The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-12-22
1rEMs-ED1roR1AI AND OTHERWISE

: The Agricultural report estimates the
The Parisans have three ntonths supply Of
provisions, and arc confident. ~ .sJe -.
-Es-Goyernor Letcher, of Virginia, is ly-
ing dangerously i'll at Lynchburg. -
: Senator Drake, of Missouri, has been elec-.
ted Chief Justice of the Court of Claims, and
has taken the oath of Office.
= The Legislature of Virginia will elect a
United States Senator on the 18th of March
next. =
= The financial committees in both Houses
of Congress- oppose the repeal Of the income
tax.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston has been invited
to deliver an Grafton before the Survivors As
sociation of South Carolina. .......-a; ~ -.
Roderick R. Butler, member Of Congress
from Tennessee, has been indicted for perjury,
and held in s., 600 bail each for two forgery
indictments, - =. t...,..7
"A Correspondent of the Baltimore Sun tel
egraphs thai Attorney General Akerman has
intimated to the President his early resignation,
partially on account Of sickness. - 80
= Mrs. Whitfield Brooks, the mother of Pres
ton s. Brooks and sister of Chancellor Carol,
died at Ninety-Six, on. Wednesday last, aged
seventy. ~ IT,,
Hon James Farrow, of Spartanburg, is
about removing to Kansas City, Missouri: His
old constituents of the Fourth Congressional
District will unite in wishing him success.
The Brownsville, Tenn, Bee says "All
that the Southern people can see, or are likely
to see while this generation lives, is to raise
cotton at thirty cents a pound aud sell it at
twelve and half cents"
- Zack McLangiin, a notorious bushwhacker
in Robeson county, n, c., has been KILLED. he
compelled Henry Briggs, respectable citizen,
to accompany him on maraudlng expedition;
and while resting in swamp, Briggs stole the
outlaws pistol and shot him dead
: The Virginia Senate has adopted, with
but one dissenting voice, joint resolution IN ];
ssructing the Senator'S and requesting the Rep q
resentatives of that State in Congress to vote
for general amnesty renewing all political
disabilities. H. =,
The price of votes in the late Senatorial
election in this State is said to have been Soyo
for the average, and for influential members as
high rs $1,000. The Radical members are saio
to be rejoicing in their honest gains, and wait
ing with anxious concern for another oPportn- Z
nifty. .,.,;i'. 9.
=. Mr.. Allen Barksdale, one Of the most es-
timabe citizens of Laurens, died az MS resi-
dence near the Court House on the lth INST,
IN the Bun Year Vi uiS o6S' A.AS o&S'SS .
active useful and honorable life is thus reached,
amid the tears and regrets OF all within the
circle of his acquaintance. ~
- Joseph NJ. Walters, proprietor CT the Ma
tional Hotel at Norfolk, committed suicide on
the 10th inst. He was unlucky in some busi-
ness enterprise, and since his death it has been
ascertained that he forged the names of several
prominent firms to raise money. He was a
Major in the Confederate army, and served with
distinction.
: The cable announces the death of Mrs.
John Slidell, at Brighton, England. She was
sister of Mrs. Gen, Beauregard, who died during
the war. Mrs. Slidell was leader in Wash
ington society during Ruchanan's adminlstra-
ton, and was greatly admired for her rare So
cial accomplishments. =;
- The body of an unknown colored man
was found Friday morning last on the track OF
the GreenyiIle and Columbia Railroad, snort
distance from Columbia. The body had both
feet cut off and otherwise mutilated, SO that
Identification will be difficult. 1t is supposed
the deceased fell off the train whilst 1t was in
motion.
- It is reported in Washington that the fam
ily Of General Lee were much mortified at the
gratuitous effort of Senator McCrcery to have
The Arlington es:ate restored to them. They
declare that they did not authorize the attempt,
and have not entertained the idea of re :over-
ing the property.