booty. There are one or two vile under>
ground gambling dsns ia town, in which il
is not improbable that these burglarious gen
try burrow during the day, and from which
they make their nightly raids. We COM
mend these dens 70 the attention Of our city
authorities.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04

EscArEp.-Thomas Mssterler, the par
.;culars Of whose arrest and imprisonment
for larceny at Qussquetou, We gave last week,
very quietly put himself outside Of Sheriff
Davis stronghold ~ last Sunday night, and
has since been "lost TO sight" if not TO
" memory dear" He did not break out !;
he had too much conscientioasssss left to
wantonly destroy tho property Of the county
in that way. He just lifted hoard IN she
aoor aa,,eued himself on his bread basket,
removed a stone from the uuderpinning, aud
popped out, like . watermelon seed fro"
between = boys fingers. We think that
M.s,er,er showed great want Of consider
alton, knowing as he did when hs took pos
session Of tho quarters assigned him, that
,he State oi Iowa had no other guaranty Tor
his appearance Il court than his own honor,
TIA, be did not stay. Bot mankind are Sell
Gsb and probably Nasscrler Is no exemption
"a the rule.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04
coxr FROM Hoxr 70 HrAs rms Nrws.-

Cow FROM Hoxr TO HEAs rms Nrws.-
We find the following in the New Hampton
Courier Of this week:
Geo. ". Bemis Of Buchanan county will
most probably succeed Huntly present A.
SCISSOR Of Internal Revenue for the Third Dis
trict. About the last We heard Of L. L. be
was going around the circle with Andy.
Mr.. Bemis has been the popular mail agent
on the D. &. s. C. Railroad for the last
eight or ten years and is one Of the best
men in the district for any position.
We are not prepared 70 say what may
turn up with gard u the Assessorship but We,
are authorized to say that if there is any
thing in the above announcement, Mr.. Bemis
has been KEEP. entirely in the dark regarding il.
We may be allowed to guess ssse that Mr..
Bemis would not accept the position Il ten
derod him.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04

Pursuant 10 call delegates to County Re
publican Convention met at the Court Hoase
| in Independence, on Saturday, May 2sth, a
o'clock P. N.
Convention was called to order BY A. II
Bridgman Of the County Committee, who
nominated o. c. Kent, Of Fairbank, al
Chairman. WIN. Toman was chosen Secre
tary.
w. @. Donnau and ]. A. Colo were APP
pointed Committee on Credentials. Com-
mittee reported three townships present !
regularly accredited delegates, viz: Wash
ingtos, F.. irbank and Perry; delegates "a
follows;
WAsHrYcroS.-E. c. Little, W. G. Don.
nan, VIM. Toman, W. H. Barton, Jacob
Rich, J. A. Davis, J. S. Woodward, Jed
Lake, d. ID. Holdridge, David Gill, l.. J..
Curtis, W. o. Curtis-l2.
FAIRBAsx.-O. C. Kent, Sampson George,
A. Fl. Bridgman, Harvey Higbce--4.
PExRr.-George Hovey, NJ. Il. Eastman,
]. II. Hawkins, James Hankins, ]. A. Cole,
Chas Melrosc-G
Mr. Benz. knight, of Byron Township,
baing present without credentials was all,
mitted to represent said township. Report
Of Committee on Credentials adopted.
On motion committee Of three, consists
ing Of Aessrs. J. Rich, L. J. Curtis aud II.
Higbee we're appointed to report the names
Of 10 delegates to State Convention. SAID
committee aAer cons, lta,ion reported the
names ofths following gentlemen, who were
unanimoss'y elected BY the Convention, viz
W. G. Donnan, Henry c. Curtis, Jacob
Rich, James Hankins, o. c. Kent. A. u.
Bridgman, r. A. Lewis, J. Murphy, Capt.
E. c. Little, George W. Bemis.
It being announced that the Chairpan Of
the County Committee had permanently re-
moved from the county, VIM. Toman was
chosen TO gil the vacancy.
Convention adjourned.
o. C. KENT, Cb'n.
VIZ. ToMAS, Scc'y.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04


FIRE.-The joiner shop Of Joseph Evers
ON Chatham street was discovered to be on
Are on the inside, At late hour on Sunday
night last. A boarder Ut an adjoining house
discovered il and gave the alarm, whom BY
the most active efforts the FIRE Was extin-
guished, but not till after it had destroyed .
valuable set Of moulding, and other tools.
worth probably $50. This was undoubtedly
the work ofan incendisry, as there had been
no Ere in the shop for several months Ia
ken in connection with the attempts At burg.
Larry on the same night, the particulars Of
which We give elsewhere, it Is likely that the
burning Of Mr.. Evess' shop was only On in.
cident in plan Of Wholesale plumber.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04

BoARD - SUP8RvIsoRs.-The regular
June Sessioa Of The Board Of 6spsrvisoss
viii commence on Monday next. The busi-
ness specified by Law to b. done at the June
sesaion Il tho equalization Of assessments
preparatory to the levy ing Of taxes, which
10 done u the Septsnber session. Besides
this, there will undoubtedly Be large amount
Of gsssral legislation; enough probably to
engage the Board during the greater part Of
the week.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04

Another FEsrlvAi.-The ladies Of the
PRESBYTERIAN church will hola Fair and
Festival for one night only, on Tuesday eve>
ming next, at Murson's Hall. The object Of
the Festival Is to furnish the new church Of
the society, now nearly completed. A large
number Of fancy,articles have been prepared,
and will be sold at the tables. Refresh
ments, which means Strawberries smother.
ed in cream will he furnished 10 all who
desire-for . consideration. We hope our
citizens CT every name and profession, will
conspirc TO make the Fair and Festival .
success.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04

JrRors. Tho following Is lis, Of Petit
Jurors drawn for the coming session Of the
Circuit Court in this county:
Gsmaliel Walker, Philander Hayes, G. A.
Bissell. Geo. S. Dean, VIM. What, J. l..
Smith, s. J. Fisher, Geo. Hovey, Jeremiah
J. Morris, Harvey Griswold, Samuel Wilson.
". W. Gilbert, Henry F. Lill, Wm. Kerr,
JAS. Coughtry.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-06-04

FAiR GRouxps.-W. A. Jones, Esq, dc.
sires u to inform the stockholders in the
new Fair Ground that the second ms sllment
was due yesterday, June 8, and that pay.
mcnt is now in order. Mr.. Jones informs
US that the skeleton Of the fence around the
grounds is nov up on three sides aud that
they will soon be isclosed completely.