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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-04-07

DEATH OF PIERRE SoULE.-A brief .tele-,
gram from New Orleans on Saturday annopnc-s nop.n =
ed the death of Pierre Soule, aged sixty y:nine
wears We Mr.. Soule was distinguished fer impass.
stoned oratory and an adventurous career He:
was born at Castillon, in the .Pyrenee during.
the first consulate Of Napoleon, his father hav-,
ing been lieutenant general in the republican
armies of France. In his youth; Pierre Soulee
was destined for the church, butwent intolpoli-i
tics in early life, and was active in the conspiss
racy against the Bourbons, which resulted in,
Imprisonment Escaping from confement he
embarked in journalism, went to Chill, and
finally turned up in Baltimore where he arrive
ed, from Portau.P Prince, ina September, 1926
In the same year, he removed to New Orleans,
adopted the law as his profession, rose to dis,
tinction by his talents and eloquence, and was
sent to the United States Senate in 1S47 10 ftt
VACANCY BE was reelected to the United
States Senate in 1S49, and was prominent 5dl, :,
ring the political agitation preceding the late
war For some years past he had been hope
lessly insane4 Batimores Sun. q se1.''7'
=
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-04-07

AN. ACT TO AMEND. AN ACT ENTITLED IAN ACT
TO PROVIDE FOR THE. APPOINTMENT OF 4
LAND COMMISSIONER, AND TO DEFINE HIS
8 POWERS AND DUTfEs," AND FOR OTHER pURi
POSES THEREIN MENTIONED. eJn9yfselso1 $50
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

BASE BALL MADNESS. With the mercury
at one hundred and twenty-five or thereabouts
In the sun, how young men can find amuse-
ment in the game of base ball It Is hard to say.
What fun there can be in batting and fielding
and running ones self out of breath and work
ing into excessive sweats is puzzle. No hod-
carrier works as hard as the pitcher Of base
ball club during any kind Of an exciting game;
yet there Is not poor hod-carrier in the city
that would not prefer to rest In peace in some
friendly shade, If he could afford 1t, than ply
his vocation at two dollars day. Your genu-
Inc base-baller will turn out the hottest day In
the year to play game, and playing game
means hard work. This kind of amusement
under glaring sun, with people in the streets
of our cities dropping from excessive heat, in
many cases proving fatal, is something hard to
understand. Some people may call it fun,
but madness we think more appropriate
term for it. A little caution in such weather
a this, however. would not be amiss. even by
The New York herald., 1870-07-26
Tho Summer Vacation of Our Public
Schools.

vA0 SuMmcr vUcdIou VI O"r A"SAV
Schools.
The children of our public schools are now
enjoying their seven weeks vacation. There
are some old fogies who begrudge them so
long vacation. They would fain have the
children spend at least two or three hours
daily OF their school tasks, even during these
worse than tropical heats But they forget
the advantage of "unbendng the bow" Nor
do they remember the fact that, after all, chill
dren themselves are their own best educators.
The discipline and the routine exercises Of the
school are well enough, and we would by no
means undervalue the influences Of mature in
structicn over the rising generation. But no
thoughtful observer will deny that the in0u-
ence of teachers and even that Of parents is
not to be compared with that Of their own
contemporaries over children at school aud
young men at college. During these seven
weeks of vacation the children of our public
schools will continue to meet each other
Happily they will have opportunities Of max
ing cheap GUNNER excursions to the Central
Park. down the bay and mp the Hudson, and
in these excursions they will enjoy the rest,
the pure exhilarating air, the healthful invigo-
rating exercise which their i-ventiated
schoolhouses. with their mental tasks aud their
The New York herald., 1870-07-26
CONTENTS OF TO-DAY's HERALD.

