The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-06-30
ITEMs-ED1ToR1AL AND OTHERWISE.

Hon. Lewis T. Wigfall is now in Colorado,
engaged in mining . Co..,
North Carolina, is dead.
Trains run twice week regular on the
Air Line Railroad.
nominated their present State officers.
- The President has signed the bill paying
loyal citizens for taking the census of 1860.
= Mr. w. B. Johnston, who was formerly
connected with the Columbia PhGnir, died Ill
Chicago, ILL.,, on the 25th of May.
= Rev. E. j. Meynardie has been honored
with the degree of D. D., by the University OF
North Carolina.
1t is stated that the Hon. Jefferson Davis
will soon sail for Europe, to bring his family
back to Memphis, Tenn.
- The Columbia Phonir has been informed
that Judge Carpenter will soon take the field as
the candidate of the. Reformists.
= The drought throughout Germany is Sc
we're. Advices from all quarters report crop
prospects discouraging.
PROF. James S. Henderson died at Cedar
Springs on the 10Th inst. He was principal OF
the Asylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
Gen. A. c. Darlington, formerly OF New
berry, delivers an address before the Alumni OF
the Georgia University at the commencement.
Senator Casserly, of California, who is
native of New York city, will deliver an ora
ton before the Tammany Society On the 4th OF
July. ;.
church, died on the Goth inst, says the Spar.
tanburg Spartan, after a protracted illness OF
several months.
- The workingmen of New York city are
organizing in opposition to the introduction OF
Chinese labor, and secret sessions of the labors
union are to be held to discuss the subject.
- The Columbus Sun asks: Is Georgia
State? Can cabinet officer be selected from
Military district or does Grant credit Acker-
man to New Hampshire?
- The American Institute, of which Horace
Greeley is President, will hold its thirtv-ninth
Annual Fair during the months of September
and October in New York city.
How Whittemore has contrived to keep
out of the penitentiary all this while is an
enigma which even hc with all his shrewdness,
would find it very difficult to explain.
= In the Connecticut House of Representa-
tiyes. a proposition to strike the word "white"
from the State Constitution failed to pass for
want of the requisite two-thirds. The vote was
l19 yeas to 50 nays.
- The notorious Kirk who plundered East
Tennessee and Western North Carolina during
the war, has been commissioned colonel OF the
End Regiment n. C. State troops by Gov Hol-
den, with headquarters at Asheville.
a correspondent of the Greenvillc Inter
prise suggests the names of Col. S. S. Critten-
den and Samuel B. Mays, Esq, as suitable per-
SONS to represent the county of Grecnvllle in
the next Legislature.
= The General Synod of the Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of North America, which
closed its session at Winchester, Va, few days
ago. has decided to locate Theological Semi
nary in Columbia
: The Columbia Guardian states that DR..
John r, Darby is about to leave the State. He
has been offered two positions-thc chair of
ANATOMY in the University of California and
the chair of surgery in the Medical College at
Louisville, Ky.
= Mr.. George E. Boggs, the popular Secrc-
tary of the Policyholders' Life Insurance Com
panv of this State, met with painful accident
at fire in Charleston last Friday night, by
which his right arm was severely fractured at
the elbow joint.
- The canvass in North Carolina is about to
opcn in earnest Nearly all the Congressional
districts and counties have made their nomina-
tions for the election, which takes place in Au-
gust. and the different candidates have taken
the field.
The Convention of the Protestant Episco-
pal Church in the diocese of Indiana has de-
clarcd its disapproval of the practice of raising
money for church purposes by means OF fairs,
festivals, lotteries, tableauX, and private the
atricals.
1t is reported that there is trouble on ac-
count of wages between the contractors and
employees Of the Port Royal Railroad and
that Il large number of the laborcrs ceased work
on last payday because the money was not
forthcoming.
The Senate has killed, by a bare majority
of two votes the House proposition for the
abolition of the trankiug privilege. 1t passed
the House almost unanimously last january
but no one thought it would get so large vote
as it did receive in the Senate.
Amos +. Akcrman, of Elbcrton, Ga has
been confirmed by the Senate as Attorney Cen
cral of the United States. There was ooppo-
sition, and the yeas and nays were not even
called. Mr. Akcrman has reached Washing
ton and will shortly enter upon the duties OF
his office.
- Hinton r. Helper, the Impending Crisis
man, denies that he is a candidate for Congress
from North Carolina, and says: 81 certainly
should not esteem it an honor to be sent to
Congress or anywhere by such voters as have
delighted to elect and re-clect to office indirid-
uals like Whittcmorc and Devices"
: The Harrison (Texasl Flag says: "The
flow of immigration into Texas does not abate
in the least. Every steamboat up Red river is
crowded with people who arc coming to Texas;
while the numbers who have taken the overland
route cannot be estimated. In one more year
our State will be nearly filled up"
- The death of G. c. Grove, a prominent
Radical politician of Alabama, is announced;
He had ust been confirmed by the United
States Senate ns Secretary of Utah Territory.
Last year the President appointed him Cover,
nor of New Mexico, but he was not confirmed
on account of his Confederate antcccdcnts.
A letter from Ohio to Il Republican eve
ming paper in Washington, carefully review
ing the political situation i'll the several con-
gressional districts Of that State, produces facts
rl.l.,,,4. clnsi vrlv thnt the RrmhlicuuS will