The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-15
1rEMs-EDIToR1AL AND OTHERWISE

- Congress, it seems, has determined not to re-
construct reconstruction in Georgia
a Cincinnati firm is to colcnizc $50, 900 acres
in Louisiana.
- The President has signed the bill providing
for elections in Virginia. Mississippi and Texas.
- Gen. Simon d. Buckncr has eone into the life
insurance agency business at New Orleans.
Good children will be glad to hear that Tex
rs has raised large castor oil crop this year.
Monticello, near Charlottesville, Va, the resi-
uence Of Thomas jeff, ,rson, is to be sold oy The
Sheriff next month.
Mr.. L. Worthington, of the firm of Cover,
Cox, Marklcy s. Co., of Grecnvilie, died on the
1ih instant.
- Henry Cobia, Esq, promihcnt merchant Of
Charleston, has been elected President of the Board
of Trade.
- Spanglcr and Arnold, the so called assassina-
tion conspiratcrs, who were pardoned by President
Johnson, arrived at Baltimore last week.
- Kansas is said to have better system Of rail
roads constructed and projected than any ether
State in the Union.
- The Senate has confirmed Wilder as Post
master a. Columbia, S. c. This is the first color
ed nomination that has been confirmed.
- Hon. Horaiio Seymour is still at Acokuk'
Iowa, E,id up by the injuries he recently received
by the railroad accident near Peoria, Illinois.
Alexander Hamilton wrote with Lisown hand
the Act which kept Alexander 7. Stewart out of
the Treasury Department.
- Each member of the Legislature of this State,
,o.r;oo, loc, cocsion rnce1ypd S550 OF The
Speaker of the House $500 extra.
- The House Committee on Elections has been
divided into subcommittee to take evidence in
the contested cases in the Third and Fourth Con-
gressional Districts of this State
"A prospectus is out for paper in New York
to be called The ImperiaIist. The sufficiently
indicates its political course. The Citizen thinks
that it will go for Gen. Grant as Emperor.
- The Republicans carried Connecticut ut the
general election last week for State officers. The
Congressional delegation is divided equally, with
O loss of one Democratic member.
"A copyright has been granted DR.. A. G.
Mackey for "a new Masonic work, entitled 1.-The
Symbolisms of Frcemasonary illustrating and ex
planning its science and philosophy, its legends,
myths and symbols"
- The Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Of the
State of Florida, has recently been sold for more
than 100000 above its bonded Indebtedness, thus
bringing the old bonls most of which are owred
by Northern men, up to par.
- John G. Clark. Texan millionaire, died re-
Gently, without leaving WILL and his immense
estate was sold for the benefit of the State Treas
ury, there being no known heirs. Several parties
are now attempting to prove, however, that they
are his heirs.
= Twichell, who was convicted at Philadelphia
some time since of the murder Of his wifes mother
and whose execution was fixed for last Friday, was
found dead in-his cell on Thursday morning. 1t
is supposed that some friends who visited left p0is
on with him.
- Senator Spragne, Of The United States Senate
says 'there is less morality in American society
than in any other civilized society on the face of
the earlh," and 'Ihe country is on the brink of n
precipice, and unless the people bc reused from
their apathy all is lost"
"A dispatch to the New York Tribune says !:
,sIt is rumored by General Longstrects friends
that he will hold the place of Surveyor of the port
of New Orleans for only Short time, and should
General Sickles decline the Mexican mission Long
street will be nominated for that place.
Edge6ed is organizing 'Monumcnt and
Charitable Association" TO erect suitable monu-
mcnt whereon will be inscribed the names OF all
the citizens of that County who pershed during the
war The association is also to extend aid to the
INDECENT widows and children of the dead
- Cubans in New York claim 10 have private
advces from London that the English government
has consented to recognize the Cuban insurgents as
belHgerents, and allow the purchase of war mate
rial in British ports. 1t is believed that France
will follow the English example.
= The Milledgeville (Gco.) Southern Recorder
has hit upon novel plan to get its subscription
accounts settled up. The editor offers. in the event
of five sixth of his subscribers paying all past in
dsbietlness and also for 1869, to distribute NUM-
Der of prizes among them fine gold watch, silver
pitcher, cake BASKET, &c