FACE.
1-4dvertisements.
2-Advertisementa
3-The War; The Prnssian Advance and Skirmish-
Ing on French Soil; Defeat OF French Cavalry,
Railroads Damaged aud Yiaduct Blown Up;
French Fleet Manned at Cherbourg; Secret
Treaty between France and Prussia; Belgium,
u0land, Austria and England Alarmed; French
Demonstrations In Ireland.
4-Presidens Grant at Long Branch-Base Bali
Music IN the Psrks~Brookiyn " City NeWs~Ju.
veDile Cracksmen--sus Domestic Trage-
dy-The Thirry-nfth Street Murder-Ihe Sun:
Imporance-A Fan-Fantasy from Chi
na.Robbery. in Hobokea.The City Rail
Jar Poisoning Occurrence fluffy" The Fourth
Ward "Prigh--European Mail News-Personal
IntellIgence-Look Out for Him-A Prison Gu
U-Ulab and the Nation: Expositlons by Mormon
Elderi Congress and the Cullom Bll-Preven-
Court OF Pardons-Midsumme Retreats: The
Cosey Places IN the viciulty OF New York-
Of Dennis McGrois esiS for tie MI Murder Of Robert
IIartman-Obsequles OF the Chevaller de
LooseyIA Passport for Europe ~
Division OF Europe-Amusement Announce
meDts.
tation In Ireland Ango-French War
Movements IN China; Progress Of Lay Lay
lister Motley's Removal Southern Indians
ANXIOUS Tor Peace-fOun Mems CnrlStan
AssociatOn-MOrc Ruianlsm In Newark-The
Ocean Yacht Race: The Excitement I'm
abated at Sandy HOok-BusinesS Notices.
S-New York City Observation-Disclosures B0uevards-
Heartless Vandalism-Financal ana CONNER
clal Reports-Rowdyism in Williamsburg-A
Nuisance Abated-The Federal 0flces-Adorn
the Walls OF Hospitals with Plctures-A Boy
Killed by Fal-Hudson County IN. J) Court
OF Quarter Sesslons-Old World lJsms-Mar-
rlages and Deaths.
ESTABLISHMENTS.
IO-.The War continued from Third Page)-The In
. tense Heat: The Range OF Mercury Yesterday
and Its Disastrous Resuts-Rcal's Last Plea:
The Condemned Murderer Appeals for Gle
mency on tho Merits Of His Case-Shipping
- observation-disclosures.
11-Red River: Political Anairs ut Fort Garry; The
Military Attitude Unchanged; An Indian
Scare-A Ghost Story-Relig.on IN the East:
Papal Infalibty and the Oriental Churches
-Tcxas: Progress OF the State; It's Produc-
tions-Railroad Accident-Real Estate Trans
observation-disclosures.
12-AdvertiSements.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26
The War I'm Europe.

A series of cable kilograms from Europe,
published to-day, report the progress Of the
war beween France and Prussia. There has
been some sharp border skirmishing; nc
battle of any magnitude. Prussia maintains
her pluck. Prussian Diminishing parties have
done damage on French coil. King Williams
troops have killed few Of Napoleon's men,
destroyed some miles Of French railroad
and blown up vladuct. Such opera.
tions entail losses on the Que side ana
encourage the other. France is inactive nava'
preparation and still enthusiastic. France 49,
however, not impetuous. She rs ei'hef
measuring her antagonist carefully, \or, can
not it be said, weighing the risk
of a great engagement. There areS Sru-
mors, cabinet intrigue, ministerial shufslngSc
but no grand action in the field In the mean~s
time the European peoples are becoming
fevered, trade suffers, commerce Is diverted to
new channels, finance is deranged and all be-
cause Napoleon don't like kingy nomination
for Spain This situation will not endure long.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

OCTOBER MAY BE Too LArE-but better
late than never--to call Congress together in
order to look after our shipping interests.
Reports from Washington indicate that the
President may resolve upon such course.
1t is quite probable, however, that General
Grant himself desires much earlier time for
that purpose. The progress Of the war in
Europe will regulate the necessity for an early
call fan extra session. According to present
appearances the President would be justified
in following the advice of Horace--fest''a0
lente-hasten slowly. If France and Prussia
do not come to the scratch soon we need not
be In hurry. But the advice of the Presi-
dent to Congress was wise and statesmanlike.
Our commercial interests must be protected
In this war
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

Low TIDE IN WALL STREET.-The pro-
louged inactivity Of the two armies Of the
Rhine and the absence of sensational news
from the seat of war have brought Wall street
to complete standstill. Yesterday the ex :
treme heat increased the lethargy Of bulls
and ''bears," and the respective speculative
animals were Indifferent to each others pre-
sence or movements. The sessions of the
gold and stock boards were never 80 purely
formal
The New York herald., 1870-07-26
A Wonderful Smallpox Story.

