The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-09-23
IrEMs.EDIroR1AL AND OTHERWISE

Captain E. McBarron Timoney, of Georgia,
has been appointed Consul to Lumbez, Peru.
- Twenty-six Cuban hlibusters have been cap
tured near New Bedford, off the coast of Massa-
chusetts.
- Professor E. L. Patton, late of Erskine Col
lege, has accepted the Presidency of Jackson Col
lege, West Tennessee
= The orange groves on the St. Johns River
Florida, are said to be more fruitful than for ten
years previously.
- The Texas election occurs on the Goth of No
vember, 1st, I'd and Sd of December. The people
will vote only at Court Houses.
= The White Sulphur Springs of Virginia have
not been sold to Northern capitalists as reported
The lease of the present proprietors has three
years to run.
= The Commissioners appointed to codify the
laws of this Stale are said to be at work, and will
probably report at the next meeting of the Lcgis-
lature.
Col VIM. P. Shingler, formerly commander
of the Holcombe Legion, and member of the
State Legislature before and during the war, died
last week.
Secretary Boutwell,, Commissioner Delano and
Colonel Capron have accepted invitations to visit
the Georgia State Fair which takes place at Ma
con ON the 10th of November next.
Ex-Presldent Millard FIJI more has been ap-
pointed n delegate and will attend and preside at
the organization of the Southern Commercial Con-
yention to be held in Louisville. KY.
: The Lmper,ahst, n newspaper started in New
York few months since, for the purpose of advo-
eating monarchy in these United States, has Sus-
pended for want of patronage.
= The Democratic Convention of Ohio has nom-
mated ticket composed equally of Democrats and
Republicans The successes in Virginia and Ten
nessee seem to be making decided impression.
= The National Pathological Society, which met
in Philadelphia last week, was attended by dele
gates from twenty-five States. The next annual
meeting will be held Mt Richmond, va
"A man named Henry c. Alley, of Spartan
burg. has been arrested in Columbia, charged with
being accessory to the murder of negro named
Burnett in the town of Spartanburg, on the night
of the 14th inst
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case involving the validity Of negro bonds, and
charged the jury so explicitly against the bonds
that they brought in a verdict wholly ignoring that
portion of the plaintiffs claim, which was debt
incurred for the purchase of negroes.
- The Town Council of Greenvile, by their
Treasure-'s exhibit, would appear TO have arrived
Mt the very perfection of nancering, for it is sell
dom that the expenditures of public body so
nearly tally with the estimates or with the receipts
of the year. rs is the case iu Greenvie, where the
balance sheet shows .'cash OIL hand two cents"
: Much of what has been stated as the policy
of the Administration on the subject of Cuban at-
fairs is mere conjecture; nothing has been done be-
yond instructing Minister Sckles to offer the Uni
ted State as mediator There are no prospects
that bellgerent rights will be recognized The adj
minis, ,raton will, however. enforce the neutrality
Jaws and respect its treaty obligations. There is
no doubt its sympathies are With the Cubans aud
in all it may do it will net with view of efectng
settlement of the question in manner that will
be satisfactory to all parties interested.