From Omaha there comes very frightful
story OF the way some Western men reapsd
smallpox harvest. OF course the first wrong
was done by the Indians, as the first wrong
is in all stories from that region Somebody
died of smallpox on one of the Missouri river
boats. He was buried near the shore, while
the boat waited TN the river, and some Indians,
who had watched the burial, scarcely waited
for the boat to get away before they dug the
dead man up and appropriated his clothes
They of course did not know the cause Of his
DEATH Thus ends the first chapter in the
story. The second opens with the outbreak
Of the disease among the Indians, and details
its fearful ravages, showing the penalty they
paid for that desecration Of wayside grave.
Again the white man comes upon the scene.
Hundreds of dead Indians are sc altered every
where. On every one Is the robe he wore
during life, and in each robe the white man
sees piece Of merchandise; and through the
activity of the kind of white men that flo urish
In the Indian country we have all the infected
robes gathered up and sent to market always
without the least regard to the spread
Of the pestilence Nay, we see the
perceptive faculty of the white man
taking hold of the case, and as In the first
place he profted by an accidental occurrence,
now he contrives this harvest. One of the
spectators, we are told, made compost Of
smallpox poison, taken from the bodies Of the
dead, saturated shirt with 1t and dropped
this shirt where it would fall into the hands
of Indians of the Pigeon tribes, and thus sue
ceeded in spreading the spotted death among
them also and in reaping richer harvest Of
robes than ever. There is something of the rev.
elry of drunken imagination In all this story
but who shall say that there are not plenty Of
men, white, black, yellow or any other color
quite equal to such depravity9 But this thing
is reported as having begun about year ago,
and as the whole American people are not yet
dead or down with smallpox it may not be
true. Perhaps there are buffalo bears, not
to mix animals absurdly. Perhaps somebody
in Omaha has sold buffalo robes .'short" on q
largo scale, and wants to dcpress the price In
the market
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

WHAT DOES II MEAN General q. s..
Grant, President Of the United States, and
General r. l.. Lee, President Of o college in
Virginia, are both at Long Branch enjoying as
they may the cool Atlantic breezes. We hope
this meeting has none of the significance that
usually attaches to the meetings of great men
beyond the Atlantic. 1t is certain that their
last meeting had wonderful significance for
the country but then there are no apple trees
at Long Branch.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26
The Value Of American securities.


The capitalists of Europe evidently under
stand the value of American securities. The
Bank of Frankfort has loaned the Prussan
government five millions of thalers ON de-
posit Of American stock as security What
better security can there be than United States
despite terrible domestic war, sprung upon
us without preparation, with everything to
buy in the way of war material, and nothing
to buy 1t with except the faith and confidence
of the people; with vast army to raiss and
hardly nucleus to build it upon except the
courage and devotion of the masses with q
vast Indebtedness upon our shoulders after
this gigantic war was over, we have been
able to reduce the public debt to compara-
tive trife, and are reducing 1t every day. We
have shown that many of our most important
industries have been restored that enterprise,
instead of being retarded, is advanced We
have spanned the Continent from ocean to
ocean by what might almost be called seven
days excursion train. In everything but our
commerce on the seas the war has given
SSAA"A"S w VuA AioeCtAui iutOiopeSt uuu tuat
one interest has suffered only from the action
of an imbecile and selfish Congress.
In fact, the credit of the United States to-
day is more stable than that Of any nation in
Europe. There is no country in the world so
prosperous as ours, no country that has given
evidence Of such vast materials to become
more prosperous every day. We have nothing
to do with the complications of European
Powers. Our pulse beats quicker, it is true,
at the sound of the war trumpet across the
ocean, but we are not diverted from our steady
course of developing all our resources, hidden
and unhidden, of relieving ourselves from
public burdens as fast as we can, and reducing
taxation by fair and equitable legislation. A
country that can do this may afford to indulge
In it's small party quarrels, or can let politi-
clans fret their brief hour upon the stage. 1t
can have its little row in Congress now and
then, can tolerate Ben Butler and laugh at
Sam Cox's pleasantries, and even endure the
dreary sophomorisms of Sumner, and nobody
can blame us. But the question is, why should
not country which has accomplished all that
we have done in war and In finance stand high In
the Wall streets Of all Europe2 The answer
is found In the value which American securities
hold in the markets Of Europe at this crisis.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

CoLoRED CHIvALRY.-Yesterday Moses
Bently, colored messenger of the Georgia
House of Representatives, quarrelled with
colored member named Claiborned. Bently
promptly settled the discussion in the most ap-
proved style by shooting and killing his
antagonist. This Is one ''colored outrage" at
least which cannot be attributed 10 the Ku
Kluxes.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

WAR MOVEMENTS IN CHrNA.-A telegram
from China, dated the 18th instant, forwarded
by Bombay and London, states that Great
Britain and France are about to make an allied
armed naval demonstration at Tientsin.
They are to demand redress for the late
outrages on foreigners. Shanghai is deeply
agitated Foreigners are volunteering for the
Christian armies. War, ii is said, is newt
able. If this be 20 the movement may change
the situation in Europe materially. Pr'ss'a
| has valuable interests in the East.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26
Who Shall Pay for strcot pavemcuts

Who Shall Pay for Strcet Pavcmentse
This Is q very important question for tax
payers. If they are to be charged with the
expense Of keeping in perpetual repair every
foot of pavement in front Of their houses, from
month to month and year to year, after they
have paid the original assessment for laying
it down, where is this demand for pavement
tax going to end7 We find In the law reports
Of the Supreme Court tina! motion was made
before Judge Brady, on behalf of William H..
Mccormack and others, who seek to have
vacated the assessment levied against them for
the Nicolson paving Of property In Sixth ave-
nue., between Forty-second and Forty-ninth
streets. In support OF the motion it was
urged that by the terms Of the franchise the
railroad company were bound to keep eight
feet of the avenue on either side of the track
in good order, which had not been done; and
that the work had not been performed in
accordance with the order of the Common
Council.
The practice has been, and the law doubt
fully held, that after street has once been
paved at the expense Of those owning lots in
front of 1t and the pavement gets out Of re-
pair, 80 that new pavement is necessary to be
made, the property holders are again called
upon to bear the expense Of renewing the
pavement. Sometimes they are called upon
to pay the expense Of renewing very good old
pavement with some experimental or new
pavement Equity, common sense and justice
dictate that the property holders should never
be called upon to pay more than once for
pavement There is reason when q street is
opened and laid out that the owners of pre-
perty should pay the preliminary expenses Of
grading, sewering, curbing and paving. All
these necessarily improve the property and
are of positive value 10 the owners. But
after the improvements have been made the
improved street is handed over to the service
Of the whole city. The owners Of property do
very little towards wearing out the street. 1t
is the public generally who reap the benefit Of
the pavement and do the wear and tear, and
certainly should be at the expense of renewing
it by general taxation. This ground does not
seem to have been taken upon the argument
on the motion referred to, but it is safe to pre-
dict that the Judge who decides that, after
street is once paved at the expense OF the
property owners, it must be repaired at the ex-
pense of the general body of taxpayers will
find his decision affirmed by the Court OF APP
peals and by the whole body Of citizens.
1
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

MINISTER WAsuBURNE informs our govern
ment that France will respect American
property in Prussian bottoms during the pend
ing war. This is according TO the treaty Of
Paris, but we must bear in mind that Ameri-
can property is still bound to suffer the incon-
veniences and delays that will be experienced
in case Prussian transport carrying it is
captured. This will cause loss and annoyance
even If the property is not confscated, which
would have been avoided had Congress allowed
Prussian vessels to sail under American colors.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

limited Fairgrounds, cannot afford. Physical
education is no less important for them than
the intellectual training which our common
schools SO literally afford. Selfish and short
sighted parents, who look on the schoolroom
only as convenient Botany Bay, to which
they may send their children to be 'out of the
way, may possibly wish that the vacation was
not so long. They forget, however, not only
the blessings which the summer vacation con-
fcrs on their children, but those which the pa
tient, overworked teachers may derive from 1t.
AT the beginning of tho next term both teach
ers and children will return with fresh vigor
to their respective duties in the schoolhouse
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

PRESIDENT GRANT is still at Long Branch.
He is taking rest not only physically but
mentally, for he refuses even to talk poll
tics.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

such robust and healthy fellows as those COM
posing the base ball fraternity. Cool of,
boys until the weather coos down.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

The QUESTION WHETHER THE NEaRo shall
be admitted to the advantages of life insurance
Is agitating the insurance companies. Why
should he not? Is he not fifteenth amend
ment, clothed with all political rights? If the
negro can insure his house, or his furniture,
or buy ticket in the lottery and ride in a
palace car, why can he not insure his life
Generally negro is ''good life;" that is,
he probably will live long enough to pay in
premiums the amount of his insurance. Sambo
Is a pretty tough fellow to kill, except you
blow him up with o-glycerine, or burn him
out with benzine, SO that we think the life
insurance companies would be perfectly safe
in insuring him, and, in fact, should be glad to
get him for customer.
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

THE LATEST MURDER presents new phase
to the question OF capital punishment. John
GLASS; being ordered out Of his boarding
house by Henry Wachter, the proprietor,
stabs him fatally in the groin and then makes
q determined but unsuccessful attempt to
drown himself. He was captured aud will
probably 60 through the form Of long trial,
and In the end be hanged. But what fear
ought he to have Of hanging who seems
anxious to kill himself, when others, who
crave repreye, 60 to the gallows finally
happya
The New York herald., 1870-07-26

lOp's MUSEUM AND MENAdERIE, Broadway, cor.
rhireth every afternoon aud evening
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-10-06

hesa." Hsss Be eonelhdeded his nonsen-
steal and disgusting hartangte, 70 the
great delight Of the audience
Col. Waggener then made bis appear
ance;he said he was not speaker out
would sly = word or two. Said that ae
Wss accused Of aiding one q. O. Smith, IN
his land speculation, but it was not.so; he
would not aid or assist him in any way.
He then took up Mr.. Sisson, said be done
wrong in letting Smith into bis Office as
there we're papers Of great importance that
might be taken from the Office; be did not
know that Mr.. Smith would take any, but
it might be possible, thatthe papers might
be taken away. Mr.. Waggener disgusted
all present BY this low dodge 70 make votes.
French will beat-bim atthis precinct. He
will have to remain behind the counter,
awhile longer. PISGA.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1870-10-06
PISGA.
Mr.. Editor,

Mr.. Editor
On the night Of the 18th Of September,
the great gun Of Point Pleasant Democra-
cy, Howard, Of great notoriety aud renown
as an editor, (blusterer, } together with @.
B. Waggener, and u part Of tho citizens Of
Salt Creek met at ,Pisga, in Cleudenen tp.,
whereupon the bellows bowed loud aud
long upon the faults of the Republican
party and its policy He commenced on
Governor Stevenson and went down to the
least officer in township; He then pitched
into the Legislature Of the State. Said he
would cou6ne himself To- State politics, as
that was fair sample Of Republican rule;
that be had documents u show that the
Legislature had contrarysto the Constitu.
ton given eight hundred aud fifty dollars
for house rent for the Governor to live in,
and paid his son as private Secretary, six
hundred dollars year for sitting in o
cushioned chair aud doing nothing; that
the while would make some $SS00, when
tue Governors salary was only $780,;
that be had sworn to support the Constitu-
ton, and that he had perjured himself
That sheriffs, constables, township treas
urers, had also embezzled the public mo-
noy. That Geo. R. Henry, Of lendeuen
township, on being asked by him How
ard how much be had made, answered
that be owed $500 when he got the Office;
he had paid it; had bought good deal Of
land, aud paid for it, had money out on
interest; and the Board Of Education owed
him about $500. But when Howard was
asked for the proof, he could not produce It.
Then come the niggeE that he was Gle
waited above tho white man; that il was a
fne,of $500 not to treat a niger better
than a white man; that Tho niger could
work With the white man, eat with him,
sleep with him, and be buried side by side
with him in the same graveyard; that he
was opposed TO niger equality (funny)
"fron tho top II his footto the soul ofhis
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GENERAL FACTS.

Keep il before the people that the Dem.
ocratic party in the South produced aut
aaintainsd the var, and ia the North
reasonably and oowardIy permitted IL
inauguration. and continually voted
against every measure to strengthen the
Government, that their folly, treachery
and wickedpess caused the National dsbt.
Keep it before the people that the Dcm-
ocratis party are the ifnpOsers Of the bur-
dens Of taxation.
Keep it before tho eeople that every
State, County and City in which they have
held political control is burdened, grieg-
ousIy burdcned, with taxation and moral
coruptios.
Keep itbefore the people that the DEM
ocratic party carries the spirit Of treason
sndtreachory in its history, in It's platform,
aud in its leadership, as in the days Of
'61-64, counselling resistance to law and
order.
Keep i. before the people that the de-
sheriff., who keep the peoples
money in their own hands. aud stand to-
day indebted 10 you and tho State are
Democrats.
Keep itbcfore the people that the Dem
ocratic party have committed themselves
against tho only means Of restoring the
disfranchised to fall citizenship. They do
not want the ''rebel" brains and intellect
to Overshadow them, destroy their leader
ship and sink the privileged few into the
shades Of political obscurity; hence they
say to The Republican party and the peo-
pie, down with the Flick Amendment"